The Gospel of Judas
Last night, my friend Sherry (one of the sharpest people I’ve ever met – I’ve never known anyone so well read) sent me a link to an article entitled “Betrayal” – subtitled, “Should we hate Judas Iscariot?” –published in the August 3, 2009 edition of The New Yorker. The article was written by Joan Acocella, […]
Posted at 11:01 am on July 29, 2009 | Leave a comment | Filed Under: faith, injustice, reason, uncertainty | Tagged: Acocella, Dead Sea scrolls, faith, gospel, Judas, New York Times, New Yorker, religion, uncertainty | Continue reading
The Arrogance of Certainty
I was interested to read an article by Alan Cowell in today’s New York Times (see Facing Gay Rift, Anglican Sees ‘Two-Track’ Church) in which Cowell quoted Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, as saying: “…a person living in such a union* cannot without serious incongruity have a representative function in a Church whose public […]
Posted at 2:17 pm on July 28, 2009 | Leave a comment | Filed Under: faith, reason, uncertainty | Tagged: Anglican, arrogance, bible, faith, gay, homosexuality, incongruity, lesbian, religion, uncertainty | Continue reading
The Shipping News 