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	<title>eChurch Blog &#187; Science &amp; Medical</title>
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	<description>I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I utter words of sober truth.</description>
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		<title>Forget mobile libraries the Dutch will have mobile death units</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/02/10/forget-mobile-libraries-dutch-mobile-death-units/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read this with disbelief frankly. The Daily Mail is reporting that as of next month the Dutch will have the world’s first mobile team to administer euthanasia in patients’ homes. But even more worrying, this team will administer euthanasia in cases where the medical profession refuse to do so on ethical grounds. They will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lesley Pilkington and the gay conversion controversy</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/30/lesley-pilkington-gay-conversion-controversy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just received an email from Christian Concern entitled: Lesley Pilkington Appeal. I originally blogged about this a year ago, but if you don&#8217;t know the details, it revolves around Lesley Pilkington, a Christian psychotherapist, who currently faces being stripped of her accreditation to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) after treating a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/30/quote-day-133/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following quote was Tweeted by Sitsio in response to the issue of sexual reorientation therapy: It&#8217;s like saying you can be healed from a particular political leaning. That said, you can be taught to master it!]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts: Self-Identity, Gay, Christian, Mental Illness, Personality Disorders, Rights, Newspeak&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/28/hard-publicly-declare-christian-imagine-personality-disorder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A post in which I muse a little, raise questions, and answer very little&#8230;.. I Tweeted earlier: I sincerely believe that it is easier to publicly proclaim your sexuality than it is to declare mental illness and personality disorders. This was met with a small chorus of agreement. This thought derived from an incident on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion clinics cleared to advertise on UK TV and radio</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/21/abortion-clinics-cleared-advertise-uk-tv-radio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As from 30th April this year, nestled amongst adverts featuring sweet meerkats and tasty morsels from M&#38;S, we will be treated with adverts from abortion clinics. Of course, the new rules issued by the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) and The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) are couched in friendly terminology, as according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/19/good-links-52/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Vatican &#8211; Pope Bendict&#8217;s address to the US bishops First Things &#8211; Is the European Union a Catholic Plot Roger E Olson &#8211; Neo-fundamentalism NPR &#8211; Why Do So Many Have Trouble Believing In Evolution? Christian Post &#8211; The &#8216;Prosperity Gospel&#8217; Is Peddled by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Midwives Mary Doogan &amp; Concepta Wood go to court over abortion conscientious objection</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/17/catholic-midwives-mary-doogan-concepta-wood-court-abortion-conscientious-objection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scotland&#8217;s largest health board has been taken to court by Catholic staff who claim conscientious objections over abortion procedures were disregarded. Midwifery sisters Mary Doogan, 57, and Concepta Wood, 51, say being forced to supervise staff taking part in abortions violates their human rights. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde claims conscientious objections do not give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/17/quote-day-126/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A molecular biologist friend of mine in Cambridge once told me that the saddest aspect of the work of people like Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins was the way they identified evolution with atheist materialism. The result, among those Christians, Muslims and others who had little understanding of science, was inevitable: reject Darwinian evolution altogether. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Brand New Religious Studies Project</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/16/brand-religious-studies-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, Chris Cotter &#8211; who I introduced here &#8211; has put me out of my misery and revealed his top secret new project, which sounds really exciting. I&#8217;ll hand over to Chris at this point to furnish us with more details: The Religious Studies Project  (RSP) is a website and podcasting project launched in January 2012, founded by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/16/good-links-51/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Deacon&#8217;s Bench &#8211; Best. Fingerpainting. Ever. The Thirsty Gargoyle &#8211; The Pope and the Diplomats Mail Online &#8211; BBC sex education video &#8216;is like porn&#8217; Accepting Abundance &#8211; Cognitive Dissonance and Geocentrism A Grain of Sand &#8211; God is the Issue The Atlantic &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government changes Free School model funding agreement to ban creationist schools</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/10/government-free-school-model-funding-agreement-ban-creationist-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed a new revision of the model funding agreement for Free Schools by the Government in order to preclude ‘the teaching, as an evidence-based view or theory, of any view or theory that is contrary to established scientific and/or historical evidence and explanations.’ This highly significant change has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/09/good-links-50/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: CIFwatch &#8211; Was Moses a colonizer? The Guardian’s Nicholas Lezard uncovers why us Jews are kleptomaniacs pmphillips&#8217;s posterous &#8211; The Way of Death is paved with&#8230; Left Foot Forward &#8211; 2012 – the year the world must wake up to Christian persecution NewScientist &#8211; The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SHOCK: The Commission on Assisted Dying &#8211; A group of Pro-Euthanasia experts find in favour of euthanasia</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/05/shock-commission-assisted-dying-group-proeuthanasia-experts-find-favour-euthanasia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC are leading this morning with the totally impartial headline: Assisted suicide: &#8216;Strong case for legalisation&#8217;. This of course refers to the findings of the pro-euthanasia panel of &#8216;experts&#8217;: The Commission on Assisted Dying. This commission was chaired by pro-euthanasia supporter Lord Falconer and funded by pro-euthanasia supporter Terry Pratchet and set up by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/04/good-links-49/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Maggi Dawn &#8211; Battle On A biologist&#8217;s view of science &#38; religion &#8211; Typologies, categories, and the myth of science and religion at war Washington Post &#8211; Vatican launches Catholic home for U.S. Episcopalians Engage &#8211; Daily Mail reports that halal meat rejected in Parliament [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religious Trauma Syndrome &#8211; Surviving Biblical Fundamentalism</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/03/religious-trauma-syndrome-surviving-fundamentalism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt in my mind that there are many &#8216;churches&#8217; in this country which would fall easily under the definition of a cult. From my experience they practice scriptural literalism and are in effect their own Magisterium. Oddly enough this &#8216;literalism&#8217; doesn&#8217;t tend to stretch to the Sacraments. They are &#8216;independent&#8217; in that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A beautiful Geological account in my local paper topped off by a random mention of Young Earth Creationists?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/31/beautiful-geological-account-local-paper-topped-random-mention-young-earth-creationists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the centre spread of my local free paper is a wonderful account of the geological marvels of my local Forest of Dean. Here&#8217;s some snippets: The Soudley Valley today is a peaceful and scenic place, teeming with wildlife and with a little stream winding through its heart. It makes it almost impossible to imagine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/05/good-links-45/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Thirsty Gargoyle: L&#8217;esprit de l&#8217;escalier: Third Thoughts on Redefining Marriage Daydreamer: The truth about depression Church Mag: The 5 best toys of all time Countercultural Father: Mass on Saturday Evening or Sunday Morning? The Atlantic: Is Iran already under attack? BioLogos: The miracle of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Secular Society: When spirituality is considered as part of healthcare, the non-religious often lose out</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/04/national-secular-society-spirituality-considered-part-healthcare-nonreligious-lose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has come under considerable fire for insisting that &#8216;spiritual health&#8217; should be part of an amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill. Dr John Sentamu told peers: &#8220;I am one of those who believe that human beings are psychosomatic spiritual entities.&#8221; Here is a snippet from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts of God Make Us Slackers, Study Suggests</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/02/thoughts-god-slackers-study-suggests/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s the headline emblazoned on the Richard Dawkins website (Thoughts of God Make Us Slackers, Study Suggests), which has been lifted verbatim from the LiveScience website. As usual things are a little more nuanced than first appear and the excellent Tom Rees of Epiphenom has written up the study; which I&#8217;ll reproduce here under his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Medical Council considering restricting faith discussions between doctors and patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would seem these proposed changes to the General Medical Council&#8217;s guidance, may have been prompted by the recent case involving Dr Richard Scott: Pulse magazine reported last week that the General Medical Council is planning to ‘harden’ its guidance on religion in practice. The document Good Medical Practice (2006) is the core guidance to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/28/quote-day-96/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientific knowledge is accumulating at lightning speed and we are in need of Christians who understand it and put it into the light of Christian ethics, morality, and a clearly articulated view of the God who loves us and cares for us more than we can imagine. This is the community we are trying to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/26/good-links-42/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Edward Feser &#8211; Modern biology and original sin, Part 1, Part II Fr Z &#8211; QUAERITUR: Will I go to heaven if I die in the state of grace? Telegraph &#8211; Watermelons v the Shale Gas Miracle A Reluctant Sinner &#8211; Pope Benedict XVI&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Kent &#8211; Research Methods for the study of religion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t had the time to explore this yet, and so I&#8217;m posting this as a reminder to myself, and for anybody else that may be interested. I&#8217;ve just come across a new online resource, focused on researching religion, hosted on the University of Kent&#8217;s website. Here&#8217;s the gumpf: The role of empirical research in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/16/quote-day-89/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working with dying has taught me about living. It&#8217;s made me realize the enormous potential people have at the end of their lives. Valuing the individual and his or her experience is central to the palliative care movement. Indeed, its philosophy is: &#8220;You matter because you are you and you matter until the moment you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/09/quote-day-82/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 07:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[....] Saint Augustine in the fourth century and Saint Aquinas in the thirteenth century both declared that the Bible supported whichever astronomical hypothesis was verified in nature as true. It is an ancient Catholic principle that, since God is the author of all truth, the truths of science and the truths of revelation cannot contradict [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marie Stopes Dyslogy</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/08/marie-stopes-dyslogy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is lifted from David Lindsay&#8217;s blog: [....] Or Marie Stopes, author of extravagant, versified love letters to Hitler? Marie Stopes, who disowned her own son because he married a woman who wore glasses. Marie Stopes, who campaigned for the compulsory sterilisation of &#8220;the C3 population&#8221;, of &#8220;half-castes&#8221; and of &#8220;revolutionaries&#8221;, among numerous others. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ken Ham: Once again spouting on about how crap our churches are</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/08/ken-ham-spouting-crap-churches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Ham is once again spouting on about how crap our churches are, and why does he believe that they are in this &#8216;unbelievable&#8217; condition? This is why: How can we witness to the world when much of the church and even many Christian schools have adopted the world’s anti-God religion of evolutionary beliefs, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pathetic: Guardian censors Peter Saunders comment even though the article mentions him.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/03/pathetic-guardian-censors-peter-saunders-comment-article-mentions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Guardian has an article entitled: Anti-abortion bid in disarray as critics rally, in which they seek to identify the organisations that support Nadine Dorries, and how they are funded. Within the article Peter Saunders is mentioned: Dorries confirmed that her campaign was being advised by Dr Peter Saunders of the Christian Medical Fellowship, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/01/quote-day-74/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your brain is built of cells called neurons and glia—hundreds of billions of them. Each one of these cells is as complicated as a city. And each one contains the entire human genome and traffics billions of molecules in intricate economies. Each cell sends electrical pulses to other cells, up to hundred of times per [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few oddball geocentric Catholics believe Galileo Galilei was wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in the Los Angeles Times featuring a few Catholics that hold to a Geocentric model has been doing the rounds: A few conservative Roman Catholics are pointing to a dozen Bible verses and the church&#8217;s original teachings as proof that Earth is the center of the universe, the view that was at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion: Mini war breaks out over Nadine Dorries MP &amp; Frank Field MP proposed amendments to the Health Bill</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/08/29/abortion-mini-war-breaks-nadine-dorries-mp-frank-field-mp-proposed-amendments-health-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would seem that a war of words has broken out over proposed amendments to the health bill put forward by Nadine Dorries MP &#38; Frank Field MP. As these amendments relate to abortion, which continues to be such a contentious issue in our society, one can be forgiven for expecting a backlash when abortion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Augustine of Hippo died on this date &#8211; 28th August &#8211; in A.D. 430</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marc notifies us of the fact that Augustine of Hippo died on this date in A.D. 430, as the Vandals were just about to sack his hometown. Today is also his feast day. Interestingly, RAS over at the Orthodox Christian Faith blog has a couple of blog posts looking at whether Augustine held to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religion or spirituality may have a protective effect against recurrence of depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must say that it was heartening to read an account of a chaplains work in a psychiatric ward in the US. I do wish chaplains had a similar role here in the UK, especially given the benefits of religion and spirituality on mental health. The following is a brief outline of a recent longitudinal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everyday Champions &#8211; of what? (Should schools teach creationism?) The proposed Free School in Newark, Nottinghamshire.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Against the backdrop of the news that the creationist Everyday Champions Church in Newark are pursuing an application to found a free school &#8211; Everyday Champions School &#8211; Michael Roberts - M.A. (Oxon), Vicar in the Diocese of Blackburn &#8211; agreed to put a few words together for me. You can find the essay on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is absolutely fascinating: Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society. The scientists, who are members of the Social Cognitive Networks Academic Research Center (SCNARC) at Rensselaer, used computational and analytical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ken Ham: Church in UK in mess because of non-literal reading of Genesis</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Ham of the infamous Answers in Genesis outfit, has a blog post blathering on about the UK Church being in trouble and in a mess, because we&#8217;ve rejected a literal interpretation of Genesis. Ham&#8217;s blog post was prompted by a superb article that appeared in the Christianity Magazine written by David Instone-Brewer &#8211; Baptist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are the Puritans Behind the War on Antidepressants?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/08/11/are-the-puritans-behind-the-war-on-antidepressants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fascinating article today over on the Beliefnet Blog by Ronald Pies, M.D., professor of psychiatry, busting the myths surrounding antidepressants, then looking for the cause of these misconceptions and couching the answer within the Puritan mindset. Do take the time to read it all &#8211; it&#8217;s only a short piece &#8211; but here is the conclusion: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andrea Minichiello Williams conflates the rise in mental health problems with the London riots</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/08/09/andrea-minichiello-williams-conflates-the-rise-in-mental-health-problems-with-the-london-riots/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In her blog post entitled: London Riots Symptom of a Deeper Malaise, Andrea Minichiello Williams &#8211; of Christian Concern &#8211; makes the following comment: The riots which are taking place in London are a symptom of a deeper malaise. A heavier police presence tonight may bring them under control, but it will only be dealing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you think believing in a benevolent God reduces worry and facilitates coping?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/08/08/believing-benevolent-god-reduces-worry-facilitates-coping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some US based researches certainly seem to think so, based on a small study: One study of 332 Christians and Jews found that those who trusted in God to look out for them had lower levels of worry and less intolerance of uncertainty in their lives. I was, of course, particularly satisfied to read this: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating ‘cybrid’ &#8211; cytoplasmic animal-human hybrid &#8211; is legal in UK but seriously creepy</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/07/27/creating-cybrid-cytoplasmic-animalhuman-hybrid-legal-uk-creepy/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story involving the creation of animal-human embryos in the UK is cropping up everywhere and although it&#8217;s perfectly legal, it&#8217;s seriously creepy. According to some reports I&#8217;ve read this procedure currently has no medical value and has been shrouded in secrecy. An apparently straightforward question to government last week (20 July) generated an apparently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Psychopaths become Christians?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/07/19/can-psychopaths-become-christians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a question that&#8217;s been bugging me for some time now. So much so that I&#8217;ve toyed with asking it on this blog but felt unsure. As a result, I posted it on a Christian forum and have a received some thoughtful responses. As I now feel emboldened I&#8217;d like to ask the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are seemingly fantastical claims made by some scientists overreaching themselves?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/07/04/seemingly-fantastical-claims-scientists-overreaching/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters have an interesting article with this headline: Who wants to live forever? Scientist sees aging cured The article begins thusly: If Aubrey de Grey&#8217;s predictions are right, the first person who will live to see their 150th birthday has already been born. And the first person to live for 1,000 years could be less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli linguistic fingerprint algorithm software to test Bible for authorship attribution</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/06/30/israeli-linguistic-fingerprint-algorithm-software-to-test-bible-for-authorship-attribution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fascinating: The program, part of a sub-field of artificial intelligence studies known as authorship attribution, has a range of potential application &#8211; from helping law enforcement to developing new computer programs for writers. But the Bible provided a tempting test case for the algorithm&#8217;s creators. For millions of Jews and Christians, it&#8217;s a tenet of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religious belief benefits traumatic brain injury rehabilitation</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/06/29/religious-belief-benefits-traumatic-brain-injury-rehabilitation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m unable to access the original research on this, and so we will have to make do with an article from the Wayne State University. I still found this interesting nonetheless: DETROIT &#8211; Brigid Waldron-Perrine, Ph.D., a recent graduate from Wayne State University, and her mentor, Lisa J. Rapport, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Wayne [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/06/13/good-links-39/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Assist News Service - Christian doctors to prescribe ‘spiritual healing’ for sickness Bartholomew’s Notes on Religion &#8211; UK Bill to Amend 1996 Arbitration Act Harry&#8217;s Place &#8211; Anglican vicar shills for Hamas support network in Malaysia Sultan Knish &#8211; The Rise of the Post-American Empires [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality and Psychiatry – Spiritual Care in the NHS</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/06/12/spirituality-and-psychiatry-%e2%80%93-spiritual-care-in-the-nhs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the tenth installment of my posts based on the book: Spirituality and Psychiatry, which was kindly sent to me by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The first part can be found here, the second here, the third here, the fourth here, the fifth here, the sixth here, the seventh here, the eighth here, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC: Terry Pratchett Choosing To Die &#8211; Documentary to broadcast assisted suicide at Swiss euthanasia Dignitas clinic</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/06/07/bbc-terry-pratchett-choosing-to-die-documentary-to-broadcast-assisted-suicide-at-swiss-euthanasia-dignitas-clinic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks back I blogged in support of the BBC&#8217;s decision to air the NATURAL dying moments of an 84-year-old cancer sufferer, as part of their ’Inside the human body’ series. I argued: The process of dying has become sanitised and detached from our experience as we relegate the process to hospitals. In the past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/06/06/good-links-38/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Random Ramblings of a Stay at Home Mum &#8211; Soul Cancer The Vernacular Curate &#8211; The Pope Embraces The Digital Age Royal College of Psychiatrists &#8211; Rates of common mental illness not rising, says new study Scientia Et Sapientia &#8211; The Top 5 Regrets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality and Psychiatry &#8211; Neuroscience of the Spirit</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/06/05/spirtuality-psychiatry-neuroscience-spirit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the ninth installment of my posts based on the book: Spirituality and Psychiatry, which was kindly sent to me by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The first part can be found here, the second here, the third here, the fourth here, the fifth here, the sixth here, the seventh here and the eighth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A must read blog post</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/06/03/read-blog-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stacy over at Accepting Abundance has a superb, must read, blog post. But then I would say that wouldn&#8217;t I. Why not hop over and give us your thoughts. On an aside, the editor of the book I&#8217;m reading and reviewing &#8211; Professor C H Cook (Psychiatry) &#8211; has kindly responded to my unsolicited email [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reductionist Exact Scientific understanding may not lead us to a better understanding of what it is to be human.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/06/02/reductionist-exact-scientific-understanding-lead-understanding-human/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stacy over at Accepting Abundance (fab blogger &#8211; one for your feed reader) has a post up entitled: Scientific Mystery and Absolute Mystery. Here&#8217;s some snippets, but do hop over and read it all: In Catholic theology it is acknowledged that there are two kinds of mysteries. A mystery is something that is hidden or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality and Psychiatry: Substance Misuse</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/06/01/spirituality-psychiatry-substance-misuse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the eighth installment of my posts based on the book: Spirituality and Psychiatry, which was kindly sent to me by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The first part can be found here, the second here, the third here, the fourth here, the fifth here, the sixth here and the seventh here. Spirituality features [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality and Psychiatry: Intellectual Disability</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/05/25/spirituality-psychiatry-intellectual-disability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 09:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the seventh installment of my posts based on the book: Spirituality and Psychiatry, which was kindly sent to me by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The first part can be found here, the second here, the third here, the fourth here, the fifth here and the sixth here. This chapter rightly begins with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality and Psychiatry: Psychotherapy</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/05/23/spirituality-psychiatry-psychotherapy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 19:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the sixth installment of my posts based on the book: Spirituality and Psychiatry, which was kindly sent to me by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The first part can be found here, the second here, the third here, the fourth here, and the fifth here. Psychotherapy is a thorny issue within some spheres [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Good Links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/05/23/good-links-36/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Messianic Jewish Musings &#8211; FAQ: The Sabbath and Gentiles HomeBrewed Theology &#8211; Iranian Court Acquits 11 Christians BRIN &#8211; People of faith are marginally more likely to be comfortable discussing death in general and their own death in particular than those without a religion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Dr Richard Scott reported to the General Medical Council (GMC) for sharing his faith with a patient.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m always in two minds whether to blog on cases picked up by the Christian Legal Centre, for various reasons. I often opt not to as there seems to be so many cases nowadays. Sometimes I simply don&#8217;t agree with the legal premise. Other times I feel these cases are overly combative, exhibiting an unwillingness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mythbusting Mental Illness and a Fragmented Poem</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe Carter over at First Things points us towards a list of 10 mental illnesses and their myths. This is actually the second list and the original can be found here. Whilst on the subject of mental illness the Royal College of Psychiatrists run an annual poetry competition and the following is this year&#8217;s winner: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality and Psychiatry: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/05/20/spirituality-psychiatry-child-adolescent-psychiatry/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the fifth installment of my posts based on the book: Spirituality and Psychiatry, which was kindly sent to me by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The first part can be found here, the second here, the third here, and the fourth here. This chapter revolves around the case study of a 15-year-old boy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sir Isaac Newton a short story</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stacy over at Accepting Abundance has some wonderful quotes by Sir Isaac Newton which are well worth reading. I particularly enjoyed this little story: Sir Isaac had an accomplished artisan fashion for him a small scale model of our solar system, which was to be put in a room in Newton&#8217;s home when completed. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stephen Hawking heaven and afterlife are fairy tales: Two excellent responses</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It still surprises me that Stephen Hawking can make pronouncements on matters outside of his sphere of expertise and be picked up by virtually every media platform around the world. Anyway, here are the two best responses to Hawking&#8217;s assertions, the first by Roger Olson: First, how does being a physicist make Hawking an expert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality and Psychiatry: Suicide</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the fourth installment of my posts based on the book: Spirituality and Psychiatry, which was kindly sent to me by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The first part can be found here, the second here, and the third here. The fourth chapter tackles the vast subject of suicide and they do well to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brains of mainline Protestants rot slower than those of other denominations.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is such a weird one, that I simply can&#8217;t resist it. It transpires from a recent US study that &#8216;brain rot&#8217; &#8211; atrophy of the hippocampus &#8211; was slowest in mainline Protestants, faster in born-again Protestants and Catholics, and faster still in those with no religion. It doesn&#8217;t bode well for me as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: CNN &#8211; Religious belief is human nature, huge new study claims New Medical &#8211; Immortality only appeals to 15% of people: Study A Reluctant Sinner &#8211; Amnesty International attacks the Catholic Church whilst continuing to promote what Blessed Pope John Paul II called the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality and Psychiatry: Psychosis</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the third installment of my posts based on the book: Spirituality and Psychiatry, which was kindly sent to me by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The first part can be found here, and the second here. As you may have guessed from the title, the third chapter deals with psychosis. It is on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality and Psychiatry: Assessing Spiritual Needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 14:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second installment of my posts based on the book: Spirituality and Psychiatry, which was kindly sent to me by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The first part can be found here. As the title indicates Chapter two focuses on the patient assessment of spiritual needs. It is not my intention to reproduce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Royal College of Psychiatry: Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/05/08/royal-college-psychiatry-spirituality-psychiatry-special-interest-group/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve started reading Spirituality and Psychiatry which was kindly sent to me by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and it seems prudent to start right at the beginning. Here are the opening words from the Foreward: During my presidency I became more and more convinced of the importance of promoting mental health and well being, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m all excited and upbeat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 20:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just got back from camping where I used my new laptop with 3g mobile broadband for my twittering and a wee bit of blogging. Oh yes, I am the 21st Century techdude, albeit, a few years behind most. The promised Spirituality and Psychiatry book has been delivered by the Royal College of Psychiatrists for me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God of the Schizophrenic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 16:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Weiss has penned a piece for Christianity Today, detailing his experiences as a Christian with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. I found this article intensely harrowing and powerful, in fact it made me feel somewhat shaky. It&#8217;s brutally honest and will provide some insight for those not suffering from mental illness, and no doubt bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Trevin Wax &#8211; Urban Legends: The Preacher&#8217;s Addition Storied Theology &#8211; How do you love? Christian Post &#8211; Bible Thwarts Suicide Attempt, Transforms One Man&#8217;s Life PJOnline &#8211; More sex please! We’re pharmacists British Religion in Numbers &#8211; Amending the Act of Settlement The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC Programme ’Inside the human body’ to screen moment of death and why not?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/04/27/bbc-programme-human-body-screen-moment-death/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a little storm of controversy surrounding the revelation that the BBC&#8217;s upcoming programme entitled: ’Inside the human body’, will screen the dying moments of an 84-year-old cancer sufferer. The BBC is accused of crossing the rubicon and &#8216;normalising real death on TV&#8217;. Concerns over ethics of the BBC screening such  a moment have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Channel 4: Derren Brown vs Faith Healers &#8211; Miracles for Sale</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you didn&#8217;t watch Derren Brown&#8217;s Channel 4 broadcast Miracles for Sale, then you can watch it on 4oD here. Richard Bartholomew has a provided a comprehensive outline of the show, which can be found here. As for me, I found it painful viewing. It&#8217;s sad to watch Christians duped by the &#8216;faith, wealth &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Medical Fellowship Report &#8211; Health benefits of Christian faith</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting essay on the health benefits of the Christian faith and the role of faith in medical care, published by the Chrsitian Medical Fellowship, and well worth a read. Here&#8217;s a snippet on mental health: In the popular imagination, religion commonly underlies florid mental illness such as psychosis. In reality though, religiosity has been shown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did you know that dogs bark?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very often I&#8217;ll read something that&#8217;s so bloomin&#8217; obvious I almost resent the time wasted reading it. Here&#8217;s an example (Hat-tip) Students tend to become more religiously skeptical during college if they engage in a good deal of partying, watch a lot of television, participate in a study abroad program, or if their parents go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian &amp; Bipolar disorder</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/04/07/christian-bipolar-disorder/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chase Livingston has conducted an interview with Gene Anderson on his experiences of living with Bipolar Disorder. The interview can be found here and is well worth a read if you want catch some insights into this disorder, especially from the Christian vantage. Gene&#8217;s also posted today on some of the more positive aspects of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discovery of Biblical scrolls and 70 lead codices in Jordan &#8211; possibly first century</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s quite a buzz of excitement on the Interweb over news of a discovery of Biblical scrolls and lead codices, purported to be of first century origin. The BBC has furnished us with some images. There&#8217;s some quite fantastical claims doing the rounds such as: This represents the greatest ever archaeological find, this is more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/03/28/good-links-32/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Epiphenom &#8211; Religion and conflict: cause or coincidence? British Religion in Numbers &#8211; Church Attendance in England, 1980-2005 Sultan Knish &#8211; The Second Time as Farce Psychology Today &#8211; 10 Things Not to Say to a Depressed Person Religion Law Blog &#8211; Church Volunteers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mathematical models cannot predict the extinction of religion</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/03/24/mathematical-models-predict-extinction-religion/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following cross-post by Stacy &#8211; Accepting Abundance &#8211; is in response to the recent BBC article entitled: &#8216;Religion may become extinct in nine nations, study says&#8216;: Why math can&#8217;t predict the extinction of religion, or rainfall Math cannot predict the extinction of religion any more than it can predict when and where the next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free will from the neuron’s point of view</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/03/22/free-neurons-point-view/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fascinating post from the ever excellent Justin Topp, looking at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, theology and science around the concept of free will. I’ve read two interesting articles on free will in the past couple of days.  The first, in the New York Times, said that although we cannot be sure that we do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filipino nurses and medical workers opt to stay in Libya and serve their patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the great privilege of working with many Filipino nurses in Worcestershire some years back, and as a result, the below comes as no surprise to me. I know you can&#8217;t generalise over an entire race, but the Filipino nurses I met were &#8211; to a man and woman &#8211; devout Catholics. Their caring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/03/07/good-links-29/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: British Religion in Numbers &#8211; Searchlight on Religion Royal College of Psychiatrists &#8211; Healing by Paradox in the Christian Tradition (PDF) BBC -Rare King James Bible found in Wiltshire village church Ugley Vicar &#8211; If Gadaffi wins, does that make him OK again? Lisa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Robert Enright: Practicing forgiveness can benefit greatly in terms of mental health.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[“As a person forgives and they bare the pain of what happened to them, they realize that they are stronger than they ever knew, and they are able to stand up and mercifully face what has happened with compassion and that tends to make people stronger.” “If we are truly motivated to reduce resentment we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian belief and psychiatric medication &#8211; If God loves you, why take medicine?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Rees of Epiphenom has an interesting post looking at the relationship between religious belief and medicine. Specifically, the study Tom refers to looks at the effect of religious beliefs on medication taking, and it comes as no surprise to me that there may be a propensity for some of those of faith to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The universe is big but a baby’s brain is bigger!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow: We have a hundred billion neurons in the brain; infants create as many as 1.8 million neural connections per second; a mere sixty neurons are capable of making ten to the eighty-first possible connections, which is a number ten times as large as the number of particles in the observable universe; Source Hat-tip: Joe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Francis Sedgemore When faced with seemingly intractable problems, surely the best thing for physicists to do is sleep on them, continue doing the physics, and hope that an improved conceptual understanding will in time emerge. I thought it was only godbotherers and other dogmatists who insist on having all the answers now. As it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/02/21/good-links-27/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another. The first link to Edward Feser&#8217;s blog is a &#8216;must read&#8217; and so if you don&#8217;t read any others do read this one. Ed Feser &#8211; To a louse Dr Peter Saunders &#8211; A third of NHS trusts still offer homeopathy despite there being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drunk scientists pour wine on superconductors and make an incredible discovery.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/02/19/drunk-scientists-pour-wine-superconductors-incredible-discovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I enjoyed this one, this is how science should be done&#8230;.. Wine makes superconductors better at their jobs. And apparently, it makes some scientists better at their jobs too. Superconductors behave like most metals; they conduct electricity. They do so, however, with a twist. All metal has some resistance to the flow of electricity. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Much Information Is There in the World?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Science Daily: Looking at both digital memory and analog devices, the researchers calculate that humankind is able to store at least 295 exabytes of information. (Yes, that&#8217;s a number with 20 zeroes in it.) Put another way, if a single star is a bit of information, that&#8217;s a galaxy of information for every person in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/02/07/good-links-26/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Connexions &#8211; My personal Lord and Saviour? Catholic Herald &#8211; Exorcist warns parents of rise in ‘demonic’ websites Christian medical Comment &#8211; Senior neonatologist brands official RCOG report on fetal awareness as ‘Emperor’s new clothes’ in leading journal editorial Protect the Pope &#8211; UK [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Hans-Christian Raabe dismissed from Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs due to views on homosexuality</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was so obvious that Dr Raabe was not going to last five minutes after the announcement of his appointment to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) last month. The sheer volume of aggressive vitriol levelled against him after the announcement was stunning. The ACMD hit the headlines back in 2009 when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian churches, depression and mental illness &#8211; my own story.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think this honest and forthright testimony about mental health issues from my friend Gordon should ring out to the church. I used to run a forum for Christians with mental health issues and the Church related problems highlighted by Gordon are all too damn familiar. This is cross-post from Gordon&#8217;s Blog with kind permission: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Religious Believers Prone To Delusion Disorders?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the below Abstract, the answer to the above question would be yes. Just a quick note. In psychiatry delusional beliefs are broken down into &#8220;Non-Bizarre&#8221; &#8211; e.g. feelings of being followed &#8211; and &#8220;Bizarre&#8221; &#8211; e.g. alien contact. The Prevalence of Delusion-Like Beliefs Relative to Sociocultural Beliefs in the General Population. Pechey R, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Catholic priest Georges Lemaître originally proposed the universe expanded from an initial point</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I&#8217;m once again displaying my woeful ignorance for all to see, but I didn&#8217;t know this: The Roman Catholic priest Georges Lemaître originally proposed the idea that the universe expanded from an initial point (which he called ‘the primeval atom’), and the Catholic Church supported the Big Bang theory even before most cosmologists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/01/27/good-links-25/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Anglican Samizdat &#8211; Christian nudist tests his constitutional right to public nudity in the courts Catholic Herald &#8211; Let’s take courage and hold a March for Life in Britain Hufington Post &#8211; Study: Rising Religious Tide in China Overwhelms Atheist Doctrine PaleoJudaica &#8211; Clearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking: New study confirms atheism caused by wearing magnet hats</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/01/25/breaking-study-confirms-atheism-caused-wearing-magnet-hats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nah, I&#8217;m only joking: Daily Mail: Scientists claim they have found a way to turn off our understanding of right and wrong – by using magnets. When special kinds of magnets are held up to a person’s head they can disrupt the neural centre responsible for morality, tests showed. &#8230;.continue reading]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/01/17/good-links-24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Epiphenom &#8211; There&#8217;s no such thing as a gene for religion Lisa Graas &#8211; Thanks to CNN, You Now Have the Anti-Pope, Radical Muslim Conspiracy Theory from the Streets of Pakistan Archbishop Cranmer &#8211; Our children are not the property of the state Richard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roman rise and fall &#8216;recorded in trees&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/01/15/roman-rise-fall-recorded-trees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That is the headline of a BBC news item listed in their &#8220;most read&#8221;. Check out Clayboy&#8217;s post on this, he is in masterly blogging form right now]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland orders blood transfusion for baby of Jehovah’s Witnesses</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/01/14/ireland-orders-blood-transfusion-baby-jehovahs-witnesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I began my journey toward God through the Jehovah Witnesses and I have one particular memory seared forever in my mind. I went along to a major gathering in Godstone (Surrey) at the central assembly hall and during the proceedings a young girl and her parents were wheeled out. We were informed that the girl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healing and Mental Illness &#8211; A Christian Perspective</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/01/13/healing-mental-illness-christian-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mind &#38; Soul website has an article on healing and mental illness written by Dr Rob Waller. I&#8217;m only half way through it and as I&#8217;m a little preoccupied today I&#8217;m posting the link here for my benefit, and for anyone else that may be interested. If you do read it let me know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marveling at God and marveling at the humans He created</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/01/12/marveling-god-marveling-humans-created/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The more we learn about this Universe, the more I marvel at the God who created it. The Hubble Space Telescope got its first peek at a mysterious giant green blob in outer space and found that it is strangely alive. The bizarre glowing blob is giving birth to new stars, some only a couple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/01/10/good-links-23/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Modern March &#8211; Christians and Internet Presence: A Roundtable with Wax, McCoy, Wilson, and Smith Accepting Abundance &#8211; The Big Bang and Primacy of Reason Carl Beech &#8211; The exploitation must be stopped. Spectator &#8211; Why don&#8217;t all these disaffected Brits convert to Christianity instead? [...]]]></description>
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