Bible Cross-References
Apparently there are 63,779 cross-references in the Bible… if you showed that visually it would look like this…
Biblical Cross References
Holidays are Coming…
As if you needed any more reason to drink Coke… it’s actually a Christmas drink… and this advert officially marks the start of Christmas time!
Read MoreCornhill Lunchtime Excursions (part 2)
Bit of a longer walk this week, made it down towards the South Bank where I found a few little tourist sites… can you believe they charge £11 to get in St. Paul’s Cathedral!!
St Paul's Cathedral
Tate Modern
Globe Theatre
Question Time, Nick Griffin and all that..
Well done BBC for not bowing to the pressure of left-wing fascists (who as you saw on the news caused a riot, attacking the police). How dare people ever use fascist methods to suppress free speech, and the right for democratically elected political parties to speak.
On the reverse side, I would criticise the BBC for not getting in a better supporting panel… Jack Straw and Chris Huhne were just a bit wet… while the whole debate turned on Nick Griffin in a personal not very nice way… I think politicians like Nigel Farage (UKIP) and George Galloway (Respect) are idiots, both personally and politically – but I wouldn’t expect them to be subject to personal barrages on Question Time.
Anyway… I fundamental disagree with the BNP. But tonight’s Question Time highlighted two key points:
- The major parties do not have a coherent answer to the question of immigration and the genuine concerns of the British public
- Nick Griffin is right on two key issues (see below)
Islam - Griffin rightly points to the dangers of fundamentalism within Islam and also the worrying mandates that the Qu’ran gives. This is firstly good because it is free speech without worrying about the label of ‘Islamaphobia’. Interestingly a Muslim turned round to highlight the evils of Revelation and Jesus returning to rule… funny, as Islam also teaches that Jesus (Isa) will return to bring final judgement.
Section 28 – Griffin describes the teaching of homosexuality (in fact any sex) in primary schools as perverse. I agree – that may be naive given how quick young people ‘grow up’, but either way, even if necessary, it is perverse that primary school kids need sex education.
Anyway… well done BBC, Griffin looked stupid, was exposed as a racist, but equally highlighted key failures of the main political parties… it’s too easy for Jack Straw to just turn round and say “be quiet you racists”… without actually engaging in the political questions they put forward!
Read MoreWould Churchill have been in the BNP?
The opening question of discussion on BBC Question Time tonight:
What about Churchill on Islam…
“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries…
…Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science – the science against which it had vainly struggled – the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient” Rome.
Churchill on immigration…
‘Problems wh. will arise if many coloured people settle here. Are we to saddle ourselves with colour problems in UK? Attracted by Welfare State. Public opinion in UK won’t tolerate it once it gets beyond certain limits.’
Churchill on Jews…
“The central fact which dominates the relations of Jew and non-Jew is that the Jew is ‘different.’ He looks different. He thinks differently. He has a different tradition and background. He refuses to be absorbed.”
Urrr… Churchill, based on these quotes certainly wouldn’t have been PC enough for any major political party. He may not have aligned himself with the BNP, he’s certainly a national hero… but let’s not look at Churchill with rose-tinted glasses!
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