… or at least a great example by ‘Saturday’.
Archive for June, 2008
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A good friend once asked me why I thought Christian schools are useless. I wrote back a manifesto. Since it was fairly comprehensive, and since I’m short of time at the moment, I thought I’d post it: View full article »
… 2 to go. Studying for it (Philosophy) was very interesting, lots I wished I had time to blog. You might see some of it appear in the near future.
… summer’s on its way! Hooray!
I don’t love winter. But I like some things about it. I’ll be better able to enjoy those things from Wednesday afternoon when I finish exams. Whoopie!
I just wanted to thank Craig for putting me onto Supermemo. I’ve used it everyday for the last 11 days – and learned 146 greek words!
Oh, and he has an ok blog too 
Column 8 in the SMH this morning featured this gem:
“The piece about the Greek phrase book reminded me of once looking in a Tagalog phrase book,” writes Vivienne Potter, of Gowrie, ACT (“My hovercraft is full of eels”, Column 8, Thursday). “The question was ‘Are you awake?’ The answer was given as ‘No, I am asleep’. Very useful, I thought.”
This inspired Dad and I to joke about The Sarcastic Phrase Book. We’ve started writing:
“Is this a bus stop?” Est-ce que c’est un arrêt d’autobus?
“No, its a train station.” Non, c’est une gare.
“Are you hurt?” Es-tu blessé?
“No. That’s why I’m crying. What does it look like? Idiot…” Non. C’est pourquoi je pleure. Qu’est-ce que cela ressembler? Imbécile!
Any suggestions? (With or without translations)
One hundred years from my day there will not be a Bible in the earth except one that is looked upon by an antiquarian curiosity seeker. — Voltaire (1694-1778)
Who is Voltaire? Exactly. (for the curious, he was a Big Name philosopher)
There is an anecdote around, that within 50 years of Voltaire’s death his house was owned by the Geneva Bible Society and his printing press used to pump out the very thing whose demise he declared. The anecdote is false (see page 14 of this journal [pdf]) but nevertheless illustrative.
No book has been subject to such attack, so often banned or burnt, so scrutinised, so despised, or so challenged as has the Bible. Yet, 200 years after Voltaire, he is forgotten and the Bible is trusted by more people than ever before. It has withstood the attacks of millenia.
Why?
Number of subscribers:
It’s getting to the point where it’s not even just me subscribing! (At least 3 of those are me…)
If you don’t already use feedburner, you’re missing out.
If the graph is to be trusted (I smell a rat), there are a bunch of readers out there who’ve never commented. Why not say ‘hi!’ in the comments 
Woah!
(Shotgun not)
Been considering this for a while now: Still wondering:
Should I go to World Youth Day Week as a ‘missionary’? To try to show Roman Catholics that we are saved by Jesus’ blood alone, not by works…
What do you reckon? Anyone want to come with me?