The BBC have published Richard Dawkins' perspective on the plans to distribute the King James Bible within schools. Dawkins has the view that as a literary work, the Bible offers a vast amount of linguistic and clutural infomation and that reading from it will devlop your understanding of the English language.
However controversially, Dawkins says that the Bible cannot be understood as a moral guide to behaviour and therefore that any rational reader, of sound mind, should come to the conclusion that it is an integral work of fiction.
"Some phrasiology from the KJB: No peace for the wicked (Isaiah 57:21), The blind leading the blind (Matthew 15:13) and God forbid (Romans 3:6)"
He comments on the skillful allegories and allusions in the King James Bible which akin to that of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
I will leave our perspective open, but the article is a fascinating atheist and linguistic interpretation on the use of this powerful narrative in society.
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
British Poverty could be Alleviated by a Robin Hood Tax?
On Monday, Cardinal O'Brien took on David Cameron in a statement which declared that Government policy was not doing enough to help alleviate suffering througout impoverished communities in the UK.
Cardinal O'Brien dubbed by The Guardian as "Scotland's most senior Catholic" is pressing to enforce the Tobin tax which seeks to attach a small, realistically percentile, static rate on domestic financial transactions.
This would create a Government fund to be able to directly tackle poverty within the UK. The Cardinal accused the Government of having "immoral economic policy" which exacerbates the situation of those who are financially less well-off. A full transcript of the BBC1 Sunday Politics in Scotland is available online.
What do you think? Is it the case that taking small fractions of large transactions in the City parallels a Robin-Hood-esque charitable mentality, or is it a Robin-Hood-esque aggressive concept which looks for confrontation rather than contribution.
Cardinal O'Brien dubbed by The Guardian as "Scotland's most senior Catholic" is pressing to enforce the Tobin tax which seeks to attach a small, realistically percentile, static rate on domestic financial transactions.
This would create a Government fund to be able to directly tackle poverty within the UK. The Cardinal accused the Government of having "immoral economic policy" which exacerbates the situation of those who are financially less well-off. A full transcript of the BBC1 Sunday Politics in Scotland is available online.
What do you think? Is it the case that taking small fractions of large transactions in the City parallels a Robin-Hood-esque charitable mentality, or is it a Robin-Hood-esque aggressive concept which looks for confrontation rather than contribution.
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