Ethical and Independent Journalism… Journalism for immigrants
Thursday, January 21, 2021
We have come to that time of year where we learn that Jonny and Sophie spent Christmas on the slopes of Klosters with Charlie and Cammi (or, better still, Wills and Kate), that Dave and Sam met up with them for a picnic on safari in Kenya, that little Charlotte […]
‘You shall not covet’ says the ancient commandment. Yet this is what humanity has been doing since time immemorial—maybe even before Homo erectus. It is still with us, causing economic crises. Nigel Pocock These, bizarrely, politicians want to encourage. They do this by asking for more coveting, and more consumerism. […]
In the 1950s, Joy Davidman (b. 1915), wrote Smoke on the Mountain, about the Ten Commandments. In this work, she presented a feminist interpretation of the command that ‘You shall not commit adultery’. Nigel Pocock Miss Davidman showed that this command should be understood against a background of women as […]
David Hume (1711-76) held some key ideas. Firstly, truth was essentially about being scientific and empirical — all else was nonsense. Secondly, if God was love and almighty, there could be no evil. Nigel Pocock From this, he inferred that there could be no God, since evil existed. Finally, less […]
