Assisted Dying: the November 2024 Bill

Introduction

On 16 October 2024, the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater presented a Private Members’ Bill to Parliament, the "Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25". The long title states it will “allow adults who are terminall

Why Don't People Join the Church?

I talk with a lot of people, and - possibly as a consequence - I am asked this question on a fairly regular basis: why don't people join the church? On the basis of no formal research whatsoever, but simply looking back at conversations over the pas

Religion

There is a common assumption in many Western countries that if you are religious, then you 'believe in God', and that your choice of religion is all about believing in the 'right' God. However, while you will find a God or multiple gods in many relig

Healthcare

One quick point about the UK National Health Service (NHS): almost everybody agrees that it is in need of radical reform, so let's start to spell out what that reform might look like.

Better Choices

You only get one life to live, so why not spend it doing something which is worth doing?

Self Honesty

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Introduction

This is just a stub, a short placeholder piece as a reminder that something more detailed is needed.

Most people recognize honesty as a virtue, but there are several different forms of honesty, each with the

Religion and Spirituality

This is the place for contributions about religion and spirituality in general, as opposed to any specific religion or spiritual tradition

Democracy: An Introduction

We tend to understand democracy as a system in which ‘the people’ are allowed to vote to elect their government, but voting is only useful in a certain kind of society. So what else is needed? Democracy can be seen as a goal, but it can only be a to

Money, The Financial System and Human Welfare

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Executive Summary
Money is something we all need and cannot do without; it is a necessary part of modern society. The bald truth of it is that the financial system that governs how money works is generally a product of h

Three Kinds of Knowledge

We want to feel certain, we want to be confident that we know the truth, but we need to remember that reality is big and complicated. In order to act, we have to make judgements about what is true and what is false, but even as we make those judgeme

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is not intelligent, but it is changing the world.

Economic Reform

There is general agreement that the current economic system is broken - but no agreement on how we ought to fix it.

Money, Value and Wealth

Money has financial value, but so too do many other things.

Financial Services

The modern world requires an efficient and reliable financial system. We need to be able to pay for things – to move money around, both within nation states and between them. And we need a way to provide capital to people who want to start or grow a

Money - An Overview

Almost every issue and challenge we face is tied up with money - who has it, and how they (we!) choose to spend it.

Christianity: Theories of the Atonement

Atonement is the name we give to an action which repairs a relationships which has been fractured by wrongdoing, so that the relationship is restored. In Christian theology, the fractured relationship is between God and the human race, and this rela

Christianity: Introducing God's Kingdom

God’s Kingdom is vital. From a theological perspective, there can be nothing better or more important than God’s will being done. However, on this point at least, our theology is simply confirming our own common sense: it is surely obvious that socie

Christianity: The Gospel Message 'Missing' Details

I do my best, when the opportunity arises, to present the Christian gospel in a way which is appropriate to the person and the situation, and which is faithful to the Biblical message. I believe it is more Biblical and more complete than most of the

Personality

It seems clear to me that we need a study of 'comparative personality', in much the same way that we study comparative religion.

Identity and Perspective

Each tribe we belong to affects how we see the world, our perspective on the world.

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Assisted Dying: the November 2024 Bill

Introduction

Why Don't People Join the Church?

Religion

Healthcare

Better Choices

Self Honesty

Introduction

Religion and Spirituality

Democracy: An Introduction

Money, The Financial System and Human Welfare

Three Kinds of Knowledge

Artificial Intelligence

Economic Reform

Money, Value and Wealth

Financial Services

Money - An Overview

Christianity: Theories of the Atonement

Christianity: Introducing God's Kingdom

Christianity: The Gospel Message 'Missing' Details

Personality

Identity and Perspective

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