Bruce Charlton's Notions

* Kelham Hall was the home of the Society of the Sacred Mission - a Church of England monastic order which was founded by Fr Herbert (HH) ...

* All of whom play looped-versions of what is supposed to be the first sixteen bars of the 'Romanian' Anniversary Song... * ...

* There are lots of common diseases for which the cause is not known - coronary heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, most cancers. Wh...

* Why is it so hard? We would expect it to be hard to remain a Christian due to original sin - due to the selfish pridefulness of human...

* As I well remember from my own experience, moderns and progressives like to imagine that they are hard-nosed, rational, empirical. Yet m...

* Supposedly, a vampire cannot come into a house unless invited; evil is much the same with respect to the human heart. It seems likely ...

* We learn a difficult and alien way of thinking such as mathematics by working-through multiple examples - doing lists of calculations. ...

* The bad news is that Leftists really do evil on purpose and it is not a matter of good intentions accidentally gone astray. How do I k...

* We must recognise the evil that is so prevalent and pervasive. We are reluctant to do so, because it seems to be judgmental and blaming;...

* We must recognise the evil that is so prevalent and pervasive. We are reluctant to do so, because it seems to be judgmental and blaming;...

* The young person is an atheist because Christianity stands in the path of what makes him happy; the old person remains an atheist becaus...

* Is there such a thing as truth? Can humans comprehend it? What is true? What kind of thing is truth... etc. For these to be meaningful...

* After having seen and laughed at Johnny English Reborn I realized that Rowan Atkinson is by far the longest running funny man I could t...

* Before I understood the deep (and Christian) level of the Harry Potter novels, in other words before reading the Deathly Hallows , I fou...

* Richard Wurmbrand (1909-2001) was a Protestant Pastor in Romania where he was imprisoned and tortured for fourteen years by the Communist...

* The problem with Christian heresies is almost exclusively a problem with intellectuals, especially professionals. (Of course, the main...

* Lambert Simnel was a random poor kid adopted by an elite Yorkist and relabelled as heir to the throne of England (recently occupied by H...

* This talk I gave in October 2008, which the organizers (not me!) put onto YouTube, represents my thinking just a few months before I bec...

* The linear, sequential style of thinking which Simon Baron Cohen calls 'systemizing' - typical of 'autism spectrum' diso...

* I think it is crucial to recognize that Leftist elites are no longer corruptly self-serving (yes in detail - but not overall); but with...

* Although this blog seems to be read by plenty of people, and the quality of comments has been really excellent (for example, Thought Pri...