Bruce Charlton's Notions

* [If you don't already know what the economic 'law' of Comparative Advantage is, then don't bother reading this.] * W...

* Before I was a Christian, I was very interested by animism (treating nature as sentient) including such things as the anthropomorphism o...

* I was very struck by the following comment from 'Elspeth' who blogs at Traditional Christianity: * Marriage-topia, sex-topi...

* Okay - so simple reaction time data indicates that average general intelligence has declined by about one standard deviation (15 IQ poin...

* It may seem a hopeless situation - but that is despair talking. In fact everything can be sorted out, if only we are sensible about thi...

* http://www.madinamerica.com/2013/05/treating-one-disease-by-causing-another/ Aficionados of BC's Miscellany will recognize most of...

* http://iqpersonalitygenius.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-decline-in-general-intelligence.html *

* (Indeed, the same applies to much of the 'hard line' - legalistic, hyper-correct, over-systematic - Christian reactionary blogos...

* When I became a Christian I was reassured by CS Lewis's statement in Mere Christianity that there were many theories of the atoneme...

* As we grow from childhood we all freely (but initially innocently) make the choice to hide ourselves from God and each other by hardenin...

* Was JRR Tolkien ever envious about anything? Documentation requested: http://notionclubpapers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/was-tolkien-env...

* Rowan Williams - the incompetent ex-Archbishop of Canterbury: And Catweazle - the incompetent Anglo-Saxon wizard from 1970s childre...

* The most important thing is to become a Christian - that alone is of great benefit; but the second step is to (try to) choose a church ...

* Much of modern life is predicated on the assumption that it is possible, indeed usual, to do good things for bad reasons; that motivatio...

* People often advocate this or that socio-political change in opposition to the Leftist and secular domination of modern societies - but ...

* As spring really begins to get moving, and I can perceive the first sign of emerging beech leaves - feelings of Joy are common when stan...

* 'Modern Life' as it is portrayed in the mass media - in innumerable novels, movies, TV shows and commentaries - is depicted as e...

* There is more than one answer - but an important factor is the psychological consequences of modernity: which is functional specializati...

* http://notionclubpapers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/tolkien-travelling-on-dream-meteor.html *

* The answer is given by the properly-formed question: Is Christianity inherently left-wing compared with what ? (And I mean compared wi...

* Convincing modern people that they are sinners is a big problem for Christian apologetics, and has been for many decades. Moderns are ...