Knox Box

Not quite a science blog, not quite a Bible blog, not quite a politics or family blog. Just a box into which almost anything might be thrown. Worth a rummage in. See the labels cloud on the right for an idea of what you might find.

Friday, 23 December 2022

It’s Christmas on Sunday…….

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You wouldn’t think it was that big a deal that December 25 th happens to be a Sunday. And for most of the planet’s 8 billion inhabitants it...

Monday, 19 December 2022

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The Christmas movie channels popped up, unbidden, in September. TV adverts for Christmas food started in early October, and the John Lewis a...

Thursday, 1 December 2022

(Way) less than less than half….

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No, the title is not a typo. It was inspired by the headline on a report on the BBC website last Tuesday, which also appeared in their mai...

Saturday, 26 November 2022

The neo-Babylonian captivity of (some) evangelicals

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Around September 1520, Matin Luther published a tract. Along with his other writings, he would be invited to repudiate it at the Diet of Wor...

Saturday, 19 November 2022

Turbulent Bishops (with apologies to Henry II)

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In his displeasure at Thomas Becket in 1170, Henry II is reputed to have cried “will no one rid me of this turbulent priest”, leading to som...

Monday, 31 October 2022

Amateur Hour

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It is hard to fathom the political pickle we are currently in. On this side of the Atlantic we (some of us) watched with horror as our frie...

Friday, 30 September 2022

Science + theology?

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A while ago I took to thinking about the area of study in which I am now engaged ( theology ), and also the area in which I had previously b...

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Paul C. Knox: I'm a Christian, in the Biblical as opposed to the ethnic or generic sense, retired academic scientist, and recently minted theology graduate. The way science and faith interact is of interest to me. You can find our more about my science on my web pages. But here I range far and wide.

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