tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255992172009-10-17T09:40:06.399ZThis blog was originally created as a forum for comments/discussion on the content of my <b><a href="http://www.geosus.org.uk">Geosccience and Jesus - The Case for Co-habitation</a></b> (Geosus) website, although I have now decided to widen its purpose. However, the great thing about blogs is that they "<i>give frustrated authors everywhere a voice in cyberspace</i>". So, here is <b>my</b> contribution to the deafening cacophony of opinions...Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-32455214671329821272007-12-31T21:21:00.002Z2008-06-08T12:58:09.326Z

I am old enough (born in 1965) to remember the fuss surrounding the release of this film but, even as a zealous member of the Christian Union at Portsmouth Polytechnic (as was) in 1983-86, thought it was one of the funniest things I had ever seen. However, then, as now (more than 20 years later), I found the closing "Crucifixion" unacceptable...The film, quite justifiably in my opinion, pokes fun

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-65303513924580240882007-12-31T21:05:00.000Z2007-12-31T21:21:05.680Z

Hi there, Long time, no Blog (I know)... during which I have changed jobs, relocated to the other side of the UK, and separated from my wife (divorce now pending). In addition to all this, I have had no end of trouble re-establishing a viable broadband connection at my home address (to enable me to blog easily)...It is New Year's Eve here in the UK and Channel 4 are having a Monty Python evening

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-65879348582720956752007-05-15T08:33:00.001Z2007-05-15T13:26:53.063Z

John Sweeney deserves only praise for such an honest and transparently human piece of investigative journalism. Hovever, ignoring for a moment some of the more sinister aspects to the behavoiur of it's adherents, Scientology is no more of a "religion" than is "positive thinking". In fact, leaving aside all the weird ideas about our being descended from aliens and such like (which is almost as

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-90439040940572730792007-04-16T13:14:00.000Z2007-04-16T13:17:07.909Z

I am the same age and - I suspect – have the same personality profile as Jonathan, but I am, nevertheless, amazed by his stubbornness. At first, I was amused by the psychological warfare he inflicted on his fellow castaways, especially as he has proved himself – time and again – to be a very useful person to have around. However, I think the joke has since worn a bit thin…Therefore, when he has

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-90637222856057553362007-02-15T23:03:00.000Z2007-02-15T23:13:08.759Z

With regard to the excellent BBC Drama "The Verdict", I posted this on the associated discussion forum, under the title "It was the only possible outcome!", but reproduce it here nonetheless:No system of justice is perfect, but ours is pretty good; has stood the test of time; and definitely is not going to be shaken by the outcome of a BBC drama.The jury's task was to try the case on the evidence

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-9418998417422550192007-01-17T12:15:00.000Z2008-12-09T10:00:42.939Z

As I said, I was not finished with this yet... To my mind, the World's Last Chance (WLC) website oscillates between the absolutely ridiculous and the genuinely surprising, many times; but here are some examples:Ridiculous"The official title of the pope is 'Vicarius Filii Dei', which translated is, 'Representative of the Son of God'... Since in Latin certain letters have numerical values, we only

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-35297192772012955622007-01-12T12:54:00.000Z2007-01-14T14:33:10.984Z

Could it be that the Seventh Day Adventists (who were the first to postulate the idea) are right to suggest that Pope Benedict will be the penultimate pontiff before the final fulfilment of prophecy in the Book of Revelation?... Before dismissing the idea out of hand, on the basis that Jesus said no-one would be able to predict His return, it is important to note that what World's Last Chance (

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-17938579095337856242007-01-11T12:22:00.000Z2007-01-11T13:17:21.739Z

I really thought that the President might actually take heed of the advice offered by the Iraq Study Group, despite the fact that it would require the consumption of a large serving of "Humble Pie" (...it was stupid of me - I know).Can you believe it, though, this guy makes Tony Blair's behaviour over Iraq seem entirely rational. In fact, in the face of such madness, one might be forgiven for

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-74402574314709247642007-01-08T12:49:00.000Z2008-12-09T10:00:43.094Z

"JESUS CHRIST IS THE ROCK ON WHICH WE STAND... ...AND THE ROCK OF WHICH WE SHOULD BE MADE!"(Thank-you to Jeremy Simpkins, the Pastor of Jubilee Church, on Teesside (UK),for being the "divine spark" of inspiration for the above illustration)

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-60050201181223344372007-01-05T13:06:00.000Z2007-01-14T14:28:17.527Z

The announcement that the UK Government may ban this scientific research has prompted a lot of discussion in the media (e.g. BBC News website).Before ranting on about the moral and ethical implications of this, it is always useful to check the facts... If scientists are taking the egg from a cow and removing all its contents before putting in human DNA from a stem cell, resulting in an embryo

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-64051003529785014142006-12-25T18:11:00.000Z2006-12-30T14:39:35.568Z

I first read about this earlier this year in an issue of the excellent National Geographic magazine. Now, having seen an audio-visual presentation of pretty much the same information by Channel Four, as a Bible-believing Christian, I feel compelled to comment as follows:The Gospel of Judas is indeed a very revealing insight into the early development of Christianity. However, I do not see any

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-48355992572195440232006-11-30T13:45:00.000Z2006-12-01T20:34:30.883Z

Given that short-lived (alpha particle) radiation from polonium-210 cannot even find its way out of a paper bag, the supposedly hi-tech assassins of Mr Litvinenko seem to have been very untidy. Unless, of course, they intended to leave trails of polonium everywhere, to throw people off their scent. The scientists amongst you will of course be quick to point out that the police are not finding

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-71191256498485896602006-11-29T13:41:00.000Z2006-11-29T13:52:03.096Z

Thanks to Tony Blair deciding to express regret for the UK's part in the Slave Trade, this has been Big News here this week.However, actions speak louder than words and, today, the ongoing slavery we should be apologising for (and abolishing) is the burden of debt that we refuse to remove from developing economies that cannot help themselves because of unfair trade rules, etc., etc.. Furthermore,

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-1162474837139402662006-11-02T13:33:00.000Z2006-11-09T12:45:25.513Z

It is just as well that James Lovelock is a patient man; undeterred by any amount of criticism and/or ridicule. Personally, I was very sceptical of his Gaia hypothesis up until only a few years ago, when the BBC first broadcast their excellent "Earth Story" series presented by Sir Aubrey Manning. I suspect that I was not the only one to watch it that said to themselves, "Wow, so there is solid

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-1161678313913741212006-10-24T08:22:00.000Z2006-11-07T06:39:56.246Z

When it comes to sexual self-gratification, can someone please tell me where is the flaw in my logic? We all know the Biblical story of Mary and Joseph, but how many of us find it hard to accept that Mary may well have been a young teenager at the time of her betrothal to Joseph?So, if a man is attracted to little children we call him a paedophile. If a man is attracted to retired people we call

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-1159791366595970502006-10-02T12:08:00.000Z2006-10-02T12:16:06.596Z

Hi folks,Long time no blog, eh? Well what with being made redundant, being unemployed, re-landscaping the back garden, and having no access to the Internet at home (until Tiscali sort out what is wrong with the Broadband Connection that we are supposed to have)... but enough of the excuses already... After a very strange summer (in more ways than one), I am now back in employment (working for

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-1154883854857612262006-08-06T16:51:00.000Z2006-08-06T17:04:14.873Z

I have decided to re-name this blog to reflect my overall philosophy about life, rather than as an advertisement for my Christian Apologetics website (i.e. "Geoscience and Jesus etc...").It was St Paul that first described the global Christian movement (recognisable disciples of Jesus through the ages) as the body of Christ. ("...one body with many parts..."), in which case none of us is the

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-1151338288276339162006-06-26T16:04:00.000Z2006-06-26T16:11:28.290Z

Simon said...Why should science worry about gods, Martin? If scientists started trying to squeeze gods into things, we'd be going back about 1000 years.In the long and winding road of scientific progress, not one step has been taken by religion.From talking to various Christians, Christianity seems to be about general self-loathing and mistrust of humanity. Being brought up in a Christian society

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-1150291238907855922006-06-14T13:14:00.000Z2006-06-14T13:20:38.926Z

I must come clean and admit I did not send you a postcard from our recent 3112-mile round trip to Venice (but don't feel miffed; we only sent them to close family this year). This was really fantastic; a drive through - or rather over - the Alps comes highly recommended; it is "ahhhssohm", as our American friends would say. Anyway, although we came back with over 100 bottles of wine and about 6

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-1147939532277592522006-05-18T07:53:00.000Z2006-05-18T08:07:45.633Z

Later today I am setting off on a 2400-mile, 18-day, round trip to Caorle (near Venice), with me doing all of the driving. However, I am not a good passenger, but I like to navigate too! Having Driven to Normandy two years ago, and Bordeaux last year, the children are psychologically prepared; as well as physically (they both recently bought Gameboys). Nevertheless, I hope they will take time to

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-1147857701349737132006-05-17T09:19:00.000Z2006-05-18T08:08:38.786Z

If, as reported, "4 out of 10 police officers have been threatened by a member of the public"...Why don't they arrest him? He's obviously dangerous!

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-1146572480609014672006-05-02T11:54:00.000Z2006-05-02T12:37:29.496Z

Despite Steven Carr's persistent refusal to answer questions such as that which I put to him recently, as in; "what is your motivation for wanting to highlight supposed evidence of the lies and deception of the Early Church?", I now have it on good authority that he is an atheist (obviously) that is well known to the likes of "Christians in Science" for picking arguments with Christians:

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-1145943810342934092006-04-25T05:39:00.000Z2006-04-25T06:18:25.436Z

It warms my heart to know that Steven Carr thinks "...Paul's beliefs are pretty coherent" but, as for the fact that "...some very early converts to Christianity did not believe in resurrection of corpses; does anybody? It may seem to some that we are at risk of arguing about semantics here but, I think we all accept that Paul and the Corinthians, and the whole of the Roman Empire - including the

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25599217.post-1145623428364069362006-04-21T12:42:00.000Z2006-04-24T12:31:49.236Z

Dear fellow cyberspace travellers,My name is Martin Lack and, although I do not promise to be a frequent or regular blogger, I would welcome any comment or feedback, preferably constructive and/or polite, on the content of my website (see "Links" in the right-hand column).By the way, in case you were not aware, I am also in ongoing on-line debate with Steven Carr - who recently featured in a

Martin Lacknoreply@blogger.com1