interesting media stories

the human being is a fascinating creature, don't you think? we can't leave each other alone as we're such social creatures, and we can't leave religion alone as we're such spiritual creatures. life is full of stories about both.

i missed the tv programme on dawkins the other night, but the skinny kiwi has a post on it.

there's also a new series on radio 4 that started yesterday morning called, 'who killed christianity?', presented by dr. david starkey. its on each tuesday morning for 15 mins at 9.30am. if you miss it, you can use the listen again feature on the beeb's website. the first episode was looking at st. paul as the 'inventor of christianity'. dr. starkey asked, 'does the iron ever leave the persecutor's soul?', pointing toward paul's pre-conversion state of rigid pharisee bent on persecuting the early christians. starkey thinks that paul is harsh on humanity and distorts the essence of christianity in contrast to jesus' more positive view of humanity and gospel message. starkey engages prof. john milbank and morna hooker in the conversation. worth a listen.

that radio programme was preceeded by a fabulous half hour show called 'the choice', presented by michael buerk. yesterday's show featured a remarkable story of reform through the prison system of john hirst - a convicted killer and dangerous man. inspiring story.

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