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Welcome to An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed to keep up to date with what I’m writing. Alternatively, if you want to contact Peter in relation to issues of human sexuality, please use the contact form here. Thanks for visiting!Apparently, some [...]

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Reuben At Six Hours

This video will hopefully be shown at tomorrow morning’s services at Christ Church Ware. Enjoy!!!
Might do some photos tomorrow but then blogging will be light…..

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Behold, A Son!

Reuben Johannes Hugh Ould was just born! More info later!
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20 Weeks Campaign Formally Launches

Nadine Dorries MP will on Tuesday launch the official parliamentary campaign to reduce the upper limit for abortion from 24 weeks to 20 weeks when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill is debated in the Commons later this month.
Nadine will be supported by consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Vincent Argent, former medical Director of BPAS, [...]

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Still Not Popped….

Read my t-shirt. It works on so many levels…

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Why Darling Should Cut Fuel Duty

Here in the UK (and I guess elsewhere if my friends in the US are anything to go by) the price of petrol ("gas" for you colonists) has shot up in the last few weeks. Only yesterday the price per litre for diesel was 120p at my local Tesco Garage. A search on petrolprices.com shows [...]

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Civil Partnerships - Dead, Alive Or Spinning Round?

Here’s Pete Burns’ opinion:

When he flashed his engagement ring on the sofa with Richard and Judy, pop star Pete Burns told of his happiness at the prospect of becoming the latest celebrity to marry his male partner.
But now, just ten months after the big day, the singer has split from Michael Simpson, saying civil partnerships [...]

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Website Vanity

April 2008 was the best month ever for An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy with 9,316 visits from a staggering 5,438 unique visitors.
Must be something in the water….
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Sisters, Inheritance And Civil Partnerships

You’ll have seen the story in the past few days that the European Court of Human Rights ruled against a couple of elderly sisters who wanted to have the same inheritance tax rights as two women in a Civil Partnership. Here’s the Telegraph’s report:

In a 15-2 vote, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg [...]

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Hail The Day That Sees Him Rise!!!!

Hail the day that sees Him rise, Alleluia!
To His throne above the skies, Alleluia!
Christ, awhile to mortals given, Alleluia!
Reascends His native heaven, Alleluia!
There the glorious triumph waits, Alleluia!
Lift your heads, eternal gates, Alleluia!
Christ hath conquered death and sin, Alleluia!
Take the King of glory in, Alleluia!
Circled round with angel powers, Alleluia!
Their triumphant Lord, and ours, Alleluia!
Conqueror [...]

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Choices 2005 - Uk Voting

For my UK readers, considering whether to vote in tomorrow’s local and mayoral elections, here’s the video I did three years ago for the last General Election.

Remember, if you don’t vote, you let others change everything.
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Something Sensible From Gene Robinson

Surprisingly, there is a little gem in the current Times serialisation of Gene Robinson’s book, a nugget that all those on the conservative side need to grab hold of and understand:

The worst part is that it’s reminiscent of the years and years that I had to self-censor everything I said, so as not to give [...]

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How Gordon Annoyed The Most Important People…

Nadine Dorries reports how it doesn’t get any better than this in terms of the 10p tax debacle.

Stood at the till paying for my toasted tea cake and tea just as the lovely members’ tea room staff were handed their pay slips.
Pay slip time is always a collegiate thing when money matters.
The first member to [...]

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Substitutionary Atonement And Proverbs

Team Pyro showing that the Bible is a coherent whole, especially when it comes to the atonement.

Sail carefully
In approaching the Old Testament believingly, two extremes must be avoided.
Off to the left looms the Scylla of atomization. Each part of the Bible is treated as a standalone, an historical artifact written virtually without reference to any [...]

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Day Of Truth / Silence / Golden Rule

Last year I used the Day of Truth to talk about what "post-gay" meant to me.
This year I want to highlight a post Warren Throckmorton has made in connection with his campaign to emphasise the Golden Rule on the Day of Silence (which was on Friday). The post is one person’s email to Warren about [...]

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