Abram hasn’t been long in the promised land when famine hits. He decides to leave then land and go to Egypt to find food. There has been some debate on whether or not this was a good thing to do with some commentators pointing to the absence of explicit negative assessment. However, sometimes the point… Continue reading Out of the frying pan …
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Did Abraham lie? How not to rescue a patriarch
Tim Suffield argues here that when Abraham went to Egypt and agreed with Sarah that they would say she was his sister, that he was not lying and that he has unfairly got a bad press because of this. The basis of Tim’s case is that Abraham was in fact Sarah’s half-brother according to Genesis… Continue reading Did Abraham lie? How not to rescue a patriarch
On calling people liars
Last week, MP Dawn Butler was removed from the House of Commons for calling the Prime Minister a liar. “What was the problem with her accusing him of lying?” you may well be asking. Isn’t Mr Johnson notorious for having a questionable relationship with the truth? Hasn’t that been the problem for him so… Continue reading On calling people liars
When did lockdown really start (or “Is Matt Hancock re-writing history?”)
When did the lockdown really start? Does it really matter? Well, potentially yes. You see there’s been some heated discussion in the last week or two about whether or not the Government delayed entering lockdown and whether or not this cost lives? There seem to be two potential answers to this. The common answer is… Continue reading When did lockdown really start (or “Is Matt Hancock re-writing history?”)
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