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Introduction : Dear Jeremy Paxman

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You've been told off by the beeb ... ... because you said the the Bible book of Genesis was "religious hogwash". The BBC Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee has acknowledged that the comments were “offensive”. The Committee maintains that Mr Paxman’s use of the term “religious hogwash” was not intended to deliberately cause offence. But it acknowledges “that they were offensive to some of the audience and that there was no clear editorial purpose for their use in the context of this Newsnight item”. The Trust’s report added: “The committee therefore concluded that the item breached the editorial guidelines on harm and offence. It added that it regretted the offence caused to some viewers by the use of the terms ‘religious hogwash’.  The words were used in a scripted item on "Newsnight" about Richard Dawkins' book ... ... and here are some transcripted snippets from the programme. Jeremy Paxman : From our earliest years we learn to suspend disbeli...
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From fbb's bus blog ... Today at 1400 is the Christening of Archie Robin Fearnley (son of you-know-who) ... ... at St Mary's Church Goldsborough (near Harrogate). fbb and Mrs wish the little lad the very best of futures; and may he come to know his Lord Jesus as a personal Saviour in due course. fbb and Mrs fbb will attend to support the families and to pray for them and Archie. He's grown a bit since this was taken ...  --------------------------------------------------- Sweet. I was christened. I have no idea what it was all about. What's the point? Somebody once told me it was to stop you going to hell. How could sprinkling a baby with water do that? It doesn't make sense. Different Churches do baptism in different ways. This one's in the sea and it's for adults. Sometimes they use a tank, called a bapistry, in the Church. And they have to wear a nightie? The people in the sea seem to be having fun! Probably "jo...
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What, on Earth, Went Wrong? We're answering your question (and the one in the little poem), namely; if God made everything so lovely and perfect, why is everything so unlovely and so imperfect in the world today? Yes, and if it's awful, why doesn't God do something to make it better? Which is why we need to go to the Garden of Eden. Surely there wasn't a real place. It's just a story, isn't it? The Bible actually tells us where the Garden is - or was. A stream flowed in Eden and watered the garden; beyond Eden it divided into four rivers. The first river is the Pishon; it flows around the country of Havilah. (Pure gold is found there and also rare perfume and precious stones.) The second river is the Gihon; it flows around the country of Cush. The third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria, and the fourth river is the Euphrates.  So get the map! ... And tell me more. People have argued for centuries about where the Garden of E...
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