Unitarian & Free Christian Bible Discussion

 For the Bible Discussion on Monday with Arek Malecki: SQUARING THE CIRCLE: CHANGING MIND IN THE LIGHT OF NEW UNDERSTANDING, MENTAL GYMNASTICS, OR DOWNRIGHT COGNITIVE DISSONANCE? This week will talk about the passage from the Book of Jeremiah below. It maybe good to have a gist of the context of the exile. So, if you wish, you may also watch the following two short introductory videos. You should be aware that they are part of a series of videos addressing many aspects of biblical literature, and that the group that produced them has a particular worldview or agenda - they want to persuade you that the whole Bible can be read as having a single, expansive, narrative-arc. For this reason, the video on the Exile focuses on both Old Testament and New Testament themes. To put it bluntly, “no matter what the question is, the answer is Jesus”. Other than that, I think that their videos are very good and informative. • Introduction to Exile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSua9_WhQFE • I

In this Monday's discussion we'll be considering Biblical responses to this short video from the BBC on transhumanism (It's 2 and a half minutes, from an 'explainer' series called The A to Z of isms) THIS LINK HAS BEEN FIXED - IT NOW PLAYS THE CORRECT VIDEO   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVmuU04-X5E&t=17s Are there Biblical verses that might encourage us to embrace transhumanism - or are there verses that warn us against transhumanism?  FIRST  Please watch the video in advance of the discussion, and find Bible verses that you think are relevant to this issue as presented in the video. At the beginning of the discussion we'll spend no more than 10 minutes sharing the verses that we have found and briefly stating how we think they might apply to this topic.  SECOND Then we will focus on one passage in relation to Transhumanism. Imagine we are in the future, technology has progressed in a way envisaged by the video: human beings have become healthier, smarte

For our Bible Discussion, this Monday 16th January, beginning at 6.30pm, Donald Jacobs will lead discussion on the fall, in Genesis chapter 3. 1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7And

The Bible Discussion group is back! This Monday 9th January, beginning at 6.30pm, Indra Sikdar will lead discussion around the confusion of languages and origin of nations, focussing on the account of the Tower of Babel in Genesis chapter 11. (Also keeping in mind the treatment of the idea of ‘nationhood’ in Matthew 24.7, depending on time.) Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as they migrated from the east,[a] they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and fire them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth." 5 The LORD[b] came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had built. 6 And the LORD said, "Look, they are one pe