David L Rattigan: The Archives

Occasionally, an old piece -- something written in the early 2000s, a few years before I began writing seriously -- goes viral or gets a few hits because of some timely news story or issue. For that reason, I'm keeping some old pieces online in this archive. Some of them, especially those of a religious or theological nature, reflect an earlier stage in my journey, when I still had a broadly evangelical faith.

 

Some early essays on religion by David L Rattigan

The Bible and Me: Two Friends on a Curious Journey

The Discomfort of Following Christ in a Comfortable World

Do Evangelicals Really Believe in Hell?

Into the Charismatic Movement: My Story

Holy Week Reflections, March, 2005

Woody Allen and the Irony of the Gospel

Worldviews, Stories and Why Leaving Fundamentalism Hurts

Humour

Classified Advertisements

In the news: Emergency meeting called as potato salad row escalates

In the news: Church face-off over "panther piss"

In the news: Rumours true: Trinity to split

In the news: Fiery preacher Flapmore has "feminine side"

In the news: I was wrong: God admits defeat and changes policy

Letters

Rejected exam paper

Review of Schwinkelmeier's Commentary on the Gospel of Luke

Rite of Passage or The Man Who Stinks of Piss

Struggling with Intellectual Masturbation (a parody of fundamentalism)

Poetry

An English Neighbourhood

People-Watcher

 

 

 

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