The Intelligent Christian
Contents
The first step
Get an online bible
Possibly some new insights into old passages
Learn how the bible has been manipulated to put some boys in control
Meet some of our group and enjoy their diverse writing talent
Using intelligence to improve our churches
Towards breaking out of the moulds into which we have been pressed
Stepping up the mathematical metaphors we use in our thinking
Some thoughts on the Reading Room and some photos
'Thou shalt not kill' But in today's world killing has become not just acceptable but chic
Characteristics of high IQ and its role within and from Christendom
A few pages of thumbnailed photos from the UK
Our selection of links
A Very Warm Welcome!
First and foremost this is a Christian website and we realize that
some visitors may not be Christians and may live in parts of the
world where being a Christian is dangerous. So before we get
to the intellectual stuff we offer these invitations:
If you are not a Christian but want to become one we invite you to go to Becoming a Christian
If you are a Christian living in a place that is hostile to your being a Christian we invite you to email us (if it is safe for you to do so) and we will join you with Christians who will pray for you and post messages to you.
Your Christian friends will keep your identity safe and they are already praying for you.
Christians who visit this website may wish to become prayer partners with those who become Christians. We would love to hear from you if you wish. But you are invaluable nonetheless.
You can read the Bible online and download valuable Bible study materials without charge by visiting the websites listed on The Bible page.
The BibleGateway has a useful search facility:
The Intelligent Christian is not an academic website but one that will help to activate Christian minds and assist Christian thinking. The Intelligent Christian is the result of discussions among a global network of Christians who belong to Mensa or who have belonged to Mensa, the international high IQ society. The intent is to focus upon the application of intelligence within and from the Christian community. The website editor is Graham Clinton, who is a member of British Mensa. There is, however, no official connection with Mensa.
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Send an email to the editor and write
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Navigating this website:
The website is arranged in sections. The first page of each section is listed in the Contents to the left. Within each section the first page lists the topics of that section in a menu to the right. Each page has a link to this (Home) page on the left and a link to the first page of the section on the right.
Where there are sub-sections we have also included a link to the first page of the sub-section.
Remember, you can always click on 'back' on your browser to return to the previous page. This may be useful if you are new to web browsing.
Words or phrases defined on other pages (and some Bible references with the version being quoted) appear as links. Just put the cursor over the underlined word or phrase and the definition will pop up. Usually, clicking on the underlined word or phrase will not do anything, but occasionally a link is included and clicking will take you to another page. We think this method is more useful than conventional footnotes, while making reading more interactive (and hopefully more enjoyable as well). Try putting your cursor on this: uniformitarianism.
This is a clickable link - the gospel in one verse: Becoming a Christian
Pages are revised from time to time. In order for you to see the changes you may have to click on the Refresh button on your browser. This is because your computer may store the old pages and show them on your screen and not the new ones. You may also have to click and hold Control on your keyboard when you click on the Refresh button. This is because your internet service provider may hold pages in cache and therefore not give you the latest. Using Control and Refresh gets you the latest.
We attempt to have a balance between criticism and suggestion. But it is not our intention to come across like cardboard cut-outs. When things really matter they must be discussed with passion. The Apostle Paul was far more passionate than comes across in translation. So in that light we do not apologize for our passion.
We would like this website to be a kind of virtual reading room for thinking Christians to come, settle in and think, something akin to the Reading Room of the The British Museum in London. We offer some tools that may help this process and we share some results of our own thinking. Several high IQ Christians have their own sections. It will be instantly obvious that this is not a homogeneous collection of Christian thinkers! But this website is also a place where thinking Christians can share with the world the results of their thinking. Thinking is a never-ending process and it may be worth checking back from time to time to follow the thoughts of each contributor.
Articles by individuals are so designated except those by the editor, which are not designated.
Passages from the Bible:
Ezekiel 34:15,16
I myself will tend my sheep and make them lie down, declares the Sovereign Lord. I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak.
John 10:27,28
My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can take them out of my hand
Matthew 22:37
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
Our other website is a commercial publishing site. Initially it will specialise in out-of-print books that deserve to be kept in circulation. Given the ridiculous trends in 'Christian' publishing these days, we feel this service is important.
Most books will be eBooks, but there will be some traditional paper ones as well.
Any Christian interested in the book of Genesis and discussions about creation will want to read the classic, but until now out-of-print, Clues to Creation in Genesis.
And did you know a woman became Pope in the ninth century? No? Then, click on the link below to go to christianresources.info.
The site uses PayPal for purchases and downloads.
Title picture courtesy of Words and Pictures caclampitt@worldplate.com
Website launched 4 November 1999
Jesus is Lord
'Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.'
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11 January 2008
Capital Christmas by Helene Parry
25 November 2007
(Martin Hattersley addresses the Full Gospel Businessmen's Association in Camrose Alberta fifteen months after the murder of his daughter)
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