Author: David Lawrence Preston
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Working in Nature Improves Mental Health
A study by the University of Essex for the Wildlife Trust has revealed that doing voluntary work in nature improves mental wellbeing. 95% of the 139 volunteers reported an improvement in their symptoms within six weeks. The work included shrub clearing, conservation work, tree planting and food harvesting. The results demonstrate once again that the…
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Archbishop Bemoans the Absence of God
Following recent announcements by the Pope that seem to overturn the Catholic Church’s longstanding teachings on women priests, the literal truth of the Bible and homosexuality, the Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Anglican Church, has weighed in with an interesting comment of his own: the recent terrorist attacks on Paris made him doubt the…
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Buddhism, Animals and the Environment
I was first attracted to Buddhism because it seemed to me to be more eco-friendly than other traditions. It seemed more enlightened than Christianity, Islam and Judaism! But recent investigations have made me wonder if this is really true as we shall see. In ancient times when the world’s major religions were created they had…
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The Da Vinci Code
I read Dan Brown’s ‘Da Vinci Code’ several years ago and saw the film. I couldn’t put it down. It made compulsive reading. It’s a novel of course, although the author claims that much of the history and symbolism referred to in the book are true. It suggests that Mary Magdalene and Yeshua the Nazarene…
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David Lawrence Preston highlights biblical inconsistencies in new book
A historical/factual perspective on Christian doctrine. BOURNEMOUTH, England — David Lawrence Preston was inspired to write “201 Things about Christianity You Probably Don’t Know (But Ought To)” (published by Balboa Press) after his investigation of Christian doctrine. It led to the discovery of a huge number of inaccuracies and contradictions. He highlights these inconsistencies and…
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The Firewalk – Creative Imagery in Action
The most convincing demonstration of creative imagery for me took place a few years ago. About three dozen of us gathered in a field in Somerset one cool April evening. A five metre lane of burning hot embers was prepared, and one by one we tentatively stepped onto the fire, muttering ‘cool wet moss’ and…
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PRESS RELEASE
A controversial new book which challenges a number of fundamental Christian beliefs has been published by a Dorset-based author. The book uncovers the facts about Christianity that most people-including Christians-don’t know and explains why these facts are so important. David L Preston, who lives in Bournemouth, has written ‘201 Things about Christianity you probably don’t…
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Respect yourself!
If you could have done it better, you would have. If you could have known better, you would have. You learn by doing it right and you learn by getting it wrong. Missed opportunities will come round again, only next time you’ll be ready for them. Just because you once saw something as bad for…
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‘Truth’ does not have to be ‘true’
The Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) is largely a symbolic and highly fictionalised account of a people’s struggles and their attempt to understand their world. The New Testament is largely a symbolic and fictionalised account of a small clique’s efforts to convince their neighbours to believe that their crucified ‘prophet’ was more than human and that…
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Is it possible to come up with a modern concept of G_d, based on 21st Century knowledge?
What can we say about the Christian G_d that is taught in schools, worshipped in churches and referred to in religious broadcasts every day of the week? Is it possible to come up with a modern concept of G_d, based on 21st Century knowledge? It (if you are uncomfortable calling G_d ‘it’, I suggest you…