Fortunately, Kev Pietersen isn't dead, but according to this BBC cricket report he has picked up a small stress fracture just before the start of the season.
Silly boy. Training on holiday. Fancy wanting to push your body that hard all of the time. It would be like going to gym before a trampolining session. Stupid.
With luck, he will be back for Hampshire for the start of the county season. As it says in the report, Kev, Shane and Simon Katich need to fire for us before they toddle off to play for their countries. Oh well, we shall see.
Unfortunately, I found a dead chaffinch this morning which is most upsetting. They are lovely little birds and a beautiful colour. Another little soul to mourn.
Norfolk County Council have an interesting proposal to consider. Described in this BBC news report, there are proposals to make changes to acceptable language in religious Studies teaching. I shall leave the silly bits of political correctness for your own perusal.
The proposal that caught my eye was this:
The guidelines also suggest teachers avoid terms such as the "body of Christ" and the "blood of Jesus" because Christians are not actually eating flesh and blood.
Now, I seem to remember that one of the main dividing points during the split of Protestantism from the Catholic church was the question of transubstantiation.
This is of course the miracle that occurs during the Catholic mass in which the wine and wafer become the body and blood of Christ.
The spokeswoman on Today this morning said that the wine and wafer are merely a representation of Christ. This is entirely correct from the Protestant point of view.
So does this mean that those making the recommendations are saying that either teaching incorrect facts to children is acceptable, that the Catholic church doesn't actually believe in transubstantiation or that Catholics aren't Christians?
Not so sure why that irritated me so such.
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