The meaning of life (redux)
We should all know what the meaning of life is by now. So why do we still have more books, more discussion, more head-scratching about what it is?
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Proud to be a faitheist
Last week I had the pleasure and privilege of being one of the plenary speakers at the annual conference of the Society for the Study of Theology at Nottingham. My acceptance of their invitation marks me out as a “faitheist”…
ReadFree Thought Prophet Podcast
PODCAST – THE FREE THOUGHT PROPHET. I had fun talking to John Hamill and Seamus about my recent Guardian article and the howls of misplaced outrage it provoked from some atheists.
ReadHaving faith is a complex business
How can people really believe this stuff? Rising from the grave isn’t even the most preposterous part of the Easter story. Far more bizarre is the claim that God had to send his son to die for our sins. And if God really wanted all humanity to heed his message, why did the resurrected Christ only reveal himself to a few select people before ascending to heaven?
ReadNormal life is suspended. Hallelujah.
Walking in the snow, I was savouring the way in which normal life had been joyously suspended.
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