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Healthy and unhealthy religion: summary and postscript
Firstly, apologies for that beast of a long post on healthy/unhealthy religion – at 3000 words, a record in verbosity even for me. Bonus points to anyone who has actually managed to trawl through all of it. For the less … Continue reading
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Tagged g k chesterton, human psyche, poor self image, religious conservatism
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Slight Return
This isn’t a proper post (proper in inverted commas). I just wanted to reassure my 2-3 avid readers (that’s including my wife and cat) that I haven’t died, forgotten you or thrown in the towel, nor even the flannel, bath … Continue reading
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Getting angry with God
Last Friday on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme I caught a snippet of news that upset and angered me. It was about the fear of fresh floods in Pakistan where the monsoon season has just started, after last year’s floods which … Continue reading
Posted in Anger at God, Divine intervention, Evil, Love of God, Suffering, Tragedy, Uncategorized, World events
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Six months in: the story so far…
Well, The Evangelical Liberal reached its half-anniversary today. It’s maybe not quite time for the autobiography or the Greatest Hits album, but indulge me in a brief retrospective of the story so far… I started TEL on New Year’s Day … Continue reading
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Top comments from March
March was a particularly good month for comments. Here are my pick of the best. If you didn’t make the list, you need to try harder next month 😉 Rudest: “This is a lie. You are, like most theists I’ve met, … Continue reading
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