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Category Archives: God
God Revised
A while ago, I attended a service at my local Unitarian church led by a guest minister: Galen Guengerich from New York. I enjoyed it enough to want to read his book “God Revised: how religion must evolve in a … Continue reading
Posted in God, is religion good or bad for you?, morality, philosophy, science, Unitarian
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Liking questions and liking answers
I’m not sure why it is that the tagline of my blog reads, ” … a woman who loves questions more than answers.” I actually seem to be one of those who prefers certainty, despite my protestations that too much … Continue reading
Stuck in infancy
I’ve watched Richard Dawkins’ two-part Channel 4 programme, “The Root of All Evil? – The God Delusion”. It’s a few years old now, but someone had posted it so I watched it. You can see part 1 here and part 2 … Continue reading
Posted in God, Humanism, is religion good or bad for you?, morality, science
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Over-confident atheism?
It seems a lot of people don’t like atheism. They see it as an over-confidence in the non-existence of something, some even trying to suggest that it is more scientific to be agnostic about unproven things. I have heard atheists … Continue reading
Posted in God, philosophy
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Honouring the darkness
The following is a personal reflection I wrote and read out at my Unitarian church in March (abridged slightly). Much of it is stuff I have blogged about before, but I hope it might be of interest to some. Comments … Continue reading
Posted in absolute goodness, God, personal reflection, philosophy, science, spiritual, suffering, Unitarian
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Miracles for sale
I just watched “Derren Brown: Miracles for Sale“, a documentary in which the illusionist Derren Brown exposes the tricks used by faith healers to convince people they are healed and get them to part with their cash. Well worth a … Continue reading
Posted in God, moral issues
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