Entries categorized as faith
United in doubt
I’ve often written here about the relationship between faith and doubt: I believe that you can’t have one without the other. But Graham Greene puts his finger on another detail: that while faith (or, better, certainty) may put people at war with one another, the admission of doubt has the capacity to draw people together. More...
Science and faith
Francisco J Ayala, a scientist who works in molecular evolution and genetics, was awarded the Templeton Prize this week, Instituted by Sir John Templeton, the proze is awarded to people who make an outstanding contribution to affirming the spiritual dimension of life.
Ayala, a former monk, believes there is no contradiction between science and religion. He More...
Hay Festival
an update on my appearance at the Hay Festival. Delighted to find that my debating partners are Martin Rees, Richard Harries and Simon Jenkins – all good, mind stretching people who will debate the issue thoroughly without turning it into a dog fight. This will be great fun. Book in and come along.
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Doubting Thomas? or Honest Thomas?
I had a discussion with someone about faith and doubt.
This is an old post from 2005, but it seems apt to repost it here:
John 20 relates the story of the disciple who was not there when Jesus’ made a resurrection appearace to the gathered disciples. Later he couldn’t take in the information – couldn’t More...
Music, Conversion and God
Here’s an article about eight musicians who left their career to work/live/sing for God, and then later came back to music. Go on, guess who they are before you look…
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Bible reading
"…we should be trying to work out how to read the bible well rather than reading the text right."
Paula Gooder
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Atheism and Faith
"I have a friend – a gifted pastor and spiritual guide – who is helping
someone lose his faith. He is convinced that the man’s picture of God
is destroying him, spiritually and mentally. It is deeply implicated in
the man’s moral and mental breakdown. Theologically, this picture of
God is expressed within orthodox language, but it is profoundly
destructive, More...
class, conversion, atheists and theists
Church Mouse reports on the various findings of Theos, concerning whether belief, education and social class are interconnected. Apparently you are more likely to find faith, having previously not believed, if you are educated.
As always, there are various possible interpretations of such data? Is it because the smarter you are the more likely you are More...


