My Thoughts on God 2020
Communion in the Churchyard at Litchfield August 2020 - the first service following lockdown. The services are now by video, and are followed by a coffee meeting by Zoom My letter to the Padre at Litchfield, Mark Christian in November 2020 following remarks he made about God in one of our Zoom coffee talks Mark, your interesting homily at coffee yesterday prompted me to write to you with my thoughts on the subject of God. When you read them, you will understand why I didn’t raise them in company, and I hope they won’t lead to my ex-communication! I believe that there is God - so let’s get that out of the way - but I also believe that he/she/it is COMPLETELY unknowable. And with that understanding, goes many of the conundrums that we wrestle with, such as why a ‘loving God’ lets terrible things happen. There is no such thing as a ’loving God’ - or indeed a 'vengeful God’.It’s a comfortable human-sized construct that doesn’t accord with reality. Yes, love ex...