It\u2019s never a good sign when someone precedes the word \u201cGod\u201d with the indefinite article.<\/p>\n
Michael Ingham, in his address<\/a> at SFU on receiving his honorary degree, resorts to this device, as do many who have wandered from the Triune God of the Bible. He intoned, piously: \u201cI believe in a God\u201d – one of many equally suitable anthropomorphised candidates available for selection; we, if we are wise and wish to avoid the horror of \u201cfundamentalism\u201d, should do likewise. It doesn\u2019t really matter whether we choose the same<\/em> god as Ingham so long as we don\u2019t fall into the trap of leaving out the all-important \u201ca\u201d, thereby excluding<\/i> all other gods: that would never do.<\/p>\n We live in a time when religious fundamentalism is growing stronger in all faiths and traditions. It is a movement rooted in fear. The answer in my view is not to abandon religious faith but to join the side of religious progress. Religions must struggle for the equality of women. Religions must uphold the dignity of gay, lesbian, and transgendered people. Religions must work to safeguard the integrity of God\u2019s creation. And religions must work together, not against each other, for justice and peace. It\u2019s never a good sign when someone precedes the word \u201cGod\u201d with the indefinite article. Michael Ingham, in his address at SFU on receiving his honorary degree, resorts to this device, as do many who have wandered from the Triune … Continue reading
\nI have never believed in a God who was male, white, and elitist. I believe in a God who is engaged on the side of life, often with powerless people, in the struggle against the many faces of death. And that is my invitation to all of you today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"