‘I am not alone in the conviction that all religions are created by human beings.’ Photo: by Marcos Paulo Prado on Unsplash
Beyond belief: G Gordon Steel’s Thought for the week
‘The most profound glimpses of religious truth stem from the human spirit.’
by G Gordon Steel
23rd February 2024
I always have a wry smile when I hear the lovely hymn that begins ‘This is the truth sent from above / the truth of God, the God of love.’ You may remember that it goes on to say, ‘The first thing that I will relate / that God at first did man create’. I am in no doubt that this should really be – if you excuse the gendered language – ‘Man did God create’. These days I am not alone in the conviction that all religions are created by human beings, and it gives me great comfort to know that there are many Quakers, particularly in Britain, who feel this way.
