‘God is already within us, part of the natural world as much as our bodies.’

Recently Neil Morgan asked what nontheists are doing when they are discerning. Rhiannon Grant has some ideas

Can we have biscuits now? | Photo: Emily Wilson / Unsplash

Although I’m not a nontheist, since Neil Morgan mentioned my book Telling the Truth about God (9 August) I do have some ideas for him.

First, what does anyone think we’re doing in Meeting for Worship for Business? Here are four possibilities: making decisions; looking for the will of God; seeking unity; and hoping it will be over soon so we can have biscuits. In any such Meeting, I’m probably doing some or all of those. Do any of them require me to believe something unacceptable to a nontheist?

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