Thought for the Week: A mystery

Diana Lampen considers living the questions

by Diana Lampen 29th March 2013

Some see the division between theist and nontheist as both puzzling and unbridgeable. But is it really?  When do we sit down together, not to argue but to explore and listen deeply to each other? Do you know what I, a theist, believe? Do I know what you, a nontheist, believe? The ‘god’ the nontheist has thrown out may well be the one I have rejected too. I long ago left behind the ‘strict parent in the sky’, who watches us like a hawk to catch us out and punish us; the fireman, ready to rush to the rescue; or the Santa Claus, ready to give me whatever I ask for.