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God is described as benevolent, omnipresent, omnipotent omniscient etc. However, these are all human-constructed definitions of what God is like. Do you think it is possible that God could be completely different to our expectations?
Thanks. Those may be human-constructed definitions but match what Jesus revealed of God. What he also showed in his parables is that God is very surprising and so - yes, he is beyond of our expectations, but not contradictory to the character of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Soem parts of the Bible are contradictory. Do you believe everything the Bible says?
Thanks. It depends what you mean by 'says'. We need to consider first what sort of literature that passage is ie poem, story, science, history, proverb etc. An example of passages contradicting is Genesis One and Genesis Two - but they only contradict if they are taken literally. Since I don't think God himself contradicts himself, then the different orders in which creation is portrayed in Gen One (with humans created at the end) and in Gen Two (man, plants, animals and then woman) shows to me that we should not take them literally, but as story. When properly interpreted, I do believe what God is saying to us through his scriptures.
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'A belief isn't the mind poessing an idea, but an idea poessing the mind' - Do you agree?
Thanks. Sounds cool. But belief is about the heart as well as the mind.
I have to go to another meeting now, but wanted to say thanks all who have asked such good questions and I look forward to answering the rest in my own time later. Keep an eye on the website...Bye for now.
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Do you belive that the creation story is literal, if so please awnser this if not leave a witty anicdote or something
If Adam and Eve are the original humans, and we are the product of them. Are we the product of incest?
Thanks. See my answer about contradictions in the Bible just now. No, I don't believe the two creations stories of Genesis One and Genesis Two are literal. I think God created humans through his process of evolution. Concerning Genesis Two, one of my daughters has suggested that Adam was just a first draft - perfected in Eve...
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In your opinion, did dinosaurs that science can tell us are about 230 million years old (apologies if this number is inaccurate) come before Adam and Eve, or afterwards?
Thanks. Apologies for the delay in replying. Putting Dinosaurs and Adam and Eve together does not work, it seems to me, because they are in different categories of discussion. As I mention above, I see the stories of Genesis 1 and 2 as parables, answering the question 'Why?' and dinosaurs as discovered and recognised by science, answering the question 'How?'. Hope this helps.
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Have you ever doubted the existence of God?
Thanks. I went to Sunday School and sang in the choir in Chigwell, Essex when I was at primary school and knew that God was around, but not that you could know him personally. That happened for me in my second term at Oxford reading law and since then (1974) his existence has become very real. So, I suppose, the answer is no.
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Have you ever been divorced? Some Christians believe that divorce is wrong, but surely in some circumstances it's ok - for example violence in the marriage or just general unhappiness.
Thanks. No - I've not been divorced. It seems to me that generally, divorce is very difficult and sad all round and should only be a last resort. Mediation and attempts at reconciliation are crucial first movements. I believe there are some circumstances where divorce may be the right way forward.
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