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yo wassup mate, wot iz god?
I reckon God is spirit and is seen focussed in Jesus of Nazareth. He is loving and good and creative. Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
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What are you opinions of the new pope?
Phew, now beyond New Forest and have coverage. It seems to me Pope Francis is a wonderful choice: first non European since 741 AD; first Latin American ever; first Jesuit and First with the name Francis. My poem on him Jorge Bergoglio: Latin American Pope is on
http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?ID=786
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Where do you think conscience comes from? What is the relationship between God and conscience? Why do people do bad actions?
From God, see Romans chapter 2, part of us being made in God's image, whether we are Jews or Gentiles, Paul says. God creates us with a conscience but gives us free will to respond to him and it or not - to answer an earlier question. People do bad things when they exercise their free will against the guidelines of God.
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If God is real then why is there so much suffering in the world?
Thanks. Heaviest question in the world...In short, I believe God is all loving, all powerful and also, horribly evil exists. The gift of free will is part of a possible answer: God sees it as crucial that he does not force us to behave as he wishes. In the end, I can only point to the cross of Christ when people say: God made the world and he should pay for all the awfulness in it. On Good Friday, in Christ, I believe he did.
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How do you picture heaven and hell in your mind?
Heaven: a party, hosted by God, with all my best friends, and lots of surprise guests from all over the world and from past centuries
Hell: nothingness. It may be that for those who knowingly, and actively, would hate to be with God for ever, God de-creates them back into the nothingness out of which he summoned creation in the beginning.
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Do you think that the stories in the Bible such as the feeding of the five thousand, the parting of the red sea, the burning bush, Noah's ark etc. all literally happened or are metaphors/teachings to learn from?
It depends on the genre or type of literature the story is in. Since I believe God raised Jesus from the dead, I don't have problems with lesser miracles eg Jesus feeding 5000 people, the Red Sea parting. Noah's ark, it seems to me, is more story than history and I interpret that as a timeless story of God's surprising salvation. BTW, the Chief Rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, has a great answer to the question 'Why did God part the Red Sea?' 'Because the Israelites needed to get to the other side.'...
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What are your beliefs on war? Do you think the world would be a better place if there was no more wars?
Yes, world would be much better with no wars. No wars, thank God, in heaven. We do need to remember, however, to protect the vulnerable. Coalition Armies may be seen as a sort of international police force, when used authentically, to protect the weak eg in Bosnia, Sierra Leone, the Second World War.
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Do you think there are absolute moral principles?
Absolutely...In the car to the Branksome station after your assembly this morning, I heard BBC Radio 4. I think it was The Moral Maze. Matthew Parris, Times journalist, was denying absolute moral principles, but it seems to me that he would have to grant that incest and murder and child abuse are principles in most cultures. God gives us guidelines in his scriptures and especially in the life of Christ, how best to live - the Maker's instructions - and these are helpful.
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Greatly looking forward to being with you at Queen Elizabeth School, Wimborne Minster, tomorrow in person for assembly and then online with the A Level Religious and Philosophy class from 10.05am. I will be replying to your questions from my iPad on a train to London: so some replies may be intermittent, depending on coverage. Bishop Graham
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When does a life become a life?
Basically, at conception. Lots follows from this ethically.
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