GOD
I believe in God as an ideal, a Spirit, a guide,
but not as a power intervening in human life.
I believe that Spirit, The Holy Spirit, lives within each person
guiding them if and when they are available for direction.
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JESUS
I call myself a Christian because I try to follow Jesus.
I believe that his teaching is the way of life, but
doubt the tales of his divinity or resurrection
and the supernatural elements of the stories.
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THE BIBLE
I value the Bible as a source of ancient wisdom, but
I do not trust it, for is has been much modified
and the Gospel accounts adjusted to fit current doctrine.
The Bible is a political tract more than the holy word of God
and needs to be treated analytically and with due care.
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THE CHURCH
I believe in the church, as a community on the better pathway,
though, sadly, it remains fixated on personal salvation
failing to realise that , the Way which Jesus taught,
offered practical salvation for the world,
rather than any personal eternity.
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ETERNAL LIFE
I have little belief in an interventional divinity.
I have no belief in post-mortal existence or judgement,
but I do believe in a divine ideal, a purpose,
something which exists within humanity,
eternally.
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LIFE ITSELF
I came from nothing in this life and brought nothing to it.
I go to nothing and can take nothing away from it,
but, maybe, whilst I am here and active,
I, in my poverty, can enrich another,
for this life is all we have.
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