Atheist Spirituality

An opening Bible story in Genesis chapter 4 is that of Cain and Abel, sons of Adam and Eve. Cain is a farmer and Abel a shepherd. Abel gets greater favour for the meat he provides. Cain gets jealous and… Read more ›

Religion is traditionally interpreted in terms of literalism, doctrine, dogma, and institution, with ethics as a supplementary and often much weaker interpretation. It is therefore about what you believe, which in turn qualifies you to belong, and, less strongly about… Read more ›

Language normally conveys our meanings. It is our servant. But there are times when it lets us down, and misrepresents our intended meaning. So called ‘false friends’, words which are very similar between two languages but which actually have different… Read more ›

We seem to have immense faith in markets. We even commonly describe them as ‘free’ markets, implying that markets, and the overall idea of market, are essential to human freedom. We debate how far to allow ‘the market’ to manage… Read more ›

The Christian religion makes much of its doctrine of the Trinity. So much so that the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church defines it as ‘the central dogma of Christian theology’. This is despite the fact that the word ‘trinity’… Read more ›

Stephan Hoeller’s book ‘Gnosticism – New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing’ is a very readable, interesting and comprehensive account of the content and history of Gnosticism. It is also very relevant to the contemporary renewed focus on… Read more ›

The poet Ezra Pound is said to have taken a Bible and torn out all the pages he disagreed with. He was left with only the pages of Matthew’s gospel known as the Sermon on the Mount.  Here it is.… Read more ›