One is of anger at – among other things – the hypocrisy of priests and preachers and the abuses of religious leaders. Carefully tracing the many manifestations of unbelief from Martin Luther to Father Ted, he highlights how dissent and doubt are cornerstones of the Christian experience just as much as faith. Can you be both a Christian and an unbeliever? “To be a Christian you have to be an unbeliever: you reject belief in Ganesh, Maoism, the Force and lots more. So to be a Christian – or a Jew, or a Muslim, or many other things – you have to believe some things and disbelieve others.

Source: The Irish Times December 05, 2019 05:26 UTC