“I do not believe in a theistic, supernatural being called God,” says Gretta Vosper, the United Church of Canada minister who has led West Hill since 1997. “I don’t believe in what I think 99.99% of the world thinks you mean when you use that word.” Tor her, God is instead a metaphor for goodness and a life lived with compassion and justice.In which case, you may replace The Bible with The Boy Scout Handbook, circa 1968. This isn't a church, it's simply a community service organization.
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Thursday, April 28, 2016
No. Next Question, Please.
Can a minister in a Christian church be an atheist? That’s the question facing the United church of Canada as it wrestles with the case of Gretta Vosper