The resurrection isn’t an argument. It’s the Christian word for defiance
On
Friday, all was lost. Richard Dawkins and his smirking acolytes had got it
right, blast them. I know the atheist recital better than most. Religion
is a busted flush. The dream turned out to have been a fantasy. Perhaps we all
got carried away by the charisma. But now, it seems, the one we had
followed had over-promised. So it’s time to pack up our chalices and do
something useful. Time to admit the truth: it had all been a lie and a waste.
But
that was Friday. On Sunday morning, just before dawn, a group of us
gathered outside church and kindled a small bonfire. From there we passed the
flame to a large candle and processed it into the nave – the tentative,
flickering light illuminating the dark corners of the building. And from that
large candle, we all lit our own individual candles, passing the light from one
to another. Everything now starts again. Hallelujah, Christ is risen. Without
this, the whole Christian faith is nonsense.
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