Category: books
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Spikes at the end of the garden
The very first page of Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion has this quote from the great Douglas Adams: “Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?” Well, you don’t have to believe, but I counter that with deeds from…
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The tale of Jesus and Judas
One Islamic version of the resurrection reminds me of one of my favourite books – A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Spoiler alert: In the book, the hero looks very similar to a man sentenced to the guillotine and takes his place at the end. The Islamic version of the resurrection I’m referring…
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