Author Archives: Graham Veale
Sins and Misdemeanours
The secular world has taken great exception to the Christian doctrine of sin. Yet as GK Chesterton pointed out, ‘sin’ is one theological doctrine for which we have empirical evidence. Humanity’s capacity for evil presents us with a dilemma. Either we have fallen immeasurably far from God, or there is no God.
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Perhaps Dante should have set aside a circle to Hell for the insipid, filled with media personalities and live studio audiences. Consider the studio discussion programme “The Big Question” which has been described by the left-wing New Statesman as “the worst thing that the BBC airs.” Each week, a handful of invited experts and a few dozen members of the public try to reach definitive answers to questions like “does God exist?” or “can war ever be just?” by talking over one another in brief, heated exchanges.
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