That has a particular history and I think we rather lost it in the 19th Century, we became so much part of empire and colonialism.
ALAN GREENI’ve never really separated out the spiritual and the secular.
More Alan Green Quotes
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The Beatles, which had just as much influence on me as those hymns did.
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The [book of the bible] Song Of Songs is an amazing erotic love poem that the church has tried very hard not to notice.
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The bible is not a blueprint for every day of your life, it is an inspiration not a blueprint.
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Well, he had two stabs at the cherry
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But we’ve got all the language wrong and made this divide between secularism and spirituality, whereas instead it’s about being human.
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I don’t know where this Arctic wind has come from but it’s freezing!
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As the 20th Century developed, not surprisingly people left the church and I can see the church’s role in losing people.
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I think what we’re really bad at doing is recognising that it is possible to have lost of different views within the church.
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I was listening to the sort of music that did that questioning.
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Do you pay much attention to the dealing notes?
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In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government.
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It is really beautiful, and musical in its poetry.
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You don’t score 64 goals in 86 games at the highest level without being able to score goals.
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I want to be able to open up the really good treasures of the Church and Christianity to people.
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I promise to look after everyone in the community, not just those who come to church, not just white people, not just the Christians.
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