(May 10, 2012 at 7:52 pm)Phil Wrote: With a background in maths I have to ask, what is the one argument for gods existence that added up (excuse the intended pun) to you wanting to become a vicar?Well, it's not been a case of coming to believe that God exists and then wanting to become a vicar in response to that. Rather it's been a sense of vocation (despite what I wanted to do, not because of it!) that has slowly grown since becoming a Christian. For me, the question of God's existence has not ever been a particularly important question. More fundamental to me is the question, What do you mean by the word "God"? Part of the "conversion" process for me (which is something that is ongoing, and not in any way a linear process, to use maths-speak) has been wrestling with the implications of what it means if God has revealed himself through the story of Jesus' life and death and resurrection. The most important implication for me has been the idea that the only appropriate response to such a God is to give up following every other false god (including money, status, ambition, ...you name it) and to seek instead a different, Cross-shaped path, which for me - being the kind of person that I am* - seems to look like what Anglicans call "priesthood".
(*Which is to say that it doesn't at all mean that that is what it looks like for everyone.)
So what does it mean for you to be a "polyatheist"? How does that affect the way you see things?
