Angus Hamilton doesn’t believe that God is a trinity of persons, doesn’t believe in the supernatural, the Resurrection, the after-life, heaven and hell or that the Bible is God’s written revelation to man.

This has driven him to wonder whether he should leave the Anglican Church of Canada. Angus, if your fear is that you may feel out of place if you continue in the Anglican Church of Canada, rest assured, you will fit right in.

From here (page 1):

“I believe in a God of the Universe who created the laws of physics and chemistry and the processes that have enabled life to evolve and to continue evolving on planet earth.

“I don’t believe in a personal God, in an old avuncular figure who created the world and all that is in it about 7,000 years ago.

“I believe the Bible is a valuable book of wisdom to be read as all great literature is read, – as stories that convey an important message.

“I don’t believe that the Bible is literally true. “I believe that the idea of heaven and hell was conceived by a tribal leader who couldn’t otherwise persuade his tribe to do what he thought they should do, and that it has been widely used in governance ever since.

“I don’t believe in an after-life, in heaven and hell. “I believe there is a higher power that mankind does not yet understand, just as it did not understand electromagnetic radiation until about 300 years ago. “I don’t believe in the supernatural. Thus there is much in the Bible, including the resurrection story, that I do not believe. “I believe in the teachings of Jesus that can definitely be attributed to him.

“I don’t believe that everything in the Bible attributed to Jesus was said or done by him.

“I believe that the concept of ‘Church’ is important, and that a quite different form of church will evolve.

“I don’t believe that the established churches can continue with ‘business as usual.’”