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Lots of people (including me<\/a>) have written on why they are or are not<\/a> a Christian<\/a> (or something else for that matter). A good friend pointed out to me the (very British) answer to that question offered by Geoffrey Sampson<\/a>. I share it in the hope that it will be of interest to some readers, and perhaps even worth talking about.<\/p>\n

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Lots of people (including me) have written on why they are or are not a Christian (or something else for that matter). A good friend pointed out to me the (very British) answer to that question offered by Geoffrey Sampson. I share it in the hope that it will be of interest to some readers, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy Geoffrey Sampson is a Christian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lots of people (including me) have written on why they are or are not a Christian (or something else for that matter). 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