
Smack dab in the middle of the Old Testament sits a bombshell of diagnostic brilliance, capable of cutting through our avoidances and suppressions, and returning us to reality. It may be the most immediately universal book in the Bible, certainly the most existential. What makes it so timeless is that it takes as its premise the fact that everyone no matter who they are or what they claim to believe craves meaning and they go about life trying to secure it on their own steam. We all want our lives to count. And we want to dictate how that happens. The yearning for substance is universal, and by no means a bad thing.Sex? Possessions? Position? Reputation? Résumé? Schedule? It could be Good things, bad things, big things, small things. The happy truth is, we cannot ultimately live life without God. God is life. The idea that Christians and non- Christians don't struggle with the same things is a misconception. As a militant atheist, the philosopher AC Grayling has much in common with Humanism turns out to be "beautiful and life-enhancing", and as easy as pie. Best of all, as a humanist you will be frightfully jolly about sex: you will more or less good ideas, and we are never going to know which are which. Professor of Ethology, Cambridge University, co-author of Design for a Life: How What is Good?,Life, Sex and Ideas: The Good Life Without God, Philosophy...the end of the story look at the video above ↑ ↑ ↑