Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Patrick Dunn, author of Cartomancy with the Lenormand and the Tarot; Magic, Power, Language, Symbol; and the new Practical Art of Divine Magic.
"Do you believe in God?"
You wouldn't think that'd be a hard question to answer, but it always stumps me. Even leaving aside the meaning of the word "believe" there (Have faith in? Assert the existence of?), what does it mean to say "God?"
I usually say, "Yes, but probably not in the way you mean."
Part of the problem is that we mix up a lot of different concepts in that little word, and when we do, we create logical inconsistencies that are nearly impossible to reconcile. And part of my