Some Anglican priests do not believe in God - poll
Publish Date: Oct 29, 2014
The study was conducted among 1,500 Anglican clergy
LONDON - Two percent of Anglican clergy do not believe in God, according to a new poll in which dozens of respondents said they were "not sure 'God' is more than a human construct".
Asked to choose the statement that most closely resembled their
beliefs, nine percent also chose the phrase "No-one can know what God is
like".
The overwhelming majority, 83 percent, chose: "There is a personal
God", while three percent went for: "There is some sort of spirit or
life force".
The survey of 1,500 Anglican clergy in Britain and Ireland by the
polling company YouGov and the University of Lancaster was carried out
in August and September.
David Paterson, a retired Church of England priest from the Sea of
Faith network which rejects the traditional belief in one personal God
and claims to represent dozens of vicars, said he saw no contradiction.
"I preach using God's terminology but never with the suggestion
that God actually exists," he told the University Times, Trinity College
Dublin's newspaper.
AFP
