Letters_NN2 ._. 
By_II PETER_NP1 STANFORD_NP1 is_VBZ right_JJ in_II maintaining_VVG (_( Weekend_NNT1 Guardian_NN1 ,_, November_NPM1 4_MC )_) that_CST Graham_NP1 Greene_NP1 is_VBZ not_XX alone_JJ in_II calling_VVG himself_PPX1 a_AT1 '_GE Catholic_JJ agnostic_NN1 '_GE ._. 
An_AT1 earlier_JJR thinker_NN1 who_PNQS declined_VVD to_TO see_VVI any_DD mutual_JJ contradiction_NN1 between_II similar_JJ terms_NN2 was_VBDZ Leslie_NP1 Weatherhead_NP1 ,_, psychologist_NN1 and_CC cleric_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS published_VVD his_APPGE Creed_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 Christian_JJ Agnostic_NN1 ._. 
Weatherhead_NP1 was_VBDZ honest_JJ enough_RR to_TO realise_VVI that_CST there_EX are_VBR many_DA2 aspects_NN2 of_IO religion_NN1 about_II which_DDQ one_PN1 has_VHZ to_TO remain_VVI uncertain_JJ ,_, that_REX21 is_REX22 ,_, agnostic_NN1 ._. 
These_DD2 '_GE difficult_JJ '_GE areas_NN2 will_VM vary_VVI from_II one_MC1 individual_NN1 to_II another_DD1 ._. 
As_II a_AT1 self-confessed_JJ Christian_JJ agnostic_NN1 he_PPHS1 himself_PPX1 ,_, however_RR ,_, was_VBDZ sure_JJ of_IO a_AT1 number_NN1 of_IO the_AT major_JJ tenets_NN2 of_IO Christianity_NN1 ._. 
His_58 '_GE creed_NN1 '_GE claimed_JJ (_( in_RR21 part_RR22 )_) :_: '_" I_PPIS1 believe_VV0 that_CST God_NP1 exists_VVZ ..._... 
I_PPIS1 believe_VV0 there_EX is_VBZ mind_NN1 behind_II the_AT universe_NN1 ..._... 
Such_DA a_AT1 mind_NN1 must_VM be_VBI love_NN1 rather_CS21 than_CS22 hate_VVI ..._... 
I_PPIS1 believe_VV0 in_II the_AT divinity_NN1 of_IO Christ_NP1 ..._... 
I_PPIS1 believe_VV0 that_DD1 sin_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT1 grisly_JJ fact_NN1 in_II the_AT world_NN1 ..._... 
I_PPIS1 believe_VV0 that_CST God_NP1 's_GE forgiveness_NN1 is_VBZ one_MC1 of_IO the_AT most_RGT blessed_JJ and_CC therapeutic_JJ experiences_NN2 and_CC that_CST it_PPH1 is_VBZ offered_VVN to_II all_DB who_PNQS seek_VV0 it_PPH1 ..._... 
I_PPIS1 believe_VV0 that_CST our_APPGE relationship_NN1 with_IW God_NP1 is_VBZ the_AT most_RGT important_JJ thing_NN1 in_II the_AT world_NN1 ..._... 
I_PPIS1 believe_VV0 that_CST each_DD1 individual_NN1 is_VBZ precious_JJ to_II God_NP1 ._. 
'_GE Within_II this_DD1 creed_NN1 appear_VV0 supportive_JJ rational_JJ arguments_NN2 but_CCB also_RR agnostic_JJ admissions_NN2 ,_, such_II21 as_II22 '_GE I_PPIS1 can_VM understand_VVI little_RR about_II that_DD1 mind_NN1 '_GE and_CC '_" I_PPIS1 do_VD0 not_XX know_VVI what_DDQ '_VBZ divine_NN1 '_GE means_NN '_GE ._. 
I_PPIS1 imagine_VV0 that_CST many_DA2 honest_JJ people_NN would_VM sympathise_VVI with_IW Weatherhead_NP1 and_CC happily_RR echo_VV0 his_APPGE final_JJ paragraph_NN1 :_: '_" All_DB this_DD1 gives_VVZ me_PPIO1 as_RG much_DA1 as_CSA I_PPIS1 need_VV0 ,_, and_CC seems_VVZ to_II me_PPIO1 the_AT essential_JJ credo_NN1 of_IO Christianity_NN1 ._. 
About_II the_AT rest_NN1 I_PPIS1 am_VBM content_JJ to_TO be_VBI agnostic_JJ ._. 
'_GE Michael_NP1 J.Smith_NP1 ._. 
Southampton_NP1 ._. 
FROM_II HIS_APPGE Fifth_MD Dimension_NN1 article_NN1 ,_, Peter_NP1 Stanford_NP1 sounds_VVZ even_RR further_RRR burnt_VVN out_RP than_CSN Graham_NP1 Greene_NP1 who_PNQS continues_VVZ capable_JJ of_IO grim_JJ religious_JJ fun_NN1 when_RRQ opportunities_NN2 arise_VV0 ._. 
Indeed_RR ,_, Greene_NP1 's_GE latest_JJT revelations_NN2 about_II his_APPGE faith-non-faith_NN1 appear_VV0 quite_RG knowingly_RR hilarious_JJ ._. 
There_EX 's_VBZ such_DA sad_JJ unenthusiasm_NN1 ,_, on_II the_AT other_JJ hand_NN1 ,_, about_II the_AT way_NN1 Stanford_NP1 confuses_VVZ personal_JJ doubt_NN1 with_IW the_AT existence_NN1 of_IO mystery_NN1 ,_, as_CS21 if_CS22 one_PN1 engenders_VVZ the_AT other_JJ ,_, and_CC ,_, in_II doing_VDG so_RR ,_, must_VM be_VBI assuaged_VVN by_II performance_NN1 of_IO some_DD farcical_JJ rites_NN2 ._. 
How_RGQ boring_JJ !_! 
How_RGQ pointless_JJ ;_; precisely_RR !_! 
Prayer_NN1 ,_, whether_CSW dramatised_VVN in_II a_AT1 church_NN1 or_CC not_XX ,_, usually_RR goes_VVZ through_II futile-seeming_JJ passages_NN2 ._. 
But_CCB even_CS21 when_CS22 extreme_JJ and_CC prolonged_JJ ,_, they_PPHS2 have_VH0 a_AT1 strange_JJ tickle_NN1 of_IO meaning_VVG in_II them_PPHO2 that_DD1 becomes_VVZ more_DAR of_IO a_AT1 mystery_NN1 as_CSA faith_NN1 grows_VVZ ._. 
Olive_NP1 Powell_NP1 ._. 
Manchester_NP1 ._. 
More_DAR letters_NN2 Page_NN1 27_MC 
