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T R U T H H Q

focusing rather on the transcendent as the immeasurably superior reality. It would be good, I feel, if the problems thrown up by trying to reconcile a perfect heaven with a messy Earth were NOT resolved. It would be good if religion instead explored the hinterland between the two. But – rather like the philosopher and the scientist – the religious usually find this intolerable. The religiously-inclined usually want firm beliefs to which they can pin their faith and hope.

The other caveat I’d suggest is to say – okay, so maybe there is not some other-wordily perfection that is eluding us, but isn’t it at least worthwhile striving for some kind of perfection? Isn’t this, at the very least, going to make the world better? Utopia, however, suffers from

similar problems to heaven. Won’t perfection just seem intolerable after a while? (And, of course, one person’s perfection is already another’s nightmare!) To some extent I’d agree with the notion that aiming for, or trying to envisage, perfection can be a worthwhile exercise. But the whole point of it – I’d hazard to suggest – is that it is always a moveable feast at which we aim. As such, it is always a conversation rather than a manifesto, a constitution, a manual or a dogma. To be frank, I think we all kind of know this already. It’s just that we mostly hate moveable feasts and conversations! WE WANT THE

TRUTH AND WE WANT IT NOW! We see white horses and wish for them to be real.

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