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Committed atheist, Adam Rutherford, is taking the Alpha Course. Follow his progress here
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    Alpha 10: the reckoning

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    Adam Rutherford: Alpha male: I wasn't converted. But I did learn one thing: better to meet these people than wail at them across the divide
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    Alpha can't heal my scepticism

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    Adam Rutherford: Alpha male: Faith healing is unequivocal quackery. So why does Alpha promote it so very hard?

  • Nicky Gumbel interview transcript

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    Nicky Gumbel: messiah or Machiavelli?

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    How God guides us

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    Adam Rutherford: Alpha male: The Alpharinos explore moments when they've felt God was communicating with them. I search for the rational explanation

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    The power of prayer

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    Adam Rutherford: Alpha male: I feel no closer to JC after six weeks on this course, as the value of prayer dominates the group's thoughts
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    The good, sexist, beautiful, violent book

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    Adam Rutherford: Alpha male: This week's meeting focuses on the Bible, a mass of contradictions that is too rarely exposed to proper scrutiny
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    Resurrecting doubt

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    Adam Rutherford: Alpha male: The insistence on the literal truth of the resurrection is something my Alpha course group finds hard to swallow
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    Why did Jesus die?

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    Adam Rutherford: Alpha male: In week three of the Alpha course, the topic of the crucifixion prompts searching questions from my fellow travellers

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    A matter of facts, not faith

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    Adam Rutherford: Alpha male: In its second week, my Alpha course produces 'evidence' of its central premise – the historical existence of Jesus
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    From AA to Alpha

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    Adam Rutherford: Alpha male: I'm taking the Alpha Course, Christianity's answer to philosophy classes. Follow my progress every Friday over the coming weeks