The Guardian and Alpha

One of the Guardian's bloggers - Adam Rutherford - is blogging an Alpha Course every Friday. The course is at St Mary's, Islington.

Could prove to be an interesting blog. Rutherford describes himself as an "orthodox atheist". His assessment at the end of the introductory night is noteworthy:

"I leave St Mary's looking forward to next week's session. I spend precisely no time with people openly discussing their faith in a very personal way. Mostly when I think about religion it's the foolish edicts of preposterous old men in dresses. But sitting down with people who choose to spend a sunny Tuesday evening discussing the meaning of life with strangers seems to be a much more interesting insight into what makes people of faith tick. We shall see".