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David Allen Meet the United Church minister who came out as an atheist (February 2015)
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What people kept saying is how can a minister who says she doesn’t believe in God be a minister in the Christian church? People were confused, and so what we thought was that we need to bring some kind of clarity to the situation. I’ve had a lot of people getting in touch with me, both who support Gretta and those who are wondering why the church hasn’t done something long ago on this one. What I keep saying is that the review is an opportunity for us to do the investigation and then to know at the end of it good reasons why she should be allowed to continue as a minister with the United Church, or have good reasons why she should not be.”

— David Allen

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "What people kept saying is how can a minister who says she doesn’t believe in God be a minister in the Christian church? People were confused, and so what we thought was that we need to bring some kind of clarity to the situation. I’ve had a lot of people getting in touch with me, both who support Gretta and those who are wondering why the church hasn’t done something long ago on this one. What I keep saying is that the review is an opportunity for us to do the investigation and then to know at the end of it good reasons why she should be allowed to continue as a minister with the United Church, or have good reasons why she should not be.”" in the context of "David Allen Meet the United Church minister who came out as an atheist (February 2015)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Gretta Vosper

Margaret Ann Vosper (born July 6, 1958), known as Gretta Vosper, is an ordained minister of the United Church of Canada who is a self-professed atheist. Her beliefs have caused controversy both within and outside of the United Church. In 2016, following the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris, her public statement that the belief in a supernatural God promoted hatred led the United Church of Canada to institute an official review of her suitability as a minister. In 2018 that process was discontinued when Vosper and the United Church reached an agreement that left her free to continue as a minister.