George Farmer
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Like I started to become more interested in why my family had a faith life, had a religious life versus the rest of the kind of secular school boys who didn't. And so for me, that kind of started a long journey of becoming quite interested in theology and faith. By the time that I was 12, 13, 14, I was very aware that faith was a huge part of how I saw the world. So it just, it's different.
Like I started to become more interested in why my family had a faith life, had a religious life versus the rest of the kind of secular school boys who didn't. And so for me, that kind of started a long journey of becoming quite interested in theology and faith. By the time that I was 12, 13, 14, I was very aware that faith was a huge part of how I saw the world. So it just, it's different.
Like I started to become more interested in why my family had a faith life, had a religious life versus the rest of the kind of secular school boys who didn't. And so for me, that kind of started a long journey of becoming quite interested in theology and faith. By the time that I was 12, 13, 14, I was very aware that faith was a huge part of how I saw the world. So it just, it's different.
I mean, if you are brought up in a faith-filled home, you will realize that faith, religion, has a huge impact on the way people are shaped. And that was equally as being played out in the UK during my formative years by radical Islam as it was being played out by my own faith formation in Christianity.
I mean, if you are brought up in a faith-filled home, you will realize that faith, religion, has a huge impact on the way people are shaped. And that was equally as being played out in the UK during my formative years by radical Islam as it was being played out by my own faith formation in Christianity.
I mean, if you are brought up in a faith-filled home, you will realize that faith, religion, has a huge impact on the way people are shaped. And that was equally as being played out in the UK during my formative years by radical Islam as it was being played out by my own faith formation in Christianity.
Because at the end of the Cold War, of course, we had this great 10-year window where historians and philosophers, famously Francis Fukuyama, said, this is the end of history. Neoliberal capitalism has won. We will never see the rise of another ideology again in the same way that communism and capitalism had to face off against each other.
Because at the end of the Cold War, of course, we had this great 10-year window where historians and philosophers, famously Francis Fukuyama, said, this is the end of history. Neoliberal capitalism has won. We will never see the rise of another ideology again in the same way that communism and capitalism had to face off against each other.
Because at the end of the Cold War, of course, we had this great 10-year window where historians and philosophers, famously Francis Fukuyama, said, this is the end of history. Neoliberal capitalism has won. We will never see the rise of another ideology again in the same way that communism and capitalism had to face off against each other.
And in the early 2000s, that couldn't have been proved more wrong because this was when the rise of radical Islam happened. And particularly in Europe, this was felt very strongly. And so for me, I was witnessing things like London bombings going on in my teenage years versus my own faith formation in Christianity. And this made me realize by quite a young age that faith, religion,
And in the early 2000s, that couldn't have been proved more wrong because this was when the rise of radical Islam happened. And particularly in Europe, this was felt very strongly. And so for me, I was witnessing things like London bombings going on in my teenage years versus my own faith formation in Christianity. And this made me realize by quite a young age that faith, religion,
And in the early 2000s, that couldn't have been proved more wrong because this was when the rise of radical Islam happened. And particularly in Europe, this was felt very strongly. And so for me, I was witnessing things like London bombings going on in my teenage years versus my own faith formation in Christianity. And this made me realize by quite a young age that faith, religion,
it's just a huge part of people's life. It is a huge part, it is almost the greatest force which drives, it is the greatest force which drives the world.
it's just a huge part of people's life. It is a huge part, it is almost the greatest force which drives, it is the greatest force which drives the world.
it's just a huge part of people's life. It is a huge part, it is almost the greatest force which drives, it is the greatest force which drives the world.
Yeah, yeah, a faith in nothing, yeah, exactly.
Yeah, yeah, a faith in nothing, yeah, exactly.
Yeah, yeah, a faith in nothing, yeah, exactly.
Yeah, I mean, in the UK, and again, this is because of the UK's advanced secular culture, In some ways, you look at radical Islam in Europe. Well, what's Islam reacting to? Why are so many young men in Europe being drawn to Islam? The reason being is because the void, it's the void. Nature abhors a vacuum. And so you've had the churches in Europe
Yeah, I mean, in the UK, and again, this is because of the UK's advanced secular culture, In some ways, you look at radical Islam in Europe. Well, what's Islam reacting to? Why are so many young men in Europe being drawn to Islam? The reason being is because the void, it's the void. Nature abhors a vacuum. And so you've had the churches in Europe