days once said to me, ‘The trouble is, everything Jesus is against—I like.’ Now why would one invent a God like that? You may say, We didn’t invent him, that’s just who God seems to be. Or, perhaps, you are inclined to agree with the critics of Christianity who say that the Church, or perhaps the state, has invented a God like that to keep people under control. There may well be some truth in that; people do invent things to keep others under control. I heard recently of a small boy at a rather strict