He finishes off by saying:
Conservatives think they are defending God and protecting Christianity whereas in reality they are doing exactly the opposite, in the UK and North America as well, ultimately, in Africa, Asia and South America. The world does not need more biblical fundamentalism, back to basics or ‘the clear Word of God’ which will transform society overnight. It needs people with prophetic vision and a passion for truth and love, people whose lives are rooted in prayerful awareness of the revelation of God in Scripture, through Jesus Christ, and in myriad, mystical, tender ways in creation and the practice of the presence of God in daily life.I comment on my time in Jerusalem that you can see visions of heaven as so many of the world's people gather there in pilgrimage of various kinds. But when one group says "this is fundamentally mine"; we make of that place a hell. (Remember that the Crusaders said that for christians once.)
An answer to fundamentalism might be the way for peace.
I guess that wars are fought when one group says "I am right; you are wrong".
An openness to ambiguity and paradox is needed to avoid that.
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