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Tina Beattie, Professor of being Catholic

And in the Big News today from a Faith Perspective, there’s a Big Christian Festival coming up. Happy Nearly Pentecost everyone!

This celebrates the Apostles being filled with the spirit, talking unintelligibly, and resulting in a great rushing of wind.

The Invisible Magic Friend has always been a fan of multiple human languages, cultures and religions. When they threatened to unite over the Tower of Babel, he scattered them and gave them all different ones. It makes human history so much more entertaining.

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Mona Siddiqui, professor of Islamic studies, New College, University of Edinburgh

And in the Big News today from a Faith Perspective, after thirteen years, I’m leaving the University of Edinburgh. Oh, and the annual pilgrimage to Mecca is underway.

And that is the end of the Big News today from a Faith Perspective.

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Dr Krish Kandiah

Bill Gates is giving away 99% of his wealth. But you don’t have to be a billionaire to be generous. Anyone can do it. Just leave yourself a billion or two to get by on.

Christians invented generosity. Just remember, don’t do this because you want to help. Do it because the Invisible Magic Friend is totaling up your generosity in proportion to your wealth. And if you haven’t given enough away then you’ll be for it.

If you can’t think who to help, don’t forget that churches are charities and you can give to them completely tax free.

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Staggeringly Revd Nicholas Baines, Bishop of Leeds, West Yorkshire, the Dales and any other bits that can’t afford their own bishop any more

There’s been a defence review, where we try to guess our future military needs. But the future remains uncertain. In my own case, unexpected brain and heart surgery confused my plans, although confirming that I did indeed have a both a brain and a heart.

The Big Book of Magic Stuff tells us that we mustn’t base our plans on fantasies. Our decisions must be rooted in reality.

The only true certainty is uncertainty.

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