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Paul Bickley - Why Vote? (N94)

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Deconstruction, Christian Mysticism, Post-evangelical, Liberation Theology, Progressive Christianity, Christianity, Mystical Christianity, Contemplative Spirituality, Religious Trauma Healing, Religion & Spirituality, Faith Shift, Reconstruction, Spiritual Direction, Embodied Spirituality, Evolving Faith

4.7689 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2015

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Another General Election is upon us. Levels of apathy and disillusionment are at an all time high, and popular figures like Russell Brand are urging us to have no part in what he sees as a corrupt system. So the question we're wrestling with is: Why...

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0:00.0

Nomad, Christian Community, Mission and the Future of the Church.

0:16.3

Welcome back to Nomad podcast. My name's Tim Nash. I'm Dave Ward. We're usually broadcasting from

0:23.9

Nottingham. We're in the Cotswolds region where we're on holiday. Anyway, teen social observers and

0:31.4

consumers of the news in the UK may be aware there's a general election happening. Is that really?

0:38.3

Yeah. Wow. It shows how connected you are.

0:39.3

Yeah, I'm glad you're talking about.

0:40.3

You're having time you spent on Facebook

0:42.3

and I thought you'd realize there's a general election going on.

0:44.3

I wonder what all that stuff was that kept popping up.

0:47.3

Yeah.

0:48.3

So the big question amongst many people is why bother voting?

0:51.3

I know a lot of people think that.

0:53.3

Yeah. Why bother voting? I know a lot of people think that. In fact, a lot of my clients all kind of say they're not going to bother voting.

0:57.9

Really?

0:58.6

It's a common question, isn't it?

1:00.7

Why bother voting?

1:01.5

Especially with popular people like Russell Brand around at the moment.

1:05.3

He's sort of advocating and the whole none of the above campaign.

1:10.0

It's an important question, isn't it? I think that none of the above campaign. It's an important question, isn't it?

1:11.7

I think the none of the above campaign is probably a better campaign than not voting at all.

1:17.3

Yeah, at least in a sense you're kind of engaging in the process,

1:20.1

but by saying I don't want to vote for any of those people.

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