Dover, Kent ~ St James's Church Ruins
A Thousand Dimensions
Volume 1
2002
The Building ~ Domesday book origin.
Destroyed by long-range field guns fired from France during World War II.
A fitting monument to the decayed Christianity of Britain today.
Broken beer bottles where once stood the High Altar. Flattened and dented beer cans across the grass where once stood lines of ancient pews.
An uneven paved path, where once dukes, lords, bishops, archbishops, priests, choir, elders and laymen preceded the Great Cross.
But fear not, all is not lost. We will never lose our faith.
© Kenneth Thomas Webb 2002-2022
2022 ~ Twenty Years On
Thus did I pen these lines on a brief visit on 11 August 2002. A lifetime ago now.
20 years on, I hold to that last line, but I temper my faith with realism.
Religious Fervour, in all religions, is by definition a curse upon whoever is caught up in it.
In 2002 I knew nothing at all about the origins of the Universe, except for stars, black holes and big bangs raging around, and about churches, synagogues and mosques getting everyone into an awful state.
Last evening, I watched the first episode of the series UNIVERSE written and presented by Professor Brian Brian Edward Cox CBE FRS, an English physicist and former musician who is a professor of particle physics at§ the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester.
I learned of the Cosmic Web … And this, is just the start.
There is much to learn.
My spirit rests easier with science, physics and mathematics, and quantum physics, and in a Shakespearian manner, dovetails perfectly with Scripture.
To any who might be confused, simply put, I attach greater importance to science, but keep a weather eye on literature.
Ask me to accept that religion takes precedence over everything, my response will simply become the shadow of my turned back receding on you as I purposefully depart.
Why?
Because we have absolutely nothing in common.
3 March 2023
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© Kenneth Thomas Webb 2023
Original Written on 11 August 2002
Ken Webb is a writer and proofreader. His website, kennwebb.com, showcases his work as a writer, blogger and podcaster, resting on his successive careers as a police officer, progressing to a junior lawyer in succession and trusts as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives, a retired officer with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and latterly, for three years, the owner and editor of two lifestyle magazines in Liverpool.
He also just handed over a successful two year chairmanship in Gloucestershire with Cheltenham Regency Probus.
Pandemic aside, he spends his time equally between his city, Liverpool, and the county of his birth, Gloucestershire.
In this fast-paced present age, proof-reading is essential. And this skill also occasionally leads to copy-editing writers’ manuscripts for submission to publishers and also student and post graduate dissertations.
