1. RE Resources for you Age Group: 11-16s Atheism: What would God think of it? Comedian Marcus Brigstocke on why atheism doesn’t suit him, and whether God might. This example of theological RE from RE Today magazine is available through the website to subscribers. The termly password is inside the back cover of RE today Copyright: RE Today 2012

3. “I find myself, a 38 year old married man with two children, loving my job, reasonably content most of the time, with periods of ecstasy and spells of gloom, and yet for reasons both explicable and inexplicable I wish I could find a God to believe in. It ought to be simple – decide to believe, stop being a smart-arse, find a church, temple, mosque, woodland ritual, statue of a thing, special book or ritualistic dance, and get stuck in. I know a great number of people far cleverer than me who believe in God without any trouble at all. So why can’t I?” Copyright RE Today 2012

4. “Though I seek to express myself through comedy a lot of the time, there are some things I’m deadly serious about, and the desire for a workable and available Deity in my life is one of them... I wish there was a God. I wish for that God to exist now and for all time. I wish to be fully conscious of God and more importantly for Him to be fully conscious of me. I wish for God to be powerful, infinitely wise, kind, loving, fair....” How would God reply? Copyright RE Today 2012

5. Now you will have a chance to think for yourself... Read the complete article from RE today magazine. How do you think God (if God is real) would reply to Marcus? You will see some examples of this ‘Reply to Marcus’ activity below, written by students aged 11-15. What do you like about each one you see? Write your own reply to Marcus, as if from God.

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13. What makes it good RE? High quality real life stimulus Driven by a big question Open to pupils’ individual responses Demanding and challenging of their intellectual skills Fun Copyright RE Today 2012

14. RE Resources for you Age Group: 11-16s This example from RE Today magazine is available through the website to subscribers. The termly password is inside the back cover of RE today Copyright: RE Today 2012