"Only the outsider can see the impact holistically' Not sure I agree there. Both sides only have a partial view. The great thing is the partial views are different so in combination we can see more. For example an outsider could easily think Fry had identified a problem the religions are ignoring, whereas for example CS Lewis' "The problem of Pain" from 1940 deals with the same topics, and every church, and every religion, deals with it on a daily basis as it is the base question almost everyone going through a bereavement asks. As do secular bereavements.
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