Boyne waged brutal war on ignorance
Published:Thursday | December 21, 2017 | 12:00 AM
THE EDITOR, Sir:
Although I have never met Ian Boyne, we exchanged ideas on religion and philosophy in The Gleaner, and being a non-believer, he once invited me on Religious Hardtalk. I politely declined through deference to my better half, who is of a different persuasion.
He was opposed to blunt biblical libertarianism, and advocated a type of liberal theology. One could almost call him (this would make him smile) a secular theologian.
He was always more interested in what he could learn than in scoring points. He had an unfailing sense of proportionality and fairness.
I suspect that the main thing he wanted to accomplish in life was to fight ignorance in this world. Ian, your fight was not in vain.
ETHON LOWE