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Originally Posted by Pem
They come up with "demands" like this and then wonder why so many people won't give religion the time of day  |
Is that religion, Christianity or the C of E in particular? As a matter of interest I don't subscribe to two out of those three, I have a faith but it's defined more easily as 'relationship' than 'religion', religion implying something more along the lines of ritual observances and the like. And I'm not a member of the C of E either. I do find it sad that they disappear up their own behinds for years at a time, wonder why their congregations are shrinking, panic, say something ostensibly intended to defend Christianity, cop a load of flak for it, panic again, diappear up their own behinds again, etc, etc, etc.
I'm not particularly impressed with that weak-minded excuse of a statement from the Royal Mail either. Anybody who knows anything about cross-cultural relations in this country knows that muslims, Jews, Sikhs, Hindus and just about everybody else can't understand why 'Christians' running institutions of what they see as a 'Christian Country' are afraid to acknowledge the cultural heritage of the country. They don't see anything offensive in expression of other faiths and can't understand why we should think they do.