Posted on 12/15/2015 4:53:42 AM PST by NYer
Britain is no longer a Christian country and should stop acting as if it is, a major inquiry into the place of religion in modern society has concluded, provoking a furious backlash from ministers and the Church of England.
A two-year commission, chaired by the former senior judge Baroness Butler-Sloss and involving leading religious leaders from all faiths, calls for public life in Britain to be systematically de-Christianised.
It says that the decline of churchgoing and the rise of Islam and other faiths mean a "new settlement" is needed for religion in the UK, giving more official influence to non-religious voices and those of non-Christian faiths.
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The report provoked a furious row as it was condemned by Cabinet ministers as "seriously misguided" and the Church of England said it appeared to have been "hijacked" by humanists.
The report, by the Commission on Religion and Belief in Public Life, claims that faith schools are "socially divisive" and says that the selection of children on the basis of their beliefs should be phased out.
It also accuses those who devise some RE syllabuses of "sanitising" negative aspects of religion in lessons and suggests that the compulsory daily act of worship in school assemblies should be abolished and replaced with a "time for reflection".
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“Hard to imagine that at one time England ruled one quarter of the world and had the largest empire the world has ever seen.”
And is the first first world nation to capitulate to Islam. The home of the Magna Carta. Unspeakably squalid and sad.
Romans 1:18 and following comes to mind.
England has a Christian culture, despite only 2% attending church. To reject that culture might very well result in a third world civilization.
Time for another Crusade?
Fatwa to exterminate disabled children
I mourn for what has been lost. As will the world...
So when’s the “judge” going to wear her tent? Hopefully the infidel will be stoned for refusing to comply with Islam. (Insert tongue flapping sound here)
“When, constitutionally, can the Queen step in?”
The queen is too old and feeble to do anything. They will have to wait until a strong male inherits the crown, someone like Charles,.....oh, wait. Never mind.
Neither is America, for that matter. Don’t really care what polls say. When you look at the core beliefs of those who call themselves “Christians”...there is a big majority who doubt or do not ascribe to the authority of God’s Word...who belief in salvation through Christ alone...
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I’m hoping I read that wrong.
Are you saying that Christians who follow what Christ said are not Christians?
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
a “time for reflection”? yeah, that will go over well, especially with the teachers who have to supervise it. and exactly what are they supposed to reflect against? one of the primary functions of religion is to establish an objective standard of behavior against which to compare oneself. run around reflecting without an external standard long enough and, well, you get Obama,or worse, the cult of victimization and it is a very short step from self-pity to paranoia.
Gee that “judge” is echoing words of our President and his minions from quite a while back...
Europe died in 1914.
They wiped out their cultures. This war ended in 1945.
They replaced belief in God with belief in state.
They’re gone without a massive revival.
ALLAAAAAAAAAAHU AKBARRRRR!
If they remove Christianity, Islam will fill the void.
I think we will live to see the most significant alteration of Europe since the Folk Wandering Period that ended Rome and moved whole peoples.
“baroness”
I don’t accept the concept of monarchy, so that term is meaningless.
Just another shriveled-up old hag saying things to please the ever-growing constituency of savages.
Wonder what she looks like during a full moon. Those are some fangs.
Britain no longer belongs in God’s corner. The churches are sparsely attended, the priests are priestesses. Britain is dead.
Socialism and other people’s money is Britain’s god.
I can never feel comfortable traveling about the UK ever again. There are pleasant memories.
Didn’t the Archbishop of Canterbury say a few years ago that he doubted the divinity of Jesus?
And that is the whole point of mass immigration.
This differs from the views of Ruth Bader Ginsberg and the Wise Latina HOW, exactly?
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