Are We A Christian Country Now?

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2 hours ago, Axe said:

Yes we are a Christian country. Nigel Farage is correct to speak out.  We need a government to promote traditional Christian values rather than appeasing other faiths. 

I thought christianity preached tolerance - love thy neighbour and all that.

[Mister Gee]

15 minutes ago, cressida said:

Who was it who first said 'the law's an ass'?

 

10 minutes ago, cressida said:

Hence, the prominent expression in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist: “the law is an ass. The law, when applied too rigidly or too flexibly, can be blind to the realities on the ground and the requirements for justice.24 Nov 2020

Well done, isn’t thinking great?

[cressida]

Just now, Mister Gee said:

 

Well done, isn’t thinking great?

Try it sometime then 

[Mister M]

3 hours ago, Axe said:

Yes we are a Christian country. Nigel Farage is correct to speak out.  We need a government to promote traditional Christian values rather than appeasing other faiths. 

So what do you think about the Archbishop of Canterbury's intervention in the Rwanda Bill where he said:

Ministers were seeking to "outsource our legal and moral responsibilities for refugees and asylum seekers".

 

Is he not correct that turning away asylum seekers is fundamentally anti Christian?

After all, Joseph, and a heavily pregnant Mary, Mother of God, were turned away.

[Mister Gee]

3 minutes ago, cressida said:

Try it sometime then 

I did, look at my previous post!

[echo beach]

1 hour ago, cressida said:

Hence, the prominent expression in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist: “the law is an ass. The law, when applied too rigidly or too flexibly, can be blind to the realities on the ground and the requirements for justice.24 Nov 2020

Yes it’s an ass up North but an arse down South!😃

Just listen to them say it.

 

echo.

[crookesey]

It’s possibly a case of ‘He who shouts the loudest’, Muslims are very vocal about their faith whilst most Christians aren’t, you have to visit Catholic countries to experience vocal Christianity.

[Al Bundy]

18 minutes ago, crookesey said:

It’s possibly a case of ‘He who shouts the loudest’, Muslims are very vocal about their faith whilst most Christians aren’t, you have to visit Catholic countries to experience vocal Christianity.

Bingo.

[Annie Bynnol]

    The unelected leaders of sects always claim to speak on behalf of all those who identify with that sect. Nowadays obedience and adherence to 'religious' practices  is a minority sport even among those who class themselves as 'belonging'. 

    People who 'belong'/'don't belong' mostly tolerate other views but there should be no requirement to 'respect' the views of unelected leaders of sects and letting involving them in deciding or influencing  what others can and cannot do.

   It is not that long ago when Christians wanted to use the Law to stop other Christians from working, voting, being paid. shopping, living where they want, having a pint, reading books/films, having sex, having fun etc.

[Axe]

11 hours ago, Mister M said:

So what do you think about the Archbishop of Canterbury's intervention in the Rwanda Bill where he said:

Ministers were seeking to "outsource our legal and moral responsibilities for refugees and asylum seekers".

 

Is he not correct that turning away asylum seekers is fundamentally anti Christian?

After all, Joseph, and a heavily pregnant Mary, Mother of God, were turned away.

He is wrong.  The House of Lords are wrong in delaying the Rwanda plan being implemented. Deterring illegal small boat crossings will result in fewer lives being lost in the English Channel.