Image by Getty Images via @daylifeI think Christians ought to have a day off from being ashamed for holding irrational, childish beliefs. For being members of a religion that has brought unimaginable suffering to the world, in the past and nowadays, for being bible thumping, hate-mongering idiots and at least for not actively speaking out against such people. They're just humans,too and no one can bear being ashamed all year long, right?
Of course that's not what the good Lord meant, but what he damn well should have meant if he had the least bit of decency.
So what does he really mean?
The day, organised by Christian Concern, will kick off a campaign to urge Christians to "wear their faith with pride".What the hell is there to be proud of? Faith is irrational belief, belief without evidence, or despite evidence to the contrary. There's nothing to be proud about.
Lord Carey said hostility towards the religion came from a combination of "well-meaning" political correctness, multiculturalism and "overt opposition to Christianity".Obviously, it couldn't be because there was actually something wrong with Christianity, right?
This rich legacy is under attack. In spite of having contributed so much to our civilisation [...]
Like genocide, racism, the dark ages, theocracy, bigotry, hatred, the spread of HIV and famine in Africa, or, since this is particularly about Britain: countless deaths in the fights among Christian denomination in Northern Ireland.
and providing its foundation, the Christian faith is in danger of being stealthily and subtly brushed aside.Not this crap again! Modern western society has developed in spite of Christian influences and only after secularism kicked in did things actually turn to the better for everyone. I am sick of faith heads pretending that their religion is the foundation of it; and on a subtle side note: the one's brushing Christian faith aside, obviously, are the Christians.
He cited cards bearing "season's greetings" messages, school nativity plays being "watered down" and local councils switching on "winter lights" in place of Christmas decorations.Right, since unless you're a Christian, you aren't allowed to have a fun holiday, right? People just stop being hypocritical about the fact that they really don't give a damn about Christianity on Christmas.
The campaign highlights a series of cases involving Christians who have claimed discrimination.I'm going to make a prediction here: These are really cases of Christian oversensitivity.
These include Nadia Eweida, a British Airways worker from London, and Shirley Chaplin, an NHS nurse from Kenn, Exeter, who both lost high-profile discrimination claims over wearing crosses at work.
Ms Chaplin lost a discrimination claim against her employers, in which she had argued the cross "ban" prevented her from expressing her religious beliefs.Bingo! She obviously got discriminated against because she is a Christian, not because she refused to adhere her damn employers clothing standards, right. Muslim employees should be allowed to wear a burka,too!
Christian Concern has also highlighted the fact that Catholic adoption agencies no longer have the right to refuse gay couples as prospective adoptive parents.
And it features the case of Gary McFarlane, who was sacked as a Relate Counsellor for refusing to give sex therapy to gay couples.The hypocrisy in this is almost too much to bear. "They're discriminating against us because we're not allowed to discriminate against the gays!".
Luckily, the article also allows one of those evil atheists to utter his opinion:
Image via WikipediaHowever, Terry Sanderson, president of the National Secular Society, said the initiative was the "culmination of the ongoing campaign run by a handful of Christian zealots to create the impression that Christianity is somehow being deliberately undermined by the authorities.I agree.
And in light of this campaign, I actually now do think that Christians ought to be ashamed all year long.
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