I did not say so - I read it in the news. A group of more than 50 influential scientists, scholars and scholars recently created an open letter to the Prime Minister to challenge the reference to the UK as a Christian nation.
According to them: "We want to repeat our erroneous characterization as a Christian nation, adversely affect politics and society, contrary to what this view is born ... repeated reviews, public opinion polls, Individuals have been better formed by the power of Christians, not Christianity, before Christianity, in many social levels, not Christians in our beliefs and religious identities ... We We constantly seek to promote alienation and division in our society. "
Many people agree with the right thing, I think that some people are wrong, but I think other people do not care much. I believe this is indeed a food for thought.
I will explain the obvious thing
One of the sarcasms of life I have found is that in many eras, people say you do not want to say things like them. They hope you serpentine around the truth and obviously make the indirect reference wise. It is called "taktto" and is often welcomed as wisdom.
It is like telling someone that he or she is selfish. That person would hate you by saying so, but he / she thinks only about myself and does not care what happens to others.
That is why this problem is sad, but I think that I often dispute calling the British as a Christian state.
If it is based on past history and some remaining Christian lore, it is no doubt that the UK is not a Christian country, but if it is a British lifestyle, interests, priority, today's The majority of British people say it is more correct than being wrong.
Evidence is everywhere
If you think that you are wrong, go to most churches on Sunday morning and see how few congregations are.
Compare to it, please watch the game show on TV (quiz, soccer, whatever the game), watch the people sitting faithfully and watch and laugh with the name of fun. It reminds me what the congregation of the Church had been doing before.
Please go out the street, tell the gospel to passersby and see the contempt you appreciate most people.
I will refer to God and Jesus at your office and see what happens to you.
Recently, a Christian doctor was fired to e - mail a prayer to a colleague to lift a spirit. He went to the employment court and his bag was supported. He committed an unforgivable crime.
In 2009, a Christian nurse in Somerset Province died for the elderly who took care of and then stopped working. She did not pray for the patient, but she asked me to do so. It was a patient that boldly reported that she would offer her.
And today there are many anti-churches, anti-church, anti-Christian, anti-Christian customs that are enthusiasticly accepted and accepted in Britain's lifestyle.
Does it sound like a Christian country? I do not think so.
Let's call Spade A Spade.
I am reading comments about this subject. This is a Christianity who admits that it is a Christian state, Christianity does not go to church on Sunday, but rather talks about values, ethics, etc.
That being a student means not to go to school or join classes. Being an employee is not about leaving your home every day to go to work. To be a doctor is not to work in a hospital or the like. It is called to ask questions.
I think that I was trying to justify and justify the attendance of the deplorable church in the UK as many people do well. According to Gallup International 90% of British people will not go to church.
And I wonder what he is talking about, what is the values and ethics of Christians Is it the sexual immorality that is the path of life among many British people? Or are there quiet murderers of innocent premature babies named for divorce, homosexual marriage, abortion, crimes of guns and knives?
Even saying that such customs are disgusting for many people is a crime, those who are reading this article have told me that these things are non-biblical and non-christian You will not be surprised if you point out.
The UK was at the forefront of Christianity.
More, I do not agree that saying that the UK is not a Christian country, but rather that the UK is not a Christian country.
There was a time when the UK became a light of the gospel on many countries and continents all over the world.
In school it was those who came to Africa as Mary Slessor, David Livingstone, missionary, bringing the light of the gospel to us and helping to end a lot of unfair practices such as human sacrifice .
And will you forget the gods of faith welcomed from the British who was strongly used by God to bless the message of the gospel to the whole world?
Many people mention so many people, including Smith Wigglesworth, David Brainerd, John Wesley, Charles Finney, Evan Roberts, Hudson Taylor, Charles Spurgeon, John Knox, William Booth, John Bunyan and others.
I am grateful for eternity.
Personally, my life was greatly influenced by British missionary Miss Knight.
When I was young she was visiting my village. She will gather a lot of our children in the building of the church and will tell you about Jesus.
She taught us the story of Jesus with photos and slides. Her teachings were very exciting and funny, leaving a big impression on my young heart. I never missed those meetings. And whenever I was deprived of the opportunity I would go, I was crying.
She cured her illness, helped oppressed people, and demonstrated that it was impossible situation. It was when Jesus Christ became a hero of my childhood.
The good seed that I planted in my young mind laid the foundation for the rest of my life I appreciate eternally.
How did Mighty collapse!
Many of us grew up to think Britain as a gospel of Christianity and our Lord Jesus Christ, so we do not think we are too far from the truth.
However, now it is unhappy in fact to regard the UK as a Christian state as a crime and false expression. And it is even more so if you realize that there is truth in truth there.
To be an insensitive and secular state is praised with the light of truth for many people, but that is absurd.
Surely it is sadly sorry. I can not help myself to think, "How to defeat!
How did the citizens trying to convey the gospel all over the world say that referring to God alone in public life is a crime? It hurts my heart. UK, what has happened?
Others protect them, but the UK escape
Many countries around the world, especially in the East, are extremely protected and proud of their religious heritage and identity. Unlike the West, they are not ashamed to bring religious beliefs to the public's lives.
I traveled to the east last year and got on Qatar Airlines. When you board a ship, they have no doubt about your religious identity. They inform them that the meals they give to you are prepared according to Islamic law and customs.
Whether it is an arrival hall, a check-in counter or a departure hall, when you land at the airport, the workers are wearing religious costumes. At the airport there is a mosque.
You see that political correctness is not allowed to replace their religious beliefs.
Many Britons travel there, seeing all of these, no one complains. They adhere to the rules given faithfully.
They visit temples and shrines in other places
Many Britons go to religious facilities and shrines all over the world. At some of those places, you are asked to take off your shoes before entering the temple.
Yes, it includes senior officials and senior officials. They take off their shoes, lie down in front of what is worshiped there without question and walk barefoot to these "sacred" places.
Sometimes, in addition to removing their shoes, they are given religious clothing and tools to wear. But, back home, it is another story. Do not teach me to go to church. It is a crime and trouble for some people!
Why should you ask?
The truth is that many of the British people, anti Christians, anti Christians, anti Christians, anti-churches, have their own religious identities originally came from and do not hurt their beliefs.
They do not persuade secularism and humanism. And who can blame those things here? Failure is not mine's own.
"What happened to my religious heritage and identity? Why did we throw them away? Why in the Christian beliefs the sky shell of things that we have done so far Did it become?
Is not God going to this country well? Why are you bringing God into our public life is a crime? Where are we smarter and better country? If you think that we are, please think again.
Where are you?
What is going on in the UK today? In other words, Christianity and all rejection of God (or I say that I am carefully alienated) is not the result of one person's behavior. Rather, it is the result of collective choices, values, preferences that many people who live in the UK have decided to accept.
My question to my dear friend, which side do you belong to? Are you among those who turn away from the gospel of God and the Lord Jesus Christ? Even if you do not live in the UK, this question is still relevant.
