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Englandshire: The Archbishop of York is upset that public bodies are not deferring to his particular superstition ahead of all the others, and blames a conspirecy of illiberal atheists
for undermining Britain's religious heritage
. Naturally, he's upset that most people now realise that Christmas has nothing to do with Jesus, and everything to do with the fact that the earth rotates on an axis of 23.5°.
He criticised government officials for sending Christmas cards marked season's greetings and Torbay council's decision to remove a cross from a crematorium.
It was, of course, the Church of England that opposed the introduction of cremation in the first place.
It seems that the CofE is launching a bit of campaign to force their religion down the throats of the rest of us:
Earlier this week Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Catholic leader Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor launched a joint attack on what they called intolerant public atheism.
In their foreword to Doing God: A Future for Faith in the Public Square, a report by new religious think tank Theos, they argued against limiting religion to the private sphere.
Campaigners against religion in public life had anintolerant faith position, they said.
A tolerant faith position presumably being one that forces a particular religion upon those of other faiths and none.
Archbishop attacks public atheism—BBC News, 11th November 2006.
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1: Posted by: Dr Andrew A. Adams | November 11, 2006 4:49 PM
I'm all in favour of allowing the hanging of religious symbols in public places. Let's start with the Archbishop of Canterbury in Trafalgar Square. Is that enough "religion in the public square" (sic)?
2: Posted by: Red Wolf | November 12, 2006 8:09 AM
And in response we have Elton John suggesting that all religion be banned because it promotes hatred of gays.
3: Posted by: Feòrag | November 12, 2006 10:52 AM
I'm looking at the first comment on the Scotland on Sunday article and wondering where the hordes of gay men forcing straight men to give them blow-jobs are. And do they sell tickets so we can watch?
4: Posted by: G. Tingey | November 13, 2006 6:39 PM
Erm CATEGORY ERROR!
Atheism is, by definition NOT a faith position.
It is an absence of: belief without evidence, for the existence of imaginary sky fairies.
5: Posted by: Red Wolf | November 13, 2006 8:16 PM
I'd say the category is correct.
It is an Anglican and a Catholic behaving silly and demanding government interference. The atheists only come into it as the wingnuts favoured enemy of their invisible friend this week.
6: Posted by: Spike | November 14, 2006 1:24 PM
Again the Christians seem only able to act as if they are being persecuted. Is there some inherent need amongst the Christians to be persecuted at all times, even when they are on top, doing the persecuting? Do they think it'll make people convert? what? Although, asking them to behave rationally would be a little awkward at this point...
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