[D66] Majority of Christians 'tick the box'

[Henk Elegeert]

Jeetje, schrik ff wakker:
Majority of Christians 'tick the
box'<http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9696000/9696135.stm>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9696000/9696135.stm

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Research carried out by for a secularist foundation has suggested that most
of those who describe themselves as Christian in Britain have only a low
level of belief and practice of the religion.

A poll carried out by Ipsos-Mori for the Richard Dawkins Foundation for
Reason and Science indicated that half of those in Britain who say they are
Christian rarely go to church while nearly 60% do not read the Bible.

Prof Richard Dawkins, founder of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason
and Science, told the Today programme's Justin Webb that most people who
call themselves Christian merely "tick the Christian box".

When asked whether the figures told us anything of use, Professor Dawkins
insisted it "told us an awful lot" because it puts into doubt the place of
Christian practices in society such as bishops in House of Lords and the
presence of faith schools.

However Reverend Giles Fraser, former Canon Chancellor of St Paul's, called
the findings "extraordinary" and maintained that it was not fair to trump
people's "self identification" as Christians.

He said that "there are all sorts of ways to express Christianity" and that
we should not be "purging religion from the public square".

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Volg de link<http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9696000/9696135.stm>voor
het interview zelf ...

Is ook 'Nederland' wel zo gr/christelijk dat het vele beslissingen wel echt
kan rechtvaardigen ?

Henk Elegeert
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