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The lighting of the beacons

October 22, 2009 - 4:09 am - by Richard Fernandez
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2009-10-23 11:48:49

I, for one, found nothing to respect in the Anglican church after watching the BBC interview with the Archbishop and Mick Jagger. Jagger demolished the Archbishop even though he didn’t have the courage to renounce Jagger’s devil worshipping act.

Personally, I’m with Subotai in his first comment. I can no longer consider myself a Christian, in spite of being raised Lutheran, yet will defend the religon as the greatest positive force for good the human race has known – another Pro-Christian.

What Christianity needs is the same values but with new stories. A “story” is the wrapping that conveys the philosophy. “Annointst my head with oil” doesn’t make sense as a positive thing to us in the 21st century, as a trivial example. Our view of Earth in the Universe is much larger and more detailed than it was 2000 years ago. Yet the core of what Christianity means is still true.