A Sinner Or A Skinner?
Catholic firebrand* Frank Skinner has written a brilliant, irreverent and provocative article at the Times about his faith and Christianity in the UK. Central to his thesis is the theory that it is good that Christians are in the minority, as that's where they're supposed to be...
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Christians have always worked best as an unpopular minority. We were surely at our most dynamic when we knelt, eyes to Heaven, hands clasped in prayer, with a Colosseum lion bounding towards us.
That’s why I think Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, is wrong to get his cassock in a twist about changing attitudes to Christianity in this country. He speaks of a “strident and bullying campaign” to marginalise Christianity. But that’s great news. “Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.”
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Spicy stuff! Read it all at the Times website.
What do you think? Is it better that Christians are in the minority? We'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below...
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* A description which beats "David Baddiel's friend Frank Skinner", I think...
