Posted on 12/23/2006 6:36:27 PM PST by Huber
A leading Church of England bishop has launched an outspoken attack on "thoughtless bureaucracy and political correctness" for helping to "write Christ out of Christmas".
The Rt Rev Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, accuses a small but powerful group of officials of marginalising religious celebrations out of an oversensitivity to multiculturalism.
Writing in The Mail on Sunday, Bishop Nazir-Ali, who was born to Christian parents in Pakistan but comes from a Muslim family background, also appears to call for Christians to maintain their traditions to combat the threat posed by Islamic fundamentalism.
"Britain is again faced with the challenge of a totalitarian ideology that...claims to be rooted in a religious tradition," he writes.
"If Britain is to defend its values successfully, it must rediscover the Christian faith in which these values are ultimately rooted."
Quoting the example of a charity shop window that had a carol pasted inside - but with all the verses about Christ removed - he says there is "mounting evidence that Christmas is being marginalised" by 'a relatively small number of organisations, publications and people who would like to see Christmas made a matter for private celebration'.
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Bravo to the Bishop. Wake up, Britain!
Traditional Anglican ping, continued in memory of its founder Arlin Adams. Oh wait, I thought the liberal media said there was no "war on Christmas..." Forgot, they lie.
We need a committee to figure out what you can call Christmas if you you can't say "Christ" or "mas(s)" in public.
And you can't say "holiday" either - it's a concatenation of "Holy Day"
"write Christ out of Christmas".
Next step is to mention Mohammed in Christmas.
Gee, no kidding. After Christmas being under attack in the US, this British bishop is just figuring this out!!??
Sometimes you have to step out of the pulpit and see what's really going on in the world.
I bet the next earth shattering thing he discovers is that water is wet . . . . . . . and cold water is wet AND cold!!
Nazir-Ali++ has been an outspoken critic of political correctness in the church for quite some time.
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