Atheist Dawkins Calls Himself a 'Cultural Christian'

Andy Armitage »

Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:29 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

I've just flagged my own comment as "inappropriate". I didn't know what "flag" meant in this context. Oh, dear, here it is again, then:

"[M]any Christians feel they are not getting a fair hearing when it comes to Christianity in the public square." Oh, come on, Mr Pritchard: there are 26 bishops in the House of Lords, who do not have to be elected; we have a head of state who is also "Defender of the Faith" (the Christian faith, C of E); we have goodness knows how many hundreds of "faith" schools on this small island of ours, paid for by the taxpayer, and you say Christians feel they're not getting a fair hearing. What a load of cobblers. As for Dawkins, yes, it's perfectly reasonable to call yourself a cultural Christian. Those who think it's some sort of non sequitur who are commenting below obviously haven't examined the phrase. I'm an atheist, but am also a cultural Christian, because our history is informed by Christianity, when more people were superstitious. Easy.