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>> avowedly Christian > This ... is a bad thing ? It is not a bad thing to be unashamed of being a Christian. The bit you're quoting is not talking about a p
by jamesrcole 10y ago
>> avowedly Christian
> This ... is a bad thing ? It is not a bad thing to be unashamed of being a Christian.
The bit you're quoting is not talking about a person, like a person being ashamed of something or not. It's talking about the governmental stance towards a country. The full quote being "So, while the Tories in Britain and the Republicans in the United States set about creating a neo-liberal Anglosphere – anti-egalitarian, avowedly Christian, pro-Big Business, pro-military"
Even someone who's a proud Christian has good reasons not to want the country to be avowedly in favour of one religion. (i'm not saying all Christians would hold this view).
As an atheist, I wouldn't want the country to go that way.
- supremesaboteur 10y agoIt was talking about a political party, not the government. Political parties are set up to serve the interest of groups. For example, Republicans could be for defending the right of individuals to practice their religion in peace. For the unemployed to want to create more jobs so that they can live their lives with dignity. For people to keep their families safe through having a strong military etc.
- jamesrcole 10y agoIt was talking about what they want (or what the article claims they want) to do to the country, not anything at all about whether people should feel ashamed or not to be Christians.