Cameron criticized for calling UK a ‘Christian country’
David Cameron
UK Prime Minister David Cameron was criticized for calling the UK a ‘Christian country’:
April 21, 2014
LONDON — A group of scientists, academics and prominent writers accused British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday of stoking sectarian divisions through his repeated description of Britain as a “Christian country”.
The public figures, including authors Philip Pullman and Terry Pratchett, said they respected the Conservative leader’s own religious beliefs, which he has addressed in a series of statements.
But they took issue with his characterization of Britain saying, in a letter to the Daily Telegraph, the country was actually a “plural society” of largely “non-religious” people.
“To constantly claim otherwise fosters alienation and division in our society,” said the 55 members of the group that also included Nobel prize winning scientist John Sulston.
“It needlessly fuels enervating sectarian debates that are by and large absent from the lives of most British people, who do not want religions or religious identities to be actively prioritized by their elected government,” the letter added.
The 2011 census showed Christianity was the largest religion in England and Wales but the number of people who described themselves as Christian had fallen from almost 72 percent in 2001 to just over 59 percent, or 33.2 million people. About 14 million people said they had no religion.
Cameron told an Easter reception this month he was “proud to be a Christian myself and to have my children at a church school”.
In an article in the Church Times last week, he described himself as “a member of the Church of England, and, I suspect, a rather classic one: not that regular in attendance, and a bit vague on some of the more difficult parts of the faith”.
Britain, he added, should be more confident about its status as a Christian country and more evangelical…
Cameron also angered some Christians – and caused deep splits in the Conservative party – as he drove new legislation through parliament to allow same-sex marriages in Britain. http://www.voanews.com/content/cameron-criticized-for-calling-uk-christian-country/1897731.html
Of course the UK is not an actual “Christian country,” but officially it is supposed to be. The Queen is supposed to be in charge of the Church of England, otherwise known as the Anglican Church.
Although historically, the Church of England was fairly strong and supported a lot international missionary activities, it has become less and less relevant in British life. In many ways, this is similar to the diminished role that the old time Protestant denominations are having in the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
In the USA, its President Barack Obama, who also has promoted the homosexual marriage agenda, has stated that the USA is not a Christian nation. And that is true, though most in the USA profess some type of tie to Christianity.
Despite David Cameron’s claim and the amount of people in the USA and Anglo-Saxon nations that profess some tie to Christianity, unless those nations repent, they are doomed (cf. Romans 1:18-32; Daniel 11:39).
Yet, this type of repentance is not likely until around the return of Jesus Christ and the establishment of His kingdom.
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