Leeds Supporters Boo and Whistle

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Are we? Yeah will have to whip the old testament out and find the bit that says:

Love thy neighbour…unless they are Muslim.

We dont feel like a Christian country anymore Im afraid. I dont think true Christianity would promote intolerance, division and hatred.

Christian values are a thing of the past Im afraid.

As the Muslim market trader, proud to have been one of those selected to appear on the Welcome to Heathrow campaign found out!

Tbh, whilst most of this country's population might technically identify as C of E on the census, they are likely either aethiest or agnostic. Over a hundred years of scientific discovery and rises in literacy and education have greatly eroded the importance of the Church and organised Christianity in the UK. As far back as 1966 Lennon's comments about the Beatles (maybe he should have said TV&#128513 being more important and popular than Jesus to young people raised hardly a ripple here despite the furore they caused in the American Bible Belt.

Besides, you don't need to be religious to have a moral compass or set of values to live by. Most religions-certainly the Abrahamic ones-have compassion at the heart of them but history has shown that organised religions can be as much a cause of division and intolerance as they can of unity and compassion. There always seem to be extremists of all stripes seeking to twist the words of their Bibles, Qurans or Tanakh to suit their own agendas.

What Leics. was likely referring to was the enclaves of more extremist forms of Islam that pose a threat to the cultural values and tolerances of this country but that is certainly not to say that elements of the white British population are not equally divisive or intolerant. I tend to agree with Ketts's "live and let live" as long as they dont impact on others philosophy. The only caveat being that I view all religions as beliefs and therefore reserve the right to challenge them if I think they are misogynistic or homophobic for example or promoting hatred.