Our Christian heritage has been eroded by woke culture and DEI
I’m not particularly religious myself. I did go to Sunday school as a child and we sang hymns etc at school. But I do value the Christian beliefs I was raised on. In fact I remember being given a bible at school.
Our holidays no longer reference their Christian origins. This only seems to affect the Christian faith as far as I can tell.
Shrove Tuesday - is called pancake day.
Easter - religious references are often removed from adverts etc. instead of Easter eggs we have Chocolate eggs.
These are subtle changes that have happened slowly over time. While they don’t seem like major issues in light of all the other problems we have they are an example of how our Christian faith and therefore our Christian values have slowly been eroded.
I would be interested to see any other examples that people can think of.
I believe that what a Christian would call someone who works/aligns with the Christians is a Goodwill person, and to be honest, we do need to know who our Goodwill people are. In such a dire time where we need unity, we need more Goodwill people despite not being a Christian, but you could note them as an ally and go on to do a lot of good.
Looking at Christmas, it became something entirely different, it strayed from its original way, but also the date of the Christmas period also is different, through the Bible, it actually starts on a different date and goes on until midway through January, and it is filled with plenty of fasting.
Yes, we should bring back a lot of the Christian factors back, but of course to understand that no-one is ready to fast on and off through the Christmas phase, but in order to return to a society of high-trust and good morals over the depravity that Secular Liberalism has caused, and its encroachment on the rights of us as a people the closer we creep to marxism.
We don’t want marxism, communism/“mao-ism” killed enough people to be a stark warning, so we better start getting politically proactive now to oppose the advances of the left.
School Assemblies at the beginning of the day in the 1960s had a Christian theme and hymns were sung, such as All Thing Bright and Beautiful. Religious Education (or RE, as it was called) was predominantly Christian themed.
Probably, the one example I can think of is ‘Christmas’ being referred to as "Winter Break’, ‘Festive Season’, ‘Winter Solstice Celebrations’. The tendency to replace ‘Christmas’ with more general or secular expressions has been encouraged by wokery.
Generally, Christianity was in the background as a part of life by convention rather than by being mandated. It seems to me that it was voluntary and generally accepted. So, a return to Christianity cannot be in any way made to happen. But possibly, by reversing some of the legislation (such as the Equalities Act) that aid and abet the woke agenda, we might slow down the erosion of Christian values in everyday life.
Also, if the teaching of British history was given more emphasis, our children would have a greater awareness of the part that Christianity played in our nation’s history.
The C of E has also failed the cause of Christianity in some ways - I especially think of churches being closed and locked during the Covid pandemic, a lamentable capitulation to government control at a time when some people might have found some solace in being able to enter a church to pray or meditate quietly, and possibly find a sense of solidarity with other Christians also being there in quiet prayer. The availably of such a special space was denied to the people at that time.
There is a missing link here between ‘laws’ and what might be called Christian principles. Although a long-time atheist I follow both to the best of my ability – although not always the ones about speeding.
The point is, I don’t need to be a Christian to follow Christian principles, and as various members of the clergy and others have demonstrated over the years, being a Christian doesn’t automatically make you a follower of those principles.
So, perhaps we can shift the emphasis away from the religious involvement and look at a means of being good people without the need to believe in either God or Jesus Christ.
The weakening of the church coincides with the weakening of the Country. British values were Christian values. Every facet of our being is underpinned by it we just don’t realise as too many generations have passed however what we are finding out very quickly is what happens when a country doesn’t believe.
Christianity set a foundational belief in the rule of law, that justice needs to and will be served, that we come together in unity, truth and love. We were pioneers in education to the masses, healthcare, the scientific endeavour, technology, abolishing slavery, equality, womens rights and the concept of freedom because of this core belief in Christianity.
As America is finding out, there is only good outcomes from returning to a Christian state. To enable this, we need to get people returning to church and I know the church would need to radically reform.
Bob from Speakers Corner has radical views on this however he has lots of interesting points we should take on board.
And yet there are countries that seem to work quite well without being Christian.
I am of the opinion that many of the greatest problems we face on this planet stem from organised religion. This has nothing to do with belief or otherwise in God. It has to do with priesthoods who use their supposed conduits to God to enforce their will. Not God’s, but theirs.
