COE desperation sets in
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:14 pm
Suppose you asked a question: "Irrespective of whether you believe in Father Christmas, what would you ask Santa for?"
Would it be fair to then conclude that anyone who mentioned anything they would like (an iPad, new shoes, chocolate) therefore "believed in Santa"?
Well, if you are a Church of England spin-doctor then, amazingly, you would indeed conclude that. The CofE asked ICM to conduct a poll asking "Irrespective of whether you currently pray or not, if you were to pray for something at the moment, what would it be for?". Lots of people answered world peace, an end to poverty, a family member, etc.
And the CofE counted them all up and announced: "Four out of five British adults believe in the power of prayer". Gob-smacked! Intellectual honesty is really not a Christian strong point.
http://www.churchofengland.org/media-ce ... ower-of-pr...
Would it be fair to then conclude that anyone who mentioned anything they would like (an iPad, new shoes, chocolate) therefore "believed in Santa"?
Well, if you are a Church of England spin-doctor then, amazingly, you would indeed conclude that. The CofE asked ICM to conduct a poll asking "Irrespective of whether you currently pray or not, if you were to pray for something at the moment, what would it be for?". Lots of people answered world peace, an end to poverty, a family member, etc.
And the CofE counted them all up and announced: "Four out of five British adults believe in the power of prayer". Gob-smacked! Intellectual honesty is really not a Christian strong point.
http://www.churchofengland.org/media-ce ... ower-of-pr...
