Comments on: St John’s Church

By: Mr Eugenides

Mr Eugenides — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:35:10 +0000

I noticed the mural on Monday. I think it’s Bush standing next to Ahmadinejad, and the message is clearly, look at all these enemies who’ve kissed and made up. Why can’t we all just get along?

I agree with you that it is a very good thing that places such as St John’s exist, and make a contribution to civil society. But as bad as our current rulers are, I’m also glad that the people who run St John’s don’t run the country.

By: Olly

Olly — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:49:03 +0000

Is the fact they are Christians relevant to their campaigns against poverty and injustice? Sounds like good peole doing good things. I like to think aethiests would be as capable of setting up a similar community project, though perhaps funding it would be more difficult.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:11:00 +0000

At the moment the St John’s church hall is a venue for people running stalls on secular humanism, LGBT services and the Edinburgh inter-faith group (in fact, I think they have inter-faith prayers daily). Whatever philosophy allows for Adams and Paisley to burn in hell, it is not a part of the religion practiced at that particular church.

By: Rockingham

Rockingham — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:26:23 +0000

All very nice, but Paisley still thinks that Adams will burn in hell and vice versa. Religious toleration takes place despite religion, not because of it.

By: Clarice

Clarice — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:54:04 +0000

Ummm, I think Dawkins’ objection is more on logical, philosophical and evidential grounds than because of the intolerance isn’t it?

And I really hate to mention it, because that all sounds very nice, but what about the Crusades, the Balkans, the Troubles, 9/11 - didn’t all of them use religion as a great big excuse to kill people? Doesn’t that make religion a tool of war and murder? I’m just not sure that a nice cup of tea and a book shop makes it all ok…

Still, good to make the point though.