
The advert features a picture of Jesus Christ and quotes a part of a verse from John 15:20, which Jesus says: "If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you". The verse comes in the context of Jesus' teaching about love. He of course also asks us to love our enemies...
What slightly confuses me is why on earth would a middle eastern Jew who stretched his hand out to the neighbouring races and communities want an 'all-white' Britain? There seems to be no logic in this ... not that there is in any form of racism mind you.
Whilst the Church of England has decided that under the maxim of 'all publicity is good publicity' it's best not to comment on the story, there other Christians that have.
God Bless Jonathan Bartley and his mates at Ekklesia and God Bless the bassist from one of my favourite bands who posted this message on a forum in response to the story,
"And who where some of the most vehement amongst Jesus' persecutors? The nationalistic Pharisee party. They where upset by His whole deal about loving those of other nationalities whom they considered where causing political, economic and spiritual ruin in the country. To say that they 'ran the church' is misleading - the church as we know it was non existent at this time... I am a Christian and I am totally offended by this poster and find that it borders on the blasphemous. If anything it pushes me even further away from your beliefs and makes me want to convince others to do the same. If you care about Christians at all you will get shot of it."Admittedly Christians would love to see everyone in the UK be Christians too but we'd never want to do it by force or by restricting anyone else's ability to have their own beliefs. Who exactly is it that feels unable to worship God in a church? Who exactly is it that feels we're being forced to go to a Mosque instead? Who exactly is it that has such a fragile identity that they can't stand other people being different in any way, shape or form?
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