The Curse of Religious people!

Radio Five this morning was discussing the fact that so many English women are converting to Islam. During the telephone 'phone in' a convert called in to tell that he started reading about Islam and realised that this was the way forward in that it provided a coming together of personal life, public life, legal life machinery and government.

The, extremely zealous, convert spoke excitedly about how Islam was more than a religion but was a way of life and how, having come from the Roman church, he was now engaged with something enabling and real.

I have to say that the reason that we're seeing 'English' women convert to Islam has lots to do with the fact that they appear to be marrying men who are, generally by birth, Islamic. It's interesting that a conversation with an Islamic religious leader led me to understand that these women were actually often more active and faithful Muslims than the men that they married, something he thought was good for the children of the marriages but a sad reflection on the men of the faith!

The reasons that the male convert gave are all very valid when one considers that Christianity generally is regarded as something that people do on a Sunday! This is not just the view of the general population either it transpires, for, after discussion with a member of a certain denomination recently I found that they'd been told that what was important was being in church once a week regardless. This was the focus and witness of being a Christian!

What a load of rubbish (See how restrained I can be!).

We will be looking at this topic over the next few days and hopefully we will find something that serves Christianity (and hopefully me and you) well.

Bottom line is this(I'm going to shout, be warned):

Christians are Christians twenty-four hours a day, three hundred and sixty five days a year for every year that they live. It is not what we do but who we are and if we have people who teach, or are happy with, the 'one day a week' principle then they need to be corrected or removed.

Jolly idiots!

ps. I learn't whilst in the Elim Pentecostal Church that Jolly can be transposed for every and all expletives (so insert that which you feel fits best!).

Pax