Trevor Phillips warned that "an old time religion incompatible with modern society" is driving the revival in the Anglican and Catholic Churches and clashing with mainstream views, especially on homosexuality.
He accused Christians, particularly evangelicals, of being more militant than Muslims in complaining about discrimination, arguing that many of the claims are motivated by a desire for greater political influence.
However the chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission expressed concern that people of faith are "under siege" from atheists whom he accused of attempting to "drive religion underground".
In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph ahead of a landmark report on religious discrimination in Britain, he said the Commission wants to protect Christians and Muslims from discrimination, admitting his body had not been seen to stand up for the people discriminated against because of their faith in the past. » | Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs Correspondent | Saturday, June 18, 2011
This man is a joke! What on earth has he been smoking? Christians are more militant than Muslims? I don't think so! Muslims are integrating into British society better than Christians? I certainly don't think so! To start with, Christians don't have to integrate into British society. This is a Christian country, Trevor. Don't forget that! You people talk nonsense. You talk drivel! – © Mark
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Trevor Phillips wades into debate on religion in modern society: Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, has made a wide-ranging intervention into the growing debate on the place of religion in modern society. » | Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs Correspondent | Sunday, June 19, 2011
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What the hell has Phillips bin smokin'? The man is talking through his hat. This man is dangerous, and shouldn't hold the position he does.
To say that Christians are more militant than Muslims is absurd. To say that Muslims are integrating better into British society than Christians is also totally absurd. To start with, Christians don't have to integrate into British society. They are a part of it. This is a Christian country; so Christians are the indigenous population. Since when does the indigenous population of a country have to integrate? It's part of the mainstream by definition. The man is talking twaddle! To talk about the integration of Christians into British society is to reduce them to foreigners in their own land.
This multicultural experiment has gone too far. We need to halt it. It will lead to bloodshed on the streets of our country.
The man is a dangerous fool; and he should be sacked. – © Mark
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