Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Lent: The Christian Ramadan




Let’s just create a new religion for Europe. Call it Chrislam or perhaps Istianity. Hot on the heels of the comments of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the country that brought us Geert Wilders, now brings us a solution to all the tensions. Here is the suggestion:

... an article from the Telegraph with the shocking headline, “Lent fast re-branded as ‘Christian Ramadan.’”

We know that things are very bad. But is this particular story as bad as Tim thinks? Here is the opening:

Dutch Catholics have re-branded the Lent fast as the “Christian Ramadan” in an attempt to appeal to young people who are more likely to know about Islam than Christianity. MORE…


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