God’s place in a humanist society (23) [Locul lui Dumnezeu într-o societate umanistă]

Not only that they are fewer, but British practicing Christians are more and more pressured to hide their faith, in order to go on enjoying the privilege of living in a democratic, progressive and prosperous country like the UK.

Wearing a cross at work, even exhibiting one in an electrician’s van have become unofficial offences that irreligious zealots are eager to punish.

More and more – of the already few! – Christians in Britain are at risk of being put in front of a stark choice: “Take off your cross or you’ll get sacked!”.

Supervisers, bosses, co-workers or any other politically correct authorities have no scruples about threatening Christians like this, whilst no one would dare asking a Muslim woman to remove her veil, a Jew to take off his kippah or a Sikh to renounce his turban.

Indeed, that would be outrageous in a country like Great Britain, wouldn’t it? But shouldn’t the same laws the same right for Christians?

It seems that the answer is definitely negative, according to the Conservative (?!) Chameleon in office at 10 Downing Street.

For the UK Government, wearing a cross is not a “generally recognised Christian practice,” thus it needn’t be supported by the State in front of the ECHR. In a country where any wacky minority can ask for protection, Christians are defenceless…

Then why is the British monarh still called Defender of the Faith? Why is the Union Jack still bearing not one but three crosses?

And what kind of faith is that which the Monarch defends? The faith that Christianity is a relic of history whose demise should be hastened?!

There’s no doubt that being a Christian has become a deficiency for one’s employability in the UK. Unless you’re a New man, you can hardly integrate in a society obsessed with material wealth and with loathing its Christian heritage.

Just like in the USSR, when politically correct bolsheviks in Britain can’t snatch crosses from people’s hearts by brainwashing, they forcibly take them off chests.

They are probably relying on the fact that those of churches will fall by themselves. If not, one day they will take the cross down even from St. Paul’s Cathedral in the City of London…

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Witty bits from what I learned in the UK (8) [Vorbe de duh din ce am învăţat în UK]

Apart from interesting things learned as a Chevening Fellow, I guess anyone can imagine that, every now and then, it was impossibe to avoid the ‘collision’ with some ‘blah-blah-blah concepts’ that contemporary political wooden language uses. During one of our study day-trips (I don’t know how to describe them better) to London, such a term was employability.

It could be defined as “the means by which individuals can cope with changing employment conditions, organisations can maintain their ability to adapt and succeed and the nation can enhance its competitiveness” – classical EU (it’s not a term coined by the New Labour!) nonsense, isn’t it?

To put it as sinthetically as I can, it’s all about helping personal development of people, so that they could have better chances on the labour market. I think it’s complete rubbish, as everything is focused almost exclusively on turning people into more efficient pieces of machinery, and becoming robotic enough not to suffer when they are fired or maybe even when they are being exploited.

So much focus on career, efficiency, success, on life-long learning, on proving something, on earning much, and spending twice as much if possible, so that banks could thrive on enslaving people through credit cards!

And all for what? Just for this meaningless ‘here and now,’ for the earthly paradise, which the prosperous British Welfare State (and the EU as a whole) are promising us!

Were the hundred thousands of people flocking to the UK from all over the world to get a job there somehow more employable than their local counterparts? Did the British Government actually do anything to improve the chances of people on the labour market? I rather doubt it…

It was just the booming economy that attracted people, and now – as the real estate and financial bubble deflates – it’s the ugly economic perspective in this country that is slowly driving immigrants away from the UK…

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