By BRIAN APPLEYARD [New Statesman] – Either Christianity is transcendentally true or it is culturally true as the moral and historical basis of this nation. Either way, prayers are valid. Or religion as a whole is false and this locally elevated sect is an abomination, therefore its rites should be relegated to the private places of the superstitious.
The issues are large, but, let’s be honest, their expression in contemporary Britain is comic. This is all more Dibley than Smallbone, squalls in teacups. On the surface, the source of this comedy is obvious. There is simply nothing here to be taken seriously.
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