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Christianity is just a “generation away from extinction” in Britain unless churches make a dramatic breakthrough in attracting young people back to the faith, the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has warned.

 

Clergy are now gripped by a “feeling of defeat”, congregations are worn down by “heaviness” while the public simply greets both with “rolled eyes and a yawn of boredom”, he said.

 

His comments at a Christian conference came as a stark report laid before the Church of England’s General Synod warned that its position as a “national institution” will be in doubt if numbers in the pews drop much further.

 

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, also underlined the scale of the crisis telling members of the Synod they must “evangelise or fossilise”.

 

In an impassioned plea for Church to adopt a new missionary stance, he told them that their constant internal debates were like no more than “rearranging furniture when the house is on fire”.

He called for an ambitious campaign aimed at the “re-evangelisation of England”, on a par with the ministry of the northern saints such as Cuthbert, Hilda and Aidan who spread Christianity in Anglo-Saxon times.

The Synod responded by voting to set up a committee.

Lord Carey's warning came as he addressed the Shropshire Light Conference at Holy Trinity Church in Shrewsbury at the weekend discussing how the church could be “re-imagined”.

The former Archbishop said while the church is doing much important work, it faces an existential challenge.

“In many parts of Britain churches are struggling, some priests are diffident and lack confidence; a feeling of defeat is around.

“The burden seems heavy and joy in ministry has been replaced by a feeling of heaviness.”

He said that the reaction from the public was not so much hostile as dismissive.

 

Looking ahead, if it comes to the worst, I hope they keep the buildings though, they are nice.

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Why save it? In fact, please don't save it.

 

Couldn't agree more. The fact that people continue, in the 21st century, to believe in ancient myths about the supernatural and paranormal is utterly ridiculous. Deluded fools every last one of them.

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Blasphemy

 

Thankfully we live in a county where there is separation of church and state and our secular laws don't include blasphemy any longer. Sure we have a long history though where those who didn't believe in religious fairytales were discriminated against, persecuted, incarcerated, tortured and murdered but those days are long gone in most countries and we atheists can finally speak out against the stupidity that is religion. :clap:

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