Peter Hitchens, You have called for a moral renewal led by a 21st century John Wesley- surely the only real moral force in the UK is now centred around either Islam or Catholicism?
Asked by Londontowner on Sep 12 2007 9:45:43 PM and supported by 8 members
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Wesley started life as a High Church Anglican, a very long way
from the form of religion he inspired. I have no idea where his much needed
successors will come from. The Church of England is in a pretty bad way,
but so, as far as I can see, is the Roman Catholic Church in Britain.
The only successful Christian churches seem to be of the ultra-evangelical,
happy-clappy kind, and their appeal seems limited to me. I do not
wish to be sectarian about it, and would welcome the appearance of someone
with the intellectual integrity and moral force of Wesley from practically any
direction. But I think that Britain would become a very different
sort of society if the religious revival came from Islam. Those who wish to
preserve many important characteristics of this country, and who also
wish for remoralisation ( a number which I think will grow as social decay
deepens), should at least consider if they ought to consider their
fashionable rejection of Christianity. If they don't, then they
should not be surprised if Islam takes this role. By driving Christianity out of
the public square, English atheism has not destroyed religion. A Muslim
Britain, as the unintended consequence of the secularist war on
Christianity, would be a pretty spectacular example of the Unintended
Consequence.