It seems British politicians want to scrub any pesky references to God Almighty from Parliament, lest it prick their consciences and remind them that there is a power greater than their own.
Atheist Member of Parliament Neil Duncan-Jordan is leading an effort to abolish the centuries-old tradition of praying at the beginning of the day in parliament.
We went ahead and put an atheist boy here in a fedora for the below photo.
(With England falling to hoards of Western-Civilization-hating Islamic extremists, it seems like a bad time to be tossing prayer, guys.)
Duncan Jordan says:
Having prayers at the beginning of the day feels like an outdated and outmoded practice. In a modern workplace it doesn't really make a lot of sense. We now have quite a diverse group of Parliamentarians with different religious beliefs, and people like myself who have no religion at all.
He continues:
The imposition of prayers as part of Parliament's official business is no longer compatible with a society which respects the principle of freedom of religion or belief and removing this practice would be a positive step forward for modernity, equality and freedom of conscience.
Actually, removing prayer would be an imposition of the atheistic religion of self, and the last century has proven how "modern" and "equal" that cult is.
Let's look at this "outdated" and "incompatible" daily prayer. From the UK government's own website:
The Speaker's Chaplain usually reads the prayers. The form of the main prayer is as follows:
'Lord, the God of righteousness and truth, grant to our King and his government, to Members of Parliament and all in positions of responsibility, the guidance of your Spirit. May they never lead the nation wrongly through love of power, desire to please, or unworthy ideals but laying aside all private interests and prejudices keep in mind their responsibility to seek to improve the condition of all mankind; so may your kingdom come and your name be hallowed.
Amen.'
That's it. THAT'S what they want to remove - a prayer to the generic name of God for guidance in leading the nation and protection against the self interests of greedy men.
That's "outmoded"?
The practice of prayers is believed to have started in about 1558, and was common practice by 1567. The present form of prayers probably dates from the reign of Charles II.
You want to know what will happen if you remove the vaguely-Christian prayers you have left, atheists?
Nature abhors a vacuum:
I'll leave you with the words of Christian politician William Wilberforce, who led the charge to abolish slavery across the British Empire:
I would suggest that faith is everyone's business. The advance or decline of faith is so intimately connected to the welfare of a society that it should be of particular interest to a politician.
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