Gospel truth a substitute for Peace and Goodwill?
Bishop of Leicester Tim Stephens recently had a First Person article in the Leicester Mercury, Tinsel is no substitute for Gospel truth , gloating over a claimed increase in sales of religious themed Christmas cards. He complains about 'creeping secularism' in general, and Ariane Sherine's 'Atheist's Guide To Christmas' in particular. His article seemed so out of spirit with the recent Interfaith Week (in which several members of Leicester Secular Society, including our President, Allan Hayes, were involved), that I wrote a response to the Letters page. Unfortunately my first sentence was overlong, and the edited version that appeared in the newspaper (which you can see here: Bishop enjoys a privileged role ) made little sense. Here's what I actually wrote under my title, a play on his, 'Gospel truth a substitute for Peace and Goodwill? ': Tim Stephens must be glad that Interfaith Week is well behind us now, with its themes of social cohesion and u...