A case in point is the 'Thought for the Week' bit in our local paper, written by local Christian clergy. This week was another attempt at "We must hold on to our Christian country..." . The article quoted the martyrdom of one George Marsh who was burned at the stake in 1555 for "the faith he believed in". The article affirmed the view that we are in danger of losing what George Marsh stood for. This is a Christian country after all!
Except ...I began to wonder who killed poor George. It turns out that it was the Catholics. He was a protestant reformer. So the conclusion is that one type of Christian burned another type of Christian to death because he was the wrong type of Christian.
And from this we are asked to yearn for our Christian roots?
Can someone run that by me one more time?
