To all non Christians ,does our religion or places of worship offend you?

Question

I am only asking as my local council have had a 1920's church pulled down in a park where the scouts and cubs go camping as they do not want to offend the non-christians that are now members of scouts and cubs. I know several non-christians who are not offended so surely all this nonsense is making relationships between different cultures and religions worse. They have now offended all the christians by doing it.

Answer 1

how can the scout movement justify pulling down a "house of god" to appease the feelings of believers of other faiths, i mean isn't it sacred ground . other places of worship don't offend me , but if it was a mosque or a temple(or any other place of worship) that was pulled down I'm almost certain there would be outcry, but once again we are supposed to keep quite and not complain, people forget that England is a christian country , and Christians need there voice's heard as its not criminal (yet) to be one. xxxxx

Answer 2

No way...I’m a Muslim and churches or any other places of worship definitely DOES NOT offend me. I mean why would they? I like the idea that there are places of worship from a variety of religions. I have no idea why some non-Christians would feel that way. Who knows? But I can understand that it would offend many Christians and I’m sure if the same happened to somebody else’s place of worship they would feel exactly the same. Churches especially as old as you have mentioned are beautiful to look at and it shouldn’t be pulled down just because a minority of people are over sensitive.

Answer 3

What offends me is the fact that you're not allowed to show Christianity anywhere in the UK, yet any other faith is allowed to show their's as they see fit. And God help anyone who says a word about it.

I'm not particularly religious, although I grew up going to a Baptist church, but still I see these things and it annoys me.

There's a lot of it going on - Christian public holidays being cancelled, while other faiths' holidays continue, schools not allowed to put on plays with Christian themes becasue it "offends" other faiths. Its a joke really. Back in my day (going back almost 20 years here when I was at Junior school) we had Christian themed assemblies, hymns, and plays, and EVERYONE was involved and enjoyed themselves.

EDIT: and as someone said up above, belief in God IS a requirement of the Scouts - one of the Scout Laws was "i promise to do my best for God and my Queen" or words to that effect... and yet yes we had a couple of non-Christians in out troop, who weren't at all upset at this...

Answer 4

No, not at all. Although i find the destruciton of an old church bulding both offensive and ludicrous!

Something dodgy has gone on there, a church would almost certainly be a listed building. Someone somewhere has take a huge back hand payment for that.

I'm not religious, but I'm also disgusted that someone would pull down our heritage like that.

Answer 5

I'm an atheist and believes that everyone has a right to his or her own beliefs. So, no, churches, synagogues, temples, etc. don't offend me. What offends me are people who try to force their religion on me, people who tell me my beliefs are wrong and that if I don't follow their god I'm going to someplace called hell.

That your city council would tear down the church because it offended some occassional-campers is ridiculous. Couldn't they think of a better excuse for demolishing what is probably a historical building? Sounds like there's more to the story than they're telling.

Answer 6

People need to suck it up and stop whining about silly stuff offending them. Forget that, I want to keep my CHRISTMAS decorations, and not have to tip toe around calling it a holiday party, so that one cry baby doesn't get offended. A church built in the 1920's is surely a historical building, and church architecture is some of the most beautiful in the world. I personally am a Pagan, and obviously don't attend church, but I think churches are beautiful and I am not offended by the beliefs of others. Everyone is entitled to his or her own religious beliefs.

Answer 7

I'm an atheist and I think that a lot of the older churches are beautiful examples of architecture. I think there's more here than meets the eye.

And the Boy Scouts do discriminate on the basis of religion and sexual orientation.

Answer 8

I have absolutely no problems with Christianity or churches in themselves, but the sheer ignorance and narrow beliefs that a lot of your faithful blurt out makes me very edgy when trying to have a discussion on the topic.

For example, I accept God, but not in the same way they might. It's one thing to do the rituals and attempt a life using the literal word of the bible, but surely its about the spiritual development of the individual. When people start doing very silly in the name of their religion, THEN i become offended that a good idea has turned evil.

Answer 9

I'm Jewish and I hate everyone ripping on the Christians. I may not agree with the religion, but I think that this all out war on it is just dumb. I go to scouts every Monday in a church and I'm cool with it.

Now if I were to go and people would try to convert me I'd be annoyed but that doesn't really happen as often as the stereotype says it does.

Answer 10

Some christian buildings are very beautiful, although in someways I am offended by the thought of all that effort and wealth expended in the cause of sweet FA!

far more offencive in an increasingly secular society are the day glo exhortations to repent and the banal messages to the effect that my life is not complete because I don't worship their dead god on a stick that you see on boards outside so many!