From our friend across the pond, Ian Cooper, comes a brief observation of how the deliberate marginalization of religion is continuing apace there. Forget fairness, historical accuracy, or social cohesion -- secularists prove once again to be the most arrogant and intolerant apples in the barrel.This year Cambridge University is busy with its 800th year commemoration, as the signs attached to the lampposts on the main roads coming into the city make clear. The opening ceremony for the year was a brilliant light show projected onto the Senate House and Old Schools one blustery evening last month. Never have I seen the city centre more crowded but the show accompanied by church bells was worth it.
Part art-tech extravaganza, part historical panorama and part entertainment, with Quentin Blake’s delightful cartoons prominent, it was designed as a celebration of the university’s achievements. Science, naturally, was to the fore with references to Newton, Babbage and Darwin while Milton, I saw, represented the arts but unless you count the church bells that accompanied the show, there seem precious little mention of religion. That is in Cambridge, cradle of the Reformation and home to the Puritans, let alone with colleges named Jesus, Christs and Trinity etc! Was this secular bias? It seemed so unless there are other events, which acknowledge the Christian contribution to the university’s history.
This is curious really, poor history apart from anything else, from people who should know better. I was particularly struck by this, as recently there have been two publications, which have recognized the positive impact of Christianity on the culture. And the extraordinary thing is both are by atheists. People whom you would expect to be among Christianity’s cultured despisers turn out to be Christianity’s cultured admirers...
Ian describes those two "cultured admirers" right here.
