ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury Rowan Williams has declared a desire for people of different religions to unite to tackle global environmental crises.
He further said that Christian Christmas decorations in city centres will not cause offence to people of other faiths.
Dr Williams presented a vision of a multi-faith society based on tolerance and respect during a visit to a Cardiff church which meets in the upper room of a bar.
The Swansea-born nominal leader of the 77 million-member Anglican Communion said religious decorations were rarely removed at the request of people of faith.
He said: “[It’s] hardly ever because Muslims or Hindus are complaining. It’s usually because uncomfortable agnostics in the council offices think: ‘Oh, panic! It’s a multi-religious society. We’ve got to be careful, otherwise we’ll offend people.’”
He continued: “I have yet to hear any real-life Muslim, Jew, Buddhist or Hindu complain about the public presence of Christian symbols. They know they are in a country whose history is Christian... Most of them are happy to live with that if they feel, too, that their convictions are fully respected.”
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/12/15/all-you-need-is-love-archbishop-tells-the-regulars-91466-22476459/
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