
There is a difference between who we are and what we are.
Christian (noun) is who we are, and Christians throughout the world are united by that.
Christian (verb) are what some people chose to be.
They may chose to go to church, pray and worship to demonstrate their Christianity.
I don’t go to church. I don’t believe in God and I think that the Bible is mostly nonsense.
But I was born in a Christian country and I share the basic Christian core values.
Christianity has profoundly shaped the world we now live in.
Early Christian schools were initially set up so that people could learn how to read the Bible.
That was their sole purpose, which evolved over many years into Christian organisations founding some of the world’s most influential universities.
Without Christianity we would not have the artwork, music or literature that we enjoy today.
These things came about by the desire to depict, praise and spread the word of the scriptures.
We would not have the health care system that we often rely on today without the devout Christian Fabiola.
She set up the first hospital in the western world in around 400AD for the care of the poor and sick.
The first recognised hospital in the world was set up by St. Basil some 40 year’s earlier in the middle East, around 250 years before Islam was established.
Without the care and compassion of Christians we would not have charities that benefit millions of people throughout the world.
The legal systems in many, if not all devoloped countries in the world have their roots in the teachings of the Bible.
Whether you belive in Christ or not is irrelevant.
The fact is that many people have done and still do, and that belief has profoundly shaped the world that we live in.
So how are people celebrating the monumental event of Christ’s birth?
Colin the Caterpillar is the fastest selling Christmas bauble in the UK, with people allegedly ‘raving’ about him.
He comes with a loop that will allow him to be hung from an often fake, Scandinavian tree alongside other irrelevant crap.
GB news
Nominated by The Artful Cunter.