Ancient Beliefs Modern Principles

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What I love most about the Occupy London Stock Exchange protest in front of St Pauls is the big banners draped from tents that say “What Would Jesus Do?” These are hand made out of cloth and clearly not done at a large format printing shop, but they open up an important debate about the nature of the church and religious beliefs in an era of great change. Religion is about faith, and Christianity is about believing in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, so can you take part of it and leave the rest behind? If the church expects its practitioners to have the faith to believe the the earth was created by an almighty power, surely it should have the faith to stand up to corporate interests and corporate greed?

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