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**Tuqofiw** · 09-22-2006, 08:16 AM

The Coptic Chaplain at my University (yes, we do have one, as we do a Greek Orthodox - and an Imam) was asked by two students whether he was Osama bin Laden, presumably because of his complexion and beard. As a monk, he was in clerical garb, which, as he pointed out to his interlocutors, included a very large silver pectoral crucifix. The students looked puzzled and very politely asked what it was. He told them, and they asked what it signified. He said 'Christ crucified', to which they seemed none the wiser. He then explained what that meant.

Being a very nice man, he confined himself to asking me how it was that in a Christian country such as the UK, two University students could be so ignorant of the Faith which, in his home country, is held at the risk of persecution.

I would like to have had a decent answer, but could only say that he was mistaken in thinking that the UK was a Christian country.

A depresing sign of the times, I fear.

In Christ

John

I guess Australia is the same. I had, what I thought, was a standard Australian upbringing that included "(Presbyterian) Sunday School" once a week where I learnt about my Christian faith and focused on particular parables from the Bible etc. So I have been really suprised while listening to ABC radio (like the BBC UK I think) where they have daily quizes for the listeners to find caller after caller can't answer the simplest questions about the Bible. Being the ABC, I think that most listeners would be over 40 or at least over 30 yrs.

I also was very surprised a while back when a famous Australian (Marcia Hines) called (St) Mary Magdelene the Mother of God.

I am very saddened by all this.

In Christ
irene

ps looking at Marcia's official website, after reading Olga's post no.31, I see that she (Marcia Hines) was brought up in a Church environment singing in gospel choirs, so the comment I heard must have been just a slip of the tongue.

09-22-2006, 08:16 AM	#30
Tuqofiw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 500 Senior Member	The Coptic Chaplain at my University (yes, we do have one, as we do a Greek Orthodox - and an Imam) was asked by two students whether he was Osama bin Laden, presumably because of his complexion and beard. As a monk, he was in clerical garb, which, as he pointed out to his interlocutors, included a very large silver pectoral crucifix. The students looked puzzled and very politely asked what it was. He told them, and they asked what it signified. He said 'Christ crucified', to which they seemed none the wiser. He then explained what that meant. Being a very nice man, he confined himself to asking me how it was that in a Christian country such as the UK, two University students could be so ignorant of the Faith which, in his home country, is held at the risk of persecution. I would like to have had a decent answer, but could only say that he was mistaken in thinking that the UK was a Christian country. A depresing sign of the times, I fear. In Christ John I guess Australia is the same. I had, what I thought, was a standard Australian upbringing that included "(Presbyterian) Sunday School" once a week where I learnt about my Christian faith and focused on particular parables from the Bible etc. So I have been really suprised while listening to ABC radio (like the BBC UK I think) where they have daily quizes for the listeners to find caller after caller can't answer the simplest questions about the Bible. Being the ABC, I think that most listeners would be over 40 or at least over 30 yrs. I also was very surprised a while back when a famous Australian (Marcia Hines) called (St) Mary Magdelene the Mother of God. I am very saddened by all this. In Christ irene ps looking at Marcia's official website, after reading Olga's post no.31, I see that she (Marcia Hines) was brought up in a Church environment singing in gospel choirs, so the comment I heard must have been just a slip of the tongue.
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