The Real Christianity

It's doubtful Salient's editorial policy has changed but it was unusual to see a report (on the University Inaugural Church Service) which openly followed a Christian line. It pul forward the view that what is generally called Christianity is actually a distortion of "true" Christianity, and therefore it really isn't the reactionary superstition it appears to be.

Like most Christian apologetics this appeals to those who want to believe, and though it isn't strictly invalid because of the ambiguity and inconsistency of the sources of Christian "teaching", it is improbable because it means the vast majority of those who have called themselves Christians in the last two thousand years have misunderstood what J.C. and the other prophets were about, while a select few, such as the report's writer, know the truth. Pull the other one, mate. Individuals who criticise the Christians for not being "real" Christians generally see Christianity as bourgeois humanism plus a bit of mysticism, which may be the impression given by Christian propaganda, but it isn't correct.

However I don't think many students would disagree with the point the report makes that the Chaplaincy and Christian clubs are irrelevant, though it doesn't draw the obvious conclusion that they sould be abolished, if only as a concession to the Twentieth Century.