Thursday, September 16, 2010



British Philosopher Anthony Grayling
'The Chances of Getting the Pope Arrested Are Quite Slim'

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SPIEGEL: Aren't you just an angry atheist keen on damaging the papacy at all cost?
Grayling: Not at all. Everybody is entitled to believe. Churches have exactly the same right to exist as a football club, a trade union or a political party. But if you and I set up the Church of the Fairies of the Garden, then I don't think we should automatically be meeting the queen, be entitled to seats in the House of Lords or get public money for our fairy schools. If we shouldn't have these rights, than I don't think that the men in skirts should have them. For historical reasons and all the myths that surround them, churches still have an overinflated footprint in society -- and we should urgently change that.

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