One of the greatest mediums which can be used to gain perspective on a new culture is the local press. These articles have been taken from Scotland’s local newspapers. These quotes have been taken from the articles and not quoted in entirety.
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- Christianity will die out in 40 years
- Why Christian leaders are failing Scotland
- Italian Atheist Sues Priest Over Jesus' Existence.
- Is God Dead In Europe?
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- Britons Branded Cocaine Kings of Europe
- One in Three Clergy Believe in Damnation
- Bible to be Banned From Student Halls
- Faith in God Declining Faster Than Church Visits
- Is Christianity Facing a Slow, Inevitable Death?
- Kirk Membership: a 'Catastrophic' Record Low
- The True Meaning to Life
- Churches Act to Keep Their Flocks
- Scots Losing Their Religion
- Converting a Nation of Agnostics
- University Scraps Prayers at Graduation
- Scots Death by Drink Rate Fastest in Europe
“Christianity will die out in 40 years”
Christianity will be extinct in Scotland in 40 years unless drastic action is taken, experts warn this Easter. On the day Christians remember Christ’s death, a shocking new programme will reveal that some children do not even know who Jesus was. With only one in ten attending church regularly, church leaders discuss their feats that Christianity is in crisis in STV’s Mass Exodus tonight. The Moderator of the Church of Scotland even expresses a need for the country to have ‘a theological kick up the backside’. In the programme, leading religious figures single out materialism as the main factor drawing people’s attention away from worship. They are advised to look for inspiration to America, where more than 60 percent of people go to church. Kirk Moderator, the Rev. David Lacy, said: ‘People want to go to rugby sevens, take their children to swimming galas, want to go shopping to the new temples of consumerism on a Sunday morning rather than come to church.’ Church of Scotland expert Harry Reid said: ‘There were boom years in the 1950’s and 1960’s, but everyone got a bit complacent.’“I can’t see any point in being Christian if you don’t have hope, but it is a crisis. I would love to have the American energy and commitment. Although some of the US preachers might not be to our taste, we’re in no position to sneer too much.”
(The Daily Mail, Friday, April 14, 2006)