Mikeuk

The problem is that (pace Dan Brown) this claim is absolutely central to Christian belief. You might as well say that Hamlet would be a far better play without the Prince of Denmark.

What you seem to be recommending is something closer to Unitarianism. However, even Unitarians are supposed to believe in a Supreme Being, although they are the most easy-going of Christian sects.

I was married in the Unitarian Chapel here, and used occasionally to attend their services, which appealed to me at the time. The week before I was married they held a wedding ceremony at which a Hindu married a Jew.

The late Minister was a wonderful, kindhearted, man, though hardly on my political wavelength. He was a leading pacifist and wartime conscientious objector.

But the Unitarian faith really isn't a faith at all. It's a relic of 18th century Deism which, in times when one was absolutely expected to attend some kind of church or chapel, offered a refuge for reluctant agnostics.

I can't see it surviving. Joseph Chamberlain, who was brought up as a Unitarian, complained sadly that his sect offered little real consolation when he lost his first and second wives in childbirth. These days, if people turn to religion at all, they expect greater certainty.

White knight

What's C*** is the people's views in this Country with the loss of Faith, Morality, Loyalty and trueness and dependability. Without these virtues this Land will never be the same England!