FARAGE AND THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

Nigel Farage tells Archbishop of Canterbury to step down

Fri 16 Sep 2016
By Aaron James
The UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said the Archbishop of Canterbury should step down.
In his last day in the job before the party reveals its new leader in Bournemouth on Friday, Nigel Farage told Sky News: "It's a great shame isn't it that the head of our established church is not actually prepared to stand up and fight for our Christian culture in this country.
"He's somebody else who should go too."
Mr Farage and Most Rev Justin Welby have previously been involved in disputes over immigration.
Earlier this year Most Rev Welby accused Mr Farage of "legitimising racism," "accentuating fear for political gain" and "inexcusable pandering to people's worries and prejudices".
 I do not know enough about Rev. Welby to defend the attack on whether or not he defends Christianity however he does I am afraid exemplify 'the mealy mouthed Jesus loves you' and we are nice people and they are not' presentation of the Christian Faith today.    Farage can be excused  on the words of Christ "Judge not that you be not judged"  which Welby seems to have forgotten and the Archbishop stands condemned on the fact that Farage has never uttered a racist word in his life but called for an end to mass immigration whatever colour or creed the immigrants were.  Of course calling him racist was part of a political campaign and the Archbishop was more interested in the political popularity than the divine one, a fault that is endemic in Churches of all Faiths in the world of today..  

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