Youtube commenter wrote:I cannot wait till this idiot goes, he's one dirty left-wing PRICK who hates this country

Emmeline wrote:We know we disagree with them re: God / Jesus so this isn't the thread for that but are there Christian leaders you like or admire or respect for their humanity, their politics, their humour etc ?

I like Rev Giles Fraser for his humanity - he is a vocal supporter of LGBT people & he resigned as Canon Chancellor of St Paul's during the "Occupy" protest as he "could not sanction any policy of the chapter of St Paul's to use force to remove the protesters". He now has a much more modest role as a parish priest in south London but the church conservatives haven't managed to shut him up as the media seem to love him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Fraser

I also like Rev Richard Coles, ex pop musician for being an openly gay vicar who is often amusing on Twitter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coles

quisquose wrote:

Emmeline wrote:We know we disagree with them re: God / Jesus so this isn't the thread for that but are there Christian leaders you like or admire or respect for their humanity, their politics, their humour etc ?

I like Rev Giles Fraser for his humanity - he is a vocal supporter of LGBT people & he resigned as Canon Chancellor of St Paul's during the "Occupy" protest as he "could not sanction any policy of the chapter of St Paul's to use force to remove the protesters". He now has a much more modest role as a parish priest in south London but the church conservatives haven't managed to shut him up as the media seem to love him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Fraser

I also like Rev Richard Coles, ex pop musician for being an openly gay vicar who is often amusing on Twitter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coles

Not exactly Christian "leaders" though.

Although I can sort of begrudgingly agree about Giles Fraser, I have a distant memory of some bullshit stuff he said which I can't quite remember now so thinking hard. Thought his curveball at Dawkins about remembering the full title of Darwin's book was sneaky, funny but basically a bit underhand and irrelevant. Would like to sit with him with a pint nonetheless.

Deeply suspicious of Richard Coles though. Partly it's because my wife says "oh good, it's Richard Coles" when Saturday Live comes on, but mainly because I think his niceness is a front. He got into a rather heated argument with Marcus Brigstocke on Victoria Coren's radio programme which made me think he hates atheists just as much as Carey and Cormac Murphy O'Fuckshisname. Oh, and he lurves Alain de Botton far too much, and why does he need two salaries?

So my vote goes to Taj Hargey. I like the way he's pretending to be an Imam to piss off the Muslims. I have got that right haven't I?

Weaver wrote:I like Mother Theresa.

I really like that the cruel, heartless bitch is fucking dead, and cannot harm any more poor people while funneling massive amounts of money donated for their care to the Church.

Weaver wrote:I like Mother Theresa.

I really like that the cruel, heartless bitch is fucking dead, and cannot harm any more poor people while funneling massive amounts of money donated for their care to the Church.

Weaver wrote:Yep, sorry.