<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Jubilee Centre - Blog]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/jubilee/blogs.php</link><description><![CDATA[Comments on the blog: Archbishops’ BNP Counsel]]></description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:31:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Robert]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/267/archbishops_bnp_counsel#comment1333</link><description><![CDATA[I do not find it helpful when the BNP are attacked by the media for being an extreme party without also saying why many people believe that the party have extreme views. Their reporting seems to be fueling an anti-BNP attitude without explaining - carefully and calmly - why.]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/267/archbishops_bnp_counsel#comment1333</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:31:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/267/archbishops_bnp_counsel#comment1321</link><description><![CDATA[I agree that the concerns of BNP members need to be taken seriously. Christian\'s involved in politics should not ignore the issues they raise and Christian\'s should reach out to BNP members. 

However I think there is another factor that needs to be taken into account here. The BNP constantly style themselves as \'the Christian party\', their vision of a white or almost all white Britain is posed as being the return of Britain to being a \'Christian nation\'. They have even used the image of Jesus in billboard\'s with the text \"What would Jesus do? Vote BNP\". Is there not a need for the church and Christians to respond publicly and say in the strongest terms that the BNP are not Christian and that Jesus would not vote BNP? Excluding the BNP from hustings whilst making sure they\'re members are welcome at our churches would seem a good way to do this.

Therfore in response to your question \"There is also the question of where one draws the line. It might well be that other parties make commitments in their manifestos that are equally disagreeable or offensive to us as believers. Will we then exclude them from our hustings also?\"
I would  say that the line is drawn when a party, any party, not only makes offensive commitments but also invokes the name of Jesus in their election material to try to claim that what they are wanting to do is the Christian thing to do. In these circumstances a public response against the party is necessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/267/archbishops_bnp_counsel#comment1321</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:24:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Graham Smith]]></title><link>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/267/archbishops_bnp_counsel#comment1320</link><description><![CDATA[I agree. Jesus calls us to reach out to the marginalised members of our society. Is BNP membership today equivilant to being a leper (in terms of social exclusion)?]]></description><guid>http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments/267/archbishops_bnp_counsel#comment1320</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:08:36 GMT</pubDate></item><atom:link href="http://www.jubilee-centre.org/comments.xml.php" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /></channel></rss>
