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What do Christians make of the crosses at the Tommy Robinson march?

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noblegiraffe · 17/05/2026 11:46

I'm an atheist so my reaction is 'co-opting the imagery of the Crusades because these people hate Muslims'. But it's not my religion and not my imagery.

What do Christians think about the huge amount of wooden crosses being available for protesters on the Tommy Robinson march to pick up and march with?

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Araminta1003 · 19/05/2026 12:16

I can liken it to some of the people who go to church to get into a church primary school primarily, as I have seen this happen many times. As many church primary schools do insist on attendance for years including for siblings, plenty of people do then join the community long term and become properly Christian. There are people in my church who joined 40 plus years ago just because of the school and openly admit that but then came to love the religion. So it does happen. It happens with a lot of prisoners too. Even if it happens to only 10 per cent, the church is very happy to welcome everyone in. It is a fundamental value of a Christian church that everyone is welcome into the faith and the community. You are christened to wash away your original sins and then you can do the alpha course. We do believe that everyone whatever sin they committed is loved by Jesus Christ and that the biggest sinners need that love the most.
I get that it is difficult for atheists to comprehend.

I don't think it is so much the case that it's difficult for atheists to comprehend, but rather we are sceptical about what we see. There is actually much that I admire in the church around the concepts of forgiveness, redemption and inclusivity etc, and if individuals find faith and genuinely turn their lives around, that can only be a good thing.

The scepticism creeps in when people lay claim to a faith but utterly fail to reflect that faith in their daily behaviour and in their interactions with others. Sure humans are fallible and they may often fall short, but where there is no credible evidence of someone even trying to live according to the teachings of their faith, despite being vocal about it, then others will inevitably dismiss it as hypocrisy and empty posturing.

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