I have just returned from the World Sambo Championships in
St Petersburg Russia, it was a great tournament the best I have attended.
St Petersburg is famous for in Churches, Val and I visited
the Blood Church as you can see below a beautiful ornate church. What
interested me was the upsurge in religious belief and those attending church; a
couple of weeks ago there were reports in the newspaper that the Church of
England would be non-existent in 50 years. This does not come as any surprise
to me as the C of E has always been a Church produced from the convenience of
Henry VIII but lately it wants to follow modern fads rather then sticking to
the words of Jesus and the New Testament. Yet in Russia they have had over 70
years of Communism a secular state where religion was banned and they realised
what happens to a country with no religious beliefs.
I also noticed a lot of the Bars closing at 10pm except for
hotels and specially licensed clubs, I asked why and the answer was the
authorities were concerned that young Russians may turn out like young Brits.
If any of you have seen the TV programme
“Bouncers” you know what I mean. This programme followers Bouncers in
Pubs and Clubs showing how they deal with the drinking culture at these venues.
You see men and women so drunk they fall asleep in the gutter, urinating, and
vomiting in the street, they brag about how much drink they consume, they strip
of the cameras men and women and of course they fight. You feel ashamed to be
British. A Hungarian Bouncers said that no women in his country would behave in
this way; it would shameful and bring disgrace on their families. So welcome to
modern Secular Britain, welcome to a society that no longer believes in
Christian values or Christian Morality.
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