Archbishop of Canterbury: Religious Not 'Mad'

Sky NewsSky News – Fri, Oct 18, 2013

The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned against dismissing religious people as "mad" as he spoke of the contribution of faith communities to society.

The Most Rev Justin Welby said those who have a faith should not be viewed as a "disappearing minority" who cannot be taken seriously on anything.

"We are not a disappearing minority who are still fool enough to believe in God, who are still fool enough to believe that the metaphysical is significant, that the spiritual is significant," he said.

"There are many people who wish we were and many people who think that, like the 13th strike of the clock, a person who believes in a spirituality of some kind consequently must be mad about everything else as well and therefore cannot be taken seriously on anything."

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