Wren cross follow-up
Posted on April 23, 2007
We read:
“A campaign has been started at the College of William and Mary in Virginia to shake up the school’s governing Board of Visitors after a debacle involving the display of a donated Christian cross in the historic Wren Chapel.
Lance Kyle, AB ‘89, contacted WND after it reported that a local independent newspaper had called for the Board, which runs the school, not to renew the contract of college President Gene Nichol, who triggered the fiasco.
His decision to arbitrarily remove the cross from its historic display setting launched a petition with more than 18,000 signatures of school alums, students and supporters who wanted it return. It also triggered the cancellation of a planned donation of $12 million.
Now Kyle says perhaps the Board of Visitors, whose members are appointed by state officials, also have some answering to do.
I previously commented on this matter on March 2nd.. There is a website here about the whole controversy. Another previous comment was on Feb. 12th.. There was an extended comment on the matter here at STACLU in February
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Imagine that a cross in a chapel. Next thing you know they will have a menora in a synagogue.
Wow, you’ve purged all my comments from the entire site! I guess a fair debate in which all sides on an issue get a fair hearing isn’t a forum in which the militant conservative viewpoint can win. You know, it isn’t about winning and losing, it’s about finding the truth and making the world a better place.
No real Christian would ever have an issue with what symbols are allowed or disallowed from public display, because that has absolutely nothing to do with a person’s spiritual growth.
This quote from Matthew 6: clearly shows that making a public issue of your beliefs or even the fruits of your faith are considered by Jesus to be the actions of heathens and hypocrites.
4.That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
5.And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6.But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7.But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Arguments over what sort of public displays that our nation permits should be left to the heathens. Let them be concerned with the form that the worldly culture takes. Christianity thrived and grew at a time when Christians risked being martyred, and it did so without any need for public displays of religious symbols. The gospels tell us that anyone wanting to grow spiritually will find what he needs to do so.
Matthew 7:
7: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.