I meet all sorts in my job. You might say it\u2019s a broad church. A few weeks back I was on another shoot when, during a break, the talk got around to religion. In these interesting times, it often does.<\/p>\n
Eventually someone mentioned \u201cbelieving in the sky fairy\u201d\u009d, and there was general approval, a bit of laughter. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I wasn\u2019t much fussed. Generally speaking I\u2019m in favour of a secular society, one without a state-sanctioned religion and where everyone minds a polite responsibility to go quietly about their business and not bother the neighbours with strongly held opinions on the matter of belief.<\/p>\n
The sky fairy comment, as it happens, was in response to a general point someone made about the Anglican church \u201d\u201d and this sort of thing is absolutely commonplace. Remembering to treat Christianity with unbridled contempt is an entry-level requirement for most modern conversations about religion in Britain.<\/p>\n