Categories: just-life
Date: 11 November 2006 19:27:24
On this, the eleventh day of the eleventh month we remember those that given their lives in The Great War, World War Two and other conflicts. As well as various ceremonies and the two minute silences we also remember by buying a Red Poppy from the British Legion.
And this is where some of the things that have annoyed me have been coming from. Mainly from a Christian Lobby group called Ekklesia who have suggested that people should have a right to chose whether they wear a red or white poppy. Call me stupid (I know some people do) but living in this country where we are free, people do have the choice to wear a white poppy if they so wish.
It goes on though when a spokesman from Ekklesia suggested that, 'red poppies implied redemption through war, but Christianity seeks redemption through non-violence. White ones were created to symbolise peace.'
Red Poppies do not imply redemption through war, they are a way to remember those that have died for us so we can be free IN LIFE. The monies rasied through their sale goes towards support for serving and ex-service men (amd women) and their familes in times of need.
Christianity is the remembering (and worship) of someone (Jesus) who died so we could be free IN DEATH. Redemption of our souls and redemption of our way of life are two different things.
Ekklesia have since brought out a statment saying that their initial statment about the Red/White Poppy was taken wrongly by media outlets.