Originally Posted by Daoust

I hear what you're saying, Charlatan, and I respect that your opinion is different than mine.
I don't believe that the sheer number of churches in our country reflect on the number of God fearing, Christians-by-practice we have here. Just because our country may still have 'religious' affiliations does not make it any more morally grounded than if it were an atheist country... and I attibute that to the 'religious' people who have not defended their faith by living it out. I am sure that statistically, Canada would be called a "Christian" country, by virtue of the higher populations of those who fall under the broad spectrum of Christianity, Protestant and Catholic, than those who fall under the umbrellas of other religions and faiths. But we are NOT a Christian country by practice.
And you, and many others applaud that, and are glad for it. Our charter of rights permits us religious freedoms, and that's a good thing.
I guess my main issue was that people are gettign upset about our GG having to perform a political ritual on a religious item, and a Christian one at that. If it WERE a Hindu Bible or a Muslim Qu'ran, or a Multi Faith Encyclopaedia, I'm positive that the GG wouldn't have minded, and much less the Canadian people at large.
I just don't think we should call ourselves a Christian nation if by and large the people of this country want nothing to do with Christ.