A Scottish minister has called on Christians to reject the “fanciful, fairy tale” of the nativity story.
Revd Andrew Frater, minister of Cairns Church Milngavie, also claimed that too many believers take the virgin birth literally.
A spokesman for the Free Church of Scotland likened Revd Frater’s offering of Christmas without the nativity story to food with “zero nutritional value”.
‘Fairy tale’
Writing in The Herald newspaper, Revd Frater said: “This year I’m promising myself to be more theologically honest. No more going home with fanciful, fairy tale assumptions destined to make Good News seem incredible.”
The minister went on to say that Christians can stop regarding the biblical account as historical. Christian Institute.
If he is not sacked - I do hope that all true Christians in his congregation will move to a different church which prefers to embrace the truth.
