I think we maybe past the point of parody

The Telegraph reports that "Dutch Catholics have re-branded the Lent fast as the "Christian Ramadan" in an attempt to appeal to young people who are more likely to know about Islam than Christianity...The Catholic charity Vastenaktie, which collects for the Third World across the Netherlands during the Lent period, is concerned that the Christian festival has become less important for the Dutch over the last generation. "The image of the Catholic Lent must be polished. The fact that we use a Muslim term is related to the fact that Ramadan is a better-known concept among young people than Lent," said Vastenaktie Director, Martin Van der Kuil."


In this instance it is The Netherlands, but it is this attitude that is spreading across the whole of Europe and it does not bode well for the survival of the Christan west - and I say that as a non-Christian.