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Hi folks, thought this might interest you.
There is a really interesting place in London, Hyde park called speakers corner
where people for centuries can legally congregate and debate/discuss on Sundays. Sort of like an
open air version of CC in the flesh. This attracts lots of religious debates of all kinds plus
political.
I have copied a few below as examples. As far as I know it's the only place in the UK where large
numbers of people turn up to participate in informed debates without riots, police intrusion, interference etc.
It also attracts a lot of tourist who can get things of their chest which they would never be able to
say in their own country!
So is that what the BDF would look like in the flesh!
It also provides great opportunities to preach the gospel and discuss Christian issues on a one to one
basis.
Many Christians groups have organised speaker events here, but so do other religious groups.
I'm not saying I agree with things said in the following links, they are just examples of
the lively debates which take place!
So what would you get off your chest if you were to speak at speakers corner?
http://youtu.be/gwBgwQWKuxo
http://youtu.be/hxMeackskYo
Nearly 3,000 years ago, Homer wrote in The Iliad that “to speak his thoughts is every
freeman’s right.” But it is only in recent times that that right has been articulated in the
declarations and conventions of the United Nations and European Union and in the
statutes of modern states.
While Britain’s constitution remains famously unwritten (and it was only in 1998 that
Parliament formally adopted its own Human Rights Act), this country has had a tradition
of respect for freedom of speech and the right of assembly which has not only shaped its
own democracy but has also inspired and continues to influence the development of others.
One of the most powerful symbols of that tradition is to be found on a parcel of land which
lies roughly between the site of the old Tyburn gallows and the Reform Tree in London’s
Hyde Park. There for over a century men and women, some famous (including Karl Marx,
William Morris, Vladimir Lenin, George Orwell, Marcus Garvey and Lord Soper) but most not,
have dissented and denounced, canvassed and converted, preached and proselytised, and
in so doing given expression to the fundamental rights of citizens to gather together to hear
and be heard.
There is a really interesting place in London, Hyde park called speakers corner
where people for centuries can legally congregate and debate/discuss on Sundays. Sort of like an
open air version of CC in the flesh. This attracts lots of religious debates of all kinds plus
political.
I have copied a few below as examples. As far as I know it's the only place in the UK where large
numbers of people turn up to participate in informed debates without riots, police intrusion, interference etc.
It also attracts a lot of tourist who can get things of their chest which they would never be able to
say in their own country!
So is that what the BDF would look like in the flesh!
It also provides great opportunities to preach the gospel and discuss Christian issues on a one to one
basis.
Many Christians groups have organised speaker events here, but so do other religious groups.
I'm not saying I agree with things said in the following links, they are just examples of
the lively debates which take place!
So what would you get off your chest if you were to speak at speakers corner?
http://youtu.be/gwBgwQWKuxo
http://youtu.be/hxMeackskYo
Nearly 3,000 years ago, Homer wrote in The Iliad that “to speak his thoughts is every
freeman’s right.” But it is only in recent times that that right has been articulated in the
declarations and conventions of the United Nations and European Union and in the
statutes of modern states.
While Britain’s constitution remains famously unwritten (and it was only in 1998 that
Parliament formally adopted its own Human Rights Act), this country has had a tradition
of respect for freedom of speech and the right of assembly which has not only shaped its
own democracy but has also inspired and continues to influence the development of others.
One of the most powerful symbols of that tradition is to be found on a parcel of land which
lies roughly between the site of the old Tyburn gallows and the Reform Tree in London’s
Hyde Park. There for over a century men and women, some famous (including Karl Marx,
William Morris, Vladimir Lenin, George Orwell, Marcus Garvey and Lord Soper) but most not,
have dissented and denounced, canvassed and converted, preached and proselytised, and
in so doing given expression to the fundamental rights of citizens to gather together to hear
and be heard.
