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Professor Copley said: “They weren’t anti-Jesus. The best way of summing it up is ‘pallid respect’. They thought He was important but He didn’t excite them.”

• Children may be required to go to church at least twice a month to get a place at popular faith schools, Canon John Hall, the Church of England’s head of education, has suggested.

  A CHILD'S-EYE VIEW OF CHRISTIANITY

  Q: What does the Bible say about the birth of Jesus that makes Christians believe he is special?

  A: Jesus is the prophet of Allah

  Q: Why is the cross an important symbol for Christians?

  A: Because he was crossified on a cross

  ... Because Jesus was crusified on one to replenish our sins ...

  ... Because he hang himself

  Q: What do you think Christians mean when they say that Jesus is the “Son of God”?

  A: God is a dad to Jesus, but God and Mary weren’t married

  Q: Why do you think Jesus chose fishermen like Simon and Andrew to be his disciples?

  A: Because he liked fishing. And fishing is a wise sport.

  ...To fight for him

  Q: According to the Bible, why did some people want to arrest and kill Jesus?

  A: Because everybody thort he was a wizard.

  ... Some for shopping the cheats, and one for money.

  ... Because he heeled people on days he shouldn’t.

  ... They thought he would become rich

  Q: What do Christians celebrate on Easter Sunday?

  A: Chocolate

  ... When he rowed into Jerusalem waving palm trees

  ... Christmas

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