Many ‘provincial’ newspapers have articles written by one who calls himself ‘The Rambler’. The name suits the style of the writer in that it is usually a series of collections of tales and stories and anecdotes of folk and their experiences, which would not normally make the headlines or generate a great deal of media interest, but which prove of interest to a dedicated readership who love nostalgia!
The Belfast Newsletter has a ‘Rambler’ but I don’t really think that there are many who, for any reason at all, find his articles of interest.
I am referring to one, John Coulter!
He has been paid to produce, yet again, the greatest mishmash of opinionated balderdash that ever came forth from a ‘Biro’!
His latest article is entitled: ‘Could we Christians be to blame for falling numbers in the pews?’ It is dated 14th May 2025.
As is often the case, no matter what topic he claims he is writing about, it is the Bible-believer that he targets!
This article is a series of conjured up scenarios that have little basis in truth. He paints a picture of the ‘Fundamentalist’ in the darkest hues.
He loves to misapply the Word of God and quotes those whose philosophy is anti-Bible!
In this latest ‘schoolboyish’ attempt at writing, he says: “Some of the most powerful lobbies in many places of worship are judgemental church gossips, especially in militant fundamentalist denominations. They love to pour out their bile on what you are doing wrong, but have these gossips ever stopped to think of the harm they are doing to the Christian faith?”
As ever, the ‘militant fundamentalist denominations’ are squeezed in , under any old pretext, in order to do them down! He goes on to say: “Physically, when you point the finger at someone over something, there are three fingers pointing back at you! Are the judgemental church gossips and militant fundamentalists who like to point out my faults as a journalist for the opinions or challenges I express actually saying they are themselves sinless?” (more…)
