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“A person can be Christian and fun.”
Reasoning & Evidence21 Jul 2026
The claim "A person can be Christian and fun" is a subjective opinion or philosophical stance, not a fact-shaped assertion about the world that can be verified or falsified through evidence. It reflects Nigel Farage's personal view about the compatibility of Christianity with enjoyment and humor, contrasted with what he characterizes as Cromwell's puritanism. There is no objective, empirical standard by which "fun" can be measured, nor is there a definitive doctrinal position within Christianity that settles whether Christians can or cannot be "fun." Different Christian traditions and individuals hold widely varying views on leisure, celebration, and moral seriousness, but none of this constitutes verifiable evidence for or against the claim as stated. The claim is an expression of personal sentiment rather than a testable factual proposition.
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Well, I’m Cavalier by instinct and by lifestyle. I mean, I don’t like Roundheads. You know, you can be Christian and fun or you can be Christian and, like Cromwell, be deeply puritanical and want to control everybody. So, yes, the Civil War is terribly important but I accept that there is a minor conflict in my mind on it.
Ultimately, the importance of the Civil War and the republic and what happened in the 1680s is that we put together, I think, a constitutional settlement as good as anything in the world, really. We had a system of government that we all understood. We all understood. OK, there wasn’t full emancipation, but from then on general elections really mattered. And my argument is that since [Britain joined the European Economic Community, the forerunner of the European Union, in] 19732The year that Edward Heath’s government took Britain into what was then the European Economic Community that has gradually been diminishing, to the point now where it doesn’t really make any difference who’s in No 10. I mean, it doesn’t matter to the City any more whether it’s Tory or Labour.
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