Maybe life is only about like, you know, stuff
Of course, Alpha might be wasting its time getting people to consider spiritual alternatives to materialism because Tuesday's decision by the European Court of Human Rights to ban crucifixes from Italian classrooms brings the prospect of a de-Christianized life in a de-Christianized Europe ever closer. Instead of seeing the crucifix is a symbol of sacrifice and love as well as something that has inspired much of our greatest art, radical secularists want it out of sight. And they may well get their way. But it won't be a happier world, says Lord Sacks.