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  Keef in the old days in catholic state schools in ireland when asked the difference between protestants and us catholics which/who was right...we were always told we were right...ours was the true religion. We were taught to mistrust anything of a protestant nature and indeed we did, and in some cases more than others as can be seen by our recent history.
  
  So interesting what the Vicars wife said..and indeed the Vicar himself about them the C of E being the right religion. Without being offensive to the vicar and wife concerned, its a sort of a low-brow answer though I would think for this day and age. In fact all religions are probably all right, but just variations on right. No religion is actually the wrong religion as the worship of God appears to have value no matter which God you do indeed worship.
  
  as for attracting churchgoers..thats a very difficult one. years ago we had the ghastly introduction of squeeky clean pop music into the attracting worshipper equation which was awful and put people off wholesale. That fake ' look we're all rock n rollers' music is really dire and any self respecting youth would see it for what it is...adult approved music..an attendance killer par excellence. The churches need to be part of the community more rather than just existing for their own faithful, that could be the road to increased worship.
  
  It is amusing in a way though with regard to Dover...almost every civic ceremony Ive seen since Ive come to Dover ends up being a religious ceremony..odd when you think of it...almost none of the people attending these civic ceremonies go to church at all and havent a clue what any of the 'mumbo jumbo' is about.

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