Sandhurst Royal Military Academy is the West Point of the United Kingdom and has been in existence in one form or another since 1741. The institution boasts a diverse and remarkable body of graduates. This group includes Winston Churchill, David Niven, James Blunt [we are all too old to know who he is, but he's a current popular musician], Augustus Pitt Rivers [an archaeologist and, thus, a hero], Prince Harry and, due to the nature of empire, four Saudi princes, a Bahrainian sheik, the Sultan of Brunei, the Crown Prince of Greece, the Sultan of Oman, the King of Tonga, and the current King of Jordan, Abdullah II.
Needless to say, not all of the graduates of Sandhurst have been Christians. However, as it is a "royal" institution, it is understood that the Church of England is the representative religion.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered that the chaplain of Sandhurst has decided to drop the Creed from the worship services so that non-Christian students won't be...wait for it...offended.
Before one starts to think what a nice gesture this is, despite the fact that non-Christian students have been studying at Sandhurst without issue since the 19th century, according to media accounts I read, the Sandhurst chaplain did not receive any complaints from any of the students and the religious service in question is one that is specifically Anglican at which student attendance is not mandatory.
[The Episcopal Church's Office of Evening Prayer is offered in the university chapel at Princeton and, on a good evening, is attended by three people including the priest. Imagine if that clergyperson announced to the two other worshippers present that the Creed was to be omitted so that non-Christians would not be offended. Yep, pure pretzel logic.]
It's yet another interesting example of a Christian clergyperson being embarrassed by Christianity, but this time it's coupled with something else that is as common. Namely, the need to feel radically relevant. Apparently, the chaplain's nickname among the students is "Right On Rev". I don't know if this is meant to be ironic.
["Right On Rev"? Really? What is this, 1969? Way to be hep, Rev. I think I want to be known as "Groovy Bob".]