Although he believes Christianity is “a superb ethical system,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sees himself “as a kind of very, very bad Christian.”
“Christianity is a superb ethical system and I would count myself as a kind of very, very bad Christian,” Johnson said during a recently published interview with The Times. “No disrespect to any other religions, but Christianity makes a lot of sense to me.”
The prime minister made the comments after The Times’ Tom McTague pressed him over the fact that a friend of Johnson told several news outlets the politician believed in a “pre-Christian morality system with a multitude of gods and no clear set of rules.”
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Johnson was baptized as a Catholic, although he later converted to Anglicanism. However, even as a member of the Church of England, Johnson said a few years ago it would be “pretentious” to call himself a “serious practicing Christian.”
“I suppose my own faith, you know, it’s like a bit like trying to get Virgin Radio when you’re driving through the Chilterns,” he once told Premier, a faith-based outlet in the U.K. “It sort of comes and goes. I mean, sometimes the signal is strong, and then, sometimes, I’m afraid it just vanishes. And then it comes back again.”
As for Johnson’s politics, it’s a bit of a mixed bag.
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He announced his support for same-sex marriage in 2012, saying at the time, “Marriage is an ancient human institution that is far older than any of the religions that are practiced today. It may well be beloved by God, but no religion has ever had a monopoly on marriage.”
The prime minister is also supportive of abortion, at least in his own life.
It has been reported that, back in 2004, when Johnson was with his mistress at the time, Petronella Wyatt, he paid the bill for her to have an abortion. A member of Parliament at the time, Johnson was fired from the Tory front bench for having an extramarital affair.