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God Problem
14 years ago
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This week our "glorious" Prime Minister - Sir David of Cameron - has come out and said that he is a Christian and that the UK is a Christian country....
To which I call bullshit.
The UK is a secular country. It is very very rare to meet a UKite (was gonna say British but then remembered about Northern Ireland) who actually attends church, let alone one who defines themselves as a Christian. And also what about the millions of practicing muslims, hindus, and jews in the UK?
They apparently do not count.
Now I will concede that the UK has historically been a Christian country, but it was also historically an imperialistic country that stole other people's stuff and ruled their lands for no other reason than we had the biggest guns.
There was an article in the Guardian that I agree with, that Cameron isn't really a believer - he just says he is because of the misguided notion that a belief in something is better than a belief in nothing. This is balls.
One of the most famous atheists in the UK is Stephen Fry, and I'd trust him more than Cameron - and I believe in god!!!
It's just the patronising aspect of what he said, followed by the arse-covering when he realised that he had essentially said that all other faiths - and atheism - are wrong. Which is utter crap.
A belief in deiaties - or a lack there of - is an intimatly personal thing, and to parade that about for reasons of public relations is something that I personally thought we in this country were above. All this pandering to a tiny minority just proves one thing that a lot of people already knew - David Cameron is NOT a statesman.
He's a PR man. And a twat.
So yeah, there's some unstructured ramblings for you.
To which I call bullshit.
The UK is a secular country. It is very very rare to meet a UKite (was gonna say British but then remembered about Northern Ireland) who actually attends church, let alone one who defines themselves as a Christian. And also what about the millions of practicing muslims, hindus, and jews in the UK?
They apparently do not count.
Now I will concede that the UK has historically been a Christian country, but it was also historically an imperialistic country that stole other people's stuff and ruled their lands for no other reason than we had the biggest guns.
There was an article in the Guardian that I agree with, that Cameron isn't really a believer - he just says he is because of the misguided notion that a belief in something is better than a belief in nothing. This is balls.
One of the most famous atheists in the UK is Stephen Fry, and I'd trust him more than Cameron - and I believe in god!!!
It's just the patronising aspect of what he said, followed by the arse-covering when he realised that he had essentially said that all other faiths - and atheism - are wrong. Which is utter crap.
A belief in deiaties - or a lack there of - is an intimatly personal thing, and to parade that about for reasons of public relations is something that I personally thought we in this country were above. All this pandering to a tiny minority just proves one thing that a lot of people already knew - David Cameron is NOT a statesman.
He's a PR man. And a twat.
So yeah, there's some unstructured ramblings for you.
That's why the USA confuses the hell out of me, on the one hand it's one of - if not the - centre of scientific advancement and human rights in the world, and on the other hand it manages - in a world that includes North Korea - to have the craziest bastards on earth.
whenever they call up and order pizza. But I leave when the dress guy pays me and collects the order.