A real crazy.

Got a minute? Here is a link to a Barking Crazy. Now, I may be a horrible fellow sometimes, and this geezer may be entirely harmless, and deserve to live his life without molestation (except by blog of course). But, he seems to me to be preying on the western world's vulnerable and sceptically challenged minority - religious believers. (skeptomai Gr. I think) No No, I know it's Greek - it means 'I think.'

What I mean is, people who find the mainstream Jesus religions lacking in some way, and are actually in the market for a new interpretation of biblical 'truth' should be offered a more humane vision than millions of good charitable Christians not being selected for heaven on the day of reckoning.

I wish I had time to start a church for Christian atheists. Look there's a lot of good stuff in the bible - loving thy neighbours, and so on........Well, I can't be expected to find all the suitable quotes without more research, but they are there. We know what Jesus thought of currency speculators and hedge-fund managers to start with. But being Christian is a lot more than insuring your long-term future, and short-term preferential treatment in difficult times. Being humble, patient, and honest is challenge enough for most people in my opinion, and if we strive for these virtues for their own sake and not from fear of punishment from above, are we not even more deserving of reward?

I'm sorry to be so sombre and serious to-day. Come again tomorrow, and let me know how you are getting on below.

SilentEcho9 ?

Help! I cannot figure out how to start a column for blogs I think you ought to follow, like SilentEcho9, nor how to use key words to point at posts. Drop me a comment or a mail, please someone. Ironic or what? My second comment since day one has to be from a conservative, small government, believer (let's put it nicely) explaining to me that god created governments to be 'free market'. I wonder if he has heard of Jesus? OK, if the alternative is the Islamic model with it's treatment of women as possessions and all it's other forms of cruel repression then I'll be born again, or join the Christian Atheist Movement, even if I have to start it myself. Look, Sharia law probably bans black cats, or learning Photoshop to edit images. Actually, I quite fancy the idea of peppering my blog with biblical quotes, KJ of course. I'm looking for a resource right now. Seriously, the bible is a fascinating read, and the language, for a geriatric like me, is beautiful. How in god's name did the church get to hijack this wonderful volume? Did you know, my friends the ancient Greeks used the word 'logos' for both 'reason' and 'word', intending to say - I am told - 'In the beginning was the reason..etc' Sadly, if there is one thing that does not exist in nature, and therefore in the beginning, it is reason. Until we came along to start the essential process of destroying nature, things happened because they could happen, not because someone or something decided so. My olive logs burn because they can (or must, it's the same) not because some very busy god though it would be a good idea. Unless you know differently. I'll go and look for a picture. Be happy.