I love a bit of atheism, God knows, I really do.

And yet, it can go too far. Like Richard Dawkins, who holds every ‘believer’ in total contempt and basically accuses them of being completely moronic, stupid, blind and dim if they adhere to some formulaic set of rituals known as ‘religion’. There again he’s so smug, arrogant and obnoxious he holds most of humanity in contempt just for not being him. Tosser.

Yet the point has been made that atheism is in fact a logical impossibility anyway, because you can’t ever prove a negative totally.
So it all becomes a matter of whether you believe God exists, for which, let’s face it, there is no proof whatsoever, or whether you believe he doesn’t. Atheism becomes in itself a matter of belief. Just a different belief.

Furthermore its a matter of what you need to make sense of the world. Theists believe in God because they need something to explain shit. Not ‘shit’ in itself, I’m sure the Pope’s shit stinks the same as Dawkins’. However much incense you use. But to understand the universe you need help. You can explain it by science, like Dawkins, or you invoke the Hand of God. Not like Maradonna’s goal, the real Hand of the real God. Divine intervention type stuff.

So you pays yer money, you takes yer choice. Generally quite a bit of money if you belong to my synagogue.

Most religions have issues with homosexuality. Very few condone or accept it, unless in very watered down or ‘liberal’ versions of mainstream godliness. It goes agains the whole ‘go forth and multiply’ ethos. ‘Go forth and adopt’ is a great sentiment but not biblical. There are other quotes from the holy books relating Sodom and Gamorrah to Hampstead Heath and other pretty negative commentaries on same sex relationships. In Islamic countries being gay is punishable by death. Gay marriage here in wonderful, liberal, tolerant Britain caused a mass of discontent and obfuscation by even David Cameron who feared the displeasure of the very conservative Conservatives and shelved the plans for its legalisation. The Catholics just struggle to differentiate between ‘celibate’ and ‘gay’.

One conservative less anti on gay marriage is Crispin Blunt. He ‘came out’ at 50 years old, having known his sexuality since he was 12. Coming from an army family he knew they wouldn’t’ be too pleased by any such revelation so kept it to himself, married, fathered 2 kids, then came out after 20 years of wedlock. Wife must have been pleased with that. Yet surely his parents are to blame.

The old chicken and egg debate once again. Did he become gay because he was called Crispin or did he become gay because he was called Crispin? Either way he really had little choice in the matter.

Blue is the Warmest Colour is on general release this weekend. Its atheistic, pornographic, sapphic, French and a truly wonderful film. 3 hours of only slightly uncomfortable viewing.

Happy sunday

A xxxx