Jesus must be real. I mean why else would a vampire be afraid of a crucifix or holy water if Jesus was not real? They are not nearly as afraid of garlic but it still irks them and we know garlic is real.

So take that atheist!! To celebrate this theological victory I shall have a little bite to drink…..

I’m saying that religion also needs secular institutions in order to form a complete society (that incorporates religion, such as the UK or US).

God that is such bullshit. If by complete society you mean ones that are far more likely to be exclusive, non-progressive, restrictive and limiting then yeah, religious countries are certainly a c…[Read more]

Simon, why do we need religion?

Won’t things be a bit better without it?

Why the veneration of Jesus?

I’m saying that religion also needs secular institutions in order to form a complete society (that incorporates religion, such as the UK or US).

I disagree with almost all of that Simon. If I could be offended by other peoples’ opinions I would be offended by the apparent assumption (as I read it) that in order to have a civil society we need the basics of religion or that if it was an atheistic based society lawlessness and chaos would ensue.

When it comes to the value of theology I…[Read more]

But the theological version can’t be dismissed at useless, as most of the essential components are in place.  Even if the origin of those components seems bogus to us (God etc.), that might not matter as long as the arrangement is effective, which I think it is, reasonably.  But without civil society, we have the lawless chaos of medieval B…[Read more]