Twenty-three years ago, for one hour a week in the six wintry weeks leading up to Christmas, I sat glued to a televisual feast of magic and mystery. ‘The Box of Delights’ was written by John Masefield in the 1930s and adapted for television by the BBC in 1984, when I was ten and living in the UK.
Religion
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Jul 07
Jul 07
What would Jesus do?
Now I know Jesus wasn’t all peachy – after all, he was the guy who promised eternal damnation to anyone who didn’t accept his teachings (and eternity is a really fucking long time) – but he was, generally, a pretty stand-up guy. Which is why whenever someone preaches prejudice, intolerance or hate at you all you gotta do is say, "C’mon man, what would Jesus do?"
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May 07
May 07
God Hates Fags
Jerry Falwell, founder of the rather unhelpful Moral Majority is dead. His legacy will live on through the twisted prejudice of spittling rednecks and the conservative wedge of the American middle-class whom he seeded and nourished during his years in prominence as a hate-monger.
07
Jan 07
Jan 07
A Good Year for Atheism
2006 was a good year for atheism. Every good ideological argument needs a proxy war, and last year saw a few key battles won by atheists in the 100-year fight with theism over science education in US public schools.