i have no believe in any supernatural beings -have you folk got round to discussing the flying spaghetti monster yet, or leprechauns or the man in the moon? but there are many things i do believe in -the goodness in people, the beauty of compassion and the fact that everyone needs to love and be loved. (and john martyn, henrik larsson, dylan, joe strummer and for my spiritual sustenance the - Father Ted Crilly. ringed plovers and curlews...... it is a beautiful world and i believe that seeing it fully helped cure me while i was ill. i have no understanding why anyone would think they can get any messages on how to live from an old confused often violent and immoral guidebook like the bible or any other book written by a bunch of scholars hundreds of years back
('they'll never going to believe that one

'just watch them...they'll believe any old crap....)

who were clearly having a laugh and challenging each other to come up with more ludicrous ideas. they should have been a bit more careful. perhaps their best one is in deuteronomy 'if you have a disobedient child take him (or her?) to the edge of the village and stone him to death.' that should wipe out christianity within a generation. why do we hear little mention of this 'message from god' these days? killing children is god's word.....