The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #121939   Message #2670646
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
03-Jul-09 - 10:19 AM
Thread Name: The re-Imagined Village
Subject: RE: The re-Imagined Village
because they upset nature's/God's balance – God created evolution, too, that is.)

Whilst I'm prepared to find a lovely old Medieval Parish Church in our re-Imagined Village with many of its original features remaining intact over the centuries (roof-bosses, bench-ends, misericords, rood screen, column capitals etc. etc.), and whilst I'd be more than happy with a Merrily Watkins type vicar (single mum with a folk-singer lover and troublesome pagan daughter) I would hope the spiritual life of our imaginary community would be founded on principles of Humanism and tolerance. Which is to say, any talk of God or any other Religious Construct would be restricted to within the church, and even then at specific times for service, communion etc. so as not to offend any non-religious who are visiting said church for more practical reasons. Anyone coming out with unmutual clap-trap along the lines of God created evolution too, that is would be forced to spend the day in the extant 16th century village stocks (by the Victorian lych-gate) and be liberally pelted with the overripe produce of the local market gardeners until he, or indeed she, saw the error of their ways.