Irrelevant Christians

Christians are like ashtrays, they used to be required in every room, every building, every office, every decision making group, but now they are no longer needed. They have been made obsolete by time and the every growing sophistication of society. They are now just thrashing around in the sea of irrelevance before they drown and disappear completely, glug, glug, glug, relegated to the scrap heap of history with the likes of ashtrays, type writers and black smiths, 8 tracks and LPs, even CDs. I'm sure they'd be much happier if they just stopped resisting, you know, just go with the rip, swimming against it will only spell certain pain.

If they would only learn to accept their new position, with the kooky cults that the fringe people belong to, the old twinsets who are marching rapidly towards the grave, and the fanatics and the mentally questionable devout, they'd be much happier and much less trouble to all of us who choose to live in the 21st century.

The Portuguese had to accept it, the British had to accept it, I think the Spanish did too, as the American's will also have to one day, now the Christians have to accept that they are a minor influence in the world. Sit back, love thy god, neighbour, the poor, whoever, accept old Jesus into your life and be happy little Jesusmites. They say it is the secret to a happy life, so accept you believe in something less than thirty per cent of the world believes in and be smug in your superior choice, don't let the rest of us distract you.

Does religion offer any sort of vision for the future  Or does it just say no to everything? No to gay marriage, no to stem cell therapies, no to abortion, no to contraception, no to euthanasia. No, no, no, no, no, is what I am hearing.

I wish Christians all the best. I think is it fabulous that they have a faith that gives them so much joy, that gives them meaning in life. I just really wish they'd stop saying no to things that affect other people's lives.

I'm not really sure why they try to stop things that affect other people's lives. Why? I've never really know why? It must be because they want everyone to live the way they do? But why? Surely, god will take care of that at, what do they call it, judgement day, the pearly gates, the virgin distribution centre? Oh, that's the other lot. They want to affect the way other people live because they don't want anybody else to enjoy the things they can't? Would that be envy? And it seems to be the most likely answer to this perplexing question  Because they know the correct way to live? Would that be pride? Because they love their fellow man so much? Self righteousness? I've never really known the answer to this question?

We have American Christians going to Russia and being, at least partly, responsible for anti gay laws there that bring misery to Russian gays. We have them going to Uganda and being, at least partly, responsible for anti gay laws there that carry the death penalty. Thou shalt not kill, isn't that a big Christian rule? We have them going to Guatemala and being, at least partly, responsible for gay laws there. We have christian's affecting aid to developing countries trying to influence the allocation of aid away from countries which will allow contraception (okay, so that would be catholics, I'm guessing) and abortion, which in some cases that will lead to death. It makes no difference, their beliefs are being upheld.

It makes no sense. Surely being patted on the head by the old bearded guy and being allowed into to fluffy white cloud land, and being allocated your virgins, or your harp, or whatever nonsense it is that they believe, is enough. Surely?