Saturday, December 23, 2006
Happy Christmas? My arse!
So, according to today's Guardian, a new poll that they comissioned apparently shows that 82% of people think that religion does more harm than good.Although I would consider myself to be liberal, I'm becoming increasingly pissed off with the belligerently irrational anti-religious stance that The Guardian seems to pursue relentlessly. How a random phone survey of 1,006 people by telephone is supposed to tell us something significant about a population of 50 million people is anyone's guess, regardless of whether it "abides by by the rules of the British Polling Council".
Religion and I have a love-hate relationship at the best of times, but this Christmas season seems to be such a nightmare, I personally feel like I could do with more religion rather than less of it.
Contrast that with this. Moby's always been an interesting one to follow, and whilst I wouldn't go along with every last word of what he says, I do think he is worth listening to, as a genuine creative Christian spiritual.
And finally.... Bono is to be knighted, it would seem, for his contribution to music and culture, but also for his work against poverty and for Africa. Like Geldof, being an Irish national will mean that he is not a "Sir", but will gain the title in the way of things.
Who said that religion never contributed anything good? Er.... The Guardian.
Happy Christmas to all mooters and all our blog readers.
Thanks to Mark and JB for the Moby link.
