BBC: Pope Benedict XVI has apologised to victims of child sex abuse by Catholic priests in Ireland.
It buggers belief that priests in Ireland abused children under their pastoral care – and that the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, has resisted calls to resign over his handling of abuse allegations in the 1970s that saw victims sign confidentiality agreements.
Nowhere in the bible does it say that Jesus had a sword fight… and Jewish magic tricks.
On a lighter note, on the subject of religion, I thoroughly enjoyed this remarkable series of emails between a parent and a school chaplain in connection with parental consent for a child to attend a school religious play… if you haven’t seen it… I am confident, religious or not, that you will laugh….you may laugh more if you are, as I am, a non-believer. Read the emails
PRIME MINISTER’S QUESTIONS?…And continuing the theme of unbelievable events and mythical matters…. I asked Tom Harris MP, who is a Dr Who fan, about the tax status of the great Doctor. Taking time away from rather more serious issues, Tom replied in his usual dry style…. some politicians do humour well…
In the interests of political balance… this tweet from Paul Waugh, deputy political editor at the Tha Standard
May have overdone the juice last night talking with friends until 4.30 and staggering about Battersea Square at 8.00 to try and find a cafe open to serve coffee…back later…
Those emails were excellent – but then you could have guessed that I would have loved them!
Thanks for bringing them to my attention.
P.S. If God is reading this (and being omni-present I guess he is), I’d like an Audi TT please, in silver. Ta.
For John Bolch …
OK, I’ll settle for a Mercedes Benz…
I suppose it is only Human Nature to fight tooth and claw to maximise and preserve one’s wealth. Many of the unquiet dead in the Trickster’s Brigade at the end of the world (House of Lords) do it and live in a Utopia which the aliens of London and other cybremen can only dream about. Of course, Straw the Judoon is now busy engineering a parting of the ways with their Lordships who will be replaced by humanoids entering parliament by the alien process of election. Thus, as some of the present non-doms reach journey’s end they will be able to continue enjoying their tax situation and relish in the knowledge that they were the last of the time lords. Dr Who, a fabulous programme and almost as scary as some of our present politicians!!
So, how many Dr Who episodes or characters did you find in the above? There are quite a few.