When I was about nine years old I told a bunch of advancing micro-racists that I wasn’t scared of them because “Jesus was on my side”. That the Son of God was shamefully absent throughout my subsequent twatting should have been a lesson to me then, but it was a few more years before I saw the light. Sadly, and no doubt to the excruciating discomfort of his entire public relations team, Tony Blair hasn’t quite wised up yet.
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In fairness to Mr Blair (now that’s a phrase you won’t read often on a blog) I don’t think he thinks he gets advice from Him but he did say he’s happy to be judged by Him (amongst other people).
The buggeration of being an atheist is that there’ll never be a chance to say “I told you so – all that chanting, praying and smelling on a XXXday; a complete waste of time”. But if one the many other lots turn out to be right, they’ll have all eternity to point at you for your folly. It all seems so unfair……
That’s Pascal’s Wager that is.
Hughes wrote:
“The buggeration of being an atheist is that there’ll never be a chance to say “I told you so – all that chanting, praying and smelling on a XXXday; a complete waste of time”. But if one the many other lots turn out to be right, they’ll have all eternity to point at you for your folly. It all seems so unfair……”
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As a believer I can assure you that we won’t be wasting our time being smug and massaging the contrite views of ‘athiests’, we will be worshipping God and gloryfing him! 😉
If I’m wrong and I meet G_d (errr that’s being wrong about there being a G_d that is) I’m going to smack him in the face, not apologise to the git for doubting his/her/its’ existence.
Will,
We won’t get near enough to smite the arrogant totalitarian mind-fucker, or the masochrist for that matter. While Paul Burgin “enjoys” his eternal evangelical sing-song with Mary Whitehouse and Cliff Richard, we’ll be in the pits of hell playing poker, attending orgies and drinking beer with all the really interesting people who are sure to have landed a place in the inferno…
This is The Gospel according to Gillan.
Amen.
Cool.
http://www.entrances2hell.co.uk/
As a believer I can assure you that we won’t be wasting our time being smug and massaging the contrite views of ‘athiests’, we will be worshipping God and gloryfing him!
So let me get this straight… you spend a lifetime worshipping God and glorifying him, and then you’re expected to spend all eternity doing exactly the same thing?
An old Irish parishioner approached his priest after Mass on Sunday. “Father,” he said, “if it turns out there is no eternal life we’re going to look a pack of eedjits, aren’t we? But ye know Father, you’re going to look a much bigger eedjit than I am.”
Ahem!
Maybe I shouldn’t have been a tad facteous there!
Besides I am more Jim Wallis and U2 than Mary Whitehouse and Cliff Richard!