Richard Dawkins has raised the question of what constitutes a Christian.
When I go to hospital, which is usually the only occasion on which I'm asked to state my Faith, I always put "NONE" on the form because I absolutely don't want any parson to come along and pray over me or exhort me to confess my sins or ask me to prepare to meet my Maker. So in any official census I'd put myself down as an atheist.
However, there is just one rule I find most useful in life, and that rule was laid down by Jesus Chist, "Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself", or "Do as you would be done by." If we all adhered to that there wouldn't be any need for the police.
So I think Jesus Christ was the greatest of all the philosophers, but that still leave me an atheist.
This blog is a plea for common sense in public policy. Our leaders don't seem to have any. They just make daft rules for us to follow. We need to assert our right to use our own good sense instead of ticking boxes which can only say 'yes' or 'no'.
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