Watched an interesting documentary today about that most stunning of globes, the one they call Saturn. On it they showed pictures taken by a probe a while back, amazing images of the rings and moons. It got me thinking about the weird and beautiful things that exist out there, and I'm not talking of ET's underpants (though I'm not sure how beautiful they would be, suppose Eliot would like 'em')
I'm talking of the amazing running rivers and vast lakes of liquid methane on Titan, or the huge jets of dust and gas from the moon Enceladus helping form one of Saturn's rings. These are just two of the many moons (there's over 60 of them) orbiting our second biggest planetary cousin. But look beyond Saturn, beyond our own solar system, even out of our galaxy and there are wonders beyond what we could have ever imagined.
This led me to think about that great subject, religion, or should I say God?
If we are to believe what the book tells us then everything including us was created within the same week and we were the main focus of it all. Making us comfortable, subservient and grateful. Everything was made for us, to serve us, nourish us, keep us warm and sometimes creep up on us and kill us!?
If that is the case then what the hell is everything else for? Why create the other planets never mind other galaxies. Whats it all for, to give us something to look at? Come on! If we were the one and only focus of our lord and master then why do we not look up and see nothing. Why don't we just see a dark sky and the sun through the day (we have to keep warm so I suppose the sun would have to be there) Why make stunningly colourful gas clouds in galaxies so far away that we would have to spend years travelling to them to see them in person? If God wanted to make the sky pretty for us then why not just put them a little bit beyond the moon. They've been there since time began did God think to himself, 'I know what I'll put something nice a brazillion light years away for when my sheep invent the telescope.' Only for the Vatican to call Galileo a heretic!? It just doesn't compute.
And while are on the subject of God should I get real down and dirty? Why am I even asking, of course I will, it's me!
Back in the day of old when Joseph and Mary were around it was expected of a Jewish man (in this case Joseph) to be married by the time he was 18 and be a father by the time he was 19. There were exceptions but this was the general rule. Mary on the other hand would be eligible for marriage from 12-12 and a half. She could have been sold to another Jew as a slave (nice policy) but once again the rule of thumb was around 12 to be married. Now there is some confusion as to whether they were married at the time of the immaculate knock up or just engaged but regardless of this isn't the fact that The big guy in the sky knocked up one of his followers women mean that he broke one of his own commandments. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors house, wife, slave, ox, donkey, bedside lamp, lawnmower or sugar bowl.
Talk about do as I say not as I do! Mind you they were not really neighbors were they? More like master and slave so maybe this makes it OK.
But back to the knocking up bit. Given the facts above, God would have had to have knocked Mary up while she was around 12 - 14 (may have taken a couple of years to find a husband. After all she may not have been the best looking girl around) This means the big G man knocked up a school girl by today's standards. Making him, to give it the accepted media term, a pedophile monster. Not very nice is it. Isn't that rape of a minor by today's laws?
So next time you read about some guy getting locked up for having sex with a young girl just remember, is he really a monster or just following Gods example. For me it's easy, I'm not religious so just lock the guy away. But for some one who believes in the, so called, good book its got to make you at least pause for thought for a while. If you have any morals that is.
Now my usual Crap Factor (sorry X Factor) report.
Mary is out! Leaving Mat the Hat, Rebbecca, Teeny Rap Queen Cher and the X Product - One Direction.
Now Mary and Cher faced off in the knock out at the end and, as you will have guessed by the opening statement, Mary lost. This is because Cher (predictably) sang a song that she would never sing in her life if her skin didn't depend on it. She was criticized on Saturday for singing the same type of songs so what does she do when shes in the knock out. She changes her game. this wouldn't have been so bad if she didn't say to the audience on Saturday that she is what she is and didn't want to betray who she is (or words of that effect) Then on Sunday she does just that. I'm shocked that the judges didn't see through this extremely shallow ploy. It should have gone to deadlock and turned over to the public vote at least that way it would have been fair to Mary. During the Extra Factor show afterwards all the calls from the public were by people who admitted to voting for One Direction. Is it just me or does this seem just a little bit too much of a coincidence. After all isn't One Direction the product put together by the X Factor producers. Things are really starting to smell and it isn't my underpants (maybe its ET's)
One last note...
We lost out in the World cup bid for 2018 to Russia of all places. They don't even have a national pitch, so they've been saying on the TV, and America lost out to QATAR. They don't even allow women to show skin or people to drink in most places, how the hell are fans meant to enjoy them selves? Especially the women, all covered up in 40 degree heat!! Not to mention the country isn't even as big as Wales! I've been saying for years that the World Cup is decided by cash not games and most people didn't believe me. Maybe now people will finally realise that football stopped been a game when the money got big, now its a business and how are things decided in business? BY MONEY!
That's it for now, so I bid you farewell and goodbye. But remember, if you think there's something under your bed. There probably is.
ME!!
The Voice has spoken.
Till next time......
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