as Private Eye readers will be aware
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I saw Heretic last night. Knowing a bit of where it was going I expected it to be an Omen-style pushing of Catholic apologia, only targeted at aging atheists rather than child prodigies.
What I came away with was that it was a valuable turnabout on the problem of hypocritical religious nutjobs holding people hostage until they conform.
The key point of divergence is when the baddie dismisses disbelief as something along the lines of “Or are we to believe that we are all ants in a universe with no divinity and no meaning? That’s horrifying.” and then moves on.
My answer to that is, “sure, why not? Because the one true religion for religious nutjobs (control) is manifestly horrible as opposed to the problem that reality just feels horrible to you, and lack of belief in divinity and “ultimate meaning” isn’t that bad, it makes it easier to just get on with life"
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ETA
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Appoint Rachel Treweek as Archbishop of Canterbury, you know you want to.
I know, it’s not going to happen. The CofE still have those special bishops for misogynists, they aren’t going to risk a schism by putting a woman in charge. Maybe the Bishop of Durham, which is currently vacant?
The Bishop of Sodor and Man is a woman though.
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What is Sodor? I thought the Isle of Man stood alone?
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