VERSION|0.5.1|SUBJECT|Rev Canon Dr Alan Billings, an Anglican priest in Sheffield  |CONTENT|[b]Rating[/b] 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)

[url=http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap130708.html][img=images/2013/07/pic130708.jpg popup=false float=right][/url]Has anyone mentioned that Andy Murray has won Wimbledon? No? Good job I was here then. Andy Murray has won Wimbledon and we're all very emotional about it.

This reminds me of religion. Saint Paul, everyone's favourite apostle to the gentiles, mentioned Wimbledon. He said "Believing in the Invisible Magic Friend is just like winning Wimbledon." The analogy is clear, believing in the Invisible Magic Friend takes hard work and for most people is a pure fantasy.

When I talk to ordinary people, who aren't even Rev Canon Doctors, many of them tell me that they're just too busy leading their lives to think about having a life. Some of them are happy and some of them are not. Now, I'm not saying you have to be religious to be happy. I'm sure there are some people out there who are not religious and are perfectly happy, and good luck to them. I've got nothing against non-religious people who are happy with their lives. On the whole though, they're a minuscule bunch of eccentrics. It's much easier to be happy if you're religious. No matter what a horrible life you're having, if you think you'll be happy in the invisible magic afterlife  it gives you something nice to look forward to.

Which I think is what Saint Paul meant to say if only he had said that.

Oh, and Sophocles to you Anne Atkins.

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