Religion in all its many forms

Signs and wonders

The Road to Surfdom - May 10, 2008 - 1:31pm

As a confirmed atheist, I try not to cause needless offence to people of a religious persuasion. Each to his own is my motto, as long as they don’t try and impose their values and belief systems on others. Read more »

Superstitious? Us?

The Road to Surfdom - April 19, 2008 - 1:05pm

You know how much we love to laugh at the commies for keeping old heroes like Lenin and Mao on permanent display? Talk about your backward medieaval peasants.

We in the good old tradition of the European Enlightenment are sooooo much more sophisticated. That’s why the Roman Catholics, when they descend upon Sydney in a few months, are going to bring an 83 year old corpse with them. Read more »

Bring out your dead!

The Road to Surfdom - April 25, 2008 - 3:16pm

I wrote a few days ago about the Roman Catholic church’s attempt to inspire the youth of the world by digging up a corpse and transporting it to Randwick racecourse. I have to say I was impressed with the maturity of commenters and glad I hadn’t written some of the things I was tempted to, like how they were going to put the corpse in a line up with selected Vatican dignitaries and give a prize to people who could tell the difference, and other juvenile stuff like that. Read more »