I read with interest tonight that the Church of England (the state religion in my country) has voted "no" to a proposal to allow Women to become Bishops even though they may be perfectly able and willing.
Next week they'll be voting on the thorny issues of people with ginger pubes becoming grave diggers and allowing lactose intolerant people to ring bells; in fact many traditionalists insist that anyone with a genetic difference greater than 0.001% from the DNA extracted from molar teeth of the late Thomas Becket shouldn't be allowed to join the Church in the first place, apparently it makes their God very cross!
In other news Nick Clegg is relieved that there's now at last at least one major UK institution less popular than the Liberal Democrat party.
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Just don't get me started.
Well, at least the Supreme Governor of the CofE is a woman - HMQ. Better than being a bishop.
AE, I know, depressing that otherwise perfectly rational people in the 21st century can think this way on this one topic..
CB, I guess you don't have to think rationally when it comes to religion.
You don't have to think rationally when it comes to religion, but it doesn't do any harm. Mind you, religion doesn't have a monopoly on irrationality. I give you homoeopathy, cold fusion and Rotherham social services.
AE, quite true, irrationality is positively human (just not a good idea to base a philosophy on it IMO)
And a very bad idea to use it when controlling cars, heavy machinery or small countries.
Or even big countries!
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