A lot of godless people, at work, formerly at school, etc think I am religious. This is a misconception I am very bored of correcting. I am not religious. Religious people pray before they go to bed, when they wake up, say the Office (in whatever bastardised form they like), go to church on Sunday, go on pilgrimage, etc. Superstitious people use medals and beads. I do none of these things. Whenever I go to church (I haven't been since August) it's usually to sit and listen to some choral music, not out of deference to any particular church or even to God, but for my own benefit - or malefit as the case has too often been. No, I spend most Sundays at home with the dogs. Far worthier than to go to some church, any church, and be scandalised by the want-of-liturgy, the content of the sermon (I have actually been preached at before), and the irreverence of the congregation.
Where am I now, then? I think I now have a healthy disregard for religion, and especially for religious people.
"Where am I now, then? I think I now have a healthy disregard for religion, and especially for religious people."
ReplyDelete...J.R.R. Tolkien excepted, I hope.
Blessed Tolkien will remain in my affection to my dying day.
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