that god thing

I really enjoyed Marcus Brigstocke's anti-Abrahamic religion rant on Radio 4's The Now Show broadcast this evening. If you didn't hear it, go to the BBC website and listen again. (I think it was in the second half.)

Having worked out that Father Christmas didn't exist at around the age of 5 I then went on to realise that 'god' was just another invention of adults to try and understand that which is mind-bogglingly amazing (the cosmos both known and unknown, our world, us), and hence doesn't exist. Hence I was always the grumpy one in primary school assemblies, refusing to sing or pray. I have always been both puzzled and sometimes annoyed at peoples inability to cope with being a part of all that is splendid and magnificent without believing in a humanised figurehead which instantly restricts their view like a blinkered horse.

Enjoy life, be nice to other people. It is so simple.

Oh, and stop lying to children. They find out you know.

"We are made of star stuff. " - Carl Sagan