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And Luke said: "Let's read the Bible for a laugh!" (Genesis)
Let me preface the following by making it clear that I don't believe that The Bible is divinely inspired, nor do I think that it's anything more than a collection of stories that are based on, and in...
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Exodus: Getting the funk out of Egypt. (Bible book review, part two.)
After all the killings, demands for angel-rape and sheer madness of Genesis I prepared myself for the next exciting romp to feature in what people refer to, without irony, as The Good Book.Exodus...
View ArticleIn Defence of the Church of England
I hate Christianity. There I said it. I hate everything about it. From it's ridiculous prohibitions and proscriptions to its pernicious efforts to distort politics and social attitudes; from the...
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Kill it, cook it, just don't fuck it: Leviticus or what God wants. (Part 3,...
Leviticus is simultaneously the dullest yet most graphic book of The Bible. It can be divided into two categories: what God wants; and what you shouldn't do.For the most part, Leviticus is basically a...
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Who's for massacres and counting? Numbers (Bible book review)
Numbers strikes me as one of those books of the Old Testament that Christians don't really want to talk about when trying to convince you of their all-knowing, all-powerful, all-merciful tyrant-deity,...
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Really long and boring thrown-together speeches: Deuteronomy
If you've read the book of Exodus and the book of Leviticus you have no need to read Deuteronomy: they're basically the same but the latter has a better ending.Deuteronomy is perhaps the most pointless...
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The Book of Joshua: A sort of Jewish Hitler (Part 6 of Luke comments on The...
If you liked all the unnecessary god-mandated slaughter of the Pentateuch, you'll love The Book of Joshua.Deuteronomy ended with God's best mate, Moses, finally kicking the bucket and the Israelites...
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On the subject of "Gay Propaganda"
As a white, working-class, heterosexual, it may just be that I had the fortune of being born into a western, liberal and de facto secular country that I have been blind to the creeping pernicious lies...
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Why Hitchens Matters: A Lament
I recall waking up early on the morning of the 16th of December 2011. It was about 3 am and while tired, I was not getting back to sleep any time soon. So I turned to my Mac and checked the news....
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Ain't no justice with Judges (Part 7 of Bible Book review)
With Joshua dead, God decides to make Judah the leader of the Israelites, which isn't surprising given God's proclivity for appointing the town psychopath as the leader. And boy, Judah doesn't...
View ArticleA brief note on 'The End of The World'
Tomorrow nothing will happen. Well, strictly speaking stuff will happen, but nothing that affects all of humanity will happen, especially the end of the worldAnybody 'preparing' for, or worrying about...
View ArticleMr. Shelbrooke and the stupid idea he had this week
This is one of my rare political blog posts¹ as it involves my local MP, Alec Shelbrooke, and his idea to make people claiming benefits use a special 'welfare cash card' in order to receive and spend...
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The Book of Ruth: short and stupid. (Part 8 of BBR)
The Book of Ruth features in The Bible as a coda; a contrivance simply there to progress the story and maintain continuity between the long winded stupidity of Judges and the following books about the...
View ArticleOn the topic of a silly Yorkshireman going to Palestine.
As you will (increasingly) be (made) aware over the next few weeks, I shall be going to Palestine in April as volunteer with the charity. However, in order to get there, I need to raise £800 for the...
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A few thoughts on the Pope's resignation
Seemingly the whole World was taken by surprise as Pope Benedict XVI (the one who protected all the paedophiles) announced his resignation from Papal duties.The media was quick to respond to the...
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A brief note on kindness
I often wonder how I've managed to get away with most of my life to-date. I do not consider myself to be an especially strong character. I have opinions, views and values that better people have fought...
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The First Book Of Samuel (Number 9. Number 9. Number 9. Number 9 in my Bible...
My must humble and sincere apologies for not having written any Bible-based commentary in a while, this is mostly entirely down to the fact that I am very lazy. This apologia aside, the First Book of...
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These Days to Come: One Month Off
As there is just one month to go until I leave the UK to volunteer in Palestine, I've decided to collate my thoughts, feelings and views prior to flying out, in order to compare my youthful naiveté...
View ArticleThese Days to Come: A New Dawn
After what can only be described as a hellish coach journey to Luton international airport and a five hour flight on board a plane full of small children (many whom were not old enough understand the...
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These Days to Come: Bright Lights Through The Haze
Having spent the first night in a flat in Ramallah, the next morning I prepared for my volunteer training only to receive a text informing me that the programme manager was ill and the training would...
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