Wednesday, 21 January 2026

Blind faith

One would think, wouldn't one, that those who purport to be deeply religious would at least know well, and understand, what is written in their own holy book. Historically there is good reason, in Christianity, why this would not be logical to believe. The bible was not even translated into English until 1382, but still not widely available in English until 1535 when it was first printed. Even then there were precious few people who could read it. Catholics could not even get their knowledge in church until the 1960s as until then mass was always given in latin.

So it's no surprise that actual religious knowledge among the deeply religious is poorer than you might expect, and studies have shown that atheists tend to know far more about what is actually written in the bible than their christian counterparts.

A good illustration of this has recently arisen in the USA. 

Unless you have been living in a cave, you will be aware that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the USA have been acting in a way than can be fairly compared to the Geheime Statspolizei of nazi Germany. There are numerous accounts of them behaving in a manner both unconstitutional and indiscriminate. Such as this case.

Unsurprisingly the conduct of ICE has resulted in numerous protests, such as this one, where protests stormed a church where the pastor is himself an ICE thug.

This protest has attracted the attention of the US Attorney General who claims to be a christian. She has stated;


This ignorant bimbo seems to be unaware that Jesus is purported to have done exactly that, and the story is recounted no less than four times in her bible

Perhaps she should try reading it once in a while, instead of just using it as a prop.

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