His CiF piece is simply astonishing!
The comments are awesome and well worth a read if you fancy a chuckle. I haven't read such a fundamentally damning expose of the irrelevance of religion to day to day life (if not to politics) in a long time. Not since I read this.
Fuckers!
My comment was deleted by the moderator. It went something along the lines of:
"Theo, you forgot to mention giving up critical thinking and independence of thought, but I suppose they don't count because you gave them up the day you were beaten- or terrified- into Believing."
There was more vitriol but I was busy this afternoon and I've forgotten what I wrote.
Hobson is constantly hilarious. Is it why the Guardian pays this moronic God hack? I love his lent sacrifice of red wine, except when he's socialising. It's like me giving up Guinness and whisky, except when I'm in the pub.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me a bit of the Fast Show:
"Today, I am mostly giving up the capacity for coherent thought."
What a total dingus.
"total dingus" - Hah!
ReplyDeleteToo frickin right.
What are you meant to do with someone who considers a meaningful gesture to comprise giving up wine for a month (but not when he's entertaining)? The comments had several suggestions from people for more substantial contributions to society's wellbeing- such as volunteering at a soup kitchen- but I suppose Theo doesn't care about that sort of thing because Jesus never volumteered at a soup kitchen and everything that Theo does has to emulate Jesus.