I'm an atheist - An Agnostic Atheist to be precises, I do not have any evidence that there is no god, but on the very real evidence I choose to believe that god does not exist. I can state right here and now that the only time I have a problem with Christianity (or any of the Abrahamic faiths) is when the religious try to enforce their own religious morality on my life. I have no interest in the destruction of your faith. Its great that you have it, be proud of it, but keep it out of my government, my school, my bedroom and my life.

*Baldrick: “What I want to know sir, is before there was a euro there
were lots of different types of money that different people used. And now there’s only one type of money that the foreign people use. And what I want to know is, how did we get from one state of affairs to the other state of affairs?”
*Blackadder:* “Baldrick. Do you mean, how did the euro start?”
*Baldrick:* “Yes, sir.”
*Blackadder:* “Well, you see Baldrick, back in the 1980s there were many different countries all running their own finances and using different types of money. On one side you had the major economies of France, Belgium, Holland and Germany; and on the other, the weaker nations of Spain, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Portugal. They got together and decided that it would be much easier for everyone if they could all use the same money, have one Central Bank, and belong to one large club where everyone would be happy. This meant that there could never be a situation whereby financial meltdown would lead to social unrest, wars and crises.”
*Baldrick:* “But this is sort of a crisis, isn’t it sir?”
*Blackadder:* “That’s right Baldrick. You see, there was only one slight
flaw with the plan.”
*Baldrick:* “What was that then, sir?”
*Blackadder:* “It was bollocks.”

After reading the headlines about the US soldier who shot Afghanistan
civilians, I couldn't help noticing an irony. There is all this clamour to try
this bloke quickly and execute him, never mind his having suffered a traumatic
brain injury.

Yet Major Hasan, who went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood while screaming Allah akbar, still hasn't stood trial, and they are still debating whether he was insane, even with the clear evidence regarding his motive: slay as many infidels as possible.

So we have a bloke in a war zone who cracks, and he must be executed immediately.

But this Muslim psychiatrist who was based in the US in a nice safe office all day,
murders 13, wounds 29 of his own guys, and they try to argue the poor lad
suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome, from listening to real soldiers who
had actual battle experience. Two and a half years later, they still haven't
tried the murderer.
Political or what!!!!!!!!

Even the most sentimental champions of the NHS recognise its dark side. Given that demographic changes mean millions more elderly people will rely on its services (and space), the NHS can only do one thing: ration.
If rationing is acceptable, though, scapegoating is not. Too much evidence points to the elderly being the scapegoats in the battle to save the NHS. Elderly patients are being denied the best cancer care. The figures are alarming: lack of treatment is contributing to 14,000 deaths a year among the over-75s. Men and women are dying prematurely each year because their diseases are diagnosed later and less likely to be operated on.
Nurses in hospitals plead to being too busy to look after their charges decently, and so elderly patients frequently suffer dehydration, malnutrition and a lack of hygiene.
This treatment is cruel and unfair: age comes to us all, and is not the result of lifestyle choices. There are plenty of conditions, though, that are the direct result of bad habits, poor diet, and the wrong choices. These conditions range from obesity and diabetes to smoking-related diseases. If a 20+ stone, 30-something woman goes into hospital with a bad diabetic attack, does she deserve to be at the front of the queue or the back? She has chosen to stuff her face with Mars bars and Coke, and is now suffering the consequences of her choice. She cannot claim ignorance of the dangers of her diet: the Government has carpet-bombed us with health advice, from schools to GP practices. Everyone who can watch the telly, let alone read the magazines, knows that a high-fat diet will affect you well-being, make you look bad and feel worse.
Does the blobby 30-something lay claim to NHS services and a hospital bed when this means thousands of others will have to do without?
The septuagenarian who develops breast cancer has done nothing wrong – except grow old. The NHS has to consider that there are deserving cases and undeserving ones. Age should not be a barrier to optimum care; but bad habits should be.

Even the most sentimental champions of the NHS recognise its dark side. Given that demographic changes mean millions more elderly people will rely on its services (and space), the NHS can only do one thing: ration.
If rationing is acceptable, though, scapegoating is not. Too much evidence points to the elderly being the scapegoats in the battle to save the NHS. Elderly patients are being denied the best cancer care. The figures are alarming: lack of treatment is contributing to 14,000 deaths a year among the over-75s. Men and women are dying prematurely each year because their diseases are diagnosed later and less likely to be operated on.
Nurses in hospitals plead to being too busy to look after their charges decently, and so elderly patients frequently suffer dehydration, malnutrition and a lack of hygiene.
This treatment is cruel and unfair: age comes to us all, and is not the result of lifestyle choices. There are plenty of conditions, though, that are the direct result of bad habits, poor diet, and the wrong choices. These conditions range from obesity and diabetes to smoking-related diseases. If a 20+ stone, 30-something woman goes into hospital with a bad diabetic attack, does she deserve to be at the front of the queue or the back? She has chosen to stuff her face with Mars bars and Coke, and is now suffering the consequences of her choice. She cannot claim ignorance of the dangers of her diet: the Government has carpet-bombed us with health advice, from schools to GP practices. Everyone who can watch the telly, let alone read the magazines, knows that a high-fat diet will affect you well-being, make you look bad and feel worse.
Does the obese 30-something lay claim to NHS services and a hospital bed when this means thousands of others will have to do without?
The septuagenarian who develops breast cancer has done nothing wrong – except grow old. The NHS has to consider that there are deserving cases and undeserving ones. Age should not be a barrier to optimum care; but bad habits should be.

Think about this
If all scientific knowledge was lost, we would, eventually, recoup our understanding and gather the same knowledge that we currently hold to be true.
If all religious scriptures were lost, religion would exist again, but it would never be exactly the same.

The difference of stories versus facts, I guess!