23. Feb. 2010. – 11:42:31
When religion, its adherents, its trappings, its rituals and
anything else similarly associated hits the headlines as has been increasingly
the case I begin to fear for my sanity. The rational thought that has guided
humanity for two hundred years seems to be fast disappearing. Even the
Inquisition under a more user friendly title is once more stirring.
Last year a community nurse was criticised for praying for a
patient. The nurse Caroline Petrie, said she asked an elderly woman patient
during a home visit if she wanted her to say a prayer for her. The patient
complained to the health trust about Mrs Petrie who follows the Baptist faith.
Now we have a senior policeman Inspector Roger Bartlett who says that in
Barnstaple Devon the power of prayer has helped catch criminals, boosted crime
detection rates and even reduced the number of people killed on the roads.
With such unscientific medieval nonsense in our midst what hope is there or
does the Inspector think that his mumbo jumbo has a place in modern crime
reduction? Perhaps it should be a pre requisite for new recruits to be skilled
in prayer? How about compasses for Jewish and Moslem recruits so that they can
face East two or three time a day when they do their devotions? Are officers`
arrest figures to be weighted if they are atheists? After all, without a god to
help out surely they`re at a disadvantage?
As a refreshing contrast Chief Constable Peter Fahy has
shone some much needed light on some of the daft goings on of a few of his
officers who logged six incidents of snowball throwing during last month’s cold
snap. All were classed as ‘serious violent crime’ even though no one was
injured and no arrests were made. The Chief criticised his own officers for
failing to show 'common sense.' I say three cheers.
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