Dave Allen on religion, and on everything else on Earth, has everything sorted out and clear. He is (or was) just like me but more articulate perhaps. At least in English. English is my fifth language, so I pardon for mistakes in advance…. for those who find themselves here reading. Enjoy!

It still amazes me that on this day, year 2023, people still believe in some strange mighty bearded creature on cloud. I mean adults. Kids believe in Santa Claus, princesses, teenage ninja turtles and whatnot. But adults? Adults, who, expectedly, have completed some sort of formal education to some degree. These adults believe in “god”. Brainwashed. I understand wild ones who still catch food by poisonous spears and arrows and live in huts in the deepest rainforests and loneliest islands. But see, even they don’t believe in god but nature powers and mix it up with a bit of hope. Their hope comes from the fact that they have been observing their whole life that once the humidity changes then the feeling changes. Or, when praying for game they, just in case there is “god”, make a sacrifice. Just in case. Their wise man has observed long years and carries on the stories of the last wise man who before that did just the same. Or medicineman. Or just village witch. When the witch-hunt in Europe commenced all “enlightened christians” figured the strange ladies living with black cats and knew how to mend some diseases were witches. Today we know they were just learning and knowing about natures healing properties. Herbs, you know! The tea you drink today has close to no healing properties unless its pure herb tea. I wonder, if baristas are in danger of witch-craft…. The “enlightened christians” saw just one: the plague devastated whole countries. Everyone died but the strange ladies with black cats. You know why they survived? The plague was carried by rats. The witches kept the rats away by having cats close by. Magic, right. All good up until the “witches” were set to burn alive. They survived the plague only to be killed by idiots. Enlightened idiots. Those kinds are still living today.

Today the wild people that live in secluded places, I can understand them. They have no books, no libraries, no (formal) education, no Google. However, the people that wear clothes, have phones, go to school, speak several languages, build skyscrapers and fly planes – how they can be so stupid to believe there is god. That I don’t understand. And what do the people from today want from so called god? Let me tell you. They want their sins forgiven. And let me tell you. Their sins were forgiven, as per their magic book, already 2000+ years ago. So literally, they can rape, kill, beat, torture all they want because they are forgiven already long ago. Merry fuckaround! 

My dad had only 6 years of formal education. He had to work when he turned 13. But he learned a lot while working. Observing, understanding how nature works, when its allowed to hunt deer, when you have to prepare fields for crops, what happens if the sky is purple, when its safe to go to the sea. Things like that. He was very smart and wise. Maybe its because he had all the time in the world to think. He was doing physically challenging jobs all his life – be it sailing around world or being forester. He read a lot. Probably could be said that he was selfeducated and with wide view on life in general. Why else would he know about world politics in 1960 to 1980, all the way up to 1990. He knew things in Middle East, US, Japan, Europe even though we were stuck behind iron curtain and not much leaked through. 

When Jeff Beck died the whole world came to stand still. Maybe it just looked so to me but it sure was devasteting. I am not easy to be shaken or taken aback but when the news came that he had passed away that day…. It felt like parallel universe, I don’t think I realised anything going on around me for a week. Some people have that effect on you. Rare people…. To think we have medical aid in such level that they grow you new face, maybe even new limbs any day now but they can’t fix what seems rather well-known illness. I mean, once you know the problem you just need to fix it.  

And now Shane. Imagine being sent back home as if all is going well. I feel he knew when he made a video at home saying goodbye. He knew its time. He was released because everyone realised there is nothing to do. And he wanted to leave in peace at home. I hope that what it was. Which doesn’t make it any easier considering how young he was. I mean 65 is when people start to rock around, no? Until then it’s just surviving, fighting, working your arse off to pay bills. Don’t feel good about the incredibly disgraceful speech his wife gave during his funeral. It really felt out of place to mention if Johnny D has forgiven his ex for the horrors of the courtcase. What a disrespectful tirade. Could be that I am delulu but it really was of really bad taste. Let’s put this awkward situation on the difficulties of losing significant other. She must have been a wreck. Condolences for everyone. 

Just realised we too are very welcoming country as we don’t have chinatown. We are true welcoming country, not like US! You see we don’t have chinatown because we let them live with us! Just kidding. We probably have some five to ten chinese living here. It’s not interesting for them. No factories, no jobs. Just a random thought that was….

Will close for now. Soon Xmas. I have tree ready for some time. I guess I got it up and decorated on 1st of December. That’s late for me 🙂 but I will survive. For this year I invented “ombre” look on the tree. It means its decorations smoothly go from one colour to other. Mine is now from dark blue to light blue to white. These three colours smoothly emerge from one another. Welcome to take a look! Especially when you leave a present under there.

Working on Xmas album. One of these days! Johnny, if you care to join let me know. Fairytale of New York suits you just fine.

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