What is a non-believer...?

Actually (and I hope to spend some time laying this out) it's not just a black and white (yes/no) kind of question. Seriously, it isn't. There are a number of factors that need to be taken into consideration - and therein lies problem number 1. So many people won't even accept that THAT is a perfectly viable position! That you are someone who lays claim to be a non-believer is to be applauded, not avoided or assaulted or insulted.
Well, game over, non-non-believers...you fail.
For instance, if you claim to be a non-believer in a country like the UK, then --- so what? Most will just shrug their shoulders and say 'and?' or 'so what'?
This is the correct way to respond...
And yet, if you were in some modern, clued-up country, such as...oh, I don't know, say Pakistan, then it would most likely get you killed. Maybe not today, but tomorrow...? By the end of the week...have you got all your affairs in order? Oh, and your lawyer - does he (most likely a he - you don't seem to have an inkling that a she might actually be a perfectly viable lawyer...) got his own affairs in order?
Your loss.
Anyway - where was I...? Oh yes - your little Shitehole of a country has a (and I don't wish to offend a genuine Neanderthal) Neanderthal-like approach to the world. You seem stuck in a universe of at least 1,000 years ago (if not at least a million), and you have refused to move on, all the while berating everyone else who has! You really, REALLY suck! You are an embarrassment to what passes for the Human Race, and given what is happening in other parts of the world, that should set a few alarm bells ringing - shouldn't it?
What other parts? Of the world? Well, how long do you have...? The USA? A duly-elected Pres, and he is being ceremoniously crucified every single day, by people who literally have no argument, and yet they seem to have some of the loudest voices around. These are the Uni-educated SJWs, cis-gendered (whatever that is), non-binary (or is it binary...I get so confused by this drivel)….
They are fools. Let's sum it up by saying that.
Europe? Well, in case you have been lying under a rock for the last few years, it looks as if Europe is going pear-shaped, at an exponential rate (that means it gets quicker...sheesh!) due a number of factors.
1. Britain. We had a referendum, 2.5 years ago, which, we were told, was (sort of) binding) and yet in the last 2.5 years we have seen the very basics of British Politics (at it's best) being thrown under the cart - we have seen Democracy abandoned by the Politicians that we, the voting plebs, just keep returning. How is this - and why? If something is broken, then you either fix it (by due elections) or you throw it away and start again (that's too close to civil war, which we all know is never civil)
2. Germany. Yep, that's it. Germany. Number one mess is because of Germany. Oh, and their lunatic leaders, but essentially it's Germany...
nuff said...they started it (Yes you did - you should NOT have invaded Poland...)
3. Sweden. The lunatic government (which is still in office - go figure??? how does Sweden just keep electing such a bunch of sociopathic brain-dead idiots back into office? Do you think it'll change, the next time...?)
Really...?
Wow!
4. Watch this space. Hungary, Poland, Italy and a small number have said 'Enough!', and they then get on the receiving end of the EU dictators (what else can you call them?)
5. The United Nations. What a sick joke this bunch is! Just recently, they are trying to push some insane idea that uncontrolled immigration is some form of 'human right', and they are threatening anyone who says otherwise.
Get outta here! Take this mindless drivel, and shove it, where the sun don't shine!
This world is already messed up, and the very idea that we have a legally-empowered, but uncontrolled immigration just sets off every alarm bell. If you don't think that this is so, then you are just part of the problem.
Oh yes. You are...
I have just re-read this, and I have wandered a bit from the original idea of Atheism. Wait for part 2..coming soon, unless I am prohibited from voicing my opinion...well, wait and see... .

October 2018...

Are you paying attention? Yes - you! The idiots that (in the USA) could be called Democrats. The idiots (spread so far around the world...that I begin to wonder...and worry...) spread everywhere else - and that includes so many places that 'promote' themselves as 'modern' (wtf?) or even 'moderate' (well, that's pretty sick...) Indonesia? Moderate? Modern? ...according to what set of rules? Not mine! Ok, so what set of rules do YOU operate with? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3377187/Screaming-agony-woman-caned-crowd-close-proximity-man-not-married-Indonesian-region-s-sharia-law.html Indonesia? Part of the 21st century? GMAFB! According to which calendar! Not the one I'm used to...https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/11/indonesia-gay-men-facing-100-lashes-for-having-sex Where else...Saudi..? Really? I mean - REALLY - ? The Middle East - well, that screws it all up, pretty well across the bored board. Let's see - Jordan? Iran? Iraq? Virtually any Middle East country...? Wait...? What? Israel? What's that - where's that? Oh, come on, it has a tiny population --- what do you mean they totally trounced the neighbours and their aggressive air force, the military, and all that. They won? Huh? How is that even possible...? Wow...now THAT's a people I could get behind.

You heard it here first, folks...

Interviewer: "Good morning to you all, and welcome to Phillip Kingston, the newly elected leader of the British Values party."
Looking as relaxed as I could, and holding a smile on my face (this interview is MINE, I thought!) "Thank you, Steven. Let's see if it a pleasure for me to be here, shall we?"
A slightly confused look on his face: "Um - pardon? I'm not sure I understand..."
Still with a smile on my face "Yes you do, so don't play the patsy with me. That's just insulting - to me, and all of the people who will end up watching this. Did you even watch the Tommy Robinson interview, or did you just hear from someone who said they knew someone who had seen the edited highlights?"
"Mr Kingston, there's no reason to be starting this interview in a hostile manner..."
My smile was a good as always - yes, this is mine... A slightly shocked look on my face "Hostile? Me? I'm not in the least bit hostile, as you full well know!" I laughed - that always annoys them. I giggled, almost to off-camera. "Hostile? Me? That's a joke...So, what is it that you think you want to trip me up on - even though I probably already know...?"
Trying to get control back "Mr Kingston, that's a bit harsh. We invited you here for a discussion on you and the very new party..."
Me, interrupting, but still smiling and chuckling. "No you didn't. You got me here to try desperately to stitch me up. You know it, I know it, and the millions who are watching this already know it. You are already planning to edit this session, and putting the bits together to put me and the party in a bad light. I, on the other hand, decided to turn up anyway, because I need this publicity, and the party will only benefit from it, once they see how this session turns out."
I paused, he paused, and I smiled and said "So, Steven, do you have a first question...?"
By now it was clear to me, and probably a lot of the viewers, that Steven here, a seasoned interviewer (read: good at hatchet jobs) was a little riled, but he shuffled the papers in front of him, and started out with "Mr Kingston, your new party has made some rapid growth in membership, if we can understand the figures, and the recently published manifesto goes into some detail, so I wondered if we could start with you first - who you are - and then go through the main points of the manifesto?"
"Of course. What do you want to know?"
Silence, and then "I thought I just said. I want to know about you."
"Yes. What do you want to know about me?"
More silence, then "Mr Kingston, it's a simple question, surely?"
"Is it? Do you really think that? Hmmm, let me think... OK, you are a man, you are currently interviewing me - so tell me about yourself."
"That's not how this is supposed to work."
"Well, it will work when you can ask me a clear question, one that I can answer within the short time-frame of this interview. You have asked me a nothing question. To describe me and my life will take more than the 25 seconds that you are going to allow me to answer it, so you will have to start by being clear."
Re-shuffling the papers, and getting more riled by the second (a lovely thing to see...) he continued with "Very well, the party. How has that come about, and how do you explain the rapid growth in numbers?"
"I think I can answer the first part, by going back over ground that you know about already, and I am sure that most of the viewers already know about, too. And yes, it concerns a number of factors, and if you only talk about any one of them, in isolation, then you are wasting everyone's time. So, Steven, what's it to be? Shall I try my best to explain properly, or are you just going to hatchet job me, like you have done to all of the others you've interviewed?" I smiled at him - it just kills them when you keep smiling, no matter what you are talking about!

Time to take a look around...

Can we all just hold it for a moment? Take a slow, deep breath, and... relax... Good. Now then - where are we? It's the 1st of May, 2018. Wow, but it's been a busy time for everyone. I mean, look at the USA - solving a long-standing squabble between the Korea's, sorting out tax breaks, upsetting a whole load of lefty-types, but still cementing the position of the President even more...one to watch. Canada has seemingly got an idiot in charge, but hopefully that will change (when are their next elections...?). Europe has seemingly got an idiot in charge of most of the countries - Germany, France, UK, and more. A few country leaders have decided that the EU 'policy' of open borders, lunatic immigration levels, etc, is simply not going to work, so they have, quite rightly, set their line in the sand - Hungary and Austria, mainly, but others are murmuring... Oh yes...immigration. What most people don't seem to understand is that most countries around the world have always had a form of immigration. It's not something new. The USA only exists because of immigration (although the original population would probably call that an invasion...let's not go on about the near-genocide that happened...). What we have seen around the globe (well, around certain parts of the globe...some parts are refusing to join in with this mass-psychosis) is a massive repositioning of huge numbers of people. It started out, just a few years back, as Syrian refugees. The mess that was, and still is, Syria caused insane amounts of people to be forced from their homes. Many went into Turkey (and in spite of their crazy leadership, all credit to them for taking them in). The problem is that a lot of these people then continued from Turkey, and started into mainland Europe. They didn't stop at the first country, but kept going. We now have an impossible situation, where literally hundreds of thousands of people, that we know nothing about, have vanished off everyone's radar. They are untraceable. The problem was originally that terrorist groups were instigating this, and then using it to move into countries, with the sole intention of causing mayhem (the deaths and injuries - well, that's just collateral damage. All part of living in big cities...in the 21st century). And to add to this, we now have an untold number coming over to Europe directly from North Africa. So we have the original Syrian conflict being overshadowed by a completely impossible-to-identify number of people - we don't even know what countries most of them are starting from! They deliberately arrive with no paperwork, and plead refugee status. But a lot seem to have their mobile phones...not sure how they managed that...

Well, that time is upon me.......

Don't panic - I'm not. At some time in ones life, one (me!) is supposed to be able to look forward to that 'old persons' thing called retirement. Well, it's here - I am now officially retired (yeah, baby, I am THAT OLD!) I was working for the last couple of months, trying to cope with the day to day operation, and it proved a little too much (I am only 25 after all...) so we had to agree to part company. And I had to get realistic! I have had some pensions kick in, so financially we are semi-solvent (we'll see...) and it did cross my mind that the salary I had coming in was playing hell with my tax code. So, here I am, at home, trying to think of things to do....apart from Twitter, FB, the music (2 choirs), creating sound files, using SongWriter, the garden, the house, the shopping, the....oh, yes. The wife. She'll cope, apart from thinking that I will be bored! She knows me so...well....little! I am now planning all of those things that I wanted to do, but just couldn't get around to, as I was spending weekends recovering from a hard graft of Mon-Fri, 9-5. I am not going to be bored! I have already designed an Events/Resources calendar, that display a month, and you scroll through, looking at next month, last month, whatever. It works! I will be adding some reporting, and fine-tuning things over the next few weeks, but it's there - the bulk of it. I am now adding a Category filter, for Event types. There is so much that can be packed in to this - oh, yes, it's in VB.Net, using MS SQL, for anyone who cares.