Understanding, Intolerance and Consequences

I should note now this is all related to something Dennis said, which I had originally intended to respond to but given I couldn’t add anything more to the debate I felt it would be bad form:

Dennis said:
Jay, for someone who isn’t a christian, you have a remarkable understanding of Chrisitianity’s philosophies. Kudos.

Thank you Dennis for the kind remark, I have been trying my best and it’s always nice to be given these nudges to let me know if I’m on the right path or not. ^_^ But on the subject of understanding, I have lately been trying harder than usual to understand religions and cultures. I have always been interested in the two, especially when combined, and have retained an open mind however I discovered my mind was still closed to a degree. Perhaps this is inevitable: how many of us can go down our own path and not have a barrier? It’s probably for the best, however I felt my mind was far too cordoned off, more than I would have liked and it didn’t please me. I have many friends across the world who practice different religions and come from varied backgrounds so that has helped me somewhat, and it was rather shocking to discover I hadn’t been honest with myself about how open minded I really was.

End of an Era?

It’s offial, Blair will be leaving 12 months from now. So, the end of the Blair Supremcy is in sight – or is it? True enough, it is likely that this is no fable. Let’s face it, he might want to beat Thatcher’s reign* but the pressure is really on him. You can only ignore the people for so long. But is this really the end of it all? Will our successor lead us into a glorious era just as Blair had done after the disastererous Thatcher Era and equally tumultuous Major years? Or have we been deceived? Well, while many celebrate I can’t help but feel anticipation as I await the true Devil to step forth and usurp his rightful place as our Prime Minister. I speak of course of noneother than the true master, Gordon Brown.