I would say to Wexler that I believe in a God who made pretty much everything, but did it fairly sneakily so that we'd never notice he'd done and instead we'd run about making all these physical laws and staring at distant stars with telescopes in the hope of proving the existence of life elsewhere by catching the planetary wobble caused by an alien farting.
I'd say that I think he sent a part of Himself (or Herself, if you prefer, since He doesn't really have a gender, not really) to Earth to live amongst the proles, and that annoyed some of us who killed the human carrier of that part of Him, which was really unfair, frankly. But I'd say He went along with it anyway, though the human part of Him was probably a bit put-off for a moment, which is also quite human. But the great thing is that we can be saved from the inequity of sins if we stop being such arses and actually repent them. I think there were a lot of people who came after Him who were also quite nice. Also, I think his mum was a really good sort for having Him and all that, although no one ever bloody mentions Joseph who had to walk around for a good many years wondering what in the bloody hell was going on, poor sod. And yet we never mention the kick in the ego that must have been, do we? Oh, no: he's just expected to carry on, while we moan endlessly about Mary having to ride a donkey all the way to Bethlehem. Probably complained about his driving the whole time. Although to be honest, they probably didn't have a donkey and all that bit about the manger is probably nonsense, although I'll bet it was in a stable, because, honestly, travel really sucks.
I'd say that His message to us is that i) He exists and ii) that we should all be good to each other, although we still have to be part of society and all that. I'd say that His message is that we should love and respect other people, even when they really don't love and respect us. Which, again to be honest, is sometimes our fault.
I believe in this version of God because it's a fascinating and complex one, and to be honest we live in a fascinatingly complex world. Ergo, Christianity is the most rational religion for me. I think I'm right, but I won't run around chopping you up for thinking different, you miserable heathen git.
There we is.
Geoff
