In my view, the whole religion – and what the Romans did too – is about combining whatever was happening at the time and turning it to their advantage.
It is, of course, utterly ridiculous to appoint a rabble-rouser or socialist as King of the Jews, someone who wasn’t even Jewish, but it was a shrewd move and better than banning it. To what extent he was illiterate, and whether this played a role at the time, is the question. It is said that he apparently made the news and knew how to appeal to the common people. In fact, we know nothing about that child, not even whether he was born in an inn in winter whilst the shepherds camped under the stars, or whether his father was a carpenter. Was he? Is that important? Perhaps Mary could read and write? In any case, the couple were not married; that must have been quite something in those days, or perhaps it meant nothing at all, for marriage was only later devised by the Church, followed by the state.

In times of need, people seek a faith, preferably something that suits them a little, or something they hope will offer them salvation, or of course that saviour in times of need. You see this throughout the centuries, and not just in religion.

You, of course, can also start a faith; a crisis is always a good time for that. New ideas, new rays of hope and new saviours are then sought.
History teaches us that too; otherwise, Hitler would never have got so far, nor would other leaders. Generally speaking, people are lazy and want someone else to do the dirty work for them; this also applies to their salvation, which is why there is too much praying, far too much praying, and God is then expected to sort it out. So much for reason and being superior to an animal.

Is socialism still relevant today? Socialism only if it comes from each individual themselves, from their own capabilities. The welfare state sounds nice, but here too, many of those for whom it is intended fall by the wayside, whilst there are too many freeloaders (parasites) for whom that system was never intended. The fact is that the working population is shrinking, and that’s not the fault of the elderly, because we’ve brought in millions of young lads, Rutte’s ‘gems of opportunity’ – all highly educated, according to him, but clearly incapable of working. So... remigration seems to me to be an excellent solution. Those who can work don’t have to beg for handouts and can work, make contacts and integrate. You can’t do that from the comfort of your armchair, or if you spend public holidays and holidays in the country you fled from with a car full of luggage.

Anyway, the EU has passport scanners and facial recognition + fingerprinting if you’re coming from outside the EU and arriving by plane. Interpol can track you down too. Unfortunately, none of those millions arrived by plane. So no one will be registered.

If the future looks bright, I won’t be around to see it.

The sun is shining, so I’m going to hang about outside for a couple of hours.

P.S. I find that tanning in the Middle East rather disappointing. I reckon they’re rather sun-shy and dressed too warmly, but who knows, perhaps that’s only come about later – all that talk about the sun being unhealthy and that you can manage without vitamin D...

I doubt we can trust the news...

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