Karma?

Something that has just occurred to me given the refugee crisis at the moment is, what would have happened if everyone in France had left when the Germans turned up during WWII? Presumably, it would have made the invasion of Britain a lot more likely.

Why are all these people moving away rather than standing and fighting? And at what point will there be too many people in Europe? Most importantly, how can Greece afford to look after so many of them?

Actually, quite a few of them want to go to Germany. One chap I heard on Radio 4 this morning, said he was off to Germany and, when the interviewer asked him how he was getting there, the chap said “Walk!”

I rather like Slovakia’s move to not take any Muslims because they don’t have any mosques in the whole country and their Muslim population is minute. Of course, they are merely concerned that any refugees feel welcome and surrounded by friends.

But, returning to the radio…there was a rather bizarre story on the radio this morning concerning a marriage that was disrupted because it was between a Sikh and a non-Sikh. Apparently most Sikhs have a problem with non-Sikhs being married in Sikh places of worship. Really? One of the tenets of Sikhism is that “Everyone is equal before God.” Maybe this does not cover marriage.

They also believe in reincarnation and the effects of karma on their rebirth. I would have thought that disrupting someone’s wedding, traditionally one of the happiest days of someone’s life, would not be looked on kindly by who or whatever has the power to determine whether you come back as a cockroach or a prince.

Mixed marriage between Sikhs and non-Sikhs are ‘tolerated’ but, basically, it’s not liked at all. This is rather odd given how much the Sikh religion seems to be about caring for others and doing good. What does it matter? Surely if the Sikh god is cool with the union, he will bless the couple and move on. If he’s pissed off, he’ll damn them and they’ll return as dung beetles. Isn’t that the point of having a god? To take care of the ever after while we look after the refugees.

Mind you, if IS is correct then how come there is any refugees? Surely they should all be on their knees in celebratory prayer for the coming of the glory of…well, pre-civilisation I guess. We all know how much better off we’d be if we just destroyed everything.

And god has set the bar pretty high when it comes to destruction: the flood, Sodom & Gomorrah, his own son, all of everything at the end of everything, etc, etc.

But then, surely, if gods were real, humans could stop abusing each other because the gods would do it instead. Like they did today.

What an awful day! It only stopped raining for about two hours, the rest of the time chucking it down. At least we managed a walk.