Happy National Day!

Thank you Ting and Adel for commenting! I bet Adel is lustily singing along to cheesy National Day songs as we speak. hehe.
Ting! What are these man troubles that you seem to be having? My sister is having man troubles too. I have to say, I've never really had major issues with the opposite sex. I had simply resigned myself to the fact that I was going to be eternally overlooked. And then along came the one idiot on the planet who would change all that. But that's about it. Entirely black and white, none of those painful shades of grey that seem to plague all you pretty young things out there. On a bit of a tangent, I thought of a few other things to think of before taking the plunge to get married. If he thinks you're one of those people genetically "blessed" with no body hair even though you actually spend a small fortune and too many hours in a day involved in body hair removal, you are NOT ready to get married. :D
Slightly disconcerting news yesterday, the church down the road from my place burnt down. The school attached to it was undamaged thankfully. But apparently the fire took place at around 1am. I can't believe I heard nothing! Its less than 5 mins down a straight road and the fire trucks would have gone right by my house! I can't imagine how or why the fire started. Although apparently Howard and Rudd are having a debate organised by a Christian lobby group tonight. Perhaps an omen? I really dislike the idea of religion and politics mixing. I understand that religion is a large part of people's lives and so is politics, but that is no excuse for someone of a particular faith to expect their values to have a greater priority in a supposedly secular government. The fact that gay marriage is still against the law almost everywhere really irritates me. Not to offend anyone who believes in God, but why should your "invisible (imaginary?) friend" decide that two people who love each other should not have their genuine relationship be recognised by the state? And yet, it is entirely alright for people of the opposite sex who have known each other all of 15 mins and are drunk off their nut to be legally married. Does that seem wrong to anyone else? N and I were having a laugh the other day about conservative Christian groups in the US lobbying FOR the death penalty. What happened to "Thou shalt not kill"?? Was there a footnote that said "unless you really want to" that the rest of us were not privy to? hmm....I feel like I'm targeting Christians. This isn't intentional.
I think complete faith in God is not something I'll ever understand. Perhaps what I don't get is why when one person believes in a being that no one else can see, they are insane but when large numbers of people believe in this unseen being, its religion. I hope the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster really takes off. People need a less vengeful God to believe in. That said, I also understand that alot of people find strength in their belief in God. I suppose we all have to get that drive from somewhere and I think its great. I just don't like when they try and push their views on others. Ting? A perspective from the other side?? I have far too many thoughts on contemporary Christians and the Bible and they are all kinda jumbled around in my head. Not so much on other religions. Maybe because they are less in-your-face than Christian groups? Yes I have issues with the way some Muslims think also. Oh well. I've gotten far too carried away. I love everyone. And I'm really tired.