Are we a nation of dumb people?

There are those who consider that people who believe in an Almighty Being who brought the World into existence, who sustains it by His power and who loves His creation infinitely are a bit insane and to be distrusted.

Yet, these same people are happy for the State to assume powers that belong to that Almighty Being alone, such as the hour and manner of the death of its citizens, despite recent history suggesting that this may not be a wise idea.

Even if God were not to exist and all believers to be cruelly deceived, I'd still think, given the way the 20th century went, that the dumber contingent would be those who considered the State to be a reliable and trustworthy source of moral authority and wise judgment, especially when it comes to the matter of discerning the value of the lives of those citizens - of who should live and who should die.

I must confess that I am feeling rather low. My Grandma's just died, a homeless man I knew just died alone in a shop doorway and the British State is using psychological warfare on its own citizens, including me, trying to convince a nation that it would really be best if the wishes of the parents of terminally sick kids were ignored and an NHS doctor just walked round the wards pulling the plugs of life support machines from around the hospital walls like they'd just finished hoovering the floor.  Why? Because the views of those Christians (let's just call them 'parents') are not valid medical opinions, while the opinions of the Chief Executive of the Primary Care Trust, on the other hand, as s/he glances over the latest report of budgetary cuts, are. And then, as if all that were not bad enough, you read the eerie report in The Telegraph on the subject and the readers agree that this is a jolly good idea!

God help us. And these people think we're dumb! What a nation of lemmings! In their hatred and suspicion of the Church and Christians, they place all their trust, loyalty and even the value of the lives of their children in the hands a British State awash with people who, literally, despise human beings, even though they've watched TV documentaries about Hitler and Stalin and know how many people were killed once the State assumed the very same powers!