Blame the pagans

23/07/2007 by Lee.

In a publicity stunt for the new Simpsons movie, a giant Homer Simpson was painted on the hillside at Cerne Abbas, Dorset, next to the somewhat older chalk outline of what some think to be an ancient fertility symbol. Local pagans were somewhat shocked by this, and promised to do some, “rain magic” to wash the paint based version away. ENOUGH WITH THE MAGIC!!!!

The question is, having proclaimed that they were going to perform this magic in the national press and the the deluge that then followed, can we hold these people accountable? They said they were going to make it rain, and it did. Could those that have been devasted by the floods launch legal action against them? It would certainly raise an interesting debate. The pagan rainmakers would either have to admit that they brought this rain, ergo caused the flooding and the responsibilities that go with that or, admit that it’s all bollocks and they didn’t do anything other than stand in a circle, chanting with sheets on their heads. Either route is a poor option for them. Admit that they have no power and it’s all mumbo-jumbo or that they are really powerful uber pagans and due to a bit of a cock up they’ve placed most of England under water, oops, our bad.

This is not unlike the dilemma faced by the church in the Billy Connolly film, ”The man who sued God“. If you get a chance to see this you really should. Connolly plays Steve Myers, a lawyer turned fisherman in Australia. During a storm, Myers’ boat is destroyed and the insuarance company fails to pay out, citing an Act of God. Myers goes on to sue the church as Gods representative on Earth for destroying his boat. The quandry of course that if it was an act of God, then the church is liable and the only way to avoid liablity is to admit that God does not exist. I won’t go on to spoil the rest of the film for you, but it is well worth watching.

I wonder if the DVD is doing the rounds in the pagan community at the moment?

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