Dave Meets God

A Dave Allen classic on YouTube relates the story of Allen’s first encounter with The Church as a four year old boy.

I have written before that if your starting point is reality, you’ll never derive the concept of God. Allen’s picture of religion through the eyes of such a naive boy illustrates that perfectly – and not only that, but other cruelties and absurdities “ennobled” by the Christian faith.

Though at least Christianity has had a few hundred years more defanging than certain related religions. As my brother said, we might have a bit of a wait before similar comedy comes out of the Islamic world.