Frequently Asked Questions
Some questions do not have an answer, but lead to another question, but better to ask questions than waste a life answering nothing.
Surely it is mental illness to believe what this site explains?
Is praying to an invisible God, or god's, normal? Billions are doing it. Also - a well educated and articulate communications officer and cleric for the diocese of Carlisle referred to a Christian campaigner as 'bonkers'. The cleric regards himself as a liberal thinker, who engages with leaders of other faiths and respects such people as Hindus who worship monkey's and the like. Yet he was willing to demean another Christian of a minority belief, by referring to him as 'bonkers'. The cleric also brought the Anne Frank exhibition to Carlisle. Anne was Jew and the Germans first ridiculed the Jews before the Natzi persecution began in earnest.
Why were a minority group of concerned Christians exposed to such a disproportionate level of abuse from clerics, councillors, an MP and reports and letters in the media, including powerful mediums of influence such as The Cumberland news and the Evening News? A book has been written that reveals truths that the media either failed to uncover, or covered up.
The Russian establishment once used to place dissidents in mental institutions, for believing in God enough to face persecution. If a member of the Christian establishment will not tolerate another Christian's genuine view, what hope is their?
Ok, a lot of seriously bad things have happened in Carlisle, but that's life, isn't it?
Cause and affect!
Are you saying there has been a conspiracy?
The word conspiracy had not been occurred to me until a local reporter tried to goad me into suggesting such a thing. Of course if I had said such a thing, no doubt I would have been even more easily misrepresented as a delusioned paranoid.
Consider this. Two people sit together over a pint in a quiet local pub and plan an action that will cause someone harm,or loss. That is a called a conspiracy and it is a criminal act.
Perversely, two or more people sit around a desk in a respectable office and plan to undermine, misrepresent, ridicule and condemn unjustly another human being. The victim is then hated by some members of the public, who take action against the victim. That is called an editorial committee meeting and their lawyers and deep pockets and connections in the establishment make them above the law. Which 'conspiracy' do you think is the most frightening?
Such ‘conspiracies’ have also occurred amongst some church leaders whose beliefs are opposed to my beliefs. The days of the witch hunt are not over, but instead of killing their victim, they simply misrepresent someone and allow Joe public to do the rest. It is difficult to have a life when people condemn you for what you have neither said, or done. There are not enough hours in the day to undo the damage that a newspaper with tens of thousands of readers, can do to you.
What about the Press Complaints Commission? It is run by media and newspaper people. You work it out.
We live in a free democracy and aren't people entitled to want pagan god's and cursing stones?
Yes. Trouble is that the public were not told that a pagan god was on their Millennium Logo, until a local Christian started asking questions and blew the whistle.
The public were also misled about the curse and misled about what the objectors to the use of the curse believed and wanted. If everything was above board, why was there so much hidden from the public?
Is our democracy not undermined when those with hidden agendas manipulate the public? The objectors were a minority group and they were persecuted, even by some church leaders. Many people’s opposition and even hatred was based entirely upon what they read in the press. Indeed, there were even meetings between Christian leaders, who judged the campaigners, without even asking them to be present to present an explanation, or even offer them any opportunity to explain their beliefs and actions.
Do you think Carlisle United are cursed?
No. I never said they were. I simply included the teams relegation out of the League as one of many unhappy events to befall the City of Carlisle. The local reporter decided to interpret that as Carlisle United were cursed.
The truth is that saying Carlisle United were cursed was a media hype that served to ridicule the Christians and undermine their genuine concerns as regards what was happening to Carlisle. The inaccurate press reports served to support those who want a curse as a tourist attraction and who want a curse to be seen as a legitimate and proper way to behave. ie. to curse those you hate. Is that the society that you want to live in?
Why has there been such a disproportionate level of resistance to to those who expressed their genuine concerns regarding Carlisle’s Millennium Project?
Answering that question was one of the motivations for writing the book. Read the book!
Truth is often stranger than fiction.