Also, one fears the battle may not necessarily have been won yet, and popping open the bubbly now might just be a little premature. On the morning after the finding, the Afrikaans press was asking how far the courts have a right to interfere in this essentially Afrikaans church’s internal/private affairs. It will be interesting to see if the church does decide to appeal the decision, as it says it may.

Here’s a part of my opinion on the matter: they have been taught or discovered that sex or at least certain types of love make them feel uncomfortable. Then, to explain this irrational feeling, they decide this must be the will of the imaginary supreme being (who, after all is in their heads anyway.)

You often hear the religious types use these kinds of irrational excuses for more mundane matters. “I didn’t know what to do about (insert personal moral crisis here), so I opened up my bible, closed my eyes and picked a verse at random. And guess what! God spoke to me through that verse and told me to (insert irrational, emotional and possibly cruel action that they wanted to do in the first place and now feel perfectly justified to do.)