The Atheist Blogger

Oh dear, oh dear. It seems like a consortium of deluded fools are going to try and tap into all of Britain’s positive energy on 6th March at 11am. The “event” website has this to say on the choosing of the date:

March 6th has been chosen as Faith of Britain Day because March is a time of seeing light emerging from the darkness of Winter, therefore emphasising hope in an unsure world. Numerologically this date is symbolic because the 3rd month, the 6th day and the 9th year are all multiples of 3 which is about balance – which is what we strive to achieve as humans. The time, 11.00am is a master number, or a powerful 2 (1 + 1) which is the duality of the inner and outer self, encouraging us to look within to find solutions.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen such numerical nonsense in the same paragraph before…but wait! There’s more!

How do I take part?

At exactly 11.00 am on March 6th 2009, we ask that you stop whatever you are doing for just two minutes. Take that time to concentrate your thoughts on overcoming a particular difficulty or solving a problem that has affected your life. It may help to say quietly or aloud “I have faith” while you are thinking about this difficulty.

Why will this work?

It is a proven scientific fact that thinking about something often causes it to happen. Some call this quantum physics. Others simply call it “faith.” We ask that you open your mind to joining in with a unique psychic force that will change our lives through the power of thought.

I’d really like to see the scientific research papers they have been reading. Of course, as soon as I read all this, I knew somehow the freethinking community had to act. So I hereby declare March 6th “Think Negative” day. Do as much as you can to thwart the evil positive energy by being generally grumpy and negative. Some ideas:

• Email the organisers (info@thefaithofbritain.com or support@thefaithofbritain.com) and have a good moan at them about their lack of science skills.
• Find a psychic and proceed to predict “terrible happenings” for them within the next year.
• On March 7th, contact the organisers again to complain about the number of things that went wrong for you on March 6th, say you hold them personally responsible, and that you plan to sue them.

Have fun abusing all the negative energy!