So says major American humanist PZ Myers. What is he fussing about now, I wondered? He has picked up on a post on The Not-Quite-So-Friendly Humanist’s blog:

The Christian Union at the University of Edinburgh have put forward a motion for the student association’s AGM to allow themselves or another organisation to put Bibles in each of the bedrooms in Pollock Halls.

Myers, who I rate higher as a comedian than a scientist, wrote:

So why is the University of Edinburgh Christian Union pushing to have Bibles put in the students’ rooms? It seems like a slippery slope to me—before you know it, they’ll have verses emblazoned on the caber, you won’t be able to dive into your haggis without reciting a prayer, and they’ll be replacing the whiskey with wine.

It’s an interesting case of the tyranny of the majority. The Christians are writing this proposal, consciously making it inclusive and saying that any group can take advantage of it and stuff student rooms with their literature…while knowing full well that only the Christian Union is large enough, and backed by large international organizations dedicated to pushing religious propaganda, to be able to take advantage of the rule. Sneaky little gits.

It is a good sign, though, that other students are speaking out ferociously against the idea. That probably wouldn’t have happened in my generation.

My initial comment was:

“It’s an interesting case of the tyranny of the majority.”

So it is, PZ. You’re just so discriminated against, what with having to share the planet with other people!

You’ll no doubt be glad to know that Scotland (I am Scottish) has never been so spiritually dead. That’s why we have so many social problems, like suicide, drug-addiction, mental illness, divorce and violence. If you’re so clever, why won’t you realise that people’s spiritual needs are as important as (if not more so than) their physical requirements?

One commentator writes:

Stewart is here. Its on!

Cue the robust retorts from Myers’ rottweilers.