A Year of Miracles

2020 has been a year of miracles. First, there were a deadly flu that turned harmless before our very eyes. But just as it was fading in severity, Boris Johnson caught a particularly bad strain of it. What followed was a miraculous journey to the underworld and back over the same days that Jesus did this almost 2000 years ago.

This real life drama prompted the world into a lockdown, but again there was a miracle. With the economy paralyzed and industrial production at a virtual stand still, stock markets reached new all time highs.

Then there was the miracle of politics where Trump got the most votes ever for a sitting president, but Biden managed to get even more, making him the candidate with the most votes ever. The normal rules of existence, where people refrain from choosing when presented with two unsavoury options did not apply on this occasion. People were out in force, eagerly voting for the least of two evils.

With so many miracles in science, economy and politics, it's odd that not a single one can be traced back to religion. It is as if all miracles have moved away form religion and into other fields of human existence. Or put another way, religion seems to have moved out of religion and into science, economy and politics, which are now firmly established as our new altars of worship.

Boris Johnson

By Ben Shread / Cabinet Office, OGL 3, Link