Do you practice religion?

~ Billy Mann

Only when I’m angry

At least that is how I wanted to answer this question on noticing that once again Our Host hosts a forced marriage of verbs and nouns. Had I wanted to be serious about this matter I would have answered the question DO YOU PRACTISE RELIGION? But since the US language imperialists use PRACTICE as a verb, when it has a perfectly good job as a noun (dental practice, piano practice), I am inclined to be facetious. So no, I don’t PRACTICE religion. And I don’t PRACTISE one either. I had intended to expand on my short answer by scratching out a lengthy thesis with the title IS RELIGION THE POLITICS OF FAITH? But I’m too angry now, so hey ho, each to their own, be nice, etc.

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I'm originally from Liverpool and worked as a national magazine journalist for more than 30 years before suffering a stroke at age 53. I started blogging as part of a neuro-rehabilitation programme and wrote the very first entries with one finger of my disabled left hand. Later, art became another therapy for me at Headway East London's Submit To Love Studios. I write about my daily activities and encounters. In 1988, I married Jane. We are still together today, sharing our lives and making each other laugh.

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