Village Atheist

A newly elected councillor in Toronto is turning heads after they found that he paid a pastor $300 dollars to bless his office, on inauguration day back on December 7th, 2010.

Michael Thompson paid Tai Adeboboye, pastor of Wilmar Heights Baptist Church for the office blessing. It’s one thing if you want to spend your own cash for your silly superstitious beliefs but to use tax payer money after you were backed by the newly elected mayor who campaigned against what they called the “gravy train” back in their fall campaign.

Of course where ministers or pastors are used in public ceremonies or events, they are paid public money that isn’t questioned but having your office blessed is taking it a step too far.

Shame on this councillor. If you want your office blessed, do it on your own dime. He was quoted defending his superstition by saying, “There is a lot to be done and I always need to have, besides my wife, another shoulder to lean on.” Really? You lean on your imaginary friends shoulder? Please demonstrate for us how you do such a thing.

He went on to say, “I always seek guidance and assistance, I don’t go to church everyday or anything, but I’m a religious guy and so I think that it is important to have God’s hand at my back or my right-hand side or my left, guiding me to make some of the decisions that we make.”

Some people just don’t give themselves enough credit. That thing that is guiding you is called your conscious, it’s not some magical bearded man in the sky telling you what to do, you thought of it on your own.

And for the record, if anyone out there wants their office blessed, I’ll do it cheaper than pastor Tai Adeboboye’s current rate. I’ll even clean the damn office if you want at such a rate, at least then I won’t feel guilty in taking money without actually doing anything.