Monday notes

Brilliant sunshine this morning - in between the showers - but not very warm. Only 8C at the moment, and it's not going to get any better as the week goes on. By the end of this week, the Scottish mountains will be donning their white hats. It's called SNOW.

Regarding the wee video in previous entry, the music is the national anthem of Zimbabwe. The second clue is the portrait of Mr Mugabe before the credits. I played it in-house here, and when the mugshot appeared, the air turned pretty blue here.

A boy of 9 was seriously injured on the A866 Stornoway to Point road on Friday, when he was run over by a car at around sunset time, 4.20pm. He was taken to Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway, to be transferred to Yorkhill Hospital in Glasgow. His condition is described as serious but stable.

A very sad story came out from the Shropshire town of Telford, where a young woman died after giving birth to twins. She required a blood transfusion, but declined it as she was a Jehovah's Witness. Their faith forbids blood transfusions. The British Medical Association have stated that people who decline a transfusion on grounds of faith accept the inherent risk of death.

Have to say that although I respect everybody's religious convictions, that I really dislike the various interpretations and misinterpretations of the Scriptures to some groups' ends. It has led to no end of petty strife, quite prevalent in Lewis as in other Protestant communities. The Bible was not written in English, it was written in a variety of ancient languages and translated and transcribed over and over again. The niceties in the original text may have become distorted or got lost - and who on Earth can tell what God meant by the Scriptures He left among us? I know I'm pulling down a cornerstone of the Roman Catholic faith by saying that even the Pope cannot say.