Beyer: “I’m like St Paul”
Another scoop from last night’s X-Rated on Channel 4: John Beyer claimed that he was like St Paul. It seems that these self-appointed guardians of the nation’s morals are fond of seeing themselves as biblical figures. With Stephen Green as John the Baptist, Beyer as St Paul, and new campaign groups springing up all the time, it won’t be long before we have the entire cast of the Bible watching over us.
Who, we wonder, does “Bishop” Michael Reid think he is? My guess is that he fancies himself as more of an Old Testament figure. Probably Moses.
To illuminate one’s actions by comparison with comparable actions of someone else is not to compare oneself to that figure wholesale.
We’d all agree that Beyer is like Paul or Green is like John in one or two particular matters (zeal, determination…) but they have never claimed to be like them in everything (diet of locusts and wild honey etc…)