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What a serious turn this light hearted thread has taken :23:
Strange restrictions placed on people by their religion
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Because he does.....FACT! And as I used and exclamation mark my FACT trumps yours :89:
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I would luv to join a religion where i am the leader and all bow before me, i might call this religion errrm a Cult, and make some great worshiping rules like, topless women vickers doing morning service, i would be a cool cult leader tbh
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Surely you wouldn't join a religion that you were the leader of, you would found it. I expect it would be quite popular Clive, as long as your holy scripture was not written in Yam Yam :3:
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I am now official
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Are you on the Vimto again Clive ?.......
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kefkat
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With greatest respect Clive, you don't know enough about Christianity to say that. You have your pre conceived ideas., like I did once.
Far from out dated Clive. You haven't a clue how the Church is changing and modernizing. OK they aren't all.
There is nothing controlling about Christianity if you know it has I do. Christianity is not a microwave meal. You can't learn it all overnight.
Most people don't want to learn. That is fine. However Christianity isn't has outdated as many think.
You only have to take a look at my church, of which a third of the church is under 30. The youth work done by people who are under 30 and are Christians. Granted it isn't like it in in every church.
The church is far more modern in many than you realise
kefkat
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If it wasn't faith Colin, it would have another name: People fight and argue all the time. I don't deny they is harm done by people who claim to be of faith.
Also there is more good done in the name of the Christian faith than there isn't. You don''t hear about that cos it doesn't sell media space.
CAP/REFLECT/Food banks are just 3 examples of what the Christian community do in The U.K.
Abroad the massive missionary works being done people don't realize.
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Oh for goodness sake Kefkat, colavfc and the rest of you, can you not leave it alone and stop ruining a nice light hearted thread? Just because others have done so, is that a good reason for you too? We all know your religious stance from a hundred other threads where it was far more aporopriate to post them. This was just a light hearted bit of fun, can we not have that about a subject from time to time without people feeling the need spout their already well voiced views?
OnMeHeadFred
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This does seem to be yet another very thinly disguised attack on religion and the religious, which, even if I am not religious, seems rather unfair.
It would seem that most of us are skating on very thin ice when we attack religion because football is replete with superstition and magical thinking, and, these days, is morally and politically suspect to say the least.
And, how much does the average fan sacrifice, in terms of money and opportunity loss, by supporting a club? These sacrifices in terms of money and time are far greater than most churches demand of their believers. A church might ask for a tithe (10%) but I know that many football fans pay out far more than 10% of their income, for the sake of their belief.
Attacking the religious is unfair, just as it would be unfair to attack people who think body-building gives meaning to their lives, which is another activity which is far from devoid of restrictions and the belief in the power and magic of supplements.
Read the thread on motivation and a better collection of mantras about faith and belief you'll not see, in anything other than a religion.
Religion may seem irrational but what we find is that when people cease to be religious, they don't become totally rational, they tend to transfer their irrationality to something else.
The ability of people who claim to be rational to hold irrational beliefs, is often far more shocking than someone who claims that rationality is not enough, who apparently believes in something which seems irrational.
Man lives by more than bread alone!
It would seem that most of us are skating on very thin ice when we attack religion because football is replete with superstition and magical thinking, and, these days, is morally and politically suspect to say the least.
And, how much does the average fan sacrifice, in terms of money and opportunity loss, by supporting a club? These sacrifices in terms of money and time are far greater than most churches demand of their believers. A church might ask for a tithe (10%) but I know that many football fans pay out far more than 10% of their income, for the sake of their belief.
Attacking the religious is unfair, just as it would be unfair to attack people who think body-building gives meaning to their lives, which is another activity which is far from devoid of restrictions and the belief in the power and magic of supplements.
Read the thread on motivation and a better collection of mantras about faith and belief you'll not see, in anything other than a religion.
Religion may seem irrational but what we find is that when people cease to be religious, they don't become totally rational, they tend to transfer their irrationality to something else.
The ability of people who claim to be rational to hold irrational beliefs, is often far more shocking than someone who claims that rationality is not enough, who apparently believes in something which seems irrational.
Man lives by more than bread alone!
OnMeHeadFred
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As father Jack would say: Dat would be a ecumenical question! :94:
kefkat
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I do like that last one KK.
Onmeheadfred, it would be very strange for this thread to be any form of attack on religion when the opening post was a humorous post about the church to which I myself belong, I joined some 15 years ago. But thanks for the concern for us religious types though, it is, believe it or not, genuinely appreciated.
Onmeheadfred, it would be very strange for this thread to be any form of attack on religion when the opening post was a humorous post about the church to which I myself belong, I joined some 15 years ago. But thanks for the concern for us religious types though, it is, believe it or not, genuinely appreciated.
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Chill out KK i was on the wind up :56: got you back for not believing my Randy Lerner sale rumours gossip :139: :35:
Yes Pride Vimto is good but the E numbers send me more loopy than i am already :39:
OnMeHeadFred
Vital Reserves Team
That's all right then.
People can tell as many jokes about their own religion as they like, except maybe Salman Rushdie.
Thanks for your appreciation - Blessed are those who wear magic underpants, don't they say.
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I can understand the seriousness it is to some about talking religion, my nan was a devote catholic and she emigrated from Ireland as a kid,if she was around now and heard me have a joke about religion i would have one almighty thick ear tbh
OnMeHeadFred
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Jonathan
I thought your motto, especially when you meet schoolgirls in the street is:
FEEL THE FEAR AND DO IT ANYWAY! :10:
I thought your motto, especially when you meet schoolgirls in the street is:
FEEL THE FEAR AND DO IT ANYWAY! :10:
