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slim63

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Nice sentiment ruined by the last lines basing it on a fairy story, without that it would have been fine
 

Pow-Lo

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Nice sentiment ruined by the last lines basing it on a fairy story, without that it would have been fine
I respectfully disagree, Tony.

St. Mother T. worded her verse carefully to the point of genius; "...between you and your God...". That doesn't necessarily mean a big guy with a long flowing white beard who lives 'up there'. Everyone worships something, whether it be 'God' (or any other deity), their significant other, motorcycle, bank balance, porn stash, tits, whatever.

And that, my friend, is the whole point of it. It's between you and who/whatever you answer to (y)
 

Cougar377

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I respectfully disagree, Tony.

St. Mother T. worded her verse carefully to the point of genius; "...between you and your God...". That doesn't necessarily mean a big guy with a long flowing white beard who lives 'up there'. Everyone worships something, whether it be 'God' (or any other deity), their significant other, motorcycle, bank balance, porn stash, tits, whatever.

And that, my friend, is the whole point of it. It's between you and who/whatever you answer to (y)

The only thing I answer to is my own moral code.... which is a constantly evolving thing to meet the vagaries of life on this planet. On any given day I could follow all or none of her suggestions....depends on the situation and the muppets I'm faced with.

I don't need a "god" figure, a religion, a belief system or the words of wisdom from a "Saint" to remind me of my place in the universe and how I should behave.
 

Centaur

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In the beginning anything peeps didn't understand they attributed to a god. God of fire, god of wind, god of the seas etc. As we became more educated we realised these gods did not exist. Sadly, some people's childhood brainwashing has stuck. Which pope said? .... "Give me a child for the first X number of years of their life and I will give you a catholic for ever". Churches are populated by the young who are sent there to give the parents a break and old people paying insurance premiums. If it makes them happy then Ok except in cases like Texas and N.I. where religious beliefs are impacting on other peoples' freedoms.
 

Squag1

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Still a lot of occurrences difficult to explain, as I experienced, I mentioned before.
 

Minkey

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I think people should be allowed to believe what they want and shouldn't be mocked just because you don't understand it, I'm a lapsed catholic ( I don't agree with their stance on somethings) but I do have my beliefs
 

derek kelly

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As someone who had religion hammered into them from an early age, much of my younger years were spent in confusion, the bible says don’t do this, so why is the Pastor doing it? The bible says love thy neighbour so why are my parents slagging off the next door neighbour, a lot of what is preached makes sense however those preaching it aren’t practising it, I have always had a strong sense of justice & firmly believe in an eye for an eye.
 

Minkey

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An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth and the world ends up blind and toothless, sometimes you have to turn the other cheek, and forgive people rather than seeing revenge all of the times, no wonder there are so many wars throughout history
 

Pow-Lo

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The only thing I answer to is my own moral code.... which is a constantly evolving thing to meet the vagaries of life on this planet. On any given day I could follow all or none of her suggestions....depends on the situation and the muppets I'm faced with.

I don't need a "god" figure, a religion, a belief system or the words of wisdom from a "Saint" to remind me of my place in the universe and how I should behave.
My point (and St. Mother T’s) exactly. You answer to you own moral code and that’s who it’s between, you and your code.

However, I suspect Mrs Cougar might have an opinion there somewhere

:sisi3:
 

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My point (and St. Mother T’s) exactly. You answer to you own moral code and that’s who it’s between, you and your code.

However, I suspect Mrs Cougar might have an opinion there somewhere

:sisi3:
You leave Mrs. Cougar out of it..... Quick, she's coming. Hide.
 

Cougar377

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An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth and the world ends up blind and toothless, sometimes you have to turn the other cheek, and forgive people rather than seeing revenge all of the times, no wonder there are so many wars throughout history
Kill 'em all, let god sort them out. (y)
 

slim63

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I respectfully disagree, Tony.

St. Mother T. worded her verse carefully to the point of genius; "...between you and your God...". That doesn't necessarily mean a big guy with a long flowing white beard who lives 'up there'. Everyone worships something, whether it be 'God' (or any other deity), their significant other, motorcycle, bank balance, porn stash, tits, whatever.

And that, my friend, is the whole point of it. It's between you and who/whatever you answer to (y)
That was an off the cuff remark really mate, I have no problem with people believing and no doubt mother T did good works I just don't feel the need to personally believe or name a god in order to live my life in a decent honest way

Only a personal belief but I think all organized religion was and still is (to a lesser extent) a tool for controlling the masses so its not for me

Point taken about YOU and YOUR god I do see what you are saying there but for me no god exists the nearest I can get is doing what I believe right by my own standards I don't need rules or expensive churches or any place to visit to do that

Probably not explained that quite right but its as close as I can get, absolutely no offence meant to anyone with a different view
 

derek kelly

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I vaguely remember something in the 70’s on tv, could have been a David Dimblebey programme, there were three religious high ups from different religions & an Atheist & the Atheist said something like “if you’re right then there’s only one of the three of you going to heaven”
 

Pow-Lo

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That was an off the cuff remark really mate, I have no problem with people believing and no doubt mother T did good works I just don't feel the need to personally believe or name a god in order to live my life in a decent honest way

Only a personal belief but I think all organized religion was and still is (to a lesser extent) a tool for controlling the masses so its not for me

Point taken about YOU and YOUR god I do see what you are saying there but for me no god exists the nearest I can get is doing what I believe right by my own standards I don't need rules or expensive churches or any place to visit to do that

Probably not explained that quite right but its as close as I can get, absolutely no offence meant to anyone with a different view
Sounds a bit like what Cougar said; you have your own code and that's what you live by. I'm cool with that (y)

A mate of mine is a complete atheist. However, he lives like a Christian. His view is that the majority of religions can be summed up with one simple sentence - 'Don't be a c**t'. When you think about it, he's got a point. Look at the Ten Commandments - don't steal, don't kill, don't commit adultery, etc etc. His point is if you do any of those things, you're a C word, so don't. Makes sense to me.
 

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Sounds a bit like what Cougar said; you have your own code and that's what you live by. I'm cool with that (y)

A mate of mine is a complete atheist. However, he lives like a Christian. His view is that the majority of religions can be summed up with one simple sentence - 'Don't be a c**t'. When you think about it, he's got a point. Look at the Ten Commandments - don't steal, don't kill, don't commit adultery, etc etc. His point is if you do any of those things, you're a C word, so don't. Makes sense to me.
I think we can all live like Christians without actually being Christians, but I have no problem with people being Christians as long as they don't go all fundamentalist on me about it.
The basic moral principles of Christianity that this country was built on and the fact that the majority continue to follow them (whether they are religious or not) are what make this country still worth living in.

And that's the one thing thing that needs to be rammed home to people who say that religion is on the decline in Britain therefore you can no longer call the country a fundamentally Christian country anymore. I say that's bullshit as the basic tenets of Christianity still underpin the moral code that most British people generally live by.
 
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