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My earliest memory of religion was growing up on an army base in Germany. Every Sunday the whole Regiment would attend a religious service. When I say the 'whole' Regiment I actually mean half of it because the other half was in NI. It seemed like most weeks the Colonel would announce that somebody had died, and this announcement would be followed by a rousing rendition of 'Onward Christian Soldiers'. Following this the kids were forced to attend what they called 'Sunday School' which was being stuck in a room with an old lady and being forced to listen to bible stories and colour in pictures of white men with beards in the middle-east, where very few white men would have been at that point in history. This was intended to reinforce the perception that white equals good and dusky equals bad, even for little kids.
It all seemed a tad silly to me, particularly the formalised sing-song after a death and the white v brown indoctrination. I have never trusted religion since... ____________________ Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
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Church Parade in the cubs was my first experience of organised religion. Immediately thought it was all bollocks then,
haven't seen anything in the 38 years since to change my mind. That said, I spent many happy years in the cubs,
scouts, army cadets and then venture scouts. Met lifelong friends there, but I could never get on with the religious brainwashing
you were subjected to while you were taking part. I am glad they have tried to move with the times and turn the sky fairy
crap down a notch or two. ____________________ Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
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If we didn't have religion to cause wars, something else would take it's place. ____________________ Mpd72: I can categorically say i’m Brighter than that, no matter how I come across on here.
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I once got a lift to the shops off a religionist when I was studying in Edinburgh.
Heading down the hill to Cameron Toll roundabout he took both fucking hands off the wheel, clasped them in praying position, closed his fucking eyes and said "Dear lord, help me to negotiate this roundabout safely." then proceeded straight out into traffic without either looking or slowing down.
He'd abdicated all responsability for driving, he considered if he crashed it was due to lack of faith, not lack of following the rules of the road or looking where the fuck he was going.
Once we were safely installed in the carpark, I put it to him that perhaps god had provided him with a brain and two eyes in order to ensure he didn't crash his car. He looked at me like I was insane.
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grr666 wrote: | Church Parade in the cubs was my first experience of organised religion. Immediately thought it was all bollocks then,
haven't seen anything in the 38 years since to change my mind. That said, I spent many happy years in the cubs,
scouts, army cadets and then venture scouts. Met lifelong friends there, but I could never get on with the religious brainwashing
you were subjected to while you were taking part. I am glad they have tried to move with the times and turn the sky fairy
crap down a notch or two. |
I was thinking about this the other day, how much religion we had in school, and it was a fair amount considering they were state schools. However the religious kids seemed to all get it from home. I do genuinely wonder what the religious uptake would be without the parental (or family) influence.
Jewlio Rides Again LLB wrote: | If we didn't have religion to cause wars, something else would take it's place. |
Resisting the urge to give you a there. Instead I'll post this: https://youtu.be/7yBlU5aYfAg?t=7
Religion is all about divide and conquer, before you had the MSM to do that I don't have a problem with people having a personal relationship with 'god', whatever they perceive that to be, however all the mainstream religions do more harm than good IMO.
Think about every shitty third world country, fairly religious right? In 'evolved' countries we've had enough people question religion to move things along, otherwise we'd still be praying to Jebus every time we get ill. Unfortunately as we keep importing people who believe in sky fairies we're going backwards |
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Polarbear wrote: | I love cathedrals and churches. I love going and exploring them, marvelling at how some stonemasons, with no lifting gear, built these amazing buildings.
I would happily donate to their upkeep if it was just to their upkeep but you just know a fair whack is syphoned off for running the church rather than just the building fabric. |
Isn't it funny; it took the thing we all hate - religion- to get these built. Perhaps their upkeep should all be taken on by English Heritage and/or The National Trust - the cathedrals at least.
Now what do we build? Glass and steel monuments to the god of money. And they're all so boring. Although, I must admit, in certain light, the skyscrapers of the big cities can look quite impressive, but they'll never match the detailed gothic stonework and soaring spires of a cathedral for sheer beauty, and never mind the stunning decorativeness of the interiors.
There are some skills we should never have allowed to disappear, but I wonder what it would cost to build such now? Kings of old virtually bankrupt entire nations to build their castles once upon a time, but an intricate cathedral must have been at least as expensive - relative to size, I imagine far more so.
Anyway, what motivation, what use could we possibly have for such constructs today?
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 161 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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