Christians on arbtalk?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

wow, 12 pages in one evening! thats gotta be a new record or near!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I'm Brian! And so's my Wife!

 

No, not Christian. Bordering on Humanist.

 

"Do unto others......" is good enough for me.

 

 

your not brian, your a naughty naughty boy and your not going out to play!

[j warwick]

They say jesus saves: Maybe but not on my wages!!

[Jesse]

Interesting thread

 

Butler, didn't you say you were going to bed an hour ago..?!

 

I went to schools where we had chapel every day and twice on Sundays until the age of 12, my next school was attached to Worcester Cathedral. My wife is Catholic, my kids go to a church school, we got married in church, my kids are all baptised [littlest at harvest festival last year], I'd class our local vicar as a close family friend, we do christmas, easter, pancake day and I like to support our local church. Our best friends are heavily involved with a evangelical church in Brum and I like to live a good Christian life.

 

All that said. I don't believe a word of it. I dislike organised religion intensely, it is used as control or an excuse or both and the bible is nothing more than a story book. I don't pray when I'm in church, I don't sing the hymns or take the wafer, I don't join in because I feel obliged to because I'm there and the vicar knows how I feel but appreciates that I support the church for what it is, ie a great pillar of support in our rural community for those who need it. It doesn't need to be in the name of god and I don't need to be a hypocrite to support it.

 

So it doesn't mean that I can't pick out the good parts of our current chosen native religion and live by them. I try to put others first and everyone round here knows that if they're ever in need they can always ask us and no matter what, we will do everything we can. In all honesty, I'm could even be a better 'christian' than many card carrying religionists, I don't go in for gay-bashing, I don't discount other peoples beliefs or try to convert them to my own.

 

So, when is a Christian not a Christian....? When they're just a nice human being I suppose....

So its all because you can't sing and don't like wafer? lol

[Jesse]

your not brian, your a naughty naughty boy and your not going out to play!

 

I'm Brian

[hazzygawa]

I've just started another thread:

 

Muslims on arbtalk?

[Mesterh]

I would like to believe in God,heaven and the afterlife etc otherwise its fairly 'sad' to think that when someone dies thats it, finito.

 

As it is I believe in nothing supernatural.

 

Shame as I will never know if that oak tree I topped last year will survive into old age.

[hazzygawa]

Which is what I was saying. It's sad to believe there is nowt when dead. Im still trying to get my head around it.

[GardenKit]

In the words of the late James Allen (irish comedian from the 80's)

 

"Goodnight, and may your god go with you"

[alex_m]

Which is what I was saying. It's sad to believe there is nowt when dead. Im still trying to get my head around it.

 

Don't get too down about it, even if you are not around, life and existence is perpetual, so try and look at it from a selfless viewpoint. Your kids, grandkids etc will be about and hopefully you will have left a legacy.

 

Also, would you want eternal life? Bloody hell, i get bored after a weekend of not doing much!

Edited February 25, 2012 by alex_m