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[the village idiot]

8 hours ago, TIMON said:

Morning Tim,
I read this the other day... rings very true. Not very fashionable, I know, but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense.

http://www.inspiredbooks.com/Interview.htm

 

Holy Moly!!!

 

No thank you very much indeed.

[eggsarascal]

Timon, it seems to me you've swapped one addiction for another one. YOU stopped yourself being a drug addict NOT God. Faith might have helped but it was something you would have concurred anyway imho.

[Richard 1234]

Timon, it seems to me you've swapped one addiction for another one. YOU stopped yourself being a drug addict NOT God. Faith might have helped but it was something you would have concurred anyway imho.

Agree I don’t think he’s giving himself enough credit for stopping.

[TIMON]

Timon, it seems to me you've swapped one addiction for another one. YOU stopped yourself being a drug addict NOT God. Faith might have helped but it was something you would have concurred anyway imho.

Not at all. I doubt if you would think that if you met me. I have a strong faith and I’m not ashamed of it, I’m not into forcing my opinions on people. I’m not some kind of religious nutcase. I know people who have given up drugs without faith. Not many but they are out there. I believe my faith gives me a depth of freedom and a richness of life that I wouldn’t have without it.

[stihlmadasever]

1 hour ago, TIMON said:

 

Not at all. I doubt if you would think that if you met me. I have a strong faith and I’m not ashamed of it, I’m not into forcing my opinions on people. I’m not some kind of religious nutcase. I know people who have given up drugs without faith. Not many but they are out there. I believe my faith gives me a depth of freedom and a richness of life that I wouldn’t have without it.

 

If religion makes you a better version of yourself and your not preaching to others every 5 minutes id say its a good thing....

Not for me but i dont go on about it either...

I firmly believe in do what makes you happy...

[forestboy1978]

Agreed. I'm a fervent atheist and one of the people I admire most in the world is a Jamaican Adventist preacher. The dude is sheer class and never preached one  word to me if you discount apologies for the occasional prayer in my direction. God knows whether without his devotion to his faith he'd be the person he is but I always looked up to him and I don't look up to anyone really. 

 

As long as it does no harm to others then whatever give you peace is not my business, or interest. 

[Vespasian]

2 hours ago, TIMON said:

 I believe my faith gives me a depth of freedom and a richness of life that I wouldn’t have without it.

 

Can't knock that or the sentiments behind it, plus its pretty well said..  well done..

 

I've condensed all my old beliefs into a word.. just the one..   Truth.   that one word for me is like God to you..  

 

If ever you're all at sea and lose your faith, then cling to that word and you wont go far wrong...   its the immovable rock in a sea of troubles... 

 

 

 

  

 

 

[skyhuck]

20 hours ago, TIMON said:

Morning Tim,
I read this the other day... rings very true. Not very fashionable, I know, but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense.

http://www.inspiredbooks.com/Interview.htm

 

Lets hope people don't start telling Santa we don't want him 

[skyhuck]

16 hours ago, TIMON said:

 

And secular humanism has been the answer to all of the worlds problems......

 

When and where have they EVER had the chance to try?

[difflock]

My maternal grandmother was a hard working Church going Presbyterian country woman, who I  never heard utter an ill word about anyone.

Yet in respect of one of the Elders in her Church, she confided in my mother, who recounted the story to me many many years later.

"The bigger the Bible, the bigger the barstewart hiding behind it"

I suppose over here "Big Ian P" would fit that particular description, never mind the rascal of a scheming property wheeling dealing son (making full use of his MLA knowledge and connections) he reared.

I also distrust the Ego driven nature of many of the Clergy,

especially those from good backgrounds who choose to enter the Church, as a career choice  for a respectable guarenteed comfortable living,

however I have also met a few clergy I like and respect as human beings,

and as far as I am aware all these guys came to the Church late in life, after a career in the real world.