(March 1, 2014 at 3:06 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: Consider yourself fortunate to not have grown up with confusing, mixed messages about life. I grew up in a Christian home, and my family was highly educated, and logical, but also, religious. There was always this two-pronged approach we'll call it, to life. Like, believe in science, but always put God, and your 'beliefs' above secularism.
The fact that secularism is a term that needs to exist, is stupid.
I rarely 'meet' people who grew up like you, there was always some type of spirituality coming from their family of origin. So, it's cool to see someone who has never been 'tainted' by the trappings of religion. Not even a smidge.
Keep it that way. haha
I must give some credit to myself though, I went to a church of England primary school and once a week we would go to church and pray and sing hymns and stuff. And every day we would have an assembly that starts with a prayer and involves hymns. I remember, never believing any of it and just going along with it because everybody else did. It was just one of those weird things everybody did.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
