Comments on: Links for 29-05-2008 http://www.velcro-city.co.uk/links-for-29-05-2008/ Science fiction, science fact, and all that's in between ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:23:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: farah http://www.velcro-city.co.uk/links-for-29-05-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-149753 farah Fri, 30 May 2008 02:19:52 +0000 http://www.velcro-city.co.uk/links-for-2008-05-29/#comment-149753 I'll give you mainstream Christianity. Remind me to tell you about my one and only experience at a Communion service. I’ll give you mainstream Christianity.

Remind me to tell you about my one and only experience at a Communion service.

]]> By: Paul Raven http://www.velcro-city.co.uk/links-for-29-05-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-149741 Paul Raven Thu, 29 May 2008 13:06:53 +0000 http://www.velcro-city.co.uk/links-for-2008-05-29/#comment-149741 To be fair, he does state at the top of the piece that he's pitching at mainstream Christianity ... though me pulling that quote out in isolation doesn't make it very apparent, I'll grant you. To be fair, he does state at the top of the piece that he’s pitching at mainstream Christianity … though me pulling that quote out in isolation doesn’t make it very apparent, I’ll grant you.

]]> By: farah http://www.velcro-city.co.uk/links-for-29-05-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-149740 farah Thu, 29 May 2008 12:57:05 +0000 http://www.velcro-city.co.uk/links-for-2008-05-29/#comment-149740 <i>“Religion is spiritual immaturity. That’s a compliment. It’s entirely possible to enjoy your life without spending so much of it bent over in submission. Pull your head out of your rear, and look around with your own two eyes.” Amen.</i> Try not to argue about "religion" by describing only one kind of religion? Jews have been arguing with God for a couple of thousand years or more. Quakers have been searching for ways to make the world a better place for a good three hundred years. There are plenty of activist religions around which are neither submissive nor complacent. “Religion is spiritual immaturity. That’s a compliment. It’s entirely possible to enjoy your life without spending so much of it bent over in submission. Pull your head out of your rear, and look around with your own two eyes.” Amen.

Try not to argue about “religion” by describing only one kind of religion?

Jews have been arguing with God for a couple of thousand years or more. Quakers have been searching for ways to make the world a better place for a good three hundred years. There are plenty of activist religions around which are neither submissive nor complacent.

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