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Religion and Spirituality

TheCatWoman

I know this is a contentious issue, but I wnat to talk about it anyway and I hope people can be respectful to the beliefs of others. 

It seems to me that although we in the UK are called a Christian country, we're not, most people don't attend church, many are nominally Christian, church for hatchings, matchings and despatchings, maybe xmas and easter too. Many will attend church to get their children into a high performing church school. Our main bank holidays focus on a Christian festival calendar, Easter, Pentecost, Xmas etc, but I wonder if we should add the holy days of other faiths, like EId, Diwali, the Solticies?

We have so many faiths in this country and many people who don't identify with any particular faith, but are broadly believers in something.

I'd like to see bishops removed from the House of Lords and the Church of England disestablished, in a multifath society I don't see what their place is in the giovernance of the country, I think you either have to have representatives of all faiths or none and seeing as many faiths don't have an episcopal system I don't see how it would work where the representatives come from and which community would they be representing? I think the same is true of the current situation and bishops, there are many Christian sects that do not recognise and episcopal system.  

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  • I was christened CofE when I was six months old. My dad is a practicing Catholic. My mum isn’t religious nor atheist. Though she has had moments of atheism. I personally class myself as a Christian but over the last couple of years I have taken life and religion more seriously. I don’t go to church as there aren’t any local for me and I can’t drive or take public transport due to mental health issues so I do my prayers at home but admittedly I have lost a bit of a schedule due to too many things happening in my life. I do personally believe in afterlife and heaven but I also believe in reincarnation too and I enjoy studying different religions. I actually did quite well in RS at the second school I went to. 

    As for holidays, I feel Christmas and Easter get celebrated more for the fact that it involves exchanging presents or chocolate and forget the true meaning of these holidays. That’s just what I think I am not to say if it’s true or not. I’m only saying because a friend of mine was atheist and she said her family celebrate those holidays but renamed them. Don’t get me wrong she was an amazing person but unfortunately I was asked to leave school and I never got her number. I don’t know as much about other religions holidays but I think maybe they can go under the radar because it doesn’t involve exchanging goods? I’m not too sure. I have never really thought too much about this until recently. 

    Also as for politics, I get so confused. Isn’t Kier Stramer an atheist? I know he’s not House of Lords but I must admit I didn’t think religion had anything to do with politics. I know the royal family are Protestants, except for queen camilla who I believe is Catholic, but again didn’t Protestantism come from King Henry 8th because he wanted a religion that allowed divorce? And he made it up? Sorry I’m not the most knowledgeable of people on this planet. My gift was gaming haha

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  • I was christened CofE when I was six months old. My dad is a practicing Catholic. My mum isn’t religious nor atheist. Though she has had moments of atheism. I personally class myself as a Christian but over the last couple of years I have taken life and religion more seriously. I don’t go to church as there aren’t any local for me and I can’t drive or take public transport due to mental health issues so I do my prayers at home but admittedly I have lost a bit of a schedule due to too many things happening in my life. I do personally believe in afterlife and heaven but I also believe in reincarnation too and I enjoy studying different religions. I actually did quite well in RS at the second school I went to. 

    As for holidays, I feel Christmas and Easter get celebrated more for the fact that it involves exchanging presents or chocolate and forget the true meaning of these holidays. That’s just what I think I am not to say if it’s true or not. I’m only saying because a friend of mine was atheist and she said her family celebrate those holidays but renamed them. Don’t get me wrong she was an amazing person but unfortunately I was asked to leave school and I never got her number. I don’t know as much about other religions holidays but I think maybe they can go under the radar because it doesn’t involve exchanging goods? I’m not too sure. I have never really thought too much about this until recently. 

    Also as for politics, I get so confused. Isn’t Kier Stramer an atheist? I know he’s not House of Lords but I must admit I didn’t think religion had anything to do with politics. I know the royal family are Protestants, except for queen camilla who I believe is Catholic, but again didn’t Protestantism come from King Henry 8th because he wanted a religion that allowed divorce? And he made it up? Sorry I’m not the most knowledgeable of people on this planet. My gift was gaming haha

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  • in reply to Elfilis

    I think you're fairly right in your interpretations, although Protestantism was fairly well established although there were different sects, they really just believed in worship according the Scriptures rather than the Vulgate bible that was used by Cathilics. Nor did they like monastries, saints, monks, nuns and all the "bells and smells" of the catholics. Henry VIII's creation was very similar to traditional Catholicism, just with him at the head instead of the pope and of course the wealth, never forget the wealth that was held in religious institutions, Henry was skint when he disolved the monastries. Along with the destruction of the monasteries he destroyed the already terribble existance of many poor and disabled who were supported by church alms distribution.

    I believe in reincarnation too, although I wouldn't be bothered by death being the end of everything, I've always had this fear that the day I die someone will come up with a foolproof was of doing necromancy and I'll still end up no peace from people asking me stupid questions, lol.