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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 agree with you.

    Belief is just that, belief.

    Clinging on to some kind of moral framework (such as you may get with a religion) isn't a bad thing. However, when it comes to Christianity, certainly in the Western World, people who call themselves Christians are often the ones who extol the least "Christian values" than others, in my experience.

    I have good friends who are religious, which is fine. 

    Outside of their particular faith, their should be no public office appointments because of their faith. I have no problem with a Christian, Sikh, Jew, Zoroastrian, Muslim, Church of the flying Spaghetti Monster isn't, holding a position of influence if they got there by merit and democratic means.

    I don't know if it's my 'Tism or not, but I have no religion or faith of my own, purely because I see/feel/hear no evidence of any kind of deific existence and don't believe in fairytales. But if my friend chooses to, that's their prerogative. Just don't push it my way :-) 

    But, yes, calling ourselves a Christian country surely isn't accurate these days - in days past it was probably fear that got people to declare a religion. Even though the world is in a shocking state, of our own doing, I still believe in the power of humanity (when you can find this rarest quality).

    Anyway. Sorry to ramble.

    New here

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    Hi, by the way ;-) 

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  • I agree with you.

    Belief is just that, belief.

    Clinging on to some kind of moral framework (such as you may get with a religion) isn't a bad thing. However, when it comes to Christianity, certainly in the Western World, people who call themselves Christians are often the ones who extol the least "Christian values" than others, in my experience.

    I have good friends who are religious, which is fine. 

    Outside of their particular faith, their should be no public office appointments because of their faith. I have no problem with a Christian, Sikh, Jew, Zoroastrian, Muslim, Church of the flying Spaghetti Monster isn't, holding a position of influence if they got there by merit and democratic means.

    I don't know if it's my 'Tism or not, but I have no religion or faith of my own, purely because I see/feel/hear no evidence of any kind of deific existence and don't believe in fairytales. But if my friend chooses to, that's their prerogative. Just don't push it my way :-) 

    But, yes, calling ourselves a Christian country surely isn't accurate these days - in days past it was probably fear that got people to declare a religion. Even though the world is in a shocking state, of our own doing, I still believe in the power of humanity (when you can find this rarest quality).

    Anyway. Sorry to ramble.

    New here

    .

    Hi, by the way ;-) 

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