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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 thought I’d provide a quick update. I’m deciding to stick with being a Protestant but I still have interests in studying other religions. However I have become scared of Scientology, I was only intrigued because one of the voice actors from the Simpsons became one and I had also read that they believe in God and Jesus but instead of going to Heaven, they get reincarnated as another human (think I’d prefer Heaven tbh). But when I did more research into it I got really scared if I’m honest, I mean you have to pay for a religion? It sounds more of a money grab if you ask me plus it seems to be a modern and, I’m just gonna say it, made up cult and claiming it as a religion. I could be wrong and if so please tell me but please don’t be angry as I don’t really know that much. 

  • in reply to Elfilis

    I don't think antiquity automatically means authenticity, I think you can have some quite modern and genuine belief systems.

    Money, thats a difficult one, I went to Lourdes as a teen ager and cam away totally disgusted at the wealth one display and wondered if all that gold was melted down, would we get our baked beans in gold tins? An organisation like the Catholic Church or any church for that matter has to live in the world as well as being a conduit to other realms, personally I deal with it by not having loads of stuff and living simply. I wonder if, the church imediately used all its takings for charity, if people would keep donating?

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I always assumed any donations of money to churches or cathedrals go to the upkeep of the buildings, for example if there were any renovations needed doing or if the knee cushions or ornaments needed replacing. I guess I’ve never really thought about it. I suppose any donations would go toward all the missionary activities as well I guess. As long as the missionaries aren’t like Homer Simpson! 

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I always assumed any donations of money to churches or cathedrals go to the upkeep of the buildings, for example if there were any renovations needed doing or if the knee cushions or ornaments needed replacing. I guess I’ve never really thought about it. I suppose any donations would go toward all the missionary activities as well I guess. As long as the missionaries aren’t like Homer Simpson! 

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    That could possibly be true actually. In Liverpool there is actually a bombed out church that is just practically a ruin for students to hang out in. So guess no one ever made donations to have that rebuilt. Donations could possibly go to the priests, vickers, volunteers maybe, I don’t really know to be honest. But if these people claim to give to charity but then they keep the donations for themselves then let’s hope they don’t go to Heaven. People claim to be religious but they never do anything religious, if anything they are all bullies who brag and think they will be forgiven as long as they “believe”. They don’t deserve Heaven or another chance in life if you ask me. 

  • in reply to Elfilis

    I'm not sure exactly how it works, but a lot of the money donated dosent' go to the upkeep of buildings etc, thats why you see so many decrepit churches needing a new roof etc asking for donations, they don't seem to get any money from a central sourse but have to raise it themselves parish by parish. 

    I think the church is like many other big charitable organisations, most of the money raised dosent't go to the people or thing they say they're raising it for.