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Prayer Wall / Re: Roger Hanson...rest in peace
« on: March 17, 2013, 09:56:10  »
Bless him. Can't believe it. Felt like I knew  him though FS and those meets and GB - may have been only three or four times, but enough to feel like I knew and was comfortable with him.

Immi's, Liverpool and our trip across the Mersey, his own place, GB, all happy times.

Rest in peace Rog.

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The Lounge / Re: Obama Gets a second term
« on: December 04, 2012, 01:06:38  »
Interesting point re the question of re-election.  I hadn't thought of that.  Wish it was the same here.

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The Lounge / Re: Greenbelt 2012
« on: August 22, 2012, 11:14:59  »
Not this year, working bang in the middle of the weekend on Saturday afternoon and evening.
Hope you have a great time and weather.

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Body / Re: A question (take II)
« on: April 12, 2012, 18:44:06  »
Educated democracy?  Free choice democracy? Unspun democracy? Non-Sun sez it democracy?

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Body / Re: A question (take II)
« on: April 10, 2012, 21:13:00  »
Aye. True. Myself I like to think some things through from first principles, others I expect I don't even know I'm mindlessly toeing the line!

Tonight a politician MP came to the door looking for my vote for one of his party in the local elections, and asked what, if anything, I thought or wanted and whether he could help.  I heard myself saying I wanted honesty in politics and that one little tick on my piece of paper would probably not make much difference to that, and then we went on to discuss democracy and he quoted Churchill saying that it's not a perfect system but it's better than any other.  When his companion wanted to leave me her card for after her (successful)  election so that I would have her email and number for her to help me with what I wanted I said that if there was anything I wanted I would probably try and do it myself.

In all, a jolly time was had by all, and we shook hands before they left for next door.

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Religion / Re: secret teachings of the catholic church...
« on: April 08, 2012, 10:06:46  »
In my view it is purely because priests at some point were expected to be celibate.  Some were happy to be so - but what about the others?  Instincts and desires have to go somewhere.  And in modern psychological parlance repression causes a Reaction Formation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_formation

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Body / Re: A question (take II)
« on: April 08, 2012, 10:03:07  »
Ah Andrew, they were merely examples of decisions that people might make later on in life - not actual topics for debate - they came out of thin air as I was responding to the question.

What I meant was - who decides what is a correct view on anything numinous or undefinable like faith, ethics, spirituality, child rearing, etc., etc.

Even physics is now a little uncertain.  Hence the Uncertainty Principle.

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Body / Re: A question
« on: April 04, 2012, 11:02:55  »
I wonder if there is a 'correct' view of the ultimate religion or even denomination as AHB mentions in his first post.

I've been reading Christian Atheist - Belonging without believing by Brian Mountford (Vicar of St Mary the Great, Oxford)  in which he interviews and discusses the views of several types of churchgoers and non churchgoers in his own circle of friends and acquaintances.

Is it "correct" to finally decide late in life that democracy is better than capitalism? Or silence better than talk?

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Religion / Re: secret teachings of the catholic church...
« on: April 04, 2012, 10:11:37  »
Neither did it work for us, not that we were following Catholic teachings - partner lapsed and me Anglican.  It was more because of a desire to use non invasive methods, chemical and physical.
Anyway, what I don't understand is the manipulation of the method - if making love is for the procreation of children - how come it's OK to weasel past that period of time and then have a free for all when there is no supposed chance of conception?

Or is that a totally naive question?

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Prayer Wall / Re: My Mum
« on: March 31, 2012, 23:15:45  »
Thanks folks - she had a good send-off - probably ~ 100 people, including (almost) all the 'important' ones... full requiem mass  )|:  :C:  :preach:  )|: and, of course :pr: :pr: :pr: - but most important a good hooley afterwards!


As it should be.   )|:

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Prayer Wall / Re: My Mum
« on: March 30, 2012, 09:47:28  »
Thinking of you this morning Andrew F.

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Prayer Wall / Re: My Mum
« on: March 25, 2012, 14:04:42  »
It's always unexpected - and never in the way one prepared for.  Peace be with you and your family Andrew as you attend the preparations and funeral.
Thinking of you.

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Religion / Re: Christianity taken to court
« on: March 23, 2012, 19:54:59  »
Must just be me then: 


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News Review / Re: Vulture funds
« on: February 05, 2012, 16:23:47  »
Done and passed on.

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Putting The World To Rights / Re: BBC's adptation of 'Birdsong'
« on: January 30, 2012, 07:26:23  »
I agree Andrew.
That book exposed the horror. I remember it well.  Forget the love story stuff.  It was all about the trenches for me.

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