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Post by trubble on Mar 7, 2009 19:01:42 GMT
Questionnaire for you to fill out, if you so desire. Meera Syal answers the following questions from the BBCWould you describe yourself as religious? Do you believe in god, and if so, what sort of god? What do you think happens after you die? Does it change your view of someone when you find out that they are religious and how? Is religion a good thing? What impact has religion had on your life? Have you ever had a religious experience and can you describe it? What is your favourite religious song? Which religious leader, if any, most inspires you? What is your favourite religious book?
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Post by riotgrrl on Mar 7, 2009 19:06:34 GMT
wouldst thou describe thyself as religious? No, i'd be embarassed to. doth thou believe in god, and if so, what sort of god? No. What doth thou thinkest happens after thou die? thine body decays into the earth. dost it change thine view of someone when thou find out that they art religious and how?
Yes, if I find out they art religious I assume they art a bit less intelligent than I had previously thought. Is religion a good thing? No. It causes wars, death, prejudice, etc. What impact has religion had on thine life? Church of Scotland childood has meant that I hath an impeccable knowledge of the bible and the Church Hymnary. hath thou ever had a religious experience and can thou describe it? Well I've been to church . . . it was shite and boring. What is thine favourite religious song? Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, Forgive our foolish ways. Lord of the Dance is pretty good too. Which religious leader, if any, most inspires thou? Ghandi What is thine favourite religious book? Dawkins, The God Delusion. [/quote]
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Post by Patrick on Mar 7, 2009 19:22:19 GMT
Questionnaire for thou to fill out, if thou so desire. wouldst thou describe thyself as religious? No doth thou believe in god, and if so, what sort of god? NoWhat doth thou thinkest happens after thou die? thou get a little yellow label stuck on thou and get put on the discount shelf in Sainsbury'sdost it change thine view of someone when thou find out that they art religious and how? NoIs religion a good thing? NoWhat impact has religion had on thine life? I once tripped over a hassock?hath thou ever had a religious experience and can thou describe it? looketh upon Above.What is thine favourite religious song? Show Me The Way To goeth Home.....Which religious leader, if any, most inspires thou? Rabbi Lionel Blue. A good open minded chap if ever there was one. Knows how to say unto a joke too!What is thine favourite religious book? N/A
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Post by trubble on Mar 7, 2009 19:22:34 GMT
Why do you think religious equates with lack of intelligence?
It's just a system to get through life without going round the bend and no less intelligent than subscribing to psychology really.
Admittedly there are those literal types who insist on taking everything written in the bible as ultimate truth and a strict law book that cannot be questioned and that surely is a sign of unintelligence because it shows a lack of curiosity and thinking -- because it denies us free will which God supposedly gave us all and implies that all questions have already been answered in a way that we can understand, which they haven't have they?
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Post by trubble on Mar 7, 2009 19:24:02 GMT
Is it alright that I question people on their answers or not? Perhaps I will maketh a consent form:
Please indicate whether you would rather I asked no questions about your answers by marking your post with a huge x. Thanks.
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Post by trubble on Mar 7, 2009 19:25:41 GMT
"Rabbi Lionel Blue" Who?
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Post by riotgrrl on Mar 7, 2009 19:26:32 GMT
Why doth thou thinkest religious equates with lack of intelligence?
Because to accept religion means to deny Darwin and post-Darwin theorists. So when you deny something on the basis of scientific evidence, I conclude that's a sign of being really thick.
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Post by trubble on Mar 7, 2009 19:29:41 GMT
Why doth thou thinkest religious equates with lack of intelligence?Because to accept religion means to deny Darwin and post-Darwin theorists. Oh I don't think it does! There are creationist groups that are trying to make it so but the vatican is holding a conference now to discuss the compatibility of religion and Darwin and will come out with the conclusion that they are compatible.
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Post by trubble on Mar 7, 2009 19:31:03 GMT
What is thine favourite religious book? Dawkins, The God Delusion. I keep meaning to read it but I have not yet. Is it worth reading, then?
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Post by riotgrrl on Mar 7, 2009 19:31:12 GMT
Why doth thou thinkest religious equates with lack of intelligence?Because to accept religion means to deny Darwin and post-Darwin theorists. Oh I don't thinkest it dost! There art creationist groups that art trying to make it so but the vatican is holding a conference now to discuss the compatibility of religion and Darwin and will come out with the conclusion that they art compatible. That would be the same Vatican that coalesced to the Holocaust? Yeah?
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Post by Patrick on Mar 7, 2009 19:32:23 GMT
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Post by riotgrrl on Mar 7, 2009 19:32:59 GMT
What is thine favourite religious book? Dawkins, The God Delusion. I keep meaning to read it but I hath not yet. Is it worth reading, then? It's written in a very populist way. So it's not up-its-arse intellectually. And some of the arguments put, in a populist way, are irrefutable. Yeah, you should read it. One would consider a person who hadn't a bit illiterate . .
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Post by trubble on Mar 7, 2009 19:37:19 GMT
Yeah, thou should read it. One wouldst consider a person who hadn't a bit illiterate . . I feel like a fool now.
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Post by Patrick on Mar 7, 2009 19:37:22 GMT
To hear people attack Dawkins, you'd thinkest he was an eye for an eye spinning head rotating lunatic, he has seemed quite normal to me in various interviews and the odd bit of TV that I've seen him in or on.
Though I can see why folk might see him thus.
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Post by trubble on Mar 7, 2009 19:41:58 GMT
To hear people attack Dawkins, you'd thinkest he was an eye for an eye for an eye for an eye spinning head rotating lunatic, he has seemed quite normal to me in various interviews and the odd bit of TV that I've seen him in or on. Though I can looketh upon why folk might looketh upon him thus. I loved - and I mean LOVED when he appeared on the Irish chat show 'the Late late Show'. The audience were gunning for him something awful and he took them on like a lone gunman taking on zombies.
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Post by trubble on Mar 7, 2009 20:23:32 GMT
wouldst thou describe thyself as religious? No. But nor wouldst I describe mineself as atheist or non-spiritual. I can't call mineself spiritual either, mind thou. doth thou believe in god, and if so, what sort of god? I can't escape mine upbringing or past and it's such a mainstream belief that I can't escape the constant reference to Him so I can't say unto whether I doth or not. I don't thinkest so, not when I beest thinking logically, but then I looketh upon to believe in Something - what it is, I'm not sure, but sometimes it appears to be God and sometimes not. And when I doth imagine God, I imagine God to be so unpicturable that it's easier to describe what I looketh upon in traditional forms that we hath been given as symbols. And if the 'God' that I sometimes imagine is there were to be attributed traits they wouldst be non-human but things liketh non-malicious, non-vengeful, non-judgmental wouldst come to mind. I beest who I beest. What will be will be. It's all a bit zen. What doth thou thinkest happens after thou die? Nothing. But when I went to Venice and walked into the small part of St mark's Sq for the first time and we all had our bags with us ... I decided that if there was a traditional literal heaven it wouldst look and be just liketh that with musicians and travellers and bustle and confusion and ancient unreal buildings and... anyone who has been to Venice agree? dost it change thine view of someone when thou find out that they art religious and how? Yes, I beest more careful about not offending them because one never knows what might offend them. Is religion a good thing? I thinkest belief is not a bad thing, religion is horrible. What impact has religion had on thine life? It has made me feel bad and that I beest an awful awful person and that I beest an outcast. Although it had its moments when I went through a really religious stage and Jesus Saved Me. I felt really great a lot of the time and life was easier. hath thou ever had a religious experience and can thou describe it? Yes, a few. Yes, I can, I beest not special needs. What is thine favourite religious song? Thinking about that. perchance Jerusalem? Which religious leader, if any, most inspires thou? Gandhi but I don't thinkest of him as religious so perchance that's a cop out. What is thine favourite religious book? Thinking. I'll get back to thou if I thinkest of one.
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Mar 7, 2009 21:03:02 GMT
I can't be bothered answering all of them...
What is thine favourite religious song?
"40" by U2
Which religious leader, if any, most inspires thou?
Alexander the Great (who declared himself a God). It Doesn't any more religious than that!
What is thine favourite religious book?
The Watcher - By Charles Maclean
AH
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Post by swl on Mar 7, 2009 21:22:55 GMT
Why doth thou thinkest religious equates with lack of intelligence?Because to accept religion means to deny Darwin and post-Darwin theorists. So when thou deny something on the basis of scientific evidence, I conclude that's a sign of being really thick. That's a pretty narrow definition of religious there sister. Science used to say that cholera was transmitted by "bad air". Everybody accepted it as truth at the time until it was disproved. Even so, many doctors and scientists continued to work with the old "perceived wisdoms" for some time. Most Christians I know regard the Bible as allegorical and work on the central message - tolerance and love. Yes, there are nuts that deny evolution, but they are actually the minority you know - just they shout loudest. I think it actually takes balls to say "yes, I'm a Christian" in Britain nowadays. They've become a legitimate figure of fun. Not very bright people accuse them of being stupid. By the way, I'm agnostic.
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Post by riotgrrl on Mar 7, 2009 21:47:34 GMT
Currently watching BBC2 documentary series about Iran: we've got on to the Fatwah against Rushdie.
No SWL, there is no defence for religious belief . .
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Post by rjpageuk on Mar 7, 2009 22:39:39 GMT
wouldst thou describe thyself as religious? No
doth thou believe in god, and if so, what sort of god? No
What doth thou thinkest happens after thou die? Nothing
dost it change thine view of someone when thou find out that they art religious and how? Amen it makes me wanteth to argue with them about it. It also makes me thinkest they art weak minded, which probably isnt fair.
Is religion a good thing? I thinkest it is bad but can hath some good side effects.
What impact has religion had on thine life? None apart from given me a lot of arguments on JSG.
hath thou ever had a religious experience and can thou describe it? No
What is thine favourite religious song? What makes a song religious? Probably none.
Which religious leader, if any, most inspires thou? None
What is thine favourite religious book? None
PS I think God might sack me from my current job.
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