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Started by Lettow77, May 06, 2012, 05:41:10 PM

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How often do you attend some religious service?

Weekly
4 (5.4%)
At least once a month
5 (6.8%)
For special occasions, i.e Easter
13 (17.6%)
No church attendance
48 (64.9%)
Jaron will be sustained by the Quorum of Twelve
4 (5.4%)

Total Members Voted: 72

Razgovory

Why are you guys encouraging Viking here?  It's like discussing how bad Israel is with Slargos.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Valmy

Quote from: Razgovory on May 08, 2012, 10:33:56 AM
Why are you guys encouraging Viking here?  It's like discussing how bad Israel is with Slargos.

Yeah he really has no sense of humor about this stuff does he?

But still:
Quote from: Viking on May 08, 2012, 10:24:03 AM
eh? He managed perfectly well to speak to adam and eve face to face and speak to all the prophets brain to brain. Just imagine that if every village had it's own little jesus complete with miracles who were sons of god to show off his existingness.

This would be awesome.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

CountDeMoney

Watching Viking argue just makes me miss Hortlund even more.  :blush:

derspiess

Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2012, 09:53:52 AM
Quote from: derspiess on May 08, 2012, 09:49:09 AM
I PUT MY TIME IN WHEN I WAS A KID.  NOW IT'S HIS TURN.

But seriously, my wife has been working Sundays, so I stay home with my 1-year old girl.  I could take her with me and drop her off in the nursery while I attend the morning service, but I feel weird doing that.

Why?  The going to church alone thing?

No-- I'd sit with my parents, assuming I can pull them away from the "contemporary" service they seem to like these days :mellow:

It's that my daughter is in day care 3 days a week as it is, plus I feel weird telling some volunteer "here's my kid-- you have to watch her while I go sit down somewhere". 

On top of that there's a laziness factor on my part.  As it is right now, I just have to get Tommy dressed and fed in the morning, and then my parents come pick him up at 9:00am.  If I took Lola, I'd have two kids plus myself to get ready.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Viking

#169
Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2012, 10:37:59 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on May 08, 2012, 10:33:56 AM
Why are you guys encouraging Viking here?  It's like discussing how bad Israel is with Slargos.

Yeah he really has no sense of humor about this stuff does he?
Neither does anybody else for that matter. I have been jaded by too many poes on this topic, so I treat them all as serious if they post sans emoticons.
Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2012, 10:37:59 AM
But still:
Quote from: Viking on May 08, 2012, 10:24:03 AM
eh? He managed perfectly well to speak to adam and eve face to face and speak to all the prophets brain to brain. Just imagine that if every village had it's own little jesus complete with miracles who were sons of god to show off his existingness.

This would be awesome.

you, sir, are smarter, more moral, wiser and more loving than the god that insists on us taking life and death choices based on no evidence whatsoever.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

derspiess

Quote from: Grey Fox on May 08, 2012, 10:07:12 AM
Why do you think it's important for him to go to church everyweek but not for you?

It's not that I don't think it's important for me-- it's just that since I want the church to be part of his learning & development I think it's more critical that he go. 

QuoteI understand taking care of the other kid but shouldn't Church going be above that?

That's how I see what Scipio is doing.

The simplest answer is that Scip is a much better Christian than I am.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

DGuller

It just occured to me that religion may be God's ultimate test.  If you manage to resist indoctrination and realize that atheism is the one true answer, you passed God's test, and you go to Heaven.

Viking

Quote from: DGuller on May 08, 2012, 10:49:38 AM
It just occured to me that religion may be God's ultimate test.  If you manage to resist indoctrination and realize that atheism is the one true answer, you passed God's test, and you go to Heaven.

Your like the 20,000th guy to suggest that.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

CountDeMoney

Quote from: derspiess on May 08, 2012, 10:48:39 AM
The simplest answer is that Scip is a much better Christian than I am.

Orthos like to think that.  It's their schtick.

DGuller

Quote from: Viking on May 08, 2012, 10:50:31 AM
Quote from: DGuller on May 08, 2012, 10:49:38 AM
It just occured to me that religion may be God's ultimate test.  If you manage to resist indoctrination and realize that atheism is the one true answer, you passed God's test, and you go to Heaven.

Your like the 20,000th guy to suggest that.
Burn in hell, you godless freak.  :mad:

Viking

Quote from: DGuller on May 08, 2012, 10:53:10 AM
Quote from: Viking on May 08, 2012, 10:50:31 AM
Quote from: DGuller on May 08, 2012, 10:49:38 AM
It just occured to me that religion may be God's ultimate test.  If you manage to resist indoctrination and realize that atheism is the one true answer, you passed God's test, and you go to Heaven.

Your like the 20,000th guy to suggest that.
Burn in hell, you godless freak.  :mad:

Sorry

You're like the 20,000th guy to suggest that.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

DGuller

Don't take it personally, I was just having a second go at trying to come up with something original.

derspiess

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2012, 10:51:27 AM
Quote from: derspiess on May 08, 2012, 10:48:39 AM
The simplest answer is that Scip is a much better Christian than I am.

Orthos like to think that.  It's their schtick.

I actually think he is.  I'm too lazy & inattentive.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Viking

Quote from: DGuller on May 08, 2012, 10:56:06 AM
Don't take it personally, I was just having a second go at trying to come up with something original.

The thing is that every argument for and against the existence of god apart from the watchmaker argument was fully developed by 270 BC and the watchmaker argument died in 1859.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Iormlund

Quote from: DGuller on May 08, 2012, 10:49:38 AM
It just occured to me that religion may be God's ultimate test.  If you manage to resist indoctrination and realize that atheism is the one true answer, you passed God's test, and you go to Heaven.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XefDh9MrtMU