How about that!Did they wear the Jewish tartan?
Scottish Jews Have Their Own Official Tartan
But no, I didn't see one.
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How about that!Did they wear the Jewish tartan?
Scottish Jews Have Their Own Official Tartan
I forgot to mention, I am also a rebel.You're in good company.
My family was without any religion.
I was born not believing, & remained so.
Now, I read threads here about experiences in churches, temples, etc.
It's all gorillas in the mist....entirely foreign to me.
Anyone else here who finds religions to be utterly alien?
I can be tolerant of religions & believers at a distance though.
But I've had unsettling brushes with religions.
A couple....
I once worked as a sexton in a Methodist church...very
creepy...the accoutrements...the clothing...the preaching.
And they're one of the less bizarre flavors.
Attending a niece's bat mitzvah, I had a barely controllable
visceral urge to escape the religion & politics of it all.
Never again. So her younger sister was later blessed with
my not attending hers.
That is so interesting. The post, I mean. Were you the bell ringer of the gravedigger? I shall guess. Gravedigger.My family was without any religion.
I was born not believing, & remained so.
Now, I read threads here about experiences in churches, temples, etc.
It's all gorillas in the mist....entirely foreign to me.
Anyone else here who finds religions to be utterly alien?
I can be tolerant of religions & believers at a distance though.
But I've had unsettling brushes with religions.
A couple....
I once worked as a sexton in a Methodist church...very
creepy...the accoutrements...the clothing...the preaching.
And they're one of the less bizarre flavors.
Attending a niece's bat mitzvah, I had a barely controllable
visceral urge to escape the religion & politics of it all.
Never again. So her younger sister was later blessed with
my not attending hers.
Gravedigger Billie is a different Simpsons character.That is so interesting. The post, I mean. Were you the bell ringer of the gravedigger? I shall guess. Gravedigger.
G That is a cipher.Gravedigger Billie is a different Simpsons character.
Although I look more like him than Willie. (It's the hair.)
All I am getting at is that a person's decision to support various causes or efforts that they believe will further the success of the U.S., has, at its root, far more verifiable pieces of information associated with it than the types of beliefs in things that religion usually brings to the table.I'm not able to follow your explanation, but I'm not claiming that secular things are religious or that politics and religion are necessarily always the same thing. I'm also not claiming that church and state cannot be separated. For someone who's never been in a religion there are some parallels.
Political beliefs can determine religious beliefs.
Why the relationship between religion and politics is more complicated than you think
You're an American. There's that. Its technically not called a religion, but it is.
It is a religion for some people. I think that it can be (wrongly) associated with Freedom. It will never become a religion for everyone and I feel sorry about that.That's a good point. I've suspected for a while now that Americanism is actually a religion , or will become one.
They're applying a metaphoric definition.It is a religion for some people. I think that it can be (wrongly) associated with Freedom. It will never become a religion for everyone and I feel sorry about that.
It is a religion for some people. I think that it can be (wrongly) associated with Freedom. It will never become a religion for everyone and I feel sorry about that.
Who knows what that is? My guess. Nobody! We do know for sure that so much of religion is just business as usual.They're applying a metaphoric definition.
This thread is about literal religion.
Someone posted that America is a religion. Or, maybe I am hallucinating. I am for what Jesus taught. He says, "freedom". I am for that. Is anyone else?Like what do you mean
This thread is about literal religion.
Basically, as a family, we never went to church and didn't talk about God. The only time I remember any acknowledgment of God was when the newspaper said the earth had reached its half-life and my dad said "Let's thank God". Other than that, just a BIG family bible on a coffee table that was never read or opened.Tell me about it.
I was raised in Catholicism with all the rituals and trappings of religion. I had to search through the confusing maze of religion and escape to find and know the actual living and personal Creator God.My family was without any religion.
I was born not believing, & remained so.
Now, I read threads here about experiences in churches, temples, etc.
It's all gorillas in the mist....entirely foreign to me.
Anyone else here who finds religions to be utterly alien?
I can be tolerant of religions & believers at a distance though.
But I've had unsettling brushes with religions.
A couple....
I once worked as a sexton in a Methodist church...very
creepy...the accoutrements...the clothing...the preaching.
And they're one of the less bizarre flavors.
Attending a niece's bat mitzvah, I had a barely controllable
visceral urge to escape the religion & politics of it all.
Never again. So her younger sister was later blessed with
my not attending hers.
I skipped seeking entirely.I was raised in Catholicism with all the rituals and trappings of religion. I had to search through the confusing maze of religion and escape to find and know the actual living and personal Creator God.
You on the other hand are more fortunate and could go seek and directly to God and skip the religion, if you so desire.
Why have you skipped seeking entirely, if you don’t mind saying?I skipped seeking entirely.
To observe & investigate without desire suits me.
I felt no need for supernatural beliefs.Why have you skipped seeking entirely, if you don’t mind saying?
Both.And do you mean you just have no desire for religion, except to observe & investigate it? Or do you mean no desire to seek or know if there is a God that exists?