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Are We Christian By Default.?
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Do we in the UK register a birth and are baptised because WE BELIEVE WE HAVE TO !
A vicar once told me most people are Three Wheelers . They only go to church for Baptism, Marriage, and Death.
A vicar once told me most people are Three Wheelers . They only go to church for Baptism, Marriage, and Death.
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have a good easter
long time no read .....
and here we are in Holy week - I thought it was Passion week but that was last week apparently
registering a birth is a legal duty by the way ( give to Caesar what is Caesars - hey I'm feeling new testamenty today )
baptism - as an RC you miss an opportunity for a damned good poss up if you dont christen -and anyway it is the oldest sacrament innit ?
I thought we were atheist by default in an atheist society
but the public revulsion over use of chemical weapons,
and revulsion over the machine gunning of 150 muslim kids in Pakistan - by other muslims
clearly acceptable to other religions - does show we are christian
Also the putting up of Monegasque footie supporters in Dortmund and the M supporters chanting Dortmund Dortmund - showed welcome christian values .....
sorry a cont you rarely see on AB
arguing from facts to a logical conclusion
Have a good easter
have a good easter
long time no read .....
and here we are in Holy week - I thought it was Passion week but that was last week apparently
registering a birth is a legal duty by the way ( give to Caesar what is Caesars - hey I'm feeling new testamenty today )
baptism - as an RC you miss an opportunity for a damned good poss up if you dont christen -and anyway it is the oldest sacrament innit ?
I thought we were atheist by default in an atheist society
but the public revulsion over use of chemical weapons,
and revulsion over the machine gunning of 150 muslim kids in Pakistan - by other muslims
clearly acceptable to other religions - does show we are christian
Also the putting up of Monegasque footie supporters in Dortmund and the M supporters chanting Dortmund Dortmund - showed welcome christian values .....
sorry a cont you rarely see on AB
arguing from facts to a logical conclusion
Have a good easter
Registering a birth is, as already said, a strict legal requirement and failure to do so can result in punishment (during life on earth, and fairly quickly at that). As for baptism and lots of other customs, it all depends on how formulaic people are - either they feel they must copy the practice in question in order to "be like normal people", or else they do (or not) what and as it suits them. The likelihood is that if X% of people uphold a custom/habit/formula then X% of people are formulaic by nature (or unimaginative/conservative/hidebound). One also needs to account for social pressures toward conformity, more in some societies than others, and the Y% percent of non-conformance is one measure of the true freedom existing within the society in question.
Regardless of religion, registration of births is a legal requirement, but baptism is a choice. That said, the culture we’re born into does influence our lives. For example I still serve fish at my table on Good Friday, and turkey at Christmas, both now simply a tradition for me, but without doubt influenced by the culture I was born into.
A lot more people attend McDonald's than attend church - I think.
So if McDonald's did a bit more preaching and introduced some fairy stories they may gain mainstream religious status within a generation or two.....
I've always been doubtful and uneasy about the Christian idea of going to heaven - all those good dinosaurs and sabre tooth tigers roaming around...
So if McDonald's did a bit more preaching and introduced some fairy stories they may gain mainstream religious status within a generation or two.....
I've always been doubtful and uneasy about the Christian idea of going to heaven - all those good dinosaurs and sabre tooth tigers roaming around...
Going to church only for " Baptism, Marriage, and Death. " does not signify that a person is irreligious. William Blake for one, who wrote 'Jerusalem' and whose life's work was so dedicated to Jesus and Christianity, was among the most dedicated of Christians and yet he despised the Christian church.
I have been speaking to lots of people over the last few years, and number of them have said that they are Christians, but have never attended a Church in their lives.
If that is so, and they don't really believe in any of the basic core tenets of Christianity, then I am at a loss as to why they can describe themselves as Christians ? I am guessing that it just a default admission.
But I am also coming across more and more people that say that they don't have any religious beliefs at all. Also, I have been to a number of funerals, held in Crematoriums, where there has been no religious contents whatsoever. Ditto with civil weddings.
If that is so, and they don't really believe in any of the basic core tenets of Christianity, then I am at a loss as to why they can describe themselves as Christians ? I am guessing that it just a default admission.
But I am also coming across more and more people that say that they don't have any religious beliefs at all. Also, I have been to a number of funerals, held in Crematoriums, where there has been no religious contents whatsoever. Ditto with civil weddings.
Ref. Today, Good Friday, many Christian churches celebrate Good Friday with a subdued service, usually in the evening, in which Christ’s death is remembered with solemn hymns, prayers of thanksgiving, a message centered on Christ’s suffering for our sakes, and observance of the Lord’s Supper. Whether or not Christians choose to “celebrate” Good Friday, the events of that day should be ever on our minds because it commemorates the death of Christ on the cross.
You can either join a community to meditate on the death of Christ or you can quietly dwell on it in private - it makes little difference, one isn't more "religious" than the other.
You can either join a community to meditate on the death of Christ or you can quietly dwell on it in private - it makes little difference, one isn't more "religious" than the other.
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