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Having read this, I find it most amusing,people have different beliefs ( and are entitled to them) religion has caused more wars and strife than anyother thing,which in itself is not nice. however, re the Pope,s Visit. and the belief that there should not be Women Priests/Vicars etc. I saw a Photo of him in the Paper with all his Cardinals,and a thought came to mind about a Film "Men in Tights" the photo seemed to me to be the Sequel." Men in Frocks".:o))>.**M**.

Well the book now read, am I any wiser? YES, do I now understand the Quantum world NO, can I get my head round the 4th dimension NO, will I ever understand NO, will I keep trying to understand YES, will it all change in the next 5 years YES, so why am I wasting my time on all this crap.

Hi Janey - if you're about.

For the record, I didn't offer up "whither thou goest" as an endorsement of the story that went behind it, but rather as a defence against Rose and her reference to "dreaded bible verses"

And - because it moves me - I'll repeat it

"Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God"

Sue x

Cor! What are you on today?? So many questions...so little time....so many views.......and I'm off to a supper party. Wipes brow in relief ...... lol

Now, if we were sitting around the table I mentioned earlier, we could have a real good gossip about things....tomorrow! Must go and get ready............

lol.....oh Frank my dear friend, you haven't lost your touch have you? It's good to meet up again. The good thing about friendship is that we can still be friends even though we don't agree on everything :))

Joseph...........

He was good with the wood and would if he could
be the father of God's only son.

But would it be good if he could with the wood
hold a job down and be number one.

And then with the wood it could also be good
to work hard so that no one would shun.

The good man with the wood who never have could
been the father of Jesus the son.

Frank.

No, the carpenter was Mary's husband, Frank.
Jesus's father was allegedly God.
Married woman impregnated by another - there's a term all religions have for that. It may be a different word, but it means the same.
And I believe all religions have a law against it!

Gosh, 6 pages and we've only mentioned the Christian God!
What about Allah (PBWH) and the Hindu God - don't be confused by the many minor gods - they're like Christian Saints.
Buddah - was he God or a representative of God?
Which God was Stephen Hawking talking about? Was it all of them ?
Why has everyone presumed it was Jesus's alleged father?

Of course it's the *real* reason Janey......lol Sniff, blow, cough, splutter. Nothing to do with the parable of the Talents then?

Good of you not to pass the plate though :)


Oh yes....you like links and tests etc. try the quotient test on the thread I put up earlier.

And that is the *real* reason I am so anti-religion, of course, Cynthia.

When my mum and I visited England we found ourselves staying right by a church that (it turned out) was where my dad's parents had married. Next morning we decided to stop in and attend a service on the way to visit my dad's cousin up the road. We would have been stuck there for the whole thing, had I not (quite genuinely) been overcome by a fit of allergy from all the censor-swinging up and down the aisles. We did drop our pecuniary offering in the plate passed before leaving, though!


RB -- that makes Galileo the one who gets to say "I told you so!"

what about poor old Galileo, he was put under house arrest for the rest of his life for suggesting that the Sun was the centre of the universe and Earth orbited around it, but the pope did apologise in 1992.

They still wear 'em - in varying colours and styles, Janey.

I am quite sure that the first thing on their minds was managing to breathe through the incense to be honest!

You mean ... that thing nuns used to wear? Surely that's the last thing on their minds!

But what if it becomes a habit ......???

ROFL at that Janey :))

It's nice to see religious people getting along, Cynthia. ;) Not that it's any more than one should expect of them ...

Yup, A Brief History of Time.

I was vaguely seeing a psychologist at the time, to try to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up. He recommended some reading for me. My dorky BFF, a fan of all things pop psychology, said "Men are from Mars Women are from Venus??" or whatever it is, and mentioned some other such bilge.

No, I said. A Brief History of Time.

And the next week I was strolling through one of the Chinatowns in Toronto, and there in a garbage bin on the street, on top of a pile of fish parts and newspaper, was a brand new hardcover copy of A Brief History of Time. I think someone must have been walking down the street trying to read it, and said Enough! and tossed it. Or just abandoned it on the table when they finished their Peking duck, and out it went.

So I took it as a sign. I was meant to read it -- psychologists and Chinatowns conspiring to bring it to my hands.

Of course, I don't pay attention to signs from the heavens ... ;)

Okay, because I am feeling mischievious.......

I am just watching the live broadcast of the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury kneeling side by side at the altar of St. Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey. Very uplifting it is too.......:)

JC, are you talking about 'A Brief History of Time' when you mention his first book, it was hard to get a grip with but he issued a second version which was more easy to read (it was still hard going) lol.
This book, I have to stop a few times and go back for a re read but its not to bad, always they try to explain with a every day model, things like the atom, came about couple thousand years ago, some Greek guy dropped a vase which smashed into bits, so he thought, I wonder how small I can keep breaking a piece, then came the idea that there must be a point I can't break it any more that was called a atom meaning unbreakable, that’s until 1900s Albert Einstein came along. Just now on the part hes explaining the 4th dimention, its getting a bit to much but interesting.

Got to go BBL.

So you've heard about my tea making abilities then Janey? Okay.....coffee it is as I certainly wouldn't want to foist religion onto you in case you started to enjoy it;)