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I have a dog. He has a very nice nature, kind and playful. Not kind to rabbits, though.
So who are you, Omar? Tell me something about yourself.
THAT WASN’T ME? OR WAS IT? YOU WILL NEVER KNOW. HAH HA!
ps think I could spot tony-opmoc at a distance, tho
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I pursued a lovely Jamaican girl right into the regular study routines of the Jehovah’ Witnesses, and if she hadn’t turned me down I might still be there.
I later found that Church going is often used as an informal dating agency, but I didn’t know that at the time.
Segregation in mosques seems to me like a good solution to the problem.
Anno,
who’s minds should we try to change, and who’s shouldn’t we bother with?
we speak our truth and we are not in any control of anything beyond. I used to have a dog and his ears used to smell of old peat. He liked going off on his own and when he got rolled over on the road by a car, it didn’t stop him going on the road. Most people get on fine, but shills cause friction, just for fun. Shills are my rabbits, I have an allergy to lying.
Anno,
I’ve noticed that people use their church-going to find partners. They get all dressed up for church. I couldn’t pretend to believe something to find a partner; the relationship would be based on a lie, not love.
You had a lucky escape from the Witlesses there, I’d say. I’m very glad that I got out.
What;s wrong with dating? Because it might lead to making sweet love?
I must say, I have a soft spot for jehovah’s witnesses. When I was small, my mum used to give ‘our’ jehovah’s witness tea & biscuits, and I dutifully used to read the watchtower after he left 🙂 He was sweet, if rather fragile, and I can’t say the watchtower ever did me any harm.
You’ll probably see Craig joining a church soon.
Anno, I asked Larry how old he was, but he never answered me. I think he may be quite young, he seems rather immature.
I think – I hope – that I’ve changed a lot in my life so far. I never took any interest in the injustices of the world. The ‘Clark’ of, say, 1986 would never have seen the treachery that the ‘Clark’ of today does.
So I have to give the ‘Larrys’ of this world the same chance.
Technicolour,
the things they teach are very frightening. I don’t mind them trying to convert adults, but to indoctrinate the minds of children is wrong.
When I visited Kurdistan, I was visiting someone, when a man came in with a green scarf, repeatedly mentioning Allah’s name.
He was provided with tea,food and money.
Many strange things are done in the name of religion and it gives religion a bad name.
Anno, why do you think that Craig will become religious? And which religion?
I’ve only recently accepted my own atheism. I should add that being atheist doesn’t exclude spirituality; the Universe is full of mystery.
Crikey, it doesn’t really matter who’s posting what, does it? Ideas & thoughts & opinions are being floated, whoever’s doing it, or why. And yet few people are condemning other people for their floating thoughts. Nice, maybe even developing.
Still, there is the tangible world, so I’m going to deal with some thing other than my keyboard. Goodnight. Clark, could meet for a bevvy in Loughton?
The American Christian Right…
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sorry, problem of cross-posting; those last posts were rather lovely and made me feel peaceful, thanks, chaps.
Technicolour,
yes, I can sometimes get to Loughton; tomorrow (Sunday) even. Where abouts? There’s a pub there where John Etheridge used to play, isn’t there? I can’t remember what it is called.
Today, a small girl was visiting my house, and when she saw me praying she statrted to do the same. That’s why we say that people who come into Islam are re-verts.
Because you could see that her inborn nature which we call ‘fitra’ enabled her to recognise what I was doing and want to do the same. If you ask any child who God is, they have a place for comprehending a Divine being. Man is more than an animal, and we have forgotten what a respected creature is Man.
not just the american christian right, everyone who doesn’t hold the middle ground. it is hard to do this. i always think of yeats: “the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of a passionate intensity”
Anno,
I pray; I think it is a good thing to do. Sharpens up the mind. You really have to think about what to ask of ‘The Supreme Being’.
But I do not believe in a creator or a personal god.
This may be a contradiction – all I can do is refer you to Neils Bohr’s ‘Principle of Complementarity’.
The US Christian Right frighten me the most, simply because they hold by far the most destructive capability.
yeah, but fortunately they are balanced by venal careerists 🙂
don’t be scared. what’s the point?
Anno,
promise Larry you won’t bite, so he can come out from behind the sofa. If he’s as young as I think he is, then I was frightened of Muslims at his age. The mainstream media is full of negative imagery of Muslims, it’s not surprising that people get scared.
Technicolour,
or feelings can be repressed or ignored. They cannot be controlled – well, not directly. Evolutionary Psychology tells us why; they are older than rationality – I call them ‘the animal substrate of humans’. We can change our feelings only with time and practice or with good experiences.
Sorry, that should read ‘OUR feelings…’
Hi guys, just been watching Match of the Day. Clark, in your post at 11.50 your string of exclamation marks appears to be green. How did you do that?
I suspect you’re on a laptop or an LCD screen, and it has to do with ‘sub-pixel rendering’. Ubuntu has a setting to get it right, Windows hasn’t, as far as I know. I can’t specify colours here, as far as I know, and I didn’t attempt to. Here’s an experiment:
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Try changing the font and see if it changes…
“your string of exclamation marks appears to be green. How did you do that?”
That’s technicolour!
You guys sound like you’ve all been at the beer. Except anno.
Yes, Windows with LED screen. I increased the font size and it went black/grey again.