tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post8604556334330572192..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Separation of Church & State Much?Wisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-21791004999200796462009-11-23T15:17:35.098-03:302009-11-23T15:17:35.098-03:30I agree Marbur, so many confuse religion and spiri...I agree Marbur, so many confuse religion and spirituality. would that we all could live in the spirit and practice just the Golden Rule.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-75968461710746957462009-11-20T23:50:37.855-03:302009-11-20T23:50:37.855-03:30Religion has and comntinues to be the root cause o...Religion has and comntinues to be the root cause of most od the world's problems. Look back at history & look at today's mess.<br />Religion is not spirituality, being a decent & caring human being with respect for mankind & the rights of all humans should be the creed of us all. Too many religions, too much hatred & too little tolerance of others creates chaos & discourse and so the world is upside down with discontent.marburhttp://yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-28186149846023934012009-11-18T02:14:56.437-03:302009-11-18T02:14:56.437-03:30LOL Laura, LOL, and no, it might not be rude enoug...LOL Laura, LOL, and no, it might not be rude enough!!!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-61832443622175110872009-11-18T02:14:07.987-03:302009-11-18T02:14:07.987-03:30Nick: they say every war ever fought can be traced...Nick: they say every war ever fought can be traced to religious intolerance and I tend to believe that!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-14487203427037665552009-11-18T02:13:20.317-03:302009-11-18T02:13:20.317-03:30Powerful lobbies also, T, and the perceived electo...Powerful lobbies also, T, and the perceived electoral control of their flocks. And their exempt from tax status should absolutely prohibit them from governmental matters, right?<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-47304007791017921852009-11-18T02:11:38.576-03:302009-11-18T02:11:38.576-03:30Annie:
I put it down to brainwashing and of course...Annie:<br />I put it down to brainwashing and of course the fear of hell for ALL eternity. I was brainwashed but woke right up in my twenties.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-78018394082309551282009-11-17T20:22:35.379-03:302009-11-17T20:22:35.379-03:30The Poet Laura-eate ---ROFLMAO!!!
:-DThe Poet Laura-eate ---ROFLMAO!!!<br />:-DTwilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-48723423197193838382009-11-17T19:04:36.929-03:302009-11-17T19:04:36.929-03:30oo-er, I've just realised the above is ever so...oo-er, I've just realised the above is ever so slightly ruder than I remembered.<br /><br />Sorry.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-48500585838585040282009-11-17T19:02:50.261-03:302009-11-17T19:02:50.261-03:30I wrote this in tribute to the new Bishop of Westm...I wrote this in tribute to the new Bishop of Westminster. But look on the bright side, at least he's straight. (I have it on reliable authority he used to keep a caravan next to his lodgings to entertain nuns in.)<br /><br />Cardinal Sin<br /><br />He's got the biggest Bishoprick, the nuns they all agree<br />The bad boy bish is quite at dish, even at 63<br />He's not into altar boys or remotely gay<br />The Pope noticed Sinnie Vinnie and hip hip'd hooray!<br />He's also controversial, but just enough<br />To beef up the image that the Papists are tough<br />A religion to be reckoned with and no mistake<br />Doesn't have to be that genuine, just not an obvious fake<br />Though if only the P could see him in his state of undress<br />Conferring communion upliftment on nuns in distress<br />Begging his wine and wafers, but getting genuine resurrection<br />Or that's what Ol' Nick tells them as they ride his erection<br />'Jesus wants me to be happy, so you're doing God's work'<br />He reassures their doubtful upturned faces with a final jerk<br />'Now does anyone fancy being an Archie's angel?<br />I'll have to test your typing speed as well to choose my Westminster gel<br />Though I'll keep you for Vespers, And you for afters, And you for when I'm swinging from the rafters!<br />Hell's teeth, it's so damned hard to choose<br />Which of you to keep and which of you to lose<br />If only I could take my black and white flock with me<br />But I don't suppose the big cheese'd stretch to a spot of polygamy.'<br />Little did he know an undercover journo had joined in the fun<br />Who was to boast the best typing speed and prove his No.1 nun!<br /><br />AnunThe Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-87619971424845405972009-11-17T13:48:28.442-03:302009-11-17T13:48:28.442-03:30Well, you know how prevalent religion is here in N...Well, you know how prevalent religion is here in NI and how does it benefit our lives? No way at all that I can see, it just creates endless hostility and violence and keeps people from cooperating together to build a better society.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-89991670100793614762009-11-17T11:20:43.945-03:302009-11-17T11:20:43.945-03:30The RC church doesn't possess nearly the clout...The RC church doesn't possess nearly the clout in the UK that it does here in the US (and, of course in Ireland and Italy)- especially not in politics anyway.<br /><br />You're right WWW - hardly anybody with any clout of their own calls the church out on its hypocricies, or calls out Congress for allowing the church (any church) to hold any sway at all in a department where they should be absolutely irrelevant.<br /><br />In the US the problem must have arisen originally due the huge number of immigrants from Ireland, Italy and the South American countries where the RC church is so strong. I don't see change in this area coming any time soon.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-7035873555675260162009-11-17T10:59:30.219-03:302009-11-17T10:59:30.219-03:30I'm not a Catholic so it puzzles me no end why...I'm not a Catholic so it puzzles me no end why people stay in that church. If all the women and gay men just left, then the Catholic Church's dictates on this or that would be irrelevant, wouldn't they? And if all the women left presumably they'd take their kids with them and pedophilic priests would be up a creek, wouldn't they? If all that was left was hetero males they'd just be yet another Old Boys Club whose political influence might still be felt but who would be a dying breed (especially all those "celibate" priests!), wouldn't they?<br /><br />I think that's what happened in Quebec in the '60s, we can all learn from those darn separatists ;-)Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787701515460812026noreply@blogger.com