tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126961.post7064494283715914875..comments2023-07-05T01:28:10.259+11:00Comments on Funny Old World: Stacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293741467822618216noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126961.post-18772402363636611982008-08-11T14:22:00.000+12:002008-08-11T14:22:00.000+12:00I have tagged you ;-) - and answered a little mor...I have tagged you ;-) - and answered a little more of your query on my blog in the process I should think...elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02711971635835842303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126961.post-57544074100921002642008-08-10T01:18:00.000+12:002008-08-10T01:18:00.000+12:00Or metaphors bewitch you! ;)Or metaphors bewitch you! ;)Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126961.post-38037737281989578282008-08-09T13:09:00.000+12:002008-08-09T13:09:00.000+12:00Andrew - Still on my L's...Frank - I'm not sure I ...Andrew - Still on my L's...<BR/><BR/>Frank - I'm not sure I agree... If belief in something including nothing were that important, there would be more "atheists" than "non-religious" people. Something like 11% of the world's population care little enough about religion or belief to be non-religious. Only about 2% identify themselves as atheists. In other words, 2% of people believe strongly that Stacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293741467822618216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126961.post-33169893127827695832008-08-09T03:49:00.000+12:002008-08-09T03:49:00.000+12:00well yes, that. And also that, if you look back at...well yes, that. And also that, if you look back at history and take out all the religion, you are left with precisely nothing. Except perhaps the Falklands War. Unless you think that nationalisms are religious (if you do, I commend you - you are most excellent). Basically, if you don't have religion (or at least religious thought), you don't really have human beings either. Or civilisation. We Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126961.post-8436661795756837452008-08-08T22:40:00.000+12:002008-08-08T22:40:00.000+12:00Sorry, should expand... Read Lletna, thought L? Co...Sorry, should expand... Read Lletna, thought L? Congratulations.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00733408102200443592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126961.post-77812305684314240192008-08-08T22:39:00.000+12:002008-08-08T22:39:00.000+12:00Are you on your P's?Are you on your P's?Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00733408102200443592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126961.post-15952238982845340292008-08-08T16:00:00.000+12:002008-08-08T16:00:00.000+12:00I'm a firm believer in whatever gets you through t...I'm a firm believer in whatever gets you through those long, dark nights of the soul -- as long as nobody else is hurt in the process.<BR/><BR/>I believe all of us, even atheists, need something to believe in - even if it's the belief that there's nothing to believe in.<BR/><BR/>;)Frank Baronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07766219281485749395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126961.post-66941594169994975782008-08-08T09:55:00.000+12:002008-08-08T09:55:00.000+12:00Fathorse, I'm interested in how you feel religions...Fathorse, I'm interested in how you feel religions are a good thing. I acknowledge that they give us a reasonable moral code by which to live, is that what you're referring to?Stacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293741467822618216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126961.post-37941596096129155452008-08-08T03:53:00.000+12:002008-08-08T03:53:00.000+12:00I'd love to, but I won't even start, because it wo...I'd love to, but I won't even start, because it would go on forever and reveal me as the argumentative, freaky geek that I am. In short - I not-so-secretly agree, and so long as we also agree that, regardless of their truthfulness, christianity and other religions are a good thing in as many if not more ways than they are a bad thing, then I shall say no more and smile and nod :) *nods*<BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126961.post-56552542022820432802008-08-06T15:18:00.000+12:002008-08-06T15:18:00.000+12:00Andrew - certainly not! Or May the 4th be with you...Andrew - certainly not! Or May the 4th be with you, either. :)Stacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293741467822618216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126961.post-675501021032866492008-08-06T14:27:00.000+12:002008-08-06T14:27:00.000+12:00I might have got the wrong message - but does this...I might have got the wrong message - but does this mean that you want me stop saying "May the force be with you"?Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00733408102200443592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4126961.post-63933496039134316342008-08-06T10:28:00.000+12:002008-08-06T10:28:00.000+12:00"That's like quoting Star Wars to prove that Luke ..."That's like quoting Star Wars to prove that Luke Skywalker exists and has Jedi powers."<BR/><BR/>LOVE ITelizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02711971635835842303noreply@blogger.com