religion makes people have happier lives!

[slinky]

Originally Posted by cashman

dont get annoyed slinks Rules is Rules if they wanna church wedding then they have to play the game, if not a registrar. simple as.

As I have just said, its not the vicar I'm annoyed at cashy, its them for making a mockery out of it. And I feel the same about people that do it with schools.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by slinky

Oh yes, I can see it from the vicars point of view.... no she does not go to church, and said " I won't be going to church after I have been married" so yes, it is just because she wants a church wedding.

I know a Registry office may not seem very special.... but thats where I got married, thats because, I aint no 2 bit two faced person, that will pretend to be religious, when I really am not. And I don't like how people can make a mockery out of it. Just my opinion on the whole thing.

now thats a standpoint i applaud, so why ya gettin annoyed cos yer mate aint got your morals?oops missed yer last post lol

[slinky]

Originally Posted by cashman

now thats a standpoint i applaud, so why ya gettin annoyed cos yer mate aint got your morals?oops missed yer last post lol

Yeah probably lol.

Don't get me wrong. As I have said in here many times. I am not against people for believing in GOD or what ever religion they have.
I actually respect people that only get into religion when they are older, and can really identify in it, not a case of " oh well mum/dad said I have to " And I do get annoyed when people just use religion for themselves.

Sorry, rant over

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by slinky

Oh yes, I can see it from the vicars point of view.... no she does not go to church, and said " I won't be going to church after I have been married" so yes, it is just because she wants a church wedding.

I know a Registry office may not seem very special.... but thats where I got married, thats because, I aint no 2 bit two faced person, that will pretend to be religious, when I really am not. And I don't like how people can make a mockery out of it. Just my opinion on the whole thing.

I quite agree, Slinky. People who do what your mate's doing annoy me too and the ones who do it with schools. It's pure hypocrisy. People want the Church to be there for their weddings and Christenings but that's the only time they set foot in the place and then they're up in arms when the Church closes due to poor attendances. They write to the Observer saying things like
'This should not be allowed to happen' and, my personal favourite, 'The council should give money to the Church to keep it open.'

Why the hell should they? If you want your Church to stay open then support it weekly, if not, shut up.

Oooooh that's better.

[slinky]

Originally Posted by Lilly

Oooooh that's better.

Hehehe I feel quite a lot better for it too

[cashman]

i am RC, never went to church till i was 20 then went regular for years, hows that for awkward? then in me early 30s i offered to take me kids to mass n did, after a few weeks they got bored n said stuff it,so i did cos i would never force em, only been back very occasionally since. i think religions fine,for those who want/need it. but would never knock those who don't,but agree with lilly about support yer church or stop bitchin n shut the f*** up.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by jaysay

I don't go to church now because of my health problems, but I recieve communion every Sunday morning frm church.

How does that work then?

[blazey]

I don't think priests/vicars should baptise people just so they can get married in the Church, in fact it really annoys me.

No other religion would accept me into their faith just so I can use their place of worship for the day, so I don't see why we (the Catholic Church) have to be scape goats for faithless people.

[blazey]

And since coming to uni I have never been so disgusted in my life at so called 'Christians' who slag off everyone but Evangelicals.

The 'Christian' union here just slags off everyone, in particular Catholics, which obviously annoys me greatly. They also run around ripping down posters of the LGBT society, and to be honest, they must be bitter or else they wouldn't behave in such a way. If that makes them happy then they need to reassess their lives, because I think that is a very sad existence.

[steeljack]

Originally Posted by mani

A belief in God could lead to a more contented life, research suggests.

back to the original theme of the thread .......not sure if it leads to a more contented life , but I think taking of a "time-out" from life for a period of prayer could lead to a less stressfull life ........to my mind its just a 'zoning out time ' bit like Buddists and meditation,
I'd like to see the results of a study of hypertension and stress related problems between say muslims who take a 10 minute 'mind clearing time-out' 5 times a day and those who don't ........not sure how you would find the subjects for the control groups in this day and age , but think he results would be interesting

[blazey]

Originally Posted by steeljack

back to the original theme of the thread .......not sure if it leads to a more contented life , but I think taking of a "time-out" from life for a period of prayer could lead to a less stressfull life ........to my mind its just a 'zoning out time ' bit like Buddists and meditation,
I'd like to see the results of a study of hypertension and stress related problems between say muslims who take a 10 minute 'mind clearing time-out' 5 times a day and those who don't ........not sure how you would find the subjects for the control groups in this day and age , but think he results would be interesting

It could be done with students. It could also be done across religions too I guess, comparing different types of prayer and worship.

Religion would have to be their only 'de-stressing' method though otherwise it wouldn't quite be right, and finding students that don't go out drinking isn't that simple. Maybe during exam prep it'd work though

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Neil

How does that work then?

Well its quite simple Neil, since I had to give up driving I find it very hard to attend church as walking and myself have not been good company for a long time now, 20 years and I'm bushed, infact its just far enough from the taxi to the bar at Ossy Social .On the communion front, there are people who after mass on Sunday morning deliver communion to the sick of the perish, years ago it used to be the priest that did these duties during the week, but that was in the days when St Mary's had three priests, now there is only one and has been or many years

[Wynonie Harris]

Originally Posted by jaysay

deliver communion to the sick of the perish

Slightly unfortunate typo there, Jaysay!

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Slightly unfortunate typo there, Jaysay!

You got me Wynonie, as soon as I read it again I wet myself

[mickmc]

It's what ever floats yer boat!!!

If you need a beer ...well why not.... (thats me sorted then)
If you need a fag ...well why not.... (bad for ya tho', never had em meself)
If you need religion ...well why not.... - though I agree with the others about people just using the church for their own ends

Reminds me of a right rollicking and the cane I got 38 years ago at Holy Family, after weeks of owning up to not having gone to mass the previous sunday, I was dragged before the RI teacher, the head and the priest - I was asked "why don't you go to the church, - you're a catholic" my reply was "nobody asked me if I wanted to be a catholic" .........ouch!!!

Stuck to my belief too - wasn't married in a church (but still married after 33 years) and the children were not baptised/christened - if they want religion they'll find it for themselves

As one very laid back guy once said to me " hey, we're all god's children, under the same but different shades of skin.... - Yea Man........!!!! "