Religon

[TheSlyBear]

To the question "What's your religion?", for those that don't believe I think "none" is a perfectly acceptable answer. Why that should offend anyone is beyond me.

John, I think that you are taking needless offense where not warranted.

[Alexander215]

Somehow I knew it wouldn't last.

Sorry, I didn't mean to start a sh!tstorm

[Brkeatr]

Somehow I knew it wouldn't last.

Sorry, I didn't mean to start a sh!tstorm

LOL....don't worry about it bro....2 things that shouldn't be discussed among friends are religion and politics ......I'm sure everyones fine ....

[hammerdrill376]

Somehow I knew it wouldn't last.

Sorry, I didn't mean to start a sh!tstorm

I don't think you did or at least I don't honestly think that was your intent at all. As I said before, we all need to respect each others beliefs and opinions no matter what faith one believes or even if one does not believe at all  .

[calbito]

I'm Episcopalian.  Before that Lutheran (every letter combination    ).  Before that (child) Roman Catholic.  If somebody asks me if I'm Catholic or Protestant I say "yes".    A funny story was when I was elder in a German (Mo. Synod) Lutheran congregation.  We were having communion and it was my job to pass out the consecrated Bread to the congregation.  We used the wafers just like the Roman Catholics do.  Anyway the priest had consecrated some on a sort of elevated platen and in the past that was always enough.  Well we had an unusually high attendance that Sunday and I saw that I was soon going to run out of wafers.  So I did the best thing I could think of and started breaking them in half giving everyone half a wafer.  I didn't know until after church that there was a whole ciborium (a covered bowl) of consecrated wafers on the altar.    Well anyway after church we had a voters meeting where we were discussing the budget and someone said "Look I know money is tight but are we so poor that we can't afford a whole wafer for communion?". 

[wpruitt]

Calbito - Sounds like a United Methodist Admin Council Meeting.  I had a great-aunt who, during the Great Depression, was responsible for the elements at communion (grape juice and diced bread).  She would always take the leftover bread home on Communion Sunday for either a bread pudding or stuffing (to the horror of the them pastor).  She told him, "Waste not, want not"!!!!

[xnewyawka]

To the question "What's your religion?", for those that don't believe I think "none" is a perfectly acceptable answer. Why that should offend anyone is beyond me.

John, I think that you are taking needless offense where not warranted.

Simple, and true, Bear. Religion is a personal thing, and each person is going to have their own beliefs and views. You are sounding very opinionated Johnmont.
To try and make someone believe your choice and preference is the be all end all, and try and cram it down their throat is not the way to go. Yes, there are some fanatics out there as we all know.
But as one of the other bro's basically said, let's live and let live.

[timorousme]

I didn't bother reading through the whole thread (I know, it's annoying when people do that), but any other Buddhists on the board?

[The Zook]

Please respect my beliefs !

Oh, I do... could you please respect mine in return?

And please... do NOT grieve or feel sorry for me, save it for someone who needs it - I'm doing GREAT!

[hammerdrill376]

Ok gentlemen....PLEASE go to your corners.

[DaddySir4]

Religion is a deeply personal matter and we should all just state our beliefs and not comment on others, unless you agree with a specific person ans then direct your comment directly to them. If you disagree with someone's religion or lack of it be respectful and keep your opinion to yourself.
So...hows the weather?

[NWTRNR]

Perhaps it's a good time to say goodbye to this thread? Moderators?

[hammerdrill376]

I think its ok to keep it open..but agan...respectful ...but also respect the moderators postions as well.

[schro]

As I said on the first page of this thread, keeping it respectful was the key.
For the most part, it was.

[Timmay]

ahhh keep it open.  All i have seen is one person who has had a disagreement with this thread.  Lets all grow up a little here...there is many many different religions in this country.  Yes of course we will disagree with some beliefs but if we all voiced our opinions on what we disagree with ..we wouldnt get anything done.  Its the people who ANALYZE everything who seem to be the ones who have unsolved issues in their life.  Havent you ever noticed that how much one person will put others down or see their faults....then take a look at the person who is making such accousations.  One day we will all see that it doesnt do any good to judge another person...in fact ..it is wrong to judge anyone.   Let bygones be bygones and ........March Forward!