BF2S Forums Who attends church regularly? Or tries to.

Uzique wrote:

Shahter wrote:

i do regularly. but, you know, involuntary. the fuckers have build their bloody temple right under my windows and bang on their bells all the time - it's impossible for me not to "attend".

11 Bravo wrote:

fuck church

you russian ortodox cats are literally fucking insane. you make american mormons look like pagan hippies.

beleave you me, i know. now when we get the endless streams of vacuous crap they spew at us here even soviet propaganda, which at the time was quite horrible, almost unbearable, seems not so bad sometimes.

Last edited by Shahter (2010-09-06 01:53:40)

religion is gay

finray you're scottish. you are a godless people. god gave up on you before you gave up on him.

no point you even answering, really. it's like asking an abortion if it wanted to live.

since when did noblemen address their serfs in ballroom attire?

get back to ploughing you brute

I've always wondered about religion. Specifically Christianity and Islam in terms of people's connection to those religions. The material in those religions is usually based in a completely different world. Whether it's Judea or Arabia. So when I see for example Muslims from Pakistan talking about all the Arab stuff you naturally get with Islam, I'm thinking how can you relate to this. It's a completely alien culture. These Arab names and places and meanings, the same can be said for Christianity and Europe. There's no connection with all the Jewish names and such, especially the OT. They're all set in deserts and they all are based on ancient Middle Eastern indigenous religions. They're not your religion and they never will be, they've come and they've taken over.

Don't they ever stop and think to themselves, why am I following something from thousands of miles away like that. Especially when Shifty or someone does their Bible study, don't they ever stop to think "wtf, all this shit is from the desert talking about Egypt and Syria and Persia and shit, this isn't what I am"

tl'dr - how do Muslims and Christians cope with the fact that their religions are completely based on Arab/Jewish culture which is totally alien in many respects.

I'm not trying to sound like a dick, it's a genuine question about how someone feels about their own identity compared to that of their religion.

Last edited by Mekstizzle (2010-09-06 05:39:05)

Mekstizzle wrote:

tl'dr - how do Muslims and Christians cope with the fact that their religions are completely based on Arab/Jewish culture which is totally alien in many respects.

most people ive met dont even think about that. .not that ive asked, but going to catholic schools it was never brought up

i was an altar boy and while now i'm not religious and have had many an anal reconstruction, i see no problem with religion as a way of supporting people.

I don't consider myself to be Christian. Thus, I do not attend church.

I got told off as a kid for not praying or singing hymns at primary school. Probably not out of rebellion against organised religion but because I was cool as fuck and singing is lame.

It ain't easy bein cheesy.

Beduin wrote:

Mekstizzle wrote:

tl'dr - how do Muslims and Christians cope with the fact that their religions are completely based on Arab/Jewish culture which is totally alien in many respects.

Religion has nothing to do with culture.

religion was inextricably linked to the development of many national cultures and identities...

they are 'separate', in a technical sense, but really you'd be foolish to say that they aren't relational and co-influencing.

england would not be the country it is today if it wasn't for anglicanism and the CoE.

america would not be the country it is today with its unique culture if its wasnt for its protestant-puritan-dissident founding.

iraq and iran and other related arab states would not have their arabic culture if it wasn't for islamic faith...

etc.

My family is Christian and I attended church till about 16. I would still consider myself to be Christian, I just don't attend church, nor do I especially follow any of the Bible's teachings that would inconvenience me. I'm sort of like a Jew who has a barmitzvah to get a party and some cash, but eats hotdogs.

until i was 18 i went to a school that required chapel everyday + dress up on wednesdays with communion. then i had to do church most sundays. now it's perhaps xmas and easter when i visit. not such a big deal to go now as it used to be. i tend to space out and mind wander there.. hmm.