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Quote.
"Hi Ian and all,
Eh, so what does an athiest know about so many religious prohibitions? I
say
many because there are far more than dietary laws so I don't worry about
my
ignorance so why should you?"
At the age of 8 I was told to prepare for and exam called The Diocese of
Hereford Bible and Prayerbook Examination.
The exam was purely Christianity but, as I was studying, I managed to get
my hands on books about the other religions. Ancestor worship,Buddhism,Bram
inism, Judaism and, of course, the Koran.
After reading all these books I found a common thread; "If you obey all
the 'thou shalt nots' and other rules, you will have a wonderful time
after you are dead."
I remember thinking "Jam Tomorrow." an old English saying which means, you
will get paid tomorrow for work today and, of course, tomorrow never
comes.
That finally converted me to atheism, even thogh I won first prize in the
exam. Atheism in it's strict sense means #against gods' not religions. I
agree with Sir bertrand Russell in that religion is a crutch people use
because they are (quite naturally) terrified of death.
The faithful all standing or sitting in a room, talking to someone who
isn't there, strikes me as a form of insanity but, if it helps them, let
them believe what they want.
Eight yeard later, at the end of what you call 'High School' I wasn't too
sure I had the minimum nimber of exams to go forward so I spent three days
and nights memorising the New Testament. My exam sheets formed a big,
untidy pile, compared with just 2 or 3 sheets of foolscap (about A4) at
the end of the exam but, it transpired that I had scored 100%, the highest
ever scored by a long way. 20 years later I found that I was even
mentioned in records as the highest scoring student in RK (Religious
Knowledge).
As a young man I found a lot of people who just couldn't believe that I
was an atheist, trying to convert me to their religion, even a Rabbi who I
had helped out when he was ill and, if you know your Judaism, you will
know that they do not evangelise so, being invited to become a jew is a
big deal. Rabbi Franks was a nice old man so I didn't want to upset him
and just made some excuse.
We have had religious arguments on packet before so I still keep a bible
handy for reference. It is also quite a good piece of literature. I
especially like Ecclesiastes and The Song of Solomon, very thin books next
to each other, I can reccomend them.
I was slightly puzzled by the fact that the recent discovery of horsemeat
in burgers and non halal meat in prisons has not been mentioned as a
religious issue on TV. They have concentrated more on the fact that the
very idea of eating cute horses will upset hose lovers.
No mention either of the fact that horse steaks are openly on sale in
France even though it is a very religious, Roman Catholic country.
The TV people like getting out the woodn spoon and winding people up and
the very devout make an easy target.
I did miss most of MASH as I had better things to do, it ws on from about
1970 to 1981 over here, much longer than the Korean war. It was Pete who
suggested that the character of Corporal Klinger might upset certain
minorities, which is illegal over here. I think he has a point.
I have never bothered going to the BBC site because, if some of the really
good series like the original Casanova and The Cleopatras, aren't shown on
broadcast TV, the won't be available on the interenet.
I see your problem, I once tried connecting and trying to watch certain
episodes of Babylon 5, which I have most of, only to run into a message
saying I was in the wrong part of the world. It is only in N. America for
some reason so some BBC stuff is probably not allowed outside the UK.
Long waffle - you can wake up now.
73 - Ian, G0TEZ @ GB7CIP
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