Too much shouting, not enough talking

“Them two in the left background of the pic seem very chummy towards each other..;)”

“Good point about people shouting at each other,the Church used to just kill people who didn't agree with them,messier but once the screams had died down certainly quieter.”

“In no master;

"Moby Dick." (Dear Prime Minister...)
"Don't you mean Moby and the whale."
"Ah, yes; I've never been so insulted in my life."
The pepper scene is in that play about the wooden puppet.
"I see, so it's not what you know it's who you know, as indicated by your knowledge in wisdom of of inherited lines."
Don't tell such lies.
"As you know, the secret in our lines, as in life, is to show no regret to another Brother, to cause reason of offence to any other (in our lines); to show no regret, to sign nor signal regret to another. Therefore, Aleister, why do you in resurrection raise objection to our lines."
"Ah ha; you appear to be reading the slightly abridged version."
D-a-v-i-d—C-a-m-e-r-o-n
Didn't another in representation of an absent other once tell you that one day all knowledge would return via the wisdom of an anon another and in evident by reading your own wisdom back to you both one way and the other be proof in tertiary in presence of our presence of kind mind in your own system to reel back all your lines with no regret. As originally. As written by an anonymous other. AR”

“Another Religious Comment”

“@Vinnie_Gar I'd agree with you if only those in power actually discussed the policies being challenged rather than allowing things to descend into the usual "Labour did this, the Conservatives did that" while the issue goes completely unresolved.”

“Actually, the shouty bit of parliament is normally just Prime Mininster's Questions which is 30 mins per week.
It's a sign of a healthy democracy where those in power can be challenged and have their policies questioned and be made to justify them.
Is that like religion?
Thankfully not.”

“Can people not talk unless a seminar tells them to?

I've got nothing against any religion trying to encourage people to create more of a sense of community and if people are happy to use the medium of religion to connect with other people then great if it works for them!

Seriously though, why must people find an excuse to talk? Must we remain silent just because we don't know someone? How are we to meet new people and make new friends unless we break down the imaginary barriers that we put up in our own minds and break out of our isolation?

Let's talk... not because a religion or a newspaper, with questionable journalistic integrity, tells us to but because we can. Let's talk about the issues and politics of the day. Let's talk about how we can make life more enjoyable together. Let's talk and build a stronger sense of community and make the world a nicer place to live in.

Let's talk.”

“Paster Geoff said- 'We have found that Alpha, a ten-week course exploring Christianity, provides the perfect environment for such a conversation'..

Sadly mate the Alpha Course people blew it bigtime by making themselves look ridiculous in a TV docu a couple of years ago when they asked course members to "speak n tongues". Some refused in disgust and walked out (good for them!) but others began jabbering like monkeys, thereby bringing Christianity into disrepute, i'm sure Satan was proud of them..”

“It fills the pages, I suppose. It will be many years yet before we see the end of the death-throes of religion. Be patient.”

“Is there any particular reason for the Herald turning into a soapbox for evangelical Christians, other than their willingness to provide free copy? Does the Herald extend this opportunity to groups representing other faiths (or, indeed, no faith), or is it another example of open bias, as seen in its fawning attitude to Sutton Harbour Holdings?”