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Post by holly4morrissey on Nov 28, 2005 20:27:26 GMT 1
;D Hi guys Im new to this so thought id introduce myself, im living in the tower at the mo studying history and religion. My favourite bands are Kaiser Chiefs, Morrissey (of course) Tom Mcrae and the libertines Feel free to drop me a message I odnt bite lol  |
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Post by Simon on Nov 28, 2005 20:32:52 GMT 1
Hi! Come to Jabez Clegg tonight! we don't bite either!  |
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Post by Tom on Nov 28, 2005 20:33:55 GMT 1
hello. im tom.
i like morrissey and the libertines, dont know tom mcrae, and dont like the libertines.
come along to jabez clegg tonight. will be good fun!
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Post by Simon on Nov 28, 2005 20:37:44 GMT 1
you like and don't like the Libertines??!?
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*head explodes*
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Post by dozyjulia on Nov 28, 2005 21:25:44 GMT 1
yeah, that didn't make sense. don't contradict yourself in front of new members  what floor do you live on? I've probably seen you around the tower. had i known you liked morrissey i'd have started an enthusiastic conversation with you, i'm sure. i've not heard of tom mcrae. |
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Post by Arron on Nov 28, 2005 21:49:36 GMT 1
Tom McRae's amazing! only have his second album but saw him in the Lowry last year, he was so good!
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Post by Tom on Nov 29, 2005 9:32:19 GMT 1
you like and don't like the Libertines??!? ... ... *head explodes* thats not what i meant! i meant to say i didnt like kaiser cheifs! i have no idea how that happened. sorry to cause some (non-fatal, as you were alive last night) head explosions |
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Post by Lisa on Nov 29, 2005 13:25:54 GMT 1
yay another history student to add to my mounting unholy army of the night...fly my prettys!
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Post by Ben on Nov 29, 2005 19:07:15 GMT 1
I love Tom McRae. Did you see him when he played the academy? i like the libs and morrissey too, so welcome!
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Random
When I Argue I See Shapes
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Post by Random on Nov 29, 2005 22:09:34 GMT 1
i am amasing my own army of mice and other assorted woodland creatures
soon we will attack and begin our quest of great importance
by the why i'm random (it's my nickname)
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Post by elaine on Nov 30, 2005 0:40:12 GMT 1
religion, eh? I'm thinking of becoming a Christian
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Post by Lisa on Nov 30, 2005 13:21:33 GMT 1
why?
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Post by Jimi [Committee] on Dec 1, 2005 12:20:02 GMT 1
i personally am eastern-mono-pan-theist. i think...
Pleasure to make your acquaintance.
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Post by dozyjulia on Dec 1, 2005 13:57:35 GMT 1
how can you be pantheist and monotheist? that's a contradiction, surely (RS A level there, marvellous).
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elaine
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Post by elaine on Dec 1, 2005 15:04:59 GMT 1
Christians have this amazing truth that exists to serve as the meaning to their life. They are totally sure that this is right.. they are able to reduce absolutely everything down to this truth with convincing arguments. So it fulfils that desire for meaning, and gives a point to everything that we do. Plus they can gain contentment for that. |
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Post by Lisa on Dec 1, 2005 15:13:43 GMT 1
yeah but couldn't you say the same thing about islam, or pretty much any other religion? in fact, the "amazing truth" is in effect the same one for all religions, just under a different name. why christianity?
why can some people manage without the level of comfort and security religion provides whilst lots of people still need it to cling on to. is it really just the sense of community and religion as a social means? in that sense this society is more of a religion to me than Christianity, and i come from a christian background.
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Post by Ben on Dec 1, 2005 17:48:48 GMT 1
how can you be pantheist and monotheist? that's a contradiction, surely (RS A level there, marvellous). a mono-pantheist would believe in one god that was everything, by definition. and i agree with Lisa. Religion simply serves as a way for people to direct their own morality, which i think is a much more personal thing than a book. |
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Post by dawson on Dec 1, 2005 18:40:51 GMT 1
Religion is for people who cant accept that there is no point to life, and lets face it you have to be pretty gulsble to believe in any religion, they all have alot of inconsistancies in them and the big questions are never answered!
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Post by Tom on Dec 1, 2005 19:04:45 GMT 1
Religion is for people who cant accept that there is no point to life, and lets face it you have to be pretty gulsble to believe in any religion, they all have alot of inconsistancies in them and the big questions are never answered! i totally disagree with you there. i used to think quite similarly until recently. im not religious or anything, but i think religion is much much more than just giving someone a point to life. and people who do follow religion are not gullible, because they actually know about the inconsistencies, but it doesnt actually bother them. they havent been conned into a belief, which is what you are suggesting |
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Post by dozyjulia on Dec 1, 2005 19:07:35 GMT 1
Just looked mono-pantheism up. Apparently they believe in an immanent God. Not an imminent God, cos that would be a God who was just about to appear or something. God's never gonna appear, let's be honest. he must be pretty bored by now. if he wants us to believe in him then just bloody talk to us, we don't bite! I don't understand how people can believe the Bible - what about all the bits that contradict the other bits? - there's so much divine intervention in there. virgin births, people rising from the dead, blokes in palestine doing werid trippy things etc. and now? er, americans shouting a lot. There've been no genuinely verifiable divine experiences, ever, as far as i know. Everything's just hearsay, word of mouth and faith (ugh faith: belief without reason). It seems like a pretty odd coincidence that as soon as we're able to test and prove and record events beyond doubt (and beyond putting them in an ancient, inconsistent, stone age text) things stop happening. Christians must be tearing their hair out. Well, maybe not, they're probably quite calm and happy because they have the opium of religion. I don't like religion. I realise it brings comfort and security to loads of people, but that bears nothing whatsoever on its truth value. i'd rather not be comforted by a falsehood. anyway, it all depends on your upbringing: God would be well out of order to punish people for not believing in something they've never had any exposure to. so in a way it's arbitrary. who believes in hell? has anyone seen that episode of south park where it turns out mormonism is actually right and everyone else is fucked?
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Post by dozyjulia on Dec 1, 2005 19:09:56 GMT 1
my karma will probably go down to about -15 million now, especially if God exists.
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Post by Ben on Dec 1, 2005 19:14:29 GMT 1
i gave you karma simply because you're right and i agree. but you really should come on MSN and talk to me
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Post by Tom on Dec 1, 2005 19:15:06 GMT 1
something weird happened this morning. i needed a shower, but our hot water was out (as usual). i needed a shower so bad, i thought i would have one with freezing cold water. as i was preparing, i though "god, what i would give now for 10 minutes of warm water". the hot water came on then, for the exact time it took me to have the shower!!
i thought it was strange anyway, but im not gonna go all religious coz of it
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Post by Lisa on Dec 1, 2005 23:35:13 GMT 1
now if you can just start turning water into wine for me...
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Post by Tom on Dec 1, 2005 23:39:19 GMT 1
if i could do that, id be doing it for myself before id do it for you dont worry though, i would probably pass out after a while. you could steal the rest of my miracle wine then |
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