Continues.The Church of England will this week vow to fight "new atheism" in an attempt to combat the rise of secularism and defend Christianity in Britain
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Give up, UK atheists, the bad boys are comin' for ya.
Clergy told to take on the 'new atheists'
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Oh noes, attacked by Anglican clergy!
Like being savaged by toothless, arthritic sheep...
Like being savaged by toothless, arthritic sheep...
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I expect to be captured by a web of hair nets and stoned to death with stale scones.
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Is it just me, or are Rowan Williams' eyebrows looking more menacing now?
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Re: Give up, UK atheists, the bad boys are comin' for ya.
JimC » wrote:Oh noes, attacked by Anglican clergy!
Like being savaged by toothless, arthritic sheep...
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"The rallying call comes amid fears that Christians are suffering from an increasing level of discrimination following a series of cases in which they have been punished for sharing their beliefs." As evidenced by what? Ah, yes, of course: "attempts to marginalise Christianity and to treat religious faith more generally as a social problem" and "suspicion or hostility towards churches and other faith groups". It really is tough being persecuted like that, isn't it? So, let's go back to the good ole days, the days when churches had political, social and moral clout. Let's return to theocracy. In those days churches never put the boot in just because they were wearing it. Just imagine what would have happened if theocratic governments had indulged in punishing atheists (or heretics) by marginalising them and treating them more generally as a social problem, or regarding them with suspicion or hostility.
I also like the report's title: Challenges for the New Quinquennium. I had to look the word up. It's cute, but it harks back to the "five year plans" the Soviet Union was so enthusiastic about formulating.
I also like the report's title: Challenges for the New Quinquennium. I had to look the word up. It's cute, but it harks back to the "five year plans" the Soviet Union was so enthusiastic about formulating.
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Expect to be confronted with vicious, unprovoked coffee-mornings, hideous, violent, stealth-fetes and... I hardly dare say it... bring-and-buy sales!1!!1!!JimC » wrote:Oh noes, attacked by Anglican clergy!
Like being savaged by toothless, arthritic sheep...
It was nice knowing you guys - but we all know it had to come to this. It's over.
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Salman Rushdie
You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
House MD
Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
Sandy Denny
This is the wrong forum for bluffing
Paco
Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
Calilasseia
I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
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Death by bargain-crazed old lady.Xamonas Chegwé wrote:... bring-and-buy sales!1!!1!!
Reminded me...
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I'm all for taking on new atheism, that's an easy target.
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Re: Give up, UK atheists, the bad boys are comin' for ya.
JimC » wrote:Oh noes, attacked by Anglican clergy!
Like being savaged by toothless, arthritic sheep...
The CoE are milksops.
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Who can defeat them? They honestly believe in the good side of the force? Jedi in all but name....if only this was America we would have a enemy we could fight....Christian Sith. 
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Crumple » wrote:Who can defeat them? They honestly believe in the good side of the force? Jedi in all but name....if only this was America we would have a enemy we could fight....Christian Sith.
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I know this is old, but here it goes again:
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BRING IT ON!!!!!
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It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
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Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
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And it's beautiful, that's life
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
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