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  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Dovefromabove said:
    Someone very wise once said to me that we should beware of any organisation where men dress up and tell other folk what to do. 🙄 
    Quite. But I'd amend that slightly - beware of any organisation where men dress up and tell other folk what to think. 
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Especially if they wear frocks or tights or other girly garments.
    Come to think of it, it's not just religious types is it? Judges, lords....
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Precisely @B3 ... there’s a lot of folk out there who do that. 

    Im all for folks being free to dress up 😉 ... but not to assume any authority over me just because they do so. 😡 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    edited April 2019
    I think it was Richard Dawkins who objected to bishops having an automatic seat in the House of Lords "just because they have an invisible friend". The bloke can be quite annoying but that did make me laugh.
    Religion is lovely in its place and it can and has done a great deal of good. In my opinion, it has no place in Government or law.
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Dovefromabove said:
    Precisely @B3 ... there’s a lot of folk out there who do that. 

    Im all for folks being free to dress up 😉 ... but not to assume any authority over me just because they do so. 😡 
    And to be honest ... I suppose it’s that they’re attracted to the combination of fancy dress and control of others which is soooo dodgy 😦 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • DyersEndDyersEnd Posts: 730
    Some people tell you what to think without dressing up though, very unfair.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    There’s a lot to be said for Naturism 🤣 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    I do find old buildings fascinating.  How they built them without any modern technology is incredible, no wonder many of them took hundreds of years to complete.  I have no time for organised religion, and don't understand how people can get sucked into what I see as mumbo-jumbo and mind control.  That said, as long as they don't try to inflict their beliefs on me I will reciprocate.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Millions of euros have been pledged to fund the rebuild.   Given the lack of suitable mature tall oaks to provide the beams they are going to have to be inventive and that will mean arguing pros and cons, in committees no doubt.  Loads of fun to come. 

    However, an excellent opportunity for craftsmen to perfect their skills and train new people.  
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Dovefromabove said:
    There’s a lot to be said for Naturism 🤣 
    Agreed, nothing like "the naked truth", see https://www.junction.co.uk/brexit-the-naked-truth?spektrix_bounce=true
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