Stay grounded friend. It has its good points and being alone is not different on any particular day no matter what they say. Enjoy what you can enjoy and pass the other times as best you can.
Serious answer....of course they do. Everything does. It has been a curse in recent Northern Irish history. Intolerance of one community by another and resulting heartache for couples across the religious divide.
I think Mindfful said it eloquently. I like your politeness countryboy but as a non-believer I will continue to non-believe if it is ok with you. It is a shame that some on both sides of this argument insist on ramming their opinion down the throats of the "opposition".
I am convinced that the God discussed here is fiction. Curiously enough, that doesn't rule out the existence of a God but just that the the set of stories built up to push the claims of an exclusively owned Christian God are fiction or at least "faction". I think other religions' sets of stories are equally incredible.
It is understandable that people need to create a life code and from that a set of rules for society but that doesn't mean the myths they use to provide a historical context and justification for their rules are real. I would be pretty sure there was a Jesus, for example, but that doesn't mean he is much like the man we see described in our historically based tales of the period.
It is interesting stuff and I find the development and change of religions over hundreds of years interesting too. Whatever truth there is in a set of beliefs seems to be mutable over time. A 13th century guy might be very unhappy with the beliefs of a Christian from 2007 and vice versa - even though both claim to follow exactly the same historical religion. For all the heat, we are probably more tolerant nowadays and therefore nearer to the supposed Christian message from Jesus of Nazareth....or have I got that wrong?
Have fun folks....but no need for (or point to) shouting at each other!! Blessed are the peacemakers.
.....though I always preferred the cheesemakers version. (click click!!)
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RE: Holiday Blues
Stay grounded friend. It has its good points and being alone is not different on any particular day no matter what they say. Enjoy what you can enjoy and pass the other times as best you can.