The bible is ancient, with outdated attitudes and thinking?

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I actually went to a very modern church this morning in Dudley, well organised, well run, the congregration seem inspired and happy the pastor deleivered a message rather than preached and the whole thing was presented in a relaxed "well this is us take it or leave it way, no bible bashing fire and brimstone here, just make your own mind up" , more like a latte in the coffee shop and thanks for coming. I am yet to be convinced and probably never will be but it was a bright occasion full of genuinely happy people engaging in their beliefs. I am afraid I could not live my entire life to the teachings of the bible as I just do not believe in blind faith

Hey me too.

Grandad was a Methodist Lay-preacher with his own church.

I was forced to go to Sunday School/Church until 16.
After that I made up my own mind, but the basic teachings did me no harm

Great youth club though, where I met many good friends.

Easter not far away, will Easter eggs be exchanged?
Christmas just gone, I wonder how many of you greeted each other ' merry Christmas'.

Alot of you got children, I wonder how many of you got your children Baptised.

I wonder what sort of burial service, yourself or your family got planned for you.

I expect it will be the full Christian monty. You got nothing to loose really, Thy will accept all late believers.

The word, Hypocrites springs to mind.

I believe in Jesus, our saviour, our God.

Yes, I got carried away with the o's, so what, you understood it.

It's a shame you don't pick up keefy with his numerous spelling errors as well.

It's not a book club so, stick to the subject without going for the lowest denominator.

Matter of fact, i am relaxed and much more than happy with my lot, thank you very much!

Having faith does not equate to misery, not in my house.

Back to my poker

If some of you can just respect the beliefs of others and not attacking each other personally, religion and politics discussions would never be a pain in the for a lot here.. I can see that there'll be another heated argument with the same people here again and again...

what this particular thread need is respect...lets not be tactless

My view is that I am not deeply religious but I do believe in god,I think well if my planes going down on way to Phils I'm going to pray

Also I attend weddings and funerals and would love to go to midnight mass at xmas but I always end up working

Also If it makes people happy and gives a sense of togetherness and promotes family values then it's fine by me.

My fipipino girlfrind is catholic and of course I want to take her to york minster,St Pauls cathedral etc when she comes here.

It does not matter whether you believe or not but since my girlfriend deeply does believe and goes to church regually i will support her in that


The churches where I live seem busy enough at remain thriving

I could easily have guessed what would follow as posts on this thread.
Always, predictable.

I just cannot understand the mentality of those who feel such an irresistible and desperate need to rage, insult and disrespect those who have a belief and faith.
Amazing really, that given they are unable to control their own emotions, so many 'seemingly' intelligent people are unable to string together just a few intelligent words.

KeithAngel, It would have been much more interesting to read your own words rather than a copy and paste from 'The Daily Mash'
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/s...s-201104053690

You made the effort to post a contribution, but most of us have no idea what you mean to convey.

just an amusing counterpoint, it is after all a thread about the relevance of the bible that perhaps provokes some thought about some of the nonsence we suffer from folk who cant keep their personal pet rabbits at home, satire youve got to laugh right