Isn't It Stange ... But True?

[Arthur Little]

I think of those people in Baclaran chuch, the church loaded all day, these people have nothing else, no money as there God, they have only there faith.

Sadly, what Mark (gWaPito) says is sooooooo TRUE, Mike! ALL these poor, unfortunate people HAVE to cling to IS their faith ... FAITH that SOMEwhere, someHOW and someday - when the perpetual struggle of their "miserable" Earthly existence is over - there is a better life awaiting them. Otherwise, what's the point of their having been born in the first place!

Or can I assume YOU completely disparage the very notion of a 'hereafter' ... life after death ... or indeed ANY concept of reincarnation?

[aposhark]

Sadly, what Mark (gWaPito) says is sooooooo TRUE, Mike! ALL these poor, unfortunate people HAVE to cling to IS their faith ... FAITH that SOMEwhere, someHOW and someday - when the perpetual struggle of their "miserable" Earthly existence is over - there is a better life awaiting them. Otherwise, what's the point of their having been born in the first place!

Or can I assume YOU completely disparage the very notion of a 'hereafter' ... life after death ... or indeed ANY concept of reincarnation?

Their ""miserable" Earthly existence" isn't exactly helped when the Filipino catholic church bans condoms, Arthur
Surely you can see that these sort of ideas only cause more suffering?

[Arthur Little]

Their ""miserable" Earthly existence" isn't exactly helped when the Filipino catholic church bans condoms, Arthur
Surely you can see that these sort of ideas only cause more suffering?

Oh yes ... with you one hundred percent, THERE ... as I do with certain other aspects pertaining to the failings of the Catholic Church - notably the belief that the practice of 'Confession' absolves adherents' guilt and sins. Fortunately, the Presbyterian Church of Scotland adopts a much more open-minded stance on such issues ... nowadays, at least.