sadoldgit

Like most things, problems arise when people try and impose their will and ideas onto others who have a different perspective. We need to find a way to live together that revolves around acceptance of our differences, not trying to force people to accept our way as the only way. It is something we are all guilty of. The only way we will survive on this planet is by learning to live and let live. So far the evidence points to that being beyond our comprehension.

Perhaps they are hedging their bets? You have nothing to lose if you repent on your death bed. In this country I get the impression that fewer and fewer people believe in god. Churches are empty and are closing. People prefer to shop or play sport on Sunday than observe the day of rest. More people have humanist funerals. Religion served mankind for better or worse for centuries, but the more we embrace technology the less age old superstitions still hold sway. If there was one true God and one true religion don’t you think we would have sussed it out by a fifth of the way through the 21st century? We are no nearer a religious consensus than we were 2000 years ago. Mankind evolved believing in things beyond our comprehension. Thunder. Lightening. The change of the seasons etc. We know what causes them now so we no longer pray to the Gods whom we thought were responsible. Yet there is still a belief that there is a greater force at work that decides our fate. It makes no sense. A coincidence is a coincidence. If something possibly can happen then it probably will. This would be a much better world if we stopped worrying about some greater being beyond the clouds and just put more effort into getting along with each other. Religion is supposed to bring people together yet it divides us. It is supposed to bring out the best in us but often brings out the worst. We have little time on this planet. Surely it is better to focus on the here and now and not some hypothetical eternity that may or may not await us beyond the clouds?

I think I would have chosen an area where there was no indigenous population.

I am with MLG on this. Surely the state of Israel was created in accordance with where the Bible said it should be. Of course they were working towards that. If not, why did it not end up in some random part of the planet that no one else gave a damn about? I am not an expert in Jewish matters but I don’t recall them ever having a plan B?

That is probably why I don’t get Gavin and Stacey, I didn’t get the Royale Family either.

Clearly the work of the devil.

Ok, you got me. I do actually exist.

Indeed! I blame my youngest daughter for telling me to read Richard Dawkins!

Nothing about any religion stands rational scrutiny. The test is we have to believe what we are told despite everything. Only then are we accepted by whatever God we decide is the one. It’s a bit silly really isn’t it? If I was an all powerful diety I wouldn’t want to be worshipped by a bunch of idiots who insisted on believing in me despite overwhelming evidence that I do not exist.

I think we have roundly proved the old adage if you want a quiet life never discuss politics or religion. Having already done politics to death it is now religion’s turn. Go for it lads!

It was a very watered down and weak version of PR and not what we needed.

The point is the majority of the country did not vote Conservative.

Loved The Rutles and the crazy Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. Sad news. He wrote some great pastiche versions of The Beatles songs. RIP Ron Nasty

VAR is not the problem. The problem is how it is used. It will get better.

And yet the majority of the electorate voted against your moral compass.

Will we seem the same kind of exposure given to Tory Islamophobia by the Mail, Express and Sun as they gave to Labour and anti-Semitism? Will they make as much fuss as the lurch to the right by the Tories as they did the lurch to the left by Labour? There has been a huge outcry about democracy since Brexit but how is it served with such a bias in the mainstream media?

2,965,830 people more voted against the Tory policies.

Little wonder that most of the country are anti people like you and your party. In case you have missed it, public services are on their knees and the people who use them, including people of your political persuasion, are suffering as a result. Still, if you think it helps by name calling, something another right wing poster here also relies on, then knock yourself out.

Not really an answer is it? I am assuming you have never worked in the public sector, and certainly not during the last decade.

Palace good away. We have been weak sat home. A draw not unexpected. Very happy with 7 points from 3 games.

If your lot cared so much why did they let this happen in the first place? And you can’t run public services if you don’t spend enough on them, as we have found out in the last decade.

I’ve met Vic Reeves a few times as he is a friend of a neighbour and has been at some local functions. Very hard to make conversation with and nothing like his on screen persona. A bit of a **** in fact. His wife is much more engaging (and very fit too).

Back in the 80’s we were told that comedy was the new rock and roll. It seems now to have just been absorbed into the generality of light entertainment in the main. Still, perhaps the new series of Spitting Image will bring back a bit of bite.

Probably where I went wrong too. Although disliking James Corden also probably has helped.

2, 4, 3 and 1 but the last episode of 4 was best by a country mile. The first series wasn’t really Blackadder as we understand it. It was Atkinson’s project if I remember correctly but didn’t go down to well until it was rescued by Curtis and Elton from series 2 onwards.