Im not religious in any way, so Im not offended by this or anything, but WTF?! I just thought it was about the most bizarre thing Id heard in ages:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3948329.stm
*EDIT* I just remembered that religious topics dont tend to end in happy threads. It wasn't my intention to discuss religion, I just thought it was a really odd move on the part of the RN. So, If you're gonna discuss, play nice
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That said to each their own but I think the Navy has the responsibility to ensure that personal beliefs do not come in the way of the execution and cohesivness of a unit. As long as this guy doesn't disrupt the working of the ship I suppose it's fine.
1. Propper grammar is not required on the internet, but you do have to at least be able to understand it!
2. robot buttlers for everyone!
D. car alarms should not go off for no reason in the middle of the night waking me up!
well thats just the groundlines of the religion.. i think it could take off, i want to be able to marry people for no reason! and have a statue built of Whirley and myself!
I bet the dude doesent have many friends. I bet he's way creepy.
Hrm!
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mojo: i want a robot buttler. where do i sign up?
If I was into religion, Satanism would probably be the one for me. Perhaps Buddism, although thts not really a religion. I'm a slightly Buddist atheist. With Satanic leanings.
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I don't know that you could pick any two religious systems that are any further apart - Satanism is entirely self-centered and Buddhism is about the denial of want. Perhaps this was a joke and I'm being to literal to appreciate it?
So Satanism and Buddhism only contradict themselves at first sight...
May all tremble before the vile pencil devourer god of destruction!!!
I've been spending some VERY late nights worshipping my pencil sharpener lately
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Oh, is that what you kids are calling it these days...
Rick: After some Googling, I'd hope you realised it was spelt "Buddhism"...
jack_blackSISCO: Watch it dude, you're imposing your beliefs on someone outside your philosophy, and you're in the HOV lane to Flameville, besides.
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And well I don't think someone should do whatever they want if that is Satanism, cos you have certain social and moral mores that govern and keep us from chaos. Like you should not just go murder an innocent person cos you want to and screw everyone else. I recall some hotshot in the Satanic church and she made the total bs statement that her spirit actually brought her parents together to create her and exalt her as a god. I also knew some Satanists that were in a cult and they did mushrooms and had orgies in this old school house. Then tried to claim tax exempt status as a church. I'd prefer to have a Buddhist neighbor than a Satanist. But I like the concept that screw what everyone else thinks, that is a good thing.
But you make it sound like taking mushrooms and having an orgy is a bad thing?
frosty: I'm not presuming to know what happens to people after they die. i.e. the burning thing. In fact, that's the first thing I've said regarding my own beliefs.
Vermilion: thanks for that succinct statement, re: contradictions.
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As far as Satanists go, not that they are human killers, (but they could be, that cult I spoke of killed goats) but that do as you please and damn the consequences really goes against the grain of any society that tries to function at any level. Murder was just and example of a far ended do as you please action. Like, Id like to rip the throat out of people sometimes, but I dont cos I know it is the wrong way to deal with stress and I dont want to live the rest of my life in prison somewhere eating bad food and breathing 2nd hand smoke, but hey wait, I do that now.
jzero not a personal rant on you, but it is so funny how Budhism, Satanism, Hinduism, Islam, Sadism, No-ism if freely appreciated here and any hint of the awful other standard traditional religion is jumped upon like a wet shammy on a washed up SUV.
Religion and Politics. I'm gonna burn for this. Muwahahaha!
apologies for posting a story that isnt news worthy. Just dont read it. If you knew anything about the Royal Navy ( which I dont expect you to ) its a pretty bizarre story considering their stuffiness and insistance on clinging to tradition ( which often involves christianity )
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no no, i didn't mean it like that, i'm glad you pointed it out as i enjoy such oddities. And while i do infact know next to nothing about the Royal Navy, i can assume they're as assinine about that sort of thing as the military branches i'm more familiar with. So yeah, write a story about it for being the first of its kind, but not because his religion is an affrontary to decent moral people.
in a nutshell:
newsworthy? yes.
hub-bubworthy? no.
but then i could rub two shits together and get the worth i attribute to religion.
jzero not a personal rant on you, but it is so funny how Budhism, Satanism, Hinduism, Islam, Sadism, No-ism if freely appreciated here and any hint of the awful other standard traditional religion is jumped upon like a wet shammy on a washed up SUV.
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Obvious that wasn't directed at me, but I'll reply anyway I was born and raised a Catholic and, while I'm personally spiritual rather than religious, I think Catholicism is probably pound-for-pound the 'best' of the current major religions as a starting point for faith. I don't agree with everything, certainly, but the faith has a very firmly established ethical basis and support system (something less formalized religions like Buddhism can lack) without a sense of cultural/spiritual eliteness (Judaism springs to mind) or a self-righteous attitude (Protestantism in general, and fundamentalist variants in particular, as well as our good friends, the Islamic jihadists). I know that my perception is no doubt colored by my own experiences, but my Catholic education actually encouraged me to investigate other faiths, to explore and question my own beliefs. While not exactly open to negotiation on moral issues, Catholicism is still surprisingly open-minded as the world's major modern religions go, and I think the world could use a little more tolerance.
but then i could rub two shits together and get the worth i attribute to religion.
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Ewww, your hands are gonna be all stinky!
the only way way i would see the satanic thing as being a problem, is some of the beliefs he mentioned go against a lot of the basic principles you would want in a soldier, seems to focus more on being self serving, and don't sound like much of a team player. when stranded on a desert island, he's be the first one seeing you as food,