LW says people should respect Dan Crowley's faith

[Old_pie]

I’m actually currently in the midst of reading The Bible. I highly recommend it. Get yourself the New International Version (NIV), as the comeths, goeths, giveths and untos of the older versions really slow it down and put you to sleep.

Really not enough begatting to keep my interest. I mean, I had a motorbike once, but I never begat one.

Of course if we used the word a lot more often on here it would soon become beg*t.

[The Dug Out]

Who is this consul Sidders and what advice might he be giving if Dugout is in control of him ?

That made me chuckle, well spotted.

[Lullapie]

He should study Greek then. Theos is greek for god. Putting an "a" in front of a noun in greek makes it mean "without", and whilst we are at it "agnostic" means "not knowing" (gnostic = knowing).

Some other common examples are:

amnesia: ‘not’ able to remember
apathetic: ‘not’ caring
asocial: ‘not’ social
apolitical: ‘not’ political
amorphous: ‘not’ having a shape
atom: particle of matter which can “not” be cut
anemia: having ‘not’ enough hemoglobin or red blood cells
analgesic: pertains to ‘not’ having pain
anarchy: a state of ‘not’ having a central ruling authority in a country or nation
anonymous: ‘not’ having a name

I suspect that Gervais is just trying to be funny clever rather then being ignorant.

But he doesn’t believe that anything about god is real, so if there’s a Greek word for it, it doesn’t make any difference.

[Lullapie]

In that example, I try but fail!

We all have our weaknesses. 😃

[ShannockPie]

This thread is right to defend freedom of belief and expression and I do not wish to detract from that in any way but
I would like to know if according to OP's Greek lesson (a)thens is 'not' the capital of Greece where is?

[Newish Pie]

This is perhaps because you have such a high value/ are so used to secularism that you are expecting others to abide to it also. It appears DC, JB & JM don't share your value for secularism and the notion that faith should be private. They wear their heart on their sleeve which is the same both in private and public and I for one find it admirable. His goal, his award, his choice who he gives credit/honour to.

I think there's an important but difficult distinction to make about religion and public life.

On the one hand, most people in secular societies think that it's wrong for religious people to impose their beliefs or practices on others through the mechanisms of the state. Whether that's banning the consumption of meat on Friday, making adultery illegal, or restrictions on Sunday shopping for purely religious reasons.

On the other, I don't think we want to push religious faith into purely private corners and ban expression. Having religious faith isn't entirely a choice... if you have strong religious faith, it's a core part of who you are. You don't believe because a dusty old book tells you, you believe because the way you experience the world and the way you experience your own inner life provides such strong evidence.

In a free society, people should be as free as possible to be their own authentic selves as possible, as long as they're not hurting anyone else. There's a kind of parallel between ***uality and religious belief... there's a fake tolerance that says "do what you like behind closed doors but don't shove it in my face".... which is a step forward from wanting to outlaw and attack and persecute. But being your authentic self means not having to hide parts of your life and identity that are important to you if you don't want to.

[crazyfists]

Who cares who they thank in their post match interview, it's upto them. They're not causing any offence, yes it's abit alien to us as others have said, it's more an American thing. If they had a donut before every game and thought that made them play well and thanked donuts for their goal then everyone would think it was funny or a little strange. If they thank God who they believe has helped them in whatever way then who cares.

My dad was a preacher and still gives readings occasionally, I often ask him questions regarding God. As I saw someone else put in this thread, he always says it's about faith. You either choose to believe and have faith you're right or you don't. Whether you believe religion was a way to control how people lived their lives (and alot of the messages are good ways to be such society now lacks) or it was a cult or it's was made up, it's hard to not think there's something bigger at play when you see some of the beauty in the natural world on occasions.

One question that I come back to though is if something good happens it's God helping but if something bad happens it's free will. Anyway all I know is come on you pies, nearly kick off!

[Old_pie]

This thread is right to defend freedom of belief and expression and I do not wish to detract from that in any way but
I would like to know if according to OP's Greek lesson (a)thens is 'not' the capital of Greece where is?

It's not in Thens, hence Athens

[andy6025]

Really not enough begatting to keep my interest. I mean, I had a motorbike once, but I never begat one.

Of course if we used the word a lot more often on here it would soon become beg*t.

You drove a motorbike and still couldn’t begat? Surely you must have been using it wrong.

[SwalePie]

Who cares who they thank in their post match interview, it's upto them. They're not causing any offence, yes it's abit alien to us as others have said, it's more an American thing. If they had a donut before every game and thought that made them play well and thanked donuts for their goal then everyone would think it was funny or a little strange. If they thank God who they believe has helped them in whatever way then who cares.

Today they're looking like they may have had too many doughnuts tbh.