I went when I was really young. I think I mainly visited resorts and amusement parks.
Atheists in foxholes?
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Thanks CC for speaking up. That’s the scenario that divides the theists from athiests. When it’s over (if your alive), you’ll know if you BELIEVE or not…
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In germany the social democrats usually are the target of a similar saying… based on their pre-WWI election behavior…
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I’m in High School now. I’ll telll you, being very liberal in my number heres, MAYBE 1/5 of the students here actively practice the religion they claim to be. And a large number openly call themselves Athiests. 80% of those who claim to be religious, don’t practice it.
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80% of those who claim to be religious, don’t practice it.
More like 99% percent over here (though very few “Atheist” :roll:).
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Quick Q…is an agnostic someone who doesn’t really believe in god, but believes that there could be something out there?
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depends on your definition…
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@Anonymous:
Quick Q…is an agnostic someone who doesn’t really believe in god, but believes that there could be something out there?
my take is that an agnostic is one who believes it is impossible to know if there is or is not a God.
Many believe that it’s possible/unlikely, or even possible/likely, but that it is not possible to know. Many of these are seekers of spiritual truth, many have sought and are tired, and many are too lazy to seek.
That’s just my understanding, however - an “agnostic” may want to speak for him/herself.
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An Agnostic says that there can be something or nothing outthere, however, it’s not my business to know at this time. I see every single established religion in the world as completely, 100%, false.
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An Agnostic says that there can be something or nothing outthere, however, it’s not my business to know at this time. I see every single established religion in the world as completely, 100%, false.
i disagree. I think there is an element of truth and beauty to every religion - regardless of whether or not it buys into Jesus Christ.
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My take on this is that people are still faithful, but are finding it harder to find time to practice. Work and school or both, seems like our daily free time is shrinking…
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where did you serve SUD? And in what capacity?
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The sole purpose of this question is so they know what type of chaplin to send to visit you and/or your family if you are injured or killed.
Ohhhhh… I see. Hey, that’s awfully considerate of them. :)
When you go through training, they will send you to church services on Sunday (at least occassionally). You will be seperated into groups: the Catholics will all attend their service, pretty much everyone else will attend a non-denominational service. If you are something else, you will likely be allowed to ‘pray’ on your own or encouraged to sit in the non-denominational group… If you are registered as a religion, but refuse to go to a service, you will likely be forced to parade around while everyone else is in-service (this is to dissuade the one’s who are lazy/simply don’t want to go to a service), and if you are a registered atheist you will likely simply stand around in the rain contemplating your own existence until everyone else is done.
Ha, anything nothing beats training all day 8)
The modern military perspective is simple: if you are willing to fight and die for your country, that’s good enough for us. The religious aspects of military service are there for support. Use em if you want to, don’t if you don’t want em. The code of warriors is much more important than any religious beliefs or otherwise. In my experience, military services are very much grounded in military life and military values. They are virtually indistinguishable, except for the observance of specific rites.
Good to hear.
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SUD - thanks for that insight. I met an interesting guy once - a former executive director-guy with CSIS - he could not tell me about most of his life, which was ok, because the stuff he could tell me about was right out of some novels. Anyway, thank you for serving. I’m always touched by what we owe you people, particularly Nov 11, or when watching a war-movie (Band of Brothers, etc.) or reading about Canadian military history.
Regards,
cc
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