Sex before marriage

Seen as I went to the most famous catholic school in the country I should know just about.

Btw I dont belive in god.

its weird isnt it that all kids who go to religious or catholic schools end up hating religion, not beleiving in god, and are definatly not what u would class as christians or whatever

I still go to church. I dont hate religion, I try to follow most catholic morals. I just dont believe in god.

He might be from a rich family. There is nothing wrong with providing for your family. My old school and Ampleforth have many examples of wealthy people giving up their lives for god.

how the chicken does that work? i thought goin to church was to pray to jesus and god and to thanks them and all that...

no. his mum and dad were the poorest in their village. its only since he started pastoring hes got rich. and besides, he makes the hurch have 3 offering. morin apparently for the youth club (which isnt given much at all). after service for the church and then again to give to god (dont no what bank god is at tho)

Thats why every one of your arguments is flawed.

To pay for the upkeep of the parish and the priests home. You will find that priest are not 'rollin in it'. They are paid about 4-6k a year. They might live in a big house but they dont own it.

yeah but in a way thats my point. evry1 is defeating the point... like giving loads of money to the pastor where he probably keeps 50% of it to himself. AND the 'laws' of sex before marriage. yea its dsafer and more desirable to no that ur other half has only been with U and only want to be with U, in this day and age it will not happen. y preach it? there r young couple in my old AoG church and i doubt very much that hands r kept out of clothes! no matter what they try to portray to everyone else.

Indeed, bucko.

Looks like you've fallen to it.

caz: Bigcnee has my every respect. As did you.

I actually agree with Caz on this one (I haven't read other posts so dunno if it's been taken further).

If you told a child that it had to eat a plate of peas every Friday from the day it was born it would do it - and continue to do it finding it hard to stop doing it. Same with God - if you talk about God and tell a child that there is a God, they will believe it and find it hard to stop believing.

However, if you tell a child that there isn't a God, it is not a continual thing. You wouldn't make sure you tell the child every Sunday morning that there is not one. Therefore, I feel that 'brainwashing' is more likely to occur when a child is told that there IS a God rather than that there isn't a God.

I think there is something inherent with religion that it must be passed through the generations. See the Bible for examples. Atheism is more a personal rejection of beliefs which others follow.

At the end of the day I feel it is easier for the child of an atheist to discover a faith than it is the child of a religious person to reject what has been an inherent part of their childhood years.

So, Caz - I agree!

Adam

actually rhe pastor at my old church lives mear me in his OWN house with all widescreen tv's, top notch dvd players, plasma screen pcs etc etc. his sister of my age was given a bday pressy last year off him, her own car and a building in which to begin her business. (hair and beuaty). bearin in mind Mr K (code name) only runs a small cashing shop and pastors, now where does he gets all his money from? hIS WIFE is at home with the kiddies... .oO(wonders)

yup, thanks

there are a lot of idiot people out their who think they're so great and even punish their kids for no believing in what they believe, which is truly a self-destructive mix for the kid who has to go through it (imagine having to make sense of some crap u dont even believe, then reach a point in ur life where u force urself to believe it, and now u have all these memories and associations of anger and hate from where ur idiot parents pulled all their bullshit). its harmful, i tell u. it is

That is beautiful, and i quite agree with you