@toybulldog wrote:
If the ethics behind the sermon are absolute and unbending, and are agreed with across all faiths, does the past and current state of the world make it impossible to live up to them ?
Because even if we try, failure seems inevitable.
Which then leads to a schizophrenic (ie normal) way of living where everyone knows what is right, and invariably pretends to do so, but NO ONE actually conforms for a myriad of reasons.
We only have those who pretend.
Why even say the Lords Prayer at the christening / marriage/ funeral of loved ones if the tenets aren’t ever adhered to ?
This seems to be a universal betrayal of love to those we profess dearest.
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This is silly. Do excuse my sojourn in to your barbaric depths, F3ers, I won’t be long.
The British Empire was founded on cups of tea and the the playing fields of Eton. It is not the winning but the taking part in good spirit that is important. Judge not, that ye be not judged.
And lawks save me from the last Polly Styrene left in the shop.
Amen, hallelujah, hosannah and all that.
Pip pip.