Dear Leonard,
Except that atheists don't need Jesus on their shoulder to live good lives.
Aye!! and this fascinate me, you old friend are a excellent example, you often use Biblical quotations as throw aways, but then you are not alone, other atheists on this forum have been known to dip into the Bible for a odd quote or three.
Then we have Vlads pin up boy, Dawkins, he regards himself as a cultural Christian, just wondering how many more atheists on this forum regard themselves as "cultural Christians".
Our Gordon, our very valued Mod, now he has never had God in his life, although when I think about it, he has, hard to escape us Bible bashers when you live on the west coast of Scotland, wonder if Gordon thinks of himself as a "cultural Christian".
This opens up all sorts of other thoughts in my very cluttered mind, walking away from religious thought, does that leave some kind of void?
Taking religion out of schools, in this country, Scotland, there is a push on to ensure our kids are well schooled in the three R's, where is the push to ensure our kids are well schooled in, Love, Charity, serving our fellow man, just as important as the three R's, more important, in fact they should be on equal footing.
On the subject of charity, Church of Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, Salvation Army, Barnado's, the atheist is quite happy for these institutions to deal with our down trodden but will rail against religious privilege, our own government gives these institutions tax payers money to deal with this countries ill's, something is out of kilter here when it comes to atheist thinking.
Anyway Leonard that is my little rantette for today, time for breakfast, square sausage, tottie scone, egg, what are your thoughts on the humble tomato, fried tin tomato or fried fresh tomato
Gonnagle.
