The British psyche through use of smilies

[SteveT]

Hate to say this BAT but..............









THE OSMONDS :twisted:

[ChrisC]

oh dear.

somehow i think the ozbourne/osmond confusion has crept in.

unless i'm missing something....

Chris

[ChrisC]

ahhhhhhhhhh, the osmonds are mourmons. I thought it was a refference to his name and thew whole bst head thing...

Chris

[witch]

Orson Scott Card (sci fi for those of you who don't know) is a mormon as well

[_Bat_]

I have to say, I think the whole religious implications of not drinking alcohol is a bit weird, seeing as though religious people always drank alcohol, it was the safest way to drink. (sept the chinese who made tea).

I mean, there were stories about jesus making wine, christians/catholics drink wine every week at church.

I understand that the newer religions have a different view on things, but is there any chance you could explain your religious implications of not drinking, or your religion's implications?

Chris

Sorry it took me so long to reply to this, i'm always unsure whether hanging around on this forum at work is wrong or whether i'm learning by reading through the threads

Anyway, when Jesus drank 'wine', it was actually nothing more then fruit juice from what I understand. It was called wine in the scriptures, but wine then doesn't mean what it means today. Some Christian religions don't believe this, but others do.

We don't drink alcohol because of something called the "word of wisdom" which prevents and encourages a numbers of things including, no smoking, no alcohol to be consumed, no drugs (doesn't include medical drugs), no tea or coffee, meat to be eaten sparingly etc etc.

It is interesting that all of these things have in recent times been proved to be the most healthy option compared to their alternatives. None of these things had been proved to be unhealthy at the time this word of wisdom was written.

Sorry for the lecture, I get carried away easily

[ITWombat]

It's amazing how threads turn out. This one started out as a rumintaion on the use of smilies. It's now become a comparative theology 101.

[_Bat_]

Ye, that's the fun of a forum