If this is "faith", none for me please

[Bruce Tuncks]

The Abrahamic god was possibly the worst character in all fiction.  But as for believing, I reckon there is a dividing point in society where , before this point, you will fail to get the job if they think you are an atheist. So in this time, anybody with half a brain ticks the box for religion. I used to tick "C of E".

Then, one day, you could get the job regardless and very suddenly the number of non-believers grew. Ireland was a clear example of this, they went fairly quickly from being a highly-regimented place believer-wise to a place where non-believers are in the majority. 

Here, we ( I think ) tick the religion box but don't go to church.

[spacesailor]

How about , All those that watch T V religion .

spacesailor

[onetrack]

Spacey, don't tell me you've got the intestinal fortitude (guts) to watch TV evangelists for an extended period? Either your choice of programmes is terrible, or you must be bored out of your brain?

[Bruce Tuncks]

They have a formula:  1. find terrible stories from the news...  2. equate these stories with a loss in faith

3. present a savior from the bible 4. ask the audience to send you money.

I reckon it works good.

[red750]

1 hour ago, onetrack said:

Spacey, don't tell me you've got the intestinal fortitude (guts) to watch TV evangelists for an extended period? Either your choice of programmes is terrible, or you must be bored out of your brain?

Almost equates to the trash I watch. Stories (for want of a better word) about mythical  monsters. Swap you a bigfoot for a God-botherer.

[kgwilson]

Many of us who were born and raised in or before the 50s were indoctrinated into our parents religion at an early age. For me it was from being christened into the Anglican Church and then attending Sunday school for several years until I was confirmed and could take communion. Once I entered my teens I slowly drifted away and began questioning everything and eventually coming to conclusions that all these different religions around the world with different stories and gods were invented by people to provide reasons for their existence.

 

I found the principles of many religions were inherently good but the methods used to ensure the believers maintained their faith were forms of extorsion, coercion and brainwashing to various levels culminating sometimes in severe violence and death.

 

I read Peter Fitzsimons book  "A Simpler Time" of his early life growing up with similar religious overtones and the final recognition and his statement that he'd become a "Barking mad athiest" something I identify with as well.

 

Now in the last Census under the question of religion, No religion at 39% is only just behind Christianity at 44% with Hinduism & Islam way behind at 3% each. No religion is the fastest growing group which was at 22% in 2011, 30% in 2016 & now 39%. It seems to me most of the fanatics and nutters around seem to have some sort of religious base.

[facthunter]

How does one talk to those who say, How do I KNOW? The BIBLE tells me so..  Atheism is not a religion.. A non smoker may be that way for many reasons but a non smoker is NOT a smoker. Religious people are like smokers who only smoke one brand .  Smoke any others and you are for it.. Holy smoke.. Thats easy to understand isn't it?    There's HELL to pay IF you don't get it.  Nev

[Old Koreelah]

[spacesailor]

It,s an AGE thing. 

Remember when tv started it Was !!!

ONE CHANNEL 

BBC or the radio. Then we got ' I T V ' .

The godsend channel . With Great Advertisements. 

Of course  'adds '  were a brand new entertainment.   LoL

being a ' war baby ' is WIERD,  as people think in ' black & White ' .

Before we had ' colour ' T V,s .

spacesailor

 

[facthunter]

WE never had a TV Spacey. Could not afford it.  Nev

[spacesailor]

Only the B B C Home service , on the ' wireless ' ,

Mrs dales diary,  the arches ( a story of country folk ,1948 ) .

ho , to reminisce . LoL

spacesailor

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[Yenn]

The Archers is still going as far as I know.

[onetrack]

Living in the country, we had only the ABC for TV, and only from about 1966 or '67.

I can well remember the early Avengers with Patrick McNee and Diana Rigg - along with the doyen of comedy, Dave Allan.

Dave Allan is still as funny to watch today, as he was back then. 

[red750]

We never had a TV when I was a kid. WE'd go to the neighbours to watch The Mickey Mouse Club. When I was 19 and working, around 1963/64, I hired a 16" B&W Singer TV. (The sewing machine company).

[onetrack]

In the country, we had "Blue Hills", the radio equivalent of "Neighbours". Along with the ABC Country Hour, these were radio institutions.

 

Then, on 6NA, we had "The Passing Parade", read by gravel voiced John Doremus. There were hundreds and hundreds of stories of human endeavour, human folly, human failings, tragedies, and major achievements.

John Doremus was a story-teller extraordinaire - and he always ended "Passing Parade", with -  "Our time is up! ... ’til we meet again, for another chapter in the Passing Parade ... this is John Doremus ... as always, thank you so much! …. and good-bye for now! ....

 

Poor old John got Alzheimers in his 50's, and died in his early 60's - a sad end for a bloke who had the most amazing voice and story-telling style of anyone I've ever listened to.

 

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALiCzsaEbVEHdveJs3VFV-AfXRCiTn1UFQ:1667999143516&q=John+Doremus+The+Passing+Parade+episodes&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjwgb2DlaH7AhUQ6nMBHZLbCHsQ1QJ6BAghEAE&biw=1920&bih=937&dpr=1#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:33b1f594,vid:XASvBX1-wck

[pmccarthy]

I went to the neighbours to watch Mickey Mouse Club. They had a coin in slot box on the wall to power the TV, if you didn't have another coin the show ended.

[old man emu]

For War Babies and Baby Boomers, this is one of teh sounds of their childhood.

 

 

[nomadpete]

8 hours ago, onetrack said:

we had "Blue Hills"

Thanks OME but I don't need the reminder. It was allegedly the world's longest running radio serial. To this day, I cannot get their intro music out of my head. "Blue Hills, by Gwen Meredith"

[spacesailor]

Sorry guys 

That record belongs to ' Mrs Dales Diary ' or the ' Archers ' .

I looked them up & discovered one has the longest running serial in the world .

I always thought it was the  ' Dr Who ' that started in 1952 I think AND is still running Gmail. 

The two radio serials started in the 1940s.  possibility 48 ish .

spacesailor

[facthunter]

Jason and the argonauts and "Robbery under Arms' by Rolfe Bolderwood. ABC Radio. Nev

[rgmwa]

Yeah, I was rower Gaza 31 in the Argonaut fleet. 

[Old Koreelah]

 

14 hours ago, old man emu said:

For War Babies and Baby Boomers, this is one of teh sounds of their childhood.

 

 

Stop it! Nearly made me cry.

Took me back to our old farm, kero lamps and meatsafe. The radio (run by expensive big batteries) was our window on the world. Blue Hills was a household friend for my hardworking, lonely parents. 

[old man emu]

10 minutes ago, Old Koreelah said:

Stop it! Nearly made me cry.

OME chuckles sinisterly. "Cop this, young Harry!"

 

[red750]

Or "Portia Faces Life."

[willedoo]

I used to like listening to the short wave band when I was a kid. Apart from tuning into far off exotic places, there was all that static noise that sounded like aliens visiting.