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Honest question. Is this site a religious site?

843 replies

follderol · 26/01/2009 18:01

It seems to me there's a large amount of Christian posts. I've also noticed a fair amount of disapproval for other religions.

I am an atheist. I don't really want to be part of a christian site posing as a parenting site.

So is this actually a Christian place?

OP posts:
KayHarkerIsNotAnAuthority · 28/01/2009 10:59

Fully Reliant On God. Pray Until Something Happens.

there's also Christian Really Anal Pnemonics.

Habbibu · 28/01/2009 10:55

WWJD, FROG and PUSH - I know the first one...

KayHarkerIsNotAnAuthority · 28/01/2009 10:54

A Christian skatepark looks exactly like a secular skatepark, except all the withit young things wear WWJD, FROG and PUSH bracelets.

Habbibu · 28/01/2009 10:50

"My MIL wants to visit when my baby is born? Shouldn't she wait until I've been churched?"

Habbibu · 28/01/2009 10:49

What happens in a Christian skate-boarding park?

Kay, I think your phrase makes more sense, and it much less excruciatingly trying and failing to be hip'n'withit than Telford chap.

Habbibu · 28/01/2009 10:49

What happens in a Christian skate-boarding park?

Kay, I think your phrase makes more sense, and it much less excruciatingly trying and failing to be hip'n'withit than Telford chap.

RustyBear · 28/01/2009 10:48

Yes, onebat,'cleansing' was the medieval term - I was using the PC version

It was traditionally done when the mother first left the house after childbirth - presumably before she came into contact with anyone, to avoid contaminating them. I think it was usually about 6 weeks.

Perhaps it ought to be revived - after all it would be a great way to avoid the school run, the supermarket etc for six weeks after giving birth

KayHarkerIsNotAnAuthority · 28/01/2009 10:47

bum, I meant 'love is an action, not just a feeling'.

KayHarkerIsNotAnAuthority · 28/01/2009 10:47

OBM, it's a cheesy t-shirt caption, they tend to be not so hot on the grammar. I vastly prefer 'love is and action, not just a feeling', but it's not so hip'n'withit, which is what the Telford bunch are all about.

Habbibu · 28/01/2009 10:41

You want the Church of Fuzzy Grammar, you do. It's extreme. Combines descriptive linguistics with worship and ...umm... bungee jumping. Or building churches out of fuzzy felt.

onebatmother · 28/01/2009 10:30

But Kay, love is a verb and a noun. Is there an ecclesiastical interdict on grammar lessons?

KayHarkerIsNotAnAuthority · 28/01/2009 10:26

oo, only just noticed this is in mumsnet classics.

KayHarkerIsNotAnAuthority · 28/01/2009 10:24

(and which i rather suspect is what he actually meant)

KayHarkerIsNotAnAuthority · 28/01/2009 10:23

yes, it is a crap phrase when 'church' is the word used.

For those who might be interested, he's nicked it from another cheesy Christian phrase 'Love is a verb, not a noun' which does actually make a lot more sense.

onebatmother · 28/01/2009 10:23

I thought it was effectively a 'cleansing' RB? It was one of those things that undergraduate-feminist me used to spout at anyone who'd listen

But I'm afraid that's not what they're suggesting.. [gulp]

RustyBear · 28/01/2009 10:19

Umm- actually "to church" is a noun, as ought to be common knowledge on a parenting site, (especially if it's a covertly religious one )
It refers to the blessing of a woman after she has given birth.

KayHarkerIsNotAnAuthority · 28/01/2009 10:15

Oh, blimey, UQD, I've just realized I know the bloke in that BBC link.

KayHarkerIsNotAnAuthority · 28/01/2009 10:14

Sorry, I completely ducked out of this yesterday because my computer died on its arse, and now I've lost the thread of it.

So I'm off to eat chocolate bourbons and custard creams all day.

onebatmother · 28/01/2009 10:03

"We want church to be a verb not a noun"

No. No. Don't do that, Christians.

For a start, it would reduce the chances of turning me (and any other pedant) to precisely those mentioned in AMIS's patented biscuit/inferno thigh-reduction
method (success guaranteed or your money back).

onebatmother · 28/01/2009 09:57

Lol AMIS!

Gosh. Richard Dawkins relaxing on his hols . He looks all sun-kiss'd.

Sycamoretree · 28/01/2009 09:54

I hope this is not another pop at The Rev, oh ye of ODD choice of username. Which has been noted on another (some might say) provocative thread you started.

AMumInScotland · 28/01/2009 09:38

I think if you're going to diet by offering biscuits to a deity, it would be most efficient to first of all declare your cat (or dog, but less Egyptian) to be a deity. I think that would up the strike rate to the point where your calorie intake would be affected.

Or you could believe in fire as the manifestation of the deity of your choice - any crumbs not entirely incinerated by the deity as a sign of acceptance of the offering would of course be sacred, and therefore you would not eat them. I think you could manage a 100% biscuit-calorie reduction by that method.

ruty · 28/01/2009 09:25

Do you mean it is culturally determined by one's personal/familial upbringing Iorek? Because a piece of music does not have the same effect on every individual who share other common cultural values.

UnquietDad · 28/01/2009 00:06

Oh yes, he's had that T-shirt for a while. People under-estimate the Prof's capacity for humour...

Meanwhile, this is interesting, and also rather amusing. Essentially "we want you to stop believing in your woo, and believe in our woo instead, 'cos it's better."

WilfSell · 27/01/2009 23:47

Not so stern and actually quite funny atheism? 'Tis Prof Dawkins hisself.

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