Honest question. Is this site a religious site?

[follderol]

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?

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.

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

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.

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]

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.

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

oo, only just noticed this is in mumsnet classics.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Fully Reliant On God. Pray Until Something Happens.

there's also Christian Really Anal Pnemonics.

snooort!

hello m'dear. What a lovely greeting!

Is it officially OK for atheists to use the term god-botherer around believers, or would that be only re-appropriated for yer own use, like? Like the N word by black rappers etc?

ruty, yes that's true, although even in the same family each child will vary in their experiences and exposure to different pieces of music. But yes I'm sure you are right, and I think that Oliver Sacks book might contain some interesting stuff on this.

Onebat, I'm not sure that unknowingness about consciousness requires a different approach exactly, but agnostics (as opposed to proper atheists who would likely be disinclined to speculate) tend to find themselves drawn to questions like "why should we or anything exist at all" which are not answerable by rational enquiry, and these questions concern being and consciousness. Probably the difference between an agnostic and an atheist is simply the urge to ask these questions, despite the fact that the answer is always going to be "I don't know".

biscuits and feminism - i present to you the.....Fig Roll.