Multi-Faiths

pheebs

Hi Jackie,

I was raised a Christian, and so were my children, but I have to admit I never really gave it much thought until recently. I t was just the thing to believe in.

Now I'm going down the Darwin route - fascinating stuff (for me anyway)!!

For me it is more important what a person is like as a person, and not what religion they choose to follow.

Pheebs x

mellman01

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mellman01 wrote:

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Thats very sad trisher.

Mellman can i come eat mushrooms with you, i have tin foil!!!!

Wibble wibble yip yip twang, that's Thribble for yes you can!.

hairy fairy pink fluffy ears, that is rubbish but rhymes with cheers.

Arh ying tip flapper plop duckly fartsnigger weasle clopplopper no snortgobblin turnip!

jackie1955

Trisher,

That is so terribly, terribly sad, how awful.


Maybe I didn't get across what I was trying to ask very clearly - basically I meant, irrespective of what you do or do not believe in, what traditions your own faith/culture have at Christmas.

Like, we always had Carol Concerts, traditional school Nativity Plays etc etc whereas different faiths and cultures do things differently don't they? I was just interested in that really

Jackie x

mellman01

jackie1955 wrote:

Trisher,

That is so terribly, terribly sad, how awful.


Maybe I didn't get across what I was trying to ask very clearly - basically I meant, irrespective of what you do or do not believe in, what traditions your own faith/culture have at Christmas.

Like, we always had Carol Concerts, traditional school Nativity Plays etc etc whereas different faiths and cultures do things differently don't they? I was just interested in that really

Jackie x

Yep I know what you mean it's interesting what other cultures do but sadly for me I never found taking part in the school nativity was fun I always felt detached from it all I still do now,I like to hear the church bells being rung though.

elnafinn

annie_mial wrote:

I work with, and have friend who are, Jewish, Turkish, Moslem, Catholic, C of E, Hindi and probably more I've forgotten.
The person I find the most difficult to understand comes from the Gorbals!
.............and I'm going to throw a spanner in the works because I have a lot of respect for the Quakers..........I have read a good deal about them and a lot of it sounds like common-sense to me.

Annie

Hi Annie

Both my parents are Quakers. (My dad is no longer here now). We used to go to the Friends Meeting house most sundays when we were young and spent the first 10 minutes in the meeting for worship and then went into the sunday school class.

Now, all those years later I find that there is much to be said in praise of the Quakers, their way of thinking, their values and also how their sunday meetings are conducted.

I am not a Quaker or Attender.

Luv
Elna x

joanlawson

mellman01 wrote:

jackie1955 wrote:

Trisher,

That is so terribly, terribly sad, how awful.


Maybe I didn't get across what I was trying to ask very clearly - basically I meant, irrespective of what you do or do not believe in, what traditions your own faith/culture have at Christmas.

Like, we always had Carol Concerts, traditional school Nativity Plays etc etc whereas different faiths and cultures do things differently don't they? I was just interested in that really

Jackie x

Yep I know what you mean it's interesting what other cultures do but sadly for me I never found taking part in the school nativity was fun I always felt detached from it all I still do now,I like to hear the church bells being rung though.

Hi Mellman

Were you that naughty boy in my class :?:

The one who would never pay attention because he had his head in the clouds all the time :?: The one who thought it was a good idea to act like an alien in the nativity, and insisted on dressing up in tin foil rather than as a shepherd :?: The one who escaped from the nativity practice one day, and rang the fire alarm so we all had to evacuate the building :?:

Yes, I remember you well :!: :!: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Joan

trisher

jackie1955 wrote:

Trisher,

That is so terribly, terribly sad, how awful.


Maybe I didn't get across what I was trying to ask very clearly - basically I meant, irrespective of what you do or do not believe in, what traditions your own faith/culture have at Christmas.

Like, we always had Carol Concerts, traditional school Nativity Plays etc etc whereas different faiths and cultures do things differently don't they? I was just interested in that really

Jackie x

Hi Jackie

What I meant was that all my friends have different Faiths and yet we have been friends for a long time.

We can just act normal at Christmas time. They have been to Chrismas party's at my home. They have even come to our son's Christmas plays

They send me nice Cristmassy cards to me. We have in the past spent Christmas together, them joining in, and we have done the same with them.

When it comes to their festive season I send cards to them, in keeping with their faith. Aslo I have spent Christmas with them and what they believe in.

The part about my hubby's cousin, was caused because he stuck by their Jehovah's and she died.

I do not mean he was wrong I meant that his faith was so strong, she died, not meaning it was wrong to have that faith.

She took on the faith to marry him and knew and understood what it could mean.

It is just a hard religion, to follow.

Trisher xx

annebr

annie_mial wrote:

I work with, and have friend who are, Jewish, Turkish, Moslem, Catholic, C of E, Hindi and probably more I've forgotten.
The person I find the most difficult to understand comes from the Gorbals!
.............and I'm going to throw a spanner in the works because I have a lot of respect for the Quakers..........I have read a good deal about them and a lot of it sounds like common-sense to me.

Annie

Annie,

The Gorbals?? Are you from Glasgow?

Anne

annie_mial

annebr wrote:

annie_mial wrote:

I work with, and have friend who are, Jewish, Turkish, Moslem, Catholic, C of E, Hindi and probably more I've forgotten.
The person I find the most difficult to understand comes from the Gorbals!
.............and I'm going to throw a spanner in the works because I have a lot of respect for the Quakers..........I have read a good deal about them and a lot of it sounds like common-sense to me.

Annie

Annie,

The Gorbals?? Are you from Glasgow?

Anne

No, Anne, but I know someone who is!

Annie

annebr

annie_mial wrote:

annebr wrote:

annie_mial wrote:

I work with, and have friend who are, Jewish, Turkish, Moslem, Catholic, C of E, Hindi and probably more I've forgotten.
The person I find the most difficult to understand comes from the Gorbals!
.............and I'm going to throw a spanner in the works because I have a lot of respect for the Quakers..........I have read a good deal about them and a lot of it sounds like common-sense to me.

Annie

Annie,

The Gorbals?? Are you from Glasgow?

Anne

No, Anne, but I know someone who is!

Annie

I see, was curious as only someone from Glasgow or surounding would have heard of the Gorbals.

Anne

ninakang

We're all Sikhs, me my hubby and the girls. I was raised a Sikh but never gave it much thought until I had the girls. We now go to the Gurdwara (Sikh temple) every Sunday and the girls have a Punjabi school class there that teaches them some religion also. As part of their primary school's community cohesion plan, I arranged for a priest to visit the school assembly yesterday to give the children a talk on the Sikh religion and a good time was had by all, apparently :-) The children were very scared at first to see the Sikh priest because he was dressed traditionally with a turban and full facial hair with his kirpan (sword) but then he smiled and spoke perfect English and made them all laugh, dispelling quite a few myths.

Anyway, I digress, sorry! Diwali is our main celebration during the year but we also celebrate xmas as a way of the family getting together and spending quality time together. My sister in law is Catholic and we have been to mass before and I found it a lovely experience, very enlightening.

I am a practising Sikh but like most people I embrace other religions and love learning about them. I also love visiting different places of worship - on holidays, you'll often find my in cathedrals lighting candles (such a cool idea, really!) and saying a Sikh prayer. I've had some interesting conversations with priests and vicars who have quite often known more about Sikhism than me!

Nx

robertls

I was brought up to be honest, trustworthy, relaible, hardworking, respectful, loving and caring..........

By the most wonderful parents (sadly, both now passed away).

All the above is my faith.....my belief.......my life.

I can't attach any religion to those beliefs......In our house we didn't 'do' religion.

I've tried hard to keep those gifts, given me by my parents, to their standards..........

Not sure if I've always done them justice..

Are the above not the 'ideals' of all religions/faiths

Rob x

jackie1955

Hi Nina, Great to see you! A lovely reply too. Where I work, at Christmas we always had a happy group of Sikh ladies who came and bought lots and lots of goodies and joined in all the Christmas fun

Rob, Yes thats another lovely reply. As Nina mentioned, Diwalhi is her faiths main celebration but she still enjoys Christmas too; a friend of mine is German and they celebrate it in a slightly different way. Like, some countries don't have Santa coming down the chimney do they? Or instead of our traditional Christmas Cake they have something else.

I love to hear of different customs and traditions, be it due to ones' faith/culture/country.

Jackie x

carol101

joanlawson wrote:

I intend to grow old disgracefully :!: :!: :shock: :shock:

We do not stop playing because we get old.....

We grow old because we stop playing!

carol101

My brothers and i were bought up C of E. As children we went to Sunday school while our parents went to church. I don't think they were 'overly' religious though. It seems life is too hectic nowadays to find time to go to church, but if your belief was that strong then you would find the time.

As a child i used to love the Christmas story, always had 'activity' books based on it and Christmas was all about Jesus.

As i've grown up i don't really have any religion. I do not believe there is a God, too many bad things happen in the world. I believe that if God is this wonderful being, then he/she would not let things like war, cancer etc happen. However, i do not have a problem with anybody who does believe in God as long as they do not try to get me to change my veiws.

The only 'faith' i have is to try to be the best person i can and treat everybody the same as i would like to be treated myself.

Christmas for us is not a 'big, go over the top' thing. Yes we do put decs up and give cards and presents but it's more about spending time together as a family and remembering those who are sadly no longer with us

Carol X

jackie1955

carol101 wrote:

.......... and remembering those who are sadly no longer with us Carol X

Hi Carol, I have developed my own little Christmas ritual for loved ones no longer with us. Please take a look at it, I have posted it under the heading "Always Loved".

Jackie x