tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796229784379212331.post61721406822857394..comments2023-05-24T15:17:41.155+01:00Comments on Carried Family: Halloween rantarwen_tiwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13190775746566710752noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796229784379212331.post-59272699477063385062008-11-09T00:24:00.000+00:002008-11-09T00:24:00.000+00:00always good to hear some common sencealways good to hear some common senceThe Broken Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787104318130021534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796229784379212331.post-9890178500035831322008-11-06T14:59:00.000+00:002008-11-06T14:59:00.000+00:00Oh no, Alison, I wasn't at all offended honey - an...Oh no, Alison, I wasn't at all offended honey - and if I came across as defensive I repeat that I often myself lack the humility I wish to emulate. ;) (hug)<BR/><BR/>The lack of humanity and the insistance that anyone who disagreed with them must be Wrong (with capital letter) was the primary reason I did not fit into our previous church. And finding that precise respect in our current vicar was the reason we stayed even though we don't fit in in other ways. :)arwen_tiwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13190775746566710752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796229784379212331.post-18176588867459824942008-11-05T14:02:00.000+00:002008-11-05T14:02:00.000+00:00Sarah I'm not sure whether I phrased myself correc...Sarah <BR/>I'm not sure whether I phrased myself correctly before (tiredness). I do believe there is truth to find and best interpretations, I just find those that deny us our 'right' (probably not the best word but the only one that's come to me a the moment) to be human, fallible and have different opinions (as God made us) hard to understand. I meant to say that those of extreme belief who will not show the respect of listening to others and say their interpretation is right without explanation are the ones I don't like, when they tell you that you're wrong but don't explain! Sorry if I offended by my lack of clarity, it wasn't my intention.<BR/>Alison<BR/>xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796229784379212331.post-41370217090204467522008-11-05T13:00:00.000+00:002008-11-05T13:00:00.000+00:00**sniff sniff**Thank you Sarah. As a pagan it is ...**sniff sniff**<BR/><BR/>Thank you Sarah. As a pagan it is not often that my beliefs are respected or even understood. <BR/><BR/>You are a very special lady hon.<BR/><BR/>Joxy.Joxy34https://www.blogger.com/profile/08395070160887950878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796229784379212331.post-61051160924350763292008-11-05T09:59:00.000+00:002008-11-05T09:59:00.000+00:00Alison, I do believe that there is a "best" readin...Alison, I do believe that there is a "best" reading, and that there is truth to find. *When* we know enough about how and why and when it was written, who by and who for - and when we apply it to our own situation as far as possible and only ever with a spirit of love, prayer, and common sense...<BR/><BR/>When I think I have new understanding though, the only way to ever share that with another person is with total respect. Anything less is fundamentally un-Christ-like. And if I'm not in line with those primary commandments, to love as I am loved, what place am I in to think I can correct someone else?<BR/><BR/>Often lacking in humility, but trying,<BR/>Saraharwen_tiwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13190775746566710752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796229784379212331.post-90009706035823907352008-11-03T20:23:00.000+00:002008-11-03T20:23:00.000+00:00I don't like the commercialisation of Hallowe'en b...I don't like the commercialisation of Hallowe'en but to me it is just the evening before All Hallows. Each person is different and believes different things, even if they profess the same faith, we all have individual opinions and interpretations of things (including scripture), providing we do no-one any harm then live and let live is my philosophy. We can each interpret scripture differently on each reading, depending on our frame of mind when reading and what we're looking for at the time so I don't like to be told that a set passage means one thing and one alone and anyone else who thinks differently is wrong. I think the same applies to life, we all interpret it differently and react to it differently, it isn't wrong to see or celebrate something differently, it's what makes us all what we are.<BR/>Alison<BR/>x<BR/>p.s. Sorry for essayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796229784379212331.post-83759651861409665402008-11-01T19:02:00.000+00:002008-11-01T19:02:00.000+00:00I'm kind of with your mum - I dislike it for the A...I'm kind of with your mum - I dislike it for the Americanisation, for the door-to-door begging for sweets. But my real dislike of Hallowe'en is shallow: I *love* Bonfire night best of all annual celebrations and dislike the way Hallowe'en is taking over ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com