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UK: Moving here has really affected our life due to the multiculturalism.
Philippines: There was something about watching fully grown men whipping and crucifying themselves that really changed my views on faith.
UK: Moving here has really affected our life due to the multiculturalism.
Philippines: There was something about watching fully grown men whipping and crucifying themselves that really changed my views on faith.
Long enough to experience easter there. I lived with my friend on what could best be described by the west as a mudhouse. During easter, there were guys parading themselves around town wearing bags in their heads and bloody backs. Oh and I also ate cat soup which in retrospect was a little insipid but is great for breaking the ice with the ladies.
my moms is a atheist my dad is a muslim...never knew him, but i took on his religion, because its went with my beliefs..and i wouldnt change it for the world..allhumdulilah.
I can't say that my non-beliefs were actually altered in any way but living in Tokyo for two years certainly gave me an inside look at what a wonderful thing a mostly secular society can be. But, your post brings up two interesting quotes from Mark Twain that I just came across the other day, BigT. They instantly became some of my favorites:
It liberates the vandal to travel--you never saw a bigoted, opinionated, stubborn, narrow-minded, self-conceited, almighty mean man in your life but he had stuck in one place since he was born and thought God made the world and dyspepsia and bile for his especial comfort and satisfaction. - The American Abroad Speech, 1868
and
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.- Innocent Abroad
The more I read Mark Twain the more I love the man's sense of humor and style. He was so far ahead of his time...
Edit: I missed Easter by two days when I went to the Philippines. I was actually very interested in seeing the whole ceremony of self-flagellation. Perhaps another time...
I can't say that my non-beliefs were actually altered in any way but living in Tokyo for two years certainly gave me an inside look at what a wonderful thing a mostly secular society can be. But, your post brings up two interesting quotes from Mark Twain that I just came across the other day, BigT. They instantly became some of my favorites:
It liberates the vandal to travel--you never saw a bigoted, opinionated, stubborn, narrow-minded, self-conceited, almighty mean man in your life but he had stuck in one place since he was born and thought God made the world and dyspepsia and bile for his especial comfort and satisfaction. - The American Abroad Speech, 1868
and
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.- Innocent Abroad
The more I read Mark Twain the more I love the man's sense of humor and style. He was so far ahead of his time...
Twain is one of those people you'd like to have a three finger shot of jack daniels with and just listen..
Twain is one of those people you'd like to have a three finger shot of jack daniels with and just listen..
Without a doubt. I always wondered if he actually spoke in the profound way he wrote or if his deepest thoughts were best transmitted through his writing? I bet he was both... That's just my impression. I wonder what he'd have to say about the modern world as well?
Without a doubt. I always wondered if he actually spoke in the profound way he wrote or if his deepest thoughts were best transmitted through his writing? I bet he was both... That's just my impression. I wonder what he'd have to say about the modern world as well?
If he didn't sound like foghorn leghorn I would be deeply disappointed.
If he didn't sound like foghorn leghorn I would be deeply disappointed.
That's the EXACT impression I imagine his voice to be like as well!
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