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The cross in Polish parliament - Does it bother you? [100]
in fact that was originally a quote from Seanus but I am intrigued to hear your story about why you feel so strongly against the cross
come on, what is the story?
Ohhhhh all right sit around and listen, I'm gonna tell you how it all started... ;)))
You're over-interpreting a bit. There is no story. I strongly feel it is wrong to put one religious symbols over another and hang them in public offices, parliament or schools and hospitals. That is too much and not fair. And the more some radicals try to mark their terrain by pushing such ideas like building a Giant Jesus figure or secretly putting a cross in the sejm at night etc. the more I try to give arguments just to balance this (but it's rather hopless, I know). Is this what religion is about? Marking the terrain with logos, trademarks, just like dogs **** on trees to mark their terrain, as someone put? I doubt it. Therefore I'm just balancing ideas, that's all. I am not obsessed and did not start threads like these (but like to chip in when they show up). That is taking up a topic when it's raised, not raising it.
And since there is not much just and sane balance in some areas as this one, I will write sometimes controversial views, just as controversial and unacceptable views I read about having a crucifix hung somewhere. Like that changes anything.
and believe that the church
should keep its snout out of politics
I agree with this personal belief of yours.
your Anti-Christian sentiment
I may be sentimantal but certainly not in these areas. ;)
it wasn't his best work but he went out sh!tting himself, riddled with cancer, dying alone in the end as we all must do
Interesting point there. I am going to leave you some bit to feed your idea that I am
as obsessive as the most rabid born-again and and born-again-blind evangelist
: Somehow I also feel that the divine plan doesn't simply hold water because how can a thinking man treat a plot like this: a belief in a supreme, divine entity, (being one, but in trinity at the same time) that put an original sin to people who it created and sent out its divine son for torture and death to wash off the original sin from the humans. Further, the humans were given free will, but there's a list of 10 things (later supplemented by RCC by another ones...) that it forbids. And finally, according to this plot, all people are born with the original sin and live their lives in fear of hell and demons. This cruel incorporation of guilt to every follower cannot be work of a god that loves it's creation. And since religion has been the major cause of killing, torture and death if you look back in times, then I am far from following such a path where one should kill or be killed basing on which imaginary friend they choose to believe in.
;) Comming back to original topic - is the cross in parliament NECESSARY? And why was it put there in such a way, rather than openly, during the day, and legally?
