dark86
10-07-2007, 01:44 AM
ok, i went out for tapas with my pal from gana who was brought up as roman catholic (friend A) - no problem, but tonight she said she was bringing a friend whom i haven't met (B) - again no problem.
her friend (B) early on in the evening made a point she had indian and hindu heritage - again not a problem (but why bring this up), and i kept my beliefs to myself and went on to enjoy the evening.
half hour into some fantastic rioja and chorizo B said she met some really nice bloke recently who floated her boat but there was no way forward as he was from a different class and religion!!!
I was not listening to this type of shit so i said "well if your heart chakra tells you its all good, why have a religion as a dividing line".
a long silence ensued (so i quickly dived in for that last piece of cheese :cool:).
She began to tell me that her family brought her up as hindu and she did not want to dissapoint them by being with any1 from a different religion.
I told her that surely this is a type of racism and asked her does she think being brought up within a religion is iindoctrination? ..oops :rolleyes:
this led to a 3/4 hour debate/ruk between the 3 of us.
when i stated i am no part of any religion but i believe i am part of a one concsousness, they told me i was preaching, and that having any beliefs or morales is the same as having a religion. I refuted this but one bloke against 2 girls is tough going i can tell you :mad:
They both admitted their religions where man made and a set of ideals and that these facts where positive and of no relevance!!!???!! :eek:
basically, my conclusion is that there is no way to get thro to any1 who has been brought up from birth into a set of rules, the programming is far far too deep.
next time, i will stay in and (attempt to) cook! :(
her friend (B) early on in the evening made a point she had indian and hindu heritage - again not a problem (but why bring this up), and i kept my beliefs to myself and went on to enjoy the evening.
half hour into some fantastic rioja and chorizo B said she met some really nice bloke recently who floated her boat but there was no way forward as he was from a different class and religion!!!
I was not listening to this type of shit so i said "well if your heart chakra tells you its all good, why have a religion as a dividing line".
a long silence ensued (so i quickly dived in for that last piece of cheese :cool:).
She began to tell me that her family brought her up as hindu and she did not want to dissapoint them by being with any1 from a different religion.
I told her that surely this is a type of racism and asked her does she think being brought up within a religion is iindoctrination? ..oops :rolleyes:
this led to a 3/4 hour debate/ruk between the 3 of us.
when i stated i am no part of any religion but i believe i am part of a one concsousness, they told me i was preaching, and that having any beliefs or morales is the same as having a religion. I refuted this but one bloke against 2 girls is tough going i can tell you :mad:
They both admitted their religions where man made and a set of ideals and that these facts where positive and of no relevance!!!???!! :eek:
basically, my conclusion is that there is no way to get thro to any1 who has been brought up from birth into a set of rules, the programming is far far too deep.
next time, i will stay in and (attempt to) cook! :(