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Agonum said:
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kick that in the doodahs no i shall not answer
 
bluemoon7 said:
That sounds so much worse than it is
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Which bit? Monolingual? Trust me, in the UK that's normal. Boringly normal so there's no stress. Most of the people I know who are multilingual are Europeans, lol. I studied languages at school so at least I have an appreciation of how fabulous languages are and the difference between reading literature in the original vs. reading a translation.

Or was it the 'heathen' bit? I just use that as a lazy bit of shorthand bc I can't be arsed to try to explain my beliefs / thoughts / uncertainties / questions etc. I'm done with those conversations. They go round in circles and drive me crazy. Ime, many church Christians will insist that they love difficult questions and then the minute you ask a difficult question they step away from you as if you are the spawn of the devil. Which I find highly amusing but which leaves the question unaddressed, lol.

bluemoon7 said:
(well, it isn´t a bad thing at all lol) :ROFLMAO:
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Truth be told, I use the word 'heathen' bc I fell in love with it when I was about 5 yo. I've been calling myself a heathen ever since. :ROFLMAO:

bluemoon7 said:
It makes an awsome movie title, though:
COMING TO YOUR THEATERS SOON!
THE MONOLINGUAL HEATHEN
One woman and her mesmerising story of challenge, transformation and - finally- triumph!
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Today's challenge is to try to limit myself to only 2 Cadbury's creme eggs. Sometimes on Maundy Thursday I'll go to a Tenebrae service. This year it's all about the chocolate!
 
zinniabooklover said:
Which bit? Monolingual? Trust me, in the UK that's normal. Boringly normal so there's no stress. Most of the people I know who are multilingual are Europeans, lol. I studied languages at school so at least I have an appreciation of how fabulous languages are and the difference between reading literature in the original vs. reading a translation.

Or was it the 'heathen' bit? I just use that as a lazy bit of shorthand bc I can't be arsed to try to explain my beliefs / thoughts / uncertainties / questions etc. I'm done with those conversations. They go round in circles and drive me crazy. Ime, many church Christians will insist that they love difficult questions and then the minute you ask a difficult question they step away from you as if you are the spawn of the devil. Which I find highly amusing but which leaves the question unaddressed, lol.
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Oh just the combination of the terms. :)

zinniabooklover said:
Truth be told, I use the word 'heathen' bc I fell in love with it when I was about 5 yo. I've been calling myself a heathen ever since. :ROFLMAO:
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:ROFLMAO:

I bet you were a cool kid :love: Maybe stubborn? I certainly was lol


A secret (didn´t tell anyone, yet):
I have an appointment at the district court to leave the catholic church (you have to basically deregister). I wonder if I will have the guts to really do it. I will still be be a Christian after that, and I wanna be. But I can´t be a Catholic anymore ... :-(
 
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bluemoon7 said:
Oh just the combination of the terms. :)
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Oh. Well, that was me totally overthinking this, lol. :D

bluemoon7 said:
I bet you were a cool kid :love: Maybe stubborn? I certainly was lol
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Oh, you have no idea. The family stories are legendary. I started very young, lol. :ROFLMAO:

bluemoon7 said:
A secret (didn´t tell anyone, yet):
I have an appointment at the district court to leave the catholic church (you have to basically deregister). I wonder if I will have the guts to really do it. I will still be be a Christian after that, and I wanna be. But I can´t be a Catholic anymore ... :-(
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😲
 
zinniabooklover said:
Oh. Well, that was me totally overthinking this, lol. :D


Oh, you have no idea. The family stories are legendary. I started very young, lol. :ROFLMAO:
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:LOL::love:
zinniabooklover said:
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... yeah, I have been thinking about it for some time. Many German catholics have left (my brother did as well). The horrible abuse cases surfacing, the super acient macho male hierarchy where woman are basically only are allowed to serve but not to act, the mere fact that religion has been used by humans to opress other humans ....

Is this really me talking? lol 😶
never thought I would arrive at this point, wanting to leave
 
bluemoon7 said:
:LOL::love:

... yeah, I have been thinking about it for some time. Many German catholics have left (my brother did as well). The horrible abuse cases surfacing, the super acient macho male hierarchy where woman are basically only are allowed to serve but not to act, the mere fact that religion has been used by humans to opress other humans ....
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I've just been reading this (from 2023, data from 2022):

www.pillarcatholic.com

German Catholics left Church in record numbers last year

More than half a million Catholics disaffiliated from the Church in Germany last year, but what do the numbers mean, and how do they break down?
www.pillarcatholic.com www.pillarcatholic.com
 
Also, it is extremely hypocritical to me how rich the catholic church is here.

The infamous case of the Bishop of Limburg is an extreme case, but the way it was handled and that he was able to build this "temple" in the first place, speaks volumes:


OMG it is sooooo ugly. Germany was so mad and also laughed about this. But it is disgusting, really.

EDIT: BISHOP OF BLING :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
bluemoon7 said:
Also, it is extremely hypocritical to me how rich the catholic church is here.
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I'm shocked that German Catholics are PAYING TAXES to the German Catholic church. WHAT THE ACTUAL ???????????????

AND you have to friggin' PAY them when you want to leave?

FFS !!!!!!!!!!!

The insanity of it.

bluemoon7 said:
The infamous case of the Bishop of Limburg is an extreme case, but the way it was handled and that he was able to build this "temple" in the first place, speaks volumes:
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Ah. The Bishop of Bling. I remember that. Disgusting. I mean, I had issues with Mother Teresa but at least she got some kids fed and watered. She did that much.

bluemoon7 said:
OMG it is sooooo ugly. Germany was so mad and also laughed about this. But it is disgusting, really.
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:(
 
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