Re: Making money from Java


James J. Gavan wrote:
> Alistair wrote:
> > James J. Gavan wrote:
> >
> > Regarding the different forms that Christianity has taken, it seems to
> > me (atheist) that the reformation destroyed much in religion which
> > 'talked to the soul'. People need a bit of colour, spectacle and magic
> > in their lives. Casting out icons, incense, colour and spectacle has
> > only made it easier to walk away from the god of ones' childhood.
>
> I think that is an excellent observation Alistair. We do need colour,
> spectacle and 'magic' in our lives (Not the sort of space-pixie magic
> that that other guy refers to :-) ).
>

I was brought up as Church of Scotland (slightly liberal compared to
Puritan). We only had a little bit of fire and brimstone in the sermons
but no colour, no incense, no magic and nothing to fire the
imagination. In pre-reformation times, British churches were full of
colour (paint everywhere, even on pillars), animals (and probably dung
too) and at a guess music too. Not at all like the modern white-washed
drab walls we see today.


> I referred to the 'pull' of the Latin rite to young seminarians in the
> States. I'm no monarchist but I think the UK would lose a lot of
> fascinating tradition without a monarchy.

We would probably make a lot out of tourists if we beheaded the
monarchy and aristocracy though.

Doesn't occur too often, and I
> was in the RAF in Egypt at the time of the last coronation; so much
> historical content in the symbolism of the Abbey ceremony.
>
> We had a couple here at the time of Diana's death. Didn't particularly
> like the lady, but she remarked from watching the TV coverage, with a
> pleasing smirk, "We do it so well. Don't we ?".
>
I watched the funeral cortege moving out of London. I found it quite a
moving experience. Not bad for someone who supports Cromwell and all
that he tried to achieve.


> Jimmy

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