Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

No

We just aren't over here

We start a bit earlier with Norse gods and then move on to Greek and then Roman. I remember Islam and Christianity from 4th or 5th grade

This is more religion than all of the P and R section combined !

We're Christian because we enjoy our traditions but no one goes to church. We baptize our kids, we get married and we bury our parents there but we don't go because we believe in God.

We go to church for stuff like this (December 13th) but that's about it. All schools have this as well

Everyone is a Christian on Christmas. I mean gifts and good food what more could you want !

You would be hard pressed to find a hardcore Atheist turn down a gift.

As a long time fan of both series, I think this is pretty damn awesome.





http://www.fightersgeneration.com/screens/ki3-aug2015.htm

Wikipedia lol

Watch this



They also have more episodes about other things, might be interesting for you

That's interesting. I wonder when they started to do that? Time to hit my Swede friend (he's 35) on Skype.

Give me the time so I can look again

You have to keep in mind that these people are out shopping and running errands, they're not thinking about that stuff right then

Most people here don't think about it because god isn't a part of our daily life, we're also very private about it. We'll discuss it with friends if it comes up but people generally don't talk about it lol

It varies from person to person, I'm sure you can go find people in the US or Canada who will give similar responses when they're put on the spot in the same way

They're also speaking English so it's more difficult for them to formulate their thoughts.

Comparing them to 5 year olds because they can't give a great answer in 10 seconds is very rude.

That was a interesting video, I learned about Kopimism!
Everything else seemed to conform to what my friend has told me.

Btw Josi, I haven't watched Jon Stewart's vid (might do), but I've formed an opinion about his guest (based on previous interviews), Reza Aslan, that he's a big apologist. I mean, I don't feel that he answers questions in a honest way, in the sense that he comes up with his own interpretation and provide it as an answer (without making note of that). If you come across issues of sensitive nature I'll be happy to talk about them in PMs, lest we turn this casual chat of RT into P&R.

Religion, money, politics are three things you generally don't talk about here because it can turn ugly fast

Obviously people do talk about them but unless you're voting for the Sweden Democrats we don't judge

Which also means it doesn't really matter because it doesn't affect us in any significant way (or the friendship).

No clue

As for our indigenous people I have no clue about them or their history because there aren't that many (~15000 in Sweden)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people

I guess we may have learned about them but I don't remember

Swedish politics are extremely boring

capcom looking into RE2 remake, asking peoples oppinion

He seemed rather conservative to me. A creationist who believes in the Bible literally, and takes his religion seriously. How do you think the "typical conservative" would react to what was in the video?

I don't think that being firm about your stance or opinion always means you're "closed-minded". I think that a closed-minded person is one who refuses to even consider looking at things from another perspective, but an open-minded person might do so and still maintain his/her original stance, sometimes even more firmly. It's sorta like how I might understand why a criminal committed a crime, but that understanding doesn't equal justification.

Regarding heavy metal in church, he was talking from his perspective concerning churches, that they're places of worship, and that they should bring you closer to God by promoting concepts like humility, having a peaceful atmosphere, etc. The atmosphere there felt closer to that of a concert. Looking at it from his perspective didn't make much sense to me neither. He understands that the culture there accepts it, but he refuses to accept it, both based on what churches represent to each.