Is it a competition then to see who's the most broadminded? Oh dear, I
fear I shall lose that one. I've never kept such a checklist, nor felt
the need to parade one.
Take care. Don't let your imaginary friend guide you across the road.
Regards
Roger
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:22 PM, David Bircumshaw
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> I'm not sure where you're coming from here, Roger, but as far as it's
> an issue of whatever I believe: well here in Leicester there's an
> Anglican cathedral five minutes walk from me, where you can hear Byrd
> or Mozart sung on a Sunday, I sometimes go there, there's a Catholic
> cathedral-cum-non-dormitory monastery where I and a friend sometimes
> sing plainchant with the monks, there's a Jain temple nearby but it's
> only open to outside visitors on special occasions, I attend courses
> run by the Worker's Education Association which are most definitely
> this worldly, there's England's oldest Secular Society which still has
> its Hall, I go there and to events at the Museum which was designed by
> Joseph Hansom (y'know the Socialist architect, humanist and creator of
> buildings and horsecabs) and which both Alfred Wallace and H.E.Bates
> were associated with and I used to go to a Hindu-derived mediation
> group but stopped when their claims to magical powers started to
> appear.
> I believe in the existence of many stories, the occasional glimpse of
> free-will, non-violence whenever possible, the prolonged possibility
> of poetry and helping little old ladies who can't reach a shelf in a
> supermarket.
> And the everlasting torment of the Birmingham City Football Club which
> I have the misfortune to support (I grew up next door to their ground)
>
> Best
>> Dave
>
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