Site Search:
 
Speak Korean Now!
Teach English Abroad and Get Paid to see the World!
Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index Korean Job Discussion Forums
"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!"
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Desecularisation - Why God is back
Goto page Previous  1, 2
 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Current Events Forum
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Stones1962



Joined: 26 Nov 2008
Location: Europe/Asia

PostPosted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

God never left the building.....perhaps you never really looked for him
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
ED209



Joined: 17 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Mon May 25, 2009 6:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stones1962 wrote:
God never left the building.....perhaps you never really looked for him


That's lovely, is there a motivational poster that come with that? I searched the building, couldn't find any leprechauns either.

"When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself."
Peter OToole
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kuros



Joined: 27 Apr 2004

PostPosted: Mon May 25, 2009 9:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ED209 wrote:

"When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself."
Peter OToole


You must think it is satire (and you're probably right), but it could be taken another way.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address
Koveras



Joined: 09 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Mon May 25, 2009 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kuros wrote:
ED209 wrote:

"When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself."
Peter OToole


You must think it is satire (and you're probably right), but it could be taken another way.


Don't you think that the other way is absent from the theology of all major religions today? I mean that a fundamental division between God and man seems to be a premise of devotional religion.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kuros



Joined: 27 Apr 2004

PostPosted: Mon May 25, 2009 8:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Koveras wrote:
Kuros wrote:
ED209 wrote:

"When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself."
Peter OToole


You must think it is satire (and you're probably right), but it could be taken another way.


Don't you think that the other way is absent from the theology of all major religions today? I mean that a fundamental division between God and man seems to be a premise of devotional religion.


Yes.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address
sundubuman



Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: seoul

PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="Manner of Speaking"]
Ya-ta Boy wrote:
of course, but most notably it�s a rise of 85% of those willing to describe themselves as living without God during the years of our most overtly religious presidency!



You have obviously never studied history. Or read the Declaration of Independence...

You seem to be giddy over this move away from belief in a higher power...which possibly might explain your ability to so openly make false claims about history...
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
andrewchon



Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.

PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 10:28 am    Post subject: god revival, for the umpteenth time... Reply with quote

The Global Credit Crunch came because, well the world ran out of colaterals. Then where's the next obvious tax dodge?
Since godly institutions are hardly required to pay tax, openly flout labour laws, auditing procedures, and transparency means opaque, make tempting investment for the desperately lazy. Hey, I'd go there myself if I had any money.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
gogohorrorshow



Joined: 13 May 2009

PostPosted: Sun May 31, 2009 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kuros wrote:
Canada, the UK, Korea, Japan, most of mainland Europe. What do all of these places have in common? Below replacement fertility rates.

The religious will inherit the earth.


Aren't Koreans pretty religious? About half of them are Christian, aren't they? And the vast majority of Koreans in Americans are evangelical Christians, thats for sure.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Koveras



Joined: 09 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Sun May 31, 2009 6:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If the church is back, which I doubt, it's only in a badly debased form. Instead of sermons and hymns it has motivational videos and accoustic guitar sing-alongs. Very collectivistic, basically a lame social group, all about 'feeling good and helping others'.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Current Events Forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours
Goto page Previous  1, 2
Page 2 of 2

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling.
Contact Dave's ESL Cafe
Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved.

Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group

TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe
TEFL Courses, TESOL Course, English Teaching Jobs - TEFL International