Are you religious?

[Clint]

Boom!
....of course if you like Trappist..(am I right)
I haven't tried many but I can't find one I really like...

 

[Gulpitdarn]

I'm the third church going Christian.

I reckon life is hard for all of us.

If some of us cling to a liferaft, that's OK. If some of you want to come on board for a time, that's OK. If some of you are happy swimming, that's OK too.

I'd like to think we can all tell each other our stories with sincerely and respect.

So I guess it saddens me a bit when people shut down/put down/mock faith. **** it - life is hard enough without pissing on someone else's chips.

Cheers

Martin

Relax Martin, as a Christian will know. "First of all know this, that in the last days ridiculers will come with their ridicule, proceeding according to their own desires". 2Peter 3:3 the trick is to not take offence.

 

[strange-steve]

I haven't tried many but I can't find one I really like

That's the most blasphemous thing I've seen on this thread

 

[Clint]

Please educate..

 

[marshbrewer]

Please educate..

I'm with you Clint. I've had some great Belgian beers, but nothing that I would describe as the world's best.

 

[Clint]

Right then...
Each religion regards theirs as being the right one and on judgement day you will be judged...blah,blah,blah.
What about those who have never heard of any religion?

 

[dad_of_jon]

my religion is beer - and my religion is the correct one

 

[strange-steve]

Please educate..

Nah, we're all entitled to our own viewpoints and it wouldn't be right to force our views on others

 

[Clint]

I wouldn't mind a pointer on say four I should try ..

 

[strange-steve]

I wouldn't mind a pointer on say four I should try ..

If you mean Trappist specifically rather than just Belgian beers then personally I love both Rochefort 8 and 10, they're rich, fruity, subtly spicy and just divine. The oak-aged La Trappe Quads are also delicious, like Christmas cake in a glass. For something a little different Orval is a fantastic beer, but if you've never had a brett beer it can be something of an acquired taste

 

[Clint]

I'm guessing...I don't know poop about Belgian or Trappist..

 

[kelper]

Ah but can you atheists deal with the indisputable fact that church going Christians brew the best beer in the world....

Another claim without evidence!

 

[Rodj]

And, just like you and me, a son of God!

Dammit, An Ankoù, you and Dutto are not my children.

 

[MartinHaworth]

https://www.thebulletin.be/westvleteren-best-beer-world-again

Westvleteren consistently voted best beer in the world.

Made by a community of atheists who never go to church.......

Is that right?

 

[kelper]

If the best beer in the world is brewed by monks it does not follow that church-going Christians, in general, make better beer than heathens. But you did provide your evidence so kudos to you.

 

[MickDundee]

https://www.thebulletin.be/westvleteren-best-beer-world-again

Westvleteren consistently voted best beer in the world.

Made by a community of atheists who never go to church.......

Is that right?

Monks aren’t just “church going Christians” though are they? They go to more extremes than even the happiest-clappiest of happy-clappers!

 

[kelper]

Monks aren’t just “church going Christians” though are they? They go to more extremes than even the happiest-clappiest of happy-clappers!

I've never seen happy-clappy monks! They are serious but not joyless. Happy clappy is surely an American revivalist/born again phenomenon.

 

[Justin Dean]

Really? You never watched The Matrix? (not suggesting it's real, it just asks the right questions) Never heard of acid and other psychotropic / hallucinogenic substances? How do we know that we experience reality when we apprehend our surroundings?

I believe Acid and other psychotropic / hallucinogenic substances are an escape from reality. That is the point in taking them? Say no to drugs. Matrix is sci fi again not reality not yet anyway?

 

[MickDundee]

I've never seen happy-clappy monks! They are serious but not joyless. Happy clappy is surely an American revivalist/born again phenomenon.

I didn’t say they were happy clappy, I meant they were more extreme than even the most fundamental of “church going Christians”.

 

[Justin Dean]

Just thinking it is a bit odd put atheism in the list because in itself it is not a religion, it is a rejection of religion. Maybe it should just say no religion for clarity