I never actually thought up lyrics for this one.

[davidn]

I don't want to seem as if I've turned my back on Christianity, but going to the Link Group meeting last night was very strange, and I felt almost out of place. The point of the meeting was essentially how to spread the word and tell people about Christianity - not to convert people, perhaps, but certainly to get people started on their way to conversion. However, all I want to do now is to let others live their own lives as long as no harm is done, to not impose my beliefs upon others, and just to generally be the Nice Guy. As you all know I have failings too, and it's better for me to just accept that than question why.

Still, it was nice to see the Breakfast Harem - er, I mean, the girls who moved out of AMH last year - again. I left a little early and acquired a pie from the KFB (which was rubbish, incidentally) before coming back to the hall to watch the Rocky Horror Show. I've now seen it three times and I still don't understand it, though the narrator describing the Time Warp and dancing on his desk is one of my favourite moments.

I can't imagine how we survived with three morning lectures a day. Oh, in fact I remember - we used to skip CH1006. Still, it's nice to have some time before lunch now, rather than rushing back and eating, then rushing off to the lab. I had to take out a vast wad of ca$h (well, £50) for the lab deposit this morning, and left the receipt in Maths B after transforming it in to a paper Pyramid Head.

I saw a van with "Fishmonger and Salmon Smoker" on the side on the way back, and got this mental image of someone sitting in a bar with a lit salmon, puffing away on it.

Comments

[plette.livejournal.com]

Personally I think that's the best approach to beliefs...everyone has their own, but respect for other people's individuality is really important, and as long as people live their lives with consideration for others and are good people at heart, what does it matter why they're doing it?
I've never liked the idea of people feeling they need to "set others straight" or change their minds. Not that people should hide their beliefs at all; it's great to discuss them and in the process someone might decide themselves that they like what the other person is saying, and look into it a little more. But there's a difference between a conversation where two people are just talking because they want to learn how the other person thinks, and a conversation where one person feels they have all the answers and want to educate the other. I don't believe in God, personally, but I don't shake my head and say, "Geez, that's too bad...I should try and help that person," when I find out that someone is a member of a religion. In fact, if I did run around trying to "educate" people about aetheism, and spread the word, offering lunches for a pound but then bringing in guest speakers who rant about how much better their life was once they stopped going to church, then no doubt everyone would think I was a nutbar, and being anti-religion...so why should it be okay the other way around?

Um...yeah, sorry. This wasn't supposed to turn into a rant. I just can't help myself...bottom line: you rock. Don't ever feel as though you need to change, because you're a really good guy.

[opera-hat.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, though, if you believed everyone was going to die an awful death, and you knew the way by which they could be saved from that awful death, wouldn't you want to tell as many people about it as possible?