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Post by commiczar on Jul 17, 2009 11:17:07 GMT 10
Greetings to All !! Does your micronation have a standardized or generic National Prayer ? NATIONAL PRAYER OF THE IMPERIUM:
"Dear Lord Bless Us One and All, Dear Lord Bless Us Great and Small !!"
"Amen" [/center] Regards to All !! _____________
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Post by D. N. Vercáriâ on Jul 17, 2009 17:57:42 GMT 10
We in Talossa have a national soccer team and national entertainers and what not, but no national prayer and no other national religious reference. I sincerely hope it will stay this way. Like sex, religion is something very personal that might bewilder and disgust people when it's taken to the outside. I for one don't appreciate religious exhibitionism.
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Post by Bokonton on Jul 17, 2009 18:19:53 GMT 10
Like sex, religion is something very personal that might bewilder people when it's taken to the outside. I for one don't appreciate religious exhibitionism. Bokontonians definitely share this view. We have no state religion, and our citizens' religions and beliefs are kept seperate from their Bokontonian identity as much as possible.
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Post by commiczar on Jul 18, 2009 3:03:00 GMT 10
Greetings !! Thanks for the replies; and I can certainly appreciate another's point-of-view, especially with respect to one's views for and/or against religion in any format. I would have to say....that when it comes down to one's religious preferences, mutual respect must be the key to understanding one another. Those who have no religious views, and those who have limited or expanded religious views, must meet in the middle; whereby, all sides of such a personal and volatile issue need to respect each others position. "Agree to Disagree"[/i]....and leave it at that. Regards !! __________ P.S. Just for the record..... I myself, am not a radical extremist with regards to religion, nor am I a deeply and devoted religious person; which leaves me somewhere in the middle I would guess. The Imperial Family and Government do support a multi-denominational church; which is what brought about the posting of this topic. ( i.e....something to cuss & discuss ) ___________________________________________________
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Post by George on Jul 18, 2009 7:57:33 GMT 10
My most fervent (and indeed, only) prayer:
Lord save me from petulant, whining 13 year-olds demanding "recognition" for the micronation they founded 10 minutes ago.
Amen.
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Post by Bokonton on Jul 18, 2009 17:05:31 GMT 10
What's really annoying is that those petulant tweens made it really hard for me in the early days. I knew that it was idotic to 'demand' recognition from others, but when I merely contacted others to ask for some advice/some information on their nation (rhymes), they were extremely rude and short with me.
I'm not criticizing you, George. Just annoyed at those whiny kids. Amen!
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Post by indigo on Jul 19, 2009 0:43:48 GMT 10
Give me your petulant, your whining, Your huddled masses of teens yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of quasi-nations. Send these, the homeless, the quasi-professionals to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
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Post by George on Jul 19, 2009 7:12:47 GMT 10
Give me your petulant, your whining, Your huddled masses of teens yearning to breathe free... You have a death-wish? ;D
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Post by George on Jul 19, 2009 7:28:04 GMT 10
What's really annoying is that those petulant tweens made it really hard for me in the early days. I knew that it was idotic to 'demand' recognition from others, but when I merely contacted others to ask for some advice/some information on their nation (rhymes), they were extremely rude and short with me. I don't mind people asking for specific advice. What I do mind is people sending me a generic 2-line email which goes something like: "I'm thinking of setting up a micronation just like Atlantium. Please respond in the next 5 minutes with a 250 page dissertation on exactly how I should go about it, or else I'll declare war on you."...to which my standard response is something like: "I'm not sure what purpose a clone of Atlantium would serve. Save yourself the trouble, time, expense and 28 years of effort and simply join Atlantium instead."Works every time. ;D
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Post by George on Jul 19, 2009 7:38:24 GMT 10
Of course, teens can't help being insolent and obnoxious. It's just how they are. The best we can do is bravely soldier on, putting up with their tantrums and general stupidity, until they reach adulthood. If they reach adulthood. It's the adults who behave like children that are the real problem in the world at large.
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Post by indigo on Jul 19, 2009 12:08:50 GMT 10
Give me your petulant, your whining, Your huddled masses of teens yearning to breathe free... You have a death-wish? ;D Nah... Don't forget that the MPR is looking for professionals, so just any petulant, whining teen won't do. ;D
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Post by indigo on Jul 19, 2009 13:48:26 GMT 10
Of course, teens can't help being insolent and obnoxious. It's just how they are. The best we can do is bravely soldier on, putting up with their tantrums and general stupidity, until they reach adulthood. If they reach adulthood. It's the adults who behave like children that are the real problem in the world at large. The article you mention re-enforces my long-time suspicion: Adam and Eve were teens, and the Gods (plural, as it actually is in Hebrew) had simply figured out that they would have done "something stupid" some time in the future, and the fact that they did was proof positive that they had reached puberty (and sexual maturity). All that other stuff about the origin of sin is pure balderdash invented by priests in order to exercise otherwise illegitimate authority. In fact, the sin part is total BS especially when you consider what one of Adam's kids did, a certain Cain, and he didn't even get a slap on the wrist for that, very mortal, sin!
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Post by Bokonton on Jul 20, 2009 3:55:25 GMT 10
Cain got a big purple pustule on his head and was forced to wander the lands for all of his days.
But teenagers get said pustules for most of the time anyway. Hmm.....
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Post by George on Jul 20, 2009 10:14:07 GMT 10
teenagers get said pustules for most of the time anyway. There you go! Incontrovertible proof that all teenagers are evil. ;D
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Post by Bokonton on Jul 20, 2009 18:40:30 GMT 10
Ah, no. Youv'e got me there. ;D But everyone was a teenager once.... that is, if they survived their period of evil
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Post by George on Jul 20, 2009 19:28:40 GMT 10
everyone was a teenager once I deny it! I went straight from childhood into adulthood, without any intervening phase. ;D
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Post by commiczar on Jul 21, 2009 2:35:57 GMT 10
He's a bit mad you know.......... ;D
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