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Shall we bulldoze all of Western civilisation and start again?
Capital idea good chap. When do we start?
Interesting thing is that other organisations have moved on.
Emmm, you know that the Oaths Act 1888 gave the same legal status to a secular Affirmation some 20 years before Baden Powell published “Scouting for Boys”?
And for those that find this interesting - no book is used in Scotland for giving an Oath, and any person, even in England can give the “Scottish” oath by raising their right hand without a book (which should be done without question)
24 Years old today
I am a godless parent to 3 kids ( now grown up) One parent religious, the other an atheist. The children have godparents to look after their religious education and me and t'missus as godless parents who would have taken the children if anything happened to the parents ( IIRC these are the two main roles of godparents)
Top tip: not everything is about you.
While this is true I've been to one christening
The words "baby isobella has chosen*" were spoken. Baby isobella was probably capable of two choices boob or scream the house down.
So clearly the whole thing wasn't about her either!
I'm not the only one with a glitter phobia then?
Mildly aracnaphobic (sp?) won't pick one up, happy to do it with a glass at arm's length, but much prefer the spiders to the glitter!