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Are our views always entrenched?

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Greatnan Wed 19-Jun-13 09:51:57

Somebody said to me recently that she thought people's views on such matters as politics and religion were so entrenched by a certain age that nothing would change them.
Well, I have had my own views on religion very much modified by a certain member of Gransnet, who has answered all the questions I have wanted to ask for years, with infinite patience, kindness and warmth, never taking offence.
No, Gransnet is not my Road to Damascus - I will always be an atheist and she certainly has not tried to convert me. What she has done is show me how much her church means to her and some of the good it is doing throughout the world. Oh, she agrees that there is much that needs changing, but she explains that it is like having a family member that does things you don't like, but you still love them. Change is taking place at grass roots level and she hopes it will filter up to the men at the top (yes, they are all men!).
When she first joined GN, I would never have envisaged that we could become such close friends and I thank her for not giving up on me!

j08 Sun 23-Jun-13 12:35:48

No, n o t this one. Think it was posts, varied.

Bags Sun 23-Jun-13 12:36:38

Going soon, soop, but need some sustenance first. #tummyrumbles.

Thanks, jings. I understand now.

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 12:37:00

AH! That's my girl...wink

j08 Sun 23-Jun-13 12:37:03

It went all nautical a little while back soop #whatwasthatallabout

Aka Sun 23-Jun-13 12:37:29

jura we second what J0 said was trying to say

j08 Sun 23-Jun-13 12:39:27

Yes, I did n' t put it too well did I? Have probably offended most of GN!

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 12:40:13

Bags the flapjacks were seriously good. Look forward to the next "batch"...

Sorry for butting in and taking this debate off at another tangent. Just thought we could all do with some smiles...smile smile smile

Aka Sun 23-Jun-13 12:41:24

Something we have in common then J0?

merlotgran Sun 23-Jun-13 12:42:07

I could murder a flapjack. DH is on a serious diet so my baking skills are not required sad

Ana Sun 23-Jun-13 12:44:42

Aka grin

Movedalot Sun 23-Jun-13 12:58:54

Why did you mention flapjack, so cruel grin. Think I'd better go and work it off in the garden!

j08 Sun 23-Jun-13 13:07:17

soop thread left the realms of reality long ago. smile

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 14:15:24

Naughty Nana titters...

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 14:16:52

...or should it be, Nana's naughty titters...
What do we Gransnetters think? wink grin sunshine

Elegran Sun 23-Jun-13 14:50:44

A titter ran round the room. . . (Ken Dodd)

merlotgran Sun 23-Jun-13 15:03:47

Whether squabbles are major or minor,
They shouldn't endanger a thread.
Let's abandon the slow boat to China
And all have a flapjack instead. grin

nanaej Sun 23-Jun-13 15:15:23

boom boom! grin

ps I have just made a tray of flapjacks to take over to SiL for tea!

j08 Sun 23-Jun-13 15:18:19

Gransnet's Poet Laureate strikes again. grin

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 15:18:51

merlotgran I do believe we have a poetess in our midst. flowers

j08 Sun 23-Jun-13 15:19:16

shock I did n' t mean that rudely!

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 15:20:23

So, where are the flapjacks? If that Bags spent more time in the kitchen [not the garden] she'd have had us all round for tea...

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 15:21:57

jingle....you may be many things, but rude [in this isolated incident] you are NOT! grin

Nonu Sun 23-Jun-13 15:22:07

MERLOT , you are very witty .

JO8 , I know you didn"t.

No sunshine here now ,

soop Sun 23-Jun-13 15:25:18

Rory went on a brief adventure under the computer desk. Reached the end and found it very tricky to turn around or reverse. Has then shot out from the dark corner with fur on end and a cobweb draped becomingly over one ear. grin

Ella46 Sun 23-Jun-13 15:28:02

He's obviously trying to help with the dusting! smile