Sat Nov 17, 2012, 09:59 PM

rug (47,336 posts)

Toronto curling league breaks down religious barriers

Published 52 minutes ago
Leslie Scrivener

As faithfully as Sabbath candles on Friday evening or church bells Sunday morning, dozens of clergy meet weekly to practise a spirited form of interfaith dialogue.

It’s called curling.

Most are from the United Church, but there are sprinklings of Lutherans, Presbyterians, Anglicans, Jesuits and a handful of rabbis and cantors. Some are in their 30s and a few older than 80, and several have shared the ice for decades.

The members of the Greater Toronto Interfaith Curling Club don’t talk theology on the ice, says Rev. Bert Foliot, a Jesuit priest and Rector of Regis College at the University of Toronto.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1289435--toronto-curling-league-breaks-down-religious-barriers

Video at link. There can never be enough curling videos.

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14 replies	Author	Time	Post
Toronto curling league breaks down religious barriers (Original post)	rug	Nov 2012	OP
Love it! I live for curling.	hrmjustin	Nov 2012	#1
And why would those barriers even exist	skepticscott	Nov 2012	#2
Yes the residue of racism, ethnicism, colonialism, nationalism, imperialism and competing economic	rug	Nov 2012	#3
Did I say that THOSE barriers don't also exist?	skepticscott	Nov 2012	#4
Speaking of habitual dishonesty, you mentioned only religion.	rug	Nov 2012	#6
Your OP was about religion	skepticscott	Nov 2012	#12
Whatever happened to bowling? Cute little article. Glad it works for them.	cbayer	Nov 2012	#5
Yes, it is a cute little article.	rug	Nov 2012	#7
“She shops for the best yarns. She enjoys knitting and crochet.” Proverbs 31:13	cbayer	Nov 2012	#8
If you do we can talk about my bumper sticker.	rug	Nov 2012	#9
Do you seriously have that on your car?	cbayer	Nov 2012	#10
Lol, no.	rug	Nov 2012	#11
Lets just says that lies need to be pointed out	skepticscott	Nov 2012	#13
I can count on you scottie.	rug	Nov 2012	#14

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Sat Nov 17, 2012, 11:53 PM

hrmjustin (9,147 posts)

1. Love it! I live for curling.

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Sun Nov 18, 2012, 08:41 AM

skepticscott (7,304 posts)

2. And why would those barriers even exist

and NEED to be broken down in the first place, if religion didn't foster so much hate and division among people?

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Sun Nov 18, 2012, 09:58 AM

rug (47,336 posts)

3. Yes the residue of racism, ethnicism, colonialism, nationalism, imperialism and competing economic

systems are inherently religious. It's so obviously simple.

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Response to rug (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:28 AM

skepticscott (7,304 posts)

4. Did I say that THOSE barriers don't also exist?

Of course not. Your implication that I did is just more of your habitual dishonesty. You really can't help but just make shit up, can you? And of course when it comes to wrongs, you don't do soundings..except when you do.

The article YOU posted and headlined is concerned with RELIGIOUS barriers, and that's what my reply was directed at. If you'd like to deflect from your own point with more apologetics and more "lots of other things are just as bad as religion" nonsense, feel free.

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Response to skepticscott (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:36 AM

rug (47,336 posts)

6. Speaking of habitual dishonesty, you mentioned only religion.

Someone has to be stupid or dishonest to imply the historical separations of peoples is religious at the core.

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Response to rug (Reply #6)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:35 PM

skepticscott (7,304 posts)

12. Your OP was about religion

The article was about RELIGIOUS barriers. Do you need that explained a third time? Or was the article you posted as superficial as you're accusing me of being? I didn't post it, and I NEVER implied that the separations between people are solely religious. I said that RELIGIOUS barriers wouldn't need to be overcome if religion weren't so divisive. But you know that, despite the fact that you're sure to lie about it again (and then argue that your habitual lying is "extraneous")

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Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:33 AM

cbayer (120,011 posts)

5. Whatever happened to bowling? Cute little article. Glad it works for them.

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Response to cbayer (Reply #5)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:38 AM

rug (47,336 posts)

7. Yes, it is a cute little article.

One that has caused our microscopic friend to resort to all caps.

Maybe I can find an article about little old ladies who crochet scripture sayings. I can imagine the outcry.

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Response to rug (Reply #7)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:54 AM

cbayer (120,011 posts)

8. “She shops for the best yarns. She enjoys knitting and crochet.” Proverbs 31:13

http://www.knittingbiblestudy.com/getknittingbiblestudy.htm

Should I start an OP?

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Response to cbayer (Reply #8)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 12:10 PM

rug (47,336 posts)

9. If you do we can talk about my bumper sticker.

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Response to rug (Reply #9)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 12:13 PM

cbayer (120,011 posts)

10. Do you seriously have that on your car?

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Response to cbayer (Reply #10)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 12:24 PM

rug (47,336 posts)

11. Lol, no.

I didn't even know the proverb until you posted.

I do though have SpongeBob stickers all over the back window thanks to my kids when they were younger.

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Response to rug (Reply #7)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:37 PM

skepticscott (7,304 posts)

13. Lets just says that lies need to be pointed out

and yours need a heck of a lot of pointing out.

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Response to skepticscott (Reply #13)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:41 PM

rug (47,336 posts)

14. I can count on you scottie.

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