No, I don't believe he was religious, as in religion being rules and stuff, which doesn't really do anything. But I really feel he had a relationship with the living God, and was learning to receive his unconditional love and mercy and grace, which is what he really needed. Religion rules never do anyone any good, and would have screwed Freddie up more, but I feel so much that he was just letting God love him, which would have healed him and strengthened him so much. I feel that he was close to God in the end, and God was very close to him before he died.
While I do agree with you on most things you've said here and I do believe coincidence does not exist at all in life , I don't agree with you about "in religion being rules and stuff, which doesn't do really do anything".
While I do agree with you on most things you've said here and I do believe coincidence does not exist at all in life , I don't agree with you about "in religion being rules and stuff, which doesn't do really do anything".
Perharps my own interpretation of your very words here is wrong but you seem to imply that religions rules are bad and do nothing good to people who do use them.
Perharps my own interpretation of your very words here is wrong but you seem to imply that religions rules are bad and do nothing good to people who do use them.
I'm a proud born again Jew practionner and my religion has always been about doing things to please The LORD and to help other people,...
I'm a proud born again Jew practionner and my religion has always been about doing things to please The LORD and to help other people, being someone good inside, caring ect
It's all about love, peace and understanding.
That's how the jewish religion (the most ancient religion in the world) is and while I do agree with you about Mr Mercury not pracitizing a specific religion (people talk about the odd "zoroastraian" one) and just believing into the Creator of The Universe and his goodness for his creatures, I needed to tell you that, yes, you can be a believer into a religion , embracing it and acting like Freddie talks about in this track and the beautiful "The Miracle".
So please don't do what most of the current atheists/agnostics or "anti religion" people are doing by bashing them and thinking they're all about war and hatred while it's totally the opposite.
BTW I was touched by your posts here and made me enjoying this song more.
That post was actually by me three years ago, but I have not used the account for so long I have forgotten the password and the e-mail account I used for it has lapsed, so I had to set up a new one! I did want to clarify what I meant though. I'm not dismissing all religion rules as bad at all; I am a born again, committed follower of Jesus. Perhaps I didn't do a good job of clearly saying what I meant. Of course rules are valuable, as if we follow the Lord we are to...
That post was actually by me three years ago, but I have not used the account for so long I have forgotten the password and the e-mail account I used for it has lapsed, so I had to set up a new one! I did want to clarify what I meant though. I'm not dismissing all religion rules as bad at all; I am a born again, committed follower of Jesus. Perhaps I didn't do a good job of clearly saying what I meant. Of course rules are valuable, as if we follow the Lord we are to live in a way that brings him honour. What I meant was this (I hope I explain this well): rules in religion, when used as a way to express our love for the Lord and our honour for him, or as a pointer so we can understand His character, then they are more precious than diamonds. Yet, if rules are being fulfilled out of duty, and the love of God is not there, they are worth little. Also, if man made rules are created that come between us and God, then those are not worth anything. So it depends on the context. I think I was also thinking that many readers would think of religion as rules, and not realise you could have a relationship with God who care about us, and I was perhaps trying to meet that point of view (I'm not sure how successfully. I hope that helps. If you want to chat more, feel free to e-mail me, I would be interested to hear about your faith. I'm not sure if you will read this, but I hope you will.
No, I don't believe he was religious, as in religion being rules and stuff, which doesn't really do anything. But I really feel he had a relationship with the living God, and was learning to receive his unconditional love and mercy and grace, which is what he really needed. Religion rules never do anyone any good, and would have screwed Freddie up more, but I feel so much that he was just letting God love him, which would have healed him and strengthened him so much. I feel that he was close to God in the end, and God was very close to him before he died.
While I do agree with you on most things you've said here and I do believe coincidence does not exist at all in life , I don't agree with you about "in religion being rules and stuff, which doesn't do really do anything".
While I do agree with you on most things you've said here and I do believe coincidence does not exist at all in life , I don't agree with you about "in religion being rules and stuff, which doesn't do really do anything".
Perharps my own interpretation of your very words here is wrong but you seem to imply that religions rules are bad and do nothing good to people who do use them.
Perharps my own interpretation of your very words here is wrong but you seem to imply that religions rules are bad and do nothing good to people who do use them.
I'm a proud born again Jew practionner and my religion has always been about doing things to please The LORD and to help other people,...
I'm a proud born again Jew practionner and my religion has always been about doing things to please The LORD and to help other people, being someone good inside, caring ect
It's all about love, peace and understanding.
That's how the jewish religion (the most ancient religion in the world) is and while I do agree with you about Mr Mercury not pracitizing a specific religion (people talk about the odd "zoroastraian" one) and just believing into the Creator of The Universe and his goodness for his creatures, I needed to tell you that, yes, you can be a believer into a religion , embracing it and acting like Freddie talks about in this track and the beautiful "The Miracle".
So please don't do what most of the current atheists/agnostics or "anti religion" people are doing by bashing them and thinking they're all about war and hatred while it's totally the opposite.
BTW I was touched by your posts here and made me enjoying this song more.
Peace
Kyle
Hey Kyle,
Hey Kyle,
That post was actually by me three years ago, but I have not used the account for so long I have forgotten the password and the e-mail account I used for it has lapsed, so I had to set up a new one! I did want to clarify what I meant though. I'm not dismissing all religion rules as bad at all; I am a born again, committed follower of Jesus. Perhaps I didn't do a good job of clearly saying what I meant. Of course rules are valuable, as if we follow the Lord we are to...
That post was actually by me three years ago, but I have not used the account for so long I have forgotten the password and the e-mail account I used for it has lapsed, so I had to set up a new one! I did want to clarify what I meant though. I'm not dismissing all religion rules as bad at all; I am a born again, committed follower of Jesus. Perhaps I didn't do a good job of clearly saying what I meant. Of course rules are valuable, as if we follow the Lord we are to live in a way that brings him honour. What I meant was this (I hope I explain this well): rules in religion, when used as a way to express our love for the Lord and our honour for him, or as a pointer so we can understand His character, then they are more precious than diamonds. Yet, if rules are being fulfilled out of duty, and the love of God is not there, they are worth little. Also, if man made rules are created that come between us and God, then those are not worth anything. So it depends on the context. I think I was also thinking that many readers would think of religion as rules, and not realise you could have a relationship with God who care about us, and I was perhaps trying to meet that point of view (I'm not sure how successfully. I hope that helps. If you want to chat more, feel free to e-mail me, I would be interested to hear about your faith. I'm not sure if you will read this, but I hope you will.
Peace.