JRM

[Lance]

He's certainly not a representative of the people, not a christian and lacks any morals or scruples.

being a Christian and lacking morals are not mutually exclusive....

 

[d000hg]

being a Christian and lacking morals are not mutually exclusive....

Not according the the handbook. Although there's a large element of pot/kettle when CUK General is making accusations of immorality.

 

[WTFH]

You seem to know a lot about him, certainly more than those I know who have met him. You may have been a teensy bit biased by the tabloid caricature. Certainly he has morals and scruples, they just are not ones you agree with. I wonder how you are able to speak with such certainty to his personal faith or lack thereof, that you know more than he does.

Perhaps I am wrong and his personal life is completely different to the public persona that he projects. But since you asked, I have based those comments on his words and actions over the last few years.

Matthew 5:3-10
Matthew 7:15-23
Matthew 15:11
Matthew 25:31-46

 

[d000hg]

I do love it when atheists explain what Christianity means. Bit like how everyone in the pub always knows better than their football team's manager.

 

[Mordac]

JRM sold all his shares in Russian Banks 24 hours prior to UK sanctions being announced (insider dealing)

I can't stand him either, but since the Mods don't seem to care about correcting potentially libelous statements I'll do it for them:

Oliver Crawley, partner at Somerset Capital Management, said: “Jacob Rees-Mogg no longer works at Somerset Capital Management and has had no role in any of the firm’s investment decisions for over a decade.

If you're not sure about the difference between a Partner/Shareholder and an Employee, there's probably some material which will help you round here somewhere.

Somerset Capital Management started winding down its holding in Sberbank in 2019. It sold its final 361,861 shares between September and November 2021.

Which is a bit more than 24 hours, and certainly before any build-up of Russian troops or talk of sanctions. Probably not insider trading then, just in case any lawyers are watching...

(Quotes are from the Telegraph, but were similarly reported in the FT although I don't have a subscription.)

 

[SueEllen]

I do love it when atheists explain what Christianity means. Bit like how everyone in the pub always knows better than their football team's manager.

So it's not occurred to you that some atheists were brought up in a religion, including having to study it, and only when they left home were they allowed to be released from it's rituals.

 

[WTFH]

If you're not sure about the difference between a Partner/Shareholder and an Employee, there's probably some material which will help you round here somewhere.

While he (an individual) may have stepped down, it appears his company, Saliston Ltd, are still quite strongly linked.

(Saliston are the crowd that lend him £2million to redecorate a house in London that he manages to repay a few months later)

 

[d000hg]

So it's not occurred to you that some atheists were brought up in a religion, including having to study it, and only when they left home were they allowed to be released from it's rituals.

Are you white-knighting for WTFH now? That's not a very common occurrence in modern UK statistically... maybe they can explain if they were locked under the stairs memorising the bible as a kid for themself.

 

[SueEllen]

Are you white-knighting for WTFH now? That's not a very common occurrence in modern UK maybe they can explain if they were locked under the stairs memorising the bible as a kid for themself.

Unfortunately I know more than a handful of people this tulip happened to and there was also an attempt in my extended family, which was unsuccessful due to the number of atheists and agnostics.

 

[d000hg]

Unfortunately I know more than a handful of people this tulip happened to and there was also an attempt in my extended family, which was unsuccessful due to the number of atheists and agnostics.

It would be wrong for a Christian family NOT to bring their kids of in their faith (from their perspective), but the UK is a very secular nation these days. Statistically this is not where more than a fraction of atheists come from.