On religion

[NotAllThere]

If Henry hadn't split from the Pope, we'd have even more bank holidays. But not, oddly, Good Friday.

[NotAllThere]

Believing in fairy tales without the excuse of indoctrination doesn't sound like a good thing.

I refer the honourable member to my sig. Don't dis fairy tales.

[Gibbon]

Without Christianity, we'd have four fewer bank holidays.

Ahem, the ancient Romans (pre Christianity) had aprox 150.

[mudskipper]

Ahem, the ancient Romans (pre Christianity) had aprox 150.

But did they have hot cross buns?

[doodab]

If Henry hadn't split from the Pope, we'd have even more bank holidays. But not, oddly, Good Friday.

Is that good or bad for GDP?

[Gibbon]

But did they have hot cross buns?

I don't think so, but roasted Dormice were a popular snack with some Falarian wine.

Hot cross buns are definitely Christian though, look good but quite an unsatisfying mish mash when bitten into.

[BrilloPad]

Do not try to remove the speck in your brother's eye when there is a plank in your own eye.

[NotAllThere]

Ahem, the ancient Romans (pre Christianity) had aprox 150.

Presumably that was just the citizens, not the slaves.

[Gibbon]

Presumably that was just the citizens, not the slaves.

Probably depended on whether you were a household slave or one of the poor buggers on the farms or in the mines.

Roman household slaves were generally well educated and well treated, many becoming freed and obtaining powerful positions at court. Many slaves bravely protected their masters during the proscriptions and many also turned them in. So it probably paid off to treat them well.

Slavery was a normal social condition in these times which even the Bible doesn't try to overturn.

[sasguru]

Posting on CUK at 10pm when you're supposedly retired and just bought a new car indicates you're a lonely, bulltulipting loser.

Even AtW has too much of a life for that these days!

Wrong again. You make a habit of being wrong don't you?