Christmas R&s Quiz - Who Said What

[ludwig]

Q: Do you believe in an afterlife? A: "Yes, I think I do believe in an afterlife and I think that is just because I can't bear the thought of the final end."

Q: Does religion play a big part in your life? A: "My mother is Jewish, my father was sort of an atheist Catholic who said the nuns prepared him for Vietnam. I love Native American spirituality and paganism, and I've studied Buddhism. I think organised religion is one of the top problems of the world actually, so no, I'd say I steer clear for religion and go straight towards spirituality."

Q: If you were a saint, I know it's unlikely, but what would you like to be the patron saint of? A: "Oh, lawyers."

Q: Life philosophy - do you have one? A: "Yeah - do it yourself."

Q: Are you spiritual if you're not religious? A: "I wonder at the beauty of nature. But the simple fact I understand nature to a certain degree, it doesn't take away its beauty or the revelation of its existence. I love this thing called consciousness and this thing called love, but I just think there's a logical or biological explanation for everything."

Q: Have you ever said a prayer? A: "Of course, when I was a child I said them all the time."

Q: Are you still religious?
A: "Yes, when you grow up with a faith that says God is not five or six, God is One, all religions are different chapters of the same book, mankind is one although we have a kind of unity and diversity, you can't really argue with that as much as you'd probably like to. I used to rebel against it but then I thought 'yeah, alright fair enough'."

Q: Do you have a life philosophy?
A: "Yes. It's not what it's gonna be, it's what it is now."

Q: How do you get your guidance on morality, on what's right and what's wrong? A: "It's not hard, I think we all have a moral sense. The problem with a moral sense is that it gets squashed and pulled in other directions. We tend to all of us have a very intuitive sense, and I think literature and art has a role in reminding us to do what we know is good, but very often doesn't seem so glamorous and exciting or possible when we're up against it.

Q: How big a part of your personal life does religion play? A: "It's in everything because it has to be. The world was made by God, we live and move and have our being in God. Every time we think seriously about anything, any action or any experience, then if that's what you believe in, then you come up very rapidly against that fact."

Q: Does mortality scare you? A: "No. If by mortality you mean my forthcoming death, I'm much more scared by the death of people that I know and love. My own death I'm only anxious about because it is often preceded by agony and discomfort, and not the fear of the annihilation."

[ludwig]

forgot to number the quotes but here are the people to match them to..

a. Dawn French
b. Billy Bragg
c. Pink
d. Ricky Gervais
e. Ian Hislop
f. Seal
g. Peter Hitchens
h. Sir Jonathan Miller
i. Richard Dawkins
j. Omid Djalili
k. Alain de Botton

Spoiler - if you want to know the answers look here..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20774879

[ludwig]

^ That would have been genius, but I couldn't be arsed to research it. someone should though. ;o)

[naomi24]

I don't want to look at the answers, but I haven't the brain to try to work them all out at the moment. MTH later. :o)

[mibn2cweus]

I'm out . . . I don't even know who half those people are. :o/

[LazyGun]

I managed a big fat 3 out of 11! Anyone got a dunce's cap whilst i go sit in the corner.... :)

[birdie1971]

I read this earlier on the Beeb.

Most of the quotes are amusing and some are quite insightful and then you get to number 30 and Holly Valance -

Q: “Can you tell me how you would describe yourself in a couple of sentences?”
A: “Er… sarcastic, dry, loyal - just a total legend, basically."


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