Comments by "marie parker" (@marieparker3822) on "Tousi TV" channel.

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  4. As a Scottish Unionist, I don't support any of the candidates or the SNP, but Mahyar I don't think you know the significance of the 'Free Church of Scotland'. It sounds authentic that this is the nearest church to Mrs Forbes, if she lives in Dingwall which is in the north of Scotland. The Free Church of Scotland is more or less based in the Highlands and Islands. However, it is distinct from the established Church of Scotland - eg Crathie Church which the Royal Family would attend when they were staying at Balmoral. The Free Church of Scotland broke away from the Church of Scotland because the latter was becoming too liberal and tolerant (although still Calvinist, and therefore adhering to the pernicious doctrine of predestination). There was another schism from the Free Church by a faction which deemed it to be becoming too liberal and tolerant. They were not very many so, although they called themselves 'the Free Church' everybody else called them 'the Wee Frees'. The larger faction called themselves 'the United Free Church'. I think they may have reunited since. The adherents of the Free Church did (still do?) not approve of statues, paintings, stained glass or instrumental music in church. They had (have?) a tuning fork to start the congregation on the correct note to sing psalms - hymns too modern. I used to hear these sung occasionally on radio as a child on the Scottish Home Service on a Sunday. By the second bar, everyone would be in a different time signature and key signature. It would sound like singing from east of Istanbul - very intriguing. But perhaps the Free Church of Scotland is different from those days. Perhaps the Church of Scotland has given up believing in predestination. Perhaps Scotland will become independent.
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