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-Alright, Ned?

-We're going on a journey.

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-Do you want to see chapels?

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-Do you want to see chapels?

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-No.

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-Nedw, my son, has no choice

-but to join us on our journey.

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-Felinheli chapels -

-an educational tour.

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-Are you ready, Sion?

-Can you see how excited Sion is?

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-Onward to Canaan!

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-I'm Gwion Hallam,

-a television director.

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-The film crew and I

-have been on a journey...

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-..to discover if the people of Wales

-still believe in God.

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-Chapels were important in Wales,

-and so was Christianity to me.

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-I don't believe anymore.

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-Felinheli is no different

-from any Welsh village...

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-..except that it has better views.

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-Chapels were a part

-of the landscape.

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-There were five chapels here...

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-..according to Len Williams'

-excellent book.

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-Do you want to see the chapels?

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-Do you want to see the chapels?

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-Yes.

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-Yes!

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-Only one chapel is open now.

-It's happening all over Wales.

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-Only one in ten of us

-regularly attend chapel.

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-Chapels, once the heart

-of the community, are closing.

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-Capel Elim. That's where it was.

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-There's a plaque here now. We

-still want to remember the chapels.

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-The second chapel

-has disappeared altogether...

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-..not that Nedw is interested.

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-This was the second chapel.

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-The boom is more fun than

-going to see blinkin' chapels.

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-This is the third chapel.

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-Salim Baptist chapel,

-according to the book.

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-At least we can see a chapel.

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-The deacons' seat is now a balcony.

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-Nedw's sleeping.

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-Are you OK, Ned?

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-Sorry. We won't do a tour

-of chapels for a while.

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-Ouch!

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-There's one way to wake you.

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-Many chapels have left

-a gap in the landscape.

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-Have they left a social gap?

-And even a moral one?

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-It's one thing to say

-we've lost our religion.

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-Have we also lost

-what once sustained society?

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-Subtitles

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-Are you glad to be back

-in the Amman Valley?

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-Whatever Rhys

-the cameraman thinks...

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-..I'm glad to be back in the place

-where I was brought up.

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-I'm going to Caersalem,

-the family chapel.

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-Chapels were the glue

-that held communities together.

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-Are you saying there's a link

-between morality and religion?

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-I don't know.

-Yes, to a certain degree.

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-I often ask myself, am

-I less moral since I lost my faith?

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-Am I more selfish?

-Am I less thoughtful?

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-Are you?

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-Are you?

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-I don't know.

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-I haven't been here in years.

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-It hasn't changed at all.

-Why would it?

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-The organ is new.

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-There was a real organ here,

-not that I'm saying this isn't.

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-The organist wasn't up to much!

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-I played for a few years

-until someone better came along.

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-# Here is love, vast as the ocean

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-# Loving kindness as the flood

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-# When the Prince of Life #

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-I heard about this love in chapel...

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-..but the vestry brought it alive.

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-Tea rather than the sermons.

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-My parents played a central part.

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-My father, Peter, led Sunday School.

-Glesni, my mother, was a teacher.

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-They were prominent members...

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-..until they moved

-to a new church a few years ago...

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-..to the surprise of some.

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-They still live by the chapel.

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-Hello.

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-My parents attend

-Ammanford Evangelical Church now.

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-I want to go there with them.

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-Why did they leave

-the Welsh chapel...

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-..that was so central

-to their lives?

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-It was a big decision,

-and one we took very seriously.

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-It wasn't a snap decision.

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-We gave it a great deal of thought.

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-We gave it a great deal of thought.

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-Why?

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-Why did we leave?

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-Fewer and fewer people

-were coming to chapel.

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-It seemed only

-the older generation attended.

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-The chapel's main purpose

-was maintaining the status quo.

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-The ability to reach out...

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-..with Christ's love wasn't there.

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-It's growing where you're going.

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-It's growing where you're going.

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-Yes.

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-Why?

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-Good question.

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-The spiritual answer is,

-God wants it to grow.

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-You believe, too.

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-For practical reasons...

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-..rather than wait

-for people to come to us...

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-..we're reaching out to society...

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-..to show Christ's love...

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-..in food banks...

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-..and clubs for the elderly.

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-In Ammanford...

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-..they wanted to promote the Welsh

-language within the church.

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-The reason for leaving Caersalem

-was a kind of calling.

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-And there was a clause,

-"We will be working in Welsh."

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-How do you feel about my journey...

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-..revisiting places like Caersalem?

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-Your mother and I hope...

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-..that you'll realize that

-without God, there is nothing.

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-We wish you could find hope

-in His Word.

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-My hope is that someone like you,

-in particular...

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-..can say

-what you heard in Caersalem...

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-..and what you'll hear this morning

-is relevant to our lives.

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-We're going to

-Llandybie Community Hall.

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-The church in Ammanford

-is too small by now.

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-They hire quite a big hall.

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-Unlike many chapels...

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-..we started with a coffee.

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-We chatted before worshiping.

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-# Rejoice! Rejoice!

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-# Let every tongue rejoice!

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-# One heart, one voice

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-# Oh, Church of Christ, rejoice! #

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-Maybe I didn't join in the singing,

-but newcomers are welcomed.

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-My name's Sammy. I'm one

-of the leaders in the church.

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-A special warm welcome

-if you're new to us.

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-Can I direct your attention over

-to our welcome desk.

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-It's got information about us...

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-..a form you can fill

-to share your details with us.

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-And then more singing,

-with signing this time.

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-Auntie Ann, my father's sister,

-signed so the deaf could join in.

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-There is a community here,

-sharing with each other...

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-..celebrating a love...

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-..that is the greatest example

-of love to Christians.

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-Jesus, we read of you.

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-You came eating, drinking,

-sharing the bread and the wine...

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-..in your last supper

-before the Cross.

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-And then the Communion, a symbol

-of the sacrifice of the Cross.

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-This sharing ties everyone together.

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-But it felt right to me

-to pass the plate on.

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-Our strength in weakness.

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-Our victory.

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-Hallelujah.

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-What a saviour.

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-Must you be an evangelical minister

-to wear spectacles like this?

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-I'm back.

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-But I'm not. It's lovely to be

-back with family and old friends.

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-I don't feel I belong

-to this community anymore.

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-That was lovely.

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-But there was something

-difficult about it...

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-..something bittersweet.

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-It was like coming home...

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-..the welcome, the love, people

-from all sorts of backgrounds.

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-That's what I remember

-of my childhood in Ammanford.

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-Christ's love reaching out to all.

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-You didn't take the Communion.

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-No.

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-I didn't think it would be right.

-I don't believe.

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-What would your father make of that?

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-I think he'd understand.

-You'll have to ask him.

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-I need a piece of paper,

-to do something I did as a child.

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-If I can remember

-how to fold the paper...

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-..I can show how central

-the Cross was to my faith...

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-..how the message of the Cross

-destroyed it in the end.

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-There is one tear. That's the point.

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-Out of the one tear...

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-..the message of the Cross

-became clear.

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-Very good.

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-It's a bit windy.

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-We used the other pieces...

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-..to explain the Cross...

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-..to spell out one word.

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-And that's just it.

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-Christians

-believe Hell is part of the Cross.

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-Without Hell, there was no reason

-for Christ to die.

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-To me, as a Christian...

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-..I couldn't accept it.

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-The God of Love

-wanted to frighten people...

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-..and even children...

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-..so they would love him back.

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-That's one of the main reasons

-why I stopped believing.

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-We continued our quest

-to find other believers...

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-..and a faith that's totally new

-to me.

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-It's a religion

-that emphasizes community and love.

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-OK.

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-Sikhs.

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-Subtitles

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-Subtitles

-

-Subtitles

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-This is another chapel.

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-It's not quite a chapel now.

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-We're a bit early.

-I'll go in to ask.

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-This was once a Baptist chapel

-in Splott, Cardiff.

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-It wasn't converted or demolished.

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-It was turned into a Gurdwara

-for the city's Sikhs.

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-We were asked to cover our heads

-as a mark of respect to God's House.

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-Something smells good.

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-Like in Ammanford Evangelical

-Church, we were greeted with tea.

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-We followed our noses

-to the kitchen.

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-The practical side

-is central to the Sikh faith.

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-Actions are as important as words.

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-CHANTING

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-Over the loudspeaker...

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-..I heard readings or prayers

-from another part of the building.

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-To Sikhs, there is a relationship

-between believing and doing...

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-..the spiritual and physical

-becoming one.

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-Nice, Sion?

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-SINGING OF WORDS

-FROM THE HOLY BOOK

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-This is the Darbar, the prayer hall.

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-I listened with the others

-to a reading from the Holy Book.

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-SINGING OF WORDS

-FROM THE HOLY BOOK

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-The book is Guru Granth Sahib.

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-It's like a living guru to Sikhs

-and is treated like a person.

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-The chauri fan purifies

-the air that surrounds him.

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-A bowl, similar

-to a Communion plate, arrived.

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-It was some sort of porridge.

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-Without thinking,

-I took some and asked later.

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-What is it?

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-What is it?

-

-This is parshad.

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-It's made of wheat, flour

-and butter.

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-It's Karah Parshad.

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-There are equal measures

-of sugar, flour and butter...

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-..to underline

-that everyone is equal.

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-Afterwards,

-I went back to the Langar...

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-..where people socialize and eat,

-like in a vestry.

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-I met Sonia Kaur.

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-You learnt Welsh in primary school.

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-You learnt Welsh in primary school.

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-In Aberangell.

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-I used to go to Sunday School

-in Aberangell, too.

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-Though familiar with Welsh culture,

-Sonia lives in Northampton now.

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-She's back in Cardiff today

-where she was in college.

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-You have to eat everything

-on the plate.

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-I have to eat everything?

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-Is it disrespectful if I don't?

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-The food was prepared

-in the Gurdwara...

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-..and so it is all blessed.

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-I sat on the floor to eat

-and chat to Sonia.

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-What is your faith, as a Sikh?

-What do you believe in?

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-Is it all about

-tradition and customs?

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-Or is it something spiritual?

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-To me, being a Sikh...

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-..is a way of life.

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-It's a belief

-in a respectable way of life...

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-..and giving to those

-less fortunate.

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-We're eating...

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-..and sitting down

-at the same level.

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-There are older people who aren't.

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-It ties into what you say.

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-It's this feeling of equality.

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-It's this feeling of equality.

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-Exactly.

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-Anyone would be welcomed today.

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-Anyone would be welcomed today.

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-Yes.

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-A lot of Gurdwaras

-go out in the community...

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-..and donate food

-to those less fortunate.

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-Many homeless people...

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-..come to the Gurdwara

-and they have a hot meal.

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-CHANTING OF BELIEFS

-AS THEY PREPARE FOOD

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-The kitchen is full of people

-cooking to perform the Seva.

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-It's the act of selfless serving.

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-To Sikhs, completing the Seva

-brings them closer to God.

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-A lot of people want to be a part

-of the Seva.

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-The men and women are preparing

-the food for this afternoon.

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-What are they chanting?

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-That God is in everyone

-and all around us.

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-The people

-who are preparing the food...

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-..means the food is blessed.

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-They repeat the same thing

-over and over.

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-They make sure their heads

-are covered...

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-..so everything is pure.

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-That isn't Health And Safety.

-It's spiritual purity.

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-Exactly.

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-Performing Seva

-to get closer to God...

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-..is so different

-from what I used to believe.

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-As a Christian, I could only

-be purified through Christ's death.

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-Washing the dishes

-couldn't cleanse my soul.

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-Sikhs have more than one way.

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-We mentioned

-the people washing dishes.

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-People can also clean shoes.

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-We believe we are here...

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-..to do as much good as we can.

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-We believe

-we're here for a purpose...

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-..to give something back

-to the community and people.

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-One day, we will all die

-and stand before God.

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-I want to be able to say I've

-tried to do as much as I could...

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-..to make the world a better place.

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-CHANTING OF BELIEFS

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-Outside the Gurdwara,

-there's more purifying.

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-The annual ceremony that's part

-of the Vaisakhi festival...

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-..to celebrate the baptism

-of the first Khalsa Sikhs...

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-..300 years ago.

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-Khalsa means pure.

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-CHANTING OF BELIEFS

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-There's a pole and banner

-outside every Gurdwara.

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-The pole is purified

-in water and milk.

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-CHANTING OF BELIEFS

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-As we watched the banner being put

-in place, Nick introduced himself.

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-He comes from England and

-is keen to discuss his new faith.

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-Were you brought up a Sikh?

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-Were you brought up a Sikh?

-

-I only became a Sikh two years ago.

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-I met a Sikh in my second year

-of university in Cardiff...

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-..and moved in with him.

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-He introduced me to the religion

-and I started reading the scripture.

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-I was amazed.

-It really connected to me.

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-What attracted you to the religion?

-What makes you believe?

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-I think just the balance

-of spirituality...

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-..but with practical principles.

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-We have selfless service...

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-..and something

-we do in university...

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-..in Sikh societies

-every Wednesday...

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-..is to out into the city centre

-and we try and feed the homeless.

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-CHANTING OF BELIEFS

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-Here is an example of the link

-between faith and morality.

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-The students look

-after the homeless...

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-..and it all stems from here.

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-The believers worship together

-and declare their faith.

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-They also live it, through

-reaching out to the community.

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-That's what Sonia and I discussed

-before I left...

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-..the role of religion and faith

-in society...

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-..and how the chapels

-were central to that.

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-It's disappointing

-to see chapels closing...

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-..and empty.

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-They were there for a reason.

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-It's sad no-one is using them.

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-It's perfect to have

-the Sikh Gurdwara in a chapel.

0:22:470:22:52

-The chapel is used to worship God.

0:22:520:22:57

-It's important to Sikhs

-to belong to the community.

0:22:580:23:03

-As a child,

-my family went to the Gurdwara.

0:23:040:23:07

-We met uncles and aunties there.

0:23:080:23:11

-It's where we gathered.

0:23:120:23:15

-Perhaps that's been lost.

0:23:150:23:19

-People gathering, eating together...

0:23:200:23:23

-..enjoying each other's company.

0:23:240:23:28

-CHANTING OF BELIEFS

0:23:300:23:32

-It's a matter of opinion

-whether that's been lost.

0:23:350:23:39

-It hasn't in the Gurdwara in Splott.

0:23:390:23:42

-An old Welsh chapel

-is still being of service.

0:23:430:23:47

-A religious community

-worship and meet here...

0:23:470:23:51

-..as I did

-in Caersalem chapel and vestry.

0:23:520:23:55

-The children would love it here.

0:23:550:23:58

-You'd like Nedw.

-You and Nedw would be big friends.

0:23:580:24:02

-.

0:24:030:24:04

-Subtitles

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-Subtitles

-

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0:24:070:24:09

-Days after returning from

-the Gurdwara and we're off again.

0:24:100:24:14

-The Sikh experience was valuable.

0:24:150:24:17

-Selfless serving is a fundamental

-part of their religion.

0:24:180:24:23

-Surely there's a link

-between morality and religion?

0:24:230:24:27

-But Rhys had a point to make.

0:24:270:24:29

-Before we go, I have a present

-for you from Oxford.

0:24:300:24:34

-Here are two badges for you.

0:24:340:24:36

-Thanks!

-Happy Humanist and Good Without God.

0:24:370:24:42

-Aren't they good?

-You can be an atheist and be moral.

0:24:430:24:47

-Or immoral. Thanks, Rhys.

0:24:480:24:50

-You're welcome.

0:24:500:24:51

-You're welcome.

-

-I'll wear them.

0:24:510:24:54

-We're not going to a chapel, but it

-promises to be a special experience.

0:24:540:25:00

-We can't not film this.

0:25:000:25:04

-There won't be one like it

-until 2026. I have the technology.

0:25:040:25:09

-Perhaps we'll all see the light,

-Rhys!

0:25:100:25:14

-Or not.

0:25:150:25:16

-Or not.

-

-Yes!

0:25:160:25:18

-Let's head for the mountains.

0:25:190:25:21

-People have come

-to the shores of Padarn Lake...

0:25:280:25:32

-..to see the eclipse.

0:25:330:25:36

-There are occasions that draw people

-together to watch in wonderment.

0:25:380:25:43

-I'd say it's halfway, as an expert!

0:25:440:25:48

-It's like a smile.

0:25:550:25:57

-The gods are still smiling on us.

0:25:580:26:01

-That's what people used to believe.

0:26:010:26:05

-There is a sense of something

-incredible happening.

0:26:050:26:09

-It's an amazing sight.

0:26:100:26:12

-It makes me think about

-a hymn we sang as children.

0:26:130:26:17

-"How can we measure the blue sky?

0:26:180:26:21

-"How many stars are overhead?

0:26:210:26:23

-"The world whispers to you,

-little child, how great is God."

0:26:230:26:28

-Do you think this proves

-there is a God?

0:26:300:26:34

-No. I feel small, compared

-to the universe that's so big.

0:26:340:26:38

-It's something to wonder at.

0:26:390:26:41

-It's something to wonder at.

-

-I do, as an atheist.

0:26:410:26:44

-Doesn't it make you think there is

-something bigger than us out there?

0:26:450:26:50

-No.

0:26:510:26:52

-Deep down, I agree with Rhys.

0:26:530:26:56

-There are years since

-I saw God in the creation...

0:26:560:27:00

-..or to think about it

-as a creation at all.

0:27:000:27:03

-Perhaps we should go to Pantycelyn

-Hall in Aberystwyth next.

0:27:050:27:09

-I was a student there.

-I was in the Christian Union.

0:27:090:27:13

-That's where the doubts set in,

-too.

0:27:140:27:17

-If you want this programme

-to be unbiased and balanced...

0:27:170:27:22

-..you have to meet an atheist.

0:27:230:27:25

-I'm always with an atheist!

0:27:260:27:27

-I'm always with an atheist!

-

-Apart from me.

0:27:270:27:29

-There's no escaping Christianity,

-even in our office.

0:27:340:27:38

-The building is called Y Goleuad.

0:27:380:27:41

-It's where the Presbyterian

-magazine Y Goleuad was printed.

0:27:410:27:45

-The name has stuck.

0:27:450:27:47

-There's a lot of reaction

-to the blog.

0:27:500:27:53

-I'm reading a different publication,

-atheist Dylan Llyr's blog.

0:27:530:27:59

-So I phoned him.

-I arranged to meet him after work.

0:28:000:28:05

-DOORBELL

0:28:070:28:08

-Dylan, how are you?

0:28:100:28:11

-Dylan, how are you?

-

-How are you?

0:28:110:28:13

-Come in. Welcome to Y Goleuad.

0:28:130:28:15

-I wanted to show these to you.

0:28:160:28:18

-Y Goleuad was printed here.

0:28:180:28:20

-These are old printing blocks.

0:28:210:28:23

-There are hymns

-and Biblical stories.

0:28:230:28:26

-I wanted you to feel at home!

0:28:270:28:29

-Why did you start to blog?

0:28:310:28:33

-As an atheist, it's a subject

-I've always been interested in.

0:28:330:28:38

-In school...

0:28:390:28:41

-..I read about people

-who didn't believe in evolution.

0:28:420:28:46

-It awoke something in me.

0:28:460:28:48

-The interest has always been there.

0:28:490:28:51

-Are there fewer Welsh atheists?

-It sounds like a silly question.

0:28:510:28:56

-Because of our history...

0:28:560:28:58

-..are we reluctant

-to call ourselves atheists?

0:28:580:29:02

-That's an interesting question.

-I'm not sure.

0:29:020:29:05

-It would be interesting

-to conduct a survey...

0:29:050:29:08

-..to see if there's

-a link or difference...

0:29:090:29:11

-..between Welsh speaking Christians

-compared to the general public.

0:29:120:29:16

-We've carried out a few surveys.

0:29:170:29:20

-Let me show you the results.

0:29:200:29:23

-I mentioned the questionnaire...

0:29:260:29:28

-..that I carried out

-in my old school.

0:29:290:29:32

-52% of the pupils ticked

-that they were Christian.

0:29:320:29:38

-Does that disappoint you,

-as an atheist?

0:29:390:29:42

-Historically, 52% is low.

0:29:430:29:45

-I'd argue...

0:29:470:29:49

-..that it's because

-it's what their parents believe.

0:29:500:29:55

-It's the Christian culture.

0:29:550:29:58

-They don't necessarily believe

-in Christian ideology.

0:29:580:30:03

-Your blog is pro atheism...

0:30:030:30:07

-..and anti religion.

0:30:070:30:09

-Are atheists against religion?

0:30:090:30:12

-Or could an atheist say...

0:30:120:30:14

-"..I'm not against religion,

-I just don't believe."

0:30:140:30:18

-An atheist

-values scientific evidence...

0:30:190:30:23

-..supports civil rights...

0:30:240:30:28

-..gay marriage,

-abortion and so forth.

0:30:280:30:32

-For that reason...

0:30:320:30:34

-..you have to be against religion.

0:30:350:30:40

-They go hand in hand.

0:30:400:30:43

-I would find it hard

-to call myself an atheist...

0:30:440:30:49

-..and tell people not to believe.

0:30:490:30:53

-Do you have to be so evangelical?

0:30:530:30:58

-I'd argue, yes.

0:31:020:31:04

-Religion has a harmful effect

-on society.

0:31:050:31:10

-Whether people believe or not...

0:31:120:31:15

-..without the chapel,

-has our moral values suffered?

0:31:150:31:20

-Is there a link

-between moral values and faith?

0:31:200:31:24

-No. I feel strongly about this.

0:31:240:31:27

-If anything...

0:31:300:31:32

-..religion causes people...

0:31:320:31:35

-..to behave worse

-than they would otherwise.

0:31:360:31:39

-We visited

-a Sikh Gurdwara in Cardiff.

0:31:400:31:43

-Like many religions...

0:31:430:31:46

-..morality was at the core

-of what they believed...

0:31:460:31:51

-..and this strengthened

-their morality.

0:31:520:31:55

-There's something healthy

-about that.

0:31:550:31:59

-What do they mean? Does God

-want them to do these things?

0:32:000:32:05

-I think they're doing

-themselves a disservice.

0:32:050:32:08

-It suggests that if God didn't want

-them to do these things...

0:32:090:32:13

-..that they wouldn't do them.

0:32:130:32:15

-Good people do these things anyway.

0:32:160:32:19

-I'm going to Pantycelyn Hall.

-I was there in college 20 years ago.

0:32:200:32:25

-I was a Christian at the time.

0:32:250:32:28

-I want to give this to the students.

0:32:290:32:31

-I've already asked

-13-year-old school pupils.

0:32:320:32:35

-I'd expect different answers

-from students.

0:32:350:32:39

-I think fewer people will tick

-the Christian box.

0:32:400:32:44

-I can't be sure. It'll be

-interesting to see the results.

0:32:450:32:49

-I enjoyed talking to Dylan.

0:32:490:32:52

-Cautious and intelligent, he's

-a good ambassador for atheism...

0:32:520:32:56

-..not that he sees himself

-like that!

0:32:560:33:00

-Is it the decisiveness that prevents

-me from calling myself an atheist?

0:33:000:33:05

-I had enough when I was young

-of thinking I knew the answers.

0:33:060:33:10

-I'm sure you're tired

-of following me.

0:33:130:33:16

-At 18 years of age...

0:33:160:33:18

-..I came to Aberystwyth

-to study Welsh and Drama.

0:33:190:33:22

-And here it is, Pantycelyn Hall.

-I haven't been here for 20 years.

0:33:220:33:28

-It hasn't changed at all.

0:33:280:33:30

-Unlike you, Gwion.

0:33:310:33:33

-Unlike you, Gwion.

-

-Unlike me!

0:33:330:33:34

-When I first walked in

-to Pantycelyn...

0:33:350:33:38

-..I was an unconfident fresher.

0:33:390:33:41

-But my faith was strong.

0:33:410:33:43

-I joined the Christian Union, and

-was "Gwion the Evangelist" to many.

0:33:440:33:49

-It still smells the same.

0:33:510:33:53

-It's not unpleasant,

-just distinctive.

0:33:530:33:56

-The small lounge.

0:34:010:34:04

-This is where

-the Christian Union met.

0:34:050:34:09

-There is still

-a Christian Union here.

0:34:100:34:13

-Do the members still believe

-as strongly as I once did?

0:34:130:34:17

-I'm in the way, sorry.

0:34:180:34:20

-I found this the other day.

0:34:240:34:26

-The New Testament.

-I knew it was from this period.

0:34:280:34:32

-I bought it soon after I arrived

-here and I carried it round with me.

0:34:320:34:36

-It reads, Aberystwyth, 1991.

0:34:370:34:39

-On the first page, Romans 1, 16.

0:34:390:34:43

-I obviously read it often.

0:34:450:34:47

-This verse says it all.

0:34:480:34:50

-"I am not ashamed

-of the gospel of Christ.

0:34:500:34:53

-"For it is the power

-of God unto salvation...

0:34:540:34:57

-"..to every one that believeth."

0:34:570:35:00

-That's what I believed.

0:35:000:35:02

-It's OK.

0:35:030:35:04

-The question to me

-and to us all is...

0:35:040:35:07

-..was it right to believe

-so uncompromisingly...

0:35:070:35:11

-..and so extremely,

-as some might say?

0:35:110:35:14

-If I hadn't believed

-so black and white...

0:35:140:35:18

-..I'd still believe

-in something now.

0:35:180:35:21

-.

0:35:240:35:24

-Subtitles

0:35:280:35:28

-Subtitles

-

-Subtitles

0:35:280:35:30

-Thanks for your help.

-It'll be handy to hold the papers.

0:35:300:35:35

-I'll bring it back later.

0:35:350:35:37

-My question is, do

-the people of Wales still believe?

0:35:370:35:41

-Like in my old secondary school...

0:35:430:35:45

-..I'm asking the Pantycelyn students

-if they are religious or not.

0:35:460:35:51

-Can you pass these round?

0:35:520:35:55

-Are you happy to have a go? The

-question is, do we still believe?

0:35:560:36:01

-52% of the school pupils

-said they were Christians.

0:36:020:36:05

-But students

-are more independently minded.

0:36:050:36:10

-I reckon fewer

-will say they're Christians.

0:36:100:36:14

-Miriam Williams,

-the UMCA president...

0:36:140:36:17

-..doesn't think students will find

-it easy to say they have no faith.

0:36:170:36:22

-It's a difficult subject.

0:36:220:36:25

-It's such a broad subject,

-there are no definite answers.

0:36:260:36:30

-There are individuals who will

-argue their case, either way.

0:36:310:36:36

-It's hard to have the guts to say...

0:36:360:36:39

-"..Yes, I believe" or "No, I don't."

0:36:400:36:44

-People are unsure.

0:36:440:36:46

-Having to make a choice,

-she ticked the box Christian.

0:36:470:36:51

-That's what the majority

-of the school pupils did, too.

0:36:520:36:57

-I'm not criticising them.

0:36:570:37:00

-They feel they're Christians because

-of their upbringing and culture.

0:37:000:37:05

-It's more than going to chapel

-and reading the Bible.

0:37:050:37:09

-It involves morals, upbringing...

0:37:090:37:11

-..and knowing the difference

-between right and wrong.

0:37:120:37:16

-It's not about

-believing in God and chapel.

0:37:160:37:20

-My generation feel they're Christian

-even if they don't go to chapel.

0:37:200:37:25

-How are you, Gwion? I'm Gwilym.

0:37:260:37:29

-Gwilym Tudur introduced himself.

0:37:290:37:32

-The young evangelist is

-the Christian Union president.

0:37:320:37:36

-I'm not saying it's of more

-interest to you, as a Christian...

0:37:370:37:41

-..but you'll want to

-know the outcome.

0:37:410:37:44

-Yes, to know where people stand.

0:37:450:37:47

-Do they consider themselves

-Christians? Do people worship?

0:37:470:37:52

-They're important questions to ask.

-I want to know the answers.

0:37:520:37:57

-Will anyone tick No Religion?

0:37:570:38:00

-Yes.

0:38:000:38:03

-More or less?

0:38:030:38:05

-More, following the last census

-and the more I get to know people.

0:38:050:38:11

-People tend to say

-they don't believe in Christianity.

0:38:130:38:18

-You'd better do this, too!

-I think I know what you'll tick.

0:38:190:38:23

-There's nothing wrong with that!

0:38:240:38:26

-Gwilym kindly suggested we use

-his room to count the papers.

0:38:260:38:31

-More than half the students

-said they were Christian.

0:38:320:38:38

-Did that surprise Gwilym and fellow

-Christian Union member, Dyfan?

0:38:390:38:44

-I'm not very surprised.

0:38:460:38:48

-I'm not surprised at all.

0:38:490:38:51

-But I'll go a step further.

0:38:510:38:55

-It's one thing

-to tick the Christian box...

0:38:550:39:01

-..it's another to feel

-you actually are a Christian.

0:39:030:39:07

-A Christian follows Jesus Christ.

0:39:080:39:12

-Jesus Christ said that Christianity

-is a relationship with God...

0:39:140:39:19

-..to know Jesus Christ...

0:39:190:39:21

-..to see him as a saviour

-and to live with Jesus...

0:39:220:39:26

-..following his example.

0:39:270:39:28

-That's why you spread the Word.

0:39:290:39:31

-Yes.

0:39:310:39:32

-It's worth talking about

-and knowing Jesus.

0:39:330:39:37

-The good news is,

-that there is forgiveness...

0:39:380:39:41

-..a way to avoid Hell.

0:39:420:39:45

-Is there Christianity without Hell?

0:39:450:39:48

-In the end,

-I just couldn't accept it.

0:39:480:39:52

-Hell is being separated from God.

0:39:550:39:57

-People can reject God, but then

-they have to face the consequences.

0:39:590:40:04

-God has a plan

-so that doesn't have to happen.

0:40:040:40:07

-We can have eternal life and

-a relationship with him forever.

0:40:080:40:12

-Can I ask you a couple of questions?

0:40:140:40:15

-Can I ask you a couple of questions?

-

-Yes.

0:40:150:40:17

-When you were a Christian...

0:40:170:40:20

-..why did you feel

-you needed to be saved?

0:40:200:40:24

-What has made you think

-you don't need to be saved?

0:40:250:40:29

-What changed?

0:40:300:40:32

-I became a Christian when I was

-very young. Perhaps I was too young.

0:40:350:40:40

-I don't blame my parents.

-I'd do the same.

0:40:410:40:44

-It's what they believed.

0:40:440:40:47

-I can see why you want

-to spread the Word.

0:40:470:40:51

-But was it healthy to think

-I was lost in my early teens?

0:40:520:40:58

-Was it right to think

-I needed forgiveness?

0:40:590:41:02

-I knew I could do bad things -

-I still do bad things.

0:41:030:41:07

-I don't believe in original sin.

0:41:070:41:09

-I can be the worst person

-in the world.

0:41:090:41:12

-It sounds patronizing

-to say I grew up.

0:41:120:41:16

-Perhaps it's my personality,

-that I'm quite liberal.

0:41:190:41:23

-I'm tolerant, like you are.

0:41:230:41:28

-These things didn't rest easily

-with me any more.

0:41:310:41:36

-That's what I asked today,

-especially as I'm back here.

0:41:360:41:41

-Do we have to be so

-uncompromising in our beliefs?

0:41:420:41:46

-The Christian message

-is so special...

0:41:470:41:50

-..if we really understand it, we

-can't not be Christian to the core.

0:41:510:41:56

-The Christian Union members

-believed as strongly as I once did.

0:41:580:42:03

-That night, they met outside

-a Welsh student gig...

0:42:050:42:10

-..to hand out cuppas, biscuits

-and spread the Word.

0:42:100:42:15

-Thanks Lord for caring for us.

0:42:160:42:19

-You shine a light and give hope

-to people who are lost...

0:42:190:42:25

-..to the sick who need a doctor.

0:42:260:42:30

-After praying,

-and setting out refreshments....

0:42:300:42:34

-..we waited for the students.

0:42:340:42:36

-It's eleven o'clock.

-When do you expect people to arrive?

0:42:360:42:41

-It's usually closer to midnight.

0:42:410:42:44

-Do they come here on their way

-to the Union?

0:42:450:42:50

-We usually walk down the steps

-to meet them.

0:42:500:42:54

-Do we have enough biscuits?

0:42:550:42:56

-Do we have enough biscuits?

-

-Yes!

0:42:560:42:58

-The students have had a bad taste

-costume crawl in town.

0:43:000:43:05

-STUDENTS SHOUT

0:43:060:43:08

-The contrast between

-their costumes...

0:43:080:43:11

-..and the Christian

-hoodies is striking.

0:43:110:43:15

-Can I have a cuppa later?

0:43:150:43:17

-Can I have a cuppa later?

-

-You can have one now, if you want.

0:43:170:43:19

-We'll have one on our way back.

0:43:200:43:22

-We'll have one on our way back.

-

-Thanks.

0:43:220:43:24

-They're still arriving at the gig.

0:43:260:43:28

-We're leaving.

0:43:290:43:31

-It's been an emotional day...

0:43:310:43:34

-..and more difficult

-than I expected.

0:43:340:43:38

-I was cheerful

-when I arrived this morning.

0:43:380:43:41

-The place hasn't changed,

-unlike how much I have changed.

0:43:410:43:46

-I didn't realize how much.

0:43:470:43:49

-After meeting the Christian Union

-members...

0:43:500:43:55

-..I can see how different I am now.

0:43:560:44:00

-The following morning,

-after weeks of travelling...

0:44:100:44:14

-..it dawns on me

-it's the end of the journey...

0:44:140:44:17

-..of trying to discover whether

-Welsh people still believe in God.

0:44:170:44:23

-So, Gwion. The end of the journey.

0:44:230:44:26

-Yes. The journey's end.

0:44:270:44:29

-Do the people of Wales

-still believe?

0:44:300:44:33

-Do we still believe?

0:44:340:44:37

-Ask Sion!

0:44:380:44:40

-If you'd asked me before

-the journey, I'd have said, "No."

0:44:420:44:46

-I thought that the people of Wales,

-like me...

0:44:460:44:50

-..used to be strong, vocal

-and public in their faith.

0:44:500:44:54

-I'm not like that now.

0:44:560:44:58

-We've reached the journey's end.

0:44:580:45:00

-We met a lot of people

-who still believe, unlike me.

0:45:010:45:05

-Who am I to question that?

0:45:070:45:09

-As someone who has lost his faith...

0:45:090:45:13

-..what right do I have to question

-people who still believe?

0:45:130:45:18

-Doubts set in when I was

-a student in Aberystwyth.

0:45:200:45:25

-I was a Christian,

-and still stood firm.

0:45:250:45:29

-But under the surface,

-doubts were setting in.

0:45:290:45:32

-I tried to withstand them

-for many years.

0:45:330:45:36

-When did you stop believing?

0:45:440:45:46

-It didn't happen overnight,

-unlike the way I came to believe.

0:45:470:45:52

-I remember talking to a friend

-on the seafront in Aberystwyth.

0:45:520:45:57

-"We all have doubts," she said.

0:45:580:46:02

-"If we pray, read more and come

-closer to God, certainty comes."

0:46:030:46:09

-That's what I did for years.

0:46:090:46:11

-After Aberystwyth,

-you were a preacher.

0:46:120:46:15

-Yes.

0:46:150:46:16

-Looking back...

0:46:170:46:19

-..I was preaching to convince

-myself more than anyone.

0:46:190:46:25

-It didn't work.

0:46:270:46:29

-It didn't work.

-

-No.

0:46:290:46:30

-The sort of Christianity I

-believed in couldn't be questioned.

0:46:310:46:36

-If I had been a liberal

-and moderate Christian...

0:46:370:46:40

-..perhaps I'd still be a believer.

0:46:410:46:44

-Hey. We almost missed it.

0:46:450:46:47

-The Devil's Pulpit.

0:46:480:46:49

-It's better from the back.

0:46:500:46:52

-I believed in the Devil.

0:46:550:46:58

-You don't believe in the Devil,

-Heaven and Hell...

0:47:000:47:04

-..and you don't believe in God,

-so that makes you an atheist.

0:47:050:47:09

-We're back here, are we?

0:47:120:47:14

-We're back here, are we?

-

-You are, obviously.

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-Aren't you, Gwion?

-You're an atheist.

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-Aren't you?

0:47:240:47:24

-Aren't you?

-

-One for the road?

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-# GWAHODDIAD HYMN TUNE #

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-# GWAHODDIAD HYMN TUNE #

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