Been a story bubbling under at the LSE for around 12 months now regarding the Atheist Secular and Humanist society. About a year ago they had a pineapple on their stand at freshers week with a label...
Poor taste, but I cannot resist; Girlfriend; " Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?" Boyfriend: " Is it bothering you? I will adjust it.... Blam!...
Have tried more than a few times to log in/ create a character, without success - not even the character creation thing works properly and saves profile.
Anyone else had any luck?...
A horrible story here. http://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/yemen-child-marriage-human-rights-519066 Here is the thing though;from the article, it says that "In February 2009, a law was created in...
Further to AoGs recent post on wearing the Niqab at Birmingham Metropolitan University (thread here) http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1274865.html and another thread on the Muslim woman...
A further example of what appears to be the needless death of a child because the parents believed that prayer would be sufficient to cure their children. I find such a fundamentalist belief truly...
Not a question as such, but I thought people might find this article from the Grauniad of interest. It references a couple of topical alternative therapy issues from these boards; The treatment of...
Heads up for those interested; Documentary on C4 tonight,9pm. This sounds like it might be an interesting documentary about the case last year of the mother who went into hiding with her son,not...
I was an early adopter of Blackberry, and all within the corporate environments I worked within agreed they were the bestest things ever. I am astonished frankly at how quickly Blackberry have...
Not really a question as such, but in light of Naomis recent thread, I thought some might find this excerpt from David McCraneys book "You are now less dumb" an interesting read;...
What does Islam have to say about Muslim men marrying non-muslim men who are not "people of the book" ( ie christian or jewish?) What does Islam have to say about Muslim women marrying non-muslim men?...
Interesting piece linked to here. Audio recording of a preacher addressing a JW convention this year and talking about disfellowshipping - a practice which I am sure i have seen JWs here deny happens....
This story caught my eye in the independent, partly because it involves the Audi R8 Spyder :) A couple of things puzzled me; He is quoted as saying that he plans to carry on driving, and that they are...
I remember following and reading this poor womans story when the news first broke - a victim of domestic abuse at the hands of her boyfriend, throttled into unconscious, regaining her consciousness...
Been watching the edited highlights of an evening. One thing has struck me, although it might just be my hearing; Where Joe Root was making various milestones, in his batting and later with the ball,...
So that nice Mr. Osborne has offered major tax concessions to energy companies in an effort to attract companies to "Frack Britain". Good idea, do you think? Me, I do not understand why he feels the...
Interesting story that has been rumbling on for a while over in the US. A male dentist fired a female dental assistant, who, in the words of both himself and,apparently his wife, was a long-term and...
We have had questions and debates on this issue before on AB. I thought it might be worth revisiting given a recent article in the Guardian. Some interesting views expressed, from writers with a range...