I went to a very religious school, where it was rammed down your throat every day. (evangelical) This tended to make people either conform or rebel, hence I grew up detesting all forms of religion. As...
Around six months ago a Jehovas Witness came to my door. As I have mentioned I have been studying Christianity for six years so I was eager to learn more and invited him in for a chat. I made him a...
The large number of suicidal teenage girls calling a helpline has raised concerns about the state of mind of modern youngsters. In a world of spiralling suicide rates and illnesses, such as anorexia,...
Christian friends won't read Harry Potter because their church minister has told them it's all about witchcraft, it's evil and it may lead them astray. What's your view?
My 10 year old has just informed me that she has to dress up as a 'book character' on THURSDAY this week to celebrate book week! HELP!! I work full time and havent got time to hire a costume - any...
1. Ex husband get away with ABH 2. Ex husband get away with physicall hurting his 5 month old baby 3.Emotionally, sexually and mentally abuse his step daughters. 4. Having over 100 indecent images of...
Our local paper has informed us that we will be getting wheelie bins instead of just bin liners and that the collection will be every other week, rather than weekly. Can any of you ABers who already...
Wimbledon is to pay women the same as the men. Surely this is sexual discrimination against the men, isn't it? They are getting the same money as the women despite the fact that the men do almost...
There is an article in the Paisley Daily Exxpress today that I need to get a copy of. It is about Stargate Atlantis and Paul McGillion. Is there anybody out there who gets the paper and would be...
British women are the fattest women in Europe a report has revealed. 23 per cent of women are clinically obese and men don't fare much better with 22.3 per cent of them being clinically obese. Experts...
Letter in The times yesterday was querying why he refers to himself as black when his mother is white. Same with Halle Berry - she has a white mother yet refers to herself as black. It got me...
Are the above the same religion? If not, what is the difference? I know that Henry 8th started up CofE, with the monarch as the head of the church, to enable himself to divorce and marry Anne Boleyn...
I have terrible eyebrows and they make me so self conscious! If i pluck them i get a really bad rash that wont go! I have overplucked them in the past and made a mess! They are thick, dark and the...
I feel stupid asking this but its really annoying me. I wear black socks everyday but the fluff from them keeps getting underneath the edges of my big toenail and looks like dirt. I then try to dig it...
Hi my sisters baba is 1 month old - is this too young for a dummy? she is reluctant to start on a dummy, as she thinks its just one more thing to wean her off later on, but i can't help thinking that...
My daughter's teacher has had a chat with me a few times now about her behaviour during work time and I am unsure what to do about this as at home I have difficulty getting her to stop reading and...
My son (aged 17) and my husband (his stepdad) had a row. Well it all blew up over nothing really, just a silly thing, but it ended up with him shouting at my husband in the street foul language and...