Is there such a thing? If a relationship starts out on a platonic footing, is it possible for a man and a woman to maintain a friendship indefinitely on that basis, or is it inevitable that after...
I don't quite know how to word this, and I know it's going to sound daft, but when women are pregnant, their friends often dangle a metal necklace or a needle and cotton over the bump to detect the...
Christians believe that in order to save their sins, God condemned Jesus to a cruel and brutal death. If you believe that, given the choice and the opportunity, would you rescue him, or would you...
On a thread in S&C, both Everton and Keyplus have talked about being led by religious leaders. Firstly, isn't a dependency on others for guidance an abdication of personal responsibility for one's...
I'm thinking of buying an ice cream maker. Does anyone have one, and if so, do you think they're worth having? Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks.
I've just been watching the news on the continuing search for little Madeleine. It reported that the psychologist working on the case is convinced the abductor will strike again, but how can he know...
This question comes from Everton's conclusion on the rov1200 Darwin thread that between religion and atheism, religion is the lesser of the two evils. So, are atheists evil, and if so, why?
People who claim to live in haunted houses, and claim to see or hear ghosts, are usually deemed irrational and deluded by those who don't believe in such things. If they are, indeed, irrational and...
This follows on from Flobadob's thread. According to a new study, original Biblical texts have been mistranslated. God did not create the heaven and the earth. He 'separated' them. Your thoughts?...
There's only one page of them left, and even the most recent one posted seems to have been removed. Much time, effort and research has gone into many of those threads, and they contain a lot of...
I was under the impression that details on the Sex Offenders register were available only to the Police or to authorised bodies, but a friend (a retired teacher) has told me that she is (through her...
Wiz, I was going to post on your Keyplus thread tonight to say hope you're better now, but there's no submit an answer button - and then I spotted this....
This has probably been answered already, and if so my apologies for asking again. The new AB works fine on my laptop, but on my desk top, the end of every line in each post disappears off the right...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-120759 2/Mass-graves-used-autumn-bout-swine-flu.html Isn't this an over-reaction? I think so. (By the way, the Mail isn't the only paper covering the story).