I've just watched the third and final part of this excellent series that traced the history of that lovely old city throughout the ages, and culminated in its current continuing bloody religious...
I have no difficulty in accepting that Christ lived and was the sort of person history tells us about, but why do we celebrate Christmas? No-one knows what a new born baby will grow up to be. I see...
Why is gold so valued? It doesn't seem to be useful for anything except making ornaments or baubles. The same thing applies to so-called 'precious' stones, some of which are extremely difficult to...
My wife of just over one year left me 9 weeks ago and I am a compleat mess because of it. We have been together for 11 years and I honestly thought we were soul mates, we had allways bickerd like most...
The Pope in his Christmas message urged Christians to see through the "superficial glitter" of Christmas, while wearing a white dress embroidered with gold thread and a maroon brocade stole...
now, really feel low, today it was bad, he just said leave, or im leaving!! i feel its my fault, im down, hate myself, put on nearly 3 stone in weight (was 9st and now 11st5) cant lose it, too tired...
How on earth could relatively primative societies (circa 3000 bc) lift and transport stone monoliths in excess of 1000 tons across the land and then lift them into place with startling precision. We...
Palestinian artisans are having a tough Christmas. Chinese imports of Christian artifacts such as statues of Mary and Jesus are undercutting their business.
Hi I have recently moved next to a dairy farm and have the good fortune to have free fresh milk ie raw milk straight from the cows, it is only filtered and cooled, not pasteurised or anything like...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/...-environment-16301908 Doesn't this finding show we were right to spend £bns in looking for these new particles not to mention the hundreds of scientists who have devoted...
With Cameron sounding like a clone of the ex president Bush what can be done for this god forsaken country that doesn't require more cash being thrown at it or putting boots on the ground?
Do you think that life has a purpose? “What we have learned about the evolutionary process has enormous implications for us, affecting our sense of meaning in life.” One said His...
Well,For 116 years it graced the halls of the National Museum of Wales at Cardiff—the fossilised skeleton of a 200m[illion]-year-old predator that once cruised the Jurassic seas,” says...
First of all, apologies if this is not quite in the right category. I've been "lurking" on this site for quite some time now and find the argument/discussion between theist and atheist...