A mini- storm has erupted, yet again, over a cartoon. This time it is an innocuous Jesus and Mo cartoon, worn on the T-shirts of 2 atheist studio guests debating religion on a BBC TV show. The BBC...
I'm only raising this as a thread because there's healthy ongoing theist/atheist debate on AB. I am neither a teacher nor planning to study philosophy but this change of syllabus might go unnoticed...
I was on my way out at 5.30pm when my mobile rang I answered it it was a very bad line and think an overseas call , not Asian or Nigerian voice sounded more Middle Eastern but the line was very...
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382 construction workers dead in two years.
185 this year alone
(See front page of today's Guardian)
Would you care to express your shock and surprise here?...
A Pakistani court has sentenced a 72 yr old paranoid schizophrenic to death for blasphemy but won't carry out the sentence because it has a moratorium* on the death penalty....
The kids at school (years 3 & 4) are looking at the stone, bronze and iron ages and we are wondering when we became aware of early life in Britain? We know that many discoveries such as Skara Brae and...
I've been waiting for an excuse to start a thread about this for some time and found just the thing I needed http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1302400-3.html emmie wrote:- //from figures...
I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 running Vista. I am trying to connect to a Belkin router wirelessly, and though the laptop connects to the router it won't access the internet. It will however access the...
I have designed and built a device that harnesses centrifugal force.The power output is in the form of 2 x 10mm steel rod "pistons" that move up and down a distance of 15mm. I have measured the weight...
Do you agree that this is the perfect come-back for those who wish to express their distaste with the comments made by UKIP councillor David Silvester?...
downloaded a dodgy avg anti virus on my computor last year.had to get it mended. how to i cancel my subscription when i get an e mail to renew new contract. thank you for any help
I suffer from LLI (Low Latent Inhibition), the inability to ignore inconsequential background distractions making it it impossible to effectively focus attention on the main sensory stimulus. It is...
Have you been telephoned and invited to change your mobile phone contract or broadband service recently? I was. Earlier this week. By BT. I declined, since their are technical reasons why I can't...
I already am sceptical about it. But that doesn't stop me being interested in other people's unusual experiences or finding out why they believe in it. This article by no means fully debunks the...