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How does one become an atheist?

Tweaker asked this in the thread on JWs Personally I grew up in a familly that wasn't particularly religious, and it slowly grew on me. I certainly remember at the age of 12 the Headmaster doing a...
09:16 Tue 21st Feb 2012138 answers, last by Kassee 22:18 Sun 01st Apr 2012
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Missing Headlines

After Italy's sucessful bond auction their cost of borrowing is now down to just over 3% half the previous rate. The Express and the Mail who have been so quick to offer the latest hottest news on the...
10:21 Thu 29th Dec 201111 answers, last by New Judge 17:01 Fri 30th Dec 2011
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Should the army be allowed to recruit children?

An article from a few years back and David Cameron has graciously decided to end the trap preventing kids from changing their minds after 6 months of service but not much has changed...
15:05 Wed 28th Dec 201115 answers, last by Quizmonster 10:32 Thu 29th Dec 2011
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Is plagiarism a sin?

Representing the work of others without crediting them or acknowleding where you got it from is a serious matter in most academic institutions. It's also potentially a crime in breeching copyright...
10:22 Wed 28th Dec 201129 answers, last by privacyisdead 21:17 Sat 23rd Mar 2019
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Sentence for stabbing an annoying child

http://www.telegraph....r-old-Afghan-boy.html 18 months Sound about right to anybody? Incidently how is a person who has had his rifle confiscated allowed to walk out with hand grenades?...
09:14 Mon 05th Dec 201154 answers, last by anotheoldgit 13:53 Tue 06th Dec 2011
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Do we need a contempt of the police law

A lot of silly talk going on in the media about the judge who over-ruled a charge against someone who swore at the police. He rightly pointed out that the policemen were unlikely to have suffered...
08:59 Tue 22nd Nov 201132 answers, last by exdc 19:14 Thu 24th Nov 2011
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Do we need a Domain for the religous?

I notice that there will be a .xxx domain for porn er sorry adult content shortly. It leads me to wonder if we need one for other mind damaging material like religion. I thought things like...
08:40 Wed 16th Nov 201152 answers, last by naomi24 22:20 Sun 20th Nov 2011
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Should Larry resign?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15717341 He does not seem to be up to the job at number 10...
16:28 Mon 14th Nov 201110 answers, last by ludwig 09:56 Tue 15th Nov 2011
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Maggie's nose in the trough

Margaret Thatcher has claimed over Half a million pounds of taxpayers money in the last 5 years for public engagements and answering letters. Only she doesn't after having been advised not to....
23:03 Thu 27th Oct 201148 answers, last by bazwillrun 17:35 Fri 28th Oct 2011
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Sentencing reform tough or soft?

The proposed changes to the sentencing bill is to increase the cases of mandatory life sentences. However they're being a lot quieter on the plans to abolish indeterminate sentences IPP's were brought...
08:55 Thu 27th Oct 201118 answers, last by rov1100 19:32 Thu 27th Oct 2011
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£100 Million for top Bobbies

Whilst in the same breath accusing the Labour Party of wasting money Cameron is going to spend £80-100 million on elected police commissioners Analysis shows he won't make this back with savings...
09:48 Wed 28th Sep 20114 answers, last by jake-the-peg 05:21 Thu 29th Sep 2011
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Should Palestine be a member of the UN

Barek Obama has said he will Veto the attempt of the Palestinians to upgrade their UN status from observers to full nation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/...-middle-east-15014037 Is there any real...
11:21 Thu 22nd Sep 201145 answers, last by modeller 20:41 Fri 23rd Sep 2011
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9/11 and Iraq

If 9/11 hadn't happened Would the Iraq war still have occured? Perhaps this should be in History but with the Baha Mousa inquirey and all the 10 years on stuff going on it seems relevant Not making...
07:23 Fri 09th Sep 201110 answers, last by rich47 20:40 Fri 09th Sep 2011
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Al megrahi

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...world-africa-14705838 After all the talk about a fit up what do people think now? Doctor error, exageration or is this a conspiracy and this is someone else? Or was all the...
11:47 Mon 29th Aug 201117 answers, last by Euphemia 16:06 Wed 31st Aug 2011
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Eu accounts clean - MOD misplaces 6.3 Billion

Now that the EU accounts have a clean bill of health http://europa.eu/rapi...?reference=IP/10/1480 (can't find the story in the Express for some reason) And the MOD has lost track of a small fortune...
07:39 Tue 05th Jul 201116 answers, last by Gromit 12:05 Tue 05th Jul 2011
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Making fun of Manchester United is now illegal

A man has been arrested following a complaint that Crawley Town's FA Cup song featured a supporter mocking the victims of the Munich air crash. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12462959...
14:43 Tue 15th Feb 201124 answers, last by MrJabezClegg 12:59 Wed 16th Feb 2011
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Will the Tories defy Winston Churchill today?

Is there any point in todays vote whether to allow prisoners the vote since the Government is not obliged to respect any back bench motion like this? Or are the Tory back benchers simply looking to...
08:25 Thu 10th Feb 201118 answers, last by anotheoldgit 14:58 Thu 10th Feb 2011
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Should the Pope's visit have come out of the international development Aid budget?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12351583 So who's going without clean water so that his holiness could come and wave at some peopke over here?...
11:05 Thu 03rd Feb 201125 answers, last by Invictas 23:33 Thu 03rd Feb 2011
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Islamic idolatry

Islam makes a big play about not bowing down to graven idols. The fact that it forbids representations of Humans and animals etc is well known and there is a lot of criticism towards catholic...
17:29 Thu 20th Jan 201146 answers, last by naomi24 12:34 Sun 23rd Jan 2011
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Muslim prejudice normal?

Baroness Warsi is to say that prejudice against muslims has become socially acceptable and is the last basion of biggotry in this country is she right? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12235237...
08:25 Thu 20th Jan 201194 answers, last by beso 04:21 Sat 22nd Jan 2011

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