ever be reconciled to reason? Reason tells me that dead carpenters dont come back to life. Reason tells me that donkeys and snakes dont talk. Reason tells me that voices dont come out of burning...
Every scientific institution of the planet thinks global warming is at best a very serious problem. The IPCC has now jointly won a Nobel Peace Prize for their work. Australia, amongst many other...
The report this morning that the Queen has ordered that all employees on the Balmoral Estate must walk or cycle to work only proves again that the Royal family have no idea of normal life in this...
The Conservatives have lost a battle to keep an ?8.3m bequest by a man whose son described him as delusional. Drugs mogul Branislav Kostic, who died in 2005, wrote his will in the 1980s after saying...
The latest poll shows the Tories ahead by 7 points. Tories 43% Labour 36% . If there was a general election tomorrow would you be following this trend? Let's have an AB poll.
Wizard 69 asked recently, what was wrong with the R & S topic? He likened it to being as dry as a .... whatever. The consensus appeared to be that you all agreed with each other so there was nothing...
If time is relative to speed, and all the parts of the universe are going at different speeds, how can we be sure of the distance to any other part of the universe? As we refer to light years.
Now that we are able to analyse the movements of the galaxies has anyone ever plotted their movements and extrapolated back to determine where in space the big bang occurred? If so what is there now?
If a person kills someone whilst driving should they not automatically be charged and convicted with this. After all there should be no dispute of the offence if someone is dead. Also why does life...
Do you feel your political views change significantly as you get older and 'wiser'? I guess I'm pretty liberal on most things, eg freedoms of belief and sexuality, free speech, freedom of movement...
We live in a three dimensional universe, at least, that is all we can detect with our five senses. Mathematicians and physicists however, regard additional dimensions as a reality that we simply...
Ha HA, made me chuckle, and Im glad we are not so blinded by a flashy shock doc, as they seem to be over the pond..... http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business...
A mother this week was ordered to do 200 hours of community service after a judge found out she was supplying cannabis to her son and daughter. She insisted that she was doing this a way to protect...
A friend told me that a news item said that airport worker was suspended for having picture of Jesus in his locker, and it upset fellow worker who was muslim. Is this true? I've not seen news today....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7 037289.stm Can you really justify ?35million on restoring a boat?! Shouldn't the UK start living in the present as opposed to the past! There are plently...
if one of your children was gay? i myself would not have any problem whatsoever, in this day & age i don't see why anyone would unless they were very religious i suppose. i ask this question after...