Something a bit different to talk about. Last night's offering from 4thought TV. The presenter mentions controlled experiments that suggest it is a reality – personally I don’t know of any...
At the end of each section of Homeland, before the adverts come on, and at the beginning of the next section, a picture of a sleeping girl is shown. It doesn't look like Carrie, or Brodie's wife or...
We rang the appropriate government offices to tell them a family member had recently died, and the first question they asked was ‘Is she there with you now?’ ‘No, she’s dead...
The first of three films is due to be screened in December. It’s years since I read the book – but I’m thinking of refreshing my memory before seeing the movie. Will anyone else...
Another offering from the thought-provoking 4thought TV in which the speaker calls for Christians and Muslims living in Britain to unite to ‘fight the rising tide of atheism’. Any...
I understand the state pension is paid in arrears, so if someone dies with several weeks pension owing to them, does the DWP pay it to the beneficiaries of the estate – and if so, how do the...
Can anyone recommend a grown up game for a Nintendo DS if such a thing exists? The intended recipient of the gift likes playing Call of Duty Black Ops (at least I think that’s what it’s...
I heard 14 year old Malala Yousufzai who was shot by the Taliban described as another Rosa Parks. In a recording of an interview on the radio today, she said her ambition is to become a politician and...
Austrian Felix Baumgartner was due to do this soon, but now I read it’s cancelled. Does anyone know what’s happening – and if it goes ahead, is survival possible? I find it quite...
Reading posts from the religious here, I’ve concluded that the sole reason people cling to faith is because they fear death – and that faith creates unhealthy neurosis. Some have confessed...
I spotted this book on the shelf in Waitrose today - and simply on the strength of being an avid Jane Austen fan, bought it. Has anyone read it - and if so, your thoughts?
Apparently we can't blame God for the ills of this world and we must be grateful to him for the good in the world- but I don't see him doing anything at all - so what does he actually 'do'?
Someone on the radio today said that if you’re at the bottom of a well in daylight and look up, you can see the stars. He didn’t know how it works – but he said it does. So does it...
The BBC television news just reported that someone was killed when a cinema was burnt down. What on earth do these people hope to achieve? They're killing their own....
I am currently watching someone, who has never harmed anyone, die a slow, distressing, and horrendously cruel death. How does that equate with a compassionate God?
My apologies to Duncer for swiping this off his thread in Chatterbank - I hope he doesn't mind - but I thought perhaps R&Sers might find it interesting....