I'm intrigued, and quite attracted, by the idea of pan-denominational loosely 'monastic' orders. You know the sort of thing - Taize perhaps or quasi-monastic groups united by a 'rule of life' such as...
David Cameron has the most expensive spin doctors in the business. He pays Andy Coulson and Steve Hilton between them some ?500,000 a year. Is Cameleon Dave being ripped off?
After watching the Protestant Revolution last night, I suddenly thought that I've never been to church voluntarily in my life. I've been to weddings, funerals etc, but I've never sat through a normal...
Just wondered what people's opinions on this were, everyone knows that the followers of the abrahamic religions have the belief in the devil, sin, the fall etc, but what do others believe e.g. Pagans,...
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Society-and-Cul ture/Religion-and-Spirituality/Question450140. html Sorry for the long delay but I'll try to answer the points raised the other week.
Will the Muslims manage to get Christmas cancelled this year? I don't want to start making preparations, only to find out, that it has been a waste of time.
This may sound silly, but im fed up of the over loud sirens emergency services use, and i dont think they need to be that loud. Now, i dont have a problem with sirens in general, if i needed the...
Tiny Muskens, a Dutch Catholic Bishop has recently stated that Catholic churches in the Netherlands should start using the name Allah for God to ease tensions between Muslims and Christians. He stated...
So the church has had to make insurance claims for 3.5 million pounds after thefts from churches. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7001117.stm While not religious myself I do think that many chuches are...
Why do I seem to be the only one who is very, very fed up with this country being used as a dumping ground. I am patriotic to this country, but in recent months, my estimations have declined. It...
Can anybody out there %100 put their hand on their heart and say that they beleive that the dead are still around looking over our shoulder??? Maybe you have seen a ghost, or been told something by a...
I see Cameron has decided to blame the Government for the Northern Rock fiasco. Would this guy blame Government for a world-threatening asteroid if it were to happen?...
Can anyone recommend a good body moisturiser that doesn't leave skin feeling 'sticky' for the rest of the day? I've tried several, including Dove, but none of them seem to absorb into the skin.
Have you ever taken part in television programmes like Tricia or Jeremy Kyle's show - and if so, why? Personally, I can't understand people who go to sit in the audience at these things, let alone...
To start i should explain that i am buddhist, and buddhists are brought up to be accepting of other religions, which in this moden society is actually quite diffficult to do, what with 7/7 and 9/11...
Why do nearly 80% of people close eyes when kissing? I lost my consciousness for several seconds when a girl kissed me. Well, kissing is a simple thing. Why should that happen? Beloved Kiss:...