One line from the Lord's Prayer is 'lead us not into temptation'. Do you think God would lead us into temptation - and if your answer is 'no', why do you ask him not to?
I have smoked a pipe, off and on, for many years. Not a lot - about an ounce of tobacco a fortnight. My question : what, generally, is the public's attitude toward pipe smokers? Do I detect increasing...
A charity wants a law to prevent parents giving children under 15 alcohol. A study has shown a large increase in the amount of alcohol drank by 11 to 13 year-olds. The charity, Alcohol Concern, would...
Does anyone know a poem written from the perspective of an old lady dying in hospital. I only remember a line that went something like "look at me nurse and what do you see?" The poem went on to say...
Newspapers have been long accused of sensationalism and only focussing on the negative news stories. However, there are positive stories out there that either get no coverage, or are buried in the...
Astronomers have found the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date, a world which could have water running on its surface. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6589157.st m What do you...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6594223.stm I tend to think not, because it will effectively be death by papparazzi. The media will be all over it like a rash and will let the insugents know all the...
I am 31 and am increasingly feeling lost in this race we call life. I was not bought up with a faith of any sort and didn't really think about it till i had my son 2.5 years ago. Anyway, everything...
Thank-you John Reid {Reed ?} you idiot. I can think of a hundred ways for terrorists to disrupt the Country but I don't spread these ideas about for the Terrorist to say,''Ah that's a good idea''. Why...
Does anyone know if those convicts with alternative belief systems such as Satanism, Wicca or Scientology are allowed to practice their faith in jail? As an ex inmate myself, I remember a rasta that...
Just had an ASH on radio 4 discussing the possibility of an ASH doing the 07:50 slot, "Thought For The Day." Apparently Richard Dawkins did it some time ago, (don't know when), and had a go at...
Should Dave look to the past for inspiration? Cameleon Dave has been in overdrive this week as the local elections approach. He has variously been a decorator, tube passenger and roadsweeper, and it...
hi,iv found a lump on my breast its been there for about a week but not sure if its just a cyst iv tried lookin for some pictures as i dont wanna jump to conclusions on thinking its cancer but would...
If your deliberately a bad person, will you have bad fortune? Does what go around come around? Do the mighty fall eventually? Has anybody got any examples of karma and somebody who did something not...
mum has C, and she's just been allocated a macmillan nurse. What exactly are their roles? Are they supposed to help the family members as well? Mum starts chemo next week.