All done save for 16D (8) slow runner with heart of gold embraced by common people ?O?AUS?S - I feel I should be able to figure this out but the septuagenarian brain refuses to come with the solution!...
I would have thought not, but I watched this woman sing live many times. It didn't make me religious, but the sheer quality and beauty of her voice made me well up.
As historically, so much great art is predicated on a strong feeling for God, do heathens feel at a loss not to be able to fully encompass some of humankind's greatest creations?
Stuck on last 4, help much appreciated 14d When star makes first apperarance in part of trip, unusually going north (5) S?N?? 21a University in top ten, maybe, intended for the masses (8) ????L?S? 22d...
Last one. Either I've made a complete hash of the thing, but this escapes me;
18 High-ranking soldier entertaining champion to request disguise (4,4)...
Hi, Folks! Only one this week: 5 Down: Where bat is put to get discussed? Yes (6). I - D - E - . I hve the answer INDEED for the Yes part, but how can "Where bat is put to get discussed" fit...
are we rapidly becoming even more secular. I would consider it to be an outdated medieval tool for social control which has been challenged over the last 100 years or so. While at the same time can be...
Stuck on three. 6a On fifth of August a person used to set off s?a?n 24a Possible Russian band leader in America s?s?a 25a Listened in Conference perhaps, powerless, as judge e?r?i?g?d Thanks in...
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...
http://redcresearch.i...d-Atheism-25-7-12.pdf Interesting statistics. Religion is definitely declining but areas where it persists seem related to poverty. Poor people are generally less educated....
I'm surprised at all the furor. Surely we need to have the best teachers to get the best out of our future generation? We need to be able to give our kids the chance to get on and compete with the...
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...
Would you let yourself starve to death? Poison yourself? Challenge someone to a duel from which neither of you could hope to survive? “No,” you say, “I’m not crazy.”...
I may have asked this before. If so, it was some years ago and we have fresh posters now. So here goes: A central tenet of Christianity is that ‘they that believeth in him [Jesus] shall be...
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'?
Problem with the last one, I think the answer is sleeper, but cannot completely parse it. I realise the secret agent is the sleeper, bu where do the tears come in? 29a Express tears over one secret...
Would God use more than one organization to dispense his truths in these “last days”? Has God ever used more than one during any other period of judgment?