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Hi, Been here for a little while now- as some of you know. My real names Phil, I was born in 1967 to Church Of England Parents. My father died when I was 12 and 6 years later my mother converted to Mormanism, taking my sister with her (I moved half a country away for some reason). I've...

I've recently (about 2 weeks ago) started reading up on Paganism- books by Pagan's explaining Pagan thought and religion. (Rather than books 'about Paganism' by Christian Fundamentalists...) So far I'm finding the whole thing a very eligant, satisfying and 'common sense' thought process and...

I've had one myself (brief details to follow) but I'm still deeply suspicious of them as 'evidence' of an afterlife. (that doesn't mean I don't believe in an afterlife, or God etc) I think most (not all) have an as yet unknown medical/ psycological/ biochemical explanation (that I wouldn't...

As some will know I've struggled with the trinity concept-mainly because I can't find anything to grasp onto that I understand. I'd like to present this idea I've had as a discussion point and to find out if I'm any closer. The trinity is Father, Son and Spirit. Like Mind, Body and Spirit...

Seems to be a popular choice for discussion- and good practice for good natured debate- so thought I'd start a seperate thread rather than highjacking others. Which version of Star Trek is your favourite and why? Mine's the original cast movies, then DS9, Then 'classic' Trek, Next Gen, Voyager...

The Sumerians predate Ancient Egypt by quite a bit,invented writing, accounting (bad, bad people), were the first to combine farming with permanat settlements, invented irrigation and cities... (ok, the Indus Vally may have beaten them to that but the evidence I've seen isn't amazingly...

OK, Is Flash Gordon (the 1980's film) a misunderstood classic of modern cinema; Is it in reality a philosophical debate on the merrits of cleaning products? Lets look at the evidence- Flash is the name of a cleaning product, Ajax (as in 'War Rocket..) is a cleaning product, Ming rules Mongo-...

I was brought up in the Church Of England and I'm used to the language of the King James version of the bible, despite being aware of it's many translation errors (and the 'old English' itself occasionaly causes a few stumbles).My question here is mainly addressed to Christians, but open to...