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  1. michel

    The Lord's prayer - a template for all?

    Lately, I have been struggling with my faith; as it is, I think the doubts are beginning to disappear. However, it occurred to me that the principles of the Lord's prayer - if taken literally - could equally well be a template suitable for non-theists. Our Father who art in heaven...
  2. michel

    A.a.a.d.d.- know the symptoms!

    A.A.A.D.D.- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS! Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. As I start toward...
  3. michel

    From where does lack of respect come?

    Walking down the main road today, I noticed the quantity of empty (alas!) beer cans, broken bottles, semi empty pizza boxes, McDonalds boxes, strewn over the pavements.. What really offends me are the broken bottles - it is as if no one cares for the damage they might cause to pets - or...
  4. michel

    Hello Friends!

    last December, I was taken into hospital with severe anaemia and kidney failure; I am at stage 4 CKD, just off from dialysis.. I don't actually feel that ill; I am often very short of breath, have dreadful itching, very high blood pressure (even the medication seems unable to regulate that)...
  5. michel

    The fittest survive

    If life is about "Survival of the fittest", surely, we need to worry about our own survival ?... survival of the human being. Medical science has, for some while, been responsible for the survival of some of the most unfit babies born; I think we can accept that many of these babies would...
  6. michel

    A positive one, for a change!

    having spent years depressed, and suffering from allsorts, I nearly cashed in my chips a month or so ago. My wife and I went to see our grandson in Barcelona (to help our sun while Mum was away for a couple of weeks on business). I had been dieting, and was pleased with having got down to the...
  7. michel

    The two judgements ?

    I have come across references to the "two Judgements" in Roman Catholicsm, and yet the following text would indicate that this is a belief in Eastern orthodoxy. The more I look, the more references I find - even in the Church of England. Perhaps members here can give me their ideas on this...
  8. michel

    Baptism

    I am still strugling with some of the basic concepts surrounding Christianity (not helped by the different beliefs of offshoots from "The one Holy Catholic Church"). I always thought that the Baptism was a "cleansing of sins" - which (to me) sounds strange, since Baptism is usually conducted...
  9. michel

    A plea, please to any English members (and, of course anyone else who cares to join in)

    · Personally, I am absolutely fed up with the Eurozone’ attitude against the UK- The only reason that Germany wants us to take up the Euro is so that our own fragile economy can be forced to be used to bolster other Eurozone countries. Even though we do not have the Euro, Britain has...
  10. michel

    Goodbye Jessie............

    Our lovely dog Jessie (whom we had as a puppy rescued from a puppy farm), was just thirteen this month. Yesterday my wife Marie took her out for the morning walk; just as she turned into the road that leads to the park where we always took her, a doberman, and another big dog just went for our...
  11. michel

    Back to the old avatar.............

    Ever since I changed my avatar (to reflect being a Christian a bit better), I have never really felt comfortable with the new one - for some reason, whenever I saw it it felt " pompous". I doubt that many members remember my prior avatar, but I have decided to go back to it; I am a fool - and...
  12. michel

    I am losing weight!!!!!!

    I am 5'8" (maybe a bit shorter, because of osteoporosis - I am going to have my wife help me check on my height properly); I am 62, and I weighed 14 stone 2 lbs. I decided to give up alcohol in February ( part common sense - part thrust upon me when I found I had become almost alergic to wine)...
  13. michel

    Just how Much Would you give?

    Having just seen the thread entitled "Christians: is poverty mandatory? ", I would like input from people to a question I often ask myself - and I have not a clue yet as to the answer. Seeing the dreadful plight of those in the third world - the latest highlighted being Ethiopia who have had...
  14. michel

    Duty of care?

    This is a question that can be answered either by a theist, or a non theist; if there is any religious belief that someone has that will influence his answer, please feel free to include it in your response. I come across someone whom I know is attempting to commit suicide; I save that...
  15. michel

    Christians - what is your answer to a simple question

    As a Christian, if your son (or daughter) brings home a partner to spend the night where you live, would you let them share a bed (presuming that they are not married)?
  16. michel

    The attitude of various Christian denominations towards divination

    As I am, in some respects, "new" to the bible, I understand that divination is a "no no" in Christianity, and it may well be the same in Judaism (I am not sure of their stance on this subject). Though I never tried to "tell the future" (I used most of my time to try to use Astrology for...
  17. michel

    "The Three Bells" - the song

    I got the lyrics from:-http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/d/daniel_odonnell/the_three_bells.html (it seems like everyone has sung this) There's a village hidden deep in the valley Among the pine trees half forlorn And there on a sunny morning Little Jimmy Brown was born. All the chapel bells...
  18. michel

    Hopefully, an interesting take on a common question...

    Who Created G-d? - G‑d and Us Question: I've often heard the argument that there must be a G-d, because creation is so well designed there must be a designer. For example, the human brain is so complex, it must have a creator, so G-d must exist. That makes sense, but by using the same...
  19. michel

    Christianity and divination

    A question for Christians, some help, please I have always understood that divination is "wrong" and forbidden, and the article copied below certainly comfirms that. Why then is there a depiction of the Astrological symbols in the Vatican ? From:- The Occult - what does the Bible say about...
  20. michel

    Prayers for the dead?

    What do you believe in ? - yes or no? The Catholic position is here CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Prayers For the Dead Looking around, there are many conflicting arguments; personally, I have been doing so for years, but I am questioning the validity.............
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