I recall that in 1970 when I was 13, we went on a road trip from the UK to Italy, via France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Austria - at...
So the left are no good, the right in the form of the tories are no good - who then?
And what does the right do? Create a feminist paradise after Brexit? I think not. Nor will they create conditions where you cam buy a house....
He doesn't look very working class to me - more like an Edwardian toff. I am not a supporter of Labour. I support the Green party.
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There are many things in Hinduism that suggest a more humble type of attitude is better than baldly asserting 'I am God'. It's paradoxical in some...
. Like most of the statements made by UK politicians, I assumed that it was mere verbiage, and subject to change anytime it suits them.
To me it seems likely that the Cathars did indeed believe in their system literally. But really it's pretty much impossible for any modern person...
I voted remain as you must have been aware.
I'm sure you made the right choice there :yum: Did you read The Silmarillion in English too? The language there is a kind of 'high' English I'd...
Maybe not everybody who voted saw it that way. You're assuming all leave voters saw it just as you see it. At least that's the impression you're...
How can you know that? Polls show completely opposite outcomes at the moment.
If a 2nd vote was to leave, it would be clear that it meant leaving with no deal, and then thats what the government would have to do. They won't...
Because the thing is amorphous and not a long standing tradition it's open to anyone to reinvent as they see fit I suppose. Hoeller has his take...
A very big question. Just a short reply is that I think maybe monotheisms in general will struggle to change or adapt - eastern religions are...
I see problems with what you are saying here. If we say, as did both the Gnostics of antiquity and the medieval Cathars, that this world is the...
Just to clarify - I am neither a Christian nor a 'Gnostic' in the sense of following a path having some relation to the ideas of the old gnostics....
Hi Meagain - yes, I would tend to agree. The question is I suppose, what kind of religion?
On the other hand you could get pneumonia and die. Just from a virus - no preachers necessary. Or you might get some other fatal disease which...
I'm afraid that's about right. As I've said many times, the system here is not fit for purpose and urgently needs to be radically reformed. It's...
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