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I remember reading about the Richard Dawkins Clergy Project. He set this up as a safe space for clergymen who had lost their faith and wanted to 'come out'. I personally find people who do this quite ballsy. For some of them their whole life has revolved about belief, prayer, scholarly research...

Well, this thread seems destined to go the same way as every other thread on religion on NSC has gone. 23 pages and some posters (on both sides of the fence) still pushing their agendas regardless. It will eventually fizzle out due to boredom. It will be a relief to get back to more weighty and...

Bitter and Twisted (for Sanchez)

Nah, I'm with Douglas Adams "Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as the final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God. The argument goes something like...

Believers seem to think, somewhat smugly IMO, that non-believers must live a life with no point or purpose as they lack religion. Not at all. "I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anyone tell you different" Kurt Vonnegut

Everything gets sorted out in Moe's Tavern

Humanity's hubris does indeed put at us at the centre of everything. The sun revolves round the earth, there must be life after death................because we are so important. I like the comments that Carl Sagan has in his book Pale Blue Dot, puts things into perspective and shows how...

If you are born in Ireland you will be Catholic, if you are born in Saudi Arabia you will be Moslem, if you are born in Israel you will be Jewish and if you were born in Scandinavia in the 10th century you would believe in one of the Norse gods. Once you realise religion is the result of when...

The people who always amuse me are the people who convert from one religion to another for various reasons. Surely they are effectively saying that they backed the wrong horse the first time round and now want to try another one, it seems to treat religion like washing detergents - switch the...

Boris is like a bad smell that just won't go away. Yet another way in which he models himself on Trump

Mad Dogs and Englishmen...........

That happened to me today cycling to David Lloyd at the Marina. Very strong head wind on the way out, then the f***** turned through 180 degrees on the way back !

Or Coney Island if you're not a hedge fund trader :)

I remember the hot summers when I lived in New York, even though everywhere was air conditioned they really were quite unpleasant - very high humidity and everywhere stank of dog piss. Throw in the smog / dust issues they have been experiencing recently (and will probably experience again) and...

I lived in NYC for 12 years and Jimmy's Corner used to be a favourite of mine. Jimmy was indeed a great host as was his wife a lovely Russian lady who would always talk to you if you were sitting alone waiting for friends. It was a melting pot of different people just like NYC - all getting on...

I don't think Newcastle fans give a toss about their reputation, they just want trophies at any price

Blimey, some people seem to be reading a lot into a movie where people are having some fun in Chicago. And if you look at the scenes when he's on the float in the parade and they're playing "Twist and Shout" an awful lot of people are having fun

As Sir Humphrey would have said about the Covid enquiry : "Minister, two basic rules of government: Never look into anything you don't have to. And never set up an enquiry unless you know in advance what its findings will be"

IMHO a Full English Breakfast should be a savoury affair and to me that is sacrosanct - anything that is the slightest bit sweet, be that pancakes, maple syrup or even marmalade should not come anywhere near a FEB