The New Place

When it comes to social conservatism, the question is very present in today's mainline protestant denominations in the U.S. As we discussed, the Episcopal Church has effectively schismed. My sister is a Methodist minister, and tells me that her denomination is now wrestling with the same issues (es...

Are there any signs (say, in public opinion polls) that the US voting public, true to form as defined by past history, may elect a predominantly Democrats House of Reps. later this year? Or do you think that the fact that this year the economy is growing at over 4% p.a. will hoodwink voters into re...

But with the so-called "Continuing Anglican" movement, nowadays it may be the former, as socially conservative Anglican parishes look for an ecclesiastical home more in line with their beliefs. So within the Anglican communion there is a body of opinion that holds that the duty of the Church is to ...

Mr. Perfect wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 14, 2018 3:10 pm

Lol anyone else have a pick?

I'd go with low information voters, but then each of you would just assign that to your respective arguments.

This authoritarian club of Erdogan, Trump and Putin (and junior partner Duterte) is rather scary to me. I just hope some uppance comes for Trump before his supporters let him pass his 'enabling act'! :lol: I doubt whether Trump could ever persuade even a Republican controlled Congress to give him s...

But with the so-called "Continuing Anglican" movement, nowadays it may be the former, as socially conservative Anglican parishes look for an ecclesiastical home more in line with their beliefs. So within the Anglican communion there is a body of opinion that holds that the duty of the Church is to ...

https://www.smh.com.au/world/central-america/pirates-of-the-caribbean-a-grim-reality-as-venezuela-disintegrates-20180813-p4zx79.html Where are you, captain Jack Sparrow? This new generation of Caribbean pirates all speak Spanish. Joining Venezuela soon will be South Africa, the predicted next Socia...

This whole thing is a mishmash of out of context partial quotes mixed with histrionic innuendo: expertly crafted bullshit. Agreed! What do you think it is moves these characters to imitate the lack of integrity of their political heroes on line? There's a lot of hatred out there these days. There's...

KSA has ordered all students studying in Canada home, so in one stroke we have expelled some 15 000 sleeper agents! More likely your universities have lost their income from university fees and your landlords income from their rents. Economic loss to Canada. Also I do believe that sleeping with goa...

https://www.smh.com.au/world/central-america/pirates-of-the-caribbean-a-grim-reality-as-venezuela-disintegrates-20180813-p4zx79.html Venezuela now set to join Somalia as a failed state? Venezuela, like Iran and Turkey, is under attack by the US. By making it nearly impossible for Venezuela to have ...