"I've never doubted that I made the right decision. Ed and I married in September 2002, and have a much nicer lifestyle as a result of not having children.

"We love walking and hiking, and we often go away for weekends.

"Every year, we also take a nice holiday - we've just come back from South Africa.

"We feel we can have one long-haul flight a year, as we are vegan and childless, thereby greatly reducing our carbon footprint and combating over-population. "

People simply weren't talking about "carbon footprints" 10 years ago.
Guilty conscience at work.

Dessie wrote:
Remember the one that held the highest
position in America???

Lance Eccles wrote:
Michael, I'm not that strong on history either, but I believe what got John Huss into trouble was his insistence that at Mass the faithful should receive the Blood of Christ in the form of wine, even though Christ is fully present under the form of bread.
And people can indeed be led astray by false interpretation of Scripture. Scripture is not always easy to interpret, and the individual can easily go astray in reading it unguided.

33k wrote:
The scriptures lay down specific qualifications, all of which must be met. Pre-eminently, before we even consider soundness of doctrine, ability to teach, etc (which we must in turn look at) we must look at personal godliness.

I hate the double-minded,
But I love Your law.
You are my hiding place and my shield;
I hope in Your word.
Depart from me, you evildoers,
For I will keep the commandments of my God!
Uphold me according to Your word, that I may live;
And do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
Hold me up, and I shall be safe,
And I shall observe Your statutes continually.
You reject all those who stray from Your statutes,
For their deceit is falsehood.
You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross;
Therefore I love Your testimonies.
My flesh trembles for fear of You,
And I am afraid of Your judgments.

Jim Lincoln wrote:
If you hung around with Christians all your life, Lance, why are you still a Catholic?

Cliff Leckey wrote:
Miliband`s only in office a matter of months & he`s talking nonsense already.
Must be something in the air.I wonder if its serious?

Christian Raas wrote:
I still would prefer an Anglo-Catholic before a Roman-Catholic to be in a government position. At least he would be more committed to his country than to the pope.

"They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet."

Yep, no surprise at all ... it's been coming for years, as we saw from all of the other spin-doctor orchestrated stories.

Luke wrote:
Friends,
I'm sorry to say that I don't see good attitudes in many of these posts. We need to be careful about giving in to arogance or overly-critical statements.
It is true that China just "refuted" this "false report" this morning, November 8, on their online Hong-Kong based online newspaper. Why not to be a little more patient next time...?
Luke

I do find public displays of false statements by WND contemptible.

China's government is wicked - it should be prayed for and opposed righteously and NOT with false accusations.

John wrote:
"Think Tank: Britain 'No Longer Christian'".
We needed a THINK TANK to tell us this??!!
Proof once again that evil begets
stupidity.

Augustine wrote:
Dear Fellow SermonAudio news readers,
Do you notice another thing going away? It is the salutation "dear" at the opening of letters (or emails). I hardly ever see it anymore..even from dear old mom.
It's a small thing, but it seems we are becoming a less cordial society.
Sincerely,
Augustine

The Chinese government are not this stupid. How do you think they managed to get this far and actually win the hosting of the Olympics? By being very politically astute and very smart (and also having a huge reserve of weakened US dollars).

Would it make sense for them to bend over backwards and allow ALL other foreigners to bring in a Bible and then publicly ban high profile athletes from having a Bible?

Note that the story came via the ever reliable "Catholic News Agency" who added their own editorial comment for protestant consumption - that "any kind of religious symbol" means a Bible - despite the glaring and obvious inconsistency this causes.

The real issue is the persecution of the church in China and the distribution of Bibles in China - not whether Nellie No Mark can pack her crucifix and rosary with her where ever she goes. (To be fair to WND they do actually now touch on the more pertinent issues further down the article.)

WND - A "Smarter than a 5th Grader" Free Press

Southern Baptist Pastor wrote:
marriage is an ordinance of the Church, not the state,

God in the Bible wrote:
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled

2nd London Baptist Confession of Faith 1689 wrote:
It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry, who are able with judgment to give their consent; yet it is the duty of Christians to marry in the Lord

Rob C wrote:
33k
We are commanded in the Bible to obey the law of the land.
If the very existence of IRS is a bold violation of the Law of the Land - the Constitution, and their income tax is also illegal, why would you disobey the law by paying it?

KK wrote:
If any of you were wondering what the slang word was ---