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To the Island of Tides
It might think this, but it is not certain.
frankbeswick, on 01/21/2024
Who Goes to Heaven
Weighing good anď bad deeds is a Jewish rather than a Christian idea. Christians believe that you can be saved up to the moment of death.
frankbeswick, on 01/21/2024
The Legacy of Rome in Britain
Beac is akin to the German name Beck, at least that seems to be the best derivation.
frankbeswick, on 01/21/2024
A Visit to the Giant's Causeway
Once or twice a year at least.
frankbeswick, on 01/21/2024
Corruption in the church:reflections on scandal
The word selecting is probably more apt than enrolling.
frankbeswick, on 01/21/2024
Goldilocks and Three Bears
The 8th subheading, Sleep, considers that testing "beds and sleeping in one of them is a very important part of the Goldilocks' intrusion. While eating others' food and destroying others' property clearly shows her rudeness, the sleeping part ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/20/2024
Dig for Victory: again
The second paragraph to the second subheading, Economical use of land, considers that "in wartime, the government took emergency powers to force people to use their land wisely, so nowadays, as the food crisis grows, why cannot the government ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/20/2024
Gardening in the Park
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Are Royal Horticultural Society staffers who made such decisions known by name?
So, in other words, do Victoria Park staffers know which individuals to thank for this honor?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/20/2024
Intelligent design: how credible a theory is it?
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The second paragraph to the third subheading, The anthropic principle, considers that "Anthony Flew,once an atheist, came to the conclusion that an intelligent designer is more likely than is the possibility that the universe is a ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/20/2024
My Garden World: a Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alerts Unitedstatesians to the tendency of bird-flu viruses to spread from infected domestic poultry and wild migratory water birds.
The Jan. 17, 2024, update, Bird flu detections reporting in ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/20/2024
The Ghostlore of Windsor Castle
The first paragraph to the first subheading, Windsor, considers that "Thus in1070 William the Conqueror constructed Windsor Castle as a defence against rebellious Saxons and he designated a great park to go with it."
Did the park have some kind ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/20/2024
To the Island of Tides
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There's a Buddhist tradition of considering the ashes of the cremated Buddha and of the cremated Buddhist holy persons -- with their apparel and their pyre -- as holy relics.
Might the Church consider coffin ashes as holy relics or ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/20/2024
Who Goes to Heaven
The second question at the end of the next-to-last paragraph under the first subheading, Facing the gallows, asks, "Does God weigh your good and bad deeds in the scales?"
The aforementioned question causes me to think of Genesis 18:16-33, where ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/20/2024
The Legacy of Rome in Britain
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English Wiktionary breaks the surname Beswick down as from
-- the Old English personal name Beac;
-- the Old English genitive masculine or neuter possessive singular 's ("of");
-- the Old English wīċ ("bay, camp, encampment, lodging, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/20/2024
A Visit to the Giant's Causeway
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How often does kelp need to be applied and re-applied as fertilizer?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/20/2024