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Jesus Through Pagan Eyes: a Christian Reflection and Analysis
The terms spirit person and shaman overlap.
frankbeswick, on 11/27/2024

John Stuart Mill: a thinker for our time
There is little written about his thoughts on punishment.
frankbeswick, on 11/27/2024

Pelagius: a sadly traduced theologian
Ireland was divided into warring kingdoms besides having communications problems due to boggy land, so Christianity's spread was confined to the south.
frankbeswick, on 11/27/2024

Pretirement
His retirement was from paid work. But after about six years of voluntary work he was struck by a series of mini-strokes and was left disabled.
frankbeswick, on 11/27/2024

Saving the Wild Relatives
We do not eat potato skins other than those on potatoes, so I cannot provide an answer to that question.
frankbeswick, on 11/27/2024

The Christian Teaching on the Holy Spirit
I do not think so, but some might
frankbeswick, on 11/27/2024

The Legacy of Rome in Britain
Canal or aquaduct
frankbeswick, on 11/27/2024

What is Permaculture?
Opinions differ. Some say house and grounds are all one zone, but others use zero for the house.
frankbeswick, on 11/27/2024

What is Permaculture?
The first and the second paragraphs to the first sub-subheading, The zones, under the second subheading, Zones, advise us that "Designation into zones determines what you do with an area. Zone 1 house and grounds [some permaculturalists ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/26/2024

The Legacy of Rome in Britain
Thank you for your comment below, on Jan. 24, 2024, in answer to my previous, previous-day observation and question Jan. 23, 2024.
Your answer about a river-water source 21 boxes down Nov. 21, 2021, in answer to my previous observation and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/26/2024

The Christian Teaching on the Holy Spirit
The second paragraph to the first subheading, Receiving the spirit, advises us that "Charismatic churches, who are generally evangelical, place a great emphasis on powerful, often ecstatic experiences, such as the strange gift of peaking in ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/26/2024

Saving the Wild Relatives
Thank you for your comment below, on Jan. 26, 2024, in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question.
You and fellow eastern-ponders make scrumptious choices from the 12-edibles list.
Unitedstatesian 20th-century fare presented ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/26/2024

Pretirement
Thank you for your comment below, on Feb. 9, 2023, in answer to my previous observation and question Feb. 8, 2023.
The third paragraph in the first subheading, Approaching Retirement Age, advises that "My father, who died in 2004, at 82, spent ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/26/2024

Pelagius: a sadly traduced theologian
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
Your answer immediately below that "Spain, which is on the way to Ireland, shows no signs of Egyptian influence, nor is there any strong evidence of there ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/26/2024

John Stuart Mill: a thinker for our time
Thank you for your comment below, on Dec. 22, 2023, in answer to my previous, previous-day observation and question Dec. 21, 2023.
Your comment three boxes down that "I think that he favouredbthe conventional method of hanging. The obscenity of ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/26/2024