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Anosmia - Can it be reversed ?
Was peppermint repulsive before he lost his sense of smell? I ask this because smelling is not the entire test you should preform. The other part is does his sense of smell for whatever he can smell appear to be altered. In other words, will ...
blackspanielgallery, on 12/17/2019
The Christian View of Political Leadership
You are right, but anyone who has a source of morality opposed to God or alien to Him is guilty of idolatry. I would not make this accusation against those who follow a path to natural law, be it an inadequate one, as natural law is divinely ...
frankbeswick, on 12/16/2019
The Christian View of Political Leadership
I believe there are three levels that people attained with regard to morality. There are those interested in God's Law, those who oppose God's Law, and those who convince themselves morality is what they want it to be. I could use modern ...
blackspanielgallery, on 12/16/2019
The Christian View of Political Leadership
Thanks for the information.
frankbeswick, on 12/16/2019
The Christian View of Political Leadership
Unfortunately, our government is not doing much, since part of congress and the president do not have the same agenda. we are at a standstill, except for the wasted time quarreling. Trade deals have to be ratified by both, I believe, so we ...
blackspanielgallery, on 12/16/2019
The Christian View of Political Leadership
Wisely said. Quite informative.
On a different issue, our prime minister wants a trade deal with the United States, but many of us over here suspect that behind the scenes are big corporations planning to make money out of our health ...
frankbeswick, on 12/16/2019
The Christian View of Political Leadership
In the United States it is often party lines that determine candidates positions, so the candidates must choose the party position on issues if there will be campaign money for the race. Deviation on a major issue can endanger that money, and ...
blackspanielgallery, on 12/16/2019
The Christian View of Political Leadership
Abortion in the UK is by agreement a non-party issue, at least for the big parties, whose mps vote according to their consciences on it. This spare us from making it a party issue.
That having been said, the issue arises at hustings. When I ...
frankbeswick, on 12/16/2019
The Christian View of Political Leadership
Other moral issues also are of concern, and what I am seeing in the United States makes me concerned. The length to which they will seek special interest group votes is frightening. We can be tolerant of many things but abortion is not one of ...
blackspanielgallery, on 12/15/2019
Religion and Logic
Thanks for the addition. You knowledge of sources is vast.
blackspanielgallery, on 12/15/2019
Religion and Logic
Keith Ward,retired Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, wrote a great book on this subject entitled God, Chance and Necessity. He accepted that nothing can be definitively proved, but he thought God the best option.
Regius means royal, and ...
frankbeswick, on 12/15/2019
Mousehole to Lamorna: on the South West Coast Path
Purple is probably from lichen or heather, as the rock is grey-black.
Cornish names are Celtic spoken Englishly, which means that what they sound like has no connection to original meaning. I am unsure of the etymology of Mousehole as my ...
frankbeswick, on 12/14/2019
Mousehole to Lamorna: on the South West Coast Path
frankbeswick, Thank you for the photos and practicalities.
Is it rock, soil or vegetation that is giving purple streaks to the sunlit patches in your last photo?
Online sources mention a Cornish word (Moeshayle) for "young woman's brook," a ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/14/2019
Religion and Logic
It is not what happened after the Big Bang, as before that we cannot come to scientific terms with. As for the Big Bang, it still is conjecture, and every once in a while some scientists question whether it actually happened. But, we never ...
blackspanielgallery, on 12/14/2019
The Christian View of Political Leadership
The man who defeated me was a good member of parliament with whom I was on friendly terms,but he moved on when the constituency boundaries changed. He was succeeded by the present incumbent, Kate Green, now one of my neighbours, who works hard. ...
frankbeswick, on 12/14/2019