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Whether you need technical help, have a question or a bright idea, want to read forum guidelines or guideline updates or just practise your BBCode, welcome to the Styx. -
Tell a tall story, recommend a movie, share a recipe, confess your TV binge watching, discuss whether the church cat should wear liturgically correct collars. Welcome to paradise.
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Most recent: 2022 Food, marvelous food! Recipes we enjoy...or not! by North East Quine
December 1
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Our space to discuss issues where people are personally invested, where academic detachment just isn't possible, and where issues and identity significantly overlap. Special Guidelines apply.
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Most recent: Non Catholics at Catholic communion by Young fogey
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Pull up a chair, get your brain in gear, and prepare for some serious time in Purgatory. This is our proper debate space for theology, ethics, politics, science, tech and culture.
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Most recent: Less than half the UK say they are Christians by stetson
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Got a complaint, rant or a personal argument to settle? Welcome to Hell. Warning: You may encounter offensive language. You don't need to enter, but read the guidelines before you do. -
This is the place for all things community, with crew meets, birthdays, announcements, congratulations and prayer requests. Just arrived here? Say hello on the welcome thread. -
Looking for the rite stuff? This is where we talk about everything to do with church liturgy and worship practice, from thuribles and hymns to tambourines and slide projectors. -
Pull up a pew and dip into comments, corrections and discussion about Mystery Worshipper reports. To add a new thread, go to the individual report and post a comment there.
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Most recent: Ship of Fools: St Anthony of Padua, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA by Zt9k
November 13
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Anyone for everlasting sentences? How about a round of spot the weird headline? Or, chat about sport? For quizzes, wordplay, polls and competitive hymn writing, look no further. Please read the rules. -
Back in the day, all the usual subjects that were flogged just a bit too enthusiastically were corralled here so they didn't have to be endlessly rehashed on the other forums.
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Most recent: Moved: Is it a good idea for Western countries to push hard on other countries to adopt LGBT rights? by Eutychus
August 2019
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The threads that were reasonably deserving while they were alive are sent here for long-term storage. They're archived for reading only.
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Most recent: Heaven: 2022 June Book Group - The White Witch by Elizabeth Goudge by Ethne Alba
July 18