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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: Platform 9 and 4/4: A New Railway Appreciation Thread by Stercus Tauri
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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: "We have no place else to go": Conflict in the Middle East by chrisstiles
July 3
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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: July 4, 2025, the Darkest Day in the Modern Era (USA) by Lamb Chopped
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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.
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Most recent: People who judge what other's are eating. by Foaming Draught
July 3
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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.
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Most recent: O Say, Can You See ... - The USA thread 2025 by Nick Tamen
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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: Commemoration of the Martyrdom of Archbishop Romero, Westminster Abbey, London by Bishops Finger
June 29
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This is Ship of Fools on the Bible, where we look at biblical books, passages, episodes, characters, and even individual verses. Find online Bibles here: Bible Gateway, Oremus and Crosswalk.
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Most recent: Hosanna: a plea or a praise or both? by Gamma Gamaliel
May 17
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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: Purgatory: 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Thread (Epiphanies rules apply) by la vie en rouge
January 6