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    Strange occurrences following my dad's death

    I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this..if not, please move it. Anyway, my father had been ill with cancer for a few months and my brother and I were taking it in turns to care for him at his house (apart from when he fell, broke his hip and was hospitalised for a while until he...
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    Jesus gave me a blue stone?

    This happened quite a while ago and I still don't really understand it. I was praying and then I was walking up a narrow track on a mountainside and then on my right was a cave. I went into the cave and there was Jesus. On the ground around Him were lots of rocks/stones, different gems but not...
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    Have read the rules etc

    Have just read and agree to the rules for the Spiritual Gifts forum and also the CF rules. :)
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    What scientifically makes us a particular sex or gender

    I've posted this question under physical and life sciences as I don't know if there is a more suitable place. As transgenderism is coming to the fore so much nowadays, I just wondered what, if any research has been done on this? I don't want any discussion as to whether it's against God's will...
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    Pole Star

    I just read something interesting (to me) about the pole star. It hadn't occurred to me, though perhaps if I'd thought about it, it should have done, that the pole star changes every so often. I'd just assumed it was always the one that we can go by and easily find with the naked eye today. I...
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    Splitting the atom

    What happens when an atom is split? Do the quarks disintegrate...that is, can they individually be smashed to smithereens so to speak? Or are they totally unbreakable? Just wondering, because once they thought an atom couldn't be broken apart. I just wonder how far down that things can be in...
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    Expansion of the universe

    Another question I have that I keep forgetting to ask. When they talk about the universe expanding, what exactly do they mean by that? Do they mean the individual galaxies are getting further away from each other for example, or what? I mean if the universe is literally expanding from a single...
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    Speed of light

    The other day my husband was trying to remember the formula for working out something like velocity or acceleration over a certain distance at so many miles per hour (or something like that) re a particular motor-bike. Anyhow, it made me wonder about the speed of light. My question is, is the...
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    American and British words and expressions

    British people have no doubt picked up a lot of American words. But which words and expressions do we use either differently (for example, sorry, only one springs to mind at the minute, but Americans have the name 'Randy', but here it means being sexually excited - can't imagine anyone here...
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    Communion/ Eucharist/Lord's Table

    I always wonder why there is so much 'difficulty' about Communion. Well, I do understand the reasons in a way. But it makes me awfully sad that what Jesus instigated has become so complicated. All the different rules and regs in different denominations....some are more strict than others...
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    Seeing what God is like through the bible (and in particular Jesus)

    A thread started elsewhere as to whether or not God has a sense of humour, prompted me to start this thread. Jesus said 'if you have seen me, you have seen the Father'. Fair enough. From Scripture I can see that Jesus has compassion and is merciful, heals and all those kinds of things. But I...
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    Authority and leadership

    I was wondering about the correlation between authority and leadership. This may vary perhaps according to the situation and also perhaps if it's a secular or a Christian situation. Someone who is a leader may only be in that position for five minutes. For example, if you take children playing...
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    Prayer for my son

    Please would anyone pray for my son and his wife. They are having a lot of marital problems...potential for complete split-up. They have 2 year old daughter. Because of reasons I won't go into, my son has also just lost his job. He really really needs to get another fast, but is a bit...
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    Male and female leadership complementary

    I posted this in the first thread, but it was suggested that I post it as a new thread. Some answers may have already been discussed in some of the other threads I've now seen have been started, so please ignore this post if so :) Would you say that female leadership complements male...
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    'Guardian angels'

    Do you think it's true that everyone has a guardian angel, especially children? If so, do you think that God ever withdraws an angel from supporting/protecting/ministering to anyone? For example, do you think that someone like Hitler would have had a guardian angel as a baby/child? And if...
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    Angels and fallen angels

    I wondered if any of you have got any thoughts or ideas about why God created angels who were capable of going against Him, and that presumably they (unlike us) have no hope of redemption? Are angels' 'free will' the same as human's 'free will'? Did the 'good' angels remain 'good', or did...
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    Always been puzzled!

    Hi I've always wondered where exactly the 'Mid-West is. Could anyone enlighten me please. I mean , is there also a Mid-East? Joking, I'm sure I've never heard of that!
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    words beginning with "in" (2)

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    Antibodies

    I expect this is a naive question, but I was wondering how we evolved the ability to produce antibodies to fight off illnesses. Do you think the ability was already innate, or do you think some creatures started responding that way? (Sorry if not using quite correct terminology, but don't know...
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    Plants in alphabetical order (3)

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