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There is limited transfer of atmosphere between the hemispheres. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.3402/tellusa.v14i2.9543 The forecast for nuclear winter for around Melbourne is a drop of 5C on average, quite survivalable. Australia has very drought resistant plants which are largely fire...

Firstly, except when attempting to destroy military targets, most bombs will be air rather than ground, limiting the amount of fallout. During the cold war we know the USSR did not target any Australian cities, so I doubt Russia has done so now, probably Pine Gap will be targeted, but that is a...

I have no issue with having a day of visibility for Trans people, it is a reminder I need to pray for people who are suffering, even if I fundamentally disagree with their worldview, desired changes to society and their solutions to their challenges. Better to have open debate, rather than...

Paidiske, Thanks for your responses to my post. the below quote maybe at the heart of our differences, I would however like to understand better your position. For me, God created people in his image, and that image included our gender. God created his image bearers to be gendered, to reveal...

Paidiske, Do you believe there are differences in the gender roles more generally? Do you believe there is differences in gender role in marriage and in families? In your opinion are there any expression of gender differences in the roles of people in the church? Do you accept that people may...

Greek like British is the general term for several different tribes/peoples. Greek includes Spartans, Athenians, Thebians etc British includes Welsh, Cornish, Cumbrians, Manx and then Romano-British people from areas that with later Anglo-Saxon admixture became known as English. If we do not...

I think it would make sense to call Patrick British not Welsh, firstly we don't know precisely where in Britain he was from (maybe Cumbria) secondly Welsh is the English name, which was not used till after Patrick's time.

I have mild tinnitus, which started about 4 weeks ago. I think it is more in the left than the right ear. Worst at night, but I just imagine it is cicadas, which were so loud when I was a kid, so I have no problem getting to sleep, couple of times it has annoyed me when I have woken up at...

Father Matt, I think the problem that Protestants often have with the above has is that many miodern Protestants so focus on justification that they have reduced salvation to just justification (or initial justification in Catholic terms.) Salvation includes justification/regeneration...

Can I ask a question by using examples... Person is on a sinking ship. Rescue helicopter comes to rescue person. Various option 1) Person is scooped up by a net, and immobilized and carried to rescue. They do absolutely nothing. 2) Rescuer lowers safety cradle. person climbs in, all the have...

Need 3rd option, likely Oswald but case not proven. First issue is the descent from 6th floor to 2nd in around 90 secs. They never properly confirmed the path was clear for Oswald to make the trip without being seen. The stairs involved crossing the back of each floor. There were 2 ladies on...

This is pre covid, where our loooong shutdowns impacted churches (it has taken my church untl now to get back to pre covid service numbers) https://mccrindle.com.au/article/a-demographic-snapshot-of-christianity-and-church-attenders-in-australia/ National Church Life Survey (NCLS) data shows...

I grew up in Swan Hill in the 70/80s, Anglican youth were fairly rare even back then. I remember going joint group at school, it was lots of Catholic girls and me (all the kids from my youth group went to the Tech.)

Wouldn't that be in the NCLS (National Church Life Survey) run every 5 years, last one was in 2021, contains all Protestant churches. I attend a Bapo church, which was when we joined 25 years ago a largish church, but would probably now be classed a mega-church. No shortage of large churches...

Melbourne is starting to build an orbital train loop starting through the south east to the east, through some fairly densely populated It will look up most of the eastern lines and several major retail, educational and shopping hubs/

Where did you get the icon from? Be a good gift for my son?

I apologize for my error, I thought I had respectfully asked a question, for Father Mark to give an Orthodox response. I will make sure I create a new thread if I have a clarification question.

Father Matt, "physical pleasure is a concession in our fallen condition" - The command to procreate proceeds the fall, Gen 1:28, and becoming "one flesh" is also pre-fall Gen 2:24. I'd agree "one flesh", as in the LXX that has "sarkos", is not just "one body" but deeper than that. However the...

Awesome, so what are the saint days for these saints in Orthodoxy?? St Eogan of Ardstraw St Owen of Lichfiled St Ewen of Brittany St Abban ROCOR church my son goes to, had no saints days recorded for any of these saints, so he couldn't be baptized in his given name.

Why hasn't Orthodoxy honoured pre-schism western saints with days and icons? My son was given an anglicized Celtic name at birth but ended up choosing a different name at his (re)baptism, due to none of the 3 pre-schism saints having Orthodox saints name days. I have no great objection to the...