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Whether you need technical help, have a question or a bright idea about the forums, or just want to practice your BBCode before you wreak havoc elsewhere, 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. -
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. -
Got a complaint, a rant or a personal argument to settle? Add it to the uproar – so long as you have an infernally thick skin to match.Warning: visiting Hell is optional for everyone apart from the Hell Hosts. If you choose to read a thread in Hell, you may encounter language that you find offensive. You must read the Hell Guidelines before diving in.
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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. -
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.
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Most recent: The church is the people not the building - the role of church buildings by Eutychus
1:08PM
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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.
30 discussions
1.6K comments
Most recent: Ship of Fools: First Baptist, Atlanta, Georgia, USA by Galloping Granny
June 22
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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. -
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.
28 discussions
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Most recent: Staying and fighting versus leaving? by Arethosemyfeet
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Anyone for celebrity death pool? Or everlasting sentences? How about a round of spot the weird headline? For quizzes, wordplay, polls and competitive hymn writing, look no further. -
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. May contain nuts.
31 discussions
1.9K comments
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.
69 discussions
20.1K comments
Most recent: Heaven: This thread does not exist by WormInTheGrass
May 24