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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: You suddenly realize you are getting old. by Doublethink
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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. -
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, 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: Complaining about Hell threads that aren't our Business by Dafyd
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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. -
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.
363 discussions
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Most recent: Ship of Fools: St Anne’s Lutheran, City of London by Bishops Finger
February 6
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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. -
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.
31 discussions
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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 2025: October Book Discussion: Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery by Caissa
October 2025