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Who are some popular living figures or historical figures you consider misunderstood? What side to them do you wish people knew more about? Do you think it is fair they are known for or associated with certain things? Note these people can run the gambit- authors, celebrities, politicians...

What are your major sources for news on a day to day basis? Just curious to see how the forum responds. Links are encouraged.

Have you ever thought of running for office, but just can't seem where to start? Have you ever received annoying phonecalls several times a day for two weeks and don't know why they persist even when you angrily hang up? Have you ever wondered why strange people show up to your door? Have...

A thread dedicated to brilliantly written lyrics, Christian and non-Christian. What are the songs that are even more impressive when you read them.

Because we deserve a thread too. Here's to big personalities:

With all these new members, I decided to revive an old topic. Just to see how many of y'all are also gun enthusiasts. So here is a thread for general talk about guns, gun accessories, and gun-related hobbies. Anybody have gun-related New Years resolutions?

Every once in a while, your friends of family probably compare your personality or looks to well-known characters, pop-culture icons, historical people etc. you would rather not be compared with. Not necessarily insulting comparisons, but ones that are true enough to shake your head and say...

I think most of us agree that the Advent season is not about the exchange of gifts. But the exchange of gifts and the joy of giving are symbolically important and something most of us look forward to each and every year. So for fun! What are the top two gifts you gave and the top two you...

The doctrine of spiritual gifts is one of the things I am currently on the fence about. Men I admire greatly are arrayed on the side of both continuation of relevatory gifts and the cessation of them. I see room for abuse of doctrines on both sides- on one extreme there is tendency for a cold...

I'm blessed enough to have most Decembers off due to the seasonal nature of employment in my line of work. It gives me a blessing of time to contemplate the Advent, the year ahead, and the year to come. This freedom though has some bad side-effects. I invariably toss my sleep schedule away and...

Anybody else here a Reformed Christian? I'd also like to see where my Lutherans are at.

I love this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vx3_2ks5qQ

In response to the GOP office firebombing in Durham, Democrats are raising money to re-build it. https://www.gofundme.com/reopen-a-nc-republican-office-2ukuprzy Cool story. Good to see there is some decency left in people.

What is the most suitable definition of racism and how does it manifest in action? Is it a sin requiring atonement?

Many of you I'm sure remember the mass killing at the Aurora, Colorado theater now over four years ago. Well, the survivors now owe the theater's parent company, Cinemark, $700,000. They slapped Cinemark with a lawsuit, alleging that the company did not provide adequate security measures...

Here is another attempt to revive the conversation. Please keep it respectful so the mods don't bring it down.

The Telegraph released an article heavily detailing Justice Secretary Michael Gove's plot to push Johnson out of the running for PM and throw his own hat in the ring. It's long and very entertaining, but I'll give you all the quick and dirty: Johnson was backstabbed and politically...

So! Britain has voted leave and Cameron has sworn he would abdicate. Now the race is on for a new Prime Minister! This CNN Article is a decent primer on who is (and isn't) throwing their hat in the ring. I'd like to hear some British thoughts on this. Who do you think will win? Who do you think...

In a recent twitter post, Neil deGrasse Tyson proposed creating a new virtual country called #Rationalia. Rationalia would have a one-line constitution: All policy shall be based on the weight of evidence...

News forum friends. I have an unusual prayer request to make in an unusual place on the forum (though still pertinent). I'm working for a political campaign right now that would appeal to most of you in both its audacity and bedrock of principles. But, it is in trouble. It needs your prayers...