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I'm also in England(Somerset) and concur with what you say about the NHS. As the population increase, waiting lists get longer. We simply need more nurses, doctors etc. Many of our trained people emigrate, because the pay is better.

This reminds me of a Dexter episode (series 3 ep 7), where Dexter euthanize a person(as she requested) by giving her a new key lime pie, injecting it with sodium thiopental. That was her favourite pie. (Afterthought, Rhetorical question: Would Dexter make a good member of this forum?)

still here

I remember The Jesus Army in the 1970s-80s rescuing many troubled people with only using words, no rough stuff. Unfortunately, it appears the organisation was closed down (in 2019) due to abuse-allegations against the founder and others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Army

You made me chuckle. England doesn't have an Independence Day but it does have a national day, April 23rd Saint George's Day, which I usually celebrate with a friend. No fireworks, just a good meal and talk about how we used to rule the waves. As the song goes "Rule Britannia, Britannia rules...

At the end of the above story she addresses belief: If I believe in anything, I believe that no matter how many times we sand the pavement, no matter how many books we read or sit-ups we do, there will always be cracks, and we, whether we're using our GPS or our A to Z or one of those silly...

Please expand / explain this profundity. I'm feeling thicker than usual this am. 🥸

I grew up in a Jewish household. We were members of an orthodox synagogue but not really orthodox. I became religious(Judaism) for a couple of short periods in my early 20s before I embarked on a Bhakti path. It was during this time that I married and had a daughter. I believed that my Guru was...

I do not believe so. (Just my thoughts on the subject of how belief came about) The life cycle. All things are made(created), preserved(exist for some time), and destroyed(their existence ends; death). An acronym of this which I have always liked is Generation(creation), Operation(in...

Welcome to Interfaith shaibi. Enjoy :)

Traditionally , the Buddha's birthday Vesak (Pali: Vesākha; Sanskrit: vaiśākha), also known as Buddha Jayanti,[8] Buddha Purnima,[9] Visak Bochea and Buddha Day, is a holiday traditionally observed by Buddhists in South Asia and Southeast Asia, as well as in Tibet and Mongolia.[10] It is among...

I think that for any practising Jew, these thoughts( also called Tikun olam ) are present throughout their day, since it is in their prayers that they recite 3 times a day. From my early years, I remember the Amidah section rom the daily prayers, i.e morning, afternoon and evening. He...

@TheLightWithin Groovy tune and this from the comments italian band, singing about a swedish company, whilst worshipping nordic gods in hebrew, and with a scottish odin, this is globalism my friends

I think bigal is only used by the English. (Of course I like to blame the Americans for calling them bagels, particularly in all the American cop films/tv shows where the cops always are eating doughnuts(nb spelling) and scoffing bagels. :cool:

Correct, the Hebrew for 'to accept' is לקבל pronounced lekabel with root kbl or for the mystics qbl :)