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I suppose a lot would depend on whether the term "anti-Pauline" requires a person to actively reject everything Paul wrote, or simply to reject Paul as being divinely inspired while accepting that some of what he wrote may have some merit. It's not an inherently inconsistent belief system to...

It's a tricky one and I think the answer comes down to the question of who a Christian thinks should be funding the care of the people concerned. Jesus said to look after the poor. The parable of the Good Samaritan showed the Samaritan using his own resources to help the man he found who needed...

As little as possible. The only time I have any interest in flying is when other modes of transport are impractical.

AI has the potential to do a lot of good but without some form of human oversight I fear it might also create the kind of "the computer says no" situation where it becomes all but impossible to get a second opinion. I'm not medically qualified but taking a general systems-level view of how the...

That's usually my preferred way, assuming the budget to do it properly is there. I don't usually care for quick fixes, unless it's a situation where I can't get it done properly for some time and really need an improvement as fast as possible.

I think a lot would depend on just how much is being replaced. If it's about opening the frame to replace the sealed unit a handyman might do a good job of it, or at least a good enough job of it. It's just a question of whether you want a quick fix to get you through a cold snap or a fix that...

Only 22 windows? Easy job :P Last time I had windows replaced there were 31 of them, with a number that we didn't replace. Sadly I can attest to Frankj's comments about installation quality - I think we might as well have had a monkey do our installation. The guy who put them in cut every...

A lot would depend on the issue, whether it affected me, whether it piqued my interest etc. It would also depend on the person presenting it. An issue that didn't affect me but was presented by someone who I knew researched things properly might still be something I'd consider in more detail...

Ah, ice makes a big difference. What we had was very light and powdery.

We've only visited it twice so far but it seems to be a good place. It's not a big church but it feels more peaceful than our previous church did in a while.

I can describe the church I've been visiting in one word - "peaceful".

I Is it worth running a snowblower for that little snow? We got about four inches of snow yesterday. It fell slowly but steadily for most of the day, but it was the light powdery snow that's easy to clear. I went for a walk in the evening and saw someone using a leaf blower to blow the snow...

This thread went quiet. A couple of days my house breaking project stalled so I started another round of draft hunting. It involved pulling down an entire closet, which was so small as to be useless so wasn't a great loss, and then the rest of the chimney stack I first attacked some time back...

A lot would depend on what you mean by "keeping it going", and a lot will depend on what practical requirements the small church has. If it has a full-time pastor and a premises to maintain that obviously requires financial resources that a small church will increasingly struggle to provide...

Ah, I misread your post. I think the food was provided by volunteers and there were few ladies who ran the kitchen.

I don't recall ever staying after the meal except maybe once, which was long enough ago I don't really remember. From what I recall my last church had a simple progression from receiving line to service to meal, and at the end of the meal people went home. Anyone particularly close to the family...

A different kind of workout. Breaking my house was a lot of work these last two days, as I took down the bottom half of a chimney stack. Breaking it all apart is easy enough with a rotary hammer - a nice fat chisel bit slams into the mortar seams until they give, then a big wrecking bar pulls...

If you have a watch and you're pushing something along the ground it may not register, as your wrist isn't making the movements typically associated with steps. The same can happen when pushing a shopping cart or a lawnmower or similar. The old Fitbit One was a handy unit - long battery life...

Maybe, but if your $14,000,000 mansion is destroyed by fire maybe the first port of call would be to look for a cheaper property before asking your fan base to help you fund another mansion. If you can afford the downpayment on a mortgage for a mansion that price the chances are you can buy a...

My suggested workout today was sprint repeats. The suggested intervals my watch throws at me are much too easy - it gives me long enough to recover between short intervals that they aren't much of a challenge. I didn't want to do sprints today so decided to take a gentle run, with walk breaks as...