My take is this, and it's based on Scripture. (Proverbs 24:17-18 always comes to mind in these situations, and there are others) It is good to celebrate the end of someone's ability to do further d...

Pyrite Wrote: (12-29-2024, 02:59 PM) -- My update is that I have had a very bad case of the flu over Christmas so I haven't been up to much at all, let alone posting on here! I plan to catch up on...

It's good, Pyrite, but the only old-fashioned one? I think not. :P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXy50exHjes The diversity of themes in one of Modest Mussorgsky's (and if we're being honest, Mau...

https://i.imgur.com/AmGqIZl.png One of my regrets about the Chess Resources Forum (which I started back on 21st December 2004) is that it didn't quite make it to its 5th anniversary: we were just 1...

Shiny Star Wrote: (11-22-2024, 11:35 AM) -- As a society, female sexuality is definitely slated a lot harder than male sexuality. Females tend to be shamed pretty easily by others, whether that’s if ...

I'm a fairly conservative Christian so you could probably guess my answer to a lot of these questions. :P The first two questions are an easy "hard no" for me. It does matter to me if they are current...

Thanks for the latest feedback - and, I'll just quickly offer my thoughts on these points: People universally agree that TCH is "hard to keep track of" - To be honest, I don't understand what is ...

Not only was it dull and boring, way too many long periods if time of not much or very little happeninng, some poor music choices, poor acts. I have to say the mockery of the Last Supper in the openi...

Pyrite Wrote: (08-10-2024, 05:34 PM) -- So, now that I have experience of being in a proper committed relationship (8 months and counting!), I can say that I am a lot happier with my girlfriend, but ...

One of the more common types of suggestion that we receive is for new forums and sub-forums. And I can see why: we're an eclectic bunch of people with diverse interests, and everyone wants a place ded...

Pyrite Wrote: (07-31-2024, 10:54 PM) -- I have to say the mockery of the Last Supper in the opening ceremony was utterly abhorrent to me. Didn't see the rest of the ceremony but I hope there will be ...

@"Cool Cory"#1257 - Thanks for your response :) . I'm glad we've got a discussion going now. However, there are a couple of points I would like to address here: Cool Cory Wrote: (07-30-2024, 0...

Okay, I normally stay out of these kinds of topics (unless I need to moderate them) - but, there are a couple of points from the above post that have been made multiple times, but which have gone unad...

Pyrite Wrote: (07-04-2024, 07:39 PM) -- The other important thing to emphasise is that we are all sinful and all experience temptation to do things that the Bible prohibits. Romans also says that the...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmmmr1m0yldo Christianity's oldest religious book, according to auction house Christie's, has been sold for more than £3m.   The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, written in C...

@"Megan"#4 has just informed me that our host is planning to do some maintenance to their servers on Monday, 3rd June. This will start and end at the following times: Start time: 12:00 CST (18:00 G...

~ True Legend ~ Wrote: (05-23-2024, 11:21 AM) -- I dislike gender stereotypes in general. I also know @Kyng disagrees with the view that only the masculine can propose. @Kyng :P !!! I know you too...

Another problem with personality quizzes is that some of the links to quizzes are broken. :( So it seems even the once good quizzes have been hit with errors, or don't load anymore. :( And thanks for ...

A couple of days ago, @"Cool Cory"#1257 asked me which sub-forum would be the next to go (https://tch-forum.com/showthread.php?tid=18057). I told him I wasn't yet in a position to answer that; however...

For me reading and trying not over complicate something with notes helps. Especially reading first time then writing notes or doing a bullet point list.