How good is your government's environmental protection laws and the agencies that enforce the ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 19, 2020:

But surely if you want to be saved, then why would you think that it is a good way to gain Gods favour, to treat Gods creation with contempt ? That seems like a basically illogical idea to me. Ah, but then, they don't have anything to do with logic do they.

Anyone know how to get spell check to work on this site. I am such a terrable speller.

Fernapple comments on Feb 18, 2020:

It only works on computers running Windows, will not work on mobile devices. And even then it only works on main posts and replies. The best thing is to do as 1of5 says below.

For all you ladies that meet that guy that can't control his eyes too well.

Fernapple comments on Feb 18, 2020:

Hey, there is nothing wrong with him. I could fancy him, and I'm a heterosexual male. (Boy just those feet!)

The only thing worse then men who use money to flirt are the women who go for men who use money to ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 18, 2020:

Hay I tried the flirting with money thing, but it never worked for me! Can anyone tell me please, do you have to invest more than £5 ( 6 dollars ) ?

I have been a member on this site now for nearly two years and I have come to an interesting ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 18, 2020:

Move on, some people are not worth wasting good emotion on. They are usually the same people who want to argue forever about the definition of words, as though word were fixed things with meanings that contain truths in themselves, instead of flexible things with usages which morph all the time, and are only misleading lables used in vague and poor attempts to express aproximations to truth. Some of the self identified agnostics are in any case, borderline religious appologists, attempting to hide their true colours.

[youtube.com] IF YOU ONLY HAD A DOG - Parody

Fernapple comments on Feb 18, 2020:

Cat.

I've been thinking about the higher age group of this site and I think I got it figured out a bit.

Fernapple comments on Feb 18, 2020:

That is I am sure quite true, but it could also be that it is only us old ####s who have time to waste, while young people are looking for faster shallower things.

Just want to let you know that we're tweaking the design of several pages but may be returning ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 18, 2020:

Agree with everything everyone says about the negative emolis. But also the colour difference between the read and unread items on the alerts list is just too slight now, I always like to go to the bottom of the unread alerts and work upwards, but it is now really hard to see where they start.

ADMIN! I am liking a lot of the changes made, but we need and angry emoji & an eye-rolling one too!...

Fernapple comments on Feb 17, 2020:

The emoji icons for entering in the text, from the FAQ page seem to have gone too, the codes are still there but not the pictures.

ADMIN! I am liking a lot of the changes made, but we need and angry emoji & an eye-rolling one too!...

Fernapple comments on Feb 17, 2020:

Yep must have the angry back, if someone posts a news story about someone else doing something really evil and nasty, how are you supposed to 'Like' it. I have always said we need a 'thank you' as well, but am not too bothered about that compared with loosing angry.

I think you guys have the wrong idea about what you call "Hinduism"

Fernapple comments on Feb 17, 2020:

That is certainly true, but the fact that a thing is much more beside, does not prevent it also being a religion. Else when I asked my friend if he had a religion, why did he reply Hindu ?

Loving the new look. 😃💕🇨🇦

Fernapple comments on Feb 17, 2020:

The colour is better, but we have lost some icons off the like menu, and the notification bell does not give numbers anymore.

@admin How come the new home page does not tell me how many notifications I have?

Fernapple comments on Feb 17, 2020:

Yes that is a real loss.

I think you guys have the wrong idea about what you call "Hinduism"

Fernapple comments on Feb 17, 2020:

Useful and informative.

Homepage just changed; must learn it again.

Fernapple comments on Feb 17, 2020:

There seem to be less icons on the like menu, again.

Mark Zuckerberg again calls for Big Tech to be regulated, even if it’s bad for business ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 17, 2020:

Yes but what government or governments working together, are powerful enough or quick enough of response to regulate big tech. Does he not know this and therefore think that he can say anything he likes, because it will never happen anyway, but it makes him look good.

In making this post, I am not being highly critical, but merely making an observation.

Fernapple comments on Feb 17, 2020:

Yes, I usually advise people who are new to the site to check out the groups, for that reason. But sadly, even I, often end up browsing the main forum, simply because, the site is not quite big enough ( hopefully yet ) to support a lot of the specialist groups at a good and highly active level. So, off I go again trawling the main forum, through the same old religious and political posts in, often vain, search of something different this time. BUT having said that.. A lot of the people who come newly to this site are looking for help, or to vent, and have just started on their journey into the secular world. It is wrong not to offer a helping hand, to those behind you when asked. And secondly, religion does a lot of harm in the world, it is therefore a moral duty, like it or not, for those who have escaped it and believe in a humanist morality, it to at least lend some support and effort to opposing it.

Malls: Never mind the Internet. Here's what's killing malls - The Economic Times

Fernapple comments on Feb 17, 2020:

Yes, and its not just the Malls or in the US, here in the UK the same factors are eating away at the high streets too.

I still love people’s reactions when they find out I’m an atheist.

Fernapple comments on Feb 17, 2020:

I went bald many years ago, so the two little horns are quite visible, which means that I don't have that problem.

“I’ve never met an animal I didn’t like, but I can’t say the same thing about ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 17, 2020:

I don't think she met a lot of animals, or was she making the common confusion of animal with mammal.

When I was younger I thought Madalyn Murray O Hair was the meanest and most evil person in America ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 17, 2020:

A link would be nice.

I found this man who claimed to have a 20 year old McDonald's hamburger still in good condition.

Fernapple comments on Feb 16, 2020:

There is nothing good about the condition of a McDonald's hamburger, even after twenty seconds.

I watched click recently and sat watching the UK head of You tube defending the poor reproducibility...

Fernapple comments on Feb 16, 2020:

Yes I saw that too. You Tube is like everything else you have to use your judgment.

I am curious: How many actually know the difference between: SOCIALISM versus COMMUNISM versus...

Fernapple comments on Feb 16, 2020:

At the most basic level, yes, I think that I do know the difference. However at a deeper level, I am not sure that anyone does, since there are no hard boundaries between them, there are large overlaps, and different people define them differently, often using very subjective judgments and values to reach their definitions. Even in the most extreme cases, there are no hard edges. For example; many would say that, Stalinist Russia was as Communist as you can get, yet they pursued some very racist policies, usually regarded as a feature of Fascism. While many Fascist governments, even Nazi Germany for example, believed in creating full employment by government spending, fairly socialist. While the leader A. H. was a former speaker for the Communist party. Viewed from a distance the extreme political wings often look very different, but when you start looking close they often start to look very alike. Someone once said that the political spectrum is not a line, but a circle. The one defining feature however that all the 'isms' have in common, except perhaps for democratic-socialism, is that they are all, in one way or another anti democratic.

Is there a place where nobody believes in any gods

Fernapple comments on Feb 16, 2020:

Yes lots, a least if you don't bother with tiny marginalized minorities. Most Buddhist and former Buddhist countries, many pre-industrial Animist cultures, China, Japan, the Czech Republic, and large parts of northern Europe where nones are fast becoming majorities.

Too funny.

Fernapple comments on Feb 16, 2020:

If they get it out of those little tins, they should be.

American Exceptionalism A Double Edged Sword By Seymour Martin Lipset

Fernapple comments on Feb 16, 2020:

Like your post, but the link does not work.

I find the Antikythera Mechanism fascinating, and here is a new talk on the subject. [youtu.be]

Fernapple comments on Feb 16, 2020:

Wonderful talk, thank you for posting it. Its a cold wet day here and that was a good hour to start the day.

I've just made a comment in a post to say that jelly-fish stings are alkaline.

Fernapple comments on Feb 15, 2020:

But don't try it on bee stings, they are acid, so you need an alkaline for them. Bicarb is recommended. But the truth is, not much really works for bee stings, in part because they are one of the most complex chemical weapons know, including over fifty different active components. Some of which attack the heart, some the nervous system, some cause local cell death, some are pycho-active agents, while some help spread the others and some have unknown actions.

Evolution is just a Theory? CORRECT.

Fernapple comments on Feb 15, 2020:

I think that you may be preaching to the converted a bit here.

Clean Up On Aisle 6!

Fernapple comments on Feb 14, 2020:

My first job was working as a weed digger in the Manor House garden, plus helping the shepherd when he was busy. It was about as humble a job as you can get, but in a tiny village there is not much choice. But I loved being out in the gardens, and having my own money in my pocket at the weekend.

Humans are still evolving: 3 examples of recent adaptations

Fernapple comments on Feb 14, 2020:

This seem to be a very doubtful report. The first example is certainly not an example of evolution, and last is probably not.

French President Macron Defends Young Critic Of Islam: Blasphemy ‘Is No Crime’ | Michael Stone

Fernapple comments on Feb 14, 2020:

Good, well done him.

Agree or disagree, this makes for a fun read! [bigthink.com]

Fernapple comments on Feb 14, 2020:

Yes but do smart happy people become none believers, or do none believers become smart happy people ? That is the question.

[msn.com] Huge rise in UK unemployment figures

Fernapple comments on Feb 14, 2020:

Its moved on. Is now a link to a royal gossip post.

I wonder why there are so many multiple posts? hasn't happened to me in the 100s i've posted.

Fernapple comments on Feb 14, 2020:

I don't know, it seems to happen to some people a lot, but it hardly ever happen to me except once or twice, and unfortunately I was not quick enough to work out what I had done differently. Perhaps you just hold down the submit button longer than you should. If people do come up with any ideas that seem possible, about why it happens, why not go to the community forum and try them out with test posts.

"America is a land of unmatched vitality and vulgarity, a people who care not at all about values ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 13, 2020:

Some would say that nothing much has changed then. But of course I know now, ( having been on this site if nothing else for a while, ) that you are all well educated and tolerant of every form of diversity now.

The worst scam profile I've seen in a while. Check it out, and have some giggles! @Gina666

Fernapple comments on Feb 13, 2020:

Says not available. Yep 'it ' messaged me, but that has gone now too.

The 1st step on the stairway to heaven every morning.

Fernapple comments on Feb 13, 2020:

If this is dried preacher dung, I don't want anything to do with it.

Im looking for a character I can inhabit

Fernapple comments on Feb 13, 2020:

If you are looking for a really evil villain, you can borrow mine for a while.

Speech to text technology will change the way people talk.

Fernapple comments on Feb 13, 2020:

It may only be a short term glitch, Al will get better.

🎉🎆🎉🎆Happy Darwin Day!!!🎆🎉🎆🎉 If you would like to, please share your ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 13, 2020:

It may be obvious but of course. “ Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.”

We die. Why do all religions give an out?

Fernapple comments on Feb 13, 2020:

No they do not all pretend to give an out, most religions never really bothered, and a few like some Buddhist sects actually promote accepting true death. In fact, the giving of personal immortality, is mainly just a recent development of the Abrahamic religions, who are of course the ones who do their best to talk up a fear of death in the first place.

Watched an interview with anchor Carlson(fox news) and BILL NYE ; and my stomach lurched at the ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 13, 2020:

Sorry I can not understand the post. I think that it needs more work.

I have no idea what happens when i die.

Fernapple comments on Feb 13, 2020:

If the planet is unlucky, your relatives get their hands on you and waste a lot of fossil fuel burning you. If things work out really well, you die alone in the woods, and lots of good creatures get a feast.

Hi,, is this site, working for anybody?

Fernapple comments on Feb 13, 2020:

Trying to get it to work, is where the fun is found.

FSM New here. Hello fellow non-believers

Fernapple comments on Feb 13, 2020:

Hello and welcome to the site, do check out the groups if you have time, there is something for everybody. Enjoy.

Religion has always been used as a tool to control the population.

Fernapple comments on Feb 13, 2020:

Because it saves the effort of having to think things though for yourself. Laziness is the second greatest force in human life and history after boredom.

BRAVO! This Black History Month display is going viral for all the right reasons.

Fernapple comments on Feb 13, 2020:

Because it is interesting.

Being intelligent , unfortunately , does not mean a person is moral .

Fernapple comments on Feb 13, 2020:

No being intelligent does not make you moral. But it does make it easier to be moral, because it makes it easier to understand what is moral and what is not. It also makes you more self reliant, which makes it harder for those who promote the opposite, immorality, to sell you their product.

I worry sometimes about Yellowstone [youtu.be] [youtu.be] [youtu.be]

Fernapple comments on Feb 13, 2020:

The first video at least contains several factual inaccuracies. It is confusing individuals with species, when it quotes 85% killed.

The Veterans Administration has put in place a program to provide us vets with service dog ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Great post thank you that made me laugh. I love honey badgers, just their attitude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3WjnLn9p3U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c36UNSoJenI

"The Bathroom Door"

Fernapple comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Felix domesticus ?

[independent.co.uk] That's me in the corner,losing my religion, and getting wealthier

Fernapple comments on Feb 12, 2020:

I suspect that there may be a little extra complexity, in that some religions may be more damaging to economic progress than others, and of course the two may go hand in hand in a feedback loop as well, the study does not preclude that.

Shakespeare was being sexist. It should have been "Juliet and Romeo"! ;)

Fernapple comments on Feb 12, 2020:

If you think that is sexist, try Taming Of The Shrew. LOL

“But the secret of intellectual excellence is the spirit of criticism; it is intellectual ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 11, 2020:

Sometimes called, the banality of dictatorship, I have heard.

Is TV getting preachy again.

Fernapple comments on Feb 11, 2020:

Totally off all tv drama these days.

Blocking Atheists from Giving Invocations Will Cost Brevard County (FL) $490,000 | Hemant Mehta | ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 11, 2020:

Interesting post. But why does it appear five times on the front page of Agnostic.com ?

I am almost to Level 7. Should I break out the champagne and cupcakes?

Fernapple comments on Feb 11, 2020:

Here have a few points. And welcome to the sad persons who spend too much time on line club.

Bill Gates orders £500m hydrogen-powered superyacht [theguardian.com]

Fernapple comments on Feb 11, 2020:

So, according to the shipbuilder, it was not ordered by Gates, it has diesel 'backup' and of course if you wanted to cut back carbon, then you have to question how much is emitted in building it. Did not think Bill was that dumb. And since it has a vast area of deck, why are those not solar panels to make hydrogen from sea water ?

Is anyone else having trouble seeing the "likes" on posts right now?

Fernapple comments on Feb 11, 2020:

Nice cat. Thank you.

You and I sitting together, I pick up a book and look inside.

Fernapple comments on Feb 11, 2020:

Good. Don't shoot people who are not like you, but do wear a bullet proof vest, because that may not stop them shooting you.

According to the Gospel, Jesus Christ once said: "Love your enemies like you would love yourself" or...

Fernapple comments on Feb 11, 2020:

It can be seen as a metaphor for, put hate behind you, because hate, especially frustrated hate, will do more harm to you than it does to your enemies. However it could also be an invention by later authors, who wanted to put deliberately enigmatic words in their hero's mouth, because that is a common trick used in fiction to make people seem wiser, if they say things that are impossible for others to understand, because of course they are impossible.

Skeptic that I am I can't help but wonder who the heck runs and funds this site and why?

Fernapple comments on Feb 10, 2020:

It would be nice if those who fund and operate this site were openly available. But you have to remember that, we live in a world where, reveling openly that you are the funding or inspiration behind a site like this, would make you a target for half the nut-jobs on the planet.

Catholic Priest Says 'Pedophilia Doesn't Kill Anyone' After Barring Pro-Abortion Lawmakers From ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 10, 2020:

"Well, pedophilia doesn't kill anyone, and this does." Well what planet is he living on. Has he never heard of hemorrhage caused by under age sex, hemorrhage caused by under age pregnancy, sexual murders, STD's or post traumatic suicide. It is all about the biggest of all problems again, pseudo-education getting in the way of the real type. If you send all your life in the study of theology, the you will end with no time for real education, of the sort which leads to the understanding of the world or the fellow creatures you share it with.

Dating scammers on Agnostic.com?

Fernapple comments on Feb 10, 2020:

Yep, if you are not even good for the price of the bus fare, they know they are wasting time on you. LOL

It seems to me we may be invaded by shills and trolls paid by Trump supporters to steer voters.

Fernapple comments on Feb 10, 2020:

Half of me says. Bring em on. I think it is good if the site is diverse, if I like your opinions you will get lots of likes, and if I don't, then I will enjoy the debate. But the other half of me thinks that it is sad, that an international site, which supposed to be a meeting place for sceptics, where they can get together and explore the widest range of interests, with like minded people, is so often dominated by the one subject of US politics. Though I have little problem with that as long as there is plenty of other stuff as well.

You can go back in time to grab any person and nominate them for president.

Fernapple comments on Feb 10, 2020:

Henry David Thoreau, the best qualification for any job is having a proper sense of its worth.

When I post something it never comes up on my own profile page.

Fernapple comments on Feb 10, 2020:

Also make sure that the settings under posts is set to newest, not anything else. Its a little arrow with several tapering bars next to it just above the list.

When I post something it never comes up on my own profile page.

Fernapple comments on Feb 10, 2020:

Are you looking under comments not posts ?

We should all do this just to mess with everybody... 😂[curious.com]

Fernapple comments on Feb 10, 2020:

I think its 9876543211. because the moves cancel one another out.

Not having been on a real date in a very long time, I was thinking of inviting someone.

Fernapple comments on Feb 10, 2020:

The best thing that can happen is that you get twelve pairs of gloves. Propose to half a dozen men and get a lifetimes supply, and if they say yes, you can always use the womans privilege and change your mind.

Christian pricks in Gloucestershire.

Fernapple comments on Feb 10, 2020:

In some ways sad, yet they are lucky they don't live in parts of Africa, where persecution still means killings.

Can I tell you a short story?

Fernapple comments on Feb 10, 2020:

Ah! plainly the Viennese Waltz. I had a book on ballroom dancing once, but could never get the hang of it either.

Has the world become even more insane of late or is it that we just hear more of the insane people ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 10, 2020:

There always have been a lot of them about, but we do hear more about them because of social media. The real question is perhaps. As social media grows in power and influence, will it tend to spread mainstream culture outwards to make a homogeneous culture, with hopefully a reasonable centralist view as almost universally accepted ? (Some sad lose of diversity perhaps, but a better life for many who were in minorities.) Or will it drive people to increasingly retreat into their own corners and echo chambers, where the insane will get less help and more reinforcement of their insanity ?

Name a tv show or movie that was not about religion, but the plot and concepts seem like something ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 10, 2020:

Nearly all of them really. But to pick one, The Lord Of the Rings. because it believes in destiny.

Hope you are all okay and not too badly affected by the storms over there

Fernapple comments on Feb 10, 2020:

Nothing here but a few trees down. But bad flooding in west Yorkshire northwards about eighty miles away.

An interesting development in computer programming? [youtu.be]

Fernapple comments on Feb 9, 2020:

Brilliant post, it had me convinced for quite a while.

What if the money that is spent on religion throughout the world was instead spent on science?

Fernapple comments on Feb 9, 2020:

A trillion dollars could also be spent on giving everyone on the planet clean water and food. Someone once said, and it may be true, that, if what the US spends on christmas presents alone, was given for just one year, it could create enough infrastructure to solve world hunger forever.

Punctuation is a thing! Just sayin'.

Fernapple comments on Feb 9, 2020:

What the ?!:*#!;

Belief is back: why the world is putting its faith in religion

Fernapple comments on Feb 9, 2020:

People turn to religion when they are alienated from mainstream society, that has always been the case. And many people feel alienated now, but there are also now increasingly other alternatives. Though of course, the immoral and criminal elements of society will rush to fill the pews, whenever mainstream society advances and improves its moral understanding.

[inverse.com] Voyager 2 is back online!

Fernapple comments on Feb 9, 2020:

Amazing.

From last August.

Fernapple comments on Feb 9, 2020:

Not a bad idea to post the before and after Photoshop pictures, so that people can see what you did.

The law is agnostic about truth. Alan Dershowitz

Fernapple comments on Feb 9, 2020:

We are all agnostic about truth, if we are reasonable, because we all know that final truth is an impossible dream, a perfection unobtainable in messy human life. While those who do believe in absolute truth are tyrants at heart. But that does not absolve us of the duty, which I think the law of most civil lands recognizes, of trying our best to find the best approximation we can to truth.

More ideas on the solstice, the sun, and human needs - [aeon.co]

Fernapple comments on Feb 8, 2020:

Lovely article. I work outside a lot, and a bit of winter sun is everything. The only thing that worries me is, that life is short and is it really a good thing to be wishing the summer back.

‘When one door closes another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 8, 2020:

Someone said the other day. My uncle always used to say that. "When one door closes another opens." And when I was young I used to think that he was very wise. Then I grew up, and found out he was just a very bad cabinet maker.

“To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example?

Fernapple comments on Feb 8, 2020:

That's just silly, of course dogs are loyal to one another. Any one who has ever had dogs and observed the grief when one dies will know that.

I don't know how many members look for computer software, but for those who do here's a link to ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 7, 2020:

Thank you useful.

The view out my dining room and guest room windows today.

Fernapple comments on Feb 7, 2020:

Wow. she is a beauty.

If you could magically lift Trump out of office, who would you put in his place?

Fernapple comments on Feb 7, 2020:

You of course.

Incredible Moment An Orangutan Extends A Helping Hand To Man In River An incredible photo has ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 7, 2020:

Not all humans are bad, but an ape has to be careful which one she picks as a friend.

“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people”.

Fernapple comments on Feb 7, 2020:

Newton had a lot of trouble with people. And certainly was not free of a little madness himself, perhaps in part due to his many experiments with heavy toxic metals when he studied alchemy.

You Can’t Have It Both Ways .

Fernapple comments on Feb 7, 2020:

No religion is not the source of morality, everything is natural and does come from nature via us. BUT. The important point about religion is that it unbalances any debate over morality or anything else. Because it enables those who accept it to claim an extra, supernatural, authority for their individual views. So that, to use your example. When some men wish to dominate women they can add extra force and power to themselves, by claiming the backing of the supernatural, (a boogeyman called god especially,) who THEY often claim invented or inspired their morally. Though of course they invented it themselves just like everyone else. That is why religion is, and increasingly is, only a source of bad ideas, especially in areas such morality, ( evil ideas if you like, though I do not believe in the idea of evil as such, but it will serve as short hand here ). Because when once people realized, perhaps five or six thousand years ago, that they could do secular philosophy, and debate things like morality publicly and rationally, ( It did not have to wait for science, even though that is wrongly seen as the only natural opponent of religion, it happened long before that.) then we lived in a world where good ideas could be propagated, debated and presented freely to anyone. Which left religion with only the role of promoting bad (evil) ideas, since that was the only trade left in the market place. It did of course inherit and get infected with a few good ideas, which it kept, as long as they were those that could be made to live with the evil ones without conflict, so that it could present them at the front of the shop as a smiling face to sell the product. But the trouble gets worse today, because as science, secular philosophy, and secular democratic government grow, and become more competent at their jobs, then increasingly religion turns to evil. Becoming more and more the place where evil ideas go to fester, escape public scrutiny and propagate themselves among the weak and immoral. It has to do that because that is the only game left in town for religion to turn to.

Franklin Graham dropped by every UK tour venue after anger over homophobic and Islamophobic comments...

Fernapple comments on Feb 7, 2020:

We had a tele-evangelist channel, mostly US, which appeared on our free to view TV listings a couple of years ago. It seems to have disappeared now, I think because it met with a wave of disinterest and indifference. Great. Long live apathy, it has its uses.

Some days it barely seems worth the effort it takes to chew your way through the leather restraints.

Fernapple comments on Feb 7, 2020:

Yes that happens to everyone, you should only worry when it seems like that most days. If it is come and talk to people.

A convoluted argument hard to grasp for agnostics, but if it were to succeed...? [sojo.net]

Fernapple comments on Feb 7, 2020:

There is an obvious illogic in the end times ideology of most fundamentalists, once expressed as. "How can you claim to honour god , and yet despise his creation." If you follow the Abrahamic religious logic, that the children of Adam and Eve were given the task of caring for and tending god's creation. Then it follows that, it is their god given duty to use, even their last breath, in an attempt to protect the very last creature on the planet, even in the final seconds of judgment day as the wall of fire falls upon them. But of course the religious are not interested in logical theology, because the religious mindset is quite different at its very base from the secular. To the secular mind, truth is something, ideally, to be sought no matter how much it may hurt your desired world view. While to the religious, truth is, that which confirms what I want to believe. It is the very opposite way of thinking, and it is the way of thinking fostered by churches, corporations and governments, who want a vast supply, of permanently immature demanding children who can not wait to buy every new product. Which justifies every form of cherry picking, ignoring of what your holy book logically has to say, and living, with like minded others, in an echo chamber world where the center of the universe is "me", and the "me" can have everything the "me " wants, regardless of all reason.

Secular spirituality

Fernapple comments on Feb 7, 2020:

Depends on what you mean by spiritual. It means different things to nearly all the people who use the word. From. " I often talk to ghosts, and they talk back." To. " I sometimes get an overdose of endorphins when I run for too long, and I am too stupid to understand body chemistry. "

Am I practicing bias conformation if I ask, do all the drug addicts you have known try to make up ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 7, 2020:

Could be the other way round. Being arrogant could make you believe that you can get away with filling your body with toxic chemicals, and come to no harm, it could also make you a anti- education and a racial supremacist. Even long before the brain damage sets in.

I have an atheist YouTube channel, am active on many other websites etc.

Fernapple comments on Feb 7, 2020:

Keep it up. Most thinking people will not make simplistic judgments such as. "If you are American you must be ill educated and a bible waving theist." And the ones who do, are the ill educated, who need informing just as much as theists. You are an ambassador for your country, and a good one, even if only on a small stage, and therefore, sorry to say, you do have a personal have a responsibility to keep going.

for those who live in the cold and snowy regions, here is a little glowing gem to bring the glow of ...

Fernapple comments on Feb 7, 2020:

Marrow with a fancy name. LOL