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This is what you vote in vain for .

David1955 comments on Dec 22, 2019:

One of my areas of interest over recent years has been researching the links, connections and control between the US military-industrial-corporate-security agencies complex (which it now is) and government levels, news organizations, entertainment industry -- tv, Hollywood, all forms -- education, ...

David1955 replies on Dec 25, 2019:

@Bushshaker no, I don't. Not mainstream media anyway. Yes, Epstein committed suicide, like Charlie Manson committed murders to start a race war and become ruler of the world. American news cover stories were never very good, and now they're are beyond obvious. Problem is, people believe them.

This is what you vote in vain for .

David1955 comments on Dec 22, 2019:

One of my areas of interest over recent years has been researching the links, connections and control between the US military-industrial-corporate-security agencies complex (which it now is) and government levels, news organizations, entertainment industry -- tv, Hollywood, all forms -- education, ...

David1955 replies on Dec 22, 2019:

@Archeus_Lore not to mention the news anchors who are assets of the CIA and other agencies.On the air, telling you. I've read and watched former CIA bean spillers talk about it, along with their international crimes and domestic programs. They were not boasting. Human conscience can be a very powerful thing.

This is what you vote in vain for .

David1955 comments on Dec 22, 2019:

One of my areas of interest over recent years has been researching the links, connections and control between the US military-industrial-corporate-security agencies complex (which it now is) and government levels, news organizations, entertainment industry -- tv, Hollywood, all forms -- education, ...

David1955 replies on Dec 22, 2019:

@RoboGraham exactly

Aw, Scummo Shouty Shittypants Happy Clappy Jesus Chappy has 'offered' an apology for taking his ...

David1955 comments on Dec 22, 2019:

I read somewhere that there is some buyers remorse amongst Australians for voting for Scum Mo. Well, that's a bit like someone paying top dollar for a clapped out rust bucket of a car and then having regrets. If you're that stupid then I have no sympathy for you. A fool and his money, or in this ...

David1955 replies on Dec 22, 2019:

@MsDemeanour well, I don't disagree with you on any of that. I've said here before that the economic rationalist contagion that has ruined Labor goes back to Hawke Keating. Albo might have had a chance had they not wasted years on Shorten. I fear it's too late. Labor is corrupted by the corporate sector and right wing unions. The Right have refashined Australia into a culture of selfish self-interest individualism. The ALP has neither the ideology nor the will to confront it. I am not sanguine about the future. Oddly, I do think Turnbull is a great Labor leader we never had. Had he taken a leaf out of President FDR's book-- from wealth but for popular policies -- he'd have been hugely popular. He couldn't see beyond his class. His period as PM is a nothing now.

I am a 100 % sure atheist! The Bible is a fairy tale! Try to imagine an omnipotent being (God) who...

David1955 comments on Dec 19, 2019:

Good to have you here amongst the atheists. It does seem to me that since that the old religious claim, "Someone had to create the universe, you can't get something from nothing" has been destroyed by science, there's nothing left for them to hang on to, other than their inner child attachment ...

David1955 replies on Dec 19, 2019:

@DavidLaDeau I thought Apologetics was about religions apologizing for their enormous sins against humanity! Shows you what I know, right? :-)

I am a 100 % sure atheist! The Bible is a fairy tale! Try to imagine an omnipotent being (God) who...

David1955 comments on Dec 19, 2019:

Good to have you here amongst the atheists. It does seem to me that since that the old religious claim, "Someone had to create the universe, you can't get something from nothing" has been destroyed by science, there's nothing left for them to hang on to, other than their inner child attachment ...

David1955 replies on Dec 19, 2019:

@DavidLaDeau well yes, but god is the "creator" so all things created must have a creator, according to that logic. The obvious prick in that religious bubble is, "OK, then who or what created God, and the thing that created that......? etc" God doesn't need a creator, they reply, but the universe does. Religious logic, or rather lack of. Truth is, they just want a big daddy provider in the sky, like a child wants a daddy provider. PS: David, when you hit level 8, which must be close, we will expect a post with a pic of you wearing the Agnostic.com Tshirt. Even I did that. You will look better than I did, doubtless. :-)

Captain picard srumped

David1955 comments on Dec 17, 2019:

Just fire a tacheon beam at it. That fixes most things in ST TNG, it seems. :-)

David1955 replies on Dec 17, 2019:

@CommonHuman ...fired in conjunction with a tacheon beam.

Ever notice how The Wizard of Oz is basically about religion?

David1955 comments on Dec 16, 2019:

Oh I don't know. Maybe it's just thinly disguised Hollywood Right Wing subliminal propaganda, as so much of Hollywood is, funded and controlled by corporate military industrial complex structures. Don't ask for anything, just do it yourself, or put up with what you have, and don't expect anything, ...

David1955 replies on Dec 16, 2019:

@rogueflyer you're really fooled by that "they're all lefties in Hollywood"? Or is it my leg you are pulling? If people really knew the connections between the billion dollar entertainment companies and the military industrial security agency complex, they might think differently when they watch all that pop corn piffel at the movies. Do some research on it. Some authors have dug deep. PS though: don't look for info on mainstream media. The assets in front of and behind the camera make sure of that.

Trends in Atheism. [pewresearch.org]

David1955 comments on Dec 15, 2019:

Atheist is used here as a catch all phrase for the non-religious. That's questionable. For example it says, "Some people who describe themselves as atheists also say they believe in some kind of higher power or spiritual force." I suspect it is agnostics and new age types and alike who claim ...

David1955 replies on Dec 15, 2019:

@FearlessFly the author is MICHAEL LIPKA. The research is PEWs. The take on it is his. The use of atheist as a catch all phrase is his, though the data refers to atheists and agnostics etc. I stand by my point.

Well,at last it may seem we've a decent and REAL Aussie in Parliament.

David1955 comments on Dec 9, 2019:

I have no confidence that Australia will ever rise above being someone's bitch in the world. Britain's bitch, the US's bitch.. We are not the lucky country, but the lacky country. Our self-esteem comes from being a lacky to the big guys. Granted, millions of us hate this, but I'm too old to have any...

David1955 replies on Dec 9, 2019:

@Triphid well I'm a bit lost in your time line there. To me, Frazer, 1975 to 1983, but then Howard not until 1996. Between them Hawke, mostly, and the biggest sycophant to the US, not to mention his "Consensus" which meant throttling workers and pandering to the Corporate Right. The rot well and truly set in, and the ALP jellyfish spine, or lack thereof, from 1983.

Well,at last it may seem we've a decent and REAL Aussie in Parliament.

David1955 comments on Dec 9, 2019:

I have no confidence that Australia will ever rise above being someone's bitch in the world. Britain's bitch, the US's bitch.. We are not the lucky country, but the lacky country. Our self-esteem comes from being a lacky to the big guys. Granted, millions of us hate this, but I'm too old to have any...

David1955 replies on Dec 9, 2019:

@Triphid Oh but let's also throw in Keating, Hawke, Howard and now Blow Jo Morrison. Personally I blame the ALP, for not standing and fighting for a national Australian identity. No point blaming the Conservatives. They don't know any better, like dogs that piddle in the corner of a room.

My agnostic husband and deeply religious father started having a debate about whether or not God is ...

Word comments on Dec 8, 2019:

It has been accepted for 1000s of years that People are gods. This is what people have approved and accepted as to what is written. "Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are "gods"'?John 10:34 Here is the logic: People are Christians because what is written ...

David1955 replies on Dec 8, 2019:

Your first name wouldn't be Gracie, would it by any chance? George Burns sends his regards, by the way. :-) Ps: accepted by whom, for 1000s of years?

Why isn't Christianity considered evil?

MissKathleen comments on Dec 5, 2019:

I know several people who consider it evil.

David1955 replies on Dec 5, 2019:

Now you know one more -- me!

Why isn't Christianity considered evil?

freeofgod comments on Dec 5, 2019:

It is. By me.

David1955 replies on Dec 5, 2019:

Ditto

This was quite the find. James Bond film amphibious car. [apple.news]

David1955 comments on Dec 1, 2019:

One of my favourite Bond movies. Little bit of trivia: Barbara Bach was paid a mere 75,000 dollars for the movie, and she co stared with Roger Moore. They wouldn't pay more, and several actresses turned it down first. Miserable even for the 1970s. Of course all the shots of the car under water and ...

David1955 replies on Dec 2, 2019:

@Geoffrey51 oh yeah, catch it if you can. Roger is so cool, and though it's dated of course, it's still fun to watch. Lots of guest stars, mostly gone now, and it doesn't take itself too seriously. Also, the series changes as the times changed, as they did quickly in the 60s, even hippies in the final series. I can also stream Danger Man from that same Android App. I remember the series well. I'll have to catch a few eps.

This was quite the find. James Bond film amphibious car. [apple.news]

David1955 comments on Dec 1, 2019:

One of my favourite Bond movies. Little bit of trivia: Barbara Bach was paid a mere 75,000 dollars for the movie, and she co stared with Roger Moore. They wouldn't pay more, and several actresses turned it down first. Miserable even for the 1970s. Of course all the shots of the car under water and ...

David1955 replies on Dec 2, 2019:

@Geoffrey51 that I don't know. But i can tell you that Simon's Volvo is in perfect shape now. I've been streaming The Saint recently, and it's a great early 60s car, with a sportsy whine that's great. I'd love one.

I for one cannot Wait until Giuliani starts giving testimony.

David1955 comments on Nov 25, 2019:

He won't. One thing that has appalled me about US politics over recent months is how people are subpoenaed by the Congress and then they virtually say, 'Screw You" and nothing happens and no one has the power to do anything. Off they go to court and on it goes. In any system of any worth they ...

David1955 replies on Nov 25, 2019:

@Charlene exactly. It's called corruption. I think the US is totally corrupt at the top, despite its supposed ideals. The world can see it now.

In case you missed it...Bill Maher (and his writers) were spot on last night... [youtube.com]

David1955 comments on Nov 9, 2019:

Tell you what else he was right about: that creepy slimy Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. I fingered that guy a decade ago. Still the fools line up to join his putrid sites.

David1955 replies on Nov 10, 2019:

@Jacar yes. At least the Robber Barrons in the past had some age on them. Now a boy like Zuckerberg has billions and power. For what, writing some computer code ? Sometimes I wish I'd never seen the 21st century.

SPIRITUAL.

David1955 comments on Nov 7, 2019:

The real question, to me, is why are people *so* attracted to this word, even some non-religious? I think it is because it's a way to feel superior. Squabbling over definitions won't change my view on that.

David1955 replies on Nov 10, 2019:

@Rodatheist Well, I for one would not want to conflate a sense of wonder and awe at nature, the Universe or whatever, with spiritual which means 1. relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things, or 2.relating to religion or religious belief. It helps to take literal definitions rather than fashionable informal ones in such a case as this. The word is over-used and now can mean anything, but I would never use it to mean a sense of wonder, nor would I forget the real religious meaning of the word. I wish others would not as well.

American Thanksgiving is bullshit.

1of5 comments on Nov 9, 2019:

So? Very little about America isn't bullshit. We need to drop our fantasies about us being better than everyone else just as much as the world nerds to drop the fantasies of religion.

David1955 replies on Nov 9, 2019:

And the tragedy is if the US could live up its ideals much more than it does, not only would it be a better fairer country for its people, but the flow on effect on the world would be hugely impactful and positive. At the moment the US is a contaminant and a contagion, which is horrifying to watch.

SPIRITUAL.

Simon1 comments on Nov 7, 2019:

Spirituality the delusion that that the body is a meatbag controlled by a supernatural force !!!

David1955 replies on Nov 7, 2019:

Ditto

SPIRITUAL.

DenoPenno comments on Nov 7, 2019:

Said it before, say it again. The word "spiritual" can mean anything that you want it to mean. That's why I do not use it and do not want to use it.

David1955 replies on Nov 7, 2019:

Ditto

The Latest Democrat Candidates 2020 The struggle is real for Joe Biden This article [cnn.

David1955 comments on Oct 31, 2019:

The more right wing people like you and media disparage Bernie, the more they reveal their fear of the new idealism that he represents, and the support he has amongst huge numbers of people in America who want a new New Deal. More power to him. But keep disparaging him. It puts a smile on my ...

David1955 replies on Oct 31, 2019:

@St-Sinner you do, and that minority supports Trump. Deluded fools. People who are delusional about the class and power structure, and their place in it, are the saddest of all. Without them, right wing parties would not exist.

What is the purpose of this site?

Norman347 comments on Oct 29, 2019:

To meet like minded people and mental sparring?

David1955 replies on Oct 30, 2019:

@kiramea like 50 Shades of Heathen Grey. :-)

My journey to becoming an Agnostic.

David1955 comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Well great, but i hope you follow your atheist father, eventually. Arguments along the lines of "I can't be sure.." and "science can't show me there isn't a god, so I'll be agnostic" don't cut it for me. Science explores what exists, not to prove what doesn't exist."

David1955 replies on Oct 27, 2019:

@LenHazell53 Yes, yes, indeed, on all points.

My journey to becoming an Agnostic.

David1955 comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Well great, but i hope you follow your atheist father, eventually. Arguments along the lines of "I can't be sure.." and "science can't show me there isn't a god, so I'll be agnostic" don't cut it for me. Science explores what exists, not to prove what doesn't exist."

David1955 replies on Oct 27, 2019:

@Norman347 and you joined this community because......you're an agnostic that demands that science and atheists prove there isn't a god, that there isn't anything after death, that there isn't anything spiritual, that there isn't a soul, and all manner of things don't exist, and to prove all sorts of negatives, or by golly atheism is just another faith based belief! Even this argument, which has been rehashed here again and again by some other "honest stance" agnostics, you don't do very well, I have to tell you. Sure you are in the right place? I have to say, and I don't say this with any malice, you sound like what I call a residue Catholic. No longer officially a believer.... but there's that residue.

Anyone ever notice that the crucified Jesus is shown in pictures as being both nailed and also tied ...

David1955 comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Well, those details I'll leave for others, but what I find interesting is the story about how they took him down, wrapped him up and put him in a tomb. Yes, the Romans allowed the crucified to be taken down after death and given nice burials. Rubbish! As historian Bart Erhmann has written, the ...

David1955 replies on Oct 26, 2019:

@Geoffrey51 it was meant as a bit of a joke. Sorry if it didn't come across.

Anyone ever notice that the crucified Jesus is shown in pictures as being both nailed and also tied ...

David1955 comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Well, those details I'll leave for others, but what I find interesting is the story about how they took him down, wrapped him up and put him in a tomb. Yes, the Romans allowed the crucified to be taken down after death and given nice burials. Rubbish! As historian Bart Erhmann has written, the ...

David1955 replies on Oct 26, 2019:

@Geoffrey51 you actually believe the Pilate story, washing his hands...and all that!. Really?! Every secular historian I've read says this was Roman fake history, from the 4th century. They had to blame the Jews, right? I'm a mythicist on Jesus, but even historicists like Erhmann discount this Constantinian period yarn. Oh Pilate didn't want him dead, oh no, he was so concerned, and so was Mrs. Pilate. Yeah, right!

Anyone ever notice that the crucified Jesus is shown in pictures as being both nailed and also tied ...

David1955 comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Well, those details I'll leave for others, but what I find interesting is the story about how they took him down, wrapped him up and put him in a tomb. Yes, the Romans allowed the crucified to be taken down after death and given nice burials. Rubbish! As historian Bart Erhmann has written, the ...

David1955 replies on Oct 25, 2019:

@Geoffrey51 true, but i suspect, as does Erhmann, that anyone executed for sedition against Rome would have their remains treated as awfully as possible, not wrapped in cloth and put in a tomb.

My journey to becoming an Agnostic.

David1955 comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Well great, but i hope you follow your atheist father, eventually. Arguments along the lines of "I can't be sure.." and "science can't show me there isn't a god, so I'll be agnostic" don't cut it for me. Science explores what exists, not to prove what doesn't exist."

David1955 replies on Oct 25, 2019:

@Norman347 if you are going to say something preposterous like atheism is just another religion, then I'm making a note to ignore you. Some agnostics like you turn up here from time to time with that attitude and I've learnt just to say, this is a pseudo religious person and is best avoided. I hope *you* understand this.

Anyone ever notice that the crucified Jesus is shown in pictures as being both nailed and also tied ...

David1955 comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Well, those details I'll leave for others, but what I find interesting is the story about how they took him down, wrapped him up and put him in a tomb. Yes, the Romans allowed the crucified to be taken down after death and given nice burials. Rubbish! As historian Bart Erhmann has written, the ...

David1955 replies on Oct 25, 2019:

@Geoffrey51 I'm impressed by Erhmann's view that the tomb of Jesus story is a fanciful story concocted by 4th century Christians. He researched it thoroughly, he said. He believes there was a historical figure who was crucified, not son of God, but not the tomb story. I'm not a world famous christologist, like him, but it sounds fanciful to me.

‪I feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone!‬

Daco2007 comments on Oct 23, 2019:

Believe me, you are not alone! Rod Serling was GREAT! "The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, ideas, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can ...

David1955 replies on Oct 23, 2019:

great episode

‪I feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone!‬

David1955 comments on Oct 23, 2019:

There is an episode of TTZ when the late Denis Hopper plays a populist fascist type leader who plays on fears and becomes very powerful. The episode was set in America. It was Serling's way of saying, 'It can happen here too. Be careful of hateful leaders!". Were he still with us, he would look at ...

David1955 replies on Oct 23, 2019:

@Daco2007 Yep. the irony is that Hopper was actually very right wing. His father was a military intelligence officer, which he denied until not long before his death. He was not alone. The real story of those duplicitous movie stars and rock stars at that time ( and still now) is part of the real Hollywood, the links to the Establishment, security services and wealth and privilege. Watching this episode last year I was thinking about that.

Poor is a choice?

St-Sinner comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Hating the rich and blaming them for our failures is not a solution or policy. The poor is not the responsibility of the rich. If the rich commit wrong doing such as exploitation, law breaking.... the law and enforcement should prosecute them with the full extent of the law. Not otherwise. We cannot...

David1955 replies on Oct 23, 2019:

@St-Sinner I said right wing HYPOCRISY! "Conspiracy" is a different word. Look it up. You are a Troll.

Poor is a choice?

St-Sinner comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Hating the rich and blaming them for our failures is not a solution or policy. The poor is not the responsibility of the rich. If the rich commit wrong doing such as exploitation, law breaking.... the law and enforcement should prosecute them with the full extent of the law. Not otherwise. We cannot...

David1955 replies on Oct 22, 2019:

@St-Sinner no, I'm exposing right wing hypocrisy for which there is no reply from the right except 'fear socialism! unless it's socialism we believe in."

Confidence in Australia’s democratic system is at an all-time low.

David1955 comments on Oct 21, 2019:

When you have no hope for any political party, and no hope that your preferred party is capable of change, then there's nothing left to hope for.

David1955 replies on Oct 21, 2019:

@Triphid yes, in fact Menzies chose Liberal for a reason. Despite his fawning love of Britain and the Conservative Party he was cunning enough to know that while Australians are conservative they don't think of themselves as that. They think they are moderate and reasonable and liberal minded. Menzies forgotten people and all that. Australia has changed dramatically since 1944 but that truism still applies. "I'm not a conservative but a liberal" is the catchphrase. It's not a Liberal party but a right wing conservative party. We know that.

Poor is a choice?

St-Sinner comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Hating the rich and blaming them for our failures is not a solution or policy. The poor is not the responsibility of the rich. If the rich commit wrong doing such as exploitation, law breaking.... the law and enforcement should prosecute them with the full extent of the law. Not otherwise. We cannot...

David1955 replies on Oct 21, 2019:

Hey Sinner, you already believe in taking money from the rich and distributing it. As long as it is distributed for - The military Corporate bailouts Subsidies and other rich dude lurks and perks Security Services and their questionable operations Other expenditure to the benefit of US Ruling Elite and its class structure. ... then you are ok with it, although most of this funding actually comes from working people. What you are against is spending on Health Welfare Education The environment .. and anything of direct benefit to working people, who actually create the wealth in the first place. So, it's not taking money from the rich you oppose, presumably, but taking it to spend on things the rich don't care about. Classic right wing hypocritical thinking. @ToolGuy

Confidence in Australia’s democratic system is at an all-time low.

David1955 comments on Oct 21, 2019:

When you have no hope for any political party, and no hope that your preferred party is capable of change, then there's nothing left to hope for.

David1955 replies on Oct 21, 2019:

@FrayedBear while I know the significance of those dates, to me 1983 was the turning point. Our labor party, supposedly progressive, abandoned its values, for short term political gain. It is now permanently marginalised - a failure in controlling the centre right, the Hawke Keating dream, and no credibility as a progressive party of the left. It's not the democratic system people have no confidence in, but the political party system. It is twiddle dee and tweedle dum politics. Progressive politics has to lead, inspire, raise consciousness. It's hard but it begins by believing in something and sticking with it. The ALP believes in nothing, except electoralism. And it's a failure at that too.

Poor is a choice?

St-Sinner comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Hating the rich and blaming them for our failures is not a solution or policy. The poor is not the responsibility of the rich. If the rich commit wrong doing such as exploitation, law breaking.... the law and enforcement should prosecute them with the full extent of the law. Not otherwise. We cannot...

David1955 replies on Oct 20, 2019:

@St-Sinner you've already tried controlled capitalism your way. It failed. Time to try it the progressive way. FDR did it, to the extent possible then. He was so popular they had to make sure the 2 term rule would always be enforced. Trump might try to throw that out, with a few rigged elections from his rich friends.

Poor is a choice?

St-Sinner comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Hating the rich and blaming them for our failures is not a solution or policy. The poor is not the responsibility of the rich. If the rich commit wrong doing such as exploitation, law breaking.... the law and enforcement should prosecute them with the full extent of the law. Not otherwise. We cannot...

David1955 replies on Oct 20, 2019:

That might be fine if we lived in a world where all started off equally, if all had the same chances, if all wealth was created by hard work, initiative and entrepreneurial drive, and legally and fairly. But it is *not*. Class, inheritance, rigged systems of capital and governmental rules, grossly unfair taxation on worked rather than investment income, and the 'legal' shonkery of wealth elites through their lawyers and financial advisers, mean *none* of that is true. That is why we need genuine mixed economies, with taxation measures to balance wealth distribution, a public interest structure, call it government, to exercise some power to achieve public outcomes towards greater equity. It's not simple. Getting the balance right is hard. Yes, it is called Socialism, or more correctly democratic socialism. But the alternative is exactly what we are seeing: oligarchy and autocratic rule by wealth elites, for whom there is never enough wealth and power. Which side are you on?

For those who didn't watch Bill last night.

David1955 comments on Oct 19, 2019:

I've become less and less of an admirer of NDGT over recent years, but in this show he hit some high points. I did NOT agree, however, with his assertion about the differences between objective and personal truths. Personal truths be damned. That's an opinion, which may or may not be true. Jesus is ...

David1955 replies on Oct 20, 2019:

@skado well, it was clear to me. He expressed himself clearly on the point of so-called personal truth, and I thought it was wrong. It was not a rigorous panel or discussion, and had he said it around, say Sam Harris, it would have been challenged. If you disagree well ok.

For those who didn't watch Bill last night.

Shawappa44820 comments on Oct 19, 2019:

Sorry, I just recently lost all respect for NDT when I saw that he's doing a show with Ben Shapiro.

David1955 replies on Oct 20, 2019:

@AmmaRE007 well I like him, but he's a media hag, a dancing scientist bear who is soooooo scared of saying anything that might offend anyone. I do not find him courageous and I think he hides behind scientific "objectivity". He has his place, but i am not inspired by him. I know claims of behaviour towards women have been made about him, but I'm ignoring that until something is proven about it. Not to date.

For those who didn't watch Bill last night.

David1955 comments on Oct 19, 2019:

I've become less and less of an admirer of NDGT over recent years, but in this show he hit some high points. I did NOT agree, however, with his assertion about the differences between objective and personal truths. Personal truths be damned. That's an opinion, which may or may not be true. Jesus is ...

David1955 replies on Oct 20, 2019:

@skado no, you are conflating two separate things he said on the show. Did you see it? On reconciling science and religion and people asking him, he tried to distinguish between people's personal truth, and objective scientific truth. He said people can have their own personal truth, but scientific truth is different. My point above is that personal truth can be rubbish. Truth is the wrong word. I say again that I think he doesn't want to offend. He won't even come out and say he is an agnostic or atheist. He always fudges. He is always worried about his "image." However, in another part of the show, on race, he said he wished people would focus on being part of the human race. I agree on that as I suspect we do.

For those who didn't watch Bill last night.

Shawappa44820 comments on Oct 19, 2019:

Sorry, I just recently lost all respect for NDT when I saw that he's doing a show with Ben Shapiro.

David1955 replies on Oct 19, 2019:

He is a mixed bag. I've tried to think of him like Carl Sagan, but he is nowhere near that league.

Our soldiers need to be made accountable for what they do and the armed forces need to stop covering...

David1955 comments on Oct 17, 2019:

All mainstream media is geared to highlighting the crimes of our enemies and ignoring the crimes of our allies and ourselves. I'm long sick of it.

David1955 replies on Oct 18, 2019:

@Triphid The hypocrisy is everywhere. When we -- our allies and we -- kill innocent people, it is collateral damage. When countries we don't like kill, it is a war crime and terrorism. When our enemies kill people on a list, it is foreign assassination. When we do it, it is a 'kill list" of deserving targets. When the Russians interfere in elections, it is an attack on our democracies. When we do to other countries, it is our clever security agencies engaging in essential intelligence operations. When foreign agents are captured by us, they are spies and deserving of the worst. When we place spies in the Kremlin or similar places, and they are outed, it is our clever spooks who got them there in the first place and they are heroes. It doesn't seem to matter how many disastrous wars or interventions we start, how many people die, how appalling the results are, or how unjustified they were, we are always the goods guys and criticism is unpatriotic. The military are always heroes, the agencies are always patriots, and as long as our "intentions" were honorable, it is OK. Well, I call out the despicable acts of despotic regimes, and I also call out our war and espionage crimes. As a student of history, not some unthinking patriot, I can think in no other way. I grew up with the bullshit of Vietnam. I am growing old with the bullshit of 21st Century western self-righteousness.

Your veiws on Spiritual?

Archeus_Lore comments on Oct 13, 2019:

I tend to detest the word somewhat, because it is tied to religion to closely.

David1955 replies on Oct 13, 2019:

Yes i agree, and because too many try to use it to say they are 'on a higher level' and crap like that. I'm not religious, but I'm spiritual, they waffle. Yeah, right. Give me a break. Pull the other one. I ain't buyin' .

Edward Snowden is the top whistleblower of the century.

David1955 comments on Oct 11, 2019:

History will be with this guy . Like Deep Throat... Like the Pentagon Papers guy... Governments huff and puff and condemn, but history absolves.

David1955 replies on Oct 12, 2019:

@mischl The Young Turks, TYT, on YouTube. Cenk interviewed him by Skype, from Russia.

Edward Snowden is the top whistleblower of the century.

David1955 comments on Oct 11, 2019:

History will be with this guy . Like Deep Throat... Like the Pentagon Papers guy... Governments huff and puff and condemn, but history absolves.

David1955 replies on Oct 12, 2019:

@mischl you are joking. In a recent interview on the Young Turks in which he was utterly impressive, you should watch it, he was introduced as an American hero. Huge numbers of people on the left would agree.

Does anyone else dislike finding a page filled with video pictures posted from YouTube when going to...

Cutiebeauty comments on Oct 3, 2019:

Yes, I dislike it...

David1955 replies on Oct 3, 2019:

I think it's a lazy way of posting.

Australian government agreed to help Donald Trump investigate Mueller inquiry origins | US news | ...

DragonDust comments on Sep 30, 2019:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/23/gough-whitlam-1975-coup-ended-australian-independence Yeah pretty much Australia with US/UK has quite the history and this is what happens if you don't support them. Harold Holt disappeared. ...

David1955 replies on Oct 1, 2019:

"When the British came to test their atom bombs, atom bombs, the Aussies stood much closer than the Poms, than the Poms." Max Gillies comedy sketch, circa 1984, to the tune of Gilbert and Sullivan

Australian government agreed to help Donald Trump investigate Mueller inquiry origins | US news | ...

Geoffrey51 comments on Sep 30, 2019:

I find it a travesty that the bon homie of Fair Go and ‘she be right, mate’ are being undermined by the relationship with America. Becoming very slowly non homie. Fuck your neighbour! I’ve been here for 12 years and noticed erosion of local support. Let’s let Australia be their own ...

David1955 replies on Sep 30, 2019:

@Geoffrey51, @FrayedBear Whitlam was the only PM post WW2 who attempted to establish an independent foreign policy, though not consistently, and the US security services saw to that.

Australian government agreed to help Donald Trump investigate Mueller inquiry origins | US news | ...

Geoffrey51 comments on Sep 30, 2019:

I find it a travesty that the bon homie of Fair Go and ‘she be right, mate’ are being undermined by the relationship with America. Becoming very slowly non homie. Fuck your neighbour! I’ve been here for 12 years and noticed erosion of local support. Let’s let Australia be their own ...

David1955 replies on Sep 30, 2019:

@Geoffrey51 some of the shark poop found at the time looked promising. :-)

Here's my problem with liberals.

bobwjr comments on Sep 28, 2019:

And your point is what? No solutions just do nothing?

David1955 replies on Sep 29, 2019:

Exactly

Here's my problem with liberals.

David1955 comments on Sep 27, 2019:

So, the better option is ignorance and free for all dog-eat-dog economies and societies where the big dogs take everything? Left progressive thinking is not about simple pancreas but policies based on the values of fairness and achievable equity, and the debates that go on are about the degree of ...

David1955 replies on Sep 29, 2019:

@PolyComrade actually it was more I was questioning the premise of your argument, namely, as you said, "turning *my statement that liberals only ever see regulation or education as the only valid solutions regardless of what the problem is* into thinking I was thus arguing we should be ignorant and deregulate everything." @Varn

Why why why do religious people think they can make a believer out of an atheist?

David1955 comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Don't tolerate it. I don't. Set them straight. From my experience there is no-one a believer will run away from faster than a commited atheist.

David1955 replies on Sep 23, 2019:

@NoMagicCookie sometimes such people actually have the most doubts. They can't admit it so they bait atheists in a thinly disguised way to seek to resolve those doubts. Point that out to them and they are thrown off balance. Focus on their insecurity rather than how annoying they are to you.

The Christian converts who are setting fire to sacred Aboriginal objects - ABC News (Australian ...

DragonDust comments on Sep 21, 2019:

That is really abusive, sick and in some cases illegal.

David1955 replies on Sep 21, 2019:

I've never known the legalities of religion spreading generally and to indigenous people specifically. It seems that religion is in a special category because religion is 'special' supposedly. It annoys me. Religionists get away with stuff that others wouldn't.

The Christian converts who are setting fire to sacred Aboriginal objects - ABC News (Australian ...

Geoffrey51 comments on Sep 20, 2019:

Uhhh fuckwits! 2000 years and they’ve learned nothing. I thought Australia was more enlightened

David1955 replies on Sep 20, 2019:

@Triphid And Christians more desperate as they see and fear the secularization of the west, including Australia.

The Christian converts who are setting fire to sacred Aboriginal objects - ABC News (Australian ...

Geoffrey51 comments on Sep 20, 2019:

Uhhh fuckwits! 2000 years and they’ve learned nothing. I thought Australia was more enlightened

David1955 replies on Sep 20, 2019:

My estimation of Australia's enlightenment has been sorely tested in recent years.

Anyone having issues with the app?

David1955 comments on Sep 19, 2019:

Ive given up on the Agnostic.com App on Android with Google Account log in. Never worked on my Galaxy Note. Now I have the latest Android Tab from Samsung running Android Pie. Same thing. Will not work. Admin seems uninterested in the problem, so I've given up on the App.

David1955 replies on Sep 19, 2019:

@Marcie1974 hah! I am, or was, a 35 year veteran of Apple products, but now I use none of Apple products. I haven't changed but Apple sure has -- into a tech Monster. Just a polite way of saying no thanks to your suggestion. :-)

This fucking asshole Jeff Bezos would rather have you subsidize food stamps for his workers than pay...

David1955 comments on Sep 16, 2019:

If I had my way, no individual would be able to accumulate more than 500 million dollars in private wealth. Effectively I would prohibit being a billionaire. Wealth and social justice tax would return all surplus wealth to the economy and the general good. Clever dick lawyers and accountants barred ...

David1955 replies on Sep 18, 2019:

@69ArizonaJerry so your ire is directed at politicians, all of whom you castigate questionably, and not at wealth and privilege that controls the structures that control you. Strange. I think Karl Marx called that false consciousness - a lack of understanding of class and power.

No one can tell me why I am here in this mystery.

David1955 comments on Aug 25, 2019:

Beautiful fairy tales? According to Christianity god turned up and we tortured and murdered him, because it was good for us. Not much beauty there. Religions are based on violence, repression, fear, guilt and ignorance. Whatever we might make of life and reality, religions offer nothing to help. ...

David1955 replies on Sep 14, 2019:

@alliwant sam harris has made a similar point in debates. Don't know much about this religion but I've heard it is peaceful. Perhaps it leans more to philosophy than religion as such.

At the risk of sounding unpatriotic,.

David1955 comments on Sep 12, 2019:

The big lie I am hearing today is about this foolish nonsense about Trump considering meeting with the Taliban just before the 9/11 remembrance, is the falsehood that the Taliban attacked the US on that day. Lets not forget.... the media cry. Utterly nonsense. The Taliban were and are total ...

David1955 replies on Sep 13, 2019:

@Paul4747 and yet much of the attack was planned in Europe, like in Hamburg, since this kind of terrorist group is an idea and fluid and international. The US is fighting 21st century wars with 20th century thinking. Bad idea. They're fighting Nazis in Afghanistan and Iraq, only they are not Nazis and it's not the second world war. I repeat, if the US is hit again, and may that not happen, it won't be planned in Afghanistan. The biggest military in the world doesn't make up for archaic military strategic thinking. I'm just deeply sorry for the military personnel who have to be at the receiving end of the US Ruling Class's folly.

At the risk of sounding unpatriotic,.

mcgeo52 comments on Sep 12, 2019:

What we should remember about 9/11 is that Tower 7 was not hit by a plane. Nor was the Pentagon. We should remember that 9/11 was used as an excuse to lie us into two wars against people who had nothing to do with 9/11. The real perpetrators of 9/11 have not been brought to justice.

David1955 replies on Sep 12, 2019:

@Paul4747 if you ever find a photograph or footage of that plane in Washington that day, flying into or approaching the capital of the US, right at the centre of the US military, the Pentagon, I would very much like to see it. One photo. One frame from a security camera. Anything. Sincerely, I would. The supposed footage of the explosion looks nothing like a plane strike. Not one piece of airline wreckage evident. Even in catastrophic plane crashes there remains a wing, an engine, a tail. Nothing. I don't blame people for their suspicion. Surely some indisputable evidence that it was a plane is not too much to ask. @mcgeo52

What is the Devil?

yamaha45701 comments on Sep 11, 2019:

Turns out, God at first had a whole cabinet of angels surrounding HIm. He only selected the best angels. They all gave total obedience to God but one day, one of the angels did not praise the Lord fast enough and out the angel went. More and more angels were expelled from the inner circle of angels....

David1955 replies on Sep 12, 2019:

@Remiforce no, even the devil has some redeeming features. Even he wouldn't deport sick children to an early death.

As is the custom now on receipt, on reaching level 8.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 10, 2019:

Looks good on ya!

David1955 replies on Sep 10, 2019:

Nice and comfortable, just as I like them. :-)

As is the custom now on receipt, on reaching level 8.

powder comments on Sep 10, 2019:

A clockwork orange brother?

David1955 replies on Sep 10, 2019:

Viddy Well, Oh my Brother. Viddy Well!.

Since it's controversial, I'll join in. New profile picture:

David1955 comments on Sep 8, 2019:

This guy is a full-on religious bore, is he not?

David1955 replies on Sep 9, 2019:

@bigpawbullets I think not. He attended an Emmy Awards ceremony couple of years back and bored everyone with thanking God and Jesus til they begged him to shut up. Comics quipped they hadn't heard such religious drivel since Mel Gibson last got drunk. So i read.

The coming death of just about every rock legend

Bigwavedave comments on Sep 4, 2019:

Yes I have lost most of my hero's. Bowie, Lennon, chris squire from yes. Keith emerson from elp... I hate the pop shiite out there today . But I have confidence new talent will emerge.

David1955 replies on Sep 4, 2019:

Agree about the shiite. Not so much about new talent.

Community Senate The literal meaning of the word "senate" is Assembly of Elders.

TheMiddleWay comments on Sep 4, 2019:

Praytell, what "force" do these groups have? None that I can see. Suppose a group disagrees with what an individual says but I agree with what that individual has to say: how is the group suppressing that individual's view such that such that I can't see it? They don't and can't for they have zero ...

David1955 replies on Sep 4, 2019:

When you're right, you're right, Middle.

While Trump enjoys golf, former president Jimmy Carter, 92, is building homes for the poor | The ...

David1955 comments on Sep 4, 2019:

While Rome burned, Nero fiddled. Dictators are all the same. :-)

David1955 replies on Sep 4, 2019:

@RiverRick I actually think he's more like Caligula, a wacky spoilt brat. Maybe his Pretorian Guard will turn against him too, but I doubt it.

No one can tell me why I am here in this mystery.

David1955 comments on Aug 25, 2019:

Beautiful fairy tales? According to Christianity god turned up and we tortured and murdered him, because it was good for us. Not much beauty there. Religions are based on violence, repression, fear, guilt and ignorance. Whatever we might make of life and reality, religions offer nothing to help. ...

David1955 replies on Aug 25, 2019:

@Remiforce answer - yes. You seem to answer your own question in your question.

Well, perhaps there is s god Pell going down! [google.com.au]

David1955 comments on Aug 20, 2019:

I'm just glad that Pell has been neutralized in religion and politics, forever. I recall his debate with Dawkins on that absurd ABC Q and A show back about 5 years ago. It was an embarrassment to have this pompous arrogant ignorant man taken seriously. I cringed watching it. Pell downed is good ...

David1955 replies on Aug 21, 2019:

@Geoffrey51 You'll find it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tD1QHO_AVZA Parts of this have been included on compilations like dumb things catholic cardinals say. It was seven years ago. A lot can happen in 7 years. BTW, we evolved from Neanderthals, did you know that? Well, according to Georgy Porgy Pell we did. The look on Dawkins's face!

If a person that doesnt believe in a Higher Power (God) (Christ) do you believe that they should be...

genessa comments on Aug 16, 2019:

judged by whom? who decides "should"? christians think you're evil if you (fill in blank depending on what sect). so they judge by what they think is your evil way of living life. you can't win with them. g

David1955 replies on Aug 16, 2019:

Exactly. Judged by whom? That is residue religionist's perspective.

There are no words horrendous

David1955 comments on Aug 15, 2019:

If the US doesn't do something soon about Trump, it will end up with concentration camps. There already are some on your southern border, by all accounts.

David1955 replies on Aug 15, 2019:

@Bobby9 I thought the same thing. All autocratic regimes that destroy liberty and diversity.

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FrayedBear comments on Aug 13, 2019:

Why don't you just use an Android telephone - it fits in your pocket or do like I do and wear it on your wrist.

David1955 replies on Aug 15, 2019:

@FrayedBear Yes. I have open office suite on my Galaxy tab. You can also open word files with MS word. On my chromebook I have Libre office running Linux. works well. Serious work I do on Chromebook.

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FrayedBear comments on Aug 13, 2019:

Why don't you just use an Android telephone - it fits in your pocket or do like I do and wear it on your wrist.

David1955 replies on Aug 14, 2019:

@FrayedBear no.i mean this. https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-samsung-dex-4176992

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FrayedBear comments on Aug 13, 2019:

Why don't you just use an Android telephone - it fits in your pocket or do like I do and wear it on your wrist.

David1955 replies on Aug 14, 2019:

@FrayedBear Well, look, the simple answer is space and functionality. Phones are too fiddly for serious lengthy work, the screens are small, and I have a galaxy Note (though it's an old one). Actually, the way forward I see is for tablets replacing computers. I recently bought a new Samsung tab and it's great (no ipads or anything Apple any more for me) and it almost replaces a laptop, now there is DEX on it. Almost but not quite. Chromebook combines the ease of use of a laptop with a simpler OS plus Android and now Linux as well. But I can see the possibility of a portable tablet being able to do my needs, with a small detachable keyboard, but not just yet. The Chromebook has the integration of Chrome OS/Android/Linux which I like at the moment. That's the complete answer to your question. If you and others can do it all by phone, that's great. but I'm not able to do that.

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FrayedBear comments on Aug 13, 2019:

Why don't you just use an Android telephone - it fits in your pocket or do like I do and wear it on your wrist.

David1955 replies on Aug 14, 2019:

@FrayedBear Now you're trolling me. How could you? :-)

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FrayedBear comments on Aug 13, 2019:

Why don't you just use an Android telephone - it fits in your pocket or do like I do and wear it on your wrist.

David1955 replies on Aug 13, 2019:

Because I have to do serious work, and I can't friggen do it all on my android phone, which I indeed have. OK?

Agnostic vs Atheist Sorry to rake up this seemingly old one up again but there have been so many ...

KKGator comments on Aug 12, 2019:

At this point in my life, I've had that debate so many times, I have no interest in having it again. I'm not saying it shouldn't be debated, just not by me. There is no credible, verifiable evidence to prove the existence of gods. Unless and until there is any, I will not be tempted to rethink ...

David1955 replies on Aug 12, 2019:

Ditto ditto ditto and ditto.

Watching former FBI and Security Specialist on MSNBC says we don't have the tools or the security to...

David1955 comments on Aug 4, 2019:

It sometimes amazes me that some do not see the rise of Trumpism, BREXIT, the resurgence of right wing nationalism in Europe, and other similar events, for being what it is: the most successful counter-intelligence operation mounted since WW2, by Vlad Putin, to undermine the West, NATO, the western ...

David1955 replies on Aug 5, 2019:

@Happy_Killbot Obviously it refers to the regime around Putin and those who support him. Of course, it is true that a virus takes hold when the immune system is weak. In the US that refers to a corrupt political party system, an electoral system that is corrupt, antiquated and anarchic, and exploited by a judicial system all the way up to Supreme Court that allows and strengths electoral malpractice. In that sense, the attack by Putin and co has succeeded by exploiting the US's own weaknesses, its systemic vulnerabilities, that would not have happened had something like a democratic process been put in place and defended. That's the point of Comrade Putin's approach: he identifies and exploits weaknesses. In the US, it's the political weaknesses and the rise of an economic underclass. In the UK feeding the resentment against the EU, though the UK's problems are far deeper. In Europe it's migration and nationalism. Putin has single-mindedly set about to address what he sees as the "injustice' of the fall of the Soviet Union and the "gloating" by the West. He is doing well, sadly. It is the bigger picture that should be seen here.