Rural Atheists

Fernapple comments on Oct 21, 2022:

Fairly, not that rural by US standards, but very rural for the UK.

Why are they called "C" clamps when, in reality, they are "D" clamps?

Fernapple comments on Oct 21, 2022:

In the UK, they are called "G" clamps.

Clever people are often successful, they are great opportunists who barely miss chances.

Fernapple comments on Oct 20, 2022:

Clever people are not interested in success, only achievement.

Trump Just Blew Up His Rape Lawsuit Defense

Fernapple comments on Oct 19, 2022:

Oh! He is so good at clever tactical moves, you should make him president. LOL

What was a turning point in your life?

Fernapple comments on Oct 19, 2022:

I feel that life was more of a continuing curve of growth in many ways. But yes, there were several important books, deciding to give up payed work and go into business for myself, getting married, her death, finding a lasting friendship, and going aboard to a country with an entirely different culture for the first time ( Islamic. ), were all important turning points.

Here's a few tips to dress up your people skills.

Fernapple comments on Oct 19, 2022:

My wife used to snore like a horse, for the first half hour every night. I loved it, it was like a loud lullaby. ( Mind you it was only the first half hour, may have been different if it went on all night. )

Philosophy has no end in view, save truth.

Fernapple comments on Oct 17, 2022:

The purpose of religion is to kill the search for truth, so that it may pose as the final answer.

Come for the books, stay for the food!

Fernapple comments on Oct 16, 2022:

The winter nights in Iceland are long and dark, who would not need a good book.

Why are things best not dropped made slick as a greased fish?

Fernapple comments on Oct 15, 2022:

Its a test for older people. If you start dropping things often they break, then people can count the breakages, and they know when you are ready for a discretely slipped in overdose of your medication, just to help move nature's course along.

Why are pseudosciences so appealing? [onlysky.media]

Fernapple comments on Oct 15, 2022:

They, along with religions and folkloreism etc., also have specially appeal to the narcissist and their vanity. Because if you go with the mainstream thought and evidence based science, then you are no different from anyone else. Unless you really are smart enough to be a leader at the cutting edge. But for the fragile ego of the narcissist which can not endure the thought that they may be ordinary, let alone have the strength to lose, then they have to take a long odds bet against the evidence. Which is fine for the narcissist, but not so great of those who maybe deluded into following them. Sometimes, perhaps once in a million, evidence based thinking may get it wrong, and it may be true that putting feathers up your nose really can cure toe nail fungus. But when it comes to advising people about cures for their cancer, environmental breakdown and social problems like crime, then the narcissist's vanity project becomes a real danger.

I think prostitution is a soft form of rape.

Fernapple comments on Oct 14, 2022:

Sexual colonialism, as it is sometimes called, is certainly a form of rape. Though I am not sure that it applies to all prostitution, the one thing that you can always say about the human condition is that it is very diverse, and that almost every imaginable state of life you can imagine, almost certainly exists. There are certainly many female prostitutes who regard themselves as exploiters of men, that fact has been well documented by good anthropological studies. Though it is true, that it is probable that it is more common for the buyers to be the exploiters, taking advantage of economic differences. And at the same time though it is not a mutually exclusive thing, in that it is perfectly possible that both sides in a single transaction can both regard themselves as the exploiters. What however is certain is that, both the men and the few females, who buy the services of prostitutes are deluding themselves, by imagining that the act has anything to do with sex in a meaningful social sense. Any interaction between a client and a prostitute is in effect just a form of mastrubation, ( And a dangerous and expensive form. ) which does not involve any form of enhancement of the relationship, or equal mutual wishes to give pleasure, as most sex would, and usually has nothing to do with reproduction. Though were it does that last, it is certainly rape. Perhaps you can find some comfort in remembering that most of the women who your father boasted about exploiting, probably regarded him as a complete fool, behind his back at least.

How do they know this?

Fernapple comments on Oct 14, 2022:

I have no idea how they know that, I always assumed that life was too short for putting laundry away anyway. "Get that fresh aired feel and smell." Don't buy some silly product just put it on direct off the line. (Writing as a single male by the way.)

OK, the group COVID CULT continues to post mostly nonsense by only one man and you are unable to ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 14, 2022:

Don't worry. There are some people you can not talk out of anything, some you can not talk to about something, and some you just plain can not have a talk with.

My son came up to me and said, "Dad, I just watched someone do fifty pushups.

Fernapple comments on Oct 14, 2022:

I once watched the running section of a triathlon nearly half way through. Would not want do it again, but after that, a hundred pushups should be easy.

Is there any one who understands the full gallery of e-mojis that that could find an e-moji that ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 14, 2022:

Could be that the people who create emoji sites and lists, don't want to be vilified and threatened by the religious for including an atheist symbol.

I’ve just been thinking about all the known religions I can think of and have come to the ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 13, 2022:

It could well be, especially since most religions are generally ultra conservative as well, and the modern fashion for men to dress down and women to dress up, is quite a recent one, on the whole, so it could be a hang on from old fashions. Although if you are having another sleepless night, you may like to think about the why some dictators especially, like Hitler, Napoleon , Putin etc. often dress down and then surround themselves with brightly uniformed troops, could it be clever fake modesty, with a deliberate ironic twist "I alone don't need to dress up." or did they just get lazy ? Sleep well.

I joined the Banned Book Club at the library.

Fernapple comments on Oct 13, 2022:

Well done your library.

How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was...

Fernapple comments on Oct 13, 2022:

Orthodoxy and intolerance are among the main destroyers of civilizations, yet strangely they are always promoted as the salvation of the struggling cultures.

“O, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive”…………….

Fernapple comments on Oct 13, 2022:

"No man has a good enough memory, to be a successful liar." Abraham Lincoln.

“It seems most people don’t really want the truth.

Fernapple comments on Oct 12, 2022:

Comfort food for the mind.

What is your favorite domestic animal or pet?

Fernapple comments on Oct 12, 2022:

Of domestic animals, dogs of course. Though I do like cats as well. While if that seems boring, I am sorry, but the fact that both are commonplace creatures proves just how well they fit within human society, and fill human needs. And I long ago, came to think that the lust for novelty, was childish, with real importance, happiness and value being best found in appreciation of the commonplace. Birds, as the most attractive of the wild creatures I see in my own country every day. Though squirrels come a close second. And orangutans, as my bucket list creatures, who I would love to see one day. Because they are the underdogs of the great apes. Often in the shadow of the African apes, who get prominence just because those are more closely related to us. While in fact orangutans may be the most wise and intelligent of them all. It does not follow that being like humans means better.

Secularism and Nonreligion Journal Secularism and Nonreligion is the world's first journal ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 12, 2022:

Does not seem to have a lot of content yet, but that is only to be expected in a start up, I will try to remember to have another look in a few months.

...and the sun still comes up every morning

Fernapple comments on Oct 10, 2022:

Sun = Happy. Or at least it does if you are British. (That is why we are such a miserable lot.)

I just passed Level 8 and for some reason this seems like an occasion to celebrate.

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2022:

WELL DONE. But you do know that when you hit eight, that is when you get the invoice for your usage ?

“The crisis we face about ‘truth’ and reliable facts is predicted less on the ability to get ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2022:

Skepticism is one of the things you need to be most skeptical about.

“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that unless we love the truth ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 8, 2022:

Effort = Truth. Always did, always will, there never were any free answers, anymore than there are free lunches. And if someone offers you a free lunch, well.............

The secret of happiness is t... Please continue the sentence. 😆

Fernapple comments on Oct 8, 2022:

to stop believing people who tell you it is a secret.

New poll finds 4 in 10 non-Catholic Latinos were once Catholic and left [religionnews.com]

Fernapple comments on Oct 8, 2022:

Kind of a given perhaps.

My kind of circle of friends..

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2022:

And those who wear glasses.

Yay or nay?

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2022:

Would make a cool fish tank.

Russian conscripted soldiers demand payment before mobilisation to fight in Ukraine ! [youtu.be]

Fernapple comments on Oct 6, 2022:

Best of luck with that.

Types of philosophy

Fernapple comments on Oct 6, 2022:

Most of those philosophies have something to offer, and I have learned something from all of them. Though I don't see Marxism as a philosophy, and sadly you left out Epicurus who is perhaps my favourite.

Ancient pre-Viking arrow among trove of artifacts left behind by melting ice in Norway: ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 6, 2022:

I like the ski even more and the horse shoe. It seems to be made of wood and rope, which would not be very practical on hard ground, I wonder if it was in fact a horse snow shoe.

I missed this on my first watching of Star Wars, the bar scene.

Fernapple comments on Oct 5, 2022:

Some people do say that Boston is a different planet.

Dashunds are very smart.

Fernapple comments on Oct 5, 2022:

Only if they want to hunt Badgers.

“When fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does sometime after the ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 5, 2022:

Was always my favourite. Being in horticulture all my life , summer was hot, dirty, full of stress and bedeviled with every form of evil bug you could imagine, Autumn seemed like the short time you had to enjoy the achievements of the year. "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness." J. Keats. But are the mists what they were in Keats day ? We don't seem to get them now, that the clean air act, the lack of coal fires has removed so many particles from the air, and the winds increased by global warming perhaps seem longer and stronger. Perhaps it is different in Ireland ? Maybe Keats was talking of a different Britain, one which will never return.

“When fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does sometime after the ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 5, 2022:

Then when you go to get him a drink, you come back to find, he has slipped away and left the door open to let winter in.

I think I would like to see this. [visitfalkirk.com]

Fernapple comments on Oct 5, 2022:

They are located close by the Falkirk Wheel, which is another wonder of the canals, and the only rotating boat lift. https://www.livebreathescotland.com/falkirk-wheel/

Development is a lifelong potential. George Vaillant [youtu.be]

Fernapple comments on Oct 4, 2022:

Very true. Wonderful story.

"Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 4, 2022:

Eight. Morality without humanity.

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious.

Fernapple comments on Oct 4, 2022:

Very true, though I do still think that the fools are still the more dangerous, since they are the traitors tools, and are still able to do much harm even without his prompting.

I might be half deaf for the rest of my life.

Fernapple comments on Oct 4, 2022:

I have partial hearing loss due to working in heavy industry when I was young, that was in the days long before health and safety, it would probably surprise many younger people just how new those ideas are. But it is also rue that there is a lot that can be done for it now, and partial recovery is not impossible.

Drink coffee… 3 + cups each day.

Fernapple comments on Oct 4, 2022:

Wow, you mean I am allowed to do something I like !!!!

Why Are Boys Underperforming So Badly In Education? - YouTube

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2022:

In the UK back in the nineteen sixties and seventies, boys used to outperform girls at school. Then it was decided that it needed to be balanced, and someone noticed that boys performed better in competitive environments and tests. So the methods of measuring success at school were changed from highly competitive tests, to a more general overall method of assessment, and it worked. Girls soon passed boys, so much so that they now do far better here too. So much of the ways in which schools are run and work assessed is completely artificial, that you can adjust the system to produce any results you want. If you want boys to do better just employ more male teachers as role models, and create a competitive environment, if you want girls to do better do the opposite.

Questioning the Historicity of Christ There are several authors who debate that Christ was not an...

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2022:

Hello and welcome, enjoy the site. There are a number of possible Christs: a fictional persona in writing only, the name of a real person attached to a fictional persona, a collection of old borrowed stories (Some true some fictional and some mythical.) attached to one name, a real person given an distorted fictional history, a group of people and stories all merged under one name, a bit of all of the above, a metaphorical work of fiction intended as allegory , etc. And I have heard good cases made for all of them. But after all this time, and given the almost completely lack of any real evidence or consistency, among the accounts, anyone who pretends to know is just speculating wildly. Though I will admit that the idea that Roman political propaganda was part of the mix always seemed very likely.

What do you think of people who refuse to evacuate?

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2022:

Simple if people fail to obey an evacuation order, you make it law that they have to pay for their rescue. They are still free to do what they like, but they don't get free rescue. Also people doing dangerous sports should have to carry insurance, just like you do for driving a car.

I am the author of my life.

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2022:

No but you can take out the offending pages and burn them, then only you know.

“Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 2, 2022:

No, I would say rather that it is the lack of courage to accept, I can not understand.

Why So Many Spiritual People Refuse To Call Themselves 'Religious' | John Cappello | YourTango

Fernapple comments on Oct 2, 2022:

Or perhaps just the recognition that, religion is just someone standing outside an open door offering to sell keys. ( PS, there is nothing behind the door anyway. )

A farmer is out working his crops in the field when a stranger driving by stops.

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2022:

I think that the story is timeless, and I seem to remember that I read a version attributed to a classical author. Perhaps one of the stoics maybe Diogenes, but don't quote me on that, will try some google research and get back to you if I can.

I still remember the morning I got out of bed, looked in the mirror, and said, “Good morning ...

Fernapple comments on Sep 29, 2022:

I always looked like my dad, even when I was a kid, we used to go out together and people would say. "I thought you were bothers !" Then they would tell my dad how young he looked.

I been a yard sale fanatic just about all my life.

Fernapple comments on Sep 29, 2022:

The four "R's" Recycle, reuse, restore, reown, mean no waste.

The Christian Destruction of the Classical World with Catherine Nixey [youtu.be]

Fernapple comments on Sep 28, 2022:

Good listen. I am stuck inside with a bad back today, and I needed an hours distraction.

Christians really are backwards.

Fernapple comments on Sep 28, 2022:

And treating them well meant only that if you beat them, you had been too harsh, if they died within three days.

What's the difference between statists freaks and religious freaks?

Fernapple comments on Sep 26, 2022:

Can't argue with that.

Can you say “nut job”!?! 🤗 [yahoo.com]

Fernapple comments on Sep 26, 2022:

He is making very guarded, can be taken either way statements though, like, "hoping the war will soon end," without saying how. Obviously positioning himself, so that he can put distance between him and Putin very quickly if needed.

Can you say “nut job”!?! 🤗 [yahoo.com]

Fernapple comments on Sep 26, 2022:

Yes quite easily. I find, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch quite hard to say, but "nut job" is a piece of cake. ( Probably hazel nut and almond cream cake.)

App isn't registering I've completed my profile.. So, I'm stuck in level 1 and it's rather limited

Fernapple comments on Sep 26, 2022:

Hello and welcome. The app is certainly registering your profile, since I can see you quite plainly. At the beginning you are only allowed a few limited things on the site, such as making posts, the more you do, and build up trust however, the more you are allowed. It is how the site attempts to keep out scammers and trolls, but you will quickly go up the levels don't worry.

Have you seen the movie "Operation Mincemeat" on Netflix? An extrordinary true story.

Fernapple comments on Sep 25, 2022:

You may also love this documentary, which tell the true story, but with a great sense of fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh2e6sE6YXA

I think it’s deliberate…

Fernapple comments on Sep 25, 2022:

Of course, the era was not called the Scottish Enlightenment for nothing.

Have you seen the movie "Operation Mincemeat" on Netflix? An extrordinary true story.

Fernapple comments on Sep 25, 2022:

No, but I did see the nineteen fifties film, The Man Who Never Was, based on the same story, that was great fun too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Bspo5ctgA

finding your voice… [tiktok.com]

Fernapple comments on Sep 24, 2022:

Funny. But if this is part of a training game, the the buttons seem to be badly designed, since dogs are red collour blind, so they would not be able to tell all the buttons apart.

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Fernapple comments on Sep 23, 2022:

I do hope he does not cut his hands.

He's a very confused individual.

Fernapple comments on Sep 23, 2022:

Well he can play golf telepathically, his brain tells his foot to kick the ball, and it goes towards the hole. So it may be true.......?

'Once you've introduced a socialist program, like a national health service, you are on the path to ...

Fernapple comments on Sep 23, 2022:

The link is blocked by a paywall, which does not work anyway, even though I tried.

'Once you've introduced a socialist program, like a national health service, you are on the path to ...

Fernapple comments on Sep 23, 2022:

Australia, New Zealand ?

Sounds about right.

Fernapple comments on Sep 23, 2022:

Which is the secret of its popularity, and perhaps what made Christianity so widespread. Since the more vague and open to interpretation a religious book is, the more people it will appeal to, you can find whatever you want there, yet still claim the authority of god, tradition, or the imagined wisdom of respected prophets to back you up.

Welcome to my world folks!!! 🤠

Fernapple comments on Sep 22, 2022:

You are welcome to it.

I don't see why Lauren Bobert's such a big problem in America.

Fernapple comments on Sep 20, 2022:

The fixed, I can't think of anything more to say, now I have done the script, grin, which comes after, says it all.

One of the many reasons..

Fernapple comments on Sep 20, 2022:

For people who are not mobile it may be the only way. The only issue is that it is better to do it on private land or in a park, it is of course very dangerous on a public road.

Is this normal? [earthquake.usgs.gov]

Fernapple comments on Sep 20, 2022:

According to IRIS. "On average, Magnitude 2 and smaller earthquakes occur several hundred times a day world wide. Major earthquakes, greater than magnitude 7, happen more than once per month. "Great earthquakes", magnitude 8 and higher, occur about once a year."

So, we finally heard from my daughter's gynocologist.

Fernapple comments on Sep 20, 2022:

If it comes to it, try to impress on her that. A hysterectomy is today not the major operation it once was, it is quite a low impact operation, and it has few side effects with some small advantages for long term health. Millions of women today are walking around having had one, and nobody would even know.

A proponent of a Middle-Eastern religion once asked me, as an agnostic, what book I read to guide me...

Fernapple comments on Sep 19, 2022:

Or tell him. To come and see me, and I will share with him my short list of about thirty or forty books which are quite good guides if taken as a whole. (His book did not make the top hundred. ) Also tell him. that I give no credit to anybody who has only read one book, especially if he is waving it in my face.

A proponent of a Middle-Eastern religion once asked me, as an agnostic, what book I read to guide me...

Fernapple comments on Sep 19, 2022:

Tell him. If you need god to tell you right from wrong, then you are not a good person, only a bad person on a leash.

Unpacking The Racist Reponses to The Little Mermaid - Between The Scenes | The Daily Show - YouTube

Fernapple comments on Sep 19, 2022:

Sorry but it says. Video not available.

Dear God I just want to say you really like to hide from your children on earth and watch all of us ...

Fernapple comments on Sep 19, 2022:

Hello and welcome. You will find you fit in well enough here.

If the evidence for an Abrahamic god is confined to a book of fairy tales then what is the logical ...

Fernapple comments on Sep 19, 2022:

1. Agnosticism comes in several forms, it is not therefore possible to answer that question without you first define the form of agnosticism you which to address. 2. Agnosticism generally, does not just apply to the Abrahamic god, but to all gods, including the deist. Especially so in the form also known as soft atheism, which is generally held to be a none belief in gods, but with an admission that the person holding that belief, does not have a evidence supported disproof of the existence of gods.

Finland likes the swastika emblem too. [reuters.com]

Fernapple comments on Sep 19, 2022:

The swastika is still widely used in India and Asia generally as a traditional symbol with a number of meanings, none of which have anything to do with Nazi ideology. It has a history going back thousands of years before fascism, so it is no surprise really to learn that Finland was using it before the Nazis. Indeed the fascists only took it up because its long history, gave them they thought, a base in older traditions and the extra authority which comes from that in the minds of many unthinking conservatives.

Two prayers here

Fernapple comments on Sep 18, 2022:

Laugh ?

Do you ever wish you believed prayer worked?

Fernapple comments on Sep 18, 2022:

Maybe not, but modern medicine does work, often, have faith in that.

Go meat free….

Fernapple comments on Sep 18, 2022:

Or just eat a highly varied diet, don't eat the same things every day.

Anton Petrov - Did Advanced Civilizations Exist Before Humans?

Fernapple comments on Sep 17, 2022:

There is nothing wrong with speculation, as long as you don't lose sight of the fact that it is speculation.

Basically anyone who says switching to green energy will tank the economy is mindlessly ...

Fernapple comments on Sep 17, 2022:

And create jobs.

Vor mehr als 70 Jahren wurde erstmals nachgewiesen, dass langes Sitzen unserer Gesundheit schadet.

Fernapple comments on Sep 17, 2022:

Hey folk, in case you don't do German, this appears to be a sales pitch for office equipment. lol

Vor mehr als 70 Jahren wurde erstmals nachgewiesen, dass langes Sitzen unserer Gesundheit schadet.

Fernapple comments on Sep 17, 2022:

I am quite content with the desk I have, thank you.

Oh, I forgot to mention, when I took my house back I changed the wifi network name and password.

Fernapple comments on Sep 17, 2022:

You may hear a voice out of the ether saying. "I am an atheist too. "

I wouldn't lose your head over it

Fernapple comments on Sep 17, 2022:

What causes the confusion, is that, most Karens walk and talk without using their heads.

Where the hell do I belong?

Fernapple comments on Sep 17, 2022:

Well done, you belong to the human race, most of us are like that.

Things happens for reason in life

Fernapple comments on Sep 17, 2022:

Yes, that is called "determinism" which is a sub-set of "materialism", and that you can never know or understand the reason, is called "Chaos theory", while that you can get closer to the reason without ever getting all the way to it, is called "quantum theory". Nice to meet you, with all the religious people about, it is rare to meet someone who understands the theoretical basis of atheist scientific thought.

Have a blessed day, y'all!

Fernapple comments on Sep 17, 2022:

Yes but, is it spreading ?

just a storage issue my ass

Fernapple comments on Sep 16, 2022:

Some very good ones this time.

Hypothesis: Religious behavior a consequence of autism.

Fernapple comments on Sep 16, 2022:

Slight problem with the last one, there is no evidence that men are more likely to follow religion. Its a better fit with immaturity.

Selling shit for 2,000 years

Fernapple comments on Sep 16, 2022:

Then one corrupt and incompetent soldier, bungles a life signs test on an executed prisoner. (He was eager to get his hands on the bribe offered for the body, and it was the dark of night. )

Perspectives…

Fernapple comments on Sep 16, 2022:

Old Iranian saying. " I cried because I had no shoes, and then I met a man who had no feet."

"I will look upon death or of comedy with the same expression of countenance." Seneca

Fernapple comments on Sep 15, 2022:

Bet he was fun at parties.

Q: Why is masturbation like an anemic male monarch? A: Because they are both wan-king.

Fernapple comments on Sep 13, 2022:

groan.

New York’s Hasidic Jewish schools take public funds but fail to educate kids

Fernapple comments on Sep 12, 2022:

Can the American on here tell me please. How can there be a separation of state and religion, if the state funds religious schools ?

I just want to give you nightmares.

Fernapple comments on Sep 12, 2022:

I wish they would bring the puke emoji back.

Bizarre Religions become mythologies

Fernapple comments on Sep 12, 2022:

I think that should be a, teacher of medicine.

I debated with myself before deciding to make this post.

Fernapple comments on Sep 12, 2022:

Get well soon, your contribution is appreciated