OK, here's my pick for the strangest web site I've seen in 2022.

Fernapple comments on Apr 2, 2022:

Well there is this site I go to now and again called, Agnostic.com. but no, I think yours still wins.

Signs of the times.

Fernapple comments on Apr 2, 2022:

At least they are being honest about it. LOL

My scrotum was sent to a mental asylum. It was a total nutcase.

Fernapple comments on Apr 2, 2022:

Nice to have something in common with your genitalia.

“Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone.

Fernapple comments on Apr 2, 2022:

"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same;" "If" By Rudyard Kipling

Drinking tea and coffee will help staving off dementia.

Fernapple comments on Apr 2, 2022:

Good news. Since I like tea and fruit and veg, more than anything, that is not a hard ask.

"Cognitive-dissonance is just one of many biases that work in our everyday lives.

Fernapple comments on Apr 2, 2022:

Yes I have noticed even on this site that some are prone to that, that Skado fellow, now he is probably the prime example. See my last. https://agnostic.com/discussion/658460/the-evolution-of-belief-https-agnostic-com-group-religiousnaturalism-discussion-658459-how-di?cid=2025766

See?

Fernapple comments on Apr 1, 2022:

But did they pass it on before they died ?

The joy of flying over the mountains. Three years ago today.

Fernapple comments on Apr 1, 2022:

I have never flown over mountains in a light aircraft sadly. But I do remember the alps seen twice from an airliner, all white peaks and fluffy clouds, they looked like an exotic ice cream and cream desert.

How offensive is the word "cunt"?

Fernapple comments on Apr 1, 2022:

I will vote for the last one. Because I am convinced by one well known, sadly now gone, feminists arguments. (Sorry about the quality of the video, but it is very old.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDJutaFuVD0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN0oGWNzNxo

“You cannot do kindness too soon, because you never know how soon it will be too ...

Fernapple comments on Apr 1, 2022:

How very true. And you can never make the most of your friends too soon, or tell them how much you value them, for exactly the same reason.

I was accused of using sodium hydroxide to get rid of a body. But it was all a lye.

Fernapple comments on Apr 1, 2022:

Groan.

Hospitality… [facebook.com]

Fernapple comments on Apr 1, 2022:

Link gone.

Really disgusted by a friend.

Fernapple comments on Apr 1, 2022:

They had to follow the script to get their pay. That's why its called acting.

I've opened a restaurant called: "Peace And Quiet..." Kids meals: Only $150.

Fernapple comments on Mar 31, 2022:

I wonder why, I have not seen a post get that many likes in ages.

Does your memory get worse as you get older?

Fernapple comments on Mar 31, 2022:

Yes I keep remembering worse and worse things, until I think. "If I was such a jerk back then, am I any better now ?"

I'd be willing to lay carpet, it's been such a long time...

Fernapple comments on Mar 31, 2022:

You have to earn the carpets respect first. You can't lay it properly if you have already walked all over it, shown it no care, and made a disrespectful mess of it. And if you are not on the same level, you have got no chance.

Hello everyone, I am excited to announce the arrival of my great granddaughter Ruby Louise.

Fernapple comments on Mar 31, 2022:

Congratulations, you know what they say. "If I had known that grandchildren were this much fun, I would have had them first." But great grandchildren, that is a whole new game.

After all, they believe their god blesses perverts! Proposed GOP bill eliminates age ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 31, 2022:

Well I guess, they want to bring Tennessee into line with all the backward, primitive, underdeveloped, immoral, intellectually bankrupt and undereducated theocracies in the world, with which they feel they have so much in common. ( I know that this is a USA based site, so as a foreigner I feel it is best to bite my tongue sometimes, and try not to sound too critical, especially as you seem to do quite a good job yourselves anyway. But really, are you retrograding back into the dark ages or something over there ?)

The Evolution of Belief [agnostic.com] .

Fernapple comments on Mar 31, 2022:

Good article.

Why is it that anyone who needs money to research something that may help many people cannot get the...

Fernapple comments on Mar 31, 2022:

In part, its market place economics. If you care, then you are in the majority. And most people do care how they earn their money, and they like to feel their working lives are useful, at least to some degree. There are however, a few people, who will do anything, however harmful, to earn money, and the market favours them, simply because they are rare and the market pays a premium for what is in short supply, as long as there is some demand. So harmful products earn their producers the most. That's not by any means all the reasons, but it is part of it.

As many of you are aware, I had Covid twice, I developed a worsening lung problem with several spots...

Fernapple comments on Mar 30, 2022:

Good to hear it.

This whole superyacht business seems sketchy to me.

Fernapple comments on Mar 30, 2022:

Not that easy, since part of their reason for existing is not just as holiday homes, but mainly as ways of laundering money through movable solid assets, which are internationally free, and hiding who they belong to, is in part part of their purpose. Having said that, I do think that a lot of the super-yacht fuss, is just gesture politics. In that they are not that important to their owners, and the owners may often not be especially strong supporters of Putin. But they do make good headlines, and while the press and public are distracted by the yachts, you can still, quietly, keep on doing business as usual and let the owners move their dirty money through your state banks, etc., with no questions asked.

Sapolsky/Wilson [youtu.be]

Fernapple comments on Mar 30, 2022:

Very good talk. I think that what makes conscious evolutionary development and evolutionary policy difficult for many people to accept, is to a large extent the fact that, in many minds, they are still associated with the idea of eugenics, which is regarded by many as morally unacceptable, and still tainted by many cruel human rights abuses which took place in the past.

So sad.....

Fernapple comments on Mar 29, 2022:

The Bronze Age sword and chariot were game changing weapons. Not so much, just because they were so effective, though they were, but also because for the first time there existed weapons which were so expensive, only the rich could afford them. And new words like, aristocracy, and class entered the words languages, to signify that there would never be a simple egalitarian society again, ( Except for priest and king of course.) Because killing was now a rich mans sport and the poor died more.

Since moving to this small rural community a few years ago, I have been occasionally vexxed ( at ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 29, 2022:

Great letter, especially for the child who is the only one you may have a hope of reaching. I like the fact that you have included lots of quotes, since religion is in many ways basically the same thing as the fallacy of "proof by authority", religious people are predisposed to look for authority. If there was an addition to make then after your, "religion so far, has offered only unsupported speculation" I would add. "Because, if it was supported, then it would cease to be religion, but become science or philosophy, since religion is the name we give to the unsupported." But that would probably be too long winded, so I just include it for your amusement.

Does the Cognitive Science of Religion legitimize the validity of religious behavior as a positive ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 29, 2022:

That seems like a very shambolic poll. Firstly. If you wish to ask questions about religion, you should start by defining "religion". since the answer will depend very much on the definition. As the answers below show, people have used several definitions. Secondly. Science does not deal in terms such as "legitimize" and "validity", If you mean, does it indicate that such things may have occurred in the past, present or are likely to in the future, then that is what you should ask, and each separately please. Thirdly. Several of the answers are about fact and several are about opinion, the poll is either an opinion poll, or a fact based poll about knowledge, it should not try to be both please. Four. Number three is ambiguous, since it is possible to have both legitimate science and sham science in the same field at the same time. And indeed, it is very unlikely that you will not have both. Five. Number five is two answers/questions in one: Is it based on "cherry picked facts"? And also. Is it "irrelevant" ? While I have to ask, "irrelevant" to what, reproductive fitness in the past, reproductive fitness now, or our understanding of religion ? How is it possible to tick or not tick this one with any degree of honest understanding ? Six. The last is also two statements in one, and therefore ambiguous, since it is perfectly possible to agree with one and not the other. If I did not know better, I would assume that this was a poll made up by someone, to deliberately produce muddled results, which would allow the maximum amount of reinterpretation to be placed on them. But then, I would not expect such low behavior on this site, so I can only assume that I have misunderstood. So I will tick number one, WTF, not as a comment on the science or its interpretation but only my incomprehension of the poll.

Love letter from a passionate and persistent admirer…

Fernapple comments on Mar 29, 2022:

That is rather rude yes, but it was private, you don't have to share it.

The Great Irony ….

Fernapple comments on Mar 28, 2022:

Not at all true, I for one atheist, have no problem at all with CSR. And like, I suspect, most atheists, I accept that there is obviously an evolutionary basis for everything. Stop the strawmaning.

A friend called yesterday with a title idea: God is Sexy, or God is Sex-Ease.

Fernapple comments on Mar 28, 2022:

I fail to see how the second half relates to the first half, except in the most banal of ways. Perhaps you could enlarge. Just a little.

A Bouncy Castle in the Clouds but you don't get to play or even jump up and down, on your knees for ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 28, 2022:

Pascal's Wager rebooted. If there is a god, how do you know that it does not prefer atheists anyway ? After all: we do not waste the short lives it gave us in useless ritual, we do not set up the, at least, ten thousand other fake gods in its name, we do not tell it what we believe it should do and think, and we do not use its name to justify exploiting and abusing other people or the planet and its life, and we do not arrogantly claim to have a special relationship with it that others don't. You got to figure, why would god not just LOVE an atheist. Almost makes me wish there was a god.

A little Beau. [youtu.be]

Fernapple comments on Mar 28, 2022:

Yep. It used to be pink for boys, because that was the colour the army wore, and blue for girls, because that was the virgin Mary's colour. And that was just the English speaking world and not so long ago.

Scientists discover microplastics in human blood for the first time

Fernapple comments on Mar 28, 2022:

Interesting article but a bit short.

With Eye to China Investment, Taliban Now Preserve Buddhas

Fernapple comments on Mar 28, 2022:

Everything is for sale at a price, even devout faith.

Marriage, Relationships and Religion

Fernapple comments on Mar 27, 2022:

The main question you have to answer, is. Will the differences lessen or get deeper when once you are married ? Because if, as I suspect, reading what you write, they will grow, then however hard it may be, you have to make the break and walk away now. It is not a good idea to marry at all if you have any doubts. You may have, by now, invested a lot of time in this man, but although you do not state your age, I suspect that you will probably be quite young, and although it may seem that you will be giving up a major chance in life, life is a surprisingly long thing, and often offers far more opportunities that the young think it ever will. And now I will say something with a strong sexual bias. Which is that, neither marriage nor religion are noted for being especially kind to women, and generally speaking if anything goes wrong, it is the woman who suffers most. Therefore, do what you think is good and be brave, but do think long and deep, including asking yourself, what this man's true motives for his religion are, and how he expects you to behave towards it after you are married. Simply ask him, and you may get an answer you like, which is fine, but if you don't, or you get a vague or evasive answer, then go. There is no risk in asking him because, it is better to find out now, while you still can part easily, than later.

There you have it - Facts about Christians in the UK Q: What are the most shocking facts about ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 27, 2022:

We are still way behind Denmark and a lot of Scandinavia.

The burden of proof is on the person making the assertion.

Fernapple comments on Mar 27, 2022:

Good to remember the basics sometimes though.

I hate working. That is all.

Fernapple comments on Mar 26, 2022:

Old saying. "If you do something you love to earn a living, then you need never do a days work in your life."

Could someone please tell me if Watson's claim here is legitimate- [m.

Fernapple comments on Mar 26, 2022:

Old saying. "The first casualty of war is truth." And that applies on both sides, but who knows, it may well be a clumsy Russian attempt to downgrade Ukrainian credibility, since it is so obviously fake, ( It does not even look like a real helicopter or a real explosion. ), that it is hard to believe that any one would ever really attempt to use it as propaganda.

How do you relieve stress?

Fernapple comments on Mar 26, 2022:

Nah, just go on line, and start an argument with a theist, that's what most of us do.

Atheism is inconsistent with science....

Fernapple comments on Mar 26, 2022:

It is just the worn out old straw man, that all atheism is "hard atheism", which it is not. Hard atheists who are willing to declare their certainty that there is no god and no supernatural or undiscovered natural realms beyond the known, are rare among atheists. Most atheists are soft atheists, who simply declare that they have found no convincing evidence for god, and prefer not to believe without that, or agnostic atheists who do not think it likely that anyone has found such evidence, and think it a waste of effort even to pursue it. This article is fairly typical of the poor shabby values applied to thinking, which often occurs in those who have come under the thrall of religion, with its destructive effects on the best qualities of the human personality, especially honesty and values. Sadly sometimes found even among scientists. Though of course it is quite possible that the writer is just ignorant of atheism and does not understand it, which is excusable even if not good. The argument is one which I have heard hundreds of times from apologists, who love it, and is typical of the straw man fallacy. Of defining a thing into existence, in such a way that it is perfectly suited to your counter argument, even though that may not reflect reality.

Mandatory voting! My understanding is that in Australia voting in federal elections is mandatory and...

Fernapple comments on Mar 25, 2022:

I can not tell you anything about Australia, but Just viewing from the UK perspective. In the last USA election, we saw films of long lines of people waiting outside you polling stations, and there was even a debate about whether it was OK to hand out water to them. All I can say is that in the UK, ( which is itself far from being a world beating democracy, ) if the governing authorities did not provide enough polling stations so that everyone could walk more or less directly in on polling day, it would be regarded as a national shame, by all parties and sectors of the population. What is wrong with America ? I once thought that it was a true world leading democracy, but it seems that the boast was always hollow, and it is not getting any better. In the late eighteenth century the USA may have led the world in democracy, but Americans need to get out more and understand just how much a huge lot of the rest of the world has moved on, while you seem to be sliding backwards.

Thanks everyone for your concern.

Fernapple comments on Mar 25, 2022:

One armed bandits.

Very strange why so many liberals get butt hurt when an intelligent black woman (never mind drop ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 24, 2022:

Yes it was very corrupt, and as Putin says, there is a large Nazi group there. But there is corruption everywhere, and Nazis too. And if I was to place bets on which has more of both, Russia or the Ukraine, then I would put my money on Russia any day. While Putin seems to be quite unaware that he is a Nazi, in all but name, and that terms like, "Uniting the Slaves." are fairly racist, even if they are positive racist instead of negative racist.

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 24, 2022:

Also a bad choice is better than no choice. The roads are carpeted with flat squirrels who could not make their minds up.

$100 million media campaign depicts human side of Jesus in outreach to skeptics

Fernapple comments on Mar 24, 2022:

The site raised a, fake site and high risk may contain mall wear flag, on my computer's security system.

Yesterday morning I submitted a post, and when I saw later that people had reacted and commented, I ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 23, 2022:

The site works best with a desktop, people who use mobile devices, (I don't know if that includes you. ) often encounter problems. You can also sometimes get problems if you make the things first and then open them with the app, it is best to copy into a text editor, and then copy to here, or type straight into the site.

Freddy Mercury was quite right when he made that statement.

Fernapple comments on Mar 23, 2022:

Was already nearly gone even by his time, he was one of the last few, at least in mainstream popular music. Fortunately, on the other hand, we also live in an eclectic age, and there is easy access to many a sub-genera, where you can hear everything from a sitar to a banjo, and dark age choral to Rap. It is not perhaps that music is dead, simply that there will no longer be any such thing as mainstream popular music any longer.

An early shout out to all my atheist neighbors.

Fernapple comments on Mar 23, 2022:

You mean that we can come out of hiding ?

I'm not saying that the customer service in my bank is bad.

Fernapple comments on Mar 22, 2022:

But did you manage to stay on your feet ?

It appears my lovely minuature rose is dying.

Fernapple comments on Mar 22, 2022:

If it is just one stem, I would not worry too much. Although miniatures can lack health and vigour, especially deepening on how they are grafted/rooted, sometimes potted roses are just groups of cuttings, and are often not fully rooted .

Morning all Thank you all for all the fine Cornbread Wishes Love you all

Fernapple comments on Mar 22, 2022:

Yum.

But do you think he'll get charged?

Fernapple comments on Mar 22, 2022:

I think that the site you are linking to, has moved on.

Putin's evolution: weird kid -> spook -> kleptocrat -> war criminal ->

Fernapple comments on Mar 22, 2022:

CE 5000. Fossil found in arctic permafrost, appears to have been intentionally buried, but without any coffin or grave goods.

Plus I quite like Gingerbread

Fernapple comments on Mar 22, 2022:

And the villains in "James Bond" films, would you not really like, to be the first to succeed in feeding the overgrown boyscout into a giant shredder.

Ah, that feels SO much better, have permanently BLOCKED @Twill now, peace and quiet shall once again...

Fernapple comments on Mar 22, 2022:

Interesting, it is funny how this site distributes the postings, I hardly know or have ever seen him, yet he is level seven.

Putin’s top advisers have vanished.

Fernapple comments on Mar 22, 2022:

But did they jump, or were they pushed ?

Playing in the dirt makes me happy!

Fernapple comments on Mar 22, 2022:

I also love the smell of a freshly watered greenhouse.

Religion is definitely a business.

Fernapple comments on Mar 21, 2022:

And you don't get to take final delivery until after you are dead. So no returns.

Do you pray? Do you yearn for spirit-based community?

Fernapple comments on Mar 21, 2022:

Hello and welcome. No, I do not yearn for any of those things, I have a good community, its called a village. I share ideas with other conservationists and humanists, though I am not strictly really one of the later. I believe the world is beautiful and that improving my appreciation of the world, is the nearest thing to praying you can get, and that belief in spirits and karma block that route to self improvement.

Minimally CounterIntuitive Concepts Counter to popular folklore, the evidence, so far, does not ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 21, 2022:

Actually the article you are citing, states exactly the opposite of your claim. "Counter to popular folklore, the evidence, so far, does not support the claim that the persistence of religion is due to the indoctrination of children. Rather, it is purely biological. That is to say, it is a product or byproduct of the combined forces of evolution." It actually explains why children are biologically easy to indoctrinate, especially with information which is counterintuitive. The claim, "due to the indoctrination of children", and the articles main quoted experimental findings, are not opposites, but mutually supporting.

"Going to church does not make you a good person, says Pope Francis" [christiantoday.

Fernapple comments on Mar 21, 2022:

The church supports and fosters narcissism, My god, My prayers, My spirituality, My church, My congregation, My demons, My faith, and even My charity, it all starts with the big MY. Because narcissists are needy and will buy any fix to keep the delusion of their specialness alive, and the more they become narcissistic, the more help they need to support the delusion, it is even better than hooking them on drugs.

Hi everyone nice to meet y'all

Fernapple comments on Mar 21, 2022:

Hello and welcome enjoy the site, and do fill in your bio please.

What the world needs is a million unarmed person march on Unraine by volunteers from around the ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 21, 2022:

Many are already doing that. And Putin is already firing on them.

“The measure of a man is what he does with power”…………..Plato.

Fernapple comments on Mar 21, 2022:

And why he wants it in the first place.

Call me a saddo! I'm watching Wayne's World - again! 😆 Don't know about your countries, but in ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 20, 2022:

Everything comes on English TV again, and again, and again, and again.........

Canine beats vulpine.

Fernapple comments on Mar 20, 2022:

A human gets more factual information from smelling a dogs ass. lol

Is a Great Resignation brewing for pastors?

Fernapple comments on Mar 20, 2022:

So it seems to say, that ministers are not big on serving their fellow humans and communities, especially not in difficult times. Is this really news, or have I just arrived in a parallel universe ?

Misdirection Misinformation

Fernapple comments on Mar 20, 2022:

Here in the UK gas prices are about twice what you pay, even now. It is highly taxed because that is seen as a good way to encourage he cutting of carbon emissions.

New Insight Into Possible Origins of Life: For the First Time Researchers Create an RNA Molecule ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 20, 2022:

The RNA world theory of abiogenesis, has been growing in importance compared to other theories now for a long time. It looks like it is getting near to becoming the standard model.

I'm feeling beyond frustrated and feel a strong need to vent.

Fernapple comments on Mar 19, 2022:

The bottom line is, happy people are content, so they don't buy anything. The whole point of sales is make them believe they are unhappy, so that then you can sell them the solution. Which is why religion, which is pure sales, without even a product, at least not one you get to collect until after you are dead, (No returns so far.) is in the business of promoting unhappiness more than anything else. The secret of happiness is simple, first you must be free of the things that make you unhappy, pain, hunger, cold, fear etc., which is not too hard for most westerners. And then you must learn to value the gifts that you have, which is called appreciation, and which is best acquired through learning. And guess what, there are a lot of institutions, I need not name them, who are opposed to things like social responsibility, unless they control it, which promotes the freedom from cold, hunger, pain etc. for everyone, and they also oppose education, (only read one book).

The joy of watching raptors. What's your raptor story?

Fernapple comments on Mar 19, 2022:

During my youth in the UK, you hardly ever saw a raptor of any sort, except perhaps, a kestrel. The hunting and shooting lobby had driven them almost to extinction, because it was said they were harmful to game birds, especially pheasants and grouse. But a few decades ago they were all given protection, and now just twenty or thirty years later, buzzards and red kites especially are seen all the time around here. Things that we thought were gone forever. It just shows how fast nature recovers as soon as it is left in peace. And we still have plenty of pheasants.

It seems the war in Ukraine is being seen by many Xian leaders as the sign we are in the last ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 19, 2022:

Yes they thought that about the Black Death too, and the Plague of Justinian and the mini ice age caused by the eruption of Tambora, and Halley's Comet ............

Does eating chocolate upset your stomach?

Fernapple comments on Mar 18, 2022:

It can drive your blood pressure up, and a lot of people have allergic reactions causing headaches, sleep problems, and energy loss if they don't top up. And of course it contains a lot of sugar. But then there is range of benefits too.

Have you noticed something wrong here 🤣

Fernapple comments on Mar 18, 2022:

levitation.

“Sometimes the bible in the hand of one man is worse than the whisky bottle in the hand of ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 18, 2022:

Oh, I think that is Atticuss in To Kill A Mockingbird.

TI Ukraine (@TI_Ukraine_eng) | Twitter

Fernapple comments on Mar 18, 2022:

Old saying. "Bullets take three lives, the one who gets shot, the one who wastes their life making them, and the one who earns the money to pay for them."

The Russians seem to be having great success- against unarmed civilians, anyway.

Fernapple comments on Mar 18, 2022:

Actually the numbers are about equal, if not slightly in favour of the Ukrainians. But the Russians may be better equipped, especially in air support, but then again it is said that in modern wars the attacker needs at least a three to one advantage.

Thinking about getting a (my first) tattoo. I'm digging the spaghetti monster thing. Any thoughts?

Fernapple comments on Mar 18, 2022:

Nah, Go for a slogan like. "Jesus was gay." "Fairy-tales make Bibles." or "Satan was the good guy."

A New Study Has Identified a Dominant Force Driving Evolution on Earth Today: [sciencealert.com]

Fernapple comments on Mar 18, 2022:

The really fun thing, (irony) is that the most successful creatures are likely to be our parasites. We could end up living alone with our increasingly numerous and diverse parasites, from the things which nibble at us in bed, to the things which eat our crops and raid our dustbins, and hardly anything neutral as a buffer between us.

“Power is dangerous.

Fernapple comments on Mar 17, 2022:

And power that can be won without effort or proof, well ? (Hint I think they call it religion.)

Meanwhile, the other war: [youtube.com]

Fernapple comments on Mar 17, 2022:

Yep. And our PM has just been to Saudi to ask for more oil. Its all about the oil.

Well, I am going to speak frankly.

Fernapple comments on Mar 17, 2022:

I think that, all you have got, on armed conflict, is all you really need. You got there, and you need to concentrate on your own needs first. Because our first and best commitment even to others, is to look after ourselves well, and not to be any more of a burden to others than we need be. But at the same time remembering that, everybody on the planet is a burden to someone some of the time, we all bump together in this limited space, therefore there is no shame in seeking help, because we are all in this together.

And speaking of quilts, the latest one. It looks better "in person"!

Fernapple comments on Mar 16, 2022:

Do you ship to the UK ?

How do I help my dog with separation anxiety?

Fernapple comments on Mar 16, 2022:

That is sad, and there may be little you can do. Dogs, even ones that have not suffered a loss, hate to be left alone. In the dogs mind when you leave it and will not take it with you, there is nothing to reassure it that you will be coming back, for all that the dog knows it has been deserted. Perhaps the only two things that you could do, are perhaps fairly expensive ones. One is to take him to a good trainer or vet with a knowledge of animal psychology, or the other may be to get him a companion, but I would try vet first, and take their advice about the second idea.

Maggie, my five year old granddaughter, sat for awhile watching me quilt today and then said, "When...

Fernapple comments on Mar 15, 2022:

And the only immortality a wise person would wish for. Most of my life has been spent as a horticulturalist, and gardens are the most ephemeral of arts, just stop weeding and pruning them for a two or five years, and they are half gone. And I find that pleasing, because it means that I will leave no legacy to burden those who follow, gathering dust in some institution.

The $100M "He Gets Us" ad campaign for Jesus ignores an obvious problem

Fernapple comments on Mar 15, 2022:

It says that. "Its hard to sell the product, without acknowledging the harm that Christianity has done." Actually I think that it is hard to sell any product without acknowledging the harm which hard selling does as well.

“There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book.

Fernapple comments on Mar 15, 2022:

That was in many ways an innocent age.

‘All art must go underground:’ Ukraine scrambles to shield its cultural heritage ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 15, 2022:

Link broken sorry.

Off with his head?! :-/

Fernapple comments on Mar 15, 2022:

The slow on the uptake can be lethal, and they don't have to be kings.

Oh, the horror!!! [youtu.be]

Fernapple comments on Mar 15, 2022:

That is the funniest thing I have seen in a long time. Great find.

I know.

Fernapple comments on Mar 15, 2022:

I don't know what it is, but it may be specific to that area, because it looks like it is coloured to match the rocks.

Why is it that I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night for no reason and can't go back to ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 14, 2022:

LIke someone said. " If I had known grandchildren were this much fun, I would have had them first."

Why is it that I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night for no reason and can't go back to ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 14, 2022:

Sound like you are an owl, have difficulty getting to sleep, but then have difficulty waking up. You are not alone.

I don't believe in religion because I believe in humanity

Fernapple comments on Mar 14, 2022:

Hello and welcome, enjoy the site.

It's free speech until you piss someone off... then it's hate speech.

Fernapple comments on Mar 14, 2022:

You can be free with your hate.

Religion and violence in public schools.

Fernapple comments on Mar 14, 2022:

If they wont join in with the delusion, and you know you can't win the debate. Then the options get few.

“A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then stand on the stump ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 14, 2022:

There is another kind of politician ?

I dont know why I'd be interested in the perspective of experts thoroughly educated and steeped in, ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 14, 2022:

Many a true word.

At what point does it no longer make sense for national leaders to stop making claims of ownership ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 14, 2022:

You have to find political leaders who grew up into adults, who understand that. "Mine is bigger than yours." Is an argument, that should have been left behind in the nursery playground.

The talk about the beginning of the universe seems to imply the creation of something of great ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 14, 2022:

The big difference is, that science describes the big bang, as. "Our best current model." And not all scientists accept it or are forced to accept it. Where religion describes creationism as, our only model forever.