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Is not telling the whole truth, morally the same as lying ?

barjoe comments on Apr 9, 2021:

The whole Christian religion is based on a lie. I think priest believe it. They've been indoctrinated since birth.

Fernapple replies on Apr 9, 2021:

Yes, but do they, they are in many ways the best informed people about religions history. They must surely to some degree be doing a tapdance around the truth they do not want out in the open.

It is interesting to think about the commonality of our senses, and how much similar animals, ...

waitingforgodo comments on Apr 9, 2021:

Inexplicably, later that same day they found the piano smashed and the pianist crushed to death. Police are on the look out for a large trumpet player with an ear for music.

Fernapple replies on Apr 9, 2021:

It is I think an old piano, expossed to a tropical climate. I don't think he claims to make great music, but it is the only music the elephants get.

Questions to religious people

linxminx comments on Apr 8, 2021:

I've been listening to Ricky Gervais lately, who has stated that throughout history there have been just under 3,000 deities documented that humans have believed in and worshipped. He goes on to say that christians believe in 1 deity, so therefore they are atheists to the other 2,999. Then he ...

Fernapple replies on Apr 8, 2021:

An old one but a good one.

My walk last Sunday ( 4th of April) at the Zoological and botanical garden in Central, Hong Kong.✨

glennlab comments on Apr 7, 2021:

are the last two gingers?

Fernapple replies on Apr 8, 2021:

Not something I know much about, but I think they may be Bromeliads.

I hate it when I'm close enough to be proselytized to, so I have a solution.

barjoe comments on Apr 6, 2021:

If they don't preach to me, I won't tell them to go fuck themselves.

Fernapple replies on Apr 6, 2021:

@barjoe Yes but we are only doing it physically not intellectually.

I hate it when I'm close enough to be proselytized to, so I have a solution.

barjoe comments on Apr 6, 2021:

If they don't preach to me, I won't tell them to go fuck themselves.

Fernapple replies on Apr 6, 2021:

They are doing that already.

My born again Christian younger brother made me promise I'd watch a film called Atheist Delusion by ...

Fernapple comments on Apr 5, 2021:

Link would be helpful. But having seen R.C. before I don't think I will bother.

Fernapple replies on Apr 5, 2021:

@BufftonBeotch I don't know. But I am pretty sure that I know the sort of stuff that features in it.

5th April 1895.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 5, 2021:

Why oh why would anyone want to go back to treating anyone like this? Oscar did serious jail time In abysmal conditions for this "crime"

Fernapple replies on Apr 5, 2021:

@altschmerz It inspired his poem "The Ballad of Reading Jail."

Religion is a driving force behind the gender wage gap, study finds

mischl comments on Apr 4, 2021:

Religion is a driving force behind numerous societal ills. (But on this site, I'd be preaching to the choir.) Mostly, I just want religion out of my government and back into their churches.

Fernapple replies on Apr 5, 2021:

Then can we nail the doors shut ?

Easter! I would say that Easter is one of the most misunderstood holidays, but in reality, most ...

davknight comments on Apr 4, 2021:

One thing I can never understand is that eating the flesh of animals with cloven hooves is forbidden in the Old Testament. So why do American Christians eat tens of millions of sacrificial pigs every Easter Sunday? Is eating pork representative of eating Jeezus meat?

Fernapple replies on Apr 5, 2021:

The revelation of St Paul gave Christiians permission to ignore the diet laws.

Avakas Gorge in Cyprus, a great hike, with a chance to duck under the overhanging rock.

Heidi68 comments on Apr 4, 2021:

Goodness these are beautiful. Looks like a wonderful place to visit

Fernapple replies on Apr 4, 2021:

Hard walking at the end, the gorge is blocked by huge rock falls at its upper end, but it is very beautiful and you can of course turn back half way.

Sometimes I'm not an atheist, people are so annoying I become an Apatheist.

LovinLarge comments on Apr 3, 2021:

The fueling of division and war by religion makes religious apathy irresponsible.

Fernapple replies on Apr 4, 2021:

Yes but you can be apathetic to religion in the pure sense, without being apathetic to its social, and political aims or effects.

So.

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Apr 3, 2021:

Osiris died and resurrected long before Jesus came on the scene. His death and resurrection gave hope to humans that they, too, could be resurrected. Likewise, Inanna died and resurrected. Not only that, but she was dead for three days and three nights, just like Jesus. I am writing a paper ...

Fernapple replies on Apr 4, 2021:

Though to run with Sgt-Spanky's point, Osiris did have to do it every year.

Autumn is slowly descending even though the temperatures is still in the 20sC, 70s in F for those ...

barjoe comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Australians hate those damn lazy Americans. Cx1.8+32=F.

Fernapple replies on Apr 4, 2021:

@Petter As far as I know, a computer has no interest in how, easy, difficult, or silly the task it is asked to do is. It will go happily from New York to Boston via Australia if asked.

I have eaten and cooked with Medlar and it is very tasty, have any other members tried it ?

phxbillcee comments on Apr 3, 2021:

I might try a jam from this fruit, & maybe even the gin, but I honestly can't see going through the whole 'bletting' process.

Fernapple replies on Apr 3, 2021:

You don't have to work very hard at bletting them, in fact I found that with the ones my friend gives me of their tree, getting them used before they went too far was the problem. A bit like bananas they are perfect only for a short while.

I have eaten and cooked with Medlar and it is very tasty, have any other members tried it ?

Charlene comments on Apr 3, 2021:

Sounds yummy..wonder if I could find it over here..

Fernapple replies on Apr 3, 2021:

A friend of mine has and old tree, they used to be common across the western world.

Is that a metric adjustable hammer or SAE adjustable hammer?

girlwithsmiles comments on Apr 2, 2021:

That was confusing for a moment reading hammer and seeing spanner, tools eh? 😂

Fernapple replies on Apr 3, 2021:

@dalefvictor Yes but it is nice when you stop.

Is that a metric adjustable hammer or SAE adjustable hammer?

girlwithsmiles comments on Apr 2, 2021:

That was confusing for a moment reading hammer and seeing spanner, tools eh? 😂

Fernapple replies on Apr 2, 2021:

@GeorgeRocheleau That's interesting to know, I did not know the initials. I know that your pints are different, being a pound of water as opposed to our pound and a quarter. I wonder if there are any others ?

Autumn is slowly descending even though the temperatures is still in the 20sC, 70s in F for those ...

barjoe comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Australians hate those damn lazy Americans. Cx1.8+32=F.

Fernapple replies on Apr 2, 2021:

@barjoe The add forty and double etc. does work in reverse if you reverse it, but my point was that you have to think about and reverse it just the same as you do with the divide by five, multiply by nine and add thirty two method.

Is that a metric adjustable hammer or SAE adjustable hammer?

girlwithsmiles comments on Apr 2, 2021:

That was confusing for a moment reading hammer and seeing spanner, tools eh? 😂

Fernapple replies on Apr 2, 2021:

I think that may be intended as part of the joke, if not we will find out how honest George is prepared to be about mistakes. LOL

Autumn is slowly descending even though the temperatures is still in the 20sC, 70s in F for those ...

barjoe comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Australians hate those damn lazy Americans. Cx1.8+32=F.

Fernapple replies on Apr 2, 2021:

@barjoe I know, ammended see above.

Autumn is slowly descending even though the temperatures is still in the 20sC, 70s in F for those ...

barjoe comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Australians hate those damn lazy Americans. Cx1.8+32=F.

Fernapple replies on Apr 2, 2021:

@Petter Yes but your method does not work in reverse, going from F to C, if just apllied mindlessly, you still have to make choices therefore, and it is much less clear why you do so. Besides which multiply by 1.8 as opposed to double, divide by ten, deduct result, involves a multiplication by a multiple of nine, which is what you were mainly presumable trying to avoid in the first place.

Autumn is slowly descending even though the temperatures is still in the 20sC, 70s in F for those ...

barjoe comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Australians hate those damn lazy Americans. Cx1.8+32=F.

Fernapple replies on Apr 1, 2021:

@Petter 169.376 Yes I needed a bit of paper for that, but in pratice I never really need temps to fractions of degrees, and if I did it would be in a technical working situation where i would have pen and paper to hand at least. But that one is far from easy using your method, anyway, and doing five calculations, be they easier ones, when I only need three, seems an extra burden most of the time. Moreover the conventional method promotes understanding of the problem, and is easier therefore to check for errors and reverse.

I once had a coworker come up to me and say.

Fernapple comments on Mar 30, 2021:

A wise teacher once said. "You should make a habit of looking up at the sky for ten mins every day, it is good to keep grounded in what is really happening." But I don't think that, 'wise teachers' are found in bible class.

Fernapple replies on Mar 30, 2021:

@BufftonBeotch I know that knocked me sideways too, even a horse with blinkers on surely sees more of what is arround it.

Surely the silliest thing that humans can do is to think they can know the future, see the future, ...

AmmaRE007 comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Science can be really simple if you believe in it. Isn't this a bit contradictory?

Fernapple replies on Mar 30, 2021:

To a degree yes it is simple. Religion says. "We have been given all the truth we need as a privilege, because we are chosen." And science says. "We are not given truth, therefore we need to work hard and carefully to get anywhere near it." At the bottom, simple really.

Autumn is slowly descending even though the temperatures is still in the 20sC, 70s in F for those ...

barjoe comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Australians hate those damn lazy Americans. Cx1.8+32=F.

Fernapple replies on Mar 29, 2021:

@Petter Nah. 17 divided by five is 3.4 times 9 equals 30.6 while adding 32 is no problem at all 62.6. Just did that in my head no problem at all. As with all maths there is a load of ways, you just pick one you like.

Autumn is slowly descending even though the temperatures is still in the 20sC, 70s in F for those ...

barjoe comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Australians hate those damn lazy Americans. Cx1.8+32=F.

Fernapple replies on Mar 29, 2021:

@Petter Or divide by five and multiply by nine, then add 32.

Conservative Christians are driving more Americans away from religion altogether A new book ...

Daco2007 comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Fixed the link

Fernapple replies on Mar 29, 2021:

Thanks, got it now.

The wonderful things, which emerge from that apparently simple process of natural selection, make ...

Theresa_N comments on Mar 28, 2021:

Learned something while enjoying the beautiful birds and video.

Fernapple replies on Mar 28, 2021:

Great, just what this group is meant to be about.

Don’t ask, “Is it an option to be happy?

Fernapple comments on Mar 28, 2021:

Only two things. Freedom from that which makes you unhappy, and then the power of appreciation. The first is actually a lot harder than it seems and quite rare, the second is easiest found through education, so that is very rare.

Fernapple replies on Mar 28, 2021:

@Julie808 That's Ok although the appreciation that I was thinking of, was your own powers of appreciation. The equivalent of your. "Being happy with what you've got " But I would agree that being able to make a contribution and recieve appreciation in return is a good thing, which really helps, though perhaps not absolutely needed, since knowing you have made others happy, even if they do not show it to you, is perhaps enough. But I think that appreciation, as a personal quality, is a slight improvement on, "Being happy with what you've got" since it is more general, and especially, not possessive in quite the same way.

Grunge Here's What It Was Really Like To Pioneer On The Oregon Trail [youtube.com]

Fernapple comments on Mar 28, 2021:

How long did it generally take ?

Fernapple replies on Mar 28, 2021:

@phxbillcee Thank you. About 12 -14 miles per day that is fairy good going for a large group, burdened with waggons and off road. I would think they would want to get it all done before winter.

"People don't want to hear the truth, because they don't want to see their illusions destroyed.

Fernapple comments on Mar 27, 2021:

Almost a tautology.

Fernapple replies on Mar 27, 2021:

@MizJ No , but maths logic yes, though I am not very good at them.

Hair of the dog tail.

Fernapple comments on Mar 27, 2021:

OK, so I think, from the maths alone, that the letter which he addressed to himself was " i ", but am at a loss as to the name of the dog, unless it was "me" or Holmes, since " instruction to rotate ninety degrees ", would be a strange name for a dog.

Fernapple replies on Mar 27, 2021:

@waitingforgodo You got me there, I did not notice the - for +.

Hair of the dog tail.

Fernapple comments on Mar 27, 2021:

OK, so I think, from the maths alone, that the letter which he addressed to himself was " i ", but am at a loss as to the name of the dog, unless it was "me" or Holmes, since " instruction to rotate ninety degrees ", would be a strange name for a dog.

Fernapple replies on Mar 27, 2021:

@waitingforgodo I'm no good at it either, but I do find it interesting. And sometimes beautiful.

Hair of the dog tail.

Fernapple comments on Mar 27, 2021:

OK, so I think, from the maths alone, that the letter which he addressed to himself was " i ", but am at a loss as to the name of the dog, unless it was "me" or Holmes, since " instruction to rotate ninety degrees ", would be a strange name for a dog.

Fernapple replies on Mar 27, 2021:

@waitingforgodo A lot of people think that maths is boring sadly, I blame the education system.

Oh dear, how sad, too bad, never mind 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😝 "Religious disaffiliation ...

Petter comments on Mar 25, 2021:

He gives all sorts of reasons, but not the real one. With the widespread use of mass communication and improving education, there has been an increase in people's ability to **independently** reason. Hence, from only 1.8% of people saying there is no god 20 years ago, now there is 6% - that is a ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 26, 2021:

@LenHazell53 That's it perfectly. I left it at that, because I could not think of a way of putting it quite so neatly. My other thought was about how similar they are to political figures like Putin, and the orange thing. Declaring that they want and are going to make their countries great again, without ever realizing that it is people like them and their policies that are stopping it becoming great again. Actually I like your line so much, that I think I will quote you in the quotes group. Hoping you don't mind.

Hair of the dog tail.

Fernapple comments on Mar 26, 2021:

The name of the dog was god, because that is dog backwards and the whole leads backwards, and the letter said nothing.

Fernapple replies on Mar 26, 2021:

@waitingforgodo Will look at it again tonight when I have more time.

In alphabetic order, there is a religious method and a scientific method to acquire knowledge.

Fernapple comments on Mar 22, 2021:

I have always thought that there is a scale of knowledge. First is science, which is first hand personally obtained evidence, filtered by the experimental method and the review of others. Next is personal first hand experience, keeping close to the experimental method, but without the filters....

Fernapple replies on Mar 26, 2021:

@Coffeo You have been lucky then. But it can be fun.

Oh dear, how sad, too bad, never mind 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😝 "Religious disaffiliation ...

Petter comments on Mar 25, 2021:

He gives all sorts of reasons, but not the real one. With the widespread use of mass communication and improving education, there has been an increase in people's ability to **independently** reason. Hence, from only 1.8% of people saying there is no god 20 years ago, now there is 6% - that is a ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 26, 2021:

I have seen a lot of these, Christians reporting on their own decline articles over the years, and they never do get it right.

When one journey ends a bigger one begins.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 25, 2021:

. . . a very good read : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41750870-the-wolf

Fernapple replies on Mar 25, 2021:

Oh, thanks my next order from the bookstore.

Speak for yourself! I like my babies bar-b-qued & marinated in green vomit!

Willow_Wisp comments on Mar 25, 2021:

I'll take this argument further if pressed. I deem the Abrahamic God to be a preposterous impossibility. The "perfect" word of God is a collection of short stories that contradict each other and makes mythical claims that violates the internal consistency of the Abrahamic God in a way that proves ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 25, 2021:

That's very good. But I bet you could not say that to a theist, without getting interupted fifty times. LOL

Even tho Atheism & Evolution are two different things (tho most Theists don't get that)...

Paul4747 comments on Mar 25, 2021:

You don't have to be an atheist to accept science, but it helps....

Fernapple replies on Mar 25, 2021:

You don't have to be a theist to reject science, but..........LOL

"It must be stressed that there is nothing insulting about looking at people as animals.

Fernapple comments on Mar 24, 2021:

To think that we are better than animals, is firstly to make the assumption that there is something you can be, which is better than being an animal.

Fernapple replies on Mar 24, 2021:

@girlwithsmiles Im not a teacup. I could be a cat, but certain I am not a teacup.

In alphabetic order, there is a religious method and a scientific method to acquire knowledge.

Fernapple comments on Mar 22, 2021:

I have always thought that there is a scale of knowledge. First is science, which is first hand personally obtained evidence, filtered by the experimental method and the review of others. Next is personal first hand experience, keeping close to the experimental method, but without the filters....

Fernapple replies on Mar 24, 2021:

@Coffeo I perhaps over qualify, but you have to be wary, especially if debating with theists. Since they will regard any evidence they can come up with, that you use faith in however small and periferal a way, as a way to score what is to them a major victory, and a clear proof that all sceptical views are invalid.

In alphabetic order, there is a religious method and a scientific method to acquire knowledge.

Fernapple comments on Mar 22, 2021:

I have always thought that there is a scale of knowledge. First is science, which is first hand personally obtained evidence, filtered by the experimental method and the review of others. Next is personal first hand experience, keeping close to the experimental method, but without the filters....

Fernapple replies on Mar 24, 2021:

@Coffeo Good points. On the fourth, accepted authority, is of course a well known fallacy, but then it is well down the list, next to ad populum ( Can be fallacy.) of which it is a sub-set. Because 'accepted' is itself, proof by democracy. Yet with the extra point that, though accepted authority is only proved mainly by ad populum, it has the further filtre that you may use your own previous experience with each authority as well, to evaluate its quality, so that it is just that little better, than popular judgement alone would make it. Since you, unfortunately, do not have a choice but to use accepted authority, because it simply would not be possible for any single individual to prove every single thing by performing an experiment, and/or collecting your own data. When I use a set-square to mark out a piece of wood in intend to cut, I accept the authority of the tool maker that it will give me a right angle, though I could test it. Neither did I take my new car to pieces, and measure all the parts, since I accept the authority of the car makers, and the national standards agency that any new car sold will be safe. Foolish perhaps, but if I checked everything, it would soon use up so much time, that I should starve. ( Also accept the authority of the food makers, and government, that the foodstuffs are not poisons. Though that at least, is questionable, as history proves. ) On the sixth, it is important to note my, "keep this to a minimum," statement and the fact that I have never in practice needed to go that far down the list, for anything important or debatable. Yet, I do take it on faith that, my senses provide a 'nearly' accurate model of the world, that I am not insane, not seeing visions, and that the basic rules of logic really do work. Which is what I mean by nothing debatable, since I do not know of any of any other set of senses that I may have in another world, or any other rules of logic. And nothing important, since if I am insane, then no one has offered to introduce me to sanity and until they do, then any alternate sanity has no meaning for me.

I just got banned from FB because this info that I posted, below, is allegedly false/fake.

Theresa_N comments on Mar 24, 2021:

Anybody with more than average intelligence still using FB is willfully ignorant.

Fernapple replies on Mar 24, 2021:

@altschmerz There are other platforms, but if people never experiment with them, it becomes a self fulfilling prophesy.

“The chain of marriage is so heavy that it takes two to bear it; sometimes three.

whiskywoman comments on Mar 24, 2021:

testosterone makes men think they can handle more than one woman most cant handle one

Fernapple replies on Mar 24, 2021:

@whiskywoman Well I overstate my case a bit. My late wife for one, used to love a h##d j#b, but those times are sadly long gone.

“The chain of marriage is so heavy that it takes two to bear it; sometimes three.

whiskywoman comments on Mar 24, 2021:

testosterone makes men think they can handle more than one woman most cant handle one

Fernapple replies on Mar 24, 2021:

Oh, I can handle several. The trouble is, most women don't seem to like my style of handling.

Suppose I told you that buying a bottle of wine, could help preserve wildlife, create jobs and ...

Marionville comments on Mar 23, 2021:

It is increasingly rare to find any bottles of averagely priced wine which has a cork stopper. The more expensive ones still seem to use cork, but not all by any means. I must admit I enjoy the convenience of the metal screw top bottles because of ease of opening and screwing the top back for ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 24, 2021:

The intro is a bit of a joke. The point is that there are a lot of new cork products out there worth searching for.

Suppose I told you that buying a bottle of wine, could help preserve wildlife, create jobs and ...

JackPedigo comments on Mar 23, 2021:

So what about the processing of the wine - energy, human power, the production of bottles, delivery costs and on? Seems a bit round about to me. Besides, there are others uses of cork besides stoppers. Why must something be preserved simply for human use? They should be preserved because they are a ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 24, 2021:

The intro was intended as a bit of a joke. Of course buying any product has a environmental cost. There are however a lot of other cork products out there, and you can be reasonable certain that if you buy those, rather than the plastic equivalent, you are probably doing less harm.

Gosh, I do love spring!

Willow_Wisp comments on Mar 23, 2021:

Nice plant genitalia.

Fernapple replies on Mar 24, 2021:

Why do we love to see plant genitalia everwhere, but if an animals are on display, people say. " I wish they had longer fur ?"

“You’ll never decide what you want until you’ve decided who you are”.

Fernapple comments on Mar 24, 2021:

That's even harder than, what you want.

Fernapple replies on Mar 24, 2021:

@Marionville Wisdom.

“The chain of marriage is so heavy that it takes two to bear it; sometimes three.

Marionville comments on Mar 23, 2021:

Rather a depressing view of marriage, but I expect there was some experience behind his words.

Fernapple replies on Mar 24, 2021:

He was French, are they not supposed to have four ?

In alphabetic order, there is a religious method and a scientific method to acquire knowledge.

Cyklone comments on Mar 22, 2021:

The philosophical method is the science method. Where do you think science originated? Regardless of what science you study, at the end you are awarded a PhD, that is, a doctorate of philosophy. The only other doctorate is a ThD, that is, a doctorate in Theology. If you need to ask why, you're on...

Fernapple replies on Mar 22, 2021:

That's right. In fact science is a new word, less than a couple of centuries old, in real terms, it was always known before that as 'Natural Philosophy'. Science is just a more rigourous philosophy with stronger working methods, which can be used in some areas. Good philosophy respects the findings of science therefore, and good science does not break out of the rules of logic established by philosophy.

In alphabetic order, there is a religious method and a scientific method to acquire knowledge.

LiterateHiker comments on Mar 21, 2021:

Your question doesn't make sense. Try again.

Fernapple replies on Mar 22, 2021:

@LiterateHiker It does not preclude it but it does often attempt to supress it.

Mormon church indoctrinatIon [youtu.be]

Julie808 comments on Mar 22, 2021:

I feel so sorry for the kids born into mormonism and are not happy about it after growing up and learning better. I've talked with lots of ex-mormons who have struggled out of the faith. I understand how they indoctrinate the youth upwards, and how it's so hard to leave, but I still wonder ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 22, 2021:

Sorry but when you said, " marry the lady friend " I thought, there really is no mystery. You have to understand, we men are very simple. Nature fitted us with a handy handle down between the legs, with which we can be led about like a dog on a lead, and it totally overrides any rational thinking, or even common sense. It really is not complicated.

Even animals can be

Fernapple comments on Mar 18, 2021:

Sometimes Brown Bears get together with Polar Bears and you get mixed species cubs. ( Not relevant just interesting. )

Fernapple replies on Mar 21, 2021:

@yvilletom Cream it seems really good story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyX7HH0omIU

Just posted my first signs of spring here in the UK, in Nature and thought they would go well here.

Mooolah comments on Mar 21, 2021:

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t&ei=UTF-8&p=winter+aconite+flowers#id=3=5bb70a3d9b7e8cadcb7104891ac29bc5=view all over my woodland

Fernapple replies on Mar 21, 2021:

The Aconites have finished with us now, we are probably about three weeks ahead of you.

I think I found the oldest story of them all, though it is almost not a story.

Robecology comments on Mar 21, 2021:

What I've read/heard/observed is that these early cyano-bacterial mounds were the key contributors to the build-up of Oxygen in the environment. "Early cyanobacteria in stromatolites are thought to be largely responsible for increasing the amount of oxygen in the primaeval Earth's atmosphere ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 21, 2021:

Yes and the oxygen of course paved the way for animals, who used it to respire at a faster rate, and power things like movement.

Probably the most important story ever told, and no it is not the one about Jesus. [youtube.com]

DenoPenno comments on Mar 21, 2021:

The two cells could have been Adam and Eve. A sperm and egg type thing.

Fernapple replies on Mar 21, 2021:

They certainly were.

Probably the most important story ever told, and no it is not the one about Jesus. [youtube.com]

Word comments on Mar 21, 2021:

Sounds possible that not everything evolved from one specific cell. If there were millions of one type cell and millions of the other type of cell, then the 2 cells combination could of occured millions of times. Or, what if this combination is still going on that may lead to something else ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 21, 2021:

All sort of things are possible. Though it is generally thought that they were a couple of very rare one off events, since genetics seems to point to a single common origin of complex cells. But in the future who knows.

[youtube.com] Scotty, the donkey,

Fernapple comments on Mar 19, 2021:

We met this wild one in the nature reserve on North Cyprus. My friend had been told they would beg food of tourists, so she took some best quality apples from the hotel breakfast bar, to feed them. This one wanted to get in the car and come home with us.

Fernapple replies on Mar 19, 2021:

@whiskywoman Yes but she would have to buy second best, she took a bag down to breakfast and filled it while the buffet staff were not looking. She is eighty eight, and thinks she's entitled now. Besides which, you perhaps wont know, but she comes from Yorkshire, county motto. "Money its not for spending tha' know's. "

Every last bit.

gigihein comments on Mar 19, 2021:

I look feral this morning

Fernapple replies on Mar 19, 2021:

Oh. I do love a wild lady.

Perhaps, if you think about it, the most important story ever told, and no it does not have a god in...

phxbillcee comments on Mar 18, 2021:

@Fernapple, don't forget my "Science,..." Group!

Fernapple replies on Mar 19, 2021:

No I do not forget that, will find you something soon. Though if you would like this too I can do, just don't like to repeat a post too much.

“Whereas in ancient agricultural societies human violence caused about 15% of all deaths, during ...

Lauren comments on Mar 16, 2021:

Sugar does not cause diabetes. About 10% of the diabetics have Type 1 diabetes which is entirely genetic. Type 2 diabetics have the gene, which is brought to fruition by poor diet and lack of exercise. Typically, it's the carbs and high fat/fried food diets that bring about diabetes for most of ...