Don't know why I am posting this here.

Fernapple comments on Aug 22, 2020:

Offer noted. I am a bit wary of adds sometimes on here, but you have been around a bit now and seem like a genuine member, so good luck finding the work. Pity you, and the site, were not here four years ago, when I was having a lot of editing done, I landed up with someone who took eighteen months for five hundred pages.

I love planners and bullet journals, but I have put my 2020 planner away. 😉

Fernapple comments on Aug 22, 2020:

You can't trust trailers, they always lie, some of the biggest turkeys have the best trailers.

Here are a couple of poems I wrote a couple years ago.

Fernapple comments on Aug 22, 2020:

You may like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttevamkS6gw&t=75s

A note to all of you who continue to doubt me (re: consciousness)

Fernapple comments on Aug 22, 2020:

Hello jeff glad you are well. So which Dead thinker/philosopher/scientist are you making a mockery of today ?

Today I was feeling abandoned and hopeless.

Fernapple comments on Aug 22, 2020:

Bullies want to make you weak and manipulatable, and if they see that, then other bullies move in too. The psychological bullies in religion are no different from the physical type.The main thing is not to let them make you afraid to show your true self to people you trust, or not to trust anyone, then you are alone and the bullies have achieved their goal, of making you isolated.

Does anyone really care that there is no afterlife?

Fernapple comments on Aug 22, 2020:

One has been more than enough so far, I would soon get fed up if there were two.

Question for you all concerning the terms atheist and agnostic.

Fernapple comments on Aug 22, 2020:

Basically I am agnostic, but I am happy to call myself atheist, soft atheist, humanist, none theist, none believer, in fact any label you like. Because this question comes up every now and again, so I prefer to write about something more interesting. ABOUT MUFFINS. I see that the issue of Atheist/Agnostic has been rearing its head again, as it does every few days, so since some people find this a bit tiresome, I thought that a post on muffins would be more interesting. Suppose for a minute, and for the sake of argument only, that there is a god, and an afterlife, including heaven and a hell; and that the god chooses whether people go to heaven, or if some go to hell, in fact the whole theist deal. Not only that, but the criterion on which the god makes the choice is based on the type of muffins they eat. ( Note: “eat” not prefer, this is not about free will or anything like that.) People who eat lemon muffins go to heaven and people who eat chocolate muffins go to hell, with limbo for those who don't eat muffins at all, naturally. Would that make a difference to your life ? Would you give up your chocolate muffins for an eternity of joy, and all the lemon buns after death you could ever eat ? Perhaps you would. But there is one vital thing that I forgot to mention about this god, which is that; this particular god, does not tell you about the muffins, or how they affect your afterlife, in fact it keeps the whole thing a big secret just to itself, so that you have no way of knowing which muffins you have to eat. Then in that case, of course, you could not make the appropriate changes to your life, or save your soul anyway. In fact muffins, the gods preferences and even that god, would not impact on your life at all. The point is this. That a gods, souls, the afterlife etc. have no effect on anything, unless that god, or someone who knows, tells you about it, and you therefore have some knowledge of god's cake prejudices. Making this the big difference between religion, which pretends to offer knowledge of god the afterlife etc., and none belief which does not. Which is why the difference between atheists, humanists, agnostics and even deists, is so small and unimportant by comparison, because none claim any knowledge of gods preferences, and it is the pretense of fake knowledge, and of god given authority, which makes the big difference. Compared with that the differences between atheist and agnostic, even deist, are trivial to the point of vanishing.

On 22nd, take a selfie of yourself with hashtag HandsUpforApostasyDay ApostasyDay ApostasyNotACrime.

Fernapple comments on Aug 22, 2020:

It will be a long road, but the first step is the most difficult, I hope we will all try to make the journey easier for those who embark on it if we can.

Tomato from a bird/ground hog/chipmunk deposited seed. Thanks Mother Nature.

Fernapple comments on Aug 22, 2020:

They say that tomatoes are one of the the biggest problems faced in sewage treatment, the plants grow everywhere in sewage works, thanks to the ability of the seeds to pass unharmed through the human body.

I'm working on a case for demonstrating that all morality is ultimately subjective.

Fernapple comments on Aug 21, 2020:

Because they don't do logic. And/or, because god does not exist, therefore god has no properties, and if something has no properties, then you can award it any properties you want, if you can only imagine them, (you will get no conflict.) So if you want, not only an objective morality, but moreover an objective morality which fits your prejudices exactly, and has the supreme authority which trumps everyone else's opinions on morality, then you just award those properties to god, and bang you get all you could desire, as if by magic. Not only that but you don't even have to work it out for yourself, since there is a whole range of pick and mix sects, to choose from, so that you can just select a ready made of the rack. Never underestimate the none existent.

Christian Eaters= "Eat the Body of Christ"?= Communion? [agnostic.com]

Fernapple comments on Aug 21, 2020:

Never ate a whole one. Used to nibble on my wife a bit because she quite liked that. Does that count ?

looking for female communication. friendship, dating, or e-mail pal.

Fernapple comments on Aug 21, 2020:

Hello and welcome enjoy the site, and if you have time check out the groups there is something for everyone. Though it has to be said that the dating side of the site is not one of its strong points, it is perhaps better to enjoy the social side of the site, and you never know you may be a lucky one. I do see from the photo however that your taste in companions is excellent, which could help.

been sorting through my files and thought I would share .

Fernapple comments on Aug 21, 2020:

I like it, this is not as good, but here you are.

Einstein’s Religion [snsociety.org] .

Fernapple comments on Aug 21, 2020:

Good it did not misrepresent him, which is quite rare.

I feel like I'm in the closet.

Fernapple comments on Aug 21, 2020:

You are under no obligation to say anything to anyone, not even you family about your views on god or not. If you need a space to be truthful then this is a safe one.

Did a bug fly up your nose?

Fernapple comments on Aug 21, 2020:

Another good reason to wear a mask.

I have always been drawn to the Scandinavian composers, Grieg and Sibelius in particular, and Valse ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 21, 2020:

Ah, the crunch of new white snow under foot.

Disregarding politics and character, I don't understand why Trump can't afford a better spray tan ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 21, 2020:

Heres an idea. Putin gave him a big bath full of the special colouring. It is so that if he ever starts to act like a he is starting to think, the Russian drones can find him easily, even in the dark. LOL

Hello.

Fernapple comments on Aug 21, 2020:

Since god either does not exist or does not communicate, humans can give it any qualities they want. That is the great attraction of something without structure, like wet clay you can model it into any form you wish, to serve any purpose you want. Therefore you do not need to understand humans as a whole, only their failings, which are not complex, will tell you the shape of the void to be filled by god and therefore its shape.

But here's the real twist. More of the same followed soon after. Never saw that coming!

Fernapple comments on Aug 21, 2020:

Yep, we have all had times like that, but not D.Adams's wit to express it so well.

I came across the expression below and I was quite taken by it: We have become a culture of ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 20, 2020:

No, some of us are real assholes.

Last night , early this morning actually , Called a code blue off ( after 30 mnts and 6 rounds ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 20, 2020:

Nice rant I hope you feel better for it, i do from reading it. But don't forget while looking out for everyone, to look after yourself a bit, you can't save the whole world, and you can't save any of it, if you don't save yourself first.

The Holy Land Experience [youtube.

Fernapple comments on Aug 20, 2020:

So tacky its almost fun. So sad they won't be making any money, and honest jobs so hard to come by now. LOL

I'm debating a Christian on morality.

Fernapple comments on Aug 20, 2020:

It could be said that some criminals often believe they are behaving morally, Hitler being a case in point, they just believe that the worlds morality is wrong, and theirs is right. I just posted this as a comment on another post but I think it works here too. "Moral leadership passed from the traditional theist religions, to a number of modern religions, like 'human rights', the political UN and the global moral consensus long ago. Which leaves the traditional churches without a real role in moral leadership. To keep alive, they therefore have to hover between, being dragged out of their outmoded traditional moral teachings, to keep some degree of relevance in the wider world, or alternatively clinging to their old moral codes and even moving backwards, to attract and maintain membership by offering an alternative to mainstream morality, which will of course give them appeal to people, who the greater majority of people will regard as at least moral, and probably, real criminals. The increasing trend for religion to become the voice of crime, such as fascism, sexism and ultra-nationalism, is not only hypothetical, but observable, and given that people are unlikely now to abandon belief in things like human rights, religions future role as the leadership of organized crime is destined to last and deepen."

TRUMP URGES BOYCOTT OF AN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY .

Fernapple comments on Aug 20, 2020:

So do the armed forces, the police, and hospital staff. So let me think. If some terrorists try to land a boat on the coast, he won't ask the navy to stop them, he won't expect the police to arrest them as they make their way to the White House, and if they succeed in shooting him, he won't be taken to hospital, especially not in an ambulance with Goodyear on the wheels. Is that how it works?

Rational discourse on COVID 19 using science and data. [youtu.be]

Fernapple comments on Aug 20, 2020:

Its dated July 5th, it is way out of date.

Added a little feature to hopefully help conversations.

Fernapple comments on Aug 20, 2020:

Perhaps a nice feature for some. Since however I usually address most of my comments to all the members, and the few that are personal (Like "Glad you are feeling better.") often do not require a reply, not that relevant to me.

"How can this Church say it has any moral superiority?

Fernapple comments on Aug 20, 2020:

Moral leadership passed from the traditional theist religions, to a number of modern religions, like 'human rights', the political UN and the global moral consensus long ago. Which leaves the traditional churches without a real role in moral leadership. To keep alive, they therefore have to hover between, being dragged out of their outmoded traditional moral teachings, to keep some degree of relevance in the wider world, or alternatively clinging to their old moral codes and even moving backwards, to attract and maintain membership by offering an alternative to mainstream morality, which will of course give them appeal to people, who the greater majority of people will regard as, at least moral, and probably, real criminals. The increasing trend for religion to become the voice of crime, such as fascism, sexism and ultra-nationalism, is not only hypothetical, but observable. While given that people are unlikely now to abandon belief in things like human rights, religions future role, as the leadership of organized crime, is destined to last and deepen.

Who is the main inspiration for you to be a atheist?

Fernapple comments on Aug 19, 2020:

Did not need inspiration, contact with religion itself, especially with my religiously inspired schooling was enough.

An (un)Godly joke: God had sex with his own mother so that he could be born.

Fernapple comments on Aug 19, 2020:

Gods seemed to do the incest thing quite a lot, I suppose there is no point in being a god if you can't break your own rules.

“It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 19, 2020:

Trust until deceived, and then they are off the friends list.

(W) "There is no iceberg.

Fernapple comments on Aug 19, 2020:

The only thing wrong with that is, that he is not conducting the band. He is sat in the captains cabin watching tv, and issuing instructions to the band to play louder, so he can't hear the noise.

Isn't it about time we stop erecting monuments to individuals?

Fernapple comments on Aug 19, 2020:

Is not art, much as I love some of its products, just a human vanity project anyway. The idea that some of our handcrafts are somehow, spiritually, (Meaningless word.) raised above others, is just an example of the discredited idea of human exceptionalism. Why is a mural, considered art, but a pair of boots handcrafted with skill, care, thought, and imagination by a shoe maker or a nest made by a weaver bird, with love and care, not art. Art is another religion, albeit a none theist one. Is it not time we started to see art for the vanity project it is, and public art as just another form of environmental pollution anyway.

Persevere.

Fernapple comments on Aug 19, 2020:

Nothing endures better than life or is harder to turn from the courses it has set itself, because though short lived it endlessly renews. You can find fossil sea weeds identical to modern forms, half a billion years old and for half a billion years the waves have battered them against the rocks, yet not altered their DNA a jot. (My paraphrase of a longer passage by D. C. Peatie.)

Google Maps is getting a lot more detail Making natural features easier to see and streets easier...

Fernapple comments on Aug 19, 2020:

Good. Having said that their satellite view has always been good, the old ones they did were so detailed that I can see my fathers bald head in the view of our back garden. But it would be really nice if they would update 'street view' which is getting badly out of date now. You wonder if they were not just using it as click bait, to collect information on where people lived, worked, holidayed and traveled, and now they have got their stats they are not interested anymore.

What do you mean Jesus loves me?

Fernapple comments on Aug 19, 2020:

Yep. That sound like a really good reply to god pushers. Good idea to carry a tinfoil hat that you can put on while saying it.

I haven't posted anything in a while so I thought about my letter to the Catholic organization ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 19, 2020:

Morning Fred, glad to hear you are safe and warm enough to post.

“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone”...........Dorothy Parker.

Fernapple comments on Aug 19, 2020:

Yes I think it was also said by someone. Beauty may only be skin deep, but what you show to the world is important.

Want to have an Agnostic tribunal?

Fernapple comments on Aug 19, 2020:

Perhaps a tribunal yes, especially if that makes your life easier, but I think that someone, like you Admin should have a final overruling say, so that the tribunal makes recommendations but does not have total power.

Yesterday, a very interesting and valid question was raised by a member of an Atheist Group on FB.

Fernapple comments on Aug 18, 2020:

BCE and CE are now widely used across the world and for most international correspondence. There are just a few backward theocratic countries, with broken education systems, where BC AD still rule. In some sciences, dating is taken from the first atomic explosion, because the fall out contaminates samples of some things after that.

What happened to the posts? I can't see them any more.

Fernapple comments on Aug 18, 2020:

Maybe someone cut them up for firewood, if you use metal stakes instead, that won't happen. But seriously, odd things sometimes happen on this site, they usually sort themselves out after a day or so.

I have an application on my phone that can identify plants, butterflies and other creatures in our ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 18, 2020:

That looks like Borage yes. It sounds like a really good app.

"Our moral traditions developed concurrently with our reason, not as its product." - Friedrich Hayek

Fernapple comments on Aug 18, 2020:

No, I think that it is way more complex than that, beginning with the thought that, I do not even think there is a demonstrable thing as 'our reason'.

I always ask them.. What about the millions of years before the Jesus story?

Fernapple comments on Aug 17, 2020:

Best not to try logic with christians they just don't get it. Unless you want to annoy them.

POOF: THREE GENERATIONS SICKENED, COVID-19 HITS A FRIEND: [united-cats.com]

Fernapple comments on Aug 17, 2020:

And there is a lot of evidence that even those who survive, or even have low symptoms, may be affected seriously for years to come.

Today, I learnt about EMERGENCE.

Fernapple comments on Aug 17, 2020:

Yes emergence theory should be taught in all schools, it is one of he fundamental things, like evolution by natural selection, everyone should understand.

Survey: Pastors Say Adultery is a Forgivable Sin When Pastors Do It | Beth Stoneburner | Friendly ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 16, 2020:

They are all forgivable sins, you pays your money to the church and they forgive you.

I must admit that I'm rubbish at spotting trolls.

Fernapple comments on Aug 16, 2020:

A troll is a mythical creature in Scandinavian folklore, who is often used to represent the forces of nature. Often associated with giants, they are usually represented as dirty, untidy, comically ugly and very hairy, judging by the photos there are quite a few on here.

Should we work to remove the capitalization of letters thereby leveling the hierarchy of words?

Fernapple comments on Aug 16, 2020:

Have you noticed that some numbers are bigger than others, and are permitted to stand for larger amounts. It should go in cycles, so that this week 9 has to do the job of 1 and then next week it moves to two and so on.

Someone on Twitter said something snarky about Dolly Parton's recent admission that she thinks black...

Fernapple comments on Aug 16, 2020:

You can lead a horse to logic, but you can not make it think.

Hello. Is this how I start a topic?

Fernapple comments on Aug 16, 2020:

Hello and welcome. Enjoy the site and if you have time do check out the groups, there is something for everyone, and certainly they will reassure you that the site is about a great dell more than politics. That is just a false impression given by the front page.

Is our quest to explore the universe slightly sullied by anthropological propagation chauvinism?

Fernapple comments on Aug 15, 2020:

Hello and welcome enjoy the site.

Is our quest to explore the universe slightly sullied by anthropological propagation chauvinism?

Fernapple comments on Aug 15, 2020:

No. life has no purpose, and that means there are no sins to stain anything either.

I'm leaving this site.

Fernapple comments on Aug 15, 2020:

Sad to see you go, but it seems that the good times are coming to an end anyway in a lot of ways.

“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in a storm, a night with no moon, and the ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 15, 2020:

Very poetic.

Question: Can you believe or not believe something into existence or non-existence?

Fernapple comments on Aug 15, 2020:

Evidence. Thousands of kids believe in Micky Mouse, so why arn't the streets swarming with five foot high mice. LOL

So, how exactly does this work?

Fernapple comments on Aug 14, 2020:

It is perhaps wrong to ask religion how it works, since logic is not what it does. Moreover, most allegorical interpretations are after the event, and usually related to stories that have lost their earlier and original meaning several times over. So that the only deep and meaningful thing to be learned is, what stories push the psychological buttons of humans best and why, for which it may be true the oldest religions, furthest removed from historical fact, are certainly the best. But that in turn also means that all the old stories are equally good at telling the same truths about our likes, so that you may as well study the Greek myths or Robin Hood, if fundamental things are your interest.

"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home." Gary Snyder, American poet.

Fernapple comments on Aug 14, 2020:

And our best teacher.

A bit of history for you, the meanings behind some old English nursery rhymes: [thevintagenews.

Fernapple comments on Aug 14, 2020:

I like especially. Goosey goosey gander, Whither shall I wander? Upstairs and downstairs And in my lady’s chamber. There I met an old man Who wouldn’t say his prayers, So I took him by his left leg And threw him down the stair Some people say that the ganders, were Cromwell's soldiers who used to march by goose stepping. An old man who would not say his prayers, was a Catholic priest, who would naturally balk at the test of being forced to say a prayer for the republic and the Church of England. But all of that is mainly speculative. PS. What the soldiers were doing in, "my ladies chamber". Is left entirely to your imagination.

Where America not only went wrong, but never went at all - [eand.co]

Fernapple comments on Aug 14, 2020:

The young man makes his case well. I think that there is a little more to it than that, especially the legacy of the nineteenth century, but a good case.

“I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is only to be expected from the...

Fernapple comments on Aug 14, 2020:

Cruelty and indifference are shields for the weak, the strong don't need them. ( Neither do really old folks like me, who have nothing to lose any longer.)

You have now been given the ability to travel to any point on the space-time continuum other than ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 14, 2020:

Hello and welcome enjoy the site. I would go back to the nineteen sixties and seventies, to see if they really were as good as everyone said. I was only a child then and could not understand the big picture. And I would also like to see the countryside again, because I do remember, the abundant wildlife, which at the time I never expected that we would loose.

Watching a movie tonight, and it strikes me, it takes a very brave man to tell what he thinks is the...

Fernapple comments on Aug 14, 2020:

Every fiction exists in a fictional world, where the laws of nature are altered to accommodate the fiction. And every fiction comes with the hidden agendas of its creator, which existed within the fictional world within the mind which created it. It is therefore twice removed from reality. The biggest enemy of learning is not lies, trying deliberately to mislead. But the great mass of false education, blocking the way to the truth.

This is the explosive change of perspective that has happened for me, personally, after I became an ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 14, 2020:

Why sell your reality for someone else's illusions.

America will never be destroyed from the outside.

Fernapple comments on Aug 14, 2020:

You may be stronger than you think you are.

The more I learn the sadder I get.

Fernapple comments on Aug 14, 2020:

Yes but it is the journey that counts.

Anti-masker in Tucson, AZ throws a tantrum and has to be carried out by his own son ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 13, 2020:

The great thing is, that he actually accuses the other man who is wearing the mask, of looking silly. Some people just don't seem to have a grip on irony.

Astrology, nonsense.

Fernapple comments on Aug 13, 2020:

Snake handling, crystal healing, holy communion, a big long list. A bit like murder, rape, fraud, common theft, manslaughter, child abuse, arson, vandalism, littering, common assault, etc..

Does it make any sense to hide your face on a Social Website?

Fernapple comments on Aug 13, 2020:

Yes, in the age of facial recognition soft-wear it could actually be quite dangerous. You would only need your image to be somewhere else on the web, with your name and or location, and you could be traced quite easily by a hacker, stalker or worse.

"Beautiful plumage"

Fernapple comments on Aug 13, 2020:

Perfect pubic hair.

These are the kind of questions/thoughts that got me kicked out of church...😔😁

Fernapple comments on Aug 13, 2020:

Sadly I think that the theists do have a fairly easy answer to that, they just say that. Jealousy, Deception, Envy and Violence did exist there, until Lucifer left, in fact his leaving helped to create the perfection. But best not to look for logic in religion.

Is it possible that god punishes those that speak out against religion?

Fernapple comments on Aug 12, 2020:

No. And even if there was a god, why would it not punish the religious more, since all religions are involved in setting up pseudo-gods in its name.

Here's a book review I wrote in 2012 about a friend of mine's book, Golden Rule or Greedy Rule.

Fernapple comments on Aug 12, 2020:

Actually I do not think that you could live by the golden rule and obey the ten commandments. But how can 'unwed' fit the list, since if we lived by the golden rule as you say, we would not need marriage laws any more than the ten commandments.

I joined this site a couple years ago.

Fernapple comments on Aug 12, 2020:

Congrats, felt sure you would make it. ( Wait till you get the invoice for the T-shirt. LOL )

Narcissists for lunch, anyone?

Fernapple comments on Aug 12, 2020:

Too small, can't read it and it won't enlarge.

The CDC has been around for a long time.

Fernapple comments on Aug 12, 2020:

Biggest groan this year so far, thanks.

Okay, so how's about we have a little harmless fun here.

Fernapple comments on Aug 12, 2020:

"Poetry in motion." I could always hear. "Oh a tree in motion." Which until I worked out the correct lyrics, I always thought sounded really stupid.

When time and space cease to exist

Fernapple comments on Aug 12, 2020:

Great photo.

“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 12, 2020:

I think someone once made a quote. "Educated way beyond his understanding." But I do not know to who that is attributed.

Volcano eruption that nearly ended humanity [youtu.be]

Fernapple comments on Aug 12, 2020:

Very good.

If you had your choice between going to see some really famous singer and a great small venue local ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 12, 2020:

Small local concert every time. In our local town there is a club who meet in a room above the library, they often have really quite good performers, mainly classical, some jazz, folk and other types, you pay for it with a donation, or by buying a coffee/tea with a light cheese salad lunch before it starts, (no eating in the concert.) I am often amazed at the quality of the artists they get on their budget, though they pay nothing for the room. The intimacy of a small room, where you are close enough to see the artists fingers is always magic. I went to a small nightclub fado concert, last time I was in Portugal, wonderful, for exactly the same reason.

Have you heard of THIS problem if you get Coronavirus?

Fernapple comments on Aug 11, 2020:

People have said that it affects nearly every organ in the body to some degree, add hair follicles to the known list.

When a star exceeds its volume, gravity causes it to implode.

Fernapple comments on Aug 11, 2020:

What Pedrohbds below said. Plus it is wrong to assume that life or the universe has a purpose, let alone that that purpose is to evolve intelligence. An intelligence is only one small tool in the many survival tool kits, that evolution has come up with. The most intelligence of animals can easily be predated by the malaria parasite, which is just about the least intelligent Eukaryot there is.

Don’t get fooled or conned again — 5 tactics to look out for |

Fernapple comments on Aug 11, 2020:

A very short list, I can think of several more.

Do you believe in what you don't see?

Fernapple comments on Aug 11, 2020:

I try to place belief first in the things that have the strongest evidence, and things which have the weakest evidence, last. Seeing is just one source of evidence. But you have to be more wary of evidence that has been given to you by other agents. For example, if I see dead animals and cat droppings in my garden, I am reasonably certain that next doors cat has been in the garden. But if an irate neighbour tells me that they are fed up with the cat leaving shit in their garden, I wonder. Does he know the difference between cat droppings and fox?

Predictions for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season just got worse: [sciencenews.

Fernapple comments on Aug 11, 2020:

“When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in battalions!” William Shakespeare, Hamlet

The controversy rages across the US and the world: to wear a mask or not to wear a mask, and: a ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 11, 2020:

Sadly I do not think that, "the US and the world" is quite the case. Most of the rest of the world is wondering why there is a controversy in the US at all.

Back on July 23rd I posted pictures of my Alcantarea imperilais' emerging bloom stock.

Fernapple comments on Aug 10, 2020:

The background shots of the garden are, even more interesting.

Moral? Don't be a group of monkeys. Question things you did not dream questionable.

Fernapple comments on Aug 10, 2020:

Nice metaphor, and I would love to think that that was a real experiment, but sadly I think it is just a made up meme. If anyone does have real history please share.

Reminds me of the time my ex and I conspired to give my son a “naughty” Latin phrase to put in ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 10, 2020:

So what is the Maori for feather ?

I don't understand why I can't get any notification from this group ☺ but btw my cat just wanted ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 10, 2020:

Yes, I have never been able to understand why I get notifications from some groups, and not others. Its just one of the strange things that happen here. Cute cat.

Hii.

Fernapple comments on Aug 10, 2020:

Hello and welcome, enjoy the site, and if you have time do check out the groups, there is something for everyone.

God's True Purpose The way I see it, God's only real use is as an escape from death.

Fernapple comments on Aug 10, 2020:

Yes but how much of that fear of death is artificial anyway, a fear stoked up by religion, with stories of hell etc. . It was I suspect a small fear once, but they managed to align it with the even bigger fear, fear of the unknown so that it was yet another unknown they could pose as answering. Since god does not exist, his true purpose is anything that the criminals need an accomplice for.

a – Spirit – being – a – Person – an – animal – species – a – bipedal – life...

Fernapple comments on Aug 10, 2020:

A - doughnut - a- bun. Essence - of - calories. Sweetness- of - refined - white - sugar. Body - of - sweet. And - hole - of, air, Greed - personified. Joy - of - gluten. Germ - of - flour. Baking - made - perfect. Come - into - my - mouth. And - grant - my - weight gain. U R & I AM – as – fat - IS Perfect - flabby. Be Obese.

Which came first?

Fernapple comments on Aug 10, 2020:

I think, jokingly, that like the chicken and the egg they co evolved. But having said that, religion is a cultural creation and once it was the same things as culture, in that it was the only cultural understanding of the world people had, so that it involved everyone. I think therefore that it was intelligence and understanding which led some people out of it, rather than stupidity which led people into it.

Eugenics

Fernapple comments on Aug 10, 2020:

Your link only leads to a generic definition of the term, generally I think that people would expect more than that from a post. Some original history or an opinion would be nice.

I was a Christian.

Fernapple comments on Aug 10, 2020:

Well done, hello and welcome.

Yeah yoga!

Fernapple comments on Aug 10, 2020:

I'm nearly sixty four and still able to climb trees, and remember where I put the spare key.

I get the idea that people usually call themselves Agnostic out of fear that using the name Atheist ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 10, 2020:

Happy with either, usually call myself an atheist, but in theory I accept that you can never know anything with absolute certainty, so in principle will also accept agnostic for the sake of accurate definition. But I also call myself a "broad Church sceptic" because I am prepared to respect anyones views, even deist, as long as they do not hold to any religious dogma. Since it is the dogma and the claim to knowledge of the God/gods views, which makes all the difference, since a god without any opinions, values or laws affects nothing.

I shared a collection of these with the gardeners but I know many of you aren't in that group so I ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 10, 2020:

They look especially good because of the way you used the back-light. Great shots.