I do not think many here really care what happens to their remains after they die.

GipsyOfNewSpain comments on Sep 2, 2019:

20 years in the.... all in the East Coast... Spread my ashes in the Caribbean Sea, where I come from. I lost a daughter a 13 months ago... My daughter will have her ashes spread in a garden her mother is preparing for what should be her 34th Birthday... She was born in Puerto Rico... her mother will...

Fernapple replies on Sep 3, 2019:

Sorry for your loss.

I do not think many here really care what happens to their remains after they die.

Cherie4444 comments on Sep 2, 2019:

Our daughter in law’s ashes were spread on the ocean on a favorite beach, Dauphin Island, Alabama. Our son’s will be too. We each have a locket also with some ashes contained inside, it seems to help especially our son. Thalita died very suddenly at a young age this past April and we were very ...

Fernapple replies on Sep 3, 2019:

Sorry for your loss.

I do not think many here really care what happens to their remains after they die.

julietrue comments on Sep 2, 2019:

My husband wanted an Irish Wake. So we had two. The one in Malibu involved a large boat that took the family and friends 2 miles out to spread the ashes. As for me, I like to garden as naturally as possible. I have this peach tree...but I am told there are laws to prevent my use as fertilizer....

Fernapple replies on Sep 3, 2019:

That's sad, I do not think that there are any such laws in the UK. I put a bit of my father in the garden, though I also told the bowlers that I had put some on the bowling green, and therefore not to lick their fingers when they picked their bowls up, though I did not really put any down.

I do not think many here really care what happens to their remains after they die.

KittensandSage comments on Sep 2, 2019:

May I copy and repost, I really appreciate the kindness in your addressing the topic of cremation. So many people avoid discussion (self included), you wrapped it up nicely. So to speak, lol. I have many friends with religious leanings, But am trying to present more Earth-friendly ways of ...

Fernapple replies on Sep 3, 2019:

Please do.

I do not think many here really care what happens to their remains after they die.

ShadowAmicus comments on Sep 2, 2019:

When you die you are just a lump of decaying meat ... so my preference is to feed wolves, bears or big cats - any top predator, so part of me helps them survive. No point harvesting any organs - all old, knackered and burnt out - there must be better than mine around

Fernapple replies on Sep 3, 2019:

Me too but you have to be careful you do not give them a chemical high. LOL

I do not think many here really care what happens to their remains after they die.

KittensandSage comments on Sep 2, 2019:

Cremation takes up less of Earth‘s Resources. Question, you really want to sacrifice trees or use composite materials to commemorate your time on earth? Take up land for your body that cannot return to nourish the Earth because or poisons put into your body before the burial process? Varnish and...

Fernapple replies on Sep 3, 2019:

My mother wanted a burial, but she did go for a biodegradable rush casket and burial in a forest.

An omniscient god cannot have emotions.

LucyLoohoo comments on Sep 2, 2019:

This myth is exceptionally vulnerable to REASON, isn't it? If some snappish, childish deity decided to punish everyone in the world for using free will....why kill all the animals, too? Were the aardvarks being sinful? Were the pangolins being pornographic? "Allegory" doesn't even begin to touch...

Fernapple replies on Sep 2, 2019:

The allegorists are just indulging in golden age dreams, about a mythical period when there was no gutter press and everyone wrote high minded allegories with multiple layers of hidden meanings. Sorry they were just like us back then, and 90% of their writings were just trash the same as now.

I do not think many here really care what happens to their remains after they die.

Larimar comments on Sep 2, 2019:

My kids know the drill. Cremate me and take me to Cedar Point, on the tallest coaster and let it fly at the top. When I checked last they will allow this before they open.

Fernapple replies on Sep 2, 2019:

Hope the people behind don't get ash in their eyes. LOL

I do not think many here really care what happens to their remains after they die.

Mb_Man comments on Sep 2, 2019:

I'm fine with being dumped into the trash compactor at work. As for the question, I suppose . . . the ocean. Take your pick. It's all a part of something bigger.

Fernapple replies on Sep 2, 2019:

Me too, though I would rather be used as animal feed since that would be less wasteful. But given that some may need to mourn, (not in my case) then the ritual gives comfort, and traveling to do it helps them put the past behind them, while making it somewhere good is a last gift.

I do not think many here really care what happens to their remains after they die.

KKGator comments on Sep 2, 2019:

If my friends and family need to use it as an excuse to go there, I'm happy to lend my dispersement.

Fernapple replies on Sep 2, 2019:

@KKGator Lovely, its on my bucket list.

I do not think many here really care what happens to their remains after they die.

KKGator comments on Sep 2, 2019:

If my friends and family need to use it as an excuse to go there, I'm happy to lend my dispersement.

Fernapple replies on Sep 2, 2019:

That looks like Italy ?

I do not think many here really care what happens to their remains after they die.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 2, 2019:

If my remaining family wants to spread my ashes they can do that at my grandparents old farm in the huzzah area outside of Steelville, Mo. They know this but what happens to my ashes is really up to them. In my mind i can imagine my oldest daughter being upset some day as she was cleaning or had an ...

Fernapple replies on Sep 2, 2019:

My fathers ashes and urn are in the workshop, so that he is there when I am doing DIY jobs, and working at my business. We always enjoyed doing those things together.

Interesting story about early humans, and perhaps why we are such odd animals.

BBJong comments on Sep 2, 2019:

Makes physiological sense; heard recently that Neanderthals lived predominantly at the edge of forests.My older brother(a life long jogger) pointed out there are distance muscles/ and shorter sprint muscles. It is an involving sport( i enjoyed) that also takes dedication and resolve($$$ too)....

Fernapple replies on Sep 2, 2019:

Thank you.

Fresh images of HMS Terror shipwreck could clear up lingering mysteries | Ars Technica

Hathacat comments on Sep 1, 2019:

Such a bad name for a ship. Interesting video.

Fernapple replies on Sep 2, 2019:

The other ship was called Erebus, the Terror and the Erebus you could hardly get two more ironically ill named ships.

Is everyone alright? I hate reading about these shootings. It must be terrifying.

Fernapple comments on Sep 1, 2019:

Are you alright ? Have not heard from you for a while and know you are having problems.

Fernapple replies on Sep 1, 2019:

@Amisja Take care, but don't wait for ever for things to come right, sometimes you just have to grab a bit of joy as it passes by. It will work out I am sure at least you have a steady job with a steady income.

In need of a good comeback line.

Fernapple comments on Aug 31, 2019:

There is no such thing as happiness, it is just an unachievable goal planted in our brains genetically by evolution to make us run after things, if we ever achieved it, we would stop running, and if that happened it would not work any longer.

Fernapple replies on Sep 1, 2019:

@skado Of course, not really me , given happy genes

Interesting story about early humans, and perhaps why we are such odd animals.

ShadowAmicus comments on Aug 31, 2019:

I would bet on a wolf against any jogging human .... and a polar bear against any swimmer (disregarding various sharks, killer whales, etc) ... humans lack out and out speed that many other animals have developed and the ability to get there in the end does not always give results in a hunt

Fernapple replies on Aug 31, 2019:

It perhaps did on the plains of Africa, where the heat meant that many prey animals had only limited stamina in the middle of the day.

What did Satan do anyway?

Fernapple comments on Aug 30, 2019:

One or two people here have pointed out that Satan/ satan is a title not a name, but the satan is not the same through the bible. In fact several satans appear early on as loyal helpers of god, there is no reason to believe from the bible that the snake in the Garden of Eden is the same thing as any...

Fernapple replies on Aug 31, 2019:

@Bierbasstard Never heard of the snake being Lilith, but I bet someone came up with that story.

Interesting story about early humans, and perhaps why we are such odd animals.

Charlene comments on Aug 31, 2019:

Our ancestors also had to run Away from predators, more often than we had run for food.

Fernapple replies on Aug 31, 2019:

Could be but unlikely, since we are very slow runners, and for that we would have to be fast, since most large African predators are sprinting ambush predators. Slow running in the heat of the day is more about wearing your prey down, the article did not mention it, but it is also known that our muscles are adapted for endurance rather than sprinting, they simply will not jerk fast enough for quick running.

Interesting story about early humans, and perhaps why we are such odd animals.

ToolGuy comments on Aug 31, 2019:

I thought mosquitoes shaped our evolution. Others say our brains. Maybe just maybe, just saying, there is no one thing!

Fernapple replies on Aug 31, 2019:

Yes, people presenting science aways big up their own theories of course. While in nature since evolution by natural selection is a ruthless economist, most things occur for multiple reasons and serve many uses, so that, all of the above, is usually the best answer to the question why. Having said that however I do think that this is an important one to throw in the bag.

There is so much wrong with Christianity, mainly the part where devotees are required to "WORSHIP" ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 31, 2019:

Coming from England also, where practicing Christians are effectively a minority, I have often noticed that they are often among the meanest and least charitable of people, at least towards the larger community. I think that, in part, this is because they are asked to give so much, time, money, ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 31, 2019:

@linxminx Yep, they take the statement by Jesus that, the poor will always be with you, as a target you sometimes think. And if you are a sensitive person do not go to Christopher Hitchins and his remarks about how, his least favourite person Mother Teresa ran, as he called it, 'a cult of suffering'.

Interesting story about early humans, and perhaps why we are such odd animals.

Jnei comments on Aug 31, 2019:

What's really interesting is the data coming from ultra-marathons and other extremely long endurance events which suggests women out-perform men in sports of that type. In a society where survival depends on whether or not a hunt is successful it would make sense for members of that society to carry...

Fernapple replies on Aug 31, 2019:

It is possible, but not the case with most modern day hunter gatherers, so it would mean that there was at some time a huge world wide culture change, which seems unlikely. You also have to remember male animals especially are not usually well adapted to the roles they play, because sexual selection, and intrespecific aggression modify males to a much larger degree than females, both physically and in behaviour. For example it would certainly pay females to go for the maximum number of callories for the minimum of effort, which perhaps meant roots and small game. Males on the other hand would have a big incentive to try and win favour with females by supplying high value meals to the whole community.

Interesting story about early humans, and perhaps why we are such odd animals.

MojoDave comments on Aug 31, 2019:

Interesting article, but some of the claims seem like a stretch to me.

Fernapple replies on Aug 31, 2019:

Yes I agree, though it would certainly seem to be on the right track, the role of daylight hunter in Africa certainly seems to have been free because except for hunting dogs most of the large carnivors are nocturnal crepuscular.

Agnostic and More

Fernapple comments on Aug 11, 2019:

Most people on this site are atheist in practice, but most are not too bothered about labels, because when once you leave behind religion and its dogma, you realize that no god is going to punish you for spelling mistakes, even if you spell atheist, agnostic, skeptic, humanist, or twenty other ways ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 30, 2019:

@GROG It is trivial unless you can prove, not only, that there is another life , but even more importantly that this one in some way affects the other.

Socialism no longer scares people. Has the word lost its power to scaremonger? [twitter.com]

Fernapple comments on Aug 30, 2019:

The right has just come to power with a vengeance in the US, it is bound to generate a counter reaction, which will make the left seem like salvation for a while. But you have to remember that the right swing was itself a reaction to a growing left wing domination of the political establishment. ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 30, 2019:

@ToolGuy Yes that was later.

This one seems to be an ad redirecting to a website, I do not know if that is ok or not .

RavenCT comments on Aug 30, 2019:

I believe the member created the ad and now is looking for website ideas. They're really just looking for input. If it was linking to a pay site that would be an issue but this is someone looking for free ideas - as near as I can tell so far. So it should be okay. If you have any doubt...

Fernapple replies on Aug 30, 2019:

Thank you.

Socialism no longer scares people. Has the word lost its power to scaremonger? [twitter.com]

Fernapple comments on Aug 30, 2019:

The right has just come to power with a vengeance in the US, it is bound to generate a counter reaction, which will make the left seem like salvation for a while. But you have to remember that the right swing was itself a reaction to a growing left wing domination of the political establishment. ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 30, 2019:

@ToolGuy Yes that is true and a good idea. But even then you have to be careful, you have to remember that the reason why Hitler and the Nazis came to power, from being a tiny party with just three percent of the vote, was because the large socialist party was just three percent short of the votes it needed to form a majority government. So they needed a partner with three percent, and the rest is history.

Last few days here in England.

ProudMerrie comments on Aug 29, 2019:

When I was at the airport leaving Scotland after a vacation there, I had just enough money left to buy a soda pop at the airport.

Fernapple replies on Aug 30, 2019:

It is all you need. My aim in life is to spend my last twenty pounds on a good meal and a drink on the afternoon before I die.

What’s your favorite month on the calendar and why?

LiterateHiker comments on Aug 29, 2019:

Spring. The Cascade foothills are velvet green and covered with wildflowers.

Fernapple replies on Aug 30, 2019:

Wow beautiful.

Has anyone heard from @Allamanda since the hurricane went through the U.S. Virgin Islands?

dede18 comments on Aug 29, 2019:

From my recollection, Mandy was about to go on a vacation in Portugal around this time ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 30, 2019:

Yes told me she was going to Europe.

I don't get rabbits.

Fernapple comments on Aug 29, 2019:

I think that the generalization that, prey animals do not need sophisticated mental development and social cooperation, is a bit too wide. It is different for every species, look at ground-squirels for example, they have very sophisticated mental development and social cooperation, exactly to avoid ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 29, 2019:

@birdingnut That's ok I am no bunny myself.

Do you like it?

Geoffrey51 comments on Aug 29, 2019:

Not really. Where does country end and government begin?

Fernapple replies on Aug 29, 2019:

By the nature of things you get to decide that if you do not accept government, which means that it can be all embracing love for everyone within the borders, or it can just mean racial bigots like me from my town.

What exactly was the reason for Europeans toaccept a god from the desert over the local gods who ...

WilliamFleming comments on Aug 28, 2019:

If you were a warrior and were killed in battle you’d get to be with Woden in Valhalla, assuming I suppose that you were a follower of Woden. But in general only gods and goddesses were immortal. So Christianity must have had appeal since it offered everlasting life. By coaxing yourself into ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 29, 2019:

It did not perhaps have much practical effect on taming the fighting wild savages, they kept on killing, but it did hold out the hope of reviving the Roman Empire to power hungry political figures, by posing as the spiritual core of that empire.

What exactly was the reason for Europeans toaccept a god from the desert over the local gods who ...

WilliamFleming comments on Aug 28, 2019:

If you were a warrior and were killed in battle you’d get to be with Woden in Valhalla, assuming I suppose that you were a follower of Woden. But in general only gods and goddesses were immortal. So Christianity must have had appeal since it offered everlasting life. By coaxing yourself into ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 29, 2019:

@Rodatheist Yes it is just a different spelling used by the Scandinavians and the Germans. Though in another way it is quite possible also that he is the same person as Zeus, Jupiter, Osiris, and even some bloke called Jesus, if you believe the mythisists.

What exactly was the reason for Europeans toaccept a god from the desert over the local gods who ...

GarytheGondolier comments on Aug 29, 2019:

Bart Ehrman has written an entire book about called The Triumph of Christianity. His thesis boils down to this: 1)Christianity, unlike most Pagan religions, is evangelistic. Christians actively recruit non-Christians. and 2) Christianity, unlike Paganism, is exclusive. Christians insist that ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 29, 2019:

Yes that is the truth of it, I would only add one small extra of less importance but still worth including. Which is that Christianity in its early stages (not later), was cheap. Most of the pagan religions asked for costly sacrifices, the more expensive the more you progressed, but everyone could afford the christian sacrifice, a crumb of bread and a sip of wine, especially when they were given.

So let me get this straight.

1of5 comments on Aug 28, 2019:

I've always maintained, and will to my dying day, that the world will be a better place when each and every monarch and thier royal families are lined up against the wall and shot. But anyways, seems pretty undemocratic to me. Also sounds way to typical of asshats in power trying to force what ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 29, 2019:

@Amisja Only one useful power that I can see, President Boris, ugh !

Way cool decorating idea for Halloween. Think I'll try it with a full-sized mannequin.

Moravian comments on Aug 29, 2019:

Looks like fun but I still find it incongruous that a predominantly Christian country like the USA has such a love affair with Halloween and its pagan connections.

Fernapple replies on Aug 29, 2019:

If your culture says you can have anything you want regardless of consequences or logic, or the need for education, then why should a country which believes in pagan supersition not also indulge in christianity and UFO cults etc. as well.

Here is someone who not only lists the problems with social media, which is common, but also has an ...

Bobbyzen comments on Aug 27, 2019:

I use Facebook for a myriad of reasons. In no particular order: 1. I post stories from non-mainstream news sources that I subscribe to, including The Intercept and Middle East Eye among dozens of others. This get stories onto Facebook that are excluded by their algorithms and bias 2. I ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 29, 2019:

@Bobbyzen That strange, I build them, and usually get hundred sometimes thousands of people per month on each. I have no training or special skills.

Here is someone who not only lists the problems with social media, which is common, but also has an ...

Bobbyzen comments on Aug 27, 2019:

I use Facebook for a myriad of reasons. In no particular order: 1. I post stories from non-mainstream news sources that I subscribe to, including The Intercept and Middle East Eye among dozens of others. This get stories onto Facebook that are excluded by their algorithms and bias 2. I ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 28, 2019:

@Bobbyzen For example build a few web sites, which will get you to far more people, and you will not be contributing to the FB platform which helps to promote every form of political extreme , including religious fundamentalism and racism.

Is education missing the boat by failing to consider the real issues?

Fernapple comments on Aug 27, 2019:

This was posted on this site for quite a different reason, but it has a lot to tell you about how and why our education systems fail. https://agnostic.com/post/394515/atheism-2-0-alain-de-botton-excellent-tedtalk-i-just-discovered-about-20-min-https-www-y

Fernapple replies on Aug 28, 2019:

@ToolGuy The great failing of our education system, which is to teach the greater majority, how to to live well and morally. A lesson, which if well taught, solves most of societies other problems at a stroke. Instead of which our education system is simply a rite of passage for servants of the political establishment, which is deliberately concerned with quite useless academic exercises, since the ability to complete such is the best test of mindless compliance.

Here is someone who not only lists the problems with social media, which is common, but also has an ...

Bobbyzen comments on Aug 27, 2019:

I use Facebook for a myriad of reasons. In no particular order: 1. I post stories from non-mainstream news sources that I subscribe to, including The Intercept and Middle East Eye among dozens of others. This get stories onto Facebook that are excluded by their algorithms and bias 2. I ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 27, 2019:

Yes but you could do all of those things on the web, and reach a far wider group.

Here is someone who not only lists the problems with social media, which is common, but also has an ...

AnonySchmoose comments on Aug 27, 2019:

I don't use Facebook, mainly to keep from being tracked and then have my information data-based. From what I've heard, FB does need to change much of how it operates. She has very good observations. She's concerned that we don't get good information, for instance scientific research, because much...

Fernapple replies on Aug 27, 2019:

I was encouraged to go on facebook as part of a business cooperative I am in, but I find it to be truly horrible in every way.

The Short History of the Texas Town Named in Honor of a Famous Agnostic | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

NoPlanetB comments on Aug 26, 2019:

Actually, the story of the town is in a link on the link you provided. Interesting, never knew this. https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/how-redwater-texas-used-to-be-named-after-a-famous-controversial-humanist/

Fernapple replies on Aug 27, 2019:

Better link, thanks.

Where did you first learn about God?

Amisja comments on Aug 26, 2019:

I didn't have one single religious person in my life growing up in deeply heathen Lancashire. I went to ostensibly Church of England schools where we sung Beatles songs. It was all very low key. No fire n brimston. To be honest it was all a bit disappointing. I have no hellish history of being ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 27, 2019:

@Amisja About the same as me from a family point of view. Though a generation or two earlier, RE in English schools did mean hard christian indoctrination, that's where I learned to hate it.

Making Your Best Use Of The BLOCK Function This is a large, diverse, and multi-purpose online ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 26, 2019:

I do not agree, as you say. "there are people here who's perspective, life situation, needs, interests, or views may be so different from yours that there is really no strong rational reason for you to interact with them in any way." But they are the people who I most want to learn about, and to ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 27, 2019:

@callmedubious Yes I would block him if he became threatening, but do not forget that people like that need exposure to good open debate more than anything, and that sealing them off fulfills the wish they have to see themselves as outside mainstream society.

Religion vs science

MoonTigerII comments on Aug 26, 2019:

It was invented longer than 2000 years ago. Achemedes, Pythagoras, etc. Isaac Newton was an alchemist until he died... Staddled the fence re science. Muslim doctors were scientists during Euro Dark Ages. "Birth" of science in West was a rediscovery of it.

Fernapple replies on Aug 26, 2019:

@gater Not sure about that, his main points were, that he taught knowledge does not come from authority, to make evidence the prime source of truth, and that no subject is beneath study. For that he may be called the grandfather of science, but he did not discover the experimental method and that led to him making a number of mistakes, such as his belief in spontanious generation and an eternal world without begining.

Religion vs science

MoonTigerII comments on Aug 26, 2019:

It was invented longer than 2000 years ago. Achemedes, Pythagoras, etc. Isaac Newton was an alchemist until he died... Staddled the fence re science. Muslim doctors were scientists during Euro Dark Ages. "Birth" of science in West was a rediscovery of it.

Fernapple replies on Aug 26, 2019:

Especially Aristotle, may well be seen as the not father but possibly the long lost grandfather of science. Long lost, because for a time he was the darling of religion and was lost in that wilderness.

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

Fernapple comments on Aug 26, 2019:

It has to be said however that the 'worst' he was writing about, were probably atheists and agnostics.

Fernapple replies on Aug 26, 2019:

@Marionville There is though, some evidence that the peom was addressed especially to Christians and reffered especially to soviets and socialists.

Making Your Best Use Of The BLOCK Function This is a large, diverse, and multi-purpose online ...

Roley comments on Aug 26, 2019:

Enjoyed reading that. Thank you and will use the Block in the ways you mentioned.

Fernapple replies on Aug 26, 2019:

Read the other commennts on this page fist, then think before you do.

These groups will soon be running out of time.

Fernapple comments on Aug 26, 2019:

Hate to point it out on here, but of course, in the US especially, many of these clubs are in direct competition for the same space in the community social life as the churches.

Fernapple replies on Aug 26, 2019:

@daylily Depends who wins in the end. I have often thought that the best way to combat religion may well be to promote secular clubs and charitable institutions, for their role in the community even if they are not especially atheist/agnostic or active in opposing the churches.

It’s getting to be that time of year when bears and people begin to cross paths.

Fernapple comments on Aug 26, 2019:

Link does not work, sorry.

Fernapple replies on Aug 26, 2019:

@Haemish1 Thanks, it said for legal reasons, so may be not outside the US.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough. -Gustave Flaubert

Sticks48 comments on Aug 25, 2019:

Flaubert never saw Gilligan's Island.

Fernapple replies on Aug 26, 2019:

TV in general. LOL

Our autocorrect feature is really fun, if you don't take it too seriously.

Fernapple comments on Aug 20, 2019:

I do not use the auto-correct, but I do use the spell checker. Which usually picks up my UK spellings, (as well as my many bad ones). Can the mainly US members tell me, are you Sceptical/Skeptical about the value of that, and do you prefer that I change to the US to be consistent or should I leave ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 24, 2019:

@Marionville Yer doo haf der way O sayin things dough.

Many years ago when photographic equipment was in real terms much more expensive, and I was much ...

AmelieMatisse comments on Aug 23, 2019:

Geeze I wish I was half as inventive as you.

Fernapple replies on Aug 24, 2019:

I am sure you are more than that.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage, you can’t practice any ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 24, 2019:

Since as they say . "All good things come to those who wait." You could make a good case for patience. But then if you wait too long. "Life will pass you by." And it takes courage to wait sometimes and courage to act sometimes. Its complicated.

Fernapple replies on Aug 24, 2019:

@Marionville Then perhaps judgement is the ultimate virtue. Ever gone round in rings ?

I've been an atheist since I was 15 years old, my mom says she's a Christian.

indirect76 comments on Aug 22, 2019:

Theosophy - I had to look that one up. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophy_(Blavatskian)

Fernapple replies on Aug 23, 2019:

Thanks for the link.

How sad it must be to be a Trump supporter....

Sticks48 comments on Aug 21, 2019:

The sad part is they don't realize anything in that statement. I really hate when a politician says, "Americans are not stupid". There is very little evidence to support that statement.

Fernapple replies on Aug 22, 2019:

@snytiger6 Yep I agree with that, this site really amazes sometimes.

My religions professor is very adamant about convincing us atheists are just as religious as ...

darthfaja comments on Aug 21, 2019:

I’m curious I could see what he’s trying to say here Could you ask him why and post his answer? My guess is that he’s saying we are a group Of some sort but that in itself makes us a society See what he says and post please Thank you

Fernapple replies on Aug 22, 2019:

@Rodatheist Just so.

How sad it must be to be a Trump supporter....

DenoPenno comments on Aug 21, 2019:

**I agree totally only they do not see it that way**. If you corner them on Trump being a clever businessman because he cheated others they will reply that he did that because he was a clever businessman.

Fernapple replies on Aug 22, 2019:

I did read a report by a group of analists, who said that overall Trump had earned less than bank interest rates on the wealth he inherited. Which is about as failed in business as you can get without going completely broke.

How sad it must be to be a Trump supporter....

Sticks48 comments on Aug 21, 2019:

The sad part is they don't realize anything in that statement. I really hate when a politician says, "Americans are not stupid". There is very little evidence to support that statement.

Fernapple replies on Aug 22, 2019:

There is a little evidence on this site. LOL

An important distinction to learn as an agnostic

Fernapple comments on Aug 21, 2019:

No sorry, it all depend on how you define 'religion' , and if define it as most people on this site would I suspect do, as any belief system which includes an element of the supernatural, then they are all religions except perhaps Toaism to a degree. The difference you mean, is that between religion...

Fernapple replies on Aug 22, 2019:

@JeffMesser So it does do cause and effect then.

Starved For Practicing Emotional Intimacy (SFPEI) 1: PRACTICING EMOTIONAL CONNECTABILITY ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 21, 2019:

That is all very true. But you are not unique at all, you have to remember that men on dating sites tend, (note tend) to be a special subset of the male population, and that maybe with some exceptions they are not typical of the whole.

Fernapple replies on Aug 21, 2019:

@adaptable1958 Well there are a few on this page, at least.

An important distinction to learn as an agnostic

Fernapple comments on Aug 21, 2019:

No sorry, it all depend on how you define 'religion' , and if define it as most people on this site would I suspect do, as any belief system which includes an element of the supernatural, then they are all religions except perhaps Toaism to a degree. The difference you mean, is that between religion...

Fernapple replies on Aug 21, 2019:

@JeffMesser I am not very interested in the cause and effect issue, my only vcomments were on the isue of whether these belief systems are religions. However when it comes to Scopes trials, there is a growing anti-science and anti-history movement within the Hindu world, which has to be taken into account. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/07/india-scientists-claim-ancient-hindus-invented-stem-cell-research-dismiss-einstein

My daughter’s spaceship Orion.

Fernapple comments on Aug 21, 2019:

Sorry but what is an EE ?

Fernapple replies on Aug 21, 2019:

@Antidronefreeman Thank You.

Atrocious use of power religion is nasty to allow this

snytiger6 comments on Aug 21, 2019:

It sickens me that the idea that just because of a persons religious belief, that e let them off easy, as if by violating their own beliefs they really are not all that bad.

Fernapple replies on Aug 21, 2019:

You would think that even a believer, if they are honest and genuine, (Big ask that's true.) would think that made it worse, because that is two crimes not one.

My religions professor is very adamant about convincing us atheists are just as religious as ...

darthfaja comments on Aug 21, 2019:

I’m curious I could see what he’s trying to say here Could you ask him why and post his answer? My guess is that he’s saying we are a group Of some sort but that in itself makes us a society See what he says and post please Thank you

Fernapple replies on Aug 21, 2019:

I think that he is trying to push the old fallacy that an Atheist belief that there is no god is equivalent to belief in a god, because both are unprovable.

My religions professor is very adamant about convincing us atheists are just as religious as ...

273kelvin comments on Aug 21, 2019:

So many times I come across "The elephant and the Polish problem." * Where people (especially religious ones) view everything else from their own perspective and cannot conceive a view outside of it. They have faith and it is part of their world. The fact that all their bs is about as much concern ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 21, 2019:

Please do. I like a good joke especially one with wisdom, and you could just copy and paste.

Just want to run this by everyone.

Pedrohbds comments on Aug 19, 2019:

It can be a solution, but then they will simply waste one more minute answering randomly the questions.

Fernapple replies on Aug 19, 2019:

True, but a minute is an long time when you have the concentration span of a scammer.

For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill ?

brentan comments on Aug 18, 2019:

What about a friend in need?

Fernapple replies on Aug 19, 2019:

Yes it says " to fill your need".

Here's one from a Christian writer, but I like it anyway.

Freedompath comments on Aug 18, 2019:

I love Gibran, but I never thought of him as Christian.

Fernapple replies on Aug 19, 2019:

@OwlInASack Yes please do. I have posted a couple of bits in the past but would love to see other peoples sellections.

Here's one from a Christian writer, but I like it anyway.

IamNobody comments on Aug 18, 2019:

Gibran, in my own twisted perception, is a poet...not a Christian, or whatever denomination for that matter.

Fernapple replies on Aug 18, 2019:

@IamNobody Thank you. He was always though of as a Marionite Chritian writer, though he did try to teach his idea that all religions were one. Since people seem to like him I may post some more.

Here's one from a Christian writer, but I like it anyway.

Freedompath comments on Aug 18, 2019:

I love Gibran, but I never thought of him as Christian.

Fernapple replies on Aug 18, 2019:

A Lebanese American and originally a Maronite Christian, he was influenced by the Sufis, but did not give up his Christianity, though he did try to teach that all religions were one. Since people liked that I will post some more.

Here's one from a Christian writer, but I like it anyway.

bobwjr comments on Aug 18, 2019:

Read him interesting

Fernapple replies on Aug 18, 2019:

Please enlarge.

Whats the wrong thing about religion?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Better still, what is the right thing about religion?

Fernapple replies on Aug 18, 2019:

@averykings It can also provide a community for the lonely and does some charity work, but there are other ways of doing all those three, and secular charities especially are usually vastly better at their jobs.

Hi! Im new here.

Archeus_Lore comments on Aug 17, 2019:

I do not hide a thing, and in fact, I flaunt it . . . . I love it when they challenge me, because I know their whole system is a huge house of cards. Any who dare to venture into that conversation about religion do not last long when it comes to that . . . . like, where the fuck did they get the ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 18, 2019:

Always wondered about the Ark. If god created all the animals in the first place, why did he not just recreate them, what did he need Noah for ? And why did all the land plants not drown, and if they did what did the animals eat when they landed, and........ ?

Should people get together and organize a boycott of electric card payments, at least until ...

NoPlanetB comments on Aug 17, 2019:

No, you have the option to not use them.

Fernapple replies on Aug 18, 2019:

@NoPlanetB True.

This is a bit different for most people in the West, though only classical in the widest sense , and...

Larry-new comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Imagine it at the edge of your drifting consciousness blown in on a hot wind......sipping cool ouzo.

Fernapple replies on Aug 18, 2019:

When can we go.

Public Service Announcement from the Mormons: [yahoo.com]

Fernapple comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Saw the video too. What is that building ? Is it a church or a theme park castle, the one Walt Disney rejected ?

Fernapple replies on Aug 18, 2019:

@RussRAB Yes that reminds me of a video I saw of some cleaners working on the war memorial in, I think Paris. One of the cleaners, while swishing round with her mop, accidentally snuffed out the eternal flame. So she got out her lighter and relit it. "That's what we always do."

I have got a new name!.

Deb57 comments on Aug 17, 2019:

By "one of those" did she mean "people-who-have-enough-of-a-life-that-they-can't-or-won't-just-drop-everything-they're-doing-to-indulge-over-entitled-assholes-who-randomly-bang-on-the-doors-of-strangers- demanding-chunks-of-their-time-for-no-good-reason"? I'm "one of those," as well.

Fernapple replies on Aug 17, 2019:

I think that she had heard the line as an excuse many times before, though it was true in this case. There was a learned article published on this site some days ago, which made the point that of course they are sent out to annoy people. Because that gets them rejected, lied to and insulted by lots of members of mainstream society, which in turn makes them distrust society all the more, and forces to run back to the congregation for comfort. I short it is brainwashing reinforcement, and the point of it is not to save souls, but to deepen the grip the church has on them.

I have got a new name!.

demifeministgal comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Did she think you were waiting for a stripper or sex worker to show up?? I'm confused by her automatic judgement here :s

Fernapple replies on Aug 17, 2019:

I think that she had heard the line as an excuse many times before, though it was true in this case. There was a learned article published on this site some days ago, which made the point that of course they are sent out to annoy people. Because that gets them rejected, lied to and insulted by lots of members of mainstream society, which in turn makes them distrust society all the more, and forces to run back to the congregation for comfort. I short it is brainwashing reinforcement, and the point of it is not to save souls, but to deepen the grip the church has on them.

Public Service Announcement from the Mormons: [yahoo.com]

creative51 comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Wow! That church (as well as others) are really trying to micro manage their members lives. Do they have a rule on how many sheets of toilet paper one is supposed to use to wipe ones ass?

Fernapple replies on Aug 17, 2019:

St. Benidict issued comands to his followers, on how long they should trim their fingernails. LOL

I have got a new name!.

Deb57 comments on Aug 17, 2019:

By "one of those" did she mean "people-who-have-enough-of-a-life-that-they-can't-or-won't-just-drop-everything-they're-doing-to-indulge-over-entitled-assholes-who-randomly-bang-on-the-doors-of-strangers- demanding-chunks-of-their-time-for-no-good-reason"? I'm "one of those," as well.

Fernapple replies on Aug 17, 2019:

Yes I think that's it. Hello fellow 'Those'.

I have got a new name!.

bobwjr comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Princesses say no more you didn't worship them

Fernapple replies on Aug 17, 2019:

Oh, I could have worshiped them alright, I just did not have time to listen to their talk.

Should people get together and organize a boycott of electric card payments, at least until ...

NoPlanetB comments on Aug 17, 2019:

No, you have the option to not use them.

Fernapple replies on Aug 17, 2019:

@NoPlanetB Yes I think there must be a crossed wire here, I write cheques for thousands of pounds sometimes here in the UK. I think he must mean travelers cheques.

Should people get together and organize a boycott of electric card payments, at least until ...

NoPlanetB comments on Aug 17, 2019:

No, you have the option to not use them.

Fernapple replies on Aug 17, 2019:

I thought that that was what Boycott meant.

I have got a new name!.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Possibly one of T.H.E.M. terrible horrible evil men.

Fernapple replies on Aug 17, 2019:

Yes that could be me, but I never got an invite, T.H.E.M. is very exclusive.

Should people get together and organize a boycott of electric card payments, at least until ...

Varn comments on Aug 17, 2019:

It’ll take your nation or continent to implement such a plan. In the USA, too many still feel ‘for profit’ medical care is justified by Capitalism … and that any concept *not* making the *rich* ***Richer*** is Socialism :S So please, lead the way ~

Fernapple replies on Aug 17, 2019:

Long hard walk to freedom.

An old favorite, the New-Age Bullshit Generator.

Fernapple comments on Aug 17, 2019:

I would love, (No that is wrong, quite enjoy, sort of. ) seeing the actual text you used.

Fernapple replies on Aug 17, 2019:

@daylily Yes that's why I put 'sort of'. LOL But having cognized you of that vectorial and in light of the high individualization, which harmoniously follows from the engagement of organic humour, and its dimensional interface with the many subframes of culture. It seemed a enjoyable route to full economization of a leisure vector and digital spiritualization, in the outer understandings of philosophical internalization to ask. (Written without any digital help. )

This is a bit different for most people in the West, though only classical in the widest sense , and...

tioteo comments on Aug 16, 2019:

It's different for me, but I like it; however, I am not sure that "lullaby" is an appropriate category for it.

Fernapple replies on Aug 16, 2019:

Seems that is the oppinion of most people.

This is a bit different for most people in the West, though only classical in the widest sense , and...

LetzGetReal comments on Aug 16, 2019:

Exotic, not sure it would put me to sleep, might dance to it if in a certain mood. :)

Fernapple replies on Aug 16, 2019:

Yes that is what i thought, more wake you up music than a lullaby.

"You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not a single event - but a habit." Aristotle

IamNobody comments on Aug 16, 2019:

Keep spreading happiness buddy

Fernapple replies on Aug 16, 2019:

Thanks I hope I do.

On Flute! [www.

Marionville comments on Aug 15, 2019:

Not sure about it played on the flute...although I recognise the skill involved....there seems to be something missing.

Fernapple replies on Aug 15, 2019:

Yes but you do have to recognize the skill so much, it is said that Motzart hated the flute, because he thought that no one would ever have the skill to play it well enough for it to sound truely musical.

Melbourne Australia Catholic Church to continue protecting pedophiles? [theage.com.au]

LenHazell53 comments on Aug 14, 2019:

Who the fuck do these perverts think they are? They are as disgusting as the horrors they are protecting, the whole twisted organization needs disbanding for aiding and abetting.

Fernapple replies on Aug 15, 2019:

@LenHazell53 True.

The Acanthus are coming to the end of their flowering now.

CeliaVL comments on Aug 15, 2019:

My acanthus flowers are still going strong but the leaves have died back. They keep doing that and it makes them look scruffy.

Fernapple replies on Aug 15, 2019:

Are you growing A. spinosus or A. mollis ?

Melbourne Australia Catholic Church to continue protecting pedophiles? [theage.com.au]

LenHazell53 comments on Aug 14, 2019:

Who the fuck do these perverts think they are? They are as disgusting as the horrors they are protecting, the whole twisted organization needs disbanding for aiding and abetting.

Fernapple replies on Aug 15, 2019:

They think that they are the voice of god.

IS AMERICA RACIST AND SEXIST?

Fernapple comments on Aug 14, 2019:

There are no countries which are not sexist and racist to some degree, why should the US be any different ?

Fernapple replies on Aug 15, 2019:

@St-Sinner Yep, that is what I thought. That is why the old saying about, travel teaches you most about your own country is so true. It is no coincidense that the people of the US are among the least traveled of all the developed world, else that sort of unseeing nationalism could not exist.

ABOUT MUFFINS.

GeorgeRocheleau comments on Aug 14, 2019:

Blueberry! If you disagree, you should be stoned.

Fernapple replies on Aug 15, 2019:

Yep my favourite too. Always with the pagans.

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

Fernapple comments on Aug 13, 2019:

I don't basically disagree with you but I think that the "Where are the scissors Darling?" analogue is not a good one. The real equivalent should be. "There are no scissors in an unknown draw somewhere perhaps on a distant planet." Which is the real meaning of you can not prove a negative, it does ...

Fernapple replies on Aug 13, 2019:

@OwlInASack That's it.

ABOUT MUFFINS.

KKGator comments on Aug 13, 2019:

I'd rather have unaffiliated donuts.

Fernapple replies on Aug 13, 2019:

I knew you would. LOL

ABOUT MUFFINS.

graceylou comments on Aug 13, 2019:

Damn. Now I want to bake muffins (vegan, of course).

Fernapple replies on Aug 13, 2019:

Please don't blame me for any weight gain.LOL