Hi all, just want to check in; didn't realise such a group existed and look forward to good times ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Welcome and enjoy, the points come quickly if you don't worry about them and chill.

About Dawkins new book "Outgrowing God"

Fernapple comments on Oct 12, 2019:

His books go on getting more banal as time goes by, he should have stopped a the god delusion, sadly pedaling rubbish to keep in print will impact on his legacy. Yet his earlier works were well worth while, and I have to ask, how can the God Delusion and the Selfish Gene, be the same, when one is about religion and the other evolutionary theory ?

A couple I didn't get last post .

Fernapple comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Like old faded head-scarves found in an antique shop.

China’s Global Reach: Surveillance and Censorship Beyond the Great Firewall [eff.org]

Fernapple comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Very worrying, but it still seems that people in china are the biggest losers. Sad that dictators never seem to understand that their main legacy will simply be to have held back progress and wasted the worlds time, and in the end history will only record them as losers, however great their illusions of grandeur may be while they live.

This has been asked a thousand times and will be asked again by an other.

Fernapple comments on Oct 11, 2019:

You could define evil as just the doing of malicious harm. Or, that which is neither good nor neutral. Or, you could define it as theists would, as a power which opposes good. But the three are not mutually exclusive, so it may carry many and several meanings, it all depends on context.

Three points to go for level eight and this post should do it. :-)

Fernapple comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Congratulations. But don't forget to order the teeshirt in super extra large. LOL

Is it too late? Has climate activism failed? Are we into damage control? [grist.org]

Fernapple comments on Oct 11, 2019:

That the climate will change, that we will cause it and that it will not be good, is as much as anyone can say. There are too many difficult variables, anyone who thinks that they can make accurate predictions is deluding themselves.

hello to all

Fernapple comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Hello and welcome, this site for one thing helps get me up in the morning, enjoy, and do check out the groups there is something for everyone and a lot of the life is there.

Long, long, looooonnnngg posts! Those of you who think you can entice me to read 5000+ word ideas, ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Yep! But, short posts made by points hounds are annoying too.

Q:202821 So why was it deleted? EDIT: I found an old post where I used it – here it is:

Fernapple comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Yep, the emoji list was longer once, but not unmanageable, I keep asking for a 'thank you' as well, but so far no good.

I've gotten into hibiscuses in the past two years , they just keep on blooming .

Fernapple comments on Oct 11, 2019:

They are beautiful. Sadly for me I am just on the very edge of the hardiness zone, some people a few miles nearer the coast and with very sheltered warm enclosures can grow them, but not in my garden.

Just brought to my attention by an American correspondent is this 2 year old Deutsche Welle posting ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Yep, tradition is everything, forget the fact that all traditions fade, die or change in the end, and when they are gone it will prove how meaningless they were. Without tradition you would have to make decisions for yourself, you may even have to take responsibility for your own actions. Best just keep going to the church /mosque and do as you are told. And if in my case I seem to come to no harm, then a sample of one is always big enough to prove the case. isn't it.

There is not such thing as reality

Fernapple comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Does not make any difference if there is or is not. Because if our lives are an illusion and we can see nothing else, then that illusion is 'our' reality. While it in turn must exist because you can not have an illusion that does not exist.

So beautiful 🤩

Fernapple comments on Oct 10, 2019:

And never to give up hope that one day, I may live up to half of that if I am lucky.

I have anxiety issues about going out now due to previous grief.

Fernapple comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Grief is not quickly cured, nor does it ever completely leave you and it has many symptoms. The best thing however is just that, getting out there and living so this phobia is not helping you. Therefore you need to take this phobia seriously and get help, don't think that it is something to put off and it will come right, talk to your doctor about it asap and make it plain that this is affecting you badly. Sorry to sound tough, but sometimes that is the only way I know to help.

I'm making this post just to get the points.

Fernapple comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Points, like boiling kettles, come fastest when you are not looking. Don't worry just chill and enjoy.

Trump complains Kurdish allies didn't help US in World War II

Fernapple comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Has trump any idea about history, does he even know how long ago world war two was, how many wars have been fought since, or how the age demographic works in the none western world, and how few Kurds will remember that far back ?

My Agnostic shirt finally arrived! (Bonus view with smile included!) EDIT: for those who want to ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Well done.

There seem to be a fair number of atheists on agnostic.

Fernapple comments on Oct 10, 2019:

No evidence for god therefore god unknown, no evidence for the question as a Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle therefore HUP unknown.

Sage words for the depressed.

Fernapple comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Beer.

It's sad that some ppl bully others, even on this site who you have to block.

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Trolls are everywhere, and if they are a pain then that is what the block feature is for. As to the critics who told you off for revealing a confidence, they may well be good well meaning people, but you will find that no mater how carefully you type a post, some people will still misunderstand what you said, or even what you were talking about. Try to be as careful as you can, when you type up a post, it does help, but when you are still misunderstood, just shrug and move on. If you stick to it you will build a relationships over time, and people will understand you better.

Citizens throughout the world need to stop with the hero-worship, either in the form of gods or in ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2019:

May happen one day, but I won't hold my breath. In the mean time sites like this one help, and we just have to keep beavering away.

Religion is a product of the imagination and has no basis in reality.

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Hello, enjoy.

We humans just can't seem to avoid creating and dredging up ideas which promise eternal existence of...

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2019:

No not really. In early cultures religion was often devoted to more everyday things and fears, like illness, lions, and hunger. Fear of death perhaps always existed to a degree, but a lot of exaggerated fear of death was created by religion. Since as they are always using the god of the gaps, anywhere they can find mystery they can create fear and pretend to have answers. So since they are selling fake gap filler, it pays to exaggerate the size and importance of the gaps. A huge amount of religious propaganda has being devoted over the years to promoting a fear of death, and building that exaggerated fear into our cultures.

I wonder which company is responsible for this outrage - [effa.org.au]

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Does it matter which, are there any that would not ?

"because the erotic frisson is such that the kiss that you only imagine giving, can be as powerful ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Always choose a real person, because I need a good kick in the imagination now and again.

Let's talk about Trump's next move if he's smart.... [youtube.com]

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2019:

So even the faithful are starting to leap the fence. Was bound to happen.

In solving problems 'In general' how useful is the phrase.

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Not at all. It is far too vague and banal to be of any use in complex real world situations, and why prioritize humans anyway.

Australian Green's Party ridiculed

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Very silly.

Funny how after I post something about the war-for-profit loving criminals in government and other ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2019:

I do lots of profile visits, 99% of them because the profiles menu is right where I rest the mouse, and I click accidentally, then someones rubbish that I don't want pops up and gets in the way.

Do people just know know about this site?

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Lot of fossil accounts I think. Yet because it is small you really get to know people.

Not to brag, but I made it onto another blocked list...

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Join the club, I think that you will find that we have a more exclusive membership, and have a lot of fun, even though we can't get round the block anymore.

I was thinking about going into the bakery business.

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2019:

What area ? LOL

A Comic Book approach but nevertheless: [yesmagazine.org]

Fernapple comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Its not just the US, I wish that we could get more of that here in the UK.

JESUS DIED FOR YOUR SINS! Don't you just love it when Christians spout, "Jesus died for your ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 8, 2019:

God created the world and all the animals, yet a few hundred years later, he could not just recreate them, he had to get Noah to help.

AND THE WINNER FOR THE MOST OUTLANDISH DOCTRINE IS .

Fernapple comments on Oct 8, 2019:

That a young girl got pregnant magically, by a god without intercourse. At least the Greek gods carried of their victims and had sex with them, seems just a bit more plausible, don't you think.

Question: who here has ever used mycorrhizal fungi concentrate in your garden?

Fernapple comments on Oct 8, 2019:

I once took part in a lab test on them which proved to be ineffective, but that was only one small test. I think though that they could be a bit like the yogurts, which are sold with active bacteria, they may help if your gut flora is damaged or lacking those species, but otherwise they are just a waste of money, and as it is unlikely your gut is deficient, they are nearly always a waste of money.

new ideas on sea-level rise - [theconversation.com]

Fernapple comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Of course the melting of ice sheets are not the only, and possibly not the biggest contributers to sea level rise, the expansion of water due to the higher temperatures of the seas also adds perhaps more.

If you like piña colada ..........

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2019:

If you kind'a like to rhyme, It surely ain't no crime, But for your fat, ugly pres, With his white house address, I carn't give a dime.

Just wondering to myself.

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Yep, funny is it not. And some people say, and I am sure its true, that we know more about religion than they do.

I'm so tired of seeing stories about hunters grinning like imbeciles over their kill.

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2019:

I will take the story with a pinch of salt perhaps. But you also have to remember that the poachers are often very poor, desperate people, who are pushed into it by wealthy dealers and smuggling gangs, Who target people who are in debt, need to fund health care or are even hungry, paying them tiny amounts and pressuring them with threats. And it is the wealthy and powerful gangs who really make money , hardly ever get caught, and don't ever walk long distances in the hot sun carrying heavy weights, or live in fear of animals, or the guns of wardens.

Stop the insanity now.

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Some one once said, that bombs take away four lives, not just those of the people who are killed, but also those of the people who spend their lives training to deliver them, and those of the people who waste time making them and finding the tax to pay for them.

Dawkin's letter to the Times

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Report what you intended to, and ignore what was done and said. First rule of journalism.

Stop the insanity now.

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2019:

And think global, just how much waste of money, time, land and materials, goes on something which benefits no one, and does nothing to tackle any of our serious problems while contributing to a lot of them.

Feeding the 5000

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2019:

He should also wash his hands when going from fish to bread. LOL

Four things that never return: the spoken word, the speeding arrow, the wasted life, and the ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Very old quote though, I think that in one form or another it predates D. K. by centuries.

What one book would you keep?

Fernapple comments on Oct 7, 2019:

I would not really want to part with any of them. When I downsized my collection in the past, even getting rid of books I had no interest in and had not looked at for years, usually about twelve months later, I think, I must read up about that, and its always one of those I parted with that I want. If I had to have one book with me in prison or on a desert island perhaps, then, H.G. Wells, The Outline of World History. Such an easy read, and I learn something every time I dip in.

Who wears it best.

Fernapple comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Have you not seen my icon ? Mind you I was twelve when that was done, so I figure that's a bit of an excuse.

[msn.

Fernapple comments on Oct 6, 2019:

The whole diplomatic immunity business is, and always has been, open to abuse, it is simply a get out of jail free card for members of the political establishment. It was brought in in the days when there was an assumption that members of the political establishment could do no wrong. Indeed the justification for it, that it protects diplomats against being persecuted on political grounds, is if you think about it for even a second very questionable. Since it is obvious that the only states likely to so treat diplomats, are those who will not respect international law anyway. Would diplomatic immunity have protect US diplomats in Tehran, if they had not got out in time, or Vietnam from that matter ? No, but it protects people who cause car crashes while driving stupidly, (this is far from the only case ), and it stops people like J . Assange from having to answer rape charges. (Note 'answer' not be convicted of, his guilt or otherwise is another matter.)

Why older women will rule the world: The future is female, MIT expert says

Fernapple comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Older women always ruled the world.

What are the best places for people like us to live?

Fernapple comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Nones, have almost nothing in common save that one fact, that we have no religion, and therefore there is no one set of needs that fits all. There are a few places perhaps, such as countries who will persecute atheists, where it would not be good to be, but beyond that, given the choice, no two of us would pick the same fruit from the bowl.

From an atheist perspective (and I am an atheist), is there a difference between religion and a ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 5, 2019:

No. The only difference is that religions have political power as well as the religious sort, and so earn political respect.

I am always annoyed when people describe "Atheism" as a belief when it's anything but.

Fernapple comments on Oct 5, 2019:

The 'ism' is not really attached to the end of atheism, it is not athe-ism but a-theism. In other words not-theism, the 'ism' being part of the theism which it is not.

Of all the arguments for the existence of a god or gods, what is the best one you have ever heard?

Fernapple comments on Oct 5, 2019:

"It brings me comfort." I can not think of a rational argument which is worth a pinch of salt, but that religion can sometimes bring a little comfort and the comfort of ready made communities to some people, when life can be very hard; is about the only time I would nod approvingly and bite my lip. Whilst not forgetting for even a moment that for every bit of comfort it brings to a person, it brings untold pain to many more.

Took my trowel and claw to my planter boxes and pots in the back garden today.

Fernapple comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Do post some photos of the growing stages.

A couple of weeks ago I posted about my rose and that it hadn't grown any.

Fernapple comments on Oct 5, 2019:

It will get hot in the pot, which won't help. But against the wall will also add to the stress, especially for a new plant that has to establish, moving it away from the wall should help.

Very appropriate

Fernapple comments on Oct 4, 2019:

Since I come from the UK, I don't often comment on the US politics on this site. Its not my business and I don't know that much. BUT I have to say that, I feel, just a little, that the US, however great its faults, is bigger and better than that. Good for not believing on god, now do the other half and start believing in yourselves.

Hello everyone i’m new here☺️

Fernapple comments on Oct 4, 2019:

Run.

Is any body my age here? I am 23.

Fernapple comments on Oct 4, 2019:

In my own deluded mind yes, but my birth documents say 62.

Agnostics Qs

Fernapple comments on Oct 4, 2019:

When bullies are not big enough and strong enough to get their own way themselves, they threaten people with their big brothers, and when that does not work, they invent even bigger brothers.

God works in mysterious ways...

Fernapple comments on Oct 4, 2019:

Another one to add to the appendix and the embryonic gill slits.

My father was excommunicated from the catholic church for having a vasectomy in defiance of the ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 4, 2019:

"For me the greatest deficit of organized religion is their compulsion toward exclusivity." Sadly they have to go that way, since it is the only thing they have to offer. If you believed in an all loving, fair and none exclusive god, then what would you need organized religion for ?

Today's hike: Search for Golden Week and snow down my leg.

Fernapple comments on Oct 4, 2019:

Beautiful larches just at their peak, sadly it only last a twinkling of the eye.

What is man's worst invention?

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2019:

Language. Surprised. Because language divorced our communications and thoughts from the realities they represented. And that in turn gifted us a vast ability to lie, both to ourselves and others, far beyond the abilities of any other creatures, and those lies in turn created human cultures, which then took on a life of their own and evolved to control us completely. In the end forcing us to create and maintain all the other evils listed, even though those evils brought us no benefits. Language is also of course, our greatest blessing, but that is another story.

For those of you who have engaged in evolution/creation discussions with creationists, what have ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2019:

They simply assert that god is eternal and has no creator or beginning, then if you ask how that can be, they say because they have faith. And if you ask how faith proves anything, they say it does so because god says so. And if you ask how they know god says so, they say because they have faith. And so you go on round and round in circles, until they punch you. Then as you lie in the dirt, you know that you have won the argument.

I just got into a debate with someone about Jesus' crucifixion being God's Will, hypothetically.

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2019:

The Judas paradox, is Judas really a hero. It was an issue that the early church nearly strangled itself with, for a good laugh it is well worth looking it up. But only if you have a lot of time to spare.

"When I was younger, I wish I had.

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2019:

Done everything ten years earlier than I did. Especially getting married and starting my own business.

I often find it extremely mind-boggling just how many "Christians" have never read the Bible.

Fernapple comments on Oct 3, 2019:

Yes but christians don't believe in the bible. They believe in the bible as interpreted for them by a priest.

I don't know...it sounded like "fuck you' to me... [youtu.be]

Fernapple comments on Oct 2, 2019:

If you are covered in sharp spines, you can say anything you want.

In Christianity, we are told have to need God first and then we are told that God will fill the ...

Fernapple comments on Oct 2, 2019:

Yes, and they also try to sell us, problems and benefits, hell and heaven, which we can not even verify exist until after we are dead. The ultimate sales pitch. Like trying to sell you services and added features for your house, (We will clean your drains and get rid of all smells, and fit a nice porch which adds great value.) with a promise that they will only be delivered, after you have sold the house and moved to another country.

How come with over 99,000 members there is only around 220 on line at any time?

Fernapple comments on Oct 1, 2019:

They do not delete membership ever I think, so you end up with a lot of members, most of whom have moved on. (Some may even be dead. )

Message from Banksy...

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2019:

The advertising industry is based on the fact that, nearly everyone who has a surplus of money in the developed world, already has everything that humans really reasonably need. So they have to create needs and reasons or people to feel unhappy, in order that the people paying them, can pose as the solvers of the problems that did not really exist, (bit like politics). The main product of the advertising industry therefore is unhappiness, and they are very good at producing it.

IS STRING THEORY RELATED TO THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES?

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Correlation does not equate to common causation. But it is a common fallacy behind nearly all Woo to think so.

Message from Banksy...

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Banksy always seems to find original ways to say things, a friend has a book of his art and it is great just browsing through it.

Anyone from Philippines here?

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2019:

There is a map feature under the members button, and if you earn a few points you are allowed to message people. Welcome to the site and enjoy, there is a lot here especially in the groups, something for everyone.

Republican lawmaker denounces Trump’s tweet predicting ‘civil war’ if he’s impeached

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Ah. The issues for civil wars, lets see. Communism versus. Fascism, Absolute Monarchy versus parliament, Slavery versus emancipation, fair taxation versus starvation. But the really big one, funny man in orange paint and somebody else's hair, versus a few wrinkly old judges.

what if they are farming us

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2019:

It always was symbiosis on the big scale. Sadly for the plants there were no animals to eat them until they created the oxygen surplus. Just as there are no rich people without the poor create a surplus.

Bishop: Girls Should Skip College So They’re Not Smarter Than Their Husbands - Women should avoid ...

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2019:

I thought that the bishop thought that skipping college made you smarter, he can't have it both ways can he. (Oh sorry forgot, he is a bishop so he can have it any way he likes. ) LOL

Hyacinth vines can get out of hand if they've got the right amount of sun.

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Pretty though.

Dubious record

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2019:

So can we swap you for Boris then ?

Love it when these republican assholes lose it

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2019:

You have very strange tastes. I like that.

Good question why

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Conservatives (and others) often find themselves on the wrong side of a cause, without much to stand on, no arguments and no evidence. If your opponents make a trivial tactical error, such as having the bad taste to exploit children in the name of their cause, which is a very small fault and a tiny failing perhaps, but if it is all you have got, you have to jump all over it. And yes it is bad taste, though small, in part, exactly, because those who do it, expose their children to ridicule and worse, and also for the same reason that it is wrong to christen babies and then start calling them Christian children, Islamic or Hindu. Until children are free of parental care and financial support and have gained enough experience of the world to fully understand the whole consequences of what they do, it is the duty of the adults, all of them, to protect them. If a twelve year old told you that they wanted to make a life in prostitution and were going to start right away, by going and standing out on the road and trying to pick up strangers, what would you do ? And the potential for harm from an early entry into political life is nearly as great. Yes the conservatives may not fully understand why it is bad taste, if not worse in reasoned terms, but it is something a lot of people instinctively feel, without rationalizing it, and therefore they sometimes attack the child instead of the enablers.

Opinions please why besides self comfort do you think people believe that praying does anything?

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Why not, if you believe that you have invisible friends in the sky, then believing that they will listen to you is a trivial step. And if they do not listen to you then what use are they.

This is significant! 30 Years of Research Shows Sauna Bathing is Game-Changer for Longevity and ...

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Sounds from what they say that a hot bath would have very much the same effect.

"Sometimes, you're just fucking wrong"

Fernapple comments on Sep 30, 2019:

We should always respect everyone and their right to hold whatever opinion they have, in part because the world is such a complex place that we are all wrong about everything to some degree all of the time. How many beans in a sack, guess ? One person says five hundred, one says five thousand and one says fifty thousand. They can't all be right, but they can all be wrong, and given the difficulty, they most probably are all wrong to some degree. But that does NOT mean three things. First, that there is not a correct number, (the fact that we can not have perfect objective truth does not mean that it does not exist). Second, that some are not closer than others. And third, that we can not all of us, with more time thought and effort, get closer to the correct number of beans or any truth for that matter. And that is the big thing, the respect due to any person should not be based on the opinion they hold, but on the effort they are making to improve it, and the effort they made to get there. And if they are making no effort then no respect is really due. Hope you will make the effort with this long reply. LOL

This breaks my heart and makes me wonder about people.

Fernapple comments on Sep 29, 2019:

If you have no arguments, you can only use insults.

Bishop: Girls Should Skip College So They’re Not Smarter Than Their Husbands | Sarahbeth Caplin |...

Fernapple comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Male here sorry. Thinks bishops don't know they are talking ####, because the uniform is far too overly respected, and therefore nobody ever points out to them that they are talking stupid. So they get away with it their whole lives, and start thinking they are normal.

Irony is not lost

Fernapple comments on Sep 29, 2019:

The trouble is that if he is impeached, don't you loose the chance to vote him out of office ?

Hello all! New here and looking to make some friends and maybe find someone to date!

Fernapple comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Hello and welcome, enjoy the site there is a lot here. especially check out the groups, there is something for everyone. And you never know you may find someone to date here. ( If you are lucky you may even find someone who does not pick their nose with their big toe.)

SHOULD AGNOSTICISM & ATHEISM BECOME RELIGIONS?

Fernapple comments on Sep 29, 2019:

"No religion." Works well, does not force people into corners and keeps us together.

Who's old enough to remember this?

Fernapple comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Yes I remember. And we had inkwells on the desks made to take dip pens, (though nobody had one, not that old,) and the teachers used chalk on a black board. We had free school meals and a massive outbreak of food poisoning. You were told to bring woolly gloves to school because the heating was not good, and you would not be able to write if your hands were cold. And for some reason the uniform code extended to the colour of your underwear, which they did check.

[seekingalpha.

Fernapple comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Interesting way of saying which are the countries where the most really wealthy people live, in theory at least. Because of course for large numbers of the wealthy, where they 'live' for tax purposes especially, can be quite different from where they dwell. Which does not of course help the trickle down theory, since people tend to spend where they dwell, not where their citizenship dwells.

I cannot get over the circular reasoning of the good book being good because it says it is.

Fernapple comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Yes it is circular reasoning, and if you push any theist hard and far enough, you will almost invariably come down to two bits of nonsense. Either. The bible is right because the bible says it is. Or. You have to take it on faith and faith is good because the bible says it is good, and I have faith in the bible. Don't however think that you can win by reasoning, remember the old saying. "You can't reason someone out of something they did not use reason to get into."

Well, there are the Quick and the Dead...

Fernapple comments on Sep 29, 2019:

I get the feeling that we are not very tech sharpe here. Hint. Perhaps a lot of people don't remember what 5G is. LOL

In the past I have often hypothesized that religion, with its emphasis on unquestioned belief and ...

Fernapple comments on Sep 28, 2019:

Yes perhaps, the fact is that you can not choose what you believe. You either do or you don't. But you can perhaps choose to be deliberately gullible. Suppose that a second hand car salesman said to you. "We only deliver the cars after you are dead, you have to wait till then to get your hands on it, but they must be good ones, because no owner ever complained."

The ocean this morning.

Fernapple comments on Sep 28, 2019:

If you drive. Keep pressing your brakes, especially after you leave the water, to keep them dry, otherwise they may let you down when you need them most.

Well, there are the Quick and the Dead...

Fernapple comments on Sep 28, 2019:

Yes but you may not have to use it, just walk past.

Bad things will find you, if you are not looking for good things!

Fernapple comments on Sep 28, 2019:

Very true if you do not go out seeking truth earnestly, with an open and sceptical mind, then religion for example waits lurking round every corner to grab you.

Oh my! Bacteria are likely hiding in your household washing machine [cnn.com]

Fernapple comments on Sep 28, 2019:

In the UK you can get disinfectant specially for the job, don't know but I would think you can in the US too.

Photos of pollution before we regulated it, our future if we don't act

Fernapple comments on Sep 28, 2019:

I am told that a lot of China looks like that today.