Jesus loves you.

TheMiddleWay comments on May 21, 2020:

From my understanding: - Jesus loves you regardless of your belief in him or not. - Severe punishment and love are not mutually exclusive. - Not accepting the spirit of Jesus is not in and of itself a sin.

LenHazell53 replies on May 21, 2020:

Burning someone in Hell for all eternity is definitely not a sign of unconditional love, or love of any kind, it is disproportionate, cruel and unusual *"severe punishment"*, if it can be called punishment at all, since the point of punitive measures are to correct and reform behaviour, if the punishment is eternal then that can never be the case and so is simply vengeful unending torture, for the sake of being cruel. I repeat this god is a dick, it is a mystery to me why people worship this fuck out of anything but fear.

I live on a world, and try to live in a world, with a bunch of fucking idiots.

creative51 comments on May 20, 2020:

There is so many idiots, one has to wonder why planes do not fall out of the sky on a daily basis (well I suppose somewhere they do, but I mean LOTS of planes falling each day).

LenHazell53 replies on May 21, 2020:

There ARE so many idiots, plural noun There IS a pedantic idiot pointing this out, singular noun.

In my last post I mentioned how Christ had no knowledge of science, especially biology and ...

LenHazell53 comments on May 19, 2020:

IF one believes in the Trinitarian doctrine, one has no choice but to agree with the atheist who rightly claims that if reality was designed, it was designed by a quarrelsome committee.

LenHazell53 replies on May 21, 2020:

@p-nullifidian The galaxy NGC 4485 colliding with its larger galactic neighbour NGC 4490 as photographed by the hubble telescope, the red patches are colliding stars exploding

Indemnity noun Compensation for damage or loss sustained.

Charlene comments on May 19, 2020:

Double Indemnity is an awesome film noir movie..

LenHazell53 replies on May 20, 2020:

you beat me to it

Mississippi venue apparently denied interracial couple's wedding over 'Christian belief,' video ...

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on May 18, 2020:

It will never end...

LenHazell53 replies on May 18, 2020:

but @MissKathleen according to the holey babble, these folks ARE real christians Hating is biblically sanctioned "If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters--yes, even their own life--such a person cannot be my disciple." Jesus Christ Luke 14: 26 see you sinner now get to spewin' bile n' vitriol, just like you saviour!

Sign the petition: Attorney General Barr must resign immediately! [actionnetwork.org]

St-Sinner comments on May 18, 2020:

Please give me one example where these petitions have worked in the last 10 or 20 years. Recalls have worked for re-elected offices but these petitions are useless other than just venting out anger and frustration.

LenHazell53 replies on May 18, 2020:

so not completely useless then? Feel free to ignore the post if you wish, we both live in free countries... for now.

Sign the petition: Attorney General Barr must resign immediately! [actionnetwork.org]

Charlene comments on May 18, 2020:

He should, but won't..

LenHazell53 replies on May 18, 2020:

sadly you maybe right, but doesn't hurt to drop a hint

Just thought I would throw this out there.

Cutiebeauty comments on May 18, 2020:

It seems common sense is becoming less and less common these days

LenHazell53 replies on May 18, 2020:

Also the term common sense is being misappropriated and used a simile for popular and expedient ignorance and/or idiocy

Why THE FUCK are we allowing senior members of this site telling junior members to SHUT UP, to STOP,...

AnneWimsey comments on May 17, 2020:

Excuuuuussssee meeeeee. I pay no attention to age or gender, or "level", when I tell people they are idiots! Either you are or you are not an idiot. Period. Yours is the third post this weekend from people wanting to be Site Police. Not acceptable!

LenHazell53 replies on May 18, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay argumentum ad populum, that is your best recourse?😄😄

What a wonderful sight! A church parking lot on a Sunday morning with two cars!

DavidLaDeau comments on May 17, 2020:

I recently made a vidoe where I visited my old church after 32 years. My girlfriend and I gor there abiut 5 minutes before services started, (this was before covid). We actually got the first and closest parking spot next to the door! The church of usually 500 was down to about 20.

LenHazell53 replies on May 17, 2020:

And my guess would be an average age of about 75?

Why THE FUCK are we allowing senior members of this site telling junior members to SHUT UP, to STOP,...

AnneWimsey comments on May 17, 2020:

Excuuuuussssee meeeeee. I pay no attention to age or gender, or "level", when I tell people they are idiots! Either you are or you are not an idiot. Period. Yours is the third post this weekend from people wanting to be Site Police. Not acceptable!

LenHazell53 replies on May 17, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay "a safe place for people to share their thoughts and opinions, " means exactly that, *a place that is safe to express thoughts and opinions* NOT "**A safe place**, to express thoughts and opinions that @TheMiddleWay happens to approve of"

Pentru Terra-Horti-Sofia, gândire comună.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 30, 2020:

Terra-Horti-Sapientia Sofia is Greek for wisdom, Terra and Horti are Latin

LenHazell53 replies on May 17, 2020:

@tipi sure yes if you believe you can have a word mean anything you want it to, without reference to etymology, philology or lexicography. in which case, get to cordwangling frump grubly you gobbledegook arbuthnot eggwhisk!

[motherjones.

Barnie2years comments on May 16, 2020:

His fan club would never turn against him, even if they had him in pictures eating human body parts!

LenHazell53 replies on May 16, 2020:

ummmm kentucky fried soylent green

ICC rejects Morrison Gov't plea for Israeli exemption from war crimes prosecution ...

LenHazell53 comments on May 12, 2020:

😢😢😢😢😢

LenHazell53 replies on May 13, 2020:

@FrayedBear I weep for the madness that masquerades as justice and for the justice denied to the innocent in the name of filthy lucre and political expediencies.

Advance warning:

Organist1 comments on May 12, 2020:

Seems a long way off...

LenHazell53 replies on May 12, 2020:

well practice makes perfect

I had spent an hour in the bank with my dad, as he had to transfer some money.

LenHazell53 comments on May 9, 2020:

Idealistic to say the least. I worked for many (many,many) years in retail and the one constant has always been the widely held belief that retail would be a terrific job, if it weren't for all the customers. Customers are invariable a combination of any two or more of the following traits: ...

LenHazell53 replies on May 11, 2020:

@Justme43 MY first retail job was as a part timer in the late 1970s, I worked in high class departments stores, corner shops, off licences and newsagents until finally getting out in my late thirties to take over n a passive fire protection company and turn it in to a multinational concern in five years. I retired early eleven years ago to care for sick family members and help raise my grandchildren. In all that time I can honestly count the amount of pleasant and respectful regular customers on the fingers of both hands. Indifference is the best to be hoped for, the worst is the utter bastard who comes in to deliberately provoke your temper with utter bad manners and unfulfillable demands so they can demand your dismissal and a ten percent discount on an off the peg £40 crimplene suit.

Is it possible for a subjective concept of God (if everyone agrees with it) be a positive force for ...

LenHazell53 comments on May 9, 2020:

"subjective concept of God (if everyone agrees with it)" The only way that everyone will agree on anything is if it is provable with evidence and is therefore no longer subjective, but is objective and no longer a concept but an actuality.

LenHazell53 replies on May 9, 2020:

@MarkWD Which is precisely why at least a significant amount of the other 60% think his existence is a deceitful personification of ignorance and evil incarnate

Thoughts?

anglophone comments on May 8, 2020:

Sigh. That is yet another example of extremely sloppy thinking in the "Does God exist" debate.

LenHazell53 replies on May 9, 2020:

@RobertLudwick no you were not you were quoting from a philosophical mutual ego stroking blog, that can and is able to be contributed to by any and all users without editorial interference. For that is the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Wikipedia for philosophers

An update.

LaDizdeOdd comments on May 8, 2020:

There is a FB page in support of them: https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/05/08/social-media-group-garners-support-men-who-shot-and-killed-unarmed-jogger/

LenHazell53 replies on May 8, 2020:

I think I am going to throw up

Consciousness is not a thing, it cannot die.

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 30, 2020:

Correct it is not a thing, or even a concept, it is a function of an organic machine.

LenHazell53 replies on May 8, 2020:

@MattBell ***...but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.*** Macbeth by William Shakespeare Act 5 Scene 5

Costco is requiring their customers to wear masks while shopping.

kevin2020 comments on May 8, 2020:

I will not wear a mask unless I am in a medical facility. My state (Vermont) does not make them mandatory. I am not a threat to anyone I am not buying the hype/hysteria. If the other 88% want to see our society destroyed because a small fraction is sick then I guess there is nothing I can...

LenHazell53 replies on May 8, 2020:

idiot

[smithsonianmag.

LenHazell53 comments on May 6, 2020:

Pope PiusXii commonly known as Hitler's Pope, has now been proven to have done that everyone knew he did for seventy odd years? SHOCKING The man was a fucking nazi, ambitious raging anti-Semite, a racist who who called black people animals, and a horror of a human being who declared Hitler's ...

LenHazell53 replies on May 6, 2020:

@altschmerz Yup the guy who wrote that article is simply parroting the Catholic church official line while claiming to be an atheist combatting "revisionist" history. The facts actually speak for themselves, if all of Cornwell's book is disregarded, Pius DID make a deal with both the German's and the British not to bomb Rome promising both that upon their inevitable victory God and the church would reward them. He did pursue and gain a Concordat with the Nazi government, He was photographed with and entertained many high ranking Nazi officials including allowing an ambassador from Nazi germany to live in the Vatican in his own apartments an honour not granted to any other countries ambassador. He did start and run a Vatican radio station (and Newspaper), which praised the Nazi's of Europe and promised the church's neutrality. After the allies moved troops into (now non Nazi) Italy for the final invasion, Pacelli (Pope) did write to Eisenhower pointing out that an "enlightened" man like the general would respect the papal request that no "Negro animal" soldiers be allowed in to Rome in the occupying forces as this would inevitably lead to cultural vandalism and a plague of rape in the holy city needless to say the request was made public and ignored. While at the same time he the pope was sheltering both the Nazi ambassador to Rome and the former nazi Ambassador to the Vatican inside the walls of the Vatican, under the law of sanctuary. Though it is true many Catholic priests and to a lesser extent some bishops and cardinals did help Jews, gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses and homosexuals escape the persecution in acts of personal bravery and to their great person honour, many others adhered to the Vatican directive of non interference in Nazi policy, and in some cases such Clergy as did follow their conscience were either disciplined by the church or left to their fate at the hands of the Gestapo or SS. It is certainly true that most who did resist official church policy were after the war destined to serve in more lowly capacities for the rest of Pius's tenure are Pontiff, to teach them the import of obedience to the divine will. Speaking of which it is interesting that the oft spoken of Doctrine of papal infallibility, usually believed to have originated from the middle ages was actually an invention (or at least a massive corruption of existing doctrine) by Pius XII (A scholar of ecclesiastical law) used to consolidate his position and to prevent the conclave of cardinals over ruling some of his more excessive pronouncements, such as for example the biggest, most expensive and lavish Papal coronation ever seen, for his own inauguration, which included being pulled and pushed through the vatican on an 18 foot tall golden throne.

Consciousness is not a thing, it cannot die.

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 30, 2020:

Correct it is not a thing, or even a concept, it is a function of an organic machine.

LenHazell53 replies on May 5, 2020:

@MattBell if you you take all of that away, then surely there is nothing to be conscious. "and its not even localised, merely expressed in this dimension." perhaps you might elaborate on WTF that means and how you came to that conclusion using what evidence? 😊

Not many left who remember WWII, but we do need old people.

LenHazell53 comments on May 4, 2020:

THose posts are stereotypical for people born in or before the 1920s or very early thirties and are between 80 and 100 now, it is worth remembering that most "old"people of today were born in the mid to late forties, and in their youth were mods and rockers, hippies and teddyboys and originated the ...

LenHazell53 replies on May 4, 2020:

@MissKathleen I will agree if I assume that you are using respect as a simile for civility and not in its literal sense, for otherwise I would be obligated to respect some horrendous people based solely upon their age and I will not do that for people like Mitch Mcconnell, the Royal family and Nigel Farage. You on the other hand I respect fully as a logical thinker, excellent conversationalist and pleasant person 😊😊😊😊

On April 28 th over 2,500 mourners gathered to mourn a Rabbi that died of the Corona Virus.

Charlene comments on May 4, 2020:

It probably took place in Washington Heights, which has a very large Hasidic population, kinda like Primitive Baptist adherents. No to any kind of vaccine, strict adherence to Talmudic laws. They also brought a law suite against the city claiming "Religious Freedom" during the Measles out break of ...

LenHazell53 replies on May 4, 2020:

Oh the irony when Hasidic actually means "righteous and or wise"

Not many left who remember WWII, but we do need old people.

LenHazell53 comments on May 4, 2020:

THose posts are stereotypical for people born in or before the 1920s or very early thirties and are between 80 and 100 now, it is worth remembering that most "old"people of today were born in the mid to late forties, and in their youth were mods and rockers, hippies and teddyboys and originated the ...

LenHazell53 replies on May 4, 2020:

@MissKathleen I agree absolutely about respect, respect however is earned not just given, not dieing does not give anyone the right to respect. By the way I grew in a poverty stricken two bedroom terrace slum in the back streets of Middlesbrough and before that in a Steel workers rented house in Grangetown in the industrial north east of England, with coke furnaces and steel works as my neighbours. Don't presume I grew up with privilege because I did not, what I have now I worked for. The picture below of Argyle Road is of the view from my bedroom window as a child, submitted to a local nostalgia paper years ago.

Not many left who remember WWII, but we do need old people.

LenHazell53 comments on May 4, 2020:

THose posts are stereotypical for people born in or before the 1920s or very early thirties and are between 80 and 100 now, it is worth remembering that most "old"people of today were born in the mid to late forties, and in their youth were mods and rockers, hippies and teddyboys and originated the ...

LenHazell53 replies on May 4, 2020:

@Fred_Snerd But would you have had your daddy pay a doctor to make up a medical condition for you? I missed national service by a few years, but would have done it as a conscientious objector and served in the medical corp, bomb disposal or as another noncombatant.

I ran across this word today, and while I may have seen it in the past, I don't remember.

Marionville comments on May 2, 2020:

What a scratching stick was made for...I remember my grandad had one!

LenHazell53 replies on May 2, 2020:

I've still got one, would not be without it

It appears that Jesus is not the only one that might try to be a man and a god at the same time.

LenHazell53 comments on May 1, 2020:

Frank R. Wallace AKA Mark Hamilton after his conviction for tax fraud died in 2006. His Son Wallace H. Ward, changed his name to Mark Hamilton after his fathers death and continued to run Integrated Management Associates AKA Neotech AKA Neothink passing on "the secrets of the ages" in the manner ...

LenHazell53 replies on May 1, 2020:

@HankSherman You made no errors, Joe Smith probably was one or the other Mark Hamiltons, Neotech seems to be pretty much a one or two man organisation.

Sometimes you shouldn't be good at math...

bobwjr comments on Apr 30, 2020:

They do see movie Idiocracy

LenHazell53 replies on May 1, 2020:

@bobwjr Me too

Sometimes you shouldn't be good at math...

bobwjr comments on Apr 30, 2020:

They do see movie Idiocracy

LenHazell53 replies on May 1, 2020:

No too many syllables in the title

Syntribate a form of hands free masturbation unique to the female sex.

Cutiebeauty comments on Apr 30, 2020:

Wait... What?

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 30, 2020:

The literal translation is three (parts) rubbed together

😌😌☺ A little see through fun...

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 30, 2020:

Hey Missus, y' forgot yer Kecks!

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 30, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty Northern English and Scots slang for trousers, knickers, or underpants

I could not resist this uplifting news: UK WWII Captain promoted to honorary Colonel on 100th ...

Geoffrey51 comments on Apr 30, 2020:

Yay!!!!! Colonel Tom. Love it Wouldn’t you just love to read his memoirs

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 30, 2020:

I was just watching a potted biography on the BBC news channel, a brave man who served with distinction in WW2 and since.

Ylem noun The hypothetical initial substance of the universe from which all matter is ...

itsmedammit comments on Apr 30, 2020:

From Merriam-Webster \ ˈīləm \ plural -s Definition of ylem : the primordial first substance from which according to some theories the elements are supposed to be formed specifically : a primordial gas consisting of neutrons History and Etymology for ylem Middle English, from Middle ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 30, 2020:

Thanks

[scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net] The New "N" Word is "Karen." Agree/Disagree?

Cutiebeauty comments on Apr 29, 2020:

It's the same as Felicia.. Or is that Alicia? Not sure which one..

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 30, 2020:

It is Alyssa after, Alyssa Milano one of the founders of the me-too movement who at the height of its fame was found to be involved in a sexual relationship with her under age co star, who on TV played her teenage son.

[buzzfeed.

bobwjr comments on Apr 28, 2020:

Catastrophe

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 29, 2020:

The first post crisis meeting of the all american brain transplant donors coalition

[theguardian.

Flowerwall comments on Apr 28, 2020:

Also Gov. Cuomo s-i-l! She has stated she used bleach in her bath as covid treatment. I was very surprised! This is not a good thing to be putting out there for the public to hear.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 28, 2020:

@Flowerwall Bleach covers a dozen different products that have a similar actions, there is not one thing called "Bleach" For example: Sodium hypochlorite calcium hypochlorite calcium hydroxide calcium chloride sulfur dioxide hydrogen peroxide Chlorine dioxide Potassium persulfate sodium hydrosulfite Are all bleaches and cannot safely or legally be used in public swimming pools Hypochlorous acid is not a bleach and is manufactured by reacting Chlorine gas in water using mercury salts as a catalyst to prevent the formation of hydrochloric acid.

What one concert blew your mind?

MissKathleen comments on Apr 28, 2020:

Not really a concert, but when I was a teenager in the mid-60s, we used to ride the bus to downtown Detroit for “Motown Revue” at the Fox Theater. It was around Easter, when most of the talent was in town. We saw nearly everybody. Gosh, Stevie Wonder was so young then. I remember he ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 28, 2020:

Wow, you lucky so and so

What one concert blew your mind?

BitFlipper comments on Apr 28, 2020:

Genesis at the Eastman Theater here in Rochester. Peter Gabriel was still with them. They did "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" show.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 28, 2020:

Genesis were never quite the same after Gabriel. Collins was good but his voice never quite had the raw edge of his predecessor.

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Colbert go head to head on religion.

AmyTheBruce comments on Apr 26, 2020:

I don't see an option to agree with only part of the statement. I agree that every scientific fact would be rediscovered - and probably in far less than a thousand years. We all know too much now for it to be otherwise. I disagree that every other fact would be rediscovered. What about ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 28, 2020:

The pharaoh Amenhotep II (Akhenaten) was written out of history after the Armanah heresy, the priests erased his name and removed him from their history, his city Akatartan was allowed to sink in to the desert. Today we have rediscovered him, his history, his family and even his mummy. Likewise Richard the third was buried in disgrace in a paupers grave and given only a disgraced place in english history. Only a few years ago he was found, disinterred and buried with full royal honours in westminster cathedral. History is very hard to hide, especially from the curious historian.

[theguardian.

Flowerwall comments on Apr 28, 2020:

Also Gov. Cuomo s-i-l! She has stated she used bleach in her bath as covid treatment. I was very surprised! This is not a good thing to be putting out there for the public to hear.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 28, 2020:

@barjoe chlorine gas dissolved in water ***is*** Hypochlorous acid

Do you find this confusing?

Cutiebeauty comments on Apr 27, 2020:

Yes

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 28, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty The Second Coming (1st stanza) by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

Do you find this confusing?

Cutiebeauty comments on Apr 27, 2020:

Yes

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 28, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty yes the famous Scott expedition all died trying to get there and back, only to find they had been beaten by Amundsen

[theguardian.

Flowerwall comments on Apr 28, 2020:

Also Gov. Cuomo s-i-l! She has stated she used bleach in her bath as covid treatment. I was very surprised! This is not a good thing to be putting out there for the public to hear.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 28, 2020:

@barjoe Pool water is sterilized using Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) 100 percent safe for humans, chemical free, non-toxic and all-natural. It is not a bleach.

Do you find this confusing?

Cutiebeauty comments on Apr 27, 2020:

Yes

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 28, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty hard to tell, they are only 2 and a bit miles apart

Do you find this confusing?

Cutiebeauty comments on Apr 27, 2020:

Yes

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 28, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty there are two, the geographic pole and magnetic pole, same as at the north pole.

Do you find this confusing?

Charles1971 comments on Apr 27, 2020:

That's the south pole, but why does no one ever talk about the east and west poles? I bet most people can't even find them on a map.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 28, 2020:

that's because there is no such thing , there is the equator where all arbitrary points are at a 90 degee angle to the poles at all time. To have a fixed east and west pole the earth would have to stop rotating, or start rotating on an axis perpendicular to the one it uses now.

Do you find this confusing?

Bierbasstard comments on Apr 27, 2020:

It's only confusing to flat earthers.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 28, 2020:

even then you just replace all the norths with rimward

The definition of sheep People laughing at President Trump suggesting that we inject ...

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 25, 2020:

@abyers1970 Humans produce about 1.5 ounces (42.5 grams) of formaldehyde per day as a normal part of our metabolism, the amount of formaldahyde contained in a full set of immunization vaccines is no more the 0.08 grams per lifetime. Try reading and researching before spouting shit you anti-vax ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 27, 2020:

@abyers1970 Oh you buffoon hydrogen peroxide lung therapy for cancer patients is not the inhalation of H202 it is the inhalation of Hydrogen to REMOVE H2O2 FROM the lungs, caused by the cancer itself. Thimerosal (NOT THIMERASOL) is an antiseptic and antifungal (NOT a disinfectant in the same way bleach is) used in the storage of vaccines to prevent microbiological contamination. Tiny amounts of the preservative may carry over into the actual vaccines but have been extensively tested since the 1930's and been found to be safe in such miniscule amounts. Stop spreading ill informed shit you irresponsible idiot!

The definition of sheep People laughing at President Trump suggesting that we inject ...

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 25, 2020:

@abyers1970 Humans produce about 1.5 ounces (42.5 grams) of formaldehyde per day as a normal part of our metabolism, the amount of formaldahyde contained in a full set of immunization vaccines is no more the 0.08 grams per lifetime. Try reading and researching before spouting shit you anti-vax ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 27, 2020:

@abyers1970 which is a complete lie.

The definition of sheep People laughing at President Trump suggesting that we inject ...

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 25, 2020:

@abyers1970 Humans produce about 1.5 ounces (42.5 grams) of formaldehyde per day as a normal part of our metabolism, the amount of formaldahyde contained in a full set of immunization vaccines is no more the 0.08 grams per lifetime. Try reading and researching before spouting shit you anti-vax ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 27, 2020:

@abyers1970 Still does not alter the fact you are and where spreading anti-vaxer shit. If you knew enough to have your kids vaccinated, you should know better than to propagate such dangerous lies by exageration.

When your perspective is based upon logic and facts, proof would be a requirement for any ...

barjoe comments on Apr 25, 2020:

Opinions are of value though.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 27, 2020:

@barjoe Oh dear, I will try this one more time. It is quite simple, an opinion is a belief, a belief without evidence is a superstition, an act of faith or a lie stemming from stubbornness, misinformation or deceit. There is no opinion that that can be logically held without verification, unless there is the intent to promote one of the above. When you say *"Sometimes we don't have all the facts. Does that mean we can't form opinions? "* the answer is a resounding **NO you cannot form an opinion,** under such circumstances, what you can do is ***"Speculate"*** a speculation is not an opinion, it is the beginnings of an hypothesis, for that idea or speculation to progress evidence, testing and attempts at falsification MUST follow, or else you are demanding a leap of faith, and faith by it's very nature is an act of superstition, religion or a lie.

[vice.

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 25, 2020:

seems a lot marriages only work because many married people see very little of one another. Sad really

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 27, 2020:

@sassygirl3869 Sorry to hear that, my first marriage was a disaster, my second however has had me become my wife's carer and we spend all day everyday together, I have never been happier. I hope you too have found a better and more fulfilling relationship.

PORTENTOUS.

WonderWartHog99 comments on Apr 26, 2020:

## Nothing to do with port holes? ;-)

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 26, 2020:

Port as in port hole is from the latin Latin portus a harbour whereas portentous is from Latin por-tendere to foretell or extrapolate

What if no one thought to worship the imposable and no one invented religion.

Word comments on Apr 26, 2020:

Religion ... pure and faultless is this: to help widows and orphans in need and avoiding worldly corruption. James 1:27 If no one invented religion as defined about 2000 years ago, I guess it would suck to be a widow or an orphan and corruption in the world might would abound. Then, I think at ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 26, 2020:

@Word Cluck cluck

Reforming Islam [youtube.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 26, 2020:

In time, especially with many young Muslims growing up in other cultures, Islam will go the same way as every other religion and die a slow death from indifference, expedience and logic. The elderly keep religion alive and their children conform to please them and for peace, as the elderly die off ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 26, 2020:

@PBuck0145 Hopefully the point will come when more Muslims live outside of Muslim theocracies and the overall consensus will be that they are as old fashioned to Islam as the Vatican is to Christians.

When your perspective is based upon logic and facts, proof would be a requirement for any ...

barjoe comments on Apr 25, 2020:

Opinions are of value though.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 26, 2020:

@barjoe then produce the proof, don't just make an assertion.

My contribution for Sunday - the Gem Series BERYL Beryl ...

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 26, 2020:

The word always brings to mind the badly behaved child Beryl the Peril, from the Beano comic, the female rival of Denis the Menace, rather than the gem stone

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 26, 2020:

@WonderWartHog99 Yes the Beano is one of the longest running children's comic in the world having been published continuously every week since 1938 by DC Thompson and co of Aberdeen. Beryl was one their most popular characters having started in the Topper, moved to the Beezer, then the Dandy and now the Beano as an occaisonal guest character

What if no one thought to worship the imposable and no one invented religion.

Word comments on Apr 26, 2020:

Religion ... pure and faultless is this: to help widows and orphans in need and avoiding worldly corruption. James 1:27 If no one invented religion as defined about 2000 years ago, I guess it would suck to be a widow or an orphan and corruption in the world might would abound. Then, I think at ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 26, 2020:

@bbyrd009 Debating with an idiot is as pointless as playing chess with a chicken, it will shit all over the board, knock down all the pieces, not know the rules and will claim to have won anyway.

When your perspective is based upon logic and facts, proof would be a requirement for any ...

barjoe comments on Apr 25, 2020:

Opinions are of value though.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 26, 2020:

@barjoe There are legitimate words for opinions that cannot be backed up with facts They are in no particular order **Superstitions Religions & Lies**

What if no one thought to worship the imposable and no one invented religion.

Word comments on Apr 26, 2020:

Religion ... pure and faultless is this: to help widows and orphans in need and avoiding worldly corruption. James 1:27 If no one invented religion as defined about 2000 years ago, I guess it would suck to be a widow or an orphan and corruption in the world might would abound. Then, I think at ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 26, 2020:

@Word😃😄😅👆👆👆👆 oh that's funny, go on tell us another

What if no one thought to worship the imposable and no one invented religion.

Wallace comments on Apr 26, 2020:

If there had been no religion we might take which football team we support to be ultimately important.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 26, 2020:

@TimeOutForMe most earthings are, it's only humans that hold these in high esteem.

THE GRADUATE Hey Hey Hey Mrs.

NoMagicCookie comments on Apr 25, 2020:

Simon and Garfunkel are great. That entire movie has great music.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 26, 2020:

Agreed I bought the soundtrack album when it was first released and still own it today.

Thought provoking and terrifying in equal parts [youtube.com]

rogueflyer comments on Apr 25, 2020:

Can this also be seen on Netflix or Prime?

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 25, 2020:

Not sure, it was released direct on to You Tube free of charge, to maximise availability

BREAKING NEWS MSNBC: White House emails obtained by Vanity Fair show officials wanted to flood New ...

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 25, 2020:

Yup here is the Link https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/internal-documents-reveal-team-trumps-chloroquine-master-plan

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 25, 2020:

@sassygirl3869 I should thank you, this is important news

Trump suggests blasting people with Ultra Violet light or injecting Chlorox in to people to cure ...

lerlo comments on Apr 24, 2020:

What has he got to lose?

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 25, 2020:

@Varn My Grandma's version of that was if he had a brain he would be dangerous. Yours is better.

[jweekly.com] IMPORTANT QUESTION: Is it safe to enter a nursing home for non-covid care?

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 24, 2020:

My Mother in Law's nursing home has for the past six weeks allowed no visitors in or residents out of the home for any reason what so ever, to minimizes infection.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 25, 2020:

@sassygirl3869 Yes and we just found out yesterday that everyone in the home is in solitary confinement now, with staff in full PPE (that they had to buy themselves) delivering meals to them 3 times a day and medication 4 times a day. That is a living hell, they may as well be in prison.

Trump suggests blasting people with Ultra Violet light or injecting Chlorox in to people to cure ...

Bierbasstard comments on Apr 24, 2020:

I can see his followers lining up at the local tanning salons with bottles and cans of disinfectant.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 24, 2020:

Yup, Lemon Fresh and Pine Flavours too

Trump suggests blasting people with Ultra Violet light or injecting Chlorox in to people to cure ...

Mark013 comments on Apr 24, 2020:

The manufacturer of Lysol asked people to please not drink their product after this fool made these statements.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 24, 2020:

The Same in this country, Dettol and Domestos both made public announcements begging people to not drink or ingest their products

This fuckwit needs to be ousted RIGHT NOW! [youtube.com]

Freedompath comments on Apr 24, 2020:

Doctor stupid...same old ‘snake oil’ salesman! My guess is, trump is going to regret his presidency as these last 8 months brings him to a close! 🤣

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 24, 2020:

we can but hope

Trump suggests blasting people with Ultra Violet light or injecting Chlorox in to people to cure ...

lerlo comments on Apr 24, 2020:

What has he got to lose?

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 24, 2020:

@lerlo but the world has everything to gain if he takes his own advice n'est pas?

It would be a very small god indeed that would lack the sense of humour to create Atheists and not ...

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 24, 2020:

If I was given 100% incontrovertible truth that a first cause creator existed, and had constructed this world and the universe, there is no way I would ever worship it, and though I might accept it as the creator, I would never call it god.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 24, 2020:

@Surfpirate perhaps so, except power hungry, dangerous lunatics seem to do a lot of very serious, very dangerous and utterly inhuman things in his name, Holy wars, Crusades, Inquisitions, persecutions, pogroms, genocide, witch hunts, heretic burnings, the list goes on and on. And make no mistake if Trumpsu could do these same things you would see CNN reporters being publically burned in Time square with just that same level of religious zeal.

It would be a very small god indeed that would lack the sense of humour to create Atheists and not ...

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 24, 2020:

If I was given 100% incontrovertible truth that a first cause creator existed, and had constructed this world and the universe, there is no way I would ever worship it, and though I might accept it as the creator, I would never call it god.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 24, 2020:

@Surfpirate That horendous monster god of the bible.

This fuckwit needs to be ousted RIGHT NOW! [youtube.com]

Jk1960 comments on Apr 24, 2020:

Hurry hurry all trump supporters don’t delay. This guarantees you will not die of covid-19. Don’t delay. Take it now. Be sure to complete before November.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 24, 2020:

oh you wicked, wicked person 😉😉😉👍👍👌

“To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men ...

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 23, 2020:

It truly takes madman to have a lucid understanding of the insanity that is Christianity.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 23, 2020:

@Archeus_Lore I was simply referring to the document fact that the vast majority of his published work was written while he was an inmate at the Paris hospital for the insane, smuggled out to his publisher by means of a rope and basket lowered from his room window.

Without a single coronavirus death, Vietnam eases lockdown - Los Angeles Times

Beowulfsfriend comments on Apr 23, 2020:

My opinion, from what I read, checking science articles and such, we are looking more-and-more like the graph of the Spanish flu, which had a "big" spike, lock down and social distancing in effect, then drops off, things end, like the war, and a little bit later, a "BIG" spike. I have a bad inkling...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 23, 2020:

This a part of the problem, media has conditioned people to expect Deus ex machina, or at least a neat resolution to a story arc, before moving on to something new or a return to the status quo, when this does not happen in real life it leaves them confused, confounded and dissatisfied and demanding a quick expected resolution, or some one to blame for their disappointment.

This is me 💯

Geoffrey51 comments on Apr 20, 2020:

So who out there is going to complain about Mr deGrasse Tyson’s use of the term ‘spiritual experience’

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 22, 2020:

@RobertLudwick don't worry about it, I have no more time to waste on this

I have a lady friend with whom I need to share this.

itsmedammit comments on Apr 21, 2020:

What the heck is crispy hair?

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 22, 2020:

That's what I was wondering

This is me 💯

Geoffrey51 comments on Apr 20, 2020:

So who out there is going to complain about Mr deGrasse Tyson’s use of the term ‘spiritual experience’

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 22, 2020:

@RobertLudwick I don't, as I said in my post I said that ***I*** assumed *it*(the statement) to be metaphorical, since as an atheist I cannot in good conscience take the word spiritual to have any other form of use, however I make no judgement and would not have the temerity to presume upon Doctor Tyson's personal intent, belief or usage.

This is me 💯

Geoffrey51 comments on Apr 20, 2020:

So who out there is going to complain about Mr deGrasse Tyson’s use of the term ‘spiritual experience’

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 21, 2020:

@RobertLudwick The use of the word spiritual

does anyone else watch Matt Dillahunty on the Athiest connection.

Word comments on Apr 21, 2020:

I have sent a few emails to their show and gotten responses most of the time. They had invited me to give them a call sometime when their show aired. Their illogical atheism as with any illogical atheism couldn't hang with my discussions. I have never called-in for the most part because I don't ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 21, 2020:

@Word Oh I'm sorry I assumed you could read. I said Atheism/Atheist, ENGLISH words, cannot be translated from Greek, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GREEK WORDS but are derived from them. Second quoting Wikipedia as academic source material? Why not quote from you Archie comics collection, it's worth about as much. I think you are just that sort of person , who is looking to make his normal insignificant little life seem important t himself by adopting an "intellectual" position that puts him at odds with everyone else, avoids actual intellectual discussion with actual academics who might point out what they really are and instead keep a score sheet of "victories" on the wall of there bedroom in there mums house so they can feel they have enough self worth to masturabate themselves to sleep at night having "achieved" something on that day.

does anyone else watch Matt Dillahunty on the Athiest connection.

Word comments on Apr 21, 2020:

I have sent a few emails to their show and gotten responses most of the time. They had invited me to give them a call sometime when their show aired. Their illogical atheism as with any illogical atheism couldn't hang with my discussions. I have never called-in for the most part because I don't ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 21, 2020:

@Word Atheism/Atheist comes from the Greek *atheos* theos meaning God and a- meaning without, lacking or not, very much depending on context of use . Therefore Atheist/atheism CANNOT be directly translated back from the Greek because it is not a Greek word, it is an appropriation of the Greek inference in to English. This being the case it must be taken in light of the original intent and in all etymological investigations of the prefix a- in this case and context means "without" If as stated in this frankly ill informed article it is to be assumed to mean *not* the word becomes contextually illogical since to express the sentiment not god you would use the terms ochi or den rather than a- to achieve the sentiment expressed in the article.

The Sounds of Fundamentalism: IFB Preacher John Koletas Defends Use of the N-Word

Charlene comments on Apr 20, 2020:

Nope don't need listen to a Kkkristian bigoted,Racist explaining his use of the word for any fucking reasoning his Gaawd spoke to him about..🤬🤬

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 20, 2020:

@altschmerz *Christian* Morality sister, totally different thing

This is me 💯

Geoffrey51 comments on Apr 20, 2020:

So who out there is going to complain about Mr deGrasse Tyson’s use of the term ‘spiritual experience’

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 20, 2020:

I assumed it to be metaphorical, but will unfortunately provide fuel unto the Ken Ham-boneheads and the Ray Comfort-ablefits of this world.

In the absence of theism what are the big questions in life you contemplate?

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 19, 2020:

The big question that plagues me most is that in world no one has an excuse to be ignorant or ill informed "Why are so many people so fucking stupid" ?

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 20, 2020:

@anglophone SWOT, brainbox (hurls wet toilet rolls at the nerd) Hurhurhurhur, hyuk, raspberry!

History repeats itself

Dark-blue comments on Apr 19, 2020:

This is not what is happening though, I don't know if "they" learned from this but they are slowly opening up big by bit adjusting to the current situation. There is also consequences of the shutdown that might overshadow the damage of the coronavirus. So its not just either or.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 20, 2020:

@Dark-blue Thanks I genuinely was not sure what you were refering to, appreciate the answer.

Care Minister MP Helen Whately LAUGHS as Piers Morgan confronts her over 4,000 coronavirus care home...

Flowerwall comments on Apr 19, 2020:

Let's be fair. She could not see the paper being held up by Piers. Anyone who makes light of the death of constituents is unworthy to hold the seat. But let's not confuse what we are seeing. I do understand your anger. We have to remain clear-headed in our perceptions.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 20, 2020:

@Flowerwall Basic safety standards are not being able to be followed. The Uk government has denied even basic PPE to care homes, and when hey buy it privately have taxed them on it, saying they can claim back the VAT AT THE END OF THE TAX YEAR, instead of simply scrapping it. The way the UK government has handled the purchase and distribution of essential medical supplies in this crisis is so shameful, inefficient and ineffective that one could almost believe they are hoping a lot of senior citizen simply die off, I do not think that is the case, it is too horrific to contemplate, but when the minister in charge of this very thing, laughs for any reason, when confronted with such facts, on a public television broadcast I frankly think Piers Morgan showed greater than normal restraint, she is an utter disgrace, especially when her own family are all medial professionals.

The World's Newest Major Religion: No Religion [google.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 19, 2020:

"Prominent atheists Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins have awful reputations for misogyny, as does the late Christopher Hitchens. Bill Maher, the comedian and outspoken atheist, is no (nonexistent) angel, either." GABE BULLARD WOW, four guys are in your opinion a bit ...spurious so ATHEISM MUST BE ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@Geoffrey51 He is hardly a reporter at all he is a radio presenter and editor on WAMU Radio

History repeats itself

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 19, 2020:

I have the constitutional right to be dangerous fuckwit damn-it

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@dalefvictor there is usually a workaround, religious freedom , the second amendment, people are so in love with their perceived right to be a nasty fool

History repeats itself

Dark-blue comments on Apr 19, 2020:

This is not what is happening though, I don't know if "they" learned from this but they are slowly opening up big by bit adjusting to the current situation. There is also consequences of the shutdown that might overshadow the damage of the coronavirus. So its not just either or.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 19, 2020:

consequences? Care to elaborate?

Care Minister MP Helen Whately LAUGHS as Piers Morgan confronts her over 4,000 coronavirus care home...

Flowerwall comments on Apr 19, 2020:

Let's be fair. She could not see the paper being held up by Piers. Anyone who makes light of the death of constituents is unworthy to hold the seat. But let's not confuse what we are seeing. I do understand your anger. We have to remain clear-headed in our perceptions.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@Flowerwall The daily mail article I linked has a cut down version showing exactly what happened

Care Minister MP Helen Whately LAUGHS as Piers Morgan confronts her over 4,000 coronavirus care home...

Flowerwall comments on Apr 19, 2020:

Let's be fair. She could not see the paper being held up by Piers. Anyone who makes light of the death of constituents is unworthy to hold the seat. But let's not confuse what we are seeing. I do understand your anger. We have to remain clear-headed in our perceptions.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@Flowerwall I marked the time point in the comment above after editing Edit sorry it is closer to 2.47

Care Minister MP Helen Whately LAUGHS as Piers Morgan confronts her over 4,000 coronavirus care home...

Flowerwall comments on Apr 19, 2020:

Let's be fair. She could not see the paper being held up by Piers. Anyone who makes light of the death of constituents is unworthy to hold the seat. But let's not confuse what we are seeing. I do understand your anger. We have to remain clear-headed in our perceptions.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 19, 2020:

You obviously did not watch all of it, at the 3.00 minute mark when Piers asks her again is it true that 4000 people have died in care homes she sneers and laughs openly, setting him of on a rant demanding to know what she is laughing at, at which point after being filmed doing so she simple says "I am not laughing" ad then goes on to make a pigs breakfast of the rest of the interview.

The World's Newest Major Religion: No Religion [google.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 19, 2020:

"Prominent atheists Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins have awful reputations for misogyny, as does the late Christopher Hitchens. Bill Maher, the comedian and outspoken atheist, is no (nonexistent) angel, either." GABE BULLARD WOW, four guys are in your opinion a bit ...spurious so ATHEISM MUST BE ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@Gatovicolo I dislike inaccurate sweeping generalisations, especially when claiming to be news.

History repeats itself

Freespirit64 comments on Apr 19, 2020:

Geeze, the general public is stupid. How have we gotten even this far?

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 19, 2020:

Sheer weight of numbers

My contribution for Sunday: UNAKITE Unakite First discovered in ...

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 19, 2020:

named for the Ukana Mountains north of Tennessee with the Greek suffix -ite, meaning belonging to

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@t1nick The only thing I object to is when words are retained but their meanings are changed for no good reason other than laziness, meaning the root of the word is corrupted. I don't like it but I accept it is inevitable. Such as "Jealousy" being used in place of "envy" when it is infact its antonym and "awful" having its meaning completely reversed.

My contribution for Sunday: UNAKITE Unakite First discovered in ...

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 19, 2020:

named for the Ukana Mountains north of Tennessee with the Greek suffix -ite, meaning belonging to

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@t1nick I am glad that so many Native American language Nouns have survived and been assimilated in to American English. Utah & Ukana mountains both incorporate the Navajo word for sky which I find beautifully descriptive.

Thoughts on globalization.

Moravian comments on Apr 19, 2020:

Even worse than the effects of religion is the rise of nationalism or "populism" as it is called for some reason. People like Modi in India,Bolsanaro in Brazil.Orban in Hungary, Trump in the USA are using the current pandemic to cement their own positions and causing substantial damage in doing so.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 19, 2020:

religion is a politically useful smoke screen to hide economic and social control behind, sometimes as a saviour, sometimes as a threat.

Thoughts on globalization.

motrubl4u comments on Apr 18, 2020:

Never happen. Period.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 19, 2020:

for the elite it would be economic suicide