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Are we afraid of religion?
Mofo1953 comments on Jan 30, 2020:
Why would one be afraid of imaginary, made up, not real things?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 30, 2020:
@Mofo1953 If you are simply going to equivocate between various meanings of the word religion as a noun and as a practice you are simply being bloody minded and are not worth discussing this with.
Mofo1953 comments on Jan 30, 2020:
Why would one be afraid of imaginary, made up, not real things?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 30, 2020:
@Mofo1953 If you are simply going to equivocate between various meanings of the word religion as a noun and as a practice you are simply being bloody minded and are not worth discussing this with.
Are we afraid of religion?
Mofo1953 comments on Jan 30, 2020:
Why would one be afraid of imaginary, made up, not real things?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 30, 2020:
Religion as an institution is all too real, it just purports to believe in not real things.
Mofo1953 comments on Jan 30, 2020:
Why would one be afraid of imaginary, made up, not real things?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 30, 2020:
Religion as an institution is all too real, it just purports to believe in not real things.
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot!
I know Kevin Smith has been talking about making sequels for a long ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 27, 2020:
"The trailer looks lame. Mewes has aged a LOT. But I will watch"
That is the point, Smith as always is side swiping the Hollywood establishment, in this case rebooting old ideas, by pointing out the stupidity of them, the inappropriate casting of actors way to old for the parts simply to cash in on...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 29, 2020:
😖
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 27, 2020:
"The trailer looks lame. Mewes has aged a LOT. But I will watch"
That is the point, Smith as always is side swiping the Hollywood establishment, in this case rebooting old ideas, by pointing out the stupidity of them, the inappropriate casting of actors way to old for the parts simply to cash in on...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 29, 2020:
😖
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot!
I know Kevin Smith has been talking about making sequels for a long ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 27, 2020:
"The trailer looks lame. Mewes has aged a LOT. But I will watch"
That is the point, Smith as always is side swiping the Hollywood establishment, in this case rebooting old ideas, by pointing out the stupidity of them, the inappropriate casting of actors way to old for the parts simply to cash in on...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 29, 2020:
@TheGreatShadow UN-FUCKING BELIEVABLE!
"A scene Smith credits himself with having inspired one of the Farley brothers most iconic moments four years later."
What they hell did you think I meant when I wrote that and posted a picture from one of the Farley brothers most iconic moments made four years later?
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 27, 2020:
"The trailer looks lame. Mewes has aged a LOT. But I will watch"
That is the point, Smith as always is side swiping the Hollywood establishment, in this case rebooting old ideas, by pointing out the stupidity of them, the inappropriate casting of actors way to old for the parts simply to cash in on...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 29, 2020:
@TheGreatShadow UN-FUCKING BELIEVABLE!
"A scene Smith credits himself with having inspired one of the Farley brothers most iconic moments four years later."
What they hell did you think I meant when I wrote that and posted a picture from one of the Farley brothers most iconic moments made four years later?
I find it fascinating that I still receive vehement backlash against the use of RT reports here.
bingst comments on Jan 29, 2020:
Because RT is generally regarded as a propaganda tool of Russia/Putin.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 29, 2020:
Oh you mean like Fox News is a paragon of impartiality?
There is no such thing as a an impartial news source, be it national sponsorship, issues of ownerships or political partisanship.
News is news, intelligent people simply ignore the bias or the order of importance foisted on the order of presentation and absorb the facts.
I regularly, watch RT the BBC, ITV and channel four News each night (I draw the line at channel 5 news, since I am not a moron), for a balanced presentation, but usually I find it more interesting to see which stories ARE NOT reported by which channels to estimate the leanings of the media.
bingst comments on Jan 29, 2020:
Because RT is generally regarded as a propaganda tool of Russia/Putin.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 29, 2020:
Oh you mean like Fox News is a paragon of impartiality?
There is no such thing as a an impartial news source, be it national sponsorship, issues of ownerships or political partisanship.
News is news, intelligent people simply ignore the bias or the order of importance foisted on the order of presentation and absorb the facts.
I regularly, watch RT the BBC, ITV and channel four News each night (I draw the line at channel 5 news, since I am not a moron), for a balanced presentation, but usually I find it more interesting to see which stories ARE NOT reported by which channels to estimate the leanings of the media.
Missouri Bill Would Jail Librarians Who Let Kids Check Out “Inappropriate” Books
...
freeofgod comments on Jan 16, 2020:
What bullshit. As far as I know libraries don't carry pornography. Short of that kids should be able to read whatever they can comprehend. They can get it on the internet anyway.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 27, 2020:
“Inappropriate” is one of those insidious words everyone thinks they know what it means in any given context, until they are arrested for reading Winnie the Pooh in China.
freeofgod comments on Jan 16, 2020:
What bullshit. As far as I know libraries don't carry pornography. Short of that kids should be able to read whatever they can comprehend. They can get it on the internet anyway.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 27, 2020:
“Inappropriate” is one of those insidious words everyone thinks they know what it means in any given context, until they are arrested for reading Winnie the Pooh in China.
Please, please, please is there a way for this to not become a porn site?
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2020:
YAWN this again? 😝😵
I love the way people are so shocked and disgusted that they feel the need to take screen shots and shock and disgust themselves and everyone else all over again... for their own good of course.
Try not letting it bother you, unless the pictures are obviously illegal ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 27, 2020:
@CommonHuman Are you sure that forrest is the correct collective pronoun? Perhaps a flaccidity?
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2020:
YAWN this again? 😝😵
I love the way people are so shocked and disgusted that they feel the need to take screen shots and shock and disgust themselves and everyone else all over again... for their own good of course.
Try not letting it bother you, unless the pictures are obviously illegal ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 27, 2020:
@CommonHuman Are you sure that forrest is the correct collective pronoun? Perhaps a flaccidity?
Am I the only one who thinks "Airplane" is the funniest movie ever? 🤔
273kelvin comments on Jan 27, 2020:
Do you remember "Kentucky fried movie"?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 27, 2020:
OH yes, saw it on a double bill with Loose shoes
273kelvin comments on Jan 27, 2020:
Do you remember "Kentucky fried movie"?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 27, 2020:
OH yes, saw it on a double bill with Loose shoes
Please, please, please is there a way for this to not become a porn site?
Cutiebeauty comments on Jan 26, 2020:
That photo isn't a trussed up woman.. It's a man..
It's in "Sexual Deviants Group"
Hide that group too...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 26, 2020:
@CommonHuman Of course it is totally inappropriate and offensive for there to be pictures of half naked men trussed up on a site like this
Cutiebeauty comments on Jan 26, 2020:
That photo isn't a trussed up woman.. It's a man..
It's in "Sexual Deviants Group"
Hide that group too...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 26, 2020:
@CommonHuman Of course it is totally inappropriate and offensive for there to be pictures of half naked men trussed up on a site like this
Please, please, please is there a way for this to not become a porn site?
brentan comments on Jan 26, 2020:
I don't know how it happens. I have very few problems with porn (morally or aesthetically) but never see anything on the forum that has porn in it. Could it be pure accident or some darn algorithm?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 26, 2020:
I don't get a recent photo's update on my group home page either, only in groups when I enter them and then only the pics from that page.
brentan comments on Jan 26, 2020:
I don't know how it happens. I have very few problems with porn (morally or aesthetically) but never see anything on the forum that has porn in it. Could it be pure accident or some darn algorithm?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 26, 2020:
I don't get a recent photo's update on my group home page either, only in groups when I enter them and then only the pics from that page.
Listening to Mike Pence’s history, you might think it wasn’t Soviets but Americans who liberated...
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2020:
It is typical of the American mentality to believe they are responsible for every major achievement, invention and discovery, regardless of facts to the contrary.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 26, 2020:
@altschmerz Edison genuinely "invented" only one thing in his entire life, and that was the word "hello" for use when answering the telephone, as he believed it to be clearer and more distinct than "Ahoy, ahoy" the phrase recommended, by Alexander Graham Bell and even then it was an adaption of Hallu a hunting call which was also the name of a card game he feared might be trademarked or patented.
He tried to patent the word hello, but was refused on the ground that you cannot patent a word.
Everything else claimed as an invention by edison was either reverse engineered and changed slightly by his team of underpaid workshop engineers or was stolen.
EDIT
There was also the word Hullo used in Victorian English which is an expression of questioning surprise meaning "What is this that I have discovered" but is likely unconnected as it is not common in contemporaneous American literature.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2020:
It is typical of the American mentality to believe they are responsible for every major achievement, invention and discovery, regardless of facts to the contrary.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 26, 2020:
@altschmerz Edison genuinely "invented" only one thing in his entire life, and that was the word "hello" for use when answering the telephone, as he believed it to be clearer and more distinct than "Ahoy, ahoy" the phrase recommended, by Alexander Graham Bell and even then it was an adaption of Hallu a hunting call which was also the name of a card game he feared might be trademarked or patented.
He tried to patent the word hello, but was refused on the ground that you cannot patent a word.
Everything else claimed as an invention by edison was either reverse engineered and changed slightly by his team of underpaid workshop engineers or was stolen.
EDIT
There was also the word Hullo used in Victorian English which is an expression of questioning surprise meaning "What is this that I have discovered" but is likely unconnected as it is not common in contemporaneous American literature.
The Monster Lady: My personal experience with the Lady that has told the world that Monster drinks ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2020:
I don't even need to watch this, the idea that the Monster Logo is 666 spelled out in the Hebrew numeral Vav x3 has been around for about 20 years it was bullshit then and is bullshit now.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 26, 2020:
@DavidLaDeau Oh you are right she is a dangerous nut job, one of many unfortunately
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2020:
I don't even need to watch this, the idea that the Monster Logo is 666 spelled out in the Hebrew numeral Vav x3 has been around for about 20 years it was bullshit then and is bullshit now.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 26, 2020:
@DavidLaDeau Oh you are right she is a dangerous nut job, one of many unfortunately
Listening to Mike Pence’s history, you might think it wasn’t Soviets but Americans who liberated...
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2020:
It is typical of the American mentality to believe they are responsible for every major achievement, invention and discovery, regardless of facts to the contrary.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 26, 2020:
@FrayedBear Thanks
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 26, 2020:
It is typical of the American mentality to believe they are responsible for every major achievement, invention and discovery, regardless of facts to the contrary.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 26, 2020:
@FrayedBear Thanks
CHAV.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 25, 2020:
One of those teenage fads that years latter you look back on and wish you had had the good taste to never have allowed yourself to be photographed looking such a burberry wearing pillock.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 25, 2020:
@Marionville for me it is batwing paisley shirts with a collar so big you could land a helicopter on it, jeans, sandals, elk horn beads and a afghan cut off.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 25, 2020:
One of those teenage fads that years latter you look back on and wish you had had the good taste to never have allowed yourself to be photographed looking such a burberry wearing pillock.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 25, 2020:
@Marionville for me it is batwing paisley shirts with a collar so big you could land a helicopter on it, jeans, sandals, elk horn beads and a afghan cut off.
Thoughts on extraterrestrial life?
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 23, 2020:
Extra terrestrial life and UFOs are not necessarily the same thing.
For example the reports of arrowhead shaped UFOs first appearing rather than the traditional flying saucer coincided with early secret test flights for stealth bombers and fighters ( and coincidentally with the release of the first...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 23, 2020:
@Remowill If you look up "Many-worlds interpretation" of Quantum Mechanics that should explain the basics better than I can.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 23, 2020:
Extra terrestrial life and UFOs are not necessarily the same thing.
For example the reports of arrowhead shaped UFOs first appearing rather than the traditional flying saucer coincided with early secret test flights for stealth bombers and fighters ( and coincidentally with the release of the first...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 23, 2020:
@Remowill If you look up "Many-worlds interpretation" of Quantum Mechanics that should explain the basics better than I can.
Thoughts on extraterrestrial life?
genessa comments on Jan 23, 2020:
Regarding intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, someone please alert me if any is found on earth.
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LenHazell53 replies on Jan 23, 2020:
So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure,
How amazingly unlikely is your birth;
And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space,
'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth!
Eric Idle
genessa comments on Jan 23, 2020:
Regarding intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, someone please alert me if any is found on earth.
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LenHazell53 replies on Jan 23, 2020:
So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure,
How amazingly unlikely is your birth;
And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space,
'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth!
Eric Idle
All of a sudden I am getting posts from people I have blocked.
KKGator comments on Jan 22, 2020:
Not yet.
Then again, I think I've been blocked by more people than I have actually blocked myself.
LOL
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2020:
Me too
KKGator comments on Jan 22, 2020:
Not yet.
Then again, I think I've been blocked by more people than I have actually blocked myself.
LOL
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2020:
Me too
What is the worst experience you had with religion and how did it affect you or what was your ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2020:
too many to mention, but most of them came from my mother and her obsession that I was going to grow up to be a prophet
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2020:
@UpsideDownAgain No my mother was not a Mormon, but she believed in Bibliomancy (praying a question and then opening the bible at random and interpreting an answer from therein).
From this she had among other things, discerned that I was to be a prophet of god, that I would father twin boys (which to the best of my knowledge I never did) and that my brother would become a priest (he is currently a former Jail bird, convicted thief and that is the good part of his resume)
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2020:
too many to mention, but most of them came from my mother and her obsession that I was going to grow up to be a prophet
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2020:
@UpsideDownAgain No my mother was not a Mormon, but she believed in Bibliomancy (praying a question and then opening the bible at random and interpreting an answer from therein).
From this she had among other things, discerned that I was to be a prophet of god, that I would father twin boys (which to the best of my knowledge I never did) and that my brother would become a priest (he is currently a former Jail bird, convicted thief and that is the good part of his resume)
It reads to me that the Trump administration has now declared that it is open season to duck shoot ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2020:
It is not the first, nor will it be the last time that a US official equates his country or himself with being the whole world to justify the the pragmatic Machiavellian doctrine of, in order to remove the problem, remove the man
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2020:
@FrayedBear Not my narrative just my observation on the Trumpty administration.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2020:
It is not the first, nor will it be the last time that a US official equates his country or himself with being the whole world to justify the the pragmatic Machiavellian doctrine of, in order to remove the problem, remove the man
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2020:
@FrayedBear Not my narrative just my observation on the Trumpty administration.
Well this says it all
Ten 10 days from Brexit and Brexit MEP June Mummery, just posted this Tweet ...
Geoffrey51 comments on Jan 21, 2020:
Indeed. Shows how much attention was being paid to the nuts and bolts of the situation.
I hope we don’t have a return of the 1976 Cod Wars unpleasentness.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 21, 2020:
@Geoffrey51 The 2016 referendum has acted as a dinner gong for all the brainless multitudes of closet racists, hate mongers and fuckwits to go on a feeding frenzy
Geoffrey51 comments on Jan 21, 2020:
Indeed. Shows how much attention was being paid to the nuts and bolts of the situation.
I hope we don’t have a return of the 1976 Cod Wars unpleasentness.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 21, 2020:
@Geoffrey51 The 2016 referendum has acted as a dinner gong for all the brainless multitudes of closet racists, hate mongers and fuckwits to go on a feeding frenzy
Well this says it all
Ten 10 days from Brexit and Brexit MEP June Mummery, just posted this Tweet ...
Geoffrey51 comments on Jan 21, 2020:
Indeed. Shows how much attention was being paid to the nuts and bolts of the situation.
I hope we don’t have a return of the 1976 Cod Wars unpleasentness.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 21, 2020:
If the worst comes to the worst as I fear it might, Britain 2021 will make the winter of discontent, the cod wars, shortages, power cuts and rampant inflation look like a teddy bears picnic.
Geoffrey51 comments on Jan 21, 2020:
Indeed. Shows how much attention was being paid to the nuts and bolts of the situation.
I hope we don’t have a return of the 1976 Cod Wars unpleasentness.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 21, 2020:
If the worst comes to the worst as I fear it might, Britain 2021 will make the winter of discontent, the cod wars, shortages, power cuts and rampant inflation look like a teddy bears picnic.
VIRAGO.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2020:
Hence Virago Press a publishing company started by, run by and for women authors.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 21, 2020:
@Marionville in the Vulgate (Roman Catholic) Bible Virago was the name Adam changed his wife's name to after the banishment of Eden. This story is in no other version of the Bible or the Torah.
Made up maybe?
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 21, 2020:
Hence Virago Press a publishing company started by, run by and for women authors.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 21, 2020:
@Marionville in the Vulgate (Roman Catholic) Bible Virago was the name Adam changed his wife's name to after the banishment of Eden. This story is in no other version of the Bible or the Torah.
Made up maybe?
Gardeviance - satchel, portmanteau, suitcase.
AgnoBill comments on Jan 18, 2020:
Is this an English word?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 18, 2020:
Yes it is a 15th century word for what today we call a treasure chest, or small trunk, or even a foot locker
It is from the Latin Garde meaning modern and Vidulum a traveling bag compounded with de via of the road
AgnoBill comments on Jan 18, 2020:
Is this an English word?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 18, 2020:
Yes it is a 15th century word for what today we call a treasure chest, or small trunk, or even a foot locker
It is from the Latin Garde meaning modern and Vidulum a traveling bag compounded with de via of the road
Beware yet another religious troll has joined the site posting pro catholic godbothering answers and...
Robecology comments on Jan 15, 2020:
Stop with the "heads up" and "beware"....there's plenty of "fence-sitters" out there.
Don't be afraid of them...unless you have reason to fear they might "lure you in"
Talk to them. Reason with them. Debate with them. I don't see them "proselytizing" so much as "looking to discuss and ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2020:
@Robecology Nah, they walk into the dragon's den they are going to get burned.
Robecology comments on Jan 15, 2020:
Stop with the "heads up" and "beware"....there's plenty of "fence-sitters" out there.
Don't be afraid of them...unless you have reason to fear they might "lure you in"
Talk to them. Reason with them. Debate with them. I don't see them "proselytizing" so much as "looking to discuss and ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2020:
@Robecology Nah, they walk into the dragon's den they are going to get burned.
I wonder why?
RussRAB comments on Jan 15, 2020:
Similar rules were opposed by the Mormon church at other times. The Mormon Office of the President filed a freinds of the court brief in the Catholic church's child abuse case (in Oregon, I believe) concerning rulings about priests not turning in those who confessed to abusing children. The Mormon ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2020:
exactly
RussRAB comments on Jan 15, 2020:
Similar rules were opposed by the Mormon church at other times. The Mormon Office of the President filed a freinds of the court brief in the Catholic church's child abuse case (in Oregon, I believe) concerning rulings about priests not turning in those who confessed to abusing children. The Mormon ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2020:
exactly
Report: Churches Cost Taxpayers $71 Billion Annually | Michael Stone
WilliamFleming comments on Jan 14, 2020:
Churches are not costing state or federal government anything at all. As non-profit organizations there is no profit to tax. Compare with the YMCA, with credit unions, with insurance associations such as USAA. Those are not charitable organizations but they are owned by the members and are not ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2020:
@WilliamFleming Yes and that was not it
By donating their income to themselves as registered charities churches can claim they are non profit but all of the money says inhouse.
The Mormon church has over $6Billion in assets alone that we know about, The RC owns it's state (sold to them by Mussolini) and huge swathes of land over all the world.
The CofE has massive business assets that all write off millions in tax each year by donating it to ...The CofE.
No church is not for profit. They are all Business'
WilliamFleming comments on Jan 14, 2020:
Churches are not costing state or federal government anything at all. As non-profit organizations there is no profit to tax. Compare with the YMCA, with credit unions, with insurance associations such as USAA. Those are not charitable organizations but they are owned by the members and are not ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2020:
@WilliamFleming Yes and that was not it
By donating their income to themselves as registered charities churches can claim they are non profit but all of the money says inhouse.
The Mormon church has over $6Billion in assets alone that we know about, The RC owns it's state (sold to them by Mussolini) and huge swathes of land over all the world.
The CofE has massive business assets that all write off millions in tax each year by donating it to ...The CofE.
No church is not for profit. They are all Business'
Beware yet another religious troll has joined the site posting pro catholic godbothering answers and...
Dancing comments on Jan 15, 2020:
There are a couple of groups you can join that like these kind of posts. Not really a senate topic.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2020:
Oh lighten up it was a gag topic
Dancing comments on Jan 15, 2020:
There are a couple of groups you can join that like these kind of posts. Not really a senate topic.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2020:
Oh lighten up it was a gag topic
Beware yet another religious troll has joined the site posting pro catholic godbothering answers and...
Robecology comments on Jan 15, 2020:
Stop with the "heads up" and "beware"....there's plenty of "fence-sitters" out there.
Don't be afraid of them...unless you have reason to fear they might "lure you in"
Talk to them. Reason with them. Debate with them. I don't see them "proselytizing" so much as "looking to discuss and ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2020:
It was a joke, hence the allusion in the last line.
What the hell has happened to this site it used to be fun?
Robecology comments on Jan 15, 2020:
Stop with the "heads up" and "beware"....there's plenty of "fence-sitters" out there.
Don't be afraid of them...unless you have reason to fear they might "lure you in"
Talk to them. Reason with them. Debate with them. I don't see them "proselytizing" so much as "looking to discuss and ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2020:
It was a joke, hence the allusion in the last line.
What the hell has happened to this site it used to be fun?
Something the evangelicals should realize
Fernapple comments on Jan 15, 2020:
Prophesy.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2020:
No experienced precedent
Fernapple comments on Jan 15, 2020:
Prophesy.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2020:
No experienced precedent
Why Do So Many Hate Religion? What's ToHate?
Joanne comments on Nov 25, 2019:
Because so much religion is not benign. If they would just live their lives and let us live ours there would be no problem. But, that is not that case. In the US, and other places around the world, Right Wing Christians are doing everything they can to use the government to force their beliefs onto...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2020:
@armenpenkoch You are seriously advocating "out of sight out of mind" you are disgusting.
Joanne comments on Nov 25, 2019:
Because so much religion is not benign. If they would just live their lives and let us live ours there would be no problem. But, that is not that case. In the US, and other places around the world, Right Wing Christians are doing everything they can to use the government to force their beliefs onto...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2020:
@armenpenkoch You are seriously advocating "out of sight out of mind" you are disgusting.
Why Do So Many Hate Religion? What's ToHate?
LenHazell53 comments on Nov 24, 2019:
It causes both directly and indirectly death on an industrial scale
It corrupts laws and legislation in every country to benefit itself
It practices and preaches hatred and prejudice
It steals time and money from its adherents by extortion and threats
It attempts to forcibly destroy other ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2020:
@armenpenkoch Typical incoherent abusive uninformed ravings of a desperate religious apologetic.
LenHazell53 comments on Nov 24, 2019:
It causes both directly and indirectly death on an industrial scale
It corrupts laws and legislation in every country to benefit itself
It practices and preaches hatred and prejudice
It steals time and money from its adherents by extortion and threats
It attempts to forcibly destroy other ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2020:
@armenpenkoch Typical incoherent abusive uninformed ravings of a desperate religious apologetic.
Less fear of hell?
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 12, 2020:
Yes, one of the strangest side effects of becoming an atheist was how much less frightening some horror movies and stories became.
Ghosts and demon stories now are still enjoyable, but the deep underlaying terror that comes from irrational belief is no longer there.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 14, 2020:
@FlyingGodess Each to their own
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 12, 2020:
Yes, one of the strangest side effects of becoming an atheist was how much less frightening some horror movies and stories became.
Ghosts and demon stories now are still enjoyable, but the deep underlaying terror that comes from irrational belief is no longer there.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 14, 2020:
@FlyingGodess Each to their own
What does Judeo-Christian mean?
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 13, 2020:
Judeo-Christian means religions that trace themselves back to Isaac, it used to be those who traced themselves back to Abraham, but since that also includes Islam, it was moved up a generation to take out Hagar and Ishmael.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 14, 2020:
@Bierbasstard Just as insane as the early Christians splitting the church of Greece and the church of Roman from one another over whether or not bits of bread and wine ACTUALLY turn in to the blood and body of a zombie jewish carpenter or not during the eucharist.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 13, 2020:
Judeo-Christian means religions that trace themselves back to Isaac, it used to be those who traced themselves back to Abraham, but since that also includes Islam, it was moved up a generation to take out Hagar and Ishmael.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 14, 2020:
@Bierbasstard Just as insane as the early Christians splitting the church of Greece and the church of Roman from one another over whether or not bits of bread and wine ACTUALLY turn in to the blood and body of a zombie jewish carpenter or not during the eucharist.
Recently Martina Navratilova came under fire for her comments that transgender women should not ...
Geoffrey51 comments on Jan 12, 2020:
Don’t see why not. There’s enough discrimination around people who are gay, transvestite, black, Christian, Muslim, left-handed, deaf or autistic.
Let’s quit this bullshit and relate to people as people rather than ‘people with things!,
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 12, 2020:
it is not about relating to people as people, it is not about discrimination it is about not ignoring reality for the sake of virtue signaling
Geoffrey51 comments on Jan 12, 2020:
Don’t see why not. There’s enough discrimination around people who are gay, transvestite, black, Christian, Muslim, left-handed, deaf or autistic.
Let’s quit this bullshit and relate to people as people rather than ‘people with things!,
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 12, 2020:
it is not about relating to people as people, it is not about discrimination it is about not ignoring reality for the sake of virtue signaling
Could philosophical discussions be better and more productive? [aeon.co]
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 11, 2020:
Discussion without adversarial conversation is NOTHING, at best it is mutual mental masturbation.
The whole point of discussion the attempt to falsify the other opposing argument by pointing out flaws that maybe raised by evidence or reference to experience if possible.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 12, 2020:
@Allamanda true if you have no integrity, then you can't lose it
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 11, 2020:
Discussion without adversarial conversation is NOTHING, at best it is mutual mental masturbation.
The whole point of discussion the attempt to falsify the other opposing argument by pointing out flaws that maybe raised by evidence or reference to experience if possible.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 12, 2020:
@Allamanda true if you have no integrity, then you can't lose it
Could philosophical discussions be better and more productive? [aeon.co]
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 11, 2020:
Discussion without adversarial conversation is NOTHING, at best it is mutual mental masturbation.
The whole point of discussion the attempt to falsify the other opposing argument by pointing out flaws that maybe raised by evidence or reference to experience if possible.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 11, 2020:
@Allamanda yes and if that is the case it is not a discussion, true discussion is open, if your reputation means more to you than truth then you are an intellectual coward without the courage of your own convictions or you already know your ideas are unfounded.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 11, 2020:
Discussion without adversarial conversation is NOTHING, at best it is mutual mental masturbation.
The whole point of discussion the attempt to falsify the other opposing argument by pointing out flaws that maybe raised by evidence or reference to experience if possible.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 11, 2020:
@Allamanda yes and if that is the case it is not a discussion, true discussion is open, if your reputation means more to you than truth then you are an intellectual coward without the courage of your own convictions or you already know your ideas are unfounded.
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moosepucky comments on Jan 11, 2020:
It is the fault of the oil producers. If they did not make jet fuel there would not be people up in the air to fall down.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 11, 2020:
NO really? Well in that case if all those dinosaurs and and all that dead algae had not died in those places so long ago, there would have been not oil to make the jet fuel from!
It's ALL THEIR FAULT
moosepucky comments on Jan 11, 2020:
It is the fault of the oil producers. If they did not make jet fuel there would not be people up in the air to fall down.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 11, 2020:
NO really? Well in that case if all those dinosaurs and and all that dead algae had not died in those places so long ago, there would have been not oil to make the jet fuel from!
It's ALL THEIR FAULT
I'm so fucking tired of courts and states protecting religions when it comes to sexual abuse (and ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 11, 2020:
It says everything you need to know about "Priests" in that they can live with their own consciences and are at peace knowing they have allowed a filthy predator or succession of filth lose on innocent children and done fuck all to stop them.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 11, 2020:
@VictoriaNotes True the RC has lead the charge in covering up this horror show bu many protestant churches Jehovah's witless and the Morons among others have registered to have Priest and congregation confidentiality exempted from laws even Doctors are not allowed to break on the reporting of child abuse in the UK and USA as well as many other countries.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 11, 2020:
It says everything you need to know about "Priests" in that they can live with their own consciences and are at peace knowing they have allowed a filthy predator or succession of filth lose on innocent children and done fuck all to stop them.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 11, 2020:
@VictoriaNotes True the RC has lead the charge in covering up this horror show bu many protestant churches Jehovah's witless and the Morons among others have registered to have Priest and congregation confidentiality exempted from laws even Doctors are not allowed to break on the reporting of child abuse in the UK and USA as well as many other countries.
The religulous 1...agnostics 0. Check Mate, agnostics!
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 11, 2020:
interesting that both lions in that picture appear to have a mane?
Was not the point of the story the proliferation of the species?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 11, 2020:
@Robecology Oh now that would just be silly, unless you are Ken Ham. 😉
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 11, 2020:
interesting that both lions in that picture appear to have a mane?
Was not the point of the story the proliferation of the species?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 11, 2020:
@Robecology Oh now that would just be silly, unless you are Ken Ham. 😉
Advice To Younger Self
ZantiMisfit comments on Jan 11, 2020:
Invest in NetFlix!
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 11, 2020:
Or Microsoft
ZantiMisfit comments on Jan 11, 2020:
Invest in NetFlix!
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 11, 2020:
Or Microsoft
Been watching series one over again for the first time in years.
RonWilliam53 comments on Jan 9, 2020:
Season 2 with the new Doctor is starting off so much better than the first.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 9, 2020:
it would be hard pushed to be worse.
RonWilliam53 comments on Jan 9, 2020:
Season 2 with the new Doctor is starting off so much better than the first.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 9, 2020:
it would be hard pushed to be worse.
Oregon woman sues Mormon church for $10 million for revealing husband's child sex abuse
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 8, 2020:
This totally insane or perhaps not if this mad bitch wins her case the LDS church can go back to covering up child abuse, claiming this case as a precedent, and it only costs them a measly $9.54 million
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 8, 2020:
@SeaGreenEyez Time will tell
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 8, 2020:
This totally insane or perhaps not if this mad bitch wins her case the LDS church can go back to covering up child abuse, claiming this case as a precedent, and it only costs them a measly $9.54 million
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 8, 2020:
@SeaGreenEyez Time will tell
Something else we all need to be aware of.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 8, 2020:
We pretty much already have this in the UK, people on disability benefit are "reassessed" every year, two years, four years or six years, depending on the condition and the likelihood of improvement or recovery.
Even though my wife's conditions are incurable because a none medically qualified ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 8, 2020:
@Jnei, @KKGator @Lauren thank you all
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 8, 2020:
We pretty much already have this in the UK, people on disability benefit are "reassessed" every year, two years, four years or six years, depending on the condition and the likelihood of improvement or recovery.
Even though my wife's conditions are incurable because a none medically qualified ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 8, 2020:
@Jnei, @KKGator @Lauren thank you all
Something else we all need to be aware of.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 8, 2020:
We pretty much already have this in the UK, people on disability benefit are "reassessed" every year, two years, four years or six years, depending on the condition and the likelihood of improvement or recovery.
Even though my wife's conditions are incurable because a none medically qualified ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 8, 2020:
@Jnei completely true
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 8, 2020:
We pretty much already have this in the UK, people on disability benefit are "reassessed" every year, two years, four years or six years, depending on the condition and the likelihood of improvement or recovery.
Even though my wife's conditions are incurable because a none medically qualified ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 8, 2020:
@Jnei completely true
Pastor Arrested For Hiring People To Fake Miracle Healing (Photo)
mordant comments on Jan 7, 2020:
Wow. It looks like they actually determine facts and penalize people for lying. Wonder why we don't do that anymore ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 8, 2020:
Politically inexpedient
Telling the truth is bad for your wealth.
mordant comments on Jan 7, 2020:
Wow. It looks like they actually determine facts and penalize people for lying. Wonder why we don't do that anymore ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 8, 2020:
Politically inexpedient
Telling the truth is bad for your wealth.
SAD - World War III has started.
Organist1 comments on Jan 7, 2020:
It's part of Pence's Dominionist plan to start Armageddon and bring on the rapture. :'(
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 7, 2020:
THat would be really funny if it were not for the possibility that it may actually be true.
Organist1 comments on Jan 7, 2020:
It's part of Pence's Dominionist plan to start Armageddon and bring on the rapture. :'(
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 7, 2020:
THat would be really funny if it were not for the possibility that it may actually be true.
How do you stop swearing?
Geoffrey51 comments on Jan 3, 2020:
Fuck nose!
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 7, 2020:
As in Cyrano de Bergerac as portrayed by Alan Adrian?
Geoffrey51 comments on Jan 3, 2020:
Fuck nose!
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 7, 2020:
As in Cyrano de Bergerac as portrayed by Alan Adrian?
How do you stop swearing?
PhoebeCat comments on Jan 6, 2020:
I've never tried except at work. No cursing around the patients and kept to a whisper so not to be picked up by the microphones when we're alone.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 7, 2020:
MIcrophones? You bug your hospital?
PhoebeCat comments on Jan 6, 2020:
I've never tried except at work. No cursing around the patients and kept to a whisper so not to be picked up by the microphones when we're alone.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 7, 2020:
MIcrophones? You bug your hospital?
I was listening to One of Richard Dawkins books and it surprised me when he said that on his scale ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 3, 2020:
" I guess because science hasn't proven unequivocally that God does not exist."
What a stupid thing to say.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 5, 2020:
@Grecio
Sorry but when someone takes out and uses a tired old chestnut like "You cannot prove god does not exist" that has been utterly and completely debunked and shown to be a farcical contention SO MANY TIMES that it is on a level with saying "If santa does not exist who feed the reindeer?" I'm gonna call it out as Stoopid!
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 3, 2020:
" I guess because science hasn't proven unequivocally that God does not exist."
What a stupid thing to say.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 5, 2020:
@Grecio
Sorry but when someone takes out and uses a tired old chestnut like "You cannot prove god does not exist" that has been utterly and completely debunked and shown to be a farcical contention SO MANY TIMES that it is on a level with saying "If santa does not exist who feed the reindeer?" I'm gonna call it out as Stoopid!
I was listening to One of Richard Dawkins books and it surprised me when he said that on his scale ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 3, 2020:
" I guess because science hasn't proven unequivocally that God does not exist."
What a stupid thing to say.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 5, 2020:
@TheMiddleWay "something won't move or act the way we predict." that is falsification of a hypothesis not proof of a negative.
Out side of quantum mechanics your other assertions are false as the negative is not proven true the assertion is proven false.
Saying I don't have enough money to purchase something is not proving a negative it is simply stating a fact.
"The default is the state of being unproven, not its state of existence."
THAT'S MY POINT
Jesus man at your level of education you should know these things.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 3, 2020:
" I guess because science hasn't proven unequivocally that God does not exist."
What a stupid thing to say.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 5, 2020:
@TheMiddleWay "something won't move or act the way we predict." that is falsification of a hypothesis not proof of a negative.
Out side of quantum mechanics your other assertions are false as the negative is not proven true the assertion is proven false.
Saying I don't have enough money to purchase something is not proving a negative it is simply stating a fact.
"The default is the state of being unproven, not its state of existence."
THAT'S MY POINT
Jesus man at your level of education you should know these things.
I'm reading this novel about british naval unit stationed along the west coast of Norway.
Marionville comments on Jan 5, 2020:
I think it’s more usually spelled “matlow” in the Royal Navy. Interestingly, the French word from which it was derived, itself comes from the Dutch word matentot or mattentoot (bed companion), because sailors had to share hammocks in pairs.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 5, 2020:
@Marionville a shared love of words
Marionville comments on Jan 5, 2020:
I think it’s more usually spelled “matlow” in the Royal Navy. Interestingly, the French word from which it was derived, itself comes from the Dutch word matentot or mattentoot (bed companion), because sailors had to share hammocks in pairs.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 5, 2020:
@Marionville a shared love of words
Welp
interjection
Nonstandard.
t1nick comments on Jan 4, 2020:
Whelp
Definition of whelp (Entry 1 of 2)
1: any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog
2: a young boy or girl
whelp verb
whelped; whelping; whelps
Definition of whelp (Entry 2 of 2)
transitive verb
: to give birth to —used of various carnivores and ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 5, 2020:
@t1nick @Davekp they are completely different words with seperate etymologies
Whelp from Norse/old English Hwelp the young of a canine animal (alternate spellings include hvelpr, welp, hwelf spelling standardised as whelp n 1775)
Welp from 19th century American slang a variation on both *well* (possibly a contraction of Well pleased, or well past) and on *yelp* a sharp cry of pain or shock. First included in Webster's dictionary as a separate word circa 1830
t1nick comments on Jan 4, 2020:
Whelp
Definition of whelp (Entry 1 of 2)
1: any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog
2: a young boy or girl
whelp verb
whelped; whelping; whelps
Definition of whelp (Entry 2 of 2)
transitive verb
: to give birth to —used of various carnivores and ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 5, 2020:
@t1nick @Davekp they are completely different words with seperate etymologies
Whelp from Norse/old English Hwelp the young of a canine animal (alternate spellings include hvelpr, welp, hwelf spelling standardised as whelp n 1775)
Welp from 19th century American slang a variation on both *well* (possibly a contraction of Well pleased, or well past) and on *yelp* a sharp cry of pain or shock. First included in Webster's dictionary as a separate word circa 1830
I'm reading this novel about british naval unit stationed along the west coast of Norway.
Marionville comments on Jan 5, 2020:
I think it’s more usually spelled “matlow” in the Royal Navy. Interestingly, the French word from which it was derived, itself comes from the Dutch word matentot or mattentoot (bed companion), because sailors had to share hammocks in pairs.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 5, 2020:
I was about to post the same thing 😉
Marionville comments on Jan 5, 2020:
I think it’s more usually spelled “matlow” in the Royal Navy. Interestingly, the French word from which it was derived, itself comes from the Dutch word matentot or mattentoot (bed companion), because sailors had to share hammocks in pairs.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 5, 2020:
I was about to post the same thing 😉
Terry Gilliam on Liff -
‘White males are blamed for everything wrong with the world’: ...
MsDemeanour comments on Jan 5, 2020:
Isn't he precious?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 5, 2020:
Priceless would be a better word.
MsDemeanour comments on Jan 5, 2020:
Isn't he precious?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 5, 2020:
Priceless would be a better word.
I was listening to One of Richard Dawkins books and it surprised me when he said that on his scale ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 3, 2020:
" I guess because science hasn't proven unequivocally that God does not exist."
What a stupid thing to say.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 3, 2020:
@Storm1752 No, it is not true, a) you don't need to and cannot prove a negative, B) if you do require proof for a negative then by default everything exists that has not been proven not to, so every god, every unicorn, every elf, pixie and any other bloody stupid thing you can think of.
What the fuck is happening to this site, these days I spend more time pointing out the obvious to new age bullshiters than I do to the religious.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 3, 2020:
" I guess because science hasn't proven unequivocally that God does not exist."
What a stupid thing to say.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 3, 2020:
@Storm1752 No, it is not true, a) you don't need to and cannot prove a negative, B) if you do require proof for a negative then by default everything exists that has not been proven not to, so every god, every unicorn, every elf, pixie and any other bloody stupid thing you can think of.
What the fuck is happening to this site, these days I spend more time pointing out the obvious to new age bullshiters than I do to the religious.
“I’m not perfect, I’m just forgiven” is the most enabling statement ever made!
Christians...
Allamanda comments on Jan 2, 2020:
I imagine you use 'enabling' here in the modern pejorative sense, as in the enabling of an alcoholic by his associates? But remember, there is a much greater sense, a positive sense. This is what religion may have sought to do at the individual level, to free a person from the paralysis of guilt. ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 2, 2020:
Making amends is a far better and more effective way of dealing with guilt than being forgiven.
I would use the term atonement, but it has far to many silly theological connotations attached to it.
Allamanda comments on Jan 2, 2020:
I imagine you use 'enabling' here in the modern pejorative sense, as in the enabling of an alcoholic by his associates? But remember, there is a much greater sense, a positive sense. This is what religion may have sought to do at the individual level, to free a person from the paralysis of guilt. ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 2, 2020:
Making amends is a far better and more effective way of dealing with guilt than being forgiven.
I would use the term atonement, but it has far to many silly theological connotations attached to it.
"It is man's intelligence that makes him so often behave more stupidly than the beasts.
MsDemeanour comments on Jan 1, 2020:
well clearly it's time men stepped down and let women lead!
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 2, 2020:
@MsDemeanour that's a bit pedantic, as an intelligent woman I assume you to know full well Huxley was writing in an era when it was acceptable to use Man and Mankind as a gender neutral expression for human kind and or people, simply for a more poetic line scansion.
MsDemeanour comments on Jan 1, 2020:
well clearly it's time men stepped down and let women lead!
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 2, 2020:
@MsDemeanour that's a bit pedantic, as an intelligent woman I assume you to know full well Huxley was writing in an era when it was acceptable to use Man and Mankind as a gender neutral expression for human kind and or people, simply for a more poetic line scansion.
There is Kierkegaard, Hume, Neitzsche… you name it.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 1, 2020:
Don't know who that impostor is, this is the real, the one and only Frank Gallagher
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 2, 2020:
@IamNobody worth a watch, the English version has a lot less censorship.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 1, 2020:
Don't know who that impostor is, this is the real, the one and only Frank Gallagher
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 2, 2020:
@IamNobody worth a watch, the English version has a lot less censorship.
Do I hear the "Me Tooers" and "Women are not violent" screaming about male violence by the Pope?
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 1, 2020:
That poor woman is obviously desperate
She is screaming "tekudasai" which is the Japanese word for Please or I plead (for help), (I could not hear the rest of her plea) she obviously expected god's representative of earth to understand her, instead of which he slaps her away, SO Christian.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 1, 2020:
@FrayedBear and to you
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 1, 2020:
That poor woman is obviously desperate
She is screaming "tekudasai" which is the Japanese word for Please or I plead (for help), (I could not hear the rest of her plea) she obviously expected god's representative of earth to understand her, instead of which he slaps her away, SO Christian.
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 1, 2020:
@FrayedBear and to you
HAPPY 2020!
Marionville comments on Jan 1, 2020:
The word qualtagh is Manx Gaelic (from the Isle of Man, a British island in the Irish Sea). Just like their Celtic neighbours the Scots, they have a tradition of “first-footing” at New Year. Crossing the threshold of neighbours to wish them luck for the year ahead, traditionally they should ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 1, 2020:
We did this too when I was a boy
Marionville comments on Jan 1, 2020:
The word qualtagh is Manx Gaelic (from the Isle of Man, a British island in the Irish Sea). Just like their Celtic neighbours the Scots, they have a tradition of “first-footing” at New Year. Crossing the threshold of neighbours to wish them luck for the year ahead, traditionally they should ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 1, 2020:
We did this too when I was a boy
Prayer Doesn't Heal People—At Least I Hope Not
mischl comments on Dec 30, 2019:
I think of prayer as an attempt to communicate but in the wrong direction.
As an agnostic, I'm 99% sure there is no such thing as a "god." Gods are and always have been imaginary. However, "praying" to non-existent gods can have some benefit--to a believer's psyche. If a believer imagines that ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 30, 2019:
I use this too only I call it self hypnosis, I know it is petty but I still find words like meditation, Zen and transcendentalism to have to many supernatural connotations attached to them.
mischl comments on Dec 30, 2019:
I think of prayer as an attempt to communicate but in the wrong direction.
As an agnostic, I'm 99% sure there is no such thing as a "god." Gods are and always have been imaginary. However, "praying" to non-existent gods can have some benefit--to a believer's psyche. If a believer imagines that ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 30, 2019:
I use this too only I call it self hypnosis, I know it is petty but I still find words like meditation, Zen and transcendentalism to have to many supernatural connotations attached to them.
avant garde
a·vant-garde
/ˌaväntˈɡärd/
noun
a style of "art" created by attention whores...
Cast1es comments on Dec 30, 2019:
Considering who you said you were in your bio , then what you posted here , either someone hacked your account , or your bio is an outright lie . This in intentionally rude and ugly , without being informative at all .
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 30, 2019:
It is an extract from a (linked) satirical website
Cast1es comments on Dec 30, 2019:
Considering who you said you were in your bio , then what you posted here , either someone hacked your account , or your bio is an outright lie . This in intentionally rude and ugly , without being informative at all .
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 30, 2019:
It is an extract from a (linked) satirical website
More attacks on jews in New York last night.
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 29, 2019:
The believer will always fear the "misbeliever" more than the "disbeliever"
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 29, 2019:
@KKGator Unfortunately to them it is not reason nor reasoning, to them it is revealed truth and to go against revelation is blasphemy.
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 29, 2019:
The believer will always fear the "misbeliever" more than the "disbeliever"
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 29, 2019:
@KKGator Unfortunately to them it is not reason nor reasoning, to them it is revealed truth and to go against revelation is blasphemy.
[mavenroundtable.
Sticks48 comments on Dec 29, 2019:
I don't know about the human race, but the U.S. for sure. I have thought that for the last three decades.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 29, 2019:
The dumbing down of the UK is setting us on the same path too.
Sticks48 comments on Dec 29, 2019:
I don't know about the human race, but the U.S. for sure. I have thought that for the last three decades.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 29, 2019:
The dumbing down of the UK is setting us on the same path too.
How Many Here are COMPLETE ATHEISTS (as I am)?
Geoffrey51 comments on Dec 29, 2019:
Probably got to disagree on a small point. To be a proper atheist one would need to believe in synarchy rather than anarchy, as anarchy is a devolution into disorder which cannot be sustained. Synarchy, however, requires one over arching ideal that orders all things, in composite with one or more ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 29, 2019:
@Geoffrey51 excellent then, adherence to this may well be the only way to save society from the corruption that is passed off as modern democracy.
Geoffrey51 comments on Dec 29, 2019:
Probably got to disagree on a small point. To be a proper atheist one would need to believe in synarchy rather than anarchy, as anarchy is a devolution into disorder which cannot be sustained. Synarchy, however, requires one over arching ideal that orders all things, in composite with one or more ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 29, 2019:
@Geoffrey51 excellent then, adherence to this may well be the only way to save society from the corruption that is passed off as modern democracy.
How Many Here are COMPLETE ATHEISTS (as I am)?
Geoffrey51 comments on Dec 29, 2019:
Probably got to disagree on a small point. To be a proper atheist one would need to believe in synarchy rather than anarchy, as anarchy is a devolution into disorder which cannot be sustained. Synarchy, however, requires one over arching ideal that orders all things, in composite with one or more ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 29, 2019:
Depends very much on which definition of Synarchy you are using two of them are lexicographically correct one of them is dubious.
Synarchy:
a) Rule by two ( or more) persons (from Syn- Greek meaning With)
b) Rule by harmonious cooperation (from Syn- Greek meaning With)
c) Rule by secret societies. (from Synn middle English/Norman French meaning Guilt or secret)
Geoffrey51 comments on Dec 29, 2019:
Probably got to disagree on a small point. To be a proper atheist one would need to believe in synarchy rather than anarchy, as anarchy is a devolution into disorder which cannot be sustained. Synarchy, however, requires one over arching ideal that orders all things, in composite with one or more ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 29, 2019:
Depends very much on which definition of Synarchy you are using two of them are lexicographically correct one of them is dubious.
Synarchy:
a) Rule by two ( or more) persons (from Syn- Greek meaning With)
b) Rule by harmonious cooperation (from Syn- Greek meaning With)
c) Rule by secret societies. (from Synn middle English/Norman French meaning Guilt or secret)
Highest-Paid Baltimore Cop Facing Decades in Prison for Crimes Caught on Camera
vjohnson51 comments on Dec 27, 2019:
I love when justice is served!!
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 28, 2019:
Hopefully he does not know where enough bodies are buried to wriggle off the hook.
vjohnson51 comments on Dec 27, 2019:
I love when justice is served!!
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 28, 2019:
Hopefully he does not know where enough bodies are buried to wriggle off the hook.
The road to wisdom?
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 27, 2019:
NO, let the fools err and err again, learn from their mistakes and only when you can proceed in certainty do so, THIS is wisdom.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 28, 2019:
@MissKathleen It was a major Tenet of the Roman empire, they did okay by it for a few hundred years until christianity screwed them over
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 27, 2019:
NO, let the fools err and err again, learn from their mistakes and only when you can proceed in certainty do so, THIS is wisdom.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 28, 2019:
@MissKathleen It was a major Tenet of the Roman empire, they did okay by it for a few hundred years until christianity screwed them over
Today's Factoids: Phobias
Somniphobia: Fear of sleep
Caligynephobia: Fear of beautiful ...
Fernapple comments on Dec 27, 2019:
Is there a word for, can't get enough of any of those ?
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 27, 2019:
a phobiaphile?
Fernapple comments on Dec 27, 2019:
Is there a word for, can't get enough of any of those ?
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 27, 2019:
a phobiaphile?
Today's Factoids: Phobias
Somniphobia: Fear of sleep
Caligynephobia: Fear of beautiful ...
bobwjr comments on Dec 26, 2019:
Is there one for fear of never getting laid again
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 27, 2019:
agamiaphobia is the fear of celibacy
bobwjr comments on Dec 26, 2019:
Is there one for fear of never getting laid again
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 27, 2019:
agamiaphobia is the fear of celibacy
I am currently watching the Hollywood epic "The greatest story ever told".
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 23, 2019:
Have you noticed how many people who have played Jesus went on to play the devil in horror films?
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 24, 2019:
@Moravian Yup much better as Gregory Wolfe AKA Satan in Harlequin (1980)
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 23, 2019:
Have you noticed how many people who have played Jesus went on to play the devil in horror films?
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 24, 2019:
@Moravian Yup much better as Gregory Wolfe AKA Satan in Harlequin (1980)
I am currently watching the Hollywood epic "The greatest story ever told".
Fernapple comments on Dec 23, 2019:
I don't think that the film is an accurate account of any of the four biblical stories, and many people before have said that the bible stories themselves do not make any sense anyway. One common theory is, that Paul was responsible for putting a pro Roman twist on to the story, but that it was not ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 23, 2019:
@Moravian
The story is that the centurion scene included in the final cut was the least worst version of "The Duke" slurring his way through the quote.
David Lean was directing the scene, and kept telling Big John to show more reverence
"John do it with more awe," he demanded, "Lots of awe, for the christ!"
Wayne apparently was so fed up of being in his knee freezing roman uniform which he claimed made him look like a "Kansas city faggot", took a deep breath and launched in to an uncanny impersonation of Jimmy Stewart
"Awwwwww this man was Awwwwwww surely the son of Awwwwwww Gawd!" he bawled, threw down his spear and walked off the set never to return.
Fernapple comments on Dec 23, 2019:
I don't think that the film is an accurate account of any of the four biblical stories, and many people before have said that the bible stories themselves do not make any sense anyway. One common theory is, that Paul was responsible for putting a pro Roman twist on to the story, but that it was not ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 23, 2019:
@Moravian
The story is that the centurion scene included in the final cut was the least worst version of "The Duke" slurring his way through the quote.
David Lean was directing the scene, and kept telling Big John to show more reverence
"John do it with more awe," he demanded, "Lots of awe, for the christ!"
Wayne apparently was so fed up of being in his knee freezing roman uniform which he claimed made him look like a "Kansas city faggot", took a deep breath and launched in to an uncanny impersonation of Jimmy Stewart
"Awwwwww this man was Awwwwwww surely the son of Awwwwwww Gawd!" he bawled, threw down his spear and walked off the set never to return.
Strongest argument made by atheists
skado comments on Dec 23, 2019:
The most compelling argument against the existence of a literal god, for my money, is the mountain of evidence that illuminates our psychological (as well as biological) need to create gods. There is no proof that gods don't exist, but there's a ton of evidence that explains quite clearly why we ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 23, 2019:
You no more need evidence for the none existence of god than you need evidence for the none existence of the parrotweasel who lives up your bum and whistles I'm a yankee doodle dandy at midnight on st. Fannypacks eve.
skado comments on Dec 23, 2019:
The most compelling argument against the existence of a literal god, for my money, is the mountain of evidence that illuminates our psychological (as well as biological) need to create gods. There is no proof that gods don't exist, but there's a ton of evidence that explains quite clearly why we ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 23, 2019:
You no more need evidence for the none existence of god than you need evidence for the none existence of the parrotweasel who lives up your bum and whistles I'm a yankee doodle dandy at midnight on st. Fannypacks eve.
Maybe adding appeal to secularism, rather than talking stink on religion, is a more productive ...
aintmisbehaven comments on Dec 23, 2019:
I agree.... you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.... (or so I've heard)
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 23, 2019:
You want to attract disgusting flies use shit
aintmisbehaven comments on Dec 23, 2019:
I agree.... you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.... (or so I've heard)
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 23, 2019:
You want to attract disgusting flies use shit
Afterlife thoughts...
Do you believe in an afterlife?
DeaconMartin comments on Dec 22, 2019:
I guess I see it as the last great adventure. As the lights go out on one world, what will come next? Assuming I'm not surprised by death - shot or mangled suddenly in machinery - I intend, with some excitement and trepidation, to observe the process as best I can. My guess is that a lot of the ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 22, 2019:
@Jnei thanks beat me to it, most people who cite this experiment have no idea what and when it actually was
DeaconMartin comments on Dec 22, 2019:
I guess I see it as the last great adventure. As the lights go out on one world, what will come next? Assuming I'm not surprised by death - shot or mangled suddenly in machinery - I intend, with some excitement and trepidation, to observe the process as best I can. My guess is that a lot of the ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 22, 2019:
@Jnei thanks beat me to it, most people who cite this experiment have no idea what and when it actually was
Afterlife thoughts...
Do you believe in an afterlife?
Mofo1953 comments on Dec 22, 2019:
Of course there is an afterlife, it is called death, happens to all of us and it is a fact of life that we will all eventually die. It is a natural part of the cycle of life, we are all born and we will all die. No exceptions to the rule. All religions, not just christians, sell to those arrogant ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 22, 2019:
@Bn4fE5 Citation required
Mofo1953 comments on Dec 22, 2019:
Of course there is an afterlife, it is called death, happens to all of us and it is a fact of life that we will all eventually die. It is a natural part of the cycle of life, we are all born and we will all die. No exceptions to the rule. All religions, not just christians, sell to those arrogant ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 22, 2019:
@Bn4fE5 Citation required
Tarantism, (n.) Overcoming melancholy by dancing; the uncontrollable urge to dance
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 21, 2019:
This definition is wrong or at least largely incomplete.
Tarantism is a mental condition, very rare and largely only know about because of the records of a huge outbreak beginning in 15th century Italy and culminating in 17th century Medieval Europe, before disappearing almost completely.
...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 22, 2019:
@Justjoni brilliant, thanks for that, 👍👍
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 21, 2019:
This definition is wrong or at least largely incomplete.
Tarantism is a mental condition, very rare and largely only know about because of the records of a huge outbreak beginning in 15th century Italy and culminating in 17th century Medieval Europe, before disappearing almost completely.
...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 22, 2019:
@Justjoni brilliant, thanks for that, 👍👍
So coming up to Christmas please tell me Athiests what you think of the Holiday season since you ...
ToolGuy comments on Dec 19, 2019:
Just got back from watching a hockey game. The other team had a player named Jesus.They lost to our team!
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 22, 2019:
@AdrianDiadato3 If he was Christian and had been baptised then yes he was , the Christ just means the anointed one and all christian baptisms include anointing so all baptised Christians can bare the title The Christ.
So yes he would be Jesus the Christ .
ToolGuy comments on Dec 19, 2019:
Just got back from watching a hockey game. The other team had a player named Jesus.They lost to our team!
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 22, 2019:
@AdrianDiadato3 If he was Christian and had been baptised then yes he was , the Christ just means the anointed one and all christian baptisms include anointing so all baptised Christians can bare the title The Christ.
So yes he would be Jesus the Christ .
I am a syntheist who accepts both theism and atheism.
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 21, 2019:
Thoughts?
Okay..... BOLLOCKS!
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 22, 2019:
@FiliusInfernum Oh I thought about it and could have refuted each point individually, however it was easier and less time consuming to simply preces my thoughts in to one concise term.
Hence Bollocks
and if you actually believe the points proposed in the OP it is a waste of my time trying to engage in intelligent, reasoned or logical discussion with you 😊😊😊
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 21, 2019:
Thoughts?
Okay..... BOLLOCKS!
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 22, 2019:
@FiliusInfernum Oh I thought about it and could have refuted each point individually, however it was easier and less time consuming to simply preces my thoughts in to one concise term.
Hence Bollocks
and if you actually believe the points proposed in the OP it is a waste of my time trying to engage in intelligent, reasoned or logical discussion with you 😊😊😊
Just in case you might possibly have forgotten; we are god damn lucky to be here.
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 18, 2019:
Not luck, luck implies some sort of influence or plan, it is all just pure random happenstance.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 21, 2019:
@GROG Sorry but I disagree, there has not been a market made selling good happenstance charms, or bad happenstance curses, chance is not the subject of superstition, ritual, placation or being able to be influenced, random chance is just part of life.
In the minds of the gullible Luck and chance are very different things, luck is mystical, chance is just shit happening.
Luck is and always has been a superstitious belief in a capricious, jealous personified influencer of fate, the mythical green lady Luck, the curse of bad luck appearing as the black grimalkin.
Luck is a minor deity and as an atheist just another one that I reject utterly.
Hence my contention, I am neither lucky nor unlucky to be here now, I just happen to have come about in this time and place.
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 18, 2019:
Not luck, luck implies some sort of influence or plan, it is all just pure random happenstance.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 21, 2019:
@GROG Sorry but I disagree, there has not been a market made selling good happenstance charms, or bad happenstance curses, chance is not the subject of superstition, ritual, placation or being able to be influenced, random chance is just part of life.
In the minds of the gullible Luck and chance are very different things, luck is mystical, chance is just shit happening.
Luck is and always has been a superstitious belief in a capricious, jealous personified influencer of fate, the mythical green lady Luck, the curse of bad luck appearing as the black grimalkin.
Luck is a minor deity and as an atheist just another one that I reject utterly.
Hence my contention, I am neither lucky nor unlucky to be here now, I just happen to have come about in this time and place.
Christians Are Telling a Gay Priest How Happy They Are That His Partner Died | Beth Stoneburner | ...
Organist1 comments on Dec 20, 2019:
They're not even close to being Christians.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 20, 2019:
@Organist1 and Jesus was even worse
Luke 14:26
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
Matthew 10:37
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
Christianity is a gospel of hate
Organist1 comments on Dec 20, 2019:
They're not even close to being Christians.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 20, 2019:
@Organist1 and Jesus was even worse
Luke 14:26
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
Matthew 10:37
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
Christianity is a gospel of hate
Christians Are Telling a Gay Priest How Happy They Are That His Partner Died | Beth Stoneburner | ...
Organist1 comments on Dec 20, 2019:
They're not even close to being Christians.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 20, 2019:
@Organist1 If the church was now as it was in the time of the Acts of the apostles it would be run out of the USA as a communist cell, and would be seen as a terrorist cult that murdered its own members for not paying enough in.
Acts of the Apostles chapter 5, 1-11
Organist1 comments on Dec 20, 2019:
They're not even close to being Christians.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 20, 2019:
@Organist1 If the church was now as it was in the time of the Acts of the apostles it would be run out of the USA as a communist cell, and would be seen as a terrorist cult that murdered its own members for not paying enough in.
Acts of the Apostles chapter 5, 1-11
Christians Are Telling a Gay Priest How Happy They Are That His Partner Died | Beth Stoneburner | ...
Organist1 comments on Dec 20, 2019:
They're not even close to being Christians.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 20, 2019:
Oh they are, this is the TRUE face of christianity, not the santitised acceptable milksop version foisted on the world since the end of world war 2, in a crass and foul attempt to keep the cash flowing in to the kiddy fiddlers and hatemongers and to keep the sheep obedient and ignorant.
Organist1 comments on Dec 20, 2019:
They're not even close to being Christians.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 20, 2019:
Oh they are, this is the TRUE face of christianity, not the santitised acceptable milksop version foisted on the world since the end of world war 2, in a crass and foul attempt to keep the cash flowing in to the kiddy fiddlers and hatemongers and to keep the sheep obedient and ignorant.
And the motherfucker IS impeached.
Fuck 45.
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 19, 2019:
I am wondering if any legal eagles out there know if the supreme court have the right to challenge the senate should they exonerate Trumpty on the grounds of contempt for there oath of office when at least two Rublican senators have already stated their intent to exonerate regardless of the evidence...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 19, 2019:
@KKGator thanks
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 19, 2019:
I am wondering if any legal eagles out there know if the supreme court have the right to challenge the senate should they exonerate Trumpty on the grounds of contempt for there oath of office when at least two Rublican senators have already stated their intent to exonerate regardless of the evidence...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 19, 2019:
@KKGator thanks
"You shouldn't judge people!" I have often heard this from my Christian friends.
sterlingdean comments on Dec 18, 2019:
The actual quote is "Judge not for you yourself will be judged by that selfsame measure." Basically, it reminds you to be kind and not make hasty, arrogant, or rash judgments of others because you're sure to be judged just as harshly. I think of it as an extension of the Golden Rule, do unto others...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 18, 2019:
So basically don't be a hypocrite
sterlingdean comments on Dec 18, 2019:
The actual quote is "Judge not for you yourself will be judged by that selfsame measure." Basically, it reminds you to be kind and not make hasty, arrogant, or rash judgments of others because you're sure to be judged just as harshly. I think of it as an extension of the Golden Rule, do unto others...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 18, 2019:
So basically don't be a hypocrite
[alternet.
freedom41 comments on Dec 17, 2019:
What is going to take to hurry up and impeach the SOB? I have friend on that money. I'm so glad I'm a left wing person.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 17, 2019:
he maybe impeached but he won't be removed, the GOP have already boasted that they are going to let him off in the senate and will not be impartial
freedom41 comments on Dec 17, 2019:
What is going to take to hurry up and impeach the SOB? I have friend on that money. I'm so glad I'm a left wing person.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 17, 2019:
he maybe impeached but he won't be removed, the GOP have already boasted that they are going to let him off in the senate and will not be impartial
Oh I so hope this is all true and that the US treasury throws the book at the LDS
Mormon Church ...
BestWithoutGods comments on Dec 17, 2019:
I hope the IRS goes after the Moron church and takes all that money. May the Morons shut down their scam of a religion.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 17, 2019:
Well I suppose when the second coming happens Jesus is going to need all that money to pay Elon Musk the shuttle fare to Kolob for 15 million faithful little mormites
BestWithoutGods comments on Dec 17, 2019:
I hope the IRS goes after the Moron church and takes all that money. May the Morons shut down their scam of a religion.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 17, 2019:
Well I suppose when the second coming happens Jesus is going to need all that money to pay Elon Musk the shuttle fare to Kolob for 15 million faithful little mormites
[alternet.
dalefvictor comments on Dec 17, 2019:
If this is really true it needs to be sourced and checked and then put out on the news. As much as possible.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 17, 2019:
@sassygirl3869 They may be trustworthy but they are a pain in the arse.
You can't access the site without disabling your ad blocker, and if you do you get bombarded with so many ads you can't read it anyway, including ads from altnet to go ad free behind a paywall.
Frankly I just don't follow links to altnet anymore, it is just too much bother.
dalefvictor comments on Dec 17, 2019:
If this is really true it needs to be sourced and checked and then put out on the news. As much as possible.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 17, 2019:
@sassygirl3869 They may be trustworthy but they are a pain in the arse.
You can't access the site without disabling your ad blocker, and if you do you get bombarded with so many ads you can't read it anyway, including ads from altnet to go ad free behind a paywall.
Frankly I just don't follow links to altnet anymore, it is just too much bother.
Matthew 11:25 (NRSV): At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, ...
brentan comments on Dec 15, 2019:
Yes indeed. My old club - the JWs - hated third level education. It was accepted, as indeed it is in scripture, that 'not many wise ones' enter the religion:
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential;...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 15, 2019:
@brentan There is nothing intelectual about faith, and theology at best is pseudo intellectual and at worst anti intellectual.
brentan comments on Dec 15, 2019:
Yes indeed. My old club - the JWs - hated third level education. It was accepted, as indeed it is in scripture, that 'not many wise ones' enter the religion:
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential;...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 15, 2019:
@brentan There is nothing intelectual about faith, and theology at best is pseudo intellectual and at worst anti intellectual.
Viral Video Shows Cadets Flashing Alleged ‘White Power’ Symbol On Live Television During ...
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 15, 2019:
Well, in the UK if someone makes that symbol behind someone else's back it means
"What a wanker (jerk off)!"
However it is a simple fact of semiotics that any sign or symbol can mean anything if two or more people use it in a common frame of reference.
For instance the "cornuta" or devil ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 15, 2019:
@SeaGreenEyez I AM SAYING NO SUCH THING!
I am saying that you don't give your enemies bullets to shoot at you. By accepting their definitions by recognising their symbology and reacting to it you are empowering them.
Fight racism on your terms not theirs.
We in europe made the same mistake in the run up to World war two, when Hitler co opted the Hakenkruis and renamed it the Swashsticker, he took a symbol that had for thousands of years been an heraldic and religious symbol of light in dozens of cultures and peace in Christianity and turned it into a symbol of evil and horror.
Instead of claiming it back, ridiculing him for his stupidity, the world instead turned on the symbol and banned it, making it a rallying point for the Nazis, it became their symbol of fear and power, that was a mistake.
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 15, 2019:
Well, in the UK if someone makes that symbol behind someone else's back it means
"What a wanker (jerk off)!"
However it is a simple fact of semiotics that any sign or symbol can mean anything if two or more people use it in a common frame of reference.
For instance the "cornuta" or devil ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 15, 2019:
@SeaGreenEyez I AM SAYING NO SUCH THING!
I am saying that you don't give your enemies bullets to shoot at you. By accepting their definitions by recognising their symbology and reacting to it you are empowering them.
Fight racism on your terms not theirs.
We in europe made the same mistake in the run up to World war two, when Hitler co opted the Hakenkruis and renamed it the Swashsticker, he took a symbol that had for thousands of years been an heraldic and religious symbol of light in dozens of cultures and peace in Christianity and turned it into a symbol of evil and horror.
Instead of claiming it back, ridiculing him for his stupidity, the world instead turned on the symbol and banned it, making it a rallying point for the Nazis, it became their symbol of fear and power, that was a mistake.
Matthew 11:25 (NRSV): At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, ...
brentan comments on Dec 15, 2019:
Yes indeed. My old club - the JWs - hated third level education. It was accepted, as indeed it is in scripture, that 'not many wise ones' enter the religion:
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential;...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 15, 2019:
They made the mistake of mistaking intelligence and knowledge for wisdom, anyone can become wise, and when they do religion is often the first thing to go, either that or within a few years they end up running it and pocketing most of the cash.
brentan comments on Dec 15, 2019:
Yes indeed. My old club - the JWs - hated third level education. It was accepted, as indeed it is in scripture, that 'not many wise ones' enter the religion:
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential;...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 15, 2019:
They made the mistake of mistaking intelligence and knowledge for wisdom, anyone can become wise, and when they do religion is often the first thing to go, either that or within a few years they end up running it and pocketing most of the cash.
Viral Video Shows Cadets Flashing Alleged ‘White Power’ Symbol On Live Television During ...
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 15, 2019:
Well, in the UK if someone makes that symbol behind someone else's back it means
"What a wanker (jerk off)!"
However it is a simple fact of semiotics that any sign or symbol can mean anything if two or more people use it in a common frame of reference.
For instance the "cornuta" or devil ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 15, 2019:
@SeaGreenEyez True but, it only has power because you give it that power. That was the point of my op. You see white power I see wanker, but all it actually is, is someone making a circle with their finger.
How people choose to see it is what makes it important, dangerous, foolish or MEANINGLESS.
The more you get outraged, the more power it has.
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 15, 2019:
Well, in the UK if someone makes that symbol behind someone else's back it means
"What a wanker (jerk off)!"
However it is a simple fact of semiotics that any sign or symbol can mean anything if two or more people use it in a common frame of reference.
For instance the "cornuta" or devil ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 15, 2019:
@SeaGreenEyez True but, it only has power because you give it that power. That was the point of my op. You see white power I see wanker, but all it actually is, is someone making a circle with their finger.
How people choose to see it is what makes it important, dangerous, foolish or MEANINGLESS.
The more you get outraged, the more power it has.
So I'm stuck in the bible belt and, in my opinion, one of the very small number of things the church...
Marionville comments on Dec 15, 2019:
“Atheist minister”....”Ordained”....on what atheist site? Are you talking about Humanism or Atheism?
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 15, 2019:
@Marionville Bless you my child😂😂😂
Marionville comments on Dec 15, 2019:
“Atheist minister”....”Ordained”....on what atheist site? Are you talking about Humanism or Atheism?
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 15, 2019:
@Marionville Bless you my child😂😂😂
So I'm stuck in the bible belt and, in my opinion, one of the very small number of things the church...
Marionville comments on Dec 15, 2019:
“Atheist minister”....”Ordained”....on what atheist site? Are you talking about Humanism or Atheism?
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 15, 2019:
I did this too, just to prove to a godbotherer how anyone, including so called pastors and evangelists could legitimately call themselves Rev.
Marionville comments on Dec 15, 2019:
“Atheist minister”....”Ordained”....on what atheist site? Are you talking about Humanism or Atheism?
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 15, 2019:
I did this too, just to prove to a godbotherer how anyone, including so called pastors and evangelists could legitimately call themselves Rev.
It's ironic when a Christian say that gays have more rights than them now.
JonnaBononna comments on Dec 14, 2019:
Equality feels like oppression when you are used to privilege.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 14, 2019:
@dokala I was not aware of that, thank you
JonnaBononna comments on Dec 14, 2019:
Equality feels like oppression when you are used to privilege.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 14, 2019:
@dokala I was not aware of that, thank you
there seems to me to be way to much animosity towards religion.
SCal comments on Dec 13, 2019:
You clearly meant not enough animosity.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 14, 2019:
@ToolGuy You said quote "@LenHazell53 That is not true." this implies you find my statements to be a lie, you do not have to call me a liar to imply that I am one.
I too have been an activist, how ever unlike you I was not willing to make bedfellows of evil idiots who while *apparently* defying their own holy book would not renounce it and would on every possible occasion try to water down the demands for equality expressed in favour of gaining exceptions for their own theocratic abominations.
SCal comments on Dec 13, 2019:
You clearly meant not enough animosity.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 14, 2019:
@ToolGuy You said quote "@LenHazell53 That is not true." this implies you find my statements to be a lie, you do not have to call me a liar to imply that I am one.
I too have been an activist, how ever unlike you I was not willing to make bedfellows of evil idiots who while *apparently* defying their own holy book would not renounce it and would on every possible occasion try to water down the demands for equality expressed in favour of gaining exceptions for their own theocratic abominations.
It is impossible to believe a person (a man named 'Jesus,' for instance) did what is described in ...
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 13, 2019:
It is even more extraordinary when you consider that there are copious historical records of John the Baptist, and in all those records there is no mention of his being the Herald of anyone, but that he is in fact himself the promised messiah of a much older religion one that fragmented after the ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 14, 2019:
@NeverSure Nicholas Allen? That is your source of verification? Are you serious?
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 13, 2019:
It is even more extraordinary when you consider that there are copious historical records of John the Baptist, and in all those records there is no mention of his being the Herald of anyone, but that he is in fact himself the promised messiah of a much older religion one that fragmented after the ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 14, 2019:
@NeverSure Nicholas Allen? That is your source of verification? Are you serious?
It is impossible to believe a person (a man named 'Jesus,' for instance) did what is described in ...
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 13, 2019:
It is even more extraordinary when you consider that there are copious historical records of John the Baptist, and in all those records there is no mention of his being the Herald of anyone, but that he is in fact himself the promised messiah of a much older religion one that fragmented after the ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 14, 2019:
@Storm1752 Thank you for the clarification
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 13, 2019:
It is even more extraordinary when you consider that there are copious historical records of John the Baptist, and in all those records there is no mention of his being the Herald of anyone, but that he is in fact himself the promised messiah of a much older religion one that fragmented after the ...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 14, 2019:
@Storm1752 Thank you for the clarification
It's ironic when a Christian say that gays have more rights than them now.
JonnaBononna comments on Dec 14, 2019:
Equality feels like oppression when you are used to privilege.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 14, 2019:
What is really ironic is that this sentiment was (as far as anyone can tell) from a 1997 a message posted by Mike Jebbett to the Usenet discussion newsgroup as an anti-feminist trope.
"Women like her are suffering from a condition I call “Advanced Pedestalism”. Which basically means that they [women] have been living on the high side for so long, equality looks like oppression."
No earlier instance have as yet been discovered.
JonnaBononna comments on Dec 14, 2019:
Equality feels like oppression when you are used to privilege.
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 14, 2019:
What is really ironic is that this sentiment was (as far as anyone can tell) from a 1997 a message posted by Mike Jebbett to the Usenet discussion newsgroup as an anti-feminist trope.
"Women like her are suffering from a condition I call “Advanced Pedestalism”. Which basically means that they [women] have been living on the high side for so long, equality looks like oppression."
No earlier instance have as yet been discovered.
It's ironic when a Christian say that gays have more rights than them now.
of-the-mountain comments on Dec 14, 2019:
All religions think they have no rights compared to any other religion!!!
Hindu’s versus Islam!
Christians versus Islam!
BuddhIsm versus Islam!
It seems they all have problems with the Rights of women, gays, atheists, pagans, and Wicca!!!
Religions are nothing more than a cult being...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 14, 2019:
Actually the two oldest religions ever discovered the worship of the female bear and the Cult of the divine mother (sometimes known as the cult of Isis, though it predates this) are both matriarchies founded and run by women presumably.
of-the-mountain comments on Dec 14, 2019:
All religions think they have no rights compared to any other religion!!!
Hindu’s versus Islam!
Christians versus Islam!
BuddhIsm versus Islam!
It seems they all have problems with the Rights of women, gays, atheists, pagans, and Wicca!!!
Religions are nothing more than a cult being...
LenHazell53 replies on Dec 14, 2019:
Actually the two oldest religions ever discovered the worship of the female bear and the Cult of the divine mother (sometimes known as the cult of Isis, though it predates this) are both matriarchies founded and run by women presumably.
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