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How good are you at striking up conversation with a stranger?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 19, 2018:
I do not like to be imposed upon uninvited, nor do I like to impose myself upon others, I find it very bad manners.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 19, 2018:
@genessa Being female you might get away with it, but in the North of England, it is a place where a Paediatrician was once chased out of her home by an angry mob because her title sounded to much like Paedophile.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 19, 2018:
I do not like to be imposed upon uninvited, nor do I like to impose myself upon others, I find it very bad manners.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 19, 2018:
@genessa Being female you might get away with it, but in the North of England, it is a place where a Paediatrician was once chased out of her home by an angry mob because her title sounded to much like Paedophile.
How good are you at striking up conversation with a stranger?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 19, 2018:
I do not like to be imposed upon uninvited, nor do I like to impose myself upon others, I find it very bad manners.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 19, 2018:
@genessa, @misternatureboy Don't get me wrong, I'll talk to people in social situations, or at places of shared interest, but if I am out alone, I am invariably doing something and so am busy, I don't particularly want to know about you unless you have something interesting to say and I have asked you about it.
If you are a cab driver I'd rather you concentrated on driving instead of telling me who you once had in the back of the cab.
I have a very low bullshit tolerance, even less so for trivialities and small talk.
I know what the weather is like, i am out in it
I know buses are always late
No you don't know me from somewhere or else you would know who I am
No I don't want a Sweet, I am sugar intolerant
I am not interested in someone's Aunt sally who once went to a hospital for a check up and came home with her arm in a cast, and when they removed the cast there was just her fingers and her shoulder and the arm was missing.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 19, 2018:
I do not like to be imposed upon uninvited, nor do I like to impose myself upon others, I find it very bad manners.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 19, 2018:
@genessa, @misternatureboy Don't get me wrong, I'll talk to people in social situations, or at places of shared interest, but if I am out alone, I am invariably doing something and so am busy, I don't particularly want to know about you unless you have something interesting to say and I have asked you about it.
If you are a cab driver I'd rather you concentrated on driving instead of telling me who you once had in the back of the cab.
I have a very low bullshit tolerance, even less so for trivialities and small talk.
I know what the weather is like, i am out in it
I know buses are always late
No you don't know me from somewhere or else you would know who I am
No I don't want a Sweet, I am sugar intolerant
I am not interested in someone's Aunt sally who once went to a hospital for a check up and came home with her arm in a cast, and when they removed the cast there was just her fingers and her shoulder and the arm was missing.
How good are you at striking up conversation with a stranger?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 19, 2018:
I do not like to be imposed upon uninvited, nor do I like to impose myself upon others, I find it very bad manners.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 19, 2018:
@genessa
"she was a little girl, riding the public bus, alone, to school. she sat down next to me and we talked."
Do that in the UK you'd be on the sex offenders register before you could say "Stranger Danger"
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 19, 2018:
I do not like to be imposed upon uninvited, nor do I like to impose myself upon others, I find it very bad manners.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 19, 2018:
@genessa
"she was a little girl, riding the public bus, alone, to school. she sat down next to me and we talked."
Do that in the UK you'd be on the sex offenders register before you could say "Stranger Danger"
Brazen sexism is pushing women out of America’s atheism movement — Quartz
[qz.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 18, 2018:
Oh for F sake,
I am getting sick of this constant victim mentality from everyone, everyone wants a bit of the sympathy pie, because they are men, women, religion, of an ethnicity, gender variation, have an unpopular hair colour, body size, height, or are so without problems that it is a problem.
...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 18, 2018:
@orange_girl You did notice that I did not say women alone, I addressed my comments to those who use attention seeking victim mentality generally.
There was nothing flippant in my statement, and having been married twice, being the father of a daughter, being the uncle of a niece, grandfather of two grand daughters, who I have raised, having been a son, grandson and nephew I have no shortage of point of view of women's lived experiences and I can say with out a doubt that this kind of playing the martyr is the experience only of a minority.
My niece was badly and violent attacked by a man, I was a victim of spousal abuse for five years, we neither of us blame or expect such behaviour from all members of the opposite sex and therefore do not judge someone just by their gender.
My Daughter is managing director of a firm of security guards of all genders and sexual orientation running her own successful business she takes no sexism from anyone and will not tolerate false claims of it from any one, she is a strong independent successful woman of whom I am justly proud and deals with stupidity immediately and definitely without resorting to whinging and whimpering about being a helpless victim of nasty rough men, and refusing to come back until they are made to go away, in point of fact she is more likely to throw them out until they learn to stop being childish.
SO before you throw glib statements like "I suppose it's this kind of flippant attitude toward's women's lived experiences" at me or any other men, you would do well to remember we too have a life time of lived experiences with women we love dearly and who love us in return.
Thank you for your attention if you have bothered to read this post to the end.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 18, 2018:
Oh for F sake,
I am getting sick of this constant victim mentality from everyone, everyone wants a bit of the sympathy pie, because they are men, women, religion, of an ethnicity, gender variation, have an unpopular hair colour, body size, height, or are so without problems that it is a problem.
...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 18, 2018:
@orange_girl You did notice that I did not say women alone, I addressed my comments to those who use attention seeking victim mentality generally.
There was nothing flippant in my statement, and having been married twice, being the father of a daughter, being the uncle of a niece, grandfather of two grand daughters, who I have raised, having been a son, grandson and nephew I have no shortage of point of view of women's lived experiences and I can say with out a doubt that this kind of playing the martyr is the experience only of a minority.
My niece was badly and violent attacked by a man, I was a victim of spousal abuse for five years, we neither of us blame or expect such behaviour from all members of the opposite sex and therefore do not judge someone just by their gender.
My Daughter is managing director of a firm of security guards of all genders and sexual orientation running her own successful business she takes no sexism from anyone and will not tolerate false claims of it from any one, she is a strong independent successful woman of whom I am justly proud and deals with stupidity immediately and definitely without resorting to whinging and whimpering about being a helpless victim of nasty rough men, and refusing to come back until they are made to go away, in point of fact she is more likely to throw them out until they learn to stop being childish.
SO before you throw glib statements like "I suppose it's this kind of flippant attitude toward's women's lived experiences" at me or any other men, you would do well to remember we too have a life time of lived experiences with women we love dearly and who love us in return.
Thank you for your attention if you have bothered to read this post to the end.
David, it is said, was 'a man after God's own heart.' Really?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 18, 2018:
David and Saul's son Jonathon were also gay
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 18, 2018:
@pnfullifidian
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 18, 2018:
David and Saul's son Jonathon were also gay
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 18, 2018:
@pnfullifidian
David, it is said, was 'a man after God's own heart.' Really?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 18, 2018:
David and Saul's son Jonathon were also gay
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 18, 2018:
@pnfullifidian
EDIT for clarity
David and Saul's son Jonathon were also gay FOR EACH OTHER
Since the phrase "The love of women" is an idiom able to be translated as both female affection and as "Vagina", it is a specific word choice and the implication is obvious.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 18, 2018:
David and Saul's son Jonathon were also gay
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 18, 2018:
@pnfullifidian
EDIT for clarity
David and Saul's son Jonathon were also gay FOR EACH OTHER
Since the phrase "The love of women" is an idiom able to be translated as both female affection and as "Vagina", it is a specific word choice and the implication is obvious.
Fall is almost here. I believe we are still waiting on an exact air date.
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altschmerz comments on Sep 11, 2018:
October 7th!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2018:
That's a Sunday isn't it?
If so that is a bad Sign, in old who it was moved out of it's Saturday night slot when they began trying to kill it and put it out on a Wednesday, so it was up against Coronation street.
I think this will be the only other time a Series has not Premiered on a Saturday night.
altschmerz comments on Sep 11, 2018:
October 7th!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2018:
That's a Sunday isn't it?
If so that is a bad Sign, in old who it was moved out of it's Saturday night slot when they began trying to kill it and put it out on a Wednesday, so it was up against Coronation street.
I think this will be the only other time a Series has not Premiered on a Saturday night.
Just for fun: Can you tell a story in 100 words about this picture.
Benthoven comments on Sep 17, 2018:
What's that, Lassie? Timmy fell into the well?
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2018:
Okay, hold my hands up, that is brilliant
Benthoven comments on Sep 17, 2018:
What's that, Lassie? Timmy fell into the well?
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2018:
Okay, hold my hands up, that is brilliant
What are some ways we can make the world a "better" place?
Mooolah comments on Sep 15, 2018:
Stop breeding. We have replenished enough already.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2018:
In the words of the late great Spike Milligan
Copulation = population
Population = Pollution
Solution... Birth Control
Mooolah comments on Sep 15, 2018:
Stop breeding. We have replenished enough already.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2018:
In the words of the late great Spike Milligan
Copulation = population
Population = Pollution
Solution... Birth Control
Hello, happy Saturday night!.
Umbral comments on Sep 15, 2018:
I have memories of watching it along with The Avengers in reruns. I enjoyed both for their wit and style.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2018:
As a boy John Steed was my hero and role model, criminally suave and elegant
Umbral comments on Sep 15, 2018:
I have memories of watching it along with The Avengers in reruns. I enjoyed both for their wit and style.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2018:
As a boy John Steed was my hero and role model, criminally suave and elegant
Admin , I did a Google search for various “unique” member names on here as an experiment to ...
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 16, 2018:
I don't see the problem, in order for anyone to find you are a member here, they have to know the site exists, know your user name and be bothered enough to want to connect the two and even then all they are going to know is that you are agnostic, or associate with agnostics.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2018:
@icolan So what? Good publicity and advertising, a random lot of people are talking intelligently about atheism and Agnosticism, that's how I checked out this site after it was recommended to me, I thought this place looks great and joined.
I really don't see the problem.
Some of you guys seem utterly paranoid about people finding out your opinions, we are doing nothing illegal or immoral here, why all the fear and trembling?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 16, 2018:
I don't see the problem, in order for anyone to find you are a member here, they have to know the site exists, know your user name and be bothered enough to want to connect the two and even then all they are going to know is that you are agnostic, or associate with agnostics.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2018:
@icolan So what? Good publicity and advertising, a random lot of people are talking intelligently about atheism and Agnosticism, that's how I checked out this site after it was recommended to me, I thought this place looks great and joined.
I really don't see the problem.
Some of you guys seem utterly paranoid about people finding out your opinions, we are doing nothing illegal or immoral here, why all the fear and trembling?
Satirical Post
Vatican Orders 50,000 boy robots to serve priesthood following viewing of Ruptly ...
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 14, 2018:
oh god no
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2018:
@FrayedBear In this instance pity for the Robots
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 14, 2018:
oh god no
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2018:
@FrayedBear In this instance pity for the Robots
NEFARIOUS - Adjective...(typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal; villainous
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 17, 2018:
One of my favourite words
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2018:
@Marionville Sounds like a firm of Roman Lawyers, Nefarious, Villainous & Iniquitous
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 17, 2018:
One of my favourite words
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2018:
@Marionville Sounds like a firm of Roman Lawyers, Nefarious, Villainous & Iniquitous
Hello, happy Saturday night!.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 16, 2018:
Roger was the best TV Saint
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
@Booklover George Sanders was the second actor to play the Saint on film and the first to play him regularly, he was brilliant (Louis Hayward was the first he only made two films one in in 1938 and again in 1953 as an aged Simon Templar) there were several other one offs over the years until Roger Moore became the TV and Film regular.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 16, 2018:
Roger was the best TV Saint
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
@Booklover George Sanders was the second actor to play the Saint on film and the first to play him regularly, he was brilliant (Louis Hayward was the first he only made two films one in in 1938 and again in 1953 as an aged Simon Templar) there were several other one offs over the years until Roger Moore became the TV and Film regular.
I'm going to post something here because I'm tired and I was really hoping for a weekend where ...
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 16, 2018:
The minute moderators start taking down posts on there own initiative I am out of here.
If people don't like my posts they can block me, but someone else deciding who can and can't read my posts is censorship pure and simple.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
@RavenCT I know, the OP was asking for them to be allowed to
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 16, 2018:
The minute moderators start taking down posts on there own initiative I am out of here.
If people don't like my posts they can block me, but someone else deciding who can and can't read my posts is censorship pure and simple.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
@RavenCT I know, the OP was asking for them to be allowed to
Leader of world's largest and longest running pedophile ring claims moral superiority over criminal ...
DUCHESSA comments on Sep 15, 2018:
While most of these repulsive pedophilia acts took place before Pope Francis's tenure...I can't understand why he doesn't place the priests accused in the hands of the justice.
Bergoglio, I don't respect you as a priest / pope because I don't care for religion...and as an Argentinean I feel ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
@DUCHESSA So? Hitler loved his dog, one redeeming feature does not wipe out a life time of loyal service to an evil empire of paedophiles, money launderers and peddlers of dangerous lies
DUCHESSA comments on Sep 15, 2018:
While most of these repulsive pedophilia acts took place before Pope Francis's tenure...I can't understand why he doesn't place the priests accused in the hands of the justice.
Bergoglio, I don't respect you as a priest / pope because I don't care for religion...and as an Argentinean I feel ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
@DUCHESSA So? Hitler loved his dog, one redeeming feature does not wipe out a life time of loyal service to an evil empire of paedophiles, money launderers and peddlers of dangerous lies
Leader of world's largest and longest running pedophile ring claims moral superiority over criminal ...
DUCHESSA comments on Sep 15, 2018:
While most of these repulsive pedophilia acts took place before Pope Francis's tenure...I can't understand why he doesn't place the priests accused in the hands of the justice.
Bergoglio, I don't respect you as a priest / pope because I don't care for religion...and as an Argentinean I feel ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
@DUCHESSA Exactly so any atrocities commuted were still on his watch, the entire conclave as well the incumbent pope have always known what was going on and tacitly condoned it for the sake of an appearance of sanctity and respectability.
DUCHESSA comments on Sep 15, 2018:
While most of these repulsive pedophilia acts took place before Pope Francis's tenure...I can't understand why he doesn't place the priests accused in the hands of the justice.
Bergoglio, I don't respect you as a priest / pope because I don't care for religion...and as an Argentinean I feel ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
@DUCHESSA Exactly so any atrocities commuted were still on his watch, the entire conclave as well the incumbent pope have always known what was going on and tacitly condoned it for the sake of an appearance of sanctity and respectability.
Admin , I did a Google search for various “unique” member names on here as an experiment to ...
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 16, 2018:
I don't see the problem, in order for anyone to find you are a member here, they have to know the site exists, know your user name and be bothered enough to want to connect the two and even then all they are going to know is that you are agnostic, or associate with agnostics.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
@Crimson67 Sorry but if you think that everything and anything you have done looked at or posted on the internet is in any way private, you are being very naive.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 16, 2018:
I don't see the problem, in order for anyone to find you are a member here, they have to know the site exists, know your user name and be bothered enough to want to connect the two and even then all they are going to know is that you are agnostic, or associate with agnostics.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
@Crimson67 Sorry but if you think that everything and anything you have done looked at or posted on the internet is in any way private, you are being very naive.
Admin , I did a Google search for various “unique” member names on here as an experiment to ...
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 16, 2018:
I don't see the problem, in order for anyone to find you are a member here, they have to know the site exists, know your user name and be bothered enough to want to connect the two and even then all they are going to know is that you are agnostic, or associate with agnostics.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
@Science-guy Well for a start my name is not Len Hazel and if they found anything on line about me that would stop them hiring me it would either be a lie or something they legal could not use to discriminate so if they did use that, they were not going to give me the job any way.
Unlike many atheists and agnostics I am not ashamed of who I am, and feel no need to hide.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 16, 2018:
I don't see the problem, in order for anyone to find you are a member here, they have to know the site exists, know your user name and be bothered enough to want to connect the two and even then all they are going to know is that you are agnostic, or associate with agnostics.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
@Science-guy Well for a start my name is not Len Hazel and if they found anything on line about me that would stop them hiring me it would either be a lie or something they legal could not use to discriminate so if they did use that, they were not going to give me the job any way.
Unlike many atheists and agnostics I am not ashamed of who I am, and feel no need to hide.
Leader of world's largest and longest running pedophile ring claims moral superiority over criminal ...
DUCHESSA comments on Sep 15, 2018:
While most of these repulsive pedophilia acts took place before Pope Francis's tenure...I can't understand why he doesn't place the priests accused in the hands of the justice.
Bergoglio, I don't respect you as a priest / pope because I don't care for religion...and as an Argentinean I feel ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
"While most of these repulsive pedophilia acts took place before Pope Francis's tenure..."
Do you really thinks so?
And what was Pope Francis before he was Pope?
DUCHESSA comments on Sep 15, 2018:
While most of these repulsive pedophilia acts took place before Pope Francis's tenure...I can't understand why he doesn't place the priests accused in the hands of the justice.
Bergoglio, I don't respect you as a priest / pope because I don't care for religion...and as an Argentinean I feel ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
"While most of these repulsive pedophilia acts took place before Pope Francis's tenure..."
Do you really thinks so?
And what was Pope Francis before he was Pope?
Jack Nicholson's first film | Cry killer 1958 drama cult film, Full.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 16, 2018:
You had me at Roger Corman.
Jack was Corman's discovery and made several films for him in the early days, apparently on the set of the Raven he was heard talking to Karloff and boasting he would be bigger than any of the old Hollywood stars before long, Corman came over and asked "If you're so ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
Oh I forgot Terry Gilliam used to do titles for him too
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 16, 2018:
You had me at Roger Corman.
Jack was Corman's discovery and made several films for him in the early days, apparently on the set of the Raven he was heard talking to Karloff and boasting he would be bigger than any of the old Hollywood stars before long, Corman came over and asked "If you're so ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
Oh I forgot Terry Gilliam used to do titles for him too
Published on 26 Oct 2016
Plans are now being seriously discussed to develop a nuclear waste ...
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 16, 2018:
A similar thing happened in a town near where I live back in the 80's the protests were huge and eventually scrapped.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
@FrayedBear Dear Gawd, what is happening to Australia, in the last few weeks it has been nothing but totalitarian horror if we hear anything at all.
You're getting as bad as us
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 16, 2018:
A similar thing happened in a town near where I live back in the 80's the protests were huge and eventually scrapped.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
@FrayedBear Dear Gawd, what is happening to Australia, in the last few weeks it has been nothing but totalitarian horror if we hear anything at all.
You're getting as bad as us
Could we admit that Buddhism is a religion where God is irrelevant?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 14, 2018:
Perhaps I might have agreed a few years ago, but with so many denominations of Buddhism now and the rise of extremist Buddhists in in Sri Lanka and other places, it seems to have gone down the same path as all the other "faiths".
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
@skado Not at all, religious proclivities just makes it sooooo much easier
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 14, 2018:
Perhaps I might have agreed a few years ago, but with so many denominations of Buddhism now and the rise of extremist Buddhists in in Sri Lanka and other places, it seems to have gone down the same path as all the other "faiths".
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
@skado Not at all, religious proclivities just makes it sooooo much easier
Laurel and Hardy could not get arrested in 1950s Hollywood.
Eclipsechaser comments on Sep 15, 2018:
Although born in England, Stan Laurel grew up in Glasgow and went on to learn his trade in the music halls of Glasgow. Not connected with the above really, but here's a return visit to Scotland:
https://youtu.be/IhzO40CtVUY
Edinburgh hasnt changed much.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
His real name was Stanley Jefferson the name he appeared under while working for Fred Karno as Charlie Chaplin's understudy
Eclipsechaser comments on Sep 15, 2018:
Although born in England, Stan Laurel grew up in Glasgow and went on to learn his trade in the music halls of Glasgow. Not connected with the above really, but here's a return visit to Scotland:
https://youtu.be/IhzO40CtVUY
Edinburgh hasnt changed much.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
His real name was Stanley Jefferson the name he appeared under while working for Fred Karno as Charlie Chaplin's understudy
Matthew 5:29-30 (NIV):
If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away.
Leafhead comments on Sep 15, 2018:
And if your crank causes you to stumble...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
buy a new bike
Leafhead comments on Sep 15, 2018:
And if your crank causes you to stumble...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2018:
buy a new bike
Satirical Post
Vatican Orders 50,000 boy robots to serve priesthood following viewing of Ruptly ...
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 14, 2018:
oh god no
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2018:
@FrayedBear Purely a matter of personal taste I assure you.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 14, 2018:
oh god no
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2018:
@FrayedBear Purely a matter of personal taste I assure you.
Could we admit that Buddhism is a religion where God is irrelevant?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 14, 2018:
Perhaps I might have agreed a few years ago, but with so many denominations of Buddhism now and the rise of extremist Buddhists in in Sri Lanka and other places, it seems to have gone down the same path as all the other "faiths".
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2018:
@skado Since Extremist Buddhist are attacking and killing Muslims on religious grounds I think that makes the gods of one or the other side relevant to them.
Though of course at the root it is all all political, it does show that ALL religion even the non deuscentric / deocentric can be whipped up to extremism when the need arises
So relating to the OP Buddhism is NOT a religion where (at least the concept of) God is irrelevant
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 14, 2018:
Perhaps I might have agreed a few years ago, but with so many denominations of Buddhism now and the rise of extremist Buddhists in in Sri Lanka and other places, it seems to have gone down the same path as all the other "faiths".
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2018:
@skado Since Extremist Buddhist are attacking and killing Muslims on religious grounds I think that makes the gods of one or the other side relevant to them.
Though of course at the root it is all all political, it does show that ALL religion even the non deuscentric / deocentric can be whipped up to extremism when the need arises
So relating to the OP Buddhism is NOT a religion where (at least the concept of) God is irrelevant
Could we admit that Buddhism is a religion where God is irrelevant?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 14, 2018:
Perhaps I might have agreed a few years ago, but with so many denominations of Buddhism now and the rise of extremist Buddhists in in Sri Lanka and other places, it seems to have gone down the same path as all the other "faiths".
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@mordant
Depending on which strain of Buddhism you are addressing "on paper " yes they do and no they don't.
Most denominations do acknowledge supernatural beings, ghosts, spirits, the equivalent of saints and Minor deities.
There is no all powerful monotheist god, true, however if you are willing to go along the lines of the Asgardian gods, or polytheistic pantheons then in their hierarchy of mystical beings the Buddhists have their fair share.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 14, 2018:
Perhaps I might have agreed a few years ago, but with so many denominations of Buddhism now and the rise of extremist Buddhists in in Sri Lanka and other places, it seems to have gone down the same path as all the other "faiths".
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@mordant
Depending on which strain of Buddhism you are addressing "on paper " yes they do and no they don't.
Most denominations do acknowledge supernatural beings, ghosts, spirits, the equivalent of saints and Minor deities.
There is no all powerful monotheist god, true, however if you are willing to go along the lines of the Asgardian gods, or polytheistic pantheons then in their hierarchy of mystical beings the Buddhists have their fair share.
Can some one advise me on what the reporting procedure is for a seriously unpleasant member, I have ...
MissKathleen comments on Sep 14, 2018:
@GuyKeith should be rushing in to help you at any moment...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@GuyKeith Cheers Guy
MissKathleen comments on Sep 14, 2018:
@GuyKeith should be rushing in to help you at any moment...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@GuyKeith Cheers Guy
Anyone know what movie this came from?
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GuyKeith comments on Sep 14, 2018:
The Ridiculous 6, a ridiculous movie. With Adam Sandler, of course.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@GuyKeith Oh lawks, some real stinkers there.
GuyKeith comments on Sep 14, 2018:
The Ridiculous 6, a ridiculous movie. With Adam Sandler, of course.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@GuyKeith Oh lawks, some real stinkers there.
Anyone know what movie this came from?
[facebook.com]
GuyKeith comments on Sep 14, 2018:
The Ridiculous 6, a ridiculous movie. With Adam Sandler, of course.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@GuyKeith Oh yes, that is a new one to me, as a bad movie aficionado I'm going to have to see that thanks.
GuyKeith comments on Sep 14, 2018:
The Ridiculous 6, a ridiculous movie. With Adam Sandler, of course.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@GuyKeith Oh yes, that is a new one to me, as a bad movie aficionado I'm going to have to see that thanks.
Anyone know what movie this came from?
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GuyKeith comments on Sep 14, 2018:
The Ridiculous 6, a ridiculous movie. With Adam Sandler, of course.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@GuyKeith Adam Sandler's 8 crazy nights is not technically an Xmas movie it is a Hanukkah film but either way it is a pretty dire film and an animated Adam Sandler is no better than the real one.
We can thank Elf for elevating Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever off the bottom spot
GuyKeith comments on Sep 14, 2018:
The Ridiculous 6, a ridiculous movie. With Adam Sandler, of course.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@GuyKeith Adam Sandler's 8 crazy nights is not technically an Xmas movie it is a Hanukkah film but either way it is a pretty dire film and an animated Adam Sandler is no better than the real one.
We can thank Elf for elevating Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever off the bottom spot
Anyone know what movie this came from?
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GuyKeith comments on Sep 14, 2018:
The Ridiculous 6, a ridiculous movie. With Adam Sandler, of course.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
My wife watches that film all the time she thinks it is hilarious, not my sense of humour
GuyKeith comments on Sep 14, 2018:
The Ridiculous 6, a ridiculous movie. With Adam Sandler, of course.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
My wife watches that film all the time she thinks it is hilarious, not my sense of humour
Can some one advise me on what the reporting procedure is for a seriously unpleasant member, I have ...
SkotlandSkye comments on Sep 14, 2018:
also known as "argumentum ad infinitum"
Why isn't blocking sufficient?
Just don't feed trolls.
They usually shape up or ship out.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
I know it should be, but the guy is just pissing me off.
It's dealt with now but thanks for your concern for both he and I
SkotlandSkye comments on Sep 14, 2018:
also known as "argumentum ad infinitum"
Why isn't blocking sufficient?
Just don't feed trolls.
They usually shape up or ship out.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
I know it should be, but the guy is just pissing me off.
It's dealt with now but thanks for your concern for both he and I
‪52 years ago today the very first Monkees episode aired on NBC!
HeatherRobson comments on Sep 12, 2018:
I had no idea they had a show!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@TampaHeathen Boy band in the sense I use it is that the groups was assembled by the industry to sing songs written for them to appeal to a set demographic.
It was rare before the 90s the monkees were the first, the Rubettes and Bony M are examples from the 70's and 80s.
The Beatles existed as a band in their own right and wrote their own music, so though definitely a band of boys, were not a "boy Band" in the industry sense.
HeatherRobson comments on Sep 12, 2018:
I had no idea they had a show!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@TampaHeathen Boy band in the sense I use it is that the groups was assembled by the industry to sing songs written for them to appeal to a set demographic.
It was rare before the 90s the monkees were the first, the Rubettes and Bony M are examples from the 70's and 80s.
The Beatles existed as a band in their own right and wrote their own music, so though definitely a band of boys, were not a "boy Band" in the industry sense.
I just had a mind blowing conversation with my fundamental christian mother.
Pedrohbds comments on Sep 14, 2018:
Where there is faith i shall bring doubt!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
Were their is faith I will show you some one who has been brainwashed and or indoctrinated in to talking like an idiot.
Pedrohbds comments on Sep 14, 2018:
Where there is faith i shall bring doubt!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
Were their is faith I will show you some one who has been brainwashed and or indoctrinated in to talking like an idiot.
Can you name these two movies?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 14, 2018:
American werewolf in London
The Wickerman
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@Ray13 Roeg has a very memorable style, much maligned and under appreciated, I love "The man who fell to earth" it is quintessential 70's sci fi
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 14, 2018:
American werewolf in London
The Wickerman
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@Ray13 Roeg has a very memorable style, much maligned and under appreciated, I love "The man who fell to earth" it is quintessential 70's sci fi
Can you name these two movies?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 14, 2018:
American werewolf in London
The Wickerman
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@Ray13 Big Jenny Agutter fan from Walkabout onward
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 14, 2018:
American werewolf in London
The Wickerman
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@Ray13 Big Jenny Agutter fan from Walkabout onward
Luke 14
25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26“If anyone ...
Eclipsechaser comments on Sep 14, 2018:
Sounds like a bastard.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
You are not wrong
Eclipsechaser comments on Sep 14, 2018:
Sounds like a bastard.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
You are not wrong
Florida Schools Forced To Display 'In God We Trust'
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yamaha45701 comments on Sep 12, 2018:
Few years back, a local Jewish activist filed a lawsuit protesting the cross that was erected over the Vinton County Courthouse. As he pointed out, as a person of the Jewish religion, when he drove into town, it sent a message the made him feel uneasy due to the government sanctioning of the symbol ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@yamaha45701 Wow sounds like living in a Stephen King Novel.
yamaha45701 comments on Sep 12, 2018:
Few years back, a local Jewish activist filed a lawsuit protesting the cross that was erected over the Vinton County Courthouse. As he pointed out, as a person of the Jewish religion, when he drove into town, it sent a message the made him feel uneasy due to the government sanctioning of the symbol ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2018:
@yamaha45701 Wow sounds like living in a Stephen King Novel.
Mothers and cookware ???
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 12, 2018:
Because killing your spouse is hilarious
Would it still be funny if it was the mother sitting in the chair and the father standing behind her brandishing a hammer while she espoused on how ugly he was but could be useful doing DIY? :)
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
@lerlo Thanks for that, yes time have changed, it was a long time ago, I've been married to my new wife happily for twenty seven years
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 12, 2018:
Because killing your spouse is hilarious
Would it still be funny if it was the mother sitting in the chair and the father standing behind her brandishing a hammer while she espoused on how ugly he was but could be useful doing DIY? :)
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
@lerlo Thanks for that, yes time have changed, it was a long time ago, I've been married to my new wife happily for twenty seven years
St. Louis Archbishop Didn't Know Sex With Children Was a Crime
Marine comments on Sep 13, 2018:
Does he know anything
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
Apparently it is on record that his mentor told him that if he was ever questioned by the police he should "not remember" as the answer to all questions.
Marine comments on Sep 13, 2018:
Does he know anything
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
Apparently it is on record that his mentor told him that if he was ever questioned by the police he should "not remember" as the answer to all questions.
Over a thousand years before "Jesus" allegedly said the "Golden Rule", Confucius said basically the ...
gsiamne comments on Sep 13, 2018:
I would put Confucius against "Jesus" any day!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
@taichifan Was probably better at Kung Fu too ;)
gsiamne comments on Sep 13, 2018:
I would put Confucius against "Jesus" any day!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
@taichifan Was probably better at Kung Fu too ;)
‪52 years ago today the very first Monkees episode aired on NBC!
GuyKeith comments on Sep 12, 2018:
No one realizes how good The Monkees were.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
Oh some of us do. Great fun and their music was awesome I still have pleasant valley Sunday (Written by Carol King) on my phone today
GuyKeith comments on Sep 12, 2018:
No one realizes how good The Monkees were.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
Oh some of us do. Great fun and their music was awesome I still have pleasant valley Sunday (Written by Carol King) on my phone today
‪52 years ago today the very first Monkees episode aired on NBC!
HeatherRobson comments on Sep 12, 2018:
I had no idea they had a show!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
They were created as (possibly the first ever) boy band specifically for the show, but broke away and carried on independently.
HeatherRobson comments on Sep 12, 2018:
I had no idea they had a show!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
They were created as (possibly the first ever) boy band specifically for the show, but broke away and carried on independently.
‪52 years ago today the very first Monkees episode aired on NBC!
Ray13 comments on Sep 12, 2018:
They made 1 movie, in 1968, titled "Head." It's a real far-out movie and costarred Frank Zappa & Jack Nicholson. The plot of the movie is...there is no plot.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
Love Head, it's the boys getting their revenge on the TV executive who treated them so badly.
Ray13 comments on Sep 12, 2018:
They made 1 movie, in 1968, titled "Head." It's a real far-out movie and costarred Frank Zappa & Jack Nicholson. The plot of the movie is...there is no plot.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
Love Head, it's the boys getting their revenge on the TV executive who treated them so badly.
Florida Schools Forced To Display 'In God We Trust'
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yamaha45701 comments on Sep 12, 2018:
Few years back, a local Jewish activist filed a lawsuit protesting the cross that was erected over the Vinton County Courthouse. As he pointed out, as a person of the Jewish religion, when he drove into town, it sent a message the made him feel uneasy due to the government sanctioning of the symbol ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
Should never have been put up on a government building in the first place, as a person of no religion it would have made me feel uneasy too, it basically say Christian lore (as opposed to secular laws) practiced here, and to some one who reads the bible and knows what Biblical law actually entails that is pretty damn scary.
yamaha45701 comments on Sep 12, 2018:
Few years back, a local Jewish activist filed a lawsuit protesting the cross that was erected over the Vinton County Courthouse. As he pointed out, as a person of the Jewish religion, when he drove into town, it sent a message the made him feel uneasy due to the government sanctioning of the symbol ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
Should never have been put up on a government building in the first place, as a person of no religion it would have made me feel uneasy too, it basically say Christian lore (as opposed to secular laws) practiced here, and to some one who reads the bible and knows what Biblical law actually entails that is pretty damn scary.
Florida Schools Forced To Display 'In God We Trust'
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schwinnrider comments on Sep 12, 2018:
It's hard to make an argument against posting In God We Trust. It is the national motto. Let's argue to go back to the old motto: "E Pluribus Unum." Then we can get rid of the god thing as a violation of the Establishment Clause.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
Separation of church and state?
By the way the only place "E Pluribus Unum." can be found in actual Latin literature from the roman empire is in a recipe for salad dressing.
schwinnrider comments on Sep 12, 2018:
It's hard to make an argument against posting In God We Trust. It is the national motto. Let's argue to go back to the old motto: "E Pluribus Unum." Then we can get rid of the god thing as a violation of the Establishment Clause.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
Separation of church and state?
By the way the only place "E Pluribus Unum." can be found in actual Latin literature from the roman empire is in a recipe for salad dressing.
Who is into foriegn films? I do love me a good Japanese western!
Umbral comments on Sep 12, 2018:
The Avengers movies are pretty good.
Wait.
Oh you mean foreign to Americans.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
@Ozman They are not half bad movies, I hope one day they will film the rest of the collection.
Guardians, considering it's budget is about on a level with Smallville or Zebraman.
Umbral comments on Sep 12, 2018:
The Avengers movies are pretty good.
Wait.
Oh you mean foreign to Americans.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
@Ozman They are not half bad movies, I hope one day they will film the rest of the collection.
Guardians, considering it's budget is about on a level with Smallville or Zebraman.
Mothers and cookware ???
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 12, 2018:
Because killing your spouse is hilarious
Would it still be funny if it was the mother sitting in the chair and the father standing behind her brandishing a hammer while she espoused on how ugly he was but could be useful doing DIY? :)
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
@lerlo
Actually no, a man threatening a woman would be taken as abuse, wife beating and no subject for comedy, but a woman beating a man hilarious, Want to know how I know that, because the policeman who I went to for help when my first wife beat me with a pan and broke my hand *fucking laughed!*
I went through five and a half years of physical and mental abuse and received no help or support at all, because a woman beating a man was either funny or a sign that I was not a "real man" because I never hit her back.
So thanks for your comment.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 12, 2018:
Because killing your spouse is hilarious
Would it still be funny if it was the mother sitting in the chair and the father standing behind her brandishing a hammer while she espoused on how ugly he was but could be useful doing DIY? :)
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2018:
@lerlo
Actually no, a man threatening a woman would be taken as abuse, wife beating and no subject for comedy, but a woman beating a man hilarious, Want to know how I know that, because the policeman who I went to for help when my first wife beat me with a pan and broke my hand *fucking laughed!*
I went through five and a half years of physical and mental abuse and received no help or support at all, because a woman beating a man was either funny or a sign that I was not a "real man" because I never hit her back.
So thanks for your comment.
I'm pretty sure this question has been asked before but I can't find a post on the subject.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 12, 2018:
Darn caught out this is the real me
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
@Countrywoman No it's me.... okay it's Stuart Granger, but he does look like me, a bit... a little bit, sort of, if you squint and the light is behind me ?D'oh
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 12, 2018:
Darn caught out this is the real me
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
@Countrywoman No it's me.... okay it's Stuart Granger, but he does look like me, a bit... a little bit, sort of, if you squint and the light is behind me ?D'oh
Who is into foriegn films? I do love me a good Japanese western!
cmadler comments on Sep 12, 2018:
What determines the "nationality" of a movie?
In some cases, where the director, most actors, and the production company are all from the same country it's clear, but very often today moviemaking is a multinational affair.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
@cmadler By the way Mel Gibson Is American by birth, Australian by immigration and is Irish by naturalization and decent. Just a trivia titbit.
cmadler comments on Sep 12, 2018:
What determines the "nationality" of a movie?
In some cases, where the director, most actors, and the production company are all from the same country it's clear, but very often today moviemaking is a multinational affair.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
@cmadler By the way Mel Gibson Is American by birth, Australian by immigration and is Irish by naturalization and decent. Just a trivia titbit.
Who is into foriegn films? I do love me a good Japanese western!
cmadler comments on Sep 12, 2018:
What determines the "nationality" of a movie?
In some cases, where the director, most actors, and the production company are all from the same country it's clear, but very often today moviemaking is a multinational affair.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
@cmadler To people who actually think about these things such as you and I you are right of course, but why then for instance are all films in English eligible for academy awards in the main categories, and yet ***all*** other films are lumped together in to the best Foreign Language Film Category.
Most non English speaking films never make it in to an UK or USA mainstream cinema release because people will not watch a film with subtitles or not featuring Western Stars.
My point was about general perception not geographical reality.
cmadler comments on Sep 12, 2018:
What determines the "nationality" of a movie?
In some cases, where the director, most actors, and the production company are all from the same country it's clear, but very often today moviemaking is a multinational affair.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
@cmadler To people who actually think about these things such as you and I you are right of course, but why then for instance are all films in English eligible for academy awards in the main categories, and yet ***all*** other films are lumped together in to the best Foreign Language Film Category.
Most non English speaking films never make it in to an UK or USA mainstream cinema release because people will not watch a film with subtitles or not featuring Western Stars.
My point was about general perception not geographical reality.
Who is into foriegn films? I do love me a good Japanese western!
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 12, 2018:
If you mean films made in a language other than English, that's me; I love Japanese, Korean, Tai, Indian, German and French movies, Spain is reemerging as a leader in horror films there are some fun films coming out of Russia and Scandinavia. (Most people have forgotten that prior to the founding ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
@Ray13 I agree in Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) a West German-French-Italian co production starring Christopher Lee as Holmes who as a linguist performed his role in German, but refused or wanted too much money to over dub his lines back in to English and so is voiced by someone who sounds as if they learned English from watching TV coffee commercials.
A real shame as he proved later Lee actually made a formidable Holmes in two other films.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 12, 2018:
If you mean films made in a language other than English, that's me; I love Japanese, Korean, Tai, Indian, German and French movies, Spain is reemerging as a leader in horror films there are some fun films coming out of Russia and Scandinavia. (Most people have forgotten that prior to the founding ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
@Ray13 I agree in Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) a West German-French-Italian co production starring Christopher Lee as Holmes who as a linguist performed his role in German, but refused or wanted too much money to over dub his lines back in to English and so is voiced by someone who sounds as if they learned English from watching TV coffee commercials.
A real shame as he proved later Lee actually made a formidable Holmes in two other films.
Men's equality vs machismo.
Surfpirate comments on Sep 12, 2018:
I can understand why you would like opera or a good romantic comedy but why in the hell would anyone like sports enough to cry over the outcome of a silly game played by grown men? Cry if something touches your heart directly, something that has meaning to it but not over whether or not some guy ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
@Surfpirate I empathise, my late writing partner was a Fanatical (capital F intentional) Middlesbrough F.C. fan I could not stand football at all after having been forced to play on the school team as a young boy, but for a good friend you keep your mouth shut for 90 minutes and try not to judge a middle aged professor of literary theory in football shirt drunkenly leaping about the room yelling "COME ON YOU TART!" at the television too seriously
Surfpirate comments on Sep 12, 2018:
I can understand why you would like opera or a good romantic comedy but why in the hell would anyone like sports enough to cry over the outcome of a silly game played by grown men? Cry if something touches your heart directly, something that has meaning to it but not over whether or not some guy ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
@Surfpirate I empathise, my late writing partner was a Fanatical (capital F intentional) Middlesbrough F.C. fan I could not stand football at all after having been forced to play on the school team as a young boy, but for a good friend you keep your mouth shut for 90 minutes and try not to judge a middle aged professor of literary theory in football shirt drunkenly leaping about the room yelling "COME ON YOU TART!" at the television too seriously
Men's equality vs machismo.
Surfpirate comments on Sep 12, 2018:
I can understand why you would like opera or a good romantic comedy but why in the hell would anyone like sports enough to cry over the outcome of a silly game played by grown men? Cry if something touches your heart directly, something that has meaning to it but not over whether or not some guy ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
Tribalism runs strong and deep in the psyche of homo sapiens, men bursting in to tears of joy at a victory and the relief of tension leading up to it or tears of frustration and regret at defeat is a perfectly understandable reaction.
It is utterly different emotionally to tears of empathy and emotional upheaval experienced when observing a drama or listening to music.
There will be something in your life that you associate yourself so strongly to that you can be moved to tears or emotional outbursts for it's triumphs and failures.
Surfpirate comments on Sep 12, 2018:
I can understand why you would like opera or a good romantic comedy but why in the hell would anyone like sports enough to cry over the outcome of a silly game played by grown men? Cry if something touches your heart directly, something that has meaning to it but not over whether or not some guy ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
Tribalism runs strong and deep in the psyche of homo sapiens, men bursting in to tears of joy at a victory and the relief of tension leading up to it or tears of frustration and regret at defeat is a perfectly understandable reaction.
It is utterly different emotionally to tears of empathy and emotional upheaval experienced when observing a drama or listening to music.
There will be something in your life that you associate yourself so strongly to that you can be moved to tears or emotional outbursts for it's triumphs and failures.
Compared to believers in this world, the number of Atheists and agnostics are way too small.
genessa comments on Sep 11, 2018:
we number about 16 percent worldwide.
however, not all of the other 84 percent are real believers. some of them are affiliated with a religion but don't think about it much. i think therefore out numbers exceed 16 percent, probably by a lot.
whatever the remainder is, they're delusional. ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
@Matias All being Atheist means is a personal lack of belief in a god or gods, other than that you may believe what ever you like and still call yourself atheist, you seem to be implying that to be an atheist as you define it requires total skepticism (which in my opinion is not bad thing) but even on a linguistic level atheist simply means "without god"
genessa comments on Sep 11, 2018:
we number about 16 percent worldwide.
however, not all of the other 84 percent are real believers. some of them are affiliated with a religion but don't think about it much. i think therefore out numbers exceed 16 percent, probably by a lot.
whatever the remainder is, they're delusional. ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
@Matias All being Atheist means is a personal lack of belief in a god or gods, other than that you may believe what ever you like and still call yourself atheist, you seem to be implying that to be an atheist as you define it requires total skepticism (which in my opinion is not bad thing) but even on a linguistic level atheist simply means "without god"
Who is into foriegn films? I do love me a good Japanese western!
cmadler comments on Sep 12, 2018:
What determines the "nationality" of a movie?
In some cases, where the director, most actors, and the production company are all from the same country it's clear, but very often today moviemaking is a multinational affair.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
It seems to be generally taken as read that there are films were everyone speaks English and films in Foreign.
Ignorant and short sighted, I agree when as you rightly point out film making is a truly international undertaking these days.
cmadler comments on Sep 12, 2018:
What determines the "nationality" of a movie?
In some cases, where the director, most actors, and the production company are all from the same country it's clear, but very often today moviemaking is a multinational affair.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
It seems to be generally taken as read that there are films were everyone speaks English and films in Foreign.
Ignorant and short sighted, I agree when as you rightly point out film making is a truly international undertaking these days.
Who is into foriegn films? I do love me a good Japanese western!
Ray13 comments on Sep 12, 2018:
Yojimbo is one of my favorites. I think it was remade as A Fistful of Dollars with Clint Eastwood. Toshiro Mifune is one of my favorite actors.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
Though I am a great fan of Kurasawa, my current guilty pleasure and favourite among Japanese auteurs is Noboru Iguchi, the man has the sickest sense of humour on earth and is of the mindset that if a drop of blood is effective, then 20 gallons will be better.
Japan's answer to Gordon Hershel Lewis, Roger Corman, Ed Wood and Charles Band all rolled in to one
Ray13 comments on Sep 12, 2018:
Yojimbo is one of my favorites. I think it was remade as A Fistful of Dollars with Clint Eastwood. Toshiro Mifune is one of my favorite actors.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2018:
Though I am a great fan of Kurasawa, my current guilty pleasure and favourite among Japanese auteurs is Noboru Iguchi, the man has the sickest sense of humour on earth and is of the mindset that if a drop of blood is effective, then 20 gallons will be better.
Japan's answer to Gordon Hershel Lewis, Roger Corman, Ed Wood and Charles Band all rolled in to one
Did you know any of these?
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LenHazell53 comments on Sep 11, 2018:
Everyone almost always forgets Geoffrey Hughes as the Valeyard, I've caught out a few people in pub quizzes with that one.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2018:
@Aivery Wibbley wobbley Timey whimey :)
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 11, 2018:
Everyone almost always forgets Geoffrey Hughes as the Valeyard, I've caught out a few people in pub quizzes with that one.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2018:
@Aivery Wibbley wobbley Timey whimey :)
A rather enjoyable movie!
Sleuth
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Hitchens comments on Sep 11, 2018:
I really love this movie...I have watched it too many times though..
I liked him in Zulu..and the Man who would be king...I don't consider him or Connery to be particularly great actors...but great character actors perhaps. But he was good in Sleuth...IMO
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2018:
You will find most so called character actors are capable of great acting, perhaps only once or twice in a career, and usually in some obscure little film.
Some prime examples are
Roger Moore in the man who haunted himself
Michael Cain in Deathtrap
Bruce Willis in Unbreakable
Sean Connery in The Offence
Woody Allen in The Front
James Robertson Justice Scott of the Antarctic
Bob Hoskins and Jeff Golblum in The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
Spencer Tracy in Bad Day at Black Rock
John Wayne in The Quiet Man
Humphrey Bogart in the return of doctor X
Hitchens comments on Sep 11, 2018:
I really love this movie...I have watched it too many times though..
I liked him in Zulu..and the Man who would be king...I don't consider him or Connery to be particularly great actors...but great character actors perhaps. But he was good in Sleuth...IMO
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2018:
You will find most so called character actors are capable of great acting, perhaps only once or twice in a career, and usually in some obscure little film.
Some prime examples are
Roger Moore in the man who haunted himself
Michael Cain in Deathtrap
Bruce Willis in Unbreakable
Sean Connery in The Offence
Woody Allen in The Front
James Robertson Justice Scott of the Antarctic
Bob Hoskins and Jeff Golblum in The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
Spencer Tracy in Bad Day at Black Rock
John Wayne in The Quiet Man
Humphrey Bogart in the return of doctor X
Whenever I go to the city (not a big city mind you), I see many homeless people on every corner ...
mordant comments on Sep 11, 2018:
The "god bless" on those signs is just a way to project (likely false) humility and to suggest either that god will bless you for being generous with the requester, and/or, thanking people for at least considering giving while non-subtly reminding them that god might want them to give even if they'd...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2018:
Yeah damn those devious swine, sleeping in card board boxes in doorways in the snow, when they could be sleeping in their mansions, just to give credence to the lie and the con.
They are really committed to swindling all those dimes and nickles.
Evil, evil, con men, even willing to let a few of their number freeze to death in the winter so they can point to the bodies and make the rest of us feel guilty.
They've certainly got it all organised.
mordant comments on Sep 11, 2018:
The "god bless" on those signs is just a way to project (likely false) humility and to suggest either that god will bless you for being generous with the requester, and/or, thanking people for at least considering giving while non-subtly reminding them that god might want them to give even if they'd...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2018:
Yeah damn those devious swine, sleeping in card board boxes in doorways in the snow, when they could be sleeping in their mansions, just to give credence to the lie and the con.
They are really committed to swindling all those dimes and nickles.
Evil, evil, con men, even willing to let a few of their number freeze to death in the winter so they can point to the bodies and make the rest of us feel guilty.
They've certainly got it all organised.
Anyone remember the Trinity movies?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 11, 2018:
I love Terrance Hill/Bud Spencer Movies "Watch out we're mad" is my favourite.
There were actually only two Trinity movies, (they call me Trinity & Trinity is still my name with Spencer and Hill as Trinity and Bambino directed and writen by Enzo Barboni ) the others were just other Spaghetti ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2018:
@Boogey says it all Leone made a career out of ripping off Akira Kurosawa
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 11, 2018:
I love Terrance Hill/Bud Spencer Movies "Watch out we're mad" is my favourite.
There were actually only two Trinity movies, (they call me Trinity & Trinity is still my name with Spencer and Hill as Trinity and Bambino directed and writen by Enzo Barboni ) the others were just other Spaghetti ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2018:
@Boogey says it all Leone made a career out of ripping off Akira Kurosawa
Anyone remember the Trinity movies?
Nukdookum comments on Sep 11, 2018:
I loved the Trinity series. Terrance Hill was really big in Italy, I love all of his movies!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2018:
@Boogey His name is birth Mario Girotti, he is Half Italian half German and grew up in Venice.
He has been Known as Terrance Hill world wide since 1967 when he legally changed his name.
There is an urban myth that Hill was his wife's maiden name but that is untrue, her name was Zwicklbauer, but took the name Hill after their marriage.
Nukdookum comments on Sep 11, 2018:
I loved the Trinity series. Terrance Hill was really big in Italy, I love all of his movies!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2018:
@Boogey His name is birth Mario Girotti, he is Half Italian half German and grew up in Venice.
He has been Known as Terrance Hill world wide since 1967 when he legally changed his name.
There is an urban myth that Hill was his wife's maiden name but that is untrue, her name was Zwicklbauer, but took the name Hill after their marriage.
Philip Zimbardo: The psychology of evil | TED Talk
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 10, 2018:
It was recently outed in the first half of this year, that the whole Stanford Prison experiment was a fraud, Zimbardo had skewed the results to get what he wanted by secretly briefing some of the participants before hand, instructing "guards" to be tough and having a drama student fake a mental ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 10, 2018:
@PontifexMarximus Google Ben Blum the Lifetime of a lie, you'll be able to find it on the net some where I am sure.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 10, 2018:
It was recently outed in the first half of this year, that the whole Stanford Prison experiment was a fraud, Zimbardo had skewed the results to get what he wanted by secretly briefing some of the participants before hand, instructing "guards" to be tough and having a drama student fake a mental ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 10, 2018:
@PontifexMarximus Google Ben Blum the Lifetime of a lie, you'll be able to find it on the net some where I am sure.
Philip Zimbardo: The psychology of evil | TED Talk
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 10, 2018:
It was recently outed in the first half of this year, that the whole Stanford Prison experiment was a fraud, Zimbardo had skewed the results to get what he wanted by secretly briefing some of the participants before hand, instructing "guards" to be tough and having a drama student fake a mental ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 10, 2018:
@PontifexMarximus https://medium.com/s/trustissues/the-lifespan-of-a-lie-d869212b1f62
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 10, 2018:
It was recently outed in the first half of this year, that the whole Stanford Prison experiment was a fraud, Zimbardo had skewed the results to get what he wanted by secretly briefing some of the participants before hand, instructing "guards" to be tough and having a drama student fake a mental ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 10, 2018:
@PontifexMarximus https://medium.com/s/trustissues/the-lifespan-of-a-lie-d869212b1f62
Ok for anyone who freaked out kindly look at group and the new rules: [agnostic.
Admin comments on Sep 10, 2018:
Ideas on how we can help improve the groups?
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 10, 2018:
Is there an echo in here?
Admin comments on Sep 10, 2018:
Ideas on how we can help improve the groups?
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 10, 2018:
Is there an echo in here?
I saw Peppermint today and thought it was awesome.
Iam4MY comments on Sep 9, 2018:
Law Abiding Citizen
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
Love this film.
Iam4MY comments on Sep 9, 2018:
Law Abiding Citizen
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
Love this film.
I saw Peppermint today and thought it was awesome.
ZantiMisfit comments on Sep 9, 2018:
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
The two Phibes movies are wonderful, there was supposed to be a third ( and even fourth) movie in the series, but the plug was pulled, however both are available as novels Dr. Phibes: Vulnavia's secret and Doctor Phibes in the beginning written by the good doctor's creator William Goldstein
ZantiMisfit comments on Sep 9, 2018:
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
The two Phibes movies are wonderful, there was supposed to be a third ( and even fourth) movie in the series, but the plug was pulled, however both are available as novels Dr. Phibes: Vulnavia's secret and Doctor Phibes in the beginning written by the good doctor's creator William Goldstein
I saw Peppermint today and thought it was awesome.
Seeker3CO comments on Sep 9, 2018:
The Crow
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
I really like the Crow, the sequels are disappointing there is also a planned reboot next year
Seeker3CO comments on Sep 9, 2018:
The Crow
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
I really like the Crow, the sequels are disappointing there is also a planned reboot next year
I saw Peppermint today and thought it was awesome.
GuyKeith comments on Sep 9, 2018:
Glad you enjoyed it. It got pretty dismal reviews, though. For a revenge movie, it is hard to beat the original Oldboy.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
@GuyKeith There are actually 3 versions, the Korean 2003, the Indian remake 2006 re-titled Zinda and the American 20016, there is also a planned anime version to be made in Japan in the next few years which will hopefully restore the plot to that of the original Manga.
GuyKeith comments on Sep 9, 2018:
Glad you enjoyed it. It got pretty dismal reviews, though. For a revenge movie, it is hard to beat the original Oldboy.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
@GuyKeith There are actually 3 versions, the Korean 2003, the Indian remake 2006 re-titled Zinda and the American 20016, there is also a planned anime version to be made in Japan in the next few years which will hopefully restore the plot to that of the original Manga.
I saw Peppermint today and thought it was awesome.
GuyKeith comments on Sep 9, 2018:
Glad you enjoyed it. It got pretty dismal reviews, though. For a revenge movie, it is hard to beat the original Oldboy.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
@GuyKeith Hollywood should stop trying to remake Japanese movies, they always get it wrong.
One exception is The Grudge 3 which is not a remake but a genuine attempt to tie the Japanese Franchise and the American franchise together as two parts of one overall story arc. It still fails but is a good effort.
PS they definitely should stop trying to do it with French films too, the US version of Taxi is an abomination.
GuyKeith comments on Sep 9, 2018:
Glad you enjoyed it. It got pretty dismal reviews, though. For a revenge movie, it is hard to beat the original Oldboy.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
@GuyKeith Hollywood should stop trying to remake Japanese movies, they always get it wrong.
One exception is The Grudge 3 which is not a remake but a genuine attempt to tie the Japanese Franchise and the American franchise together as two parts of one overall story arc. It still fails but is a good effort.
PS they definitely should stop trying to do it with French films too, the US version of Taxi is an abomination.
St.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 9, 2018:
an oldie but a goldie
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
@lerlo me too
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 9, 2018:
an oldie but a goldie
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
@lerlo me too
Name a TV show?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 9, 2018:
Small Wonder
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
@Kafir Close but I imagine something akin to a cross between AI and "the bad seed"
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 9, 2018:
Small Wonder
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
@Kafir Close but I imagine something akin to a cross between AI and "the bad seed"
Life after death. Yes or no?
TommyNIK comments on Sep 9, 2018:
No. By all logic, there can be no part of the body that lives on after death.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
Exactly, personality is a function of the brain, saying it continues after death is like declaring that every time you turn off your TV set a part of it continues showing programs in some ethereal phase space.
TommyNIK comments on Sep 9, 2018:
No. By all logic, there can be no part of the body that lives on after death.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
Exactly, personality is a function of the brain, saying it continues after death is like declaring that every time you turn off your TV set a part of it continues showing programs in some ethereal phase space.
Life after death. Yes or no?
mordant comments on Sep 9, 2018:
No.
I actually prefer that there not be, since it was challenging enough to sort *this* life out. I look forward to oblivion.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
Agree totally, immortality is an horrific idea.
mordant comments on Sep 9, 2018:
No.
I actually prefer that there not be, since it was challenging enough to sort *this* life out. I look forward to oblivion.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2018:
Agree totally, immortality is an horrific idea.
In this group of movies which one is your number one favorite? Mine is Avatar ????
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 5, 2018:
The Terminator
No competition.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2018:
@Awiserme My other favourite is
Inspector: it's murder and and one things is for sure someone is responsible
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 5, 2018:
The Terminator
No competition.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2018:
@Awiserme My other favourite is
Inspector: it's murder and and one things is for sure someone is responsible
Wow, how things have changed. How many of you had one for your TV pleasure?
mistymoon77 comments on Sep 8, 2018:
When I took Amtrak down south, I saw a lot of these in back yards, grass about 3 feet high with a bunch of old cars and shit around it. That was over 20 yrs ago. As a kid, all we had was a roof antenna and just hoped to get in the 4 channels worth anything including PBS which no one watched back ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2018:
We just started getting PBS on Freeview in the UK, it's not bad
mistymoon77 comments on Sep 8, 2018:
When I took Amtrak down south, I saw a lot of these in back yards, grass about 3 feet high with a bunch of old cars and shit around it. That was over 20 yrs ago. As a kid, all we had was a roof antenna and just hoped to get in the 4 channels worth anything including PBS which no one watched back ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2018:
We just started getting PBS on Freeview in the UK, it's not bad
Wow, how things have changed. How many of you had one for your TV pleasure?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 8, 2018:
One of these featured in the film Terror vision, where after being struck by lightening it attracted in a teleporting alien and dumped him in west Beverly Hill. There he proceeded to make a smorgasbord out of the family that owned it.
Fun film if you like watching 1980's yuppies being eaten one ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2018:
@Sheannutt One of Full Moon entertainments best "so bad it is good" movies
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 8, 2018:
One of these featured in the film Terror vision, where after being struck by lightening it attracted in a teleporting alien and dumped him in west Beverly Hill. There he proceeded to make a smorgasbord out of the family that owned it.
Fun film if you like watching 1980's yuppies being eaten one ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2018:
@Sheannutt One of Full Moon entertainments best "so bad it is good" movies
Free the nipple!
Marionville comments on Sep 8, 2018:
We need to have equality here!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2018:
I could not agree more, why shouldn't I show my moob bra in public
Marionville comments on Sep 8, 2018:
We need to have equality here!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2018:
I could not agree more, why shouldn't I show my moob bra in public
I've just got a Roku device setup and I am very pleased with the results.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 8, 2018:
Loved this show, John Lithgow is hilarious.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2018:
@IamNobody Without giving spoilers, watch for the episode when John Lithgow and William Shattner first meet, if you are as big a movie buff as me the exchange is brilliant.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 8, 2018:
Loved this show, John Lithgow is hilarious.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2018:
@IamNobody Without giving spoilers, watch for the episode when John Lithgow and William Shattner first meet, if you are as big a movie buff as me the exchange is brilliant.
They held my ex mother in law's funeral at the church. ?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Mormon Funerals are like this, they invite in as many non Mormon relatives of the deceased and instead of eulogising the deceased spend an hour talking about how only good Mormons will see them again in the highest of the three Mormon heavens so convert now and be a family for eternity.
Disgusting ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2018:
@Paul4747 Multi-Billion $ drivel, no one knows how rich the LDS is as they refuse to allow tax inspection of their income or assets, but they did get caught last year shifting $7 Billion's worth of stocks and shares through the London stock exchange.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Mormon Funerals are like this, they invite in as many non Mormon relatives of the deceased and instead of eulogising the deceased spend an hour talking about how only good Mormons will see them again in the highest of the three Mormon heavens so convert now and be a family for eternity.
Disgusting ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2018:
@Paul4747 Multi-Billion $ drivel, no one knows how rich the LDS is as they refuse to allow tax inspection of their income or assets, but they did get caught last year shifting $7 Billion's worth of stocks and shares through the London stock exchange.
Name a plural noun that does not end in "s".
McVinegar comments on Sep 7, 2018:
Bison. Deer. Elk. The ELKS lodge doesn't count. :)
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2018:
because that is an irregular possessive pronoun (not requiring an apostrophe) not a plural.
McVinegar comments on Sep 7, 2018:
Bison. Deer. Elk. The ELKS lodge doesn't count. :)
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2018:
because that is an irregular possessive pronoun (not requiring an apostrophe) not a plural.
They held my ex mother in law's funeral at the church. ?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Mormon Funerals are like this, they invite in as many non Mormon relatives of the deceased and instead of eulogising the deceased spend an hour talking about how only good Mormons will see them again in the highest of the three Mormon heavens so convert now and be a family for eternity.
Disgusting ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2018:
@Paul4747 It is far dafter than that, especially after the church was forced to reveal a few years ago that all the golden plates rubbish was a lie and Smith actually translated the book of Mormon using a magic peepstone that he also used for treasure hunting.
Smith would sit with his head in his hat reading and translating from the stone that glowed in the depths. apparently he never needed the plates at all (shocker).
The three heavens stuff does not come from the book of Mormon but from another LDS scripture called the Book of Abraham.
Smith got this one years later and translated it from "sacred Egyptian papyri " he bought from a travelling Mummy show.
These Papyri still exist and have been authenticated by modern Egyptology as being nothing of the sort, they are in fact common funerary texts from the second century AD and have nothing to do with Abraham, the Star Kolob (where god lives) or the three heavens known as the telestial (for non Mormon riff raff), terrestrial (for poor Mormons) and celestial (for super duper Mormons who have paid enough tithing) kingdoms. The church gets around this by saying Smith made an inspired translation not a direct one, despite having Smith's translation diary and lexicon)
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Mormon Funerals are like this, they invite in as many non Mormon relatives of the deceased and instead of eulogising the deceased spend an hour talking about how only good Mormons will see them again in the highest of the three Mormon heavens so convert now and be a family for eternity.
Disgusting ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2018:
@Paul4747 It is far dafter than that, especially after the church was forced to reveal a few years ago that all the golden plates rubbish was a lie and Smith actually translated the book of Mormon using a magic peepstone that he also used for treasure hunting.
Smith would sit with his head in his hat reading and translating from the stone that glowed in the depths. apparently he never needed the plates at all (shocker).
The three heavens stuff does not come from the book of Mormon but from another LDS scripture called the Book of Abraham.
Smith got this one years later and translated it from "sacred Egyptian papyri " he bought from a travelling Mummy show.
These Papyri still exist and have been authenticated by modern Egyptology as being nothing of the sort, they are in fact common funerary texts from the second century AD and have nothing to do with Abraham, the Star Kolob (where god lives) or the three heavens known as the telestial (for non Mormon riff raff), terrestrial (for poor Mormons) and celestial (for super duper Mormons who have paid enough tithing) kingdoms. The church gets around this by saying Smith made an inspired translation not a direct one, despite having Smith's translation diary and lexicon)
They held my ex mother in law's funeral at the church. ?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Mormon Funerals are like this, they invite in as many non Mormon relatives of the deceased and instead of eulogising the deceased spend an hour talking about how only good Mormons will see them again in the highest of the three Mormon heavens so convert now and be a family for eternity.
Disgusting ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2018:
@Paul4747 It's credited to Joseph smith, but most ex-mo's think there were about four or five actual authors.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Mormon Funerals are like this, they invite in as many non Mormon relatives of the deceased and instead of eulogising the deceased spend an hour talking about how only good Mormons will see them again in the highest of the three Mormon heavens so convert now and be a family for eternity.
Disgusting ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2018:
@Paul4747 It's credited to Joseph smith, but most ex-mo's think there were about four or five actual authors.
Raif Badawi, a Saudi blogger, was arrested and subsequently sentenced to 10 years in prison and ...
Jalnor comments on Sep 7, 2018:
I'm so glad the extremist christians aren't running much of the west... yet :-/ If they were, we might see similar barbarism over here.
If there's anything we can do, for Badawi or our own countries, we should totally do it.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2018:
This exactly what worries me about hard right fundamentalist Christianity preachers, at the moment these savages can only hold sway over a couple of thousand at most, but give them a chance and every town and city will have municipal heretic burning pyre in the square and pop corn concessions being sold there to the highest bidder.
Jalnor comments on Sep 7, 2018:
I'm so glad the extremist christians aren't running much of the west... yet :-/ If they were, we might see similar barbarism over here.
If there's anything we can do, for Badawi or our own countries, we should totally do it.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2018:
This exactly what worries me about hard right fundamentalist Christianity preachers, at the moment these savages can only hold sway over a couple of thousand at most, but give them a chance and every town and city will have municipal heretic burning pyre in the square and pop corn concessions being sold there to the highest bidder.
Is it acceptable in this site to call your political opponents "mentally deranged"?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 7, 2018:
Well perhaps you first have to define Liberalism. The term has a completely different and unique definition in the USA as opposed to everywhere else on earth, especially the UK.
This done you need to prove you are qualified to make a diagnosis of a “mental condition”, and indeed to which ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2018:
@PontifexMarximus be my guest
you might also try
I had considered the possibility that you might be an idiot, please carry on and continue to prove me right.
or
I'm so terribly sorry, for a moment there I thought you actually knew what you were talking about .
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 7, 2018:
Well perhaps you first have to define Liberalism. The term has a completely different and unique definition in the USA as opposed to everywhere else on earth, especially the UK.
This done you need to prove you are qualified to make a diagnosis of a “mental condition”, and indeed to which ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2018:
@PontifexMarximus be my guest
you might also try
I had considered the possibility that you might be an idiot, please carry on and continue to prove me right.
or
I'm so terribly sorry, for a moment there I thought you actually knew what you were talking about .
LMAO When I saw of this report of an Israeli company making bullet proof backpacks for American ...
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Says it all, a country that has been in a state of perpetual war since its creation has found a market else where in to world for products designed to protect civilians from the rigors and accidents of war in a country that needs protection from it's own citizens.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2018:
@FrayedBear Same two countries you mentioned in the OP
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Says it all, a country that has been in a state of perpetual war since its creation has found a market else where in to world for products designed to protect civilians from the rigors and accidents of war in a country that needs protection from it's own citizens.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2018:
@FrayedBear Same two countries you mentioned in the OP
I'm Agnostic.
Not an atheist...
Did you come to the right place?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
I am an anti-theist and it has long been my contention that *"absolutely nothing"* is an impossibility
Nothing is the absence of everything, in the same way cold is the absence of heat and dark is the absence of light.
Cold is only a descriptive concept, as is dark, they don't actually exist, ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@FinchiMcQ It is my belief that the anthropic principle means that sentient life and reality are inherently connected and mutually inseparable.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
I am an anti-theist and it has long been my contention that *"absolutely nothing"* is an impossibility
Nothing is the absence of everything, in the same way cold is the absence of heat and dark is the absence of light.
Cold is only a descriptive concept, as is dark, they don't actually exist, ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@FinchiMcQ It is my belief that the anthropic principle means that sentient life and reality are inherently connected and mutually inseparable.
Any anti-Feminists here?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Well being a feminist used to mean a supporter and advocate/activist for women's rights and equality.
I used to be a proud feminist.
But since the rise of third wave feminism that is not what it means anymore.
In recent polls even former ardent feminist women are refusing to identify with what ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@dan325 I suggest you look in to it, or at least separate yourself from their SJW Bigotry by saying you're a first wave feminist.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Well being a feminist used to mean a supporter and advocate/activist for women's rights and equality.
I used to be a proud feminist.
But since the rise of third wave feminism that is not what it means anymore.
In recent polls even former ardent feminist women are refusing to identify with what ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@dan325 I suggest you look in to it, or at least separate yourself from their SJW Bigotry by saying you're a first wave feminist.
Any anti-Feminists here?
ballou comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Do you know what the definition of a feminist is? It is soneone who supports feminism, i.g., the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes; the women's movement; the feminist movement; women's liberation; female emancipation; women's rights.
I support this, thus you can...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@balou fair enough, but don't be surprised by the reactions you get.
To give a comparable example
The Schwarsticker was a Buddhist symbol for light long before it was Hitler's emblem of fascism, but don't expect people to think you are Buddhist if you wear one today.
ballou comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Do you know what the definition of a feminist is? It is soneone who supports feminism, i.g., the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes; the women's movement; the feminist movement; women's liberation; female emancipation; women's rights.
I support this, thus you can...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@balou fair enough, but don't be surprised by the reactions you get.
To give a comparable example
The Schwarsticker was a Buddhist symbol for light long before it was Hitler's emblem of fascism, but don't expect people to think you are Buddhist if you wear one today.
Okay this is getting silly
about half my received replies are now coming up like this
Please ...
Lukian comments on Sep 6, 2018:
It seems that newbies are the ones mostly affected by the ERS (Empty Reply Syndrome). I saw Admin post something that they are looking into it but cannot pinpoint the problem.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@Lukian none that I have noticed
Lukian comments on Sep 6, 2018:
It seems that newbies are the ones mostly affected by the ERS (Empty Reply Syndrome). I saw Admin post something that they are looking into it but cannot pinpoint the problem.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@Lukian none that I have noticed
Okay this is getting silly
about half my received replies are now coming up like this
Please ...
Lukian comments on Sep 6, 2018:
It seems that newbies are the ones mostly affected by the ERS (Empty Reply Syndrome). I saw Admin post something that they are looking into it but cannot pinpoint the problem.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@Lukian it is usually when some one is replying to a comment I made
Lukian comments on Sep 6, 2018:
It seems that newbies are the ones mostly affected by the ERS (Empty Reply Syndrome). I saw Admin post something that they are looking into it but cannot pinpoint the problem.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@Lukian it is usually when some one is replying to a comment I made
Okay this is getting silly
about half my received replies are now coming up like this
Please ...
Lukian comments on Sep 6, 2018:
It seems that newbies are the ones mostly affected by the ERS (Empty Reply Syndrome). I saw Admin post something that they are looking into it but cannot pinpoint the problem.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@GuyKeith ?
Lukian comments on Sep 6, 2018:
It seems that newbies are the ones mostly affected by the ERS (Empty Reply Syndrome). I saw Admin post something that they are looking into it but cannot pinpoint the problem.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@GuyKeith ?
Okay this is getting silly
about half my received replies are now coming up like this
Please ...
Lukian comments on Sep 6, 2018:
It seems that newbies are the ones mostly affected by the ERS (Empty Reply Syndrome). I saw Admin post something that they are looking into it but cannot pinpoint the problem.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@Lukian Thanks I appreciate your answer
Lukian comments on Sep 6, 2018:
It seems that newbies are the ones mostly affected by the ERS (Empty Reply Syndrome). I saw Admin post something that they are looking into it but cannot pinpoint the problem.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@Lukian Thanks I appreciate your answer
Okay this is getting silly
about half my received replies are now coming up like this
Please ...
Lukian comments on Sep 6, 2018:
It seems that newbies are the ones mostly affected by the ERS (Empty Reply Syndrome). I saw Admin post something that they are looking into it but cannot pinpoint the problem.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
Hardly a newbie, been on site about seven months and this only started a week or so ago.
Lukian comments on Sep 6, 2018:
It seems that newbies are the ones mostly affected by the ERS (Empty Reply Syndrome). I saw Admin post something that they are looking into it but cannot pinpoint the problem.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
Hardly a newbie, been on site about seven months and this only started a week or so ago.
Please watch to the end this concerns you where ever you come from, if you value your right to ...
CrazyQuilter comments on Sep 6, 2018:
I have Australian friends who post about the right wing authoritarian government in control now. In times of turmoil, it seems we vote assholes into positions of power. Shows we have little trust in the goodness of the human race.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
so it would seem :(
CrazyQuilter comments on Sep 6, 2018:
I have Australian friends who post about the right wing authoritarian government in control now. In times of turmoil, it seems we vote assholes into positions of power. Shows we have little trust in the goodness of the human race.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
so it would seem :(
Okay this is getting silly
about half my received replies are now coming up like this
Please ...
z0000 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Have you tried clearing your browser's cookies and stored site data?
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@DeeTee Have now tried Firefox, chrome, opera and ie same on all of them, the fault is with agnostic.com, thanks for trying
z0000 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Have you tried clearing your browser's cookies and stored site data?
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@DeeTee Have now tried Firefox, chrome, opera and ie same on all of them, the fault is with agnostic.com, thanks for trying
Okay this is getting silly
about half my received replies are now coming up like this
Please ...
z0000 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Have you tried clearing your browser's cookies and stored site data?
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
Yes it has been going on for days and is getting progressively worse, other on the site have complained about it too
z0000 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Have you tried clearing your browser's cookies and stored site data?
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
Yes it has been going on for days and is getting progressively worse, other on the site have complained about it too
Any anti-Feminists here?
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Well being a feminist used to mean a supporter and advocate/activist for women's rights and equality.
I used to be a proud feminist.
But since the rise of third wave feminism that is not what it means anymore.
In recent polls even former ardent feminist women are refusing to identify with what ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@dan325 your answer is not showing
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 6, 2018:
Well being a feminist used to mean a supporter and advocate/activist for women's rights and equality.
I used to be a proud feminist.
But since the rise of third wave feminism that is not what it means anymore.
In recent polls even former ardent feminist women are refusing to identify with what ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2018:
@dan325 your answer is not showing
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