PSA: Don't see Smallfoot.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 10, 2018:

So an abominable movie in more ways than one? ;)

During this Kavanaugh debacle, and then when I see the President mocking a woman who believes she...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 10, 2018:

The Kavanaugh debacle is exactly that, Trump is a pig who draws no line aof decency at mocking men, women, the disabled, his own children. Both men and women are portrayed sexually in the media that is part of what the media is and always was. MY Father and my Mother both loved Benny Hill because he was *funny* and ribbed both men and women. Schoolboy immature humour is not worse than Schoolgirl immature humour and both persist in to adulthood. People are people, true and people make jokes, all jokes have victims, that is part of why humour is essential to mental well being. If you see a lonely old age stretching out in front of you that is your choice, if you hold the world to impossible and undesirable standards, you have no one to blame but yourself.

The new world, "breakfast of champions", tick tock, me too.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 10, 2018:

Welcome

Halloween party ???

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 9, 2018:

Groan

@Admin here is an humanist story for your files -"Man catches falling home alone 7 yo.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 9, 2018:

This is why people should have to have a licence to be a parent

Just as the USA has its rifle association Australia has its racing fraternity.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 9, 2018:

Though on a practical level I can see the difference between an act of actual vandalism and a projected advertisement, I would argue that the Opera house is an inappropriate venue to be Commercialised in such an act of cultural vandalism. It seems disrespectful to the architect, the patrons, the artistic and the aesthetic purposes and their intent. I am sure this sets a poor precedent that WILL be exploited in the future

What is your Definition of:

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 9, 2018:

1) Atheist Someone who has insufficient evidence to justify the reality of a god or gods 2) Agnostic An Atheist with out the courage of their convictions 3) Spiritual In the context of this discussion a hypocrite

What is an odd thing that you tell yourself whenever you need to be comforted?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 9, 2018:

"And this, too, shall pass away." Abraham Lincoln (misquoting King Solomon)

Sneezing and 'bless you'?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 9, 2018:

When some one says it to me I appreciate the sentiment while ignoring phraseology. When some one else sneezes I usually say Gesundheit (German for good health)

What is the meaning of life for a godless man/woman/country/world??

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 9, 2018:

Leaving the world a little bit better than you found it. A duty to my descendants.

Did the Bible make you an Atheist?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 9, 2018:

It helped, it definitely helped

LOQUACIOUS - Adjective.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 9, 2018:

Hmmm things could have been so different

Hello, I'm a Utah transplant.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Welcome to the group

We all make up our own story...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 8, 2018:

It's an old saying that a mother's best advice to ad daughter seeking a husband is talk to him about him.

The Bechdel Test.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Hannah and her sisters

The Bechdel Test.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Serial Mom

The Bechdel Test.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Buffy the Vampire slayer 1992

The Bechdel Test.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Beaches

The Bechdel Test.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Hocus Pocus

The Bechdel Test.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

What ever happened to Baby Jane

It's hard to pick only one...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Out of that selection, the Tobe Hooper version of Salem's Lot, no question in my mind. With Halloween 1978, a close second.

SPOILERS S11 E1 The Woman Who Fell to Earth A discussion thread for discussing the episode after...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Sat and watched it prepared to hate it, and within minutes found myself enthralled. Chibnal has given us back classic Who. This is not NU-Who, this is a doctor the like of which has not been seen since the 70's or perhaps even the 60's. I have not enjoyed a season premier as much since 2005

The Real Medusa: THE STORY BEHIND THE MEDUSA STATUE THAT HAS BECOME THE PERFECT AVATAR FOR ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Only in Ovid's version of the Medusa myth(one of the last of the classical versions ever written) was the rape by Poseidon added. Something unlikely as Phorcys and Ceto thee parents of Medusa were also the Gods of the sea, in an entirely different pantheon to Poseidon. In most versions of the story the Gorgons (a Greek word for Grim ones) were born monstrous and only Medusa has snake hair which was considered a blessing as it made her an even more fierce warrior. She was slain by Perseus because he was commanded to do so by Polydectes a suitor for his mother as a wedding gift to them. Polydectes did this not because he hated Medusa, but because he believed she was the only warrior capable of Killing Perseus. He was wrong of course, Perseus being the bastard son of Zeus was equipped with magical weapons in order to cheat (He killed her while she was a sleep). Right up until Roman times the image of Medusa was worn on breast plates of great warriors as a sign of respect and power.

Is anyone else tired of the philosophical crap about the existence of a theistic God?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

It is not "philosophical crap" it is "Theological crap" Theology is that bastard child of metal gymnastics and wishful thinking.

Sounds like one of those strange and mysterious ways situations.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

It is like when you hear that a fortune teller was knocked down by a car and they never saw it coming.

What made it hard to have faith in a god?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Faith does not work, prayer does not work, faith requires acceptance of the unacceptable and continual acts of self delusion. The final straw was that other peoples faiths in other gods, spirits, deities and angels were just as strong and just as ineffective as my own, therefore if they were all wrong, I was probably wrong too.

Stupid shit like this makes my blood boil! 1. Why the fuck is this considered newsworthy?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

"Sorry, this content is not available in your region." Lucky us :)

Any thoughts on the theories of Eric Von Daniken?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Von Daniken was a fraud, a cheat and a liar. However he was the first and the inspiration for those alternate historians that now have revealed how so much of history was skewed by religion and politics and capitalism. My friend Lynn Picknett admits to Von Daniken being an inspiration for her research and many books on alternate history, while at the same time deriding him as I do as a con man.

Let's have some fun, Name Something that is now funny to you but at the time it was not ???

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

My first marriage and Mormon temple ordinances

Increasingly, there doesn't seen to be any genuine love in the world.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Love requires three things Total honesty Complete trust And complete and determined tolerance Oddly the last of these is the hardest to maintain, so many times it is the quirk that first attracted you to the other person that becomes the reason for leaving them. for example He was such a free spirit...becomes....he's utterly Lazy and useless She is so full of joy and laughter...becomes....she's such a bimbo who would laugh if her arse was on fire Such a bad boy... total and utter bastard

Does evil exist? As non-believers do we still accept the concept of evil in its pure form?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Does Blue exist can you show me an ounce of blue Does Two exist can you show me a piece of two Find me one grain of evil and I will accept it as existing, otherwise it is just a description of an act thought to be against the well being on a person or thing by another person. When a person is described as being evil, it is a misnomer for a person capable of doing evil, saying "that is an evil person", is like calling a philosopher a philosophy. Evil is simply a concept and not an objective one at that.

New word: antagognostic.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

A Militant Agnostic

I just left Christianity, and they talk a lot about this "darkness" that Jesus delivered them from.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Priest to atheist: You are a blind man in a totally dark coal cellar, at midnight looking for a black cat that is not there! Atheist to Priest: You are a blind man in a totally dark coal cellar, at midnight looking for a black cat that is not there... only you claim to have found it.

TONIGHT!!!!!!! SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1:45 P.M. ET/10:45 A.M. PT

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

6.45 PM here in the UK

With the premiere tonight, how could it be a bad day. But just in case...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Hey look last minute recasting of the female doctor

Dave Allen went down well last week so here is another installment for Saturday night.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Dave Allen was great

A friend sent this to me today.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

luv it

Very deep and so true.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Rule number 1 The Doctor Lies.

Matthew 6:34 (NIV): Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow Don't stop, it'll soon be here It'll be, better than before Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone Fleetwood Mac

This is just something funny I saw online.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

How about Missy regenerating in to David Tennant as a joke to piss of the Whitaker doctor?

Just watched this on YouTube.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

That is freaking amazing! and it is 5 years old, how have I never seen this before?

MUMPSIMUS.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Love this word

This really works so be prepared...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 6, 2018:

Zoinks

This is adorable! I want to print and frame it!

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 6, 2018:

Fornicate?

The problem with freedom is that when you give it to people they use it to do anything they bloody ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 6, 2018:

This was a quote my father used to use a lot especially when drunk and pretending he had been old enough to be able to have fought in the last war, "For our generations freedom"

Went to see A Star Is Born,what a disappointment.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

A Star Is Born has been done to death, No version will ever top the 1954 Judy Garland /James Mason version

All former theists in this group, now that you have slipped the surly bonds of religion, what is ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

My focus is on family and helping those who need it, supporting those who need support and in learning all that I can. Those who accept my atheism are welcome in my life no matter who they are, those who don't are not worth having as friends or family, since they value church over me. I value nothing more than those I love, even if that means accepting their choice to reject me.

When i was a retarded wide eyed little theist i used to think that evil was a demon named bilzarbub ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

This reminded me of when I was a child, raised by a religious maniac mother, who terrified me with tales of devils and demons from the earliest age. When I was about 5 or 6 years old, we had a burst pipe in the attic, this lead to me waking up in the night hearing a wet tapping noise over my bed, terrified I called for my mother who told me it was just a leak in the loft. For the next five or six years of my life I was in constant feat of "The Lee-Kuh" a terrible green snot creature with a forever dripping nose that lived in the attic, sent by the devil to punish me for being a bad boy. I was a screw up

Are those who wanted political change happy?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Change for change sake is almost always change for the worse. Change made because change is inevitable or for the sake of evolution is more likely to have a positive outcome. Change made in anger is always hijacked by opportunists.

What happened to the internet?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

What happened to the internet? It became popular

And those who were seen DANCING,were thought to be INSANE,by those who could not hear the ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

My man...Nietzsche ?????????

To be or not to be!!!!!

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS81SCTw1JE

Autumn is my favorite season and orange is my favorite color.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Autumn is my favourite time of the years too :)

John Williams is one of the honorees on a PBS special for 2018 Lifetime Grammy Awards.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Williams is very good, but not one of my personal favourites, much of his reputation is grounded on Star Wars and many of his later works are repetitious, notably the Harry Potter theme being a simple retread of the Hook soundtrack. However his influence on the likes of Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer is undeniable. So congratulations to him and to coin a phrase "Thank you for the music"

I was dyslexic when I was 21……….or was it 12...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

That is dyscalculia not dyslexia

Choose one or name yours ???

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Arsenic and Old Lace

Look carefully ???

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Terry Pratchett advocated for the recognition of a third species of chimpanzee Pan narrans (Storytelling ape)

Now here is something pornographic to behold.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiO_9UIUx7M

I would like to your help on our "new" website domain Humanist.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

1) what do you think about allowing a religious person to say "I'm also a Humanist"? I would probably advise them that they are confusing Humanist with Humanitarian 2) what questions should we ask new Humanist.com members that we currently don't ask on Agnostic.com? Do you understand what actually means to be a humanist? 3) If we want to promote civil discourse, what things should members pledge to do (e.g., never dehumanize people even if disagree with them)? If the members ARE actually humanists this should be totally unnecessary.

What does "agenda driven" mean? Could you please give me an example sentence?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

In general terms it means that an action is performed with the aim of contributing to an over all effect, even if that is not obvious at first. For instance stirring up public unrest about immigration, may be portrayed as protecting an indigenous culture, when in reality it is a politically agenda driven act to create civil unrest and dissatisfaction with government so as to provoke a general election.

What would your pet name you?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Peasant

If Christianity is true, wasn't Andrea Yates the best mother ever?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Ouch!

Why do we identify with a political party because both are strange

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Tribalism

Don't just stand there, give him another it might work...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

In the UK "Lifesavers" are marketed as Polo mints. Prior to 1929 they were called Lifesavers here too, but never took off eventually disappearing in the late1920s. In 1939 Rowntree sweets manufacturers of York acquired the licence and changed the name to Polo mints dropping all but the peppermint flavour and launched a whole re-brand, to great success as a pocket sweet and breath freshener for adults. Fruit Polo's were introduced in the sixties but have never had a great deal of success, and until the introduction of spearmint flavour in the 1990s there have been no other variations.

BLETHER.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

From which of course we get one of my favourite words of all time ***"Blatherskite"***, one who indulges in Blather eg Donald Trump

What is sexism

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 4, 2018:

Sexism like all other -isms, is the result of insecurity and fear. Sexism is the unfounded and irrational conviction that one gender is inherently inferior to the other.

Tonight's movie for me on Netflix "Truth or Dare" has anyone seen it yet?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 4, 2018:

It is on my to watch list

Pre-rinse ???

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 4, 2018:

Yup that's my dogs too

Anyone remember Dick Emery?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 4, 2018:

Love Dick Emery, way ahead of his time and genuinely funny. Made a few really good films too.

The existing/non existing Universe

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 3, 2018:

Wow, some big assumptions here If we accept the idea that our universe came into existence as a result of the big-bang! **No one has ever said that, the so called big bang was not the start of the universe, it was the point when all existing matter in the universe began to expand out ward, it was not an act of creation it was a change of form. Some theorise that before this event there had been a “big squeeze” and that the universe goes through a continual and perpetual cycle of expansion and contraction.** We must accept also that, that was the time when space and time was started to exist. **No we don't, it is* likely * this is the case, since matter in motion in space creates measurable time, and time requires measurable space in order for motion to occur and matter when subject to time moves, it would seem matter, motion, time and space are all mutually reliant and self perpetuating. It is possible to describe this mathematically, but without actually observing the moment of universal expansion it is not yet a proven fact, simply the best theory we have at this time. ** Following that logic, **What logic? You have offered only speculation.** it can be easily assumed that, the expanding wave of existence is what we perceive as the time passing. **Anything can be assumed, proving it is the challenge, However you have suddenly leapt from talking about the universe to the subject of existence as if they are the same thing. The universe exists, but all things that exist are not the universe, only infinitesimal parts of it. As dark matter and dark energy theory have shown in recent years, large parts of the universe do not exist in the sense that we understand existence to be defined and are in fact subject to a whole other set of rules. Like wise Atomic theory has shown a larger part of the universe, those spaces inside of atoms between the nucleus and the outer electrons are actually empty space, there is no existence in there. Time as you and I have discussed here is largely definable as a measurement of motion, the effect of energy upon matter, our brains have evolved to rationalise this in to a practical concept by the act of measuring.** We must live within that breaf(brief?) wave.. We called the present! So.. . Nothing in the past.. Nothing in the future. **I pretty much agree with you here, other than in defining the passage of time as past present and future. These are purely conceptual terms, our consciousness applies to our movement through the rigours of matter in motion. **

Is it okay to be human but to feel like a stray dog? Asking for a friend.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 3, 2018:

Learn the difference between being alone and being lonely. Being alone can be a fine experience, loneliness is a state of mind you can learn to cope with it as basically it is just a phobia. No friends at all is a better situation to be in than constantly tolerating the company of poor friends and users.

Those robot dolls are gonna get real cheap sooner or later.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 3, 2018:

Give it fifty years and they will be unionised and the SJW will be campaigning for roborights.

Two guys are pushing their shopping trolleys around a supermarket when they collide.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 3, 2018:

?Bennie Hill gag, lol ?

Which, according to the Religiously Impaired™, does not exist (evolution) [cnn.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 3, 2018:

My favourite Ken Ham-ism ever was him saying in all seriousness "It is not for no reason that it is call EVIL-lution"

Netflix time now watching Black Panther. If you seen it how did you like it? ??

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 3, 2018:

I enjoyed it

Question, Was there one deciding event/factor that occurred in your life that made you become a non ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 2, 2018:

I got suckered in to the LDS for a number of years, thinking my way out of that cult opened my mind to doubt of religion as a whole, that which worked to discredit Mormonism, worked for religion as a whole. I will never fall in to the talon grip of irrationality ever again.

What is everyone thoughts on paganism? I've always been interested in it as well as wicca

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Paganism is a catch all phrase encompassing various belief systems, the word can be translated as "beliefs of the rural folk" or "beliefs of the woodland people" According to the Catholic Bible encyclopedia everything from Buddhism to Witchcraft, Hinduism to Druidism can all be called Pagan.

Launch of Campaign to Remove the Blasphemy Law - Atheist Ireland

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Blasphemy, the "crime" of offending by proxy the feeling of an all powerful being who does not exist by telling the truth about it.

My mom still bugs me about not believing in god...gets old?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Get a friend to paint themselves blue, go round your Mum's house and tell her you have found the one true god, and he is here now for tea, Mum meet Vishnu.

A widower in his 60s popped into the local OAP's club and met a woman who, despite being of similar...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Hey Joan Collins is in her eighties, I probably not say no if the offer came along.

How to gain freewill Step 1-Accept that freewill does not exist Step 2-Realize that the reason...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Choosing to accept that free will does not exist is in itself an act of free will

Oct 7th - Can't come soon enough...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Will finally put a lot of speculation to rest.

Unpopular Opinions I know you got 'em, what are they?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 1, 2018:

In a democracy, people should have to opt in and then pass an exam before they are entitled to vote. If I cannot trust you to sit the right way round on a toilet, I can't trust you to choose my leader.

WE NEED AN ATHEIST EQUIVALENT TO THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS - After the Parkland shooting, ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 1, 2018:

No!! No we don't. Prayer is simply the the single most vainglorious and self aggrandizing way of doing fuck all. As an atheist I do not require a secular equivalent for that.

How many I watch this movie and did you like it or not?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 1, 2018:

There is a new version of this out this year, but personally I like the 1985 version, probably because it was the first version I saw.

Catholic priest hospitalized to have a crucifix removed from his rectum

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 1, 2018:

I thought they were supposed to invite Jesus in to their "Hearts" Maybe he just took a wrong turn.

Hello.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 1, 2018:

Jeebus preaches to a multi-ethnic audience but is still played by a white dude. Whitewashing!!!!! ;)

The Conjuring based on true events, this spine-chiller tells the story of a New England family who ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 1, 2018:

Anything with the Warren's name on it is based on True events in the same way that Harry Potter is based on true events because there are people called Potter and people used to believe in Witches.

Welcome new members AlexKay and Lucignolo.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 1, 2018:

welcome

How many people have seen this, or plan to see it? Fahrenheit 11/9 [ruthlessreviews.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 1, 2018:

I don't always agree with Moore but admire his perceptiveness greatly

Godzilla King of the Monsters Love this trailer and can't wait for the movie! Enjoy.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 1, 2018:

Yes love Godzilla movies

So. Why do people expect others to accept their reality but scoff at other people's reality.

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 30, 2018:

I don't believe in my reality, I accept actual reality because there is evidence of it. If some one else expects me to believe something without evidence simply because they have a warm fuzzy feeling about it or because their imaginary friend insists they believe it or else he is going to burn them forever, then we are going to have a problem.

I thought it was time for some more Dave Allen to cheer up a Sunday night with some religious ...

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 30, 2018:

Really funny guy

Money isn't everything but you need it to buy everything...

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 30, 2018:

Money can't buy you happiness... but it makes misery a hell of a lot more bearable

I work at a public elementary school and they announced over the PA, during school, that if anyone ...

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 30, 2018:

At least they are now giving kids the option of being brain washed or not, I wonder what percentage did want to participate?

To Catch a Thief: Grace Kelly : take a ride with me.

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 30, 2018:

Randolph Scott?

Who likes 'Sherlock! 'here?

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 30, 2018:

OH Lord, just saw the Trailer for the new film Holmes and Watson staring Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly As a Sherlockian I feel physically sick

Matthew 18:8-9 (King James Version): Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, ...

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 29, 2018:

Another sick bit of Biblical evil that has been used to justify no end of atrocities.

How many remember watching this? I seen it a few times, my dad was in charge of the TV.

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 29, 2018:

I don't think it was ever shown in the UK, but from the picture I thought the character looked like Honor Blackman, who after checking I discovered was first choice for the role, but turned it down.

Whats more important. Living life, collecting memories, fabricating truths or pure technical skill?

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 29, 2018:

It is like asking someone to judge between Leonardo Da Vinci, Salvador Dali and Joseph Barbera. Genius is genius, artistic excellence is artistic excellence it is not a competitive sport.