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I was wholeheartedly a pro-BREXIT campaigner but now I want the UK to remain in the EU ! Though as ...
Aryn comments on Mar 29, 2019:
When Muslims are employed and housed, they’re far less likely to want to kill anyone.
It’s largely the destruction of their countries that they’re upset about.
Moravian replies on Mar 30, 2019:
@PBuck0145 It is a widely known fact, but of course ignored by racists, that immigrants to the UK contribute much more to the economy than they receive in benefits.
Aryn comments on Mar 29, 2019:
When Muslims are employed and housed, they’re far less likely to want to kill anyone.
It’s largely the destruction of their countries that they’re upset about.
Moravian replies on Mar 30, 2019:
@PBuck0145 It is a widely known fact, but of course ignored by racists, that immigrants to the UK contribute much more to the economy than they receive in benefits.
I was wholeheartedly a pro-BREXIT campaigner but now I want the UK to remain in the EU ! Though as ...
genessa comments on Mar 29, 2019:
i am glad you changed your mind but i would like to point out that withdrawing from from the eu would not make you any safer from islamists (and i am glad you used that term instead of muslims, since they are not the same thing; not many people know the difference and i applaud you). withdrawing ...
Moravian replies on Mar 30, 2019:
@genessa, @Aryn The only way that people in the UK get money from oligarchs is to sell their London property to one at an inflated price.We are learning though. Chelsea FC owner Abramovich was denied a UK visa last year but The Israelis were quite happy to give him one.
genessa comments on Mar 29, 2019:
i am glad you changed your mind but i would like to point out that withdrawing from from the eu would not make you any safer from islamists (and i am glad you used that term instead of muslims, since they are not the same thing; not many people know the difference and i applaud you). withdrawing ...
Moravian replies on Mar 30, 2019:
@genessa, @Aryn The only way that people in the UK get money from oligarchs is to sell their London property to one at an inflated price.We are learning though. Chelsea FC owner Abramovich was denied a UK visa last year but The Israelis were quite happy to give him one.
Christian or Nothing: Buddhist Prisoner to be Executed Without Buddhist Chaplain - Rewire.
Moravian comments on Mar 29, 2019:
Shouldn't the question be-- Why are those barbaric rednecks still continuing with this practice which has been discontinued in all civilised countries in the world ?
Moravian replies on Mar 30, 2019:
@WilliamFleming Not if they still kill people, and you missed out those beacons of civilisation Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan.
Moravian comments on Mar 29, 2019:
Shouldn't the question be-- Why are those barbaric rednecks still continuing with this practice which has been discontinued in all civilised countries in the world ?
Moravian replies on Mar 30, 2019:
@WilliamFleming Not if they still kill people, and you missed out those beacons of civilisation Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan.
I'm thinking of a new start up business.
Moravian comments on Mar 29, 2019:
Our house already has one. It's called a skylight ;-)
Moravian replies on Mar 29, 2019:
@Stevil Well I have two sky, sorry rapture lights. I hope there is a discount !!
Moravian comments on Mar 29, 2019:
Our house already has one. It's called a skylight ;-)
Moravian replies on Mar 29, 2019:
@Stevil Well I have two sky, sorry rapture lights. I hope there is a discount !!
I'm thinking of a new start up business.
Moravian comments on Mar 29, 2019:
Our house already has one. It's called a skylight ;-)
Moravian replies on Mar 29, 2019:
@Stevil Could be both possibly ;--)
Moravian comments on Mar 29, 2019:
Our house already has one. It's called a skylight ;-)
Moravian replies on Mar 29, 2019:
@Stevil Could be both possibly ;--)
Her's [twitter.
Marionville comments on Mar 29, 2019:
Can’t you post this from YouTube? Not all of us want to join Twitter or Facebook to access anything.
Moravian replies on Mar 29, 2019:
https://youtu.be/mF0sk6YTWz8 Hope this copies Ok. I'm not a tweeter either, I copied the above from the Facebook news item
Marionville comments on Mar 29, 2019:
Can’t you post this from YouTube? Not all of us want to join Twitter or Facebook to access anything.
Moravian replies on Mar 29, 2019:
https://youtu.be/mF0sk6YTWz8 Hope this copies Ok. I'm not a tweeter either, I copied the above from the Facebook news item
The TRUE meaning of Easter.
Marionville comments on Mar 29, 2019:
It certainly beats sticking a guy on a cross and hammering nails into his hands and feet for kiddy appeal!
Moravian replies on Mar 29, 2019:
Predates it by a few centuries as well.
Marionville comments on Mar 29, 2019:
It certainly beats sticking a guy on a cross and hammering nails into his hands and feet for kiddy appeal!
Moravian replies on Mar 29, 2019:
Predates it by a few centuries as well.
This is just one on a long list of grammatical grievances.
CommonHuman comments on Mar 28, 2019:
I've read voraciously since I was 4. I will use the phrase 'I seen' unabashedly, and deliberately, because that is the local common vernacular and people are comfortable with the phrasing and will know what you're talking about. If you are to pompous to speak in a manner they're accustomed too, ...
Moravian replies on Mar 29, 2019:
@Anonbene As the boss said to his young Scottish secretary " I love how you roll your R's Morag." Aye it's these high heels I wear sir"
Of course that may not work so well in the US where you call an "arse" an "ass"
CommonHuman comments on Mar 28, 2019:
I've read voraciously since I was 4. I will use the phrase 'I seen' unabashedly, and deliberately, because that is the local common vernacular and people are comfortable with the phrasing and will know what you're talking about. If you are to pompous to speak in a manner they're accustomed too, ...
Moravian replies on Mar 29, 2019:
@Anonbene As the boss said to his young Scottish secretary " I love how you roll your R's Morag." Aye it's these high heels I wear sir"
Of course that may not work so well in the US where you call an "arse" an "ass"
This is just one on a long list of grammatical grievances.
CommonHuman comments on Mar 28, 2019:
I've read voraciously since I was 4. I will use the phrase 'I seen' unabashedly, and deliberately, because that is the local common vernacular and people are comfortable with the phrasing and will know what you're talking about. If you are to pompous to speak in a manner they're accustomed too, ...
Moravian replies on Mar 29, 2019:
@Anonbene ;-) Certainly R's can be a problem. The English make fun of us Scots for over emphasising R in words and the then they add an R to the end of words like idea making it idear..
CommonHuman comments on Mar 28, 2019:
I've read voraciously since I was 4. I will use the phrase 'I seen' unabashedly, and deliberately, because that is the local common vernacular and people are comfortable with the phrasing and will know what you're talking about. If you are to pompous to speak in a manner they're accustomed too, ...
Moravian replies on Mar 29, 2019:
@Anonbene ;-) Certainly R's can be a problem. The English make fun of us Scots for over emphasising R in words and the then they add an R to the end of words like idea making it idear..
This is just one on a long list of grammatical grievances.
CommonHuman comments on Mar 28, 2019:
I've read voraciously since I was 4. I will use the phrase 'I seen' unabashedly, and deliberately, because that is the local common vernacular and people are comfortable with the phrasing and will know what you're talking about. If you are to pompous to speak in a manner they're accustomed too, ...
Moravian replies on Mar 28, 2019:
Are people in Texas really so poorly educated , and what does "warsh" mean ?.
CommonHuman comments on Mar 28, 2019:
I've read voraciously since I was 4. I will use the phrase 'I seen' unabashedly, and deliberately, because that is the local common vernacular and people are comfortable with the phrasing and will know what you're talking about. If you are to pompous to speak in a manner they're accustomed too, ...
Moravian replies on Mar 28, 2019:
Are people in Texas really so poorly educated , and what does "warsh" mean ?.
What's everybody's favorite strain? I've been enjoying some Original Glue lately. Real good stuff!
bigpawbullets comments on Mar 28, 2019:
Hmmm...
This must be about... Cannabis. <gasp!>
Moravian replies on Mar 28, 2019:
@Haemish1 Doesn't surprise me. Craft brewers use just about everything else to flavour their beer
bigpawbullets comments on Mar 28, 2019:
Hmmm...
This must be about... Cannabis. <gasp!>
Moravian replies on Mar 28, 2019:
@Haemish1 Doesn't surprise me. Craft brewers use just about everything else to flavour their beer
What's everybody's favorite strain? I've been enjoying some Original Glue lately. Real good stuff!
bigpawbullets comments on Mar 28, 2019:
Hmmm...
This must be about... Cannabis. <gasp!>
Moravian replies on Mar 28, 2019:
I am so innocent that I initially thought it was about craft ale
bigpawbullets comments on Mar 28, 2019:
Hmmm...
This must be about... Cannabis. <gasp!>
Moravian replies on Mar 28, 2019:
I am so innocent that I initially thought it was about craft ale
What's for dinner?
Moravian comments on Mar 28, 2019:
But not in France or you may end up legless
Moravian replies on Mar 28, 2019:
@JackPedigo frogs legs are a delicacy in some French restuarants. I tried the dish once on a visit to Paris. Tasted like a cross between chicken and fish.
Moravian comments on Mar 28, 2019:
But not in France or you may end up legless
Moravian replies on Mar 28, 2019:
@JackPedigo frogs legs are a delicacy in some French restuarants. I tried the dish once on a visit to Paris. Tasted like a cross between chicken and fish.
What will cause the apocalypse?
MrBeelzeebubbles comments on Mar 27, 2019:
If you mean wiping out all of humanity?
Nothing. We are amazing critters. In the geological blink of an eye, we have expanded and diversified into every possible ecosystem. We are immensely adaptable evolutionary badarses.
We make cockroaches look like wimps.
There are tribes in the Star ...
Moravian replies on Mar 27, 2019:
Very well put. Climate change is likely to have a serious impact unless we can keep global warming down to under 2C. Instead of the 1 million economic migrants we have currently there are likely to be 100 million in 50 years time.
I can see civil unrest becoming widespread as an already diminishing middle class disappears altogether and the wealthy elite try to hang on to their wealth and privelage.
We may be heading for an Orwellian dystopian world but definitely not an apocalypse. Leave that in the bible where it belongs.
MrBeelzeebubbles comments on Mar 27, 2019:
If you mean wiping out all of humanity?
Nothing. We are amazing critters. In the geological blink of an eye, we have expanded and diversified into every possible ecosystem. We are immensely adaptable evolutionary badarses.
We make cockroaches look like wimps.
There are tribes in the Star ...
Moravian replies on Mar 27, 2019:
Very well put. Climate change is likely to have a serious impact unless we can keep global warming down to under 2C. Instead of the 1 million economic migrants we have currently there are likely to be 100 million in 50 years time.
I can see civil unrest becoming widespread as an already diminishing middle class disappears altogether and the wealthy elite try to hang on to their wealth and privelage.
We may be heading for an Orwellian dystopian world but definitely not an apocalypse. Leave that in the bible where it belongs.
A blond is on ‘Who wants to be a millionaire’,
the first question is: What is the name of the ...
Moravian comments on Mar 27, 2019:
ha ha, poor blondes get a lot of unfair jokes made about them but I watched a quiz show called pointless on BBC last night. One of the questions was name a country without the letter W.O.R.L and D in them. Two sisters answered with Ganges and Alaska. Both sisters were Blondes.
Moravian replies on Mar 27, 2019:
@dave1459 ?? That's the point. Not only is it not a country, there is an "L"" in it's name.
Moravian comments on Mar 27, 2019:
ha ha, poor blondes get a lot of unfair jokes made about them but I watched a quiz show called pointless on BBC last night. One of the questions was name a country without the letter W.O.R.L and D in them. Two sisters answered with Ganges and Alaska. Both sisters were Blondes.
Moravian replies on Mar 27, 2019:
@dave1459 ?? That's the point. Not only is it not a country, there is an "L"" in it's name.
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All is saved guys. Yuri is on the case to stop Brexit.
Mcflewster comments on Mar 25, 2019:
You will be pleased to know that apart from the stopping of Brexit , Yuri has bestowed another great gift upon the nation. If you watched GMB this am you would have learned two things>
1) The stop is going to be achieved by everyone in the Remain camp thinking hard and saying from now onwards at ...
Moravian replies on Mar 27, 2019:
@Mcflewster Very true. Yuri in his spoon bending pomp a few years ago tried to convince people that he had special powers which of course he did not so he was a con man. As far as I am aware Derren Brown always said that he was an illusionist.
I remember a few years ago there was a guy who lived near me who claimed to have the second sight and all that nonsense. Seventh son of a seventh son and spiritual powers. He attracted people looking for answers to their problems. mainly women for some reason who paid him for the privelage of a "reading"
I remember speaking to a female friend who had gone to him and she said "he knew a lot of stuff about me that amazed me, how could he have known that". I tried to explain "cold reading" to her but no she was convinced. All I could think of was "you paid someone to tell you stuff you already knew ?" makes sense !
Mcflewster comments on Mar 25, 2019:
You will be pleased to know that apart from the stopping of Brexit , Yuri has bestowed another great gift upon the nation. If you watched GMB this am you would have learned two things>
1) The stop is going to be achieved by everyone in the Remain camp thinking hard and saying from now onwards at ...
Moravian replies on Mar 27, 2019:
@Mcflewster Very true. Yuri in his spoon bending pomp a few years ago tried to convince people that he had special powers which of course he did not so he was a con man. As far as I am aware Derren Brown always said that he was an illusionist.
I remember a few years ago there was a guy who lived near me who claimed to have the second sight and all that nonsense. Seventh son of a seventh son and spiritual powers. He attracted people looking for answers to their problems. mainly women for some reason who paid him for the privelage of a "reading"
I remember speaking to a female friend who had gone to him and she said "he knew a lot of stuff about me that amazed me, how could he have known that". I tried to explain "cold reading" to her but no she was convinced. All I could think of was "you paid someone to tell you stuff you already knew ?" makes sense !
So, the neighborhood kids were playing in the backyard with mine.
genessa comments on Mar 27, 2019:
singapore is a muslim country. i had to get special dispensation from singapore airlines to chew gum on takeoff and landing when i flew with a bad chest infection that had congested my ears; they agreed because they understood i didn't want my eardrums to burst. chewing gum is illegal in ...
Moravian replies on Mar 27, 2019:
I had heard that dropping gum or any litter on the streets in Singapore is illegal in and attracts substantial fines but I did not realise actually chewing gum is illegal. A bit difficult to police and surely it is not because of Islam but purely a anti litter law.
genessa comments on Mar 27, 2019:
singapore is a muslim country. i had to get special dispensation from singapore airlines to chew gum on takeoff and landing when i flew with a bad chest infection that had congested my ears; they agreed because they understood i didn't want my eardrums to burst. chewing gum is illegal in ...
Moravian replies on Mar 27, 2019:
I had heard that dropping gum or any litter on the streets in Singapore is illegal in and attracts substantial fines but I did not realise actually chewing gum is illegal. A bit difficult to police and surely it is not because of Islam but purely a anti litter law.
What’s the world’s worst religion?
1of5 comments on Mar 26, 2019:
Judaism invented monotheism (one true god), spawned Islam, Christianity, and all their offshoots, so that gets my vote.
Moravian replies on Mar 27, 2019:
No they didn't. Zoroastrianism possibly predates Judaism and it is possible that they adopted monotheism from there. From the first books of the old testament is apparent that the Jews were originally polytheist and gradually adopted monotheism.
1of5 comments on Mar 26, 2019:
Judaism invented monotheism (one true god), spawned Islam, Christianity, and all their offshoots, so that gets my vote.
Moravian replies on Mar 27, 2019:
No they didn't. Zoroastrianism possibly predates Judaism and it is possible that they adopted monotheism from there. From the first books of the old testament is apparent that the Jews were originally polytheist and gradually adopted monotheism.
Age & Belief
I am curious to know if belief in a god changes as we age and get closer to death.
Moravian comments on Mar 26, 2019:
The old saying "there are no atheists in a foxhole" was probably started by the religious nutters who started the war which made the foxhole in the first place
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Allamanda Nice to know if I was ever to make it over to what sounds like an idyllic part of the world.
Moravian comments on Mar 26, 2019:
The old saying "there are no atheists in a foxhole" was probably started by the religious nutters who started the war which made the foxhole in the first place
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Allamanda Nice to know if I was ever to make it over to what sounds like an idyllic part of the world.
My girlfriend and I are both transwomen, she knows that I still have viagra left over from before I ...
Amisja comments on Mar 26, 2019:
am I in this group?
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
Don't know about you but I am certainly not. fascinating question though.
Amisja comments on Mar 26, 2019:
am I in this group?
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
Don't know about you but I am certainly not. fascinating question though.
Age & Belief
I am curious to know if belief in a god changes as we age and get closer to death.
Moravian comments on Mar 26, 2019:
The old saying "there are no atheists in a foxhole" was probably started by the religious nutters who started the war which made the foxhole in the first place
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Allamanda That's really interesting, thanks for posting this. I had a look online and apparently the Moravians are one of the oldest protestant sects and originally were from Moravia in what is now the Czech republic.
I chose the name as I was raised in the county of Moray in N. E. Scotland and I vaguely remember that our school magazine was called "The Moravian" Absolutely no connection to your Moravians
Moravian comments on Mar 26, 2019:
The old saying "there are no atheists in a foxhole" was probably started by the religious nutters who started the war which made the foxhole in the first place
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Allamanda That's really interesting, thanks for posting this. I had a look online and apparently the Moravians are one of the oldest protestant sects and originally were from Moravia in what is now the Czech republic.
I chose the name as I was raised in the county of Moray in N. E. Scotland and I vaguely remember that our school magazine was called "The Moravian" Absolutely no connection to your Moravians
Age & Belief
I am curious to know if belief in a god changes as we age and get closer to death.
VictoriaNotes comments on Mar 26, 2019:
Apparently so, depending on culture.
*"In 2015, researchers David Hayward and Neal Krause at the University of Michigan investigated two markers of religiosity within the surveys—the subjective importance of God and how often people go to church. They plucked all the information from the ...
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@VictoriaNotes Thanks, very interesting, so it seems that in cultures where the elderly are respected and looked after they see no need to cling more to their gods or indulge more in their "faith" but in cultures where the elderly are neglected and shoved in "granny farms" like here in the west the need of religion is greater. Makes sense.
VictoriaNotes comments on Mar 26, 2019:
Apparently so, depending on culture.
*"In 2015, researchers David Hayward and Neal Krause at the University of Michigan investigated two markers of religiosity within the surveys—the subjective importance of God and how often people go to church. They plucked all the information from the ...
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@VictoriaNotes Thanks, very interesting, so it seems that in cultures where the elderly are respected and looked after they see no need to cling more to their gods or indulge more in their "faith" but in cultures where the elderly are neglected and shoved in "granny farms" like here in the west the need of religion is greater. Makes sense.
Age & Belief
I am curious to know if belief in a god changes as we age and get closer to death.
VictoriaNotes comments on Mar 26, 2019:
Apparently so, depending on culture.
*"In 2015, researchers David Hayward and Neal Krause at the University of Michigan investigated two markers of religiosity within the surveys—the subjective importance of God and how often people go to church. They plucked all the information from the ...
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
I wonder what questions were asked. If the question was " have you become more religious as you have aged" the survey may have some validity but if they merely asked people of different ages how religious they are then it has no validity at all because older people will mostly be more religious having been raised in an era when religion was the norm.
VictoriaNotes comments on Mar 26, 2019:
Apparently so, depending on culture.
*"In 2015, researchers David Hayward and Neal Krause at the University of Michigan investigated two markers of religiosity within the surveys—the subjective importance of God and how often people go to church. They plucked all the information from the ...
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
I wonder what questions were asked. If the question was " have you become more religious as you have aged" the survey may have some validity but if they merely asked people of different ages how religious they are then it has no validity at all because older people will mostly be more religious having been raised in an era when religion was the norm.
Scottish Word of the day
Bawbag - Scrotum, human male.
Marionville comments on Mar 25, 2019:
A completely new one for me.
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Sofabeast I remember it well.The rain was so heavy that it soaked my Bawbag boxers. At least I think it was the hurricane.
Marionville comments on Mar 25, 2019:
A completely new one for me.
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Sofabeast I remember it well.The rain was so heavy that it soaked my Bawbag boxers. At least I think it was the hurricane.
Spontaneous combustion. Is it real ?
TheAstroChuck comments on Mar 26, 2019:
As other commenters have alluded to, spontaneous combustion in humans does not happen. In fact it is physically impossible to occur. Say some localized chemical reaction were to occur inside a human that raised the temperature sufficiently, the heat from that small volume of tissue would quickly ...
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
Very well put. So those stories of totally burnt bodies with no other fire damage as just that . Stories.
TheAstroChuck comments on Mar 26, 2019:
As other commenters have alluded to, spontaneous combustion in humans does not happen. In fact it is physically impossible to occur. Say some localized chemical reaction were to occur inside a human that raised the temperature sufficiently, the heat from that small volume of tissue would quickly ...
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
Very well put. So those stories of totally burnt bodies with no other fire damage as just that . Stories.
Scottish word of the day
Piece - a small treat, pancake, biscuits, cakes, small sandwiches and ...
Decieven comments on Mar 26, 2019:
I'm loving these Scottish words of the day!
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Sofabeast I grew up speaking the Doric as a second language, Away from school and home, and I have just acquired a Chambers Scots dictionary so I am ready for you ;-)
Decieven comments on Mar 26, 2019:
I'm loving these Scottish words of the day!
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Sofabeast I grew up speaking the Doric as a second language, Away from school and home, and I have just acquired a Chambers Scots dictionary so I am ready for you ;-)
Brian Cox Lecture in 5 parts.
Amisja comments on Mar 24, 2019:
He isn't a lecturer, he's a professor! He grew up about 8 miles from me in Oldham.
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Amisja a good actor
Amisja comments on Mar 24, 2019:
He isn't a lecturer, he's a professor! He grew up about 8 miles from me in Oldham.
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Amisja a good actor
Spontaneous combustion. Is it real ?
Jnei comments on Mar 26, 2019:
Do you mean spontaneous combustion, which is a a real and explained phenomenon affecting a range of materials under certain conditions, or spontaneous *human* combustion? The latter seems likely to be a myth, caused partly by poor methods of investigation and partly by many proponents' deliberate ...
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
I realise certain materials can self combust such as hay or straw stored when damp. I was referring to human spontaneous combustion.
There were a couple of cases of a completely burned out body found in a poorly ventilated room with fat deposits on windows. One theory was that the clothing of the person caught alight from a source such as a gas fire or cigarette. The fire then melted the subcutaneous fat of the body which soaked into the clothing and this then burned more of the body and so on in the low oxygen environment.
Of course it should not be called spontaneous combustion as there was an original heat source.
I agree that it is very unlikely but I would not discount it entirely
Jnei comments on Mar 26, 2019:
Do you mean spontaneous combustion, which is a a real and explained phenomenon affecting a range of materials under certain conditions, or spontaneous *human* combustion? The latter seems likely to be a myth, caused partly by poor methods of investigation and partly by many proponents' deliberate ...
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
I realise certain materials can self combust such as hay or straw stored when damp. I was referring to human spontaneous combustion.
There were a couple of cases of a completely burned out body found in a poorly ventilated room with fat deposits on windows. One theory was that the clothing of the person caught alight from a source such as a gas fire or cigarette. The fire then melted the subcutaneous fat of the body which soaked into the clothing and this then burned more of the body and so on in the low oxygen environment.
Of course it should not be called spontaneous combustion as there was an original heat source.
I agree that it is very unlikely but I would not discount it entirely
Cop out: "Spiritual But Not Religious"
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Agree or disagree?
Moravian comments on Mar 26, 2019:
Total bullshit, the comments of the author, not being spiritual. I don't know what being "spiritual" means to different individuals but it is a refreshing change from blindly believing age old religious dogma.
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Athena Yes it can be a bit wishy washy and meaningless. a bit too "new age" for me.
Moravian comments on Mar 26, 2019:
Total bullshit, the comments of the author, not being spiritual. I don't know what being "spiritual" means to different individuals but it is a refreshing change from blindly believing age old religious dogma.
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Athena Yes it can be a bit wishy washy and meaningless. a bit too "new age" for me.
Recently I was writing a song, it was right after I saw some lonely and sad people's quote on a ...
Moravian comments on Mar 26, 2019:
Sounds a bit like "don't fear the reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult" One of my favourite songs which has been accused of promoting suicide.
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@DavisTravis https://www.bing.com/search?q=blue+oyster+cult+don%27t+fear+the+reaper=WNSGPH&qs=AS=2cd7c4f850824ce29da97eaeb00f96c0&pq=blue+oyster+cult&cc=GB=en-GB&PC=HCTS=7815A8810375AAB13232A6E586DC3638&ts=1553603524757=Moderate
Moravian comments on Mar 26, 2019:
Sounds a bit like "don't fear the reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult" One of my favourite songs which has been accused of promoting suicide.
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@DavisTravis https://www.bing.com/search?q=blue+oyster+cult+don%27t+fear+the+reaper=WNSGPH&qs=AS=2cd7c4f850824ce29da97eaeb00f96c0&pq=blue+oyster+cult&cc=GB=en-GB&PC=HCTS=7815A8810375AAB13232A6E586DC3638&ts=1553603524757=Moderate
So, we nonbelievers are now tied for top spot in reported religious affiliation.
genessa comments on Mar 26, 2019:
sorry but "nones" are not all, or even mostly, nonbelievers. they just claim no religious affiliation.
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Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@genessa ;-)
genessa comments on Mar 26, 2019:
sorry but "nones" are not all, or even mostly, nonbelievers. they just claim no religious affiliation.
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Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@genessa ;-)
Christian: If there's no god, then what's your purpose in life?
Moravian comments on Mar 25, 2019:
And what do you want to teach Christians about Jesus ?. That he probably never existed ?. Good luck with that
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
Santa Claus exists in the minds of millions of children but it doesn't make him real, As far as I am aware all other "evidence" of an earthly Jesus has been discredited but you may know otherwise .
Just because you post something on "silly,random and fun" doesn't mean you can make "serious" unsubstantiated comments and get away with it.
Moravian comments on Mar 25, 2019:
And what do you want to teach Christians about Jesus ?. That he probably never existed ?. Good luck with that
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
Santa Claus exists in the minds of millions of children but it doesn't make him real, As far as I am aware all other "evidence" of an earthly Jesus has been discredited but you may know otherwise .
Just because you post something on "silly,random and fun" doesn't mean you can make "serious" unsubstantiated comments and get away with it.
So, we nonbelievers are now tied for top spot in reported religious affiliation.
genessa comments on Mar 26, 2019:
sorry but "nones" are not all, or even mostly, nonbelievers. they just claim no religious affiliation.
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Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@genessa short streets ;-)
genessa comments on Mar 26, 2019:
sorry but "nones" are not all, or even mostly, nonbelievers. they just claim no religious affiliation.
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Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@genessa short streets ;-)
Yours Truly: 25 March 2019, I look like such a dork! Messy hair, but it's me. (Pic)?
Moravian comments on Mar 26, 2019:
Lovely photo but did you spill your drink down the front of the T shirt ?
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@SleeplessInTexas Gotta watch those shadows
Moravian comments on Mar 26, 2019:
Lovely photo but did you spill your drink down the front of the T shirt ?
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@SleeplessInTexas Gotta watch those shadows
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All is saved guys. Yuri is on the case to stop Brexit.
Mcflewster comments on Mar 25, 2019:
You will be pleased to know that apart from the stopping of Brexit , Yuri has bestowed another great gift upon the nation. If you watched GMB this am you would have learned two things>
1) The stop is going to be achieved by everyone in the Remain camp thinking hard and saying from now onwards at ...
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
I know what a prophet is I was only saying that neither Brown nor Geller claim to be prophets. These days prophets are usually nutters who foretell the end of the world and may attract a few followers but are fairly harmless. The biblical prophets are much more harmful and if you have any capacity for logical thinking surely the fact that Jesus was born in Bethlehem "to fulfil prophecy" would make you smell a rat.
More harmful today are the so called spiritual mediums such as Dennis Acorah who prey on gullible and grieving people and con them out of money.
Mcflewster comments on Mar 25, 2019:
You will be pleased to know that apart from the stopping of Brexit , Yuri has bestowed another great gift upon the nation. If you watched GMB this am you would have learned two things>
1) The stop is going to be achieved by everyone in the Remain camp thinking hard and saying from now onwards at ...
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
I know what a prophet is I was only saying that neither Brown nor Geller claim to be prophets. These days prophets are usually nutters who foretell the end of the world and may attract a few followers but are fairly harmless. The biblical prophets are much more harmful and if you have any capacity for logical thinking surely the fact that Jesus was born in Bethlehem "to fulfil prophecy" would make you smell a rat.
More harmful today are the so called spiritual mediums such as Dennis Acorah who prey on gullible and grieving people and con them out of money.
It seems atheists DOMINATE this site, despite the fact it's an agnostic one.
kensmile4u comments on Mar 26, 2019:
Thanks for posting this coherent observation. See the link to the scientific method. Focus on the first statement in the section that is called "Some key underpinnings to the scientific method". I have included that first statement below. It states:
"The hypothesis must be testable and ...
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Storm1752" Intelligent design cannot be proven or disproven" ?: Doesn't evidence come into it somewhere. You should read "The blind watchmaker" by Richard Dawkins. We may not be able to prove or disprove the existence of some "god" or "higher power" but there is absolutely no evidence for intelligent design. In fact evolution shows the opposite.
kensmile4u comments on Mar 26, 2019:
Thanks for posting this coherent observation. See the link to the scientific method. Focus on the first statement in the section that is called "Some key underpinnings to the scientific method". I have included that first statement below. It states:
"The hypothesis must be testable and ...
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Storm1752" Intelligent design cannot be proven or disproven" ?: Doesn't evidence come into it somewhere. You should read "The blind watchmaker" by Richard Dawkins. We may not be able to prove or disprove the existence of some "god" or "higher power" but there is absolutely no evidence for intelligent design. In fact evolution shows the opposite.
So, we nonbelievers are now tied for top spot in reported religious affiliation.
genessa comments on Mar 26, 2019:
sorry but "nones" are not all, or even mostly, nonbelievers. they just claim no religious affiliation.
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Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
That sounds more believable. having driven through some of the Southern states there seems to be a church on every street
genessa comments on Mar 26, 2019:
sorry but "nones" are not all, or even mostly, nonbelievers. they just claim no religious affiliation.
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Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
That sounds more believable. having driven through some of the Southern states there seems to be a church on every street
Once again.
Biosteelman comments on Mar 26, 2019:
No. This is a case of political ideals preventing proper healthcare and treatment.
It would be like if you performed an abortion on your friend but she died because doctors won't do it and the ones that do charge an arm and a leg.
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Biosteelman That is the most ridiculous thing I have heard. Haven't you heard of soap and water and proper hygiene. What I find ironic is that it is often done for religious reasons so the implication is that their god made a faulty being in the first place. ffs get into the real world.
Biosteelman comments on Mar 26, 2019:
No. This is a case of political ideals preventing proper healthcare and treatment.
It would be like if you performed an abortion on your friend but she died because doctors won't do it and the ones that do charge an arm and a leg.
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Biosteelman That is the most ridiculous thing I have heard. Haven't you heard of soap and water and proper hygiene. What I find ironic is that it is often done for religious reasons so the implication is that their god made a faulty being in the first place. ffs get into the real world.
Brian Cox Lecture in 5 parts.
Amisja comments on Mar 24, 2019:
He isn't a lecturer, he's a professor! He grew up about 8 miles from me in Oldham.
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Spinliesel Don't confuse him with Brian Cox, the film actor from Dundee who is nae so bonny
Amisja comments on Mar 24, 2019:
He isn't a lecturer, he's a professor! He grew up about 8 miles from me in Oldham.
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Spinliesel Don't confuse him with Brian Cox, the film actor from Dundee who is nae so bonny
Bad news for meat eaters.
Moravian comments on Mar 25, 2019:
I can picture militant vegans spreading them around the countryside
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@JackPedigo "the royal we"" ? As the cleaner of the queens toilet remarked ;-)
Moravian comments on Mar 25, 2019:
I can picture militant vegans spreading them around the countryside
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@JackPedigo "the royal we"" ? As the cleaner of the queens toilet remarked ;-)
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Rustee comments on Mar 25, 2019:
Someone in the tower is going to have some 'spaining to do!!
*Wow... I hope my flight tomorrow to Atlanta actually lands in Atlanta!!
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
I wouldn't be so sure and makes sure it is not on one of the new Boeing 737s
Rustee comments on Mar 25, 2019:
Someone in the tower is going to have some 'spaining to do!!
*Wow... I hope my flight tomorrow to Atlanta actually lands in Atlanta!!
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
I wouldn't be so sure and makes sure it is not on one of the new Boeing 737s
Christian: If there's no god, then what's your purpose in life?
Moravian comments on Mar 25, 2019:
And what do you want to teach Christians about Jesus ?. That he probably never existed ?. Good luck with that
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Benthoven Possibly they know very little about the man "real or otherwise" because the only evidence we have of his life is from four contradictory gospels written many years after his "lifetime"
Moravian comments on Mar 25, 2019:
And what do you want to teach Christians about Jesus ?. That he probably never existed ?. Good luck with that
Moravian replies on Mar 26, 2019:
@Benthoven Possibly they know very little about the man "real or otherwise" because the only evidence we have of his life is from four contradictory gospels written many years after his "lifetime"
Christian: If there's no god, then what's your purpose in life?
Moravian comments on Mar 25, 2019:
And what do you want to teach Christians about Jesus ?. That he probably never existed ?. Good luck with that
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@Benthoven I said "probably". So what are you going to teach Christians about Jesus ?. Please enlighten us.
Moravian comments on Mar 25, 2019:
And what do you want to teach Christians about Jesus ?. That he probably never existed ?. Good luck with that
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@Benthoven I said "probably". So what are you going to teach Christians about Jesus ?. Please enlighten us.
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All is saved guys. Yuri is on the case to stop Brexit.
Mcflewster comments on Mar 25, 2019:
You will be pleased to know that apart from the stopping of Brexit , Yuri has bestowed another great gift upon the nation. If you watched GMB this am you would have learned two things>
1) The stop is going to be achieved by everyone in the Remain camp thinking hard and saying from now onwards at ...
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@Mcflewster that's probably an accurate description of how a "prophet" operates but as far as I am aware neither Yuri Geller or Derren Brown claim to be prophets.
So called prophets are usually attached to some type of church and are preaching to the converted so it is difficult to have any sympathy for them.
Mcflewster comments on Mar 25, 2019:
You will be pleased to know that apart from the stopping of Brexit , Yuri has bestowed another great gift upon the nation. If you watched GMB this am you would have learned two things>
1) The stop is going to be achieved by everyone in the Remain camp thinking hard and saying from now onwards at ...
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@Mcflewster that's probably an accurate description of how a "prophet" operates but as far as I am aware neither Yuri Geller or Derren Brown claim to be prophets.
So called prophets are usually attached to some type of church and are preaching to the converted so it is difficult to have any sympathy for them.
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All is saved guys. Yuri is on the case to stop Brexit.
Mcflewster comments on Mar 25, 2019:
You will be pleased to know that apart from the stopping of Brexit , Yuri has bestowed another great gift upon the nation. If you watched GMB this am you would have learned two things>
1) The stop is going to be achieved by everyone in the Remain camp thinking hard and saying from now onwards at ...
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
Certainly both entertainers and illusionists but prophets ?
Mcflewster comments on Mar 25, 2019:
You will be pleased to know that apart from the stopping of Brexit , Yuri has bestowed another great gift upon the nation. If you watched GMB this am you would have learned two things>
1) The stop is going to be achieved by everyone in the Remain camp thinking hard and saying from now onwards at ...
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
Certainly both entertainers and illusionists but prophets ?
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Alabama,Texas.Florida ?
Sticks48 comments on Mar 25, 2019:
Could be East Texas, Ala, Tenn, Ky, SC, NC, Miss, Ark, WV, La, parts of FL,GA,VA, and that area in PA between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@Sticks48 I thought The Donald was going to sort that out. The working in coal mines I mean
Sticks48 comments on Mar 25, 2019:
Could be East Texas, Ala, Tenn, Ky, SC, NC, Miss, Ark, WV, La, parts of FL,GA,VA, and that area in PA between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@Sticks48 I thought The Donald was going to sort that out. The working in coal mines I mean
Atheists, what was the hardest thing to accept when you became atheist?
Moravian comments on Mar 25, 2019:
I once read in a medical book that people who drink (alcohol) heavily from an early age may not mature in an emotional and intellectual way. I have seen this in alcoholics I have known. In many ways they can be almost childlike. Could religious indoctrination have a similar effect ?
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@Freespirit64 Interesting article. Sorry to hear about your ex. No matter how bad he was he was still a father to the children
Moravian comments on Mar 25, 2019:
I once read in a medical book that people who drink (alcohol) heavily from an early age may not mature in an emotional and intellectual way. I have seen this in alcoholics I have known. In many ways they can be almost childlike. Could religious indoctrination have a similar effect ?
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@Freespirit64 Interesting article. Sorry to hear about your ex. No matter how bad he was he was still a father to the children
Divine Right: Born to the Lurk & Perk.
Moravian comments on Mar 24, 2019:
So you are not a royalist then ?
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@johnprytz Can't disagree with you there
Moravian comments on Mar 24, 2019:
So you are not a royalist then ?
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@johnprytz Can't disagree with you there
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Alabama,Texas.Florida ?
Sticks48 comments on Mar 25, 2019:
Could be East Texas, Ala, Tenn, Ky, SC, NC, Miss, Ark, WV, La, parts of FL,GA,VA, and that area in PA between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
That's a fairly comprehensive list ;-)
Sticks48 comments on Mar 25, 2019:
Could be East Texas, Ala, Tenn, Ky, SC, NC, Miss, Ark, WV, La, parts of FL,GA,VA, and that area in PA between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
That's a fairly comprehensive list ;-)
Atheists, what was the hardest thing to accept when you became atheist?
Moravian comments on Mar 25, 2019:
I once read in a medical book that people who drink (alcohol) heavily from an early age may not mature in an emotional and intellectual way. I have seen this in alcoholics I have known. In many ways they can be almost childlike. Could religious indoctrination have a similar effect ?
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@Freespirit64 An interesting topic. My ex was an alcoholic and although a nice person was very childlike in many ways.
Moravian comments on Mar 25, 2019:
I once read in a medical book that people who drink (alcohol) heavily from an early age may not mature in an emotional and intellectual way. I have seen this in alcoholics I have known. In many ways they can be almost childlike. Could religious indoctrination have a similar effect ?
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@Freespirit64 An interesting topic. My ex was an alcoholic and although a nice person was very childlike in many ways.
I had great fun poking the monkey cage this night.
Moravian comments on Mar 24, 2019:
Still hitting the bottle ?. Time to give it up I think.
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@GnosticLove Copy and paste ?. that's disappointing , I thought those diatribes you have been posting came from your own vivid imagination and all the time it has been the work of someone else.
Good luck in finding you "neologism"
Bye bye
Moravian comments on Mar 24, 2019:
Still hitting the bottle ?. Time to give it up I think.
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@GnosticLove Copy and paste ?. that's disappointing , I thought those diatribes you have been posting came from your own vivid imagination and all the time it has been the work of someone else.
Good luck in finding you "neologism"
Bye bye
I'm not sorry.
Moravian comments on Mar 24, 2019:
that's funny but I can never understand why the academics who gave English words to animals used the ancient Greek way of putting a silent "P" at the front of the word. One which irritates me is the "Ptarmigan" which is the name which was given to the "tarmachan" the Gaelic name for a grouse which ...
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@SiouxcitySue I think they are a protected species here unlike the red grouse which is a wild bird but "grouse moors" are managed to achieve the largest population possible to be shot in autumn
Moravian comments on Mar 24, 2019:
that's funny but I can never understand why the academics who gave English words to animals used the ancient Greek way of putting a silent "P" at the front of the word. One which irritates me is the "Ptarmigan" which is the name which was given to the "tarmachan" the Gaelic name for a grouse which ...
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@SiouxcitySue I think they are a protected species here unlike the red grouse which is a wild bird but "grouse moors" are managed to achieve the largest population possible to be shot in autumn
Americans used to eat pigeon all the time—and it could be making a comeback.
Clare comments on Mar 24, 2019:
I would try anything once, and if I like it twice. Just not going outside to kill one and eat it, I am sure that they should be grain fed for eating.
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@birdingnut There are several old "doocots" in the country here where pigeons were kept in years gone bye
Clare comments on Mar 24, 2019:
I would try anything once, and if I like it twice. Just not going outside to kill one and eat it, I am sure that they should be grain fed for eating.
Moravian replies on Mar 25, 2019:
@birdingnut There are several old "doocots" in the country here where pigeons were kept in years gone bye
I'm not sorry.
Moravian comments on Mar 24, 2019:
that's funny but I can never understand why the academics who gave English words to animals used the ancient Greek way of putting a silent "P" at the front of the word. One which irritates me is the "Ptarmigan" which is the name which was given to the "tarmachan" the Gaelic name for a grouse which ...
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
@SiouxcitySue Didn't know that. They are beautiful birds and totally unafraid of people. Do as I do and call them tarmachan.
Moravian comments on Mar 24, 2019:
that's funny but I can never understand why the academics who gave English words to animals used the ancient Greek way of putting a silent "P" at the front of the word. One which irritates me is the "Ptarmigan" which is the name which was given to the "tarmachan" the Gaelic name for a grouse which ...
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
@SiouxcitySue Didn't know that. They are beautiful birds and totally unafraid of people. Do as I do and call them tarmachan.
when i look at all the ppl here who believe every word from the global warming, now climate change, ...
Moravian comments on Mar 24, 2019:
If you can't differentiate between science and religion you have a problem.
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
@Flyingsaucesir True
Moravian comments on Mar 24, 2019:
If you can't differentiate between science and religion you have a problem.
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
@Flyingsaucesir True
Americans used to eat pigeon all the time—and it could be making a comeback.
Clare comments on Mar 24, 2019:
I would try anything once, and if I like it twice. Just not going outside to kill one and eat it, I am sure that they should be grain fed for eating.
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
@Allamanda Rock doves / full of disease
Clare comments on Mar 24, 2019:
I would try anything once, and if I like it twice. Just not going outside to kill one and eat it, I am sure that they should be grain fed for eating.
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
@Allamanda Rock doves / full of disease
when i look at all the ppl here who believe every word from the global warming, now climate change, ...
Moravian comments on Mar 24, 2019:
If you can't differentiate between science and religion you have a problem.
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
@Flyingsaucesir Of course it is politicised. We are at the mercy of politicians who make the decisions
Moravian comments on Mar 24, 2019:
If you can't differentiate between science and religion you have a problem.
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
@Flyingsaucesir Of course it is politicised. We are at the mercy of politicians who make the decisions
when i look at all the ppl here who believe every word from the global warming, now climate change, ...
linxminx comments on Mar 24, 2019:
There is plenty of substantial research by qualified sources to show we are depleting this planet of its natural resources, polluting with waste and emissions that are causing climate changes. I am one of them! I just gave a talk yesterday at a conference on the pollution caused by the textile and...
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
I recently read a travel book by Simon Reeves who does travel shows for the BBC. He travelled through Mozambique and other poor African countries and his comments mirrored yours exactly. There were bales of second hand clothing from the west. He even saw amongst the clothing soiled underwear with the original owners name on them. Not only is this demeaning to the locals but undercuts the local clothing makers.
linxminx comments on Mar 24, 2019:
There is plenty of substantial research by qualified sources to show we are depleting this planet of its natural resources, polluting with waste and emissions that are causing climate changes. I am one of them! I just gave a talk yesterday at a conference on the pollution caused by the textile and...
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
I recently read a travel book by Simon Reeves who does travel shows for the BBC. He travelled through Mozambique and other poor African countries and his comments mirrored yours exactly. There were bales of second hand clothing from the west. He even saw amongst the clothing soiled underwear with the original owners name on them. Not only is this demeaning to the locals but undercuts the local clothing makers.
I had great fun poking the monkey cage this night.
Moravian comments on Mar 24, 2019:
Still hitting the bottle ?. Time to give it up I think.
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
@GnosticLove Thanks for explaining your meaning so succinctly. I am so used to communicating with citizens in your fair country who have a total lack of the understanding of irony that I tend to take what is said by them at face value and silly me I thought you meant that you were writing the post whilst drunk.
I am surprised though that a man of you perspicacity cannot spell a simple word like exercise. Tut tut
Moravian comments on Mar 24, 2019:
Still hitting the bottle ?. Time to give it up I think.
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
@GnosticLove Thanks for explaining your meaning so succinctly. I am so used to communicating with citizens in your fair country who have a total lack of the understanding of irony that I tend to take what is said by them at face value and silly me I thought you meant that you were writing the post whilst drunk.
I am surprised though that a man of you perspicacity cannot spell a simple word like exercise. Tut tut
I had great fun poking the monkey cage this night.
Moravian comments on Mar 24, 2019:
Still hitting the bottle ?. Time to give it up I think.
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
@GnosticLove Well you said it in your previous post " As I take a drunkards walk through this site"
I thought this was the place for intelligent debate not self indulgent ramblings and silly insults
Moravian comments on Mar 24, 2019:
Still hitting the bottle ?. Time to give it up I think.
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
@GnosticLove Well you said it in your previous post " As I take a drunkards walk through this site"
I thought this was the place for intelligent debate not self indulgent ramblings and silly insults
What say you?
Novelty comments on Mar 23, 2019:
I don't remember that option being offered to me before I got here.
No one gives a damn if a child wants to exist or not and then these children are supposed to have gratitude for the existence they had no choice in.
It puts the tense in existence.
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
You may recall the thread about the Indian guy who is suing his parents for being born. Some of the comments were mind boggling and I got blocked for the first time for disagreeing with one poster.
Comments like yours makes me think of a society spoiled by materialism and so far removed from nature that they are lost souls. Remember the theme from Mash?--- Suicide is painless
Novelty comments on Mar 23, 2019:
I don't remember that option being offered to me before I got here.
No one gives a damn if a child wants to exist or not and then these children are supposed to have gratitude for the existence they had no choice in.
It puts the tense in existence.
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
You may recall the thread about the Indian guy who is suing his parents for being born. Some of the comments were mind boggling and I got blocked for the first time for disagreeing with one poster.
Comments like yours makes me think of a society spoiled by materialism and so far removed from nature that they are lost souls. Remember the theme from Mash?--- Suicide is painless
The Animals.
Moravian comments on Mar 23, 2019:
A classic track
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
@Marionville Me too. Eric Burdon was one of the best rock/blues singers around.
Moravian comments on Mar 23, 2019:
A classic track
Moravian replies on Mar 24, 2019:
@Marionville Me too. Eric Burdon was one of the best rock/blues singers around.
Costa Rica Quarantines U.S. Anti-Vaxx Missionary Family Who Brought Measles | David Gee
Kafirah comments on Mar 23, 2019:
Good. That's exactly what they should have done... You know, other than not let missionaries in the country in the first place. They've been known to bring diseases to many native cultures... historically speaking.
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
Including the virus of christianity
Kafirah comments on Mar 23, 2019:
Good. That's exactly what they should have done... You know, other than not let missionaries in the country in the first place. They've been known to bring diseases to many native cultures... historically speaking.
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
Including the virus of christianity
For all Scottish football fans who will totally get this!
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Moravian comments on Mar 23, 2019:
I lived in Gorgie for a spell and on the days of Heart's home games my local, the famous Diggers pub was always mobbed. If It was a Hearts Hibs game ?. i stayed away.
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
@Geoffrey51 Right on. The club was formed by the Irish community in Edinburgh, as was Celtic in Glasgow but they do not have the same religious bigotry attached to them as Celtic and Rangers have.
Moravian comments on Mar 23, 2019:
I lived in Gorgie for a spell and on the days of Heart's home games my local, the famous Diggers pub was always mobbed. If It was a Hearts Hibs game ?. i stayed away.
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
@Geoffrey51 Right on. The club was formed by the Irish community in Edinburgh, as was Celtic in Glasgow but they do not have the same religious bigotry attached to them as Celtic and Rangers have.
Anyone ever been involved in multi-level marketing (MLM)?
Moravian comments on Mar 22, 2019:
I was a distributor with Telecom Plus or as they are now The Utilities Warehouse.in the UK.It is a genuine company and not a scam but he only way to progress and make real money is to build up a large "downline". To do that you had to recruit lots of other distributors and convince them that they ...
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
Well you are obviously the expert so how could I possibly argue. I will just continue to enjoy spending the share dividend each year and watch the value of my shares rise annually
Moravian comments on Mar 22, 2019:
I was a distributor with Telecom Plus or as they are now The Utilities Warehouse.in the UK.It is a genuine company and not a scam but he only way to progress and make real money is to build up a large "downline". To do that you had to recruit lots of other distributors and convince them that they ...
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
Well you are obviously the expert so how could I possibly argue. I will just continue to enjoy spending the share dividend each year and watch the value of my shares rise annually
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All is saved guys. Yuri is on the case to stop Brexit.
Geoffrey51 comments on Mar 23, 2019:
Phew! Glad someone knows what they are doing. Quick, tell Theresa!
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
He has sent her an open letter warning her of his actions so it is all over now.
Geoffrey51 comments on Mar 23, 2019:
Phew! Glad someone knows what they are doing. Quick, tell Theresa!
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
He has sent her an open letter warning her of his actions so it is all over now.
For all Scottish football fans who will totally get this!
[independent.co.uk]
Moravian comments on Mar 23, 2019:
I lived in Gorgie for a spell and on the days of Heart's home games my local, the famous Diggers pub was always mobbed. If It was a Hearts Hibs game ?. i stayed away.
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
@Geoffrey51 A bit of both I think. More so on the Hibs side. Hibernian FC playing in green shirts
Moravian comments on Mar 23, 2019:
I lived in Gorgie for a spell and on the days of Heart's home games my local, the famous Diggers pub was always mobbed. If It was a Hearts Hibs game ?. i stayed away.
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
@Geoffrey51 A bit of both I think. More so on the Hibs side. Hibernian FC playing in green shirts
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Moravian comments on Mar 23, 2019:
I look forward to the day when "none" is the default position and theists are labeled as such, although it certainly won't be in my lifetime. As for "spiritual". I haven't a clue what that means.
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
@Fernapple To coin a phrase " it covers a multitude of sins" ;-)
Moravian comments on Mar 23, 2019:
I look forward to the day when "none" is the default position and theists are labeled as such, although it certainly won't be in my lifetime. As for "spiritual". I haven't a clue what that means.
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
@Fernapple To coin a phrase " it covers a multitude of sins" ;-)
Did Jesus Christ commit sins?
1of5 comments on Mar 22, 2019:
Have to have a god to have sin, and since there is no such entity...
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
I agree. there are illegal acts, immoral acts and unethical acts but sins should remain in the fantasy world of religion.
1of5 comments on Mar 22, 2019:
Have to have a god to have sin, and since there is no such entity...
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
I agree. there are illegal acts, immoral acts and unethical acts but sins should remain in the fantasy world of religion.
The Secret Jehovah’s Witness Database of Child Molesters - The Atlantic
Novelty comments on Mar 22, 2019:
Avoid everyone with a P as part of their title, Pastor, Pope, Priest, Padre, Parishioner, Politician, Patriarch, etc... I suspect the "P" signifies Pedophile. The lowest form of life because they start a chain of hurt and shame that can destroy the lives of their victims families for generations.
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
@1of5 Definitely going to have a word with my friend Peter about this.
Novelty comments on Mar 22, 2019:
Avoid everyone with a P as part of their title, Pastor, Pope, Priest, Padre, Parishioner, Politician, Patriarch, etc... I suspect the "P" signifies Pedophile. The lowest form of life because they start a chain of hurt and shame that can destroy the lives of their victims families for generations.
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
@1of5 Definitely going to have a word with my friend Peter about this.
So I had to counsel an employee this week who I had recently hired.
ToolGuy comments on Mar 23, 2019:
Yes. I once commented that “to know” in the Bible was sexual intercourse and a colleague took offence.
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
@Piratefish I thought it was a well known fact. I remember mentioning a girlfriend to a devout Roman Catholic colleague and he said "did you know her in the biblical sense" Of course I replied in the confirmative.
ToolGuy comments on Mar 23, 2019:
Yes. I once commented that “to know” in the Bible was sexual intercourse and a colleague took offence.
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
@Piratefish I thought it was a well known fact. I remember mentioning a girlfriend to a devout Roman Catholic colleague and he said "did you know her in the biblical sense" Of course I replied in the confirmative.
Anyone ever been involved in multi-level marketing (MLM)?
Moravian comments on Mar 22, 2019:
I was a distributor with Telecom Plus or as they are now The Utilities Warehouse.in the UK.It is a genuine company and not a scam but he only way to progress and make real money is to build up a large "downline". To do that you had to recruit lots of other distributors and convince them that they ...
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
@Nomorepopes Not in the slightest way illegal. You are confusing multi level marketing with pyramid schemes. Two totally different things.Check out the The Utilities Warehouse for yourself'. They are one of the better small utilities suppliers in the UK
The shares were a bonus for collecting a certain number of customers and were in addition to the normal payment scheme..
Moravian comments on Mar 22, 2019:
I was a distributor with Telecom Plus or as they are now The Utilities Warehouse.in the UK.It is a genuine company and not a scam but he only way to progress and make real money is to build up a large "downline". To do that you had to recruit lots of other distributors and convince them that they ...
Moravian replies on Mar 23, 2019:
@Nomorepopes Not in the slightest way illegal. You are confusing multi level marketing with pyramid schemes. Two totally different things.Check out the The Utilities Warehouse for yourself'. They are one of the better small utilities suppliers in the UK
The shares were a bonus for collecting a certain number of customers and were in addition to the normal payment scheme..
‘In Awesome Peril’
Moravian comments on Mar 22, 2019:
Just a case of "friendly fire" or as I believe it is called in the US, "blue on blue"
Moravian replies on Mar 22, 2019:
@WilliamCharles n addition to the realpolitik there is also credible testimony that there were wholesale massacres of Egyptian soldiers on Israel's southern front. The Liberty had amassed a huge amount of evidence on this because their sophisticated equipment was picking up everything in the region that was being transmitted. When the ship was attacked the captain ordered the destruction of all the recordings. Some of the evidence on massacres comes from Amos Oz's interesting film Censored Voices vimeo.com/ondemand/censoredvoices2
I got this from a friend who is heavily involve din the Palestine issue. It makes sense and a reason for the Israelis attacking the Liberty
Moravian comments on Mar 22, 2019:
Just a case of "friendly fire" or as I believe it is called in the US, "blue on blue"
Moravian replies on Mar 22, 2019:
@WilliamCharles n addition to the realpolitik there is also credible testimony that there were wholesale massacres of Egyptian soldiers on Israel's southern front. The Liberty had amassed a huge amount of evidence on this because their sophisticated equipment was picking up everything in the region that was being transmitted. When the ship was attacked the captain ordered the destruction of all the recordings. Some of the evidence on massacres comes from Amos Oz's interesting film Censored Voices vimeo.com/ondemand/censoredvoices2
I got this from a friend who is heavily involve din the Palestine issue. It makes sense and a reason for the Israelis attacking the Liberty
If America has known peace for only 17 years since 1776, does that make them the most aggressive ...
TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 22, 2019:
In a word, yes. The other top nation for that would probably be England, for the same reason as the US. Both countries have very involved in building empires around the world. England got out of that decades ago, but the US continues to expand its empire to this day.
Moravian replies on Mar 22, 2019:
Well that is probably true now. Scotland was seen as an extension of England , or North Britain, but the canny Scots got their share of the loot from the British empire. Glasgow wasn't called the second city of the British Empire for nothing.
TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 22, 2019:
In a word, yes. The other top nation for that would probably be England, for the same reason as the US. Both countries have very involved in building empires around the world. England got out of that decades ago, but the US continues to expand its empire to this day.
Moravian replies on Mar 22, 2019:
Well that is probably true now. Scotland was seen as an extension of England , or North Britain, but the canny Scots got their share of the loot from the British empire. Glasgow wasn't called the second city of the British Empire for nothing.
Militant Agnostics?
LetzGetReal comments on Mar 22, 2019:
That coupled term seems a bit unusual as some identify with Anti-theist, or Atheist as a preference.
I have my moments of anger in this realm; again it depends on what the discourse is- am not one to tolerate condescension as in being told to pray for a solution, to or put up with religion ...
Moravian replies on Mar 22, 2019:
@mzbehavin I think there are some people on this site who are closet theists or at least are very confused. I was called rude by one poster for pointing out that a link she sent to try to prove that democracy evolved from Christianity was blatant Christian propaganda, which it was.
LetzGetReal comments on Mar 22, 2019:
That coupled term seems a bit unusual as some identify with Anti-theist, or Atheist as a preference.
I have my moments of anger in this realm; again it depends on what the discourse is- am not one to tolerate condescension as in being told to pray for a solution, to or put up with religion ...
Moravian replies on Mar 22, 2019:
@mzbehavin I think there are some people on this site who are closet theists or at least are very confused. I was called rude by one poster for pointing out that a link she sent to try to prove that democracy evolved from Christianity was blatant Christian propaganda, which it was.
If America has known peace for only 17 years since 1776, does that make them the most aggressive ...
TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 22, 2019:
In a word, yes. The other top nation for that would probably be England, for the same reason as the US. Both countries have very involved in building empires around the world. England got out of that decades ago, but the US continues to expand its empire to this day.
Moravian replies on Mar 22, 2019:
Britain please. The Scots, Welsh and Irish have to take some of the blame
TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 22, 2019:
In a word, yes. The other top nation for that would probably be England, for the same reason as the US. Both countries have very involved in building empires around the world. England got out of that decades ago, but the US continues to expand its empire to this day.
Moravian replies on Mar 22, 2019:
Britain please. The Scots, Welsh and Irish have to take some of the blame
THIS IS US. Toby Morris's comments on the NZ massacre
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zas1952 comments on Mar 21, 2019:
People load and pull the trigger take away the guns people will built and use bombs people will use cars and planes PEOPLE ARE DOING THE KILLING<Fix the problem with the people....You can't take killing and death by Sick people by putting away objects
Moravian replies on Mar 22, 2019:
Yes you can as has been shown in the UK and Australia. Since the gun laws have been tightened in Australia deaths have dropped by two thirds, but that is not the point that Toby Morris is saying. The shout that "this is not us" from New Zealanders after the shooting as he says is not true. The NZ society is based on colonial invasion and low level racism is endemic in society. Not as marked as in Australia but it is there.
zas1952 comments on Mar 21, 2019:
People load and pull the trigger take away the guns people will built and use bombs people will use cars and planes PEOPLE ARE DOING THE KILLING<Fix the problem with the people....You can't take killing and death by Sick people by putting away objects
Moravian replies on Mar 22, 2019:
Yes you can as has been shown in the UK and Australia. Since the gun laws have been tightened in Australia deaths have dropped by two thirds, but that is not the point that Toby Morris is saying. The shout that "this is not us" from New Zealanders after the shooting as he says is not true. The NZ society is based on colonial invasion and low level racism is endemic in society. Not as marked as in Australia but it is there.
October 6, 1967 - The funeral notice posted in Haight Ashbury for the death of the hippie.
Moravian comments on Mar 20, 2019:
I think like Mark Twain reports of the death are an exaggeration .
I visited Haight Ashbury on a visit to San Francisco a few years ago and it felt like like a pilgrimage
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
Hope you can make it sometime.Of course the huge influx of hippies have long since gone,there were estimated to have been around 50000 at the peak of the peace and love era. The place still has a great atmosphere with several head shops and I even saw a young guy with ginger dreads sitting on the pavement playing a sitar.
Moravian comments on Mar 20, 2019:
I think like Mark Twain reports of the death are an exaggeration .
I visited Haight Ashbury on a visit to San Francisco a few years ago and it felt like like a pilgrimage
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
Hope you can make it sometime.Of course the huge influx of hippies have long since gone,there were estimated to have been around 50000 at the peak of the peace and love era. The place still has a great atmosphere with several head shops and I even saw a young guy with ginger dreads sitting on the pavement playing a sitar.
Some of the most truly nasty people I ever met, and fortunately there were not many, espoused ...
Kat comments on Mar 21, 2019:
When I was a teenager, I once volunteered to help out with communion for the xmas eve service (don't judge me, my parents forced me to go to church the entire time I was growing up). We left our jackets, purses, etc. in a small room next to the large room where the service took place (holy shit I ...
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
@Allamanda Yes, we had a vestry in the church where we had choir practice and such like exciting pastimes.
Kat comments on Mar 21, 2019:
When I was a teenager, I once volunteered to help out with communion for the xmas eve service (don't judge me, my parents forced me to go to church the entire time I was growing up). We left our jackets, purses, etc. in a small room next to the large room where the service took place (holy shit I ...
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
@Allamanda Yes, we had a vestry in the church where we had choir practice and such like exciting pastimes.
Some of the most truly nasty people I ever met, and fortunately there were not many, espoused ...
Moravian comments on Mar 21, 2019:
Yes, hypocrisy is common amongst god botherers but they have a get out of jail free card in that they can always blame the devil for leading them astray.
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
@Fernapple When I was much younger I took great delight and pleasure in trying to lead young ladies astray but that is now but a distant memory
Moravian comments on Mar 21, 2019:
Yes, hypocrisy is common amongst god botherers but they have a get out of jail free card in that they can always blame the devil for leading them astray.
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
@Fernapple When I was much younger I took great delight and pleasure in trying to lead young ladies astray but that is now but a distant memory
Atheism is just another religion.
indirect76 comments on Mar 21, 2019:
1. No I don’t.
2. No I don’t.
3. No I don’t.
4. No I don’t.
5. No I don’t.
6. No I don’t.
Any more assumptions you got about me?
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
Thanks for that. saved me the bother of posting the same
indirect76 comments on Mar 21, 2019:
1. No I don’t.
2. No I don’t.
3. No I don’t.
4. No I don’t.
5. No I don’t.
6. No I don’t.
Any more assumptions you got about me?
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
Thanks for that. saved me the bother of posting the same
Howdy Folks,
I am new and desperately in need of kindred spirits for
discussing mutual beliefs.
LordOtto comments on Mar 21, 2019:
My father's parents were missionaries for 20 years in Columbia, South America. My mother has multiple male relatives who are pastors. I believe the bible, like most religious texts, was made to control others.
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
@gater well that figures. A mythical character writing mythology
LordOtto comments on Mar 21, 2019:
My father's parents were missionaries for 20 years in Columbia, South America. My mother has multiple male relatives who are pastors. I believe the bible, like most religious texts, was made to control others.
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
@gater well that figures. A mythical character writing mythology
Just read a piece on a scientist that had been awarded a big award, that said atheism could not ...
mojo5501 comments on Mar 21, 2019:
Yes, I saw that article also a few days ago. As you can imagine, the Catholics LOVE it...the idea that religion and science are 'complementary' is part of the appeal to them. ...
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
@mojo5501 It lists some of the previous winners who include Billy Graham and Desmond Tutu, great scientists both !!
mojo5501 comments on Mar 21, 2019:
Yes, I saw that article also a few days ago. As you can imagine, the Catholics LOVE it...the idea that religion and science are 'complementary' is part of the appeal to them. ...
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
@mojo5501 It lists some of the previous winners who include Billy Graham and Desmond Tutu, great scientists both !!
The regressive left is just as bad as the religious right.
Moravian comments on Mar 21, 2019:
"Criticism does not lead to murder" Tell that to the journalists and cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo.
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
@TheDarkNolanite Terrorism as a weapon has been used long before the more recent White supremist and Muslim attacks. The Mau Mau in Kenya, The Stern gang in Palestine and the IRA in the UK to name but three. They all had grievances real or imaginary and their victims didn't deserve to be killed either.
Moravian comments on Mar 21, 2019:
"Criticism does not lead to murder" Tell that to the journalists and cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo.
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
@TheDarkNolanite Terrorism as a weapon has been used long before the more recent White supremist and Muslim attacks. The Mau Mau in Kenya, The Stern gang in Palestine and the IRA in the UK to name but three. They all had grievances real or imaginary and their victims didn't deserve to be killed either.
The regressive left is just as bad as the religious right.
Moravian comments on Mar 21, 2019:
"Criticism does not lead to murder" Tell that to the journalists and cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo.
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
@TheDarkNolanite Not so sure about that. Muslim terrorists are not specific about who they kill.
Overall it is a bit of a minefield. I have no love for Islam but the majority of it's adherents are nice peaceable people and the West has a lot to answer for in interfering in Muslim countries and stirring up a hornets nest.
Moravian comments on Mar 21, 2019:
"Criticism does not lead to murder" Tell that to the journalists and cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo.
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
@TheDarkNolanite Not so sure about that. Muslim terrorists are not specific about who they kill.
Overall it is a bit of a minefield. I have no love for Islam but the majority of it's adherents are nice peaceable people and the West has a lot to answer for in interfering in Muslim countries and stirring up a hornets nest.
The regressive left is just as bad as the religious right.
Moravian comments on Mar 21, 2019:
"Criticism does not lead to murder" Tell that to the journalists and cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo.
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
@TheDarkNolanite Sorry ??. I know I took your comment out of context but the murder of the Charlie Hebdo staff and others for "insulting the prophet" shows that criticism does lead to murder
Moravian comments on Mar 21, 2019:
"Criticism does not lead to murder" Tell that to the journalists and cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo.
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
@TheDarkNolanite Sorry ??. I know I took your comment out of context but the murder of the Charlie Hebdo staff and others for "insulting the prophet" shows that criticism does lead to murder
Just read a piece on a scientist that had been awarded a big award, that said atheism could not ...
mojo5501 comments on Mar 21, 2019:
Yes, I saw that article also a few days ago. As you can imagine, the Catholics LOVE it...the idea that religion and science are 'complementary' is part of the appeal to them. ...
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
What a load of bollocks . Similar to that ultimate oxymoron "Christian science". One of their beliefs is that illness can be cured by prayer alone. Not only nonsensical but harmful.
mojo5501 comments on Mar 21, 2019:
Yes, I saw that article also a few days ago. As you can imagine, the Catholics LOVE it...the idea that religion and science are 'complementary' is part of the appeal to them. ...
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
What a load of bollocks . Similar to that ultimate oxymoron "Christian science". One of their beliefs is that illness can be cured by prayer alone. Not only nonsensical but harmful.
Can you be atheist and agnostic?
Mark958 comments on Mar 21, 2019:
I think an Atheist is much closer a Believer than they want think. Two sides of the same coin.
Both are obsessed with the existence of a Creator. The first one is convinced (with no evidence) that God exists. The second is convinced there is no God at all.
I am an Agnostic because the ...
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
Not so irrelevant that you didn't feel inclined to comment. On the contrary by definition agnosticism must be closer to theism than atheism. Theism and atheism could not be further apart.
Mark958 comments on Mar 21, 2019:
I think an Atheist is much closer a Believer than they want think. Two sides of the same coin.
Both are obsessed with the existence of a Creator. The first one is convinced (with no evidence) that God exists. The second is convinced there is no God at all.
I am an Agnostic because the ...
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
Not so irrelevant that you didn't feel inclined to comment. On the contrary by definition agnosticism must be closer to theism than atheism. Theism and atheism could not be further apart.
Who really has the moral high ground . . . . . Fuck American exceptionalism and imperialism.
SleeplessInTexas comments on Mar 21, 2019:
This guy is a POS too! He's no better! He is LITERALLY selling his own people out!
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
I wonder how much is "selling his people out" and how much is total incompetence and sticking to a failed ideology ?
SleeplessInTexas comments on Mar 21, 2019:
This guy is a POS too! He's no better! He is LITERALLY selling his own people out!
Moravian replies on Mar 21, 2019:
I wonder how much is "selling his people out" and how much is total incompetence and sticking to a failed ideology ?
What's your favorite atheist show/podcast?
genessa comments on Mar 19, 2019:
i don't listen to atheist podcasts or shows. i mean i might if one fell into my lap -- i have nothing against them -- but i don't seek them out. for one thing, i don't need validation. i've been an atheist for 52 years. for another thing, i don't define myself by my atheism. i am definitely an ...
Moravian replies on Mar 20, 2019:
Sure, I wasn't trying to be critical. I was lucky, although I attended sundayschool
genessa comments on Mar 19, 2019:
i don't listen to atheist podcasts or shows. i mean i might if one fell into my lap -- i have nothing against them -- but i don't seek them out. for one thing, i don't need validation. i've been an atheist for 52 years. for another thing, i don't define myself by my atheism. i am definitely an ...
Moravian replies on Mar 20, 2019:
Sure, I wasn't trying to be critical. I was lucky, although I attended sundayschool
What's your favorite atheist show/podcast?
mzbehavin comments on Mar 19, 2019:
None. I'm not interested in furthering the atheist movement with active participation. I am only interested in a political plan to keep separation of church and state alive. What people believe or don't believe doesn't concern me unless they are making laws that are religious based or trying to ...
Moravian replies on Mar 20, 2019:
@mzbehavin Totally agree. The village I live in has a high proportion of churchgoers and there is a Christian outdoor centre and the local café holds Alpha course meetings on a weekly basis so I have to be careful what I say or I would be friendless.
mzbehavin comments on Mar 19, 2019:
None. I'm not interested in furthering the atheist movement with active participation. I am only interested in a political plan to keep separation of church and state alive. What people believe or don't believe doesn't concern me unless they are making laws that are religious based or trying to ...
Moravian replies on Mar 20, 2019:
@mzbehavin Totally agree. The village I live in has a high proportion of churchgoers and there is a Christian outdoor centre and the local café holds Alpha course meetings on a weekly basis so I have to be careful what I say or I would be friendless.
10 easy ways you can tell for yourself that the Earth is not flat | Popular Science
DavidGreen1 comments on Mar 19, 2019:
Funny to see this post as there a a lot of Flat earthers living in the town I live in Inverness Scotland They even have a Pub downtown
Moravian replies on Mar 20, 2019:
@DavidGreen1 I actually live in Nethy Bridge which is about 11 miles north of Aviemore. You moving away shortly then ?
DavidGreen1 comments on Mar 19, 2019:
Funny to see this post as there a a lot of Flat earthers living in the town I live in Inverness Scotland They even have a Pub downtown
Moravian replies on Mar 20, 2019:
@DavidGreen1 I actually live in Nethy Bridge which is about 11 miles north of Aviemore. You moving away shortly then ?
What's your favorite atheist show/podcast?
mzbehavin comments on Mar 19, 2019:
None. I'm not interested in furthering the atheist movement with active participation. I am only interested in a political plan to keep separation of church and state alive. What people believe or don't believe doesn't concern me unless they are making laws that are religious based or trying to ...
Moravian replies on Mar 20, 2019:
I think it goes a bit deeper than making religious based laws. I have a Christian friend who goes to Nepal each year and works for a charity which is building toilet blocks in remote villages. Very admirable but she was telling me about a member of her church who is living with a Nepalese tribe while he translates the bible in to their language. I had to bite my tongue to avoid saying something to really annoy her. Those people have their own religion, a mixture of Hinduism and an older Animist religion. What right do Christians have to interfere in their culture and beliefs ?. In my opinion NONE !!
mzbehavin comments on Mar 19, 2019:
None. I'm not interested in furthering the atheist movement with active participation. I am only interested in a political plan to keep separation of church and state alive. What people believe or don't believe doesn't concern me unless they are making laws that are religious based or trying to ...
Moravian replies on Mar 20, 2019:
I think it goes a bit deeper than making religious based laws. I have a Christian friend who goes to Nepal each year and works for a charity which is building toilet blocks in remote villages. Very admirable but she was telling me about a member of her church who is living with a Nepalese tribe while he translates the bible in to their language. I had to bite my tongue to avoid saying something to really annoy her. Those people have their own religion, a mixture of Hinduism and an older Animist religion. What right do Christians have to interfere in their culture and beliefs ?. In my opinion NONE !!
What's your favorite atheist show/podcast?
genessa comments on Mar 19, 2019:
i don't listen to atheist podcasts or shows. i mean i might if one fell into my lap -- i have nothing against them -- but i don't seek them out. for one thing, i don't need validation. i've been an atheist for 52 years. for another thing, i don't define myself by my atheism. i am definitely an ...
Moravian replies on Mar 20, 2019:
I get the impression that there are quite a few people on this site who need reassurance about their atheism or agnosticism
genessa comments on Mar 19, 2019:
i don't listen to atheist podcasts or shows. i mean i might if one fell into my lap -- i have nothing against them -- but i don't seek them out. for one thing, i don't need validation. i've been an atheist for 52 years. for another thing, i don't define myself by my atheism. i am definitely an ...
Moravian replies on Mar 20, 2019:
I get the impression that there are quite a few people on this site who need reassurance about their atheism or agnosticism
10 easy ways you can tell for yourself that the Earth is not flat | Popular Science
DavidGreen1 comments on Mar 19, 2019:
Funny to see this post as there a a lot of Flat earthers living in the town I live in Inverness Scotland They even have a Pub downtown
Moravian replies on Mar 20, 2019:
Last year there was a guy in the centre of Aviemore with a load of guff justifying his flat earth ideas. He was handing out leaflets to anyone who was interested. Surprised that this nonsense is centred in Inverness but it makes a change from Nessie.
DavidGreen1 comments on Mar 19, 2019:
Funny to see this post as there a a lot of Flat earthers living in the town I live in Inverness Scotland They even have a Pub downtown
Moravian replies on Mar 20, 2019:
Last year there was a guy in the centre of Aviemore with a load of guff justifying his flat earth ideas. He was handing out leaflets to anyone who was interested. Surprised that this nonsense is centred in Inverness but it makes a change from Nessie.
Hypocracy seems the word of the day.
zesty comments on Mar 19, 2019:
Golan IS part of Israel. It is a strategic necessity, the Golan heights are paid with Israeli blood.
Moravian replies on Mar 20, 2019:
@zesty A bit like Netanyahu and Mossad then !
zesty comments on Mar 19, 2019:
Golan IS part of Israel. It is a strategic necessity, the Golan heights are paid with Israeli blood.
Moravian replies on Mar 20, 2019:
@zesty A bit like Netanyahu and Mossad then !
Which of the following persons really existed?
WilliamFleming comments on Mar 19, 2019:
This makes sense to me in a certain way. The time was ripe for something like the Christian message to burst upon the scene—the revolution would have come forth in any event and the names of the players are not important. That message is constantly being corrupted—and it is constantly being ...
Moravian replies on Mar 19, 2019:
The Christian message did not "burst upon the scene". It was just one of many cults and if it had not been adopted as the Roman state religion we may still all be pagans. Islam was spread by military conquest and then by favourable treatment of Muslims such as lower taxes.
WilliamFleming comments on Mar 19, 2019:
This makes sense to me in a certain way. The time was ripe for something like the Christian message to burst upon the scene—the revolution would have come forth in any event and the names of the players are not important. That message is constantly being corrupted—and it is constantly being ...
Moravian replies on Mar 19, 2019:
The Christian message did not "burst upon the scene". It was just one of many cults and if it had not been adopted as the Roman state religion we may still all be pagans. Islam was spread by military conquest and then by favourable treatment of Muslims such as lower taxes.
What is your idea of a good death?
Tomfoolery33 comments on Mar 19, 2019:
I'd like to die in my sleep, like my grandfather, and not screaming and terrified like the people in his car! (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
Moravian replies on Mar 19, 2019:
Beat me to it.
Tomfoolery33 comments on Mar 19, 2019:
I'd like to die in my sleep, like my grandfather, and not screaming and terrified like the people in his car! (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
Moravian replies on Mar 19, 2019:
Beat me to it.
Why the Arabs don’t want us in Syria – POLITICO
Earthling50 comments on Mar 9, 2019:
Seems there is more turmoil in Muslim countries than any other ...what does that say about their religion & politics? Wouldn't it be in our interest to stay out?
Author, Gwynne Dyer has written extensively about this and related issues ... here is his latest article: ...
Moravian replies on Mar 19, 2019:
@Earthling50 Not Christian propaganda ?? This is a paragraph from one of the links :-
The idea that there is only one God “may well have been the single most important innovation in history. For our purposes monotheism’s importance lies primarily in the fact that it is the only viable source of absolute truth. Only a single creator God can establish such truths. Monotheism also allowed for the formation of the rule of law, whereby God stands over and above His creation, and establishes immutable laws that are equally applicable to all people without exception.4 With no such conception of God and His law, individual people or cultures occupy God’s throne, dispensing justice as they see fit. Man-made laws are as changeable as the human mind and may not be applicable to the ruling power.
Are you sure you are on the right site ?
Earthling50 comments on Mar 9, 2019:
Seems there is more turmoil in Muslim countries than any other ...what does that say about their religion & politics? Wouldn't it be in our interest to stay out?
Author, Gwynne Dyer has written extensively about this and related issues ... here is his latest article: ...
Moravian replies on Mar 19, 2019:
@Earthling50 Not Christian propaganda ?? This is a paragraph from one of the links :-
The idea that there is only one God “may well have been the single most important innovation in history. For our purposes monotheism’s importance lies primarily in the fact that it is the only viable source of absolute truth. Only a single creator God can establish such truths. Monotheism also allowed for the formation of the rule of law, whereby God stands over and above His creation, and establishes immutable laws that are equally applicable to all people without exception.4 With no such conception of God and His law, individual people or cultures occupy God’s throne, dispensing justice as they see fit. Man-made laws are as changeable as the human mind and may not be applicable to the ruling power.
Are you sure you are on the right site ?
St.
Moravian comments on Mar 17, 2019:
Frisians are cows
Moravian replies on Mar 18, 2019:
@Spinliesel And tasty lamb chops
Moravian comments on Mar 17, 2019:
Frisians are cows
Moravian replies on Mar 18, 2019:
@Spinliesel And tasty lamb chops
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Moravian's Groups
Topic of the day
92520 members
Just for Laughs
3273 members
Memes R Us
2992 members
FreeThinkers
2654 members
Progressives, Socialists, and Black Lives Matter
2429 members
Quotes
2115 members
Out Of The Illusion
1703 members
50s +
1645 members
Feline Fanatics
1539 members
Gardeners
1508 members
Dog Lovers
1389 members
World Music
1329 members
Music Fans
1281 members
Trump Pinata
1137 members
Human Sexuality: Everything About It
1016 members
Humour, Fun, Chuckles, Laughs, or Cutes, From Everywhere.
921 members
Gun Control Now
918 members
Legalize Cannabis Nationwide/Worldwide
773 members
Critical thinking
657 members
aussie sceptics
430 members
The Escapees- - Hide here!
418 members
Jazz, Blues, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Dance, Punk, Alternative, Rock and Roll.
413 members
CLASSIC ROCK RULES
389 members
UK Atheists & Agnostics
387 members
Leftists
372 members
Sex, Love, and Kinky Things, What's Your Pleasure?
358 members
Coffee Drinkers Corner
336 members
Environment, Ecology and Sustainability
312 members
Political debate
309 members
Liberal/Progressive Party
301 members
P.A.T.C.H. People Against The Christian Hypocrites
293 members
Hippie Land -
291 members
COVID-19
283 members
Jokes and humor about religion
275 members
Childfree Domain
255 members
Simply Atheist
222 members
Bookwurmz
208 members
General Forum
204 members
Oddities and Anomalies
200 members
Science and religion. :) lets debate
195 members
Simple Thoughts
194 members
Memes edited
190 members
Generation X
180 members
Natural history
179 members
Traditional and Folkmusic
163 members
Political Posts, Articles and Memes
162 members
General Topics
154 members
Biden 2020
141 members
Conservative Bashers
118 members
Atheists for Liberty
111 members
L7new
103 members
Celebrity Pictures
100 members
Religious Naturalism
95 members
Unitarian Universalists
94 members
Taboo Island
93 members
"I was blocked!?" Group
91 members
EX Mormon Atheists, agnostics and apostates
90 members
Atheist Videos & Miscellany
87 members
European meeting point
83 members
Tales from the Lockdown
82 members
If it's no Scottish, it's shite #MacNostic
80 members
International Perspectives
73 members
Age Related
72 members
Religion of Science & Higher Consciousness
69 members
Religious Humor.
68 members
Minority Heathens
62 members
Laughter is medicine
59 members
Biden Piñata
58 members
Common Ground
56 members
Trumpanzees & Morons
55 members
Cycling
54 members
No more war
47 members
Hikers' Connection (Natural Highs)
46 members
Libertarians Worldwide
45 members
Beer and craft brewing
43 members
Language abuse and bad spelling
38 members
ACHES AND PAINS
35 members
Origins of Heaven and Hell
33 members
I don't give a fuck
33 members
Elon Musk
30 members
UAPs, UFOs, USOs and 1st Contact
29 members
Atheist Points Of View On The Middle East
27 members
Taboos - Do This, Don't Do That
25 members
Cults
23 members
Anti communism and antisocialism
7 members
Community Senate
386 members