What is your response when you ask a christian to physically show you god as to believe in him and ...

Surfpirate comments on Apr 25, 2018:

Duct tape their arms and legs to a chair so they can't move, then slip a plastic bag over their head and tape it securely in place around their neck. Ask them to indicate to you when they believe that air physically exists. Air proof in less than 3 minutes. ;)

Surfpirate replies on Apr 25, 2018:

@JustKip It depends how long you leave the bag on their heads. :D

How do you answer Pascal’s Wager?

JosephMullaney comments on Apr 24, 2018:

I feel the same way about garden gnomes. We should believe in them just in case and maybe they'll also help weed my gardens.

Surfpirate replies on Apr 24, 2018:

The person who invents a garden gnome that weeds the garden is going to make a pile of money.

Christians on this website

Sarahroo29 comments on Apr 20, 2018:

Do the trolls have newborn babies? I'm ravenous.

Surfpirate replies on Apr 24, 2018:

Newborn is too mushy, better to fatten them up a bit for better texture and make a real meal of it. ;)

So I have a question about friendships between introverts and extroverts.

Surfpirate comments on Apr 24, 2018:

As an introverted Extrovert I can say from experience that you need to tread lightly with some introverts and respect their privacy or you can find you have run roughshod over them without even realizing it. I like smaller groups of interesting friends in laid back environments because I am the ...

Surfpirate replies on Apr 24, 2018:

I find it interesting when I hook into a person who is introverted and seems to be reserved to the point of timidity but is actually more of a combination of viper and chess master, tread lightly with those introverts as you may think that you are running the show but in reality you are just dinner waiting to be served. :D

I'm a semi-retired Master Builder who specializes in boutique hotels, this is my current project ...

CallMeDave comments on Apr 24, 2018:

I've always wanted a lawn or garden on my roof. I hope it catches on in the states. Massive rubber to waterproof it?

Surfpirate replies on Apr 24, 2018:

50 mil EPDM rubber membrane over top of sloped high density foam underlayment. One of the few jobs I subbed out but I wound up working with that crew as well because it was a small job and all I could get was a 2 man crew to come out to the island.

I suspect this could be the future.

Surfpirate comments on Apr 23, 2018:

When you look at the popular revolutions that have occurred throughout history they all begin when too much of the wealth becomes focussed in the hands of a few people who then become completely insulated from the plight of their fellow citizens. After that it just takes one match and the heads ...

Surfpirate replies on Apr 24, 2018:

@WileEQuixote Nobody is hungry enough to revolt yet, the cellphone and Netflix will be cut off long before that happens, so let's hope that it is a long time coming. I'd like to get my kids the hell out of there long before that happens.

Who is your favourite atheist comedian?

marga comments on Apr 24, 2018:

I never paid any attention to their religious beliefs.

Surfpirate replies on Apr 24, 2018:

I would have thought it would be obvious from their material and how much it made you laugh. :)

Who is your favourite atheist comedian?

gsiamne comments on Apr 24, 2018:

I like many of those that have been mentioned. Yet, I also liked Sam Kinison. I have read that he was at one time a Pentecostal pastor but his further learning caused him to become an atheist and that is part of how he became a comedian.

Surfpirate replies on Apr 24, 2018:

As I mentioned to my chiropractor just this morning, 'If you want to answer some questions on the Bible then ask an Atheist because we've probably already read it cover to cover at least once'. The Bible is basically an instruction manual on how to become an Atheist in my experience. :D

Who is your favourite atheist comedian?

KellyW comments on Apr 24, 2018:

Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, George Carlin are all favourites. Jim Jefferies is fast becoming a favourite though.

Surfpirate replies on Apr 24, 2018:

I had missed Jon Stewart for some reason but he's great and so is his replacement on the Daily Show - Trevor Noah.

I suspect this could be the future.

Surfpirate comments on Apr 23, 2018:

When you look at the popular revolutions that have occurred throughout history they all begin when too much of the wealth becomes focussed in the hands of a few people who then become completely insulated from the plight of their fellow citizens. After that it just takes one match and the heads ...

Surfpirate replies on Apr 24, 2018:

@WileEQuixote I certainly hope you are right as my 3 children live in the US with dual Canadian/American citizenship, so it's is a worry for me. While history doesn't always repeat itself it often rhymes so I think I have good reason to worry.

I'm a semi-retired Master Builder who specializes in boutique hotels, this is my current project ...

CallMeDave comments on Apr 24, 2018:

I surprised to see a flat roofed building in an area that gets a lot of snow.

Surfpirate replies on Apr 24, 2018:

Better yet it is a green roof system so there will be 3" of lightweight growing medium and seedum growing on that roof by the end of this year. I designed the house based upon some houses my wife liked in Brazil, Argentina and Chile when we were living in South America, the engineering allows for 6' of snow to accumulate on the roof and the walls are 8" thick ICF reinforced concrete. Two thirds of the roofing in Canada is flat roof but just not that common in a residential application but since my background is in commercial construction it made sense for me to go with a flat roof. Here's a pic of the engineer roof joists that I installed with only the assistance of my extendahoe, the clear span is 26'.

The United states is now a nation of 328 million ppl, weilding more influence than any ppl in human...

Surfpirate comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I wouldn't mind so much if like most primitive peoples those fundamentalist Americans only had stone tools but they have a nuclear arsenal and that is very scary. People who are passionate about bringing about the end of life on the planet should not have access to the nuclear weapons that would ...

Surfpirate replies on Apr 24, 2018:

@SilverDollarJedi It's true that much of the world paints Americans with a broad brush when it comes to their opinion of American foreign policy and American fundamentalism, generally because they have never lived in the US. My work took me abroad for several decades and I lived for several years in the US, my children all have dual American/Canadian citizenship and many of my friends are Americans, so I understand better than most that the US has been hijacked by fundamentalist christianity and corporatism. I don't paint Americans with the broad brush that most of the world does because I've actually been there and know that a majority of Americans are kind and decent people but they are under a lot of stress from the groups that are doing their best to undermine that kindness and decency. For the sake of my children who live in the US still and my American friends I am gravely concerned for the direction the US is headed in.

I'm a semi-retired Master Builder who specializes in boutique hotels, this is my current project ...

ArturoS comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I wish I could help. Unfortunately I’m very far away.

Surfpirate replies on Apr 23, 2018:

Thanks but I'm almost done now, just a bit more stonework and some architectural panels for the outside and some finishing work to be done to the upstairs. It took longer than I planned because I had an off site injury to my back which has slowed me down.

Interior of Tithe Barn, near Bath, England. Built in the early 14th century.

Surfpirate comments on Apr 23, 2018:

Beautiful joinery that has passed the test of time. Do you know if it was a tithe barn for the crown or for the church?

Surfpirate replies on Apr 23, 2018:

@HoaryMarmot your link says that it is a monastic tithe barn, thanks for the info, much appreciated.

A christian numerologist (how twisted is that?

Seminarian comments on Apr 23, 2018:

It's true that every number in the Bible had a meaphorical meaning, and therefore served a specific purpose. They merely served to clarify the meaning of the story, much the same way foreshadowingwas used later Numerologists mistakenly interpret the intentional use of these numbers as having an ...

Surfpirate replies on Apr 23, 2018:

@UnityBrad Thanks for that, what I have read about the Kabbalah was probably of the misinterpreted variety as I quickly realized it was without any merit. Right up there with Knights Templar Freemasonry, Numerology, Sacred Numbers and other equally conspiratorial theories. I'll stick with Mathematics.

A christian numerologist (how twisted is that?

Seminarian comments on Apr 23, 2018:

It's true that every number in the Bible had a meaphorical meaning, and therefore served a specific purpose. They merely served to clarify the meaning of the story, much the same way foreshadowingwas used later Numerologists mistakenly interpret the intentional use of these numbers as having an ...

Surfpirate replies on Apr 23, 2018:

Sounds kabbalic and I don't see any proof for that either, Math on the other hand is a different matter.

A christian numerologist (how twisted is that?

RealmOfReality comments on Apr 23, 2018:

The day isn't over yet! It could still happen....

Surfpirate replies on Apr 23, 2018:

@IamNobody One can only hope, even a little light show would be nice. :D

Are atheists, anti-theists, free thinkers and non-believers really such a tiny minority as some ...

forester comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I think that a lot of people are doubters, but they don't want to admit it.

Surfpirate replies on Apr 23, 2018:

True, many people define themselves by a religious faith even though they haven't been back to that church since they were children.

Are atheists, anti-theists, free thinkers and non-believers really such a tiny minority as some ...

The_Antichrist comments on Apr 23, 2018:

It's a growing movement that's picking up momentum. The more voices for atheism, the faster the truth will prevail against all myths and legends.

Surfpirate replies on Apr 23, 2018:

And yet we get surprisingly little positive press, old biases remain long after they have been proven to be without merit.

Are atheists, anti-theists, free thinkers and non-believers really such a tiny minority as some ...

Kimba comments on Apr 23, 2018:

In Australia's 2016 census 30.1% put no religion, in Tasmania it was more like 46%.

Surfpirate replies on Apr 23, 2018:

You just gotta love Taz. :)

A christian numerologist (how twisted is that?

ghettophilosopher comments on Apr 23, 2018:

Are people not getting tired of making end-time predictions? I mean, they’ve been wrong literally 100% of time. If I were wrong every time, I would think that maybe my premise was flawed to begin with, but what do I know?

Surfpirate replies on Apr 23, 2018:

To be a fundamentalist christian that believes the end is nigh requires the suspension of reason so it's not that hard for them to just keep doing the same thing over and over again and still expecting a different result. Something which Einstein described as the definition of insanity.

What horror film scared the crap out of you as a kid?

hemingwaykitten comments on Apr 23, 2018:

Trilogy of Terror! I was nine years old. Didn't sleep for a week. Still can't believe it was a ABC network movie.

Surfpirate replies on Apr 23, 2018:

That voodoo doll was truly scary and the ending with the woman possessed and waiting in the kitchen with a butcher knife for her boyfriend to come over was just classic. Very scary indeed.

A christian numerologist (how twisted is that?

ScienceBiker comments on Apr 23, 2018:

Yep

Surfpirate replies on Apr 23, 2018:

LOL, unintended consequences. :)

Does anyone else sit in with a book on Saturday night or am I dull as fuck?

Surfpirate comments on Apr 22, 2018:

'Looks like we got us a Reader' to quote Bill Hicks. Most of my friends are Readers too, probably because I don't like to go out on Saturday night and hang around with a bunch of people in a bar who are as dull as fuck.

Surfpirate replies on Apr 23, 2018:

That'll learn him to walk into a waffle house with a book. Ha!