Where should I go?

Triphid comments on Oct 19, 2018:

Despite what Statistician like to say Australia is still a VERY Secular Society, yes we also are sometimes subjected to Mormons ( Morons) and the like BUT we get to tell them to " Piss the Fuck off" quite freely as we see fit.

Triphid replies on Oct 20, 2018:

@Geoffrey51 " Mid 30s in summer." Shit a brick mate, you must be living under some bloody fantastic Deep Freezer, out here in the Outback, a mid 30s day is COOL weather, high 30s and into the early 40s is a summer norm for us.

Survey: Half of parents think flu shot causes the flu - Orlando Sentinel

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Oct 19, 2018:

Bull feathers.

Triphid replies on Oct 20, 2018:

@Lilac-Jade Yep, just as you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink, so it is that you can lead an idiot to reason but you can't make him/her think.

Survey: Half of parents think flu shot causes the flu - Orlando Sentinel

Marionville comments on Oct 19, 2018:

It is sometimes staggering the amount of ignorance out there!

Triphid replies on Oct 20, 2018:

@Marionville Yep, I'd agree on that partially, whilst some of our species is securely riding the intellectual development train and enjoying it, others are back in the wilderness trying their hardest to 'flog' their dead horse in the vain hope that it will rise up and start pulling their covered wagon again.

How to have a bit of ' innocent' harmless fun with Mormon Missionaries, Aussie style and it works ...

Holysocks comments on Oct 19, 2018:

They don't make missionaries like they used to... I remember them downing non-alcoholic beer and almost covering their ears when AC/DC was being played.

Triphid replies on Oct 20, 2018:

Around my neighbourhood here in Aust. we have a system where if anyone sees the Mormon Missionaries door-knocking word gets passed on from house to house usually by telephone pdq and soon every body is playing music such as " Bat out of Hell," and the like as loud as they can. For the benefit of the Johos ( J.Ws) many of us hang a nice little note on our front door that simply states " A Blood Donor lives here" the Johos usually treat the house like its a Leper Colony...LOL.

Survey: Half of parents think flu shot causes the flu - Orlando Sentinel

hrichardson8 comments on Oct 19, 2018:

In their defense, sometimes it can. https://scripps.edu/news-and-events/press-room/2017/20171030wilson.html

Triphid replies on Oct 20, 2018:

" Sometimes it can," what? Are you trying to suggest that vaccination for things such Influenza ACTUALLY cause the person to get full-blown Influenza? If so, methinks that perhaps you've been reading far too many of those erroneous publications, etc, put out by the Non-Vax people my friend. Without vaccinations for diseases such as Tetanus, Polio, Measles, Rubella, Whooping Cough, Smallpox, etc, etc, we'd be living just as people did back in the Dark Ages, in the 1900s the Spanish Flu Pandemic wiped out over 1/3 of the human population of this planet, would you like to live in a world where threats of disease such as that are an every day occurrence? Would like your children/grandchildren to attend a school where no child is vaccinated thus leaving the gate wide open for other children, including your own, to become infected, suffer and possibly DIE? Have you ever seen a young child DIE slowly and painfully from a dose of the Flu, I have, back in 70s when I was a Qualified Nurse I saw 3 children, aged 3, 7, 8, admitted to hospital with Influenza, there were no vaccines for Flu at that time, and the sufferings of those kids was horrendous to say the least.

Look what was in my mailbox today!

Triphid comments on Oct 19, 2018:

Nice, BUT I want one that says ATHEIST instead. IF I had one I'd make certain to wear it as I walked past any Church on any Sunday.

Triphid replies on Oct 19, 2018:

@LiterateHiker Just did a quick search and I think this might be what you want.

How to have a bit of ' innocent' harmless fun with Mormon Missionaries, Aussie style and it works ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 19, 2018:

Oh you are a wicked one

Triphid replies on Oct 19, 2018:

Most definitely, and I enjoy being so BUT only with the likes of Mormons ( Morons) etc.

Survey: Half of parents think flu shot causes the flu - Orlando Sentinel

Marionville comments on Oct 19, 2018:

It is sometimes staggering the amount of ignorance out there!

Triphid replies on Oct 19, 2018:

There are ever so many out there that richly deserve the Reverse Darwin Award.

Survey: Half of parents think flu shot causes the flu - Orlando Sentinel

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Oct 19, 2018:

Bull feathers.

Triphid replies on Oct 19, 2018:

Bull Feathers, Rocking Horse Manure, Chickens' Teeth, etc, etc, there are some people out there who are most definitely as ' thick as 2 short planks,' aren't there?

Survey: Half of parents think flu shot causes the flu - Orlando Sentinel

WilliamFleming comments on Oct 19, 2018:

Put them through a few epidemics like those of past years and they’ll change their tunes. How many deadly diseases have been wiped out through vaccination? Without vaccinations the world population would be a fraction of what it is. Just one hundred years ago one third of the world’s ...

Triphid replies on Oct 19, 2018:

Yes, and they'd scream ' blue Murder' IF they were to see their child/children come down with Poliomyelitis because they refused vaccination for it, wouldn't they?

Regarding God's Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments, unlike most laws generated by most legal ...

Aristopus comments on Oct 19, 2018:

Consider this: With all the crimes, misdeeds and atrocities that humans are capable of, the first commandment states Thou shall not worship other gods. To God that's number one. He doesn't like it and he gets jealous, that's why.

Triphid replies on Oct 19, 2018:

@AmmaRE007 It kind of smacks of a few very human authors demanding and ordering that NO-ONE shall know of anyone else's works, etc, than theirs doesn't it? Sort of saying, " You can read and acknowledge ONLY my stuff or I'll really get 100% pissed off at everyone."

Outside Time and Space?

CK-One comments on Oct 17, 2018:

Most do not understand the truth about space and time in the quantum and universal aspects of reality. Maybe none of us do entirely yet. Light and anything else that travels at the speed of causation does not experience time. Space and location are merely aspects of a field that might have 11 ...

Triphid replies on Oct 19, 2018:

BUT, how do we truly know that even those dimensions ACTUALLY exist since measuring, classifying and rationalizing, etc, etc, are simply just the results of the human need to compartmentalize everything around him/her. Ask yourself this with a completely open and unbiased mind; does the earth know for certain that it MUST be at a certain point in its orbit at EXACTLY the same time every year, did the dinosaurs know that at some precise time 65 million years ago an asteroid would come and wipe them or just a do birds, etc, today did they merely live by the rise and set of the sun, the subtle changes in the weather/climate and by the changes of the hormones in their bodies? Time was NOT measured by any living thing UNTIL man came along and even that, more than likely, did NOT happen until humans began to live in communities rather than as mere hunter-gatherer troops/tribes. The human mind is one where it sees that everything MUST be rationalized/classified , etc, and put into neat little boxes, so to speak, and anyone who does NOT think that way is shunned, vilified and often ridiculed BUT thinking OUTSIDE of those neat little boxes is from where we have gotten the advancements we experience today is it not?

Incest: Immoral or Moral?

Triphid comments on Oct 1, 2018:

Medically speaking I first ask; How actually safe is "safe sex" considering that almost EVERY form of contraception is, at the very best, only about 80-90% effective, except, of course, for total abstinence or surgical techniques such as; 1) a irreversible Vasectomy for males and a total ...

Triphid replies on Oct 19, 2018:

@Carin Yes that does happen in numerous species but eventually the genetic pool becomes so polluted that all kinds of deformities, etc, begin to show up.

What Can Science Say About God's Scientific Literacy?

Triphid comments on Oct 17, 2018:

What sense would it make for a Divine, Omnipotent, Omniscient Creator of Everything and Anything to simply select a group of 13, yes there were supposed to ORIGINALLY 13 Tribes of the Hebrews, NOT 12, mostly illiterate, belligerent, war-mongering, multiple Deity worshiping, Goat-herding, Tent ...

Triphid replies on Oct 18, 2018:

@johnprytz Exactly and what an Idle, Indolent, Lazy God it really is, it gets mere mortals to do its work for it doesn't or perhaps it's just the Prime Original example of a Slave master instead.

Why is it that Xtian Religions, Catholicism in particular, are so against Polygamy when the Catholic...

VictoriaNotes comments on Oct 17, 2018:

Likely because they don't consummate the marriage. It's a metaphorical ceremony.

Triphid replies on Oct 18, 2018:

Not with the mythical ' husband' they don't but they certainly do, and very often with the ' Stand-ins' aka the Priests, etc, etc, and I know that one for a fact after years of living directly behind both a Catholic School/ Priests Residence and later in life owning my own home directly across the street from a Convent.

Awww.

chucklesIII comments on Oct 17, 2018:

The first Madam.

Triphid replies on Oct 17, 2018:

A 'Madam' as in which meaning....LOL?

Awww.

EMC2 comments on Oct 17, 2018:

I wonder if Melania has a toad stool receptor type vagina. I mean trumps penis must be the die for of all men. Stormy said he is not good in bed and along with his penis , he is unusual. Can only imagine his hair flopping all over the place.

Triphid replies on Oct 17, 2018:

As the saying goes, "The smaller the penis the bigger ego to compensate." Trumps ego is, one might say, quite 'voluminous' to say the least ergo his penis could quite possibly be somewhat miniscule.

Why is it that Xtian Religions, Catholicism in particular, are so against Polygamy when the Catholic...

birdingnut comments on Oct 17, 2018:

So, you're for polygamy? I don't really care what the religious wing nuts believe, since the rules are to benefit powerful men, give them power over women, access to children, and to get money from the the gullible.

Triphid replies on Oct 17, 2018:

NO, I'm not one for polygamy, in fact, I'm a one woman man, always have been always will be, well actually I'm single these days but still not polygamously inclined in any way.

What Can Science Say About God's Scientific Literacy?

jlynn37 comments on Oct 17, 2018:

Why not just claim, "all nonsensical mythology" and be done with it. Wanting to discuss any of it as factual is just trying to give it legitimacy.

Triphid replies on Oct 17, 2018:

No, imo, it is just a very good debating point showing clearly the idiocrasy of the Xtian belief system.

What Can Science Say About God's Scientific Literacy?

ErichZannIII comments on Oct 17, 2018:

If Eve was made from Adam’s rib, she was basically a female clone of him. Thus, one generation of incest. Adam and Even had Cain, Abel, Seth and their three sisters. Thus, two generations of incest. Cain, Abel, Seth and their sister-wives had children who at the most distant could have had ...

Triphid replies on Oct 17, 2018:

Er, I may be wrong BUT a Clone is made from the DNA extracted from a host organism ergo the clone is an EXACT copy of the host and thus is the same gender as the Host UNLESS it receives some hormonal input added during the process therefore the biblical ' Eve' would have been MALE and Adam and 'Eve' would have been a Gay Couple thus completely UNABLE to breed children anyway.

Perhaps our illustrious leadership wish to consider Australian interests before sprouting what their...

BanjoTango comments on Oct 17, 2018:

I wondered how long our "Happy Clappy" prime minister would start to follow the Armageddon fan club.

Triphid replies on Oct 17, 2018:

I'd think that since he is already a Member of the Hillsong " Happy Clappy Club" he'd be one of those who are eagerly awaiting the Rapture just like the rest of the millions of Death Cult Xtians. See attached meme of Death Cultist Xtians waiting for the first flight to Paradise.

“You are not the same person you were 10 years ago.

UrsiMajor comments on Oct 17, 2018:

Well. in 10 years, some things about me might change. Nobody has gotten a hold of my self-declared agnosticism since age 8. Up for debate: "Hillary Clinton would have been the best president of our lifetime", "Breaking Bad is the best TV series of all time", "I would look better as a redhead."...

Triphid replies on Oct 17, 2018:

Shit a booze soaked Dero ( Perpetual Drunk) with 60% dead brain cells would be a FAR, FAR better President than the Rampant, Utter, Spoilt-Brat Dipshit you people have now.

“You are not the same person you were 10 years ago.

benhmiller comments on Oct 17, 2018:

some sort of myth are so stupid when explained. First China is not an atheist country. They have budism. Their empirior is their god. Then how stupid is any going to convert to any religion over an airline ticket

Triphid replies on Oct 17, 2018:

Er, I think China no longer has an Emperor, you may be thinking of Japan there.

American Christians Are Special?

Tibert comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Americans are special in every aspect, isn't it call American exceptionalism?

Triphid replies on Oct 17, 2018:

Americans, well the majority of the Non-Indigenous ones anyway, THINK they're special simply because the Hype that is shoved down their throats from their media, Schooling, etc,etc,ad nauseum tells them they are. But in truth and historical FACT they've been waring with almost everyone and anyone since they gained Independence and even before that, first it started with the Indigenous Nations, then it was the French, the Spanish, the English and so the list goes on until we reach W.W.I when, right in the last few months they decide to march in AFTER thousands upon thousands of other men had been slaughtered on both sides, then we go forward to W.W.II which, btw, STARTED in 1939, NOT Dec. 1941, and for years American ran a very lucrative Lend-Lease programme whilst the other Allies fought and died. Shall we discuss the 'little' wars America has 'created' since then? Yes, Americans are special people, war-mongering SPECIAL people imo.

Perhaps our illustrious leadership wish to consider Australian interests before sprouting what their...

Triphid comments on Oct 16, 2018:

Since the country of ISRAEL has only TRULY existed since 1948, originally and historically PALESTINE, (Judaea and Galilee in Ancient Roman times) and the Exalted Scum Mo so much wants to one of those war-mongering Jews, btw I'm not Anti-Semitic either, just stating FACTS) then I suggest we passed ...

Triphid replies on Oct 17, 2018:

@powder We could probably send him by C.O.D. Freight, it'd be far cheaper.

Perhaps our illustrious leadership wish to consider Australian interests before sprouting what their...

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 16, 2018:

Not really all that surprising ... Oz is just the lapdog of the big bozos from the USofA

Triphid replies on Oct 16, 2018:

@PontifexMarximus No problem there my friend. During and after WWII the yanks were also known over here as " Overs," i.e. Over-Paid, Over-fed and Over Here, but it was my Dad who taught me to refer to them as 'Seppos,' since just like a Septic Tank " Nothing Good goes in and Nothing good comes out," We, older generation Aussie here in the Outback, also have other nicknames for them but they can't be mentioned on a public forum like this unfortunately.

Incest: Immoral or Moral?

HereticSin comments on Sep 24, 2018:

you forgot "neither". not every action in the world is one or the other, some are not a question of morality. is it moral or immoral to tie your left shoe first? I do not view it as an issue of morality. As at least one comment pointed out, it's an evolved trait that makes us feel that way ...

Triphid replies on Oct 16, 2018:

@DaleHusband_HS But you went to ' Grade School in America I presume whereas I went to Primary School ( Grade School) in Australia in the late 50s and early 70s. In the ORIGINAL transcription of the Goat-Herders Guide to the Galaxy, aka the bible, you will a passage in Exodus ( Chpt. 2, verse 11 if memory serves me correct) that states, " Thou shalt smite off the hands and heads of those whom with their sinister ( left) hands cannot change to the ways that are those the Lord, thy God and be of the Recto ( right) handed ones."

Perhaps our illustrious leadership wish to consider Australian interests before sprouting what their...

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 16, 2018:

Not really all that surprising ... Oz is just the lapdog of the big bozos from the USofA

Triphid replies on Oct 16, 2018:

Yes, and most sadly the Liberal Party made us the lapdogs of the Seppos, aka Septic Tanks-Yanks.

Did Jesus actually exist? yes for yes no for no

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 14, 2018:

There were several claimants to the title Joshua, rendered in Latin as Iesus and in English as Jesus around the non specific time of the Gospel settings, incidents and sayings from the lives of at least nine of them appear in the Gospels as ascribed to The fictional life stories of the Carpenter of ...

Triphid replies on Oct 16, 2018:

@LenHazell53ntless to you perhaps, BUT not one has spent over 5 years studying to gain their degree in Theology and Comparative Modern Religions, a ThD, I might add.

Fellow Whovians I just have seen the new tardis and I am impressed (it takes a lot to impress me).

Triphid comments on Oct 14, 2018:

I've been a ' Whovian' since childhood and have seen the numerous variations of the TARDIS and the Doctor BUT by far the worst Doctor of them was Peter Capaldi.

Triphid replies on Oct 16, 2018:

@273kelvin No. missed the Xmas special, the first I've missed in recent times.

Fellow Whovians I just have seen the new tardis and I am impressed (it takes a lot to impress me).

Triphid comments on Oct 14, 2018:

I've been a ' Whovian' since childhood and have seen the numerous variations of the TARDIS and the Doctor BUT by far the worst Doctor of them was Peter Capaldi.

Triphid replies on Oct 15, 2018:

@273kelvin On a personal note, I think the BEST Doctor/s were William Hartnell, Jon Pertwee and Matt Smith all sharing first place, followed by David Tenant with the rest following in order but with Peter Davison coming a very close last to Capaldi. The worst companion in ANY episode by far was Kylie Minogue, followed closely by Karen Gillam with Billie Piper coming close behind her.

Did Jesus actually exist? yes for yes no for no

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 14, 2018:

There were several claimants to the title Joshua, rendered in Latin as Iesus and in English as Jesus around the non specific time of the Gospel settings, incidents and sayings from the lives of at least nine of them appear in the Gospels as ascribed to The fictional life stories of the Carpenter of ...

Triphid replies on Oct 15, 2018:

@LenHazell53 Excuse me BUT, could you explain precisely WHERE I admitted I was wrong? I gave, almost verbatim, the recorded, historical data re- the Council of Nicaea and the Mandatum Imperatum ( Emperors' Mandate) handed down at the 325C.E. ( A.D.. according to the old dating method) Nicaean Council Assembly.

Fellow Whovians I just have seen the new tardis and I am impressed (it takes a lot to impress me).

Triphid comments on Oct 14, 2018:

I've been a ' Whovian' since childhood and have seen the numerous variations of the TARDIS and the Doctor BUT by far the worst Doctor of them was Peter Capaldi.

Triphid replies on Oct 15, 2018:

@273kelvin Hasn't aired here as yet, heard that the Doctor is female this time around, an excellent move imo.

In Genesis, it clearly says that " god said, Let US make man in OUR own image.

PalacinkyPDX comments on Oct 14, 2018:

Haven't you ever met egotists who talk about themselves in the plural?

Triphid replies on Oct 15, 2018:

Nope, BUT I have known, as Psychiatric Nurse btw, plenty of 'crazies' who did.

Life sentence for rape? Opinion? No jokes please.

kng01 comments on Sep 28, 2018:

The punishment should befit the crime. In America, increasingly jail is about revenge not correction. Jail should be about correction and redemption. A person should live and they should live to repay the debt. I have skewed views, but I see a premeditated or malicious murderer (like for stealing) ...

Triphid replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@kng01 Yep, frigging gut-wrenchingly appalling isn't how the criminal gets off almost scot free and the victim suffers for the rest of their life. I always thought that Justice was designed to serve the victim of the crime and bring retribution to the Guilty, Jeez Louise, how frigging mistaken have I been.

What is "Compartmentalization" with regard to religion?

Triphid comments on Oct 14, 2018:

To my mind, the religious are the greatest compartmentalizers of all time, they see scientific facts as pure fiction and religious fiction as facts. Their best ever example of compartmentalization is to 'combine' the words Biblical/Religious with such pursuits as Scientist/Archaeologist, etc., in ...

Triphid replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@cRex92 Yes, I've heard numerous Faithfools, as I like to call them btw, claim that Evolution is steered and guided by God, then tell me in their next breath that " God created everything as it now and as it always and always will, there is NO evolution, it is just an Atheist myth.

Did Jesus actually exist? yes for yes no for no

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 14, 2018:

There were several claimants to the title Joshua, rendered in Latin as Iesus and in English as Jesus around the non specific time of the Gospel settings, incidents and sayings from the lives of at least nine of them appear in the Gospels as ascribed to The fictional life stories of the Carpenter of ...

Triphid replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@LenHazell53 Er, it was Decreed and Ordered by Emperor Constantine I and the Council of Bishops at Nicaea, 325C.E. that the N.T. was to written and COMPILED by no less that 40 Scribes in the lands under the Roman Imperial Control. These scribes were separated most times by thousands of miles, with NO direct communication/s and under the guidance of the ruling Bishop of that land and a few acolytes. Hence the patent and blatant contradictions, errors, etc, etc, to be found in their thousands in the N.T. Also, it was decreed at the Council that the O.T. should also written and only contain the scriptures and passages, etc, from the Pentateuch of the Hebrews that were deemed to suit the ideologies of the Emperor, the Bishops of the Council and the underlying aim to CREATE a unifying belief that would replace all other so-called 'Pagan' beliefs and create a base whereby the Church and State could reap the financial benefits of the same.

Life sentence for rape? Opinion? No jokes please.

Stig comments on Sep 29, 2018:

I think rape is horrible crime. As some have mentioned here the victim has a lifelong impact and memory of this. I think the punishment should be really terrifying as in the rapist should also have a lifelong sentence. Now what kind then?. End of life?No to harsh. Life long imprisonment?. Well that...

Triphid replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@Cutiebeauty OH, I'm so sorry that I do NOT follow your personal ideologies of debate/discussion, perhaps it is because here in Australia we tend to think of things quite differently to the ' American Way." And, btw, I'm so bloody glad and Proud that we do because it keeps us Aussies from becoming yet another Pseudo-American Colony in my opinion. So, please have a good one.

Did Jesus actually exist? yes for yes no for no

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 14, 2018:

There were several claimants to the title Joshua, rendered in Latin as Iesus and in English as Jesus around the non specific time of the Gospel settings, incidents and sayings from the lives of at least nine of them appear in the Gospels as ascribed to The fictional life stories of the Carpenter of ...

Triphid replies on Oct 14, 2018:

Er, historical FACT states that the N.T. was written post the Council of Nicaea in 325C.E. ergo, some 3 Centuries after the mythological events were supposed to have occurred.

Life sentence for rape? Opinion? No jokes please.

Stig comments on Sep 29, 2018:

I think rape is horrible crime. As some have mentioned here the victim has a lifelong impact and memory of this. I think the punishment should be really terrifying as in the rapist should also have a lifelong sentence. Now what kind then?. End of life?No to harsh. Life long imprisonment?. Well that...

Triphid replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@Cutiebeauty Are you trying to ' duck' out of the question I asked or what? I was NOT "arguing with myself" as you so kindly put it, I was offering up a topic for debate.

Life sentence for rape? Opinion? No jokes please.

Stig comments on Sep 29, 2018:

I think rape is horrible crime. As some have mentioned here the victim has a lifelong impact and memory of this. I think the punishment should be really terrifying as in the rapist should also have a lifelong sentence. Now what kind then?. End of life?No to harsh. Life long imprisonment?. Well that...

Triphid replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@Cutiebeauty Er, excuse me BUT how exactly does one go about ' punishing' a female rapist when current ideology is that women DO NOT rape, but are the Raped? How does a child get the Authorities to believe him/her that they were raped and molested by their own mother?

Life sentence for rape? Opinion? No jokes please.

kng01 comments on Sep 28, 2018:

The punishment should befit the crime. In America, increasingly jail is about revenge not correction. Jail should be about correction and redemption. A person should live and they should live to repay the debt. I have skewed views, but I see a premeditated or malicious murderer (like for stealing) ...

Triphid replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@Stig I think we are two of the same mind here. Not wishing nor wanting to blow my own trumpet here BUT if half these 'poor, unfortunate (????)' ' victims of deprivations etc, had had the childhood of maternal abuse, etc, that I suffered through and survived to become the very decent, caring, socially conscious person that I am today, then they wouldn't be bloody vicious criminals anyway. It sickens me to the core when I hear it said that " Victims of Abuse, etc, grow up to become Abusers." That is utter BULLSHIT, I know innumerable others like myself who have endured similar to what I lived through and they are NOT Abusers, etc, instead they are the ones fighting for the Rights and Justice for the growing numbers of new victims.

Life sentence for rape? Opinion? No jokes please.

kng01 comments on Sep 28, 2018:

The punishment should befit the crime. In America, increasingly jail is about revenge not correction. Jail should be about correction and redemption. A person should live and they should live to repay the debt. I have skewed views, but I see a premeditated or malicious murderer (like for stealing) ...

Triphid replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@Stig It would seem to me that Prison Sentences for Rape in particular, as with numerous other crimes, are little more than a joke these days. Since the Bleeding-Heart Snivelliberartians have exerted their power and the Justice Systems in the Western World have become little more than a Toothless Tiger giving the Perpetrators more than a far easier time and softer justice than the Victims get. Snivellibertarian Lawyers only need to utter words like, " My client had an up-bringing in a very dis-functional house, he suffered from deprivations, was misunderstood as a child, was toilet trained too early or was made to go to bed at set time on school days, didn't get the same PlayStation model/games as his friends received, etc, etc, ad nauseum, I suggest, Your Honour, that these circumstances all combined to force him to be what he is now and he deserves all the leniency possible, etc, etc." In my most honest opinion, that is a whole load of utter BULLSHIT ever spewed forth by any Lawyer.

Life sentence for rape? Opinion? No jokes please.

Stig comments on Sep 29, 2018:

I think rape is horrible crime. As some have mentioned here the victim has a lifelong impact and memory of this. I think the punishment should be really terrifying as in the rapist should also have a lifelong sentence. Now what kind then?. End of life?No to harsh. Life long imprisonment?. Well that...

Triphid replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@Cutiebeauty Yes, surgically sterilize the male rapists plus use a permanent chemical implant that eradicates any trace of their libido/urges BUT only if it is proven beyond ANY doubt that it was Rape and along with the sterilization, etc, tattoo their foreheads with the word RAPIST in very large bright RED ink as well, especially for Child Molesters/Rapists. But, what could be done with the female rapists, child molesters, of which there are quite a number btw, sterilization won't stop them alone. Would you support sterilization and chemical libido intervention for them as well?

Validity of a theory

Sticks48 comments on Oct 13, 2018:

What religious truths? Isn't that an oxymoron?

Triphid replies on Oct 13, 2018:

Exactly and ever so precise, the concept of ' religious truth/s' is not only an oxymoron but a complete and utter misnomer as well, just as is the concept of a biblical Archaeologist for example.

Incest: Immoral or Moral?

HereticSin comments on Sep 24, 2018:

you forgot "neither". not every action in the world is one or the other, some are not a question of morality. is it moral or immoral to tie your left shoe first? I do not view it as an issue of morality. As at least one comment pointed out, it's an evolved trait that makes us feel that way ...

Triphid replies on Oct 13, 2018:

Well, when I first started school back in 1959 there was still that archaic ' push' ( religion based of course) that left-handed people MUST be FORCED at all costs to become Right-Handed. I've lost count of the numbers of knuckles that I had from Teachers wielding wooden rulers fitted with thin metal strips in the edges of them that they repeatedly lashed my knuckles because I refused and was unable to learn to write with my right hand. I still have, somewhere stored away, a letter sent home by one particular Teacher, a True Dragon-Lady in every way, shape and almost form btw, to my Dad stating that " Your child is little more than a terrible, sinful, sinister Imp of the Devil himself because he resists our kindly(????) efforts to help him mend his defective ways." Later I found that the word ' sinister' was derived from the Latin - sinistera/sinisterii meaning anything LEFT of the normal ( recto - RIGHT, socially acceptable, etc, etc,) and that Catholicism had altered the meanings to imply that ' sinister' should mean ' sinful,' evil,' or ' in league with the forces of Evil.' Guess what, I'm still left-handed when writing and using various tools, etc. So, YES, tying your left shoe first was once classed as being an Immoral person and should religion ever get its way as it once had, we may, very sadly, see the old attitudes rear their ugly, disgusting heads once more.

It's just occurred to me that at some point on Friday this site will reach 50,000 members.

freedom41 comments on Oct 9, 2018:

The more the merrier.

Triphid replies on Oct 12, 2018:

@Aivery I enjoy it the Theists ( Faithfools) try to show me the ' light' because I can, in turn, try to give them directions towards Reality instead.

It's just occurred to me that at some point on Friday this site will reach 50,000 members.

RunsOnCoffee comments on Oct 10, 2018:

Minus one: I'm deleting mine at the end of the month. I wanted to give it six months' time, and I did. Overall, I wasn't impressed.

Triphid replies on Oct 12, 2018:

Sadly my friend, any thing is simply like baking a cake, i.e. you ONLY get out of it what YOU choose to put into it.

It would seem that the ' Exalted' P.

Jolanta comments on Oct 12, 2018:

I agree with you there until you mentioned the left wings. What exactly seems to be your problem there?

Triphid replies on Oct 12, 2018:

Left Wing, Right Wing, to me they're both wings from the same species of politico-religious vultures, the LNP ( Lying Narcissist Party). Even the ALP ( Amateur Liberalist Party) has gotten itself lost well and truly these days, they never would have stood by and let such a blatantly obvious act of utter unbridled Discrimination such Scum Mo has put forward see the light of day. I was raised in a full-on Labor supporting house, in a city where the rights of the people and the workers were fought for and protected until the Liberals got in and began to undermine and destroy the Unions. But this bit of legislation that Scum Mo wants to introduce takes not only the cake, but the whole bloody plate as well and in my honest opinion it is all down to the preachings of both his beloved Hillsong Church and the vast Catholic based membership of both wings of the LNP for starters.

Hi everybody!

Triphid comments on Oct 11, 2018:

G'day there fellow hermit type person. I'm a wee bit of a recluse myself, but not by personal choice but by the lingering results of Chronic Depression etc.

Triphid replies on Oct 12, 2018:

@imahermit You're not kidding, Moses on a moped, depression is a 100% arse-wipe of a thing and to that Agoraphobia ( mine is a dread of crowds/crowded places) and it really gets you down at times. I've had it for over 10 years now BUT, take hope here please, through my own determination its gone from the point where even going outside the house was a trail of sheer terror to where I can happily enjoy being out working in my gardens, go out with ease once per fortnight to get groceries AND even can sit and have a coffee and chat with people from time to time. I started treatment using Paroxetine at a dose of 80mgms per day highest maximum dose allowed btw) and am now on a dosage of 30mgms per day to maintain me for life. So, take heart, there IS life at the end of the tunnel.

New theory I’m into; What does it mean to be living in the now?

Triphid comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Time, in my opinion, is merely a Human concept since humans will always seek to ' rationalise' things in their mind, ergo, they decide we must be able to rationalise the differentiations between darkness and lighter periods of our lives. Time, hours, minutes, seconds, etc, only exist because humans...

Triphid replies on Oct 12, 2018:

@TheAstroChuck Whatever you reckon, my friend, whatever you reckon.

Why are humans so slow to learn?

jlynn37 comments on Oct 11, 2018:

I think most humans do not want to learn, they just want to be told how and what to think, how to live, and what to do by their authority figures, which requires no effort on their part.

Triphid replies on Oct 11, 2018:

To ever so many, sadly, ignorance seems to bliss and, in my opinion, religions seek to foster ignorance over knowledge.

"1492 The teachers told the children that this was when their continent was discovered by human ...

genessa comments on Oct 11, 2018:

he hits the nail on the head (apart from saying "continent" when in fact in 1492 columbus "discovered" a caribbean island -- but what the hey! teachers DO make out like it was the us of a! g

Triphid replies on Oct 11, 2018:

IF my historical knowledge serves me correct, Columbus was actually LOST when he accidently ran into the Caribbean Islands chain, which btw is very much SOUTH of the North American Continent. Columbus was actually supposed to searching for a more direct route to the East Indies, some navigator, well at least he was heading in the right direction, sort of. Indigenous Natives of Northern America were there from at least 12,000 years ago and the Vikings had landed in the Nova Scotia region a few hundred or so years earlier than Columbus anyway. At least neither of them did to the Americas what Cook did to Australia and declared the land as being Terra Nullius ( Belonging to No-one) when, in fact there had been indigenous peoples living there for well over 30,000 years.

God-like beliefs?

JanGarber comments on Oct 8, 2018:

I find libertarians to have god like beliefs.

Triphid replies on Oct 11, 2018:

Yep, just like ever so many politicians do as well, our Aussie P.M. Scum Mo Morrison for example.

God-like beliefs?

xenoview comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Flat earthers

Triphid replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@xenoview Shit a brick mate, I think he's got it bad.

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JasonKM comments on Oct 10, 2018:

If you are agnostic you recognize your own falsifiable hypothesis and readily concede that should scientific method be satisfied then any other hypotheses which falsifies yours as to hitherto unrecognized systems, in fact supersedes your own contention such that a given, presently supernatural ...

Triphid replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@JasonKM Not very observant are you? I'm from Australia, bred, born and raised here, Broken Hill, N.S.W. to be exact and just in case you were unware of the Geographical FACT, Australia does NOT begin and end with Melbourne and Victoria, neither does the human population. I have worked with Homeless Street Kids for numerous years up here and still do from time to time and all the times I have worked with them and other troubled kids, youths and adults my work has been done Pro Bono and completely Gratis. Yes, religious organizations do fund shelters for the homeless in the ' Big Smoke' where they have literally thousands of socially disenfranchised youths, but up here in the outback our youths are nowhere near as lucky since the Salvos decided to concentrate their efforts only running a shelter for women and their children in need of ' short term accommodation,' the Catholic Church does S.F.A. as do the majority of other religious institutions and the ' Big Smoke' Councils, Sydney in particular, in agreement with Centrelink, seem intent upon ' shipping' even more homeless youths and even adults out here, presumably to ' clean up their streets.' 5 others and myself have been striving for over 15 years to get funding to set up a hostel like accommodation center here in B.H. but have hit a ' brick wall' at every turn, yet we are still just as determined as ever to continue on with the struggle no matter what. Btw, WE have experienced and heard of how the Churches expect any homeless to become one their flock BEFORE getting a meal, etc., or being expected to actually PAY for the food BEFORE receiving it. Yes, the Catholic Church offers up a meal at the meagre cost of $5.50 per person, $ 5.50 something most of these disenfranchised youths can barely afford at the best of times btw. So I take your unveiled and blatantly insulting comments with the intent that I understand they were meant to be and I add this, Do NOT tell me that I have no experiences with the Homeless, do not attempt to belittle the efforts of both myself and those few whom I working in unison with UNLESS you've been up and experienced it with us.

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Triphid comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Time, in my opinion, is merely a Human concept since humans will always seek to ' rationalise' things in their mind, ergo, they decide we must be able to rationalise the differentiations between darkness and lighter periods of our lives. Time, hours, minutes, seconds, etc, only exist because humans...

Triphid replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@TheAstroChuck Yes, we all know and understand how Gravity attracts objects, such as a ball dropped from the shoulder will hit the ground/surface of the earth. Yes, I know Scientific Theories are tried and tested over and over again, I am quite interested and enjoy things scientific as I always have from as far back as I can remember, however, that being said has ANYONE ever actually PROVEN empirically that the Universe has an ACTUAL method of measuring and reconciling ' TIME' as we humans see it? It may also interest you that many of the Philosophers and Philosophies from ancient ages past were the bases upon which science theories were developed, for example Galileo observed and philosophized that the Earth was NOT the Centre of the Universe but he did that some few hundred years AFTER a woman in Egypt at the time of the Xtianity surge had also observed, experimented and documented exactly the same philosophy. Innumerable Ancient Greek Philosophers also made philosophic observations that are to this day the foundations of the sciences we take for granted. Yes there have been some extremely ' weird' philosophies put forward over the years including the " Butterfly Effect, etc, etc," most amusing and quite erroneous BUT they only cause others to see philosophy as a source of amusement, something which it is most assuredly NOT. Can it not be said that when a Scientist offers up a THEORY then that Scientist is also merely offering up a philosophical observation as well? As for the analysis of Data collected, ARE NOT these self-same analyses done under the rules, concepts and ideologies of merely the parameters determined ONLY by the Human mind and HUMAN based observation from a very, so far, limited view?

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Triphid comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Time, in my opinion, is merely a Human concept since humans will always seek to ' rationalise' things in their mind, ergo, they decide we must be able to rationalise the differentiations between darkness and lighter periods of our lives. Time, hours, minutes, seconds, etc, only exist because humans...

Triphid replies on Oct 10, 2018:

@TheAstroChuck BUT, are NOT those very same 'Laws of Physics' themselves firstly postulated by men? And are NOT those Laws just men attempting to rationalize, for need and want of far better terminology, in their own minds what they have observed with their own somewhat limited human brains? After all is said and done, we have NOT evolved enough, as yet, to be capable of utilizing our brainpower to its fullest extent, have we? Who then is to say that the Universe HAS TO operate according to those Laws as posited by humans in the first place?

Okay, here's one for the Aussies in the Group.

patchoullijulie comments on Oct 10, 2018:

I am headed back to Australia and when I saw this it blew my mind. I guess I better pack my protest boots! :(

Triphid replies on Oct 10, 2018:

@patchoullijulie I think a few truck loads of copies of the Anti-Discrimination Act delivered to him would be an appropriate " blessing??" for him as well.

Okay, here's one for the Aussies in the Group.

patchoullijulie comments on Oct 10, 2018:

I am headed back to Australia and when I saw this it blew my mind. I guess I better pack my protest boots! :(

Triphid replies on Oct 10, 2018:

Yes, bring your boots, bring your loudest voice BUT do NOT bring guns, etc, since we Aussies, as I said in my reply below, are a peaceful, non-gun toting bunch, but a few truck loads of well rotten eggs can never go astray...LOL.

God-like beliefs?

xenoview comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Flat earthers

Triphid replies on Oct 10, 2018:

@xenoview What, is he a Conspiracy Theorist or a Flat-Earther or both?

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Triphid comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Time, in my opinion, is merely a Human concept since humans will always seek to ' rationalise' things in their mind, ergo, they decide we must be able to rationalise the differentiations between darkness and lighter periods of our lives. Time, hours, minutes, seconds, etc, only exist because humans...

Triphid replies on Oct 10, 2018:

@TheAstroChuck And, as such, it is the Inalienable right of anyone to disagree, ergo I respect your right in doing so. But can or will you show me that same respect and, perhaps, just perhaps, ponder upon my philosophy re- the matter under discussion, seriously giving it some 'open-minded, unbiased' consideration at the very least?

Okay, here's one for the Aussies in the Group.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Oct 9, 2018:

Sounds like the right wing is rising throughout the world. A bit like Daesh without guns. For those who don't know(mostly US citizens) Daesh is the European name for ISIS and is more hated by the fighters as it is insulting while ISIS actually calls them a state.

Triphid replies on Oct 10, 2018:

Yep, Daesh is Arabic slang roughly translated to mean "Mongrel Dogs/Curs, the Unwanted, the Vile, the Cankers of society." Our P.M. Scott Morrison may not get the full "Julius Caesar- Brutus, Cassius, etc, treatment since we , Aussies are a relatively peaceful bunch NOT into Assassinations, etc, BUT I will, most gladly, be the first to say to him "Sic Semper Tyrannus, Scum Mo, Sic Semper Tyrannus."

I work as a therapist with an agency that works with terminally ill patients and their families.

JasonKM comments on Oct 10, 2018:

If you are agnostic you recognize your own falsifiable hypothesis and readily concede that should scientific method be satisfied then any other hypotheses which falsifies yours as to hitherto unrecognized systems, in fact supersedes your own contention such that a given, presently supernatural ...

Triphid replies on Oct 10, 2018:

As a survivor ( once a victim) of numerous forms of Abuse both from my mother and from 3 males ( devout religious followers btw) when I was 10 years of age, I reject your second paragraph opening line most vehemently and as a Counsellor of Young Abuse Victims for many, many years I can safely say that the percentage of Victims ( Survivors) I have worked with, numbering in the 100's, do NOT turn to religion in the least, in fact they reject it since their main question/comment is ; "If there is a God watching over everyone then WHY does it just sit back and let this happen in the first place?" I have worked with Survivors of Abuse ranging from 6-7 years of age right through to their late 20's early 30's and even older. I, myself, never even once thought to "turn" to religion and before anyone asks, NO, my Dad was NOT one of my Abusers, nor did ever find out about it since I was told by my abusers that should I tell anyone then my Dad would be made to be buried alive underground in the Mine that him and my 3 abusers ( rapists is my preferred term for those scum) were employed as Miners and my younger sister would be their next victim. a number of years post the abuse I swore an Oath in my own blood that I would do everything in power to help others who have endured as I had, the words of that went like this, "By the shedding of my blood, I swear upon the Sun, Stars and the Earth on which I live that I shall not harm either my abusers BUT I shall do what ever is in my power/ability to aid others such as I to survive the effects of their abuse." It would help, in my opinion, greatly IF people would check their FACTS before making statements/comments regarding how survivors react to and come to terms with the abuse/s they have had to endure since a recent study, done on a world-wide basis btw, has shown clearly that of the over 10,000 abuse survivors willing to take part, 97.8% totally rejected religion and only 2.1% turned to religion only to find later that those religions, more often than not, regularly sought, surreptitiously, to 'shift' the blame onto the survivor and exonerate the Perpetrator.

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Triphid comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Time, in my opinion, is merely a Human concept since humans will always seek to ' rationalise' things in their mind, ergo, they decide we must be able to rationalise the differentiations between darkness and lighter periods of our lives. Time, hours, minutes, seconds, etc, only exist because humans...

Triphid replies on Oct 9, 2018:

@TheAstroChuck I'm putting across a Philosophical point of view and thinking 'outside of the box' on the subject. The definition/s put forward by Physicists are based upon; a) observations governed by human rationalizations of events and the forces that influence them, b) the rationalizations that fit neatly into those very same little boxes decided upon purely by the mind/s of man who, btw, has a very strong and undeniable desire/need/necessity to see rationality in nature simply because that is how his mind operates or it has been trained/taught to operate, ergo, THEY must correct since it is UNREASONABLE to think that they are not. For example, it was once deemed that for humans to travel faster than a HORSE could run would mean the person/s would be torn apart by the forces of acceleration, etc, etc. Guess what? Humans can now travel at speeds exceeding the acceleration required to escape the pull of gravity and still survive, can they not? Therefore, to say that TIME must exist because Physicists have defined it to be so simply because that is how they have been taught to observe and record events is, in my opinion, merely catering to the ' little boxes' ideology at best.

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Triphid comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Time, in my opinion, is merely a Human concept since humans will always seek to ' rationalise' things in their mind, ergo, they decide we must be able to rationalise the differentiations between darkness and lighter periods of our lives. Time, hours, minutes, seconds, etc, only exist because humans...

Triphid replies on Oct 9, 2018:

@TheAstroChuck I think you are, somehow, missing my point here. The construct of TIME is a construct of the Human necessity for MEASUREMENT of things. Our ' precise' atomic clocks' are nothing more than an extension of that necessity to measure events and the passing of the same, are they not? For example what did our primitive Ancestors do, i.e. 50 - 100,000 years ago BEFORE the concept of Time and the measurement of it was invented? Things still happened in and around them and the Universe did they not? Animals continued to migrate and breed as they had done for millenia previously and ALL without the measurement of ' TIME.'

What is your Definition of:

Blue-eyes comments on Oct 9, 2018:

Doesn't atheist translate to without god?

Triphid replies on Oct 9, 2018:

@Irish-welder Exactly, No God/Gods wanted, needed nor desires = Atheist, since most Atheists have experienced religions, researched them, read almost everything available regard religions and then made up their own minds based upon rational and logical thinking.

God-like beliefs?

JenBeberstein comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Homeopathy

Triphid replies on Oct 9, 2018:

Homeopathy ( Home o' Pathetic ideas) is my take on that subject.

God-like beliefs?

Donotbelieve comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Anything that is not scientifically provable makes me annoyed.

Triphid replies on Oct 9, 2018:

@Donotbelieve Thank you, I like you as well. Btw, in case you haven't guessed already, I'm the kind of person who likes to, a) think outside of the box, b) tell things like I see them, c) dig deep into anything and everything I choose to learn about BEFORE I make up my own mind.

God-like beliefs?

Triphid comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Ancient Alien race altering the course of our evolution - ridiculous given our present knowledge and understanding, BUT, consider the possibility that the original building blocks ( amino acids) of life on this planet may have actually arrived here from elsewhere in the Universe via a comet, meteor,...

Triphid replies on Oct 9, 2018:

@Coffeo Sssssh, don't say that too loud, " A computer being the God," you'll have the Faithfools claiming that one as well as everything else they jump on like scavengers at a carcass.

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Triphid comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Time, in my opinion, is merely a Human concept since humans will always seek to ' rationalise' things in their mind, ergo, they decide we must be able to rationalise the differentiations between darkness and lighter periods of our lives. Time, hours, minutes, seconds, etc, only exist because humans...

Triphid replies on Oct 9, 2018:

@TheAstroChuck BUT, the actual terminology of "TIME" itself is merely a Human Construct is it not? Humans have an innate, need/desire/drive to see and categorize everything into regular little, well ordered piles that they place neatly into these ' little boxes,' it is a part of the Human Psyche. What, precisely is TIME in relation to the entire Universe? Yes, I know that in the Human mind it is measured by the passing of things like nano-seconds, seconds, minutes, hours, days, etc, etc, simply because HUMANS need it to be seen in that way, without it we would be bereft of any reference point/s and utter confusion would take over our ever so regulated minds. Does the Universe run to a specific and defined ' Time?' Is there, perhaps, a Gigantic Clock like mechanism hidden away in the Universe, something like the card operated log in, log off clock that is used at Human Factories, etc?

God-like beliefs?

Donotbelieve comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Anything that is not scientifically provable makes me annoyed.

Triphid replies on Oct 9, 2018:

@Donotbelieve I refrain from either positing or defending ' woo -woo' because I'm a very strict empirical facts and figures type person. That, I know for certain comes from the things my father taught me right from childhood and have been re-enforced throughout my life and education.

God-like beliefs?

xenoview comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Flat earthers

Triphid replies on Oct 9, 2018:

What, you haven't herd of the Flat Earther Movement? Jeez Louise mate, where have you been living, the poor deluded buggers are posting their insanity on the Net on a regular basis.

God-like beliefs?

Donotbelieve comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Anything that is not scientifically provable makes me annoyed.

Triphid replies on Oct 8, 2018:

That may be so, but a little harmless speculation outside the box can be a very good thing in the right place.

Let me remind you.

Triphid comments on Oct 8, 2018:

How is it, so it seems to me, that we only have 1 woman commenting here and that is the origin posting?

Triphid replies on Oct 8, 2018:

@Nichole765 I firmly believe that there needs to be parity between the genders, parity not equality since the differences between the genders are quite vast, BUT, a parity in wages, etc, etc, a parity in respect shown to the genders and a Social Parity to say the very least. Without women there would be no human kind thus without men there also would be no human kind as well, it's the two sides to the same argument is it not? But, it would be quite interesting to actually have and hear some input from other women on this subject in my opinion.

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Triphid comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Time, in my opinion, is merely a Human concept since humans will always seek to ' rationalise' things in their mind, ergo, they decide we must be able to rationalise the differentiations between darkness and lighter periods of our lives. Time, hours, minutes, seconds, etc, only exist because humans...

Triphid replies on Oct 8, 2018:

@Coffeo Well, since most people see things only from the aspect/s of the ' little boxes' that they've taught to look at the world from and so we end up with such things as time, religions and the like. But, when you get someone, or a group, that starts to think and look ' outside the box' then slowly a whole new and exciting world begins to open up. As my father once taught me as a child, " Never accept an answer without first ASKING the question and then question the answer as well." Not too bad an idea from a self-educated man I think.

Let me remind you.

Triphid comments on Oct 7, 2018:

What exactly is EQUALITY between the Genders? How can there be ' equality' when no one person is EXACTLY equal to the person they were anywhere from a few hours to a week or even longer before now? Yes, women SHOULD be payed equally to men, women should be the Career Equals of Men BUT the Gender ...

Triphid replies on Oct 8, 2018:

@Antifred It would work and it has in ever so many ethnicities that we, 'civilized ' westerners like to dub as being ' primitives.' Btw, I personally prefer to use ' Ethnicities' than the word race/races since, after all, WE ARE ALL members of the ONE race, the Human Race.

How many times, when trying to discuss the Origins of the Universe with the Religious of this world,...

blumandolin comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Neither science nor religion can wrap their mind around the fact the entire universe had no beginning nor ending , just constant change. Humans need things to be in a box and will struggle for eternity to fit things into their box.

Triphid replies on Oct 8, 2018:

Exactly right, since from almost birth we are taught that everything must belong in its own nice, neat little box. However there are some of us, most thankfully, that decide to ' break the unwritten rule' and start to think ' outside the box' and now we have grown from a species once hiding in caves afraid of the dark and scavenging from the kills of other predators to being able to send a spacecraft to the very edge of our own solar system. All this because someone wasn't afraid to think outside the box.

Question.

JoeChick comments on Oct 5, 2018:

There are religions that do not follow this narrative. There are atheistic religions with no supernatural beliefs.

Triphid replies on Oct 8, 2018:

@JoeChick Anyone can call a duck, for example, by any other name they choose, but technically it IS still a Duck.

Question.

JoeChick comments on Oct 5, 2018:

There are religions that do not follow this narrative. There are atheistic religions with no supernatural beliefs.

Triphid replies on Oct 8, 2018:

@JoeChick It IS the intents of those who see the ideology/philosophy, for example, as being a source to further their ends that turn the ideology/philosophy into a system of belief. For example, Karl Marx merely philosophized about the ideas of what later became known Communism, Lenin took up his philosophies and turned them into a reality in Russia thus resulting in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R. - C.C.C.P.in Russian btw) becoming a reality post the 1917 Russian Revolution. A somewhat similar thing was the germination point for the French Revolution as well only there it was more Socialist based and Napoleon Bonaparte saw the personal gains that would be available to him in it as well. Religions/religious beliefs MAY have started off as a good idea for the people, BUT, add in the unscrupulous and you end up with much of what we have seen throughout the last 2,000+ years.

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Triphid comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Time, in my opinion, is merely a Human concept since humans will always seek to ' rationalise' things in their mind, ergo, they decide we must be able to rationalise the differentiations between darkness and lighter periods of our lives. Time, hours, minutes, seconds, etc, only exist because humans...

Triphid replies on Oct 8, 2018:

@Coffeo Yes but, are NOT all studies into 'time' simply based upon the ideologies and concepts of man himself since it is man who needs to rationalize everything into terms that his mind can comprehend using his presently limited intellect?

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Triphid comments on Oct 7, 2018:

Time, in my opinion, is merely a Human concept since humans will always seek to ' rationalise' things in their mind, ergo, they decide we must be able to rationalise the differentiations between darkness and lighter periods of our lives. Time, hours, minutes, seconds, etc, only exist because humans...

Triphid replies on Oct 8, 2018:

@Coffeo So, how exactly do you know for certain that animals can perceive time?

Let me remind you.

Triphid comments on Oct 7, 2018:

What exactly is EQUALITY between the Genders? How can there be ' equality' when no one person is EXACTLY equal to the person they were anywhere from a few hours to a week or even longer before now? Yes, women SHOULD be payed equally to men, women should be the Career Equals of Men BUT the Gender ...

Triphid replies on Oct 8, 2018:

@Antifred People evolved from earlier species of hominids and religion/s grew from the ignorance, fears, superstitions, etc, and from there grew the ideology, as per the religious doctrines, that women were less than men except in very few societies where male and female share equal rank with each other, i.e many. Sth. American Tribes for example.

How many times, when trying to discuss the Origins of the Universe with the Religious of this world,...

Julie808 comments on Oct 8, 2018:

I feel that as agnostics, it's okay to not know the answer, but to seek it, and in the meantime just be in awe of how we could have this wonderful life, yet not know exactly how everything started. Theists would rather just take the easy answer, true or not, because it's simpler - God made it....

Triphid replies on Oct 8, 2018:

Yes, BUT in truth curiosity didn't really kill the cat, as the saying goes, it just made it far too complacent. In prefer to discover and learn for myself rather than to merely sit back and enjoy taking the ' free ride' that it appears so many seem to content themselves with. After all, "knowledge is no real burden but ignorance or complacency is." Can't remember who the Author of that quote was atm, but it makes sense to me.

Catholic Clergy::: I think all passports should be canceled for all of the vatican's employees.

powder comments on Oct 8, 2018:

Put them on notice. Any foray into domestic politics and we close their consulates.......and start taxing them.

Triphid replies on Oct 8, 2018:

Religion and Politics should never have ' bed-fellows' to begin with, just as religion has no true place to dictate what people should or should not do in the private sexual lives either. Religions belong solely in their places of worship only.

How many times, when trying to discuss the Origins of the Universe with the Religious of this world,...

KissedbySun comments on Oct 8, 2018:

The difference is that they like their story better. That's it.

Triphid replies on Oct 8, 2018:

Or is it simply because they don't or won't want to think about other than their warm, comforting little biblical story?

Question.

JoeChick comments on Oct 5, 2018:

There are religions that do not follow this narrative. There are atheistic religions with no supernatural beliefs.

Triphid replies on Oct 7, 2018:

@JoeChick The intent behind every religious belief is quite relevant to the Belief itself and to WHY the belief became what it is.

Question.

JoeChick comments on Oct 5, 2018:

There are religions that do not follow this narrative. There are atheistic religions with no supernatural beliefs.

Triphid replies on Oct 7, 2018:

@JoeChick Then why do Satanists, and btw I know quite well a number of them personally, WORSHIP this metaphor as a BEING and not just a Metaphorical Concept?

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gater comments on Oct 6, 2018:

Time and space are infinite - meaning there was no beginning of time, space expands forever, and there will be no end of time.

Triphid replies on Oct 7, 2018:

@gater the " built in clock" analogy is yet another Human concept, animals govern their actions, etc, solely, in most parts, by the changes in the climatic/weather conditions as per the position of the sun and the influences it has on the climate, etc. I.e. they regulate themselves by the Solar position.

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gater comments on Oct 6, 2018:

Time and space are infinite - meaning there was no beginning of time, space expands forever, and there will be no end of time.

Triphid replies on Oct 7, 2018:

@gater And humans need to be able to measure and rationalize the passing of such things, BUT, other animals have no need for such measurements, etc, do they?

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JenBeberstein comments on Oct 7, 2018:

There is no now. Now is over before you finish saying (or typing) the word now.

Triphid replies on Oct 7, 2018:

@jrome043 BUT, how exactly do you know implicitly that " Now is Now?" Are you not just rationalizing it because that is the basic human desire to rationalize everything around us?

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gater comments on Oct 6, 2018:

Time and space are infinite - meaning there was no beginning of time, space expands forever, and there will be no end of time.

Triphid replies on Oct 7, 2018:

But WHAT exactly is TIME? Is time tangible like the earth beneath your feet, the sunlight on your face, etc, etc? Time is only a concept of the Human Psyche, invented because Humans need to be able to measure things and comprehend them. What is Infinite and what is Finite, are they too not just concepts devised by the Human mind just as is time?

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JoeChick comments on Oct 5, 2018:

There are religions that do not follow this narrative. There are atheistic religions with no supernatural beliefs.

Triphid replies on Oct 7, 2018:

@Geoffrey51 In fact the Messianic Cult (Xtianity) was despised in Judaea for decades after its inception simply because; a) their ' Leader/Messiah figure' was NOT actually a Judaean but a Galilean, ergo, in the eyes of the Sanhedrin he was NOT a TRUE Hebrew/Jew and even to this day the majority of Jews deny both the existence of Jesus as a Messianic Figure and as being a Jewish Messiah ( which in Hebrew History there have been innumerable ones foretold btw). It was, mainly, only through the zealotry of the followers and the later proclamation by Emperor Constantine that it truly gained any notoriety/influence and acceptance. Stories of the ' persecution' of Christians from the times of Augustus, Nero, etc, etc, are just that, mere stories added into the rhetoric of both the bible and those seeking to increase the following, etc,.In all of the Historical records, Romans were extremely meticulous record keepers btw, found in archeological researches into Ancient Rome there have NEVER been ANY records of persecutions of ANY other religions/religious beliefs by the Romans since the Romans were a people who only conquered the lands, imposed their rules and laws on those they conquered BUT NOT their religion/religious beliefs, in actual fact Romans often ' adopted' into their own beliefs innumerable aspects of the beliefs/religions of those they had conquered. If one looks deeply into the so-called ' biblical accounts' one firstly finds that ALL accounts were written between 150 and 200 years AFTER the events presumably occurred, i.e. long, long after the death of those whom they are attributed to.

Do you think that perhaps Religion/Religious Beliefs and Doctrines have and still are ONE of the ...

mordant comments on Oct 4, 2018:

Yes, but only as a specific and common manifestation of tribalism and lack of critical thinking. I think it's a mistake to seek to eradicate religion as if it were some sort of root cause. The real need is to teach critical thinking skills.

Triphid replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@mordant Can you name for me and the wider audience here 10 actual benefits to human kind as a WHOLE that can be shown and attributed empirically and solely to Religion, especially Christianity?

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JoeChick comments on Oct 5, 2018:

There are religions that do not follow this narrative. There are atheistic religions with no supernatural beliefs.

Triphid replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@Geoffrey51 Yes early Xtians ( Messianics) had entered into Rome prior to the time of Nero, in fact they were there during the reign of Augustus Caesar but were still an ' underground' type of cult. But their ' prominence' and acceptance came about after Constantine won the Battle of the Milvian Bridge and eventual declare Xtianity to be an acceptable religion in Roman Law.

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WilliamFleming comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Humans will be humans, and the religious impulse is an integral part of humanity. Religions will spring up again and again. They’ll be new and different, and reflect the sensitivity and awareness levels of their eras. In many places around the world attempts have been made to stamp out ...

Triphid replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@WilliamFleming No they can't as far I know, but I have had many who I've observed who have worked out the differences between sliding doors and swinging doors and how to open them, a Blue Heeler who worked out for himself how to actual unscrew caps from bottles to get at the drink inside WITHOUT damaging the bottle in any way by simple hold the bottle between his front paws and twisting the cap around using his teeth. Many species of Primates ( Apes) have learned to make and use simple tools to enable them to get into the shells of nuts or ants out of ant nests rather than simply going in search of other easier food sources, isn't that how humans began to learn such skills in the early stages of our evolution?

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Matias comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Facts, Knowledge, understanding and comprehension of the Universe is the preserve of science, and religion has no say in it. But just as the human body needs fat, proteins, vitamins and so on, the human mind does not live on "facts" and "knowledge" alone. Unfortunately science cannot cater to the...

Triphid replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@Matias Yes I noted that, but in all truth religion/religious belief is little more than an emotional and psychological Crutch for those who find themselves too weak willed, so to speak, to face reality and life as any normal and rational person would. Just a Hypochondriacs seek and every kind of medical intervention for ailments/illnesses that they have imagined they have, so do the religious believers cling to that which they THINK comforts them and fends off their fears and trepidations about themselves, etc.

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JoeChick comments on Oct 5, 2018:

There are religions that do not follow this narrative. There are atheistic religions with no supernatural beliefs.

Triphid replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@JoeChick Satanism, just like others such as Wiccan, etc, ARE NOT Atheistic as per the definition of Atheism, they are classified as Pagan Religions since they worship/venerate Supernatural Deities or a Deity OTHER THAN the Christian God. Atheists worship/venerate NO God/Deity/Supernatural or otherwise, in fact they vehement DENY the existence of any Supernatural Deities/Deities. Perhaps, just perhaps with a great amount of luck, ONE day this FACT may just sink into your brain and you will understand the difference for a change instead of flogging your own personal dead horse over and over again as you seem intent upon doing so here.

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JoeChick comments on Oct 5, 2018:

There are religions that do not follow this narrative. There are atheistic religions with no supernatural beliefs.

Triphid replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@JoeChick I know it is BUT the original intent behind the search by Buddha himself was NOT to create/invent a religion, system of belief, etc, it was just to try to understand why the world around was as it was. Later, as people become more interested in his philosophies and what he had learned there were those who saw, as did and still do ever so many, an opportunity to bend and contort his findings to suit their own ends and means, thus it slowly became a religion, just as did Judeo-Christianity and every other religion before it and since it.

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JoeChick comments on Oct 5, 2018:

There are religions that do not follow this narrative. There are atheistic religions with no supernatural beliefs.

Triphid replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@Geoffrey51 Just did a quick research through my mountains of notes, etc, and one of the 2 main Leaders of the Messianic Cult with Constantine at the Battle of Milvian Bridge was a Eusebius of Tarsus, if that's of any help to you.