G'day Aussie Sceptics, even though it's colder than a Mother-In-Law's kiss around Australia today, ...

FrayedBear comments on Jun 28, 2020:

Tony @Maureen901 is a bit of a mystery. @Maureen is from the UK and also a mystery. The Texan is a religious person.

Triphid replies on Jun 28, 2020:

Well that's who askked to be admitted and who are we to deny her? Maybe we can convince her to think about her beliefs as time goes by.

Did Jesus Exist? | American Atheists

Triphid comments on Jun 27, 2020:

Well, as an Atheist Theologian, yes that IS right AN Atheist who has studied for and gained a ThD, I can safely say that the Jesus as depicted in the bible ( The Goat-herders Guide to the Galaxy) IS a 100% completely fiction based work of Religious Propaganda created solely from innumerable other ...

Triphid replies on Jun 28, 2020:

@Jetty Absolutely EVERYTHING contained in the compendium of Myths, Legends, Fireside Stories, etc, etc, known as the Bible can be traced back, simply and easily, to Cultures and Civilisations that pre-date the bible by well over 2,000+ years. Using the simplest of logic anyone with even half a brain can ferret out the blatant and utter falsehoods of both Historical and Familial Lineages, etc, it claims to be real and indisputable. Let us look at just a few examples, A) The bible claims to be able to trace the Familial Lineage of this Yeshua/Yeyeshua/Jesus, from Galilee no less, through to David and even back to Abraham himself, correct? No, in the times to which it refers when NO birth records, etc, were actually kept AND Galilee was a seperate region to Judaea then it would be logically impossible to accurately date ones familial lineage back as far as they claim. B) Exodus, Claiming that the Jews, were Slaves in Egypt for approx. 400 years when Actual Slavery was a breach of the Egyptian Rule of Maat ( the Rule of Universal Harmony) plus there is no mention of any monuments, like the Pyramids for example, which wee well known throughout the Middle East at the time and the Pyramids were built and finished approx. some 1,000 years prior. So, definitely a NO there PLUS it claims to have occurred DURING the Reign of Rameses the Great, i.e. Entirely wrong King and period to start with as has been historically prove time and time again. C) the O.T. claims that the Gospels of the Apostles WERE written by those Apostles, ergo, how can that be since ONLY 1 so-claimed Apostle was actualy literate enough to write and he, presumably was a Tax Collector for the Roman Emperor anyway.

America is drunk on a warped idea of freedom, and now it's killing people.

WilliamFleming comments on Jun 28, 2020:

The article is based on the false insinuation that the US is the worst affected country. If you want to compare how different countries are doing you have to look at deaths per million. At least eight European countries have a higher death rate than the US. The virus is still spreading in the US ...

Triphid replies on Jun 28, 2020:

To that Sir, I'd say Bullshit in extremis. Australia went into National Borders Lockdown situations A.S.A.P. then State Borders were closed, Social Distance Rules came into being just as quick, etc, etc. Our Infection rate is way lower than anywhere else, our Death Toll is far less than 1% of any other country in the world BECAUSE our Government listened to the Medical Advice and acted upon it IMMEDIATELY. IMO, your Blithering, Dithering, Self-Righteous, Egocentric, Ego-maniacal piss-poor excuse of a PoTUS is the prime cause of the Death and Infection Tolls the U.S. is racking up on a daily basis simply because, imo, he'd be hard pressed to tell his arse from his elbow on any given day of the year.

I have been wondering why I have been feeling lonely for the last several weeks.

Justme43 comments on Jun 27, 2020:

Perhaps it is a chemical imbalance. Maybe you need some blood work done.

Triphid replies on Jun 27, 2020:

@azzow2 In thatcase m8, no more garlic can be added to meals or grown in gardens, those blood-suckers will doing anything to avoid garlic....LOL.

Bon appetit or as my son use to say bony appetit in this case it might be more like ectoskeleton ...

Triphid comments on Jun 27, 2020:

Ah, prawns yummy but the good old Aussie Yabbies are much bigger, tastier and meatier though.

Triphid replies on Jun 27, 2020:

@azzow2 I can still remember, quite vividly, when going fishing with my father for Yabbies and catching yabbies as big as 26 fluid ounce Beer bottles, no joke either btw, with sets of claws the size of bolt-cutters. Back in those days, the 60's, it was not unusual to haul in your 'drop nets' and find them almost chock full of huge yabbies but these days, with the over-fishing caused by Victorians, mostly, coming up here, catching and cooking every yabbie they can get, even the females carrying eggs, the only places to get good sized ones now are those that Graziers have seeded their dams with to keep the dams clean of rotting vegetable matter and such.

Bon appetit or as my son use to say bony appetit in this case it might be more like ectoskeleton ...

Triphid comments on Jun 27, 2020:

Ah, prawns yummy but the good old Aussie Yabbies are much bigger, tastier and meatier though.

Triphid replies on Jun 27, 2020:

@azzow2 Yep, the 'Sand-gropers' (Western Australians) call Yabbies by a different name though but they are still just a big, meaty and tasty.

I have been wondering why I have been feeling lonely for the last several weeks.

bobwjr comments on Jun 27, 2020:

It happens with single parents

Triphid replies on Jun 27, 2020:

Been there done that and does it ever happen you can bank on it for certain it does.

I have been wondering why I have been feeling lonely for the last several weeks.

Booklover comments on Jun 27, 2020:

Depression doesn't have to have a reason to be. It just is. Hopefully, it's situational. Situational depression can evolve into chronic or clinical depression. So, keep a watch on it, speak to your Dr. These days you can speak to a therapist online even. So many people are feeling down with all ...

Triphid replies on Jun 27, 2020:

@azzow2 Hey, we are ALL 'messed up' in some ways or others and that is normalsince we ARE only humans anyway. There is NO shame in it even though others are somewhat hellbent on thinking so, don't worry about what those dip-shits think or say, think of yourself and your family instead for YOU are important to them and those dip-shits are little more than numbskulls who wouldn't realise if their arse was on fire or being eaten out by White Ants imo.

I have been wondering why I have been feeling lonely for the last several weeks.

Justme43 comments on Jun 27, 2020:

Perhaps it is a chemical imbalance. Maybe you need some blood work done.

Triphid replies on Jun 27, 2020:

Yes, possibly a Seratonin re-uptake imbalance imo.

Stone the crows some people say the dumbest things, don't they.

K9Kohle789 comments on Jun 27, 2020:

I was visiting a college where my brother went and sitting on the lawn with my friends when some hari krishna peoples showed up to fuck up our day. I said didn't god die for your sins? Is non-belief in god a sin? Because no matter what I do or think while alive he forgives for everything afterlife. ...

Triphid replies on Jun 27, 2020:

At least those 'Hairy Krushednuts' (Hari Khrishnas) have some decent chants that sing, not like the crap you hear from the Xrstian Faithfools. But I agree they too can be as annoying as ants at picnic.

I may have thought of entirely obscure axiom.

273kelvin comments on Jun 26, 2020:

I would love to answer this but my sock draw need sorting into a colour coordinated system and my seashell collection will not clean itself.

Triphid replies on Jun 27, 2020:

@273kelvin In case you were unaware I'm an Aussie and here in Australia we the CORRECT English spelling.

I may have thought of entirely obscure axiom.

273kelvin comments on Jun 26, 2020:

I would love to answer this but my sock draw need sorting into a colour coordinated system and my seashell collection will not clean itself.

Triphid replies on Jun 27, 2020:

OH no, you said 2 very bad words there, 'COLOUR' and Cordinated, ' don't you know that now everyone MUST not discriminate between colours....LOL.

Well it seems that the "Dawn Stampede" ( Dawn as in a once well known and used brand of Toilet Paper...

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Jun 25, 2020:

Stop being so damn greedy. Purchase only your share. Soap & water also works.

Triphid replies on Jun 26, 2020:

@Lilac-Jade Some people just don't seem to care a fig for anyone else except themselves do they?

Well it seems that the "Dawn Stampede" ( Dawn as in a once well known and used brand of Toilet Paper...

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Jun 25, 2020:

Stop being so damn greedy. Purchase only your share. Soap & water also works.

Triphid replies on Jun 26, 2020:

@Lilac-Jade Too right. And I reckon at least 80% of Broken Hill (Pop. approx. 19,000) is now living on a 'knife edge' after we copped an influx of Victorian Tourists here last weekend. Since this Covid thing first hit our shores, Broken Hill has ONLY had 2 confirmed cases and they were brought in from outside of our region and were quarantined quick smart, since then we've been a Covid Clear Declared Zone. Who knows how many/IF any of these Tourists last weekend brought in with them. Imo, the 'reason' behind the influx was patently obvious when I went to get my groceries last Tuesday, the Toilet Paper shelves in the Supermarket were quite depleted yet again.

How many of you have gotten what I call the romantic kiss of death?

Cast1es comments on Jun 26, 2020:

So why exactly , do men feel women owe them sex , if she so much as talks to him ?

Triphid replies on Jun 26, 2020:

@azzow2 Neither do I m8, neither do I. And at the RISK of sounding dismissive, etc, I'd offer up that she is way, way under the wrong impression about men in general entirely here. OR, she may have 'traveled' in a few of the wrong circles before perhaps.

If it is good enough for Washington State Dept of Health to advocate the wearing of face masks & ...

Triphid comments on Jun 25, 2020:

Well, considering that in Australia, except the closely packed Urban City areas that is, unlike the U.S. our populations are somewhat widely spread out, i.e. not so much 'High Rise Apartment complexes', etc, plus the distances between towns and cities, the widths of footpaths, etc, the constant ...

Triphid replies on Jun 26, 2020:

@FrayedBear Well, ponder on this question for a while if you will. The Government wants us ALL to eat better for better health, correct? So, IF that be correct, then WHY is it that, for example, Wholemeal bread is more expensive than white bread? Why is diesel more expensive than petrol when diesel is (a) cheaper to produce, (b) diesel vehicles are far more fuel efficent, (c) less polluting atmospherically speaking than petrol vehicles and (d) easier and cheaper to maintain, etc. WHY, if the Governments want to lessen, etc, pollution from Coal Fired Power Stations, etc, have they repeatedly reduced the rebate from home Solar Power Panels? Why have they NOT made Solar Power Panels available to ALL homes and buildings as a kind of Government Sponsored Grant as they tried to do with Home Insulation?

Well it seems that the "Dawn Stampede" ( Dawn as in a once well known and used brand of Toilet Paper...

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Jun 25, 2020:

Stop being so damn greedy. Purchase only your share. Soap & water also works.

Triphid replies on Jun 26, 2020:

@Lilac-Jade Sadly, 3 at least 'hot-spot' outbreaks in Victoria, Australia so far. None where I live in N.S.W. at present, touch wood.

Well it seems that the "Dawn Stampede" ( Dawn as in a once well known and used brand of Toilet Paper...

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Jun 25, 2020:

Stop being so damn greedy. Purchase only your share. Soap & water also works.

Triphid replies on Jun 26, 2020:

Sadly and according to the latest news report this evening the 2 main Supermarket Chains are re-introducing NATIONWIDE limits on things such as Toilet Paper, Paper Towels, boxes of Tissues and quite a few other items as well thanks to the 'Dawn Stampede' that has engulfed Victoria, Australia of late. Nice one, Cabbage Farmers ( Victorians) just when the country felt it was SAFE to go to the dunny and NOT RATION the Dunny Paper, you mob have started it ALL off again.

Well it seems that the "Dawn Stampede" ( Dawn as in a once well known and used brand of Toilet Paper...

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Jun 25, 2020:

Stop being so damn greedy. Purchase only your share. Soap & water also works.

Triphid replies on Jun 26, 2020:

So do ordinary paper tissues that you use to blow your nose, etc, etc, BUT do NOT flush those wet wipe things down the toilet, they are NOT degradable, they will clog up the sewer systems by 'clumping' together and creating, what an old friend of mine who spent 30 years working for the local Water and Sewage Services called, " Turdbergs." In my early childhood, actual toilet paper as we know it, was a luxury item that ONLY the Middle and Upper Classes could afford, we made do with with squares cut from newspapers, hung on a nail hammered into the wall timber of the toilet, it may have been a wee bit 'rough' on the bum but at least you also something to read if the job at hand turned out to be a long one....LOL

If it is good enough for Washington State Dept of Health to advocate the wearing of face masks & ...

David1955 comments on Jun 25, 2020:

When the outbreak began, I wanted to wear a mask, to the supermarket, etc. Couldn't get one. None in the malls and stores etc.. I wondered why our governments weren't sprinkling them like confetti, free of charge to anyone who wanted one. I am still wondering. Now the worst seems to have passed I'm ...

Triphid replies on Jun 26, 2020:

@David1955 Exactly, a virus is way, way smaller than a mere speck of dust and those builders mask ARE only for the prevention of dust, etc, from entering the airways, lungs, etc.

If it is good enough for Washington State Dept of Health to advocate the wearing of face masks & ...

Triphid comments on Jun 25, 2020:

Well, considering that in Australia, except the closely packed Urban City areas that is, unlike the U.S. our populations are somewhat widely spread out, i.e. not so much 'High Rise Apartment complexes', etc, plus the distances between towns and cities, the widths of footpaths, etc, the constant ...

Triphid replies on Jun 26, 2020:

@FrayedBear Sorry for your troubles FrayedBear, truly sorry BUT I'm not a maker of Miracles, etc, etc, so sometimes we all have to sort out our own problems for ourselves, how ever hard and arduous that/they/it may be. But, on the other hand, perhaps this up-heaval from Covid may just the catalyst that Australia has always needed to get the whole country off of its apathetic arse for once and for all and make changes for the betterment of ALL Australians.

How far is too far?

MsDemeanour comments on Jun 24, 2020:

I think it is important to self-reflect on our unconscious biases. While many of us are scratching our head wondering what the fuss is about, we need to actually talk to the peoples that the labels refer to. A name change may be a simple act of kindness to a marginalised group. That's not a big ask...

Triphid replies on Jun 26, 2020:

@MsDemeanour I think you're kind of 'preaching to the choir' here. I too was the victim of abuses as a child by both my mother, who abused in more ways than I care to remember or recount, and at 10 years old sodomised by 3 men, not even relatives BUT men who worked on the same Mine as my father, they warned me that should I tell anyone of what they did, firstly they'd make 100% certain my father never returned home after a shift at work, then they'd come after my 2 younger sisters BEFORE they came after me. The only personwho ever knew what had happened to me was my daughter, Lorrae, whom I told when she finally informed me as to her being abused, physically, by her mother's boyfriend on a weekend access visit, and only then because she couldn't comprehend how I was so compassionate, understanding and say that I knew what she was feeling.

What to Do When You Need to Use a Public Bathroom During a Pandemic

Jolanta comments on Jun 25, 2020:

Just make sure you go at home before you go out.

Triphid replies on Jun 25, 2020:

Well and good BUT sometimes nature has a very strong mind of its own unfortunately and when nature calls we MUST respond A.S.A.P. must we not?

What to Do When You Need to Use a Public Bathroom During a Pandemic

K9Kohle789 comments on Jun 25, 2020:

None of these help the cough and pee, the dog "NO" and pee, the run for the phone pee, the I didn't know I had to go this bad pee, the bend over pee, I mean I'm over 60. Soon as I have a cup of coffee in the morning I'm doomed for hours.

Triphid replies on Jun 25, 2020:

"And age it shall weary them and the bladder and bowel shall test them to the limits, for such is the ordeals of aging." I know where you're coming from, those 'calls of nature get louder and more urgent as every year passes don't they?

How far is too far?

MsDemeanour comments on Jun 24, 2020:

Bye bye Eskimo Pie!

Triphid replies on Jun 25, 2020:

@AnneWimsey Well I was given my first name AFTER I was born, don't like it all that much though, and am still stuck with. At least woman have the opportunity upon marriage to change their last/surname though.

Preacher Praises Jesus (Again) for Fixing His Backed-Up Toilet | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | ...

lazylee comments on Jun 25, 2020:

I thought jeezus was a carpenter. Now he does plumbing too? What are his rates?

Triphid replies on Jun 25, 2020:

Nope, he's still a Journeyman Carpenter/Handyman BUT he sub-contracts plumbing jobs out the Mario Brothers....LOL.

Preacher Praises Jesus (Again) for Fixing His Backed-Up Toilet | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | ...

oldFloyd comments on Jun 24, 2020:

I worked with a Juan DeJesus, he worked in maintenance, I'm sure he fixed more than one.

Triphid replies on Jun 25, 2020:

@snytiger6 Yep, I already knew that and just as in German, for example, the 'v' is pronounced with the sounds of an 'f', 'w' is pronounced as a 'v' sound, in Latin 'j' is written as an 'I' hence the 'I.N.R.I' inscription the Xrstians have on their favourite necklaces and means Iesus Nazarem Rex Iudea. The nuances of languages are as many as the grains of sand on a beach, in English, for another example we use 'silent' letters in words such a the 'p' in pseudo, pneumatic, etc, etc, the 'w' in write, wreck, wrought, etc, etc.

I saw this on Facebook.

bobwjr comments on Jun 25, 2020:

Shows the shallow end of the gene pool

Triphid replies on Jun 25, 2020:

"Shallow end," more like a total drought at that end imo.

Stone the crows some people say the dumbest things, don't they.

Varn comments on Jun 25, 2020:

...he’s all yours ;-)

Triphid replies on Jun 25, 2020:

Aw thanks a heap, and here was I thinking about sending him over your way to join up with Ken Ham, etc.

How far is too far?

MsDemeanour comments on Jun 24, 2020:

I think it is important to self-reflect on our unconscious biases. While many of us are scratching our head wondering what the fuss is about, we need to actually talk to the peoples that the labels refer to. A name change may be a simple act of kindness to a marginalised group. That's not a big ask...

Triphid replies on Jun 24, 2020:

No, it's not really when it comes to such minor things but is it going to stop at minor things or will be another, possibly, more extreme episode of the Political Correctness era as we have seen and had before. As the old saying goes, " It only takes 1 extra flake of snow to land in the right place to start a full scale avalanch."

Preacher Praises Jesus (Again) for Fixing His Backed-Up Toilet | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | ...

oldFloyd comments on Jun 24, 2020:

I worked with a Juan DeJesus, he worked in maintenance, I'm sure he fixed more than one.

Triphid replies on Jun 24, 2020:

@LimitedLight Kind od being a wee bit pedantic here aren't we? After all, I was just having a bit of fun.

Stone the crows some people say the dumbest things, don't they.

Jolanta comments on Jun 24, 2020:

Who the #### does these people think they are?

Triphid replies on Jun 24, 2020:

F.I.I.K, but he thinks he's the next best thing to God and Jesus imo.

Stone the crows some people say the dumbest things, don't they.

Observer-Effect comments on Jun 24, 2020:

First seeing the intro to your post on the list - this is what I saw. Ending on "colder than Mother Theresa's . . . " - so my mind automatically went horrible places. :-(

Triphid replies on Jun 24, 2020:

No probs m8, it ain't no 'paradise' here atm, the outside temp, just went from 5 degrees Celsius down to 3.5 Celsius, but hey, that's winter here in the Aussie Outback.

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AmmaRE007 comments on Jun 15, 2020:

people that survive the dangerous part of the virus.. have double lung transplants because of holes in their lungs.. like swiss cheese. The most delicate age is over 70 years of age. It is a different thing than the flu..and things..and I certainly don't remember polio.. but I guess the WRONG ...

Triphid replies on Jun 24, 2020:

The 60,000 deaths from the Salk vaccine for Polio were caused by the improper production and packaging of the vaccine. But more than 250,000 lives were saved, over 300,000 children were prevented from being either completey/partially paralysed by being vaccinated and even countless more these days are saved from the Polio virus infections and the harms caused by it BECAUSE of the refined vaccines.

How far is too far?

noworry28 comments on Jun 24, 2020:

Unless you are black or hispanic or a native American that have been called those derogatory terms, you will not understand. You may think that is political correctness gone mad, but you can never feel the hurt or shame of being looked down upon and being called by those names. I know that some of ...

Triphid replies on Jun 24, 2020:

@noworry28 No, my skin is NOT always as white as you think. in ACTUAL fact it has a somewhat pale 'copper' colour that turns darker in summer even without me getting a tan. And yes, as a kid I copped more than my 'fair share' of racists type derogatory comments, etc, and still do from time to time.

Preacher Praises Jesus (Again) for Fixing His Backed-Up Toilet | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | ...

oldFloyd comments on Jun 24, 2020:

I worked with a Juan DeJesus, he worked in maintenance, I'm sure he fixed more than one.

Triphid replies on Jun 24, 2020:

Strikes me as kind of 'odd' that they spell it 'Jesus' but say it as being kind of like "Hey Zeus" instead.

How far is too far?

MsDemeanour comments on Jun 24, 2020:

Bye bye Eskimo Pie!

Triphid replies on Jun 24, 2020:

@noworry28 Please read my response/reply to your first comment, then you may just understand.

How far is too far?

noworry28 comments on Jun 24, 2020:

Unless you are black or hispanic or a native American that have been called those derogatory terms, you will not understand. You may think that is political correctness gone mad, but you can never feel the hurt or shame of being looked down upon and being called by those names. I know that some of ...

Triphid replies on Jun 24, 2020:

Well now, considering that I have both Native Nth. American Indigenous genetic links and Australian Indigenous Aboriginal genetic links plus a whole lot more other ethnicities as well, I'd reckon that I'd definitely have a wide understanding, wouldn't you?

It can be so hard to stay strong when you’re rejected over and over

azzow2 comments on Jun 23, 2020:

I do not know that strength is necessary staying positive is most important. Just because someone rejects you it is not your fault you were and are just being the best you. If you think you need to change to please someone else so that they like you that is not being the best you.

Triphid replies on Jun 24, 2020:

@bobwjr That's okay m8, we all make mistakes from time to time don't we?

How far is too far?

MsDemeanour comments on Jun 24, 2020:

Bye bye Eskimo Pie!

Triphid replies on Jun 24, 2020:

@AnneWimsey JFC, it is the iconic name of the product/s, it has been that name for decades here,so why change it? How would YOU react if you were told that something that was so iconic to you, Americans, had to be altered, etc? How about IF you were now told you could no longer wear BLACK clothing, have BROWN gravy on a roast meal, send out for a CHINESE or ASIAN style meal because it was NOT a Culturally acceptable thing any more?

Preacher Praises Jesus (Again) for Fixing His Backed-Up Toilet | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | ...

seenoevil9620 comments on Jun 24, 2020:

How much does this Jebus charge , to fix toilets ???????

Triphid replies on Jun 24, 2020:

Ssssh, don't tell the Christians but Jeebus doesn't actually fix toilets, he just a piss-poor carpenter, he sub-contracts jobs like toilets, etc, out to the Mario Brothers.....LOL

It can be so hard to stay strong when you’re rejected over and over

azzow2 comments on Jun 23, 2020:

I do not know that strength is necessary staying positive is most important. Just because someone rejects you it is not your fault you were and are just being the best you. If you think you need to change to please someone else so that they like you that is not being the best you.

Triphid replies on Jun 24, 2020:

@bobwjr Aw nice thing to say thanks, but we'd never work out since I'm 100% Straight.

How far is too far?

MsDemeanour comments on Jun 24, 2020:

Bye bye Eskimo Pie!

Triphid replies on Jun 24, 2020:

Yep, and the same will happen for one of all time favourites too I suppose, those chewy treats the "White Knight" bars. I mean, they dumped the Pollywaffles years ago even though were a best seller.

It can be so hard to stay strong when you’re rejected over and over

azzow2 comments on Jun 23, 2020:

I do not know that strength is necessary staying positive is most important. Just because someone rejects you it is not your fault you were and are just being the best you. If you think you need to change to please someone else so that they like you that is not being the best you.

Triphid replies on Jun 23, 2020:

@Marcie1974 No chance of that I'm happy to tell you.

New Alabama Law Allows Christian Church to Create Its Own Police Force | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

bookofmorons comments on Jun 22, 2020:

No one expects the Spanish/Alabama Inquisition

Triphid replies on Jun 22, 2020:

@redhog Not too up to date on religious history here I think, the Inquisition was started by the Pope but that was merely the 'match' that lit the fire, the rest of the blaze was fueled by neighbour turning against neighbour, son against father, etc, etc, and mostly driven by Greed, Envy, minor disputes that got out of hand, etc, etc. There is no accurate count/tally of how many lost their lives in the Inquisitions, there were actually 3 btw, but conservative estimates range between 10,000 and 70,000 victims in each of them. And the Churches profitted from them each time by merely siezing the properties, etc, of the victims just as it/they did with the Crusaders as well who died in battle ( slaughter more like) and could NOT repay the Loans of Funds made to them by the Churches.

New Alabama Law Allows Christian Church to Create Its Own Police Force | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

redhog comments on Jun 22, 2020:

at that point they aren't protected by federal law so if one of them gets shot for pulling a weapon on someone it could prove interesting

Triphid replies on Jun 22, 2020:

Well, IF they are hoping, in cases like that, that Jesus will put out his hands to stop the bullets from hitting these 'Xrstian Cops' and killing them, I'd say they're out of luck since poor old J.C. already has a hole in each hand....LOL.

Is there any hope that mob rule, encouraged and tolerated by "progressive" leaders, will end in the...

Triphid comments on Jun 19, 2020:

'Mob Rule' is little more than PURE Anarchy imo. Yes, ALL actual and individual lives matter, just a do the lives/life of woman who finds herself unexpectedly/unwantedly PREGNANT, her life is far more important that that of the embryo/foetus she is carrying and it should be her choice and hers ...

Triphid replies on Jun 22, 2020:

@OwlInASack Knowing ScumMo he's probably be 'praying' that it would simply go away.

Every time i see someone with a Walmart shirt that says you need jesus i cringe big time, i wish i ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 21, 2020:

Get a screen printer to make you one but I wonder if you would be game enough to wear it.

Triphid replies on Jun 21, 2020:

Life is short so why not do something daring from time to time? Struth, I've even worn my Agnostic.com t-shirt and stood outside the Catholic Cathedral here where I live. Boy, the 'looks' I got were truly priceless.

I have been working on a social experiment it is just an fun type of exercise.

Triphid comments on Jun 21, 2020:

LOL, why not go the whole Hog m8, try going completely starkers, should really get some attention then....LOL.

Triphid replies on Jun 21, 2020:

@azzow2 and don't forget they will bring you breakfast in bed as well....LOL.

Every time i see someone with a Walmart shirt that says you need jesus i cringe big time, i wish i ...

snytiger6 comments on Jun 21, 2020:

I have a shirt that says, "In the begininning, Man created God." I think I got it on Amazon. I'll add funny T-shirts sometimes to make the free shipping. The next T-shirt may read, "Science flew us to the moon, Religion flew us into buildings".

Triphid replies on Jun 21, 2020:

@SeaRay215ex Love them , especially the 'boomerang one.

Even the UK Statue of the Man Who Founded the Boy Scouts Is Coming Down | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

OldMetalHead comments on Jun 16, 2020:

Former scout here. I enjoyed the organization and my father was even an assistant scout master. I never saw anything untoward or had any bad experiences at all. However one of the big justifications for starting the scouts was that Lord Baden-Powell was very against masturbation (self-abuse) by ...

Triphid replies on Jun 21, 2020:

@Mofo1953 Oh my goodness, attempting to be somewhat 'humorous' are we?

Even the UK Statue of the Man Who Founded the Boy Scouts Is Coming Down | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:

An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him. Glad his statue is coming down.

Triphid replies on Jun 21, 2020:

@LenHazell53 So did Neville Chamberlain.

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LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:

An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him. Glad his statue is coming down.

Triphid replies on Jun 21, 2020:

@LenHazell53 We do spell it diferently out here since we ARE now recognised as being Australians and not " Colonials" any more. Whilst we are at this subject, When are you English going to start making repatations to ALL Australians for the Nuclear Testings you did at Maralinga, AUSTRALIAN soil btw, NOT English soil?

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Jolanta comments on Jun 16, 2020:

I never knew the Souts were a religious group. I was involved with them here in Australia when my children were small but we never had anything to do with religion, never. No prayers, no mention of God or Jesus. Is this something that is going on in other countries with the scouts?

Triphid replies on Jun 21, 2020:

@LenHazell53 Shit, we dropped that 'oath,' including the God and queen bullshit, decades ago. About the same time, if memory serves, when we penned our version of 'Rule Brittania,' which starts off like this, "Rule Brittania, Marmalade and Jam, Five Chinese crackers up her arse-hole, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bam,"

Mornin' everybody, Sunday here and it's colder than nudist on an iceberg.

MsDemeanour comments on Jun 21, 2020:

Lovely sunny winter day here in Brisbane today. But it's been so cold! I hate winter. Went to my mates place last night to watch War and Peace. Everytime the beautiful freezing snow scenes appeared, I felt guilty whinging about my temperate climate. I saw snow once.........that was quite enough.

Triphid replies on Jun 21, 2020:

Yep, me too way back in ages past, didn't like it much either.

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OldMetalHead comments on Jun 16, 2020:

Former scout here. I enjoyed the organization and my father was even an assistant scout master. I never saw anything untoward or had any bad experiences at all. However one of the big justifications for starting the scouts was that Lord Baden-Powell was very against masturbation (self-abuse) by ...

Triphid replies on Jun 21, 2020:

@Mofo1953 Okay then, define what, in your opinion, should remain 'on the streets, etc,' from the Human History of the past and what. precisely, should be destroyed? Was not your beloved George Washington a Slave Owner, should NOT all statues, etc, commemorating him be destroyed? How about the Liberty Bell, the White House, the Staue of Liberty, the miles upon miles of railway tracks that weave their way across the U.S. that were, for the most part, built by Chinese workers working in almost slave like conditions for example, and why stop there, destroy every symbol of the Christian Religion, it too promoted Slavery via the Interpretations of the Bible, were not the 'Founding Fathers' of the U.S. also Slave Owners, wipe their memories out whilst you are at it. Then let's talking about the U.S. making reparations to ALL the descendants of Slaves shall we, how much are you Non-whites going to offer them? You've open this 'can of worms' you come up with answers BUT remember I too have both Indigenous Native Australian blood in my veins as well as Indigenous Native American as well.

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Triphid comments on Jun 19, 2020:

'Mob Rule' is little more than PURE Anarchy imo. Yes, ALL actual and individual lives matter, just a do the lives/life of woman who finds herself unexpectedly/unwantedly PREGNANT, her life is far more important that that of the embryo/foetus she is carrying and it should be her choice and hers ...

Triphid replies on Jun 21, 2020:

@OwlInASack That may be so but this 'sideshow' as you've labelled it seems to have taken upon itself a life all of its own does it not? I seem to remember when almost ALL of the Western World was up in arms when I.S.I.S. was destroying, wantonly, ancient ruins, relics, etc, etc, simply because those things did NOT fit in with their somewhat limited and restricted interpretations of Islam and Islamic Laws, etc. So WHY is this 'sideshow' any different?

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Zealandia comments on Jun 21, 2020:

Both are big asks.

Triphid replies on Jun 21, 2020:

I reckon re-incarnating the dog might just be a wee bit easier imo....LOL.

Keep your distance and stay safe out there!

FrayedBear comments on Jun 20, 2020:

Nothing untoward was thought of it back then!

Triphid replies on Jun 20, 2020:

@FrayedBear Nah, just loosen the straps and the chest puppies wiil still, 'run free as they always did." Shit, bra like those ancient things must have been bloody torture to wear I reckon, though they would have made great 'bibs' for catching the crumbs, etc, during meals...LOL.

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LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:

An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him. Glad his statue is coming down.

Triphid replies on Jun 20, 2020:

@LenHazell53 Yes I can and am also very sad when I see someone who is still trying their hardest to 'whip a dead horse' back to life as well. Imho, it IS such a pity and crying shame that so many of you Poms are still so far up yourselves these days that, imo, you have NOT seen the outside for decades or even centuries.

Keep your distance and stay safe out there!

FrayedBear comments on Jun 20, 2020:

Nothing untoward was thought of it back then!

Triphid replies on Jun 20, 2020:

Nice set of 'headlights' though, you'd really know when they were on 'high beam' wouldn't you....LOL.

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LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:

An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him. Glad his statue is coming down.

Triphid replies on Jun 20, 2020:

@LenHazell53 Whoop de-doo. How about I see your "Retail Trade Professional qualifications, etc, etc, and raise you my 2 Phd's, 1 Thd, 6 (SIX) Certificates in Registered Nursing, 5+ Bachelors Degrees, qualified Tutor in Literacy and Numeracy for Primary School Students, a Recognised and Respected Child and Youth in Crisis Counselor plus a Mid-Wife with well over 160 deliveries under his belt? Oh, and STILL studying at Universities as well to boot.

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Jolanta comments on Jun 16, 2020:

I never knew the Souts were a religious group. I was involved with them here in Australia when my children were small but we never had anything to do with religion, never. No prayers, no mention of God or Jesus. Is this something that is going on in other countries with the scouts?

Triphid replies on Jun 20, 2020:

@LenHazell53 Sorry BUT you ARE reading something in toit that is NOT there in actual fact. The 'spiritual element' that you are so vainly and falsely attempting to insert where it does not, never was meant the TRUE spirit of Scouting, Unity among and for ALL, Socialising, Inter-mingling of ALL Ethnicities whilst supporting the Community at large and each other. Aussie Scouting has now gone even beyong Genders in that there ARE no actual Boys/Youths only Groups, they are now including, wholeheartedly both Genders and those of the LGBTI community as well. Sorry, but as an old Aussie saying goes, "You are 110% up Shit creek in a barbed wire canoe WITHOUT a paddle here."

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LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:

An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him. Glad his statue is coming down.

Triphid replies on Jun 20, 2020:

@LenHazell53 No, my skin is far, far thicker than yours imo. I'd say I've had well over a dozen years longer than you in this life to LEARN about life and the world, etc, so, IF you'd like a few pointers, then just ask nicely, I'd be only too happy to oblige.

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OldMetalHead comments on Jun 16, 2020:

Former scout here. I enjoyed the organization and my father was even an assistant scout master. I never saw anything untoward or had any bad experiences at all. However one of the big justifications for starting the scouts was that Lord Baden-Powell was very against masturbation (self-abuse) by ...

Triphid replies on Jun 20, 2020:

@OldMetalHead No, I'm talking about ALL statues and monuments depicting things/people, etc, from the past. What about tearing the White House, the Chrysler Building, the Libray of Congress, Capitol Hill, the Hoover Dam and absolutely EVERYTHING, LEAVE nothing standing, NOTHING at all?

Mornin' everybody, Sunday here and it's colder than nudist on an iceberg.

ZantiMisfit comments on Jun 20, 2020:

I'll take a little of that cold weather off your hands, it was another scorcher over here.

Triphid replies on Jun 20, 2020:

You are most welcome, when would you like to come and collect.....LOL As a bonus we will happily chuck in a few dozen Aussie Summer Heat-waves as well, temps of the high 30's to mid-40's Celsius of course.

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OldMetalHead comments on Jun 16, 2020:

Former scout here. I enjoyed the organization and my father was even an assistant scout master. I never saw anything untoward or had any bad experiences at all. However one of the big justifications for starting the scouts was that Lord Baden-Powell was very against masturbation (self-abuse) by ...

Triphid replies on Jun 20, 2020:

@Mofo1953 Removing/destroying things of the past do NOTHING to initiate changes in the future except, imo, create more rubbish for someone else to remove/clean up. Learn fromthe past and you may NOT make those self-same mistakes again and again in the future. I ask you this, Are they also going to tear down statues of the Queens like Victoria, Elizabeth I and II, are they going to destroy staues of Washington, Lincoln, etc, etc, what about the Monuments of Mount Rushmore also? Why stop with just those and what they've already done, wipe out absolutely EVERYTHING from the past, museums, hospitals, Social Services, the whole darned lot, after all they were built in the past were they not, let's just get on with, do an I.S.I.S. type job on ALL society and social order once and for all?

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Triphid comments on Jun 19, 2020:

'Mob Rule' is little more than PURE Anarchy imo. Yes, ALL actual and individual lives matter, just a do the lives/life of woman who finds herself unexpectedly/unwantedly PREGNANT, her life is far more important that that of the embryo/foetus she is carrying and it should be her choice and hers ...

Triphid replies on Jun 20, 2020:

@OwlInASack Wantonly destroying the things of the past does absolutely ZERO, imo, towards changing things for a better future. As was once said, " He does NOT learn from the errors of the past is ALWAYS prone to repeat them in the future."

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Fred_Snerd comments on Jun 16, 2020:

I went on a Scouts camping trip to please my dad. I learned some racist poetry that night.

Triphid replies on Jun 20, 2020:

@Fred_Snerd NO, they are merely Cubs and Scouts getting together WITHOUT any Political Agendas, etc, etc.

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Fred_Snerd comments on Jun 16, 2020:

I went on a Scouts camping trip to please my dad. I learned some racist poetry that night.

Triphid replies on Jun 20, 2020:

@Fred_Snerd Precisely, Aussie Scouts do NOT align themselves with any Church/churches, etc, and they do NOT sing Christian or any other hymns as well.

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LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:

An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him. Glad his statue is coming down.

Triphid replies on Jun 20, 2020:

@LenHazell53 Is self-righteous arrogance something you were born with or is it just something you've striven to develop over the years? You know ABSOLUTELY Sweet Fuck All about me, how I think, who I am, my personal and family background, our famial ethinic heritages,etc, etc, and YET you can IMMEDIATELY become derogatory, dismissive, insulting and disparaging imo. So who was it that died so suddenly and unexpectedly so that YOU could be elected God?

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Fred_Snerd comments on Jun 16, 2020:

I went on a Scouts camping trip to please my dad. I learned some racist poetry that night.

Triphid replies on Jun 20, 2020:

@LenHazell53 Then as I said before American Scouting IS a horse of very different colour so to speak.

What's the stupidest reason for not wearing a mask that you've heard?

Ray13 comments on Jun 19, 2020:

Someone said that you breathe in your own exhailed breath which is carbon monoxide. Therefore you will die, like being trapped in a refrigerator. If that was true, our hospitals, stores, etc. would have a lot of dead bodies laying around. If my hunch about these people is right, Trump might be ...

Triphid replies on Jun 19, 2020:

@LiterateHiker Fuck me, that's one surgeon I would definitely not let near my dead dog let alone any patient. I've worn masks in O.R's in many a hospital and we ALL exhale CO2 with each breath we exhale. We all retain a little percentage of CO2 as well because it IS needed to keep the balances between oxygen, etc, in an equilibrium. For example, an Imbalance of CO2 to oxygen, etc, IS one of the causes/reasons for Hiccoughs to occur.

What's the stupidest reason for not wearing a mask that you've heard?

BudFrank comments on Jun 19, 2020:

Trump should get a Darwin Award, except those are usually reserved for someone who does as a result of their own stupidity.

Triphid replies on Jun 19, 2020:

Shit, wouldn't giving Humpty Dumpty tRumpty be an insult to the Darwin Awards?

Today's "I can't breathe.

xenoview comments on Jun 19, 2020:

It should be ALL LIVES MATTER. We are all humans, with different skin color. We should all be treated as equals.

Triphid replies on Jun 19, 2020:

@SeaGreenEyez Yes I agree with the 'firing' and charging of 'Pork Chops' for Assault and Willful Murde/Manslaughter should apply across the board. As to your first 2 'slights' I'll mention/remind you that though I am an Aussie through and through, I carry in my veins and genes Nth. American Native, Australian Indigenous, Sri Lankan, Egyptian, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Italian, French, Greek, German, Dutch, Swedish, Nordic/Norse, Celtic, Anglo-saxon and a few others, though none from China, Japan or Asia Major, heritages. So, IF you think I am IGNORANT as to the plights of other Ethnicities, etc, you are definitely 'barking up the wrong tree' here 150%. I am PROUD to be what we call a Heinz 57 varieties person.

What's the stupidest reason for not wearing a mask that you've heard?

Ray13 comments on Jun 19, 2020:

Someone said that you breathe in your own exhailed breath which is carbon monoxide. Therefore you will die, like being trapped in a refrigerator. If that was true, our hospitals, stores, etc. would have a lot of dead bodies laying around. If my hunch about these people is right, Trump might be ...

Triphid replies on Jun 19, 2020:

@LiterateHiker Actually we do both exhale and inhale Carbo Dioxide no matter whether we wear a mask or not, it is the natural process of breathing. BUT we also EXHALE more Oxygen than Carbon Dioxide as well since our lungs ONLY draw a certain amount of Oxygen from every breath we take. That is why Space Capsules have filtering systems that absorb the Carbon Dioxide and recycle the Oxygen while also adding a small percentage of fresh oxygen to the recycled air as well.

What's the stupidest reason for not wearing a mask that you've heard?

Larry-new comments on Jun 19, 2020:

God will protect me... Yup, 9/11.

Triphid replies on Jun 19, 2020:

@redhog Yep, good old Sky Daddy has been doing a great job, hasn't he, just look at the Death Toll amongst the God-botherers in the Bible Belt region of the U.S. Shit, If God was a manager in a Supermarket with scores like he has now, he'd get the boot right quick for Incompetence alone.

Today's "I can't breathe.

xenoview comments on Jun 19, 2020:

It should be ALL LIVES MATTER. We are all humans, with different skin color. We should all be treated as equals.

Triphid replies on Jun 19, 2020:

@SeaGreenEyez Well then sue if you wish BUT I see no difference between black, white, yellow, copper skin or any other mix of skin tone what-so-ever, WE ARE ALL human beings.

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JackPedigo comments on Jun 19, 2020:

They keep saying they can't wait to meet Jesus so now many of them get their wish.

Triphid replies on Jun 19, 2020:

Absolutely Zero, Zilch, Nada, etc, etc, because when you are dead and gone THAT IS It. You die, and unless your remains are cremated, you get a 6'x 4' hole in the ground where your mortal body continues to rot and decay, turns into a very stinky, smelly slush and years later all there is are just bones and the memories of you that others have until they too , of course, die.

Today's "I can't breathe.

xenoview comments on Jun 19, 2020:

It should be ALL LIVES MATTER. We are all humans, with different skin color. We should all be treated as equals.

Triphid replies on Jun 19, 2020:

@SeaGreenEyez To my mind the point SHOULD be that " ALL lives matter no matter WHAT the Skin colour/tone or ethinicity of the person/s." After all, Cut anyone one of us and do we not bleed red, peel back the epidermis and beneath we are all PINK, kill us and we ALL die the same. So WHERE exactly is the difference?

Is there any hope that mob rule, encouraged and tolerated by "progressive" leaders, will end in the...

Theresa_N comments on Jun 19, 2020:

There is no "mob rule." I was a protester in the late '70s and just like today most of the protests were peaceful. You are obviously one of those demented tRumpsters and wrote your post as such.

Triphid replies on Jun 19, 2020:

Imo, there is NO comparison between the peaceful Protests of 70's and these we are seeing today other than the 'Pork Chops' and other Authorities trying to stop them or break them up, except of course, that the wanton violence and sheer brutality, etc, from the 'Pork Chops' has become far more lethal that is imo.

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LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:

An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him. Glad his statue is coming down.

Triphid replies on Jun 19, 2020:

@LenHazell53 My opinion is thatv we should condemn the man and his personal leanings BUT not the ideas, etc, he instilled in the Scouting Movement. Yes, ALL lives matter but the Past is the Past and it IS a country that can longer be visited nor dwelt in, today is NOW and Tomorrow is yet to come, Change things TODAY for a better Tomorrow and leave standing the statues, etc, of the Wrong-doers as a reminder of past wrongs for those who come along in the future BUT do revere nor celebrate them. This wanton and rampant destruction, no matter how or for what reason/s it is occurring is, imo, little more than organised Vandalism in extremis and does no good for anyone at all. Political Correctness is a fine thing but like most other things it too, imo, has been taken way, way too far.

I did something crazy today.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 17, 2020:

At best, you have an uphill battle. https://age-of-the-sage.org/mysticism/world_religions_populations.html

Triphid replies on Jun 19, 2020:

@AstralSmoke My life, as I see it is pretty much okay but I will continue to 'fight' for the Rights, Needs, etc, of ALL others, including Atheists/Agnostics, etc, whilst there is still a breath in my body. When I was 16 and a High School student, we were stuck in classes of between 30-40 students, in room inside 'transportable' buildings made from timber and corrugated iron with NO heating in winter and No cooling in summer and suffered with winter temps. ranging between 10 and 3 degrees Celsius daily and summer temps. ranging from the HIGH twenties to the HIGH thirties Celsius. We were also expected and forced twice per school day to stand to attention en-mass in a Quadrangle with NO shade, surrounded on ALL 4 sides by stone buildings for School Assemblies, etc. I've lost count of the actual numbers of fellow students whom we carried away from Assemblies/Classrooms because they'd collapsed from theat or the exhaustion of standing in Assemblies. All this and often more happening in School built and intended for 1,300 student at a maximum BUT actually having 2,600+ students regularly EVER year. In 'cahoots' with a number of Teachers, I started a PUBLIC Campaign via the Newspapers, nation-wide, to bring this situation to light, organised Sit-ins at School and Student Protest Matches until FINALLY the New South Wales Government listened and started building the Second, and much needed, High School here in Broken Hill. Yes, I often faced down threats of Expulsion from school, ostracism by Authorities, etc, etc, and the 3 Teachers who helped were often threatened with the sacking and de-registration but we won. Since then I've always 'gone in to bat' for the underdogs and WILL keep on doing so since it IS duty of any decent, caring person, imo, to do so.

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OldMetalHead comments on Jun 16, 2020:

Former scout here. I enjoyed the organization and my father was even an assistant scout master. I never saw anything untoward or had any bad experiences at all. However one of the big justifications for starting the scouts was that Lord Baden-Powell was very against masturbation (self-abuse) by ...

Triphid replies on Jun 19, 2020:

@Mofo1953 But there is a vast difference between Souts U.S. style and Scouts Australian style is there not? As a Cub first, then a Scout we were always taught to respect others no matter the skin colour, help others when and whereever we could, be Honourable, Honest and Truthful, etc, that sound Fascist/Nazi to you?

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OldMetalHead comments on Jun 16, 2020:

Former scout here. I enjoyed the organization and my father was even an assistant scout master. I never saw anything untoward or had any bad experiences at all. However one of the big justifications for starting the scouts was that Lord Baden-Powell was very against masturbation (self-abuse) by ...

Triphid replies on Jun 19, 2020:

@Mofo1953 Neither do I perhaps I should have something like Were you EVER a member of the Boy Scouts, if not don't cast aspersions made by those who were jeaous of Baden-Powell's popularity AFTER he ceated the movement.

"There IS NO place for nor is there Superstition in Religion.

David1955 comments on Jun 18, 2020:

So, what does he think religion is, or is based on? Evidence? Science? Facts? Real History?

Triphid replies on Jun 18, 2020:

Oh, and as side note here. This IS the same Paul Skelley who offered 'mate's rates' hands on treatment for my Evangellon neighbour, a member of his 'flock' who was afflicted with the Moron A virus a while back. The 'mate's rates' 'Pope Paul quoted to the Evangeloon were $100 per seesion for 5 sessions btw. Some 'mate's rates' hey?

"There IS NO place for nor is there Superstition in Religion.

skado comments on Jun 18, 2020:

I don’t find anything about him online, but I can see a way in which he is right about that particular point. Whether he meant it as I see it is another question. But I think there is a popular misunderstanding about superstition’s role in religion. It’s there of course, as popularly ...

Triphid replies on Jun 18, 2020:

@skado Perhaps to the layman, but more than likely a possiblity and factual scenario given the great varieties of religious beliefs that have 'plgued' humanity since the earliest of times though.

"There IS NO place for nor is there Superstition in Religion.

skado comments on Jun 18, 2020:

I don’t find anything about him online, but I can see a way in which he is right about that particular point. Whether he meant it as I see it is another question. But I think there is a popular misunderstanding about superstition’s role in religion. It’s there of course, as popularly ...

Triphid replies on Jun 18, 2020:

Btw, you most likely won't find anything about 'Pope' Paul Skelley on line or anywhere else on the 'Net' since he once 'informed' me "that the 'Net,' computers/Iphones, etc,are the tools of the Devil, the enable the Heathens/Pagans and the Unbelieving Scum to communicate freely amognst themselves and spread their evil," and yet he, himself, is NEVER seen anywhere without his Mobile (Cell) Phone.

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OldMetalHead comments on Jun 16, 2020:

Former scout here. I enjoyed the organization and my father was even an assistant scout master. I never saw anything untoward or had any bad experiences at all. However one of the big justifications for starting the scouts was that Lord Baden-Powell was very against masturbation (self-abuse) by ...

Triphid replies on Jun 18, 2020:

@Mofo1953 And, to sadly and regretably 'borrow from the bible here, " Only IF you are completely without sin can you cast the first stone."

I did something crazy today.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 17, 2020:

At best, you have an uphill battle. https://age-of-the-sage.org/mysticism/world_religions_populations.html

Triphid replies on Jun 18, 2020:

@AstralSmoke Imo, the fight/battle for Freedom from Religion IS a battle well worth fighting.

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redhog comments on Jun 18, 2020:

All excellent points that would be wasted on the imbeciles who make those idiotic arguments

Triphid replies on Jun 18, 2020:

@t1nick 100% true and just another of the local 'Looney Tune's' antics and behaviours.

"There IS NO place for nor is there Superstition in Religion.

skado comments on Jun 18, 2020:

I don’t find anything about him online, but I can see a way in which he is right about that particular point. Whether he meant it as I see it is another question. But I think there is a popular misunderstanding about superstition’s role in religion. It’s there of course, as popularly ...

Triphid replies on Jun 18, 2020:

@skado I think you WILL find that at least 99% of ALL religions grew from the a singular point and time way way back when our earliest ancestors had absolutely no concept of the machinations of the natural world, etc, other than the migratory patterns of the prey that hunted. A prime example may be this, A clan of of early humans is assembled and dining on the latest prey they've caught, the Alpha leader gets the choicest of the meat,the rest gets shared out amongst the rest of the clan. 1 clan member, perhaps a little smarter than rest, see an opportunity to rise above the others and even, with luck, be on an equal par with the Alpha. In the distance a storm rolls in, lightning flashes, thunder roars, things shake noticably and everyone shows signs of fear, he sees that the storm is very distant from them and moving away from where they are so he steps up, mumbles incoherently, makes gestures, offers some of his food towards the storm and shouts loudly, " Take this Oh Great Spirit of the Skies and Storms if you wish but leave my people alone and in peace, I will speak for you, I will have my people worship you through me if you will do this." The storm slowly abates and moves off, as they naturally have always done, and his clam members sudddenly begin to notice even more, listen to him, obey his instructions/directions and NOW he is on a par with the Alpha Leader and can expect the choicest of cuts at every meal, demand, in the name of the Great Sky Spirit, whatever 'dedications, etc, he sees fit to demand without question SINCE he and He alone can obviously speak to and with the Great Sky Spirit. Hence, from that simple act of instilling into his clan members the superstition of there being a Great Sky Spirit comes the religion that will live and grow amongst his people and those who come along after them. So it was with ALL of the earliest civilisations, the unknown explained merely as Supreme Entities causing purely natural events, etc, etc, needing, by the gulie of one or more members of the community, appeasement in mystical words muttered and mumbled, offerings and dedications aplenty and absolute obedience to the wills and words of those who claim to be able to speak with, hear and interpret the will and words of these totally invented Gods/Goddesses/Sky Spirits/ Spirits/Gods, etc, of the earth, volcanoes,earthquakes, etc, etc. Then, some 3,000+ years ago, along comes an Egyptian King name Amenhotep IV ( Akhenaton) who realises that he is ONLY getting a portion of the goods, wealth, etc, that are made as votive offerings to the myriad of Gods and Temples, decides to change allof it, declares himself to be, not only, the Living reprentative of the one true God, the sun disc Aton, but reduces greatly the influences of ALL the other Gods and ...

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redhog comments on Jun 18, 2020:

All excellent points that would be wasted on the imbeciles who make those idiotic arguments

Triphid replies on Jun 18, 2020:

Well, one local imbecile around here where I live has sort of listened at least. I was just putting my pet Parrot out on the front veranda, in his cage of course, about 20 minutes ago when the local 'looney tune' walked past my front fence wearing, this will give you a good laugh I think, one of those full face welding helmets sans the smoked glass inserts and carrying a sign which read, " I'm safe from Covid." About 100 yards further on he walked straight in to a power pole.

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whiskywoman comments on Jun 18, 2020:

i don't get it certainly not funny

Triphid replies on Jun 18, 2020:

Then, sadly for you imo, your'e not an Aussie are you.

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Fred_Snerd comments on Jun 16, 2020:

I went on a Scouts camping trip to please my dad. I learned some racist poetry that night.

Triphid replies on Jun 18, 2020:

That may be so, but American Scouting had always been far different from the Scout Movement as per Baden-Powells ideas, has it not?

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Jolanta comments on Jun 16, 2020:

I never knew the Souts were a religious group. I was involved with them here in Australia when my children were small but we never had anything to do with religion, never. No prayers, no mention of God or Jesus. Is this something that is going on in other countries with the scouts?

Triphid replies on Jun 18, 2020:

In ALL my years both a Cub and then a Scout NEVER once was prayer apart of anything to do with Scouts or Scouting. As for a Mormonist influence, there was NONE what-so-ever here in Australian Scouting either. But, American Scouting IS a horse of a very different clour imo.

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OldMetalHead comments on Jun 16, 2020:

Former scout here. I enjoyed the organization and my father was even an assistant scout master. I never saw anything untoward or had any bad experiences at all. However one of the big justifications for starting the scouts was that Lord Baden-Powell was very against masturbation (self-abuse) by ...

Triphid replies on Jun 18, 2020:

@Mofo1953 Absolute and unadulterated Bullshit imo.

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LiterateHiker comments on Jun 17, 2020:

An admirer of Hitler. He murdered a black chief. Founding the Boy Scouts does not excuse him. Glad his statue is coming down.

Triphid replies on Jun 18, 2020:

Err, perhaps you MAY wish to re-check your 'facts' about that one. Baden-Powell was cleared and Acquited by Military Tribunal of the slaying of the Matabele Chief in fact. It was found that another British Officer actually committed the murder and he executed by Fring-squad for it. Adolph Hitler merely copied the Boy Scouts Movement and 'adapted' it to become the Hitler Youth Movement circa 1937-38 which he used to train young boys to become 'Warriors of the Third Reich' and even to rise to join the ranks of the S.S., the S.A. as well as the Gestapo. My Father was a avid detester of warfare, racial hatred, militarism, etc, etc, he researched everything possible and available regarding the Boy bScouts, Baden-Powell, et al BEFORE he even cast a thought about my wanting to join them. He finally gave his okay and permission and I eventually rose to become a Scout Leader with well over 250 Merit Badges to my name.

I did something crazy today.

p-nullifidian comments on Jun 17, 2020:

Chattanooga? Little Debbie's? I've often thought it strange that a company that makes some of the most unhealthy junk sweets was founded and is owned by members of the Seventh-day Adventist religion, whose so-called prophetess preached a healthful, simple diet. Sadly, there are a large number of...

Triphid replies on Jun 18, 2020:

Yes, and I doubt if there will be enough 'pies' around that the Seventh Day Adventists do not have their stickly little fingers in some where.

I did something crazy today.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 17, 2020:

At best, you have an uphill battle. https://age-of-the-sage.org/mysticism/world_religions_populations.html

Triphid replies on Jun 18, 2020:

Ah but it IS a battle well worth the fighting is it not. After all, imho, Religions belong in places of worship and home that embrace religions, NOT in workplaces, hospitals, etc, etc, and DEFINITELY not in the private love- lives of anyone at all.