Our soldiers need to be made accountable for what they do and the armed forces need to stop covering...

David1955 comments on Oct 17, 2019:

All mainstream media is geared to highlighting the crimes of our enemies and ignoring the crimes of our allies and ourselves. I'm long sick of it.

Triphid replies on Dec 2, 2019:

@powder ANZAC DAY is the day we Australians remember those who died needlessly, in my opinion, in a War that was none of our business anyway. It is not merely 'Flag Waving' nationalism American style.

Rights cannot be abridged because of religion

Catholic comments on Nov 26, 2019:

Australian is currently debating a law to protect religious rights, commonly thought as a law to allow Christians to be bigots. The PM is a "happy clapper".

Triphid replies on Dec 2, 2019:

@Catholic yeah but it'd be good fun to be able to tell that you're a bit busy because you have a nice, fat, milk fed baby in the oven roasting slowly for the night's dinner....LOL.

I post this idea NOT as a 'knee-jerk' response to the push by our Happy Clappy Jesus Chappy Prime ...

FrayedBear comments on Dec 2, 2019:

Move over Pauline.

Triphid replies on Dec 2, 2019:

Now is that NOT being just a bit sarcastic there.

I post this idea NOT as a 'knee-jerk' response to the push by our Happy Clappy Jesus Chappy Prime ...

powder comments on Dec 1, 2019:

Fuck religious freedoms altogether. There is only one right; the freedom to believe what you will. Afford this to all humanity, most importantly children. No one wants thought police. Next, any ritual or rites associated with religious worship is fine.....as long as it falls within Australian law, ...

Triphid replies on Dec 2, 2019:

As I just posted in my reply to @Budgie, they are merely suggestions and everything is OPEN to be discussed, etc, and the idea of setting up our own Political Party is open to all and sundry.

I post this idea NOT as a 'knee-jerk' response to the push by our Happy Clappy Jesus Chappy Prime ...

Budgie comments on Dec 2, 2019:

For number 2 what do you do when someone says that female genital mutilation is part of their religion? The sacrificing of animals etc. It needs very careful wording to make sure that it can not be twisted as in a new law passed in America where a teacher can not mark a students work incorrect if ...

Triphid replies on Dec 2, 2019:

Well they were only suggested articles for the Party, I'm open to anything helpful as well as anyone interested in trying to get our voices across.

I post this idea NOT as a 'knee-jerk' response to the push by our Happy Clappy Jesus Chappy Prime ...

Coffeo comments on Dec 1, 2019:

Great idea but you've got your work cut out.

Triphid replies on Dec 1, 2019:

That's why I am earnestly hoping that other Aussie Atheists/Agnostics, etc, will come on board. I've never been one to turn down a challenge, especially a challenge that is for the benefit of others.

Today I will roast a chicken so it will be chicken tonight.

MissKathleen comments on Dec 1, 2019:

You can make a bit of broth from the bones on the seventh day...

Triphid replies on Dec 1, 2019:

@MissKathleen Nothing worse than a 'stew' that is so weak and thin that it actually needs help to get itself on to the fork or the spoon in my opinion.

Australian justice: [sydneycriminallawyers.com.au]

Coffeo comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Worrying, but not in the least unexpected under this government.

Triphid replies on Dec 1, 2019:

@FrayedBear No Mate, only been as bad since the Malcom 'The Razor Gang' Fraser era.

Australian justice: [sydneycriminallawyers.com.au]

Coffeo comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Worrying, but not in the least unexpected under this government.

Triphid replies on Dec 1, 2019:

You know what the 'common ' nickname for the A.F.P has been for years don't you? " Absolute Fuck-Up Professionals." They rank second only to A.S.I.O. ( i.e. " Association of Second-rate Inbred Office-boys" ). Most of them couldn't manage to find their own backsides even with a map and qualified Guide to show the way.

Today I will roast a chicken so it will be chicken tonight.

MissKathleen comments on Dec 1, 2019:

You can make a bit of broth from the bones on the seventh day...

Triphid replies on Dec 1, 2019:

@273kelvin Geez Mate, you Poms need a bit of advice on cooking decent stews in my opinion. Stews, out here in the Australian Outback SHOULD be so thick and solid that they almost 'stick to your ribs as you eat them, i.e. heaps of meat and vegies, plenty of herbs and spices, gravy thick enough to almost plaster a wall with, soups on the other hand are somewhat liquid enough to need to use a soup spoon to consume them or can be drunk from a cup just like a cup of coffee or tea. out here we rate cooks by the following; 1) Bait-Layer = food produced is barely suitable for baiting foxes or feral cats, 2) Pot Rattler = has a very ROUGH idea of how to cook and the meals produced are just edible enough but not much more than that, and, 3) Fitter and Turner = can take anything, fit it into a pot and make a bloody great, tasty and delicious meal out of it.

Today I will roast a chicken so it will be chicken tonight.

Triphid comments on Dec 1, 2019:

Nice menu idea, but mine for tonight is Spaghetti Bolognaise made with a mixture of pork and beef.

Triphid replies on Dec 1, 2019:

@273kelvin That may be so for many blokes but my Dad taught me to cook from an early age, Spag Bol is just one of my culinary delights, others include Pavlovas, Curries, Stews, Soups, Pumpkin Scones, good old Aussie Damper, Stir Fries and even, when I get it, Roast Leg of Wombat, etc, etc.

Franklin Graham Reminds Jimmy Carter That God Kills Gays | Michael Stone

xyz123 comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Let's see. Jesus traveled around the land of modern Israel and further with 12+ male disciples. The land was scrub land meaning more sand and rock than prairie or forests... That means the nights are very cold. It took days to weeks to walk between here and there with no shelters available all over ...

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2019:

@Beowulfsfriend Hey, you are 'preaching' to the choir here, Mate. 7+ years of studies to gain my ThD in Theology and Comparative Modern Religions whilst remaining a 100% Atheist did teach me a whole lot of things. Number ONE being that the entire Goat-herders Guide to the Galaxy is about 99.9999% bullshit and the remainder is merely embellishment to say the least.

Rights cannot be abridged because of religion

Catholic comments on Nov 26, 2019:

Australian is currently debating a law to protect religious rights, commonly thought as a law to allow Christians to be bigots. The PM is a "happy clapper".

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2019:

Oh you naughty boy, picking on our Happy Clappy, Jesus Chappy Prime Minister like that, he might just 'spit the dummy' and decide to send the entire Hillsong Congregation after you....LOL. Or, even worse, send Budgie Smugglers Abbott around to your house....LOL.

Happy Holidays - not Trash-the-Planet month! [monbiot.com]

Flowerwall comments on Nov 27, 2019:

Hope you have a great holiday as well and everyone here. I know some don't view Thanksgiving in a positive light and I completely understand and respect that viewpoint too.

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2019:

@Flowerwall ALL I was actually asking was "To whom do Americans give thanks to on Thanksgiving Day......etc, etc." Since, historically, it WAS the Native Americans who saved their 'bacon' (read arses) from death and starvation and NOT their Almighty, Loving and Caring God. IF they give thanks to this totally Imaginary God and NOT to those who truly were the ones who saved their Anglo-European predecessors then is that not being disrespectful?

Are Non Believers More Prone To Using Profanity?

VictoriaNotes comments on Nov 25, 2019:

https://youtu.be/gW7607YiBso

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2019:

Ah, the hypocrisy of the Faithfools, it never seems to surprise me in the least.

Franklin Graham Reminds Jimmy Carter That God Kills Gays | Michael Stone

xyz123 comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Let's see. Jesus traveled around the land of modern Israel and further with 12+ male disciples. The land was scrub land meaning more sand and rock than prairie or forests... That means the nights are very cold. It took days to weeks to walk between here and there with no shelters available all over ...

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2019:

I've often wondered about that scenario myself, I mean 12 blokes and 1 'redeemed'supposed prostitute all wandering around the countryside together, who got sick and tired of going 'sloppy seconds/thirds, fourths, etc, the most.....LOL. Plus did the authors of the Goat-Herders Guide to the Galaxy deliberately change Peters name from "Peter the Cock" to "Peter the Rock" for reasons of propriety perhaps? LOL. !3 blokes in one night, I'd reckon poor old Mary would have had a bit of trouble sitting down or even taking a leak after a night like that night. Apologies to the ladies here for my crudity btw.

I am laying in bed listening to the light early morning rain and thinking about religion.

Sgt_Spanky comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Awww, Sunday thoughts should be more along the lines of *"Jesus died for my sins."* and *"How tall is God?"* and shit like that.

Triphid replies on Nov 30, 2019:

Nope, it is Sunday here and my thoughts are quite simple, a) what will I get from the Fish and Chip Shop for lunch today, b) what will watch on a dvd while I'm eating my lunch, c) don't forget to strip the bed and change the bed linen.

Does anybody know anything about this image?

Triphid comments on Nov 29, 2019:

I heard a bit out an artist named Hecht way back in my High School Art Studies days but never saw a repro of that portrait before. It kind of has a very haunting type of aspect about in my opinion, but a nice work none-the-less.

Triphid replies on Nov 29, 2019:

@ToolGuy Thank you, considering I hadn't picked up and used my Pastel Chalks for well over 10 years until my 6 year old nephew almost begged me to do some drawings for him, now the 'bug' has gotten back into my system again so I'd reckon there will be more and different subjects emerging as time goes by.

Does anybody know anything about this image?

Triphid comments on Nov 29, 2019:

I heard a bit out an artist named Hecht way back in my High School Art Studies days but never saw a repro of that portrait before. It kind of has a very haunting type of aspect about in my opinion, but a nice work none-the-less.

Triphid replies on Nov 29, 2019:

@ToolGuy 1994 being the date puts it well and truly after the Hecht I heard in High School Art Classes but I'd be getting it appraised by an Expert anyway. I work in Pastel Chalks, Acrylics and oils from time to time though I do rather enjoy the Pastel Chalks simply because they are very blendable and no brushes, etc, needed to use them, though I do have a few rather 'odd' techniques for blending them and shading, etc, one being quite strange since I'm a male, that being using tampons which can and does get a few 'odd looks' when I purchase them...LOL. This is one of my latest Pastel Chalk works done on A4 sized art paper, 2 Australian Goannas fighting over a string of cocktail frankfurts.

If only humans had this ability every few years! [scitechdaily.com]

Triphid comments on Nov 29, 2019:

Well it would only be logical that they could regrow teeth since sharks were also around at the same and sharks continue to regrow teeth during the whole of their lifetime. When you look at it, it was a bloody mean and harsh world in which the lived, for example, T-Rex had teeth ranging from around...

Triphid replies on Nov 29, 2019:

@EyesThatSmile I don't think so given the destructive tendencies exhibit in the O.T., I mean the Abrahamic god REALLY gave " Having a Bad Hair Day" a terrible reputation didn't he/she/it?

Newer ideas on what lead to the disappearance of the Neaderthals - maybe not us! [theguardian.com]

Triphid comments on Nov 29, 2019:

Who can really say for certain what happened, unless we can go physically back in time and observe first hand all the events, etc, that occurred then I doubt if anyone will ever know for certain.

Triphid replies on Nov 29, 2019:

@Allamanda Well we will always have the Faithfools and their interminable predictions of the End of Days won't we? LOL.

Americans don’t have egg cups. How do they eat boiled eggs?

JohnnyQB comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Yea but what makes Australians so ignorant ? There are more Egg cups in the US than there are people in Australia. Ha ha ...

Triphid replies on Nov 29, 2019:

@Bigwavedave Sorry mate, but sometimes the truth can and does hurt....LOL.

Americans don’t have egg cups. How do they eat boiled eggs?

JohnnyQB comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Yea but what makes Australians so ignorant ? There are more Egg cups in the US than there are people in Australia. Ha ha ...

Triphid replies on Nov 29, 2019:

@Haemish Hey, I was just sticking up for my fellow Aussies, after all we get enough from the Poms calloing us being 'Colonials.' As for Wrinkly Rupert Turdoch, well we feel the same about him as we do about that other dipshit that we exported to you Yanks, i.e. Ken Ham, we are only too glad to be rid of them. But, in my honest opinion, you should have rejected their entry visas, had them marked as being Toxic Biohazards and summarily disposed of them as such. I'd reckon that Turdoch's father would be literally 'turning in his grave' if he knew what a scumbag his son turned out to be.

Americans don’t have egg cups. How do they eat boiled eggs?

JohnnyQB comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Yea but what makes Australians so ignorant ? There are more Egg cups in the US than there are people in Australia. Ha ha ...

Triphid replies on Nov 28, 2019:

Hey we Aussie aren't as 'ignorant' as you think. It was an Aussie who invented WiFi, an Aussie who invented the Stump-Jump Plow, Aussies have invented lots of things but ONLY America could invent/create Donald Trump and elect his a President.

Americans don’t have egg cups. How do they eat boiled eggs?

Burner comments on Nov 28, 2019:

We boil the egg and eat it shells and all. Goog goog

Triphid replies on Nov 28, 2019:

@Burner Nope, chickens only have what is known as cloaca, it serves the dual purposes of an outlet for bodily wastes and the depositing of eggs.

Americans don’t have egg cups. How do they eat boiled eggs?

Burner comments on Nov 28, 2019:

We boil the egg and eat it shells and all. Goog goog

Triphid replies on Nov 28, 2019:

Hey, you DO realize that every egg comes out a chicken's bum-hole don't you, that's why they have a hard wrapping to keep the contents from being contaminated....LOL

Americans don’t have egg cups. How do they eat boiled eggs?

Redheadedgammy comments on Nov 28, 2019:

I have a wonderful egg cooker that soft boils them or hard boils them or even makes an omelette. Not all Americans are in the dark. LOL

Triphid replies on Nov 28, 2019:

I do mine in my electric food steamer, they taste much better steamed I reckon.

Oh what fun it to an Atheist at this time of year.

David1955 comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Usually any cutting remark to the botherers will make them run a mile. It's soft targets they are after, not up front nonbelievers. But, don't beat yourself up too much. Even I have been known to make the occasional quip at the believers. Yes, even me! Recently I was jogging along an esplanade I ...

Triphid replies on Nov 28, 2019:

Aw, give a bloke a break here, it IS the time to be jolly is it not?

Oh what fun it to an Atheist at this time of year.

Varn comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Thank you ...you did sanity a service :-)

Triphid replies on Nov 28, 2019:

Don't thank me after all , it was a pleasure.

Are There Any Non Believer Humanitarian Activities?

Triphid comments on Nov 27, 2019:

I'll a little local promoting here, out in the local area of the presently VERY arid Outback of Australia, we have a little group of retired, Atheist Aussies who put their minds and skills together, invented, built and have patented, at their own expense btw, a new device for drilling bore-holes for...

Triphid replies on Nov 28, 2019:

@alon Thank you, I'll pass your kind congratulations on to the Bush Borers Crew next time I'm speaking to them.

Happy Holidays - not Trash-the-Planet month! [monbiot.com]

Flowerwall comments on Nov 27, 2019:

Hope you have a great holiday as well and everyone here. I know some don't view Thanksgiving in a positive light and I completely understand and respect that viewpoint too.

Triphid replies on Nov 28, 2019:

@Flowerwall Yes, but it still hasn't answered my question though, has it.

Happy Holidays - not Trash-the-Planet month! [monbiot.com]

Flowerwall comments on Nov 27, 2019:

Hope you have a great holiday as well and everyone here. I know some don't view Thanksgiving in a positive light and I completely understand and respect that viewpoint too.

Triphid replies on Nov 27, 2019:

Just a query here, but to whom do americans actually 'give thanks to' on this Thanksgiving Day of theirs? Is it this God of the Christian Faithfools or is it the Indigenous Natives who actually 'saved the bacon' of the early settlers at Plymouth Rock?

Argentina: Catholic priests jailed for abusing deaf children - BBC News

AnneWimsey comments on Nov 26, 2019:

Let's hope they are real "popular" in that jail!!!!!!!!

Triphid replies on Nov 27, 2019:

And that they 'drop the soap' very, very often whilst in the showers....LOL.

This is a repeat but I think worth a second look. 🙂

Sheannutt comments on Nov 26, 2019:

I'm on plan X right now 😂🤣

Triphid replies on Nov 26, 2019:

@BeeHappy Just about, but after I get to around 'Plan C iii" I usually say, quietly to myself, " F**k it, that's not going to work so it's time to try another angle."

One thing that puzzles me about believers in any religion is the conviction that it’s their God ...

JMLatimer comments on Nov 25, 2019:

When I was young I asked my dad, do you think a good, humane Buddhist goes to heaven? Do you think that Gandhi went to heaven? My dad tells me of course, God is a perfect judge of character and would not damn an innocent person. Years later it comes up again, the pastor had taught how Jesus is ...

Triphid replies on Nov 26, 2019:

@JMLatimer As an a bit of a Historian I'd say there were a few 'spurious ' deities among the Ancient Egyptian Pantheon, like Sekhmet- the Elemental Essence ( Elemental essence being a translation of how the Egyptians actually called their 'gods/goddesses since it was the Catholic Church who deemed that ALL NON Christian Cultures should have Gods, etc, and not just Elemental Essences/Spirits), was the Elemental Female of domestic Strife, Retribution, Romance and Dancing, Set/Sutekh/Seth was the Elemental Male of Men versus Men Warfare, Droughts, Famine, Fire, Plagues, sicknesses and Deserts. As for floods, until modern Egypt built the Aswan Dam, the Nile normally flooded annually, sometimes just a normal, average type of flood, sometimes very little at all, but other times it would completely flood the entire Nile Valley destroying homes, taking lives, killing stock, washing away almost everything. The Ancient Egyptians sorted their year, actually having 365.25 days in every 3 years plus an extra day added to every fourth years much the same as we have today, into 3 separate season, i.e. the Season of the Flood, the Season of Planting (post flood) and Harvesting then the Season of Set/Sutekh, the Hot Season. So, despite what some may think, they did not have it as easy we have been led to believe.

In your home lab, always keep some signs like this around.

RavenCT comments on Nov 26, 2019:

Heck - I want that for over my doorbell! 😂

Triphid replies on Nov 26, 2019:

@RavenCT Oh, trust me it was absolutely hilarious to say the least, in fact there are still times when I just sit back and laugh when I remember it all as it happened. You should have the reactions/responses to my very life-like pair of Boobs, complete with life-like nipples that I'd made as doorbells. Now they were a 'work of art' so to speak, press the left nipple and a recorded voice went "Oooooh that's nice, a little hard and long next time please," and the right one would go " Beep, Beep, I coming, I'm coming." Sadly though, some thieving mongrel decided to pinch them and I've never seen them since, but I hope ever visitor he/she got/gets reacts like mine used to.

The manner in which most people use the term "atheist" is unfortunate, because such usage suggests a...

Storm1752 comments on Nov 23, 2019:

Pure semantics. Disbelief and non-belief are the same exact thing. I'm agnostic, not atheist. Big difference.

Triphid replies on Nov 26, 2019:

Not really semantics as such in my opinion, since one can have a 'disbelief' that the Earth is flat' but still remain dubious about the idea whereas one can hold that, i.e. have NO belief that the Earth is flat and remain solid on that stance plus show proof positive that the Earth is an oblate sphere. I, for one, hold no doubts whatsoever that No God/Gods or any other Supreme Deities have ever existed nor will ever exist except in the minds and imaginings of man, ergo that is 100% Non-belief.

This is a repeat but I think worth a second look. 🙂

Sheannutt comments on Nov 26, 2019:

I'm on plan X right now 😂🤣

Triphid replies on Nov 26, 2019:

@BeeHappy Hey, you can also Alpha-numeric as well, A, i), A, ii) and so on, then the choices are even better....LOL.

In your home lab, always keep some signs like this around.

RavenCT comments on Nov 26, 2019:

Heck - I want that for over my doorbell! 😂

Triphid replies on Nov 26, 2019:

LOL, About 4 years ago I made a double set of doorbells with a sign that simply said. " Press either A or B, it won't make any difference since neither of them work anyway." I know it sounds somewhat cruel, but I sat here at my desk one day working on an essay when my 'not so bright, Evangelist neighbor walked up to the door, looked at the doorbells and notice and then proceeded to spend the next 30+ minutes pressing each one alternatively before wandering off again scratching his head. Boy, oh boy was it hard to stifle the laugh I was having.

Agnostic?

Triphid comments on Nov 24, 2019:

IMHO this topic has been flogged as much as any dead horse can ever be flogged and we all know that a dead horse can be flogged for ever but it will never, ever get and walk again so why are you so intent upon flogging this very dead horse again in the first place? People seem to "love" labeling ...

Triphid replies on Nov 26, 2019:

@MikeInBatonRouge As William Shakespeare once penned. " A rose by any other name would still smell the same." that's how 'labels' work. Some people prefer to call a spade a spade, some will call it a shovel but whatever name you used it is what it is and nothing can change it.

A little word to the wise here, now I don't mind a decent curry in the least, so I made one dinner ...

Marionville comments on Nov 25, 2019:

Top tip.....keep the loo roll in the fridge!

Triphid replies on Nov 26, 2019:

Nope, I reckon I've found a better 'solution,' I bought a pack of medicated Baby Wipes ( medicated mainly for Nappy Rash) and have them in the fridge, nice and cooling to the very sore and hot bum.

One thing that puzzles me about believers in any religion is the conviction that it’s their God ...

JMLatimer comments on Nov 25, 2019:

When I was young I asked my dad, do you think a good, humane Buddhist goes to heaven? Do you think that Gandhi went to heaven? My dad tells me of course, God is a perfect judge of character and would not damn an innocent person. Years later it comes up again, the pastor had taught how Jesus is ...

Triphid replies on Nov 26, 2019:

@JMLatimer Historically, Ancient Egypt never waged war against another culture on any purely religious bases. Like the Ancient Romans, who came long after the Egyptians they were tolerant of the beliefs of others but the Romans waged war for the gaining of lands, slaves, tributes, taxes and, most important of all, grain, metals such as iron, copper, tin, gold, silver, etc, whereas Ancient only waged war against those who sought to conquer Egypt such as the Nubians, the Hittites, the Mitanni, etc.

A little word to the wise here, now I don't mind a decent curry in the least, so I made one dinner ...

LucyLoohoo comments on Nov 25, 2019:

"Clean clear through?"

Triphid replies on Nov 25, 2019:

Well you ain't whistling Dixie there, trust me.....LOL.

Why Do So Many Hate Religion? What's ToHate?

Happy_Killbot comments on Nov 24, 2019:

It's because of people like this: https://www.debateisland.com/discussion/4173/ten-reasons-atheism-is-destroying-america

Triphid replies on Nov 24, 2019:

@Happy_Killbot I'd hazard to say that "literal Fascist," would, in my opinion, be quite a massive understatement, but considering that there a ladies present I WILL refrain from offering up my TRUEST opinion of him and his drivel simply because I am gentleman and do NOT wish to cause embarrassment to the ladies. But, on second thoughts, I will add the beginning and the end of my opinion for those who may be wondering, " He is, in my opinion, little more than a Shit-dribbling...………………………………………………………………… example of something that was ejaculated up against a fence and hatched out by the sun."

Why Do So Many Hate Religion? What's ToHate?

bobwjr comments on Nov 24, 2019:

Bigotry, misogyny, racism, hate to name a few . Not all religions but many

Triphid replies on Nov 24, 2019:

I'd go as far as about 90-98% of them at the very least.

Why Do So Many Hate Religion? What's ToHate?

Happy_Killbot comments on Nov 24, 2019:

It's because of people like this: https://www.debateisland.com/discussion/4173/ten-reasons-atheism-is-destroying-america

Triphid replies on Nov 24, 2019:

Geez Louise, who ever wrote that absolute load of camel shit must have been smoking some REALLY bad weed in my opinion. I can't recall the last time I ever saw or read such unmitigated drivel in my ENTIRE 60+ years of life.

A question you see pop up on here is, when did you become an atheist,which to me sounds like when ...

Triphid comments on Nov 23, 2019:

I often tend to find it wryly humorous and laugh quietly inwardly when asked "When did you become an Atheist?." To me it is kind of similar to asking someone " When did you become a Human Being," because, A) we are all born human beings, B) we are all born with absolutely no knowledge or ...

Triphid replies on Nov 24, 2019:

@Davesnothere Since I'm not of the feathered variety it's pretty darned hard to ruffle what I haven't got, wouldn't you agree? Your take on Implicit and explicit Atheism/Atheists is your idea/conception/understanding of it then and that is your right to hold such, but try never to let your mind settle on something that, at the time, appears to fit neatly into the little box ( and I'm definitely NOT being dismissive, denigrating, disparaging, etc, here btw) of your present thought processes, it can and will limit you no need.

A question you see pop up on here is, when did you become an atheist,which to me sounds like when ...

Triphid comments on Nov 23, 2019:

I often tend to find it wryly humorous and laugh quietly inwardly when asked "When did you become an Atheist?." To me it is kind of similar to asking someone " When did you become a Human Being," because, A) we are all born human beings, B) we are all born with absolutely no knowledge or ...

Triphid replies on Nov 24, 2019:

@Davesnothere And, if one may ask, what is conflating about my opinion? Do we not, well some of us, actually choose to allow our minds to 'evolve' sufficiently enough so as to reject/discard the religious needs and traps in favour of logical thinking and reasoning? To some it may be a conscious act/effort perhaps but to others, like myself for example, it came as a result of questioning, doubting, wanting to know the facts and not merely taking the answers to my questions as an 8 year old in Sunday Schools, etc, as being 'gospel' simply because a Priest/Minister said so and read them from 1 single book. Most Atheists I know are very implicit about their Atheist stance in this world and are explicit when asked to explain why they are Atheists, hence, in my opinion, that little 'pie chart' meme is somewhat meaninglessly over-rated and biased as well.

A question you see pop up on here is, when did you become an atheist,which to me sounds like when ...

LisaFultonave comments on Nov 23, 2019:

Like many folks posted here, indoctrination as a child to xtian dogma (very mild, mind you) led to some research on my part of other religions. Mostly because I came away from each one with too much disbelief, and when you start noticing the plagiarism and appropriation from A to B to X, it becomes ...

Triphid replies on Nov 24, 2019:

@MikeInBatonRouge Well, what I typed was not intentionally denigrating in any way, after all I was only expressing my opinion.

A question you see pop up on here is, when did you become an atheist,which to me sounds like when ...

LisaFultonave comments on Nov 23, 2019:

Like many folks posted here, indoctrination as a child to xtian dogma (very mild, mind you) led to some research on my part of other religions. Mostly because I came away from each one with too much disbelief, and when you start noticing the plagiarism and appropriation from A to B to X, it becomes ...

Triphid replies on Nov 23, 2019:

@MikeInBatonRouge To me, and to try to put it as simply as possible without causing someone to get his/her knickers in a twist, an Agnostic seem to akin to a Gambler at a Horse Race who has been given a 'hot tip' on a winner BUT still wagers a bet on EVERY horse in that race just in case he may be wrong with the first bet, i.e. a 100% 'fence-sitter' in my opinion.

I used to be tolerant of all religions.

SLBushway comments on Nov 16, 2019:

*Non-theists hurt people also and so one could reasonably say that we have fewer excuses.*

Triphid replies on Nov 23, 2019:

@Grahame Oh, I have company, I have good friends who drop in for visits, coffee, etc, I chat with people I meet on the street, in shops, etc, not everyone needs to gregarious all the time.

Lecherous Italian priest outsmarted by his victim.

BestWithoutGods comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Let the clergy marry!

Triphid replies on Nov 23, 2019:

@AnneWimsey Condensed Milk we get here is thick but using it in coffee, etc, saves on adding sugar IF it is the sweetened variety that is.

I used to be tolerant of all religions.

SLBushway comments on Nov 16, 2019:

*Non-theists hurt people also and so one could reasonably say that we have fewer excuses.*

Triphid replies on Nov 23, 2019:

@Grahame Funny that since I am a member of NO clubs what-so-ever and as for the sound of my own voice, well I prefer the silence of living alone and resisting even the tendency to talk even to myself.

By Any Other Name Literalists, both theist and atheist, hold God to be a supreme creative ...

Triphid comments on Nov 22, 2019:

Somewhat incorrect in your opening sentence of your comment I think. Atheists, speaking for myself as only anyone can truly do, do NOT hold to the belief that a Supreme, Creative, Intelligence, i.e. a God, exists NOR ever has Existed ergo you have 'barked up the wrong tree there.' Just a friendly ...

Triphid replies on Nov 22, 2019:

@WilliamFleming Could it not be simply said that, " Any religious belief/religion is merely a 'flexible' coat designed, basically, to fit ANY willing person wishing to wear it and assume, immediately, that it is a 'perfect fit'.

I used to be tolerant of all religions.

SLBushway comments on Nov 16, 2019:

*Non-theists hurt people also and so one could reasonably say that we have fewer excuses.*

Triphid replies on Nov 22, 2019:

@Grahame Well believe it or not I am somewhat computer illiterate in quite a number of ways. I still do things by the pen and paper method but am slowly learning to use my desk-top for things such as this site, etc. Logically speaking, are NOT the Gods/Goddesses, etc, that humans have adored and worshipped merely made up entities at best? There has never been brought forward any empirically tried and tested, proven proof nor evidence that such Entities ever truly existed, has there? Oh, and forgive here, but I seek to correct you that the Nazis, via Himmler, sought very hard to CREATE their own new religion, the Aryan Religion and Belief with Hitler as the Fuhrer ( Leader) and the incarnation of the Aryan God/Deity, that is documented and historical fact I'm afraid to say. Err excuse for being a little obtuse here, BUT " paid up member of what" are you claiming that I am?

By Any Other Name Literalists, both theist and atheist, hold God to be a supreme creative ...

Triphid comments on Nov 22, 2019:

Somewhat incorrect in your opening sentence of your comment I think. Atheists, speaking for myself as only anyone can truly do, do NOT hold to the belief that a Supreme, Creative, Intelligence, i.e. a God, exists NOR ever has Existed ergo you have 'barked up the wrong tree there.' Just a friendly ...

Triphid replies on Nov 22, 2019:

@WilliamFleming I was kind of wondering when you'd decide to 'hop on the bandwagon' so to speak?

By Any Other Name Literalists, both theist and atheist, hold God to be a supreme creative ...

Triphid comments on Nov 22, 2019:

Somewhat incorrect in your opening sentence of your comment I think. Atheists, speaking for myself as only anyone can truly do, do NOT hold to the belief that a Supreme, Creative, Intelligence, i.e. a God, exists NOR ever has Existed ergo you have 'barked up the wrong tree there.' Just a friendly ...

Triphid replies on Nov 22, 2019:

@skado What I said was, " I could give you examples of the 'concepts' of 'God/Gods from the Ancient Egyptians through to the pictorial 'representations' of the Abrahamic based God painted by renown Artists...………" But, I did not say that say that I could/can provide you with my concept of something in which I have no belief at all. Yes, I have seen numerous artistic, hypothetical pictorial 'representations' of this thing people CLAIM to be God, but I have also seen pictures of what Dinosaurs, Wooly Mammoths, Mastodons, etc, etc, looked like and even their fossilized remains as well but they actually existed, hence one can conceive what they were, etc. When I use the 'God' I am NOT using it because I have any concept of it or its existence, I use it for brevity rather than writing such a long 'phrase' something like, "the Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent, etc, etc, Invisible Imaginary Non-Corporeal Entity that is assumed to have created everything," that I do for both the sake of not typing in some many words and letters and for the sake of those reading my opinions/comments. I do, most sincerely, hope that this has clarified my stance to you.

Well, there are 100,000 members now according to the top level stats.

itsmedammit comments on Nov 21, 2019:

I hope so too, though 100,000 is not a huge number for a social media site, especially considering that only a minority of those will be active.

Triphid replies on Nov 22, 2019:

@itsmedammit Yep, I'm real too, I just punched myself and it hurt ergo I must be real.....LOL.

Lecherous Italian priest outsmarted by his victim.

BestWithoutGods comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Let the clergy marry!

Triphid replies on Nov 22, 2019:

@AnneWimsey Well, it comes under numerous company product names, but the main one I use is " Nestles Condense Milk," available in either 379 grams cans or 75gram tubes at corner stores and Supermarkets almost everywhere across Australia.

By Any Other Name Literalists, both theist and atheist, hold God to be a supreme creative ...

Triphid comments on Nov 22, 2019:

Somewhat incorrect in your opening sentence of your comment I think. Atheists, speaking for myself as only anyone can truly do, do NOT hold to the belief that a Supreme, Creative, Intelligence, i.e. a God, exists NOR ever has Existed ergo you have 'barked up the wrong tree there.' Just a friendly ...

Triphid replies on Nov 22, 2019:

@skado 100% certain, yes I am and I shall stand by that assertion until the ends of time. I could give you examples of the 'concepts' of God/Gods from the Ancient Egyptians through to the pictorial 'representations' of the Abrahamic based God painted by renowned Artists from Pre-renaissance times right through to Post-Renaissance times if you wish, but they are only mere 'concepts/imaginings' at the very best, are they not? The concept/ideology, call it what you may, that the Universe and everything in it was created by a single, Supreme Entity from absolutely nothing is sublimely ridiculous to say the very least, is it not? My certainty is that the Universe began from a beginning where, possibly, everything was in a highly compressed and unstable state as a Singularity where internal forces eventual become so great that they over-came the bounds of gravitational forces, etc, thus causing the said Singularity to tear itself apart in an ' explosion' ( for want of a better term) the magnitude of which we yet have absolutely no concept or idea of. But we do have evidence, tried, examined, tested and re-tested, etc, to show that something similar or like that actually happened and the forces from it are still active and the Universe is still expanding. Ergo, and conversely, If a Supreme Entity did create the Universe and everything in it, then logically the Universe would be Static, no continuing expansion, etc, simply because it would have been utterly complete from the get go, so to speak. Now are we ready, and not intending to either derogatory, dismissive, etc, etc, btw, to cease 'flogging this very dead horse' and will you admit that your opening statement was incorrect to an extent in that you stated that, " Literalists, both Theists and Atheists, hold God...…"

I used to be tolerant of all religions.

SLBushway comments on Nov 16, 2019:

*Non-theists hurt people also and so one could reasonably say that we have fewer excuses.*

Triphid replies on Nov 22, 2019:

@Grahame Sorry if I use capitals to get my point across but I am not so computer/Internet savvy as are others, I grew in the ages of pen and paper, etc, so sue me if that be your ardent desire. As to your comment re- firstly, Russian, Nth. Korean and Chinese Communism, as a Qualified Psychologist I offer up that those Ideologies merely REPLACED the concepts, etc, of a God/Gods, etc, with a NEWER version, that being in their cases, Lenin, Stalin, the Kim Dynasty and Chairman Mao, which, to a Psychologist like myself is patently obvious when one sits and thinks about it. The Nazi Party of WWII Germany did almost exactly the same thing with Hitler, Goebbels and Himmler did they not? Idi Amin did exactly the same as well by purporting himself to be the One, the Only and the True Leader and Saviour of his people did he not? After all, any religion/religious belief is what the Originator designs it to be for his own ends and means and only those. As for " my Ego," well in actual fact, I don't truly have in the concept to which Ego is often referred these days, in fact I simply see myself as yet another human being who seeks and strive to learn and keep on learning as free as possible from the restraints that society seems to want to place upon us, is that a bad thing? As to my "rant" as you so kindly put it, well what my seem a 'rant' to some may not be a 'rant' to those who also seek to understand/ comprehend the opinions, etc, of others around them.

By Any Other Name Literalists, both theist and atheist, hold God to be a supreme creative ...

Triphid comments on Nov 22, 2019:

Somewhat incorrect in your opening sentence of your comment I think. Atheists, speaking for myself as only anyone can truly do, do NOT hold to the belief that a Supreme, Creative, Intelligence, i.e. a God, exists NOR ever has Existed ergo you have 'barked up the wrong tree there.' Just a friendly ...

Triphid replies on Nov 22, 2019:

@skado "How would you describe that thing you don't believe in?" Well, ask yourself that same question and see what answer you can come up with? Can anyone give an actual and accurate description of absolutely Nothing? Can you give a factual and accurate 'concept' or description of what you were like before your Great, Great, Great Grandparents had intercourse, if so, please enlighten us all, especially those involved in Medical Sciences, etc.? No matter how you try to twist it, YOUR opening line of your ORIGINAL Posting and comment still states the same where you have patently said, " Literalists, both Theists and Atheists, hold God to be.........." Speaking for myself here, as it is the thing anyone CAN TRULY do, Allamanda, I was NEVER 'a' theist in any concept/meaning of the word you can use, as far back as I can remember ( and that is way to the ages of 2 -3 old) there never was any belief, etc, in a concept of a Supreme, All-Powerful Being that created everything and anything. To me, the word God was just another word that became a part of my vocabulary and was to be found in a dictionary where it is accompanied by other words being used to describe it, words INVENTED by those who also had absolutely NO real concept of what they were TRYING to describe in my opinion. For example, One can use a thousand words to ATTEMPT to describe what the Earth looked like BEFORE it was formed along with the rest of our Solar System but they too are merely postulative hypotheses are they not?

Lecherous Italian priest outsmarted by his victim.

BestWithoutGods comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Let the clergy marry!

Triphid replies on Nov 22, 2019:

@AnneWimsey Well, what we Aussie call Condensed Milk IS actual milk that has condensed into a thick liquid-like paste similar to toothpaste, we can buy either as Sweetened or Unsweetened and even once opened it can last for weeks on end, in fact I have an opened tube of it in what I call " My Bush Kit' that was last used in July this year, it has been kept at room temperature since then and only this morning I chose to add it my coffee instead of ordinary milk, it was still as fresh as it was when I first opened and used it. I also buy in tins for use when making my mayonnaise as well.

By Any Other Name Literalists, both theist and atheist, hold God to be a supreme creative ...

Triphid comments on Nov 22, 2019:

Somewhat incorrect in your opening sentence of your comment I think. Atheists, speaking for myself as only anyone can truly do, do NOT hold to the belief that a Supreme, Creative, Intelligence, i.e. a God, exists NOR ever has Existed ergo you have 'barked up the wrong tree there.' Just a friendly ...

Triphid replies on Nov 22, 2019:

@skado Ahem, may I refer you to the opening line of your original posting/comment which goes verbatim " Literalists, both theist and atheist, hold God...………." As you should know most. or the vast majority at least of Atheists, like myself, neither believe in nor want or need to have a God/Gods/ Goddesses, etc, etc, or religion of ANY kind shape nor form in their lives, that IS what Atheism is all about, hence, though we may believe that Human kind deserves better than what religions/worshipping of Invisible, Imaginary Supreme Entities or an Entity " responsible for the Creation of, and the management of, the Universe, " ( your own words and not mine btw), have dealt us for centuries, even millenia, we still don't hold to any thought or idea that the vast Universe is the 'work' of anything except the exertion/s of naturally occurring forces of a Cosmic nature and very little else. Though some may elect to name inanimate objects, a car for example, it does NOT mean in the least that they are substituting that object for a God or Deity, it IS just a human habit and nothing else, just we name our pets, etc.

Lecherous Italian priest outsmarted by his victim.

BestWithoutGods comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Let the clergy marry!

Triphid replies on Nov 22, 2019:

@AnneWimsey Well, in the Australian Outback in particular we don't have Tea or Coffee Shops/Cafes around every corner, so when one is camping or traveling through the outback one carries a tin pot called A Billy, usually with the capacity of around 1 litre, a packet of Tea leaves and a packet of matches with which to start a small camp fire. Into the Billy one pours cold water and then places the Billy, with the water in it of course, into the edge of the fire and waits for it boil. Then one adds the tea leaves, lets them steep for a spell, then pours the solution into a cup and VOILA one has Billy Tea to drink, one can add sugar to sweeten it or even milk in the form of condensed milk which comes in a handy tube which means it cannot spoil and curdle like ordinary milk will.

Kudos and Congratulations to Gorilla Kitchens in New Zealand.

FrayedBear comments on Nov 21, 2019:

How was it publicised? ROFL.

Triphid replies on Nov 22, 2019:

@FrayedBear And the old fashioned 'Potted Tongue' to make sandwiches out of for crib as well.

Kudos and Congratulations to Gorilla Kitchens in New Zealand.

FrayedBear comments on Nov 21, 2019:

How was it publicised? ROFL.

Triphid replies on Nov 21, 2019:

Found it on my MSN News Feed and also heard it direct from a Kiwi friend who was actually at work there when Folau and his wife dined there that evening. Hey, IF this God of Folau's is so pissed off at Australia for allowing Same Sex Marriages that he sends bush fires to punish us, WHAT is he going to do to Folau for going against him and DONATING to LGBTQI supporting Restaurant owned and operated by a Lesbian couple? LOL.

Lecherous Italian priest outsmarted by his victim.

BestWithoutGods comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Let the clergy marry!

Triphid replies on Nov 21, 2019:

@AnneWimsey Only use Decaf in the evenings AND then ONLY IF real necessary whilst working on my studies, etc.), normal coffee in the mornings and 1-2cups per morning maximum per day. During the rest of the day I much prefer a decent cup of fresh made Billy Tea as a liquid refreshment.

One of my biggest gripes with the religious is with those who insist on grace before a meal, and ...

Allamanda comments on Nov 18, 2019:

I've debated (internally) this question of gratitude (which I feel very strongly, it's a constant for me so I suppose it's part of my character) - and it comes down really, to is one grateful TO someone / something or FOR a thing whether dinner, or being alive to enjoy it, or anything at all. But ...

Triphid replies on Nov 21, 2019:

As one with Native American blood in my veins I often have this habit of looking at the earth beneath my feet and saying " Thank you Grandmother for everything you give me." I'm not referring to my actual Grandmother/s with that I am referring to the Old Cherokee way of thanking the EARTH who is the mother/Grandmother to EVERYTHING living upon it.

Well, there are 100,000 members now according to the top level stats.

NoPlanetB comments on Nov 21, 2019:

I don't believe those numbers are active members. I think they might represent anyone who's ever become a member but not include the ones who have left or quit.

Triphid replies on Nov 21, 2019:

Ah but does not even the smallest snowball merely start off with just ONE tiny flake of snow?

Lecherous Italian priest outsmarted by his victim.

BestWithoutGods comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Let the clergy marry!

Triphid replies on Nov 21, 2019:

@AnneWimsey Well, was suggesting a SOLUTION to the CRAPOLIC Churches Paedo-Priest problem. After all does NOT the bible state " Do unto others as you would do unto them" (or words similar) ? As I stated previously and it IS FACT, the CRAPOLIC Church PRACTISED the CASTRATION of Choir boys for centuries to create and maintain the 'angelic singing voices' for Church Choirs, is that NOT yet another example of Child Abuse perpetrated by Priests?

Lecherous Italian priest outsmarted by his victim.

BestWithoutGods comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Let the clergy marry!

Triphid replies on Nov 21, 2019:

@AnneWimsey Well, IF they are so 100% in favor of being celibate for their beloved religion then ensure they don't 'stray' by chemically sterilizing them right at the start, the CRAPolic Church had absolutely NO compunctions when it came to cutting off the genitalia of choir boys for hundreds of years ( The Castrati ) before they reached puberty so as to 'preserve ' their ' angelic singing voices' and chemical Castration would be far less traumatic than having some Priests hold you down while another SLICED away at your genitals wouldn't it, though given the way so many CRAPolic Priests have abused child after child relentlessly over the centuries I'd , personally, be in favor of the like for like method.

Can you love a racist?

Triphid comments on Nov 20, 2019:

To me it is kind of strange how the RACISM/Racist Card is 'played' by those who are supposed to be the subjects of Racism BUT stoop to us it for their own benefit at every possible opportunity. For example, Out here in Western New South Wales, Australia, we have quite an Aboriginal population, some...

Triphid replies on Nov 21, 2019:

@girlwithsmiles That may be so BUT non-one can ever hope to undo what was done in the past, after all, IT IS in the past is it not. Btw, I am part Aboriginal myself BUT I don't go around calling everyone with a Non-Black ( Brown actually and really) skin a f***ing White Racist, etc, etc.

Not trying to get political here, just sharing another's take on the subject.

IamNobody comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Here's my stance on the subject. I feel like a large majority obsessed with "climate change" seem to think the solution is somebody else responsibility, being for the most part ( again, in their minds ) the government. I do not worry about things I cannot control, instead I focus on the little ...

Triphid replies on Nov 21, 2019:

@IamNobody I would say I have well through the entire book and am going through it for at least the 5th time since I've been doing things such as planting seedling in the Outback of Australia and nurturing to full and healthy growth since 1980 at least. As well as just that I've been a strong advocate for Renewable Energy Sources, etc, since way back then also, BUT glad to see you are into the 'book,' though, at a guess, I'd say you are only about 1/4 to 1/3 of the way through it so far. Keep it up, I salute you and you WILL see that it IS all worthwhile.

Evangelicals indoctrinating little kids in public schools.

Silver1wun comments on Nov 20, 2019:

It seems the practice of allowing premises to be used for ANY clubs is an indirect endorsement of their validity and a direct, unqualified enabling of potential indoctrination into some very limiting thought systems. Schools could support the concept of forming independent clubs but require them to...

Triphid replies on Nov 20, 2019:

@Silver1wun Well, just maybe, Amerikka MIGHT like to try out the ideas that HAVE Worked for decades over here in Australia and elsewhere in the Westernized World instead of being such a 'Back-Water" country as it is these days.

Well, another lovely day has begun here in the Silver City, N.

FrayedBear comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Some silly old bigger was just complaining at the Woolie's checkout that it was still 32°C at 11pm. last night. I suggested that he start worrying/complaining when it is 45°C for the 7th day in a row.! The poor old pot plants are rapidly wilting from the drying wind! Pity that I did the laundry ...

Triphid replies on Nov 20, 2019:

Hey, for years now my 'grey water' from the laundry has gone straight into watering the lawn in the back yard, I've 'diverted' the water from the kitchen sink to water my Orange Trees and veg patches where ever possible and have even gone as far as bucketing the water from showers, which I catch in the bath btw, by plugging the bath outlet each time out onto my flower gardens and pot plants as well. Shit, even the 'bleed off' from Evaporative Air Cooler runs directly onto a garden as well, unlike some of the dopey Twats around the country here who let it run straight down the drain and into the Sewage System. As for those mongrels who disregard the Fire Bans, etc, and start bush fires merely because they WANT a Barbie in the Bush, well I say catch them, stack up ALL their own personally possessions AND MAKE them set the stack on fire and stand there and watch as it burns, MAYBE it MIGHT teach them a lesson or two.

Not trying to get political here, just sharing another's take on the subject.

IamNobody comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Here's my stance on the subject. I feel like a large majority obsessed with "climate change" seem to think the solution is somebody else responsibility, being for the most part ( again, in their minds ) the government. I do not worry about things I cannot control, instead I focus on the little ...

Triphid replies on Nov 20, 2019:

@IamNobody Hey, I TRY my best to NOT consume Fossil Based Fuels as best I possible can. I go out of my way to plant seedling trees, at least 10 for every dead and fallen one I harvest every winter for wood for the fire that heats my house. It ain't easy BUT IF everyone did their little bit WE may just lessen the problem over time BEFORE we ALL end up EXTINCT.

Evangelicals indoctrinating little kids in public schools.

Silver1wun comments on Nov 20, 2019:

It seems the practice of allowing premises to be used for ANY clubs is an indirect endorsement of their validity and a direct, unqualified enabling of potential indoctrination into some very limiting thought systems. Schools could support the concept of forming independent clubs but require them to...

Triphid replies on Nov 20, 2019:

I think that the permitting of CERTAIN 'Clubs' in schools are a good thing, BUT certain 'Clubs' designed and operated AS part of the Education of Students and as sources for Social Gatherings ONLY and NOT for Religious purposes in any way, shape, nor form. In my years at High School ( Secondary Education Level in Australia), I joined the School Drama Club/Society, we put on plays and dramas, etc, that brought us together and taught us to co-operate as one unified group, such an experience was not only enjoyable and fulfilling BUT educational as well. Recently my 6 year old Nephew joined the School Dance Club, loves music and enjoys dancing at every opportunity BUT being an only child he only gets to dance, etc, at home mostly, it HAS brought him out of his shell, so to speak, as well as creating new avenues for him to mix and mingle with other students of his age and even older as well.

What about the good parts?

Shawno1972 comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Just call it philosophy, like the good ol' Greeks and Romans did. Marcus Aurelius kind of said everything that need be said about natural philosophy, of course following in the footsteps of Zeno. Stoicism was the way to go before Christianity stomped it out. Why use the word "religion?" That'll just...

Triphid replies on Nov 20, 2019:

@skado Philosophy, in its truest sense and meaning, merely offers up possibilities, etc, whereas religion seeks ONLY to IMPOSE itself upon all others without consideration of ANY and ALL possibilities. Though it can be said that in these times some so-called Philosophers have twisted and distorted the practices of Philosophy to suit their owns ends and means thus bring Philosophy into disrepute.

Isn't it interesting that there are so many Christian songs about being in the Lord's army?

Triphid comments on Nov 19, 2019:

Well IF you follow the 'teachings' in the O.T. of the Goat-Herders Guide to the Galaxy then EVERYONE who is NOT exactly like them MUST be either converted or destroyed, usually it seems, Conversion tales a very distant second place to Destruction. For proof simply read the O.T., check out the ...

Triphid replies on Nov 20, 2019:

Not as 'funny' as you seem think SanDiegoAirport, it IS 110% true and factual.

Not trying to get political here, just sharing another's take on the subject.

IamNobody comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Here's my stance on the subject. I feel like a large majority obsessed with "climate change" seem to think the solution is somebody else responsibility, being for the most part ( again, in their minds ) the government. I do not worry about things I cannot control, instead I focus on the little ...

Triphid replies on Nov 20, 2019:

@IamNobody Well, in my opinion, WE ARE ALL responsible for it in one way or another SINCE we inhabit this chunk of Rock we call Planet Earth and IF we ALL don't stand up and be counted then, not only, have doomed our species to oblivion BUT every OTHER species living on Earth as well. This planet HAS endured numerous Climatic Disasters and Changes throughout the billions of years since it first formed, for example, in the Permian Era a MASSIVE eruption in what is now the Siberian Traps Event WIPED out almost 90% of ALL life on the planet, 74,000 years ago, the Super Volcano 'Toba' erupted and almost wiped the Homo Sapien species plus countless Mega-Fauna within thousands of miles of the eruption and blanketing the entire planetary atmosphere in dust, smoke and Sulfur Dioxide gas for well over a year. We humans are pumping literally TONS of both Carbon Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide gases into the atmosphere every single year at rates that are running almost a very close second place to those emitted by the Siberian Traps Event and the Eruption of Toba. When Sulfur Dioxide reaches the Upper Atmosphere it creates a reflective ' blanket' that does NOT allow sun-light through, it also combine with water molecules and descends back to earth as Sulfuric Acid in the form of Acid Rain, killing everything and poising both the land, seas, waterways, etc. Carbon Dioxide also rises into the Upper Atmosphere WHERE it forms a 'blanket' also that keeps the temperatures higher and the heat IN ( The Greenhouse Effect) this cause the Polar Ice Caps to melt, disrupting the Oceanic Currents, acidifies the oceans, etc, and CHOKES ALL oxygen breathing creatures to DEATH very slowly. The disrupted Oceanic Currents no longer create the winds, rains, etc, as they have always done and until, over perhaps decades/thousands of years, these right themselves, the Carbon Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide 'blankets again disappear the planet WILL alternate between Ice Age like events and planetary Droughts, etc. It IS our obsession with Burning Fossil based Fuels that have wrought this upon our ONLY home and WE MUST unite NOW and rectify it BEFORE we ARE Extinct and remember that EXTINCTION IS forever.

Isn't it interesting that there are so many Christian songs about being in the Lord's army?

OldMetalHead comments on Nov 19, 2019:

I wish those fuckers would avoid me instead of coming to my door.

Triphid replies on Nov 20, 2019:

@SanDiegoAirport Alaykum as-salaam to you also.

Isn't it interesting that there are so many Christian songs about being in the Lord's army?

OldMetalHead comments on Nov 19, 2019:

I wish those fuckers would avoid me instead of coming to my door.

Triphid replies on Nov 19, 2019:

Have you tried answering the door with a towel wrapped around your head and saying loudly " Allah u Akhba" and "Salaam Effendi" after it? I did it once, many years ago when I was living at different address, the God-Botherers actually broke the 4 minute mile record as they made their escape.

Does anybody else wonder why "believer" is an option on an agnostic dating site?

1of5 comments on Nov 19, 2019:

No, I read why the site designer put it there *...goals in building this community - one of which is to help bridge the growing divide in society. My thought was if I could raise the view of non-believers in the eyes of religious people, it could help them humanize what they may perceived as bad ...

Triphid replies on Nov 19, 2019:

@ReadyforaChange Most DEFINITELY NOT mate, that'd only be offering them something pleasurable....LOL.

Please welcome dmaf17 to our sometimes crazy, whacky and irreverent group of Aussie Sceptics.

FrayedBear comments on Nov 18, 2019:

Are you insinuating Tony that we the members are insane? There I was just beginning to think that I would reduce the number of doubts about whether the rest of the world is insane but for me, thee and the other 103 members of "aussie sceptics Group". Now I'm starting to get nervous about thee!

Triphid replies on Nov 18, 2019:

Hey, I know I'm sane (I take my Antidepressants every day), it's the rest of the world that I kind of worry about....LOL

Please welcome dmaf17 to our sometimes crazy, whacky and irreverent group of Aussie Sceptics.

FrayedBear comments on Nov 18, 2019:

G'day @drmaf17. Just sent you a message to welcome you to the playground. Tony will look after you here particularly if you send him some potable water. How are the bush fires up your way?

Triphid replies on Nov 18, 2019:

@FrayedBear Don't apologise Mate, I took it as a joke anyway.

Please welcome dmaf17 to our sometimes crazy, whacky and irreverent group of Aussie Sceptics.

FrayedBear comments on Nov 18, 2019:

G'day @drmaf17. Just sent you a message to welcome you to the playground. Tony will look after you here particularly if you send him some potable water. How are the bush fires up your way?

Triphid replies on Nov 18, 2019:

The water sounds nice BUT I don't take bribes of any sort, I do this job simply for the pleasure of welcoming new members and getting know the members who were already here.

The religiously unaffiliated share of the population, consisting of people who describe their ...

SeaGreenEyez comments on Nov 17, 2019:

That's actually misleading, should you include *all* the info, it is still atheists/agnostics about 8-9%. Those "nothing in particular" folks are simply not a member of an organized theist religion. *From the linked article* Self-described atheists now account for 4% of U.S. adults, up ...

Triphid replies on Nov 17, 2019:

@SeaGreenEyez No need to apologize, we all must learn to take the good with the bad at times....LOL.

The religiously unaffiliated share of the population, consisting of people who describe their ...

SeaGreenEyez comments on Nov 17, 2019:

That's actually misleading, should you include *all* the info, it is still atheists/agnostics about 8-9%. Those "nothing in particular" folks are simply not a member of an organized theist religion. *From the linked article* Self-described atheists now account for 4% of U.S. adults, up ...

Triphid replies on Nov 17, 2019:

That's sad to read, it just spoilt my whole day.

Feel alone?

genessa comments on Nov 17, 2019:

i have never felt so alone as an atheist as i've felt as a jew, and it's not as if i ever was religious; i was raised secularly. nonetheless, i was called dirty jew, my friends became my nonfriends as their mothers told them they couldn't play with me unless i said i loved jesus christ, i was ...

Triphid replies on Nov 17, 2019:

Sad that there some out there who are so Bloody-minded and racist. I do truly feel for you on that side of it all, also on the Xmas side of things where every Tom, Dick and Harry as well as the female versions of the same have the idea that everyone MUST wish each other things like 'Merry Xmas' BECAUSE, in their minds, EVERYONE has to believe their archaic, arcane Fairy Tale that a great Saviour was born on that specific day and time of the year. I get some snide enjoyment of responding with either " Happy Saturnalia," or, if I'm in a less than friendly mood, " I hope you've got your umbrella ready on that day because Santa WILL be coming, he ONLY comes once every year and I reckon it WILL get very messy and sticky."

I used to be tolerant of all religions.

SLBushway comments on Nov 16, 2019:

*Non-theists hurt people also and so one could reasonably say that we have fewer excuses.*

Triphid replies on Nov 17, 2019:

So, and correct me IF I am wrong, BUT are YOU saying that Non-Theists are responsible for the Crusades, the Genocides committed against the Native Peoples of Africa, Sth. and Central Americas, the Deaths and Destructions wrought by the Hebrews in Exodus, the Flood of Noah, the Destruction of Sodom, etc, etc. NOW, before you attempt to use Circular Reasoning to refute my comment, TRY to remember that the Terminology THEIST does NOT merely refer to those who FOLLOW the Teachings, etc, of the Supreme Deities of the Xrstian, Hebrew or Islamic Religions, IT refers to and includes ALL Gods/Goddesses/Deities past, present and possibly Future as well. Theist - derived from the Greek word "Theos" meaning God. Ergo, Non-Theist (Atheist) - meaning simply a person who denies, does NOT believe/ does NOT wish to believe NOR follow the teachings, etc, of ANY THEOS or belief in said Theos. N.B. Before you bring in anything about the Nazis or Communist Russia, also remember that the upper Echelon of the Nazi Party WERE attempting to create a NEW Aryan Religion and Stalin was a devout Orthodox Russian Christian and was attempting to subvert the powers and holds that the Orthodox Church had over the people and make their belief system much freer and easier on them.

Repulsive.

LeighShelton comments on Nov 15, 2019:

fucking hell there is no hope

Triphid replies on Nov 17, 2019:

@Rob1948 And WHERE exactly does one find such candidates to begin with? Oh yes, they MAY say they are totally 'untouchable' BEFORE getting elected to convince the people to vote for them but when they get voted in, more often than not, the corruption in politics, which is very rife in this day and age sadly, soon wends its way in. As the saying goes, " Finding an HONEST Politician is like searching for Rocking Horse manure."

Repulsive.

LeighShelton comments on Nov 15, 2019:

fucking hell there is no hope

Triphid replies on Nov 17, 2019:

@Rob1948 Haven't you ever the old saying that money talks and Politicians are its best audience members?

Trump intervenes in military justice cases, granting three pardons

gater comments on Nov 16, 2019:

Trump is the best - love what he continues to do for America and the World! 5 more years!

Triphid replies on Nov 16, 2019:

@gater Humpty tRumpty = the Sperm that SHOULD have been swallowed.

What does "Farm Style" mean to you?

Triphid comments on Nov 16, 2019:

Shit, 40 acres out here in the Aussie Outback is nothing more than a tiny drop in a bucket when compared to the size of Sheep and Cattle Grazing properties. My friend has a Sheep Property 50 kilometres from my home town which measures out to 93,000 acres, his son has a property that measures out to...

Triphid replies on Nov 16, 2019:

@twill Yes, it is mostly BUT in drought times like this it IS far worse than can imagined, though in the Northern Regions such as Queensland, Northern Territory and Northern Western Australia where they get Monsoon type rains it is, for the most part, only seasonally dry. The 'average' rainfall around here is usually approx. 10 inches per year BUT in really good years we can get that in 6 months at times BUT we have not had rainfall of more than 10 millimetres per year since around 2003 to 2005. When I was a child and a teenager we used get Dust Storms so thick that you could NOT see more 2 feet in front of you BUT regenerating the countryside did put a stop to those UNTIL this drought hit.

Repulsive.

LeighShelton comments on Nov 15, 2019:

fucking hell there is no hope

Triphid replies on Nov 16, 2019:

@Rob1948 BUT, they don't need to hold an Office in Government, they just need to lobby enough politicians, etc, to achieve their aims and THEY have monetary funds available to do so, don't they?

What does "Farm Style" mean to you?

Triphid comments on Nov 16, 2019:

Shit, 40 acres out here in the Aussie Outback is nothing more than a tiny drop in a bucket when compared to the size of Sheep and Cattle Grazing properties. My friend has a Sheep Property 50 kilometres from my home town which measures out to 93,000 acres, his son has a property that measures out to...

Triphid replies on Nov 16, 2019:

@twill It's an odds on bet you have much more water available where you are than we have had for the last 16+ years though. At LEAST 60+% of Australia has been classified as being Severely Drought Stricken for the last 10+ years, east of where I live, about 100 kilometres away, we ONCE had a series of lakes that, when full to capacity, held MORE water than the whole of Sydney Harbour at High Tide, now, like the river than used to fill them, they too are BONE DRY thanks to the MIS-managements of Governments and Government Authorities. Broken Hill, Western New South Wales, has been on Water Usage Restrictions since 2016, the countryside out here is becoming more like a desert every day, native fauna and flora is dying and disappearing at a very alarming rate and Graziers are IMPORTING hay in huge bundles EVERY week just to feed what stock they can keep in hopes of good decent rains so they can again begin to breed and restock their properties.

Repulsive.

LeighShelton comments on Nov 15, 2019:

fucking hell there is no hope

Triphid replies on Nov 16, 2019:

@Rob1948 Sadly I don't think that would work very well since they ARE like flies, i,e, get rid of ONE fly and a dozen or more come along to fill the gap OR as we say in Australia, spray one fly with Bug Spray and a dozen turn up for the funeral. I truly think the Faithfools are somewhat akin to flies in that way, they turn up everywhere and anywhere, you get rid of a few and they just keep coming back in bigger hordes every time.

Philosophy vs. Religion

sterlingdean comments on Nov 13, 2019:

Religion offers subjugation of the will to a 'higher power' or, more often, someone who claims to represent said power. It's a false sense of security, letting you feel as if you have control over that which in inherently uncontrollable. Philosophy examines the world without actually going out ...

Triphid replies on Nov 16, 2019:

@sterlingdean Well congratulations on your age.

Philosophy vs. Religion

sterlingdean comments on Nov 13, 2019:

Religion offers subjugation of the will to a 'higher power' or, more often, someone who claims to represent said power. It's a false sense of security, letting you feel as if you have control over that which in inherently uncontrollable. Philosophy examines the world without actually going out ...

Triphid replies on Nov 15, 2019:

@sterlingdean REAL Philosophers tend to pose questions that are designed simply to make the reader do the thinking for themselves rather merely handing the answers on a silver platter. Their philosophies ARE based upon reality/realities but are disguised to, as I stated above, to make the reader think for themselves, etc. Not intending here to be derisive, etc, in any way BUT it does seem to me that you may have a very limited understanding and comprehension of what Philosophy real is, ergo, I humbly suggest that you try reading up on it for change, you never know, IT may even enlighten you.