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The fatal consequences of believing misinformation on the Internet: [bbc.com] Covid19
LiterateHiker comments on Aug 24, 2020:
This selfish, irresponsible idiot worked as a taxi driver without wearing a mask, spreading the pandemic like wildfire. Sad he infected his wife who died from COVID-19. Hope he learns from his mistakes.
anglophone replies on Aug 24, 2020:
He has learned far too little far too late.,
Blasphemy: Kano court sentences 13 year old boy to 10 years in jail
Jolanta comments on Aug 21, 2020:
Religious fanatics are everywhere.
anglophone replies on Aug 22, 2020:
Agreed, sadly.
A big cat fight broke outside of Walmart electronics area and the croud went whild everyone was ...
nogod4me comments on Aug 21, 2020:
On a side note, did you notice if they have restocked their toilet paper yet?
anglophone replies on Aug 22, 2020:
It was a cat fight, not a shit fight according to @TimothySkaggs.
21 Things Only Women With Thick Hair Understand
anglophone comments on Aug 22, 2020:
I sympathise. My own hair, when I allowed it to grow to its fullest, matched that of Charles II of England, and it was relatively easy to look after.
anglophone replies on Aug 22, 2020:
@LiterateHiker No, mine was shorter and matched this one:
Someone on Twitter said something snarky about Dolly Parton's recent admission that she thinks black...
anglophone comments on Aug 16, 2020:
I have tried in the past to get such people to use what few grey cells they possess, and I was permanently banned from Twitter as a result.
anglophone replies on Aug 16, 2020:
@prometheus None of "them" got banned. I was told by Twitter that I was banned for violating their Terms of Service. It seems that "they" are allowed to mock me personally but I was not allowed to mock their claims. Go figure!
Someone on Twitter said something snarky about Dolly Parton's recent admission that she thinks black...
AgeofReason comments on Aug 16, 2020:
Engaging with the religious, you are always going to be wrong and they will always be right. It’s futile, but I understand wanting to try. Good luck!
anglophone replies on Aug 16, 2020:
I engage with such wingnuts because I am curious which particular logical fallacies they trot out and in what order.
Someone on Twitter said something snarky about Dolly Parton's recent admission that she thinks black...
powder comments on Aug 16, 2020:
Logic don't work on the retarded and adherence to doctrine retards the mind.
anglophone replies on Aug 16, 2020:
I like the way you put it.
When is Jesus coming back? The question on the lips of almost every believer.
ildar717 comments on Aug 15, 2020:
Tomorrow
anglophone replies on Aug 15, 2020:
Yes, it is *always* tomorrow, never today.
This is the explosive change of perspective that has happened for me, personally, after I became an ...
anglophone comments on Aug 14, 2020:
Welcome to your self-liberation. One minor point: your post is correct in every particular when it comes to the Abrahamic religions, but diverges from the Nordic religion, the Australian Dreamtime, and (as far as I can tell) the pre-invasion religions of South America.
anglophone replies on Aug 14, 2020:
@Mofo1953 And some of us can ignore shit.
This is the explosive change of perspective that has happened for me, personally, after I became an ...
anglophone comments on Aug 14, 2020:
Welcome to your self-liberation. One minor point: your post is correct in every particular when it comes to the Abrahamic religions, but diverges from the Nordic religion, the Australian Dreamtime, and (as far as I can tell) the pre-invasion religions of South America.
anglophone replies on Aug 14, 2020:
@Marcie1974 I did, and I came to conclusions that were quite different from those of @Mofo1953. I am also minded to approach some of my own Elders as regards the Dreamtime.
This is the explosive change of perspective that has happened for me, personally, after I became an ...
anglophone comments on Aug 14, 2020:
Welcome to your self-liberation. One minor point: your post is correct in every particular when it comes to the Abrahamic religions, but diverges from the Nordic religion, the Australian Dreamtime, and (as far as I can tell) the pre-invasion religions of South America.
anglophone replies on Aug 14, 2020:
@Mofo1953 Any chance you could send links about those three, please?
This is the explosive change of perspective that has happened for me, personally, after I became an ...
Jolanta comments on Aug 14, 2020:
I am with Ricky
anglophone replies on Aug 14, 2020:
You, and me too!
The hubris of man sometimes shocks me! Just because we are sentient, we assume that no other ...
Charles1971 comments on Aug 10, 2020:
I'm not really sure that all humans are actually sentient.
anglophone replies on Aug 12, 2020:
Your thought couples elegantly with the observation that common sense is a *remarkably* uncommon commodity.
Romantic relationship with a strongly religious person?
bragadm comments on Aug 6, 2020:
My wife wasn't outwardly religious when we dated or married. Now she's nuts. It's end times, Bill Gates wants to micro chip us mark of the beast nuts. It's difficult and I wouldn't recommend it but if you have respect for each other you can make it work.
anglophone replies on Aug 10, 2020:
There would be no way in my case.
Is Belief in God Necessary for Good Values?
LiterateHiker comments on Aug 9, 2020:
Some Christians cannot understand how I can have loving kindness and morals without attending church and believing in a god. I do not need a religious book to tell me to act respectful, kind and caring. At age four, I realized when I am nice to people, they are nice to me. Two atheists, my ...
anglophone replies on Aug 9, 2020:
@Healthydoc70 Seconded. Ping @LiterateHiker
I get the idea that people usually call themselves Agnostic out of fear that using the name Atheist ...
LiterateHiker comments on Aug 9, 2020:
As an atheist since age 13, being an atheist has not gotten me into trouble. Christians who try to convert me get in trouble. I stoutly repel them.
anglophone replies on Aug 9, 2020:
Funny that. Such people see me as the Devil: too hot to handle.
I get the idea that people usually call themselves Agnostic out of fear that using the name Atheist ...
juli15 comments on Aug 9, 2020:
Most people lump Agnostics and Atheists in the same unbeliever category so I do not think this is true.Also I never tell anyone I am agnostic so getting into social trouble as you call it would never happen to me anyway.
anglophone replies on Aug 9, 2020:
I see that as an outcome of many people's habit of failing to use their brains. One hospital receptionist took offense at my replying "atheist" to her when she asked me for my religion.
My three worst internet dates
LiterateHiker comments on Aug 9, 2020:
@DenoPenno, @Sgt_Spanky, @Jolanta, @Larimar, @Petter, @TristanNuvo, @FlyingEagle1952, @girlwithsmiles, @Corvislover, @Paganlyl, @UrsiMajor, @BudFrank, @MakeItGood, @AmyTheBruce, @Mitch07102, @anglophone, @hankster, Sgt_Spanky, @NoMagicCookie, @bobwjr, @Cyklone The words "SEX" in SEX ADDICT and ...
anglophone replies on Aug 9, 2020:
@Sgt_Spanky Now now, dear boy. No "fucking" please. Try "copulating" instead. ... ... Oh, alright then, fucking is permitted! ;)
My three worst internet dates
LiterateHiker comments on Aug 9, 2020:
@DenoPenno, @Sgt_Spanky, @Jolanta, @Larimar, @Petter, @TristanNuvo, @FlyingEagle1952, @girlwithsmiles, @Corvislover, @Paganlyl, @UrsiMajor, @BudFrank, @MakeItGood, @AmyTheBruce, @Mitch07102, @anglophone, @hankster, Sgt_Spanky, @NoMagicCookie, @bobwjr, @Cyklone The words "SEX" in SEX ADDICT and ...
anglophone replies on Aug 9, 2020:
Thanks for the heads up on that one. I also see that your 100 has been changed to 0. In a site that deals with personal relationships, I would have thought that words like "sex" and "group sex" would be *de rigeur*.
Of cultural appropriation .
brentan comments on Aug 9, 2020:
It's a disgrace! Black actors need to stop playing Hamlet 🤷‍♂️.
anglophone replies on Aug 9, 2020:
And white people need to stop playing Jesus Christ! ;)
Scientists Disagree on the Universe’s Age, So Creationists Are Claiming Victory | Hemant Mehta | ...
Mofo1953 comments on Aug 8, 2020:
Well, they just missed the boat for 12 to 13 billion years so how can they not claim victory?
anglophone replies on Aug 8, 2020:
"Science makes my brain hurt, so God did it!"
US election 2020: Trump says opponent Biden will 'hurt God': [bbc.com] Oh, FFS!
MissKathleen comments on Aug 7, 2020:
He’s just an ignorant dick.
anglophone replies on Aug 7, 2020:
Agreed.
Fox's Jeanine Pirro: “I don't want a vaccine” for coronavirus | Media Matters for America
p-nullifidian comments on Aug 5, 2020:
I don't understand these people. I mean, from under what freaking rock did they crawl? Do the anti vaxxer halfwits take the same position on all vaccines (polio, measles, small pox, mumps, whooping cough, diphtheria, hepatitis, etc.)? All vaccines are 'equal?' Or is it the form that a vaccine is ...
anglophone replies on Aug 5, 2020:
@DaneintheUS Dumbass is as dumbass does.
Why would a lifelong atheist suddenly decide to become baptized into Mormonism and be going on a ...
Marionville comments on Aug 5, 2020:
I think you’ve already answered your own question. I would be very surprised if he has converted because he has suddenly seen the Mormon light! His lady friend has more than likely given him an ultimatum.
anglophone replies on Aug 5, 2020:
Putting that ultimatum both crudely and bluntly: "Either fuck me or fuck off.".
Fox's Jeanine Pirro: “I don't want a vaccine” for coronavirus | Media Matters for America
p-nullifidian comments on Aug 5, 2020:
I don't understand these people. I mean, from under what freaking rock did they crawl? Do the anti vaxxer halfwits take the same position on all vaccines (polio, measles, small pox, mumps, whooping cough, diphtheria, hepatitis, etc.)? All vaccines are 'equal?' Or is it the form that a vaccine is ...
anglophone replies on Aug 5, 2020:
Such people either have no brains or refuse to use what little brains they possess.
How the Pandemic Defeated America A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its ...
FearlessFly comments on Aug 4, 2020:
January20: "I know more about viruses than anyone." January 22: "We have it totally under control. It's one person coming in from China. It's going to be just fine." February 2: "We pretty much shut it down coming in from China." February 24: "The Coronavirus is very much under control in the ...
anglophone replies on Aug 4, 2020:
@VeronikaAnnJ Indeed he does.
How the Pandemic Defeated America A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its ...
FearlessFly comments on Aug 4, 2020:
January20: "I know more about viruses than anyone." January 22: "We have it totally under control. It's one person coming in from China. It's going to be just fine." February 2: "We pretty much shut it down coming in from China." February 24: "The Coronavirus is very much under control in the ...
anglophone replies on Aug 4, 2020:
Thus spake the Chief Idiot of the White House.
Fox's Jeanine Pirro: “I don't want a vaccine” for coronavirus | Media Matters for America
BAMFRavenclaw comments on Aug 4, 2020:
And furthermore, if long term effects are her fear, she also doesn't know what long term effects covid will bring. Like, having the chicken pox can cause shingles later in life, who knows how covid19 can remanifest itself. Plus the long term effects we DO know of, like damage done to vital ...
anglophone replies on Aug 4, 2020:
They are charismatic, and they are willfully ignorant.
Sigh.
SenorRotten comments on Aug 4, 2020:
That'll teach those meddling kids! How is this even legal or possible?
anglophone replies on Aug 4, 2020:
I am not sufficiently acquainted with the American legal scene to give your question the answer that it deserves. I must content myself by observing that Donald Trump has become the laughing stock of all intelligent people all over the world.
"Belief has to do with matters of faith: it has nothing to do with the kind of knowledge that is ...
MichealKnows comments on Jul 31, 2020:
Yes, people believe in physical things, and what those things can and cannot do. We believe the sun will come round again and that a chair will hold our weight. Faith in such things is founded, although not guaranteed. What am I missing?
anglophone replies on Aug 3, 2020:
@MichealKnows You refer to unexplained phenomena which is of itself nothing new. I repudiate all belief as it lacks any statistical foundation.
Did Jesus, the man, exist?
educatedredneck comments on Aug 3, 2020:
Most likely, there were multiple "messianic" figures 2000+ years ago around Rome. One of them may or may not have been named something like YHWH, the details are immaterial to the legend various people created for their own ends.
anglophone replies on Aug 3, 2020:
From what I understand of the period, there were many people peddling claims about multiple deities at that time.
"Belief has to do with matters of faith: it has nothing to do with the kind of knowledge that is ...
MichealKnows comments on Jul 31, 2020:
Yes, people believe in physical things, and what those things can and cannot do. We believe the sun will come round again and that a chair will hold our weight. Faith in such things is founded, although not guaranteed. What am I missing?
anglophone replies on Aug 3, 2020:
To answer your question, the word "belief" is highly ambiguous. By way of illustration, I offer the following examples. 1. I believe God exists. 2. I believe the Sun will rise at dawn tomorrow. 3. I believe I have about $3,000 in that bank account. 4. Everybody believes in something. I believe I will have another beer. It is my experience that the word "faith" is most often used as per meaning 1 above. Your comment seems to me to be founded on the idea of "models of the natural world". There are religious models, of which the Torah, the Bible and the Koran are examples. There are models that emerge from the Scientific Method, such as Snell's Law, Newton's Laws of Motion, and the Theory of General Relativity. Some models are more useful than others: the model provided by Genesis is trashy, while the model provided by the Theory of General Relativity is very useful. I hope this helps.
I had TV on earlier, and just for the hellovit , I didn't change the channel when a holy-roller ...
MikeInBatonRouge comments on Aug 2, 2020:
Are you accusing them of not thinking rationally? I am shocked! Lol
anglophone replies on Aug 2, 2020:
Well, God was in a filthy mood when he made those people, so He decided to give short measure when doling out brains to them.
How to Convert a Christian to Atheism with Nicholi on Science - YouTube
Organist1 comments on Jul 28, 2020:
Interesting, but there is no specific example of how to present evidence so that the Christian will see your point of view.
anglophone replies on Jul 29, 2020:
@BeeHappy I do not suffer fools gladly, and unfortunately it shows when God's Goons try to convert me.
In my last post i spoke about coming out as an atheist and the ramifications of doing so.
RobertMartin comments on Jul 26, 2020:
Your true friends won't judge you for that.
anglophone replies on Jul 27, 2020:
As a good friend once said to me: "Those that matter don't mind, and those that mind don't matter.".
22 People Caught COVID at Preacher Andrew Wommack’s Bible Conference | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...
Theresa_N comments on Jul 25, 2020:
Well, whoever dies gets a Darwin Award, that's some compensation.
anglophone replies on Jul 25, 2020:
@p-nullifidian No, as vasectomies are generally reversible. However, the use of heavy duty shears would generally result in disqualification. (Winces at the thought.)
22 People Caught COVID at Preacher Andrew Wommack’s Bible Conference | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...
Theresa_N comments on Jul 25, 2020:
Well, whoever dies gets a Darwin Award, that's some compensation.
anglophone replies on Jul 25, 2020:
Unless they are women who are past child-bearing age, in which case they cannot qualify for a Darwin Award.
Yes, I am an atheist.
Unpretentious comments on Jul 21, 2020:
Although I am an agnostic, and thus sympathetic toward atheism, I admit that I am as perplexed about atheism as I am about theism. I tend to agree with Vincent Bugliosi, who wrote: "Even though I don't feel that a belief in God (theism) or disbelief in him (atheism) is unintelligent, I do feel ...
anglophone replies on Jul 21, 2020:
I am an atheist for the simple reason that nobody has ever produced any falsifiable evidence to support the existence claim of any god or gods in the last 5,000 years. All such gods are as real as the invisible unicorns at the bottom of my garden. Moreover, it is trivial to show that both the God of the Torah and the God of the Bible cannot exist.
I feel tired of memes. Your thoughts?
anglophone comments on Jul 19, 2020:
First up: the way you share all your feelings here I find to be wonderful. But to return to the matter of memes (and I will also add clichés to that): There are times a well worn theme, be it a meme or a cliché, adds a necessary nuance to my words precisely because it is hackneyed, so I have no...
anglophone replies on Jul 20, 2020:
@LiterateHiker I can go with that. I was riding my horse in England just after the BSE (mad cow disease) event, and I was the first along a particular bridle path after months of disuse. I had to dismount to remove a branch across the path, slipped in the rivulet, and ended up on my back looking up with water running down from my neck to my waist (and beyond!). My horse looked at me as if to say "Hey Dad, what are you doing down there?". Yes, I also laughed.
I feel tired of memes. Your thoughts?
Jolanta comments on Jul 19, 2020:
I don't seem to have a problem with saying what I think, actually the foot in the mouth is what happens a lot to me.
anglophone replies on Jul 19, 2020:
I can go with the "foot in mouth" syndrome.
When people think their individual rights are more important than the greater good
beenthere comments on Jul 18, 2020:
They likely would not exist anymore. Natural selection. Why we don't need to go around telling other people what to do but instead focus on taking care of our own business.
anglophone replies on Jul 19, 2020:
@Marionville I do not understand @beenthere's leap of logic from what each of us wrote to what he wrote.
When people think their individual rights are more important than the greater good
beenthere comments on Jul 18, 2020:
They likely would not exist anymore. Natural selection. Why we don't need to go around telling other people what to do but instead focus on taking care of our own business.
anglophone replies on Jul 19, 2020:
@beenthere You write "Basically our very existence endangers others.". On what basis do you make that claim? Ping @Marionville
When people think their individual rights are more important than the greater good
beenthere comments on Jul 18, 2020:
They likely would not exist anymore. Natural selection. Why we don't need to go around telling other people what to do but instead focus on taking care of our own business.
anglophone replies on Jul 18, 2020:
@Marionville There is a prima facie case for treating a failure of social distancing as a case of physical assault. Deliberately exposing another person to risk of death by disease is just as unacceptable as bashing their head with an iron bar.
How to talk with / to Conspiracy Theorists - [technologyreview.com]
anglophone comments on Jul 18, 2020:
I do not suffer fools gladly, and I have no time for conspiracy theorists. By way example, I regard anybody who claims that 5G causes coronavirus as being willfully delinquent when comes to scientific matters: they are quite unable to explain how the former causes the latter and refuse to challenge ...
anglophone replies on Jul 18, 2020:
@Allamanda If only! I have had as much success enlightening such ill-informed people as I have had in de-converting religious fundamentalists - exactly none. Come to think of it, I guess those two groups of people have very similar thought processes. Hmm. I need to do more research on this issue.
MAGA Cultist Pastor: If Churches Don’t Open Their Doors ASAP, the Communists Win | Hemant Mehta |...
maturin1919 comments on Jul 17, 2020:
After all this time communism is still this horrible boogeyman in America. Stupid then, stupid now.
anglophone replies on Jul 18, 2020:
@BirdMan1 Thank you for sharing that perspective. Might it be described as a form of narcissism?
MAGA Cultist Pastor: If Churches Don’t Open Their Doors ASAP, the Communists Win | Hemant Mehta |...
maturin1919 comments on Jul 17, 2020:
After all this time communism is still this horrible boogeyman in America. Stupid then, stupid now.
anglophone replies on Jul 18, 2020:
@Lightupmylife Yes, education is the antidote. However, from having observed the education system for many years, I am sure that it has been rigged by the American Autocracy to keep the masses in almost complete ignorance.
Days after hospitals were told to stop sending information to CDC, all the fears appear justified
LucyLoohoo comments on Jul 17, 2020:
There HAS to be a way to bypass this....perhaps Governors could ''share'' and publicize?
anglophone replies on Jul 18, 2020:
Trumpty Dumpty would be sure to find a way to block such sharing. I would not put it beyond him to have such sharing declared as being treason.
Days after hospitals were told to stop sending information to CDC, all the fears appear justified
Petter comments on Jul 17, 2020:
Yet more de-facto state censorship from the White House.
anglophone replies on Jul 17, 2020:
The Tangerine Menace has an extreme aversion to uncomfortable facts.
Favorite famous Atheist?
Marionville comments on Jul 17, 2020:
Sir David Attenborough, who since 2002 has been actively working to counter the rise of the “Intelligent Design” movement who are trying to promote the inclusion of this ideology in the school curricula in the UK. When asked about religion he is quoted several times as a stating that he has ...
anglophone replies on Jul 17, 2020:
@Marionville I found them, in Wales. As with Dave Allan reserving his harshest snarks for Catholicism, I am equally snarky about foolishness in the Mother Country for exactly the same reason. Thank you for sharing your observations about them - you are closer physically to them than I am.
Favorite famous Atheist?
Marionville comments on Jul 17, 2020:
Sir David Attenborough, who since 2002 has been actively working to counter the rise of the “Intelligent Design” movement who are trying to promote the inclusion of this ideology in the school curricula in the UK. When asked about religion he is quoted several times as a stating that he has ...
anglophone replies on Jul 17, 2020:
I did not realise that the Stupid Poms had started trying to shove the absurdity of (un)Intelligent Design into the school curriculum. I must look into their efforts. They need to realise that they are making themselves look extremely foolish.
13-year-old Pennsylvania boy charged as adult in shooting death of younger brother [msn.
towkneed comments on Jul 17, 2020:
Ok. I actually have kids. It would depend. Haven't read the article so maybe it gives more information, but just given the headline, it would depend.
anglophone replies on Jul 17, 2020:
I see the parent as being a grade 1 prat, so it comes as no surprise to me that he ended killing his younger son by proxy of his older son.
13-year-old Pennsylvania boy charged as adult in shooting death of younger brother [msn.
Petter comments on Jul 17, 2020:
What a sorry state of affairs. Two loaded guns in an unlocked drawer in a gun-mad nation, with children easily able to access them, and quite probably never told about the danger guns pose. Yes. The parents are also guilty of negligence. I suspect they are also in deep anguish now, and regretting ...
anglophone replies on Jul 17, 2020:
Translation: the younger boy was ultimately killed by his parents' stupidity, a form reverse Darwin award.
13-year-old Pennsylvania boy charged as adult in shooting death of younger brother [msn.
Gatovicolo comments on Jul 17, 2020:
I would think so.
anglophone replies on Jul 17, 2020:
The parent will not be charged for as long as the National Rifle Association continues its stranglehold on Congress.
Robert Jeffress: We Allowed Atheists and Infidels to “Pervert Our Constitution” | Beth ...
creative51 comments on Jul 16, 2020:
Well that explains a lot. I was wondering how our Constitution got so perverted, LOL.
anglophone replies on Jul 17, 2020:
LOL! It is a wonderful example of perverted thinking by a perverted man.
Does the US have the world's most credulous population?
barjoe comments on Jul 16, 2020:
Gullible public. I don't know how clueless people are in other countries. I assume there's billions of idiots on this planet.
anglophone replies on Jul 16, 2020:
Idiocy is not the sole prerogative of the (dis)United States of America. You will also find it in South America, much of Africa, significant parts of Europe, much of the Middle East, and also in the Land of the Convict.
What kind of reaction do you have when you hear the word, "patriot"?
yvilletom comments on Jul 14, 2020:
Patriot is to nationalism as believer is to religion. Nationalism requires obedient patriots and religion requires obedient believers.
anglophone replies on Jul 15, 2020:
Which is exactly why Adolph Hitler's Germany and Pope Pious XII's Vatican City was a marriage made in Hell!
What started me on the path toward agnosticism was when I decided that if I was going to be a ...
twill comments on Jul 13, 2020:
I finally looked straight at the myths, nonsense and POWER and I asked myself: Tom, are you a fucking idiot or not? I decided that I wasn't.
anglophone replies on Jul 13, 2020:
I can go with that. See also Hitchen's razor: "What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.".
This popped up on a friend’s feed today...
silverotter11 comments on Jul 12, 2020:
Sort of the road my Dad took. As the youngest male in his family he was tagged to be a priest. Clearly that did not work out as his mom planned. He sure knew his Bible though.
anglophone replies on Jul 12, 2020:
It's a good job that your Dad was not into the smashing of babies' heads against rocks!
Here is an old video where Freedom From Religion leaders Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaynor first ...
CommonHuman comments on Jul 11, 2020:
This is uncomfortable to watch.
anglophone replies on Jul 12, 2020:
@itsmedammit Should I take it that Oprah's non-existent intellect was given to her by her non-existent God?
Any body feeling more tolerant or less tolerant of religion after the last 6 months?
MichaelF comments on Jul 9, 2020:
It boggles my mind that people can be good models of following the science and public health recommendations about the pandemic and still cling on to some kind of trust and faith in a god. I literally can't wrap my head around how anyone can simultaneously hold those 2 things in their thinking. I ...
anglophone replies on Jul 10, 2020:
What you describe is called "compartmentalised thinking". The idea of having a consistent cognitive approach to everything in the natural world is beyond their mental capacity.
Any body feeling more tolerant or less tolerant of religion after the last 6 months?
of-the-mountain comments on Jul 9, 2020:
If you let the moronic idiotic cult followers get to you, they will!!!
anglophone replies on Jul 10, 2020:
I am in the habit of terrifying such people.
President Cuckwit has outdone himself again at his mount Rushmore speech for independence day ...
Gatovicolo comments on Jul 5, 2020:
I always thought fascism was a right wing movement. Far left fascism seems self contradictory.
anglophone replies on Jul 5, 2020:
@Gatovicolo You might be amused by the way that the far right has just been hoodwinked: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53299847
President Cuckwit has outdone himself again at his mount Rushmore speech for independence day ...
TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 5, 2020:
Trump is the definition of fascism. As far as the Dems being Far Left, I can only wish...Biden sure as hell wouldn't know far left if it bit him in the ass... It also needs to be said that, in my opinion, the people who keep voting for corporate Dem candidates for prez are also just as much ...
anglophone replies on Jul 5, 2020:
Trump's inability to see that he is himself part of the problem is just one manifestation of his highly dangerous ego.
President Cuckwit has outdone himself again at his mount Rushmore speech for independence day ...
Gatovicolo comments on Jul 5, 2020:
I always thought fascism was a right wing movement. Far left fascism seems self contradictory.
anglophone replies on Jul 5, 2020:
"Far left fascism" is indeed an oxymoron. It was uttered by the Chief Moron of the White House..
I just notice people more often sound sort of like robots repeating whatever they just heard.
ZantiMisfit comments on Jul 4, 2020:
I've noticed this too. Perhaps its become more common in the social media age. Some people seem content to think and spout memes and block everyone who disagrees with anything they say. I wonder if they fear rejection from their political/religious camp if they don't constantly say the party line....
anglophone replies on Jul 4, 2020:
I like my oatmeal with whisky and honey. See also Atholl Brose: https://www.christinascucina.com/atholl-brose-with-and-without-cream/
With Edge, Microsoft’s forced Windows updates just sank to a new low It undermines ...
Fernapple comments on Jul 3, 2020:
Linux.
anglophone replies on Jul 3, 2020:
mv /dev/windows /dev/null
Looking for friends with dry sense of humor, intelligence, and kindness.
Fernapple comments on Jul 1, 2020:
Hello and welcome, enjoy the site and do check out the groups if you have time, there is something for everyone. I even think there are groups for humour, intelligence and kindness, where the self proclaimed hang out, though I would avoid those groups if I was you. (Being self proclaimed they are...
anglophone replies on Jul 2, 2020:
@Geoffrey51 LOL! I was very subtly (okay, I was being as unsubtle as an atomic bomb!) acknowledging where both @Allamanda and my stepm?m where coming from.
So my parent's church which I visited for Father's Day is now experiencing members coming down ...
xenoview comments on Jul 1, 2020:
Stupid is as stupid does. Sadly they have to learn the hard way that god won't protect them.
anglophone replies on Jul 1, 2020:
@xenoview Yes, He is commonly known as Thor, and the evidence is apparent with every thunderstorm that passes overhead.
So my parent's church which I visited for Father's Day is now experiencing members coming down ...
xenoview comments on Jul 1, 2020:
Stupid is as stupid does. Sadly they have to learn the hard way that god won't protect them.
anglophone replies on Jul 1, 2020:
Blessed are those that refuse to use the brains that their God gave them.
So my parent's church which I visited for Father's Day is now experiencing members coming down ...
Delbertj comments on Jul 1, 2020:
All the things you mentioned they are not doing; I.e. wearing mask etc. is part of prevention. “Prevention is the best cure”. Some have to learn the hard way.. sorry to hear...
anglophone replies on Jul 1, 2020:
And some are quite incapable of learning regardless of how hard things get.
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Fernapple comments on Jul 1, 2020:
Hello and welcome, enjoy the site and do check out the groups if you have time, there is something for everyone. I even think there are groups for humour, intelligence and kindness, where the self proclaimed hang out, though I would avoid those groups if I was you. (Being self proclaimed they are...
anglophone replies on Jul 1, 2020:
@OwlInASack It's a damn sight better being in the Land of the Convict than being stuck in the Hulks!
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Fernapple comments on Jul 1, 2020:
Hello and welcome, enjoy the site and do check out the groups if you have time, there is something for everyone. I even think there are groups for humour, intelligence and kindness, where the self proclaimed hang out, though I would avoid those groups if I was you. (Being self proclaimed they are...
anglophone replies on Jul 1, 2020:
@Allamanda You remind me of my stepmom. She lives in the UK, originally from the USA, and she shakes her head at what is now happening in the country of her birth.
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Fernapple comments on Jul 1, 2020:
Hello and welcome, enjoy the site and do check out the groups if you have time, there is something for everyone. I even think there are groups for humour, intelligence and kindness, where the self proclaimed hang out, though I would avoid those groups if I was you. (Being self proclaimed they are...
anglophone replies on Jul 1, 2020:
@Fernapple Jeepers mate! I tell you that I am far better off than being under the vile rule of the Prize Idiot of the White House.
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Fernapple comments on Jul 1, 2020:
Hello and welcome, enjoy the site and do check out the groups if you have time, there is something for everyone. I even think there are groups for humour, intelligence and kindness, where the self proclaimed hang out, though I would avoid those groups if I was you. (Being self proclaimed they are...
anglophone replies on Jul 1, 2020:
@Allamanda I have a confession to make: I am an Aussie-Pom (a dual national Australian and Britisher).
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Fernapple comments on Jul 1, 2020:
Hello and welcome, enjoy the site and do check out the groups if you have time, there is something for everyone. I even think there are groups for humour, intelligence and kindness, where the self proclaimed hang out, though I would avoid those groups if I was you. (Being self proclaimed they are...
anglophone replies on Jul 1, 2020:
@Allamanda Me mean? Do I ever mean anything? Am I being mean in asking that question? Of course, I mean that I am being mean. And I mean that your day this day is wonderful for you! ;)
Does anyone have any evidence or good reason to think that the pandemic is causing people to doubt ...
p-nullifidian comments on Jul 1, 2020:
Events are typically viewed through a filter, and the externals surrounding the pandemic have tended to calcify ideology. If your filter is tuned toward unquestioning faith, recent events will likely amplify such. If, on the other hand, your belief system abjures religion, and you view human actions...
anglophone replies on Jul 1, 2020:
I like the way that you have put it.
Does anyone have any evidence or good reason to think that the pandemic is causing people to doubt ...
Mofo1953 comments on Jul 1, 2020:
Brainwashed minds are great at denial.
anglophone replies on Jul 1, 2020:
They are indeed great at denial.
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hankster comments on Jun 30, 2020:
sorry, we're all boring, dumb, and mean. enjoy and stuff.
anglophone replies on Jul 1, 2020:
@hankster Do I know how a wooden motorcycle goes? No, I'm sorry, I haven't a clue. Could I offer you this wooden bicycle instead? https://www.htechbikes.com/ Now for an Aussie joke: Did you hear about my horse dingo? I bet my money on a horse, but it din(d't) go.
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hankster comments on Jun 30, 2020:
sorry, we're all boring, dumb, and mean. enjoy and stuff.
anglophone replies on Jul 1, 2020:
@Hollyberry If I know @hankster at all well, I would suggest that it is just his sense of humour.
All enmity is created by its owner's ignorance.
WilliamFleming comments on Jun 29, 2020:
Absolutely! Enmity is also corrosive and damages only the owner. By hating we lower ourselves. https://agnostic.com/share/q492192/WilliamFleming
anglophone replies on Jun 30, 2020:
@WilliamFleming Except at midnight, when the sun is shining beneath one's feet. ;)
All enmity is created by its owner's ignorance.
anglophone comments on Jun 29, 2020:
Disagree. My enmity of Donald Trump is created by my knowledge of his racism and his elitism.
anglophone replies on Jun 30, 2020:
@Lorajay That also went through my mind.
All enmity is created by its owner's ignorance.
WilliamFleming comments on Jun 29, 2020:
Absolutely! Enmity is also corrosive and damages only the owner. By hating we lower ourselves. https://agnostic.com/share/q492192/WilliamFleming
anglophone replies on Jun 29, 2020:
@WilliamFleming He has a dog? Is he called Mike Pence? (Yes, I am being very foolish.)
All enmity is created by its owner's ignorance.
WilliamFleming comments on Jun 29, 2020:
Absolutely! Enmity is also corrosive and damages only the owner. By hating we lower ourselves. https://agnostic.com/share/q492192/WilliamFleming
anglophone replies on Jun 29, 2020:
I was never very much anyway, so I have very little to lose by my enmity of Donald Trump.
Catholic Bishop Will Spray Holy Water from Helicopter Over City to Defeat Devil | Hemant Mehta | ...
xenoview comments on Jun 29, 2020:
Guess he didn't think about the demons hiding indoors when he sprays?
anglophone replies on Jun 29, 2020:
I would settle for your first four words.
Me too hate that
MissKathleen comments on Jun 25, 2020:
Any excuse to bring the clitoris into the conversation, eh?
anglophone replies on Jun 25, 2020:
Like Bob, I am not a member of the clitorati. ;)
Floridians reject masks as work of the devil
Cutiebeauty comments on Jun 24, 2020:
What???!!!!
anglophone replies on Jun 25, 2020:
They have self-nominated for the Darwin awards.
Floridians reject masks as work of the devil
dalefvictor comments on Jun 25, 2020:
Perhaps they forgot to read the part in the bible where the rapture meant wearing masks for battle.
anglophone replies on Jun 25, 2020:
Perhaps they are incapable of reading.
If the bible is fictional, and some laws were derived from the bible, it goes to follow that the ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 15, 2020:
"If the bible is fictional, and some laws were derived from the bible, it goes to follow that the law is also fictional," Complete and total non sequitur. Most Greek philosophy is delivered in fictional discourses between two fictional characters, this in no way invalidates the wisdom contained ...
anglophone replies on Jun 24, 2020:
@Rich177 Imagination and awareness are quite distinct.
If the bible is fictional, and some laws were derived from the bible, it goes to follow that the ...
anglophone comments on Jun 23, 2020:
What a magnificent stream of non sequiturs! Thanks for the laughter. :)
anglophone replies on Jun 24, 2020:
@Rich177 Sigh. You are begging question about the nature of belief, the nature of reality, and the nature of existence.
If the bible is fictional, and some laws were derived from the bible, it goes to follow that the ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 15, 2020:
"If the bible is fictional, and some laws were derived from the bible, it goes to follow that the law is also fictional," Complete and total non sequitur. Most Greek philosophy is delivered in fictional discourses between two fictional characters, this in no way invalidates the wisdom contained ...
anglophone replies on Jun 23, 2020:
@Rich177 I saw the point of your original post as being a risible nonsense.
If the bible is fictional, and some laws were derived from the bible, it goes to follow that the ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 15, 2020:
"If the bible is fictional, and some laws were derived from the bible, it goes to follow that the law is also fictional," Complete and total non sequitur. Most Greek philosophy is delivered in fictional discourses between two fictional characters, this in no way invalidates the wisdom contained ...
anglophone replies on Jun 23, 2020:
@Rich177 The law is imaginary? How so?
Texas Anti-Abortion Group Sued for Defamation for Calling Opponents “Criminals” | Hemant Mehta |...
MissKathleen comments on Jun 16, 2020:
Good. Sue them for anything possible.
anglophone replies on Jun 23, 2020:
@Dyl1983 ?
I’m struggling with the statement people make when they say they are Free Thinkers, Critical ...
creative51 comments on Jun 22, 2020:
Words have meanings beyond dictionary meanings. Many people use the word spiritual in a unique manner not covered in the dictionary meaning. Perhaps a different word needs to be invented to capture what is being meant by spiritual in those situations. Until that new word comes about, you (and others...
anglophone replies on Jun 23, 2020:
The limitations that are inherent in dictionaries are well known to lexicographers, but they seem to be poorly understood by the general population.
What does this pic suggest? Your interpretation is highly valued.
nogod4me comments on Jun 20, 2020:
That America is doomed. Putting hope in an imaginary impotent phantom over and over again without results is insanity. If prayer actually worked believers would be famous, the evidence would be undeniable, it would be a viable resource that everyone would exploit. A fart would get more ...
anglophone replies on Jun 20, 2020:
I see it as the work of a right-wing chauvinistic Christian nut job.
Have you ever been offended by being an agnostic or atheist?
ChestRockfield comments on Jun 20, 2020:
I think what the OP is asking is: "As an atheist, do you find yourself bring offended by things similar to the way a Christian may be offended by someone saying 'Jesus Christ' in anger, or a Muslim being offended by a depiction of the prophet Muhammad." If that is the question, no, it's next to ...
anglophone replies on Jun 20, 2020:
@JeffMurray Pump it full of carbon dioxide.
Have you ever been offended by being an agnostic or atheist?
ChestRockfield comments on Jun 20, 2020:
I think what the OP is asking is: "As an atheist, do you find yourself bring offended by things similar to the way a Christian may be offended by someone saying 'Jesus Christ' in anger, or a Muslim being offended by a depiction of the prophet Muhammad." If that is the question, no, it's next to ...
anglophone replies on Jun 20, 2020:
How do you like your babies? Fried? Roasted? Strangled? Drowned? Boiled? Beheaded? Eviscerated? Crushed? Steamed? Comminuted? Raw? Sliced? Deviled? Shredded? Dead? Alive?
Have you ever been offended by being an agnostic or atheist?
Jolanta comments on Jun 19, 2020:
No, but I had a big chuckle when I was in the Phillipines and spoke to a Catholic priest and when he asked me about my religion and I said I was an agnostic he said he never heard of it. He actually thought it was a religion. I did not put him straight.
anglophone replies on Jun 19, 2020:
Aw, bless his ignorant little head! ;)
Why some people will not believe the facts. [theoatmeal.com]
JackPedigo comments on Jun 17, 2020:
Interesting and enlightening read and I totally agree. We really need to stop letting our emotional hearts do our thinking and start using the rational part of our brains. Of couose easy to say. I was surprised Washington's teeth had lead.
anglophone replies on Jun 18, 2020:
@JackPedigo I see that as your late partner as embracing facts (s/he knew the consequences) while also embracing his/her own personal values (which are themselves also facts).
Why some people will not believe the facts. [theoatmeal.com]
JackPedigo comments on Jun 17, 2020:
Interesting and enlightening read and I totally agree. We really need to stop letting our emotional hearts do our thinking and start using the rational part of our brains. Of couose easy to say. I was surprised Washington's teeth had lead.
anglophone replies on Jun 18, 2020:
I have a cognitive failure: I cannot understand why people reject facts, however uncomfortable they may be. My mortality is a fact and while my emotional reaction to that fact may vary slightly over time I nevertheless accept it. Moreover, I think it foolish to reject the fact, due in part because acceptance of it allows me to better plan my life.
Why some people will not believe the facts. [theoatmeal.com]
Redheadedgammy comments on Jun 17, 2020:
That was an interesting read. I will now be more aware of this backfire effect in my thinking.😉
anglophone replies on Jun 18, 2020:
I see the backfire effect every time I present a religious fundamentalist with relevant facts. The amygdala shuts down the pre-frontal cortex every time because they become massively stressed by facts that are at odds with their preconceptions.
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