All the way back in 1917 a famous "miracle" supposedly took place in Fatima, Portugal where three ...

anglophone comments on Feb 27, 2020:

Children tend to be credulous. It is part of their survival mechanism as children. Being able to question what you are told develops as an adult, but some people are so brain damaged during their childhood that they do not develop that ability. Welcome to brain damaged adults inflicting brain damage on the children of their day. I am glad your brain survived.

AG William Barr: “Men Are Far Likelier to Obey Rules That Come from God” | Hemant Mehta | ...

anglophone comments on Feb 27, 2020:

For Barr to cite his non-existent God when it comes to men obeying rules shows that he is delusional.

Faith Healing Kills: Conservative Christian parents in Michigan who refused to get their dying ...

anglophone comments on Feb 27, 2020:

Anybody who claims that doctors "are [priests] of the medical cult" can only be described as being clinically insane.

I get tired of all this discussion about creating or listing reasons not to believe in a god or ...

anglophone comments on Feb 27, 2020:

Would you care to discuss the finer points of tiddlywinks instead?

WHY does the AHA questionnaire keep asking "do you believe---" As a Scientist one doesn't BELIEVE ...

anglophone comments on Feb 27, 2020:

The word "belief" is ambiguous in its usage. Not everybody is aware of this fact. Where context establishes which meaning is implied, I tend to give the benefit of the doubt.

Why You Should Never Say "It's Just A Theory" - YouTube

anglophone comments on Feb 27, 2020:

This reminds me of Eugenie Scott's YouTube video about science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M1hxGj5bMg

Faith Healing Kills: Conservative Christian parents in Michigan who refused to get their dying ...

anglophone comments on Feb 26, 2020:

I have nothing but contempt for the dangerous fuckwits who use religion as an excuse to deny medical attention to a vulnerable person. Such fuckwits do not have religious rights, they are committing religious wrongs.

Do you think your lack of God affects how you feel about the insults of aging?

anglophone comments on Feb 26, 2020:

I accept my aging process and the consequences thereof as being mere facts. I do not suffer fools gladly. The half-life of religious fools being in my company is about 2 minutes.

From There to Here

anglophone comments on Feb 25, 2020:

The models of the natural world that come out of science are far more useful than the models that come out of religion. Putting it simply, "It [science] works, bitches!". There is also the issue that different religions and different sects within each religion often contradict each other. Again putting it simply "Therein lies madness!". My own journey out of theism started with Karl Popper's idea of falsifiability, the upshot of which was "Nobody has ever provided any falsifiable evidence to support the existence claim of any god in the last 5,000 years.".

What do Atheist think about reincarnation?

anglophone comments on Feb 25, 2020:

Nobody has provided any falsifiable evidence to support the hypothesis of reincarnation. To answer your question, it is not even pseudo-science. My own view is that reincarnation is merely wishful thinking.

‘Belief’ definition I surmise that one cannot think about beliefs in the singular as if they...

anglophone comments on Feb 24, 2020:

Belief: a position accepted as being true, but in the absence any supporting evidence. Belief system: a set of beliefs on a set of related matters. A belief system need not have a core concept as it can be built around an approach to explaining the natural world. Think of the Greek and Roman gods, along with Buddhism and Daoism.

Hello coming from a catholic background,how do you fill or erase the psycological void of God ...

anglophone comments on Feb 24, 2020:

The void that is God became for me a fiction. I avoid the subject when it comes to friends. (My family is/was atheist.)

Small town residents threaten to sue their own kids’ financially strapped school over a rainbow ...

anglophone comments on Feb 23, 2020:

Such bigots are part of Donald Trump's support base. Edit: these right-wing lunatics are wrong-wing lunatics.

I am an atheist in a supernatural God but I have come to see that as long as someone is talking ...

anglophone comments on Feb 23, 2020:

The concept of God exists. To claim that "God exists ... as the beauty we see in the natural world" is to conflate ideas which conflating inevitably results in confusion. Religions, along with all their associated concepts, also exist. Trying to get rid of all concepts dealing with religions is as absurd as trying to get rid of the ideas of balrogs, pixies, and phlogiston.

Who has been the most influential Atheist/Agnostic famous person for you?

anglophone comments on Feb 22, 2020:

Richard Dawkins' "The God Delusion". He was not so much influential in me becoming an atheist (that happened 30 years previously), but I found his perspective enlightening.

My mom's concern for me and my husband's atheism.

anglophone comments on Feb 22, 2020:

What a blatant case of moral blackmail! I cannot stand people who push the line of "more in sadness than in anger". :( :( :(

Who or what created the covid-19 virus?

anglophone comments on Feb 22, 2020:

As @Matias says, good old-fashioned evolution by natural selection.

What would you say to a friend that was a flat earthist?

anglophone comments on Feb 22, 2020:

I do not have such so called friends.

So, how many of youse out there in 'agnosticland' have actually considered whether your position is ...

anglophone comments on Feb 22, 2020:

Please define which statistic you are using in this context.

So I'm at work and I had a customer ask me if i was a lover of jesus.

anglophone comments on Feb 21, 2020:

If you were a lover of Jesus, would that make you a homosexual?

Christian parents sue their school district to force it to out trans kids / LGBTQ Nation

anglophone comments on Feb 21, 2020:

It saddens me that such Christian parents suffer so much personal insecurity that they need to use gender as an excuse to persecute other people.

So I'm at work and I had a customer ask me if i was a lover of jesus.

anglophone comments on Feb 21, 2020:

The arrogance of that ignoramus is an unsettling reminder of the stupidity of Homo (in)sapiens.

The religious point of view: "I do not understand anything about the universe, and I am to lazy ...

anglophone comments on Feb 21, 2020:

I find your words to be a magnificent portrait of Donald Trump and those who support him.

BIG wobbles in Salt Lake as member ship levels fall so low, the big three have decided to make huge ...

anglophone comments on Feb 20, 2020:

I don't care how they (the LDS) try to dress it up, they are still a bunch of pathetic people.

Mormon Church Formalizes Punishments for Trans Members

anglophone comments on Feb 20, 2020:

That handbook is nothing but pious bullshit from end to end, written by intolerant frightened fuckwits.

What is your reaction to Commencement address by Tim Minchin? Is there meaning? [youtu.be]

anglophone comments on Feb 20, 2020:

Best: "Be a teacher". My reason is simple: without teachers, the sum of human knowledge cannot be passed from one generation to the next.

"We are aware the Satanists and Atheists have decided to pile on this poll.

anglophone comments on Feb 20, 2020:

Anything less than chauvinistic support for the god espoused by such lawmakers is seen by them as an attack.

80 year old Atheist scores a token win.

anglophone comments on Feb 20, 2020:

That some petty oik thought Hart's request was being vulgar and obscene shows the obscenity of the oik's thinking processes.

Christian Lawmakers Group Blames Satan After Twitter Poll Goes Badly Awry

anglophone comments on Feb 20, 2020:

That is hilarious!

Let's ask the big question: why is religion a fraud, & why am I not getting laid?

anglophone comments on Feb 19, 2020:

Religion: lying about God. Getting laid: lying with a woman. Remember poor Mary, Mother of God: She had a God almighty fuck (with her own unborn Son).

Love Your Neighbor!!!! No Exceptions!!!!! Agree/Disagree?

anglophone comments on Feb 19, 2020:

Disagree. Love is for those with whom I am compatible, and its cousin "respect" is earned. I cannot possibly "love" any neighbour who steals my horse! I rejoice in diversity.

Evolution is just a Theory? CORRECT.

anglophone comments on Feb 19, 2020:

Remember Christina Wilkinson of Oswaldtwistle in England who claimed "Evolution is not a fact. That's why it's called a theory!" https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/headteacher-mocked-over-evolution-is-not-a-fact-tweet-34421575.html

PLEASE READ! The red car was at a complete stop behind a bus stopped at a train crossing.

anglophone comments on Feb 19, 2020:

I have no time for those who would cheerfully commit manslaughter for the sake of their own egos.

If you ever come across someone trying to say atheists can't be good people because without religion...

anglophone comments on Feb 19, 2020:

I have no time for aggressive pea-brained idiots who claim that you cannot be good without God. Oh, and thank you for the link. :)

Anyone else hear the phrase, "I'm better than I deserve"?

anglophone comments on Feb 19, 2020:

Anybody who states "I'm better than I deserve" is suffering from more issues of personality and more issues of cognition than I care to name.

Have you ever thought of religion and communism as not being that different?

anglophone comments on Feb 19, 2020:

I presume that you mean both extreme religion and extreme communism. The former has a God that is *not* on earth, while the latter has a God that *is* on earth. Both subjugate the masses to terror at the whim of an individual. Think of Ferdinand and Isabella, and Pol Pot.

I see this here all the time.

anglophone comments on Feb 18, 2020:

You write "my way of being an atheist or an agnostic is better/more correct then your way of being an atheist or an agnostic." but fail to cite examples. If me having no time for the willfully ignorant is me being oppressive of them, then so be it.

It's Official.

anglophone comments on Feb 17, 2020:

An ordained atheist? Wow! Tell me, do you wear a Holy Colander on your head when you perform a marriage? ;)

It is an established fact that believers are deluded and liars.

anglophone comments on Feb 17, 2020:

As @Novelty suggests, if you cannot say it in at most 20 words, then it is not worth saying. (The above is 19 words long.)

know why you re an Agnostic because you re not afraid to think.

anglophone comments on Feb 17, 2020:

I laugh at those who claim that their particular god or gods exist.

So unlike my parents, whom I love, lol I am letting my son decide what to believe or not to believe.

anglophone comments on Feb 17, 2020:

At age 11 he has yet to acquire critical thinking skills. I went from ages 10 to 30 accepting the absurd claims of the God Squad.

A friend of mine posted this on FB today : So it seems that God has all these universes and species ...

anglophone comments on Feb 17, 2020:

LOL! If Man is made in the image of God, with what or whom does God have sex with?

This is a summary of an excellent BBC programme I watched on "chronic" pain and pain killers.

anglophone comments on Feb 16, 2020:

That is why I am extremely cautious about being prescribed any opioid. I have found that paracetamol (called acetaminophen or Tylenol in the USA) coupled with ibuprofen to be extremely effective in managing severe pain. It was much better for me than tapentadol (an opioid). Tapentadol also has no effect on me, and made me feel ill as well, which did not go down well when coupled with pain!

Humanist Action Headquarters - American Humanist Association

anglophone comments on Feb 15, 2020:

You can tell Trump anything you like, but he will not listen unless it conforms to the views of conservative Christians.

I've just started reading "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins and he say something that I never ...

anglophone comments on Feb 15, 2020:

Once I realised that belief in the Catholic god was absurd, I realised that belief in *all* gods was absurd.

Richard Carrier - Testing Religion Claims with Science and History - YouTube

anglophone comments on Feb 14, 2020:

I think Richard's excellent piece will be lost on religious fundamentalists as they reject the idea of using rational thought.

Richard Carrier - Testing Religion Claims with Science and History - YouTube

anglophone comments on Feb 14, 2020:

Thanks for the link.

Iceland Declares All Religions Are Mental Disorders [patheos.com] What are opinions here?

anglophone comments on Feb 14, 2020:

Vote: None of the above. Religions are belief systems given credence by the mentally infirm.

Religion has always been used as a tool to control the population.

anglophone comments on Feb 13, 2020:

Answer: such people are slaves to that kind of thinking because they have been brainwashed by other such slaves. The idea that they could have been told lies is beyond them.

Been signed off work with PTSD.

anglophone comments on Feb 12, 2020:

((Hugs))

Can sex overcome religion? You know what I mean!

anglophone comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Umm, it's easier to f^ck a woman than it is to f^ck a religion. ;)

How many of you have lied or decieved a potential employer about your being agnostic or atheist.

anglophone comments on Feb 12, 2020:

If any potential employer is concerned about my atheism, then that potential employer is not worth working for.

I'm in the mood,What are some of your favorite comebacks when dealing with something religious you ...

anglophone comments on Feb 12, 2020:

1. Was your brain given to you by your non-existent god? 2. May the Flying Spaghetti Monster (PBUH) have mercy on your immortal soul. 3. So *you* need your god to stop you from performing evil deeds? (Yes, I can be exceedingly snarky.)

Someone I know is dying and has expressed that she would like to just fall asleep and not wake up.

anglophone comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Thank you for sharing that. Your post makes me wonder if the "godders" (for the lack of a better word) are in fact more concerned for themselves rather than for your friend.

You can't make this stuff up. [cnn.com]

anglophone comments on Feb 11, 2020:

The word "corruption" comes to mind.

I started to study Philosophy as I wanted to see if there was any answer to ‘What is the meaning ...

anglophone comments on Feb 11, 2020:

The more I think about the question "What is the meaning of life?" the more I realise that the question itself is nonsense, as it conflates two mutually incompatible ideas. I also commend @Atheist3's comment to you.

I wish Christians would just be honest and say they have NO idea what happens when a person dies?

anglophone comments on Feb 11, 2020:

Anybody who uses Pascal's Wager as a justification for believing in God is merely flaunting their cognitive inadequacies.

There’s always gotta be that one Christian that thinks they’ve caught you in a lie about your ...

anglophone comments on Feb 10, 2020:

I have no time for the Merchants of Woo.

Dating scammers on Agnostic.com?

anglophone comments on Feb 10, 2020:

I find the great bulk of members of this site are extremely good at identifying scammers. It is my experience that Admin deletes their accounts very fast. Scammers will use a range of psychological tricks to snare their marks. I commend @KKGator's comment to you.

The world’s oceans are speeding up — another mega-scale consequence of climate change - The ...

anglophone comments on Feb 9, 2020:

That does not surprise me in the slightest.

Bill Barr’s secularism-bashing Notre Dame speech is far from over | Rick Snedeker

anglophone comments on Feb 9, 2020:

Facts and law do not matter to raving religious lunatics.

I'm just signing up. One of the questions is: Did you "use" to believe in a god?

anglophone comments on Feb 8, 2020:

There are different versions of English around the world. (For the avoidance of doubt, I am CELTA qualified: https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/teaching-english/teaching-qualifications/celta/ ) Ping @Sticks48 @bingst

Do you think it’s possible to have a life partner if she is Christian and you are an Atheist??

anglophone comments on Feb 7, 2020:

Some people may be able to live happily in that situation, but I know that I could not.

I have an atheist YouTube channel, am active on many other websites etc.

anglophone comments on Feb 7, 2020:

Your reputation far outweighs your nationality.

Very simple.

anglophone comments on Feb 7, 2020:

Agreed. I feel sorry for those people who mistake the Bible as being evidence for the existence of their god.

Mathematicians Prove Universal Law of Turbulence By exploiting randomness, three mathematicians ...

anglophone comments on Feb 6, 2020:

That is an elegant and very powerful idea. I intend to get hold of those papers. Thank you! (L)

A convoluted argument hard to grasp for agnostics, but if it were to succeed...? [sojo.net]

anglophone comments on Feb 6, 2020:

Sigh. Any attempt to tie the Big Daddy in the Sky to the urgent need to look better after Planet Earth is a nonsense. I have no time for such confused thinking.

Conversion Therapy Minister in Australia Arrested on Child Sex Abuse Charges | Val Wilde | Friendly ...

anglophone comments on Feb 6, 2020:

He is one horribly mixed up person.

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anglophone comments on Feb 6, 2020:

He could do himself a favour and start using his own brain.

If Adam and Eve only had two sons, Where did the son that lived wife come from?

anglophone comments on Feb 5, 2020:

Answer: at least one of the two sons had sex with his mother.

How and why do some people "know" there is a God?

anglophone comments on Feb 5, 2020:

Such people do not understand the nature of knowing and the nature of knowledge. They are usually significantly cognitively challenged.

Is it possible that you could be wring about everything you know?

anglophone comments on Feb 5, 2020:

Anybody who asks me that question immediately reveals to me that they are cognitively challenged. I have no time for such dimwits.

Borrowed from Facebook: By Donald Phagan When I worked in the funeral business as a counselor to ...

anglophone comments on Feb 5, 2020:

That difference may come from different people's different abilities to accept cold hard facts and to come to terms with such facts as may be upsetting.

I find it interesting, the amount of older folks on here who claim to be evolved due to extricating ...

anglophone comments on Feb 5, 2020:

My excuse for my own bigotry is that I do not suffer fools (translation: those who are willfully ignorant) gladly. I also have no time for homophobes, sexists, racists, ageists, xenophobes, narcissists and anybody else who regards themselves as superior to other people.

I would like to know how many of you would vote against someone soley due to their open religious ...

anglophone comments on Feb 4, 2020:

It would for me depend on just how egregious was their religious agenda. The tax exemption for churches I can and do tolerate, but compulsory religious education is an absolute no-no.

Dave Daubenmire Hopes to Sue the NFL for Putting His Eternal Salvation at Risk With the Super Bowl ...

anglophone comments on Feb 4, 2020:

Let's face it, he is not overburdened with brains.

Attorney General Warns of 'Militant Secular Effort' to Drive Out Religion

anglophone comments on Feb 4, 2020:

So the Attorney General has an issue with the push back by the Sane People against the bullshit and lies peddled by the God Mob? Somebody give him a jelly baby - it might help him to feel better.

I would like to propose that we view religions in a manner that would make them a lesser source of ...

anglophone comments on Feb 4, 2020:

Please be aware that religions are systems of thought. As such, they cannot supply services. Religious *people* may supply services, but that is an entirely separate issue.

Some thinking on drawing a line between moral decisions and religious decisions.

anglophone comments on Feb 4, 2020:

In my view, moral decisions have nothing to do with religious decisions. Moral decisions are concerned with how individual people relate to other people. Religious decisions are concerned with how egomaniacs who are in positions of power are able to subjugate other people for their own purposes through the (fictional!) threat of Hell.

Thought I’d share this video to discuss.

anglophone comments on Feb 3, 2020:

There are gullible people who believe this sort of nonsense for the whole of their lives, whereas you had the common sense to grow out of it.

Has anybody run into the Contingency Argument before? It's much like the Cosmological Argument

anglophone comments on Feb 2, 2020:

I had not heard of it before. Leibniz, great mathematician though he was, was clearly not using his brain.

A Nashville Art School Will Purge All Non-Christian Faculty Now That It Has Been Taken Over by a ...

anglophone comments on Feb 2, 2020:

Such people suffer from debilitating personal insecurity and they use that as an excuse to bully other people.

I can't say I'm very shocked by these comments, but it does make me wonder how these people could ...

anglophone comments on Feb 2, 2020:

Such people are merely carrying out the wishes of their psychopathic genocidal god. It is not possible to have rational debate with them.

Christian groups are outraged by the Super Bowl drag queen ad / LGBTQ Nation

anglophone comments on Feb 2, 2020:

Aw, bless their God-given (= non-existent) little brains! :D :D :D

Could I be considered an atheist or a deist?

anglophone comments on Feb 1, 2020:

You are an atheist when it comes to the Abrahamic God. When it comes to the other half of your question, I would call you an assumptionist: you assume that the universe was created. To answer your question: I would consider you to be an atheist *and* an assumptionist.

It is IMPORTANT TO NOTE this is informal, conversation among peers, in a respectful group ...

anglophone comments on Feb 1, 2020:

I should introduce myself. My own mental health is going downhill since September of 2019. I have been under the care of a number of professional psychiatrists since 2018. (For the avoidance of doubt, both those years are correct.) I am not suicidal, and I have discovered that I am incapable of suicide. I am here to share my own experience and to learn from other people's experiences.

Christian TV Host: Coronavirus Sent To Punish Those Who Mock God | Michael Stone

anglophone comments on Feb 1, 2020:

Facts mean nothing to the willfully ignorant.

You guys need to stop with this "scientific method" worship

anglophone comments on Feb 1, 2020:

I have never worshipped the Scientific Method. I am incapable of following your injunction.

Humans Are Hardwired to Dismiss Facts That Don’t Fit Their Worldview

anglophone comments on Feb 1, 2020:

I see this as a manifestation of the lack of cognitive flexibility among conservative people.

The Corona Virus is pretty scary stuff! But my dad is convinced that it's the starting of the ...

anglophone comments on Feb 1, 2020:

When people are frightened it is common for them to stop thinking clearly.

One of the thoughts that has occurred to me, when considering biotechnology, is that if humans can ...

anglophone comments on Jan 30, 2020:

It may be conceivable, but would it be desirable?

Are we afraid of religion?

anglophone comments on Jan 30, 2020:

I am not afraid of religion. I am afraid (if that is the right word) of people who coerce, bully, rob, rape, torture and murder in the name of their religion.

Coronavirus is a punishment from God: Conservative Christian TV Host Rick Wiles claims that the ...

anglophone comments on Jan 30, 2020:

I wonder if coronavirus will purge the world of stupid people.

Long ago I was with a group at a get-together after a funeral.

anglophone comments on Jan 29, 2020:

I prefer the term "cognitive failure" rather than delusional. I need to justify the above remark. Such people consistently use logical fallacies to justify their positions. Moreover, they are never able to justify their assumptions. The words "facts, truths and beliefs" are worthy of some consideration along with the idea of "a model of reality". Facts, to quote Eugenie Scott, are a dime a dozen - they are things that you can observe and measure directly. Truths are personal - one might even go so far as to say that everybody's truth is different, one has only to compare an atheist's truths with a theist's truths. For my money, a belief is a position claimed without any supporting evidence. Different people have different models of reality, which is why some people can function in this life better than other people: people who pray for a cure for their cancer are far more likely to die early rather than those who seek a medical cure.

So, several months ago, a friend of a friend on FB posted some pro"Christian," pro conservative BS.

anglophone comments on Jan 29, 2020:

I have no time for people who refuse to use their (God-given, hence non-existent?) brains!

I'm so tired of seeing all this stand-up-for-Jesus and conservatism on FB! I reacted to my sister's ...

anglophone comments on Jan 29, 2020:

There are two things that I value most highly in other people: compassion, and the ability to think. I have no time for people who willfully engage in making logical fallacies.

I might have fucked up on Facebook, ya’ll.

anglophone comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Religious nutters all regard themselves as being oppressed when they are prevented from ramming their particular god down other people's throats. They often resort to threats of violence when they are forced to use their (God-given, hence non-existent) brains.

Here we go again. An article on Trump's Middle East Peace ( ?

anglophone comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Everything that King Midas touched turned into gold. Everything that Donald Trump touches turns into sh!t.

Christian Website: The Bible Says an Asteroid Will Crash Into Earth in 2029 | Hemant Mehta | ...

anglophone comments on Jan 28, 2020:

There is one thing for which religious nutters can be relied upon: a jolly good LAUGH!

When I know that a friend is coming over and will try to engage in a religious conversation I like ...

anglophone comments on Jan 28, 2020:

I don't bother to cite any sources, as the works by the likes of Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins mean nothing to them. I prefer to tie them up in their own logical fallacies - I find that is much easier, much faster, and much more effective.