The Anger Stage of the Cross

Surfpirate comments on Feb 17, 2021:

And then the Roman guard stabbed him with a spear just to shut him the fuck up.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 17, 2021:

hmm no anger issues there eh

The Anger Stage of the Cross

bookofmorons comments on Feb 17, 2021:

well it was certainly edited to ensure specific points of view so why not exclude that too. thanks for sharing

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 17, 2021:

"certainly"

If You Had To Choose?

SocialDarwin comments on Feb 16, 2021:

Being Pagan I can tell you they have fun social events! And after thinking more, native Americans were really the same as Pagan. >> the main point - “most” humans need a higher PURPOSE and RITUAL/FELLOWSHIP.. >>. And we pagans don’t care what your personal beliefs inside is - just come on...

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 16, 2021:

rituals though, you think? hmm

If You Had To Choose?

waitingforgodo comments on Feb 15, 2021:

Door five thanks Monte.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 16, 2021:

always take the third option imo, yeh

Preacher Who Said Marriage Equality Would “Jeopardize” the Future Dies of COVID | Hemant Mehta |...

barjoe comments on Feb 15, 2021:

It would've been more ironic if he died of HIV.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 16, 2021:

ha for all we know he did eh; "covid" seems to be a handy catch-all now...

Don't you just love spectacles? :-D

Joanne comments on Feb 15, 2021:

Seriously, what's with the fat shaming posts? And, of course, they are women.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 16, 2021:

admit it, you laughed :)

A man joins a very exclusive nudist colony.

Cast1es comments on Feb 16, 2021:

Seems to be a matter of give or take , the one is good , the other not so .

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 16, 2021:

ya, sorry, the lady was willing?

This is a good point

girlwithsmiles comments on Feb 16, 2021:

There are 47, wowsers, I’m way behind the times!

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 16, 2021:

narf

At one time my mom, because her dad was a doctor, gave me a lot of weird facts about the human body.

Donna_I comments on Feb 10, 2021:

So many things that can go wrong. An infected scratch could kill you. The whole idea tha we were created to "rule" this planet is a joke.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 16, 2021:

@Donna_I ha ok then

At one time my mom, because her dad was a doctor, gave me a lot of weird facts about the human body.

anglophone comments on Feb 9, 2021:

Autoimmune diseases. Mitochondrial disease. Cancers. Osteoporosis. Tooth decay. Hemorrhoids. Varicose veins. Cataracts.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 15, 2021:

i wonder if those could all be self inflicted?

At one time my mom, because her dad was a doctor, gave me a lot of weird facts about the human body.

Donna_I comments on Feb 10, 2021:

So many things that can go wrong. An infected scratch could kill you. The whole idea tha we were created to "rule" this planet is a joke.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 15, 2021:

well, yet here we are

I mean, WTF people?

freedom41 comments on Feb 7, 2021:

That is so many levels of wrong.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 10, 2021:

@FrayedBear ok, will do

Would you say that some agnostics know of seemingly endless examples where assertions about the ...

MakeItGood comments on Feb 7, 2021:

Yes, but not endless. :) and often the same examples by both sides. There can be Agnostic Atheists and Agnostic Theists. A great example is the biochemistry of life. To the Agnostic Atheist, the fact that life is demonstrably shown to be a sum of concurrent chemical reactions is an example ...

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 8, 2021:

@MakeItGood hmm im not sure they hold the same sway as ordnance salesmen in the great scream of things but ya!

I mean, WTF people?

freedom41 comments on Feb 7, 2021:

That is so many levels of wrong.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 7, 2021:

ha seems like doing the world a favor imo :)

Would you say that some agnostics know of seemingly endless examples where assertions about the ...

MakeItGood comments on Feb 7, 2021:

Yes, but not endless. :) and often the same examples by both sides. There can be Agnostic Atheists and Agnostic Theists. A great example is the biochemistry of life. To the Agnostic Atheist, the fact that life is demonstrably shown to be a sum of concurrent chemical reactions is an example ...

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 7, 2021:

"soul" and "life" are the same root in the Bible, fwiw

64 year old neighbor.

Stilltrying1964 comments on Feb 5, 2021:

The lies and rumors started at the very top. Helluva hoax, right? If you allow your religious beliefs to get in the way of good ole' science, then you should be allowed to die when Covid gets a hold of your ass. It may raise the average IQ of the population.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 6, 2021:

@Mooolah ah correction, .0003 or .03%, but regardless and not denying that we will not continue to die at a quite predictable rate moo, but a list of what you are more likely to die of than covid 19 would put this all in perspective ok. Why the intense focus on this rather than one of the many more pressing issues? "follow the money"

64 year old neighbor.

bbyrd009 comments on Feb 5, 2021:

ha well we could as easily be asking why we are getting offered a vaccine for a virus that has caused, so far, statistically insignificant deaths? I thought you guys were in love with the facts? 2.25 million/7.8 billion = we are getting hosed, imo

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 6, 2021:

@Mooolah traveling in a car...

Does anyone not secretly hope that there is a god and that we can spend eternity in heaven with our ...

holdenc98 comments on Feb 6, 2021:

heaven?....endless pastrami snndwiches, with a dill pickle quarter slice, side of potato salad, and dr brown's creme soda with no ice. crock mustard on the table....maybe an occasional corn beef sandwich and cel ray tonic for variety....... and all the pussy i want, and whenever....and nice ...

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 6, 2021:

no npr lol

Does anyone not secretly hope that there is a god and that we can spend eternity in heaven with our ...

p-nullifidian comments on Feb 6, 2021:

Of course, but then I wake up from the fantasy. It stands to reason that one of the universal premises behind the invention of religion involves an afterlife where we will be reunited with those we love. But I'm more interested in the mechanics of this entire process. What form would one's ...

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 6, 2021:

nice imo "universal premises" akin to Bible "homosexual" but "eternity" has to be made into "forever" first, rather than "a space of time, an age"

Does anyone not secretly hope that there is a god and that we can spend eternity in heaven with our ...

CuddyCruiser comments on Feb 6, 2021:

No use even thinking about. It will either be like before you were born, or going to sleep and never waking up again IMHO.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 6, 2021:

omg, someone with an actual opinion lol

E.

altschmerz comments on Feb 4, 2021:

He *did* get that from the babble, unfortunately.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 6, 2021:

@altschmerz ok well i'd first want to know who "they" is, *22Claiming to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.* etc doesnt really mind me of gay ppl much tbh

64 year old neighbor.

bbyrd009 comments on Feb 5, 2021:

ha well we could as easily be asking why we are getting offered a vaccine for a virus that has caused, so far, statistically insignificant deaths? I thought you guys were in love with the facts? 2.25 million/7.8 billion = we are getting hosed, imo

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 6, 2021:

@Mooolah ha well i am too i guess, but maybe a list of what would be more likely to kill us would be pertinent here

E.

Freedompath comments on Feb 4, 2021:

Actually...not to worry, nobody is getting into heaven, as ‘heaven’ does not exist! So nobody is up/out there, regardless of your sexual preference! Preachers need to be visiting the sick and heavy laden!

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 5, 2021:

ha why curse the sick and laden thus though lol

E.

altschmerz comments on Feb 4, 2021:

He *did* get that from the babble, unfortunately.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 5, 2021:

@altschmerz *Now we are confident and are pleased rather to be absent out of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.* https://biblehub.com/lexicon/2_corinthians/5-8.htm "We are cock-sure, i tell you, and would even rather be dead, and partying with Jesus in heaven..." (than to be doing what the proceeding vv advise)

E.

altschmerz comments on Feb 4, 2021:

He *did* get that from the babble, unfortunately.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 5, 2021:

@altschmerz well alt i cant prove it, but i am convinced that gay ppl was the furthest thing from Paul's mind, and allegory is being misread there...but if you are convinced, see, then you would of course not be open to that i guess right. But i'm pretty sure i could connect *coat of many colors* to "rainbow" w/o much trouble, fwiw Paul's lessons change quite a bit when you stop reading in English and read from a Lexicon, btw, at least imo. There is even a v, *Paul writes this way in all his letters...* that you might follow for more so if you like, bring your Romans ref here and we'll deconstruct it; believers usually go insane and block me for stuff like this, but meh

64 year old neighbor.

Stilltrying1964 comments on Feb 5, 2021:

The lies and rumors started at the very top. Helluva hoax, right? If you allow your religious beliefs to get in the way of good ole' science, then you should be allowed to die when Covid gets a hold of your ass. It may raise the average IQ of the population.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 5, 2021:

hmm, .0003% of us dying, you think?

E.

altschmerz comments on Feb 4, 2021:

He *did* get that from the babble, unfortunately.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 5, 2021:

? *No one has ever gone up to heaven...* so i dunno alt i suggest that marriage and even homosexuality are being used as allegory in the Bible too, although maybe not every time but for instance you might note that virtually all believers--with the possible exception of JWs, not sure there--believe in a heaven in the "afterlife," regardless of any other disagreements they might have? How hard is that to connect to "homosexual?" which is a bad translation anyway imo, "hedonist" might work better for many of the passages funny all the religious types either went in to whores, or had second wives/concubines, or both *prophets gone a'whoring* surely implies no actual whores though

Peace and love make us grow.

bbyrd009 comments on Feb 4, 2021:

well i guess Yah Himself said the same, *I said "you are gods,"* and i wonder if many of the terms in the Bible are not best defined in etymologies, seems to have clarified many passages for me--plus this guy is a freak :)--https://www.abarim-publications.com

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 4, 2021:

@tipi um, "that article?" i guess you mean the home page one? Fwiw that changes fairly often, pretty TIC right now i guess...but his etymologies seem quite informed, just pick a name

Do any of you guys have moments of doubt like maybe there is something.?

steveminerva comments on Feb 4, 2021:

I realize that confronting death, can make someone question the meaning or value of life. Folks can find eternal life reassuring, but I reject that for two reasons. First, there’s no evidence and as such, does not resonate with truth for me. Second, life actually has more value and meaning due to ...

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 4, 2021:

*I came that you might have LIFE, more abundantly* fwiw any "afterlife" in the Bible derives from a gratuitous reading imo, *No one knows where they go when they die* etc

My 12 year old for some reason has decided she is a Muslim now.

of-the-mountain comments on Feb 3, 2021:

Simple make her live under Sharia law!!! The Islamist when they recruit always leave out that women under sharia law are underlings and have no voice except to serve males exclusively!!! Tell her she has can not have dogs because they are evil and they must be killed!!! Tell her that her ...

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 3, 2021:

while those are the more radical aspects, i kinda like the intent. But seems to me even allowing her to immerse herself in their restrictive culture would do the trick prolly? As @Wildgreens suggests, ask her when she gonna get fgm maybe?

Ricky Gervais to Stephen Colbert: “You Don’t Believe in 2,999 Gods.

Leelu comments on Feb 2, 2021:

Excellent! I love the "test" analogy. If you destroyed all the religious books and come back in a 1000 yrs they wouldn't come back the same... but if you destroyed all the science books and came back in a 1000 yrs the science would still be the same. Superb!

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 3, 2021:

well, sounds good, but we already know that flood mythologies abound in cultures that were then separated, and the similarity in other mythologies is nothing short of striking, at least at times? So i dunno

With potty training, we wait for the child to reach a certain level of maturity and comprehension ...

MsDemeanour comments on Jan 27, 2021:

my glasses fog up I prefer social distancing anyway.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 3, 2021:

@MsDemeanour its isnt that i dont care Ms, but i suggest that we are focused on a virus that is producing statistically insignificant fatalities, while like 50,000 children die every day--for example--or, who has stats on suicide rates, now? So i def at least sympathize with those who have succumbed to c19, but my point is more like why are we focusing on this demonstrably insignificant boogeyman, and at what expense? Bc 2.24 million divided by 7.8 billion reveals, basically, an amazing sales job, imo. What are we being diverted from, do you think?

COVID-19 Where is the pandemic?

Paul4747 comments on Jan 20, 2021:

*adjective* (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world. By definition, Covid-19 is a pandemic. Nobody "prefers" having a pandemic, but most of us acknowledge reality. I'm glad you're doing great. The friends and families of over 400,000 Americans and over 2 million ...

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 3, 2021:

@Paul4747 honestly it isnt that i am choosing to ignore those paul, so much as i live in the country, where those are mainly just stories to us. So i do recognize a large divergence there ok

I have noticed on this site (app) there are more older people, that which i find interesting because...

bbyrd009 comments on Feb 1, 2021:

i guess an emerging thought is that our leaders will do everything possible to keep us divided, even to "providing" $600 or $1200 checks on credit, and will do pretty much anything to keep us from coming together, "social isolation" being basically sheer genius i guess

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

@davknight ha funny story; i didnt make enough in 2019 to require filing, so i got no "stimulus," but been getting them ever since, even though i'm getting mad overtime. So iow when i needed it i didnt get it, and viceversa lol. Been giving it all away tho

With potty training, we wait for the child to reach a certain level of maturity and comprehension ...

bbyrd009 comments on Jan 31, 2021:

"You would think this is the Black Plague. In 1918, with the Spanish flu, the death toll was about 50 million. However, the population was 1.6 billion. That worked out to 3.125%. The total current world population is about 7.8 billion, which means even a death count of 2 million is only 0.0002564%. ...

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

@scurry ha thot all you guys were so in love with facts?

Understanding Organized Religion......

bbyrd009 comments on Feb 2, 2021:

ha, cute :)

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

i mean--not to put too fine a point on it here--but it is over 2000 years later, and we are still talking about Him eh; He will "never die" lol

With potty training, we wait for the child to reach a certain level of maturity and comprehension ...

bbyrd009 comments on Jan 31, 2021:

"You would think this is the Black Plague. In 1918, with the Spanish flu, the death toll was about 50 million. However, the population was 1.6 billion. That worked out to 3.125%. The total current world population is about 7.8 billion, which means even a death count of 2 million is only 0.0002564%. ...

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

@scurry ok, but fwiw no one can "require" you to wear a mask...and i hear that two masks are recommended now? Bro you know like 50,000 children die, every day? Are you really buying a "pandemic" with a like a .0002% fatality rate, and population still rising?

With potty training, we wait for the child to reach a certain level of maturity and comprehension ...

MsDemeanour comments on Jan 27, 2021:

my glasses fog up I prefer social distancing anyway.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz "So what you claim is that because the world death count is lower on the average than the US death count we should ignore precautions that most countries are using to keep their death count down?" well Liz i mean you are certainly free to draw whatever conclusions you like from that; my understanding is that in China covid is over, and has been for months, restaurants full, no masks, etc? And again i would highly suspect any stats coming out of the US or UK, specifically, but you dont have to i guess. The math seems pretty unavoidable tho?

Pastor: Noah’s Family Cleared Away 12 Tons of Animal Feces on the Ark Every Day | Hemant Mehta | ...

of-the-mountain comments on Feb 2, 2021:

Where did they get all the food in order to make so much shit ever day!!! Fish, Whales, and others mammals such as seals, otters, walruses.where were they or did they eat them??? Inquiring minds wheedle to know???

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

@of-the-mountain ok then, ty have a nice day

Pastor: Noah’s Family Cleared Away 12 Tons of Animal Feces on the Ark Every Day | Hemant Mehta | ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 2, 2021:

One of the stupidest stories ever. I have noticed that some of the catholic churches, while staying catholic, are becoming more evangelical. Thus, their stupidity level is rising - back to believing that the bible shit like Noah isnt just metaphorical.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

ezackly imo big connect from RCC to Pentecostal i guess, hmm

Pastor: Noah’s Family Cleared Away 12 Tons of Animal Feces on the Ark Every Day | Hemant Mehta | ...

of-the-mountain comments on Feb 2, 2021:

Where did they get all the food in order to make so much shit ever day!!! Fish, Whales, and others mammals such as seals, otters, walruses.where were they or did they eat them??? Inquiring minds wheedle to know???

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

@of-the-mountain maybe, but i suggest that reading allegorically unhides the wisdom, whereas reading literally makes for good jokes, and thats about it?

With potty training, we wait for the child to reach a certain level of maturity and comprehension ...

MsDemeanour comments on Jan 27, 2021:

my glasses fog up I prefer social distancing anyway.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz ha cmon Liz, so all they gotta do is wait for 2.6 mil to die however, and then you are vindicated? I mean why not deal with the facts on the ground, today, etc bro; 2 million have died out of 7 billion, pretty inescapable i mean you do understand that that would need to happen like today in order to get our fatality rate all the way up to something like an annual .007% right, 2.6/350

He was everyone's friend! Lol

jeshuey comments on Feb 2, 2021:

He has a point.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

@jeshuey ah ok i thot something specific

He was everyone's friend! Lol

jeshuey comments on Feb 2, 2021:

He has a point.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

i'm behind i guess; what happened? ty

Nothing frightens a red hat more than someone else being different.

glennlab comments on Feb 2, 2021:

If you need a gun to feel safe, you have much deeper problems than you are willing to admit.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

there's a quote somewhere, Dao or something i think...ah, "When i defend myself, i am attacked." which on an ipad returns mostly crap in a google search, page one only or whatever, sorry

Pastor: Noah’s Family Cleared Away 12 Tons of Animal Feces on the Ark Every Day | Hemant Mehta | ...

of-the-mountain comments on Feb 2, 2021:

Where did they get all the food in order to make so much shit ever day!!! Fish, Whales, and others mammals such as seals, otters, walruses.where were they or did they eat them??? Inquiring minds wheedle to know???

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

wadr reading that literally makes you a believer of a sort, too?

COVID-19 Where is the pandemic?

Paul4747 comments on Jan 20, 2021:

*adjective* (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world. By definition, Covid-19 is a pandemic. Nobody "prefers" having a pandemic, but most of us acknowledge reality. I'm glad you're doing great. The friends and families of over 400,000 Americans and over 2 million ...

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

@Paul4747 paul, we have 2 million dead out of 7billion people, waaay less than .1%, and i dont know how that can be put as a "pandemic" any kind of way, your personal (and you gotta admit pretty atypical) experience aside? my guess is that the US numbers are so hopelessly engineered as to be useless, although i really dont know--but they arent adding up right, seems to me

With potty training, we wait for the child to reach a certain level of maturity and comprehension ...

bbyrd009 comments on Jan 31, 2021:

"You would think this is the Black Plague. In 1918, with the Spanish flu, the death toll was about 50 million. However, the population was 1.6 billion. That worked out to 3.125%. The total current world population is about 7.8 billion, which means even a death count of 2 million is only 0.0002564%. ...

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

@scurry well, so wadr we are not even having a conversation eh? With a fatality rate of currently .0002%, you are going to keep wearing a mask? ok

COVID-19 Where is the pandemic?

Castlepaloma comments on Jan 20, 2021:

I don't care that much, if people prefer all the covid BS. Been an international messenger all my adult life, just don't kill the messenger. I am doing great anyways.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

@Castlepaloma ha well i guess we're about to "borrow" another 4-5 $Trillion, love to know who is buying the debt? But looks to me like a deliberate crash of the $

I am at level two! Wondering if I have joined atheist or Scientology?👣.

bbyrd009 comments on Jan 31, 2021:

ha well technically agnostics eh? I take it there are no atheist sites? Does atheist.org suck or something? Not like theres any actual agnostics here anyway though lol. I wish you fulfillment on your path :)

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

@DangerDave ok then

With potty training, we wait for the child to reach a certain level of maturity and comprehension ...

MsDemeanour comments on Jan 27, 2021:

my glasses fog up I prefer social distancing anyway.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 2, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz 2million/7 billion is just math, Liz? and my apologies for earlier ok, im apparently not immune yet myself lol

Why Scientists Are Very Worried About The Variant From Brazil [npr.org]

redhog comments on Feb 1, 2021:

It's a superbug. Highly adaptable. This isn't a shock to me. It was bound to happen unfortunately

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

'member like ten years ago when they told us to *stop* using so much "antibacterial" shit? Bc superbugs? What iyo has changed? ty

Why Scientists Are Very Worried About The Variant From Brazil [npr.org]

bbyrd009 comments on Feb 1, 2021:

no offense but it strikes me as a fear-inducer, with no actual facts cited, btw how many are dying from this new strain? Is suggest pumping your immunity and not worrying even a little bit about it, but i guess that wont be too pop lol

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@Beowulfsfriend um, for any of the 50,000 children who died yesterday? You think? :) oh, but for the focusers on this new variant, you mean? How many of them are dying? I have no idea but i do suggest that social distancing and masks for healthy people is suicide, wadr. We are participating in our own demise now, imo. How do you make superbugs, after all, Beo?

The History of the Satanic Panic and Its Disturbing Consequences | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist |...

barjoe comments on Feb 1, 2021:

We are only advanced as far as technology. As humanity we have regressed. Think Salem Witch Trials.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

word. interesting imo to note that there was once a literal law of Sin and Death, that we for whatever reason keep trying to reinstate, seems like. We've...superseded the literal Puritans, but the concept lives on i guess huh? I mean God forbid anyone should admit the tiniest mistake lol

I am at level two! Wondering if I have joined atheist or Scientology?👣.

bbyrd009 comments on Jan 31, 2021:

ha well technically agnostics eh? I take it there are no atheist sites? Does atheist.org suck or something? Not like theres any actual agnostics here anyway though lol. I wish you fulfillment on your path :)

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@DangerDave "Oh, I can and have quoted you anonymously," only you wont be bothering today, right "Thinking people take notice of a word used in context and, if unsure, they'll ask for clarification." well, that would be ideal, sure, but iyo this happens every, single, time? Dave? Bc see, the first time that that does not happen, your absolute statement is made into a lie, right? What does "gnostic" really mean, dave? Love ya btw :D

I am at level two! Wondering if I have joined atheist or Scientology?👣.

Marionville comments on Feb 1, 2021:

Hello and welcome to the site...forget the points...the ladder into the sky is notional. The only person who nearly reached level ten just mysteriously disappeared one day without trace...I kid you not!

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@Marionville @CutieBeauty? i remember her, ya!

I am at level two! Wondering if I have joined atheist or Scientology?👣.

freeofgod comments on Jan 31, 2021:

The levels go by very fast.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@Marionville narf

I am at level two! Wondering if I have joined atheist or Scientology?👣.

Marionville comments on Feb 1, 2021:

Hello and welcome to the site...forget the points...the ladder into the sky is notional. The only person who nearly reached level ten just mysteriously disappeared one day without trace...I kid you not!

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

gtf out, who, may i ask?

I am at level two! Wondering if I have joined atheist or Scientology?👣.

of-the-mountain comments on Feb 1, 2021:

You achieve at your own pace here!!! It only cost time, not money, not a continuous trip to your bank!!!

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

word

I am at level two! Wondering if I have joined atheist or Scientology?👣.

bbyrd009 comments on Jan 31, 2021:

ha well technically agnostics eh? I take it there are no atheist sites? Does atheist.org suck or something? Not like theres any actual agnostics here anyway though lol. I wish you fulfillment on your path :)

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@DangerDave yes dave, but it also has come to mean basically "lie" now, right? "Urban myth," etc? and fwiw i am not atheist, nor do i believe you can quote me knowing anything (ever), so?

Why Scientists Are Very Worried About The Variant From Brazil [npr.org]

bbyrd009 comments on Feb 1, 2021:

no offense but it strikes me as a fear-inducer, with no actual facts cited, btw how many are dying from this new strain? Is suggest pumping your immunity and not worrying even a little bit about it, but i guess that wont be too pop lol

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@FearlessFly it isn't that im denying the numbers ok, so much as the focus; 50,000 children died yesterday, too, a much larger number eh, why not focus on that instead?

With potty training, we wait for the child to reach a certain level of maturity and comprehension ...

MsDemeanour comments on Jan 27, 2021:

my glasses fog up I prefer social distancing anyway.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz i would consider Harvard complicit, but again i really dont know any more than you do Liz, which is whatever we are told, basically? You need a cute meme to make you feel better about your position, fine

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MsDemeanour comments on Jan 27, 2021:

my glasses fog up I prefer social distancing anyway.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz ok, ty "The admitted number of dead in this country is already at .0135%" so now you're down to .01%...lol the truth always comes out some kinda way, huh? may i ask how this virus has affected you, personally? Anyone in your circle died yet? ty bc i dont know ok, but i suggest that all that "studies by thieves" and the "here's what it would look like if everyone died tomorrow" yack is a handy cover for stealing all the $Trillions, Liz

COVID-19 Where is the pandemic?

Castlepaloma comments on Jan 20, 2021:

I don't care that much, if people prefer all the covid BS. Been an international messenger all my adult life, just don't kill the messenger. I am doing great anyways.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@Paul4747 so " the sky is falling, the sky is falling," only the population is still growing, and the world had thousands of deaths every day anyway, paul? Fwiw i would be highly suspicious of any numbers put out by the US anyway, as they are obv busy robbing us blind eh

COVID-19 Where is the pandemic?

Paul4747 comments on Jan 20, 2021:

*adjective* (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world. By definition, Covid-19 is a pandemic. Nobody "prefers" having a pandemic, but most of us acknowledge reality. I'm glad you're doing great. The friends and families of over 400,000 Americans and over 2 million ...

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@Paul4747 "But we don't call it a pandemic, because we have effective treatments for it and we have reduced it, for most people, to a nuisance instead of a deadly threat. That's the goal for Covid-19 as well. But pretending that it isn't currently a matter of life or death is not going to help." so, i'm reduced to my original thought here, "a virus with a 99.9% survival rate i can live with, and is decidedly not a 'pandemic' by any definition of the word" wadr i mean the population is not being reduced at all, paul--the treasury is tho huh--and all other fact-massaging aside, what effects has c19 had upon you, personally? might be a better way to judge

COVID-19 Where is the pandemic?

Paul4747 comments on Jan 20, 2021:

*adjective* (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world. By definition, Covid-19 is a pandemic. Nobody "prefers" having a pandemic, but most of us acknowledge reality. I'm glad you're doing great. The friends and families of over 400,000 Americans and over 2 million ...

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@Castlepaloma "I don't see increasing population and more empty hospital would make covid a panoramic. Just signs of a poor health system." hmm, apparently its a fab way to empty out the treasury tho huh, whats biden about to "borrow," like 4-5 $TRILLION more? gotta wonder who is buying all this debt anyway? and ty for the rest of your post, of course dont expect any pats on the back now or later, when the post is proven to be the more accurate lol, bc ppl :)

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MsDemeanour comments on Jan 27, 2021:

my glasses fog up I prefer social distancing anyway.

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz so wadr, and all the rhetoric aside, you have already gone from like 3% to .03% eh? And fwiw idk, but i doubt any errors were intentional, the guy would get roasted up here, although maybe he should have quoted his sources im sure he just chose diff ones than you are; i would ask what is the material difference in your arguments? Btw its something i read in the paper, shred away ok, idc. but may i suggest that *something* is going to kill each and every one of us, only now we are just focusing on and labeling one of the things? You are a collection of viruses, and one of them is eventually going to kill you maybe, sure Liz, but meanwhile 50,000 children died yesterday lol, i mean pls?

Be your own best doctor Eat healthy, excerize and most of all, sleep well.

Alienbeing comments on Jan 28, 2021:

Your accusation of our health care system being the #1 cause of death in the US is vastly overstated. While we could have handled Covid better, even if we handled it worse, would in no way shed light on how other health issued are approached. Of course we should take care of ourselves. The way ...

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@Castlepaloma ha well i guess we can tell where an atom is, or where it is going, but we cant do both huh

I am at level two! Wondering if I have joined atheist or Scientology?👣.

bbyrd009 comments on Jan 31, 2021:

ha well technically agnostics eh? I take it there are no atheist sites? Does atheist.org suck or something? Not like theres any actual agnostics here anyway though lol. I wish you fulfillment on your path :)

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@DangerDave "You see, thinking people depend on working, accepted definitions of words to communicate." well again dave, so you say, but in such a way that there can be no exceptions? What if there are? What if there is only a single exception? Who judges who "thinking ppl" are, anyway? (Are they cousins of "true believers?") "Either way, I'll stick with the vernacular." well, the vernacular you have chosen anyway, right? What is the definition of "myth" dave?

"We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality.

Canndue comments on Jan 28, 2021:

Don’t know what the other xtians do, but Catholics are taught there is no accountability, all you need to do is confess and say a few hail marys...all is forgiven...

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@Canndue well, judged by "who"ever one identifies in "judgement seat" i guess; in this case we seem to be "in agreement" vis the RCC, right? Although i guess most ppl, believers, insist on putting that judgement in the future, there is no reason to that i can read. To our perspective, we have just *judged them for their works*, havent we and i am not in the closet on my belief in *some* force that started things going; i just hesitate to define It. They used their vowels, YHWH, which for us is actually a transliteration, not a translation, which would be more like AEOU for an English ear i guess? Can you pronounce that? may i suggest the possibility that we are led into religion in order to keep the truth hidden, and that *eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge" is something we all do pretty much, at least in the west, as opposed to eastern or "naive" thought, and that that stuff has nothing whatever to do with religion, religion is even condemned at every turn in the Bible?

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bbyrd009 comments on Jan 31, 2021:

ha but no one "goes to heaven" in the Bible though, hmm

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@DenoPenno well, excellent, i say, now you know who to ignore eh, when they cannot provide a Quote *No one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from it The kingdom of heaven is within No one knows where they go when they die All go to the same place*

I am at level two! Wondering if I have joined atheist or Scientology?👣.

bbyrd009 comments on Jan 31, 2021:

ha well technically agnostics eh? I take it there are no atheist sites? Does atheist.org suck or something? Not like theres any actual agnostics here anyway though lol. I wish you fulfillment on your path :)

bbyrd009 replies on Feb 1, 2021:

@DangerDave "The only absolute that defines an ideological atheist is a claim of knowledge there is no god." well, so you say anyway, yes "Otherwise, yes, there are absolutes such as the above definition of the gnostic atheist." hmm, you don't think that everyone who hears or uses that term is not hearing/using it slightly differently?

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MsDemeanour comments on Jan 27, 2021:

my glasses fog up I prefer social distancing anyway.

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 31, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz "You would think this is the Black Plague. In 1918, with the Spanish flu, the death toll was about 50 million. However, the population was 1.6 billion. That worked out to 3.125%. The total current world population is about 7.8 billion, which means even a death count of 2 million is only 0.0002564%. The data is by no means justifiable to destroy the world economy and eliminate all our freedoms." https://www.aspendailynews.com/opinion/what-does-the-data-justify/article_d64bb0ea-636f-11eb-8982-df2b2406c604.html

I am at level two! Wondering if I have joined atheist or Scientology?👣.

bbyrd009 comments on Jan 31, 2021:

ha well technically agnostics eh? I take it there are no atheist sites? Does atheist.org suck or something? Not like theres any actual agnostics here anyway though lol. I wish you fulfillment on your path :)

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 31, 2021:

@DangerDave well dave, my arg there is that it prolly does no good to claim to be agnostic if you speak in absolutes, like any other believer, "this is that, that is this..." i mean that basically defines gnosticism eh

Be your own best doctor Eat healthy, excerize and most of all, sleep well.

Alienbeing comments on Jan 28, 2021:

Your accusation of our health care system being the #1 cause of death in the US is vastly overstated. While we could have handled Covid better, even if we handled it worse, would in no way shed light on how other health issued are approached. Of course we should take care of ourselves. The way ...

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 31, 2021:

@Castlepaloma i actually *like* ppl who think diff from me, long as they arent militant about it :)

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FrayedBear comments on Jan 30, 2021:

You should try posting this to "Food Glorious Food Group" though I suspect that C19 is preventing most dinner parties. I wonder how the butcher will react to your order? The nutritionists will be upset at the lack of green veggies and the gourmands the lack spices! Where do you get a pot & ...

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 31, 2021:

in the mideast it would be over an open pit i guess, but this gotta be a joke?

Schrodinger's cat

Killtheskyfairy comments on Jan 31, 2021:

I guess that answers that question!

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 31, 2021:

@Moravian ha there's always a caveat huh

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bbyrd009 replies on Jan 31, 2021:

"The best cure for Christianity is reading the Bible" SClemens

COVID-19 Where is the pandemic?

Paul4747 comments on Jan 20, 2021:

*adjective* (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world. By definition, Covid-19 is a pandemic. Nobody "prefers" having a pandemic, but most of us acknowledge reality. I'm glad you're doing great. The friends and families of over 400,000 Americans and over 2 million ...

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 31, 2021:

but i gotta ask if we're not now focusing on numbers that are more or less average for a year? How many ppl died of flu virus in say 2018? The numbers the cdc provides dont seem to be adding up tbh, apparently we had a "pandemic" in 2009 too hmm

Be your own best doctor Eat healthy, excerize and most of all, sleep well.

Alienbeing comments on Jan 28, 2021:

Your accusation of our health care system being the #1 cause of death in the US is vastly overstated. While we could have handled Covid better, even if we handled it worse, would in no way shed light on how other health issued are approached. Of course we should take care of ourselves. The way ...

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 31, 2021:

@Castlepaloma "US population tripled..." well surely you mean US pop *growth* tripled right "intellectual disgustion" lol, stealin it! :D

"We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality.

Canndue comments on Jan 28, 2021:

Don’t know what the other xtians do, but Catholics are taught there is no accountability, all you need to do is confess and say a few hail marys...all is forgiven...

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 31, 2021:

which wadr is pretty much the opposite of what the Bible teaches, ok *confess your sins, ONE TO ANOTHER for ALL must come before the judgement seat (you, in this case; us) to be judged for their WORKS...* so, the point being that regardless of what the cult of sol teaches, they cannot Quote their own "source" for it, and will be judged to be hypocrites

"We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality.

UpsideDownAgain comments on Jan 28, 2021:

Religion claims that it instills morality because they create their own definition of morality. Want to have sex? That's immoral! Don't have sex! If you have sex and you are not married, we can abuse you because you deserve it. Now the people who are inflicting verbal abuse, neglect, etc, are ...

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 31, 2021:

hey, they can ignore *judge not, lest you be judged* and be hypocrites all they like, and see now how they have been revealed to you? *Let the dead bury the dead* imo :)

"We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality.

bbyrd009 comments on Jan 28, 2021:

blind faith is completely condemned in the Bible, *test everything, and keep what is good*

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 31, 2021:

@p-nullifidian i completely agree, and suggest that the Bible agrees too; it is the religious that are condemned in the Bible, and a Theocracy that imploded, after all, right if you read the post below however, StellarAmor? that seems to be the standard reply (removed), which i cant help but take as denial? Dunno

Could this be the go to solution for everyone's health?

Castlepaloma comments on Jan 28, 2021:

The solution for the people's health, is to be your own best doctor for most part. Don't trust the number one cause of death in the US, the health care system. The Government and the health care system lies to the people all the time. For example. By their own Government stats. The US ...

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 30, 2021:

@Castlepaloma :crickets

Could this be the go to solution for everyone's health?

bigpawbullets comments on Jan 28, 2021:

Wow. What the heck are you drinking/smoking/consuming down there??? 😆👌

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 30, 2021:

@FrayedBear maybe?

I love this.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 30, 2021:

. . . very 1950s, kinda sexist.

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 30, 2021:

@FearlessFly ah well interesting perspective, ty

Be your own best doctor Eat healthy, excerize and most of all, sleep well.

Alienbeing comments on Jan 28, 2021:

Your accusation of our health care system being the #1 cause of death in the US is vastly overstated. While we could have handled Covid better, even if we handled it worse, would in no way shed light on how other health issued are approached. Of course we should take care of ourselves. The way ...

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 30, 2021:

@Alienbeing ok will do ty

I love this.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 30, 2021:

. . . very 1950s, kinda sexist.

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 30, 2021:

i struggle to imagine how

Be your own best doctor Eat healthy, excerize and most of all, sleep well.

Alienbeing comments on Jan 28, 2021:

Your accusation of our health care system being the #1 cause of death in the US is vastly overstated. While we could have handled Covid better, even if we handled it worse, would in no way shed light on how other health issued are approached. Of course we should take care of ourselves. The way ...

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 30, 2021:

@Alienbeing well it would be meaningless to a gnostic, sure

"We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality.

bbyrd009 comments on Jan 28, 2021:

blind faith is completely condemned in the Bible, *test everything, and keep what is good*

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 30, 2021:

@p-nullifidian well wadr you have defined the term for yourself, like a believer, which is your right, but that doesnt mean that the original author who used the term meant it that way.

Could this be the go to solution for everyone's health?

bigpawbullets comments on Jan 28, 2021:

Wow. What the heck are you drinking/smoking/consuming down there??? 😆👌

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 30, 2021:

@FrayedBear seems we have reason to suspect either number though...

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StellarAmor75 comments on Jan 28, 2021:

If they have so much faith they shouldn't get a vaccine, or go to the hospital if they get sick and just pray instead. They can also throw away any meds they may take and just let their gods will be so.

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 29, 2021:

@Freedompath boy, but at what cost, im wondering. gotta run, i'll be back later, but you really think isolating is the way?

I grew up in a staunchly Catholic home in a Catholic neighborhood, and 8 years of parochial school.

snytiger6 comments on Jan 25, 2021:

I actually made it through reading the bible from cover to cover. However at the same time we were studying Greek mythology in high school, and it became petty obvious that the bible and Greek myths were generated in much the same way. So, it became obvious to me that it was all just made up ...

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 29, 2021:

@snytiger6 well i gotta agree that they have become more difficult to get, some of them, but there is also that the more things change, the more they stay the same? Most of the concepts are timeless i think, *eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge* particularly so iow--for an example--what if As the cultures changed the allegories were still completely understood in the context of the changed culture, up to the point that those in the culture became so sure of themselves that the allegories could no longer be understood? would you say that that is possible?

Be your own best doctor Eat healthy, excerize and most of all, sleep well.

Alienbeing comments on Jan 28, 2021:

Your accusation of our health care system being the #1 cause of death in the US is vastly overstated. While we could have handled Covid better, even if we handled it worse, would in no way shed light on how other health issued are approached. Of course we should take care of ourselves. The way ...

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 29, 2021:

@Alienbeing well so you say, but whens the last time you went to the doctor bc you were completely healthy? However you have gone gnostic now yeh, and can no longer hear anyway i guess? Your mind is made up, iow?

Could this be the go to solution for everyone's health?

bbyrd009 comments on Jan 28, 2021:

me wearing a mask to protect you, how does that work? Governments invariably seek to make their ppl codependent, and i dont know but i suspect all this mask-focus is just cover for stealing more trillions. But i mean if one is worried about a virus with a 99.9% survival rate then def wear a mask, ...

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 29, 2021:

@FrayedBear meh, i seem to be going either way, depending, but to my mind the second part there could be put more like "you become immune by getting infected; they are the same vector." Which seems to work for most viruses, flu viruses, the thousands of viruses we all share that mostly arent even named, but there are exceptions too, rabies, viral pneumonia, so i dunno tbh. Im not worried about getting infected, but wouldnt want to infect anyone who didnt feel the same way

Could this be the go to solution for everyone's health?

bigpawbullets comments on Jan 28, 2021:

Wow. What the heck are you drinking/smoking/consuming down there??? 😆👌

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 29, 2021:

@FrayedBear not disputing their numbers (bc i dont know) but i am noticing that a pretty wild range of diff numbers can be quoted

Can a combination of logic and probability obviate agnostic doubt?

TheMiddleWay comments on Jan 29, 2021:

**No.** Logic and probability are epistemological, conceptual methods. Agnostic doubt can only be obviated with ontological, physical methods. The most important lesson of science is that the greatest, tightest, most comprehensive and cohesive and believable logical argument bears *zero* ...

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 29, 2021:

i dunno, ive just recently heard the argument that science *invalidates* theories? Still thinking on that, but it does seem obvious once you think about it. I guess broadly the concept goes like "you cant ever prove anything conclusively, but you can disprove some element of it" or something like that

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StellarAmor75 comments on Jan 28, 2021:

If they have so much faith they shouldn't get a vaccine, or go to the hospital if they get sick and just pray instead. They can also throw away any meds they may take and just let their gods will be so.

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 29, 2021:

@KKGator ah really, not, i mean ppl marooned or otherwise isolated from larger society for long periods are at great risk after reintroduction, isolated tribes can die by a visit from us, right, stuff like that remember when they said to stop using antibacterial soap bc superbugs? what are we doing now? i tell you again we are participating in our own demise. healthy people share biomes. those cut off from the herd become at risk for diseases the herd has become immune to. naturally. i mean bam if you're immune compromised or otherwise at risk take steps, but tbh i think we're not even talking about the right thing anyway, i mean how does US have 5% of the world pop and 20% of its fatal cases? etc thats the beauty of a plandemic maybe ha sry for all the subject changes lol

Be your own best doctor Eat healthy, excerize and most of all, sleep well.

kiramea comments on Jan 28, 2021:

If I relied on myself to be my "best doctor". I would be dead. I'll rely on myself, the doctors that I trust, and continue living,

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 29, 2021:

@LovinLarge ah well there is that prolly, yeh :) could be that facts can be found to support any position for all i know lol

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StellarAmor75 comments on Jan 28, 2021:

If they have so much faith they shouldn't get a vaccine, or go to the hospital if they get sick and just pray instead. They can also throw away any meds they may take and just let their gods will be so.

bbyrd009 replies on Jan 29, 2021:

@KKGator ah well by that i meant even social distancing, or really any kind of interaction avoidance that prohibits sharing spit, basically, else how might ones immune system get exposed and develop immunity?