This just isn't right, but anyway

brentan comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Poor Michael!

When you’ve lost the argument ...

brentan comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Pro : you'd never lose an argument Con : you'd never learn anything

No talking about Christmas yet.

brentan comments on Nov 30, 2019:

A few more weeks of goodwill among men can't be a bad thing!

According to my crystal ball

brentan comments on Nov 30, 2019:

His mom probably did it.

You tell them Ben!

brentan comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Fair (and sad) to say America has lost that claim to fame in the last 60 years.

Coloring books and crayons. Im there, dude 😆😆😆😆

brentan comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Freebies. Cool!

The first person that told me this was a jw.

brentan comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Whatever it takes to break up the winter.

Insert witty Neo/Morpheus line here...

brentan comments on Nov 30, 2019:

It's too depressing for me to think of anything witty.

Gratitude?

brentan comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Appreciation might be a similar experience.

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Nov 29, 2019:

Terrific song! I wonder how Phantom Of The Opera would have turned out with Harley playing the lead.

English rules are worthless

brentan comments on Nov 29, 2019:

Leis we recieved from our elders.

Holiday fun!

brentan comments on Nov 29, 2019:

Her hair is hiding the three numbers.

This is why you never trust my logic: If 3(12 oz beers) = 3 beers.

brentan comments on Nov 29, 2019:

I should wait til I'm drunk....

I believe less now than I did before I started to think critically, so that’s created a bit...

brentan comments on Nov 29, 2019:

I'm terrible with names. Recently, I kept getting a woman's name wrong and felt stupid and embarrassed about it. Plus, people can get testy about it. This woman, Yvonne, was very nice about it. I tried this idea where you associate something else with it and came up with '(Wh)Y can't I remember this name?'. Y for Yvonne and so far, problem solved.

well now that Thanksgiving is done for another year, its probably time the annual Merry Christmas vs...

brentan comments on Nov 29, 2019:

Those people who think different to me are complete bastards!

Sounds like duck...

brentan comments on Nov 28, 2019:

I can only hope Puddles had a great day too! She certainly got we......., no, I shouldn't say that.

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others." - Cicero

brentan comments on Nov 28, 2019:

I would have said kindness was number 1 but gratitude is a great thing if you have stuff to be grateful for.

“Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself.

brentan comments on Nov 28, 2019:

I'm starting to thinking along those lines myself but I'm hesitant to think too anthropomorphically about it.

From the "Bad Advice” column on The Establishment: [theestablishment.

brentan comments on Nov 28, 2019:

I'm disappointed by how few people are willing to put up their hands and admit they have no right to live.

Or something like that.

brentan comments on Nov 28, 2019:

“It’s almost as if science said, “Give me one free miracle, and from there the entire thing will proceed with a seamless, causal explanation.”’ The one free miracle was the sudden appearance of all the matter and energy in the universe, with all the laws that govern it.” ― Rupert Sheldrake, The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry

Opinions vary

brentan comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Holleeeeeeeeeeee !

For rocky horror fans

brentan comments on Nov 28, 2019:

'Don't dream it. Just do it'.

I've been trying to be on my best behavior lately.

brentan comments on Nov 27, 2019:

No, the cost could be way too high!

Mom is sick of your shit.

brentan comments on Nov 27, 2019:

Gosh. Who'd argue with that!

400 points needed so I am whoring to make level 8.....

brentan comments on Nov 27, 2019:

Here's a couple more.

I get two points.

brentan comments on Nov 27, 2019:

6. I haven't lived!!!!

Teen's TikTok video about China's Muslim camps goes viral China has incarcerated as many as one ...

brentan comments on Nov 27, 2019:

I'm guessing it's because Islam is a religion with political aspiration to global theocracy.

This is so true about BREXIT !!

brentan comments on Nov 25, 2019:

And some people think a lot of people are getting fucked.

Don't trust Intel...

brentan comments on Nov 25, 2019:

Oh well. Thank God it's not explicit language!

The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey tells a ...

brentan comments on Nov 25, 2019:

Those folk powered by holy spirit? Never!

I am going straight to Hell for this. Oh. Wait.

brentan comments on Nov 25, 2019:

Now that's black humour!

There is No 'Side B'.

brentan comments on Nov 25, 2019:

B sides were usually crappy anyway.

Fractal of the day.

brentan comments on Nov 24, 2019:

I think that tree is looking at me.

New to the site and group, Hello!

brentan comments on Nov 24, 2019:

Hi Welcome aboard!

Okay,,, what's a Gersburn..? 🤔 lol

brentan comments on Nov 24, 2019:

I got nothin'.

Waiter.....

brentan comments on Nov 24, 2019:

That deserves a tip!

You know I can't keep my mouth shut

brentan comments on Nov 24, 2019:

If there's method in his madness, it's very hard to see!

It works greeeeaaaat 🙌♥️🙌

brentan comments on Nov 23, 2019:

Just don't say 'my character'.

Just unveiled in a church in Zacatecas, Mexico - a Jesus I think we can all believe in.

brentan comments on Nov 23, 2019:

Well, that's a Revelation!

Steeleye Span - Thomas The Rhymer Who’s for a trip to ‘Fair Elfland then? [m.youtube.com]

brentan comments on Nov 22, 2019:

I've always been a fan!

Soon on the radio ^^ Who's happy about it? :D Wham! - Last Christmas [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Nov 22, 2019:

I really like it. No problem as far as I'm concerned. It's a very catchy song!

Lmao 😂🤣😂🤣

brentan comments on Nov 22, 2019:

I guess it was in a way.

I am new here and this is my first post.

brentan comments on Nov 22, 2019:

Welcome to the forum! This forum is definitely more about discussion than dating but it does it very well.

Dave Chappell is right again!

brentan comments on Nov 22, 2019:

Curiously, I haven't heard the term 'divide and conquer' in a long time.

Mythological smackdown

brentan comments on Nov 22, 2019:

OK. That took a long time.

Now reading "Understanding Ignorance-The surprising Impact of What We Don't Know," by Prof .

brentan comments on Nov 22, 2019:

Is it the idea that ignorance just means not knowing things and persistent ignorance would mean a person doesn't want to know things?

Love Song - Elton John [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Nov 21, 2019:

That's a nice song. I didn't recognise his voice at first.

In Spanish, the word papa means both potato and pope. 😂

brentan comments on Nov 21, 2019:

The fish god becomes the chips god.

I always knew.....

brentan comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Yes indeed - and it seems to be getting faster all the time!

Where is the snake?

brentan comments on Nov 21, 2019:

Horticulture at its breast.

“To a philosopher all news is gossip.” Henry David Thoreau

brentan comments on Nov 21, 2019:

I wonder what he meant.

Could this joke use some sharpening? Is it mis-lead?

brentan comments on Nov 21, 2019:

When the pen might not be mightier than the sword.

Today is Bjork's birthday.

brentan comments on Nov 21, 2019:

That's a pleasant but catchy song.

Go get help.

brentan comments on Nov 21, 2019:

"I tell you - I don't know him!"

Governors Jay Insley (D-Washington) and Kate Brown (D-Oregon).

brentan comments on Nov 21, 2019:

I live in a social democracy. It's a far cry from Paradise but it is definitely a superior social contract to one that uses the charity of the super-rich as the foundation for social fairness.

The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Yes indeed. 'By their fruits you'll know them'.

An Ottoman supply train still resting where it was ambushed by Lawrence of Arabia 103 years ago on ...

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Wow! Where's the railway? Gone like Ozymandias?

I'm not going to be on here as much for a while.

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

I guess we'll have to concentrate on our writing while you concentrate on your writing and wish we were having a real life. Oh well, throw us a bone from time to time!

[baltimoresun.

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

LOL. Affirmative action in art.

forgot again, to post earlier this morning.

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

I have that one in my kitchen. My ex put it up. Yeah right. She had more energy.

What do you think of the concept of "accepting that you're broken.

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

I think it carries the ideas of humility and empathy, and truth too so I'm in favour.

Stolen from a Facebook group 😂

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Tis the season to feel a victim Tra-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!

Hiding in plain sight.

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

That idea has legs.

Always knew there was something wrong with that Robin kid...

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Perhaps that's what it takes to keep a fantasy going.

It's all spin nowadays -

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

I want another book. Don't you dare say 'tsundoku'! I seriously plan to read this one.

Maria W. Horn-Interlocked Circles, Pt. 1 [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

I don't listen to much piano music. The last time I did was Keith Jarret's Koln concert. But that piece was really very easy on the ears.

Christian Group Unveils List of “Naughty” Companies That Downplay Christmas | Sarahbeth Caplin |...

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

I'm all for being atheist but let's not shoot ourselves in the foot! Christmas forever!

Merry Socialist Christmas!

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Have yourself a Very Commie Christmas!

I will go and demand answers!🤨😂

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Oh, the effort!

Translation: That uncomfortable moment when you realize that you have to go on a diet.

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Fat puddytat. Oh gosh, maybe I can't say that anymore!

Stevie is my kind of woman

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Stevie Nicks is an earth goddess.

A cock a memey post...

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Yep. That's what happens when women meet powerful men.

This apparently is counter tenor week for the Group so here is a contribution of my favorite example...

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

That's as wonderful as it is weird!

Forest of Tygers-The Human Monster [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

That makes Rammstein sound melodic!

The Bible is a manual for misogyny.

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Gotta keep them bitches and hoes down!

A beautiful moment from 'Throw Down Your Heart' [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

I enjoyed that. I never connected the banjo with Africa!

Take my money!

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

When you gotta hate every motherfucker in the motherfuckin' world.

Just call me Kermit.

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Or a thought that was just in my head and gone AWOL.

Morning all! Just a moan.

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

I think of the bass as the pulse of the music. For me, the best bass players are guys who don't stick to just punctuation the drum beats but play around them. I'm thinking of the likes of Leland Sklar and Chris Squire RIP.

Too cute lol

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

I would worry about a child wanting asparagus. Onions could be helpful if she starts getting weird.

Most Christians I know, including my mom and grandma, actually do believe that the Bible is "The ...

brentan comments on Nov 20, 2019:

Welcome to the forum. I see it as the efforts of Jewish leaders to maintain the identity of the people which was in real danger of disappearing while they were in exile in Babylon. This was happening around the 6th century BC. They used the myths common to the people around them and applied them to themselves in particular. It seems every people wanting to become a unified entity do this. One of the myth-making books in my own country is the Book of Invasions and the comment about it below could apply everywhere: Purporting to be a history of Ireland and the Irish, a critical analysis by Thomas F. O'Rahilly claims the purpose of Lebor Gabála Érenn (Book of Invasions) was three-fold: ... firstly to unite the population by obliterating the memory of previous and different ethnic groups, secondly to weaken the influence of pre-Christian pagan religions by converting their gods into mere mortals, and thirdly to manufacture pedigrees into which the various dynastic groups could conveniently be fitted https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebor_Gab%C3%A1la_%C3%89renn

Wisdom from the pulpit.

brentan comments on Nov 19, 2019:

Give that dog a bone!

Sounds familiar....like the whitehouse?

brentan comments on Nov 19, 2019:

He was a bad egg.

Prayer in school

brentan comments on Nov 19, 2019:

Alas, poor Yorick.

Lmao perfect

brentan comments on Nov 19, 2019:

The turkey repeats the words of Isaiah the prophet: Who believes what we've heard and seen? Who would have thought GOD's saving power would look like this?  The servant grew up before God—a scrawny seedling, a scrubby plant in a parched field. There was nothing attractive about him, nothing to cause us to take a second look - Isaiah 53:1,2.

Think you had a bad day?

brentan comments on Nov 18, 2019:

It took me a while to realise what was happening!

Going to drop this here for laughs...

brentan comments on Nov 18, 2019:

LOL. I thought the whole idea was that the place was black with people on the day. Maybe in Walmart, the place is black with white people on the day.

Millions of people wake up every morning asking that same question.

brentan comments on Nov 18, 2019:

Best not tell Eeyore. He's depressed enough already.

Alex, I can solve this one.

brentan comments on Nov 18, 2019:

I'm lost. Perhaps it's a good thing.

Man was talking to a friend and said that in his house he makes all the big decisions and his wife ...

brentan comments on Nov 18, 2019:

She would decide the pragmatic over the principle.

Contradictions of Biblical Proportions.

brentan comments on Nov 18, 2019:

I hope Aesop's book was an exception.

I just finished Chris Hedges book "When Atheism Becomes Religion", about the movement of the "new ...

brentan comments on Nov 18, 2019:

"They do not want to torture, imprison or kill those who oppose them". Give it time. I think the new atheists may very well be just a secular expression of religion.

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

brentan comments on Nov 18, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbZUufk7KYQ

Hi I have just joined so i thought I would say hello from the isle of wight.

brentan comments on Nov 18, 2019:

Hello and welcome to the forum! I'm Irish.

I was just thinking about the hope and joy that the non-existent flying spaghetti monster sky God ...

brentan comments on Nov 18, 2019:

That's a bit on the negative side. Life is wonderful as well as awful. Best just to forget about the Biblical god and make the best of things for the time we have.

Absolutely🤗

brentan comments on Nov 18, 2019:

Ego-nonsense. To be fair, it seemed very important at the time.

Don't look up..

brentan comments on Nov 18, 2019:

I'm PJed up for winter - brrrr!

That story took a left turn.

brentan comments on Nov 18, 2019:

That's real journalism.

I have been reading a book that is very related to thinking and critical thinking.

brentan comments on Nov 18, 2019:

I think I saw the video. If so, that's the one where he talks about the different perspectives and priorities conservative and liberal can have and if we understand this about people, we might get less testy about them expressing different views to ourselves.

Does science need "metaphysical naturalism" as a foundation?

brentan comments on Nov 18, 2019:

We could stop using the word supernatural because of its religious and magical overtone. Super or extra-physical might do but is that not the same as metaphysical? Kant claimed we are born with the sense of time and space hardwired in our brain. From space we use our senses to perceive appearances of external stimuli. He thought we never get to know the reality of any objects – just the appearance. It sure is handy that when we engage with objects whose reality we cannot know, those objects conform to the expectations we have of them. But if Kant is right, we experience reality at a remove. Do things get more complicated then, when we go on to consider the intangibles? Maybe they get easier if everything is understood as being at a remove and the word metaphysical might be understood in this way? The ancients thought of wind and spirit as the same thing, and this might be an expression of two things looked on as being at a remove. I’m going to read a book by Owen Barfield to try and get a handle on this ancient way of thinking. Curiously, it’s called Saving The Appearances.