Beowulf news - [smithsonianmag.com]

brentan comments on Apr 12, 2019:

It's a great story told by a Christian who has a very high regard for his pagan forebears.

You know about the "Jew Tax"?

brentan comments on Apr 11, 2019:

Treasures in heaven.....

Hi all.

brentan comments on Apr 11, 2019:

Hi. Welcome to the forum!

The closed mind of Richard Dawkins

brentan comments on Apr 11, 2019:

I think of him as the 'David v Goliath' figure who took on an organisation single-handedly and won. I read two of his books, The Selfish Gene and the The Extended Phenotype, and they are truly wonderful books. No doubt, he will come to be seen as a stepping stone among others who took us forward in our understanding of ourselves. That move forward usually involves modifying what has been done earlier so I trust Dawkins' work will undergo the same process.

Deep dude

brentan comments on Apr 11, 2019:

No need - everything is connected.

Why am I not surprised?

brentan comments on Apr 11, 2019:

If it had happened in America, white middle-class Christians would have survived. God always takes care of them!

It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear

brentan comments on Apr 11, 2019:

That's awful! Still, there's always next year!

Pete Buttigieg, Gay and Christian, Challenges Religious Right on Their Own Turf

brentan comments on Apr 11, 2019:

I think they'll say his gay Christian lifestyle invalidates him as a genuine Christian.

Here's hoping any trial of Assange is fair and held in open court with full transparency.

brentan comments on Apr 11, 2019:

It is so long now since he went into that embassy I can't remember what he is alleged to have done.

No one jumping on the wagon of the event horizon telescope picture?

brentan comments on Apr 11, 2019:

I've just watched a 9 min video about it and I'm still none the wiser about it. I'll have a look at the image when it's available but won't really know what I'm looking at.

You may be cool ...

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

Bubble officially burst.

Dear Members last night I posted something in singles that was unkind and ...

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

Unforgiveable. Drunk and disorderly! Seriously though, I think lots of us go a bit too far sometimes with our preferred poison. To err is human....

"Faith is pretending to know, what you don't know"... Aaron Ra . I heard this quote on YouTube.

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

That's not my understanding of faith. Or the apostle Paul's. This is his definition: Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the proving of things not seen.  (KJV) or And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, (RV) -Hebrews 11:1.

This is so me!

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

There's a hole in the bucket.....

Is anyone else slightly offended by the fact that the Life of Jesus is on the "History" channel?

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

I would love a mythology channel. JC would fit fine in there.

Israel’s Netanyahu appears headed toward 5th term as PM

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

- control country - build temple - messiah arrives

Define happiness???

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

One of the joys of getting old.

Has anyone else noticed that Bill Nye sounds sort of like Kermit the Frog?

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

I didn't. I've often heard it said about Jordan Peterson.

No Trumpers, bigots, religious people, idiots, psychos or prudes.

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

No.

What do you guys thing on feminism ruining classical literature, cinema and drama?

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

No, I can't see it.

Just so everyone knows Charles Dugal airport Paris is the most ass backwards airport in the world.

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

I'll bet they got serious problems to deal with there.

Fantasies coming from reality.

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

Beyond those hills lies Mordor.

2 dead cats!?

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

Patrick could be insensitive at times.

Do what mama says...

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

The look on the little guy's face.

Homeowners

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

I think Rome got like this before the empire was destroyed.

Piglet asked Pooh - What makes the world go round?

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

Pooh shows he's not completely out of it.

The grass is greener...

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

Well, that's motivational!

Appreciate you??

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

Sometimes it just has to come to that.

Perspective...

brentan comments on Apr 10, 2019:

*“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”* - William Blake

Nudist couple offering to pay someone up to €580 weekly to tutor their son after last teacher felt...

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

They must have more money than sense.

HERE'S AN INTERESTING THOUGHT -- What will Trump's contribution to the presidential library ...

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

They'll refer you to his Twitter account.

Who wins??

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

If the girl wins, you know who the elephant in the room is.

So a trans friend of mine got kicked out of bar just because she's differant wtf

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

Surely that's illegal! Maybe there's more to the story?

[yahoo.

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

Buttigieg has invented his own version of Christianity which is fake so I think it's a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

If only those heartless Xstians had bothered to read their own damned book then they would know ...

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

Patriotic Christianity is a perversion from the depths of a figurative Hell!

At a reception organised by my fans at Medina University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

What convinced you to leave?

The Food Network ...

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

It must, must, must taste bad!

The Cure. A Forest. [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

Being morose never sounded so good.

Unless your ancestry were living, breathing, working, loving and dying on this land prior to ...

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

What, never!

Today's cheese has a different flavor! ????

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

I guess each side acts as if it is the top side.

Ugh! Normies! Lol

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

They had it coming - bastards!

Gregory Alan Isakov - If I Go, I'm Going [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

I was lucky to see him in concert at a small venue outside Dublin city. I still have two of his albums. I think he brought out every Jewish person in the area which was strange to watch.

wardruna solringen [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

These guy are big into their Scandinavian myths. I can't relate to much of what I've heard but I really liked the song Helvegen that they performed in the open with Aurora Aksnis on YT.

My favorite meme of all time.

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

We've come a long way.

Easy mistake to make.

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

Well, it does mean universal!

Doe Biden (Oh what- it's funny!)

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

Damn. I would hate to be a public figure.

History repeats itself

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

It's amazing how patient people are.

"To mend someone's sorrows is to profit a friend.

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

I think a lot of these quotes are based on the idea that man has an intrinsic value. It's probably rooted in religion, humans thought to be the children of God. As far as I know, philosophy hasn't challenged this view while the dogs on the street know that humanity is overrated.

Feeling this today.

brentan comments on Apr 9, 2019:

And still you find us older people going at it with gusto, some even getting out of bed in the morning with the plan to fight all day.

like a Boy Scout...

brentan comments on Apr 8, 2019:

Be alert! The world needs lerts.

Interesting that America could accept a gay president before an atheist president.

brentan comments on Apr 8, 2019:

Maybe the oligarchs who rule the country realise that if you place a member of a protected minority in a position of authority, that person will carry out their objectives and if those objectives are criticised, the critics can be dismissed as haters.

Things this site has proven....

brentan comments on Apr 8, 2019:

It's better that way.

The Rapture and the Real World: Mike Pompeo Blends Beliefs and Policy

brentan comments on Apr 8, 2019:

If he has the Bible open, I doubt it's on the Gospels.

Any book lover here? Who likes the Russian writers? If you do, which one do you prefer?

brentan comments on Apr 8, 2019:

I'm a Dostoevsky fan.

Looking for some positive alternatives talk today.

brentan comments on Apr 8, 2019:

I must admit I only see it in memes.

"As I looked at the stains on the coral, I recalled some of the eloquent phrases of politicians and ...

brentan comments on Apr 8, 2019:

It sure could open a discussion about the moral validity of sacrifice, especially because so many people look on the sacrifice of Christ as the apotheosis of self-sacrifice.

This is a puzzler

brentan comments on Apr 8, 2019:

Maybe a mum with two boys?

Buttigieg blasts 'hypocrisy' of evangelicals for supporting Trump [thehill.com]

brentan comments on Apr 7, 2019:

I'm watching a lot of E Michael Jones, who is usually totally preoccupied with the evil Jews, is now concentrating on this guy because he is homosexual. The curious thing for me is that Buttageig is a Christian.

A bygone era. Looked like such a good life place at one time.

brentan comments on Apr 7, 2019:

If you were white and rich? Is it a mansion home from the old South?

Gotta laugh at yourself, right?

brentan comments on Apr 7, 2019:

Yeah. Pack 'em all off to boot camp. That'll larn 'em.

The "both are the same" argument is devoid of any thought.

brentan comments on Apr 7, 2019:

Those socialists should be kept under a tight rein. They start thinking they're the secular version of holiness and everything they say is 'justified by faith'. Those types are far more likely to start killing their own, as we saw in Soviet Russia. Social democracy would be a good bet, a better balance.

Brunei to punish gay sex with death by stoning

brentan comments on Apr 7, 2019:

I think the U.S. has done enough intervening.

Just as I suspected

brentan comments on Apr 7, 2019:

Just in time - I was going into withdrawal.

Hilarious but true 😂😂😂

brentan comments on Apr 7, 2019:

It's crazy having discussions when we can laugh at memes.

Satan is right 👍😆

brentan comments on Apr 7, 2019:

If only we could behave ourselves!

Take the train they said.

brentan comments on Apr 7, 2019:

Maybe we should take the express train to negativity and save ourselves time and trouble.

Netanyahu Vows to Start Annexing West Bank

brentan comments on Apr 7, 2019:

They want to bring the situation to what they see as the logical conclusion, hoping that Palestinians and the rest of the world will gradually accept it.

What's the difference between a practicing christian and a schizophrenic?

brentan comments on Apr 7, 2019:

One is mentally ill and the other believes in a god.

Rant: Even family can be toxic as fuck.

brentan comments on Apr 7, 2019:

A short rant, thank goodness. But I sympathise. My own family was a disaster.

The people are waking up. Just a matter of time. [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Apr 7, 2019:

Not in Ireland. Can anyone else hear the people sing?

Who needs him?

brentan comments on Apr 7, 2019:

He just didn't understand.

This is what American Christians think Jesus looks like.

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

Crazy. Everybody knows Jesus looks like Robert Powell.

T toddler, coming up.

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I'm amazed we still get away with this shit.

I think gratitude is greater, if the person allows it to be.

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

Anne said all the right things.

Noah is more evil than Hitler and Stalin

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

Oh dear!

Do you find that people are getting more rude??

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I don't think people online are really seen as human beings. I think they're seen as ideas we disagree with.

Ugh, not a Kardashian!

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

Live and let live.

Christian Nationalism I visited some of the web sites and read some posts by this group and found...

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

For those who never heard him say "My kingdom is not of this world".

Who on here is looking to be in a balanced triad type relationship?

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

LOL. I think the old way is what we call balanced. Balanced triad might mean the third person is on top of the scales. But that doesn't mean my lust does not extend to threesomes.

Self awareness is not a thing for them

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

Listening to different opinions. Yuck!

Has anyone here delt with the Westboro Baptist church people recently?

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I say keep ignoring them. Engaging them is like feeding trolls.

And I'll bet anything that he later told all of his other equally insufferable religious freak ...

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

It takes the patience of a saint to put up with them.

This post is to wish our troops on both the USA side of the border and our troops here in Canada a ...

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

Stay home. Problem solved.

More like the clocks a ticking... and I'm not talking biological clock.

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

Yes indeed, do we need the rigmarole? But I still think we should treat each other with dignity.

[youtu.be] Giorgia Fumanti singing Fields of Gold in Italian

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

It's so nice to see a good song travel.

Today's cheese ????

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

Yeah, they're bad but you still get the odd laugh.

Just chattin'...

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

Oh gosh. Were the last two letters that troublesome?

Why can’t God have limitations and shortcomings as well ?

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I guess in our tradition we need someone who is better than us. In some traditions, they were happy with gods who were just more powerful than us.

Now I'm in Jacksonville living in nearby Atlantic Beach with an eye on First Unitarian church of ...

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

"Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need" - Matthew 5:3.

Who takes a stretch limo to Aldi's???? Lmfao

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

OK, it's bad but at least it's not the Social Welfare office.

Does the color of your phone really matter? Really?

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

It can't be a girly colour!

Does irrational fear of something, really imply love/attraction to that thing?

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

We haven't discussed it enough. We need people who want to discuss the problem without agenda. What arguments against homosexuality might be legitimate?

Yup it's a new one...

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

The mind boggles!

To what extent can addiction be compared to reliance on a deity. Please explore why or why not.

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I think it's about having meaning in our lives. Meaning fills a hole just like religion used to do. So far, lots of people haven't found a viable replacement for religion and are spiritually empty. Drugs are a substitute for meaning.

Don't believe it?..read on..

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

It's boiling down to is it white privilege or is it just being impossible to make a case against these guys?

Occasionally I clear out my block list because I'm human and sometimes people aren't as bad as they ...

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I wonder how many people are unblocked because it gets tiresome listening to people with the same opinions.

According to Freud . . .

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I didn't know Freud made observations about social morality.

Cutting back on social media.

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

Oh, you people and your addiction to real life!

What do you do when you are at a table ready to eat with other prople and someone begins saying ...

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

It's so hard to know. It's so downright presumptuous and egotistical. Then again, if you were an atheist with a very understanding nature, you could put it down to ignorance and let it pass. In this situation, I think the atheist is manifesting the Christian fruits of the spirit more than the Christian.

This is a direct result of Trump recognising the occupied Golan heights as Israeli territory and ...

brentan comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I think Trump is guessing that the stalemate has gone on too long and if he approves putting an end to it by encouraging the Israelis to occupy all of Palestine, the result will gradually be accepted by Palestinians and the rest of the world.