Those who believe that humans have an "immortal soul" must be able to explain how this soul (or mind...

brentan comments on Feb 23, 2019:

I've read a theory that consciousness is out there, external to the brain which works like a TV transmitter to conduct consciousness into our bodies. This would mean that when the brain is damaged, it struggles as a transmitter to function but consciousness is still intact, just not getting through. Then when we die, consciousness continues, not needing a transmitter anymore.

I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like.

brentan comments on Feb 23, 2019:

James Taylor once dryly told his audience 'it pays us not to know each other too well.

Danton - Outstanding movie .

brentan comments on Feb 23, 2019:

A great film. Depardieu was a powerhouse for a while.

Song against Trump's wall? Bravo!

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

Humpty Trumpy wanted a wall Humpty Trumpty had a great fall No. I can't do it.

Take a good look around you.

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

Capitalism is great for promoting ingenuity and high standards but the inequality between the haves and the have-nots is far too wide. Social democracy has no issues with capitalism but tries to lessen the inequality between the two.

Don't be half-assed about jumping into retirement with gusto!

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

Those suicide pacts are tragic.

Flogging Molly. Drunken lullabies... [youtu.be] Anyone care for a Guinness with me

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

I'm there. Sláinte!

Ian Dury and the Blockheads. - Sex and Drugs and Rock n Roll. Live on TOTP 1977. [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

A talented man. I saw the Blockheads at a venue called the Stardust in Dublin where dozens of people were burned to death just a few years later. They played very well but my lingering memory was the aggression that came from the stage and permeated the air. Perhaps it was part of their persona; I just don't know.

So, it's Friday... what's up in your world?

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Canterbury Tales. Oh, and working my way through season 4 of Vikings.

Paolo Nutini - No No No [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

He's very good. I used to have his first album. I haven't heard much from him for many years.

I haven't seen this place.

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

And a Emo burger with flagellated fries.

It's similar to the bible.

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

I would say distribute wealth according to the division of labour. That'll sort the problem.

PS 16 11 - In your right hands, there are pleasures forever

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

I guess but you have to take breaks in between.

This makes sense, because they are made of pure hate!

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

That's like Jesus taking on the sins of the world. Or the Appalachian sin-eaters. Holy Geeses!

Need to up my point game!

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

Believe me, it would be like watching a clock. Just engage and you'll get there.

One Day One day I’ll be gone leaving all my assorted clutter for someone else to clean up.

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

We might gradually recede from memory into universal consciousness but for all we know it might be a good thing. The going, going, gone theme of the poem is very nicely developed. Another good one!

I heard on the radio that the average American uses three rolls of toilet paper a week.

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

If it's true, they must be using TP for everything from wiping their glasses to wiping their arses.

Look familiar?

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

A better killing machine.

Why blame the voodoo medicine man in Africa?

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

He preaches the Prosperity Gospel. I think that's a really perverted twist on scripture.

If you are an athiest, is not life itself just a philosophy?

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

I think it can be a lot less than that, like what Hobbes said: Life is short, nasty and brutish.

Came across this in my FB memories section - Cock-A-Doodle, Dave...

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

Not his biggest error of judgement.

Sarcasm is the spice of life

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

Oh well, it's the journey, not the destination.

Dead on!!

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?'” asks Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice.

I like Tim. Do you like Tim? [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

A very talented man.

Only 27 days!

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

Oh dear. I thought you were talking about Brexit. But yes, I need spring to come yesterday.

I should at least get some comments for points

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

Absolutely. Two wrongs make a right.

I'll just leave this here for any interested parties [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

Two great people. Stephen is well-known so enough said. Gay Byrne is local Irish talent but he almost single-handedly brought Ireland into the 20th century at a time when we were dominated by the Catholic Church. He did it through a weekly TV show called The Late Late Show.

I try to keep fear in check.

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

Don't keep fear too much in check. It might save your life some day.

[youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

Yeah, he said it.

Be the light whenever you can...

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

Be the light - pay lower utility bills.

Riverdance.

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

I was living abroad at that time so it was a great boost to pride in my own culture.

I'll bet he feels terrible (about being caught)!

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

That will test 'no publicity is bad publicity'.

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

General Patton knew how to deal with cowards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrtS2_TfbeY

Good news for transgender people in ?

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

I think I feel the same way about liberal churches as the mythic Jesus felt about lukewarm Christians.

Protection priorities

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

Priorities. The helmet is just an optional extra.

...it is being conscious of living.

brentan comments on Feb 22, 2019:

The unconsidered life...?

Folks I believe we are there.

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Wow! Jesus looks like Trump.

This applies to far more people than it should.

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Read it on the Dark Web before they close it down.

Pope and church in a frenzy.

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

This pope will only put victims first if he is legally forced to do it. Despite that smiling face, I don't believe he is the slightest bit sincere.

So I joined this group for motorcycles.

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Southpark nailed it. Bikers are faggots.

Gamers will relate

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Yes indeed. That's how fast the time flies with a good game.

It's hard teaching German, period!

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Benny Hill made it look easy.

Oh, I needed to hear this today! "Beautiful" by Carole King: [youtube.

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

A beautiful person.

Poll for you all Do you think cigarettes should be banned?

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

What would be next? Where would it stop?

Can you figure out this sentence, please?

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Solution instead of pollution?

Why did an ancient Egyptian king erase all gods but Aten? | Aeon Essays

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

I dunno. I thought it sounded reasonable to understand the situation of Hebrews and Egyptians living together in Egypt as the basis for some shared history. The commonalities, Moses being ethnically Hebrew and culturally Egyptian, the one true god, circumcision and the significance of the colour blue might indicate one came for the other.The last two, I accept, might have been shared across a huge number of cultures.The Hebrew exodus might have been the flight from Egypt (but not necessarily as the Bible writers tell it) after the priests rebelled in Egypt and went back to their old gods.

A question I saw elsewhere online today.

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

No. It's been too interesting. Costly but worth it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gxg5dcKsds

Maybe I'll read it later...

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

They got a name for the winners in the world I want a name when I lose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTB8p3GH1VI (I know, but they're very good)

In six months, abuse allegations against over 2,600 priests and church workers have been revealed - ...

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

To think the Pope carries on as if he can get these people under control. That swamp needs to be drained.

Still relevant.

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Well, wasn't he a rude man!

A sense of awe is very beneficial for our health and happiness according to a recent study.

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

I remember a time when Americans expressed awe almost to the point of cliché. I can understand it after my first view of Snoqualmie Falls and the Columbian dam. You don’t hear so many positive expressions anymore as the country struggles with a new kind of civil war. My sense of awe comes from the arts these days – the perceptions of ‘inspired’ writers, musicians and other artists. But what about the benefits of feeling small in the face of the universe? And would the converse mean that the search for individuality and fame is a bad thing?

[yahoo.

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

I wonder what his fundie buddies will think about that.

Is that an echo?

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Good one. It could be adapted very well to a proctologist too.

Thanks to direction-less, message-less Democrats, Trump will be reelected in 2020.

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Maybe they could find another victimised minority to support. That gets the blood rising.

Mr.

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

I was starting to think he only ate meat.

Bernie Sanders explaining where his political funds come from.

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Well said, Bernie but buy a bullet-proof vest.

Neil Young - Long May You Run (unplugged) [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Good old Neil. Mad as a hatter in his old age but what a talent!

The Steel Woods - Southern Accents [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

I enjoyed that. I was listening to The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down just a couple of days ago on this forum. I can't help thinking the South is still working its way through issues.

Brexit is like....

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

I think they'll be running on full steam again in a couple of years.

Being a graduate of high school in 1967, and having been born in L.

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Earth Mother, Goddess.

I resemble this remark

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Perhaps there's two of you in one package.

Joni Mitchell - For Free [youtu.

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Wonderful song. I liked the other one too that she wrote about under-appreciated performers, Furry Sings The Blues.

Joni Mitchell - For Free [youtu.

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Wonderful song. I liked the other one too that she wrote about under-appreciated performers, Furry Sings The Blues.

Who went through a Cat Steven's phase when they were young?

brentan comments on Feb 21, 2019:

I loved his beautiful songs. I was so pleased to see him come back for a bit. His concert at Vina Del Mar as the resurrected Cat was marvellous.

Who's a good boy?

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Oh go on then, give him an Irish name!

I'm rather surprised to have attained the dizzy heights of level 5 in about a week - and I've only ...

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

In a week? My goodness, I'm sure I took much longer than that. You'll sail through Level 6. Best get your oxygen mask on for Level 7 because you'll be scaling the heights for a while.

Hmm, maybe I won't hate her as much now

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Spread the hate. What's to lose?

I live in a city where there are nine women to every man.

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

But, but, but....something's not right in the equation. What could it be?

Grammar, Bitches!

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Time for cocoa, Heather.

Hahaha cars will be okay??

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Get your ass off the ground, mister.

Um..............

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Yeah well, where's the fun in that!

The sage battles his own ego.

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Well, that puts me in my place.

Do you prefer to be in a large group - are you happiest with a few close friends - or are you most ...

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

I'm completely reduced to 'a party of one', as Dante used to say. That explains why.

When I get angry, I go into the bathroom and lock the door.

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

And if you spend extra time there, you won't be full of shit either.

But I like her. She's like the Super-Villian in a comic book... kind of an "Anti-Trump":

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Jobs at Amazon are more like penal servitude.

You'll understand when you're older ??

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

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

Joy to you and me ✌❤

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

I'm goin' fishin'. That'll sort that hippy bastard out! Looks like Jerry Garcia.

Sometimes, all you need is....

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Don't worry, I'll sort that out Just shut up and listen.

The absolute best part of this were the comment from people telling their substitute words.

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

I've always thought of it as Murphy's Law. Recently, I saw it referred to as Godelian, after Kurt Godel.

She's thinking.

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Imagine feeling threatened by a car. Imagine if it had shift gears. That hussy would be headed for hell.

I want your opinions. Do you guys think what Israel is doing to Palestine is right?

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

I don't. I live in a country where part of it was planted with foreigners and the natives expelled to make room for them. The Jews should understand this too because the northern part of their country was deported and the land planted by foreigners too. But a sense of your own self-righteousness seems to trump justice very time.

Let's do the time warp again....

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Pervs go back a long way.

Relevant statistics.

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

That's really good. And it would look even better in kilometers.

There is no in between. 😂

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Isn't that the truth! I guess it's just utility value after all.

George Michael. - Going To A Town (Rufus Wainwright cover). Live in 2011. [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

The quality is undeniable. To me, he's like Buble with balls. After soaking the body of Christ in blood... Jesus H. I couldn't help thinking of Morrissey's criticism of America too.

Does anyone find that healthy sexual expression and openness is currently taking a unfortunate hit ...

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

If you're right, I better be more careful. I've never understood my sexuality better than I do these days and it's more complicated than I ever suspected. I tend to talk about it quite freely because of all the advice they gave about how it's good for me and good for others who might think they're the only ones dealing with these issues. But you may well be right and I'm damned if I understand why we might be going backwards instead of forwards. It's as if society is going forward legally and backwards on the street.

I've had no reason to block anyone till today. how is it done?

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Can't you just ignore them? And look at what they post occasionally. You might get a nice surprise!

Phoebe Snow - Touch Your Soul [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

That's a sad one, nicely sung. Don't squander your body, let someone touch your soul. Women seem to intuit the way physical connection is the precursor to soul connection.

My country has awesome meme's boom!??

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

I struggled with that. So it's eatery.

Wait! What! One day...?

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

LOL. One day each day.

Conservative Christians Claim Ocasio-Cortez Is A Witch Leading Attack Against Trump | Michael Stone

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Modern witches are so attractive.

When will the insanity end? [newsweek.com]

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

That pope is a two-faced bastard.

Female digital assistants like Alexa and Siri remain popular in Silicon Valley.

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

I'm using Alexa for a while and never thought of it like that. I have a choice of a few names so I use the name Echo for the second one, for no particular reason. But I believe the article's premise because I keep getting the feeling that every time law progresses social justice, the behaviour it's trying to improve gets channeled in a different way, sometimes underground.

YES - Lightning Strikes [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Wonderful band. I hadn't heard this one before.

Czechs clean thousands of bones in the preservation of a medieval ossuary. [msn.com]

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

The picture sends a message about death that's as subtle as a hammer.

Good for him.

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

He must have done something awful.

Because you may be a lover, but ain"t no Dancer.... [youtube.]

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Help! I'm getting an urge to murder someone. If you can't help, let me know if someone deserves killing.

Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

That's a terrific rhythm.

Hey from BC Canada. I'm originally from P Town OR but have been living in BC for few years.

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Welcome to the forum. I hope you enjoy your time here.

Human Rights are Womens' Rights and Womens' Rights are Human Rights. - Hillary Rodham Clinton

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

A beacon of light in a darkened world.