Comparisons of religion and Fascism: 1.

NotConvinced comments on May 1, 2018:

Fascism should be replaced with 'All Governments'.

fishline79 replies on May 1, 2018:

@NotConvinced Watch the film "Lord of the Flies" heh heh. What do you think I am, anyway.?! Can you give me proof that living under anarchy works better? Maybe you'll be lucky and get marooned on a desert island and you can play Robinson Crusoe.

When Eugene V Debs led his class in spelling at Terre Haut's Old Seminary School, his teacher gave ...

pixiedust comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Kudos to Eugene. Probably much happier and more moral for ignoring the admonition.

fishline79 replies on May 1, 2018:

@pixiedust You know, Pix, as much as I dislike religion, every one of them has some value. I was raised in Christianity and as far back as I can remember I resented having to go to church every week but I learned some things in spite of myself. With Christianity, all anyone needs to take from it is that one simple tenet called the Golden ! All the rest is window dressing! Wouldn't everything be great if everyone believed and practiced that little ?!

Comparisons of religion and Fascism: 1.

evidentialist comments on May 1, 2018:

You missed one, and it's an important one: 14. Both revere the state as a sacred entity. In the case of religion it is the body of the faith. Nationalism is dangerous in its own right, but to become a fascist state, the state needs to be worshiped in a sense as a deity itself.

fishline79 replies on May 1, 2018:

@evidentialist Strange: In my former statement the word god was missing. Is that a Freudian slip or are my keys sticking ("trump a god"). And I have been watching the idiot with apprehension for probably 30 years (ever since his first of a wife and Atlantic City). People our age who read and think have seen him coming. His "base" are clueless!

Comparisons of religion and Fascism: 1.

NotConvinced comments on May 1, 2018:

Fascism should be replaced with 'All Governments'.

fishline79 replies on May 1, 2018:

Well, I think as flawed as most governments are we would be worse off under Anarchy, don't you? Countries who have a non-functional political system traditionally default to a repressive Autocracy. I guess we get the government we deserve. Under your system (or lack of system), who would maintain the infrastructure, education facilities, environmental control etc. etc. that we all take for granted? If we give the Trump regime it's head, we might just find out!

Comparisons of religion and Fascism: 1.

AustinSkepticus comments on May 1, 2018:

BUT atheist communist dictators!!! Do they even realize that these dictators are acting more like them than humanist atheists? I don't speak for atheists but many do appear to be humanists.

fishline79 replies on May 1, 2018:

I tend to simplify and call all authoritarian regimes "Fascism". I really don't k Stalin was a Communist. He was pretty much the same as Hitler or any-other dictator, except he hated the Church, having been raised by Monks. Franco (for example) was definitely a Fascist. He used the church to carry out his agenda, so he supports my theory even more succinctly.

Comparisons of religion and Fascism: 1.

DavidLaDeau comments on Apr 30, 2018:

Well my religion may have every component of fascism but it does not matter. Its completely different because its done that way for "love."

fishline79 replies on May 1, 2018:

You must be a Quaker! I don't by the way, disrespect all religions or deny their right to practice and believe. Live, and let live, as as they do the same.

Comparisons of religion and Fascism: 1.

evidentialist comments on May 1, 2018:

You missed one, and it's an important one: 14. Both revere the state as a sacred entity. In the case of religion it is the body of the faith. Nationalism is dangerous in its own right, but to become a fascist state, the state needs to be worshiped in a sense as a deity itself.

fishline79 replies on May 1, 2018:

Granted, but # 3 kind of covers that. I guess that makes Donald a , though. I don't k we quite qualify yet but he sure has a good start!

Yesterday someone asked about the reality of the self.

ArturoS comments on Apr 30, 2018:

I’ve never accepted the position that there is no “free will.” Free will to me means choosing something instead of something else after considering all options. For instance, if a restaurant offers potatoes or rice, I believe that in picking one of the two, both, or neither I am exercising my ...

fishline79 replies on Apr 30, 2018:

I'll buy that! (I think I'll have the rice, today.)

I chose this quote from Robertson Davies (Canadian author) to clarify my belief: "The real skeptic ...

Tomfoolery33 comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Read a bunch of Robertson Davies back in the day, but it's been a while. Really enjoyed him.

fishline79 replies on Apr 30, 2018:

@tnorman1236 They made one great album (Bargainville) before the shit hit the fan about the lead singer"s alleged perfidy. Sad! (as Donald would Tweet) .........davidfishel.net

Yesterday someone asked about the reality of the self.

Sticks48 comments on Apr 30, 2018:

HUH!

fishline79 replies on Apr 30, 2018:

I guess you had "TO BE" there!

I chose this quote from Robertson Davies (Canadian author) to clarify my belief: "The real skeptic ...

Tomfoolery33 comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Read a bunch of Robertson Davies back in the day, but it's been a while. Really enjoyed him.

fishline79 replies on Apr 30, 2018:

@tnorman1236 https://youtu.be/5MeQK7JtLpU

I chose this quote from Robertson Davies (Canadian author) to clarify my belief: "The real skeptic ...

Tomfoolery33 comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Read a bunch of Robertson Davies back in the day, but it's been a while. Really enjoyed him.

fishline79 replies on Apr 30, 2018:

@tnorman1236 Did you ever hear the song "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors" by the Canadian group Moxie Fruvous? Great song. They are out of favor due to some sex-abuse scandal. Who isn't these days?

I'm almost embarrassed to admit this, but when I was a kid, I was almost 12 before I saw The Wizard ...

Sticks48 comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Every Elvis movie l ever saw made me woozy. Does that count?

fishline79 replies on Apr 30, 2018:

No, but join the club!

When Eugene V Debs led his class in spelling at Terre Haut's Old Seminary School, his teacher gave ...

pixiedust comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Kudos to Eugene. Probably much happier and more moral for ignoring the admonition.

fishline79 replies on Apr 30, 2018:

@pixiedust We seem to have a lot in common. I have suffered from Panic Attacks and ADHD (un-diagnosed when I was young), not to mention Acid Flashbacks and Anxiety! I have found that you must deal with these problems from within because nobody can help you. Here's a song for you from my latest CD....https://youtu.be/TRNNBRv3AIQ

When Eugene V Debs led his class in spelling at Terre Haut's Old Seminary School, his teacher gave ...

pixiedust comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Kudos to Eugene. Probably much happier and more moral for ignoring the admonition.

fishline79 replies on Apr 30, 2018:

@pixiedust Read Irving Stone's biography of Clarence Darrow. I think it's called "Clarence Darrow for the Defense." He defended Debs.

QUOTES FROM THE FOUNDING FATHERS: "Lighthouses are more useful than churches' .

TheAstroChuck comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Great quotes. However, "In God We Trust" was added nearly a century earlier. Religious leaders went to Pres. A. Lincoln, wanting him to endorse adding a reference to God in the US Constitution. Lincoln deflected, allowing the phrase to be place on currency instead.

fishline79 replies on Apr 30, 2018:

@TheAstroChuck Yes, and I think I heard that the only country other than the US who have ever "prayed" to a flag was Nazi Germany!

I'm almost embarrassed to admit this, but when I was a kid, I was almost 12 before I saw The Wizard ...

Razorjelly comments on Apr 29, 2018:

I saw Jaws at the theater with my folks when it came out in '75 or so. I had just turned 10. It had no real affect on me, but a few months later there was a movie called Grizzly that came out. It was a cheesy B movie about a killer bear (of course) and after seeing that I couldn't go to sleep. I ...

fishline79 replies on Apr 29, 2018:

Funny how you remember films you saw as a kid and, when you see them 20 years later they're laughable. The Exorcist really freaked me out and I was in my twenties! It still does!

I chose this quote from Robertson Davies (Canadian author) to clarify my belief: "The real skeptic ...

Tomfoolery33 comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Read a bunch of Robertson Davies back in the day, but it's been a while. Really enjoyed him.

fishline79 replies on Apr 29, 2018:

This was from the Cornish Trilogy. I had read the Salterton Trilogy many years ago and only read this one last year (I'm 71). I shouldn't have waited so long. It was even better. BTW You look a bit like him! Thanks, and get the books, especially "Rebels".

A COUPLE OF QUOTES FROM PEOPLE WISER THAN ME: "If you can't talk about it, it just doesn't exist.

cava comments on Apr 29, 2018:

We'll have a choice to make: "After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: all I'm offering ...

fishline79 replies on Apr 29, 2018:

You didn't include an attribution for that quote. Was it from Lewis Carroll or Timothy Leary? Heh heh

QUOTES FROM THE FOUNDING FATHERS: "Lighthouses are more useful than churches' .

TheAstroChuck comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Great quotes. However, "In God We Trust" was added nearly a century earlier. Religious leaders went to Pres. A. Lincoln, wanting him to endorse adding a reference to God in the US Constitution. Lincoln deflected, allowing the phrase to be place on currency instead.

fishline79 replies on Apr 29, 2018:

Pardon me, Chuck. I meant to say the words "Under God" were put into the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954. An inexcusable mistake for which I heartily apologize. Well, at least the "n God we Trust" was not there when the founding fathers started this whole rigmarole, so I was not entirely wrong!

When Eugene V Debs led his class in spelling at Terre Haut's Old Seminary School, his teacher gave ...

pixiedust comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Kudos to Eugene. Probably much happier and more moral for ignoring the admonition.

fishline79 replies on Apr 29, 2018:

I believed he ran for president 3 times (or was it 4) and was imprisoned for his left-wing beliefs.He was a Socialist Union organizer.

"The law is a bum profession as generally practiced.

sassygirl3869 comments on Apr 29, 2018:

Always wanted to go to law school.

fishline79 replies on Apr 29, 2018:

By all means do so. Perhaps you can make a liar out of Clarance Darrow!

God is a comedian, playing to an audience who is afraid to laugh....Voltaire

nicknotes comments on Apr 26, 2018:

In my experience Christians don't understand the Bible. They want to take everything literally so as to not offend their God even though often the text is ridiculous. For example it is impossible for Jonah to have survived 3 days in the belly of a great fish. The Jonah story is not true but was ...

fishline79 replies on Apr 28, 2018:

Yes, it's obvious that the Bible is one big metaphor but I prefer to write my own!

Here is my best description of God (or god , if you prefer).

Uncorrugated comments on Apr 22, 2018:

When you say we, who are you referring to? I have never used a god to explain what I don't know. I simply say "I don't know - I will try to find out"

fishline79 replies on Apr 26, 2018:

When I say we, I am obviously referring to the human race in general. At any rate, I don't believe you quite understood my comment. A writer writes subjectively. He is not addressing each individual reader. And it should be "Whom are we referring to ?"; or better yet, "To whom are we referring ?".

Do humorless people KNOW that they are humorless??

Seneca comments on Apr 23, 2018:

The Republicas I have met and known have no sense of humor indicating that your premise is correct. Trying to converse intelligently with them is like building something with wet spaghetti.

fishline79 replies on Apr 26, 2018:

Just watching a 'roast" of Donald Trump from Comedy Central, 2011. When it was his turn to roast himself he proved conclusively that he has absolutely no sense of humor!

Do humorless people KNOW that they are humorless??

Seneca comments on Apr 23, 2018:

The Republicas I have met and known have no sense of humor indicating that your premise is correct. Trying to converse intelligently with them is like building something with wet spaghetti.

fishline79 replies on Apr 26, 2018:

I once knew a funny Republican, 'til I realized I was laughing at him, not with him.

Do humorless people KNOW that they are humorless??

DZhukovin comments on Apr 23, 2018:

@AmiSue Do impressionistic people KNOW that they have a major lack intelligence? The bottom line is, if someone does not appreciate the humor in something, it's because they are already doing or thinking something else, and that is in motion. You can't expect two different things to be done by...

fishline79 replies on Apr 23, 2018:

Thanks for the new word. (at least, for me).

Should I give to Goodwill?

SallyInStitches comments on Apr 22, 2018:

If you have dress clothes, see if there is a local organization that serves the homeless/destitute in locating jobs & housing. They need dress clothes for jobs/interviews. They may also need casual clothes as well. No harm in asking. Keep in mind a lot of organizations have religious ties but ...

fishline79 replies on Apr 23, 2018:

OMG. What a cynic!

Any bilingual agnostic here?

Meta-Jen comments on Apr 22, 2018:

Hola amigo! Hablo castellano I també parlo català.

fishline79 replies on Apr 22, 2018:

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