So... I realized last night that eventually, this whole TP shortage will affect my love life!

Cyklone comments on Mar 19, 2020:

As with AnneW. And..What love life? And.. I'm not sure if I want to know this, but how?

10 things we allegedly did not know about orgasm.

Cyklone comments on Mar 18, 2020:

This gives new credibility to Linda Lovelace. 😀

something to distract for a moment

Cyklone comments on Mar 18, 2020:

I'm still not sure how that happens, but it's like some part of your brain goes into neutral. The same thing happens to women when you show them a newborn. There has to be a link there somewhere. 🤣🤣

A recipe for home-made Satay Prawns ( Shrimps as you yankees call them) that I made for dinner last ...

Cyklone comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Bloody hell man, you forgot the chilis and the cold beer. 😀😀

"Italian Hospitals Rationing Healthcare for Older, Sicker Coronavirus Patients" [breitbart.

Cyklone comments on Mar 17, 2020:

I suspect that triage in USA won't be on the basis of likelihood of recovery but more on the basis of ability to pay.

I just made up a new term “Corona cabin fever” or CCF.

Cyklone comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Every time I think about commenting on this my mind wanders down some dirt track. So I'm just going to ignore it and go away. 😈

Do you think the Corono-virus will hurt or help religion?

Cyklone comments on Mar 17, 2020:

I saw a picture of a town i USA that had been devastated by cyclones but the church was still standing. This was held up as proof of god's mercy. Noone seemed perceptive enough to ask about all the houses and lives destroyed while an empty building escaped. This seems to indicate that religious people have an unfathomable ability to deceive themselves about the benificence, or lack thereof, with regard to their imaginary psychopath. Consequently I don't thnk the virus will have any impact on religion. Those that believe will keep believing and those that don't will keep shaking their heads in fascination at the stupidity.

Do you think the Corono-virus will hurt or help religion?

Cyklone comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Well you could argue that they are more likely to rely on prayer rather than medicine and practical behaviours so more of them will die, so hurting religion. But most of them are hypocrites anyway so they'll say one thing and do another. So it will probably have little effect.

STELLA'S BEST LEAF JUMPS OF ALL TIME [youtube.com]

Cyklone comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Love it 🤗

Hello everybody! Now that we have a "hunker down" situation in a lot of places, what are your hunker...

Cyklone comments on Mar 17, 2020:

I have solar power and I live in a very sunny country 😀😀😀😀

Was I dead when I had no heart in me.

Cyklone comments on Mar 16, 2020:

The definition of dead has changed with technology. It was once heart stopped but I think now it's more to do with brain activity and heart stopped if your body is at room temperature. Because apparently you can be really cold and look clinically dead. Damned if I know when you are dead according to religion because they have miracles that can bring you back. 🤣🤣

So - I'll admit I'm really good at being a loner, and have practiced this "self-isolating" stuff ...

Cyklone comments on Mar 16, 2020:

I don't think of it as isolation time but as me time and I'm getting more and more selfish with that. I find that that I enjoy the company of the opposite sex, but in small doses, and that isn't a sexual reference. I'm just pretty ok with being by myself. I do have a dog, a rottie, and he's very affectionate.

Struggling with hell/satan/evil stuff.

Cyklone comments on Mar 16, 2020:

I don't believe in a soul. I mean, where is it? How does it interact with the body because if it doesn't interact with the body how could it learn/change/evolve? And if it can't do that, what's the sense of it? Why is there no evidence whatsoever that a soul exists despite research. Who have souls, people, dogs, cockroaches? It's all bullshit, when you're dead you're dead: no heaven, hell, ghosts, spirits etc. Just dead. And you won't care, because you'll be dead.

Seneca . . . events

Cyklone comments on Mar 14, 2020:

I agree in principle, but I imagine it would be a bit hard to keep a positive view of much if you and your kids were in the middle of a war zone.

I intern at one of the very few rehabilitation places in the nation that takes registered sex ...

Cyklone comments on Mar 12, 2020:

I work with sexual offenders and recent studies in Australia show that recidivism rate for sexual offenders is 13% compared to the recidivism rate for violence offences around 70% so treatment is very effective. Having said that, if you can't work with these people in a non-judgemental manner you need to tell your supervisor that it's a problem because you risk making things worse. I am surprised that you are so sceptical of treatment. If you don't believe in the effectiveness of rehabilitation why are you choosing that as an occupation? Read my post on feb26th.

Been a while since I have been here.

Cyklone comments on Mar 9, 2020:

You poor sensitive soul. I hope life is a lot more gentle with you in future and you don't have to face any serious criticism of your strongly held beliefs

Time to buy a bidet toilet

Cyklone comments on Mar 8, 2020:

I was in Egypt in the late 70's when they used all foreign currency for munitions and had none for luxuries like toilet paper. Everyone had made a modification to their toilet by putting a branch and tap onto the water line to the toilet. The branch was a copper tube that went into the bowl and pointed up. After finishing your business you just turned on the tap and moved around to get everything washed, then dried with a towel. Cleaner, cheaper, more comfortable and doesn't require toilet paper. A very cheap bidet.

Back on here after a long time.

Cyklone comments on Mar 8, 2020:

Go with what jloos91 says. Avoid relationships. If you get into a relationship now, because you are "injured" it is likely to be with a rescuer, not a supporter and rescuers try to keep you a victim. Don't get into a relationship till you're strong. Keep putting one foot in front of the other and you will get there. My mum was in your position but she had six kids and she worked three jobs to keep us fed, clothed and pay off a mortgage. Stay strong, you can do it but expect it to be a lonely trip for a while.Good luck.

Really this is important! and everyone can! [qz.com]

Cyklone comments on Mar 8, 2020:

Try replacing the word squat with f##k. It then makes a lot more sense. I think it is actually about f##king because that actually has all the beneficial consequences attributed to the activity in question. Squat is actually code for f##k. 😂🤣😂🤣

Single Life...

Cyklone comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Or go out to the shops without a discussion of what you're going to get and not have to wait for the other person. Or put cream and ice ream and maple syrup on your pudding. Or buy a new toy without arguing about affordability or what you should buy beforehand. Or open that second bottle of wine. Or I could go on and on and on 🙂🙂🙂

Why do women have to enhance themselves to appeal to men.

Cyklone comments on Mar 7, 2020:

What makes you think women enhance themselves to appeal to men? Newsflash. It's not about you. Women enhance their appearance for a bloody lot of reasons that have nothing to do with men. A friend of mine would occasionally come to work really made up. When I commented on it she said she did that on days she felt like crap. Looking good gave her an emotional boost, and that's only one example. What about you? Don't you take some pride in your appearance and dress up at times to feel confident or good? It's the over the top cosmetic surgery, the boob and butt jobs that I think are problematic.

Groceries emptied by panicked people. Is this happening where you live?

Cyklone comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Same thing happening here. I can only conclude that these people must really be full of crap.

Yesterday i had a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE).

Cyklone comments on Mar 7, 2020:

I think it's funny and my doctor would as well but some I've met are too thick to pick up on a good quip. Maybe you can think of that as a test. If they don't laugh, get a different doctor.

So months ago a guy from an online dating site struck up a conversation with me.

Cyklone comments on Mar 7, 2020:

I have no respect fir men who don't take responsibility for their children. Having said that I know of one man who backed away from an access dispute because of the way his ex was trying to corrupt his children's minds against him and he didn't want them hurt more. The bloke you describe is just a hypocritical wanker.

My friend is upset because his friend is getting married to someone that he is not even living with...

Cyklone comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Sexist much?

Polyamory is the practice of, or desire for, intimate relationships with more than one partner, with...

Cyklone comments on Mar 7, 2020:

I struggle to keep up with one woman. If you think you're keeping two happy you're fooling yourself. But why should I care if a partner is sharing with another bloke. She won't wear out and he can keep her busy while I go fishing. 🙂

Pretty sure it does...

Cyklone comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Absolutely love it 😆. I'm going to share this with a few of my friends. They love a good come back

Sadness that I can't express anywhere else or to anyone else.

Cyklone comments on Mar 6, 2020:

You mentioned problematic past relationships as well: so bad you have ptsd? Ptsd would imply that they had been life threatening. Perhaps there are a few other things you need to realise about yourself. You chose these partners so perhaps you're attracted to women who are distant and perhaps you like being submissive, at least that's what comes across in your post. Maybe they are similar to a significant other so on another level you are comfortable being treated this way? Either way, if this relationship is typical for you, it's not the women who have the problem.

Well i'm going to make a batch of my famous Spaghetti sauce, I know everyone is excited about that.

Cyklone comments on Mar 6, 2020:

And lots of chili. 🙂

Can a slovenly hoarder change his habits?

Cyklone comments on Mar 5, 2020:

A hoarder who is depressed, amotivated and trying to recruit someone to rescue him. Gee, that's unusual!! Don't get sucked in, getting you to feel sorry for him is a strategy to which all too many women are vulnerable and although you may be resistant, don't help him sucker others. He can't be helped, only motivated to help himself and the greatest motivator is pain. I also wonder where his family are and how he ended up in this state. It may be hard hearted to think, but perhaps he is reaping consequences he has earnt.

Life is what it is...Can someone even find true love on earth anymore?

Cyklone comments on Mar 5, 2020:

I think we err in equating true love to something permanent. I suspect it is the way we feel towards our children (when they're asleep 🙂) and if we are talking about between adults then it incorporates the same elements but with added levels of respect for their adulthood eg. independence, decision making ability, strengths etc. Because love without respect is nothing. If you're really lucky it includes sexual desire. However because we may change dramatically through our lifetime it seems unreasonable to expect that this love would be unchanging.

Aging is hard

Cyklone comments on Mar 5, 2020:

😂😂

In the water of course

Cyklone comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Any fisherman will tell you that is always the answer. No one reveals their best spots.

Life is what it is...Can someone even find true love on earth anymore?

Cyklone comments on Mar 5, 2020:

What's true love? I asked a couple that once and was told, true love lasts forever. So what if it doesn't last forever I asked. The answer was that then it's not true love. That's when I gave up, so if you're going to ask the question we need an operational definition of true love

Darwin, Australia on way to Indonesia.

Cyklone comments on Mar 4, 2020:

Looks as if it has changed since I was there in '77 🙂

I think this country would be better off with an Atheist in the White House.

Cyklone comments on Mar 4, 2020:

To paraphrase your Mark Twain, atheist or theist, republican or democrat, you still get a bloody politician.

Today's hike: Snowshoes or microspikes? Needed both.

Cyklone comments on Mar 3, 2020:

There are those who are focussed on rushing to the destination and then there are those who want to enjoy the journey. Personally I fit in the latter group.

Well, I kind of saw this coming to tell the truth.. 🤣[babylonbee.com]

Cyklone comments on Mar 3, 2020:

Interesting in that this is exactly what we did in aussie and it has been tremendously successful. Sure there are still unregistered guns and criminals getting their hands on them but the huge penalties just for possession of an unregistered firearm have removed most from circulation so they're difficult to obtain and it stops impulse violence

Is an astrological sign important at all in a match?

Cyklone comments on Mar 3, 2020:

People are apparently easy to delude. What's one more delusion, especially when this isn't the silliest or the most toxic.

So, after years of reading countless works of eastern philosophy​, I've come to the following ...

Cyklone comments on Mar 3, 2020:

I'm impressed that you are able to take the complexity of what you've read and summarise it into a simple easily communicable philosophy for yourself rather than just adopt someone else's philosophy and regurgitate it to make yourself appear clever. My congratulations.

Horrible neighbors got evicted.

Cyklone comments on Mar 2, 2020:

Did you go out the front and make it obvious you're filming it? You could tell them you're putting it up on youtube, or funniest home videos 🤣🤣

Ponder this .

Cyklone comments on Mar 2, 2020:

What's the full reference? I would like to read it in context.

Once.

Cyklone comments on Mar 1, 2020:

I believe the saying was not originally meant as derogatory, but that in the times before formal schools, people were mentored. Once you were too old to continue doing you taught the younger how to do what you did. Even now, my brother in law was a very skilled surgeon but can no longer use a scalpel, so he mentors/teaches.

I am close to paralyzed when it comes to the decision about whether or not to go to Italy March the ...

Cyklone comments on Mar 1, 2020:

Check your travel insurance for travel to countries against a travel advisory. That may help you make up your mind.

My sister in law is always trying to fix me up.

Cyklone comments on Mar 1, 2020:

What do you get out of it? Perhaps instead of thinking of this as as your labour being volunteered you can think of it as a job and negotiate a price. I've heard single women complain that they aren't part of the mates network so they can't trade favours as we might swap a plumbing job for a carton of beer. So they are often looking for help they can trust . Personally I'm quite happy to swap handyman help for a couple of hours house cleaning, hot meal, home cooked pudding or cake. Saves me cooking.

Anyone ekse give up on companionship?

Cyklone comments on Feb 29, 2020:

I had a few stuffed up relationships early in life. Then I thought, the common denominator here is me, so what am I doing that I end up choosing these ladies? So I stopped going out with women because of their boob size and started looking at different criteria, like high vs low maintenance. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Finished sewing a suede vest. What do you think?

Cyklone comments on Feb 29, 2020:

Looks good for mid season bushwalking. 🙂

Is forgiveness required? Is it hypocritical to judge others? I see hypocrisy all the time.

Cyklone comments on Feb 28, 2020:

Required for what? The only time I think forgiveness is required is if you have to continue to interact with that person, for instance with your spouse, because forgiveness means to also no longer hold them accountable. I also think that forgiveness must be asked for and that there are things that can't or shouldn't be forgiven. Who would dare to ask a woman to forgive a person who sexually abused her as a child for years. When I see people on tv who say they forgive the perpetrator I am baffled as to why you would do that. I think that acceptance is required and that people confuse the need for acceptance with forgiveness. Acceptance is just being able to accept, ok, that happened, I'm no longer disturbed by it, I no longer feel hatred or the need for revenge but that doesn't mean I'll ever forget what you did or forgive or have anything to do with the perpetrator.

Do you ever God Damn anything as an atheist?

Cyklone comments on Feb 26, 2020:

Nah, god damn is not really an Aussie expletive. Where more into the "bloody hell" (same issue though) or "fu#k me" or "fu#kin' hell". Good luck with learning to be a non-smoker. Keep practising as it's worth it. I have 5 siblings, 3 smoked, the same 3 have had cancer.

What’s your idea of heaven?

Cyklone comments on Feb 26, 2020:

I think I'd be going more for a flat head so that you'd have somewhere to rest your beer. 🙂

Be ye Aware of - that which U R - as a - Being of Life - Know - that which is thine - Essence & ...

Cyklone comments on Feb 26, 2020:

Wtf?

My babies, may they rest in peace.

Cyklone comments on Feb 26, 2020:

I'm so sorry. It's so hard losing pets. 😣

Do you think your lack of God affects how you feel about the insults of aging?

Cyklone comments on Feb 26, 2020:

Sounds as if you haven't made the most of it. Let go of the regrets, what's done is done, and make the most of what you have left. There are no do overs.

Today's hike: Tibbets Mountain. No rednecks shooting guns this time.

Cyklone comments on Feb 26, 2020:

I don't get your gun laws. In Australia you are allowed to own guns and because of the wildness of our country sometimes it's necessary as it may be for you. I shoot competitively, at paper targets. We have extremely strict laws on who can own guns. Any history of violence or intentional law breaking and you don't get a licence. I can lose my licence by driving too far over the speed limit or drunk driving (deliberate law breaking) and so having a firearms licence makes me more aware of staying within the law. We have almost zero gun crime, none from registered owners and little from illegal guns because possession of a gun without a licence means a prison sentence by itself. Your problem is not the guns, although why anyone would need automatic weapons is beyond me, but that you have inadequate control over who owns guns. We are not allowed to have or use a gun for self defence or defence of property. There are no circumstances where it is legal to use a gun on a person and we are not allowed to use a gun any where near others, which excludes national parks or public land. The fact that you can go walking and be scared by others using guns is obscene but it is because you allow the wrong people to have them.

If you're interstate highways are like ours you will enjoy this comparison.

Cyklone comments on Feb 26, 2020:

You're - you are. Your - pertaining to you. Sorry, I've given up suppressing my inner grammar nazi.

Hey everyone.

Cyklone comments on Feb 25, 2020:

Just don't post pictures with your hat on backwards. 😆😆😆😆

Look who followed me home.

Cyklone comments on Feb 24, 2020:

Cute. Those mixed ginger and black colours look very pretty.

Sometimes you just have to go with the "Real" you ladies.

Cyklone comments on Feb 23, 2020:

Because who doesn't wish to be challenged or avoid living on a boring relationship. 😆😆

Im a little lost and heart broken.

Cyklone comments on Feb 23, 2020:

One of my best mates is a very devout christian and we have had deep, meaningful and supportive talks over a bottle of port as one of us goes thru some heavy shit, without anything to do with religion being mentioned once. I've found the main impediment to men talking is not religion but finding the guts to allow yourself to be that vulnerable to another person. Grow a pair and try just opening up. If they mention god then tell them that doesn't work for you. If you're accepted you've found your support.

My mom's concern for me and my husband's atheism.

Cyklone comments on Feb 22, 2020:

She's your mother, she loves you, she doesn't have to agree with you. Say, "yes mum, fine mum, whatever you say mum" give her a big hug and say "I love you mum!". And then ignore everything she says. It works for me with my mum.

What do you think of backward ball caps on older men?

Cyklone comments on Feb 22, 2020:

Things that matter; honesty, integrity, caring, loving loyal, open, sensitive, intelligence non-judgemental and a few more. Things that don't matter; everything on your list. And I have a masters degree.

Whadda think?

Cyklone comments on Feb 22, 2020:

Why would you do that to yourself? Some sort of masochistic torture fantasy? You could just put your testicles on the floor and say "stamp on these". I'm sure the pain would be a lot less drawn out.

I do NOT believe in God, demons, ,angels, ghosts, spirits, souls, horoscopes, astrology, third eyes,...

Cyklone comments on Feb 20, 2020:

I agree without reservation. I sincerely hope your rant (and I don't mean that in a derogatory way) made you feel better and I understand your need to do it. For me it can become so tiring to just shut up and listen to the bullshit because you know what you wish to say just won't be accepted.

Habits of mentally strong people, quite interesting: [inc.

Cyklone comments on Feb 19, 2020:

Whenever I read these lists; habits of strong people; habits of intelligent people; habits of thoughtful people etc etc etc, I'm amazed at how many I can relate to. Do you yhink this could be because I'm so great or perhaps because these lists are made up of statements so general that most people can relate to some aspect of each statement. That is, specific generalisations, the same conning technique used by fortune tellers etc

Let's ask the big question: why is religion a fraud, & why am I not getting laid?

Cyklone comments on Feb 16, 2020:

Two distinctly different questions there with entirely different answers. The first one is not your fault but the second one is. 😆😆😆

Unwanted Valentine’s Day Flowers?

Cyklone comments on Feb 14, 2020:

Buy a new sim card for your phone. Tell your friends your new number. Every few days check your old sim or better yet get a friend to check it and tell you if there's anything important on it. That way he thinks he's still getting through to you so he doesn't start searching for your new number. Anything he gives you, dump in your rubbish. It is quite possible he checks your rubbish to keep tabs on you. If he gives you stuff and you resppnd in ANY way he is achieving his aim and he will keep doing it. Don't talk to him, don't text him, don't answer him, don't respond to him in any way. If you allow this to continue it WILL get worse.Anything you respond to in any way reinforces his behaviour and he will repeat and then exacerbate. Nice girls get killed. Be a bitch and shut this down.

How many of you have lied or decieved a potential employer about your being agnostic or atheist.

Cyklone comments on Feb 12, 2020:

The only time I was ever asked my religion was in the defence force and you were not allowed to list atheist. They didn't care if you were, you were just not allowed to list it because they needed to know what services to bury you with and they didn t have the paperwork for "none". 😆. But that was 50 years ago and I assume it's changed (at least in this country, maybe not in yours 😕). I've never been asked my religion since and I would have become quite indignant if I was.

Someone I know is dying and has expressed that she would like to just fall asleep and not wake up.

Cyklone comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Like aussie, they tend to medicate increasing pain such that euthanasia becomes an "unintended effect". The amount of medication required to control the pain reaches a toxic level. Or you could always go and visit your friendly neighbourhood drug dealer and get a "hot shot".

What happened when you came out of the closet as an atheist?

Cyklone comments on Feb 11, 2020:

I looked around and saw that everyone I knew, bar one good mate, were already atheists and my relationship with that mate didn't change.

Today's hike: Hard ice on trail. Yikes! Feels like Spring.

Cyklone comments on Feb 11, 2020:

Nice scenery

I feel being raised heavily Christian made me afraid of intimacy. Anyone relate? : atheism

Cyklone comments on Feb 11, 2020:

I don't think being raised as a christian affected my ability to be intimate. Being raised by a violent alcoholic had a much greater impact but as girlwithsmiles said, "life goes on and we put things into perspective and heal" I've wondered sometimes whether our main task as adults is just to learn to overcome the limitations which were inflicted upon us as children

"Fascism" a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing ...

Cyklone comments on Feb 10, 2020:

But USA has always been an elected dictatorship as opposed to the westminster system used by UK, Aussie etc. and fascism is a strong part of your government (very nationalistic) but for the most part it has worked for you, as a benevolent dictatorship is a healthy form of government, but when you get a dictator like trump who is not so benevolent they are a lot harder for you to remove than for us. So this is always going to be an issue in one form or another for you but it works well generally, and to quote someone, not me but I don't know who, democracy is a poor form of government, but it's the best one we have.

Dating scammers on Agnostic.com?

Cyklone comments on Feb 10, 2020:

How come no one's scamming me? Am I not pretty enough? "Laughs maniacally"

Christian Blogger on Hitting Kids: “You Must Make Sure It Hurts to be Effective” | Beth ...

Cyklone comments on Feb 10, 2020:

When I was a child I got hit, a lot. I always found a way to get my own back somehow. We had corporal punishment at school and one night after being punished by the teacher that day, I got out if bed at 1.00am, ran across town and put a rock through that teacher's window. We lived in a small town. I know that hitting me only made me angry and vengeful so I knew it didn't work. Physical punishment only taught me to be violent. When I had my own kids I refused to use corporal punishment and found more creative and constructive punishments, like picking up dog poo of the lawn. It worked far better.

i get some neat insights from novelists.

Cyklone comments on Feb 9, 2020:

True, and some of us repect that and the other animals, and others get caught up by the trappings be they possessions, colour, gender or other trivia, such as belief or the lack of it, thinking that makes them special.

Just a gorgeous sunset in Florida tonight. I caught it at the perfect time. No filter.

Cyklone comments on Feb 9, 2020:

Stunning

Scientists Say Your “Mind” Isn’t Confined to Your Brain, or Even Your Body

Cyklone comments on Feb 9, 2020:

It says that mind is an emergent process, which suggests that it is greater than the sum of it's parts in the same way that society is emergent and greater than just the sum of the individuals but it doesn't indicate that the mind exists outside the brain as if the brain dies, the mind dies in the same way that society is extinguished by the death of all the people. If you think this article indicates a proof of soul, it doesn't.

This Danish ad will challenge you to step outside your defining box

Cyklone comments on Feb 9, 2020:

Me neither but who's got a spare tissue?

I would like to know how many of you would vote against someone soley due to their open religious ...

Cyklone comments on Feb 5, 2020:

I have trouble voting for someone who might think that problems can be fixed by prayer or who may even believe that it is not worth worrying about such things as global warming because god will rescue them. Whether I did vote for them would depend on their opposition. I would still rather see a religious person in power than a right wing fanatic. Always assuming they weren't a psychopathic narcissist right wing fanatic masquerading as a religious person.

Some thinking on drawing a line between moral decisions and religious decisions.

Cyklone comments on Feb 3, 2020:

My work involves a wide variery of people, different religions, gender orientations, perpetrators and victims. I gave long given up on the concepts of right or wrong, good or bad. I use the criteria of works vs doesn't work in the context of the person, the family and the community. I've seen many things that clearly work despite other people judging it immoral or wrong and vice versa. I frquently ask people; does that work, did that work, how could we change it so that it works. People think better when you remove the moral value from decisions or get them to ket go of the idea that they are "right".

When do you know you are in a relationship?

Cyklone comments on Feb 3, 2020:

I'd say bring it up. Saying you want to be exclusive doesn't commit either of you to anything more but it does mean you warn the other person if you're going to "branch out". If you haven't said you'll be exclusive there is no motivation to keep you informed nor any motivation to turn down casual sex from another source.

A Nashville Art School Will Purge All Non-Christian Faculty Now That It Has Been Taken Over by a ...

Cyklone comments on Feb 2, 2020:

It has akways happened but now they are beng more open about it. Previously they would find other reasons or if you were working for a religious school in aussie you'd find there was a glass ceiling on promotion.

I can't say I'm very shocked by these comments, but it does make me wonder how these people could ...

Cyklone comments on Feb 2, 2020:

Are they advocating for violence because atheists don't believe in religion or is it just because we dare to disagree with them. Sadly, I see the same dichotony of thought amongst so called non religious people when you dare to disagree with their ideas. Rather than accept differing viewpoints it becomes important to them that you accept their view as the only correct one. Perhaps it is because of the right/wrong dichotomy taught within religion but the same dichotomies exist in other areas. Sport perhaps being an example. Personally, I think it wasn't until I was at Uni that I was given examples of competing theories and asked to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of each. Perhaps this is a concept that should be part of child training.

My daughter just informed me that my step-son who lives in another state has passed.

Cyklone comments on Feb 1, 2020:

Yes, I agree, it gives people false comfort. I'm not sure if they are afraid of dying so much as no longer being or of losing everything or soneone completely. But if it's our death it won't matter because we won't be aware that we're dead because we'll be dead and if it's the death of someone we love, suck it up. It hurts but you can learn to live without them. I appreciate your pain as I'm about to lose a loved one myself.

Could I be considered an atheist or a deist?

Cyklone comments on Feb 1, 2020:

The trouble with the concept of a god is that it just pushes the evolution theory further back. Did this higher force just spring into a fully cognizant being out if nowhere or did it have to evolve into being.. And if you accept accept that it is unlikely to have just suddenly come into existence but must have evolved then why do we need to have it at all. Maybe we are evolving gods, certainly my dog would think so if he had a metaphysical bent. But that is unlikely as we're more likely to destroy ourselves before that can happen.

Black Bean Chili with Ground Turkey

Cyklone comments on Feb 1, 2020:

It looks like it would go well through the dehydrator to be reconstituted on the track. That with some rice would be a hearty meal after a day walking.

What is the most sacreligious thing you have ever done?

Cyklone comments on Jan 29, 2020:

I told the local pastor that I thought there was very little difference between him and a drug dealer, that they both peddle false dreams, delusions and lies.

How old is too old?

Cyklone comments on Jan 28, 2020:

I changed my mind in my mid 40's after I went back to university and learnt to think in a critical fashion. It was then I realised it was all brain washing and I think now that the best way of waking people up is to teach them to think better so they can reanalyse the lies they were told as children and struggled to understand even then. People are not awakened through criticism or derision and we do them a disservice and cause them to dig in when we try.

What do you do when expected to participate in public religious ceremonies such as prayer?

Cyklone comments on Jan 19, 2020:

I'm with literate hiker. I stay respectful and collaborate to a degree ( I don't start eating before they've said grace) but I keep my head up and smile knowingly at all those other nonbelievers who are doing the same as me.

Do any of you think that a meaningful relationship can be acheived with a christian?

Cyklone comments on Jan 16, 2020:

I think any meaningful relationship requires both respect and love, the most important of these being respect. If you can respect each other's beliefs and accomodate those beliefs within the relationship without pressuring or trivialising them then I don't believe there is a problem and indeed I have seen such relationships function successfully.

Why are atheist so obsessed by religion?

Cyklone comments on Jan 14, 2020:

Because we're angry. Angry at how it has perverted every aspect of our lives and society and we want it to stop.

Does anyone else have a homophobic family member?

Cyklone comments on Jan 13, 2020:

Yes, my mother, but after banging heads with her many times over the subject I realised she was never going to change and I was damaging my relationship with her because of the conflict, and I love my 93 year old mother. After accepting she wouldn't change I decided to just avoid the topic with her and she has done the same. I realised that in some instances the fight isn't worth it because it is impossible to win and the cost of fighting is too high. That isn't always the case and in another instance I might just avoid the person or topic. I'm fortunate in that I can do this but I can't imagine how hard it might be for someone who wasn't hetero.

What is your response when people threaten you with religious punishments? (i.e. Hell/Jahannam)

Cyklone comments on Jan 10, 2020:

I ask them what their response would be if someone said to them that father xmas wasn't coming to them because they had been bad? Then I say, "now you what my attitude is to being told that I'm going to hell".

When someone says "There is no god" they're idiots! At that point it's up to then to prove that ...

Cyklone comments on Jan 10, 2020:

Theists and atheists come from two different perspectives and you can't prove the absence of a god to theists using their perspectives and nor can you prove the presence of a god to an atheist using their perspectives. That is, from my experience, it is pointless to try and argue a theist into atheism. The only way I have seen the awakening after them having spent years of being brainwashed, is to teach them to think more clearly and critically so they can come to the conclusion on their own. That's where tertiary education plays a huge part. Otherwise, it seems to take some trauma to cause people to reexamine their belief system and then it seems it can go either way. Theist to atheist or atheist to theist. It certainly never happens by ridicule as then people dig in and shut down to your arguments.

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Cyklone comments on Jan 9, 2020:

Perhaps not so much a neurological disorder or a predisposition to religion but having been trained to seek help from a higher authority by your parents. As a child one asks for help from parents when we are being hurt or things don't seem fair so we fall back on this same pattern, but who is a higher authority when you're an adult? Hence the tendency to invent a mythical higher being who can make things fair. That's one of the reasons that most adult conversions to religion are by people who feel desperate for help.

2020!!! Never thought I'd live this long! So to start off a decade of great potential, let's all ...

Cyklone comments on Jan 7, 2020:

There needs to be another zone called the "I'm too old for this shit" zone, which is like the comfort zone, but different because you don't feel safe and in control, you just recognise that there is no safe and in control but you no longer give a damn.

2020!!! Never thought I'd live this long! So to start off a decade of great potential, let's all ...

Cyklone comments on Jan 2, 2020:

So, in my late 60's, is it possible to be in all zones at once or to move backwards and forwards between them on an hourly basis, because it seems like that's where I come from? 😆

I'm sure many people on here have religious friends and family members that get on your nerves.

Cyklone comments on Jan 2, 2020:

I didn't make any big announcement, just stopped agreeing with the hype and made the occasional comment like, I think the firemen/doctor etc had more impact than any thoughts or prayers. Most interesting was at xmas lunch when mum prayed thanks and I just looked around to see that none of my siblings were praying either.