Landscapes — 1: The Grand Union Canal, Watford, England, 2012.

Fernapple comments on Aug 4, 2020:

I like the lighting and cloud scape in the last one especially.

Well I made it.

Fernapple comments on Aug 4, 2020:

Congrates, you will I am sure find worthwhile new adventure in retirement, no mater what.

“Every man has to learn the points of compass again as often as he awakes, whether from sleep or ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 4, 2020:

That one needs some thought. Good post.

“There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion.

Fernapple comments on Aug 4, 2020:

And explaining to most of them, that most of human culture is illusion, is just about impossible as well.

Why, oh why, did I purchase and wear this mask of my own face?

Fernapple comments on Aug 3, 2020:

Great idea, but I want one with. Not viral, just ugly. Written on it.

Why do right wingers call people sheep all the time as an insult?

Fernapple comments on Aug 3, 2020:

It is easier to declare that your opponents are following blind dogma and then walk away, than it is to address their arguments, especially when you think that you will loose the argument.

Question on Social Darwinism

Fernapple comments on Aug 3, 2020:

Not many, I don't usually bother with such silliness. PS. There is no such thing as Dawinism, social or otherwise. C. Darwin was a man who wrote about a thing called the, 'theory of evolution by natural selection', that is all. He was never a founder of any political or religious movement. When people are trying to sell rubbish, one of the ways they try to do it, is by borrowing fake authority from respected figures, usually dead ones who can not therefore argue, when you see that happening, it is one of the ways you spot s##t.

More work on the different religiosities of N.

Fernapple comments on Aug 3, 2020:

People need culture and community, and if you live in a land where the churches have a near monopoly on both of those, then, 'meh' no surprise.

Religion bans a lot of things that apparently offend the Almighty One but why?

Fernapple comments on Aug 3, 2020:

Or, just perhaps the laws were made up by his prophets ? They did not like to delete any, and each new prophet kept on adding a another ban. So that the list just grew and grew, until it gets endless. After all a lot of them in modern times have tried to ban alcohol ! Just imagine trying to do that, when your gods best trick was turning water into wine, and he told his mates that he liked their nights out having a drink together so much, that even death would not keep him away !

The Prosperity Gospel VS The Actual Gospels Everybody knows the gospels of the bible are Matthew,...

Fernapple comments on Aug 3, 2020:

The criminal classes, ( sorry religious leaders ) will sell anything their victims will buy, end of story.

"The great aim of education is not knowledge but action." - Herbert Spencer

Fernapple comments on Aug 3, 2020:

No. Understanding.

Some of my photographs of Riverscapes in the grounds of Irwin Zoo Brisbane Australia.

Fernapple comments on Aug 3, 2020:

To get the photos to load, just get a photo editor, any good one will resize photos, your device may offer you the chance to resize when saving the photo anyway. There is no point in loading big photos to this site as most people will be viewing them with a mobile device or at best a lap top, so the extra quality of a large photo is wasted anyway.

Did Jesus, the man, exist?

Fernapple comments on Aug 3, 2020:

I do not think that there is good evidence either way, and that any guess about his existence is just a guess and no more. It is also highly likely that there were several of him, since that is the way most myths tend to grow. Because people remember the stories better than they remember names, so that when they forget the name they tend to associate the story with the first name which comes into their head , which is usually the most talked about at the time. So that you may well have had twelve stories being told in ancient Greece, about twelve people, but you end up with the twelve labours of Hercules when eleven names have been forgotten.

Wow, apparently Jesus was a holy terror growing up! How many time-outs did Mary and Joseph give him?

Fernapple comments on Aug 2, 2020:

There is a charming old legend. Charming that is if you are English. That during the missing years he went traveling with his uncle Joseph of Arimathea, and that they voyaged to England, the south west especially. Given that no one really has any idea if either of them really existed, but that there is some anecdotal evidence that Joseph came to the UK later, was a tin trader, (south west England being the main ancient source of tin ) and that many young boys in that culture were apprenticed to their uncles. And given that the young adult Jesus, does act a lot like a returning traveler, who has gained some sophistication from travel that the stay at homes lack. Its as good a story as any. You can have all sorts of fun with it, just to see how much gullible Christians can take.

Is Aljazeera popular in the united states?

Fernapple comments on Aug 2, 2020:

We get it in the UK and it is often very good. It is important if you can to view as many news media as possible, always especially take the time to view the ones you don't agree with is my attitude. So I do RT, Aljazeera, BBC , ITV, Sky, and just now and then the US ones.

Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. - Clarence Darrow

Fernapple comments on Aug 2, 2020:

Or not to even question.

Spacecraft Made from Ultra Thin Foam Could Reach Proxima Centauri in Just 185 Years ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 2, 2020:

Too slow, there will be nobody left back here for it to send messages to by then.

Hello again, I am 101 points from level 8!!!!!!

Fernapple comments on Aug 2, 2020:

Points, Points Points. Best wishes, hows the other rotten business going/ Don't wear the T-shirt to court.

..........

Fernapple comments on Aug 2, 2020:

Always makes every thing seem great.

Orchid Rock Rose! A couple months ago, @MarkWD responded to a photo of a Rock Rose (a Texas native) ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 2, 2020:

You may like this. Photographed growing wild in the Algarve region of Portugal back in March.

Have any atheists or anti-theists here (that I haven't blocked) ever designed a website or ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 2, 2020:

Yes I have done three websites. Since I started early in the digital era I tend to write my own htm code, which I still think is the best way, even if it is a little slow though there are lots of ways to make it quicker.

[twitter.com] who will like an idiot like you 🤣😂😅

Fernapple comments on Aug 2, 2020:

He likes himself more than enough to compensate.

The weather is pretty "muggy" today, but thanks to lots of cloud cover the temperature is a quite ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 1, 2020:

Gosh, you think 33 is bearable, that's about as hot as it ever gets here, and its almost too much for us Brits. Strange bright light also seen in the sky, is it ? Do you call it? The san, nus soun, or something like that?

Last nights sunset on the hottest day so far this year.

Fernapple comments on Aug 1, 2020:

Made it to 34 in Lincolnshire, but fortunately we are near enough to the coast to get a sea breeze. No rain though despite a thunder and lightening display last night.

Please change the absolutely useless flat mouth emoji to one of sadness.

Fernapple comments on Aug 1, 2020:

Yes, lots of people have asked for that, for a long time.

Lyme disease vaccine found to be safe and effective in clinical trial | New Scientist

Fernapple comments on Aug 1, 2020:

Lyme disease is actually on the increase here in the UK, so that is good news indeed. I could not access the whole article, is it usable on animals as well, since it seems that deer are the main carriers, and the increase may be down to an increase in domestic deer ?

We all have a book in us... they say.

Fernapple comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Big book multi volume, should fill a few shelves.

What's a favorite repair you did?

Fernapple comments on Jul 31, 2020:

A friend gave my parents an old CD stand, but it was falling to bits. So I turned a top and bottom plus a centre shaft and fitted it together. Actually its more of a rebuild, since the metal holders are the only original bits.

Yes I want this back

Fernapple comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Used to look across the Atlantic and think, the US has its problems, but they are basically good people, and since we have a common language, we do sometimes have some fun together. Now think, if I believed in crystal balls I could perhaps say what going to happen over there, but sadly I don't.

Walk this way ....??? [agnostic.com]

Fernapple comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Nearly equaled by the second most dangerous phrase. "I think I can improve on this."

"Love the sinner. Hate the sin." How do you feel about this saying?

Fernapple comments on Jul 31, 2020:

If really intended, then like the, anti-religious. "Hate the idea, not the believer." There could be some value in it. But it also, if not genuine, and it rarely is, it can be just a license for the hypocrite and the bully to indulge in hate crimes. Better to leave hate in the locker, there are other motivations like compassion, pride in achievement, even justified fear, to propel you into action if you need a drive to get going. Sin, is anyway, in many ways a meaningless word, since the only difference between it and the word crime, is that unlike crime, sin, is supposed to put a stain on your soul that is visible supernaturally, and marks you as an offender. If you don't believe in supernatural souls, then there is no such thing.

Borrowed from fbuk - An Aussie play on words

Fernapple comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Groan.

"Civilization is just something that sounded like a good idea when god was drunk."

Fernapple comments on Jul 30, 2020:

God had nothing to do with it, in fact it sometimes seems like he/she/it did its best to put its boot in it.

Who else is a TIME TEAM - BBC series fan? You can watch all 19 seasons on YouTube. [youtu.be]

Fernapple comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Video says, not available in my country, sadly.

TL;DR - if you were going to use the Socratic method in some street epistemology to talk to a person...

Fernapple comments on Jul 30, 2020:

I would say that if you have never been involved in such talks with theists, then you have been lucky. And that a better way to spread the idea of sceptical thinking, is to set a good example of being a good human being, while being open about your lack of faith in the supernatural. However should you get involved, there are I think two mistakes to avoid when debating with theists. Firstly. Do not get in debates about the existence or none existence of god, in the abstract, you may think that the fact that they can not 'prove' objectively, the existence of god is a weakness of theirs. But they think that the fact that you can not, disprove it either, is your greatest weakness. The fact is, nobody can objectively prove or disprove anything, at all, even existence, about something which is invisible by definition. ( As Bertrand Russel put it. There is a china teapot orbiting in space, half way between the Earth and the Sun. Prove there is not? ) But if you allow them to debate on that issue, then they will, in their own minds, having got no disproof of god out of you, claim the debate by default, and assume that no disproof is the same as proof, and that an abstract god is equivalent to their own particular brand of theist god in their holy book. Its one of their greatest delusions, to assume that the word god, by default means their own god. You have to remember that they are not really trying to prove the existence of god, they are trying to prove, the existence of 'their' god. Therefore keep the debate on the evidence they are using for that gods nature, in other words as found in their holy book. Secondly. Do not be afraid of saying. "I don't know." as often as you can, and that you are happy to accept not knowing. It annoys the s##t out of them, and kills nearly all their arguments. Because remember, it is they who are making false claims of knowledge, based on pseudo-authority: They know god exists, they know how the universe began, they have the final word on morality, they know what happens to them after death, etc. , and all with only the evidence in some old badly rewritten, edited and translated book. If for example they ask you say, (assuming creationists ) how did the universe started, you can say, the big bang or whatever, then they will start asking you about your evidence about before the big bang, and then you are going round in circles. Instead say I don't think anyone knows, and then ask them for their proof which you can attack, because they are the ones making dishonest claims of knowledge and plain simple honesty is something they have no answer for.

If I asked you "Who are you"? Would you know what to say?

Fernapple comments on Jul 30, 2020:

I am a guy, who posts and comments on Agnostic.com, no one need know more. But I retire soon and then will be a free agent, free to tell you everything. Watch out its going to get very boring around here very soon.

In such a noisy world with so many fights for justice, such a fast news cycle, and such powerful ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 30, 2020:

What you do to raise the profile of Humanism, skeptics, and nones generally, is to just go on setting good examples of being good human beings, and over time people will notice. Slow and steady wins the race. (In this case anyway.)

Today was a disaster for me.

Fernapple comments on Jul 30, 2020:

You are not finished until the judge says you are. Until then keep fighting your corner.

Meanwhile our public schools struggle to find enough funds to open our schools safely.

Fernapple comments on Jul 30, 2020:

How can you claim that in the US there is a separation of church and state, if the state effectively funds religious education ?

I still cling to hope, and I believe in Love, and thats faith enough for me. -Peart

Fernapple comments on Jul 29, 2020:

Hello and welcome, enjoy the site, and do check out the groups if you have time, there is something for everyone.

New to this group, thanks for having me :) Thought I would share something that has had my poor wee...

Fernapple comments on Jul 29, 2020:

I am sorry to say that free speech always involves allowing people to say things which are unacceptable, even harmful and stupid. But if you are to have it at all, then it has to be a absolute, within reason such as promoting violence can be banned, one of the few real ones. Because if you give someone the power to decide who should and who should not speak, then you create the prefect environment for a criminal to exploit. Also you force some forms of speech underground where they can become far more dangerous. Since they are no longer monitered by main stream society, no longer held up to ridicule, and able to attract support from a far wider base, since the one successful underground movement soon becomes the leader of them all, and soon becomes an alternative society.

Hello everyone.

Fernapple comments on Jul 29, 2020:

Hello and welcome, enjoy the site. And do check out the groups if you have time, there is something for everyone.

[businessinsider.

Fernapple comments on Jul 29, 2020:

Fear of mediocrity, that it will just become a repetitive drudge, neither wholly failed nor successful, yet still a binding commitment.

Please post a picture of something that makes you smile. I call this one pure love plus joy.

Fernapple comments on Jul 29, 2020:

This is a photo of my best friend feeding a wild donkey, on the island of Cyprus, it was our first holiday together. The fun thing is, that she knew where we were going, so she deliberately took some expensive first class apples from the hotel breakfast buffet to feed them, carefully placed in her handbag. But then she is over twenty years older than me, (late eighties) so at that age you can get away with things.

BLACK CAT ANALOGY-in case you've never heard it.

Fernapple comments on Jul 29, 2020:

And religion is theology, with the treat to punch anybody who questions your discovery of the cat.

This has to be the future, if the civilisations of Homo Sapiens are to survive.

Fernapple comments on Jul 29, 2020:

It been a dream for such a long time, I shall not hold my breath, but the light at the end of the tunnel gets brighter. ( Mixed metaphors there, hope you appreciate the effort that went into that. )

Racism among white Christians is higher than among the nonreligious. That's no coincidence.

Fernapple comments on Jul 29, 2020:

If you can leave one faith based mindset, you probably have the skills needed to leave others.

Three-Quarters of Recovered Coronavirus Patients Have Heart Damage

Fernapple comments on Jul 29, 2020:

It may be years before we can truly count or evaluate the final long term cost of this virus, but you may be sure that it will be huge.

Welcome to my high society ...[agnostic.com]

Fernapple comments on Jul 29, 2020:

Maybe we could become a sub-branch. Unless of course they require a high quality rather than a large quantity.

"God exist whether or not men may choose to believe in Him.

Fernapple comments on Jul 29, 2020:

Sorry it got boring after the ten or twelve, but I have to wonder if it ever occurred to them, that the W. Churchill which comes second, could apply even more strongly to believers.

Common foods that could secretly contain insect fragments- [rd.

Fernapple comments on Jul 28, 2020:

Rodent hairs are also found in most foods, for the same reason. Remember the old rule, peel it or cook it, never eat salad and never eat anything that someone else has prepared. Meh, a bad attack of the runs is a better way to go than most.

I came here to find a friend.

Fernapple comments on Jul 28, 2020:

We are here. Hang in there 2020 will pass.

(sarcasm) Does a pimp lecture the pope about morality ?

Fernapple comments on Jul 28, 2020:

If the pimp does not market children, why not ?

Think I found my new favorite mask. ❤

Fernapple comments on Jul 28, 2020:

I want one which says. 'Not infectious, just ugly.'

And that is a promise.

Fernapple comments on Jul 28, 2020:

21 could be worse.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 28, 2020:

You may like this it is on a similar theme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttevamkS6gw&t=75s

Anyone surprised? [businessinsider.com.au]

Fernapple comments on Jul 28, 2020:

Of course, why would an organization which built its wealth by exploiting the weak and vulnerable, creating poverty across half the world in order to enrich itself. Then refuse a hand out from a wealthy nation as well.

“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime”..............Aristotle.

Fernapple comments on Jul 28, 2020:

Crime perhaps, but sadly I think that you need starvation for revolution. Humans, poor dumb brutes that they are, will endure a lot before they stand up for themselves. As long as the farmer puts just enough swill in the trough to stop starvation, they will sit silent in their cage, even while their brothers and sisters are dragged off for slaughter.

What are your feelings about cologne?

Fernapple comments on Jul 28, 2020:

Don't really like it. Though it has its uses, they tell me that if you are close enough, and down wind enough, to smell someones cologne, you are close enough to catch covid, so its a good warning sign. And why does clothes wash have to be scented. You go into the store and are offered. "Fresh floral scent", or "Contains Lavender Oil", and the next one on the shelf is Citrus, what is wrong with just wanting my clothes washed and smelling of nothing!!!

Bloody summer in Mojacar.

Fernapple comments on Jul 27, 2020:

We are all bored and unable to work, its getting to be a club with a lot of members. I don't know why people rush to the Med in summer either, I always go south in winter and early spring to escape the cold to somewhere warm. Why go somewhere roasting hot when its nice where you are and then sit and shiver all winter, I can't understand it either. And if you do go to the Med in late winter early spring, thats the best season for wildlife and plant growth after the winter rains, there are fewer crowds, and the natives are relaxed with more time. Humans stuck unthinking in cultural conventions, perhaps, you take your hols in summer because that's what your great grandparents did.

Do masks help stop the spread of the C19 virus?

Fernapple comments on Jul 27, 2020:

Just posted this on another line too. That's the idea, a nappy (diaper) for your face. Should have always been a legal requirement when going out in public, even before the virus, given that the mouth always contain more dangerous germs than the anus. Much safer too to kiss someones anus than their mouth, think about that next time someone puckers up.

There are always repercussions ... [agnostic.com]

Fernapple comments on Jul 27, 2020:

That's the idea, a nappy (diaper) for your face. Should have always been a legal requirement when going out in public, even before the virus, given that the mouth always contain more dangerous germs than the anus. Much safer too to kiss someones anus than their mouth, think about that next time someone puckers up.

In my last post i spoke about coming out as an atheist and the ramifications of doing so.

Fernapple comments on Jul 27, 2020:

Being free, means being free of given meaning as well as restraints. You have therefore now to find your own meaning for life, if you want one. Other people have found it I know, in things like education, work goals, charity, making a contribution, helping others on the same route, artistic expression, etc. the list is well known. The thing is, I think, to decide what is truly important to you and keep that at the front of your life.

I have about the usage of double negatives.

Fernapple comments on Jul 26, 2020:

Well done. With that level of unequaled pedantry, you will go down well on here. But there is a lot of strong competition, some of our pedants are truly world class, they will give you a good run for your money. Speaking as an armchair spectator, I relish the game.

This site's business model perplexes me.

Fernapple comments on Jul 26, 2020:

I am told that we have a couple of benefactors who pay the bills. If that is true or not I am not sure.

How Atheists Pray Eric Steinhart [snsociety.org] .

Fernapple comments on Jul 26, 2020:

Yep, I agree. As said before science is the closest the world gets to that, perhaps meaningless idea spirituality, or prayer if you like. So I am not quite so cynical as some of your other commentators here, since at the very least I would not care to have a life without awe, and it is science that most often brings that close.

“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 26, 2020:

When you are 6 you think that your parents know everything. When you are 16 you think they are the most stupid people on the planet. 26 you think they are improving a little. 36 you see how you were a little unkind. 46 you see how wise they really were. 56 you think your judgment at sixteen, may have had some value, they were not the brightest after all. 66 you know they were really stupid, and its hereditary.

I'm getting bored here, I no longer see the mission of this site

Fernapple comments on Jul 26, 2020:

I did not know it needed a mission, if you want one why not bring yours ?

Things Straight Men Avoid Doing Because They're "Gay"

Fernapple comments on Jul 25, 2020:

I am very straight. But no body tells me what I should and should not do and say, because of how it looks. Everything in life is there to be sampled, the more things the better, it is all part of life's rich tapestry. And I am confident enough not to care about superficial judgments made by shallow people. (Does that sound macho or just old to you ? LOL)

Fauci said wife and daughters received credible threats

Fernapple comments on Jul 25, 2020:

Do you mean 'credible' ?

Cuteness for today

Fernapple comments on Jul 25, 2020:

Fire-hose. And. Don't blame the puppy, you know whose fault it is.

Copied over from Religious Naturalism Group on FB - Greg Simpson "In my mother's library when...

Fernapple comments on Jul 25, 2020:

One of my favourite writers, I can well recommend his 'Flowering Earth' which I think is his great masterpiece. He says something like that about seawater in there, being as he says, almost the same chemistry as amniotic fluid, and the oceans are the amniotic fluid of all life.

"If parents treated their children as evenhandedly as America treats its citizens, one child would ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 25, 2020:

If its an only child, do Americans give it a pony which is suffering from cancer ?

I'm just gonna leave this here. : UFOs

Fernapple comments on Jul 25, 2020:

Maybe they are just redefining terms. UFO, Unidentified Flying Object, is a term which should really never have had anything to do with aliens, and should have remained just a technical term in aviation, saying just what it says on the tin. Then you don't have to do a double think if someone asks you if you believe in UFO's.

preheat cheat

Fernapple comments on Jul 25, 2020:

For some frozen things, I just put some butter, oil or fat on top, to stop them drying out, then pop them in and leave for a bit longer. It works well, they can thaw during the heating time, and leaving longer makes sure they cook through, the only problem would be drying out/burning on the outside, but the fat/oil stops that.

I'll say good night, all you sweet people.

Fernapple comments on Jul 25, 2020:

Good Morning. I hope you slept well.

Recent pics.

Fernapple comments on Jul 25, 2020:

I especially like two, it is almost like a landscape.

‘Stay away.

Fernapple comments on Jul 25, 2020:

I am sorry to say that it is an idea found in a lot of places outside Canada too.

"For mankind is ever the same and nothing is lost out of nature, though everything is altered" - ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 25, 2020:

For pre-Darwin that was a very insightful statement.

I don't usually reccomend books, but this one will save a lot of wasted effort.

Fernapple comments on Jul 25, 2020:

If its genuine, it is much needed, there is more fake news and false science about gardening than anything else.

Just out of curiosity , as this is an agnostic group , why do we waste so much time discussing ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 24, 2020:

1. Its the one uniting thing we have in common. 2. A lot of people have been hurt by religion, and this site offers the hope of heeling. (New members especially deserve patience.) 3. A lot of us don't actually, look off the front page into the groups. 4. Some people need reassurance they are on the right path. 5. Some people like to hone their debating skills. 6. If you are a points hog, it gets you lots.

My desire to be well informed....

Fernapple comments on Jul 24, 2020:

I love it, but cats always stay sane in this mad world anyway, they are perhaps the only ones who do.

Just a question. Can you get a 'double point', first reply bonus by replying to your OWN post?

Fernapple comments on Jul 24, 2020:

Never understood why you get extra points for being first anyway. What difference does the order of the comments make, unless they are worried that a lot of posts would not get any comments, but I do not think that would happen now the site has grown. While it does encourage short shallow unfunny joke comments.

Doesn't it feel good to shut a religious zealot up when you use the " Good Book" against them let's ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 24, 2020:

Never had the chance but I am working on it. ( Good bible knowledge and it would be a shame to waste it.)

Religion does three things quite effectively: divides people, controls people, deludes people.

Fernapple comments on Jul 24, 2020:

Should though perhaps be the other way round, deludes, controls and divides, do you not think ?

Just a question. Can you get a 'double point', first reply bonus by replying to your OWN post?

Fernapple comments on Jul 24, 2020:

Sadly yes, though I think that a lot of the people who do it, are just thoughtless rather than ill mannered and point hogging.

THE NAKED TRUTH According to a legend from the 19th century, the Truth and the Lie met one day.

Fernapple comments on Jul 24, 2020:

Sadly, the photo is a bit fuzzy, which is kind of sad because it is a good example of nineteenth century narrative art.

Well I had a hike today.

Fernapple comments on Jul 24, 2020:

Sounds like a good way to spend an hour or two, great thing about dogs they do get you out. But if Kohle is elderly and drinking that much, perhaps you should get his blood sugar levels checked, he could be starting type 2.

I'm 2400 to level 8.

Fernapple comments on Jul 24, 2020:

There you go, an few points for you. We have got to get a few intelligent people up in the eights, but I guess you will do instead.

Trevor Noah Explains Why It's Scary That Donald Trump Shifted On Coronavirus | HuffPost

Fernapple comments on Jul 23, 2020:

Sadly it says, not available in your country.

How do you get over the death of a love one?

Fernapple comments on Jul 23, 2020:

What Pondartincbendog said. Plus grief will always be with you, but it can not stop you loving, if loving is in your nature, if you let yourself go, you will love others or the whole world whether you want to or not. Pain is a learning experience and our learning is our greatest treasure. Foolish people will tell you that time will heal, perhaps but don't be in a rush to heal, it comes when it comes, and don't let others pressure you into haste.

“Closet” Agnostic/Atheist.

Fernapple comments on Jul 23, 2020:

You are under no moral obligation to share your unbelief with anyone. It need be no more than your own private mater, and there is no need to feel you are being dishonest in any way by not telling people about it. Most of the people in most of the churches, probably do not believe, but they are not in many cases being honest with the one person who they do have an obligation to tell, which is themselves, you are over that. If religion is not true, then there is no personal harm in going through the motions, a none existent god is not going to look into your heart and punish you for your lack of faith, only a real one could do that, and no one else has that right to play god by asking you what is in your heart.

It's been so long since I visited here.

Fernapple comments on Jul 23, 2020:

Open door.

You are not my shepard, for I am not sheep

Fernapple comments on Jul 23, 2020:

Don't worry that you have not got many comments on this line. It is simply that on here, this is talking to the converted, and nobody thinks they have anything to add.

' Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice ' - ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 23, 2020:

So every morning I open my eyes and spring out of bed. Then I think, that's two, can get back in now.

I had one long term relationship since my husband died.

Fernapple comments on Jul 22, 2020:

Never regret what you have done, only what you did not attempt. (Old saying.) Life is too short to look back with regret, we learn from all our experiences, and our learning is the greatest treasure we have. If you have not caused irrecoverable pain with intent, then you have done nothing wrong.

Its 4:30, i'm still awake, sort of.

Fernapple comments on Jul 22, 2020:

He will do something stupid whether you are watching or not. Get some sleep.

Have you read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? What are your thoughts on it?

Fernapple comments on Jul 22, 2020:

Only book for many years that made me laugh out loud. And especially when faced with obstructive government, I always think about the planning notice pinned up in a basement behind a locked door marked, 'beware of the leopard'. PS. Spoiler, it may also make you cry, which is amazing for a light hearted fantasy, but you have that yet to come in the later books.

Good morning everyone! I developed an interest in evolutionary psychology while working through my ...

Fernapple comments on Jul 22, 2020:

Hello and welcome. Have always been interested in the subject, but sadly no expert.

My comfort in Absurdism I used to be religious.

Fernapple comments on Jul 22, 2020:

Hello and welcome, enjoy the site. You will find there are a lot of us Absurd Atheists here, but not mostly through philosophical choice.