HONORARIUM - Noun.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 9, 2019:

Commonly used in the UK by charities as a tax dodge when they want paid employees but don't want to register for PAYE

Smartphone users warned to be careful of the Antichrist - BBC News

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 9, 2019:

Having an imaginary friend is dumb, having an imaginary enemy is bat shit crazy.

When I was a child I asked my dad what a Slut was

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 9, 2019:

Good job he did do the usual thing and say ask you mum, he would have been in the dog house for weeks.

Perhaps Oscar Wilde was being prescient when he wrote "a Picture of Dorian Gray" back in 1890 or 91.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 9, 2019:

I don't see what this has to do with Dorien Grey but the idea of a mirror universe was used in both the Sci Fi series Lexx and Red Dwarf years ago.

Secular humanism?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 9, 2019:

Let this be the one commandment Thou shalt not be a dickhead

What do you guys think of this for an idea?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 9, 2019:

Why?

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LenHazell53 comments on Jan 8, 2019:

A major cause of the Dunning-Kreuger effect is instilling in to very young children the idea that they are in some way or another superior. By giving them a false sense of confidence self righteousness and infallibility you create a self justifying idiot who can never know he is an idiot because that in itself is, to him, a stupid idea. Either by religion, ethnicity, religion the child is made to think they are privileged and must never let anyone tell them they are wrong, especially if that person is "other". For example my father would never accept that he was wrong about anything if my mother corrected him, it was simply impossible that a woman, by virtue of being a woman, could possibly know better than him. Even if I or my brother backed up my mother as being correct, then he would say that proved his point as the woman was only parroting other men and did not understand what she was saying herself. In the USA children are raised to believe themselves privileged to be citizens of the greatest country on earth, to be "white" American is both to be a member of the greatest nationality AND the superior race. TO be White American and MALE is to be unassailable regardless of any other factor such as education. When Trump came along and showed himself as a White American Male who agreed with these self deluded idiots and justified their belief in their own false self confidence it simply reinforced what they "know" to be true and provided a totem to rally to.

Welcome new members Dr650mike and m27082k.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 8, 2019:

Welcome

I logged in have some fun. Bonjour

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 8, 2019:

Kon'nichiwa

The Latin word for right is dexter and for left, sinister.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 7, 2019:

It comes from linguistic confusion in religious circles The idea that those who oppose god "walk not the path of righteousness", Deliberately confused right meaning correct and right the directional indicative Therefore those not following the "right" path follow the "left hand path", the "Sinister" path, so sinister came to be synonymous with evil. Even today many mystics of various factions still identify one another as travelers on the left hand path.

I'm getting hung up on words.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 7, 2019:

Empathy, at-oneness, awe, affinity, love, congeniality, communion, fellowship, concordance, related, rapport, harmony, ethereal, constancy, comfort. there are lots of words, above are just the first few that came to mind.

As I sit here writing and glancing out the window now and then to watch a blizzard blasting the ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 7, 2019:

In the words of the classic quiz master "The answer is in the question"

The liberals running this website tolerate all kinds of crap from the Trump bashing left wing ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 7, 2019:

Posts like this are why I rarely bother with the senate, spoiled kids left and right all crying that they are being persecuted and throwing their collective dummies out of their prams. You don't like what someone has to say, block them, or better yet don't read them be an adult.

From Morcambe and Wise in 1975. Eric & Ernie with Des O’Connor. [youtu.be]

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 7, 2019:

Classic

What do you think of these suggestions? [radiotimes.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 7, 2019:

Yes but they need to add, **Sack Chibnal**, cut it out with the identity politics and remember it is a Sci Fi show

The Bravados (Classic Western, 1958, GREGORY PECK) [youtu.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 7, 2019:

Peck is an often under rated performer.

Kubrick's The Shining Recently there was a post asking people to name their favorite movie...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 7, 2019:

The Shining is the Islam or Christianity of Movies, in that those who are willing to defend it are willing to tie themselves in to mental gymnastic knots and say openly stupid things in in order to defend it. I was in the day a huge Stephen King fan and saw the Shining the first performance of the first day in my home town. The cinema was packed and we waited with baited breath. Then it started. We were treated to a glorious cinematic overhead shot of the Torrance car heading to the over look as the shadow of the Helicopter filming them drifts in to sight. That is when the sniggers started. By the the end of the film most of the audience left wiping tears from their eyes and declaring that not billing it as a comedy was a stroke of genius. Then as months passed many of my circle of friends began to hear rumours of this minor piece being hailed as a work of actual cinema genius. I seriously wondered if they were talking about the same film, the one with the kid croaking at his finger, the one with Shelly Duvall mugging at the camera and Jack Nicholson turning out his most over the top ham sandwich of a performance since "The Raven". But No it was the same film and then the art centre corner bar critics began trying to explain WHY it was not only a really good film, but a Great film. Within ten years the ridicule and mockery that greeted it's initial release had been over taken by the propaganda. I am afraid no matter how blasphemous it may seem, I will stick by my original assessment that Kubrick's the Shining is terrible, it verges on so bad it is good, but is not self aware enough to merit that mitigation. Try this experiment... sit and watch the film with someone who has never even heard of it is not a Kubrick fan. Tell them nothing, put it on and watch the cloud of incredulity slide over their face and see it give way to either a plea to turn the crap off, or to near hysterical laughter.

Raymond Burr!

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 7, 2019:

groan

MITHRA.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 6, 2019:

According to the Mormon church, and they are deadly serious, Mithra, freemasonary, Tammuz worship and Dionysus were all sent to earth by the devil to mock the Christian saviour and the true faith, thousands of years before he was born in order to sow doubt in the minds of men. Taking the piss by doing it before he did, sort of inverted plagiarism. An them thur Murman boy went ahead and lapped it all up.

I love when actors and actresses break out out of their stereotypical modes and demonstrate ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 6, 2019:

Personally I find Carey a much better dramatist than a comedian. All my favourite Carey movies are his more serious roles, The Number 23, The Truman show and as you say the remarkable and for some reason largely forgotten The Majestic in which Martin Landau proved his Oscar winning Performance in Ed wood was no fluke.

"You ever get the feeling the world's filling up with bastards?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 6, 2019:

In any circumstance, scientific or social, there is one golden rule, shit and scum always rises to the top and call themselves the cream. when there are only bastards, the least bastardly will be seen as the good guy to be dumped upon, when he is gone, the next least worst will take his place.

Yet another Fundie Hypocrite! [friendlyatheist.patheos.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 6, 2019:

I seem to recall this fuckwit getting into bother a few years back for preaching (on you tube) how he "saved" a fourteen year old from atheism at bible camp by taking him out back and punching the living shit out of him.

1 Peter 1:20 ( NRSV): He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 6, 2019:

That which is good in Christianity is not original That which is original is not good

Can you get yourself ready for breakfast in six minutes?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 6, 2019:

It is a disgrace.

Smells in the grocery store.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 6, 2019:

good one

Winterbourne /ˈwin(t)ərˌbôrn/ nounBRITISH noun: winterbourne; plural noun: winterbournes a...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 6, 2019:

What a great word, thanks for that.

A teacher at a college reminded her pupils of tomorrow's final exam.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 6, 2019:

oldie but goodie

Eighty-year-old Bessie bursts into the recreation room of the retirement home.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 5, 2019:

Old Bernie walks in to the social room of his old folks home with a sack of wriggling somethings. "What's in the bag Bernie?" asks Jo "Puppies," answers Bernie "That's nice, " says Jo. "If I can guess how many puppies you have in there , can I have one?" Bernie grins and says "If you can guess how many I got, you can have 'em both!"

I always watched it.?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 5, 2019:

Yeah I watched it as a kid, but like so many other shows of the time, the formula destroyed it in the end. None of the main characters will die or get hurt Little Joe's love interest will die be killed or be taken by the indians Hoss will always be dumb but lovable Nothing significant will ever really happen and if it does will be forgotten by next week. Of all the western series the only ones I really like were Alias Smith and Jones and Have gun will travel.

Dalek Who [m.youtube.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 5, 2019:

like it

Information can take a long time to filter down to swamp in the arse end of the world.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 5, 2019:

So *all* politicians are corrupt on both sides, the civil service is corrupt, money talks and ordinary people get the shitty end of the stick every time while all the low lifes are living high.. You know what I just discovered, the Sky is blue!!!

Shawshank Redemption, Catch Me If You Can and Lost in Translation, a few of my favourites.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 5, 2019:

Lots of favourites from different times and covering different genres.

Who Will Be Left?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 4, 2019:

I hope I am wrong but I fear the fall will not come easily and will see more danger, horror, injustice and blood (both metaphorical and literal) than all but the most pessimistic would dare to prognosticate.

[nbcnews.com] Excuse me, I have to go and vomit!

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 4, 2019:

Fortunately in this country there is no such thing as a statute of limitations, as many lousy perverts from the 1970 have found to their cost. The whole idea of saying "It was a long time ago so it does not count" is childish and pathetic. YOU did it, it can be proven you did it, you go to jail, no matter how long you have managed to hide your guilt.

I grew up with a mother who seemed to not love me very much.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 4, 2019:

That's nothing, my mother put shutters on my pram and hung pork chops around my neck so the Rottweilers would play with me.

Daily Mail reports about declining viewership all season.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 4, 2019:

I grew up with this show, saw it through good times and bad, but this last season became a trial. Where once Saturday night visits to a beloved relative's house were looked forward to with delight and anticipation, the Sunday night trek to the old folks home has become a sad and depressing duty, the viewing once so joyful is now only a sorry time spent watching a husk or shell of someone once great declining in to dementia and weakness, wisdom replaced by out of touch babble and admiration replaced by pity.

Anyone else study comparative religious history?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 3, 2019:

Yes but only as an amateur, studying an one religion tends to lead you in to picking up bits and pieces of all the others.

‪PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Over the past four months, Roman Catholic dioceses across the U.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 3, 2019:

You forgot to add, WHEN THEY HAD TO ! The church that enables and protects a paedo, is a paedo church.

How do y'all deal with the loneliness of being an atheist in a religious family?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 3, 2019:

If you are lonely in your own family because of your atheism it is not your fault if they chose to abandon you. If they did this, they are not your family.

My sons, both clever boys were sat having a philosophical discussion about life and the universe and...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 3, 2019:

I would restrain myself

Apparently, today in 2005 Craig Ferguson becomes the host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 3, 2019:

At the moment it is a toss up between Trevor Noah and John Oliver

We love 80's Action movies at Ruthless.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 3, 2019:

Depends on what you classify as an action movie, but I loved Escape from NY

Sean Connery was THE James Bond.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 3, 2019:

Did you know Lazenby played Bond twice? Many Kudos points to anyone who can name ***both*** films.

What are some bad movies that you have watched?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 3, 2019:

The Tommy Wiseau school of film making. One of my favourite bad movies is this little gem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LRIypcaIX4

It must not have been a very good special tonight.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 3, 2019:

It was probably the best episode of the season, but then that is like saying it was the least stinking herring in a barrel of rotten fish.

I have always been fascinated with Mt.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 1, 2019:

"When you ask these bozos why they climb mountains, they say ' because it's there ' Well an Elephant's bum hole is there but I have never had the inclination to climb up it!" Jasper Carrott

[nola.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 1, 2019:

These words are the equivalent of a desperate person trying to lift themselves out of the path of an on coming storm by standing in a bucket with handles are made of razor wire.

When it comes to movie re-makes, I have a hard time accepting them with respect to the great ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 1, 2019:

Kirk Alyn 1950 and George Reeves played Superman in 1951 Lewis Wilson played Batman in 1943 Robert Lowery in 1949 and Adam West in 1966 Nicholas Hammond played Spiderman in 1977 Barry Nelson played James Bond in Casino Royal in 1954 So technically all those you cite are remakes Peter sellers was the first to play Inspector Clouseau but was not the first cast, he took over the roll when Peter Ustinov pulled out a few days in to filming the Pink Panther, he was replaced in 1968 by Alan Arkin but returned in 1975.

" Former head of the US Office of Government Ethics, Walter M Shaub Jr, tweeted: "What kind of ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 1, 2019:

incredible

Got kicked off of Facebook because I had said that there is no "true Christian" any more than there ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 1, 2019:

There **is** no such thing as a Scotchman, true or otherwise. As a noun Scotch is a drink, or as a verb means to put an end to. An indigenous inhabitant of Scotland is a Scott (with two Ts Scot with one t is a tax). Even the logical fallacy "No true Scotsman" is wrong and should actually be "No true man of Scotland" The word Scotsman exists only as the name of a Newspaper.

ATAVISTIC.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 1, 2019:

Nice one

in·vei·gle /inˈvāɡəl/ verb verb: inveigle; 3rd person present: inveigles; past tense: ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 1, 2019:

Good word

Or if you do manage to find one bring it to me (and whatever it is you’re on) and you will be ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 1, 2019:

Hey! They are in the Bible so they are real!!! Smar'ass scientees!

my grandfather and others of his generation used the word "blinky" as an adjective to refer to milk ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 31, 2018:

When I was growing up car indicators were called "winkers", Blinkers were worn by horses to limit their range of peripheral vision. Sour milk was Manky or gloopy. Blinking was a mild substitute for swearing similar to Dash it, bloomin' or bother. A Blink was slang for a short sighted person.

Facebook strikes again last one for this year lol .......more in 2019 😂😂😂🇬🇧

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 31, 2018:

lol

Everything is connected

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 31, 2018:

The assertion is to general for a yes or no answer

So very true

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 31, 2018:

like it

[failstatemovie.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 31, 2018:

I plan to watch this one soon, just sat Farenheit 11/9 last night, once you get past Moore's ego tripping, it is very well researched and fascinating.

?????? This!

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 31, 2018:

Makes sense

Wisdom from Mad Magazine

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 31, 2018:

Always loved Mad, I've no idea why I stopped reading it, does it still exist?

2018 retrospective---Billy Graham said he was "looking forward to seeing god face to face.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 30, 2018:

The religious are in a win win/lose lose position... if they are right they will be a bunch of smug gits living under the rule of despotic tyrant, if they are wrong they will never know that they wasted their lives. Atheists on the other hand if they are right will only get the oblivion they expect and if they are wrong will be with all the more interesting people anyway.

Is Christianity a book religion or a church religion?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 30, 2018:

These days it is what ever the fuck it wants to be in order to keep the dumb-asses paying up and the victims keeping quiet about the kiddie fiddlers.

"There is nothing here but me and the desert.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 30, 2018:

Yeah well that 30 seconds of my life I'm not getting back.

[friendlyatheist.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 30, 2018:

Oh for fuck sake, we are living in the 21st century and adult people still want special treatment because their imaginary friend says so. "This town needs an enema" https://cdn3.whatculture.com/images/2014/06/JOKER-ENEMA.gif

I can identify myself.. What about you??

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 30, 2018:

Is this a still from "They Live" that I've never seen before?

Sufficient Evidence for the Supernatural | Billy - Austin, TX | Atheist Experience 20.45 [youtube.]

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 30, 2018:

"How do you know they are farting?" LMFAO ??????????????????????

Facebook strikes again ????

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 30, 2018:

Yes I had a real life version of that when my brother begged my first wife to teach my mother how to cook in the middle of Christmas dinner. The air seemed to literally seethe.

Hello everyone i have just joined this group.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 30, 2018:

Welcome from the industrial north east

Bread and circuses . . . .

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 30, 2018:

We live in a free society?... by the way I have some lovely sea front property in Birmingham you might be interested in buying. David Icke (to Terry Wogan cira 2005)

Are you all aware of the 78 Environmental Rules that the trump regime are reversing or modifying.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 30, 2018:

Their are like as not only two possible explanations for this behaviour 1) he is an alien overlord trying to convert our atmosphere to that of his home planet in order to facilitate and invasion. or 2) He is an irresponsible idiot bastard who values profits over over human life and wellbeing. Let us apply Occam's razor... Yup...thought so.

Always wash your hands ???

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 30, 2018:

I can imagine that for many the second option would come with the addendum "Only if you are lucky"

Christian conservative married Republican Congressman Joe Barton sent nude photos showing his penis ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 29, 2018:

In a world were Trumpty Dumpty can get elected none this surprises me anymore,

"If you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree, he will spend it's entire life believing it is...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 29, 2018:

Einstein never said this, it was falsely attributed to him in a self help book “The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose” by Matthew Kelly 2004, this is the first time the quote is mentioned in relation to him. I appears in no collections of Einstein's works or quotations, but something similar does appear in an early treaties on higher education by an anonimous author as quoted in 1940 by a Prof. Dolbear of Tufts college.

The term Agnostic was coined by . . . .

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 29, 2018:

A complex way to make an excuse for not having the courage of your own convictions.

Has anyone a clue what " To obtain wisdom" means?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 29, 2018:

I has usually been my experience that when a clergymen tells you to "obtain wisdom" it means "I haven't a clue, so go ask God, pray and if you don't get an answer then it is fuck all to do with me and everything to do with you not having enough faith!"

Language changes over time.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 29, 2018:

No you are not getting old, people are getting lazier and dumber. Simply claiming language changes does not explain anything, it is an excuse to tolerate bad education and bone idleness. Language is like a muscle it either evolves with use or degrades in indolence. The evolution of language allows for more precision and accuracy a greater comprehensibility and universality where even if the word is unknown to one or the other conversationalists it's meaning can be implied and/or inferred based on root etymology common to all speakers. The degradation, the degeneration of language is the loss of coherence in favour of fainéant, usually monosyllabic grudging, simple animalistic sounds that can and do convey a multitude of meaning reliant purely on context and a common frame of reference unique to the concomitant interlocutors, while being utterly incomprehensible to anyone else, words in such cases loose all etymological and lexicographical roots, defy analysis and often have no basis other than onomatopoeia or emotional resonance.

This is me.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 29, 2018:

yup me too

???? yes I understand the truth behind this

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 29, 2018:

Brings back memories.

Bill Maher's Religulous is a comedic documentary.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 29, 2018:

Love this film, it is available on Amazon Prime and video

Architectural brilliance or hubris?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 29, 2018:

More of a tribute I would say, but if the reality lives up to the vision, a thing of beauty.

VITUPERATION.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 29, 2018:

I used this as a title for a story for once, but was advised it was too "posh" so changed it. I wish I had not.

What would a highly functional society without religion look like?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 28, 2018:

Japan?

How to respond to those who say they will pray for you?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 28, 2018:

"I'll pray for you" "Will you? I'll tell my rainbow hedgehog unicorn about you too, oh sorry he doesn't exist...either."

I'm trying to find one of my writers to take the bullet for this shitfest, but am getting no takers.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 27, 2018:

Being a Holmesian completist I will watch this, I even watched the dreadful Holmes "comedy" *The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 )* and the equally abysmal *"The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977)" * That said, I do not hold out any hope for this abominable atrocity whatsoever for this looks set to top them all for my number one spot of the Sherlock "Cringeometre". It is of course possible to write and produce a good Holmes comedy, as exemplified by **Without a Clue 1988** & **The Private life of Sherlock Holmes 1970** For example However it is necessary in order to do this to ***start ***with a good Sherlock Holmes story. This is the Key Holmes first Story first, and *then* add the right humour. Beginning with the idea that you are going to find a home for a bunch of old routines and crap old jokes and then decide you are going to piss take a beloved institution for that purpose, will never work, because it will not be Holmes, or even a parody or Pastiche of Holmes it will be a clown in a deerstalker at best.

What is your favourite oxymoron?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 27, 2018:

Religious Education is a good one as is the motto of BYU (Brigham Young University) **"The glory of God is intelligence"** The we have Priestly Integrity Cardinal Virtues Incorruptible Politician True Faith is Evidence Seriously Funny My favourite though is That which interests the public is not necessarily in the public interest anonymous

Now watching this TV series on Netflix, I like it ??

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 27, 2018:

Have not seen this yet, will watch out for it when it comes on Netflix UK Cheers

"Some women appreciate being recognized for what they do or who they are more so than for what they ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 27, 2018:

Another attempt to demonize men being men? I think everyone male, female or anything in between appreciates being recognized for who they are more so than for what they look like. If this was not the case ugly buggers like me would never stand a chance and I would have missed out on some of the best friendships and sex I've ever had.

Game of Thornes? ?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 27, 2018:

I watched the first episode at the insistence of my son, fifteen minutes in I paused it and asked "If I can tell you how this episode is going to end will you let me stop watching it. He insisted I could not, I did, he turned it off and went way in a sulk. The most predictable, formulaic thing on TV since Friends ceased to be a thing. Peter Dinklage is pretty cool though, but but prefer him as Bolivar Trask.

Definitely not a blockbuster but at the end I was fairly impressed for this being on the slightly ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 27, 2018:

I saw this a couple of years ago, loved it and the ending blew me away.

What are your top 3 Jim Carrey movies? Mine are 'Dumb And Dumber', 'The Majestic', and 'Liar, Liar'.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 27, 2018:

3 The majestic ( heart rending) 2 The Cable guy (genuinely frightening) 1 The Truman show (Just one of the best films ever made.) Honourable mention "The number 23" Imagine what Hitchcock or De Palma would have done with this concept.

An 18 year old girl was being interviewed for acceptance into a university.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 27, 2018:

Best malapropism joke I have heard in a while ????

There goes another theory, the one about cats being smart but it may just be a dexterity problem, ...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 27, 2018:

Have you ever heard the theory that if you strap a slice of buttered toast, butter side up, to the back of a cat and drop it, you will have created perpetual motion and infinite power?

A flat-chested young lady went to Dr.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 27, 2018:

I am so stealing that one.

Who believes in the supernatural?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 24, 2018:

No No & We rot

LDS leadership excommunicate former bishop for protecting children. "Praise the Lord?

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 24, 2018:

This is common place, even when I was a TBM here was a small and very vocal minority speaking out against such things. But bringing the church in to disrepute by telling the truth about it has always been an excommunicatable offense. In recent years many items of church history have been admitted as being true, leaving hundreds to wonder why they were excommunicated for pointing out these exact same things years before. The church is on it's last legs, and while being still VERY rich, the "active" membership has been steadily declining everywhere except in third world African countries and having spent some time speaking to a Somali missionary in my home town, the church they know is not the church I was a part of. When I asked him about the banning of blacks from the priesthood until 1978 he had no idea what I was talking about and his seething red faced Utah born companion rushed him away insisting he had never heard about it either.

Merry xmas/Happy holidays, Whovians! [youtube.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 24, 2018:

Yessssss. I used to love that song, until all the truth came out about serial child molester Gary Glitter who wrote one of the three songs this record is a mash up of (Rock and Roll part 2 (by Glitter), Blockbuster, and the Doctor Who theme.) Now I cannot listen to it anymore.

The Greatest Movie Ever Made.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 24, 2018:

No western, despite it's many faults, has ever moved me like "High Noon" Franky Lanes performance of the theme tune is quintessentially what the western themes evolved from, so much so he was brought back years later to do the theme for Blazing Saddles a parody theme that none the less ranks up there with the greatest cowboy themes ever.

Being neither a neurologist or a philosopher, I don't write this with any authority but will make it...

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 24, 2018:

What religious people call a soul is a desperate personification of self that is separate from the physical born of a desperate fear of death and reality. What musicians call soul is the powerful essence of passion able to be written or played in to and derived from truly emotional music and musical performance. The former is a delusion, the latter is real.

If a cowboy is happy ??

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 23, 2018:

If a psychic is genuine does that make her a **medium rare**?

A priest and rabbi were seated next to each other on a train.

LenHazell53 comments on Dec 23, 2018:

love it.?????