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Darwin's doubt, is evolution a theory in crises?
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aquaheal comments on Mar 10, 2020:
Maybe I should have posted this in academic.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 10, 2020:
No you should have checked out what a fuckwit he was before spreading his verbal manure
aquaheal comments on Mar 10, 2020:
Maybe I should have posted this in academic.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 10, 2020:
No you should have checked out what a fuckwit he was before spreading his verbal manure
A little bit of history
LenHazell53 comments on Mar 10, 2020:
Yes I pointed this out once an was told the Horus story, like those of Tammuz and Mithras were Devil's mockeries of the "true" Christ story done back in time before Christ in order to discredit him.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 10, 2020:
@AmyTheBruce not really, these were the same guys who told me in all seriousness that satan buried Dinosaur bones all over the word to propagate the lie of evolution.
Not worth pursuing reasonable discussion with fanatics
LenHazell53 comments on Mar 10, 2020:
Yes I pointed this out once an was told the Horus story, like those of Tammuz and Mithras were Devil's mockeries of the "true" Christ story done back in time before Christ in order to discredit him.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 10, 2020:
@AmyTheBruce not really, these were the same guys who told me in all seriousness that satan buried Dinosaur bones all over the word to propagate the lie of evolution.
Not worth pursuing reasonable discussion with fanatics
A Pastor Assaulted Her When She Was 17; Watch Her React To His Pseudo-Apology | Hemant Mehta | ...
Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 9, 2020:
The video isn't available
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 10, 2020:
try again friendly atheist have reuploaded a mirror of this after the NY times took it down
Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 9, 2020:
The video isn't available
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 10, 2020:
try again friendly atheist have reuploaded a mirror of this after the NY times took it down
Cun·ni·lin·gus
stimulation of the female genitals using the tongue or lips.
AgnoBill comments on Mar 10, 2020:
Yeah now you can go for the "f" word. No, not that one -- the eight-letter one.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 10, 2020:
fellatus, past participle of fellare "to suck," is the root etymology of the german word fellation used in a sexual sense, since approximately 1884 the anglicisation fellatio has been in common use
AgnoBill comments on Mar 10, 2020:
Yeah now you can go for the "f" word. No, not that one -- the eight-letter one.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 10, 2020:
fellatus, past participle of fellare "to suck," is the root etymology of the german word fellation used in a sexual sense, since approximately 1884 the anglicisation fellatio has been in common use
I will grant you the words are not uncommon, but I did not know the history.
LenHazell53 comments on Mar 9, 2020:
funny but untrue, the same story has been used for the history of the two finger salute used in the UK for the same purposes of the middle finger and the thumb click on the front tooth used in Italy.
None are true because there is no culture known for cutting off the fingers of enemy archers, they ...
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 10, 2020:
@AgnoBill because the first records of this story being told only date back to the 1980s
LenHazell53 comments on Mar 9, 2020:
funny but untrue, the same story has been used for the history of the two finger salute used in the UK for the same purposes of the middle finger and the thumb click on the front tooth used in Italy.
None are true because there is no culture known for cutting off the fingers of enemy archers, they ...
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 10, 2020:
@AgnoBill because the first records of this story being told only date back to the 1980s
Right-Wing Pastor: God Sent Us Coronavirus Because of Homosexuality | Beth Stoneburner | Friendly ...
NoPlanetB comments on Mar 8, 2020:
Then why did gawd not just give it to homosexuals. Such ignorance just needs calling out.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 8, 2020:
He tried that wid de Aids, but dem sneaky queeroseuxals wen bout givin' it to straight folk too, Satan is devious, that's why him invent biseuxal too
NoPlanetB comments on Mar 8, 2020:
Then why did gawd not just give it to homosexuals. Such ignorance just needs calling out.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 8, 2020:
He tried that wid de Aids, but dem sneaky queeroseuxals wen bout givin' it to straight folk too, Satan is devious, that's why him invent biseuxal too
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bobwjr comments on Mar 7, 2020:
Complete moron
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 7, 2020:
you are too kind
bobwjr comments on Mar 7, 2020:
Complete moron
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 7, 2020:
you are too kind
TAUTOLOGY.
LenHazell53 comments on Mar 6, 2020:
Tautologies can become so complex that they hide in plain site usually mascaraing as ontology
such as the well known proof of god given by St. Anselm
Existence is a necessary attribute of Perfection
God is by definition perfect
Therefore God exists
It does not look like a tautology but it is...
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 6, 2020:
@WonderWartHog99 nope that is an inverse syllogism fallacy
LenHazell53 comments on Mar 6, 2020:
Tautologies can become so complex that they hide in plain site usually mascaraing as ontology
such as the well known proof of god given by St. Anselm
Existence is a necessary attribute of Perfection
God is by definition perfect
Therefore God exists
It does not look like a tautology but it is...
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 6, 2020:
@WonderWartHog99 nope that is an inverse syllogism fallacy
TAUTOLOGY.
LenHazell53 comments on Mar 6, 2020:
Tautologies can become so complex that they hide in plain site usually mascaraing as ontology
such as the well known proof of god given by St. Anselm
Existence is a necessary attribute of Perfection
God is by definition perfect
Therefore God exists
It does not look like a tautology but it is...
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 6, 2020:
@WonderWartHog99 No circular reasoning is when both parts of an argument are reliant upon the other to prove such as supposedly true or untrue
*The bible is true because it is the word of god and we know this to be true because it says so in the bible.*
is circular reasoning, however if I were to possit instead
*The Bible is the inspired word of god inscribed by men, because men wrote the bible under the influence of god*
that is a tautology because it simply says the same thing twice, neither statement backs up or proves the other
The difference is subtle
LenHazell53 comments on Mar 6, 2020:
Tautologies can become so complex that they hide in plain site usually mascaraing as ontology
such as the well known proof of god given by St. Anselm
Existence is a necessary attribute of Perfection
God is by definition perfect
Therefore God exists
It does not look like a tautology but it is...
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 6, 2020:
@WonderWartHog99 No circular reasoning is when both parts of an argument are reliant upon the other to prove such as supposedly true or untrue
*The bible is true because it is the word of god and we know this to be true because it says so in the bible.*
is circular reasoning, however if I were to possit instead
*The Bible is the inspired word of god inscribed by men, because men wrote the bible under the influence of god*
that is a tautology because it simply says the same thing twice, neither statement backs up or proves the other
The difference is subtle
TAUTOLOGY.
WonderWartHog99 comments on Mar 6, 2020:
## One example: “This is like deja vu all over again” (Yogi Berra). Another example: “Your acting is completely devoid of emotion.”
Devoid is defined as “completely empty.” Thus, completely devoid is an example of tautology.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 6, 2020:
@WonderWartHog99 In the UK what you have posted as "Yogisms." in your second post tend to be known now as Coleman balls after the gaff ridden sports commentator David Coleman such as
*A truly international field with no Britons involved
That was the fastest time ever run but did not quite beat the record
For those of you watching who do not have television sets, live commentary is on Radio 2
Forest have now lost six matches without winning.
I think there is no doubt, she’ll probably qualify for the final.
If that had gone in, it would have been a goal.
The front wheel crosses the finish line, closely followed by the back wheel.*
WonderWartHog99 comments on Mar 6, 2020:
## One example: “This is like deja vu all over again” (Yogi Berra). Another example: “Your acting is completely devoid of emotion.”
Devoid is defined as “completely empty.” Thus, completely devoid is an example of tautology.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 6, 2020:
@WonderWartHog99 In the UK what you have posted as "Yogisms." in your second post tend to be known now as Coleman balls after the gaff ridden sports commentator David Coleman such as
*A truly international field with no Britons involved
That was the fastest time ever run but did not quite beat the record
For those of you watching who do not have television sets, live commentary is on Radio 2
Forest have now lost six matches without winning.
I think there is no doubt, she’ll probably qualify for the final.
If that had gone in, it would have been a goal.
The front wheel crosses the finish line, closely followed by the back wheel.*
TAUTOLOGY.
WonderWartHog99 comments on Mar 6, 2020:
## One example: “This is like deja vu all over again” (Yogi Berra). Another example: “Your acting is completely devoid of emotion.”
Devoid is defined as “completely empty.” Thus, completely devoid is an example of tautology.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 6, 2020:
@WonderWartHog99 see above
WonderWartHog99 comments on Mar 6, 2020:
## One example: “This is like deja vu all over again” (Yogi Berra). Another example: “Your acting is completely devoid of emotion.”
Devoid is defined as “completely empty.” Thus, completely devoid is an example of tautology.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 6, 2020:
@WonderWartHog99 see above
TAUTOLOGY.
WonderWartHog99 comments on Mar 6, 2020:
## One example: “This is like deja vu all over again” (Yogi Berra). Another example: “Your acting is completely devoid of emotion.”
Devoid is defined as “completely empty.” Thus, completely devoid is an example of tautology.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 6, 2020:
second example is a redundancy not a tautology
WonderWartHog99 comments on Mar 6, 2020:
## One example: “This is like deja vu all over again” (Yogi Berra). Another example: “Your acting is completely devoid of emotion.”
Devoid is defined as “completely empty.” Thus, completely devoid is an example of tautology.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 6, 2020:
second example is a redundancy not a tautology
What are your views on the Epicurean Paradox?
godlessguy comments on Mar 4, 2020:
This is Honestly a very weak argument that stems from assumptions Western cultures make about the nature of God ( ie they view god as basically a really large powerful man)
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 5, 2020:
that is the point
godlessguy comments on Mar 4, 2020:
This is Honestly a very weak argument that stems from assumptions Western cultures make about the nature of God ( ie they view god as basically a really large powerful man)
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 5, 2020:
that is the point
What are your views on the Epicurean Paradox?
Silver1wun comments on Mar 5, 2020:
Why is this god a he?
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 5, 2020:
because at the time of translation there was no gender neutral pronoun in English, so "he" was used as such.
Silver1wun comments on Mar 5, 2020:
Why is this god a he?
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 5, 2020:
because at the time of translation there was no gender neutral pronoun in English, so "he" was used as such.
Why do amens not work.
DavidLaDeau comments on Mar 4, 2020:
Amon was an Egyptian god. When the Egyptians ended their prayers they ended it with their gods name. Amon became Amen in The Hebrew language. Mysteriously, the Jews who had, had perhaps more than 1000 years exposure to Egyptian gods also ended their prayers with Amon/Amen.
So when Christians ...
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 4, 2020:
@Geoffrey51 Theologically that is so, but among historians, linguists, philologists, lexicographist and people who actually do have some intellectual merit as experts the connection is an accepted theory, especially given that the Jews insist their traditions of temples, ritual washing and much else that they despised and persecuted the non exilic Jews and Samaritans for not observing all did come from Egypt.
DavidLaDeau comments on Mar 4, 2020:
Amon was an Egyptian god. When the Egyptians ended their prayers they ended it with their gods name. Amon became Amen in The Hebrew language. Mysteriously, the Jews who had, had perhaps more than 1000 years exposure to Egyptian gods also ended their prayers with Amon/Amen.
So when Christians ...
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 4, 2020:
@Geoffrey51 Theologically that is so, but among historians, linguists, philologists, lexicographist and people who actually do have some intellectual merit as experts the connection is an accepted theory, especially given that the Jews insist their traditions of temples, ritual washing and much else that they despised and persecuted the non exilic Jews and Samaritans for not observing all did come from Egypt.
hyperacusis
hī-pə-rə-ˈkyü-səs
noun
abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased ...
LenHazell53 comments on Mar 4, 2020:
Am familiar with this condition, my father suffered from it, leading to many embarrassing confrontations with what he called noisy neighbours, sometimes three doors away on the other side of the road, and my childhood spent straining to hear the TV, (I have a 30% hearing loss in my left ear)
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 4, 2020:
@altschmerz believe it or not I bought a pair of top of the range philips headphones so I could listen to my cassettes and records and he still complained he could hear them, because I had them up to loud.
LenHazell53 comments on Mar 4, 2020:
Am familiar with this condition, my father suffered from it, leading to many embarrassing confrontations with what he called noisy neighbours, sometimes three doors away on the other side of the road, and my childhood spent straining to hear the TV, (I have a 30% hearing loss in my left ear)
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 4, 2020:
@altschmerz believe it or not I bought a pair of top of the range philips headphones so I could listen to my cassettes and records and he still complained he could hear them, because I had them up to loud.
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Charlene comments on Mar 3, 2020:
Oh brother..🙄🙄🙄
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 4, 2020:
@SeaGreenEyez and the award for quickest and most devious moving of the goal posts goes to...(drum roll please)...@FearlessFly
Charlene comments on Mar 3, 2020:
Oh brother..🙄🙄🙄
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 4, 2020:
@SeaGreenEyez and the award for quickest and most devious moving of the goal posts goes to...(drum roll please)...@FearlessFly
What are your views on the Epicurean Paradox?
richiegtt comments on Mar 3, 2020:
The so called paradox assumes that human and divine definitions of evil are the same .The fact is that human definitions of evil are not the same across cultures or individuals for that matter, this means the main assumption really can’t be justified.From a undefined gods point of view It is ...
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 4, 2020:
A divine definitions of evil presupposes the existence of the divine.
The paradox is from a human perspective using human definitions.
Regardless of cultural difference to each individual evil or negativity holds the same negative connotation, regardless of the act being referenced in the individual mind as an illustration.
Therefore the paradox holds and is free from equivocation
richiegtt comments on Mar 3, 2020:
The so called paradox assumes that human and divine definitions of evil are the same .The fact is that human definitions of evil are not the same across cultures or individuals for that matter, this means the main assumption really can’t be justified.From a undefined gods point of view It is ...
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 4, 2020:
A divine definitions of evil presupposes the existence of the divine.
The paradox is from a human perspective using human definitions.
Regardless of cultural difference to each individual evil or negativity holds the same negative connotation, regardless of the act being referenced in the individual mind as an illustration.
Therefore the paradox holds and is free from equivocation
QUIXOTIC - Adjective.
Charlene comments on Mar 3, 2020:
I can be quixotic at times..💃💃💃💃😄
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 3, 2020:
an excellent choice
Charlene comments on Mar 3, 2020:
I can be quixotic at times..💃💃💃💃😄
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 3, 2020:
an excellent choice
[theguardiansofdemocracy.
BudFrank comments on Mar 2, 2020:
It would be so ironic if an outbreak could be traced to his rallies.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 2, 2020:
It would not be ironic at all it would be criminally negligent on the part of the bumhole in chief.
BudFrank comments on Mar 2, 2020:
It would be so ironic if an outbreak could be traced to his rallies.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 2, 2020:
It would not be ironic at all it would be criminally negligent on the part of the bumhole in chief.
If most folks can agree that we "create our own reality" can we then agree that we create our own ...
p-nullifidian comments on Mar 2, 2020:
If an asteroid destroyed the Earth tomorrow, would this reality be our own individual creation, or would it be shared with 7 billion others who experience annihilation? Reality exists whether or not we as individuals accept, deny or even perceive it. In addition to the steady chain of causes and ...
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 2, 2020:
@Matias that is simple equivocation and psychologism,
So called social reality (an unnecessary subset of subjective reality) only exists on a phenomenological plane as in social constructs and abstract concepts. That is to say are only real in the senses that they are accepted as such or exist as ideas for the manipulation of physical reality. The same "social reality" may be given various names in different cultures and this unfortunately leads to disagreements or even wars over semantics.
Therefore as a rule we do not create them as such but are indoctrinated in to them , or abide by them for expediency, in exactly the same way we do with perceived physical reality.
p-nullifidian comments on Mar 2, 2020:
If an asteroid destroyed the Earth tomorrow, would this reality be our own individual creation, or would it be shared with 7 billion others who experience annihilation? Reality exists whether or not we as individuals accept, deny or even perceive it. In addition to the steady chain of causes and ...
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 2, 2020:
@Matias that is simple equivocation and psychologism,
So called social reality (an unnecessary subset of subjective reality) only exists on a phenomenological plane as in social constructs and abstract concepts. That is to say are only real in the senses that they are accepted as such or exist as ideas for the manipulation of physical reality. The same "social reality" may be given various names in different cultures and this unfortunately leads to disagreements or even wars over semantics.
Therefore as a rule we do not create them as such but are indoctrinated in to them , or abide by them for expediency, in exactly the same way we do with perceived physical reality.
If most folks can agree that we "create our own reality" can we then agree that we create our own ...
lerlo comments on Mar 1, 2020:
I disagree that we create our own reality, otherwise we'd all create it better. But you'll get unanimous consent here I'm pretty sure that "we" (man) create all the gods
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 2, 2020:
"If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated."
Voltaire
lerlo comments on Mar 1, 2020:
I disagree that we create our own reality, otherwise we'd all create it better. But you'll get unanimous consent here I'm pretty sure that "we" (man) create all the gods
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 2, 2020:
"If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated."
Voltaire
This sounds much better use of tax funds than armaments & MP rorts.
Petter comments on Mar 1, 2020:
Free public transport is affordable in a small, affluent area. I doubt Australia could manage it. But it would be an idea to semi-nationalise and then subsidise it.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 1, 2020:
True but instituting such a scheme in congested inner city areas for the public is feasible , as is paying for it with a congestion charge on those who insist on using their cars and none electric commercial vehicles
Petter comments on Mar 1, 2020:
Free public transport is affordable in a small, affluent area. I doubt Australia could manage it. But it would be an idea to semi-nationalise and then subsidise it.
LenHazell53 replies on Mar 1, 2020:
True but instituting such a scheme in congested inner city areas for the public is feasible , as is paying for it with a congestion charge on those who insist on using their cars and none electric commercial vehicles
Once upon a time, "life" was defined as the ability to replicate, but no longer.
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 28, 2020:
Have you read about meme theory?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 29, 2020:
@Petter Basically the idea of packets of information such as stories, jokes, aphorisms taking on a life of their own comparable to genetics, spreading like a disease, adapting to changing norms evolving with language by passing from person to person.
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 28, 2020:
Have you read about meme theory?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 29, 2020:
@Petter Basically the idea of packets of information such as stories, jokes, aphorisms taking on a life of their own comparable to genetics, spreading like a disease, adapting to changing norms evolving with language by passing from person to person.
A question: There is a bill circulating in the Utah legislator to legalize polygamy.
FearlessFly comments on Feb 27, 2020:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyandry
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 28, 2020:
Thank you I have adapted my post accordingly.
FearlessFly comments on Feb 27, 2020:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyandry
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 28, 2020:
Thank you I have adapted my post accordingly.
Candaulism
A sexual paraphilia, where by sexual arousal is achieved by exposing ones partner's ...
Cast1es comments on Feb 27, 2020:
Slhouldn't get your own sexual pleasure from messing with someone else's .
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 28, 2020:
True so presumably the ideal partner for a Candaulist would be an exhibitionist, as with sadists and masochists
Cast1es comments on Feb 27, 2020:
Slhouldn't get your own sexual pleasure from messing with someone else's .
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 28, 2020:
True so presumably the ideal partner for a Candaulist would be an exhibitionist, as with sadists and masochists
Candaulism
A sexual paraphilia, where by sexual arousal is achieved by exposing ones partner's ...
WonderWartHog99 comments on Feb 28, 2020:
## One does wonder about the spouses of Lydia the tattooed lady. (Groucho Marx fans can start singing now.)
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 28, 2020:
Good catch, I had not thought of that
WonderWartHog99 comments on Feb 28, 2020:
## One does wonder about the spouses of Lydia the tattooed lady. (Groucho Marx fans can start singing now.)
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 28, 2020:
Good catch, I had not thought of that
So, how many of youse out there in 'agnosticland' have actually considered whether your position is ...
Geoffrey51 comments on Feb 22, 2020:
Never bothered to consider it. I don't actually care.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 27, 2020:
@Geoffrey51 true
Geoffrey51 comments on Feb 22, 2020:
Never bothered to consider it. I don't actually care.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 27, 2020:
@Geoffrey51 true
Is this for real?
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 26, 2020:
What an utter and complete disgrace.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 27, 2020:
@FrayedBear
Where I Ms Arndt, I perhaps would consider returning the award myself, stating that I had believed such an award was presented for my exercising of academic freedom, now that it has been made clear it is in effect meant to to be on the contrary a gag, I could no longer in good faith retain such an "honour".
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 26, 2020:
What an utter and complete disgrace.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 27, 2020:
@FrayedBear
Where I Ms Arndt, I perhaps would consider returning the award myself, stating that I had believed such an award was presented for my exercising of academic freedom, now that it has been made clear it is in effect meant to to be on the contrary a gag, I could no longer in good faith retain such an "honour".
So, how many of youse out there in 'agnosticland' have actually considered whether your position is ...
Geoffrey51 comments on Feb 22, 2020:
Never bothered to consider it. I don't actually care.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 27, 2020:
@Geoffrey51 apatheism is a perfectly reasonable alternative to agnosticism, anti-theism or atheism and will probably one day become the norm as religion becomes less and less relevant to everyday life as apathy seems to be the prevailing doctrine for most millenials on all other subjects too.
Geoffrey51 comments on Feb 22, 2020:
Never bothered to consider it. I don't actually care.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 27, 2020:
@Geoffrey51 apatheism is a perfectly reasonable alternative to agnosticism, anti-theism or atheism and will probably one day become the norm as religion becomes less and less relevant to everyday life as apathy seems to be the prevailing doctrine for most millenials on all other subjects too.
So, how many of youse out there in 'agnosticland' have actually considered whether your position is ...
Bierbasstard comments on Feb 22, 2020:
How many of those out their in gnostic atheist land have unequivocal proof?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 27, 2020:
@Bierbasstard
"Basically it comes down to the differences in terminologies. "
That is the definition of equivocation
Bierbasstard comments on Feb 22, 2020:
How many of those out their in gnostic atheist land have unequivocal proof?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 27, 2020:
@Bierbasstard
"Basically it comes down to the differences in terminologies. "
That is the definition of equivocation
Faith Healing Kills: Conservative Christian parents in Michigan who refused to get their dying ...
TheMiddleWay comments on Feb 26, 2020:
It's telling how there are three reasons given for her decision... but you lot make the one that is LEAST important and relevant into the most damning one.
Quote: ""Tatiana Fusari admitted during the interview that they failed to reach out for medical help with their daughter for fear of having ...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 26, 2020:
Makes no difference, when the LIFE of a child is at risk you GET medical help, it is NEVER preferable to see your child dead.
If the CPS will aid in helping your child live you fucking call them, and deal with the circumstances after the child is safe!
TheMiddleWay comments on Feb 26, 2020:
It's telling how there are three reasons given for her decision... but you lot make the one that is LEAST important and relevant into the most damning one.
Quote: ""Tatiana Fusari admitted during the interview that they failed to reach out for medical help with their daughter for fear of having ...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 26, 2020:
Makes no difference, when the LIFE of a child is at risk you GET medical help, it is NEVER preferable to see your child dead.
If the CPS will aid in helping your child live you fucking call them, and deal with the circumstances after the child is safe!
I love how most people who believe the bible can trace their belief to the notion that the bible ...
Mofo1953 comments on Feb 25, 2020:
Who says you can't disprove god? It was done by Epicurus way back then BC in the Epicurean Paradox plus any day with logic, all gods without exception were created by ignorant humans, ergo all are made up and fake.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 26, 2020:
@Pedrohbds @Mofo1953 "you can't prove they don't exist" may be technically and grammatically a sound statement, but it is not true statement.
Since we are discussing "a god" I will stick with that example, no I cannot prove that a given god does not exist, but I do not need to.
Aside from the obvious burden of proof argument, the non existence of a non corporeal, invisible, inaudible, intangible thing that exists outside of time and space is impossible to prove because even if it did exist it might as well not, it can have no bearing on reality and reality can have no bearing upon it. This being the case, to all intents and purposes for any being actually existing in this reality the existence or non existence of such a "god" would be exactly the same.
If on the other hand it is contended that the said deity can and does impact upon this reality, then reality must conversely be able to impact upon it at least while it is doing so, as every action has an equal and opposite counter reaction.
A lack of evidence for such interaction and counter reaction must therefore lead to a potential conclusion that is is highly improbable that under the given criteria the "god" either does not exist or did not ever interact with our reality, thus indicating a very high probability that the "god" does not" or "may as well not" exist.
Mofo1953 comments on Feb 25, 2020:
Who says you can't disprove god? It was done by Epicurus way back then BC in the Epicurean Paradox plus any day with logic, all gods without exception were created by ignorant humans, ergo all are made up and fake.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 26, 2020:
@Pedrohbds @Mofo1953 "you can't prove they don't exist" may be technically and grammatically a sound statement, but it is not true statement.
Since we are discussing "a god" I will stick with that example, no I cannot prove that a given god does not exist, but I do not need to.
Aside from the obvious burden of proof argument, the non existence of a non corporeal, invisible, inaudible, intangible thing that exists outside of time and space is impossible to prove because even if it did exist it might as well not, it can have no bearing on reality and reality can have no bearing upon it. This being the case, to all intents and purposes for any being actually existing in this reality the existence or non existence of such a "god" would be exactly the same.
If on the other hand it is contended that the said deity can and does impact upon this reality, then reality must conversely be able to impact upon it at least while it is doing so, as every action has an equal and opposite counter reaction.
A lack of evidence for such interaction and counter reaction must therefore lead to a potential conclusion that is is highly improbable that under the given criteria the "god" either does not exist or did not ever interact with our reality, thus indicating a very high probability that the "god" does not" or "may as well not" exist.
Where do you fall on the Dawkins scale.
Geoffrey51 comments on Feb 26, 2020:
What god is he suggesting?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 26, 2020:
this does make difference, I agree
Geoffrey51 comments on Feb 26, 2020:
What god is he suggesting?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 26, 2020:
this does make difference, I agree
Sometimes you just have to go with the "Real" you ladies.
MissKathleen comments on Feb 24, 2020:
Oh, I think they cannot accept the real me. It seems to frighten them. They do not seem to understand that my power can shore up theirs...and vice versa.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 24, 2020:
Humphrey Bogart was once asked why he put up with notoriously moody Lauren Bacall
His answer was "I wouldn't give a damn for any woman who didn't have a passionate temper"
MissKathleen comments on Feb 24, 2020:
Oh, I think they cannot accept the real me. It seems to frighten them. They do not seem to understand that my power can shore up theirs...and vice versa.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 24, 2020:
Humphrey Bogart was once asked why he put up with notoriously moody Lauren Bacall
His answer was "I wouldn't give a damn for any woman who didn't have a passionate temper"
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EdEarl comments on Feb 23, 2020:
It would be really bad if the military can be bought.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 23, 2020:
@bobwjr and so presumably you do not think that Trump in the eyes of the military constitutes a domestic threat?
Or will they blindly simply follow orders?
If so and I may be mistaken but in international law, as I understand it "I was only obeying orders" does not cut it as an excuse anymore
EdEarl comments on Feb 23, 2020:
It would be really bad if the military can be bought.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 23, 2020:
@bobwjr and so presumably you do not think that Trump in the eyes of the military constitutes a domestic threat?
Or will they blindly simply follow orders?
If so and I may be mistaken but in international law, as I understand it "I was only obeying orders" does not cut it as an excuse anymore
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EdEarl comments on Feb 23, 2020:
It would be really bad if the military can be bought.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 23, 2020:
@bobwjr sure about that?
EdEarl comments on Feb 23, 2020:
It would be really bad if the military can be bought.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 23, 2020:
@bobwjr sure about that?
Just a thought I had from one that I dearly call 'friend'.
Bioldguy comments on Feb 22, 2020:
Everyone has the right to their beliefs and opinions. The rub comes in when anyone believes everyone should think as they do.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 23, 2020:
@TristanNuvo, @Bioldguy Everyone has the right to their beliefs and opinions. true, but you also those same people have no right to demand they be excused the consequences of those beliefs and opinions because "god" told them so.
Bioldguy comments on Feb 22, 2020:
Everyone has the right to their beliefs and opinions. The rub comes in when anyone believes everyone should think as they do.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 23, 2020:
@TristanNuvo, @Bioldguy Everyone has the right to their beliefs and opinions. true, but you also those same people have no right to demand they be excused the consequences of those beliefs and opinions because "god" told them so.
Just a thought I had from one that I dearly call 'friend'.
Bioldguy comments on Feb 22, 2020:
Everyone has the right to their beliefs and opinions. The rub comes in when anyone believes everyone should think as they do.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 23, 2020:
@TristanNuvo being helpful is nothing to do with religion, altruism is a prove evolutionary survival trait.
Bioldguy comments on Feb 22, 2020:
Everyone has the right to their beliefs and opinions. The rub comes in when anyone believes everyone should think as they do.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 23, 2020:
@TristanNuvo being helpful is nothing to do with religion, altruism is a prove evolutionary survival trait.
Who has been the most influential Atheist/Agnostic famous person for you?
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 23, 2020:
Bertrand Russell
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 23, 2020:
@DavidLaDeau his works literally changed my life
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 23, 2020:
Bertrand Russell
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 23, 2020:
@DavidLaDeau his works literally changed my life
Ardent: "characterized by warmth of feeling typically expressed in eager zealous support or ...
Charlene comments on Feb 22, 2020:
I could use an ardent FWB about now..
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 22, 2020:
Aw poor you 😈
Charlene comments on Feb 22, 2020:
I could use an ardent FWB about now..
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 22, 2020:
Aw poor you 😈
Heard a new word today, well, new to me anyway, it is ECLECTIC, does any one know anything about it?
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 21, 2020:
Eclectic is one of those strange words that has in effect reversed it's meaning over time.
Originally meaning a selected item, a chosen thing, it has in time come to mean a choice of things, a wide ranging selection.
it has gone from meaning a definite article to meaning heterogeneous in the space...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 21, 2020:
@MrDragon I'm sorry I do not understand what you mean
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 21, 2020:
Eclectic is one of those strange words that has in effect reversed it's meaning over time.
Originally meaning a selected item, a chosen thing, it has in time come to mean a choice of things, a wide ranging selection.
it has gone from meaning a definite article to meaning heterogeneous in the space...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 21, 2020:
@MrDragon I'm sorry I do not understand what you mean
BIG wobbles in Salt Lake as member ship levels fall so low, the big three have decided to make huge ...
BitFlipper comments on Feb 21, 2020:
It's all about cash flow. But the Moron Church is already sitting on billions of dollars in charitable donations.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 21, 2020:
Ah yes but that money is ear marked for Jesus when he comes back, according to LDS press releases any old how
BitFlipper comments on Feb 21, 2020:
It's all about cash flow. But the Moron Church is already sitting on billions of dollars in charitable donations.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 21, 2020:
Ah yes but that money is ear marked for Jesus when he comes back, according to LDS press releases any old how
At Long Last, Southern Baptist Convention Kicks Out Church With Predator Pastor | Hemant Mehta | ...
WilliamFleming comments on Feb 20, 2020:
380 cases in twenty years for an association with many millions of members is not reason to demonize all Southern Baptists.
“None of this is good enough. It’s the bare minimum. I wouldn’t trust my kids in a Southern Baptist church given how little the SBC leaders seem to care about claims ...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 21, 2020:
@WilliamFleming Interesting, thank you
WilliamFleming comments on Feb 20, 2020:
380 cases in twenty years for an association with many millions of members is not reason to demonize all Southern Baptists.
“None of this is good enough. It’s the bare minimum. I wouldn’t trust my kids in a Southern Baptist church given how little the SBC leaders seem to care about claims ...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 21, 2020:
@WilliamFleming Interesting, thank you
At Long Last, Southern Baptist Convention Kicks Out Church With Predator Pastor | Hemant Mehta | ...
WilliamFleming comments on Feb 20, 2020:
380 cases in twenty years for an association with many millions of members is not reason to demonize all Southern Baptists.
“None of this is good enough. It’s the bare minimum. I wouldn’t trust my kids in a Southern Baptist church given how little the SBC leaders seem to care about claims ...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 21, 2020:
@WilliamFleming 1 case in 100 years is one too many especially in ANY establishment or institution that has a duty of care and public trust, when the organisation as a whole turns a blind eye or tries to cover it up that is monstrous.
Then the abuse is only the beginning of the problem, the deception, condoning, hiding and protection of the abuser to facilitate their continued abusing is the true horror of the matter.
WilliamFleming comments on Feb 20, 2020:
380 cases in twenty years for an association with many millions of members is not reason to demonize all Southern Baptists.
“None of this is good enough. It’s the bare minimum. I wouldn’t trust my kids in a Southern Baptist church given how little the SBC leaders seem to care about claims ...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 21, 2020:
@WilliamFleming 1 case in 100 years is one too many especially in ANY establishment or institution that has a duty of care and public trust, when the organisation as a whole turns a blind eye or tries to cover it up that is monstrous.
Then the abuse is only the beginning of the problem, the deception, condoning, hiding and protection of the abuser to facilitate their continued abusing is the true horror of the matter.
At Long Last, Southern Baptist Convention Kicks Out Church With Predator Pastor | Hemant Mehta | ...
Lorajay comments on Feb 20, 2020:
It seems like any place there are children pedophiles worm their way in.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 21, 2020:
Sadly this is very true, the vetting process today is better than it was in secular organisations, but is still grossly inadequate.
Lorajay comments on Feb 20, 2020:
It seems like any place there are children pedophiles worm their way in.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 21, 2020:
Sadly this is very true, the vetting process today is better than it was in secular organisations, but is still grossly inadequate.
At Long Last, Southern Baptist Convention Kicks Out Church With Predator Pastor | Hemant Mehta | ...
Jolanta comments on Feb 20, 2020:
Any parent who chooses to still be a member of any church after a pastor/priest/volunteer have been found to molest children, and that establishment does not involve the police does not deserve those children.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 21, 2020:
Absolutely 😢
Jolanta comments on Feb 20, 2020:
Any parent who chooses to still be a member of any church after a pastor/priest/volunteer have been found to molest children, and that establishment does not involve the police does not deserve those children.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 21, 2020:
Absolutely 😢
I was looking for a noun that defined someone who hates men, &/or masculinity.
Outlier comments on Feb 18, 2020:
misandrist: a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against men. My exwife, her mother, and her grandmother! lol
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 21, 2020:
@Cast1es ow burn
Outlier comments on Feb 18, 2020:
misandrist: a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against men. My exwife, her mother, and her grandmother! lol
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 21, 2020:
@Cast1es ow burn
BIG wobbles in Salt Lake as member ship levels fall so low, the big three have decided to make huge ...
BestWithoutGods comments on Feb 20, 2020:
I am very happy to be no longer a Moron (oops, Mormon). Excommunicating me for apostasy was the best thing the Moron Church ever did for me. 😃
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 20, 2020:
@BestWithoutGods I know just pointing the hypocrisy of the SCC
BestWithoutGods comments on Feb 20, 2020:
I am very happy to be no longer a Moron (oops, Mormon). Excommunicating me for apostasy was the best thing the Moron Church ever did for me. 😃
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 20, 2020:
@BestWithoutGods I know just pointing the hypocrisy of the SCC
Saw an odd ad for a tee-shirt yesterday, something my brother (Trumper) shared.
WilliamFleming comments on Feb 20, 2020:
Ha! Didn’t Jesus tell his disciples to arm themselves with swords that night in the Garden of Gethsemane?
If you are going to get all biblical in support of your politics, tell the whole story. How about not judging lest ye be judged.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 20, 2020:
NO he told them not to use their swords hence the paraphrase
"Put up your sword for he who lives by the sword dies by the sword"
The only reason they have swords is explained in Luke 22 (and only in Luke) he says they should buy swords to fulfill a prophecy about his betrayal, but when Peter tells him he has two swords, Jesus says that it is enough for the purposes of prophecy so then in Matthew 26 when Peter draws the sword he is told
Matthew 26:52
52 “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
"If you are going to get all biblical in support of your politics, tell the whole story. "
WilliamFleming comments on Feb 20, 2020:
Ha! Didn’t Jesus tell his disciples to arm themselves with swords that night in the Garden of Gethsemane?
If you are going to get all biblical in support of your politics, tell the whole story. How about not judging lest ye be judged.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 20, 2020:
NO he told them not to use their swords hence the paraphrase
"Put up your sword for he who lives by the sword dies by the sword"
The only reason they have swords is explained in Luke 22 (and only in Luke) he says they should buy swords to fulfill a prophecy about his betrayal, but when Peter tells him he has two swords, Jesus says that it is enough for the purposes of prophecy so then in Matthew 26 when Peter draws the sword he is told
Matthew 26:52
52 “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.
"If you are going to get all biblical in support of your politics, tell the whole story. "
BIG wobbles in Salt Lake as member ship levels fall so low, the big three have decided to make huge ...
BestWithoutGods comments on Feb 20, 2020:
I am very happy to be no longer a Moron (oops, Mormon). Excommunicating me for apostasy was the best thing the Moron Church ever did for me. 😃
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 20, 2020:
Oh apparently being an apostate is no longer an excommunicatable offence, but actively working to undermine the church is subject to minor disciplinary action.
BestWithoutGods comments on Feb 20, 2020:
I am very happy to be no longer a Moron (oops, Mormon). Excommunicating me for apostasy was the best thing the Moron Church ever did for me. 😃
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 20, 2020:
Oh apparently being an apostate is no longer an excommunicatable offence, but actively working to undermine the church is subject to minor disciplinary action.
BIG wobbles in Salt Lake as member ship levels fall so low, the big three have decided to make huge ...
Cast1es comments on Feb 20, 2020:
Why are we as agnostics / atheists , working so hard to keep abreast of church policies ?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 20, 2020:
It is a good measure of the failing of cults and religions in the west.
Cast1es comments on Feb 20, 2020:
Why are we as agnostics / atheists , working so hard to keep abreast of church policies ?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 20, 2020:
It is a good measure of the failing of cults and religions in the west.
Should the USA try to keep Muslims out of their country?
Krish55 comments on Nov 27, 2019:
Choice number 4: Should Agnostic keep prejudiced posts out of the site?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 20, 2020:
@godlessguy @Grecio So you've asked everyone of them have you?
Just for your information my best friend growing up was a muslim from a family of muslims, they were as british as I was, two of the three brothers married english women and the daughter an English man, I attended my friends wedding in a church one day and in a mosque the following day, their children are my god children and they have been given the choice as to what faith if any they follow.
You are an uninformed bigot and propaganda sponge who has fuck all idea what he is talking about.
If I judged you as a an atheist by Joseph Stalin and the communist marxist regime you would say the same about me.
IDIOT
Krish55 comments on Nov 27, 2019:
Choice number 4: Should Agnostic keep prejudiced posts out of the site?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 20, 2020:
@godlessguy @Grecio So you've asked everyone of them have you?
Just for your information my best friend growing up was a muslim from a family of muslims, they were as british as I was, two of the three brothers married english women and the daughter an English man, I attended my friends wedding in a church one day and in a mosque the following day, their children are my god children and they have been given the choice as to what faith if any they follow.
You are an uninformed bigot and propaganda sponge who has fuck all idea what he is talking about.
If I judged you as a an atheist by Joseph Stalin and the communist marxist regime you would say the same about me.
IDIOT
Why does the USA need immigrants?
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 10, 2020:
The USA was not taken from the Indigenous people by immigration since they did not believe it possible own the land, never the less it was conquered by force of arms and germ warfare in he name of the Christian god.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 19, 2020:
@Grecio wow is it cold way up there on that pedestal
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 10, 2020:
The USA was not taken from the Indigenous people by immigration since they did not believe it possible own the land, never the less it was conquered by force of arms and germ warfare in he name of the Christian god.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 19, 2020:
@Grecio wow is it cold way up there on that pedestal
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Scientific Illiteracy Threatens U.S. | Michael Stone
Charlene comments on Feb 15, 2020:
It started with Ronnie Raygun..and continues to this day..it's horrifying
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 18, 2020:
Ronnie Raygun that's priceless
Charlene comments on Feb 15, 2020:
It started with Ronnie Raygun..and continues to this day..it's horrifying
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 18, 2020:
Ronnie Raygun that's priceless
I have been a member on this site now for nearly two years and I have come to an interesting ...
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 18, 2020:
WHAT? I'm a man and I've never insulted any of these Nerks and Wazzocks, ya daft old besom 😉😉
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 18, 2020:
@Marionville no seriously I know who you mean an have most of them blocked, if I want to converse with stubborn new age mystics, wannabe hindus and navel gazers I know plenty of them in real life, who are far more pleasant about it
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 18, 2020:
WHAT? I'm a man and I've never insulted any of these Nerks and Wazzocks, ya daft old besom 😉😉
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 18, 2020:
@Marionville no seriously I know who you mean an have most of them blocked, if I want to converse with stubborn new age mystics, wannabe hindus and navel gazers I know plenty of them in real life, who are far more pleasant about it
Love Your Neighbor!!!! No Exceptions!!!!! Agree/Disagree?
WilliamFleming comments on Feb 16, 2020:
Yep, even Republicans and church folks.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 18, 2020:
not a chance in the place they say I'm going to.
WilliamFleming comments on Feb 16, 2020:
Yep, even Republicans and church folks.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 18, 2020:
not a chance in the place they say I'm going to.
DISCOMFITURE.
Cutiebeauty comments on Feb 18, 2020:
Good word for many experiencing the new site design 😋
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 18, 2020:
@Marionville Perhaps now the Mary Whitehouse fan club will stop moaning now about inappropriate pictures in their notifications
Cutiebeauty comments on Feb 18, 2020:
Good word for many experiencing the new site design 😋
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 18, 2020:
@Marionville Perhaps now the Mary Whitehouse fan club will stop moaning now about inappropriate pictures in their notifications
NASCENT (NAY cent) adj
In the making; in the early stages of; our government is considered by some ...
Marionville comments on Feb 18, 2020:
Latin....nascent (being born)
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 18, 2020:
A state of being some politicians never grow out of
Marionville comments on Feb 18, 2020:
Latin....nascent (being born)
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 18, 2020:
A state of being some politicians never grow out of
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The Day Democracy Died - Forwarded by my `92 year old mother.
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 17, 2020:
video unavailable
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 18, 2020:
@sassygirl3869 Not for me it must be internationally limited, won't even tell me where on you tube it is
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 17, 2020:
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LenHazell53 replies on Feb 18, 2020:
@sassygirl3869 Not for me it must be internationally limited, won't even tell me where on you tube it is
Here is the scenario:
Somewhere in the not to distant future mankind develops an Interstellar ...
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 17, 2020:
Given human mentality, there is only one reason we would invest the enormous amounts of money required for interstellar exploration and that would be profit.
Therefore the religion of the "savages" we encountered would matter no more to the church than the religion of the "Injuns", Inuits, ...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 17, 2020:
@phoenixone1 There is of course the possibility that we may be the first species to achieve space travel, or indeed the first to evolve to a "civilised" "intelligent" level capable of such technology, in which case we will not find anything above the level of an ape.
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 17, 2020:
Given human mentality, there is only one reason we would invest the enormous amounts of money required for interstellar exploration and that would be profit.
Therefore the religion of the "savages" we encountered would matter no more to the church than the religion of the "Injuns", Inuits, ...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 17, 2020:
@phoenixone1 There is of course the possibility that we may be the first species to achieve space travel, or indeed the first to evolve to a "civilised" "intelligent" level capable of such technology, in which case we will not find anything above the level of an ape.
We die. Why do all religions give an out?
JeffMesser comments on Feb 12, 2020:
because awareness exists aside from the body and we don't know if it "dies" or not.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 16, 2020:
@JeffMesser
And playing the victim card how disappointing and a little racist
JeffMesser comments on Feb 12, 2020:
because awareness exists aside from the body and we don't know if it "dies" or not.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 16, 2020:
@JeffMesser
And playing the victim card how disappointing and a little racist
Deport the racists.
[balanceofpower.com]
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 16, 2020:
Wrong on so many levels
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 16, 2020:
@Petter
Again wrong in so many ways
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 16, 2020:
Wrong on so many levels
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 16, 2020:
@Petter
Again wrong in so many ways
I get it, The United States is not a Chiristian nation on the Books.
Mofo1953 comments on Feb 15, 2020:
Not just christians, freedom of religion is enjoyed even by the weirdest beliefs like scientology.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 16, 2020:
@Mofo1953 Legally yes, but in practice no, for example witchcraft was only accepted as a religion in the USA in 1973 because of religious pressure, The Satanic Temple fought for the legal and Tax exempt status and was recognised as a religion in 2013, the much older Church of Satan has never sought that status but gained it when the Temple did by association.
Scientology has only been recognised as a religion in the USA since 1993 (2013 in the UK) and there has been an ongoing campaign to revoke that status ever since owing to their blatantly criminal activities such as operation snow white.
Indigenous American religions were not recognised as such until 1978 and some up to the 1960s where outrightly banned.
The Unification Church (Moonies) though technically recognised as a church has none of the benefits of such and has been continually prosecuted for tax evasion since 1982 by both the state of New York and the federal treasury.
So as Orwell might have put it All religions are equal, but some are more equal than others.
Mofo1953 comments on Feb 15, 2020:
Not just christians, freedom of religion is enjoyed even by the weirdest beliefs like scientology.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 16, 2020:
@Mofo1953 Legally yes, but in practice no, for example witchcraft was only accepted as a religion in the USA in 1973 because of religious pressure, The Satanic Temple fought for the legal and Tax exempt status and was recognised as a religion in 2013, the much older Church of Satan has never sought that status but gained it when the Temple did by association.
Scientology has only been recognised as a religion in the USA since 1993 (2013 in the UK) and there has been an ongoing campaign to revoke that status ever since owing to their blatantly criminal activities such as operation snow white.
Indigenous American religions were not recognised as such until 1978 and some up to the 1960s where outrightly banned.
The Unification Church (Moonies) though technically recognised as a church has none of the benefits of such and has been continually prosecuted for tax evasion since 1982 by both the state of New York and the federal treasury.
So as Orwell might have put it All religions are equal, but some are more equal than others.
I get it, The United States is not a Chiristian nation on the Books.
Mofo1953 comments on Feb 15, 2020:
Not just christians, freedom of religion is enjoyed even by the weirdest beliefs like scientology.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 16, 2020:
Yes but Scientology have found to their cost waving the freedom of religion card in court only works if you a 10 million plus registered voters backing up your claims.
Mofo1953 comments on Feb 15, 2020:
Not just christians, freedom of religion is enjoyed even by the weirdest beliefs like scientology.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 16, 2020:
Yes but Scientology have found to their cost waving the freedom of religion card in court only works if you a 10 million plus registered voters backing up your claims.
Hilarious hypocrisy CIA now found to have been spying on more than 100 countries for at least 25 ...
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 14, 2020:
One of the fascinating things I discovered when I was researching my family history was that my Grandfather was a card carrying member of of the CIA during world war two, this was even more amazing since the CIA was not founded until 1947.
I also found evidence of a medal for valour being presented...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 14, 2020:
@FrayedBear
It is not actually that surprising, Oswald Mosley the leader of The British Union of Fascists held the famous Olympia Rally in 1934 attracted a minimum of three quarter of million Black Shirt supporters (they only counted the men), there was a British legion of the SS made up of British army deserters and before it could be brought under control the British National socialist had to be made an illegal organisation and Moseley himself was exiled to France to avoid arrest.
There were various attempts to bring him back to the UK and restart the party, ending only with Moseley's death in 1980.
The myth that Britain was immune from the wave of fascist populism that swept Europe in the 1920s and 30s was pure propaganda (unfortunately) and it took huge amounts of counter propaganda to hide that embarrassing fact that the (abdicated) King George VI was himself a liar, traitor and card carrying National socialist as where his sister in law (Elizabeth the queen mother) and most of her family extended family the Bowes-Lions.
In that respect the fact that Wallace Simpson was divorced and Catholic was a "god send" in getting George removed without having to point out she the duchess of Windsor was a high ranking Nazi spy.
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 14, 2020:
One of the fascinating things I discovered when I was researching my family history was that my Grandfather was a card carrying member of of the CIA during world war two, this was even more amazing since the CIA was not founded until 1947.
I also found evidence of a medal for valour being presented...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 14, 2020:
@FrayedBear
It is not actually that surprising, Oswald Mosley the leader of The British Union of Fascists held the famous Olympia Rally in 1934 attracted a minimum of three quarter of million Black Shirt supporters (they only counted the men), there was a British legion of the SS made up of British army deserters and before it could be brought under control the British National socialist had to be made an illegal organisation and Moseley himself was exiled to France to avoid arrest.
There were various attempts to bring him back to the UK and restart the party, ending only with Moseley's death in 1980.
The myth that Britain was immune from the wave of fascist populism that swept Europe in the 1920s and 30s was pure propaganda (unfortunately) and it took huge amounts of counter propaganda to hide that embarrassing fact that the (abdicated) King George VI was himself a liar, traitor and card carrying National socialist as where his sister in law (Elizabeth the queen mother) and most of her family extended family the Bowes-Lions.
In that respect the fact that Wallace Simpson was divorced and Catholic was a "god send" in getting George removed without having to point out she the duchess of Windsor was a high ranking Nazi spy.
Thanks @Sheannutt
twshield comments on Feb 13, 2020:
The story of Hilary Clinton's life!
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 14, 2020:
Blimey I thought that said Hillary Clinton's wife for a moment, is there something about Bill we should know?
twshield comments on Feb 13, 2020:
The story of Hilary Clinton's life!
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 14, 2020:
Blimey I thought that said Hillary Clinton's wife for a moment, is there something about Bill we should know?
VAINGLORIOUS.
HippieChick58 comments on Feb 13, 2020:
Wasn't there a movie about vainglorious bastards?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 14, 2020:
@AgnoBill Leaf uz Xdseclics a loan U wonker
HippieChick58 comments on Feb 13, 2020:
Wasn't there a movie about vainglorious bastards?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 14, 2020:
@AgnoBill Leaf uz Xdseclics a loan U wonker
Why some believe in God
ZantiMisfit comments on Feb 12, 2020:
Member Not Available. Well that was quick :)
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 13, 2020:
There was a Gina666 came and went in a day too
ZantiMisfit comments on Feb 12, 2020:
Member Not Available. Well that was quick :)
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 13, 2020:
There was a Gina666 came and went in a day too
We die. Why do all religions give an out?
JeffMesser comments on Feb 12, 2020:
because awareness exists aside from the body and we don't know if it "dies" or not.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 13, 2020:
@JeffMesser You are very disrespectful almost verging on social racism, just because something originates in one culture does not mean it is not universally available and appropriate. People are people regardless of culture, the brain of someone from the east is practically identical in function that of one born in the west, I would have thought your own practices would have proven that to you.
Transcendentalism is very akin to therapeutic self hypnosis (both of which I have studied) either and both can be successfully used to find and deal with "inner truth" or psychological issues, I choose to back up and test my inner truth with evidence and eliminate the possibility of error, you choose not to and arrogantly assume that your thoughts are infallible because you thought them while using meditation, that is the text book definition of confirmation bias.
JeffMesser comments on Feb 12, 2020:
because awareness exists aside from the body and we don't know if it "dies" or not.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 13, 2020:
@JeffMesser You are very disrespectful almost verging on social racism, just because something originates in one culture does not mean it is not universally available and appropriate. People are people regardless of culture, the brain of someone from the east is practically identical in function that of one born in the west, I would have thought your own practices would have proven that to you.
Transcendentalism is very akin to therapeutic self hypnosis (both of which I have studied) either and both can be successfully used to find and deal with "inner truth" or psychological issues, I choose to back up and test my inner truth with evidence and eliminate the possibility of error, you choose not to and arrogantly assume that your thoughts are infallible because you thought them while using meditation, that is the text book definition of confirmation bias.
We die. Why do all religions give an out?
JeffMesser comments on Feb 12, 2020:
because awareness exists aside from the body and we don't know if it "dies" or not.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 13, 2020:
@JeffMesser I did find myself, and he is a rational atheist, who is at peace with reality and truth, with no need for supernatural mumbo jumbo to alleviate the irrational fear of inevitable death
JeffMesser comments on Feb 12, 2020:
because awareness exists aside from the body and we don't know if it "dies" or not.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 13, 2020:
@JeffMesser I did find myself, and he is a rational atheist, who is at peace with reality and truth, with no need for supernatural mumbo jumbo to alleviate the irrational fear of inevitable death
I wish Christians would just be honest and say they have NO idea what happens when a person dies?
DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 12, 2020:
Faith is pretending to know what you don't know.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 13, 2020:
or saying that the total absence of evidence for the existence of a thing is evidence in itself that the thing exists but is hiding itself really well.
Religion really makes people talk and behave as if ignorance is a virtue
DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 12, 2020:
Faith is pretending to know what you don't know.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 13, 2020:
or saying that the total absence of evidence for the existence of a thing is evidence in itself that the thing exists but is hiding itself really well.
Religion really makes people talk and behave as if ignorance is a virtue
Hilarious hypocrisy CIA now found to have been spying on more than 100 countries for at least 25 ...
Sticks48 comments on Feb 13, 2020:
Countries have been spying on each other for centuries while complaining about being spied on themselves. Nothing new here.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 13, 2020:
No THEY have sneaky underhand spying bastards, WE have patriotic brave and heroic intelligence agents
Sticks48 comments on Feb 13, 2020:
Countries have been spying on each other for centuries while complaining about being spied on themselves. Nothing new here.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 13, 2020:
No THEY have sneaky underhand spying bastards, WE have patriotic brave and heroic intelligence agents
VAINGLORIOUS.
HippieChick58 comments on Feb 13, 2020:
Wasn't there a movie about vainglorious bastards?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 13, 2020:
@Charlene
Inglorious Bastards 1978
&
Inglourious Basterds 2009
HippieChick58 comments on Feb 13, 2020:
Wasn't there a movie about vainglorious bastards?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 13, 2020:
@Charlene
Inglorious Bastards 1978
&
Inglourious Basterds 2009
We die. Why do all religions give an out?
JeffMesser comments on Feb 12, 2020:
because awareness exists aside from the body and we don't know if it "dies" or not.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 13, 2020:
@JeffMesser I have practiced transcendental meditation since I was 11 years old, it is one of the things that lead me to atheism and antitheism, thank you for the advice, but I asked for proof?
JeffMesser comments on Feb 12, 2020:
because awareness exists aside from the body and we don't know if it "dies" or not.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 13, 2020:
@JeffMesser I have practiced transcendental meditation since I was 11 years old, it is one of the things that lead me to atheism and antitheism, thank you for the advice, but I asked for proof?
We die. Why do all religions give an out?
JeffMesser comments on Feb 12, 2020:
because awareness exists aside from the body and we don't know if it "dies" or not.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 12, 2020:
Prove it
JeffMesser comments on Feb 12, 2020:
because awareness exists aside from the body and we don't know if it "dies" or not.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 12, 2020:
Prove it
Quiddity
noun
The quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing.
Cast1es comments on Feb 12, 2020:
I wonder if that;s where J.K. Rawlings got quidditch from ?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 12, 2020:
According to Rowling the name quidditch came from the name of the area where the game was first played , a boggy place known as Queerditch Marsh where young wizards were wont to show off their skills with broomsticks and balls.
Make of that what you will.
Cast1es comments on Feb 12, 2020:
I wonder if that;s where J.K. Rawlings got quidditch from ?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 12, 2020:
According to Rowling the name quidditch came from the name of the area where the game was first played , a boggy place known as Queerditch Marsh where young wizards were wont to show off their skills with broomsticks and balls.
Make of that what you will.
[huffingtonpost.com.au]
How to recognize a fake news story. We all need to read this.
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 12, 2020:
What might be a start is to ban the term fake news and replace it with the altogether more accurate terms LIE and LIBEL in the reporting of deliberate deception by news outlets and other published material, and for the authors and publishers of same to be prosecuted.
Fake news is one of those ...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 12, 2020:
@Barnie2years We simply need to get back to the situation where people cannot argue that opinions are facts and be taken seriously
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 12, 2020:
What might be a start is to ban the term fake news and replace it with the altogether more accurate terms LIE and LIBEL in the reporting of deliberate deception by news outlets and other published material, and for the authors and publishers of same to be prosecuted.
Fake news is one of those ...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 12, 2020:
@Barnie2years We simply need to get back to the situation where people cannot argue that opinions are facts and be taken seriously
[huffingtonpost.com.au]
How to recognize a fake news story. We all need to read this.
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 12, 2020:
What might be a start is to ban the term fake news and replace it with the altogether more accurate terms LIE and LIBEL in the reporting of deliberate deception by news outlets and other published material, and for the authors and publishers of same to be prosecuted.
Fake news is one of those ...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 12, 2020:
@Barnie2years your answer, well thought out though it is, illustrates my point.
When you make fake news about fake news with sound bite such as " so called “fake news” has become whatever news a person doesn’t agree with" you are putting out fake news, ABOUT fake news by changing the definition to further muddy the waters.
A lie is a lie, and bringing in an expert liar is not a defence, it is just a further lie.
This ultimately leads to a point where people are asking to be told what is true and what is not, rather than researching the facts for themselves, and the great thing about facts is there is a very proballity they are true, and no amount of telling people an aardvark is a Czechoslovakian traffic warden on a unicycle will make it so.
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 12, 2020:
What might be a start is to ban the term fake news and replace it with the altogether more accurate terms LIE and LIBEL in the reporting of deliberate deception by news outlets and other published material, and for the authors and publishers of same to be prosecuted.
Fake news is one of those ...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 12, 2020:
@Barnie2years your answer, well thought out though it is, illustrates my point.
When you make fake news about fake news with sound bite such as " so called “fake news” has become whatever news a person doesn’t agree with" you are putting out fake news, ABOUT fake news by changing the definition to further muddy the waters.
A lie is a lie, and bringing in an expert liar is not a defence, it is just a further lie.
This ultimately leads to a point where people are asking to be told what is true and what is not, rather than researching the facts for themselves, and the great thing about facts is there is a very proballity they are true, and no amount of telling people an aardvark is a Czechoslovakian traffic warden on a unicycle will make it so.
Moving on to "Ragnarok" on Netflix.
273kelvin comments on Feb 11, 2020:
I watched it dubbed, seemed to come like that. What gets me is Japanese cartoons with subtitles. I can see the artistic point of not dubbing live-action but not cartoons.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 12, 2020:
Please understand Anime is not comparable to a cartoon in any way, other than as a different version of animation. Anime as an art form covers every genre from social drama, to comedy, to science fiction, horror, psychological thriller and beyond. In Japan animation is not just for children.
Subtitles are demanded mainly because the voice actors hired by funimation, Aniplex, 4kids and such like to dub Japanese anime in to English are total shit, with less acting ability than a glass case full of cucumbers.
The performances of the Japanese voice actors (who often become major stars in their own right) are often superb and for their cadences and emotion alone to indicate how the sub titles need to be read I will always, ALWAY watch a subbed version over a butchered dubbed version.
273kelvin comments on Feb 11, 2020:
I watched it dubbed, seemed to come like that. What gets me is Japanese cartoons with subtitles. I can see the artistic point of not dubbing live-action but not cartoons.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 12, 2020:
Please understand Anime is not comparable to a cartoon in any way, other than as a different version of animation. Anime as an art form covers every genre from social drama, to comedy, to science fiction, horror, psychological thriller and beyond. In Japan animation is not just for children.
Subtitles are demanded mainly because the voice actors hired by funimation, Aniplex, 4kids and such like to dub Japanese anime in to English are total shit, with less acting ability than a glass case full of cucumbers.
The performances of the Japanese voice actors (who often become major stars in their own right) are often superb and for their cadences and emotion alone to indicate how the sub titles need to be read I will always, ALWAY watch a subbed version over a butchered dubbed version.
Intelligence is the greatest evolutionary development with many benefits, but is there a downside to...
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 2, 2020:
It is only delusion when you cannot tell it from reality, otherwise it is imagination.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 12, 2020:
@Atheist3
It is illusory when you enjoy a superman movie, is is delusory when you shout for him to save you and jump off a bridge in the sure and certain conviction he will.
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 2, 2020:
It is only delusion when you cannot tell it from reality, otherwise it is imagination.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 12, 2020:
@Atheist3
It is illusory when you enjoy a superman movie, is is delusory when you shout for him to save you and jump off a bridge in the sure and certain conviction he will.
The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week | Live Science
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 9, 2020:
Yup totally right, but for a country like China to maintain control of a mega population you need **fear.**
There are three main sources of fear Famine, War and Disease any or or all of which leading to death, (one thing the stoned mushroom Hippy st. John got right on his drug fuel Patmos holiday)...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 10, 2020:
@SeaGreenEyez The big difference between the USA and the PRC is that in America people live in fear of the loss of freedom too and in China they live in fear of the loss of Freedom from.
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 9, 2020:
Yup totally right, but for a country like China to maintain control of a mega population you need **fear.**
There are three main sources of fear Famine, War and Disease any or or all of which leading to death, (one thing the stoned mushroom Hippy st. John got right on his drug fuel Patmos holiday)...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 10, 2020:
@SeaGreenEyez The big difference between the USA and the PRC is that in America people live in fear of the loss of freedom too and in China they live in fear of the loss of Freedom from.
I am agnostic.
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 11, 2019:
Why do you have such an arsehole as a friend?
I would have told him or her to fuck off and not come back till the grew up years ago.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 8, 2020:
@Marcie1974 It took you two months to answer this?
Well the OP (to whom my comments were addressed, not you) makes it pretty clear he is an **arshole** not an asshole hole I would not insult a donkey's bottom by insinuating they would behave like that.
But if you decide to hang about with biblical literalists who will not listen to reason,that is your choice?
LenHazell53 comments on Dec 11, 2019:
Why do you have such an arsehole as a friend?
I would have told him or her to fuck off and not come back till the grew up years ago.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 8, 2020:
@Marcie1974 It took you two months to answer this?
Well the OP (to whom my comments were addressed, not you) makes it pretty clear he is an **arshole** not an asshole hole I would not insult a donkey's bottom by insinuating they would behave like that.
But if you decide to hang about with biblical literalists who will not listen to reason,that is your choice?
OMNISHAMBLES - Noun.
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 6, 2020:
Modern definitions of Shambles tend toward either a simple mess, or a disorganised market place or medieval shopping center such as the the famous shambles in York city (see below)
However predating all of these was the Witch's Shambles, which a form of fortune telling or prophecy device made up ...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 6, 2020:
@Marionville Yes I posted a Picture of the Stockton on Tees Shambles on that thread from the town where I live
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 6, 2020:
Modern definitions of Shambles tend toward either a simple mess, or a disorganised market place or medieval shopping center such as the the famous shambles in York city (see below)
However predating all of these was the Witch's Shambles, which a form of fortune telling or prophecy device made up ...
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 6, 2020:
@Marionville Yes I posted a Picture of the Stockton on Tees Shambles on that thread from the town where I live
Is it possible that you could be wring about everything you know?
resserts comments on Feb 4, 2020:
https://youtu.be/KThlYHfIVa8
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 5, 2020:
I love this song
resserts comments on Feb 4, 2020:
https://youtu.be/KThlYHfIVa8
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 5, 2020:
I love this song
I went to a job interview and the lady that interviewed me said that they were very close and all ...
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 4, 2020:
I would have said
"Oh you advocate slavery, believe in corporal and capital punishment and hate your family, just like Jesus and st.Paul told you too, how nice for you."
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 5, 2020:
@DavidLaDeau congrats
LenHazell53 comments on Feb 4, 2020:
I would have said
"Oh you advocate slavery, believe in corporal and capital punishment and hate your family, just like Jesus and st.Paul told you too, how nice for you."
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 5, 2020:
@DavidLaDeau congrats
I went to a job interview and the lady that interviewed me said that they were very close and all ...
St-Sinner comments on Jan 30, 2020:
So what happened in the interview? Was she wearing a skirt or pants? Forgive me but God is the least interesting part to me.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 4, 2020:
@St-Sinner Simply pointing out the hypocrisy of advocating Christian values (or at least a sanitised version of them) while breaking the law and the prophets, rules Christ himself would never pass away
St-Sinner comments on Jan 30, 2020:
So what happened in the interview? Was she wearing a skirt or pants? Forgive me but God is the least interesting part to me.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 4, 2020:
@St-Sinner Simply pointing out the hypocrisy of advocating Christian values (or at least a sanitised version of them) while breaking the law and the prophets, rules Christ himself would never pass away
I went to a job interview and the lady that interviewed me said that they were very close and all ...
St-Sinner comments on Jan 30, 2020:
So what happened in the interview? Was she wearing a skirt or pants? Forgive me but God is the least interesting part to me.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 4, 2020:
If she was wearing pant according to the babble she should be taken out and stoned to death
Deuteronomy 22:5, "A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God."
St-Sinner comments on Jan 30, 2020:
So what happened in the interview? Was she wearing a skirt or pants? Forgive me but God is the least interesting part to me.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 4, 2020:
If she was wearing pant according to the babble she should be taken out and stoned to death
Deuteronomy 22:5, "A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God."
KLEPTOCRACY - Noun.
WonderWartHog99 comments on Feb 2, 2020:
## Is there no way I can participate in discussions in this web site without hearing about the Trump administration?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 3, 2020:
@Marionville I have speculated before that as the 1930s was known as the age of the dictators, the 2010s will be looked back on as the age of Dicks and Taters
WonderWartHog99 comments on Feb 2, 2020:
## Is there no way I can participate in discussions in this web site without hearing about the Trump administration?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 3, 2020:
@Marionville I have speculated before that as the 1930s was known as the age of the dictators, the 2010s will be looked back on as the age of Dicks and Taters
KLEPTOCRACY - Noun.
WonderWartHog99 comments on Feb 2, 2020:
## Is there no way I can participate in discussions in this web site without hearing about the Trump administration?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 3, 2020:
@WonderWartHog99 you know Bertrand Russell had a cheeky and wicked sense of humor, fond of overstatement and hyperbole, hence I thought you might, with your obvious devotion to the great man have shared some of those traits... ah alas... other than the duck feathers quip...
WonderWartHog99 comments on Feb 2, 2020:
## Is there no way I can participate in discussions in this web site without hearing about the Trump administration?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 3, 2020:
@WonderWartHog99 you know Bertrand Russell had a cheeky and wicked sense of humor, fond of overstatement and hyperbole, hence I thought you might, with your obvious devotion to the great man have shared some of those traits... ah alas... other than the duck feathers quip...
Today's Fun Facts
(5 is a cheat to determine who's intelligent and who isn't.
mcgeo52 comments on Feb 2, 2020:
re: #7
If Pepsi had bought the secrets they would have opened themselves up to the liability of being in possession of stolen goods worth an untold amount of money.Their response was the only reasonable thing to do.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 2, 2020:
@mcgeo52 Yes Doctor Pepper is available
mcgeo52 comments on Feb 2, 2020:
re: #7
If Pepsi had bought the secrets they would have opened themselves up to the liability of being in possession of stolen goods worth an untold amount of money.Their response was the only reasonable thing to do.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 2, 2020:
@mcgeo52 Yes Doctor Pepper is available
KLEPTOCRACY - Noun.
WonderWartHog99 comments on Feb 2, 2020:
## Is there no way I can participate in discussions in this web site without hearing about the Trump administration?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 2, 2020:
Yes if you can find a crime or immoral act he has not been caught being involved in.
Good luck with that
WonderWartHog99 comments on Feb 2, 2020:
## Is there no way I can participate in discussions in this web site without hearing about the Trump administration?
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 2, 2020:
Yes if you can find a crime or immoral act he has not been caught being involved in.
Good luck with that
Journalist's former boyfriend given 50 years for femicide | World news | The Guardian
BigBadWuf comments on Feb 2, 2020:
Well I just learned a new word for murder.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 2, 2020:
That is the problem it is entirely different offence than murder with different criteria and punishment, it is a specific hate crime rather than simply a crime, in the same way as causing death by dangerous driving is a different crime and carries much lighter sentences than manslaughter Femicide depending on the attitude to women of the country in question carries lighter or heavier sentences than murder, and the motive must also be proven to have been gender related.
BigBadWuf comments on Feb 2, 2020:
Well I just learned a new word for murder.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 2, 2020:
That is the problem it is entirely different offence than murder with different criteria and punishment, it is a specific hate crime rather than simply a crime, in the same way as causing death by dangerous driving is a different crime and carries much lighter sentences than manslaughter Femicide depending on the attitude to women of the country in question carries lighter or heavier sentences than murder, and the motive must also be proven to have been gender related.
Today's Fun Facts
(5 is a cheat to determine who's intelligent and who isn't.
mcgeo52 comments on Feb 2, 2020:
re: #7
If Pepsi had bought the secrets they would have opened themselves up to the liability of being in possession of stolen goods worth an untold amount of money.Their response was the only reasonable thing to do.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 2, 2020:
I personally prefer root beer, but have to order it in from abroad as there are only two brands of UK made root beer and neither do a diet version (one is okay the other tastes like shit).
A&W diet is my favourite, but works out very pricey
mcgeo52 comments on Feb 2, 2020:
re: #7
If Pepsi had bought the secrets they would have opened themselves up to the liability of being in possession of stolen goods worth an untold amount of money.Their response was the only reasonable thing to do.
LenHazell53 replies on Feb 2, 2020:
I personally prefer root beer, but have to order it in from abroad as there are only two brands of UK made root beer and neither do a diet version (one is okay the other tastes like shit).
A&W diet is my favourite, but works out very pricey
HOROLOGY.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 30, 2020:
Del and Rodney move to the small cardboard cabinet and
Rodney begins sifting through the small amount of paperwork. James remains by cooker.
James
You see, Derek, I'm some-
thing of an amateur
horologist.
Del
(Quietly)
I thought it was too good
to be true. Now he's gonna
...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 31, 2020:
@FrayedBear Yes it was a family favourite
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 30, 2020:
Del and Rodney move to the small cardboard cabinet and
Rodney begins sifting through the small amount of paperwork. James remains by cooker.
James
You see, Derek, I'm some-
thing of an amateur
horologist.
Del
(Quietly)
I thought it was too good
to be true. Now he's gonna
...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 31, 2020:
@FrayedBear Yes it was a family favourite
HOROLOGY.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 30, 2020:
Del and Rodney move to the small cardboard cabinet and
Rodney begins sifting through the small amount of paperwork. James remains by cooker.
James
You see, Derek, I'm some-
thing of an amateur
horologist.
Del
(Quietly)
I thought it was too good
to be true. Now he's gonna
...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 31, 2020:
@FrayedBear I suggest you start at the point where Fools and horses changed format from 25 minutes to 50 minutes, the earlier show are not so good when John Sullivan was writing them on his own and mainly rehashes of old Steptoe and Son plot lines, how ever after rating's flagged at the end of series one Sullivan was Joined by his former boss the great Ronnie Barker who ghosted many of the scripts for Fools and horses starting with the classic episode "A touch of Glass" series 2 episode 7
After which it is completely obvious which episodes are Barker, which are Sullivan and which are joint efforts from the 1 hour episode "To Hull and Back" the series really hit's it's stride with both writers coming up with classic after classic with sole exception of the disastrous Xmas 1986 special "Royal Flush" written by Sullivan alone and originally intended as the series one Xmas special, generally classified as THE worst episode of the show ever, with all of the characters reverting to their series 1 personas, Del becoming a nasty evil violent and abusive brother to Rodney and a plot that left a bitter taste in the mouth of most fans.
After this the show was cancelled for a year and returned in it's new 50 minute format a year later with the brilliant episode "The Frog's legacy" from which point it never looked back.
Finally there was the final three 2001 "comeback" episodes written after Barkers death completely undo the series finale of "Time on our hands" and destroy much of the character building as well as introducing the horrible character of Del's son Damion, all of which leaves a bitter nasty after taste to the shows latter glory, don't bother with them, most fans don't.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 30, 2020:
Del and Rodney move to the small cardboard cabinet and
Rodney begins sifting through the small amount of paperwork. James remains by cooker.
James
You see, Derek, I'm some-
thing of an amateur
horologist.
Del
(Quietly)
I thought it was too good
to be true. Now he's gonna
...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 31, 2020:
@FrayedBear I suggest you start at the point where Fools and horses changed format from 25 minutes to 50 minutes, the earlier show are not so good when John Sullivan was writing them on his own and mainly rehashes of old Steptoe and Son plot lines, how ever after rating's flagged at the end of series one Sullivan was Joined by his former boss the great Ronnie Barker who ghosted many of the scripts for Fools and horses starting with the classic episode "A touch of Glass" series 2 episode 7
After which it is completely obvious which episodes are Barker, which are Sullivan and which are joint efforts from the 1 hour episode "To Hull and Back" the series really hit's it's stride with both writers coming up with classic after classic with sole exception of the disastrous Xmas 1986 special "Royal Flush" written by Sullivan alone and originally intended as the series one Xmas special, generally classified as THE worst episode of the show ever, with all of the characters reverting to their series 1 personas, Del becoming a nasty evil violent and abusive brother to Rodney and a plot that left a bitter taste in the mouth of most fans.
After this the show was cancelled for a year and returned in it's new 50 minute format a year later with the brilliant episode "The Frog's legacy" from which point it never looked back.
Finally there was the final three 2001 "comeback" episodes written after Barkers death completely undo the series finale of "Time on our hands" and destroy much of the character building as well as introducing the horrible character of Del's son Damion, all of which leaves a bitter nasty after taste to the shows latter glory, don't bother with them, most fans don't.
What's your all time favourite animation of all time?
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 30, 2020:
Watamote!
THE best portrayal of of social anxiety syndrome ever put on film and a kick ass theme tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZYq7rat9d4
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 31, 2020:
@MsDemeanour I'm a music fan, I have written and listened to everything from classical, to country, from ballads to thrash metal, my tastes are eclectic but my standards are (I hope) high.
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 30, 2020:
Watamote!
THE best portrayal of of social anxiety syndrome ever put on film and a kick ass theme tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZYq7rat9d4
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 31, 2020:
@MsDemeanour I'm a music fan, I have written and listened to everything from classical, to country, from ballads to thrash metal, my tastes are eclectic but my standards are (I hope) high.
Are we afraid of religion?
Mofo1953 comments on Jan 30, 2020:
Why would one be afraid of imaginary, made up, not real things?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 30, 2020:
@Mofo1953 If you are simply going to equivocate between various meanings of the word religion as a noun and as a practice you are simply being bloody minded and are not worth discussing this with.
Mofo1953 comments on Jan 30, 2020:
Why would one be afraid of imaginary, made up, not real things?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 30, 2020:
@Mofo1953 If you are simply going to equivocate between various meanings of the word religion as a noun and as a practice you are simply being bloody minded and are not worth discussing this with.
Are we afraid of religion?
Mofo1953 comments on Jan 30, 2020:
Why would one be afraid of imaginary, made up, not real things?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 30, 2020:
Religion as an institution is all too real, it just purports to believe in not real things.
Mofo1953 comments on Jan 30, 2020:
Why would one be afraid of imaginary, made up, not real things?
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 30, 2020:
Religion as an institution is all too real, it just purports to believe in not real things.
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot!
I know Kevin Smith has been talking about making sequels for a long ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jan 27, 2020:
"The trailer looks lame. Mewes has aged a LOT. But I will watch"
That is the point, Smith as always is side swiping the Hollywood establishment, in this case rebooting old ideas, by pointing out the stupidity of them, the inappropriate casting of actors way to old for the parts simply to cash in on...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 29, 2020:
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LenHazell53 comments on Jan 27, 2020:
"The trailer looks lame. Mewes has aged a LOT. But I will watch"
That is the point, Smith as always is side swiping the Hollywood establishment, in this case rebooting old ideas, by pointing out the stupidity of them, the inappropriate casting of actors way to old for the parts simply to cash in on...
LenHazell53 replies on Jan 29, 2020:
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