BURN! The best way to demonstrate their ignorance and hypocrisy, quote the bible.

icolan comments on Jan 25, 2019:

I think you have an extra period at the beginning of the link. The site is showing it as a link but it does not open and the browser does not show that it is a URL.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 25, 2019:

@icolan will have to wait for mofo to come back online and point us To it. cheers.

God speaks ask everything you ever wanted to know, butt, were afraid to ask!!! I love you all.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 24, 2019:

everything you ever wanted to know,**butt**, were afraid to ask!!! So he was talking out of his arse, I geddit ?

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 25, 2019:

@soquel hehehe

BURN! The best way to demonstrate their ignorance and hypocrisy, quote the bible.

icolan comments on Jan 25, 2019:

I think you have an extra period at the beginning of the link. The site is showing it as a link but it does not open and the browser does not show that it is a URL.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 25, 2019:

try this https://www.businessinsider.com/international?r=US&IR=T

Well.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 23, 2019:

In my state of Missouri some counties go after those selling cannabis legally and the charge is that it cannot have TCP in it. The cost of the product is outrageous and so is this stupid prosecution idea. Leave 'em alone!

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 24, 2019:

@DenoPenno You are right of course, since it was legalized last year my wife has use Cannabidiol (CBD oil) on her eczema in lotion form and the result are wonderful, after 50 years of suffering she is almost completely cured. However the stuff is not yet available on the NHS and costs a small fortune to buy privately.

You could not make this shit up Televangelist: Don’t Bother Getting a Flu Shot Since Jesus Got ...

mordant comments on Jan 23, 2019:

I don't think preachers (or most sheeple) literally believe their own BS. A lot of these pronouncements come from the constant pressure to come up with provocative and entertaining blather for sometimes several weekly sermons. Pastors live or die by whether their parishoners find them boring and ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 24, 2019:

@mordant Excellent analysis. My own mother got mixed up with the charismatic movement and stopped wearing her glasses after a "healing". it was honestly like something from a Monty Python sketch as she staggered about bumping in to things and falling over them, until my father threatened to divorce her if she did not put her glasses back on. At which point she burst in to tears lamenting that her faith was so weak as to undo her "blessing".

Has anyone seen the highly-hyped Roma?

mistymoon77 comments on Jan 23, 2019:

Heard a lot of reviews on this.. I am sure it will win some awards. The one I am kindof curious about is A Star is Born. Not into country shit music at all but the story and the chemistry between them two from what I have heard is outstanding. Lady GaGa is one you either like her or you don't. I...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 23, 2019:

@GuyKeith The Oscars have been a farce for years now, basically just an excuse to boom boring films in the hope of making their money back, or to push the "in" political agenda of the moment. My guess is that Alfonso Cuarón has been contracted to direct a Hollywood movie next year, and they want Oscar Winning director on the publicity.

You could not make this shit up Televangelist: Don’t Bother Getting a Flu Shot Since Jesus Got ...

mordant comments on Jan 23, 2019:

I don't think preachers (or most sheeple) literally believe their own BS. A lot of these pronouncements come from the constant pressure to come up with provocative and entertaining blather for sometimes several weekly sermons. Pastors live or die by whether their parishoners find them boring and ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 23, 2019:

"I doubt in any given church of 1000 people that more than zero listeners would actually not get their flu shots unless they never intended to for other reasons." Sadly history is not on your side on this, polio was almost completely wiped out in the 1980s, until evangelical churches began preaching that vaccines interfered with the will of god, leading to simultaneous outbreaks in the USA, South America Africa and Europe. I took another 15 years to get the disease back under control and it was only last year that Polio was declared as eradicated. People do listen to insane proclamations like this, church opposition to condoms is why AIDS is still not under control in Africa, why over population is still out of control in many poverty stricken areas who still believe God Will Provide, even when it obviously does not.

As an ongoing mission to introduce our american members to some of the more watchable british films.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 23, 2019:

Here are a few suggestions 1) The Ruling Class (1972) 2) Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939) 3) Things to Come (1936) 4) Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) 5) The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) 6) Village of the Damned (1960) 7) Witch finder General (1968 ) 8 ) Night of the Eagle (1962) 9) ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 23, 2019:

@Hastur Probably his best role since Dragonwyck

As an ongoing mission to introduce our american members to some of the more watchable british films.

GuyKeith comments on Jan 23, 2019:

One of my Top 5 favorite movies of all time is *Withnail & I*, a British masterpiece.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 23, 2019:

@GuyKeith "I have a heart condition, if you hit me and I die it will be murder" Just about every line is quotable

As an ongoing mission to introduce our american members to some of the more watchable british films.

GuyKeith comments on Jan 23, 2019:

One of my Top 5 favorite movies of all time is *Withnail & I*, a British masterpiece.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 23, 2019:

A true classic.

Well.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 23, 2019:

In my state of Missouri some counties go after those selling cannabis legally and the charge is that it cannot have TCP in it. The cost of the product is outrageous and so is this stupid prosecution idea. Leave 'em alone!

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 23, 2019:

I think you may mean THC, TCP is a best selling brand of antiseptic.

Literally every person I've seen on here that listed themselves as agnostic also listed themselves ...

Orbit comments on Jan 21, 2019:

Agnosticism is about whether or not you KNOW there is a God; Atheism is whether you believe there is any EVIDENCE for a God. You can see no evidence, and still not know, or think it is impossible to know for sure.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 23, 2019:

@BryanLV No it doesn't, you are on an non believers sight and you have the temerity to tell atheist they don't know what atheism means? An Atheist does not accept the existence of a god or gods because there is no reasonable or evidential reason to do so. They do not deny the possibility of the existence of god(s) simply chose to reject it for the same reason they reject the existence of unicorns, fairies and boogeymen. An agnostic claims it is impossible to know if god or gods exist because there is no reasonable or evidential reason to do so or not to do so, so claims to keep an "open mind" often open enough that their brain falls out. In short agnostics want to use a watered down version of Pascals wager just in case, rather than shift the burden of proof to those professing deity.

Literally every person I've seen on here that listed themselves as agnostic also listed themselves ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2019:

That being the case you need to give your personal definition of the word agnostic, because like Brexit, it is a word that covers a multitude of definitions outside of the literal or etymological one.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 23, 2019:

@BryanLV That being the case the original statement is inaccurate. To be Agnostic (without knowledge, contextually of god or gods) indicates a non acceptance of the existence of deity until proven knowledge is provided. Therefore atheism (without god or gods) is a prerequisite of agnosticism, in fact the latter is predicated upon the former. However recently the idea of theist agnostics (contradiction in terms), spiritual agnostics (wishy washy idiocy) and atheist agnostics (redundant word play) have been bandied about based on more & more colloquial definitions of Agnosticism. Personally since I believe in reason, logic, testing and evidence I find agnostic a redundant euphemism, and something used to hedge your bets when you are frightened to admit your atheism to others.

::Eyeroll:: [relevantmagazine.com]

Mofo1953 comments on Jan 22, 2019:

goes to show how religions are a joke

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 23, 2019:

“The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.” ― Will Rogers

HEY THERE IS A THIRD "GOD'S NOT DEAD" movie out .

Chrisbiologist comments on Jan 22, 2019:

Kevin Sorbo smh.?‍♂️

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2019:

Yeah funny that he was killed in the first one, God punished him for being an atheist by swatting him with a van, seems "he is risen"

Are morality and empathy basically the same?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2019:

Not at all, some of the worst of sadists have been completely emphatic, so as to savour the pain of others, if they did not understand and empathise with the agony they inflicted, they could derive no joy from it. Morally they can know it is wrong and get a kick from doing wrong, but sharing in the...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2019:

@maturin1919 Point taken and to be fair I should have said "I believe you may be.."

"How on earth can religious people believe in so much arbitrary, clearly invented balderdash?

Matias comments on Jan 22, 2019:

So what is the fuss about? Given that loneliness is bad (even bad for your health, as many studies confirm), and given that being a respected member of a group, be it religious or not, what should be wrong in becoming a religious person in order to have some nice company, if this is the main ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2019:

@Mofo1953 well said

"How on earth can religious people believe in so much arbitrary, clearly invented balderdash?

Matias comments on Jan 22, 2019:

So what is the fuss about? Given that loneliness is bad (even bad for your health, as many studies confirm), and given that being a respected member of a group, be it religious or not, what should be wrong in becoming a religious person in order to have some nice company, if this is the main ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2019:

@WilliamFleming I am quite certain the KKK and the BNP from their own warped point of view see themselves as compassionate and forces for the greater good, and so called common Christian principles of Brotherhood, pacifism and compassion as being bad for a strong society and a danger to their "Chosen Race"

Are morality and empathy basically the same?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2019:

Not at all, some of the worst of sadists have been completely emphatic, so as to savour the pain of others, if they did not understand and empathise with the agony they inflicted, they could derive no joy from it. Morally they can know it is wrong and get a kick from doing wrong, but sharing in the...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2019:

@maturin1919 You are I believe confusing empathy with sympathy. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. It is not sympathy feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune. Whereas the latter is necessarily positive and compassionate there is no such mandate to the former, the sadist takes pleasure in the misfortune of the other especially when he or she has been directly responsible for it, for this understanding without compassion is necessary in order that the Sadist may draw personal pleasure from that empathy, if he or she does not draw pleasure they are not a sadist they are at best a sociopath at worst a Psychopath.

Are morality and empathy basically the same?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2019:

Not at all, some of the worst of sadists have been completely emphatic, so as to savour the pain of others, if they did not understand and empathise with the agony they inflicted, they could derive no joy from it. Morally they can know it is wrong and get a kick from doing wrong, but sharing in the...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2019:

@linxminx I have noticed that too, feign ignorance and lie are now the go to reactions for most vicious people today, accompanied by a knowing superior grin that they are to stupid to realise undermines their whole contention.

HEY THERE IS A THIRD "GOD'S NOT DEAD" movie out .

ZantiMisfit comments on Jan 22, 2019:

A 3rd movie??? They're really trying to convince people.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2019:

I don't think it's working.

Are morality and empathy basically the same?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2019:

Not at all, some of the worst of sadists have been completely emphatic, so as to savour the pain of others, if they did not understand and empathise with the agony they inflicted, they could derive no joy from it. Morally they can know it is wrong and get a kick from doing wrong, but sharing in the...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2019:

@Mofo1953 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRsnMUQqPzA

Are morality and empathy basically the same?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 22, 2019:

Not at all, some of the worst of sadists have been completely emphatic, so as to savour the pain of others, if they did not understand and empathise with the agony they inflicted, they could derive no joy from it. Morally they can know it is wrong and get a kick from doing wrong, but sharing in the...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2019:

@Mofo1953 Auto correct and dyslexia, not always a good combination. If you you genuinely thought I meant Emphatic in this context you lack empathy yourself, but never mind you make up for it with pedantry :)

"How on earth can religious people believe in so much arbitrary, clearly invented balderdash?

KKGator comments on Jan 22, 2019:

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member. - Groucho Marx

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2019:

I could dance with you till the cows come home On second thoughts I rather dance with the cows and wait for you to come home. Groucho

"How on earth can religious people believe in so much arbitrary, clearly invented balderdash?

Matias comments on Jan 22, 2019:

So what is the fuss about? Given that loneliness is bad (even bad for your health, as many studies confirm), and given that being a respected member of a group, be it religious or not, what should be wrong in becoming a religious person in order to have some nice company, if this is the main ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 22, 2019:

@Matias You can use the same argument for membership of the KKK or the BNP. If people joined religion just for friendship you might have a point, but they don't, they join and then immediately start to foist their shit on other people both by nuisance and legislation and if all else fails by violence and claim a "god given right" to do so.

Melissa Joan Hart told her 6-year-old son that only people who believe in Jesus are 'good' — and ...

MattHardy comments on Jan 21, 2019:

Burn the witch!

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 21, 2019:

" 'Ow do you know she is a witch?"

Melissa Joan Hart told her 6-year-old son that only people who believe in Jesus are 'good' — and ...

DoctoralZombie comments on Jan 21, 2019:

Considering the sexual assault of boys within the church, telling them only believers are good people seems dangerous. But what do I know.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 21, 2019:

Ah but you see people who do that are not Proper/real Christians, or at least that is what they tell one another to excuse this perversity.

Melissa Joan Hart told her 6-year-old son that only people who believe in Jesus are 'good' — and ...

AmiSue comments on Jan 21, 2019:

‘Casual’? She is exactly what she appears to be, no doubt. I don’t know who she is but why would anyone feign surprise upon outing a bigot?

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 21, 2019:

Because believers of all flavours are bigots, in that they all believe they are right and everyone else is wrong and so are inferior. Over generations they have become so used to this that they assume everyone, even those they are defaming know it to be true. So when one bunch of bigots get upset at another bunch of bigots for both doing the same thing to one another, they all get righteously indignant and feign surprise.

Just got this in the mail.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 20, 2019:

Send it back saying "Fellowship" is an inherently sexist misogynist term and that you are reporting them to SJW central until they amend it to person-ship or some other equally good gender neutral term. It isn't Jesus...it's just a fella. ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 21, 2019:

@pasha-one-nine Whistle down the wind and yes it is her

Karen Pences school ban goes on to say banned conduct includes, but is not limited, to: ...

Deiter comments on Jan 19, 2019:

Violation of what? What @#$% all does Scripture have to say about transgenderism? A book loaded of pre- and extra- marital activities and polygamy. Sin, it seems, is reserved only for kings. Paul in the NT was pretty obsessed w/ *natural relations* and *dishonorable passions.* Paul was a Jew and ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 20, 2019:

transgenderism Deuteronomy 22:5, we read, "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." Interestingly it was this silly passage for which Joan of arc was burned at the stake, not for her military victories or Witchcraft as the school history books would tell us but for wearing trousers.

Where the blessed are kept

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 17, 2019:

I want to know what a moley is.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 18, 2019:

according to Disney

The shaving brand Gillette has launched a new ad campaign in response to the Me Too movement.

MsDemeanour comments on Jan 18, 2019:

ARe you telling me men are getting aggressive about an ad that is telling them to stop being aggressive?

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 18, 2019:

No not aggressive, insulted that the advertisement makes it plain that ALL white men and boys are terrible people who need to be kept in check. As a man who suffered years of spousal abuse from my wife and never raised a finger against her, raised a son who is a highly educated fine example of a human being, I find the portrayal of the majority of White men (look carefully all but one of the "Good Guys" is not white) as monsters with uncontrolled libidos and tempers, while all women are portrayed as victims or angels insulting to both sexes and all races. I would rather see positive reinforcement of positive behaviour from ALL people and none of it used to sell products of any sort.

" The glans of the circumcised penis is less sensitive to fine touch than the glans of the ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 16, 2019:

I have argued for years that infant circumcision is abuse. On this very site I had one lady do the nearest thing I have ever seen in written form to a fit of hysterics, telling me her son were very grateful to have had bits chopped of them when still babies, when I asked how they could possibly ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@FrayedBear True, I think I must have been half asleep when I wrote that

I have heard people say that the world needs more love, it will save us all for most of my life.

PeterMetcalfe1 comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Tolerance is the key. There is too little of it.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 17, 2019:

Until you get to the point of feeling you must tolerate intolerance lest you yourself become an intolerant hypocrite and end up crawling up your own metaphorical back side, while the truly intolerant take over the world.

Question: Do you agree this as acceptable?

242Foxtrot comments on Jan 17, 2019:

No, that was the asphyx. It's real, I saw it in a really bad movie.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 17, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_bghq5dY08

I notice when I'm out driving how many churches there are.

Amisja comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Come to UK churches are all being sold.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 17, 2019:

Or turned in to pubs, nightclubs and casinos.

I notice when I'm out driving how many churches there are.

arbusto comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Does this include temples, mosques, and so on, other than churches but also clearly places of worship? I continue to be amused by those self-proclaimed atheists and agnostics whose focus is solely upon Christian beliefs, as though other religious beliefs do not exist or somehow fall into a ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 17, 2019:

I continue to be amused by ill informed people who make statements like the above on a site that has pages and groups dedicated to former Jews, Muslims and other former religions, without bothering to look first. yes many here are former Christians or come from Christian backgrounds, that does not however mean that they cannot use that back ground as a typical frame of reference that by implication serves as a metonym for all religion generally.

" The glans of the circumcised penis is less sensitive to fine touch than the glans of the ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 16, 2019:

I have argued for years that infant circumcision is abuse. On this very site I had one lady do the nearest thing I have ever seen in written form to a fit of hysterics, telling me her son were very grateful to have had bits chopped of them when still babies, when I asked how they could possibly ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 17, 2019:

@FrayedBear I don't recall, I blocked her for unreasonable misandry

I think this story below, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the arrested man or the ...

Jnei comments on Jan 16, 2019:

If I come across this story in a proper newspaper, I'll probably come to a conclusion and respond here with my thoughts on it. However, since the *Daily Mail* is well-known for being extremely inaccurate in its reporting, reactionary, racist, openly anti-Muslim and arguably fascist, I'll need to get...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX you know what I am actually beginning to feel sorry for you, it is sad when someone has become so bitter and angry that all they can do is throw about ill informed nastiness in a vain attempt to score virtue point and gain the presumed admiration of strangers on a web forum. You're a sad little puppy unable to let go of a rubber bone, in the hope you may garner a few ooohs of approval and affection from a world you could not possibly understand.

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PalacinkyPDX comments on Jan 16, 2019:

He has a right to speak to his friend in any damn language he chooses. Btw, sometimes, what you need to say, in the way it's intended, can ONLY be said in a certain language. And Len, you need to change your media sources and read grown up publications.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX I was talking about Pakistanis, but in case you know nothing at all I will point out 'Allahu Akbar' is Arabic, ALL Muslims speak Arabic, so if he was a Turk or has nothing to do with my points about non assimilation, of which the article was only used as an example. Elsewhere on the thread I already discussed my opinions on living as an immigrant., your opinion in that case is pure bitter speculation, born more from a desire to score points than to be factually accurate.

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Mitch07102 comments on Jan 16, 2019:

Tribal and cultural bonds significantly pre-date nation-states. Most people identify with their nation because it is also their tribe. How would you feel if your were, say, a Christian in Pakistan with roots in England?

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX Oh you really are foul minded are you not, carry on proving just how childish and disgusting you are and how incapable you are of holding an intelligent and reasonable conversation.

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Amisja comments on Jan 16, 2019:

I am going to reply to this more fully Len but for now...you cited the DailyFail...you lose

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@Amisja I agree with much of what you say, which is why I made point of drawing attention to the fact that it is those noticeable groups who ghettoize themselves and isolate themselves and refuse to assimilate. The most noticeable of these groups in my experience, because they make no secret of it, are Muslim men from Pakistan, Egypt, Somalia and Uganda.

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Jnei comments on Jan 16, 2019:

If I come across this story in a proper newspaper, I'll probably come to a conclusion and respond here with my thoughts on it. However, since the *Daily Mail* is well-known for being extremely inaccurate in its reporting, reactionary, racist, openly anti-Muslim and arguably fascist, I'll need to get...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX "Allahu Akbar" is used in common greetings in Arabic, however screaming it repeatedly while running IS NOT I know my life long best friend is half Iraqi half English, and the more common greeting is As-salāmu ʿalaykum Oi is not pronounced Oi as in oy vey, it is pronounced gutterally o'yu, as it is short for hey you, again I know because my grandfather is Jewish and my father is a Cockney from the east end of London where the exclamation originated, among market traders. Football fans are neither right or left wing they are simply people who like football, being a violent hooligan like wise has no political bias it is simply an act of barbarity carried out by morons (I'm sure you know what they are) Do you really enjoy parading your ignorance like this or do you suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect?

I think this story below, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the arrested man or the ...

PalacinkyPDX comments on Jan 16, 2019:

He has a right to speak to his friend in any damn language he chooses. Btw, sometimes, what you need to say, in the way it's intended, can ONLY be said in a certain language. And Len, you need to change your media sources and read grown up publications.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX Okay 1) Pakistanis are not Arabs, silly person 2) I used the post as you would know if you read it, to illustrate that non assimilation among Muslim men is a problem not that Arabs are a problem. 3) I Pointed out specifically that most immigrants have no problem with assimilation in to their chosen nation of residence. 4) It is not my fault you have a chip on your shoulder and cannot read. Okay?

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Mitch07102 comments on Jan 16, 2019:

Tribal and cultural bonds significantly pre-date nation-states. Most people identify with their nation because it is also their tribe. How would you feel if your were, say, a Christian in Pakistan with roots in England?

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@Mitch07102 Perhaps but when someone calls me a bigot, an idiot and so forth, I do tend to take that personally.

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Jnei comments on Jan 16, 2019:

If I come across this story in a proper newspaper, I'll probably come to a conclusion and respond here with my thoughts on it. However, since the *Daily Mail* is well-known for being extremely inaccurate in its reporting, reactionary, racist, openly anti-Muslim and arguably fascist, I'll need to get...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX If "Oi" in that country is a known war cry used by suicide bombers, then yes, especially if he is yelling it repeatedly while running through a crowded public area. Actually "Oi" only has an alternate meaning in Japan where it means "hey"

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PalacinkyPDX comments on Jan 16, 2019:

He has a right to speak to his friend in any damn language he chooses. Btw, sometimes, what you need to say, in the way it's intended, can ONLY be said in a certain language. And Len, you need to change your media sources and read grown up publications.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX Carry on dear, you are doing yourself no favours.

I think this story below, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the arrested man or the ...

Mitch07102 comments on Jan 16, 2019:

Tribal and cultural bonds significantly pre-date nation-states. Most people identify with their nation because it is also their tribe. How would you feel if your were, say, a Christian in Pakistan with roots in England?

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX So glad you agree, but I feel I should point out that being presumptuous id not actually something to be proud of, or to boast about, it is a *bad* thing. Also whether I am at present copulating or not is irelevent to my idiocy or lack thereof.

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hippydog comments on Jan 16, 2019:

I would not agree with your take on it at all.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

Please elaborate as to where you feel I am wrong and I shall try an either learn from you, or explain where I have failed to make myself clear.

I think this story below, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the arrested man or the ...

Jnei comments on Jan 16, 2019:

If I come across this story in a proper newspaper, I'll probably come to a conclusion and respond here with my thoughts on it. However, since the *Daily Mail* is well-known for being extremely inaccurate in its reporting, reactionary, racist, openly anti-Muslim and arguably fascist, I'll need to get...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX You obviously did not read the article before commenting ...ridiculous?

I think this story below, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the arrested man or the ...

PalacinkyPDX comments on Jan 16, 2019:

He has a right to speak to his friend in any damn language he chooses. Btw, sometimes, what you need to say, in the way it's intended, can ONLY be said in a certain language. And Len, you need to change your media sources and read grown up publications.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX Ah insults, sista utväg av dårar :)

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Jnei comments on Jan 16, 2019:

If I come across this story in a proper newspaper, I'll probably come to a conclusion and respond here with my thoughts on it. However, since the *Daily Mail* is well-known for being extremely inaccurate in its reporting, reactionary, racist, openly anti-Muslim and arguably fascist, I'll need to get...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@Jnei Exactly, but WE do and that is why you still live here rather than somewhere that is not here and is by your own criteria not as good as here and that is why your initial statement is inaccurate as well as pointless.

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Mitch07102 comments on Jan 16, 2019:

Tribal and cultural bonds significantly pre-date nation-states. Most people identify with their nation because it is also their tribe. How would you feel if your were, say, a Christian in Pakistan with roots in England?

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX You presume to know an awful "fucking " lot, don't you?

I think this story below, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the arrested man or the ...

Jnei comments on Jan 16, 2019:

If I come across this story in a proper newspaper, I'll probably come to a conclusion and respond here with my thoughts on it. However, since the *Daily Mail* is well-known for being extremely inaccurate in its reporting, reactionary, racist, openly anti-Muslim and arguably fascist, I'll need to get...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX don't be ridiculous

I think this story below, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the arrested man or the ...

Eldovis comments on Jan 16, 2019:

Most immigrants, especially the adult crowd, are very resistant in separating themselves from their own culture, religion, and traditions. Obviously most of them are escaping from wars, religious persecutions, and looking primarily for jobs, unavailable in their countries. with this in mind; ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

I was speaking of immigrants, not refugees and asylum seekers, but I take your point.

I think this story below, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the arrested man or the ...

Jnei comments on Jan 16, 2019:

If I come across this story in a proper newspaper, I'll probably come to a conclusion and respond here with my thoughts on it. However, since the *Daily Mail* is well-known for being extremely inaccurate in its reporting, reactionary, racist, openly anti-Muslim and arguably fascist, I'll need to get...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

I'm sure then you would be equally happy living on some other rock sticking out of the ocean else where in the word, without an NHS, democracy and relative freedom :)

I think this story below, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the arrested man or the ...

Amisja comments on Jan 16, 2019:

I am going to reply to this more fully Len but for now...you cited the DailyFail...you lose

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

Feel free to find the story in various other papers worldwide. And Lose what?

I think this story below, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the arrested man or the ...

Mitch07102 comments on Jan 16, 2019:

Tribal and cultural bonds significantly pre-date nation-states. Most people identify with their nation because it is also their tribe. How would you feel if your were, say, a Christian in Pakistan with roots in England?

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

If I had decided to emigrate there and make it my home, I would learn the language, adopt the dress style and endevour to find work suited to my skill set. I would not parade around in a pin stripe suit and bowler hat, only speak English and refuse to work with anyone who was not English. I would not cry racism when my neighbors celebrated ede or observed a call to prayer. I would still be English born, and an ex-pat, but I had CHOSEN to go an live in another country and another culture and would not be so arrogant as to accept that culture to change to fit with me. Us brits gave up that shit with the end of the empire.

I think this story below, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the arrested man or the ...

PalacinkyPDX comments on Jan 16, 2019:

He has a right to speak to his friend in any damn language he chooses. Btw, sometimes, what you need to say, in the way it's intended, can ONLY be said in a certain language. And Len, you need to change your media sources and read grown up publications.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

I could have referred you to the original Swedish article, but I doubt you speak Swedish. I would love to see how you positively reacted to someone screaming 'Allahu Akbar' in a crowded shopping center while walking with your child or grandchild. I 'm sure you would congratulate the man screaming "Fire" in a packed theater on his exercising of free speech too.

MINGING.

FrayedBear comments on Jan 14, 2019:

So that's how it came to be used as a noun for a woman's vulva?

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 16, 2019:

@FrayedBear It is, one of my rescue dogs was a lurcher kept on a veggie diet, it was in horrendous shape and health. A couple of weeks just on ordinary dog food and his coat recovered his weight came right and his temperament improved immeasurably. Dogs like us are omnivorous, without meat in their diet they will become ill, unless supplemented with proteins and calcium and vitamins, unfortunately some Vegetarians will not allow milk or other calcium rich food as the consider milking "rape"

What do you believe in?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 11, 2019:

I don't *believe* in anything, I either know things or I don't know them, things are true or they are not true, currently possible or currently impossible. Occasionally I will trust in my judgement or assessment of the trustworthiness or motives of another, but that is as close to belief as I will ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2019:

@Salvz Nothing like dualism, not sure where you are getting that from.

(personal) What are the rules on making the same post on multiple groups?

FrayedBear comments on Jan 15, 2019:

I do not know if it still works properly or whether mine are merely sequestered. There is a share button in the 3 bar box that allows you to share to your groups. For your query i would spread it wide and far - hello on the general page and groups - singles, health and happiness, creative thinkers ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2019:

@Cutiebeauty It has never worked to the best of my knowledge

U.S. Catholics' Faith in Clergy Is Shaken

MissKathleen comments on Jan 14, 2019:

Wonder what was the significant event in 2014 that caused a rise.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 15, 2019:

Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, patron saint of kiddie fiddlers

Pastor claimed that he went to hell and killed satan.

Jay1313132018 comments on Jan 14, 2019:

So, evil has been defeated?

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 14, 2019:

Yup, guess the good Rev. is out of a job now then.

  Recently that piece of irrelevant filth known as the Nashville Statement of 2017 has reared its ...

SkotlandSkye comments on Jan 14, 2019:

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 14, 2019:

love it :)

  Recently that piece of irrelevant filth known as the Nashville Statement of 2017 has reared its ...

PalacinkyPDX comments on Jan 14, 2019:

Pretty much signed by a 'who's who' of haters. Then there's the "Manhattan Declaration" which has a lot of the same characters. Basically, Southern Baptists should be categorized as a form of terrorism.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 14, 2019:

True, so much hate in the world today?, born of so much fear and self loathing?. Thanks for your comment?

What's everyone's all time favorite movie?

TristanNuvo comments on Jan 14, 2019:

To be honest, that is a question that is impossible for me to answer, I'm a huge move buff, and there are way too many to list just one.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 14, 2019:

Same here, genre favourites perhaps, but one overall? impossible.

MINGING.

FrayedBear comments on Jan 14, 2019:

So that's how it came to be used as a noun for a woman's vulva?

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 14, 2019:

No Ming and Minge have totally different etymological roots Minge comes from the Greek μύγες (myges from which also get midgies) meaning a place where flies gather, or just flies not pleasant but slang often is not. To Ming comes from Swedish Menk meaning the smell of an animal

Reading is fundamental...

Mokvon comments on Jan 14, 2019:

Open a a real book.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 14, 2019:

What? a book? Oh you mean the internet made out of a tree. Brian Griffin

Fan letters from Peter Capaldi

Lucy_Fehr comments on Jan 13, 2019:

I bet he was excited when he got to play that one episode about pompeii then a few years later he gets to play the actual doctor.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 14, 2019:

He had been in Torchwood prior to that

Fan letters from Peter Capaldi

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 13, 2019:

And just for comparison Jodie Whittaker he first interview after her casting declared happily she had never watched an episode of Doctor Who in her life.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 13, 2019:

@Closeted Yup, she did.

The Two Ronnies. - The Plumstead Ladies Male Voice Choir. Does anyone else miss these guys?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 12, 2019:

Damn Ronnie Corbet looks SO like my mother in that sketch.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 13, 2019:

@FrayedBear She was still dressing like that when she died 10 years ago.

Kybosh Verb: to sabotage or to decisively bring an end to an action or event Noun: A term ...

itsmedammit comments on Jan 12, 2019:

I've always spelled it "kibosh" and have never seen it spelled with the "y". Must be one of those other side of the pond things.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 12, 2019:

It is actually both, the original word is Kiybosh or Kiiboss and is an Uzbeki and Hindi word receptively for cloth or clothes, during the contentions between the Russian and then later the soviet empire and the British empire in the middle east to put the Kiybosh on, was to go undercover as a spy and attack the enemy from within.

The Two Ronnies. - The Plumstead Ladies Male Voice Choir. Does anyone else miss these guys?

FrayedBear comments on Jan 12, 2019:

A time when "knick knack paddy whack" was acceptable and decried as being PC inappropriate by snowflakes trying to control the rest of the world with their nonsense.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 12, 2019:

@Marionville No you don't misremember

The Two Ronnies. - The Plumstead Ladies Male Voice Choir. Does anyone else miss these guys?

FrayedBear comments on Jan 12, 2019:

A time when "knick knack paddy whack" was acceptable and decried as being PC inappropriate by snowflakes trying to control the rest of the world with their nonsense.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 12, 2019:

There is a very , VERY Un Pc version of the that song that was popular in my school that involved a building site and an Irishman, a Scotsman , another Irishman, a Manchester man all assaulting a west Indian worker and an English foreman intervening to shout. Mick, Mack, Paddy, Wak leave the W(deleted)g alone No the most enlightened of times

The Two Ronnies. - The Plumstead Ladies Male Voice Choir. Does anyone else miss these guys?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 11, 2019:

Yes it was a stroke of genius putting them together on the Frost report Ronnie B, Tim Brook Talylor, Ronnie C and John Cleese (sometimes Marty Feldman) were the team. From that we got The Two Ronnie and I'm Sorry I'll read that again, which morphed in to The Goodies on TV. What ever happened to ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 12, 2019:

@Marionville, @FrayedBear "beige people " (meaning washed out or colourless, not brown) A great term in introduced by Billy Connolly, love his humour, along with "The V neck sweater Brigade" "Volvo People" and "The surname clan"

The Two Ronnies. - The Plumstead Ladies Male Voice Choir. Does anyone else miss these guys?

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 11, 2019:

Yes it was a stroke of genius putting them together on the Frost report Ronnie B, Tim Brook Talylor, Ronnie C and John Cleese (sometimes Marty Feldman) were the team. From that we got The Two Ronnie and I'm Sorry I'll read that again, which morphed in to The Goodies on TV. What ever happened to ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 12, 2019:

@Marionville I used to think that but over the years I've introduced my son and my niece to old comedy such as the 2 Ronnies, Bottom, Allo Allo, Laurel and Hardy, Morcombe and wise even Norman Wisdom etc and they have loved it, and wonder why there is nothing like this today.

It seems that being atheist or agnostic is now looked at as a type of religion

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 11, 2019:

*"It seems that being atheist or agnostic is now looked at as a type of religion"* **Only by arse holes**

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 11, 2019:

@NormanKickery and your point is?

What do you believe in?

Buxx comments on Jan 11, 2019:

Nothing! I value knowledge not beliefs. Resting on one's beliefs is a sign of laziness and/or fear of being wrong. Honestly, what is the value of belief without a cogent argument to defend it?

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 11, 2019:

@maturin1919 No because if you believe something ***WITH*** evidence you don't believe it you ***KNOW*** it.

What do you believe in?

Buxx comments on Jan 11, 2019:

Nothing! I value knowledge not beliefs. Resting on one's beliefs is a sign of laziness and/or fear of being wrong. Honestly, what is the value of belief without a cogent argument to defend it?

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 11, 2019:

@maturin1919 Incorrect *to believe* means to accept as true without investigation, evidence, or proof, the only thing worse is Faith which is to accept something as true in spite of investigation providing a lack or contrary to evidence, truth or proof.

Can I please join?

Marionville comments on Jan 11, 2019:

You are welcome...although we are not a very exciting lot. I think Brexit has rendered us speechless at the moment....not to mention exhausted ! I don’t think you will find us a hotbed of royalists either, so don’t worry on that score!

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 11, 2019:

@Marionville

[uaar.it] A short history of atheism.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 9, 2019:

I don't have a translator page. Here's my view. Lots of people believed in a god. I discovered that some do not believe. I became one who does not believe. Neither side has much evidence.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 9, 2019:

@DenoPenno "Gods may exist. I have no idea if they do because there is no evidence. " So universe farting pixies may exist too by that logic, so might intangible ballet dancing pink bandicoots. However since they and gods have no actually effect on our reality even if the do exist, they may as well not. I see no point in wasting time contemplating such an improbability, the proving true of the same would be a total irrelevancy.

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

Donotbelieve comments on Jan 9, 2019:

That is wonderful. My dad used it as a nickname for me. Along with, "Bitch". Both way before I knew what the words meant. I much prefer your father to mine.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 9, 2019:

Wow your dad sounds a peach ?

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Mitch07102 comments on Jan 8, 2019:

It is also a function of manufactured consent, described so well by Chomsky. Not all of the trumpies are stupid. Many are, but not all. No more so than the Nazis. Scary, you know?

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 8, 2019:

You don't have to be actually stupid to act in a stupid way, you simply need to have been indoctrinated with a false sense of what is and is not stupid. Hatin Jews did not seem stupid to Nazis, it seemed completely logical, given the environment and the accepted norms under which they lived, not hating the dangerous Jewish Agenda, to them seems the hight of stupidity. In the same way that today the "Trans Agenda" does not seem a stupid idea to those who believe it exists and fear it.

MITHRA.

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 6, 2019:

According to the Mormon church, and they are deadly serious, Mithra, freemasonary, Tammuz worship and Dionysus were all sent to earth by the devil to mock the Christian saviour and the true faith, thousands of years before he was born in order to sow doubt in the minds of men. Taking the piss by ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 7, 2019:

@Geoffrey51 Yup that's right

Welcome sassymeg

SassyMeg comments on Jan 7, 2019:

Has anyone read the book Educated? What did you think of it?

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 7, 2019:

is that the one about the survivalist family?

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

altschmerz comments on Jan 6, 2019:

A TV show I was watching made fun of Catholic priests for pedophilia. The Catholic church, incensed, said the show should have been targeting gay priests since it was homosexuals and not pedophiles molesting little boys. SMH

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 6, 2019:

And all the little girls and young women fucked by priests was okay then, according to these twats?

It seems the LDS have secretly changed the Temple ordinances again, to make them more politically ...

Heraclitus comments on Jan 5, 2019:

Hmm...why does God keep changing his mind about this stuff??

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 6, 2019:

God made man in his own in image and man being a gentleman reciprocated the favor. Hence god is is an inconsistent bitch will in to bend and change to fit with the winds of expediency and financial incentives.

It seems the LDS have secretly changed the Temple ordinances again, to make them more politically ...

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Jan 4, 2019:

Well la-de-bloody-dah!

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 5, 2019:

@Lilac-Jade so they are finding they are like a venomous ouroboros poisoning it's own tail and blaming the snake next door.

It seems the LDS have secretly changed the Temple ordinances again, to make them more politically ...

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Jan 4, 2019:

Well la-de-bloody-dah!

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 5, 2019:

My guess is that they are slowly leading up to female ordination, since it is now common for returning missionaries to find they have been made bishop in their absence, for deacons to serve as interim bishops and for one bishop to serve more than one branch or ward. Priesthood levels are at an all time low and in priesthood holders turning down callings because they don't have time is being seen as a real problem.

Sean Connery was THE James Bond.

AmiSue comments on Jan 3, 2019:

Has everyone forgotten Zardoz?! Sean with a long braid and shirtless... I don't recall the plot.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 4, 2019:

@Freespirit64 The film opens with Sean dressed like that chanting "The Gun is Good, the Penis is Evil" Boorman was a sick, sick man.

Just watched Ghost stories (2017) tonight, very enjoyable take on the paranormal investigator genre...

Cast1es comments on Jan 3, 2019:

Where did you see this - movie theater ? Netflix ? Hulu ?

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 4, 2019:

Netflix

Confusion at its finest!

Cast1es comments on Jan 4, 2019:

Years ago , when the HIV/AIDS pandemic was in full bloom , I was filling out forms for a new doctor , and it asked if I had HIV/AIDS . When I reached the interview portion , I asked my new to me doctor if she or her husband had HIV/AIDS . She was shocked , and insulted that I asked . I pointed ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 4, 2019:

Well not trusting your doctor, that's just silly

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

Jolanta comments on Jan 3, 2019:

God has forgiven them according to the church.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 3, 2019:

God was not arse raped by a filthy old fucker charged with his protection. Even if he existed his forgiveness would mean fuck all

Welcome Chris

Chrisbiologist comments on Jan 3, 2019:

Thanks, former missionary, been an apostate for 16 years.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 3, 2019:

Well done, I've been out just under 25 years, still have flash backs.

Sean Connery was THE James Bond.

AmiSue comments on Jan 3, 2019:

Has everyone forgotten Zardoz?! Sean with a long braid and shirtless... I don't recall the plot.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 3, 2019:

No I have not forgotten Zadoz...And God knows I have tried!

What is the largest difference between your rating of a movie and the general consensus?

Humanistheathen comments on Jan 2, 2019:

When it comes to metropolis remakes, I like this one. It's an anime remake that was ambient and beautiful. One film I particularly enjoyed, but that bombed miserably was John Carter, which was based off an old sci fi book series. It got little to no buzz or attention and resulted in a few ...

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 3, 2019:

The John Carter of Mars series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs began in 1912 and was was hugely popular and incredibly influential. Consequentially when the first book "A princes of Mars" was filmed by Disney As John Carter of Mars, they chose to stay very faithful to the story. (there was an earlier made for TV version made in 2009 under the original title) The problem with this however was that so much of the story had been ripped off over the years for among other things the origin of Superman and the of the Martian Man-hunter, Hell comes to Frog town, V, and even the last Samurai, a dozen others that people immediately cried out down as derivative and unoriginal. The same thing happened to David Lynches version of Dune, where massive law suits lead to the whole film being rewritten and deviating massively from the novels by Frank Herbert, in order to not have people say it had ripped off Star Wars, when in actuality Star wars' producers Lucas Film had settled out of court years before with the Herbert estate for blatantly stealing from Dune on 11 proven points of proven similarity. (on the strength of that suit Akira Kurosawa was also advised to sue Lucasfilm for stealing their plot Line from his 1958 film Hidden Fortress, he didn't because he was a fan)

What are some bad movies that you have watched?

Nukdookum comments on Jan 2, 2019:

One of the best (purely subjective rating) movies that I watched recently was Zombie Ass by Noboru Iguchi. Here is the trailer. Pardon the Engrish. I am not sorry, no need for forgiveness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1dm4S58dC8

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 3, 2019:

Toilet of the Dead is a spoof, as are most of Noboru Iguchi's movies, this one is a deliberate nod to the cheap jack three a week horror production line films of the 1950's and 60's.

"All education starts with language."

snytiger6 comments on Jan 1, 2019:

Not all. Some animals teach their young by example. Humans also teach by example was well as with language.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 1, 2019:

Some might argue that language need not be vocal but simply a common frame of reference for the purposes of transmitting information.

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

GuyKeith comments on Jan 1, 2019:

Some remakes are quite good and superior to the original. *The Thing* with Kurt Russell (that hat!) was vastly superior to the original movie. *3:10 To Yuma* is another one that comes to mind. *Ocean's 11* and *True Grit* are a couple more.

LenHazell53 replies on Jan 1, 2019:

In the early days of cinema there are many remakes that are better than the originals since budgets and technology improves so much in such a short time. However after the advent of sound, colour and SFX created many of the definitive versions later attempts rarely were better than the originals, simply because they were being made as cash ins not as homages to the source material. Not always however, since in some cases such as The Maltese Falcon The Wizard of Oz His Girl Friday/ (The front page) etc The remakes are thought of as the "originals" even thought they were all remakes. Today the only reason for genuinely doing a remake is to take a story that was not done justice for one reason or another and remake it as it deserves to be made.