Name something men need to stop doing.

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 17, 2018:

Trying to be sensitive to third wave feminism, when even the majority of Feminists and women generally think it is bullshit.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 17, 2018:

@VAL3941 their definition not mine 1st wave feminism Women's lib 1940-1970 2nd wave feminism women's rights 1970- 2000 3rd wave feminism Militant feminism, man hating and superiority over equality 2000- onward Of course none of this takes in to account real feminism from the turn of the twentieth century suffragettes which is a disgusting omission and now leads more to the idiotic snowflakes like so called "Big red" and her ilk who would scream rape and oppression if a male dog licks them. These third wavers are a disgrace to a cause I have been involved with since the age of eighteen and have made the word feminism a label of shame and ridicule.

What is your favorite cocktail? If it's obscure, please share the recipe!

Cgosling comments on Apr 17, 2018:

A dark and stormy is the favorite cocktail in Bermuda. It originated at Gosling Brothers in Bermuda. Start with Gosling’s dark rum, add mostly ginger beer and twist a lime into it. Ice if wanted.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 17, 2018:

that sounds really good, going to try one of those

A friend posted online asking what if we could live forever.

KingPeep comments on Apr 16, 2018:

Apparently people don't understand the concept of not being negative toward other people's opinions. I should start reporting the ones who want to act like asses toward others on here. If you don't agree with me fine, but don't be a dooshbag about it.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 17, 2018:

Apparently people don't understand the concept of a discussion forum, as opposed to a preaching pulpit?

What is the most valuable lesson you have learned in life?

Sarahroo29 comments on Apr 15, 2018:

Recently in the last year- People are liars, they're fake, they don't care about you, they use you, most people are rude even when you're nice to them, assholes have an easier life and more friends than nice people, no one cares about anyone other than themselves, I'm happier being single, and don't...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 17, 2018:

@Sarahroo29 I meant a person of a compatible nature who won't mess you about and can become a true friend, sorry if I was not clear ;)

What is the most valuable lesson you have learned in life?

Sarahroo29 comments on Apr 15, 2018:

Recently in the last year- People are liars, they're fake, they don't care about you, they use you, most people are rude even when you're nice to them, assholes have an easier life and more friends than nice people, no one cares about anyone other than themselves, I'm happier being single, and don't...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 16, 2018:

@Sarahroo29 another person who thinks and acts with the same values as yourself

God hates porn?

Q_continuum comments on Mar 25, 2018:

He hides the truth of his porn addiction along with his gambling addiction.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 16, 2018:

Book of Job right, lol

Why do people always ask for donations or a fundraiser?

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 15, 2018:

Hey I know a UK anti-mormon who has sucessfully conned his ministry members in to paying for him to do "missionary work" in Utah for the last fifteen years for two weeks each summer. If he can be a Christian douche bag, some others have a perfect right to be a atheist douchebag too. Just need to...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 15, 2018:

@Sarahroo29 not an uncommon species ;)

What is the most valuable lesson you have learned in life?

Sarahroo29 comments on Apr 15, 2018:

Recently in the last year- People are liars, they're fake, they don't care about you, they use you, most people are rude even when you're nice to them, assholes have an easier life and more friends than nice people, no one cares about anyone other than themselves, I'm happier being single, and don't...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 15, 2018:

You're completely right, but you know you are an exception, so all you need to do is find another one. I am sure you will, probably when you least expect it.

HORUS (5,000 YEARS AGO): Born of a Virgin; Star in the East; Walked On Water; Healed the Sick; ...

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 15, 2018:

According a theist friend of mind they were all satanic mockeries of the true miracles of Christ, but done before he did them in order to make him look like a plagiarist, because Satan is devious like that.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 15, 2018:

@JustKip Same guy told me Satan deliberately buried Dinosaur bones all over the world, just to make the world look older than it actually is.

“To talk of immaterial existences is to talk of nothings.

Clare comments on Apr 13, 2018:

Anything that is not real does not exist.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 15, 2018:

Kiri-kin-tha's First Law of Metaphysics "Nothing unreal exists."

Is it ever reasonable for a healthy but unhappy adult to commit suicide?

marmot84 comments on Apr 13, 2018:

Well even given your disclaimer you should ask yourself why you are fascinated by it. Any therapist would immediately flag this as a warning sign.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 15, 2018:

@marmot84 I too know more than you think and your falsely metonymic claim would not hold true for a therapist in the UK, possibly because we are do not have a profit driven health care system in the UK that is so quick to spot diagnose people as being in need of therapy?

Do we need religion to prevent suicide?

WallyWorld comments on Apr 13, 2018:

Can I ask a crass question? While an undeniable tragedy to loved ones... why do we need to prevent suicide? There are seven billion people on this planet. I get it if it’s a teen. Young people have less experience to fall back on and less perspective ... and are probably more emotional and ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 14, 2018:

Very pragmatic

Do we need religion to prevent suicide?

SLBushway comments on Apr 13, 2018:

I would suggest that religion encourages suicide because there's always that thought that "there will be another life - another chance to get sh@t right". If people really understood the finality of death they might not be so quick to take that route.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 14, 2018:

@terrygerry1 Hell in the western sense is a particularly Christian/Islamic concept, not shared by the vast majority of religious people.

Is it ever reasonable for a healthy but unhappy adult to commit suicide?

Nottheonlyone comments on Apr 13, 2018:

If you're truly healthy, how could you be unhappy? Physically, emotionally, mentally healthy people would probably never even consider it.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 14, 2018:

I have known some completely deluded people who are amazingly happy, while at the same time being completely insane and mentally unhealthy, likewise I know people who are very unhappy for very sane reasons. Unhappiness need not be a sign of mental problems, neither need happiness be a sign of mental health.

Is it ever reasonable for a healthy but unhappy adult to commit suicide?

marmot84 comments on Apr 13, 2018:

Well even given your disclaimer you should ask yourself why you are fascinated by it. Any therapist would immediately flag this as a warning sign.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 14, 2018:

Is a criminologist contemplating being a criminal? Is a psychiatrist considering being psychotic? There are a million reason why someone can be interested in a subject, without jumping to a knee jerk conclusion as you have done.

Cartoons!!!

carlyhorton comments on Apr 12, 2018:

Hong Kong Phooey

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

@carlyhorton they were the gang who found him and thawed him out of the iceberg, they were sort of an all girl mystery incorporated and the cap was their scooby doo, he lived in a cave on top of their van.

Cartoons!!!

carlyhorton comments on Apr 12, 2018:

Hong Kong Phooey

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

@carlyhorton

Terrorizing Children in the Name of God is Legal in the U.S.

DesertRecluse comments on Apr 11, 2018:

I have friend who was raised Catholic... he had to say the rosary every night or he was told he would spend his days in hell where worms would eat his brains and crawl through his eye sockets - this, while burning in a sea of putrid vomit and filth... and he would feel it all for eternity... he was ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

@DesertRecluse Thanks

Cartoons!!!

GrumpyCatDad comments on Apr 12, 2018:

REBOOT!!! And practically anything that was a part of the original Toonami programming.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

@MrLizard You are never too old for good cartoons

Cartoons!!!

sassygirl3869 comments on Apr 12, 2018:

I was into Hanna Barbera as a kid-they had cereals back then with some of the characters. Quick Draw McGraw and his sidekick Babalouie Limpy the Lion and Hardee Haha Magilla Gorilla Yogi the Bear and Boo boo

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

Did you ever watch Yogi's Ark? First time I ever recall a programme straightforwardly preaching ecology to kids.

Cartoons!!!

JustJere comments on Apr 12, 2018:

I remember going to my grandmother's house, and she'd turn on the Disney Channel for us. All the old cartoons we're playing back then. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, etc, but I love Warner Bros. Looney Toons was the shit. There were a few other ones, like Hanna-Barbera I loved. Flintstone's, Scooby Doo ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

@Byrd The Orville

Cartoons!!!

carlyhorton comments on Apr 12, 2018:

Hong Kong Phooey

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

I loved Hong Kong Phooey, it was a surprise to me in later years to discover there were only twelve episodes ever made.

Cartoons!!!

scurry comments on Apr 12, 2018:

Anyone remember Will o' the Wisp?? with The Moog? (Not the Moog synthesizer) It was a BBC cartoon. They had a lot of stuff that we got to watch here (Canada). Good times...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

Yes the show featured Kenneth Williams doing most of the voice over work.

Cartoons!!!

273kelvin comments on Apr 12, 2018:

There was the clasic road runner of course but does anyone remember " wait till your father comes home? " It was the last (I think) from Hanna Barberra and had this guy next door who looked like Nixon.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

The next door neighbor was a paramilitary survivalist loonatic called Ralph, whose mad granny (known only as the Sarge) was the best character in the show. Ralph turned up later as Burt Gummer in the Tremors movies.

Cartoons!!!

273kelvin comments on Apr 12, 2018:

There was the clasic road runner of course but does anyone remember " wait till your father comes home? " It was the last (I think) from Hanna Barberra and had this guy next door who looked like Nixon.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

Wait till your father gets home was ripped of Mercilessly by both the Simpsons and Family Guy. From the dad looking like Homer, the Mother sounding like Lois, the Daughter Peg being cloned for Meg, the dopey hippy son and the brainy toddler, even the dog looked like Santa's little helper. The passing out money joke in the opening was stolen by Married with children.

Cartoons!!!

SeeCanU comments on Apr 12, 2018:

felix the cat...tom & jerry...i remember the banana splits.. it was a show that had like 7 different shows in itself.. not cartoons but they had sid & marty, and some more i forgot. used to always watch battle of the planets g-force

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

The two regular feature cartoons in the Banana were "The Arabian Knights" and "The Three Musketeers" both made by Hanna Barbera

Cartoons!!!

scurry comments on Apr 12, 2018:

G-Force: Guardians of Space!

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

The original series from which Battle of the planets and G force was edited was Gatchaman (science Ninja's), a Japanese science fiction series, it is available online. Make sure you get the original series though, most of the later remakes are pretty dire

Cartoons!!!

MrLizard comments on Apr 12, 2018:

@LenHazell53 - I've read about the early cartoons and especially like the Fleischer Brothers work. Especially Out of the Inkwell and some of the Betty Boops and Popeyes. The color Superman Series is also awesome. Have you ever seen their Jazz-themed cartoons that start with live action shots of ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

I recommend this Book, Paul Wells supervised my degree and is perhaps the leading authority on animation in the country https://www.amazon.co.uk/Understanding-Animation-Paul-Wells/dp/0415115973

So, the other night I lost a long-time friend who essentially helped me to get where I am, ...

Byrd comments on Apr 11, 2018:

the only time it becomes a problem for me is when they get pushy. i dont go around trying 2 convince people my beliefs are the only correct beliefs, all i ask is that they do the same. i have many friends of all kinds of religious or non religious backgrounds, we generally either leave each other ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

@Timaaahhh people are entitled to their own opinions and beliefs but not to their own facts.

So, the other night I lost a long-time friend who essentially helped me to get where I am, ...

jacpod comments on Apr 12, 2018:

I remmeber a sect in my youth called 'the children of god' who were absolutely relentlessly happy, they were awful - you couldnt get a sensible sentance out of them

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

Yes I encountered 'the children of god' street preaching in my youth, lucky escape, most of them ended up in prison after the "Hookers for Jesus" scandal and their "prophet" Moses David preaching wide spread incestous paedophilla.

Family's out of town for a week starting today.

babsy comments on Apr 12, 2018:

If it’s good weather I would head out to a park I haven’t been to before and take pictures. Bad weather? Stay home and read or binge watch some Netflix.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

Netflix might be the one possible piece of evidence for a god, that I might just consider feasible. ;)

Terrorizing Children in the Name of God is Legal in the U.S.

DesertRecluse comments on Apr 11, 2018:

I have friend who was raised Catholic... he had to say the rosary every night or he was told he would spend his days in hell where worms would eat his brains and crawl through his eye sockets - this, while burning in a sea of putrid vomit and filth... and he would feel it all for eternity... he was ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

My late writing partner was raised Catholic, when he began asking questions in R.E. classes at the catholic school his parent insisted he attended, he was taken by a nun in his early teens and driven home. Expecting to be reprimanded in front of his parents, he instead found two priest, four neighbours and his parents, who tied him down and exorcised him. This was in the early 1970s. Though he had a successful life and was a doctor of literature by the time of his death in 2009, The stress stemming from that moment of superstitious betrayal I am sure indirectly lead to his early death at just over fifty as a chain smoking, alcoholic vehement anti-authoritarian who hated the church but was never able to leave it out of fear of the consequences.

Cartoons!!!

JohnPR1968 comments on Apr 12, 2018:

Being wisened, I really enjoyed sharing older cartoons, and Speed Racer and Tenessee Tuxedo specifically, with my son. In fact, he is the only child that understands older tech in some classes (copper wire line, rotary phones, cloud seeding, rocketry, etc ...) because of TT! Niches really well now ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

@Fulishsage Speed racer, fasted dialogue ever.

Cartoons!!!

HeathenFarmer comments on Apr 12, 2018:

How abot Roger Ramjet, or am I alone on that one?

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

Just clarify John Ryan the author of the original Pugwash books did sue in 1991 over this and won, but it was later revealed that his books did have characters called Master Mate, Tom the Cabin boy (which was for a time changed in the TV show to Roger, thinking that was LESS suggestive) and Seaman Willy, these had all at one time or another been changed by voice over artists because they were considered rude (one of the voice over artists came from Staines and thought the town name could not be misinterpreted unlike Willy).

Cartoons!!!

HeathenFarmer comments on Apr 12, 2018:

How abot Roger Ramjet, or am I alone on that one?

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

All I remember about him was my mother tutting disgusted at it and then and turning off the TV. To be honest I do wonder how they got away with the name even now, but then again Captain Pugwash had characters called Seaman Staines, Master Bates and Tom/Roger the Cabin Boy, so I suppose nothing should come as a surprise.

Cartoons!!!

Lemons comments on Apr 12, 2018:

90's Simpsons was so good. I remember super hero shows like Spiderman, X-Men, and the legendary 90's Batman animated series. King of the Hill was also funny, but now even more so as an adult.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

the 1994 version of the X men is the best version ever, animated or live action, it was faultless.

Proof of no god?

Laurastevens comments on Apr 2, 2018:

Proof of God: The Law of Teleology. Teleology is the study of design or purpose in natural phenomena. This law of science essentially means that when an object reflects a purpose, goal, or design, it must have had a designer. Simply put, things do not design themselves. This holds true for the ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

@Laurastevens Darn you caught me out, the reason I really don't want to talk about this IS because the evidence of God existence is overwhelming, only it is not the God Yahweh, it is the one true God the Great God Om, and all your evidence blasphemes against him and his prophet Sir Terry Pratchett peace be upon him by attributing it to your false God. You say nature is proof of god, I say proof of Om, you say the ontological argument, I say proof of Om, the cosmological argument, proof of Om, Pascal's wager, wager in favour of Om, answers to Prayers, Om is generous and answers all prayers, addressed to him or not. Woe unto the blasphemers, who shall at the second coming of Sir Terry be trampled under the feet of the mighty Librarian Ook, and battered relentlessly for all times with copies of the holy texts held in the chronicles of the discworld. Do you see what I am getting at here? All your evidence for God can be applied to ANY god and none of them are provably real, it proves nothing. Cutting and pasting proves only that you are not thinking for yourself, try it, it's great.

Religion among Scientists in International Context: A New Study of Scientists in Eight Regions

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 11, 2018:

The percentage of respondents is on average about 40%, a believer is far more likely to answer a survey like like this than a non believer who, if they are like me, see it as a pointless waste of time. So the survey is skewed to start with. In Muslim countries you are going to get 100% alledged ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

@TheMiddleWay it is a requirement of believers to "spread the word" "to evangelise" "to bring people to god" and to take every opportunity to do so, usually under the self deluded idea that idea that "god" has given them the opportunity to do so. It is the same mentality that draws believers to join forums like this, feeling it is their duty to "save" unfortunate lost sheep. I say this in the position of having once been a highly successful Mormon missionary, stake missionary and priest. Therefore my evidence may be circumstantial, even anecdotal, but it is based on actual practical experience and biblical teachings. Believers will see being asked to participate in such a survey as a call from the Lord to save souls.

Catholic Archbishop Says Pedophilia Is 'Spiritual Encounter With God'

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 10, 2018:

Archbishop Fart did say he would go to prison for not reporting a paedo, if the said pervert had admitted to the abuse **in the confessional**, but it was the confessional itself he called “a spiritual encounter with God through the priest” and “of a higher order” NOT the actual kiddie ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 12, 2018:

@RavenCT Just another example of the ludicrous situation where the law says the right to an imaginary friend is greater than the right not to be the victim of crime.

Fellow agnostics, how do you feel about believers joining?

LuminousD comments on Oct 3, 2017:

I just joined so I don't really have a lay of the land yet. That said, from the description of the site, I was led to believe this would be a place where we secularists could go to get away from the religious. Far be it from me to need a safe space, that's not what I'm trying to say. But let's be ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 10, 2018:

@Funeralgirl Glad I'm not the only one who feels like that, I really do resent churches putting up 15 foot posters in garish colours announcing to the world that basically conforming to idiocy and prejudice is somehow a good thing. I particularly hate having to explain to my kids why some building have huge frightening statues of a half naked bleeding dying man outside of them.

What are your views on the Epicurean Paradox?

evidentialist comments on Apr 9, 2018:

Well, sure.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlLdfNDORO8 This was an interesting take on Epicurus. A little slippin' an' a-slidin' goin' on here, dontcha think?

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 9, 2018:

So I'll send for this guy to tell a victim of child rape that it was all just an illusion and not to worry about it. what a Fecking idiot.

Hypocrisy at it's finest

mordant comments on Apr 9, 2018:

Are you referring to Trump, or to Roy Moore, or to someone else? Trump is just one of the lowest expressions of Christian "morality", not the only one.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 9, 2018:

I didn't bother equating it to any one particular person, I just thought the question was about evangelicals generally, wow I have a low opinion of religious people.

Have you ever changed your name - I don't mean for a pseudonym like here but changed it for real?

Presley1209 comments on Apr 9, 2018:

No but I've thought about changing last name to Monroe.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 9, 2018:

FROM a cool name like Presley to Monroe?

If God made himself known to you one day and said, "You must sacrifice the life of your child for ...

MarcIveson comments on Apr 9, 2018:

Tell him to Fuck off.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 9, 2018:

There is nothing like being succinct, and that was nothing like being succinct :)

What are your views on the Epicurean Paradox?

SallyInStitches comments on Apr 9, 2018:

Isn't this kinda why we are "non-believers"? I'm not able to wrap myself around the idea of a "loving" god that has a scortch earth policy, an "only" god who is jealous of other gods that don't exist, a god that gives humankind "freewill" only to damn everyone who doesn't believe to an eternity of ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 9, 2018:

Very true, the only answer most believers can come up with is "don't be so arrogant as to presume to know the will of God, he is so beyond our understanding" which of course is religions long hand for "why don't you just feck off and stop making me think!"

What are your views on the Epicurean Paradox?

JimG comments on Apr 9, 2018:

I don't see a paradox, just a statement of fact.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 9, 2018:

True, it is a and can be read as a statement of fact, the paradox is similar in nature however to the "Can an omnipotent God create a stone so heavy he cannot lift it?" paradox. Epicurious in context was referring to a given value of God as all loving, all powerful, all knowing and omnipresent.

What are your views on the Epicurean Paradox?

ErichZannIII comments on Apr 9, 2018:

The Bible claims that he doesn't prevent evil because humans have created it and humans have free will.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 9, 2018:

Is that not an act of evil in itself? If God see's a child being murdered, but does nothing to stop it, even when he is capable, is he not complicit? especially when are commanded to consider ourselves his children?

If God made himself known to you one day and said, "You must sacrifice the life of your child for ...

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 9, 2018:

My response would be one that should not like to repeat in polite company. Abraham was a dangerous psychopath, and a God who would do that to someone so obviously mad, and then back down at the last minute for sh!ts and giggles is one evil sick messed up excremental ahole.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 9, 2018:

or maybe

My kid found this at a local bookstore.

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 9, 2018:

Christ's compassion? Luke 14:26 Matthew 10:35-36 Matthew 10:37 Matthew 19:29, Mark 10:29-30, Luke 18:29-30 Matthew 8:21-22, Luke 9:59-62 Matthew 5:22 Matthew 10:28 Matthew 13:41-42 Matthew 25:46 Luke 12: 5 John 15:16 Luke 11:230 Matthew 12:30, Matthew 18:34-35 Work your ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 9, 2018:

Bear in mind, the whole gentle Jesus myth is only about 150 years old, before that it was a cult of pleading not to be burned alive for eternity.

My kid found this at a local bookstore.

ejbman comments on Apr 9, 2018:

This is so messed up. Where do we even begin? Disaster.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 9, 2018:

Trouble is most of that crap is new testament verifiable, Christianity is seriously messed up.

If you don't believe in a God but you do believe in ghost why are you any more rational than a ...

5082gregory comments on Apr 7, 2018:

I doubt that there are ghosts but I am not 100 percent sure.If there are ghosts then thats just another mistake god made.If you die you should go to heaven of hell right? Not stick around and scare of have an influence on the living.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 9, 2018:

@paul1967 Why? Evidence for "ghosts" is not necessarily evidence for life after death, which frankly I find highly undesirable and implausible. All it is evidence for is some kind of naturally occuring phenomena that requires further scientific investigation, in order to explain it's true nature and purpose (if any). To say ghosts exist therefore God is a classic argument from ignorance.

If you don't believe in a God but you do believe in ghost why are you any more rational than a ...

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 7, 2018:

It is very much dependant on how you define a ghost. If you are talking about a disembodied spirit or soul or surviving personality earth bound and attached to an object person or place, then I very much doubt the existence of the same. However the possibillity of physic impressions manifesting ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 9, 2018:

@paul1967 Well I'm not sure if there are online articles, because most of my research comes from pre internet days, but I know the theory was first advanced by Victorian metaphysician Elliott O'Donnell, became very popular in the 1960's as the "Stone Tape" theory (after the film by Nigel Neil of the same name) and it has been written about by parapsychologist Hans Holzer after trying to debunk a number of so called Spirit photographs lead him to theorise that psychic residue might show up on photographs in the same way human/animal auras become visible in spectrographs. Such reported "reception events" are notable in being different from alleged hauntings in that they are repetitive, do not communicate or react to stimuli and in many cases continue even after architectural changes are made, such as the cliche of walking through walls, walking/floating on long demolished stairways, or only the upper half of a recording showing after a floor has been raised.

Why being a Christian is Grrrrreat

mordant comments on Apr 7, 2018:

Far truer for liberal Christians than for fundamentalists, and hyperbolically over-generalized in places. But still ... pretty insightful. Some of it depends on definitions, too. Technically, every Christian has to "believe in" Christianity and understand what it is. But the vetting for such ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 7, 2018:

Which is why I included the part about hating other forms of Christianity. Yes there are fundamentalist out there but it has been my experience that even fundamentalists at a lay level will not have actually read or studied the bible, they will have read the parts (or had them read to them) that back up the practices of their own schism but will have been actively discouraged from reading the rest. Many Catholics will still only attend a mass in Latin, because they still feel it is sinful to be able to understand the priest, and that too much knowledge is dangerous to faith, a view shared by the Mormons who stress that asking questions is good, so long as you only ask faith promoting questions and accept the official answers from Utah without question. Only about one in fifty Christians know about or believe in the doctrine of Parousia and instead think the day of judgement is your entrance exam for heaven. Anglicans and Catholics will know basically what the Creed is (Apostles or Nicene) most other denominations won't know it refers to a specific document but will have an idea it is a definition of generic Christianity. Most Christian will know they were Christened but don't know Christening involves baptism and think it is just a naming ceremony. Baptism is generally seen as something other religions do at 8, 15 or when you join some of the more fringe sects. In countries like Ireland or Scotland in the UK the major defining characteristic of being Christian is based on NOT being the "enemy" denomination.

Did they get you?

Anemynous comments on Apr 6, 2018:

What, Like Narnia? It did taint it a little...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 6, 2018:

Well since CS Lewis was a theologian, wrote theological texts book and was a lay preacher, it was a fair bet his fiction was going to have a religious taint.

Good news.

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 5, 2018:

ask for lansoprazole instead of Ranitidine, it works better and has none of the side effects, I've been on it for years

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 5, 2018:

@Sarahroo29 If you take it in capsule form, it may have been the gelatin capsule, I can't take one brand of Lansoprazole that comes in a yellow capsule, because I am allergic to the capsule, but other brands come in a white or clear capsule and they are fine. I'm just saying it maybe the brand, an additive or the coating. Hope this helps

To many folks on here faith is a dirty word.

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 5, 2018:

To many folks on here faith is a dirty word. *Only in it's theological context, as a simile for fidelity or trust I have no problems with it* It has no place for rational folks who make choices based on evidence. *Again only when speaking in a theological sense* We don’t want to ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 5, 2018:

@T-mule138 Fair enough, given that we accept you can redefine words to mean whatever you want them to mean, you post makes perfect sense now. Polythene, urinary carbohydrate eggwhisk as you might say, I'm sure you understand.

To many folks on here faith is a dirty word.

sassygirl3869 comments on Apr 5, 2018:

Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs here. We are a diverse community.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 5, 2018:

True but " everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, but not to there own facts." Pat Moynihan

I can't help but wonder: if Jesus was God, then why did he preach the usual vague stuff about being ...

gearl comments on Apr 5, 2018:

You’re thinking like someone who lives in 2018 and not someone living in the first century.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 5, 2018:

But the bible says God is unchanging and all wise, so temporal constraints should not now or ever have applied. Or is God not unchanging and if so was he perfect then, or now, or never... hang on isn't that blasphemy? You know what trying to think like a christian gives me brain ache. I'll go back to thinking it's all bronze age crap.

Anyone here read the DUNE series of books by Frank Herbert?

LenHazell53 comments on Apr 4, 2018:

It was really annoying that George Lucas managed to get away with stealing so much of these books for Star wars that the film version had to practically invent a new subplot, to fill in the blanks and still got accused of "ripping off" Star wars.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 5, 2018:

@jperlow I'm not saying Dune was the only place Lucas "drew inspiration" from, just that Frank Herbert's Lawyers identified 115 point of similarity in the original trilogy and the Dune Saga, which was enough for Lucas Film to come to an unspecified agreement with Herbert, that resulted in Lych's film version of Dune having no mention of the Jaba like duke Leto II, the sound weapons being added and the force like powers of Paul Muad'Dib being hidden, Paul sister being relegated to one tiny appearance at the end of the film so as not to be too Leia like and the villainous Padishah emperor almost being written out altogether along with Duncan Idaho and the Bene Gesserit power of the Voice being only used once so as not to show them up as being too like the Jedi. If you look up the adaptation of Lucas' original script for the first Star Wars movie, which was published as a comic book mini series a few years ago the similarities are even more startlingly obvious.

Proof of no god?

Angelface comments on Mar 31, 2018:

First, atheism is simply a belief, no more or less. Don't complicate it. Second, I posted this earlier but I wonder if it may have had a hand in the formation of "gods" It is a naturally occuring hallucinogenic drug that is found in the human body. ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 4, 2018:

@Angelface Oh by the way, when you cut and paste things make sure you got the whole sentence, you left the Huxley off the phrase " Agnosticism was coined by biologist T.H." when you cut it from Dictionary dot com.

Proof of no god?

Angelface comments on Mar 31, 2018:

First, atheism is simply a belief, no more or less. Don't complicate it. Second, I posted this earlier but I wonder if it may have had a hand in the formation of "gods" It is a naturally occuring hallucinogenic drug that is found in the human body. ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 4, 2018:

@Angelface Atheism A: Greek without Theism: Greek from Theo god and Greek ismos: ideology or belief Therefore Atheism "without belief in god" That is all it means, as I have already said, not believing in something is not the same thing as believing something else.

Ex Mormons?

ErichZannIII comments on Nov 25, 2017:

I've met some Mormons. They seem like pretty nice people.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 4, 2018:

@ErichZannIII Mormon beliefs are "a little bit out there" in the same way that Hitler was "a little bit " right wing. For example if you tell your children the greatest man who ever lived was the prophet Joseph Smith, and you still believe this when you know from your own Church literature that he married a fourteen year old girl after threatening her with death by an angel with a flaming sword if she refused, you have not just got belief that are "a little bit out there" Uniquely Mormon beliefs range from insane to downright evil. Mormon prophets have declared over the years that Interracial couples should be killed on the spot (Brigham Young) Cane was cursed with eternal life and is now Bigfoot (Spencer W Kimball) The civil rights movement was a commie plot (Ezra Taft Benson) Men can become Gods (Ezra Snow) Education is a bad idea (John Taylor) That Children of Gay marriage are banned from church membership till the age of 18 and even then only if they disavow their parents "lifestyle" and move out of their home. (Thomas S Monson)

I’m astounded.

Rhetoric comments on Feb 7, 2018:

That happens with finally learning about other belief systems too.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 4, 2018:

It does, but Mormonism is second only to Scientology in it's capacity for craziness, and they have had much longer to come up with barmy ideas, deny them, reinstate them and then claim they never existed at all.

We are an eclectic group on this site: gay, straight, American, Brit, Aussie, Kiwi, agnostic, ...

Sarahroo29 comments on Apr 3, 2018:

We all agree there is no god though.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 4, 2018:

I'd amend that to we agree there is no reasonable evidential proof that a god or gods exist, and that is is highly unlikely there ever will be. Therefore asserting definitely and even violently that such a being does exist, is a pretty dumb thing to do?

Proof of no god?

Angelface comments on Mar 31, 2018:

First, atheism is simply a belief, no more or less. Don't complicate it. Second, I posted this earlier but I wonder if it may have had a hand in the formation of "gods" It is a naturally occuring hallucinogenic drug that is found in the human body. ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 4, 2018:

@Angelface boy am I getting tired of explaining this, atheism does not mean the belief that there is no God, it means lacking the belief that there ARE gods, a subtle difference but an important one.

Proof of no god?

Dwight comments on Apr 1, 2018:

What is your proof that the universe exists outside of your own consciousness?

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 4, 2018:

Well to start with if solipsism is true, then why am I me and not the god of this universe, why would I dream up a world where people are telling me I should worship something else. But on a less flippant note, the existences of other languages would seem to indicate that I am not the only thing in existence, since I don't understand them and they don't understand me without a third party interpreter. Likewise I can remember not knowing things, but can also recall other people knowing them before I did, this at least indicates these concepts did not come from me, but from sources outside of me.

Proof of no god?

DougTElmira comments on Apr 2, 2018:

There are also people who identify as atheists who just say they don't believe in god(s). In that sense, agnostics, the true non-believers, are also atheists; ie, *atheos* without gods.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 4, 2018:

@Scoobs maybe not functionally appropriate but technically true, unless there is a cult of dog we as humans know nothing about

Proof of no god?

ashortbeauty comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Agnostic= knowing there is no proof of god(s) Atheism= believing there is no proof of god(s) no belief in god(s) Therefore a person can be an agnostic atheist. Religion=the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal god or gods. You simply have a case ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 4, 2018:

@ashortbeauty sorry to hear of your medical misfortune.

One of my favorite people who walked this Earth was Christopher Hitchens.

Rossy92 comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Pat Condell is a very acerbic anti-theist who has two books that are transcriptions of his youtube videos, an example of which I put below. He tells it like it is as does Matt Dillahunty who I think may have a book in the works. I put a video of him below as well. Dillahunty's co-host in the video ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 3, 2018:

I am a great admirer of Matt, a real take no prisoners, tell it how it is speaker. From the same area and back ground Jeff Dee, is another great speaker and commentator, who pulls no punches.

Do you think all religious are equal?

Laurastevens comments on Mar 31, 2018:

Q: "With all of the different religions, how can I know which one is correct?" A: There is no doubt that the number of different religions in the world makes it a challenge to know which one is correct. First, let’s consider some thoughts on the overall subject and then look at how one might ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 3, 2018:

Tanya Elizabeth Partin Lawton, is going to sue you. Cutting and pasting sections of other people's work verbatim is not wisdom it is plagiarism.

Proof of no god?

Laurastevens comments on Apr 2, 2018:

Proof of God: The Law of Teleology. Teleology is the study of design or purpose in natural phenomena. This law of science essentially means that when an object reflects a purpose, goal, or design, it must have had a designer. Simply put, things do not design themselves. This holds true for the ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 3, 2018:

Where to begin? Well as the caterpillar said to Alice, start at the beginning, go on till the end and then stop: The Law of Teleology. There is no such thing, teleology is a philosophical and theological methodology, largely abandoned since the 17th century by the former discipline and seen as an embarrassment by the latter since the 19th century. Teleology is the study of design or purpose in natural phenomena No it isn't. In Philosophy it is the attempt to define things by their purpose rather than their origin, in theology it is the attempt to show that the world was made for man rather than that man evolved to fit with the world, ie. the purpose of the world is to benefit man. . This law of science That is simply either a lie or foolishness resulting from having been lied to. Teleology is not even a scientific principle, theory or hypothesis it is certainly NOT a law. You cut and pasted the rest of this from christian-answers.tumblr.com so I am not even going to bother talking about it

Proof of no god?

ashortbeauty comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Agnostic= knowing there is no proof of god(s) Atheism= believing there is no proof of god(s) no belief in god(s) Therefore a person can be an agnostic atheist. Religion=the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal god or gods. You simply have a case ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 3, 2018:

Actually Agnostic = Without knowledge (in this context without knowledge of god's existence) from greek a-without and Gnosis-Knowledge Atheist = without God(s) in the sense of not acknowledging authority or existence of god(s) from the greek a-without theoi-gods Therefore an agnostic atheist is one without knowledge of being without god(s) ie a theist, it is called a double negative

Should religion be taught in schools?

Robin1970 comments on Mar 27, 2018:

If they do, they better respect all religions. The witches, devil worshipers and the whole nine yards.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 2, 2018:

You raise an interesting point, who decides what is a "proper" religion and what is not? I recall a movement in the UK in the 1980s to ban children from attending spiritualist church meetings on these grounds claiming it was tantamount to abuse, suddenly churches and religions that had condemned spiritualism as satanic banded together to defend it, realising what the establishment of such a precedent would do to their own congregations. Nothing ever came of the movement.

Proof of no god?

NicoleCadmium comments on Mar 31, 2018:

From dictionary.com... Religion noun 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing ...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 2, 2018:

Pesky words and their darned fixed meanings, very inconvenient when your trying to asset that they can mean whatever you want them too. Dictionaries are obviously inventions of the devil. ;)

Proof of no god?

PascaleCaubet comments on Apr 1, 2018:

How can u prove the nonexistence...

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 2, 2018:

Precisely, attempting to prove the existence of non existence is a contradiction in terms, and is like proving the existence of dark or cold, these words are terms for the absence of other things they do not exist in and as of themselves.

Former Mormons: What broke your shelf?

waterjack comments on Apr 2, 2018:

Mine started to crack researching evolution and later broke with book of abraham.

LenHazell53 replies on Apr 2, 2018:

Mine was visiting teachers and home teachers started trying to manufacture miracles to "promote my faith" and got caught lying