Centralia, Pennsylvania American town that's been on fire since 1962 and may continue burning for ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Now that is what you call a carbon footprint. says it all about American political mentality, save peoples homes and livelihoods, or move everyone out and burn it down? First question...what is the cheaper alternative?

I've seen these before but didn't know what they were called until now.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 28, 2020:

There is a similarity to a Fauchard, but far more vicious looking.

Covid-19 in Massachusetts 835 new cases since yesterday.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 28, 2020:

See how many corpses will constitutionally vote for him next time around.

Ca·coph·o·ny a harsh discordant mixture of sounds.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Cacophonix is the name of the tone deaf village bard in the Asterix books by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo

SATRAP sa·trap /ˈsāˌtrap/ noun noun: satrap; plural noun: satraps...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 28, 2020:

So would it be fair to say a synonym for "Prefect"?

With all this social distancing and new viruses and all.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 28, 2020:

similar scene in Demolition man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_q-DhQwZog

Would "the apocalypse of peter" have changed your mind about christianity?

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 28, 2020:

I did read the AofP a lot of years ago along with a lot of the apocryphal writings of the Christian patriarchs, you have sparked my curiosity to go back and look again with more mature eyes (I was still a godbotherer at the time I first read it). However no I don't think with would ultimately have changed my outlook very much as my out look on the Bible and ultimately religion itself was shaped by the Bible as a whole, theology and Christian practice, leading to an utter rejection of it all as dangerous nonsense. The substituting of of one fairy story for another would not have changed my mind, besides all of which Dante's version still seems a much more amusing read.

Sciolism noun Superficial knowledge.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 28, 2020:

As in a Jack of all trades and master of none?

Coronavirus is a fast-forward version of what will happen with climate change

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 28, 2020:

AH I see the wisdom of the Lord, Coronavirus IS the Rapture, taking away all the good little godbotherers before the climate change heralds forth the coming of the Antichrist. Hallelujah, it all makes sense now, thats me converted pass the wine and waffers! Nah

Pastor defies coronavirus order, draws over 1K people to services

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 28, 2020:

I read this morning that there is a movement in Utah to have the churches reopened, as apparently some states have exempted churches from lock downs. Oddly in Utah it was not the state legislature that closed the churches it was the Latter day saints first presidency themselves, who have themselves vanished are making no public appearance or proclamation. So much for being the one true church and the only one with a living prophet who did not see this coming.

THRAWN.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Thrawn is a Caledonian form of the Old English þrawan "to twist, turn or distort" originally spelled with a thorn as opposed to th as in thrown past participle of to throw or cast away. Applying it to people as a character trait is a Scottish invention. The root word is thraian and is Saxon.

If there ie a God then why are people dying like this? Is it because God wants to meet you?!

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 27, 2020:

His ways are not our ways God moves in mysterious ways Ours is not to reason why Be assured god has a plan and it is all for the best and so on and so forth it's a game of choose your own bullshit answer when you as a Christian about such things.

Linda and her sewing club are making face masks for our paramedics and ER staff.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 27, 2020:

"Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc" or "We Gladly Feast on Those Who Would Subdue Us." Family motto of the Addams Family

And guys! Consider skills above beauty!!! Ladies! Update those Agnostic profiles!! 😎🍷🍷

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 27, 2020:

As the Victorian maxim has it, "looks fades but good cooking keeps getting better", applies equally to husbands and wives.

Pop·py·cock nonsense.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Originally a Dutch word Pappekak the literal translation of is "Soft Shit"

I have two close friends that are Christians.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 27, 2020:

In the words of a certain wise man

Many people believe all humans are equal.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 27, 2020:

All people are not equal, but all people should be treated equally under consideration of their civil, human and legal rights. All else is a matter of personal talents, strengths and weaknesses and the ability to cooperate.

Fundagelicals and authoritarian worship.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 27, 2020:

The Mormons would say he has been placed in such a situation in order to allow him to learn to behave better, this being God's wisdom. Unfortunately such idiotic thinking has placed thieves in charge of church finances and made perverts in to nursery leaders.

Cinderella noun A person or thing that achieves unexpected or sudden success or recognition, ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Literally she of the ashes

Of all the things that Faceboook could have advertised, they pick this.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Life of Christ books for when the bible is just not miserable enough

ker·fuf·fle a commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Brouhaha, Rucus, Rumpus, ruckus, ruction, fracas, hullabaloo, ballyhoo and Hoohar All words beloved of tabloid journalists **See Kerfuffle**

ker·fuf·fle a commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 27, 2020:

MY great, great Aunt was fond of this word, often declaring that if one was making a kerfufle one almost certainly had "your knickers in a twist"

SPROG.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 27, 2020:

We used this at senior school for first years, I always understood it to be a contraction of F(rog) (Sp)awn

Pastor defies coronavirus order, draws over 1K people to services

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 26, 2020:

There have been psychiatrist who have claimed religion is a mental illness, I think there is no longer any doubt.

I have seen the ultimate now. They are putting Bible verses on surgical masks. Are you kidding me?

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 26, 2020:

Oh FFS Christian appropriation of magic and superstition anything to put a few more shekels in the coffers of the church of the holy lucre .

[rollingstone.com] Trump suggests states have to bribe him to get economic assistance. WTF!!!!!

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 26, 2020:

He's like a freaking five year old!

athiest and agnostic?

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 26, 2020:

My stance on this is known here and is not popular but since you ask, I personally find agnosticism cowardly, indecisive and the worst kind of non committal, hedge betting and fence sitter without the courage of their own convictions, that there are. Most agnostics will fall back on the age old Theist chestnut "You cannot KNOW or PROVE that there isn't a god" Which is perhaps one of the most fucking stupid statements anyone can make. I cannot know or prove there is not a little green goblin called Mr. Shit gobbler who is invisible, intangible and inaudible living up everyone ones arse hole, but I have no possible reason to think that there is, no evidence of its existence and am not making the claim that it does not exist because there is no need to, it is bloody ridiculous. By all means go and probe random bumholes trying to find proof it it brings you pleasure but the fact you want to do something so fucking stupid says more about you than you would perhaps like people to know. Agnostics are the sort of people who buy copies of the the Warcry, the Ensign and the Watchtower just in case and hope that on the day of judgement, if it turns out to be true, that they get keep the red hot poker away by yelling "Well I never said you **didn't** exist M'lord"

My bet is that it is no coincidence that the Roman Empire fell not to long after it was ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 26, 2020:

Certainly a contributing factor

Coronavirus: Hobby Lobby billionaire keeps stores open after ‘God spoke to him’ – but won’t ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 26, 2020:

Green is first class top of the line pile of weasel poop.

sig·il /ˈsijəl/ noun noun: sigil; plural noun: sigils an ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 26, 2020:

There is a whole branch of so called "Magic" based on sigils, defined and formalised in the 1930's and 1940s by the Mystic and talented artist Austin Spare. Spare was a former disciple of Aleister Crowley, who quarreled with him and so left the Temple of Thelema and the Hermatic order of the Golden Dawn to form his own coven. These ambitions were cut short when Spare was blown up during the blitz and lost the use of his right arm, after which he spent ten years learning to paint again with his left hand. Amazingly in the late forties he regained the use of his right arm and became something of a novelty for painting with both hands at once.

REVANCHISM.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 26, 2020:

Love it, and a new one to me, thanks very much.

vac·il·late alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 25, 2020:

President Trump's tendency to vacillate tend to originate from his being an habitual liar.

Who are the worst drivers?

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 25, 2020:

I read an article a few years ago about insane things people had written on motoring insurance claim forms. My favourite was one written by the wife of an evangelical preacher, insisting that the accident could not possibly have been her fault as on the morning of the collision she had blessed her car with holy water from her husbands chapel, meaning it was protected from evil, so the other vehicle must have been an instrument of satan leaving her blameless.

Today is atheists day.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 25, 2020:

" Do you believe that people will start accepting us for who we are?" If they do they are likely to be us anyway, If they don't their only reason to do so is because they are brain washed sheeple, who think some supreme being who created everything takes a person interest in what they do with their genitals and then burns them forever for doing it, SO not people who's opinion matters one jot to me at all. I don't need a special day to stand up and be proud of who I am, I need idiot people to grow the fuck up. EDIT I meant to write genitals not gentiles, my Jewish ancestry is making itself know.

Posted with some trepidation: Bill Gates on the Spiritual opportunity given us by the coronavirus.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 25, 2020:

And so it begins, in time of crisis people who at other times would not even have entertained such ideas start clutching at straws, seeking meaning and reason in perfectly natural events over which we as species have no control. The pathetic cowardice that leads to such arrogance never ceases to amaze me.

Trump is a idiot

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 25, 2020:

The only people more idiotic than yer man Trump are those planning to vote for him again in November, if he has not by that time canceled all elections or fallen foul of the disease he claims to be a democratic hoax and or a source of over reaction, or a Chinese plot to wreck the American economy.

gre·gar·i·ous (of a person) fond of company; sociable.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 25, 2020:

Good word, sounds like what it means.

[vox.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 25, 2020:

If Trumpty does what he claims he will do and simple reopens the USA regardless at easter, the rest of the world will simply isolate them, banning all travel and trade in and out of the country. Complete despots and nutters in government all over the world are looking at Captain Combover and whispering to one another "can you believe this guy?"

TRUMP CABINET BIBLE TEACHER BLAMES CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC ON GOD’S WRATH — SOMEHOW IT INVOLVES ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 25, 2020:

oh FFS these horrors of human beings make me want to throw up

[alternet.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 25, 2020:

I tried to watch this but after ten minutes the Fox News Host was so far up Trump's arse his voice was echoing. It was disgustingly sycophantic.

Ennead: One of a group of nine.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 25, 2020:

In Ancient Egypt the Ennead are the nine primordial ancestors of the gods and mankind as defined in the Greek Ptolemaic dynasties, though the stories predate that time by thousands of years. Atum, Shu and Tefnut, Geb and Nut; and their children Osiris, Isis, Seth, and Nephthys.

Gob·ble·dy·gook language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 25, 2020:

I maybe wrong but I believe the term was invented (or at least popularised) by "Professor" Stanley Unwin in the 1940s. Unwin was an electrical maintenance man at the BBC, whose habit of imitating and mocking educated and upper class speakers , lecturers and presenters with his gibberish talk earned him a place on various radio comedy shows as "The Professor" and later a prosperous career as a film and TV entertainer that lasted into the 21st century. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UJZF5iRhNg

QUO VADIS ?

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 25, 2020:

It is also the Title of a very pompous (yet very successful) Christian novel (along the same lines as Ben Hur) by Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz in 1896. The novel has been filmed twice. It is highly sentimental and full of Christian doctrine, symbolism and moralizing. The two main characters are Marcus Vinicius an heroic Roman Tribune whose name is an appalling Latin pun for Mark(as in pay attention too) this young drunkard. and his sort of love affair with the Virtuous Christian slave woman Ligia or Lygia in some translations. Ligia in Latin means one in bondage and is the root of of the word Religion religia to place one's self in bondage to god) Most of the other character names in the book are equally ridiculous Latin puns meant to inform the reader of their characteristics and function in the plot. The "story" shows Marcus converting to Christianity, covertly converting others in the court of Nero, an historically inaccurate betrayal of Nero by a newly converted senator after Nero Burns down Rome and blames it on Christian terrorists, A Christian superhero Ursus the giant (Ursus meaning Bear) saving Ligia by literally choking the life out of a Mithras Bull and St.Paul turns up at the end to perform a ridiculous and literal deus ex machina leading to a show down between st. Peter and his evil Roman counterpart Petronius resulting in Peter being crucified in Rome in proxi for Jesus as @Marionville points out in the in the original post.

I'm mad as Hell and I'm not going to take this anymore [youtube.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

One of the greatest films ever made

Should we let Trump focus on restarting the economy and forget about saving lives?

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

While the rest of the world cares for their population and their economies tank, he wants to come out of this will a culled population and a thriving economy, read to take over the world. He is an evil arse hole, the perfect specimen of American republican Trumpus homo regem nothi

[axios.com] Texas Lt. Governor says grandparents are willing to die to save the economy?

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Ah the caring face of capitalism

Should people be criminally charged or sued if they have coronavirus and still leave home?

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Intent is everything, deliberately infecting another with intent to do harm is criminal offense, infecting others without your own knowledge or genuinely in ignorance of your status is more of a civil offense and should be punished accordingly.

Most of us are familiar with the story of Adam and Eve in te garden.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

In the Talmudic version of the story and in Josephus' retelling, the "serpent" not snake, walked on two legs like a man and had arms and hands. He was basically a velociraptor. The serpent was also very knowledgeable but had no wisdom, Eve had wisdom but no knowledge, the serpent wanted to know what would happen to one who had both, so used eve as an experiment. What happened was they A & E immediately started shagging like rabbits and so stopped being immortal as they had to make way for all the little new people, hence death being brought in to the world. When god saw this had happened he sent Adam and Eve out in the world to populate it, and cut off the arms and legs of the serpent creating the first snake in the shape of a phallus so he would always know what his sin was. No where in any version of the myth is the serpent said to be, or be working for Satan he is just a wylie creature with too much curiosity for his own good.

On·to·log·i·cal relating to the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

The classical and most famous ontological argument is Existence is a necessary aspect of perfection God is perfect Therefore God exists It contains three assumptions and relies on them being true in order to avoid it's premises being taken as false.

Are these the only references of "germs" Judges 13:4 Therefore be careful and drink no wine or...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

There is a section in the Talmud that speaks of a thousand tiny demons swarming in a single drop of rancid water. So there may have been some inkling of germ theory in OT times.

Yes, coronavirus porn is a thing!

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

"Rule 34: If it exists, there is Internet porn of it."

[yahoo.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

Nah, Fox is so used to lying that they will just wait about five minutes till the attention span of theirr audience has expired and then claim it was all a CNN plot and deep fake, and they Fox always told the truth.

If I say there is no god, you cannot prove me wrong.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

Except most atheists do not say "There is no god" they say "no one has been able to prove there is a god, including, if it does exist, god" As such I make no claim and so have no burden of proof, that burden lies with the theist.

[6abc.com] Neo Nazis are encouraging members to spread Covid 19 to Jews and the police. WTF!!!!!!

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

There is no depth to which this scum will not sink

[yahoo.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

a classic case of the dumb leading the fucking stupid

It is interesting how in war we justify killing claiming it will save lives, but in politics, even ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

Only publicly, down through the ages politicians and kings have happily followed the maxim "remove the man and you remove the problem" Moral political idealism is one of the big lies presented to make the public feel safe, yet secretly ignored in favour of pragmatism in the real world. conspiracy theorist suspect the truth, but are ridiculed for it because the lie is too comforting even when you know it is a lie. Something politics and religion have in common. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hopNAI8Pefg

No argument here.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

Give me a chainsaw and the brain of a dog and I'll give it ago.

How many sincere atheists are on this site? Click on 'like' fer yes & 'wha' for wha!

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

there seem to be here Anti-theist who are actively against religion and cults who are usually but not necessarily also atheists Atheists who see no adequate reason or evidence to believe in a god Apatheist who are simply indifferent to the existence of a deity and religion "Spiritual" atheists and agnostics who I personally just regard as hedge betters and Pascals wet dream. Agnostics Those who accept new age or eastern teachings but not the concept of a god/gods in the western sense. Deists who think the universe is god and religious trolls doing missionary work. and of course combinations of any two or more. Personally fall in to the Atheist/anti-theist camp.

Leave it to the Brits: stigmatophilia in British (stɪɡˌmætəˈfɪlɪə) noun.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

an associated condition is Kouremaphillia becoming sexually aroused by having your hair cut or being shaved.

[nbcnews.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

They have as much as admitied in the UK that self isolation is not a preventative measure it is a coping measure to slow down the rate of infection not eliminate it. After a few weeks when the initial cohort of sufferers have left hospital one way or another, the regulations will be loosened again until the hospitals refill, at which point the isolation will be reintroduced until the numbers go down again, so on and so forth until everyone has developed immunity or has died.

I understand everyone wants something more after we die but I have to be realistic.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

"I understand everyone wants something more after we die" then you understand incorrectly

[considerable.com] 10 Apps for people over fifty. Some good ideas even if you are younger.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

several of these apps can be replaced by owning a dog, several others are on their way to becoming illegal owing to covid19

True Facts: Tarsier LOL 😅 [youtu.be]

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

I used to work with a guy who looked a lot like that

To those who have a Christian background: How are New Testament theology and evolution compatible?

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

If Adam did not exist, then the sacrifice and atonement of Christ meant nothing. If the sacrifice and atonement of Christ meant nothing, then there is no need for salvation. If there is no need for salvation, the churches, churchmen and women are all thieves and liars **Therefore it can be concluded absolutely and with no doubt whatsoever evolution is bullshit**

NURDLE.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

In the morality ballads sung by "Rambling Sid Rumpole" AKA "Rambling Syd Rumpo" (Keneth Williams) in the radio series "Round the Horn", and "Beyond our Ken" Mollies, Nurdles or Nurdling, Munging and greebles " was an often used to caution the bogling young cordwanglers against woggling with a fair maids affections.

I don't know if it something that I am doing wrong (which it could well be), but I am puzzled by ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 22, 2020:

You are right, I just checked and it is not just politics, it is news, academia and a couple of others too, are all linking to make a post instead of the relevant pages

Anyone feel like mother nature is trying to reclaim her planet via this virus?

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

you can only pump so much poison in to a viable ecosystem before it launches its metaphorical anti bodies to expel the toxin

While everything is taken place in the world right now, how many of you have starting talking to ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Atheists in fox holes? Seriously? Do you know which site you are on? Or are you just trolling?

Trump 'Spiritual Adviser' Using Coronavirus Crisis To Ask Followers To Send Her 'A $91 Seed'

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Disgusting prosperity gospel leech

The first "Spider Man" movie I saw when I was 11 sparked my interest in Ethics; the ending scene ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

The goblin's false dilemma does no pose an ethical problem for spider man at all, purely a practical one. No matter what the outcome the ethical element lay squarely on the Goblin as the engineer and enactor of the situation. Whatever Spidey does, including his calculated risk to save all at the risk of losing all he is in the right ethically, and all blame falls on the goblin.

Jake...Jake, from State Farm. Now working from home.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

hope that chair is leather an not PVC, synthetics sick like buggery

For as much as I'm always saying that I don't like people in general (which is absolutely true), I ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 20, 2020:

Thanks Gator

Things like this are why I hate Christianity and consider a lot of Christians to be scum.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 20, 2020:

and if you believe in Christian intelligent design, why are you talking shit that is obviously the product of a malfunctioning brain?

The virus is not bio-engineered. [forbes.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 20, 2020:

thanks for that

CORONAVIRUS Coronavirus shatters New Jersey family, kills 4 with 3 more hospitalized

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 20, 2020:

Tragic

I understand that the only requirement for being an atheist is not having a belief in any deity.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Well atheist or not after today anyone who still votes republican, supports them or defends them needs immediate mental health assessment Here Are the 51 Republican Senators Who Just Voted Against Expanding Paid Sick Leave to All Workers https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/19/here-are-51-republican-senators-who-just-voted-against-expanding-paid-sick-leave-all?fbclid=IwAR2FPyaHO1_A2T4heNZJORfmqYXiqmlFB8Xxa9vlOGCBc3Q6iT6naZn9MgA

Seeing as a lot of us are sitting at home slightly bored.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

I love Pete Atkin/ Clive James songs, have been a fan since the late seventies.

Musings on the Pandemic Quarantine: Many people are thinking about "when this is over," getting ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

What you theorise is not without precedent after the black death devastate Europe in the middle ages the balance of power shift between the serfs and the Barony resulting in the end of the feudal system and the beginnings of modern capitalism over the next few centuries. The same happened again after the revolutions of the 18th to early 20th century resulting in rampant populism and eventually fascism vs communism being used as fighting fish to destroy one another leaving the way open for industrial capitalism and monetarism. After 2020 I can see much of what you envision becoming the new norm and a technocratic age dawning.

These are my "Comparisons of Religion and Fascism" Both have one supreme leader.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

I wrote this piece comparing the LDS to fascism some years ago, but it applies equally to religion in general Both Professor Stuart Hall in 1979 and in 2004 by Dr. Laurence Britt wrote articles defining the major points in identifying extreme nationalism and or fascism, just as a thought experiment I took their criteria adapted and applied it to the LDS 1. An easily identifiable symbol to rally too. 2. Specific terms/ code words or euphemisms exclusive to the group. 3. Powerful and continuing expressions of belonging to a chosen or special race. 4. Praising of a Mythological golden age of your ideology that give rights of rule by dynastic or spiritual heritage to all members and especially to leaders 5. Being included in and party to sacred mysticism denied to less worthy others 6. Physical Body Worship combined with reminders of spiritual unworthiness 7. Disdain for the importance of human rights especially those of outsiders 8. Suppression of the rights of the individual in favour of the group and the greater good 9. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause  10. The supremacy of the physical and or spiritual power broker 11. Institutionalised sexism  12. A controlled mass media  13. Obsession with internal security and or secrecy  14. Religion and ruling elite tied together  15. Power of corporations protected  16. Power of labour suppressed or eliminated  17. Disdain and suppression of intellectuals and the arts  18. Obsession with crime and punishment  19. Rampant cronyism and corruption  20. A pretence at democracy including Fraudulent elections or sustaining of the leadership  If you accept the above as indicative of a fascist state then the LDS is a fascist institution.

Inspired by a recent post: Is Theism a philosophy?

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Philosophy is the love of wisdom (literal translation) and is base for many branches of science, critical thinking, ideologies and methodologies. Branches of philosophy include "natural philosophy" the root of the sciences, alchemy the principles of which were eventually refined in to chemistry, physics, anatomy, zoology etc It is also however the basis of many pseudosciences such as metaphysics, theology, astrology, phrenology and my personal favourite bit of bullshit the phlogiston theory. Theism is not a philosophy it is a religious ideology, Atheism is not a philosophy it is an intellectual position or standpoint and Science is both a methodology and a practical application of that methodology.

Primaveral adjective Of, in, or pertaining to the early springtime.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

new one to me thanks

Jesus may be pissed:

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

and the easter bunny rubs his paws and cries out "my time to shine"

The philosophy of Atheism represents a concept of life without any metaphysical Beyond or Divine ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

I am aware of no philosophy of atheism other than the statement that the claim of the existence of deity has failed to meet its burden of proof.

Televangelist Jim Bakker Sued Over Fake Coronavirus Treatment : NPR

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

A man not worth the piss water that he leaves in his wake

My personal evolution.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 19, 2020:

yup, that is pretty much my story too

Truth be told....

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

No I like cats

Griftin' in the name of Da Lawd [huffpost.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

That woman has enough botox in her face to stun a rhinoceros.

Trump Loving Pastor Begs His Followers To Attend Church Amid COVID-19, Says "If We Die — We Die ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Give that man a Darwin award

I understand that the only requirement for being an atheist is not having a belief in any deity.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

How can you have Atheist Republican well how come there are Gay Christians Jewish National Socialists Black KKK supporters Transgender Islamists People are fucking stupid that is why

Breaking News! National Day Of Prayer Fails, Coronavirus Crisis Continues trump and billy graham ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

I asked Barney the Dinosaur, that didn't work either, troubling isn't it.

Iran warns virus could kill 'millions' in Islamic Republic

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

The cry of Allāhu akbar seems to be in a little doubt

This is not the end of the world, according to Christians who study the end of the world

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

I find it utterly arrogant that Christians equate the end of human civilization with the end of the world, the world or at least the planet did perfectly well before we evolved and will continue to do so without us.

In Australia from today public gatherings of 100 or more are now proscribed.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

I guess gawd must be self isolating then

Has anyone else noticed that religion is portrayed as truth and real history on most TV ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

The Motto of the history channel seems to be Deus bonum Nazus malum dare pecuniam **god good, nazis bad, gimme money*

How to Turn Your Evangelical Teens Into Annoying Fake Friends | The Life and Times of Bruce ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Three days in to this theological evangelical experiment Christian Kid: Mom what does STFU mean? four days in to this theological evangelical experiment Christian Kid: Mom what does "drink the Cool aid mean? 1 Week in to this theological evangelical experiment Mom: Huney why have you come home from school with a "Hail Satan" tattoo on your forehead?

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LenHazell53 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

up, up, and away

I am 54 years ole qne will be an agnostic until I die.

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Fair enough

Good and cool man

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Rowan has been kicking religious ass for 40 years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41tOgkWlzkA

That's right

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 17, 2020:

it's funny because it's true

“only god knows” pisses me off I am so fucking over people who believe in god and give ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 17, 2020:

part of the plethora of platitudes and nonsense in their unwritten book of useless answers.