"Draw your favourite part of Mass"

Moravian comments on Jul 29, 2019:

I misread it as Mars and my favourite place would be the space station where Boris and Trump live out their lives in exile.

What is so special that we have to protect Israel? A major conflict will stem from this. [msn.com]

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

The US wants an ally in the middle east and Israel fits the bill. Many American Jews have emigrated to Israel and there are wealthy influential Zionists in the west who can influence Govt decisions.

What Do You Call the Corner Store? -

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

It's definitely non PC but as most of them here are run by Asians from the Indian sub continent they are still sometimes called "the Pakis"

I’d be afraid to have this on the back of my car! Crazy as they are, they would probably ...

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

Brave man

Sadistic Religious Fanatic: Mother Teresa Was No Saint | Michael Stone

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

The late Christopher Hitchens has already written at length about the poison dwarf

What if poverty was not a priority to fix because it is profitable for some? [theguardian.com]

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

A good example is the housing market in the UK. Prices are kept artificially high because many people make a lot of money from it. "The homes fit for heroes" by the Govt after WW1 did a lot to improve matters but the building industry has not changed much since then. Damp proofing and insulation have improved a bit but houses are still built the same way. Prefabricated houses can be built cheaply and quickly in factories but the building industry is so conservative that this is a step too far. All over the UK prime farmland is being covered in "little boxes" when each town and city has lots of "brownfield" sites which could be used instead. Not so much money in that for developers,landowners and corrupt planning officials though.

I believe that political correctness has actually gone beyond all reason in some ...

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

A lovely guy and a great intellect. I don't watch QI anymore now that he has left it. I believe the term was initially used by the conservative right in politics to describe the far left in politics. they were "politically incorrect". Like many phrases and words in the English language the meaning has changed over the years and now has a much broader meaning and most people use it as meaning the avoidance of offence in speaking about or dealing with groups of people outwith the mainstream. This guy's writing may be worth a look https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Closing_of_the_American_Mind

U.

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

I know very little about politics in Canada but it is still probably a lot more than you know about politics in the UK

The good old days.

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

Vdry profound.!

I haven't been active on here for a while, I have had a lot on my plate what with work and stuff but...

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

I think you will find that "acts of god" disappeared from insurance policies years ago

When religion conflicts with science it holds no credibility.

Moravian comments on Jul 27, 2019:

The mountains were not made by god but by the movement of tectonic plates and volcanic activity. Is your friend aware of that ?

Lost in translation and its not the first time

Moravian comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I remember a book called "Virgin soldiers" about young UK servicemen in S.E.Asia after WW2 and there was a local Chinese tailor called Fuk U. so maybe they are selling his clothing.

Just gotta say, and it COULD be the Jack Daniels talking, "My experience, in this website, thus far,...

Moravian comments on Jul 27, 2019:

And all the comments are witty and insightful, but that could be the beer goggles

The links aren't working.

Moravian comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Storm in tea cup, or since it is in America, in a coffee cup.Love the names those black women have. Chanda and Lukesha. Who thinks those up ?.

Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain: Italian town to issue €400 blasphemy fines ...

Moravian comments on Jul 27, 2019:

It's not April 1st so it must be genuine. People voted for this idiot, hopefully they will think otherwise at the next election.

Beautiful hike today to Lanham Lake, WA. A vicious dog was worrisome.

Moravian comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I was walking on a local footpath in the forest here and I met a woman with two dogs both unleashed. One of them ran behind me and nipped me on the leg. Just a little nip, didn't break the skin. I told her what he happened and her reply was " They are Romanian rescue dogs"., Bloody Europeans coming over here and biting the locals. Brexit will put a stop to that :-)

The original Blue Suede Shoes from 1955. - Carl Perkins. [youtu.be]

Moravian comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I remember Carl Perkins well but I didn't realise he wrote the song.

A carbon neutral fuel using sunlight and air, developed by Switzerland's ETH Zurich. [ethz.ch]

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Heard it all before. I doubt very much if we will hear of this again.

13 Countries Where Atheists Can Receive The Death Penalty For Simply Not Believing What They Do ...

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Places to avoid.

They look white but say they're black: a tiny town in Ohio wrestles with race | US news | The ...

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Why this fixation with race and colour ?

Tell me something that you miss about the 1970’s. I’ll start - the color orange.

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

The decade that fashion forgot. I miss my relative youth but not much else.

Optimistic Nihilism [youtu.be] This is kind of where I'm at.

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Very good

Someone posted this image on social media. All I could do was shake my head and laugh.

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Erosion of theist brains more like.

Have you seen the make-up of Boris’s new Cabinet?

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

We are often told we need more women in govt. Well we have Priti Patel, hard line Brexiteer and as you say an advocate of bringing back the death penalty. She was previously kicked out of govt for funneling foreign aid to the Israeli army. If this is an example of women in politics, more men please :-) https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/priti-patel-paid-£1000-an-hour-as-adviser-to-firm-supplying-mod/ar-AAERn5j?ocid=spartandhp More info on MS Patel :-

I just realized I'm too old to be too young to die.

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Mid life crisis ?

If, as reports suggest, the US administration is attempting to arm separatists in Taiwan, where ...

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Who are "separatists in Taiwan.?.

Your happiness is my misfortune - that is the logic of tribal thinking.

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Don't go along with that. Surely "tribal thinking" is to benefit the tribe and therefore to to the advantage of all in the tribe.

now that i have passed the 81 years yesterday as an atheist assuming that i ever met a god?

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

More like "senile dementia" I think.

'In God We Trust' Signs Go Up In South Dakota Public Schools, As Required By Law : NPR

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

I understand that this was in response to a serious school shooting. Don't do anything about the proliferation of guns or the mental health of children. This is much easier and cheaper.

Climate denial until the end!

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

29C up in the highlands yesterday and I'm loving it, but then I don't have to work in it.

Tinariwen Threatened Ahead Of North Carolina Concert Date : NPR

Moravian comments on Jul 25, 2019:

very sad

I was listening to a song, and the main thrust of the lyrics were: If you walked a mile in my shoes.

Moravian comments on Jul 24, 2019:

Walk a mile in someones shoes, then you are a mile away and have his shoes

Who knows anything about cable companies, their program offers, or their outrageous prices?

Moravian comments on Jul 24, 2019:

In my visits to the US it surprises me how awful and expensive TV is. I pay around £150 a year for a TV licence and get around 20 channels on Freeview using a roof mounted aerial. Other programmes can be accessed on catchup online

For the Britts - is it too soon to welcome you to the club: Putin, Trump, Johnson alliance?

Moravian comments on Jul 23, 2019:

We will know in a couple of hours. I am dusting off my "red" passport to be sure.

Folks seem to be amazed that the USA is considered "The Gunfighter Nation".

Moravian comments on Jul 23, 2019:

I love Clint Eastwood films but at 89 I think it is more likely to be "big iron in his hip" than "on his hip"

I feel guilty.

Moravian comments on Jul 23, 2019:

Why don't you get the pronouncement by Pope Francis that hell does not exist and show her that ?. It would have some authority coming from him

[newsmax.

Moravian comments on Jul 23, 2019:

I'm sure the Saudis would love to see their sectarian war with Iran moved up a notch. Instead of just bombing the shit out of the poor bastards in Yemen let the Yanks bomb the Iranians directly.

U.S. Bombed Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia in 2016

Moravian comments on Jul 23, 2019:

And now Trump wants to add Iran to the list. No point in spending $trillions on the military industrial monster and then not use it.

Can the U.K. afford to prop up the E.U.? [brexitcentral.com]

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

More alarmist crap from a Brexiteer. but he is making a good case for staying in the EU

I can't fiqure out how to get to level 2 so i can contact other members

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Seems like you got there

I'm sure John McCain is bouncing that dead fetus on his knee and giving it candy.

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Pass the sick bag please

It is the agnostic individual who is the most intellectually honest.

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

As opposed to whom ?

The god of the gaps will never die, so long as personal subjectivity prevails.

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

It would be difficult to survive without basic knowledge, but the mysterious ?? Don't get it.

Last call finds us all

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Do you have any facts to back up your assertion ??

Is anyone watching the Open Golf from Royal Portrush?

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Well done Shane Lowry. Very well deserved and good to see a new name on the old trophy

My new favorite joke!

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

We don't serve neutrinos in here A faster than light neutrino went into a bar

I agree that making fun or otherwise criticizing someone's religion is in bad taste and can be ...

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

I used to attend a sceptics "meet up" group in Edinburgh and their mantra was "attack the idea, not the person". I go along with that.

The risk physicians take when going on social media

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

The intactivists do seem a bit extreme but I do not go along with the doctors statement that male circumcision is a beneficial thing. To do this to a baby that cannot give permission is wrong. As for doing it for religious reasons ?. that is totally bizarre. So god made man in his image but didn't get it quite right so some correction is required.

[youtube.com] From earlier post

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Great song. Should be on classic rock group

Morning coffee results in a $1,000 fine and expulsion from Venice

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

It would probably have cost them close to that for two cups of coffee in a pavement side cafe anyway. Lots of stories of tourists being ripped of by unscrupulous traders. A place to avoid I think.

Blaise Pascal was right.

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

I am currently reading a book on the partition of India at Independence in 1947 and that saying certainly is so true. There were other factors certainly but hundreds of thousands died because Muslims.Hindus and Sikhs could no longer co exist.

At my grandaughter's birthday party, I observed my former husband and felt concerned.

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

"not my circus,not my monkeys". I must remember that for future use ;-)

Some women just have all the fun...

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

So do some turkeys

If you think you had a bad day

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

ouch. Not the nuts he wanted to catch.

Well got a few out of Islamorada last night. Grovers Tails and runners oh my. 😃

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

A good catch but nothing to show what size they are

Ignoramus on Deer Crossing Signs - YouTube

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

Probably the same woman who thinks we should scrap summertime as the extra hour of daylight would exacerbate global warming.

Here’s how low-income Americans are ‘punished for being poor’ - MarketWatch

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

A culture which makes having access to personal transport essential is also to blame.Virtually no public transport, no sidewalks in suburban areas.., and virtually no cycle tracks.

Do your family and friends think you're going to hell?

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

Pope Francis: 'There Is No Hell'. Pope Francis says, "They are not punished, those who repent obtain the forgiveness of God and enter the rank of souls who contemplate him, but those who do not repent and cannot therefore be forgiven disappear. There is no hell, there is the disappearance of sinful souls.". Take note, even the holy father dismisses the idea of hell. I am a bit wary of posting this as I was pilloried for being less than sympathetic to a woman on here who was heartbroken that she was realising that heaven did not exist. Honestly neither heaven,hell, or purgatory exist.

Just a reminder of how dangerous the times are for atheists, agnostics and non-Christians.

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

How can you possibly take anyone called "newt" seriously.?, and his brothers "frog" and "toad" are just as bad.

I love the much underappreciated Glacier Peak 💚.

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

great photo

The rise of the Satanic Temple in Canada

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

Don't get it but it sounds to me that some people still want religion but without the god bit.

Big game hunter killed when shot elephant collapsed on top of him

Moravian comments on Jul 20, 2019:

Never mind a Darwin award. Give the guy a JUMBO award

The Moon landing was racist! OK. Why don't we send the trashy four to Mars? One way trip!

Moravian comments on Jul 20, 2019:

Of course it was racist. Bloody aliens landing on the moon

Do you believe President Donald Trump is racist? | | kearneyhub.com

Moravian comments on Jul 20, 2019:

There is a lengthy article in today's Times about Trump. None of it very flattering. He is described as either an incompetent buffoon who blunders his way from one disaster to another or a scheming calculating populist genius. probably the truth is somewhere in the middle. There is a quote from Prof Louis Gates of Harvard who says he is not a racist in the accepted sense of the word but an opportunist as he is not principled enough to be a racist. Many of his supporters are racist or at least resentful of the perceived advantages given to ethnic majorities over the past few years and he is playing on this to his advantage

This is going to be a long post, with math .

Moravian comments on Jul 20, 2019:

You must have time on your hands. Surely all but a few extreme bible worshipers now accept that the flood story is purely mythalogical and relates to a localised flood in the middle east

How telling...

Moravian comments on Jul 19, 2019:

Probably not as many as the servicemen killed in Bush's war on terror.

Elon Musk Sees His Neuralink Merging Your Brain With A.I.

Moravian comments on Jul 19, 2019:

I already posted this. Musk is smoking too much dope I think,

MBreaking newsflash here in the U.

Moravian comments on Jul 19, 2019:

Tit for tat. an Iranian tanker bound for Syria was seized by UK forces recently.

I'm not working today, there's nothing on TV, and it's too hot to go outside.

Moravian comments on Jul 19, 2019:

You said it !!

Please take a look at all the videos [youtube.com]

Moravian comments on Jul 19, 2019:

Why.?. the first few minutes were enough to realise what a load of nonsense it is

Be calm and Behappify [calmcurious.

Moravian comments on Jul 19, 2019:

Mmm. £300 for a two day course. What a bargain.

Do you believe in luck & chance?

Moravian comments on Jul 19, 2019:

Definately. but not fate. that is something different altogether Remember "lucky" Lucan ?. the English Lord who won lots at the card tables and disappeared after his Wife and nanny were attacked. They still haven't found his body.

I AM FREE!!! (and I get the house!) Thanks to all my friends here for your support!

Moravian comments on Jul 19, 2019:

Well done. You can relax now.

Fortuitous accident This morning I set off for a day in York - about 45 minutes drive and a ...

Moravian comments on Jul 19, 2019:

Never been to Hull but it was the city of culture a few years back so it must have something.

Hello again my dears and darlings.

Moravian comments on Jul 19, 2019:

Good luck in your new home. It is always difficult starting afresh but there are always kind people around.

So... you mean to tell me Jesus was born from a woman who was a virgin?

Moravian comments on Jul 18, 2019:

To fulfill prophecy he had to be descended from King David; and Joseph supposedly was but if he wasn't the father ?. Some sources now have Mary descended fro David as well. Marrige of cousins was quite common then

Are you superstitious?

Moravian comments on Jul 18, 2019:

No, but some of those silly habits linger on.

Republicans... They want to live in our country...

Moravian comments on Jul 18, 2019:

Isn't that the confederate flag ?. it's not another nation.just the loser in a civil war.

The Trump Administration has found away to engage in an offensive conflict with Iran.

Moravian comments on Jul 18, 2019:

"Iran is the world's largest state sponsor of terror,' " Sales said. "It was true in 1994 and it's true now." I always thought that was the USA

Me in 40 years

Moravian comments on Jul 18, 2019:

stole it

Some not so bright atheists (even when they call themselves "brights" - a sad example of collective...

Moravian comments on Jul 18, 2019:

I agree that the term "brights" is a total embarrassment. and to suggest that religious people are suffering from a mental disorder is ridiculous.

Probably my favourite prog rock band - Van Der Graff Generator.

Moravian comments on Jul 18, 2019:

I remember them well. A bit too prog rocky for me but good musicians

The Dirty Mac - Yer Blues [youtube.com]

Moravian comments on Jul 18, 2019:

Great song. Wasn't this from the Beatles white album ?

Amen Corner - Bend Me, Shape Me (1967).

Moravian comments on Jul 18, 2019:

Andy Fairweather Low, great pop/rock singer

22 Books That Expand Your Mind and Change The Way You Live - Darius Foroux - Pocket

Moravian comments on Jul 18, 2019:

The only one I have read is "Sapiens". very disappointing. Nothing new in it at all.

Hi everyone.

Moravian comments on Jul 18, 2019:

There are a few atheists on here but not many.Most call themselves agnostics.and I would reckon a few are closet theists. I was made to go to sunday school/church as a youngster but as soon as I left home I stopped going and took no interest in religion at all. I dated a religious woman a few years ago and she tried to get me interested so I did a bit of research and read widely including the new English bible. I quickly realised that the whole thing is based on mythology and has no factual basis whatsoever.

I know this has been said in similar ways many times, but had to respond to a Christian proselytizer...

Moravian comments on Jul 18, 2019:

And what was the response ?

Growing up in a secular family, I was not indoctrinated into any religious or theistic beliefs.

Moravian comments on Jul 17, 2019:

I was christened as a baby and I believe that there are dechristening forms that can be copied from the internet, but why bother.It's a load of nonsense anyway.

Do you listen to music from another country whose language you don’t understand but like the song ...

Moravian comments on Jul 17, 2019:

Yes,I particularly like Tinariwen from Mali. I'm not even sure which language they sing in.

I am not an atheist.

Moravian comments on Jul 17, 2019:

So what makes you think there may be a god or gods . Because primitive man created them when trying to understand a confusing world ?. Or that this god spoke to a few select people in an obscure middle eastern tribe ?.

What's your Superpower?

Moravian comments on Jul 17, 2019:

very good

BE AFRAID!!! BE VERY AFRAID!! I have been deemed by the agnostic gods to have attained LEVEL 8! ...

Moravian comments on Jul 17, 2019:

Well done, now let's see the face behind the avatar

What is it that makes holy water holy.

Moravian comments on Jul 17, 2019:

Those priests have amazing powers. They can also turn a wafer and some wine into the body and blood of Christ. Considering the tonnes of wafers and gallons of wine used over the years he must have been a big fella.

Given that just 11% of electricity generated is nuclear, where is the advantage in the long term ...

Moravian comments on Jul 16, 2019:

I don't know about Portugal but in Scotland we are frequently producing more Electricity than we use from renewables,mostly wind turbines. The balance is exported to England. Also as Alamanda says lithium batteries are now mostly recyclable.

Michael RUSE: "Dawkins et al.

Moravian comments on Jul 16, 2019:

Sounds like a religious apologist to me. He says that the "troubles" in NI are socio economic and not religious. Of course they are but why are there those divides. Because of one one side you have Roman catholics and on the other Protestants. Bin Laden came from a wealthy family so if if he wanted to help the poverty and inequalities in the Muslim world why not use some of his families wealth for that instead of blowing people up. The 9/11 terrorists were from middle class Saudi Arabian families. Would they have killed themselves if paradise didn't await for them and their families ?. I doubt it.

[m.youtube.com] One of my favorites by the red rocker Sammy Hagar

Moravian comments on Jul 15, 2019:

Great video. I meet drivers like that every day.

Who remembers this?

Moravian comments on Jul 14, 2019:

I remember it well. Probably heard it through the crackles on radio Luxemburg

I'm posting this with a heavy heart.

Moravian comments on Jul 14, 2019:

very funny

Police find URANIUM, a rattlesnake, an open bottle of bourbon and a gun in a 'stolen car'

Moravian comments on Jul 14, 2019:

Sounds like an average shopping list to me.

Trump tells progressive freshman congresswomen to 'go back' to their 'broken and crime infested' ...

Moravian comments on Jul 14, 2019:

Is that better or worse than his "shit hole" countries ? I'm not sure