Today is a day that will never come again ☕☕☕?

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 18, 2018:

True ... everyday comes complete with 86400 seconds ... they all come without warranty and no return policy applies!

When she's cute but...

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 19, 2018:

Wasn't the Don mocking disabled people?

Just read a few comments regarding Stephen Hawkins new book,and the only conclusion I came up with.

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 19, 2018:

Illogic and common sense are cohabitants in the same brains.

Where Did You Go First Time On a Plane? Please Share Your Memories.

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 20, 2018:

Paris to Athens in 1979... those were the days

Juhttp://[www.aish.com/jw/s/Judaism-and-Tattoos.html?s=hp2daism] and Tatoos - interesting article

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 20, 2018:

I think the most interesting part of the article is that it is cited in this forum. **“A person who violated the Torah, whether it was by** ***eating non-kosher, working on Shabbos, stealing in business, or getting a tattoo*** **, can still be buried in a Jewish cemetery. If transgressors were excluded from Jewish cemeteries, our cemeteries would be largely empty."** What would probably empty the cemeteries entirely but is not mentioned: adultery.

I guess I’m trying to find a common thread with people on here that’s not necessarily faith ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 21, 2018:

I think that it is rather normal that you don't give it much thought. Most people are like you even those who belong to a religion hence the frequent rituals prescribed by some religions. If the believer had the inner voice telling them several times per minute or per hour that they belong to a certain religion, there wouldn't exist the necessity to remind the **believers** with calls by the muezzin from the minaret or will the noise of bells from the belfry immitating the voice of gods. I remember when my elder daughter asked me for permission to become a christian and her mother backing her request by saying "I believe in god too (god 2.0)" ... I could only reply "holy shit" ... At that time I had been in a relationship with my daughter's mother for 25 years and the question of any alligeance to any deity had never come up.

I guess I’m trying to find a common thread with people on here that’s not necessarily faith ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 21, 2018:

I am not entirely certain that I really grasped the essence of your question, but it certainly gave me a good idea.

[aish.

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 21, 2018:

Always interesting to dig into the deeper strata of history.

Does anyone besides me spend a lot of time in museums?

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 22, 2018:

It's a bit of a habit ... but often I don't even relate to the exhibits ... In these cases I feel guilty and inadequate.

I guess I’m trying to find a common thread with people on here that’s not necessarily faith ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 22, 2018:

So what do you want to get out of this?

why is it aways 'ride off into the sunset,' and not sunrise?

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 22, 2018:

Why seemingly ends have only beginnings but no ends?

why is it aways 'ride off into the sunset,' and not sunrise?

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 22, 2018:

Most people don't challenge conventions. As a matter of fact I have never seen anyone ride off into either: neither sunset nor sunrise.

Well.

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 22, 2018:

I always knew it, but my mother never believed me. I knew all along that it was the scientist in me that refused to make the bed. So we are faced with two alternatives: sleep with dead dust mites or sleep with live dust mites. I wonder whether there exists an expression for either condition. It probably falls short of beastiality ** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_bestiality_by_country_or_territory ** and perhaps it doesn't quite qualitfy for necrophilia either. As a byproduct of mine response I found out an interesting fact。 According to the omniscient wikipedia (English version) bestiality is legal in Cuba and legal for civilians at the American controlled infamous **Guantamo Bay concentration camp**. However, since the 16th of September 2016 for armed service members. The maximum penalty is rather harsh: of dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for 5 years. So it is cheaper to fuck some prisoners rather than the guard dogs.

The Atheist Experience - Christian caller argues that god equals morality [youtube.com]

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 26, 2018:

This is of course nonsense ... religious nonsense, but nonsense nonetheless

Why is the label African Americans used to describe black Americans

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 28, 2018:

"The category of 'native' was large, but there was no general definition of the term. In a Nyasaland court case of 1929, the judge opined that, "A native means a native of Africa who is not of European or Asiatic race or origin; all others are non-natives. A person's race or origin does not depend on where he or she is born. Race depends on the blood in one's veins ..." Unlike Europeans of British origin, Nyasaland natives did not hold British citizenship under British nationality law, but had the lesser status of British protected person.The term 'native' was used in all colonial censuses up to and including 1945, but by the 1950s the term was regarded as offensive." The thinking is still, in many mind the same. I recently had a discussion about the term "ABC ...Australian Born Chinese ... nobody has ever called my daughters: ABC as in Australian Born Caucasian.

Why is the label African Americans used to describe black Americans

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 28, 2018:

I have heard people calling themselves Anglo-Indians ...

Since I am sure that I am going to offend someone, this is the right group.

PontifexMarximus comments on Oct 30, 2018:

wide heaps?

Jews Vs Trump - I Love It

PontifexMarximus comments on Nov 4, 2018:

Perhaps it should be "*Humans versus Trump!**

Good morning Agnostics! Happy Hump Day!

PontifexMarximus comments on Nov 7, 2018:

Good morning and good humping!

Supermarket Shenanigans Part II Unbeknownst to me it was my cart being ogled tonight.

PontifexMarximus comments on Nov 13, 2018:

You seem to be very fragile ...

Anyone has any thoughts on Henry Kissinger, I’ll be honest I Can’t remember much about him, and ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Nov 15, 2018:

Nixon's hitman ... Despite being responsible for war crimes he got the Nobel Peace Prize. The most visible éminence grise of American post WW2 politics.

Guys, try reading “She Comes First: The Thinking Man’s Guide to Pleasuring a Woman” by Ian ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Nov 19, 2018:

Always remember the term ***premature ejaculation*** is but a euphemism for ***delayed orgasm***!!!

Gilets Jaunes - Yellow Peril Is France once more leading the way by coming up with a new model ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Dec 23, 2018:

Join the movement: ***Gilet Jaune*** - ***Yellow Peril***

The Jew With The Soul of a Nazi - POS or what?

PontifexMarximus comments on Dec 23, 2018:

**Jew & Nazi** two of the most used and, perhaps, abused and overused stereotypes in global history. I think it is a silly juxtaposition. Those who bother to read more about how the Nazis decided to brand *JEW* would probably have a more nuanced approach.

What is it about a woman's boobs that men (and some women) find so attractive?

PontifexMarximus comments on Dec 23, 2018:

Human primates are the only primates with permanent breasts …

I kind of lost myself this past summer.

PontifexMarximus comments on Dec 30, 2018:

Well ... I had been in a relationship with a married woman … I think it was worth it. I thought I had certain principles and was surprised that I was accepting the situation. Often we are conditioned into "principles". I no longer believe in many of them. We just accept many such constraints because of fear … Of course if you get eroded by jealousy it might not be worth holding onto such a menage-a-trois.

Happy New Year, everybody! 2019 was just rung in here in the Central time zone.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 1, 2019:

Happy New Year !

Don't let others define you.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 5, 2019:

too complicated

I was supposed to have a lunch date tomorrow.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 7, 2019:

Lust is a feeeling!!!

[friendlyatheist.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 8, 2019:

Trump is only slightly held back by some eminence grise whose interests are at stake if the Don pushes things too far. There is a common pattern to megalomania. The learned professor just thought it was a good opportunity to say something. People can compare whatever they like. Whether ultimately such comparisons are useful is a different matter. One might include Emanuel Macron in this circus of megalomaniac leaders.

Would you personally date/consider someone with different political beliefs than you?

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 9, 2019:

My birthday suite didn't come with a religious airbag. Later I learned that my condition was known as atheism. When the time came to discover a new dimension of sexuality, that is sex with a woman rather than just masturbation, the question of political and religious compatibility was not really a top priority. As I was finally getting a hands-on experience of what I had laboriously learned in biology no warning lights were flashing in my mind. Bingo I was seduced by a human of a different sex, a different nationality, a different religion, a different political opinion and from a different culinary culture. As I started wading through this thicket of differences I became more aware of these obstacles. It was not the difference of political opinions that had the preeminent impact but rather the difference in culinary tastes. I did embrace cheese but obstinately refused garlic. Later in life I had a rather extraordinary encounter of a rather intimate nature with a born again Christian who was also a stoner. Unless one considers the scent of incence being the aroma of religion, opinions, and religion is just one of them, have no smell, just like money ***pecunia non olet***. Dope, on the other hand, has a rather pungeant smell. It didn't bother me that this ***Rosetta Stone*** had a bible in every corner of every room. The fact that behind every one of these holy books was a stach of her holy shit, was far more concerning. Back to the original question regarding diverging poltical opinions ... some will be compensated, at least form a male perspective, by physical features, Trust me on that!!!

You can sleep with a blonde,you can sleep with a brunette, but you get no sleep with a redhead.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 9, 2019:

Lovely hair indeed …

Golden Splendor

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 9, 2019:

Nice tan

Wife Zone Chart Find a Girlfriend Or Pick the Perfect Wife- The Wife Zone Chart - YouTube

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 9, 2019:

I guess Trump used a similar scale to get the human furniture for the White House … but he probably skipped anyone lower than 8 on the crazy scale

Earth, without water.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 10, 2019:

This reminds me of Herman Sörgel's project **Atlantropa** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantropa]. The idea was to drain the Mediterranean Sea. This project would have turned the sea into a giant sand pit.

Good afternoon everyone. Hope everyone have a good focused productive day.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 10, 2019:

Absolutely

I'll raise you an Angela White.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 11, 2019:

Why not?

Have you ever?

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 11, 2019:

Yes ... but I learned from the experience... If you really want to help, do it. Do not expect gratitude!

Pretty Blond

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 15, 2019:

very natural …

oh happy day....the coffee is hot and the sun is rising.....

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 16, 2019:

Energy=milk coffee^2

Ever had this problem?

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Interestingly enough just a couple of days ago I saw a couple where the guy had taken the second option. Holy moly … sleek Asian racing device in a black mini dress … The guy a truckie with a beer gut. I love these stories … He complained because she bought an avocado at $ 3.50 … not an LV handbag … just a f***ing avocado.

Happy thursday - Dan was off today so we went out for a late breakfast and domestic chores.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Reminds me...

Excited for the woman’s march tomorrow!!! ✊🏼✊🏽 Ps.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 19, 2019:

When the women's wave has swept the male domains and infused them with their touch … will there be not more wars? Will women leaders stopped the manufacture of weapons and other futile toys?

great tits

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 19, 2019:

and tweeting too.

I'm not a photographer or an artist but I do enjoy art.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 19, 2019:

Beauty is the promise of happiness - Art is the promise of fulfillment

I'm not a photographer or an artist but I do enjoy art.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 19, 2019:

Works of art locked away in the vaults of Geneva's freeport for speculative purposes has no value. For are to have value it needs observers.

Lazy Sunday Feel free to say hello!

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 24, 2019:

Cucumber or aubergine?

For the red fans

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 24, 2019:

looks all organically grown

What is it about a woman's boobs that men (and some women) find so attractive?

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 24, 2019:

Well ... **Homo sapiens** is the only primate with permanent boobs … and it's not just men who like well shaped boobs

It has just come to my attention that the 26th of January is not only the date Australia celebrates ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 29, 2019:

Yes ... the ANZAC debacle

Since I take requests... Sense of humor required...

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 30, 2019:

I wonder this bear comes with a beaver …

First cup, first post in the group.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Interesting contraption ….

Endangered species > Philippine tarsier

PontifexMarximus comments on Feb 22, 2019:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_tarsier … nearly threatened by extinction

Will Australia's own Watergate finally see the downfall of the former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Apr 24, 2019:

Should we call it the "Dustgate"?

Edited for length and clarity, reposted due to notifications being down: I'm still relatively new...

PontifexMarximus comments on Apr 24, 2019:

Very interesting … I still haven't quite figured out what people really mean by polyamory. Perhaps many people haven't really figured it out, but feel compelled to put a label to their life style choices.

Death arrangement

PontifexMarximus comments on Apr 28, 2019:

Why would you care about the ashes?

I visited a very close girlfriend this weekend.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jun 30, 2019:

Now I understand … When my daughter, aged 17 at the time, asked me for permission to become a Christian, her mother said: "***I believe in god too***" … it must have been lingering in her undies and I never discovered it for 25 years.

I visited a very close girlfriend this weekend.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jun 30, 2019:

btw ... organic cotton? … I only wear cotton but it hasn't transmitted religious germs yet.

Number 1, 2 and 4 are painted on wood with acrylic, the others are acrylic on canvas.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jun 30, 2019:

You might feel inspired by the works of Clovis Trouille

Wanna start a new country where money religion and governing bodies of any form can't exist.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 1, 2019:

Sounds like an interesting proposition

Wanna start a new country where money religion and governing bodies of any form can't exist.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 1, 2019:

In France the Yellow Vests (Gilets Jaunes) seem to try this

Well at least dad and a Chinese artist are visiting Assange in prison. [sbs.com.au]

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 3, 2019:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice#Jurisdiction The UN's legal arm aka ICJ should protect Assange and not allow the British authorities to extradite Julian Assange to the USA which is basically a rogue state.

Touring a little of South Dakota on my way back to Nee Jersey.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 3, 2019:

Very cool photos …

What was your most memorable meal?

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 3, 2019:

Pastasciutta … I was 5 and it was my very first exposure to authentic Italian pasta in Italy. I can remember the size of my serve, but it was ample. The drama was it was just an entre follow by more than 10 other dishes. The spaghetti certainly etched their taste into my brain … The place was called Cecina Mare in Tuscany. It was just an amazing feast. There was photographic evidence that I had been to Italy before, but it was this pastasciutta experience that formed my impressions of Italy.

Boundaries.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 3, 2019:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bir_Tawil

CBP, HLS, and the top levels of the Administration, including the President and Vice-President ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 3, 2019:

The US of A signed and then withdrew … but they want to extradite Julian Assange … Incredible!

Convicted ... but heading for the top of the European Central Bank

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 3, 2019:

For the vast majority of people in most countries a minor conviction bars them from many jobs … Not so the darlings of big finance

Why do those buttons draw your eyes to her sweet spot? 😍🔥

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 4, 2019:

these buttons are more like an obstacle course … they require two hands …

Hello red...

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 4, 2019:

sort of zen bikini … especially the bottom is very minimalist

Saw an interesting tattoo at a large outdoor event I was at yesterday.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 4, 2019:

Interesting if the children were born in different places …

Mmmmmm.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 5, 2019:

True beauty … unfortunately a mediocre photo

10 facts about atheists | Pew Research Center

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 5, 2019:

Actually I was trying to find figures on global atheism.

Best of wishes to our USA women of soccer.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 7, 2019:

How much are they worth?

Raised religious?

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 8, 2019:

I was raised under a *Lutheran* label in **West Germany**. While writing this I just wanted to check the demographics as Germany has two major religious providers of the Christian kind: Catholics and the Lutherans, in Germany referred to as Evangelical church. So I just read on Wikipedia that some reject grapejuice on ***theological considerations*** ... I was schooled by such idiots because the state did not provide primary education. Unreal ...

Nice pic... What's the caption?

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 8, 2019:

Look … all organically grown, no silicon enhancement!

I am not a coffee addict … but sometimes the temptation is just overwhelming. It was on special!!!

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 8, 2019:

This is my favourite brand with the advantage of being sold in 250g (0.551156lbs, 8.81849oz) packages. The price was sharply reduced just after I had just purchased a kilo (1000g,35.274oz, 2.20462lbs) of Lavazza ORO …

The new leaders of the "democratic" European Union. [youtube.com]

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 8, 2019:

It's time for change

What is a nation?

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 9, 2019:

I discovered the quote in Shlomo Sand's **The Invention of the Jewish People** Unfortunately my ignorance is like granite: hard to erode .. I had never even heard of Karl Deutsch

Charity is the drowning of justice in the craphole of mercy.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Pestalozzi was critical of a system that virtually rob the lower classes and then engages in *philanthropy* which leaves the rich to decide what a worthy cause is. A fair state would take taxes and make the right decisions to benefit the majority. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746 – 1827) Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer. He was Marxian before Marx was born.

Debate: Is Christianity Dangerous? - YouTube

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 10, 2019:

All religions come with their dangers!

My mind seems bogged down of late.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Good to see that you are still rational enough to make a post here. In many cases religion is like herpes … once you are infected you can never quite get rid of it and if flairs up occasionally. Don't worry … the religious blisters will vanish again ...

Canada.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 10, 2019:

well ... if a personality collapses in the absence of such symbols they should seek psychological treatment and abstain from joining the public service. I am certainly not a friend of authority, but public servants should be as neutral as humanly possible.

This time (10am) tomorrow I shall be embarking on my annual jaunt from Southern Spain, driving up ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 11, 2019:

You lucky duck. Bon Voyage!

Deputy Zachary Wester charged with planting drugs on drivers in Jackson County, Florida - The ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 11, 2019:

Vicious indeed.

What do people think of the theory that the universe is a living thing?

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 11, 2019:

In a way it is a logical extrapolation of the Gaia theory.

Are you kidding me?

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 11, 2019:

Reminds me of what once happened to me. I am a real shorty: 5'4" … I was the tailor in a advertising shoot … The male model arrives: 6'3" … I could hardly reach his should with my arm fully extended. I had to stand on several rolls of fabric.

What do people think of the theory that the universe is a living thing?

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 11, 2019:

Interesting question … Would you consider a car a living thing just because of the people inside?

Australia's outspoken journalist Shane Dowling shares a Guardian Australia report on fbuk with the ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 12, 2019:

Holy shit

UK secularism on rise as more than half say they have no religion [theguardian.com]

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 13, 2019:

Encouraging … but unfortunately too many key positions are still held by figures with deep rooted connections to the churches, e.g. QE2

The fire that burned the neighborhood and surrounding area I grew up in resulted in a lot of ...

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 13, 2019:

Do you conclude that the guys are impotent if there are no flames to ignite their desire?

So do we atheists, agnostics, own the privilege to examine others negatively, own the privilege to...

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 14, 2019:

So do we ... own the privilege to disdain others? What exactly to you mean?

So do we atheists, agnostics, own the privilege to examine others negatively, own the privilege to...

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 14, 2019:

I have come across a few not so desirable comments, but I think that most contributors here try to be fair and reasonable.

So do we atheists, agnostics, own the privilege to examine others negatively, own the privilege to...

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 14, 2019:

https://www.advocate.com/religion/2017/12/08/salvation-army-we-meet-human-need-without-discrimination The Salvation Army and the LGBT Community: A Complicated Relationship

Wen your customers ask what ya makin'...

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 14, 2019:

They nailed it!

Athiest be like

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 15, 2019:

Rather twisted

Is religion the same as government?

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 15, 2019:

Religion is a stratagem to manipulate people's minds via remote control

Why would, or wouldn't, you date a believer?

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 15, 2019:

Interesting question … but what exactly is **a believer**?

Its beginning to happen while we live in our self induced coma as a country.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 16, 2019:

We are a very strange primate: gullible and suspicious at the same time. Many governments have terrorised their citizens for millennia with the threat of insecurity. Why does so much money have to be invested into military shit? There was an absolute need for nuclear weapons. Now it turns out that they are of limited use against "terror" attacks. Now we need mass surveillance ... to protect us from what?

Its beginning to happen while we live in our self induced coma as a country.

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 16, 2019:

Three years ago I arrived at Brisbane international airport … As I was waiting to be "processed" by customs or AQIS a customs officer walked past accompanying a couple. Just at that moment one of their mates walked past and asked: "Are they giving you the shits because of the guns?" The customs officer then asked him: "Do you also have a gun on you?" None of the three gun carriers were in any way restricted. The customs officer was unarmed. I am sure, they wouldn't have been handcuffed if they had belonged to an different ethnic group.

VOTE!!!!!!!

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 17, 2019:

Good Luck !