Henbit could probably best be described as a weed.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 23, 2020:

The difference between a plant and a weed is the same as the difference between a mushroom and a toadstool. It is purely subjective for the most part, except for the few mushrooms that are poisonous and are therefore called toadstools by some people when they are in fact just mushrooms.

A vulnerable great niece of mine had trouble with her phone communications whilst on holiday and ...

Surfpirate comments on Feb 19, 2020:

How many times does this sort of thing happen before Atheists realize that having religious friends is just not worth it?

If you want to add an extra $71 billion to the economy, start taxing churches : atheism

Surfpirate comments on Feb 18, 2020:

Since they already have the system jury rigged to allow them to influence politics then why would they want to pay taxes? The problems is stupidity and the religious belief that flows from it.

John Pilger writes of the injustices in the Julian Assange case. [newmatilda.com]

Surfpirate comments on Feb 18, 2020:

A bunch of smug bastards on the payroll of the big money boys, they are scum in the pay of scum. What Assange did was expose the ugly truth and it embarrassed a bunch of self important pricks, now they want him dead.

I watched "What On Earth" to discover that we have satellites everywhere that can zoom in on ...

Surfpirate comments on Feb 16, 2020:

The problem with Believers is that they think everything is a matter of faith, something that you either believe in or you don't. Science is not a belief system, Mathematics is not a belief system - it is evidential, it is factual, there is no belief in Science because it is either true or it is false, there is no middle ground. You just can't 20 lbs of shit into a 5 lb bag, if you try you wind up with a shitty mess. Believe it or Not!

Yep, 🖤👻 🎃☠

Surfpirate comments on Feb 13, 2020:

But I'll let you in on a secret - All the best people are. ;)

I wish Christians would just be honest and say they have NO idea what happens when a person dies?

Surfpirate comments on Feb 13, 2020:

Isn't the whole point of religion to pretend that we know what will happen after we die and if we behave in this life then things will be better in the next life? It's a control system based on a delusion developed to address our irrational fear of death.

Religion has always been used as a tool to control the population.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 13, 2020:

Most people are like a Bull's Cock, they just go where they are shoved and it's much easier for most people to just go where they are shoved. Take away the magic man in the sky and you would be forced to deal with reality and reality can be very harsh indeed.

Why some believe in God

Surfpirate comments on Feb 13, 2020:

All religions are based upon fear and fear of death in particular. We are hardwired to survive and that is a challenge for intelligent species as it is clear that we will ultimately die, it's inescapable but we can manufacture a delusion that we will somehow carry on after our body dies. Religion is just a means of profiting from that delusion.

Being intelligent , unfortunately , does not mean a person is moral .

Surfpirate comments on Feb 13, 2020:

Psychological studies have shown that most psychopaths exhibit higher than average IQs but this does not mean that people with high IQs are necessarily psychopaths. In my personal experience I have found the connection between wealth and intelligence to be a minor one, rich people aren't necessarily smarter, often the opposite is the case. The one common denominator that I have found among rich people is the overwhelming desire to amass wealth, no matter the cost to their health, the family and their social interactions. Greed is the key to riches, often I have found that this is based on some sort of psychological trauma in the person that drives them to amass wealth at the expense of everything else in their lives.

I'm not sure into which category to post this speculation, so I eventually plumped for "general" ...

Surfpirate comments on Feb 12, 2020:

So is your question about the transfer of viral infections between humans and other animals through the vector of intercourse or is it about some religious dogma on what humans should be allowed to fuck according to the priests who have shown themselves willing to fuck anything that moves?

Eleven-and-a-half thousand of years of Clam use on the coasts of British Columbia.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 12, 2020:

There really isn't a season on the coast of BC that would require preservation, at least not one that I can think of after living on Vancouver Island for 5 years.

[convention.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Arizona! those are some brave Atheists. Go Team!

A Canadian Classic. :D

Surfpirate comments on Feb 12, 2020:

It's a bit of a Maritimes thing but as deeply Canadian as Stompin Tom Connors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6Nl3PaTimA

The White Backlash of America How many of us really disagree that Trump's victory in 2016 was not a...

Surfpirate comments on Feb 12, 2020:

The white card was played, granted but the real issue is that neither party has represented We the People for a long time now. Young people who would normally be expected to vote Democrat were so disgusted by the co-opting of the democratic process by the DNC that they just stayed home and that was all the difference. Miserable, bitter, old farts with religion in their hearts because they are afraid of the supposed hereafter because of the miserable, bitter lives they have lived are going to vote Trump because he appeals to their misery and bitterness, the young people are where the votes are but the DNC is either too stupid or too corrupt to realize it.

Members, this is just reporting.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Just the facts and then very loaded questions, posed with an obvious bias. You are in GOP territory with your tactics. Do you know who will beat TRUMP out of all the Dem candidates? BERNIE, he is the only one to capture the imagination of the next generation of Americans and he is not even a Socialist in the eyes of the rest of the world, he's simply not an insane, potential POTUS - which is a breath of fresh air for the first time in 30 years.

Dracula missionaries🤔

Surfpirate comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Baby it's cold outside.

Bernie is poised to win Super Tuesday and with that his nomination will be almost unstoppable.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Canada moves one step closer to bringing the USA back into the folds of the once British North America. We will lure them in with the promises of universal health care, gun control and the end to insane wars for profit, we Canadians are diabolical. ;) Truth be told, Bernie is so far to the right in Canadian politics that he would have a hard time getting elected up here. :D Socialist my ass.

I was told we'd cruise the seas for American Gold...

Surfpirate comments on Feb 12, 2020:

With the cook in scuppers with the staggers and jags.

What happened when you came out of the closet as an atheist?

Surfpirate comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Some people get freaked out by the term 'Atheist' so you may want to say that you have given the whole god/religion thing a lot of thought over the years and it just doesn't make sense to you personally. Personally, I just tell people that I am an Atheist because I grew up and left behind imaginary friends back when I was just a teenager. I am okay with them being juvenile and needing an imaginary crutch but only so long as they don't try to make we walk around with a crutch as well.

Someone I know is dying and has expressed that she would like to just fall asleep and not wake up.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 12, 2020:

There are just so so many ways to overdose when you are getting all these medications on your deathbed.

At a claimed price of $4000 this appears reasonable.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Nader Khalili came up with similar technologies back in the 1970's, including firing adobe structures to the point of being ceramic structures. An interesting process and story, his kids now run the institute. https://www.calearth.org/intro-superadobe

With a failure of Boeing Starliner to reach the international space station SpaceX is the only ...

Surfpirate comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Boeing seems to be having a very hard time getting things right lately.

What's important to having a long relationship!

Surfpirate comments on Feb 11, 2020:

That's dead brilliant! :D

Incredibly, it seems to be so... There are Atheists who fear hell! [patheos.com]

Surfpirate comments on Feb 11, 2020:

I couldn't read the article because of their adblocker requirements but I can imagine that most people have some sort of boogieman that they fear. Since many atheists were programmed at an early age to believe in a boogieman called Satan then it stands to reason that there could still be an irrational fear, much along the same lines as werewolves have for some people in spite of the fact that there is no evidence that werewolves exist.

Trump news: Trump says coronavirus will go away in April because of 'the heat' as he praises ...

Surfpirate comments on Feb 11, 2020:

This is how stupidity turns deadly.

I discovered Chanterelle mushrooms while hiking last year. I wonder what they taste like?

Surfpirate comments on Feb 10, 2020:

Just make sure you don't pick the Jack o Lantern look alikes but Chantrelles are amazing fare.

WT...... He shows up in the weirdest places! Lol

Surfpirate comments on Feb 10, 2020:

Wow! He really is everywhere, now I'm a believer.

I have 4th stage prostate cancer so I will dies soon.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 10, 2020:

I gather when the time comes and if I have enough time to think about it, I'll be fairly stoic but piss and moan some as well because I rather enjoy my company and believe that I shall miss it. Fair winds and calm seas to thee on your journey.

Anyone else find that there are very few agnostics where you live?

Surfpirate comments on Feb 10, 2020:

I never use the term Agnostic to describe myself, Atheist or Anti-theist or both will work but why the hesitation? We all outgrew the Easter Bunny but we still eat chocolate from time to time, ditto with the angry, old man in the sky belief which is even more silly and childish. The difference is that there are a lot of people walking around that have not managed to outgrow the angry, old man in the sky belief. I'm in Canada so we tend to look at people who take that religion stuff too serious as somewhat demented, delusional or psychotic.

WHY BERNIE WILL BE A GUARANTEED FAILURE?

Surfpirate comments on Feb 10, 2020:

The citizens of most Western Democracy (other than the USofA) would consider Bernie Sanders to be somewhere right of center on their political landscapes. Bernie is a Radical but only if you are an American and living in the corrupt corporate oligarchy that the US calls a democracy.

EASY Choice to make.....

Surfpirate comments on Feb 10, 2020:

It makes sense, there is a conspiracy theory going around that Trump is behind the Coronavirus, had it released in China as part of the US/China Trade War, it is certainly decimating the Chinese economy.

Attorney General Warns of 'Militant Secular Effort' to Drive Out Religion

Surfpirate comments on Feb 9, 2020:

We believe in the separation of church and state? So long as they act in accordance with each other, effectively becoming extensions of each other? That kind of separation? What an asshat.

A convoluted argument hard to grasp for agnostics, but if it were to succeed...? [sojo.net]

Surfpirate comments on Feb 9, 2020:

I think it was Stephen Hawking who predicted that the end of the human species will be as a direct result of our greed and stupidity which will lead to the destruction of our eco-system. This is essentially what religion is all about so the band will continue to play on so long as religitards are calling the tune.

Good question

Surfpirate comments on Feb 9, 2020:

Which galaxy?

Wondering if anyone else accepts the Absurd (pursuing meaning in a meaningless world)?

Surfpirate comments on Feb 8, 2020:

To treat life as anything but absurd would be absurd but of course that would make you absurd either way. I just like to wake up and find myself pleasantly surprised that I am still here for another day of absurdity and I work hard at it, no particular reason, just something I like to do.

Study of European Countries where young people are not religious.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 8, 2020:

A ray of sunshine on an otherwise gloomy February day. :) Thanks for sharing.

It's out there... [inc.com]

Surfpirate comments on Feb 8, 2020:

Musk and Hawking have both concluded that if there is to be a future for the human race it will require another planet home as we have dirtied our nest to the point that it will soon be uninhabitable because we are just too greedy and stupid a species.

Trump is sueing Burger King for likeness rights.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 7, 2020:

I think he is a closet, gay milk farmer in his current life. He had to have sucked a mile of dick to get where he is now because it sure wasn't because of his intellect.

I would like to know how many of you would vote against someone soley due to their open religious ...

Surfpirate comments on Feb 7, 2020:

It would depend upon the available options but I tend to vote for the candidate that best represents my desire to build a better society for all citizens, Obviously a person with delusional beliefs and an overwhelming faith in any of the various death cults would be low on my list of choices. It is helpful that most of the candidates that have an open religious agenda are also hateful individuals that want to vilify the poor, the aged and the vulnerable in society, it definitely makes my choice easier at election time.

Borrowed from Facebook: By Donald Phagan When I worked in the funeral business as a counselor to ...

Surfpirate comments on Feb 6, 2020:

Are religions are essentially death cults, the fear of death is the premise for their existence and the underlying power of all religions. It stands to reason that atheists would be less fearful of death than those who are members of a death cult and all the dread that goes with it. If you have sinned you are going to eternal damnation and they all know that they have done their fair share of sinning, hence the anxiety. :)

Curse of the Hope Diamond is a legacy of the Supernatural that I have long heard of.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 6, 2020:

People who amass a great deal of wealth are obsessive people who are driven to do whatever is necessary to get that wealth, not well off or comfortable but rich enough that they would be able to buy something like that diamond as a symbol of their wealth and prestige. You make a lot of enemies when you are that sort of person and eventually your luck runs out. Giant diamonds and giant fortunes go hand in hand, misfortune is the inevitable result of the behavior necessary to amass giant fortunes.

Do you have sex on your brain [buzzfeed.com]

Surfpirate comments on Feb 6, 2020:

Not me, I've got work to do.

Just too funny for words. [youtube.com]

Surfpirate comments on Feb 6, 2020:

Eddie does a fair bit of atheist style comedy, lots of colourful language but a very funny comedian.

This is not about "relationships," per se, but it about relationships between women and men.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 4, 2020:

There are more idiots out there than you can shake a stick at, they come in all shapes and sizes and sexes for that matter. I do agree with you that old, entitled, white men seem to be the most vocal about their idiocy. There but for the grace of dog, go I. ;)

The Science of Death: The Best Eulogoy, According to a Physicist.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 3, 2020:

It works for me because, well, I'll be fucking dead. :)

Date Bars - Simply Irresistible

Surfpirate comments on Feb 3, 2020:

We always had them as squares when we were kids, not that they ever lasted long enough for anyone to notice the shape. :) Nice double entendre with the Simply Irresistible - Date Bars, perfect for a dating site.

Just try giving him a ticket!

Surfpirate comments on Feb 3, 2020:

60 mph and that's offroading it. lol

So true...So true

Surfpirate comments on Feb 3, 2020:

Another boner move from the bonehead POTUS, I have to wonder if the Chiefs will accept the inevitable WH invitation to visit him. Tragically, a great atheist moment was missed on the 49'ers bench after the upset.

It's Groundhog Day and nobody does it better than Bill Murray in this advert for Jeep.

Surfpirate comments on Feb 3, 2020:

I see that Bill Murray repeated the driving scene from the original movie with the groundhog holding onto the steering wheel. Gutsy move by Bill as the groundhog bit right through his thumb in the original movie when they were shooting that scene.

What Now GOP??????

Surfpirate comments on Feb 2, 2020:

Stealing, not as bad as Trump is stealing everything in sight including the WH silverware but still stealing this awesome meme.

I can't say I'm very shocked by these comments, but it does make me wonder how these people could ...

Surfpirate comments on Feb 2, 2020:

Those Atheists are just to clever to be allowed to live, it makes it so obvious just how stupid those Believers and Far Right morons really are. Kill them all, let god sort them out. :D

Todays two fer

Surfpirate comments on Feb 2, 2020:

Good thing that modern dinosaur is an herbivore, still dangerous but at least not identifying humans as part of its food chain.

I might have fucked up on Facebook, ya’ll.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 30, 2020:

I purged my FB account years ago, went at my friends list with an axe, friends, family business associates, it didn't matter and I got it down around 50 people from all walks of life. No religitards, a few believers and mostly agnostics or atheists - it works just fine now.

My family's church is having revival service all week.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 30, 2020:

Maybe your family just isn't as smart as you are, sometimes dumb parents produce bright kids, in spite of themselves.

Are we afraid of religion?

Surfpirate comments on Jan 30, 2020:

I hear people speaking out about this all the time but it only does so much good. Compared to even a generation ago I think we have made huge leaps forward in addressing the depravity that is found in all religions.

To me, this is the biggest problem.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 30, 2020:

Religions are clubs of like minded people who only care about themselves, regardless of what the club guidelines say.

Do you all think the coronavirus is such a threat to Canada that such measures must be taken?

Surfpirate comments on Jan 29, 2020:

It is too soon to tell just how high the kill rate is on this latest coronavirus but it certainly is more of a concern that the common cold and bears watching as well as taking basic precautions for now. Quebec has Napoleonic Civil Law but Criminal Law is nation wide, Immigration is a Federal Jurisdiction so it is just grandstanding for the racist element in Quebec. What would be nice is if our governments spent more time focusing on the health and welfare of Canadians and less time worrying about the economic impact of the Coronavirus which is what they all appear to being at the present time.

New info on the Wuhan coronavirus.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 28, 2020:

The threat of a pandemic certainly brings out the religious crazies, check this hateful person out. A White House certified correspondent, he thinks a Death Angel has been sent by god to purge the earth. https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/28/rick-wiles-trunews-wuhan-coronavirus-outbreak-god-purging-trans-children/

I entered the room of a “ comfort measures only” pt last night , only bcz one of the nurses ...

Surfpirate comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Every time I wake up and see this world around me, reach over and feel the curve of my precious wife (assuming she isn't sleeping on the leather couch in the great room because they are cool and she is having a hot flash) I am very pleasantly surprised. You never know when your time is up and it is hoped that when that time comes it will be pretty much painless and free of this sort of craziness. I hope my luck holds as this is one batshit crazy reality. Thank you for doing such an amazing job under such difficult conditions.

This from my friend in Japan, just in case it is not clear how serious this new virus is! The ...

Surfpirate comments on Jan 27, 2020:

I stopped by my local big box building supply store on Sunday, they had a run on their face masks. I picked up the last 2 N95 grade face masks with valve, just to be on the safe side. The Canadian PM is pushing the party line of business as usual, no quarantine and no lock down because business would be adversely effected. Profits before People, that's the reality and so I continue to believe half of what I see and almost none of what I hear.

Not sure how this works but there seems to be a demeaning air toward all religious leaders here, ...

Surfpirate comments on Jan 27, 2020:

You can respect MLK the civil rights activist without respecting his crazy religious beliefs.

Grace Chapel - ironmen

Surfpirate comments on Jan 26, 2020:

A bit like Daniel walking into the Lion's Den to draw a connection with the Bible Thumpers. lol I admire your courage and integrity for throwing out the possibility that sex isn't immoral at all but I am not surprised that they did not get it. I once hired a realtor to sell some of my properties, I was a custom homebuilder, who invited me to a 'Men's Business Breakfast'. It was in the basement of a local church which was a bit irksome but I went anyway, only to find out that it was a session for 'Promise Keepers' so I had been sandbagged. I stuck it out through the greasy breakfast, the even greasier speaker and the misogynistic blather that followed. I did some more research into my new realtor after that deception and found out that he had been keeping a mistress as his personal assistant for several years, beat his wife when she complained and was completely unscrupulous in his business dealings. I let the listings run out and never worked with him again.

This is one very large bat I caught with one of my security cameras last night.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 26, 2020:

Too small to be Mothman. :)

The cost of honesty

Surfpirate comments on Jan 25, 2020:

The Truth shall set you free. John 8:31-32

Something caught me off-guard this week.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 25, 2020:

There are places in the world that are not as delusional as the part of the planet where you live. Be strong and don't let the crazies get you down.

How educated are people when it comes to deciding their theistic beliefs?

Surfpirate comments on Jan 25, 2020:

If a person is willing to do the work on the research to discover that all religions are a sham, created by humans to control other humans, in these instances the person will not be religious at all. Most people are not willing to do that sort of work so it is just easier to believe whatever bullocks they are fed.

Donald J.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 25, 2020:

More like Spaceballs.

Xylia kit-cabin: Day 10 was almost entirely rained off! So some small advances, and a bit of ...

Surfpirate comments on Jan 25, 2020:

Xylia! What a great name for your tiny home.

I am a recent widower and signed up on a dating site.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Agnostic means Xstian Lite to most Christians.

What is the worst experience you had with religion and how did it affect you or what was your ...

Surfpirate comments on Jan 22, 2020:

There are no good experiences with the religious types because religion takes ignorant people and guides them down the garden path to being retarded people.

Xylia kit-cabin: Day 10 was almost entirely rained off! So some small advances, and a bit of ...

Surfpirate comments on Jan 20, 2020:

Do you have a name picked for your new home, island homes usually have a name but not always a number.

As a new comer to Canada what are some of the key elements of Canadian society that I need to be ...

Surfpirate comments on Jan 19, 2020:

It looks like you are in Toronto, shouldn't be too hard to find some nonbelievers in Hogtown.

This used to happen occasionally but lately it happens a lot more often.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 18, 2020:

You can take the measure of a man by the number and quality of his tape measures.

How do people feel about pulling good guy (or good person) deeds as an atheist?

Surfpirate comments on Jan 17, 2020:

I have no morals but I do have scruples and that makes all the difference.

Holy Hockey Pucks, what weather lately.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 17, 2020:

Good thing you don't have Mel Lastman as mayor, he would have called in the army long ago.

The Proof: That God Exists There is a hierarchy in Animalia, not only as quantified by the DNA ...

Surfpirate comments on Jan 15, 2020:

Yeah, what Frank said.

Generation X wants you to shut up, but whatever, it’s cool... [gizmodo.com]

Surfpirate comments on Jan 14, 2020:

Yeah, all that shit and a bunch more, going to pour myself a Margarita.

Top signs that reveal you are middle class... [self-made.io]

Surfpirate comments on Jan 13, 2020:

There is high class and no class, nothing in the middle.

Christian “Prophetess”: Heaven Has a “Portal” So Your Dead Relatives Can See You | Hemant ...

Surfpirate comments on Jan 12, 2020:

I remember discussions like this when I was in grade school, childish ramblings as we tried to make sense of this world and what it all meant. I was one of the lucky ones, I outgrew it before I made it to my teens, clearly a lot of people didn't.

An amazing crested Myrtillocactus geometrizans succulent.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 12, 2020:

They really are gorgeous.

My youngest wants to spend a year working in Canada after he finishes his electrical apprenticeship.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 12, 2020:

Vancouver is the closest major Canadian city to Australia and very much like going to New Zealand so that might be an easy transition. Plenty of snow on the mountains and very good wet suit surfing off of Vancouver Island. As a hopping off point this could work very well for your son, from there he can venture east across the Prairies to the Canadian Heartland, Toronto and eventually Montreal.

Understanding Climate Change and Ocean Acidification before and using the End Cretaceous Extinction ...

Surfpirate comments on Jan 11, 2020:

So in a nutshell, periodically, Mother Nature gets pissed off and blows her top and causes a mass extinction event, like a dog shaking off a bad case of fleas with a flea bath?

Borrowed from FB Gardening site:

Surfpirate comments on Jan 11, 2020:

Love It!

1895 Michigan map found on reddit

Surfpirate comments on Jan 10, 2020:

Isn't that a Canadian map??

63 passengers on Flight PS752 were Canadian citizens; many others had ties to the country [cbc.ca]

Surfpirate comments on Jan 10, 2020:

There is a total flip flop on this new item. Initially, it was reported that there was a mechanical failure, then the US demanded the black box for analysis, which runs contrary to international rules as the country where the accident occurs is the country that does the investigation and then suddenly the US says it has satelite footage showing that the plane was shot down by SAM's. The whole thing reeks of politics.

Oh yeah 👍 that would be wonderful🎃

Surfpirate comments on Jan 9, 2020:

Feb 14th in Canada, we could all go out dressed as Yetis or Snowmobilers.

This Sunday Jan 12th, 2020, The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright will have Linda McQuaig on the ...

Surfpirate comments on Jan 9, 2020:

I just finished reading it over the holidays, excellent work.

Not everyone understands the importance of archeology. :)

Surfpirate comments on Jan 9, 2020:

Gosh, where is the tongue in cheek emoji when you need it? There is definitely a segment of the population that doesn't appreciate what can be learned from archeology but there is also a fair bit of jiggery pokery that goes on with most digs as well. I had a girlfriend who studied archeology and there was a lot of jiggery pokery going on in the showers and tents for some of these isolated digs. Then there was the skull my excavator operator pulled up in the bucket as we dug a foundation for a seaside mansion, the hew and cry was horrific, the Royal Archeology Society was called in all work was halted, the neighbours where about to lose their ocean view did everything possible to shut down the construction project and the local native band held a news conference decrying the desecration of their band's graveyard. After almost a year of jiggery pokery, the project went ahead, the graves turned out to be the remains of slaves that had been dumped in the native garbage dump, the neighbours who never paid for the free view, lost it and the mansion was completed in good time except for the delay of the dig. The owner who was a QC, successfully sued the Archeology Society for unnecessary disruptions and delays, the police were called in several times on nuisance complaints, nothing of any consequence was learned, except that the lovely young archeologist got knocked up by the head of the dig, her husband divorced her and the head of the dig denied all knowledge.

63 passengers on Flight PS752 were Canadian citizens; many others had ties to the country [cbc.ca]

Surfpirate comments on Jan 9, 2020:

Not getting much coverage in the media.

Funny foursome

Surfpirate comments on Jan 8, 2020:

Geordi came pretty close to a threesome but not a foursome. Love the coolest PT Cruiser Ever!

My comment @ [agnostic.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 8, 2020:

Did you send me your $20 initiation fee yet? It might not help but it couldn't hurt either. :)

Greetings I'm new to the site, look forward to some fun, educational discussions.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 8, 2020:

Welcome to the fast growing segment of the belief/nonbelief dichotomy. It is difficult to live and raise a family surrounded by what I tend to think of as zombieland religitards but there is good reason to hope for a brighter future. I'm in Canada so it isn't as big of an issue for me compared to the people living south of the border in Trumplandia but still there is hope.

Should creationism be taught in schools?

Surfpirate comments on Jan 8, 2020:

I remember learning in the first lessons of Microbiology 101 that scientists used to believe in something called Spontaneous Generation and this theory was overturned when science came to understand the existence of microorganisms. I found it instructional that we could give up old theories as new ones came about that provided a better understanding of our reality. Creationism is just a theory that was put forth by bronze age men to try and make sense of their reality. Holding Creationism up to inspection is a good idea but only if the science professor moves on and explains the modern theory of Darwinism.

Let’s not use words like “whacky” and “bizarre” in describing the religious beliefs of ...

Surfpirate comments on Jan 8, 2020:

Have you read that book? I have, twice from cover to cover as you should read a book, it is fuck nutz crazy. Religious types have to content themselves with shunning people who do not believe in their imaginary friend, now that torturing atheists and then burning them has gone out of fashion. I don't see why atheists need to be polite to these hateful crazies, that said I try not to go too far out of my way to poke the crazies with a stick either; its boring and serves no purpose.

I have come to find agnostic/atheists decrying "know it all" atheists to be nearly as wrong and ...

Surfpirate comments on Jan 8, 2020:

Gave the bait a brief sniff, found it off putting and so I opted not to bite. Offend, be offended or neither, your business and not mine.

Hi.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 8, 2020:

I've found that most people who believe in an imaginary friend will just assume that you do too. The only time it comes up is when they say something religious based that is so hypocritical, ignorant and mind numbingly stupid that I feel the urge to comment, I try to bite my tongue for the most part because its just never worth it. Those times that I do say something serves to get the word out there to others that I am not 'one of god's children' and it keeps them away for the most part - I don't enjoy their company so it works for me. Being alone is much better than being surrounded by a bunch of ignorant hypocrites that make a person feel very lonely but not alone.

A close friend of mine goes back and forth between extreme antithiesm and Pascal's Wager.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 6, 2020:

Religion, you take the good with the bad, things could be much worse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJvJTcSw1Qo

Some days....

Surfpirate comments on Jan 4, 2020:

Yeah, what ever. yawn :D

We hear about what happened to the french, the indians and all.

Surfpirate comments on Jan 4, 2020:

I believe my ancestors were on the other side of that deportation as we arrived in 1753 from England. Good thing too or there would be no New Orleans the way we know it today.