Winter is Over! Long live the spring. Yayyyyyyyyyyyy

Beelzebant comments on Sep 1, 2018:

When I become despot of Australia, I'm having Summer abolished. It's too damned hot – on several days! It might require a nuclear war to achieve this. Becoming a despot is merely a step on the road to this end –

Triphid replies on Sep 21, 2018:

@Beelzebant Forget the fancy car and castle this way mate, I'd settle for just the Butler, actually a Female Butler aged around 45 - 55 would be great, and a new Royal Enfield 500cc Motorcycle with a Sidecar. I've got my own " castle," sort of, since after all a mans' home is his castle isn't it.

Winter is Over! Long live the spring. Yayyyyyyyyyyyy

Beelzebant comments on Sep 1, 2018:

When I become despot of Australia, I'm having Summer abolished. It's too damned hot – on several days! It might require a nuclear war to achieve this. Becoming a despot is merely a step on the road to this end –

Triphid replies on Sep 20, 2018:

When you get to be the Aussie Despot can you pass a law that it MUST rain in the Inland for at least every third day of the week during Autumn and Spring, we haven't seen decent rainfall out here since Moses played Fullback for Israel.

Hello Australia -- I hope you don't mind a Canadian interloper.

Ozman comments on Sep 11, 2018:

I'm currently exiled in Yankland, so I don't judge anyone harshly ;)

Triphid replies on Sep 20, 2018:

Jeez Louise mate, EXILED in Seppoland, shit that'd be worse than being forced to sit in a Mormon Church every Sunday Morning.

I'm sorry, but I really need to vent: My grandma is sick, hospitalized and just over 90.

kasmian comments on Sep 20, 2018:

Thank you, everyone. I'll think about all of these pieces of advice and deal with my issues.

Triphid replies on Sep 20, 2018:

You need not deal with your issues alone, my friend, there are hundreds, if not thousands on here who will be only too glad to listen as 1 friend to another.

Carrying on from @walklightly's habit of welcoming new chums this is my first opportunity to ...

MsDemeanour comments on Sep 15, 2018:

You haven't blocked me so I can't have pissed you off yet FB.Don't worry, I'm working on it. :D

Triphid replies on Sep 20, 2018:

Hey, I've been BANNED from FB for a period of 1 year. If you feel the need to applaud./congratulate me, please try to refrain, I feel enough personal pride as it is for my meager efforts in sticking it to the FB Gestapo. Btw, when my time in the FB Gulag is over I WILL NOT be returning to that decrepit cesspool.

We have to get religious people out of politics I think.

Angelamelek comments on Sep 3, 2018:

Hi. I totally agree. Politics should be secular. There is no room for extreme religious views of any persuasion.

Triphid replies on Sep 20, 2018:

@Geoffrey51, @DragonDust 101% CORRECT there DragonDust, without a shadow of a doubt on that comment.

We have to get religious people out of politics I think.

Angelamelek comments on Sep 3, 2018:

Hi. I totally agree. Politics should be secular. There is no room for extreme religious views of any persuasion.

Triphid replies on Sep 20, 2018:

@Geoffrey51 Ideologies don't usually F*#@up people, People F*#@ up Ideologies just as Guns DO NOT deliberately go out of their way to KILL people, People with Guns USE guns to kill other people. Religions are governed solely by the desires of those who lead them, i.e. Greed/Avarice, the desire for power over others, etc, etc.

We have to get religious people out of politics I think.

DragonDust comments on Sep 4, 2018:

That would be discrimination. On the other hand in a world with so many different religions it would mean that someone would have to see them all as equal politically and not be favorable. As an atheist in a secular country I am able to keep the people involved in so many different religions equal ...

Triphid replies on Sep 20, 2018:

Religions have discriminated against both each other and Non-Believers, ESPECIALLY Non-Believers, for centuries, wiped out entire cultures/ethnicities, slaughtered untold millions, meddled in the lives of virtually every human being has lived since the inception of religions/religious beliefs and now we hear of them screaming like wild cats for " Religious Tolerance and Freedom." Where exactly was their tolerance towards those they persecuted in the past ? Religion and Politics DO NOT belong together, they SHOULD be kept separate from each other at ALL times NO MATTER what.

Oh bloody hell.

Triphid comments on Sep 19, 2018:

Sorry to post this BUT haven't you Mexicans ( Victorians) got any thing more useful to do than whine about some " Railway Station ?" Shit a brick mate, we've got a bloody MASSIVE drought affecting 60% of the Countryside side, here, towns, farms and Grazing Properties running out of water, Graziers...

Triphid replies on Sep 20, 2018:

@Geoffrey51 Well, I think the Drought situation is ONE of the most important matters facing the ENTIRE Country at present, just as are things like Unemployment, a LNP Government that, in my opinion couldn't manage to run a FREE Raffle in a Whorehouse with Condoms as the top 3 Prizes and here you are crying in your soup over a Railway Station. Shit a brick mate, we have a Railway Station up here also, once, back BEFORE the governments PRIVATISED the Railways, we used to get a passenger train through here 6 times per, 3 to the East, 3 to the West and it would pick up passengers going either way ( i.e. to Sydney or to Adelaide or further west). Now it's only TWICE per week, once from the East, once from the West and only picks up those who have enough of the "readies" and can afford the tickets. Out here WE are 1,100 Kilometres from Sydney by rail, 512 Kilometres from Adelaide, NO regular or reliable interstate/intrastate Bus Service except to Mildura, only 1 available airline service running a cramped SAAB Turbo-prop with tickets costing easily an arm and a leg to purchase. Stone the Crows, Geoffrey51, I reckon you don't know how bloody lucky you really are..

Oh bloody hell.

FrayedBear comments on Jul 16, 2018:

What are you whinging on. Victorian culture - https://agnostic.com/post/131999/and-so-the-american-disease-infects-australia-https-www-getup-org-au-campaigns-racial-j

Triphid replies on Sep 20, 2018:

Hey, is there ' culture' in Victoria ? LOL.

When religious people demand that I respect their beliefs because it is their god given right to be ...

Heraclitus comments on May 7, 2018:

Respecting someone's religion and respecting their prejudices against you are not the same thing. Prejudice means to pre-judge (before knowing the facts), and they are pre-judging you to hell. (Gee, I thought only God had the right to judge someone to hell.) Unfortunately, religion is often a ...

Triphid replies on May 10, 2018:

@Surfpirate In actual FACT you may find that Religions, for the majority of parts, are INVENTED by those who are/were intelligent enough to see the potential of inventing such belief systems and convincing others to adhere to them simply to gain whatever power, etc, they may over their 'followers' thus serving their own selfish needs and ends.

If you don't believe in "God" in the traditional sense (the one taught in the Christian bible but ...

Cgosling comments on May 7, 2018:

Atheists and agnostics do not believe in god or gods or spirits or supernatural beings of any kind. But, if scientific evidence is presented they will believe.

Triphid replies on May 10, 2018:

How can any scientific, rational, empirical evidence EVER be produced for something that is purely imaginary in the first place? As an Ancient Greek Philosopher, cannot quite recall off-hand his name atm, once posited; "To create/invent any/all Deities one must first ensure that the following are adhered to, 1) "said Deity/Deities MUST be Invisible," 2) "said Deities/Deity MUST be completely Undetectable," 3) "said Deities/Deity MUST be endowed with both ALL elements, both Good and Evil, in humans," 4) "said Deities/Deity MUST be UTTERLY Unapproachable at ALL times," and the list goes on and on almost endlessly. There is a far greater chance of proving that Unicorns, for example, exist than there is of proving ANY God/Goddess has ever existed/or exists.

Menzies Creek, Victoria

Lincster45 comments on May 6, 2018:

G'day, right back. Perth, one of the nicest cities in Australia, with Rottnest just off the coast. Indian Pacific Adelaide to Perth about a decade ago. Nice to meet you.

Triphid replies on May 6, 2018:

G'day from Broken Hill, the part of N.S.W. and Australia that governments keep forgetting exists.

Religious logic

Triphid comments on May 2, 2018:

Sorry to tell you this, BUT, April Fools Day WAS on April the First one month has passed since then. Nice try at a joke though by the way.

Triphid replies on May 6, 2018:

@RichCC Yup, it most DEFINITELY was Easter Fools Day this year. BUT, isn't every Easter just another "Fools Day" anyway?

"Everything you know about the Bible is wrong" [abarim-publications.com]

Triphid comments on May 2, 2018:

Care to expand upon that extremely vague comment perchance, bbyr009? I hold a Doctorate Degree in Theology and Comparative Modern Religions btw.

Triphid replies on May 6, 2018:

@bbyrd009 Well, after many years of studying to gain my Doctorate I can most honestly say that the 'bible' is very little more than a compendium of 'pirated' mythologies, legends and fairytales plagiarised from far older cultures than the primitive, savage, nomadic Hebrews who wrote (???) the Torah which makes up the first 5 books of the Christian 'Holy(???)' Book, aka, the Pentateuch. there is absolutely NOTHING contained in the 'bible' that cannot be easily traced back to a far older culture/civilisation that existed both during the time of the Hebrews and well before they managed to coalesce from their original 13+ waring tribes of nomads into the belligerent, war-mongering peoples they are today.

Great news for the Australian Survivors of Institutionalised Abuse this week, Cardinal George ( ...

mordant comments on May 2, 2018:

The whole pedophile priest thing just keeps being outed worldwide. I have Catholic neighbors and I know it chaps their hide, and they're always on the brink of leaving the Church. But they don't. They are torn because one the one hand, institutional child sexual abuse, and on the other -- Catholic ...

Triphid replies on May 6, 2018:

It is a crying shame that ever so many Catholics, etc, seem so deeply indoctrinated that they simple choose to ignore the utter evils that their Church, and numerous others as well, have wrought upon people for centuries. Where has their humanity, decency and caring gone if they can validate and continue support such vile organisations? There are innumerable Secular Organisations that do just as much, if not MORE, Charitable works throughout the world and very few, if any at all, do it on the premise of gaining a "Free Pass through the Pearly Gates." They simply do it because it is the right, decent and Human thing to do, that, in my opinion, is TRUE Charity, Humanity and Decency.

Conservative radio host claims ‘All racists must be atheists’

DaneintheUS comments on Apr 30, 2018:

Shows like this aren't truly meant to be informative. Just like fox news its billed as entertainment. Sadly sometimes what they say is less entertaining and leans towards dangerous. I believe in freedom of speech of course. But if said speech results in another being physically hurt because some ...

Triphid replies on May 2, 2018:

Freedom of speech is a basic human right BUT any usage needs to tempered with Truth and Facts rather than assumptions/innuendo and blatant falsehoods such as those spewed forth by that 'Radio Host.'

Walking to work I'm approached by an woman with a pamphlet.

Deb57 comments on Mar 31, 2018:

If you act confident about being an atheist, do you suppose it scares them a bit?

Triphid replies on Mar 31, 2018:

I have found that the mere mention of the word 'atheist' terrifies them to their core, especially the Evangelic types.

Walking to work I'm approached by an woman with a pamphlet.

evidentialist comments on Mar 31, 2018:

Because of my amiable and congenial treatment of door knockers, I haven't seen one at my door now in a bit over 10 years. Not even the JWs enter my yard any more. Good on ya, @idlopalev -- keep up the good work of shredding - er - spreading the gospel.

Triphid replies on Mar 31, 2018:

Since the Lindy Chamberlain-Azaria Chamberlain-Dingo Ate my Baby episode of the 80s I have found that getting rid of the Seventh Day Adventist Door Knockers is quite easy, I just tell them that I can't talk to them at the moment because my infant child is out in the yard eating my pet Dingo. As for those annoying JWs, well I just tell them that I'm in hurry because I have an appointment to donate blood. They leave post-haste of course.

Should prostitution be illegal?

Onesixty8 comments on Dec 30, 2017:

It falls under regulating & controlling a woman's body. It wasn't illegal until the advent of Christanity.

Triphid replies on Mar 30, 2018:

Hi, as one who has a Doctorate in Theology ( also is a Life-Long Atheist btw) I can tell you that the Catholic Church, the root source of ALL modern Xtian Sects, did attempt to make Prostitution Illegal in the 8th and 9th Centuries C.E. however it was only done because the 'so-called' common Whores and Bordellos were operating in opposition to those Owned, Operated and frequented by the Church Hierarchy right up the line to including the Popes and were eroding the Profits the Catholic Church was gaining from its 'little' SLY Enterprises. Even to this day there are still Bordellos Owned and operated by Catholic Cardinals, etc, and frequented by ALL members of the Catholic Hierarchy especially in Rome and Italy. As a point of note here, The R.C.C. still holds to the ideology that NO Prostitute can receive Absolution, the Sacrament nor be buried in 'Holy' Ground even if she/he is employed in a Bordello/Brothel owned by the Church. Another PRIME example of Religious Hypocrisy indeed.

Is chivalry dead?

SallyInStitches comments on Mar 26, 2018:

I'd like to think the classic ideal of chivalry has given way to common courtesy & kindness. I've held doors for men & women, given up my seat on public transport to the elderly & hugely pregnant. If I'm on a date & dressed to the 9s in high heels, having a hand to help me out of the vehicle or an...

Triphid replies on Mar 28, 2018:

To my way of thinking, whether she be dressed up to the Nines or simply in jeans and sneakers a woman deserves to be shown respect and treated with respect UNLESS or UNTIL she has shown herself to be completely UNWORTHY of such. As an example I cite a recent encounter I personally had, I was walking home from a nearby supermarket after getting a few things I needed when I saw a woman ( in her late 60s - early 70s) at the side of the road with a flat tyre on her car. I went over asked if I could help her change the tyre, she said to me "Oh, thank you Sir, what a very kind offer, you must be a very true and decent Christian Gentleman. I simply responded with the truth, "No, Ma'am, I'm an Atheist and was brought up to be a Gentleman who respects others and helps those in need." She became quite verbally abusive towards me then slapped my face, spat at me before telling me she would rather struggle to change the tyre herself than accept help from a Godless Heathen. That 'episode' has not changed my attitude towards being 'chivalrous' in any way BUT it has shown me that in some aspects Religion, Xtianity in particular, may have eroded decency in society to some extent.

Does anyone have irreconcilable differences with members of their family?

Unicorn1824 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

My late wife's family (her daughter, sister and niece). My wife committed suicide and her family came to blame me. They thought I should have watched over her more closely. They refused my claim against her estate and tried to file a notice of protection against me. The daughter is about to graduate...

Triphid replies on Mar 28, 2018:

Sad isn't it my friend? My sympathies and understandings are with you. Relatives fighting over the Estates of the Departed are, to my mind, little more than Vultures fighting over the corpse of some dead beast. They sicken me to my core.

Is chivalry dead?

pepperjones comments on Mar 26, 2018:

I hope not!! This girl appreciates it too!

Triphid replies on Mar 26, 2018:

I applaud you. As was once said a long time ago, "A little act of kindness, decency or chivalry goes a very long way."

Is chivalry dead?

mt49er comments on Mar 26, 2018:

It's a lot like religion. It's a bad idea that should have been left when and where it was created, medieval times.

Triphid replies on Mar 26, 2018:

Chivalry and Religions have absolutely NOTHING in common since religion, for the major part equate the female gender as being far far beneath the that of the male ( see the Tenets of the Abrahamic Belief Systems) whereas Chivalric Behaviour is just a method of showing respect mainly for the females BUT also showing respect for Males as well.

Is chivalry dead?

lbusche comments on Mar 26, 2018:

chivalry assumes that males are the stronger sex I think. Females have to be cared for and protected.

Triphid replies on Mar 26, 2018:

Absolute Rubbish in my opinion.

Is chivalry dead?

atheist comments on Mar 26, 2018:

Yes - it's an archaic term for an archaic behaviour!

Triphid replies on Mar 26, 2018:

In one simple word, RUBBISH. Were exactly is it 'archaic' to treat a woman/girl with the reverence and decency that she deserves? Do you respect your mother, the person without whom you would never have existed or do you just shun and disrespect the 40 weeks that she carried you in her uterus, fedd and nurtured you for all those years of your childhood, etc? Yes, there are some 'women' who do NOT deserve respect, reverence, etc, my 'mother' being a prime example, BUT never judge ALL by the examples of the one.

Is chivalry dead?

Piece2YourPuzzle comments on Mar 26, 2018:

Not completely, but both men and women are killing it as society "progresses".

Triphid replies on Mar 26, 2018:

I think that you may be wrong in that those of us males who continue to be chivalric towards women/girls are actually trying our darnedest to preserve society as it should be BUT, those who are trying to FORCE-FEED their own PERSONAL Agendas upon everyone else are, i.e. the rampant and often rabid feminists for example, are destroying society as a whole.

I can't stand the hypocrisy.

DaveSuvada comments on Mar 17, 2018:

Most people that I know who don’t believe that kind of stuff don’t want to put forth the effort to learn about that kind of stuff It is easier for them to just believe what their church tells them

Triphid replies on Mar 17, 2018:

Extremely sad that they are so content to live in that manner, isn't it?

Ever been 'double crossed' by a friend?

fathercat comments on Mar 13, 2018:

Oxymoron: if you've been double crossed by someone then "friend" isn't what I'd call them.

Triphid replies on Mar 13, 2018:

The differentiation between friend and a potential double-crosser is a very very thin line. You only get to know that they are actually double-crossers AFTER you've befriended them in my opinion and then you learn to regret befriending them.

BenefIts of books

azzow2 comments on Mar 9, 2018:

All the trees are shivering at your post.

Triphid replies on Mar 10, 2018:

Why should the 'trees' be shivering? We have the abilities to recycle paper over and over again BUT electronic devices keep becoming obsolete and the plastics they are made from take hundreds, if not thousands, of years to decay away creating even more pollution just as the production of those plastics causes in the their creation. Has anyone tried simply planting the plastics from a Cell Phone, as they can with the seeds of a tree for example, and observed a NEW Cell Phone start to emerge?

It's is indeed wonderful that Paedo-Protecting, Cardinal George Pell, 3rd.

mordant comments on Mar 9, 2018:

Um ... I hope you mean the predators are facing the consequences rather than the victims. Although often in the past, the victims are the ones who got to be penalized.

Triphid replies on Mar 10, 2018:

Yes, I meant that the Victims were finally getting justice, of sorts, BUT nowhere near the justice they richly deserve. Pope ( Protector of Paedophile Employees) Wankey Frankie and every other of his predecessors has been guilty of 'hiding' this criminality away for countless decades/centuries, condoning these criminal activities by both inaction even with knowledge of them and by 'fostering' them by simply 'shifting' the Predators around from Parish to Parish once they've been reported or simply forcing the victims/families to stay silent, etc. Silence may be the Church's favourite weapon BUT it no longer is effective and the axe of Justice is now poised to fall on the Catholic Church and numerous other Churches as well.

It's is indeed wonderful that Paedo-Protecting, Cardinal George Pell, 3rd.

Coffeo comments on Mar 10, 2018:

As I mentioned in response to another post, I worry that there will not be a satisfactory outcome. Pell is employing an exceptionally capable lawyer (an atheist, as it happens) who will earn a handsome fee and probably get him off.

Triphid replies on Mar 10, 2018:

It would indeed be a very sad day for his victims and ALL others should Paedo-Pell get of scot free. And, in my opinion, his Atheist Lawyer should be hanging his/her head in utter shame for defending such scum.

What is the members take/opinion on the latest movement amongst some Xtian Sects to 'Spread' the ...

atheist comments on Feb 26, 2018:

You can't be serious!!!!! For real!!!!

Triphid replies on Feb 27, 2018:

Yes, it IS most definitely for real. A 100% FACT.

Have you ever been accused of being a cannibal?

BlueWave comments on Feb 25, 2018:

Nobody has ever said anything nasty or accusatory to me about my lack of belief.

Triphid replies on Feb 26, 2018:

You don't know just what you've been missing out on then. The comments of these Faithfools are, without a doubt, truly well worth the best belly laughs you can ever have.

How would you tell a guy that his fly is open in a party/public?

Uncorrugated comments on Feb 22, 2018:

"You're flying close to the wind" is a euphemism used in the UK

Triphid replies on Feb 22, 2018:

You could try, "You might need a much bigger stick if you're planning to play pool around this place."

After Mass Shooting, FL House Votes to Put “In God We Trust” Signs in Schools – Friendly ...

Clare comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Why don't they just carry a rabbit's foot, it will do just as good. Dumbasses.

Triphid replies on Feb 22, 2018:

Well the 'rabbit foot' didn't help the rabbit that much either and this God Being is as much use as Tits on a Bull as well. The stupid is strong with the American Lawmakers, I see.

After Mass Shooting, FL House Votes to Put “In God We Trust” Signs in Schools – Friendly ...

EMC2 comments on Feb 22, 2018:

The strangest thing was when the Charleston church was murdered as they were in service. these people were dearly close to their god and they actually showed extreme grace after the shooting. Now for these other religious bigots, go screw yourself

Triphid replies on Feb 22, 2018:

I agree 100% and add also that IF this Mighty God can't protect HIS own Believers in HIS OWN House/Houses then he must be either totally barbaric or utterly Impotent, not Omnipotent.

In a recent post I mentioned to watch the religious zealots blame the shootings on a lack of prayer ...

TerriCity comments on Feb 19, 2018:

Here is a sample of several New gun laws up for hearings in the state of Florida. (Information from League of Women Voters) If you think the guns laws are insanely out of control, you are right , and thanks to the NRA this is going on every day in every state government and in the Federal ...

Triphid replies on Feb 20, 2018:

In my honest opinion, those are nothing more than fake Band-Aid solutions to be applied to very wide open, gaping, suppurating, pus filled wound of almost 'biblical' proportions.

Truth In Advertising: ‘Atheists Make Better Lovers’

Stevil comments on Feb 11, 2018:

Lot less hang ups too. My Nun fetish would be another bad habit I would have to break. If atheism is spread to far

Triphid replies on Feb 14, 2018:

Hey mate, IF religions were no longer around then those Nuns would need to find 'alternate' employment and I think fulfilling fetishes such as you've described would be an ideal employment opportunity for them, after all, they have had years of 'training' from 'serving' the Priests and they'd also have the costumes on hand as well....LOL.

Truth In Advertising: ‘Atheists Make Better Lovers’

phil21 comments on Feb 12, 2018:

You know, I don't think I've ever done "it" with an atheist.

Triphid replies on Feb 14, 2018:

You have my most sincere sympathies then because IF you have never done "it" with an Atheist then you really don't know what you've been missing.

Nudists?

HarrySlick comments on Feb 8, 2018:

I don’t like how I look nude myself,so I sure as hell wouldn’t want strangers looking at me

Triphid replies on Feb 12, 2018:

Why worry about what others think? If they worry about how you look then they must have very tiny minds and even tinier, insignificant lives. You are who you are, your as life made you, you look as should be not concerned with what Society Dictates you should look like because they are ONLY interested in MARKETTING their ideas to as many people as possible and making as big a profits as they can at YOUR Expense. Be yourself, be Proud to be Yourself It is who your are after all.

Nudists?

Crimson67 comments on Feb 8, 2018:

I see nothing wrong with it but it isn't for me. I love being nude around my house but as I've gotten older I'm not overly fond of how I look nude so I would be too self conscious in public. (Give me 6 months on this new work out routine and I might change my mind). :-P

Triphid replies on Feb 12, 2018:

Why be 'ashamed' of your body no matter how it looks IT IS your body and no-one else's? Age changes everyone's body and not for the better it is how life is and always will be. After all, even a Brand New Car never stays 100% Brand New does it, time and wear and tear take their toll on EVERYTHING, embrace the wear and tear of Age for that is the way of life.

Nudists?

WilliamCharles comments on Feb 8, 2018:

A girlfriend wanted me to go with her to a sun club, but we stopped dating before it ever happened. I'm hoping when I visit her in Vegas she still wants to try. She had breast reconstructive surgery and says it would help boost her confidence (she looks fine). I wonder if I might have a visible ...

Triphid replies on Feb 12, 2018:

I think you will find that the percentage of Child Abuse amongst 'Nudists' in family orientated Nudist Organisations is as close to Zero as possible or even sub-zero. I have been a member of a number of Nudist Organisations during my 64 years and they have a well above average record for Morals and Ethics, etc, towards children. As was once said, "He who follows/believes Media Hype/Propaganda is making of him/her self a Tool of the Media, He/she who sees Media Hype and sets about seeking the FACTS BEFORE believing is a very WISE person indeed."

Nudists?

NothinnXpreVails comments on Feb 8, 2018:

I like being naked on my patio. I’m not sure if it’s a nudist thing or an exhibitionist thing. Is there a difference?

Triphid replies on Feb 12, 2018:

No, it is just PERSONAL choice, I walk around my house, inside it of course, stark naked whenever I want, I sleep naked, we ALL shower or take a bath naked and as a Midwife I can honestly STATE categorically that NEVER ONCE have I seen a new-born baby arrive into this world fully dressed. And, YES, I even will walk outside of my house naked, BUT only after dark simply because of the Prudery of Society that is imposed upon everyone by religions via their unwarranted and needless pressures they impose on the Governments who make the Laws in the favour of Religions.

Nudists?

DUCHESSA comments on Feb 10, 2018:

In this long thread about Nudism nobody has commented / asked about the participation of kids in Nudist resorts. Yes, many parents bring thiur babies, toddlers, young kids to the resorts.....specially those resorts that are family oriented.

Triphid replies on Feb 12, 2018:

So where is the problem with that? It IS the choice of the parents/carers after all YET, as I perceive it, you seem intent, though I may be getting the wrong impression, upon imposing your 'norms' upon everyone else just as does religion. And, to put it rather succinctly imo, Religions like to tell us that we are FREE to choose BUT only IF we choose what they decide is correct for us.

I just became a level SIX! SIX! SIX! Super atheist.

MichaelSpinler comments on Jan 29, 2018:

congrats, i hear when you get to level 10, you get a bible

Triphid replies on Jan 30, 2018:

Oh shit, I've already got 3 bibles, 1 is used as a door stop, 1 for 'converting' crawling insects by drop it on them from shoulder height and the other for when I run out rolling papers for cigarettes. Can't quite think of what good I can put a 3rd one to though.

Calling ex Mormons...

skado comments on Jan 29, 2018:

I think you have the exact right idea. Invite them over. Give them some down-time from their mission. They will be more willing to hear your side of the story. That's what I do.

Triphid replies on Jan 29, 2018:

That, my friend, never works I've tried it innumerable times.

Any Jehovah Witnesses / Ex Witnesses care to clairfy?

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 29, 2018:

I am on the black list. I have an apostate friend that revealed much to me. They do keep a list and are asigned areas like a grid. After a number of years they may come back to see if there are new people at the residence, until then I pateintly wait. Prehaps I'll be much nicer and see if i can be ...

Triphid replies on Jan 29, 2018:

I've been on their 'blacklists' for years as well as the Mormons 'No Go Lists'. The Mormons, however, up-date their lists regularly BUT somehow I managed to slip off the list until a few weeks ago when 2 of their 'missionaries' called and asked for a drink of de-caff tea. Knowing full well that they have a Strict Law against consuming any containing caffeine/products and feeling in very sarcastic mood I acceded to their request by making them my 'speciality' de-caff' tea with a nice little touch of instant coffee added, I call it tea-caff. They drank it quite heartily, thanked me, tried to preach, which failed miserably of course, and then left abruptly.

FACT CHECK: Does a New Law Allow Atheist Doctors to Refuse Care to Religious Patients?

evergreen comments on Jan 29, 2018:

Or atheist bakers to refuse to bake for religious weddings ??

Triphid replies on Jan 29, 2018:

That's an entirely different kettle of fish though.

So atheist or agnostic men don't shave, huh?

Paul628 comments on Jan 3, 2018:

I'm guessing you got that idea from some of our profile pictures. I just shaved yesterday, but I don't do it often because it hurts my delicate face. ;)

Triphid replies on Jan 29, 2018:

I always shave using ordinary soap and disposable razors, can't use electric ones because my whiskers just chew them up.

I love to paint in acrylics. Is anyone here an artist?

Triphid comments on Jan 17, 2018:

Yes, I'm an 'amateur Artist here in Broken Hill, NSW, Australia, very little actual 'Art Training,' except for in High School, I use acrylic paints, old house paints or whatever I can get that is available fairly cheaply. I also carve Emu Eggs when I can legally get them. I've attached a couple ...

Triphid replies on Jan 17, 2018:

Sorry, I don't think they attached properly, I'll try adding them to my profile instead.

Some times I wish I believed in a god, so I'd have someone to get pissed at.

atheist comments on Jan 17, 2018:

That's the meaning of 'scapegoat' isn't it? Usually the devil gets all the blame!

Triphid replies on Jan 17, 2018:

An actual Historical Fact is that the Hebrews 'invented' the idea of a 'Scapegoat' as a part of their Yom Kippur Ritual, i.e. a goat was selected for the Yom Kippur Ritual and then the Temple Priests would place all the Ills and Evils, etc, of the people upon the goat which would then be, supposedly as the people were told btw, lead away out into the desert and set free. However the Truth is, and has been proven from ancient Temple Documents, that the goat, believed to be the 'escape goat' was taken to a distant high cliff and then thrown alive off of the top of that cliff.

The writing/work known as 'Desiderata,' Author Unknown, was found in the old st.

Skyfacer comments on Jan 17, 2018:

I have my own slightly different version of it. "Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with everyone. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and ...

Triphid replies on Jan 17, 2018:

Yes, I too have long ago DELETED the word 'god' and replaced it 'yourself.' Being a life-long Atheist I find any reference/s to the existence of a Supreme Entity of ANY kind to little more than superstitious foolishness to say the very least.

Tithing, Taxes... is there a difference?

KayAnderson comments on Jan 3, 2018:

you don't go to jail for not tithing

Triphid replies on Jan 7, 2018:

No, they just condemn you, shun you and tell you that God will punish you for not being a good Christian.

Tithing, Taxes... is there a difference?

KKGator comments on Jan 3, 2018:

I don't see any correlation between the two. Adherence to a religion, and tithing, is completely voluntary. Refusing to do so is not criminal. Refusing to pay one's taxes can result in imprisonment.

Triphid replies on Jan 7, 2018:

Actually amongst most Xtian type religions Tithing is a requirement, often it is disguised as being the Sending Around of a Collection plate though.

If you found out the Christian God of the bible was real, would you worship him?

ElementX74 comments on Dec 26, 2017:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-d4otHE-YI

Triphid replies on Jan 4, 2018:

Absolutely PERFECT take on the God of ALL Abrahamic Belief Systems.

What is the bible to you?

Varn comments on Jan 1, 2018:

A distorted blend of mythology & history ~

Triphid replies on Jan 4, 2018:

Far, far more mythology and , perhaps a very miniscule crumbs of history if any.

One thing I hear with tedious regularity as an Atheist from Christians in particular are ...

Hardford comments on Jan 3, 2018:

https://www.thetoptens.com/worst-dictators/ Top 10 Worst Dictators In History,, were anyone of those dictators Christians ?

Triphid replies on Jan 4, 2018:

Er, try the Popes, the Royal Families of Europe and England, Lenin was quite a religious person, Joe Stalin was a Devout Russian Orthodox Follower even up to his death, Hitler was a staunch Catholic and spent in excess 1,000, 0000, 000, 000 Reichsmarks from 1935 thru until the last years of the War on searches for 'supposed' religious relics, etc, etc, such as the Spear of Destiny, the Ark of the Covenant, the site of Noah's Ark, etc, etc, all to bolster and support the claim that the Nazis were descended from the family line of Jesus, etc, etc.

One thing I hear with tedious regularity as an Atheist from Christians in particular are ...

RobAnybody comments on Dec 31, 2017:

They're right. Just as Osama Bin Laden was right. Every advance by progressive, enlightenment based democracy, particularly advances which empower women (esp education), reduces the power of theocrats. It is a war, just a very slow one based in ideas not physical force, usually.

Triphid replies on Jan 3, 2018:

Yes, I concur, there has always been a War, a War which the Religious started some 1,600 + years ago and the only force used in it has come, not from the Atheists/Pagans/Heathens, etc, in the first place BUT from those who loudly proclaim themselves to be Peace Loving Children of God.

One thing I hear with tedious regularity as an Atheist from Christians in particular are ...

Hardford comments on Jan 3, 2018:

I dare you to rake the Muslims over the coal like you do Christianity , you won"t cause pagans are cowards ! Obama called it the religion of peace and so did Bush . what do you say ?

Triphid replies on Jan 3, 2018:

Hey I rake Xtians, Muslims, Jews and every religion 'over the coals' at every possible opportunity, in fact I make it a salient point to do so.

Has anybody ever been to the point that they get away from religious people as soon as possible?

tonerone comments on Jan 3, 2018:

Yes and I warn them before attempting to discuss anything

Triphid replies on Jan 3, 2018:

Do you also find that, like me, that does not always work though? I have an Evangelist type for a next door neighbour, I have repeatedly told him that I am an Atheist plus that I have a Doctorate in Theology and Comparative Modern Religions but the words seem to roll off his back just as water does with a duck.

Life on other Planets? Yes or No?

I_dont_know comments on Jan 1, 2018:

Fiction mimics reality. The movie, Avator, takes place on a moon of a gas giant planet in the Apha Centauri system. Moons of gas giants in our home system possibly harbor life. The question about life anywhere other than earth may be answered within the next couple of decades, not to mention other ...

Triphid replies on Jan 2, 2018:

IF Xtian Missio9naries do ever go to another planet and try to convert them, then the inhabitants of those planets will most certainly have my deepest and most sincere sympathies and condolences.

Round Planet

El-loco comments on Dec 27, 2017:

Round planet? The earth is FLAT!!!! Here is the proof: https://youtu.be/p2cmoTOcwmw

Triphid replies on Dec 27, 2017:

Shit a brick she is as thick as 2 slabs of reinforced concrete.

Is life meaningful without religion?

nancy-talcott comments on Dec 14, 2017:

There really is no "meaning" to life. Life is just life & it is mostly painful. Religion is just something we are, as my brother puts it, "hard wired" to believe in. We are very fearful creatures because, as a mammal, we are one of the weakest. Without our weapons & technology, we would still be in ...

Triphid replies on Dec 22, 2017:

LIFE, is as they say, What YOU make of it. If it is boring then do something to change it. But religion and REAL Life never actually mix, they cannot co-exists since, I speak here as a ThD (Doctor of Theology) and an Atheist btw, Religions, the Abrahamic ones in particular, consider only the ASSUMED Life AFTER Death Scenario and NOT the Life whilst still actually living.

If you found out the Christian God of the bible was real, would you worship him?

farmboy2017 comments on Dec 13, 2017:

No, because I was made in his image. Why would I worship myself unless I was Donald Trump, ha ha!

Triphid replies on Dec 19, 2017:

ALL gods/goddesses since the first time humans invented them ALL share blaring similarities to the natures of those who create them. For example, "God is quick to anger," so, exactly are humans. "God forgives, "so do humans, "God abhors things that are not as he/she/it deems are correct in his/her/its eyes," Human attitude to a "T" I could go on more but I'm certain most will get my drift.

Is panthiesm considered a religon,or would it be more a way of life?

Triphid comments on Dec 17, 2017:

Theism is Religion/religious belief since the word literally means a belief in a God/Gods, ergo Pantheism is simply a belief in many Gods/Goddesses as per the Romans, Egyptians, Greeks, etc, etc.

Triphid replies on Dec 19, 2017:

@TommyMeador Ergo Pan = All or everything simply means ALL /every God/Gods/Goddesses, hence there is No real difference, is there.

Do you support the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?

GipsyOfNewSpain comments on Dec 16, 2017:

Funny.... we can fund via government our national defense but we can't fund our national healthcare. Very Funny!!!!!

Triphid replies on Dec 16, 2017:

Bloody insanely STUPID and irrational is what I'd say, are guns and tools of destruction, etc, far more valuable then the lives of people?

WHY WON'T ALIENS TALK TO US?

snytiger6 comments on Dec 14, 2017:

I find the meme more sad than funny.

Triphid replies on Dec 14, 2017:

But it is, none-the -less TRUE.

One thing I hear with tedious regularity as an Atheist from Christians in particular are ...

evidentialist comments on Dec 13, 2017:

For the born again evangelical christians, persecution is built right into their scriptures and they are taught this from an early age. This is not quite so prevalent in mainstream christianity, but it is still there. There is a little of that in Judaism, but not much. To the best of my ...

Triphid replies on Dec 14, 2017:

You're not telling ANYTHING new there, evidentialist, since I have one those "Born Again, Evangelists" for a next door neighbour for almost 5 years now and I heard just about every single Sermon, every cry of persecution and every erroneous claim of an Atheists War Against Christianity that must surely be. It's kind of like listening to an old vinyl record with a scratch in it, the needle just jumps back a step and repeats over and over again. Once his tirade has settled I usually just mention casually about the Millions of Innocent lives that Christianity alone has taken with THEIR War against those who don't believe as they do, etc, etc, and to top it all off I just drop in, for good measure of course, the Millions that are written in the bible that were Slaughtered either by god or at the behest of god. That usually shuts him down for a few weeks/a month at least.

Wow.

evidentialist comments on Dec 13, 2017:

You omitted 'evidentialist' and 'rationalist'. Also bear in mind that all of these definitions are nuanced to some degree depending upon the individual so that the borders are rather ... fuzzy.

Triphid replies on Dec 13, 2017:

"Evidentialist, Rationalist" How can one logically use such terminologies in reference to Theists?

10 fallacies about atheists - have I missed any?

GothRik comments on Nov 13, 2017:

Excellent, the only one I can think of, that could be added is 'A lot of bad people in history were atheists (Hitler etc)' or that atheists can't have any moral guidelines.

Triphid replies on Dec 12, 2017:

Btw, Gothrik, IF you check the Historical FACTS re-Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Regime you will find that Hitler was a very devout Xtian and also that the Catholic Church signed a pact with the Nazis that remained in place throughout the entire Second World War. The R.C.C. also helped numerous High Nazi Officials escape from Europe and get into Argentina, etc, to avoid capture by the Allies.

10 fallacies about atheists - have I missed any?

HeathenFarmer comments on Nov 13, 2017:

You have forgotten two important ones: 12 . Atheists eat babies, 13 . Atheist hold wild sex orgies,

Triphid replies on Dec 12, 2017:

Oh I wish we held regular orgies, that would be great fun, but eating babies, No way because Atheists are NOT practising/pseudo-cannibals. Whereas the Xtian sacrament taking can easily and logically classed as being an act of Pseudo-Cannibalism. I.e. the drink the blood ( pseudo blood of course) and the body ( pseudo flesh of course) of the Idol whom they worship and claim blesses and empowers them after they have eaten it, exactly the same reasoning as to why real cannibals used to devour their captive enemies.

How could Adam and Eve sin if they didn't know sin yet?

Mr_Dj comments on Dec 6, 2017:

There are a lot of holes in the whole creation story anyways.

Triphid replies on Dec 6, 2017:

As a Theologian and a Life-Long Atheist I can safely state categorically that the bible has more holes in the any Kitchen Colander. Take Genesis for example, Trees and plants are 'created' days before the Sun is, so how do the photosynthesising plants survive and grow WITHOUT sunlight to stimulate photosynthesis in the first place? God says, ( in the plural form btw), "Let US make man in OUR own image." Ergo God is speaking BUT to whom and why is god speaking in plural IF there is, as the 'Faithfool' believe, ONLY ONE ( 1) God and No others exist? Then later in Exodus, God is purported to say to Moses, "I ( note here the SINGULAR) am the Lord, your God." How did God suddenly change from the Plural to the Singular? Was there a wee bit of a "Clash of the Gods" and the rest were exiled leaving the Judaeo-Christian- Islamic God as the 'new' Zeus/Jupiter perhaps? Ask this of any 'Faithfool' and watch the tirades of drivel/threats and curses spew forth in an endless torrent.