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Triphid comments on Oct 30, 2019:

Had the same problem myself yesterday as well.

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Triphid comments on Oct 30, 2019:

It is only logical that modern humans, i.e. Homo Sapiens, would have evolved and remained where the sources of nutrients were easily available and plentiful just as any animals tend to do. And then, as the pressures of population growth and climatic changes occurred then groups would have spread out to find and follow these greener corridors, slowly but surely colonizing and populating newer regions as they went.

Winter hiking survival. Your ideas?

Triphid comments on Oct 29, 2019:

Mine for hiking = a Swag, a cup, a billy for boiling water or making a meal in, a good sharp knife and a spoon, a decent hat that offers plenty of shade to the head and neck, 2 boxes of matches and a pair of decent solid soled boots and some strong but light string to make snares to catch a meal.

Is hope realistic?

Triphid comments on Oct 29, 2019:

When it comes to the " In the sure and certain Hope of Resurrection, etc, etc," as spouted by Priests etc, at a graveside of a person being buried, I would say that it IS 100% UNREALISTIC in that NO hope can EVER be Sure and Certain. But, when something goes wrong around the house, i.e. there is an unexpected power failure, and we often hope to ourselves that it IS not something like a massive problem like the electrical wiring circuits of the whole house have suddenly failed, then, Yes, hoping that it IS not just your problem can be realistic, or, even buying a Used car and hoping that the mechanic inspecting it on your behalf finds not faults, major or minor, for example, can also be realistic. But Hey, that's my thoughts and opinions on Hope.

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Triphid comments on Oct 29, 2019:

Though some may stayed adherent to their "adopted" ( forced even) Roman like ways, others, less romanized would have merely continued on as usual. As for the so-called Anglo-Saxon Invasion, well there's been quite a few well known and well respected Historians and Archaeologists who have both found evidence and shown fairly clearly that the Invasion was more like an intermingling of migrants rather than an all out invasion/Conquest scenario.

The agnostic crowd is much more intelligent than the rest!! Sorry, but it is the truth.

Triphid comments on Oct 29, 2019:

I'd suppose that in some ways we are since we are NOT governed by religious edicts and Church Canons, etc, instead we think for ourselves, decide what IS right and what IS wrong WITHOUT having to be told by some self-appointed, self-proclaimed representative of an Imaginary, Invisible and Totally Non-existent Entity supposedly living above the clouds somewhere.

Words of Wisdom :)

Triphid comments on Oct 29, 2019:

Kudos, billions of Kudos to the bloke in the shorts, excellent job of shit-stirring the Faithfool, just look at the way the bible-basher is reacting, love it. Btw, definitely 'borrowing this meme.

What is agnosticism?

Triphid comments on Oct 28, 2019:

There is an absolute certainty that Human Intelligence WILL expand exponentially as our understanding of the things around us continues to grow. as to religion and belief that there is a God/Sky Daddy Being,then I, for one, AM absolutely 100% certain that none has ever existed NOR ever will truly exist since ALL religions, in my opinion, are MERELY the INVENTIONS created in the minds of Humans and EXPLOITED by those who see those INVENTIONS as a means to enhance their lives and living standards. I have had almost 60 years of life to ponder and consider the 'Is there a God question,' I have done it by using logic, reasoning and often intensive studying and the result has ALWAYS been exactly the same, i.e. THERE IS no God/Sky Daddy.

No gods/no kings?

Triphid comments on Oct 28, 2019:

Since it is said that Kings (and Queens) are anointed by God thus came into being the ideology of "Ruling over the People of a Land/Country is the Divine Right of Kings," then, logically, since NO Divinity/God or Supremely Omnipotent Entity, etc, has ever been proven 100% to have existed that ideology MUST be as much a FALLACY as is the Ideology that the self-same Divinity/God/Supremely Omnipotent Entity is. Ergo, I bow to no Man nor Woman since NONE should be expected to bow to me either nor shall I ever genuflect before any person claiming to be a Representative of this totally Unproven Supremely Omnipotent Entity either.

There is no good thing that a church/religion does that cannot be achieved through secular ways.

Triphid comments on Oct 27, 2019:

100% true and factual in my wide experiences.

Suppose you were to try to convince someone of your non-belief in the existence of God, what (in ...

Triphid comments on Oct 27, 2019:

"Man created God in HIS own image and NOT the other way around, that IS how EVERY God/s/Goddesses throughout Human History came into existence."

Is anyone else a reptile lover?

Triphid comments on Oct 27, 2019:

I think you'd like my house then, well my yard and gardens at least. It's a kind of unofficial refuge for native reptiles and birds, I have 1 Sand Goanna who wanders the yard ( and those of a few neighbors from time to time as well) in search of meals usually consisting of garden snail, mice, etc, and during mating season, she climbs the trees and raids the sparrow nests as well, about a 20 Bearded Dragons at last count, somewhere around 100+ Geckos that roam free, often inside the house and outside as well, they do a wonderful job of keeping flies and other insect pests under control, plus a garden pond that frogs visit regularly as well. When Anna the goanna first arrived, she was very thin, about 14 inches long and had a badly crippled right side paw/foot, she was visibly starving and so I fed her with some beef mince, the next morning she was laying at my front door as if expecting to be fed again ( which she got btw), ever since then she seems to have adopted my house and yard as her own private territory and refuge.

Inappropriate Halloween Memes.

Triphid comments on Oct 27, 2019:

Hey, I'm 'borrowing' the Auntie Christ one, there's quite a few uses I can find for that one.....LOL.

I don't know where the meth in my vagina came from... [fox26houston.com]

Triphid comments on Oct 27, 2019:

Damn Ladies, you've gotta watch those Public Toilets, especially the ones that have those wash and dry Bidets in them, you NEVER know what they may be secretly 'inserting' when you squat for pee.....LOL.

What was your worst Halloween costume fail?

Triphid comments on Oct 26, 2019:

I still remember when we had what was called our "End of High School Break up Day" and everyone from our grade went to school in fancy dress. One boy managed to get hold of gigantic, full length, advertising condom, wore it and a sign that said, " Prime Minister of Australia," while one of the girls covered herself from head to toes with cotton wool dyed black, painted ( rather explicitly I might add) from top to bottom as set of pink labia and went around telling everyone, " I have one and the Prime Minister IS one." In Australia we don't celebrate Halloween as much as you do in America BUT until the Education Department put a TOTAL Ban on " End of High School Break up Days" there WERE so pretty awesome costumes that were made and worn. P.S. A big part of " Break Up Day" was also to raise money for a charity upon which ALL students agreed, so our Money Raising idea was to "borrow' the statue of Colonel Sanders from the top of the local KFC outlet and hold it for ransom. We managed to raise about 1,000 dollars for that effort BUT our costumes were somewhat NOT appreciated by the very conservative School Principal, maybe it was because our costumes made a political statement or perhaps he was upset that I went as the Grim Reaper with a badge that proclaimed me as the School Principal, guess I'll never know which...LOL.

an interesting piece on how terminology is changing, and how it affects us all, religious and not -...

Triphid comments on Oct 26, 2019:

To the attached article, etc, I'd say " Wake up Amerikka, at least 80% of your troubles are deeply rooted in the mires of intolerances, bigotry, divisivenesses, etc, born and bred by Religions/religious ideologies and the sooner your nation comes to realize this the better it will be." In my opinion, just like religions, wherever Amerikkka goes it creates a conflict, makes a desert and calls it Progress. The time is nigh to stop Amerikkkan Democratic Imperialism, re-think, re-shape and become a Nation that this world WILL accept rather than shun.

Exactly what he is all about

Triphid comments on Oct 26, 2019:

Another load of shit dribbling by our Happy Clappy Jesus Chappy methinks, just hoping to cover up his somewhat shady dealings, mismanagements, absolute screw-ups, etc, etc. My hearty congratulations to the maker of this meme, it is something that anyone in their right mind would easily expect to hear from ScumMo.

Science vs religion Atheist historical nogodexists aincentphilosophy Agonostic

Triphid comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Nice attempt at a meme BUT, Epicurus, the Greek Philosopher WAS born in 341 BCE and died in 270 BCE so he was, most certainly, very, very SILENT, as silent as the grave in fact, in 33CE.

I Am Unapologetically Raising My Daughter Without Religion

Triphid comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Huge Kudos to that Mum, in my opinion. Raising children WITHOUT religion teaches them respect for others, self determination, self-respect and gives them a far better outlook and understanding of the world around.

In San Antonio to see Randy Rainbow.

Triphid comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Shit Mate, you think they're bad, try driving in Adelaide, South Australia OR through Victoria, Australia, they make Kamikazi pilots look like mere beginners.

North Carolina Sheriff Prohibits Employee Cohabitation Before Marriage Because God | Michael Stone

Triphid comments on Oct 25, 2019:

North Carolina, the State where one can find Patrol Cars with legalized Peeping Toms driving them. Scenario in Nth. Carolina: Sheriff answers phone in office, woman screams into phone, " Help, someone is trying to murder me and my family, we're locked in the bathroom, send a Deputy please." Sheriff answers, " Sorry Ma'am but all my Deputies are out on patrol checking that no-one is Cohabiting before Marriage, they be be a few hours before anyone can respond to your call." And here was me thinking that President Humpty tRumpty was a huge joke, Nth. Carolina has just taken the cake.

Is anyone else getting these scammers putting you in a group and sending a text?

Triphid comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Thankfully, No Mobile ( Cell) Phone this way, just the standard Land-Line and Internet connection, so No SMS/Texts get thru to me. Haven't had a scammer phone call, touch wood ( tapping knuckles on head lol) for almost 3 weeks now since I answered the last one with" Morning, Murphy's Mortuary, you kill 'em we chill 'em."

I see posts here saying "are Atheists this?

Triphid comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Sadly, we Atheists, etc, have ALWAYS copped the brunt of the Faithfools ridicule, discrimination and persecution because, in my opinion, we DO NOT fit neatly into their Sheeple flock. We DO differ from time to time, We do bicker amongst ourselves from time to time, We are 100% Human AND We are Individuals and, to borrow a line from the movie ' Independence Day,' "We will not vanish quietly into the night, We will not disappear without a fight, " WE ARE Independent.

Thieves, despicable thieves and murderers.

Triphid comments on Oct 25, 2019:

"The Chosen people of god," permitted to do anything they like to anyone they wish because of Religion.

"Just whip it out."

Triphid comments on Oct 24, 2019:

Why not just replace the zipper with velcro instead, much easier and quicker as well? Btw, did you know that Velcro is BANNED in New Zealand because the sound of it scares the sheep into thinking that the farmers a wee bit randy again.....LOL.

Well, there’s a thing.

Triphid comments on Oct 24, 2019:

Oh golly gosh, that is a DISASTER ( sarcasm intended) now they'll be struggling to find monies to pay for all those extra, 'necessary' (???) and very 'important' (????) jaunts and parties, etc, that were paid for from the dollars the fines raised. Oh that is TRULY terrible, City Councilors and Government Fat-Cats going short on their precious lurks and perks, should we all start up a "Go Fund Me Page" for them, I'll start it off with a few well used tissues.....LOL.

AW Gee and Golly gosh, (sarcasm MOST definitely intended here) those 'poor' people in the Hunter ...

Triphid comments on Oct 24, 2019:

Sorry typo again, missed putting "can't' between " just" and "live".

SHOULD AGNOSTICS & ATHEISTS CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN?

Triphid comments on Oct 23, 2019:

If memory serve correct, 'Halloween' was originally what Xrstians choose to call 'a PAGAN celebration for the Dead BEFORE they did their usually thing and adopted and twisted it to suit themselves, therefore, YES, BUT celebrate as IT should be and NOT as Xrstianity would have it is my opinion. Though, it is NOT as big a thing here in Australia as it is elsewhere .

“Miracle Mineral Solution,” According to Jim Humble and his Genesis II Church of Health and ...

Triphid comments on Oct 23, 2019:

WTF, BLEACH IS TOXIC and can be poisonous even in small doses, that MUST be tantamount to Attempted Murder at least. There IS NO cure for Autism, there ARE treatments for it that MAY alleviate it but they MAY not always work. Technically speaking, everyone of us has some small degree of Autistic behaviour in us somewhere and often it is merely put down as something like O.C.D.,etc. People with Autism are People none-the -less, it is just that, perhaps, their brains are wired slightly different to how ours are wired AND drinking frigging BLEACH will NOT fix that.

Are Atheists racist

Triphid comments on Oct 23, 2019:

I see the term 'Racism/Racist' as being little more than a bit of bullshit, politically based propaganda simply because WE ARE ALL of exactly the same RACE, i.e. THE HUMAN RACE.

Does this quote resonate with you?

Triphid comments on Oct 23, 2019:

No, not really so with, I've been living alone for well over 14 years now, though I do have 1 very good friend ( more like a Brother than a friend I'd say) who visits from time to time ( usually about 2-3 times a week), but I have my hobbies, artworks that I do, music, etc, etc, so solitude isn't really that much of a problem for me. And, as hard as life has tried to 'break' me, I've always managed to bounce back and face it again somehow.

JOHN PAVLOVITZ, a religious man who is nonetheless, right, on the right side, and righteous, even to...

Triphid comments on Oct 22, 2019:

Ambiguity, Fear, Hatred, Loathing, Indifference, Self-aggrandizing, etc, etc, ARE, in my opinion, both the mainstays of religion and POLITICS, we, as Human Beings would be well rid of them all in both Politics and religion. Yes, that 'horse' has been long dead, flogged to death in fact, and is rotting away under their feet, let it rest, start thinking anew and MAKE this world of OURS a better place.

[youtu.be] The Animals. - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965)

Triphid comments on Oct 22, 2019:

Love that song, even though my Dad was born in 1905, he used to like it as well and would often sing it, using his own words substituted for girl, etc, to instill into ME to stay away from working in the local mines as he had done for ALL his working life. Yes, I took his words to heart, stayed well clear of those man-made Hell holes and tried my best to make something better of myself, Thanks Dad for your most welcome advice. Though, as they say, "You CAN take the boy out of the Bush, but you CAN"T take the Bush out of the boy," and I'm still living here though not as a battered, worn down, tired out miner though.

[thevintagenews.com] I guess, but wouldn't evolution have addressed this?

Triphid comments on Oct 22, 2019:

Well, that makes about as much sense, evolutionary and anatomically speaking, as does pissing on raging Bushfire in the hope of putting it out. For example, IF that were the case for their extinction, then would not the same be so for such other primates as well, Chimps being our closest genetic relatives, for one, should also be 100% extinct due to these ear infections, as should at least 90% of other primate species as well? And WHAT exactly caused the other earlier Hominid species to go extinct, was it also rampant ear infections? Eustachian tube defects occur quite often in Homo Sapien infants and adults as well, AND, have been occurring , more than likely, since the first Homo Sapiens evolved, ergo, Homo Sapiens SHOULD be extinct by now as well according to this 'research' article. Almost ALL primate young are born with smaller head sizes than they will have as adults and that is simply because of the birth and pelvic canal size that the infant head has to pass through at the moment of birth. Medically speaking, at least 80-90% of ear infections/inflammations in human infants, for example, ARE the result of the development and constant repositioning that the teeth go through BEFORE they eventually erupt from the gums, the rest being, most usually, due to a narrowing somewhere in the Eustachian tube that was present long before the actual birth occurred which causes an accumulation of ear wax and mucus to 'block' the tube just as it does when we get a 'head-cold', etc, etc.

One of the posts I read indicated that being an atheist or an agnostic is a choice we make.

Triphid comments on Oct 21, 2019:

It IS a logical kind of 'choice' in that a person can elect to read, study and realize that the Goat-Herders Guide to the Galaxy is 99.99999% bullshit and then opt for living in and with Logic, Reasoning and Reality OR, conversely, opt out and become one of the Faithfools and spend your existence in fear, superstition and fantasy,etc.

it seems to me like to be "all-knowing" would require a rather thorough and intimate knowledge of ...

Triphid comments on Oct 21, 2019:

" Rabbit hole," out here in Australia we'd call it a bloody Wombat burrow, much large, easier to fall into, etc, etc......LOL.

Believers' estimates of God's beliefs are more egocentric than estimates of other people's beliefs |...

Triphid comments on Oct 21, 2019:

Well, considering THAT the god entity depicted in the 3 major Abrahamic Religions is, in my opinion, a very Ego-centric, self-righteous entity, to say the least, would explain, to a larger extent, WHY the Believers, themselves, are so often also ego-centric and self-righteous. For example, I have heard many say that " God is in me, I am the hands, feet, mouth, voice, eyes, ears, etc, etc, of God, I am an Instrument of God, God has chosen me personally for precisely that reason." is that NOT being ego-centric?

Why so many posts about God?

Triphid comments on Oct 21, 2019:

I tend to think that, we, Atheists and Agnostics, seem to post/debate about this completely Invisible and Totally Imaginary god thing simply for, A) a bit of amusement, B) to elicit the thoughts, etc, others like ourselves, C) perhaps we either suspect or know that there are Faithfools hiding amongst us and are trying to either draw them out or, better yet, plant the seeds of doubt into their minds.

THE CONCEPT OF NOTHING.

Triphid comments on Oct 21, 2019:

Well, the scientific theory is that, " In the beginning there was a Singularity so compressed was the matter it contained that it eventually exploded and, VOILA, the universe came into being in a HUGE Bang, i.e. the Big Bang Theory was postulated. However, ask any Faithfool and they will ardently tell that " In the beginning there was nothing, only god, and from that 'nothing' god created EVERYTHING." What makes me curious about the Creation Myth is this, How can something that is, according to Theist reasoning (???), for arguments sake, a shapeless, ethereal Entity, A) suddenly realize that it it exists in the first place, B) suddenly realize that IT must create ANYTHING at all simply to prove (???) that it exists AND IS Omnipotent, Omnipresent, etc, etc, WITHOUT there being ANYTHING around it, and, last but DEFINITELY, by no means LEAST of ALL, C) actually CREATE everything and ANYTHING from ABSOLUTELY nothing simply by the uttered word? I mean, that IS about as logical as saying " If Elephants had wings then they'd be birds or bees," is it not? I suppose that, technically speaking, NOTHING is the absence of Something, ergo the vice versa applies as well.

Treat them like mushrooms - keep them in the dark and feed them bullshit.

Triphid comments on Oct 21, 2019:

That has been the motto of Governments, Kings and Queens, Despots, most Religions, etc, etc, since the very beginning,. In ancient Rome the Senate, and later the Emperors, would tell the people that "Everything they were doing was for the good of the people and the Empire because IF they didn't then there were ALWAYS Barbarians waiting in the darkness to storm the gates." I tend to think that politicians and, in some cases, religious Leaders have just taken the old Roman 'fear stories' to the next level simply to keep us in a state of fear so we won't question them and their actions.

Hello all, the Beatles wrote "Fool on the hill" decades ago, how prophetic was that!!! ;-)

Triphid comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Geez, there's been many 'Fools' since they released that song but NONE so foolish as the one living on Pennsylvania Avenue these days, in my opinion.

One for @triphid to vent his dry spleen on. [independentaustralia.net]

Triphid comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Aw, come on now FrayedBear, " vent my spleen," that's a wee bit on the nasty side isn't it? Stone the Crows Mate, you live on the coast or fairly close to it, plenty of water, NO water Restrictions ( we been on them since at least 2013), you DO get rain from time to time don't you, the last dribble of rain we had was last Wednesday and that wasn't quite enough to dampen down the dust for more than a few hours. We've got native animals dying of thirst/starvation, stock doing the same, Graziers, who btw SUPPLY you with meats in YOUR Supermarkets, scrabbling to find money to buy feed for their stock and water for themselves and their stock as well and YOU think I'm "venting my spleen." Hey, come out here and see for yourself, IT WILL open up your eyes, trust me.

Gino Jennings denied visa to Australia Finally I have something positive to report about...

Triphid comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Great news, though a pity they didn't do that with Israel Folau as well then we wouldn't had to endure his deluded tirade about Gays, etc, going to Hell and the hoo-haa that has followed from it. Now, as I read yesterday, some bloody Anglican Arch-Bishop has come out in TOTAL agreement with Folau and his filthy, discriminator, deluded tirade as well. Bloody Sportspeople, some of them, in my opinion, seem to think that they are be all, end all of everything, little Demi-gods and are bloody pampered little bratish Heroes to the entire nation. Time Australia ceased worshipping Sports and Sportspeople like Demi-gods and got stuck into the REAL things that make a Nation into a Nation instead in my opinion, we spend far too much on Sports and nearly S.F.A. on improving the country and the people who make it a Nation.

I hate to say it, but in the last few months this whole site has become inundated with a lot of very...

Triphid comments on Oct 18, 2019:

Lenhazel53, I agree 110% with your comment and a very PRIME example of such 'Trolls' is, in my opinion member blahblah or previously known as Antifred. IF we are the 'Senate' of this Group/Community then it IS up to US to unify and assist the Admin by enact a few rules and admonishments so that this Group/Community can run smoothly, members can FEEL safe and free to comment, etc, WITHOUT the disruptive influences of these inanely, infantile Trolls. Here in Australia we have, sadly, an occurrence known as the "Tall Poppy Syndrome" where, should something or someone even show the slightest signs of rising above the mundane then the mundane of society WILL do everything feasible to cut it down/destroy it, PLEASE DO NOT let the Tall Poppy Syndrome tale hold here.

So if NASA does find signs of life (biosignatures) on Mars how do you think the religious community ...

Triphid comments on Oct 17, 2019:

Odds on, in my opinion, they will either, A) Pray that it all goes away, B) god sends down his mighty wrath upon those heretics, or, C) simply turn off the television and avoid any further news bulletins about it, but those are just a mere FEW of the reactions to expected of and from the Faithfools.

Good news, Agnostics! [pewforum.

Triphid comments on Oct 17, 2019:

Very welcome news indeed. It appears that, finally, people in the 'Land of Hope and Gory' ( Yes, I meant Gory, not Glory) may be getting tired of being led like sheep to be shorn and have their pockets 'religiously' picked every Sunday, etc.

So I've recently been looking at the Bible again, and I found a lot of things that contradict, and a...

Triphid comments on Oct 17, 2019:

" Found a lot of things that contradict" have you? I've studied the bible, aka The Goat-Herders Guide to the Galaxy, and I've actually found well over 1,800+ contradictions in it thus far, but Good job anyway my friend, keep reading it BUT never, for even a mini-second, believe a word in it, it IS all pure, unadulterated, unmitigated RUBBISH to say the very least.

Our soldiers need to be made accountable for what they do and the armed forces need to stop covering...

Triphid comments on Oct 17, 2019:

Hear, Hear, I agree 110% with you.

The Greens just tried to get climate change recognised in Parliament. Guess what happened?

Triphid comments on Oct 16, 2019:

WHAT, you mean the 'Greens' are actually doing something productive AT last instead of stabbing Pensioners, etc, in the back as they did not so long ago? Wonders will never CEASE.

Hey Fellows Aussies i think i once saw Black Jesus in the Outback he said he could feed 5 thousand ...

Triphid comments on Oct 16, 2019:

WTF, just 2 'roos and 1 goanna, he's got to be kidding given that everything out in the bush these days is literally starving to death or dying from thirst you'd be pushing shit up hill to even scrape up enough for a McDonalds Children's meal these days. Hey, did you hear the one about the Catholic Missionary and the Aboriginal tribe? It goes like this, Way back in the early days, a Catholic Missionary, traveling and preaching through the bush, comes upon a tribe sitting by a billabong. He gets invited to sit, eat and talk with them and then asks if he can convert them to Christianity. The tribal leader agrees and is taken into the billabong, dunked into the water and the Missionary says, " Go in Heathen, come out Christian." After converting and baptising the whole tribe the Missionary tells them that they " Must not EAT red meat on a Friday from now on." A few weels go by and the Missionary comes across the same tribe, same billabong and there they sit, dining happily on a 'roo cooked in the campfire. The Missionary goes into a rage at the tribal leader about breaking the church ruling about eating red meat on friday, etc, when they are now Christians. The wise old Tribal Leader mere ly gets up and says to the Missionary, " No problem there boss, me just take 'roo into billabong, dunk him in water and say, Go in meat, come out fish."

Cubbies Station has all the water they need and some, while others.....

Triphid comments on Oct 16, 2019:

I wonder exactly how Canberra would feel/react should we, out here in this very drought ravaged region of Australia, decided to construct a pipeline running from Lake Berley Griffin and start pumping the water we desperately need to our houses, taps, farms and stock watering troughs? I'd lay odds on that there'd be uproar such as this country has never heard nor seen before. You could be certain that Josh Frydenburg would DEFINITELY travel a whole LOT further than his mere short trip to Inverell then I reckon.

Cubbies Station has all the water they need and some, while others.....

Triphid comments on Oct 16, 2019:

It would nice, in my opinion, IF we could gather up ALL the politicians who allowed this disgusting thing to happen AND the Overseas Owners of Cubbie Station, etc, and do a similar scene as is in the movie "300" where the Spartan King kicks the mongrels into a pit. But instead take the lot to Sydney Heads and boot the bastards out of OUR country for once and for ALL time. This country and ALL its resources SHOULD belong to ALL of its people, ALL of its people SHOULD have an EQUAL say in how this country is run and governed, how its resources are allocated/used and to whom they are allocated to on an EQUAL basis. Australia ONCE went from a Colony mentality to become a great Nation after the 2 World Wars thanks to the sacrifices made by our soldiers, sailors and airmen and women BUT complacency and apathy replaced the Pride we once had in our National Identity and now, in my opinion, it IS HIGH time for us ALL to Stand Up, be Counted, rethink our system of Government, Proclaim our Independence from under the British Thumb and the Heels of the American Pseudo-Empire and DECLARE with ONE loud and STRONG voice, " We ARE Australia, We ARE Australians."

A Pastor Used the Death of an Atheist Mom’s Baby as a Sermon Illustration | Hemant Mehta | ...

Triphid comments on Oct 15, 2019:

My heart, thoughts and sincerest sympathies and condolences got out to the mother and her family BUT my anger, very RIGHTEOUS anger I might add go to that low down, manipulative, heartless mongrel-gutted pastor WHO had the UNMITIGATED GALL and AFFRONT to both use the death of a child, a BABY in fact, to preach a sermon AND to being seemingly chewing on some kind of food or whatever whilst doing so. May destiny cause his tongue to rot, his voice to fail, his bones to weaken and crack, his body to be racked in sheer unceasing agony and his death be long, slow and painful.

Ideally, should religious people be:

Triphid comments on Oct 15, 2019:

They already HAVE enjoyed far greater rights throughout the centuries than were ever afforded to we, the Non-believers of this world BUT they do NOT deserve to be persecuted, etc, and neither do we, ergo, in my opinion, you 'poll questions/solutions,' etc, are NULL and Void hence I refrain from voting on them.

Witness K and the 'outrageous' spy scandal that failed to shame Australia | Australia news | The ...

Triphid comments on Oct 15, 2019:

Ah yes, the 'dirty tricks Department' of Asis have quite a lot to answer for, trust me on that one. Most thankfully I was NEVER involved in that fetid Department.

NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of physics [newscientist.com]

Triphid comments on Oct 15, 2019:

Here we go yet again. One scientist starts to think OUTSIDE of the box and some less than brave fool suddenly screams " You'll be void the Laws of Physics." In my opinion ALL the so-called 'Laws' ARE merely man-made devised/man-made to say the very least and are based solely upon the limited observations and understandings of humans that need everything to be 'fitted' neatly into specific boxes. Gravity, for example, is NOT a Law, it is an attraction/reaction between two or more objects just as is magnetism, so who is to truly say for ABSOLUTE certainty that ANY or ALL of these so-called 'Laws' we make actually apply beyond our minute part of this, as yet, unfathomed, Universe? Thinking outside of the box/es is exactly what got humans to the technological stages we are at now, it was once stated clearly that " Should a human travel faster than a horse could run the human would be crushed to a pulp or torn apart," George Stevenson invented the Steam Locomotive and, voila, humans went faster than a horse can run and still survived," some much for that 'Law.' Our dependency upon thrust driven engines for rockets is merely due to our inherent fear of breaching antiquated and arcane 'Laws,' these thrust engines are inefficient, costly and very expensive as well as extremely limiting just as merely thinking INSIDE the box/es has always been. To truly explore space we NEED to step away, completely, from that which we know that works and is limited by these so-called 'Laws' and discover and create new drive systems that WILL allow craft to travel faster, further and cheaper into the unknown or else just sit back and and scratch our collective arse and say " We are way too afraid to bend/break these 'Laws' we made so that's an end to it all."

The anger over Extinction Rebellion protests is more about the cause than the commotion, writes Jeff...

Triphid comments on Oct 15, 2019:

Climate Change IS NO fairy story, it IS Real and is happening as we sit and do S.F.A. but listen to the nay-sayers. The climate of Earthy, OUR only home, IS a very delicate thing, it has changed numerous times over the last Millions and Millions over years for reasons that are part of the cycles of both this planet and the Universe BUT this time WE are the root cause, WE must react and do EVERYTHING possible to reserve the harm WE have done and ARE still doing, WE must CLEAN UP our act because the ONLY alternative IS far too terrible to consider.

Paul Revere & The Raiders, Indian Reservation, 1971. [youtube.com]

Triphid comments on Oct 15, 2019:

Excellent version, I have the Don Fardon or Fandon version on CD as well. The Americans locked the Cherokee peoples on a 'Reservation' BUT not until after they forced them to walk from their native lands along the Trial OF Tears to Oklahoma and of the 7,000+ who started the forced walk, 4,000+ men, women, children, babies and elderly people had DIED from Cold, diseases, hunger and starvation.

A perspective on a introduced into the Australian Parliament to supposedly prevent discrimination ...

Triphid comments on Oct 15, 2019:

Yesterday I tried ring Morriscum 17 times, No luck, today 13 times, No luck, have sent an email to his Web page, strongly but nicely and tactfully worded, NO reply/response as yet. Has ANY ONE else had any luck thus far?

Today, the elderly retired pastor that mentors the church some of my family attend, invited me to ...

Triphid comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Hmmm, sounds like a similar thing I copped many years ago. A pastor from one the local 'born again' type churches tried inviting me to attend but really shied away from it when I replied with, " Okay, but can I give the sermon?"

What do you say to people who say, "I'll pray for you", when you tell them you're an atheist?

Triphid comments on Oct 14, 2019:

One of my usual responses is. " Hey, IF talking to yourself or the ceiling is what gets you off then go for it."

In 1959 through 1962, KKruschev was threatening to attack our troops in West Berlin if we did not ...

Triphid comments on Oct 14, 2019:

In my honest opinion your 'Orange Crested Drongo ( Drongo = Australian slang terminology meaning " someone with the intellect, etc, less than a complete half-wit) of a President is leading not only your country, but possibly the world, down the path to yet another ruination of another global conflict. Why, in the name of All Fuck, amerikkkans voted him into office eludes me and why, in the same name of All Fuck, your system does NOT have some legitimate ruling available to remove him from office and power eludes me as well. You claim to be a democracy but, as it stands, it seem very much like your democracy has become little more than a screwed up version of a Dictatorship.

Let's celebrate Cliff Richard's 79th birthday with Devil Woman He was a sensation in Europe in ...

Triphid comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Only ever liked 2 of his songs, this one and " Wired for Sound." Still think that he is a mongrel for turning his back on the band that got him his start, The Shadows, (now that IS group I could listen to all day long and often do).

Barr claims secularism is the cause of many of our society's ills. [thehill.com]

Triphid comments on Oct 13, 2019:

I'd dispute that strongly on numerous accounts. In my experiences, religions have brought with them divisiveness, segregation, discrimination, racism, ignorance, dependencies upon an external power (god being), suppressions and repressions of freedoms both personal and social, etc, etc.

Why are you a humanist?

Triphid comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Simple answer, Because I care, not just about humans but the entire planet as well.

The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind [youtube.com]

Triphid comments on Oct 13, 2019:

"Friday on your mind," great IF you only worked Monday thru Friday, not so good IF, like me and innumerable others, you worked on a roster system that include working weekends though....LOL.

Wish me luck guys.

Triphid comments on Oct 13, 2019:

God luck mate, enjoy life will you can.

Why do they worship?

Triphid comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Worshiping, adoring, loving, etc, a Mass Murdering, Genocidal, Misogynistic, Homophobic, Slavery Condoning Egomaniac who, etc, etc, presumably, is Omnipotent, Omnipresent, etc, etc, BUT merely sits back and watches and does NOTHING when there is diseases, cancers, starvation, warfare, etc, etc, happening everywhere WHEN, with a simple wave of a hand, he/she/it could prevent it ALL makes absolutely NO sense to me. I suppose that the Faithfools everywhere do all this and more JUST in case their Sky Daddy has yet another 'bad hair day' and decides, yet again, to enact his rage upon them, one and all.

Hot Mature Flies Waiting for Viagra Spiders! Sign-up Now! These ads showed up on my Facebook ...

Triphid comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Hmmm, methinks I smell something fishy here AND I am talking about the profiles being a scam, not what you guys may be thinking....LOL.

What activity has most consistently given you a feeling of inner peace?

Triphid comments on Oct 13, 2019:

I'd have to say that I have a few. Gardening, Doing Artworks/Writing Poetry and in winter chopping firewood would rate the highest if there were a list.

The man I am dating told me that most women wear thong underwear, at least on date night.

Triphid comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Not joking here BUT I once went on a date with a woman who wear NOTHING under her short, VERY short, dress, I didn't realize that she was going 'commando' until she got herself so drunk that she went arse over tit as she was heading for the 'Ladie's Room.' That IS when I came to realize also that is a " Crack of Dawn (LOL)" since her name was actually Dawn.

Australia for sale.

Triphid comments on Oct 12, 2019:

No longer 'For Sale' but sold in my opinion, thanks soley to the Libs-Nats and their like.

Did Australia make the correct choice of late or were Keeting and Kevin Rudd on the right track?

Triphid comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Whitlam was the first an foremost at the drive for Australia to become both Independent and a stand alone nation FREE of the corrosive influences of bothy Amerikkka and England. Gough would have succeeded too BUT between them and those back-stabbing Liberal Party Scum, the Poms and Seppos concocted and colluded up the 'frame-up' to stop us from getting out from under their boot heels.

High Court Chief Justice Susan Kiefel gives Capilano Honey the green light to poison the Australian ...

Triphid comments on Oct 12, 2019:

My most earnest advice/suggestion to ALL Australians would be to CEASE immediately buying Capilano products,

Just had my Evangelist Jesus Jockey neighbor knock at my door with a petition because our local City...

Triphid comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Bloody hell, I WAS only expecting to get the wood from the cross dumped in my driveway BUT the council crew decided, so it seems that after my coffee and the lady with her sandwiches, we both deserved a little extra and now we both have a share of a 2 and a half ton truck load of not only the cross plus the dead trees that they have been either removing from around town and the branches they have trimming from the living trees as well, all nicely and neatly stacked along side the driveways. Btw, just did a quick measure of the timber he used, 8" width, 6" thickness and those great council workers have cut it into nice, neat lengths of 12" perfect for the fire place.

BYO toilet paper when you visit the good old dunny

Triphid comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Ah, the old wood and corrugated iron dunnies, aka the long drop, blowfly central, squat and swat, pee and flee, parliament house, etc, etc, they had innumerable names to describe them. I can still remember when actual toilet paper was a luxury and we used squares cut from newspapers to do the necessary 'paper work' after the motions were passed, and the flies in summer, the Red-back Spiders, walking up to it when it was pouring rain or freezing cold or hotter than a lizard on a tin roof in a heat wave. I, for one, don't miss them in the least.

My Agnostic shirt finally arrived! (Bonus view with smile included!) EDIT: for those who want to ...

Triphid comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Congrats fellow Pagan, wear it publicly and tell the world that you are a great person WITHOUT needing a god.

What is your favorite "meaning of life quote"?

Triphid comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Monty Python's " Always look on the Bright side."

$3G 'Jesus Shoes' filled with holy water sell out within minutes.

Triphid comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Ah ha, so the real SECRET is out then, Jeebus Crust actually wore a similar kind of sandal when he did his 'walking on water' stunt. Now all we need is to find out the 'water into wine' secret and then we can have a worldwide free piss up....LOL.

Mayor in Mexico tied to a truck and dragged through streets for ‘failing to fulfill campaign ...

Triphid comments on Oct 9, 2019:

So should it be for ALL politicians in my opinion since they ALWAYS make 'crystal' promises and those promises, like crystal, are ever so easily broken.

What are the best places for people like us to live?

Triphid comments on Oct 9, 2019:

I find that staying where I am and being myself are the best things in my life at present, though also finding others to discuss my atheist ways and reasons why I am an Atheist are also great as well. But then, Australia, thus far, has always been a Secular Nation and will hopefully remain so even though we seemed to 'cursed' with a Happy Clappy, Jesus Chappy and his cohort of religiotards in government at the moment.

Pope: indigenous people's feathered headgear no sillier than Vatican hats | Pope Francis | The ...

Triphid comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Lol, love the Maccas Fries job on the 'hat' of Pope Wanky Frankey, nice bit of work there.

Onward atheist soldiers.

Triphid comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Isn't sad, to say the very least, how the Faithfools and their so-called 'Scholarly Experts' will grasp at ANY straw possible in attempts to prove that their 'Wholly Babble', aka bible, is the Truth?

Mr Custer a song that until ten minutes ago I had never previously heard.

Triphid comments on Oct 9, 2019:

The Sioux Nations definitely taught "Morning Star/Yellow Hair" a big lesson at the Little Bighorn that day, didn't they? Btw, for those who are unaware, the Sioux called Custer 'Morning Star' since in their tradition the Morning Star was a bad omen was credited with 'stealing away the lives of women, children and babies,' which Custer did when he attacked and slaughtered an entire sleeping village full of women, children, babies and elderly people on one occasion.

Australian Green's Party ridiculed -

Triphid comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Oh FFS, sharks have lived and ruled in the oceans since the dinosaurs were extinct, before then they had to contend with bigger enemies like the Mosasaurs, when humans discovered that swimming/bathing in the oceans was great fun and an easy way to get clean, etc, humans INVADED the territories of the sharks and placed themselves on the 'possibly' edible snack menu for the sharks. Thanks to Hollywood and their over dramatisations of shark 'attacks' in movies like 'Jaws' almost everyone believes that sharks, the Great Whites in particular, go out of their way just to dine on humans. In fact that is not actually the case since most sharks, except the Bull Shark, actually dislike the taste of human beings intensely they merely see and sense swimmers, surfers, etc, as being the shadowy shapes resembling their favourite snack item, seals, and will naturally go in for a quick snack. As for the Australian Green Party, well in my opinion they're about as much use as a chocolate teapot and as trustworthy as a tissue paper nappy on a baby with chronic diarrhoea. Perhaps they should be looking at how many people have died through the rampant mismanagement of government services and fundings instead and consider culling useless politicians?

Quick survey question of the day Before you answer the survey question, please do this mental ...

Triphid comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Back in the 1970's when I was working as a Qualified Nurse, male Nurses got paid less than female Nurses and were EXPECTED to do such so-called 'masculine tasks' as changing oxygen bottles, lifting patients, moving beds and furniture, tasks that were otherwise classed as the duties for the Wardsmen/Porters who were actually paid more than the male Nurses. Plus it was frowned upon for a male Nurse to share the same table in the Hospital Cafeteria with female Nurses during mealtimes, etc, there were NO separate changing facilities for male Nurses, no designated toilet facilities for us either BUT when on-call for O.R. duty we had TO sleep in the designated accommodations of the Nurses Home attached to the hospital amongst all those single, young female Nurses, IF only the Hospital Administration knew what wonderful, 'educating,' and rewarding times they were.

GA School District Settles Lawsuit With Employee Punished for Teaching Yoga | Hemant Mehta | ...

Triphid comments on Oct 8, 2019:

WTF, Yoga is a method of controlling breathing, calming the body and mind, helping to easy the tensions/stresses on the body and mind as well being a way to create a positive attitude towards the self, etc. Yoga is NO more a religion/religious activity than going to sleep at night is, those Xrstian parents truly DO need to get a bloody life and grow a few more brain cells for a change instead of running around like headless chickens and screaming things like Blasphemy, etc, etc.

Australia's economic woes? [independentaustralia.net]

Triphid comments on Oct 7, 2019:

As has been the usual ideology with the Liberal Parties over the decades first instilled into them by their 'Messiah' and Cult Idol, Pig Iron Bob Menzies, " The Plebians (common peoples) should NEVER be permitted to rise above their station in life, therefore it Is imperative that their earnings MUSt remain so low that they can only just afford to pay rent, buy the very basics of foods, etc, and NEVER be able to afford the luxuries of owning homes and land for this WOULD threaten the Status Quo by which we, the Upper Classes, can rule and prosper over them." - Robert Menzies, circa 1947 to the Liberal Party of Australia. Hence, that is WHY under ANY Liberal or Liberal/National Coalition Government this country quickly goes down the tubes.

T-Shirt Design

Triphid comments on Oct 7, 2019:

How about one that reads, " Atheism = Freedom, Religion = Mental Slavery.

Not that long ago I was talking to this pastor he could not get his head around that I do not ...

Triphid comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Oh the looks and reactions you get from them when you burst their little bubbles with facts, etc, are TRULY priceless, aren't they? Pretty much like what happened last Friday when in our main CBD I was accosted by 2 Jehovah's Witlesses trying to peddle their religion. They pretty much shrank away when I calmly asked them what, exactly, were their educational qualifications to be teaching others about religious beliefs and calmly told them that I had a ThD ( Doctorate in Theology and Comparative Modern Religions) and had studied for it AS a life-long Atheist and STILL remain an Atheist.

Sometimes I'm confused on what to call myself.

Triphid comments on Oct 6, 2019:

I like to leave 'labeling' to those who truly NEED to label people since it seems to be one of the things that ONLY satisfies them. Though having said that, I do DESCRIBE myself to others as being a 100% certain Atheist person with the heart and mind of both a Humanitarian and a Pacifist as well.

From an atheist perspective (and I am an atheist), is there a difference between religion and a ...

Triphid comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Personally speaking here, I do NOT think there is much of difference between religion and cultism at all, since they BOTH have a central figure of worship, rely and depend solely upon their followers having blind faith in what they preach and teach, offer up, for the most part, that which can ONLY be attained AFTER Death and NOT before, etc, etc.

I just finished 84 days at St.

Triphid comments on Oct 6, 2019:

No-one truly needs a 'Sky Daddy' to accomplish things in their life, all that is required we can find within ourselves, all we really need to do is to first find what we need, then draw upon it as we need it. Big Kudos to you for not running to the Invisible, Imaginary 'Sky Daddy' and, instead, becoming a REAL D.I.Y person.

I'm sorry in advance.

Triphid comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Hey where's the problem, didn't the Red-necked Rebs invent their national sport of " Poke ya Mom/Sister/Aunty/Cousin or Niece" anyway.....LOL?

Fox News Op-Ed: Atheists Are ‘Bullies’ Who Try To Force Their Beliefs On Others

Triphid comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Sounds to me very much like yet another of Wrinkled-up Rupert Turdoch's ' bum-buddies' has started dribbling the shit he's been tasting from his despotic boss again. INMHO, ANYTHING that is excreted by the Turdoch owned media empire is about 0.00000001% of conjecture and the rest is utter BULLSHIT at the very best.

ARE YOU ANNOYED AT TV EVANAGLISTS AND DOOR KNOCKING BIBLE THUMPERS?

Triphid comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Considering that through archaeological studies, etc, the average height of humans from around the time when Homo Sapiens first evolved until around the late Middle Ages was between 5' 3" and 5' 10" and persons taller than that WERE consider to be 'giants' the possibility of anything REMOTELY human being over 10' in height would be more remote than the very edge of the Universe is to this planet. Scientifically and Medically speaking here, Yes, we do find the very RARE and ODD human being these days growing to heights of 6'5" and up to and including 7' 4" but they are A RARITY, it IS only because of the readily availability of more nutritious foods, etc, that the average human height has gone above the 5'10" average of older times since better care and nutrition = larger body sizes and heights. Ergo, these 'giants' of which the Faithfools regularly cite as having lived in biblical times and 'claimed (?)' to have unearthed the skeletal remains of are about as plausible as are their tales of talking snakes and a whale swallowing a human whole and regurgitating him ALIVE and undamaged 3 days or so later.

An aquaintence I know is 100% for declawing cats.

Triphid comments on Oct 4, 2019:

Though I AM not a person who likes cats there is a way, a very simple and easy way, to stop cats from using their claws on furniture, etc. Buy a pair of clippers used for trimming the nails of dogs, use them to trim the claws of cats in the same manner as they are used for dogs regularly then there IS no need for de-clawing.

I often find it extremely mind-boggling just how many "Christians" have never read the Bible.

Triphid comments on Oct 3, 2019:

I have learned and found that 90% of Xrstians ONLY read the parts of their holy book that either, A) their priest/minister has told them to read, or, B) ONLY the parts that suit them them and their beliefs best. I tend to think that this little meme attached says it all quite succinctly.

Just a second.

Triphid comments on Oct 3, 2019:

I often wonder to myself what would actually happen IF I went to one these 'churches' and suddenly jumped and pretend to ' speak in tongues' ( aka babble on like dribbling idiot). Would it have a similar result to when, back in the 70's, I was dared to stand on a street corner in Adelaide, Sth. Australia and pretend to be a new Christian Prophet, we raked in nearly $1,500 in less than an hour with that one?

Who amongst us is the most keen to spread the agnostic message?

Triphid comments on Oct 2, 2019:

I have been an Atheist, NOT an Agnostic though, since about 8 years of age and I regularly discuss my Atheism with anyone who wants to hear it.