When someone says they are spiritual and also agnostic-atheist, I always wonder, "Do they believe ...

skado comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Spirit = attitude, mood, or relative emotional buoyancy. Every human is spiritual.

Triphid replies on Sep 16, 2020:

@skado Jeez Louise @Skado, after years as a nurse I'd reckon I'd know quite well that all our thoughts, et, etc, are generated in our brains, where else would they come from, our Anus perhaps? To many the word' spiritual oft reeks of the religious connotation, i.e. holy spirit, etc, etc, and that is why I try to get you to put across a clearer and more precise explanation/definition. However, re- your ending paragraph, I do not see other humans as 'enemies' as such UNLESS they threaten me or those I care about and I am both a humanist and a pacifist to the best of my abilities.

Just a little adjunct to the Evangeloon business from last weekend.

dkp93 comments on Sep 16, 2020:

I went back and read your previous posts about the incident. Sounds like a really lovely man, especially if his own mother is willing to pay a large monthly sum to keep him away. His god must be pretty weak to have been so distracted by you that he was unable to keep his precious lamb safe from a ...

Triphid replies on Sep 16, 2020:

See, I've been trying to tell everyone that I AM God.....LOL.

Just a little adjunct to the Evangeloon business from last weekend.

creative51 comments on Sep 16, 2020:

May you live in interesting times, my friend.

Triphid replies on Sep 16, 2020:

Now, IF I were an ancient Chinese person, I could take that as being a curse. Actually though, it has been wonderfully peaceful around here since the weekend, what with him stuck in hospital and all.

Is the end of the world happening this week?

PadraicM comments on Sep 15, 2020:

You have made me rethink the validity of end times prophesies. I think that... REM is probably the most accurate and they might be right here. Just have to understand the context correctly: That's great, it starts with an earthquake (lots of these) Birds and snakes, and aeroplanes (the bible ...

Triphid replies on Sep 16, 2020:

@freeofgod Oh shit, and here was I think that he was living just around the corner from my house all this time....LOL No, sorry, my mistake, that's another local looney-tune we call " Rapping Randall" who wanders the streets armed with his "Ghetto Blaster" and endless Elvis Presley tapes playing on it non-stop as he attempts to sing out loud.

When someone says they are spiritual and also agnostic-atheist, I always wonder, "Do they believe ...

skado comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Spirit = attitude, mood, or relative emotional buoyancy. Every human is spiritual.

Triphid replies on Sep 16, 2020:

@skado A) So-called "Western Civilisation" is NOT completely the product of the Christian religion nor the bible, B) it took me less than a minute to use a Search Engine and find 16+ Dictionary definitions for BOTH spellings of the word Non-corporeal/Noncorporeal, Does that tell you anything?, ii) "My best guess would be the brain," simply your supposition then, ergo no evidence to support it, C) "Yep," We living beings are evolved from matter, ergo we are material - Logic, yet it has never been shown nor proven that anything remotely resembling 'spiritual exist either within or around us, i) " Scientist haven't found "material yet.......: In which reference/s do you use the term "material" and the searches made by these scientist that haven't found anything material yet," Are you perhaps making the implication/s that the ground upon which we walk, live and dwell IS purely a figment of the imagination or something, the Solar body upon which most of life on this planet depends is also a figment of the imagination or that the walls, floors roofs, etc, of our dwellings are merely just as imaginary?

When someone says they are spiritual and also agnostic-atheist, I always wonder, "Do they believe ...

skado comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Spirit = attitude, mood, or relative emotional buoyancy. Every human is spiritual.

Triphid replies on Sep 16, 2020:

@skado Okay then let us start with, A) "People can be "poor in spirit," a terminology that has its roots way back in the earlier years of the Judaic Belief system, ergo it has religious overtones, B) "Definitions include "spirit being incorporeal ( sorry to be pedantic here but that IS Noncorporeal, not incorporeal btw) and non-material, i) "feelings and thoughts, etc, etc, but are, themselves non-material," well all animals have sensations/feelings of some sort or another and humans are no different except we have learned to harness them, use them to our own benefit/s and, by inventing languages, have evolved to given them names, ii) so, according to your definition/s these words I type here are but both non-material and have emerged from a 'material substrate,' where, precisely can this 'material substrate' be found or located?, C) "We're material and spiritual," i) can you show empirically tried, tested and proven evidence in favour of this ASSUMPTION you so put forward as being a FACT?

Disbelieve it or not, ancient history suggests that atheism is as natural to humans as religion | ...

Moravian comments on Sep 14, 2020:

Sounds reasonable but the early Christians were persecuted not for their beliefs but for refusing to worship the Roman gods so forced obedience was there before monotheism became the norm.

Triphid replies on Sep 16, 2020:

@Moravian is that not what i said in the last sentence.

Disbelieve it or not, ancient history suggests that atheism is as natural to humans as religion | ...

Moravian comments on Sep 14, 2020:

Sounds reasonable but the early Christians were persecuted not for their beliefs but for refusing to worship the Roman gods so forced obedience was there before monotheism became the norm.

Triphid replies on Sep 15, 2020:

@Moravian If you read the numerous accounts of the Roman Empire, they were quite tolerant of the belief systems of the peoples they conquered. Yes, it IS claimed that the Romans had a 'bug-bear' of a problem with the Celtic Druids but they Romans actually 'adopted/adapted' many of Celtic Gods, etc, into their belief systems as well. Historically, the BIGGEST Haters of any other belief systems until the rise of Islam have been the Christians without even the shadow of a doubt.

Why Can't We See God - A scientific explanation Frank Lee Easter, 2005 Physicists have ...

LucyLoohoo comments on Sep 15, 2020:

And you (a self-proclaimed atheist) posted this here because????? Just curious....

Triphid replies on Sep 15, 2020:

Methinks someone, not you btw, has had a wee overdose of Woo-Woo too many.

Why Can't We See God - A scientific explanation Frank Lee Easter, 2005 Physicists have ...

AgeofReason comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Maybe there are things in those other dimensions. Maybe it’s God!? Maybe there are unseen creepy crawlers all over your body, only visible with a microscope. Maybe it’s God!? Maybe it is I, the Lord thy God, speaking to you now. Maybe I’m God?! Bow before me.

Triphid replies on Sep 15, 2020:

Well there are literally billions of 'creepy-crawlies ' inhabiting every inch of your body both inside and outside, some beneficial, some benign and some neither beneficial nor benign, but like it or not they are there.

When someone says they are spiritual and also agnostic-atheist, I always wonder, "Do they believe ...

skado comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Spirit = attitude, mood, or relative emotional buoyancy. Every human is spiritual.

Triphid replies on Sep 15, 2020:

"Every human is spiritual," then please define 'spiritual' and also how it can be that a 'spiritual' human can also be a low murdering, often at times multiple murder committing being, when they are 'spiritual.'

When someone says they are spiritual and also agnostic-atheist, I always wonder, "Do they believe ...

LiterateHiker comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Hiking is a transcendent, uplifting experience for me. The mountains are my sanctuary. Apart from the staggering natural beauty, exercise raises my endorphin level that increases feelings of happiness and well-being. We all need more low-level ecstasy in our lives. **The Healing Power of ...

Triphid replies on Sep 15, 2020:

@AnonySchmoose I agree with you there, I often feel more 'energised' when I'm out in bush around where I lived but I don't see as a 'spiritual thing' more like my body is getting back in synch with the rhythms, etc, that are both a part of nature and our bodies. Like most other animals, primates included, we have what is termed a Circadian Clock in our system. It is linked somehow to the rhythms of day and night, regulating our times of sleep, activity, etc, etc, to a natural pattern. Shift working, especially night shift, can alter those regulations, sometimes quite drastically, since night shift forces the workers to be awake when they should be sleeping and vice versa. Imo, there is nothing remotely 'spiritual' in either nature nor the human body/being, we are just another part of the cycles of nature, nothing more, nothing less.

Church Court Punishes Priest Found Guilty of Child Sexual Abuse With… Prayer | Hemant Mehta | ...

KKGator comments on Sep 14, 2020:

This is the kind of garbage that makes me want to see capital punishment as a consequence of committing crimes against children. There is no "rehabilitation" for this kind of abuse. Given the opportunity, they will almost always do it again.

Triphid replies on Sep 15, 2020:

@snytiger6 Do they or did he give their victims any choice when he/they started abusing them? NO. So I'd offer them the same, i.e. TOTAL emasculation with ONLY a local anesthetic so they are wide awake and are able to watch the entire process.

Church Court Punishes Priest Found Guilty of Child Sexual Abuse With… Prayer | Hemant Mehta | ...

KKGator comments on Sep 14, 2020:

This is the kind of garbage that makes me want to see capital punishment as a consequence of committing crimes against children. There is no "rehabilitation" for this kind of abuse. Given the opportunity, they will almost always do it again.

Triphid replies on Sep 14, 2020:

@KKGator So, would you also suggest that people with other brain/mental disorders be 'put down' as well?

Disbelieve it or not, ancient history suggests that atheism is as natural to humans as religion | ...

Moravian comments on Sep 14, 2020:

Sounds reasonable but the early Christians were persecuted not for their beliefs but for refusing to worship the Roman gods so forced obedience was there before monotheism became the norm.

Triphid replies on Sep 14, 2020:

Actually those 'tales' of Xrstian persecutions in Ancient Rome are just that, fairy stories, since the Romans NEVER forced those they conquered to accept and worship their Pantheon of Deities, in actual fact, the Romans were well known for adopting and adapting the Gods, etc, of others into their own belief systems. The cults of the Egyptian Deity Isis is but one example as is the Mithras cults, the Ishtar cults and almost countless mere besides.

I use to think that being an intellectual was a noble goal, but time has taught me that it is not ...

p-nullifidian comments on Sep 11, 2020:

A definition of an intellectual is one with a highly developed intellect. If we consider our brains as a muscle which, if developed, broadens our perspective, what could possibly be ignoble about the urge to expand one's intellect? And how is the presence / lack of "heart and conscience" ...

Triphid replies on Sep 14, 2020:

@p-nullifidian No need to thank me, as a nurse it was my pleasure to help and aid those who needed me.

Church Court Punishes Priest Found Guilty of Child Sexual Abuse With… Prayer | Hemant Mehta | ...

KKGator comments on Sep 14, 2020:

This is the kind of garbage that makes me want to see capital punishment as a consequence of committing crimes against children. There is no "rehabilitation" for this kind of abuse. Given the opportunity, they will almost always do it again.

Triphid replies on Sep 14, 2020:

@SeaRay215ex The ONLY 'cure' is, imo, TOTAL emasculation.

Christian-Owned Wedding Venue Refuses to Host Mixed Race Wedding Because Jesus | Hemant Mehta | ...

Triphid comments on Sep 2, 2020:

" Religious Rights, Religious Freedoms," we hear it almost screamed out day after day non-stop BUT what about the Rights and Freedoms due to everyone else or are they of little or no concern since they do NOT fit neatly into the Faithfool Folds? Why is it that the 'religious' can discriminate ...

Triphid replies on Sep 13, 2020:

@redhog So it seems, very sadly so it seems.

So, there I was sitting on my front veranda, drinking a well earned coffee, minding my own business.

PadraicM comments on Sep 13, 2020:

The chainsaw headed for his reproductive region... sounds like you should have waited for a few minutes. Being a nurse, I'm sure the blood wouldn't have been a problem for you, but you could have saved the world and gotten a chance to write in for a Darwin Award. The good you could have done for the...

Triphid replies on Sep 13, 2020:

In hindsight I guess you might be on to something there. the chainsaw would have ensured that he could never breed more of his kind thus reducing the world of a very small percentage of the religious idiocy that he exudes. But I once, while cutting up a log with my chainsaw, cut through the log and a 6' long Brown Snake as well. The blood and tissues, etc, that literally went everywhere were not a pretty sight to behold.

So, there I was sitting on my front veranda, drinking a well earned coffee, minding my own business.

callmedubious comments on Sep 13, 2020:

another good one by the scriptwriters for the entertainment of the gods.

Triphid replies on Sep 13, 2020:

Oh I should be able write such scripts, then maybe I could be a renowned Script Writer for Hollywood.

Well I may have copped a totally uncalled for and unwarranted tirade from Evangeloon yesterday , ...

AnneWimsey comments on Sep 13, 2020:

Ummmm, honey, I believe that ship sailed a long time ago.......

Triphid replies on Sep 13, 2020:

LOL, I tend to think that his head is akin to the Mary Celeste, i.e. the ship is there but nobody is at the helm.

So, there I was sitting on my front veranda, drinking a well earned coffee, minding my own business.

Jolanta comments on Sep 12, 2020:

Next time just get your phone out and start recording.

Triphid replies on Sep 13, 2020:

@Jolanta Now that is a wee bit on the harsh side BUT I do kind of agree with you though.

I use to think that being an intellectual was a noble goal, but time has taught me that it is not ...

p-nullifidian comments on Sep 11, 2020:

A definition of an intellectual is one with a highly developed intellect. If we consider our brains as a muscle which, if developed, broadens our perspective, what could possibly be ignoble about the urge to expand one's intellect? And how is the presence / lack of "heart and conscience" ...

Triphid replies on Sep 13, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles Well, you are kind of preaching to the choir here. I too was a nurse first then went into becoming a Mid-Wife, or as the women in the Maternity/O.B.U. Wards would call us " Mid-Misters". I started my nursing training way back in 1972 when there was no going through Universities, just 8 weeks in the Training School every 12 months and between those rostered on to work in the wards for 3 years. For the first 12 months, as a Trainee, aka Green skin, you got ALL the dirty jobs, the hard jobs and had Supervisors watching your every move, the second year you got things a little easier and a lot more responsibilities on the job and so on.

Well I may have copped a totally uncalled for and unwarranted tirade from Evangeloon yesterday , ...

BitFlipper comments on Sep 13, 2020:

I have no sympathy for Evangeloon.

Triphid replies on Sep 13, 2020:

Me neither.

Well I may have copped a totally uncalled for and unwarranted tirade from Evangeloon yesterday , ...

PondartIncbendog comments on Sep 13, 2020:

"And Mr Triphid, exactly how many times did you strike your neighbor?"

Triphid replies on Sep 13, 2020:

And my answer would, " Sir, I never strike shit because it splatters and has a tendency to stick to anything that it comes in contact with."

Well I may have copped a totally uncalled for and unwarranted tirade from Evangeloon yesterday , ...

ZantiMisfit comments on Sep 13, 2020:

Hopefully he'll learn something from this. But probably not.

Triphid replies on Sep 13, 2020:

Given all the past experiences I've had with him as neighbour, etc, etc, I most sincerely doubt it as well.

Well I may have copped a totally uncalled for and unwarranted tirade from Evangeloon yesterday , ...

bobwjr comments on Sep 13, 2020:

Good work, but how can you detect brain damage in a evangelical ?

Triphid replies on Sep 13, 2020:

I've wondering about that as well.

So, there I was sitting on my front veranda, drinking a well earned coffee, minding my own business.

bragadm comments on Sep 12, 2020:

Hopefully that chainsaw wasn't actually still spinning.

Triphid replies on Sep 13, 2020:

@bragadm However it IS the truth, 100% True and IF you ever meet Evangeloon then you will know just what thick-headed idiot he can be.

So, there I was sitting on my front veranda, drinking a well earned coffee, minding my own business.

bragadm comments on Sep 12, 2020:

Hopefully that chainsaw wasn't actually still spinning.

Triphid replies on Sep 12, 2020:

Well normally when you release the trigger a chainsaw ceases to spin the chain around the chain bar/guide. But I noticed yesterday that Evangeloon, in his infinite God given wisdom (LOL), had tied back the trigger with a piece of twine and I think may have disconnected the chain-brake as well. A very BIG No-No to anyone with even the smallest of knowledge in using chainsaws.

Pope Francis Says Having Sex And Eating Good Food Is 'Simply Divine'

jeshuey comments on Sep 12, 2020:

How the eff would he know?

Triphid replies on Sep 12, 2020:

@SeaGreenEyez Why bother, IF they can't see the sarcasm, etc, then, imo, it is their problem and NOT yours.

Pope Francis Says Having Sex And Eating Good Food Is 'Simply Divine'

jeshuey comments on Sep 12, 2020:

How the eff would he know?

Triphid replies on Sep 12, 2020:

@SeaGreenEyez Sarcasm and Truth all rolled into one I'd say.

Pope Francis Says Having Sex And Eating Good Food Is 'Simply Divine'

jeshuey comments on Sep 12, 2020:

How the eff would he know?

Triphid replies on Sep 12, 2020:

I suppose he knows from the sordid tales told to him by his mass of Paedophile Priests and the Nuns whom priests have impregnated over the centuries. After all, he IS the Pope, i.e. Protector of Paedophile Employees is he not?

I use to think that being an intellectual was a noble goal, but time has taught me that it is not ...

p-nullifidian comments on Sep 11, 2020:

A definition of an intellectual is one with a highly developed intellect. If we consider our brains as a muscle which, if developed, broadens our perspective, what could possibly be ignoble about the urge to expand one's intellect? And how is the presence / lack of "heart and conscience" ...

Triphid replies on Sep 12, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles Well I think you'll find in the fields of Medicine most Doctors start out their Medical Careers as "general dogs bodies' type Doctors and then gravitate towards whatever field they may feel suits them later, at least that's how was when i a nurse. Hence in Ancient Egypt, for example, what we call a General Practitioner was more highly regarded than a Specialist such as a surgeon, etc, since the G.P. had to have a far wider knowledge than the Specialist.

So, there I was sitting on my front veranda, drinking a well earned coffee, minding my own business.

Jolanta comments on Sep 12, 2020:

Next time just get your phone out and start recording.

Triphid replies on Sep 12, 2020:

I can't be like that or so cruel, not in my nature or training plus I only have the old land-line.

So, there I was sitting on my front veranda, drinking a well earned coffee, minding my own business.

Green_Soldier71 comments on Sep 12, 2020:

Now, answer me this...why doesn't natural selection weed out his kind?🙄🤔😎

Triphid replies on Sep 12, 2020:

I think it was trying via the chainsaw....LOL.

So, there I was sitting on my front veranda, drinking a well earned coffee, minding my own business.

ADKSparky comments on Sep 12, 2020:

You can’t fix stupid. You did the best you could in the situation. You’re a good man

Triphid replies on Sep 12, 2020:

Just doing exactly what any decent human would do in cases like that.

So, there I was sitting on my front veranda, drinking a well earned coffee, minding my own business.

bobwjr comments on Sep 12, 2020:

Moron

Triphid replies on Sep 12, 2020:

Well he still believes has symptoms of the Moron-A virus that I diagnosed (as a bit of harmless fun and a laugh btw) back when the Covid-19 pandemic first started.

So, there I was sitting on my front veranda, drinking a well earned coffee, minding my own business.

HumanistJohn comments on Sep 12, 2020:

Hey! If you can influence god in that way, how about influencing her to give food and clean drinking water to all the starving children f the world?

Triphid replies on Sep 12, 2020:

Oh how I wish I could do all those things and more besides.

I use to think that being an intellectual was a noble goal, but time has taught me that it is not ...

p-nullifidian comments on Sep 11, 2020:

A definition of an intellectual is one with a highly developed intellect. If we consider our brains as a muscle which, if developed, broadens our perspective, what could possibly be ignoble about the urge to expand one's intellect? And how is the presence / lack of "heart and conscience" ...

Triphid replies on Sep 12, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles As a Teacher instilled into his students back in the 60's when I was one his many students, " Those who seek to know everything about ONLY 1 subject eventually ends up knowing little or nothing about everything." He would add to that by saying, " Your minds are a bottomless pit hungering for knowledge, do NOT restrict them to just one single subject." I suppose I could say that I took his 'motto' to heart.

Imagine No Religion

xenoview comments on Sep 11, 2020:

Unless you get rid of all the holy books, religion will be around in one shape or another.

Triphid replies on Sep 11, 2020:

Not meaning sad re- your comment, sad because, unfortunately imo, we are, somewhat, "pushing shit uphill" in our attempts to make this a reality.

A long read but worth the time.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 10, 2020:

I did not read this but I cannot believe that Aron Ra believes "faith" is in any way reasonable also. The word "faith" is always misrepresented. Idiots want to claim you have "faith" in gravity. WTF?

Triphid replies on Sep 11, 2020:

@anglophone Ah, BUT the Sun does not actually rise, LOL, it is an optical illusion created by the rotation of the Earth on its axis and when you see the Sun above the horizon, so to speak, in actual fact it has already been above the horizons for some 8.5 seconds any way. But I'm just being a wee pedantic here, so don't take offense/umbrage please.

A long read but worth the time.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 10, 2020:

I did not read this but I cannot believe that Aron Ra believes "faith" is in any way reasonable also. The word "faith" is always misrepresented. Idiots want to claim you have "faith" in gravity. WTF?

Triphid replies on Sep 11, 2020:

I do NOT have 'faith" in Gravity but I do trust that the concept of Gravitational Attraction between objects exists, otherwise, IF it did not then we'd never have been here to be debating this subject in the first place.

A long read but worth the time.

JustChris comments on Sep 11, 2020:

Favorite part? The definitions of faith. It literally states and/or implies in the definitions that evidence is not required, needed or demanded. And yet apologists claim that there IS "evidence" for their "faith." It's all so mind numbing.

Triphid replies on Sep 11, 2020:

Ergo, and legally speaking, just as Faith is soley dependent upon belief without questioning or evidential proof, therefore it is a False Claim, legally, "since ANY Claim unsupported by Tried, Tested, Irrefutable, empirical evidence is NOTHING more than False and thus deserves to be dismissed out of hand as such."

Imagine No Religion

creative51 comments on Sep 11, 2020:

If there were none, then what would we fight about? LOL

Triphid replies on Sep 11, 2020:

@OnlyAGhost I reckon that ANY time ANY Government/s decide to go to war, the Leaders of those Governments SHOULD be made, by International Law, to fight out their differences in Face to Face and Hand to Hand Combat as the SOLE combatants, No Armies, Navies, etc, etc, just One on One, first to draw blood wins and that is it, all over and done with.

Now, okay I'm an Aussie and our Election/Voting Laws are probably different to the U.

CourtJester comments on Sep 9, 2020:

Yeah. Australia is mad that they have to pay their fair share to the UN now. Equal is bad. Orange man bad.

Triphid replies on Sep 11, 2020:

Hey don't knock Australia until you've actually tried it. Here's just a very few of Australia's good points. We do NOT have Donald Trump, We do NOT have idiots running around shooting kids in schools, etc, We are NOT obsessed with picking fights and starting wars just to boost Arms Sales, Aussies INVENTED Wi-Fi and heaps of other things besides, Aussies invented the Bionic Ear, I.V.F, etc, etc, Our Football player do NOT wear shoulder pads, etc, etc, We DO already pay our 'fair share' to the U.N., Other than those smog filled cities. we have heaps of wide open spaces with Fresh, Clean air and wide open, blue skies, and that, Sir, is just wee sample.

Now, okay I'm an Aussie and our Election/Voting Laws are probably different to the U.

AmyTheBruce comments on Sep 9, 2020:

Yes, you are correct that voting twice is illegal here, too. You are also correct that Trump urged his supporters to do exactly that. Of course, he backpedaled when called out, (the "I wasn't serious!" excuse,) and for once I actually believe him, more or less. I think he was just running his ...

Triphid replies on Sep 10, 2020:

Well, IF you want a say in how your country is run then why should you not vote, even if it is made a Law that EVERYONE of Voting Age must vote?

William Barr being honored at a Catholic breakfast.

Jolanta comments on Sep 9, 2020:

You are sooooo mean, don't you relise that they could get sick???????

Triphid replies on Sep 9, 2020:

Here's hoping they do.

The logic does your head in [abc.net.au]

Triphid comments on Sep 8, 2020:

FFS, that IS 100% ridiculous to the extreme imo.

Triphid replies on Sep 9, 2020:

@powder Going on what I've seen of how the year 12's behave these days I'd reckon they've already done that at least a dozen times over.

From a talk on Forgiveness [agnostic.com]

Triphid comments on Sep 8, 2020:

"Forgive and Forget," to this I say twaddle. Should I forgive and forget ANY of the following, I ask you, A) the years and years of mental, physical torment that my 'mother ??' put me through, B) and the worst of all btw, the treatment the 'mother ???' of my daughter, Lorrae, got when she was ...

Triphid replies on Sep 9, 2020:

@Mcflewster Not any more, that 'mountain' is now little more than a small stack of ashes since that utter, unmitigated, low-life bitch has died and was cremated. Once that occurred I had my opportunity to fulfill the last of Lorrae's dying wishes, i.e. I actually went and pissed on her grave, not physical though, I 'saved' up 3 litres of my urine and tipped it over her grave.

What is the source of non-religious prudishness or disgust at nudity or sexuality?

Triphid comments on Sep 8, 2020:

I tend to think that the human disgust/prudishness towards nudity stems directly from the bible itself. That being derived from the Book of Genesis where the entirely mythological Adam and Eve suddenly learned and discovered that they were completely naked and hence decided to wear leaves to cover ...

Triphid replies on Sep 8, 2020:

@skado As both an Artist and once a nurse I have always found that the human body is a truly wonderful piece of Evolutionary development even though it has numerous flaws and faults. As an Artist of sorts I find that the human body exhibits it structure and musculature quite distinctly simply because it is not hidden under fur or hair as in animals, ergo it IS beautiful thing to see naked no matter what shape, size, etc, it comes in.

New Evidence About Who Might Be Buried at Stonehenge: [sciencenews.org]

AnneWimsey comments on Sep 8, 2020:

I was not aware anyone was buried there.....

Triphid replies on Sep 8, 2020:

@BirdMan1 I seem to remember that the English show, Time team, did a dig there some years back with a group of Archaeologists who were working there at the time and they had uncovered Cremation burial sites in the Aubrey pits.

I was listening on the radio to a bit of a philosophy last evening where the person being ...

AnneWimsey comments on Sep 7, 2020:

Know anybody still sacrificing/petitioning Baal, Anubis, Zeus?

Triphid replies on Sep 8, 2020:

No not really though I do often make 'sacrifices' to Hephaestus of bits of skin and drops of blood when working with metals, especially when I'm using my little Forge....LOL.

During the geography class on the Eastern Mediterranean, the teacher asked Little Johnny, "What are ...

St-Sinner comments on Sep 6, 2020:

Also a correct answer. The reacher did not ask.... "What are the Phonenicians noted for in the history?" He should get an A. He gave a modern answer.

Triphid replies on Sep 7, 2020:

@Lilac-JadeCanada Here we refer to them as "annoying dust collectors," just like those useless Louvred windows.

Why do we need 84 million doses? [abc.net.au]

Triphid comments on Sep 7, 2020:

Well, imo, far better to have more than enough than way too little.

Triphid replies on Sep 7, 2020:

@Babyseal No, it will, possibly, entail an initial vaccination with a follow up one a few weeks later and that is about all of it. I'm guessing it may be similar to the Tetanus vaccines where you need a Booster every 5 years.

I was listening on the radio to a bit of a philosophy last evening where the person being ...

Polemicist comments on Sep 7, 2020:

If we understand that the memes collectively known as gods aren't real them it's axiomatic to note that lack of observance means that the memes cease to exist. Who knew that radio had finally come to Broken Hill?

Triphid replies on Sep 7, 2020:

Hahaha, FYI we've had both radio and television here since as far back as I can remember and I was an Amateur Radio Operator from the age of 19 years.

Yesterday I gave some of my batch number '4.

Cyklone comments on Sep 6, 2020:

Yum. Last time I made that I inadvertently left it where the rottie could get to it. Have you ever seen a rottie that was so full he couldn't move but lay on his back with legs in the air. I didn't know whether to laugh or be furious.

Triphid replies on Sep 7, 2020:

Oh yeah, I once saw my Blue Heeler, Charlie, as full as that after he devoured a full leg of lamb that had been given to him. It WAS meant to last him for at least a week or 2 but I needed to do "what a man's gotta do" urgently and didn't think that he'd help himself....LOL.

Well had a really good day yesterday when my good friend, Alan, and I went out about 40 miles into ...

BBJong comments on Aug 26, 2020:

nice you are in touch with nature's " signs " . Sounds like a fine setting. Thanks 🙂

Triphid replies on Sep 6, 2020:

@BBJong Actually it IS an old Aussie 'bushies' joke that we tell to the Tourists and the like. Galahs are a member of the parrot/cockatoo family and from what I learned in my childhood you'd either have be on the very point of starvation or absolute desperation to even consider eating one them.

During the geography class on the Eastern Mediterranean, the teacher asked Little Johnny, "What are ...

Fernapple comments on Sep 6, 2020:

Venetian. The Phoenicians were noted for inventing phones.

Triphid replies on Sep 6, 2020:

And they invented the Phoenetic Alphabet as well....LOL.

I was listening on the radio to a bit of a philosophy last evening where the person being ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Sep 5, 2020:

Really? Now religious crap is conflated with philosophy? There are no known gods. How did this person demonstrate any claim made? This person actually believes that gods existed and that peoples prayer gave them power and they dissapear without prayers. Wow I never am surprised by peoples bullshit.

Triphid replies on Sep 6, 2020:

I tend to think that the interviewee was not a person of any religious nature given that he, in the interview, both stated his very vehement distrust and dislike of religions and religious/religion biased Leaders and that he had been an Atheist for as long as he could remember.

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tsallinia comments on Sep 5, 2020:

It is not a joke, unfortunately. The guy actually believes this s**t. His first wife abandoned him. Not surprised...

Triphid replies on Sep 5, 2020:

Well, at least he didn't do the 'really' bad thing, biblically speaking, and marry his deceased brother's wife...LOL.

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Fred_Snerd comments on Sep 4, 2020:

This scam isn't as harmless as Christians Against Dinosaurs.

Triphid replies on Sep 5, 2020:

@SeaRay215ex I'd hazard to say that the Scumbags brain is way way smaller than even that of dinosaur and his I.Q. is somewhere below that of a Cretin.

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AmyTheBruce comments on Sep 4, 2020:

Have you tried spewing profanities at it? Sorry - that's the only technique I know. For anything more, I have to call a teenager.

Triphid replies on Sep 5, 2020:

I usually save the "spewing forth of profanities" for other situations and in those case they tend to become very explicit, like when my alarm clock decides to go off at what ever time suits it for example, or ( as happened a while back) the head of the hammer decided to come adrift and smash its way through a window behind me. Never again shall I purchase a hammer with a wooden handle, I've now gone '21st. Century" and bought one with a molded synthetic handle, the old hammer head has been given a 'Christian burial.' i.e. it is now awaiting resurrection in the scrap metal bin where, when needed it will be 'converted' by the fire of my forge and live again as something new....LOL.

Nearly $1 million has been raised for Kenosha shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse, according to a ...

jlynn37 comments on Sep 4, 2020:

This coming election will give a good indication what 'merca has become and the direction it will go in the future and I am not too optimistic.

Triphid replies on Sep 5, 2020:

@jlynn37 As an Aussie looking in from the outside I wish the best of luck with that but I sincerely doubt that 1 single election will do anything at all to assuage the Fear, Paranoia, etc, etc that IS the American Way.

Nearly $1 million has been raised for Kenosha shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse, according to a ...

BD66 comments on Sep 4, 2020:

Here is what I believe to be an unbiased story on the whole issue. https://www.bullshido.net/anatomy-of-a-catastrophe/?fbclid=IwAR3rL0naei7dI78TGeHZOz-8VOWtys5rvCLoxk-s6RyovcJFL5wz00S_hB0 Here's a thorough account of the two sleazeballs that Kyle Rittenhouse killed in self-defense" ...

Triphid replies on Sep 5, 2020:

@Drew69 Well then, imo, that IS just one the reasons why the U.S. has made such a shit-hole of itself. Btw, it is NOT my 2nd Amendment because I'm an Aussie and after the horrific Port Arthur Massacre we decided to enact Gun Control Laws that actually work and work well 98% of the time EXCEPT when it involves the Criminal Element that is.

Nearly $1 million has been raised for Kenosha shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse, according to a ...

jlynn37 comments on Sep 4, 2020:

This coming election will give a good indication what 'merca has become and the direction it will go in the future and I am not too optimistic.

Triphid replies on Sep 4, 2020:

@jlynn37 And is not not high time for all that to change once and for all time?

Nearly $1 million has been raised for Kenosha shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse, according to a ...

jlynn37 comments on Sep 4, 2020:

This coming election will give a good indication what 'merca has become and the direction it will go in the future and I am not too optimistic.

Triphid replies on Sep 4, 2020:

@jlynn37 Try taking a good , long look at the Death Tolls from ALL the killings of innocents from guns and the like in the last few years or decades and, just perhaps, you may see that the U.S. has gone 'down the tubes' big time.

Nearly $1 million has been raised for Kenosha shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse, according to a ...

jlynn37 comments on Sep 4, 2020:

This coming election will give a good indication what 'merca has become and the direction it will go in the future and I am not too optimistic.

Triphid replies on Sep 4, 2020:

The U.S. has been going down the Cloaca ( the Great Sewer of Ancient Rome btw) at a rate of knots for decades at least and the brake lines are totally missing imo.

Nearly $1 million has been raised for Kenosha shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse, according to a ...

BD66 comments on Sep 4, 2020:

Here is what I believe to be an unbiased story on the whole issue. https://www.bullshido.net/anatomy-of-a-catastrophe/?fbclid=IwAR3rL0naei7dI78TGeHZOz-8VOWtys5rvCLoxk-s6RyovcJFL5wz00S_hB0 Here's a thorough account of the two sleazeballs that Kyle Rittenhouse killed in self-defense" ...

Triphid replies on Sep 4, 2020:

"Sleazeballs, Convicted Felons, Paedophiles' or what ever Rittenhouse had NO legal Right to shoot ANYONE nor, imo, was he, A) old enough to be permitted to carry a firearm loaded or not, B) legally old enough to attend a Protest of any sort in a town/city where he was NOT a resident. No matter what way you choose to cut it, it IS still Murder with Premeditated Intent imo.

Nearly $1 million has been raised for Kenosha shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse, according to a ...

Heavykevy1985 comments on Sep 4, 2020:

Good. He has every right to defend himself on the streets and to have an adequate defense in court.

Triphid replies on Sep 4, 2020:

So in being on the streets of a town/city, where btw he does not actually live and has been driven there by his mother, who would have known full well that he had ammunition AND a fully loaded military style weapon, he allegedly kills 2 people and injures a 3rd, he was merely defending himself, is that correct? If so, then did his 3 alleged victims, A) also have loaded firearms in their possession, B) DID they actually use them to attack Rittenhouse by firing at him first, C) Was it a scenario similar to the fabled O.K. Corral and the 3 alleged victims were ALL standing together shoulder to shoulder, D) Why did both he and his mother feel the need to travel to Kenosha in the first place, E) WHY did he feel the need to travel to Kenosha WITH a military style weapon in the first place, F) Why did NOT his mother simply refuse to drive him and his weapon to Kenosha? IF i were a lawyer, which thankfully I'm not, I'd be saying that his acts were 100% premediated and intent upon committing murder in the First Degree.

Right wing pastor says men shouldn’t marry smart women who expect their sexual needs to be met.

BitFlipper comments on Sep 3, 2020:

What does marriage have to do with sexual needs?

Triphid replies on Sep 3, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty A sin for others but no for Preachers and the like so it seems.

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dahermit comments on Sep 3, 2020:

Vegan burgers are a Satanic plot to destroy my love of good tasting food. Vegan burgers are to a real hamburger as a dog turd is to a tootsie roll.

Triphid replies on Sep 3, 2020:

I tried making a Vegan burger once, it has a real hard job keeping the vegan on the hot plate though......LOL.

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PondartIncbendog comments on Sep 3, 2020:

Dna can change by eating burgers? That's shocking.

Triphid replies on Sep 3, 2020:

Only if they are hamburders.....LOL.

religion is answers that can not be questioned.

Larry-new comments on Sep 2, 2020:

That's about it. Religion, of course, designed it that way...the most successful scam ever perpetrated on the human race. Philosophers also have enjoyed job security.

Triphid replies on Sep 3, 2020:

There are, btw, many different fields and nuances in Philosophy and very little in the way of' job security.'

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brentan comments on Sep 2, 2020:

These guys live with a prehistoric mentality.

Triphid replies on Sep 2, 2020:

No, I doubt sincerely that our prehistoric ancestors even thought like that. I'd say his attitude is a 130% Fundamentalist full on Christian to the hilt one.

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TheDoubter comments on Sep 2, 2020:

a groaner

Triphid replies on Sep 2, 2020:

@TheDoubter No further comment.

Two Explorers, one Englishman and one Australian, have been lost in the Sahara now for a number of ...

TheDoubter comments on Sep 2, 2020:

a groaner

Triphid replies on Sep 2, 2020:

Yet again I get the distinct impression that the old saying, " Humour is often wasted upon the Humourless" is right.

This is a quote from Tony Abbot, former Australian PM.

Cyklone comments on Sep 1, 2020:

Abbot the destroyer. Everything he touched he f'cked up. Nothing's changed.

Triphid replies on Sep 2, 2020:

Out here we nicknamed ScaBBot "Passion Fingers" because everything he touches he f'cks up.

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Triphid comments on Aug 31, 2020:

Sadly, at present ALL we have to battle Covid-19 is Lockdowns, Isolation, etc, etc, just we did hav back in the times of other Epidemics like Measles out-breaks, the Spanish Flu, etc. So, imo, rather than merely going about business as usual we have bear with things as they are UNTIL science, etc, ...

Triphid replies on Sep 2, 2020:

@powder I would hazard to say that given some of the death tolls, the U.S. is being somewhat decimated as is Brazil (the Indigenous native peoples appear to copping it very badly in particular) and quite a few other countries also. And yes, I know the word 'decimate/decimation' actually means to kill 1 person in every 10 as was an Ancient Roman Military Punishment btw.

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Triphid comments on Aug 29, 2020:

Wtf is wrong with Americans, a 17 y.o. goes berserk with a Military style Assault rifle killing and wounding people and No-one wants Gun Control? How many other killings have occurred over the last few years or so where school kids and innocents have been slaughtered and yet so many of you hang on ...

Triphid replies on Sep 2, 2020:

@JeffMurray Well when did your Democrats last attempt to put Gun Control Laws into place?

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Wallace comments on Sep 1, 2020:

I still love singing the old church hymns. I think it's like when I was an older kid I still enjoyed the Santa Claus songs at Christmas because they put me back in touch with my past.

Triphid replies on Sep 1, 2020:

I enjoy changing the lyrics of Hymns , etc, and singing them as loud as possible, it's way more fun that way.

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Triphid comments on Aug 30, 2020:

Then that Christian Site should also be held accountable as being Accessories to Murder AFTER the Fact.

Triphid replies on Sep 1, 2020:

@snytiger6 We, imo, what ever way the Law choose to see it, I still think that funding his Defense is a kind of Abetting and Condoning his criminal actions, thus imo, they are Accessories AFTER the fact.

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Triphid comments on Aug 29, 2020:

Wtf is wrong with Americans, a 17 y.o. goes berserk with a Military style Assault rifle killing and wounding people and No-one wants Gun Control? How many other killings have occurred over the last few years or so where school kids and innocents have been slaughtered and yet so many of you hang on ...

Triphid replies on Sep 1, 2020:

@JeffMurray And would your U.S. Democrats be doing any better?

Meant to post this earlier but had a bit of laundry that was urgently needing doing.

GoodMan comments on Sep 1, 2020:

"completely off the cuff, " Testicles, Spectacles, Shoe and Socks, now keep your hands off little boy's jocks" Witty! Haha...I could imagine the video.

Triphid replies on Sep 1, 2020:

My Great Uncle taught me his version, " Testicles, Spectacles, Wallet and Watch" when I was a child but it seemed appropriate to make a little change to suit the situation and given that the 'Holy Roller' was a Catholic Priest.

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PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 1, 2020:

The "Australian solution" is unreal. This country's democracy was already dysfunctional ... but with this idiotic approach to the "pandemic" it has totally evaporated. I never thought that Aussies were so easily intimidated. We are just a bunch of sheep. Just compare the number of Corona death to ...

Triphid replies on Sep 1, 2020:

Well IF one compares the Australian 'solution' as it stands atm to what is happening elsewhere in the world, the U.S., Brazil, etc, etc, then our sad Death toll and the 'solution' is doing as best it can in a very bad situation. Try to remember that the Plague killed nearly 1 third of the population of Europe when it struck, Poliomyelitis wrought absolute havoc when it struck and literally thousands of children either died or suffered from paralysis as a result. So until we can fight viruses on their own terms and destroy them we must use whatever solutions we have at hand for now OR the only other 'solution' is go along on own merry little ways and watch as MASS burials are the new norm and I don't really think we in Australia want to see that happening now do we?

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FrayedBear comments on Aug 31, 2020:

Hmm, and what will the effects of lockdowns, c19 paranoia, lack of exercise, employment, suicide, homelessness, bankruptcy, have on figures in 2021?

Triphid replies on Sep 1, 2020:

@powder Sadly and unfortunately suicides happen somewhere some time every single day this I know for a fact only too well since I've been working as a counselor in Child and Youth Crisis Counseling now since 1997. Suicides will continue to occur, sadly, whether or not there are pandemics, etc, etc.

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Triphid comments on Aug 31, 2020:

Sadly, at present ALL we have to battle Covid-19 is Lockdowns, Isolation, etc, etc, just we did hav back in the times of other Epidemics like Measles out-breaks, the Spanish Flu, etc. So, imo, rather than merely going about business as usual we have bear with things as they are UNTIL science, etc, ...

Triphid replies on Sep 1, 2020:

@powder no-one is asking to buy into a 'guilt trip' of any sort, shape or kind ALL the country is asking is to HELP stop Covid from spreading and decimating the population WHICH, btw, it can do quite easily as we have seen elsewhere in the world. So, I ask you this very simply question. What price of the lives of others do you place upon YOUR own personal liberties, desires, etc, etc?

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Triphid comments on Aug 31, 2020:

Sadly, at present ALL we have to battle Covid-19 is Lockdowns, Isolation, etc, etc, just we did hav back in the times of other Epidemics like Measles out-breaks, the Spanish Flu, etc. So, imo, rather than merely going about business as usual we have bear with things as they are UNTIL science, etc, ...

Triphid replies on Aug 31, 2020:

@powder In cases like this pandemic the totals never seem to 'add up,' since it IS an on-going thing atm and will, mostly likely, stay that way for quite time as well. But,I for one, DO, most definitely, NOT want to Australia traveling down the same road as America, Brazil, etc, etc, for example. Hence I say, we should just be patient, be a whole lot less selfish and think of others rather than ourselves.

Meant to post this earlier but had a bit of laundry that was urgently needing doing.

LiterateHiker comments on Aug 30, 2020:

Hilarious! Well done.

Triphid replies on Aug 31, 2020:

Thank you, I do try to keep my 'hand in' when it comes to the old Aussie style of 'Shit-Stirring' when it comes to the likes of God-botherers, etc.

Credit where it's due, that was one heck of a jump for a cow to make. Gold Medal BBQl!

BufftonBeotch comments on Aug 30, 2020:

Little dog still laughing.

Triphid replies on Aug 31, 2020:

@Surfpirate And I wonder exactly WHAT the dish and spoon got up to after they got out of the sight of the others....LOL.

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Triphid comments on Aug 30, 2020:

Fucking two-faced Xstians, what ever happened to "Thou shalt NOT Kill." I'm 110% anti-Death Penalty BUT in this case I willing to go for it for this low-life, pond-living Scum-sucking piece of Toad Turd.

Triphid replies on Aug 31, 2020:

@SanDiegoAirport Have you ever bothered to read the ' 10 Commandments' ?

Meant to post this earlier but had a bit of laundry that was urgently needing doing.

Boomtarat03 comments on Aug 31, 2020:

I was thinking of your face reaction when you see his facial expressions at that time😅 I was more interested in those circumstances 😅

Triphid replies on Aug 31, 2020:

Oh I'd say I kept a very straight face during it all BUT I did have a wee laugh once I was out of hearing range at his reactions.

Meant to post this earlier but had a bit of laundry that was urgently needing doing.

skado comments on Aug 31, 2020:

Do you know him personally?

Triphid replies on Aug 31, 2020:

No never met him before in my life.

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CourtJester comments on Aug 30, 2020:

Not a fan of Christians, but I love what the kid did and how he reacted. I’m more upset that he’s being prosecuted for it.

Triphid replies on Aug 30, 2020:

@CourtJester Would I correct in thinking that you are NOT quite Au Fiat when it comes to the nuances of old Chinese curses then?

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creative51 comments on Aug 30, 2020:

tRump is now planning to go to Kenosha this week to praise the cops and if he can figure out a way, pardon Kyle Rittenhouse.

Triphid replies on Aug 30, 2020:

@creative51 Well I suppose that's to expected, i.e. a complete and utter Turd supporting yet another complete and utter turd.

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Garf comments on Aug 30, 2020:

Thankyou, and I look forward to getting up everybody's nose 😋

Triphid replies on Aug 30, 2020:

WHAT, you mean I'll have competition at last....LOL.

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CourtJester comments on Aug 30, 2020:

Not a fan of Christians, but I love what the kid did and how he reacted. I’m more upset that he’s being prosecuted for it.

Triphid replies on Aug 30, 2020:

And @ Court Jester, as an old Chinese curse goes, " May you live a long and productive life."

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creative51 comments on Aug 30, 2020:

tRump is now planning to go to Kenosha this week to praise the cops and if he can figure out a way, pardon Kyle Rittenhouse.

Triphid replies on Aug 30, 2020:

WTF, pardon that murdering little Arse-wipe?

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BestWithoutGods comments on Aug 30, 2020:

Kyle Rittenhouse is a murderer. Lock him up! 😠

Triphid replies on Aug 30, 2020:

And throw away the keys as well.

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Triphid comments on Aug 30, 2020:

Fucking two-faced Xstians, what ever happened to "Thou shalt NOT Kill." I'm 110% anti-Death Penalty BUT in this case I willing to go for it for this low-life, pond-living Scum-sucking piece of Toad Turd.

Triphid replies on Aug 30, 2020:

@Borgovic It IS not the person BUT the horrors he wrought.

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xenoview comments on Aug 30, 2020:

Very weak evidence for a god. The bible is the claim, not the evidence. Not much of a god, if two humans make the baby.

Triphid replies on Aug 30, 2020:

'Weak' you say, I'd say completely piss weak, piss poor and the closest that anyone can get to actually 'clutching at straws.