A little something in memory of my son, Joel Adam, still-born at 24 weeks on this day in 1980.

Marionville comments on Jul 8, 2020:

My thoughts and good wishes reach out to you today, and I’m sure I speak for many others.

Triphid replies on Jul 8, 2020:

Thank you very much.

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BirdMan1 comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Sure, and the world was supposed to end in the year 1,000, after "A thousand years of Christ's reign." Then there was Oct. 22, 1844, when, OOPs! Reverend Miller, of upstate NY, had to recalculate, twice. How about May 11, 2015? that's the day the Tennessee radio pastor who claimed to have ...

Triphid replies on Jul 8, 2020:

@BirdMan1 Feel most free and most welcome to use it any place , any time and anywhere you wish.

What kind of standing do we guys have any more?

Triphid comments on Jul 6, 2020:

It so often seems like a jungle out there at times and just like in the Prides of Lions where the male thinks he's the King, he's not really because the lionesses actually rule the roost. After all, it should be so since without women, etc, there'd be no males/children/ home and hearth, etc, etc. ...

Triphid replies on Jul 7, 2020:

@DevraisA1 Not 'so hard to find' as you think. We ARE still out there, all you need to do is look beyond the end of your nose so to speak.

8 Reasons Why Christianity is False.

snytiger6 comments on Jul 7, 2020:

Here is more proof that it is all just fictional stories. https://youtu.be/-NHDvWabiyM

Triphid replies on Jul 7, 2020:

I don't know where the narrator got his info regarding Horus but, imo, he's barking up the wrong tree. Yes Horus was the son of Osiris and Isis, Osirus WAS the son of Khnum ( Amun) the Creator of All things according to the Egyptian Story of Creation, Horus was NOT defeated by his unlce, Seth, Horus defeated Seth after Seth killed Osirus out of jealousy, dismembered the body and hid the pieces. Horus lost his right eye in the ensuing battle with Seth, Isis and her sister Nephtys recovered the body of Osirus, resurrected him but could not find his heart. Ra/Re is the Sungod personified, also depicted as the Aton by Amenhotep IV/ Akhenaton and each night Ra/Re travels through the Underworld battling the darkness and returning at sun-rise each new day. As for the December, 25th, the Egyptian Calender contained no such month of that name. That came from the much later Roman Calender pre- the Julian Calander, ancient Egyptian calenders did have named months BUT those months were made up of 3 weeks with 10 days in every week plus 5 inauspicious days incleded in every year except for every fourth year to which an extra inauspicious day was added, i.e. 365 days for every 3 years and 366 in the every fourth year.

What kind of standing do we guys have any more?

Booklover comments on Jul 7, 2020:

After reading the replies I think what men must know is that women are, and have to be, careful. You probably walk through a parking lot with nothing more on your mind than "where did I park the damn car." Women, on the other hand, must be wary. Anywhere we are we have to scope out surroundings and...

Triphid replies on Jul 7, 2020:

Well I think that you maybe just be tarring ALL men with the same brush so to speak here. Just because you MAY have found 1 bad apple in a crate of apples does NOT necessarily mean that ALL the apples are bad. But that IS my opinion none-the - less.

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Triphid comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Is it really any wonder why these God-botherers NEVER seem to win the Lotteries, I mean they can't even predict when the world will end so how are they going to 'predict' the winning numbers. I predict that somewhere around 5-6 billion years from now that the Sun will have used up all of its ...

Triphid replies on Jul 7, 2020:

@yvilletom Do you Truly and honestly believe EVERYTHING you are trying so hard to tell us?

Does anyone have any evidence or good reason to think that the pandemic is causing people to doubt ...

Triphid comments on Jul 3, 2020:

Sadly, the 'sheeple' will be 'sheeple' no matter what happens. Since they will only see what they want to see and blame such things as Covid as being ' the work of the Devil' and God as their saviour and protector. After all is said and done, " You CAN lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it...

Triphid replies on Jul 7, 2020:

@NightSerf Sir, I neither see myself as being either superior nor inferior to anyone else UNTIL they prove conclusively that it is Factually so. Fyi, I was born and raised in a very average Working Class family in December, 1953, the only son among, what would end up being, 4 other sisters of an Underground, Hard-Rock Miner of Silver, Lead and Zinc, working 8 hours per day, 5 days per week most times hundreds of feet below the surface of the Earth in often stale, humid air, rock dust, explosives fumes and never truly certain IF he'd survive each shift and see either daylight or his family again. We lved through times when, more often than not, there were more hardships than hot meals just as did 99% of the other families of thee brave Miners here.

What kind of standing do we guys have any more?

IrishTxJudy comments on Jul 6, 2020:

Another issue for you is that you live out in the middle of nowhere from what I can understand. Correct me if I’m wrong. That is going to be another issue. If someone isn’t into that then you have a problem. I know you enjoy your life out there but will someone else?

Triphid replies on Jul 7, 2020:

@IrishTxJudy Just don't knock it unless you've tried it. As the old Aussie saying goes, " You'll never never know until you've given it a go."

8 Reasons Why Christianity is False.

WilliamFleming comments on Jul 6, 2020:

There is some evidence that certain types of prayers do not yield the desired results. Having desires is a pretty lowly human condition having no significance from a higher perspective. There is evidence that contemplation and meditation result in serenity, joy and health. Maybe it’s because ...

Triphid replies on Jul 7, 2020:

@WilliamFleming IF you embrace this 'remote viewing phenomenon' then please tell all of us, here and now, precisely what I am wearing at this very moment.

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Triphid comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Is it really any wonder why these God-botherers NEVER seem to win the Lotteries, I mean they can't even predict when the world will end so how are they going to 'predict' the winning numbers. I predict that somewhere around 5-6 billion years from now that the Sun will have used up all of its ...

Triphid replies on Jul 7, 2020:

@BirdMan1 It seems to me my friend that @yvilleton may have changed 'targets' so to speak and now you're in his erroneous 'firing line.' Jeez Louise, I hope this joker does NOT have a Gun License because, imo, the ONLY safe place be around him when he is shooting would be to stand right in front of the gun.

Have you ever wondered why Donald tRump buys his shoes and socks from England and not America?

Moravian comments on Jul 7, 2020:

Aussie humour. Dont you love it. Here is another :- A British man is visiting Australia. The customs agent asks him, “Do you have a criminal record?” The British man replies, “I didn’t think you needed one to get into Australia anymore.”

Triphid replies on Jul 7, 2020:

We've lowered those restrictions a little over the last hundred years and now they ONLY apply to the English Nobilty and those from the Upper and Middle Classes, 'Commoners and the like are quite welcome here. Sarcasm most defintely intended btw.

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Triphid comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Is it really any wonder why these God-botherers NEVER seem to win the Lotteries, I mean they can't even predict when the world will end so how are they going to 'predict' the winning numbers. I predict that somewhere around 5-6 billion years from now that the Sun will have used up all of its ...

Triphid replies on Jul 6, 2020:

@yamaha45701 Exactly and Knowledge IS no burden to carry either.

What kind of standing do we guys have any more?

IrishTxJudy comments on Jul 6, 2020:

Another issue for you is that you live out in the middle of nowhere from what I can understand. Correct me if I’m wrong. That is going to be another issue. If someone isn’t into that then you have a problem. I know you enjoy your life out there but will someone else?

Triphid replies on Jul 6, 2020:

What is so wrong with "living out in the middle of nowhere?" We get ALL the fresh, clean air we could ever want or need, unobstructed views of the Stars, etc, in the night skies, very few, if any, noisy, annoying neighbours, very little highway traffic and, best of all we get see and experience the wonders of Nature first-hand as well. Now who, in their right mind could ask for more?

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BirdMan1 comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Sure, and the world was supposed to end in the year 1,000, after "A thousand years of Christ's reign." Then there was Oct. 22, 1844, when, OOPs! Reverend Miller, of upstate NY, had to recalculate, twice. How about May 11, 2015? that's the day the Tennessee radio pastor who claimed to have ...

Triphid replies on Jul 6, 2020:

@BirdMan1 You can find it in the 'Gospel' of Bartholemew but you need to get hold of the Goat-herders Guide to the Galaxy (bible) as it was written BEFORE the K.J. version was printed. There is one of the orginal copies that I know of, and have read from cover to cover btw, available through the University Loan Scheme that operates here in Australia.

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Triphid comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Is it really any wonder why these God-botherers NEVER seem to win the Lotteries, I mean they can't even predict when the world will end so how are they going to 'predict' the winning numbers. I predict that somewhere around 5-6 billion years from now that the Sun will have used up all of its ...

Triphid replies on Jul 6, 2020:

@yamaha45701 I suppose the next thing he'll try to tell us is that Earth is Falt, the Sun orbits around the Earth and the Earth is at the very centre of the Universe.

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Triphid comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Is it really any wonder why these God-botherers NEVER seem to win the Lotteries, I mean they can't even predict when the world will end so how are they going to 'predict' the winning numbers. I predict that somewhere around 5-6 billion years from now that the Sun will have used up all of its ...

Triphid replies on Jul 6, 2020:

@yvilletom Sorry but I'm have NO desire what-so-ever to be tutored into becoming a rank idiot. Were I interested in further education and learning, which I am ALREADY undertaking btw, I'd defintely stick with those who know such as the Recognised and Accredited Universities that I already study via.

8 Reasons Why Christianity is False.

WilliamFleming comments on Jul 6, 2020:

There is some evidence that certain types of prayers do not yield the desired results. Having desires is a pretty lowly human condition having no significance from a higher perspective. There is evidence that contemplation and meditation result in serenity, joy and health. Maybe it’s because ...

Triphid replies on Jul 6, 2020:

My good Sir, the ONLY effect prayer of any kind ever has is the Psychological Placebo Effect. E.g. " I lost my keys, I was desperate to find them, I prayed to God/Jesus and, miraculously, they WERE in the very last place I looked for them, thank you God and Jesus." Simple logic will tell anyone with even half a brain that a lost article WILL turn up in the very LAST place you look for them. Ergo, use logical thought and things will be resolved.

I haven't looked at nearby members in a while, mostly because I live so far out.

Triphid comments on Jul 5, 2020:

Good idea, BUT still make certain that your 'bullshit meter' is fully charged as well m8.

Triphid replies on Jul 6, 2020:

@azzow2 Yep, mine was also.

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Triphid comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Is it really any wonder why these God-botherers NEVER seem to win the Lotteries, I mean they can't even predict when the world will end so how are they going to 'predict' the winning numbers. I predict that somewhere around 5-6 billion years from now that the Sun will have used up all of its ...

Triphid replies on Jul 6, 2020:

@yvilletom Okay Mr. Einstein 2.0 tell everyone exactly how the Sun works then.

I haven't looked at nearby members in a while, mostly because I live so far out.

Triphid comments on Jul 5, 2020:

Good idea, BUT still make certain that your 'bullshit meter' is fully charged as well m8.

Triphid replies on Jul 6, 2020:

@azzow2 They do figure it out though, no matter how hard we try to cover it up they figure it out.

This group of women in India track down abusive husbands and beat them with brooms.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2020:

Just be sure to check the criminality of the perpetrator first and once you are confirmed beyond a reasonable doubt, wail away. I am currently fighting to get my driver's license back after it was suspended by the Family Responsibility Agency because I stopped paying after all of my kids turned 30 ...

Triphid replies on Jul 6, 2020:

@Surfpirate Except that P.M. was also a millionaire Land Owner raking in from his P.M. salary well over $500,000 per annum, not paying taxes, etc, etc, and telling US how hard life is. I'd guess the only times he ever broke into a sweat were when he was picking up his wallet or having a shag with his Missus.

I haven't looked at nearby members in a while, mostly because I live so far out.

Triphid comments on Jul 5, 2020:

Good idea, BUT still make certain that your 'bullshit meter' is fully charged as well m8.

Triphid replies on Jul 6, 2020:

@azzow2 Yep, life as a single/sole parent can be very lonely m8, I know, trust me I know. But the child/children are, without a doubt, the greatest source of joys, etc, one ever expect to find and as such we often need to put our own personal needs on the back burner for their needs and benefits. So, please stay safe and sure with any romantic involvement/s because IF they break down the kids will feel and see your pain as well.

Does anyone have any evidence or good reason to think that the pandemic is causing people to doubt ...

Triphid comments on Jul 3, 2020:

Sadly, the 'sheeple' will be 'sheeple' no matter what happens. Since they will only see what they want to see and blame such things as Covid as being ' the work of the Devil' and God as their saviour and protector. After all is said and done, " You CAN lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it...

Triphid replies on Jul 6, 2020:

@NightSerf the Faithfools ( Sheeple) have disrespected Atheists, Agnostics and the like for centuries, they tortured them, burned them, sealed them witnin walls, etc, etc, and they still have no respect for them even to this day. Imo, Respect is NOT a given right, it IS something that has to be earned and they have fallen very short of the mark when it comes to respect.

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Triphid comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Is it really any wonder why these God-botherers NEVER seem to win the Lotteries, I mean they can't even predict when the world will end so how are they going to 'predict' the winning numbers. I predict that somewhere around 5-6 billion years from now that the Sun will have used up all of its ...

Triphid replies on Jul 6, 2020:

@yvilletom You have to be joking. The sun is a massive Thermo-nuclear 'reactor' which, by nuclear fusion turns hydrogen into helium thus giving off light, heat and nuclear radiation, even my 6 year old nephew knows that fact.

This group of women in India track down abusive husbands and beat them with brooms.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2020:

Just be sure to check the criminality of the perpetrator first and once you are confirmed beyond a reasonable doubt, wail away. I am currently fighting to get my driver's license back after it was suspended by the Family Responsibility Agency because I stopped paying after all of my kids turned 30 ...

Triphid replies on Jul 5, 2020:

@Surfpirate Yup, just as an Australlian Prime Minister once said, " Life wasn't meant to be easy," and he said it whilst sucking on a huge cigar.

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BirdMan1 comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Sure, and the world was supposed to end in the year 1,000, after "A thousand years of Christ's reign." Then there was Oct. 22, 1844, when, OOPs! Reverend Miller, of upstate NY, had to recalculate, twice. How about May 11, 2015? that's the day the Tennessee radio pastor who claimed to have ...

Triphid replies on Jul 5, 2020:

And I doubt that IF any of these 'End of Times' Predictors have ever read the N.T. where it states clearly that this Jesus character ACTUALLY predicted that he WOULD return from Heaven in the Life-time of the Apostles. Funny that, either Jesus' watch is running very very slow or the Apostles have discovered the Fountain of Eternal Youth....LOL.

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BirdMan1 comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Sure, and the world was supposed to end in the year 1,000, after "A thousand years of Christ's reign." Then there was Oct. 22, 1844, when, OOPs! Reverend Miller, of upstate NY, had to recalculate, twice. How about May 11, 2015? that's the day the Tennessee radio pastor who claimed to have ...

Triphid replies on Jul 5, 2020:

@BirdMan1 Ah, you've got Demons too, we shouild let them get together and have a really great party some time.....LOL.

Treatment with Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin, and Combination in Patients Hospitalized with ...

AnneWimsey comments on Jul 3, 2020:

Ummm, they halted this study in only about 3 weeks because of Very high cardiac incidents leading to death rates much higher than Untreated patients. There is No known treatment as of July, stop pouring gasoline on the fire, please! In addition, young people are now getting Covid at a much higher ...

Triphid replies on Jul 5, 2020:

@AnneWimsey Yes sadly there are often those who are 'blind' that they will NOT see as well as those who are so 'deaf' that they will not hear. Graveyards everywhere contain ever so many of them sadly.

This group of women in India track down abusive husbands and beat them with brooms.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 2, 2020:

Just be sure to check the criminality of the perpetrator first and once you are confirmed beyond a reasonable doubt, wail away. I am currently fighting to get my driver's license back after it was suspended by the Family Responsibility Agency because I stopped paying after all of my kids turned 30 ...

Triphid replies on Jul 5, 2020:

I would tend to think that these women would know full well who were the Abusers and who were not. Just as I know very well and from experience, etc, who it was that abused me, i.e. my 'mother' firstly from as early in my childhood as I can, unfortunately, remember and then my first and now dead ex-wife. Sadly and often painfully as the the old song goes, "there is always something there to remind me," in my case it is 2 damaged discs in my neck vertebra and 3 in my Lumbar vertebra, a distinct crescent shaped indentation in the back of my head and a 4" scar down one side of chest from where she threw a carving knife at in one her many tantrums.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

BirdMan1 comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Tell him that the only demon you know of is the one that makes him so obsessively, insistently dumb.

Triphid replies on Jul 5, 2020:

@BirdMan1 Yep, I know about that kind of stuff, when I was about 14 years old I suffered from very intense headaches all in the front region of my head. It was suspected by Doctors that I had a brain tumour and was hospitalised for over 3 wekks, underwent numerous procedures like EEGs, AEGs, Lumbar punctures, etc, etc. One day, during visting hours, this very stern, official looking bloke came wandering around the hospital ward and stood there looking at each patient in turn.mumbled something, made the sign of the cross and moved on to the next patient. When he got to me, he stopped, looked, his mouth opened very wide and then shouted, " This child is possessed by the spirits of long dead Sorcerors and Witches, they must be expelled by me or he will surely die." Thankfully the nurses removed him from the Ward and the Hospital post-haste, but not without him screaming " You are killing this child, you must let me treat him, let medo God's work." About half an hour later the Specialist came to my bed-side, apologised for that "out-rage' having ocurred" and then informed me that my headaches were being caused " not by being possessed but as a result of a car accident I had been in about 6 months earlier where my forehead had struck the rounded edge of the dashboard, fractured the thin bones cvering my Frontal Sinuses and that when the bone had healed it was now causing pressure to build up, intermittantly, in the blood vessels running through the Sinuses and with medication it can be corrected and the headaches will eventual go away." Haven't had one of those headaches now for well over 40+ years thankfully, so either the 'spirits' ( LOL) got so drugged out of their 'ethereal minds and wandered off, or the medications worked perfectly. My vote goes 100% for the meds btw.

Does anyone have any evidence or good reason to think that the pandemic is causing people to doubt ...

Triphid comments on Jul 3, 2020:

Sadly, the 'sheeple' will be 'sheeple' no matter what happens. Since they will only see what they want to see and blame such things as Covid as being ' the work of the Devil' and God as their saviour and protector. After all is said and done, " You CAN lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it...

Triphid replies on Jul 5, 2020:

@NightSerf Well considering that this mythological 'Jesus' referred to people as his 'sheep' and his 'flock'(which, btw, is a commonly used term to mean a group of sheep) plus given the fact that sheep will always flock together somewhat mindlessly then I suggest that, perhaps, you should have a chat with 'Jesus' about the term 'sheep, etc,' being disrespectful then, he may just listen to you, though, imo, I don't hold out much hope of it happening anyway.

Treatment with Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin, and Combination in Patients Hospitalized with ...

AnneWimsey comments on Jul 3, 2020:

Ummm, they halted this study in only about 3 weeks because of Very high cardiac incidents leading to death rates much higher than Untreated patients. There is No known treatment as of July, stop pouring gasoline on the fire, please! In addition, young people are now getting Covid at a much higher ...

Triphid replies on Jul 4, 2020:

@WilliamFleming The World Health Organisation, yes, the one your vaunted PotUS has withdrawn funding to btw, HAS HALTED ALL testing into the efficasy of those drugs as remedies for and against Covid since the proven , CLINICALLY proven, side-effects ARE extremely dangerous, etc, etc.

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Surfpirate comments on Jul 4, 2020:

It just takes one hit or even a near hit on the wheel of life for these halfwits to feel vindicated in their delusion. Eventually there will be a solar eclipse (predictable) or a meteor strike or some other natural disaster that will drive them over the edge into an apocalyptic ecstasy.

Triphid replies on Jul 4, 2020:

I sincerely doubt that any of them could even hit a barn door with a bazooka even if they standing right up against it.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

BirdMan1 comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Tell him that the only demon you know of is the one that makes him so obsessively, insistently dumb.

Triphid replies on Jul 4, 2020:

I sincerely doubt he'd listen, I think IF I tried to tell him the sun was shining, and it actually was, he'd argue that I was "listening to the Devils and Demons and that they were deceiving me." Thankfully, the Local Police have stepped in with a Restraining Order from the Courts now and I've had wonderful peace and quiet for the last few days.

Treatment with Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin, and Combination in Patients Hospitalized with ...

AnneWimsey comments on Jul 3, 2020:

Ummm, they halted this study in only about 3 weeks because of Very high cardiac incidents leading to death rates much higher than Untreated patients. There is No known treatment as of July, stop pouring gasoline on the fire, please! In addition, young people are now getting Covid at a much higher ...

Triphid replies on Jul 4, 2020:

@WilliamFleming So, and correct me if I'm wrong, out of a WHOLE 50 State in America they ONLY did these tests in 1 SINGLE State. Some test protocol that is imo. I just finished doing a test/trial with an Aussie Research Organisation that asked for as many Retired Nurses from the late 60's - 70's who had had the BCG Immunisation for Tuberculosis to see if that immunisation actually created anti-bodies that could combat Covid. They ended up with 5,000+ volumteers from EVERY State and Territory in Australia. Now THAT is what I call a REAL Testing Protocol.

Q. How do you get an Englishman to take a bath?

273kelvin comments on Jul 3, 2020:

Q, Where do you hide your wallet from an Australian? A, Under a book

Triphid replies on Jul 4, 2020:

@273kelvin Yep, we had to send our writers over to England in an attempt to educate you lot to the fact that England is NOT the Centre of the Universe.

Treatment with Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin, and Combination in Patients Hospitalized with ...

AnneWimsey comments on Jul 3, 2020:

Ummm, they halted this study in only about 3 weeks because of Very high cardiac incidents leading to death rates much higher than Untreated patients. There is No known treatment as of July, stop pouring gasoline on the fire, please! In addition, young people are now getting Covid at a much higher ...

Triphid replies on Jul 3, 2020:

@WilliamFleming Well Sir, IF you are so 100% certain that this regimen of drugs is so 100% safe hen why haven't you VOLUNTEERED to take part in these trails yourself?

Been a while since I have listened to this.

Marionville comments on Jul 1, 2020:

I like this..don’t know why he isn’t known over here in the U.K.

Triphid replies on Jul 3, 2020:

@Budgie Are you talking about the Djwinjanna, I think I've spelled it right, story of the Great Eagle who carries the dead to the Ancestors?

Authentic religion is not about belief.

hankster comments on Jul 1, 2020:

whatever it is that allows humans to abide each other, I would have to imagine was around long before agriculture or civilization.

Triphid replies on Jul 3, 2020:

@hankster Well I can't speak for thecothers, only myself, but I certainly find enjoyment in being able to doit.

Authentic religion is not about belief.

hankster comments on Jul 1, 2020:

whatever it is that allows humans to abide each other, I would have to imagine was around long before agriculture or civilization.

Triphid replies on Jul 3, 2020:

@hankster Fair enough but we, the 14 as we call ourselves btw, seem to be somewhat able to 'shed' the modern mindsets and place our minds back into those of who we are researching. I suppose it may well come from the possibility that each of us has many and numerous diverse ethnic heritages that have somehow influenced us throughout our lives.

Authentic religion is not about belief.

Triphid comments on Jul 1, 2020:

Having a sense of Morality, Ethics, etc, etc, towards other human beings IS the 'counter-balance' to our innate animalistic instincts. Religions merely saw the profitable aspects of 'claiming' such things as their own ideologies, etc, to further enhance their own ends and means. IF, and that is ...

Triphid replies on Jul 3, 2020:

@Amzungu Yes but there is a vast difference between 'Moral and Ethical Lore' and that as purported by religions, both ancient and modern. Techniically Morals and Ethics can be dated back to the earliest times when the species Homo first evolved amid a world full of Predators and found that by 'grouping' together they could offer protection, etc, etc, to each other thus ensuring the survival of the species, that ideology still stands today, well in a large percentage that is, for both human and animal parents just as it most probably has done since even the times of the dinosaurs as well imo. Those ARE the innate 'drives' that at least 80-90% of all animal life forms have, though sadly and unfortunately, it seems that some human parents have mislaid those innate instincts these days. In this case, imo and NOT being disparaging, etc, to @skado, I tend to think that an old adage may apply to friend skado, i.e. " A person who seeks to know everything about ONLY one thing ends up knowing nothing about everything, a person who seeks to know something about everything ends up knowing a great deal,about all things."

Q. What is written on the top rung of ALL Irish step-ladders? A. the word Stop of course.

Cyklone comments on Jul 3, 2020:

What's on the bottom of Irish beer bottles? Please open other end. Why did the the irishman go to hospital bleeding and with scalded feet? Because the instructions were pierce 'ere and stand in boiling water And so they go on. Most Irish jokes are written by the irish about the irish who ...

Triphid replies on Jul 3, 2020:

Did you hear about the Irish Terrorist who tried to blow up a London bus? He end up with 3rd degree burns to his lips, tongue and mouth from the hot exhaust pipe.

Q. How do you get an Englishman to take a bath?

273kelvin comments on Jul 3, 2020:

Q, Where do you hide your wallet from an Australian? A, Under a book

Triphid replies on Jul 3, 2020:

Hey, @273kelvin, have you ever wondered why we exported Fosters Lager to England? It was our way getting rid of a beer that tastes like camel's piss whether it's cold or hot like you Brits drink your beer. Oh, btw, Did you know that England has the biggest Sewage disposal system in the world? They flush ALL their shit down the sewers and it comes up in almost every country except England.

Q. How do you get an Englishman to take a bath?

273kelvin comments on Jul 3, 2020:

Q, Where do you hide your wallet from an Australian? A, Under a book

Triphid replies on Jul 3, 2020:

Definition of an English Lord. An English Lord is a man who finds a Prostitute in the gutter and then brings her down to his level.....LOL.

Q. How do you get an Englishman to take a bath?

LetzGetReal comments on Jul 2, 2020:

Hmmm. Not sure I get this, I guess one has to be a bloody Aussie? No offense. ;)

Triphid replies on Jul 2, 2020:

It comes from an old Aussie concept that the English were often loathe to bath more thn once per week UNLESS there was some special reason to do so. Historically speaking, it is a well known FACT, historically, the Queen Elizabeth the First ONLY bathed twice per year, whether she needed to or not hence the reference.

Authentic religion is not about belief.

hankster comments on Jul 1, 2020:

whatever it is that allows humans to abide each other, I would have to imagine was around long before agriculture or civilization.

Triphid replies on Jul 2, 2020:

@hankster No, my dislike of religion/s has absolutely nothing to do with any of it in actual fact. That IS one of the main reasons why I and 13 others around the Globe often get the honour of being sent copies of ancient Egyptian heiroglyph writings and scrolls, etc, for decyphering because we have actually manage to teach ourselves both the written language and possibly how their minds worked and how they thought rathet than just following the 'trends' as set by others.

Q. What is written on the top rung of ALL Irish step-ladders? A. the word Stop of course.

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Jul 2, 2020:

Of course.

Triphid replies on Jul 2, 2020:

Q. How do you a one armed Irishman down out of a tree? A. Wave to him....LOL.

Authentic religion is not about belief.

hankster comments on Jul 1, 2020:

whatever it is that allows humans to abide each other, I would have to imagine was around long before agriculture or civilization.

Triphid replies on Jul 2, 2020:

@hankster See,you, imo, are still not trying to actually think outside of the box completely. It seems that you, like so many others, are still trying to rationalise the decorating of caves, etc, with some kind of belief system imo. Humans have always been inventive, aesthetic, creative, etc, etc, so why would cave paintings, etc, need to a either a Spiritual ( which technically speaking has a semi-religious context) or even religious meaning? Do we NOT just decorate our homes stiil with works of art, etc, etc? I, for one, have an still do, I have painted murals on a few walls and a fence in and around my home but none of them have a 'spiritual/religious' context though to some they may, falsely, indicate it to be so, as in the ones I've pictured below. I do them simply because, 1) I'm an amateur type of Artist, 2) they add a toch of colour, etc, to my home and property and, 3) they are often a bit of a talking point with visitors as well. Yes, the Egyptian style ones depict their Ancient gyptian Creation myths but I did those because I like their art styles and the clouurs they used, etc. So, why wouldn't our earliest ancestor simply decorated their caves, etc, simply because some of them found out that they have the ability/talents needed to do so. Perhaps, also, the animals and hunting scenes were for the education of future generations as to what to hunt, how to hunt, etc, etc, instead of using language, which would have been somewhat basic at those times probably. Do we still not teach our very young child by such things as actions and pictures, when we teach a child to first eat using a spoon, for example, we actually demonstrate to that child how hold the spoon, how to use the spoon to transfer the food to the mouth not by merely using words to explain the method/s because we KNOW the child would, most likely, not be able to comprehend what we are saying. After all there are 2 very wise old sayings, 1) "Actions speak louder than words," and, 2) " A picture is worth a thousand words." So why bother telling when one can show or depict instead?

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

HumanistJohn comments on Jul 2, 2020:

It's hard to believe that anyone actually believes that stuff these days. Then again, you have flat earthers, qanon, reincarnationists, and trumpsters. So I guess people can still believe anything these days. Did you ask them if demons just control thoughts & beliefs, or can they cause ...

Triphid replies on Jul 2, 2020:

No idea, I'm sorry to say but I did try to ask my Devils and Demons for their names, ranks, etc, etc, but just like God and Jesus I got no answers at all....LOL. Maybe, just maybe that is, I might have better luck if I were to sacrifice a few Christians to them then they might actually answer me for a change....LOL.

Authentic religion is not about belief.

hankster comments on Jul 1, 2020:

whatever it is that allows humans to abide each other, I would have to imagine was around long before agriculture or civilization.

Triphid replies on Jul 2, 2020:

@hankster,@skado Try, firstly to think OUTSIDE the box, i.e. dismiss the the usual connotations that have always put upon the cave paintings, etc, by Archaeologists/Anthropologists that there MUST be a religious element in everything humans do or have done. Ask yourself which would have come first, civilisation as a means to both secure the survival of the clan/tribe OR a system of belief that says that there is a Supreme Entity/Entities controling literally everything and humans have no choice whatsoever? Now consider that most animals have absolutely NO concept/need/desire for such Supreme Entities, their main driving force is to eat, mate, breed the next generation and survive, i.e. their own unwritten Lore so to speak, the same drive that we humans have innately inherited inside of us. Does the Prey merely stand around meekly awaiting the Predator to attack, kill and eat it because it IS the WILL of this Supreme Entity? No, it runs for its life, dodges, weaves and use what ever artifices it can muster up to escape, live and breed. Even the most 'feral' ( anything that has gone from being domesticated to returning to its wild and uncontrolled state of being btw) of animals will place their own lives at risk to defend and save their young from dangers as do at least 90% of both Predator and Prey species on the planet, they do this because it is the natural, inherent, innate thing to do. Ergo, when the earliest of the Homo species firsr came down out the trees, which were a kind of 'sanctuary to them btw, the adults would have banded together, just as most other simian primates, etc, do even today, to protect each other and their young, hence they would have formed a clan type structure sans any belief system holding to some kind of Supreme Entity and from there the clans would, more than likely have developed over time into groups or simple tribes with a kind of social order though still sans religious beliefs. As simple example of this scenario is the Simians, they have a social order, a hierachy but NO visible.tsngible religion or religious belief system just do, for yet another example, the Pachyderms ( Elephants) who have a Matriarch system, so WHY would humans have been any different in the very beginning of human evolution? After all, we are 'taught' that civilisation ONLY began when humans 'created' large towns and cities BUT is not being truly civilised a system where the members of the clan/tribe/community will band together to support, defend and do their best to ensure the survival of the clan/tribe/community, etc, etc. I tend to think that @skado in his arguments/comments, like ever so many others, is 'stuck' in the ways, ideas, ideologies that have been' drilled' into us for so long that we cannot 'see the woods for the trees.' For ...

Authentic religion is not about belief.

p-nullifidian comments on Jul 1, 2020:

"Religion and agriculture are an inseparable pair." This may have once been true, but not to this 12,400 member Facebook group, Atheist Farmers. https://www.facebook.com/Atheist-Farmers-210792515637137/

Triphid replies on Jul 2, 2020:

@skado Nice ATTEMPT at sarcasm but, sorry, NO cigar since many far better than you have also tried and failed miserably.

Authentic religion is not about belief.

hankster comments on Jul 1, 2020:

whatever it is that allows humans to abide each other, I would have to imagine was around long before agriculture or civilization.

Triphid replies on Jul 1, 2020:

@hankster The equation of Religion = Civilisation and Civilisation = Religion does not compute simply because one can have civilisation WITHOUT the influences of religion. And NO, I don't TRUST fully that those I vote for will either be responsible, etc, in their decisions since it IS those we have voted for who have, time and time again, gotten US into wars and battles that were NOT for OUR benefit as a whole but, imo, ONLY for the benefit of the few or themselves. But I DO hold out the hope that, perhaps, one day there will emerge someone. somewhere, sometime, a Leader of Humankind that will see, take note of and understand that such conflicts of ANY of that kind are needless, wasteful and unwarrented.

Authentic religion is not about belief.

p-nullifidian comments on Jul 1, 2020:

"Religion and agriculture are an inseparable pair." This may have once been true, but not to this 12,400 member Facebook group, Atheist Farmers. https://www.facebook.com/Atheist-Farmers-210792515637137/

Triphid replies on Jul 1, 2020:

@skado Well, I'd say that I've been using logic and reasoning since long before I even remember, probably even as suckling baby in that IF I cried then I'd get either attention or be fed, etc. as most most babies ralise soon after they are born btw. Ergo, there is NO religious element in any of that, it is merely the logic of Cause and Effect to put it in simple terms.

Authentic religion is not about belief.

Triphid comments on Jul 1, 2020:

Having a sense of Morality, Ethics, etc, etc, towards other human beings IS the 'counter-balance' to our innate animalistic instincts. Religions merely saw the profitable aspects of 'claiming' such things as their own ideologies, etc, to further enhance their own ends and means. IF, and that is ...

Triphid replies on Jul 1, 2020:

@skado No, you still, imo, confusing Lore with a kind of sytem of religious belief. Noral and Ethical Lore most likely evolved with humans far, far before anything that could even loosely be called a religious belief or religion. Even the majority of we, mistaken humans call the 'baser animals,' have a system, of sorts, of Lores that they abide by, e.g. birds will not and often do not breed with their own siblings under normal circumstances, simply because they know by instinct that such interbreeding with and so have harmful results to the next generation/s. When we human Archaeologists/Amthropologists STOP loking for religious connotations in enerything we find like in cave-paintings, petroglyphs, etc, etc, left behind by our earliest of ancestors and instead start thinking as they did/may have we may well realise just wrong our judgement of them has been all along. Humans have always been inventive, creative, etc, etc and why should they NOT have merely decided to DECORATE their caves, etc, with scenes and animals, etc, that they were familiar with and NOT as depictions of some religious belief, etc, etc?

Chainsaw broke and it is just about the same amount of cost to repair the older one then it is to ...

Cast1es comments on Jul 1, 2020:

I've run nto that , just trying to bet the , " blades ," sharpened .

Triphid replies on Jul 1, 2020:

@azzow2 Not 'knocking' your Yucca trees, etc, mate, but Red Gum, Mulga and even our native She-oaks are almost as tough as nails. My uncle, Dave, was a timber-cutter way back after he was de-mobbed from WWII, he used to cut Redgum, Mulga, She-oak and Mallee using the old-fashioned Cross-Cut saws and they would always end up needing to be re-sharpened at least 3 times during each trip to cut wood for sale as firewood. I tried, once and once only, to cut some Mallee using an axe, all that I managed was to get a dose of sore hands, aching shoulders and arms, a very blunt axe and a few tiny nicks in the wood. Out here we often come across the 'bane' of all Wood-cutters, the Australian Ironbark tree, even the very best of chainsaws baulk at this wood. The last time I made the mistake of TRYING to cut some Ironbark it ,literally, shattered 2 chains without even scratching the wood.

Authentic religion is not about belief.

Allamanda comments on Jul 1, 2020:

Do you not think there are non-agrarian societies that have equivalent religions? If not, how so?

Triphid replies on Jul 1, 2020:

@skado So, are you saying that these pre-agricultural societies had a 'religious influence/system' that governed eveerything they did and thought, etc. I think you have FORGOTTEN to consider a thing called 'Lore' which came into being, more than likely, LONG, LONG before even LAW and any form of religious belief system. Before offering your next hypothesis on this subject may I humbly suggest that you do a little more research into the differences betwen Law and Lore and between Morals, Ethics and religious beliefs/religions.

Authentic religion is not about belief.

hankster comments on Jul 1, 2020:

whatever it is that allows humans to abide each other, I would have to imagine was around long before agriculture or civilization.

Triphid replies on Jul 1, 2020:

@hankster Law or Lore but either way they are and were the means by which, imo, human civilisation evolved apart from and despite the often adverse influences of religious beliefs, etc.

Authentic religion is not about belief.

AtheistInNC comments on Jul 1, 2020:

Authentic religion is about control. Simply the "eye in the sky" that keeps humans in line with the tribe when no one is looking. Nothing else.

Triphid replies on Jul 1, 2020:

@skado What 'Authenticity' is there in ANY religion? Imo, there is ONLY Authorship and plagiarism in at least 90-99% of ANY of them.

Authentic religion is not about belief.

p-nullifidian comments on Jul 1, 2020:

"Religion and agriculture are an inseparable pair." This may have once been true, but not to this 12,400 member Facebook group, Atheist Farmers. https://www.facebook.com/Atheist-Farmers-210792515637137/

Triphid replies on Jul 1, 2020:

@skado Why the 'couple of thousand years' bit? Does it really take that long for Logic and Reasoning to 'seep' into your mind?

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

Edgeward comments on Jul 1, 2020:

Be careful what you admit to! You may be required to get a pet license for each and everyone of those demons!

Triphid replies on Jul 1, 2020:

Shit, never thought about that,. Now I'll have to ask them for their names, ages, whether they've been de-sexed, are they 'house-trained.' Omnivores/Vegans/Vegetarians, what kinds of movies, etc, they enjoy watching, etc, etc. I can imagine the look on the face of the Vet when I front up to have them micro-chipped as well....LOL.

Here are some tips to identity scammers.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 1, 2020:

I've dealt with so many scammers that I can spot them within a few messages. I used to play them along, but anymore I just tell them off and block them. And now I'm not on any dating sites, so only the ones that pop up on here.

Triphid replies on Jul 1, 2020:

I get great enjoyment in 'playing' with telephone scammers and those annoying tele-callers. Since I can speak reasonably well in at least 4 different languages, plus a few I've 'created' as well, I string them along for as long as possible and get them 100% bamboozled until they finally hang up in either frustration or complete despair.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

KKGator comments on Jun 29, 2020:

If they come onto your property, or try to enter your home, do you intend to file charges? I know I sure would.

Triphid replies on Jul 1, 2020:

@273kelvin Well, I'm hoping that 'Whiz Kid' can find away for me to down-load/up-load, or what ever they call it, copies from my security system when he comes around on the weekend to have a look at it. I know the system is a second-hand one but it was originally used in a local bank, the cameras are a hidden type that you can only see IF you know what you are looking for and even then they are very small and almost unnoticable at best but the definition from them is really good though.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

bklynite53 comments on Jul 1, 2020:

CALL THE POLICE you are being targeted by domestic terrorists

Triphid replies on Jul 1, 2020:

Nah, just a bunch of Religiotard Nut-cases imo.

Chainsaw broke and it is just about the same amount of cost to repair the older one then it is to ...

Cast1es comments on Jul 1, 2020:

I've run nto that , just trying to bet the , " blades ," sharpened .

Triphid replies on Jul 1, 2020:

@azzow2 Weel, here's hoping for both our sakes that our chainsaws can be repaired. I'm kind of fond of my Stihl 181, had a Husqvarna, second-hand one, before that and on the hardwoods around here it was almost less than useless. At least the Stihl would cut through Gum and even Mulga ( much, much harder than Gum btw, ) almost like a hot knife going through butter. I could cut, split and pack up 3/4 of a ton of wood in just under 2 hours at a time with the Stihl.

Chainsaw broke and it is just about the same amount of cost to repair the older one then it is to ...

Cast1es comments on Jul 1, 2020:

I've run nto that , just trying to bet the , " blades ," sharpened .

Triphid replies on Jul 1, 2020:

@azzow2 Ow, a frozen/seized motor, now that is problem. What 'breed' is it, if it's one those chinese made ones I'd say you're right up 'shit-creek without a paddle' to start with since 'spare parts' for those are harder to find than Rocking horse manure. My Stihl M.S. 181 decided to 'chuck a wobbly' 2 weeks ago, the starter system just keeps whirring so I THINK it my have come adrift from the connection to the crankshaft, just need to scrape up the cash now to get it fixed. I can strip down 2 -stroke motorbike engines almost with my eyes closed but never have tried fixing a chainsaw other than sharpening the chains and resetting the lengths of the chains when they get over-stretched ( got my own chain sharpener and chain resetting gear btw). At a rough guess I'd say my Stihl is somewhere around 6-8 years old now and has had a pretty hard life since I always use it to cut Aussie Eucalyptus Red Gum wood for the fire, it is a very hard wood btw. Oh, and just a hint, IF you can afford it, Tungsten-Carbide chains are expensive but they only need sharpening about 1 per season but you will need diamond edged discs or a diamond encrusted file to sharpen them.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

Budgie comments on Jul 1, 2020:

Set up a pentacle in your backyard, go out and lay some food in it give the demon a name and call for him. Put out some water it must be as hot as hell. Then pretend to throw a ball for it to retrieve, pat it etc. Tie a rope to the hill hoist or a tree and spend some time teaching it how to skip,...

Triphid replies on Jul 1, 2020:

Already have had the cops take out a Restraining Order on my behalf, it came into effect as of 10.20am yesterday, the Police Inspector even delivered 'Pope Pauls' copy to him personally and made him sign the acknowledgement of receipt as well. Btw, I like your ideas for a bit of what we Aussies call 'shit-stirring.' I've been tossing over in my mind about building a statue of a demon out of some the scrap metal, etc, I've got and placing it in my front garden, got plenty of very bright red paint, an old fashioned hay-fork, just need to work out how I can make a realistic looking forked tail as a finishing touch, I've even found some nice, solar rechargable red lights that will make for great demon eyes as well.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

JacarC comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Get guns. Lots of guns. These people are dangerous, just like all those taking a knee.

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

Don't need a gun m8, I've got my old home guarding friend I call 'Donk' a wooden Pick-handle. 'Donk' stands by the front door within very easy reach just waiting to give any unwanted caller, i.e. Intruder, a little donk on the noggin.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

KKGator comments on Jun 29, 2020:

If they come onto your property, or try to enter your home, do you intend to file charges? I know I sure would.

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

@273kelvin Wouldn't that just towards adding to their ideas of them being special to God and Jesus? To me it'd be kind of like when they publish news stories about vandals going about destroying headstones in Cemetaries or Arsonists setting fires, it only excites thewm further and encourages them even more imo. But, I'll try to get my family Electronics 'Whizz Kid' to help me set it up so I can download from my Securtity cameras and the Disc Recorder a few images since they are a seperate unit to my computer.

Catholic Bishop Will Spray Holy Water from Helicopter Over City to Defeat Devil | Hemant Mehta | ...

seafarersd comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Will those idiotic acts ever stop?

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

I doubt it, not while there are dollars to be made ( sorry, collected ) from the willing Dupes that follow their preachings it won't.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

FrayedBear comments on Jun 30, 2020:

So long as they don't treat you like poor Joan Vollmer in Antwerp Victoria a few years ago - they reportedly tortured her ultimately killing her having driven a broom handle down her throat to drive the devil's out. Start getting very worried if they try to wrap your house in Cling wrapping. ...

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

@FrayedBear I have an attachment to my land-line that I can either plug in an extra ear-piece or a cable that runs to the microphone socket on an old cassette recorder. As soon as I recognised 'Pope Paul's' voice I hit the record button.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Bear Spray, just the stuff to spice up an encounter with a bunch of nutters like that.

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

Bugger the 'Bear Spray,' I'd love to have a few bottles of 'Skunk spray' handy for when any God-botherers come a-calling. I'd more than tempted to 'bless' them with it and call it 'Holy Water.'

What was your earwig 5 years ago today?

Triphid comments on Jun 29, 2020:

Mine would be, and still is, " Indian Reservation" by Don Fardon.

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

@FrayedBear Because it exposes, imo, the treatment of my Cherokee relatives and ancestors, that's why. Read up on the 'Trail of Tears," it will open up your eyes to what they suffered.

G'day Aussie Sceptics, even though it's colder than a Mother-In-Law's kiss around Australia today, ...

FrayedBear comments on Jun 28, 2020:

Tony @Maureen901 is a bit of a mystery. @Maureen is from the UK and also a mystery. The Texan is a religious person.

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

@FrayedBear Well given that bit of info she may well help us to keep the scammer out of our ranks.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

Larry-new comments on Jun 30, 2020:

When they could, they burned us. Hide the chafing dish fuel...

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

Not really worried about that, the first time Evangelidiot tried to light up his wood-burning heater he ended up throwing about half a litre of petrol (Gas) onto it, he ended up looking like a strip of badly cured Beef Jerky for well over a month, it cost him over 2,000$ to repair the flue kit, the chimney and the charred timber floor of his Loungeroom.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

SalC comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Don’t you know you have to be saved by jeebus? 🤣

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

Yeah BUT which bank does this Jeebus save with....LOL. Me, I prefer our local Credit Union, they don't charge Banking Fees for members who are on a Pension.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Who is he?

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

His name is Paul Skelley, I call him 'Pope Paul' to his face which he does not enjoy btw, but it gives me a wee bit of satisfaction, etc, every time I do it though.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

273kelvin comments on Jun 30, 2020:

If you exorcise a demon, does it need to be on a leash?

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

Good point, I wonder if you also need to have it micro-chipped, de-sexed and registered with the Local Council like we have to do with the family dog...LOL. I used to be a recognised local Dog Obedience Trainer for many years, MAYBE I could help them out by teaching those Demons, etc, the basics like Sit, Stand, Stay, etc, on command....LOL.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

MakeItGood comments on Jun 30, 2020:

That...is, honestly, scary. That's one step away from burming you at the stake. I wouldn't answer in a way that play into their delusion. Remember they actually believe this stuff. They could take your answer as comfirmaton of their delusions. First they will blame a devil posessing you, so they...

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

@shockwaverider Oh we know about the Covid Pandemic here in Australia, we've had it here for months but where I live, touch wood, we are a Covid Free Declared Zone thus far.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

FrayedBear comments on Jun 30, 2020:

So long as they don't treat you like poor Joan Vollmer in Antwerp Victoria a few years ago - they reportedly tortured her ultimately killing her having driven a broom handle down her throat to drive the devil's out. Start getting very worried if they try to wrap your house in Cling wrapping. ...

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

No chance of that happening. Got informed in person no less by the Local Police inspector last evening that, " After reviewing the taped conversation in the prescence of the Magistrate it has been decided the the Police will take out a Restraining Order, on my behalf, as of 10.15 am today and so ORDERING that Paul Skelley and his Congregation must NOT approach me in Public, in my own Private Home or on my Property, must NOT come within 50 metres of me or my property, must NOT place messages, etc, in my mailbox, on my fence or otherwise for a period of no less than 5 years from the date the Order is issued by the Court, the penalty for Breaching this Order will be Arrest, Charged with Breaching a Legal Court Order and Imprisonment for a term of between 2 - 3 years." Plus, the Inspector and the Magistrate adivised that I keep my Security Camera system operational at ALL times and recording via the disc recording system.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

Jamespuck comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Damn, how do you make such great friends?

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

Hey, they ARE most DEFINTELY not friends of mine thankfully.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

K9Kohle789 comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Why is he focused on you? A million people are Atheists and deny god and jesus exist what makes you so special? You were a 'flock' member? One of his chosen sheeple? Tell him you have a pack of dogs that'll attack the minute he steps on your property. if you don't have dogs just say you borrowed ...

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

@Fred_Snerd I'd say you're 110% correct there. Every time they try to 'convert' me from across the fence line between my house and Evangelidiot's, I can counter their arguments with more knowledge about their 'beliefs', etc, than they can respond to.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

LimitedLight comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Is this a serious post? If it is, even outside the time of pandemic, their should be legal options to keep off your property.

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

100% DEAD serious. This 'Pope Paul Skelley' as I call him btw, and my neighbour, the Evangelidiot, are both as crazy as a cut snake about their beliefs which was one reason why I asked a local Hacker to do a bit of research digging into 'Pope Paul' for me. It cost me 4 six packs of Red Bull Energy drink, but was well worth it since 'Pope Paul' has been declared bankrupt 3 times in the past 24+ years, married 5 times and divorced every time, including the last with his Filipino wife, whom he put EVERYTHING into her name and she ended up getting the lot. So much for following their Holey (Holy) Book and having their wives be subservient, etc, etc, LOL.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

RavenCT comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Your neighbor is a few cans shy of a six pack?

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

We have an older saying here, " He/they are 2 loaves short of sandwich."

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

AnneWimsey comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Why did you pick up the phone, exactly? Stop engaging with this loon!

Triphid replies on Jun 30, 2020:

Actualy I answered the phone because I first thought it may have been my friend, Alan, ringing to ask if I could help him with rebuilding a fence, unfortunately I didn't look at the Caller ID BEFORE I answered.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

Fred_Snerd comments on Jun 29, 2020:

Seriously, they're still doing the home invasion thing? Do they play basketball?

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2020:

I don't think so, just with themselves and probably only when they think Jesus isn't watching ....LOL.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

AmyTheBruce comments on Jun 29, 2020:

This is the pastor of the Evangeloon? What ever happened with that, by the way? If you posted an update, I must have missed it. Did he ever catch on to the mysterious voice of Gawd that you generously provided? Did he ever go into the wilderness as directed? I don't suppose your yard has a ...

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2020:

Nope no sprinkler system, just drip irrigation sadly. Evangelidiot is still trying, and emphasise the trying, to build his wooden hand-cart to carry his supplies, he is planning to be at Uluru ( Ayers Rock) on December, 25th, this year to 'receive' the new Commandments from God and to cewlebrate the birth of Jesus while he is there. But I did make a healthy 'profit' via a daring and somewhat devious son of a friend a few weeks ago. i'm not sure I showed you this but I found a copper nail a while back in my garden, after a wee chat and a deal to split the profits evenly with the son of my friend decided to try and sell the nail to Evangelidiot by claiming it was sent to him by his distant uncle who lives in Israel and who told him that it came from a 'dig site' where they found the Carpenters Workshop of Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary. Evangelidiot fell for it hook, line and sinker, paid a nice little sum of $300.00A for it and now proudly shows it off to all his fellow Evangelidiots. So, Geoffery and I are now $150 richer each.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

KKGator comments on Jun 29, 2020:

If they come onto your property, or try to enter your home, do you intend to file charges? I know I sure would.

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2020:

@KKGator Oh how I wish I could BUT I don't have nor own eithyer a video camera nor a video capable mobile phone unfortunately because my budget on the Government Aged Pension doesn't stretch that far sadly.

NYC Mayor Says He Will Shut Down Sales Of Illegal Fireworks : NPR

Fred_Snerd comments on Jun 29, 2020:

My classmates and I were pyromaniacs. The stories I could tell. The mortar fireworks were great fun when held like a bazooka.

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2020:

@Fred_Snerd When I was a teen, we used to collect all the 'empty' spray cans, we built a tube like mortar out of a piece of steel pipe and placed one end in the camp-fire and the other point in whatever direction we wanted, then dropped a spray can down the tube and waited. Those spray cans do really fly off like rockets and the burst in the air after a shortish distance, often with huge bang as well.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

Bierbasstard comments on Jun 29, 2020:

Get a robe and hand out communion using spicy cheese itz and Foster's

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2020:

What, give them food and drink, shit they'd end thinking I was Jesus handing bread and fishes....LOL. Hey, if they're hungry or thirsty then let them pray for it, I'll lay bets that I can get myself a coffee, have a 10 course meal, a shower, a good night's sleep and even walk to the moon and back BEFORE their prayers are answered.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

KKGator comments on Jun 29, 2020:

If they come onto your property, or try to enter your home, do you intend to file charges? I know I sure would.

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2020:

Oh you can bank on me having the phone handy and the number for the Police on speed dial, ready and waiting for me to press the button. In actual fact, I rang the Local Police Station straight after the phone call, I'd recorded the whole call btw AND told 'Pope Paul' I was doing it as well, go on to a friend there who is the Sergeant and he told me to have the phone ready to go and they'd send a Patrol Car with 2 Officers in it PLUS a Transport vehicle to arrest and detain them all.

Catholic Bishop Will Spray Holy Water from Helicopter Over City to Defeat Devil | Hemant Mehta | ...

seenoevil9620 comments on Jun 29, 2020:

Why waste holy water , just piss out the door ..... same outcome ....

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2020:

Exactly.

Catholic Bishop Will Spray Holy Water from Helicopter Over City to Defeat Devil | Hemant Mehta | ...

AnneWimsey comments on Jun 29, 2020:

Any chance he might fall out of the helicopter?

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2020:

We can only but HOPE, can't we?

Catholic Bishop Will Spray Holy Water from Helicopter Over City to Defeat Devil | Hemant Mehta | ...

Geoffrey51 comments on Jun 29, 2020:

Quite right. Every little helps!

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2020:

Yep, and that's what the little old Lady said when she peed in the sea.

Catholic Bishop Will Spray Holy Water from Helicopter Over City to Defeat Devil | Hemant Mehta | ...

bobwjr comments on Jun 29, 2020:

Delusional

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2020:

"Delusional, " I'd say 110% certifiable at the very least.

G'day Aussie Sceptics, even though it's colder than a Mother-In-Law's kiss around Australia today, ...

FrayedBear comments on Jun 28, 2020:

Tony @Maureen901 is a bit of a mystery. @Maureen is from the UK and also a mystery. The Texan is a religious person.

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2020:

@RavenCT Well, as the Group Moderator, and imo, we should give everyone a 'Fair Go' and whether or not they run 1 or abillion other groups it should matter no more or less than a speck of dust in a desert.

What’s your geographic range for dating?

azzow2 comments on Jun 29, 2020:

Wait let me check if the Learjet is gassed up lol.

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2020:

Aw shit m8 you're stuck with just mere Learjet? Soros has been a bit lax with your payments I see, I used the last payment he sent me to buy an AirBus 380 fresh off the production line complete with the Aircrew, Ground Staff and unlimited Fuel supplies as well.

G'day Aussie Sceptics, even though it's colder than a Mother-In-Law's kiss around Australia today, ...

FrayedBear comments on Jun 28, 2020:

Tony @Maureen901 is a bit of a mystery. @Maureen is from the UK and also a mystery. The Texan is a religious person.

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2020:

@FrayedBear What's you prob with @RavenCT, FrayedBear? I've checked out her profile page, etc, and see nothing at all to indicate that isn't what she says she.

Did Jesus Exist? | American Atheists

Triphid comments on Jun 27, 2020:

Well, as an Atheist Theologian, yes that IS right AN Atheist who has studied for and gained a ThD, I can safely say that the Jesus as depicted in the bible ( The Goat-herders Guide to the Galaxy) IS a 100% completely fiction based work of Religious Propaganda created solely from innumerable other ...

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2020:

@Riviks Any church, temple, cathedral, etc, etc, can and should, technically and logically, be considered as being a Cult since every one of those religions REQUIRES a Leading Person/s to acts as the Prophet/Interpretor of the Deity.s which they worship and obey, well they will tell you they obey that it, unquestioningly.

Well there goes my monthly cheque from George Soro's atheist funding program, fortunately I am one ...

Cutiebeauty comments on Jun 29, 2020:

That's crazy conspiracy stuff lol

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty Oh how I'd enjoy sending that rank idiot the following 'little' message, " Fotttiti sfigato," ( in english it means Fuck you Loser.)

Another one on religion

K9Kohle789 comments on Jun 27, 2020:

I must be hardcore, iced tea with peach flavor vodka. Only noticed by dogs so WTH.

Triphid replies on Jun 28, 2020:

@JeffMurray Sounds a bit like what I sometimes call my " Stalingrad's Revenge," i.e. an Iced Coffee Thickshake with a very generous nip or 2 of Vodka.