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Philosophy vs. Religion

sterlingdean comments on Nov 13, 2019:

Religion offers subjugation of the will to a 'higher power' or, more often, someone who claims to represent said power. It's a false sense of security, letting you feel as if you have control over that which in inherently uncontrollable. Philosophy examines the world without actually going out ...

Triphid replies on Nov 15, 2019:

@sterlingdean Philosophical thinking in its true sense IS using Reasoning, Logic and Empathy.

What in the name of sanity is wrong these Hardcore Vegans who are now carrying on like headless ...

David1955 comments on Nov 14, 2019:

We do live in the age of social justice and environment warriors, don't we. It's not that I do not support progressive policies on such issues, i do, but the zealotry of the fringe harms rather than helps. It seems to have been like this since the 60s. I recall in the 70s and 80s womens movement for...

Triphid replies on Nov 15, 2019:

Hey, I've always been one in support of Gender Equality and socially based matters BUT, in my opinion, ALL of this HYPE of trying to convert people to becoming Herbivorous instead of the Omnivorous species we evolved to be smacks of a kind of the "You are either with US or Against US" ideology and I, for one, will not be influenced by such an ideology in any way, shape nor form.

A couple of cheeky ditties by Rolf Harris. [youtube.com] [youtube.com]

FrayedBear comments on Nov 13, 2019:

Dear old Rolf, one of Australia's finest ambassadors until his past caught up - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/06/rolf-harriss-prison-release-reviewed-wanders-primary-school/

Triphid replies on Nov 14, 2019:

@FrayedBear Yeah well it strikes me as being a bit 'odd' that it all started the ball rolling, so to speak, with the allegations re- Jimmy Saville AFTER he was dead and buried then snowballed with allegations coming out of the woodwork against almost ONLY people of Notability like Rolf Harris. Yes, I'm fully aware that there are and always have been Sexual Predators and Low-life Scum the likes of Catholic Priests, Ministers, etc, of other religions including Xrstianity and in the world of Movie Making, etc, BUT there have always been those who see an opportunity to jump on the bandwagon of Litigation as well AND will do so at the slightest opportunity since, besides the chances of monetary gain, they also get their 5 minutes in the Spotlights as well, the one thing they ALL crave and lust after in my opinion.

Philosophy vs. Religion

sterlingdean comments on Nov 13, 2019:

Religion offers subjugation of the will to a 'higher power' or, more often, someone who claims to represent said power. It's a false sense of security, letting you feel as if you have control over that which in inherently uncontrollable. Philosophy examines the world without actually going out ...

Triphid replies on Nov 14, 2019:

@sterlingdean Are we NOT each entitled to our opinions and thoughts my good Sir? Answer me this IF you so please, Do you deliberate over the results that will come from some action, etc, you intend to take? IF the answer be in the Affirmative then in a small way you too are using Philosophy and philosophizing.

What in the name of sanity is wrong these Hardcore Vegans who are now carrying on like headless ...

FrayedBear comments on Nov 14, 2019:

Probably quite a few because in many cases fighting the fires is as deluded as fighting carnivorous habits. What is also deluded is building dwellings in the middle of dense combustiable material like forests in hot dry climates and expect it not to burn. Hebel blocks have a 4 hour fire rating.

Triphid replies on Nov 14, 2019:

That may be so BUT of all the Firies I've ever known 0% of them have been vegans/vegetarians. And, in my opinion, there IS nothing delusional about fighting raging Bush Fires, FrayedBear, for man has always tried to make fire into his 'good' little servant' but fire knows no Master nor acknowledges one either. Yes, it is crazy to build homes, etc, in forests, etc, BUT humans will always do crazy things won't they?

The Curiosity rover detects oxygen behaving strangely on Mars (this webpage has lots of ...

Triphid comments on Nov 14, 2019:

Regular seasonal changes to the oxygen and methane content of the Martian atmosphere do kind of beg a HUGE question don't they?

Triphid replies on Nov 14, 2019:

@FearlessFly Thanks but I've already read what Wiki has to say plus gone through everything on the attached link a well. But it still has no real answers as to WHY those seasonal changes occur so regularly.

The very early dawn of perhaps one of the world great thought systems, and a beautiful couple of ...

Allamanda comments on Nov 14, 2019:

what this says about the cross-over, absorption and links between Hinduism and Buddhism, is also most amazing!

Triphid replies on Nov 14, 2019:

@DavidDuhon the Buddha was NOT seeking to 'create' a new form of religion or religious belief, he was merely seeking Enlightenment, it was those who came after his death that turned it into the religious doctrine we see today.

A recent poster suggested that the Roman Catholic church in Europe changed society dramatically and ...

RiverRick comments on Nov 11, 2019:

The church, their beliefs and their missionaries have killed far more people in history that they ever helped! "I tell you what... We are going to convert you and impress you with our god! We are then going to leave you with smallpox, cholera, typhus and measles. We are going to rape your women ...

Triphid replies on Nov 14, 2019:

Hey you forgot the 4 B's of Xrstian Invasion into new native lands, Baubles, Blankets, Bibles and Booze and IF those 4 don't get the desire result then they try #5 - Bullets.

A recent poster suggested that the Roman Catholic church in Europe changed society dramatically and ...

Simon1 comments on Nov 11, 2019:

Umm they not called the dark ages for nothing !!!!

Triphid replies on Nov 14, 2019:

@Moravian Oooh I don't know about that, given the Murder, Mayhem, Havoc, etc, etc, that the Theist Faithfools wrought upon human kind for centuries upon centuries I think I'd rather face a horde of Robots any day. Those Faithfools are REAL experts at Genocide, Murder, Maiming, etc, over the last 1,000+ years, so much so that they've succeeded, in my opinion, of making even the Ancient Romans look like rank amateurs.

Philosophy vs. Religion

Fred_Snerd comments on Nov 13, 2019:

Religion and philosophy are both a “what if ”. If one goes all in, and completely fools oneself, each becomes a “what is”. Each have different interpretations and practices. Theoretically, there is one most efficient “way” for humanity to happily proceed. I think the most efficient ...

Triphid replies on Nov 13, 2019:

@Fred_Snerd Philosophers will almost always tend to disagree with each other, it is, after all, the nature of the beast called Philosophy.

Philosophy vs. Religion

sterlingdean comments on Nov 13, 2019:

Religion offers subjugation of the will to a 'higher power' or, more often, someone who claims to represent said power. It's a false sense of security, letting you feel as if you have control over that which in inherently uncontrollable. Philosophy examines the world without actually going out ...

Triphid replies on Nov 13, 2019:

Then, my good Sir, I humbly and honestly suggest that you attempt to expand your knowledge and comprehension of Philosophy and Philosophical Thinking and Thought. For, in my opinion, Philosophy IS NOT akin to 'intellectual masturbation" it IS a form of Mental Exercise that creates stimuli for the brain itself thus expanding the mind.

Philosophy vs. Religion

Fred_Snerd comments on Nov 13, 2019:

Religion and philosophy are both a “what if ”. If one goes all in, and completely fools oneself, each becomes a “what is”. Each have different interpretations and practices. Theoretically, there is one most efficient “way” for humanity to happily proceed. I think the most efficient ...

Triphid replies on Nov 13, 2019:

I'm a bit of an Amateur Philosopher myself plus I have a Degree in the Studies of Philosophy also and, in my opinion here, your comment on philosophy are quite incorrect. Philosophy and Philosophers, more often that not, ask questions and the right questions as well BUT they choose to do so in ways that may cause the readers to actually THINK for themselves rather than having the answers provided for them on a 'silver platter' so to speak. Whereas Religions do NOT pose the 'What If' questions, they simply put forward the 'This IS' and the "This Will be' edicts and state forcefully that " these are things completely unchangeable since THEY ARE the Will of God." An example of Philosophic thinking for you, " IF a tree falls to the ground in an completely uninhabited forest where there IS no-one to hear it, then did that tree make a sound when it fell and struck the ground?" Or, "IF a god speaks to one person who is quite alone and there is No-one else who hears it, how can the person show for a fact that it was god who spoke and not merely his imagination?'

Geez Louise, now I think I've heard just about everything.

TheoryNumber3 comments on Nov 12, 2019:

Imagine living your life in fear like that. It's kinda pathetic. On the other hand, he's looney toonz!

Triphid replies on Nov 13, 2019:

@TheoryNumber3 Sorry mate for taking your comment the wrong way. Yes, I agree with110% on that BUT sadly and most unfortunately, it seems the Faithfools of this world just can't see the forest for the trees.

Geez Louise, now I think I've heard just about everything.

GreenAtheist comments on Nov 13, 2019:

Typical cult radio believer taking action to force belief upon all others...insane yes fraud yes arrested NO but should be warned further harassment of neighbors will result in his arrest

Triphid replies on Nov 13, 2019:

We held a neighborhood meeting yesterday evening in Public Place with a Practicing Lawyer in attendance, she heard our side of things, read ALL of the messages he's left in our letter boxes ( which quite is legal to do in Australia so long as they are NOT harassing, etc.) though he was formally invited to attend he declined by sms to the Lawyer stating that he " had no need to attend and be heard since God and Jesus are his only guides and their laws are sacred." After about an hour of discussions, etc, the Lawyer suggested that we ALL may wish to consider 1 of 2 actions available to us, 1) She will compose an OFFICIAL letter notifying him that " Any further breaches of our Peace and Privacy WILL be resulting in a Court Action being taken to have a Restraining Order placed upon for a period of NOT less 12 months," or, 2) We immediately start Court Proceedings to have a Restraining Order issued against him AND request the Court to IMPOSE a ruling that he attends and undergoes a FULL and Complete Psychological and Psychiatric Evaluation within 30 days of the Ruling being made." We took a vote and the consensus was in the Affirmative for Option #2. The Lawyer has also offered her Legal Services to us for absolutely Free and will be preparing the case for Option #2 to heard by the Magistrate as early as next Tuesday. We are all guessing and EXPECTING that the Fertilizer WILL hit the Ventilator in the next few days when he gets a knock on his door, for a change, and finds the local Sheriff of the Court handing HIM a Summons to appear in Court.

A couple of cheeky ditties by Rolf Harris. [youtube.com] [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 13, 2019:

And that's it hanging on the shed :P

Triphid replies on Nov 13, 2019:

Hey, where else do you reckon we'd put a mate's hide....LOL.

A couple of cheeky ditties by Rolf Harris. [youtube.com] [youtube.com]

FrayedBear comments on Nov 13, 2019:

Dear old Rolf, one of Australia's finest ambassadors until his past caught up - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/06/rolf-harriss-prison-release-reviewed-wanders-primary-school/

Triphid replies on Nov 13, 2019:

Yeah so sad about all of that though having met him in person years and years ago I still wonder how much of the accusations were 100% true.

Geez Louise, now I think I've heard just about everything.

RavenCT comments on Nov 12, 2019:

He sounds like he's working his way up to being a bother. Using the mail without putting a stamp on it is an offense here in the US.... (Tampering with the mail). He does sound like he needs help. Whether he gets any - remains to be seen. Best of luck to you and your neighbors in the ...

Triphid replies on Nov 13, 2019:

@RavenCT The Registry just hands out registration plates ( 2 per vehicle registered0 on a very random basis UNLESS you opt for what we call 'personalized Rego Plates.

This is that Monty Python Medieval Logic.

AndrewInVail comments on Nov 11, 2019:

Looks similar to what programmers often refer to G.I.G.O. (Garbage In Garbage Out). Statement (1) is false, so even if additive statement (2) is correct, statement (3) is built on previous false information and is false.

Triphid replies on Nov 12, 2019:

@Stenz Ah, but I'll bet you don't an IT Whizz Kid in your family like I'm fortunate enough to have.

Geez Louise, now I think I've heard just about everything.

Organist1 comments on Nov 12, 2019:

Wow, what a nut case! I'm sure most of your neighbors think that, too.

Triphid replies on Nov 12, 2019:

@Organist1 A bit like our pest birds here , those bloody sparrows.

Geez Louise, now I think I've heard just about everything.

RavenCT comments on Nov 12, 2019:

He sounds like he's working his way up to being a bother. Using the mail without putting a stamp on it is an offense here in the US.... (Tampering with the mail). He does sound like he needs help. Whether he gets any - remains to be seen. Best of luck to you and your neighbors in the ...

Triphid replies on Nov 12, 2019:

I don't own one so he's out of luck there and everyone else locks theirs anyway especially with him around.

Geez Louise, now I think I've heard just about everything.

Organist1 comments on Nov 12, 2019:

Wow, what a nut case! I'm sure most of your neighbors think that, too.

Triphid replies on Nov 12, 2019:

@Organist1 Want to send o few thousand out this way then....LOL.

I personally love this! Are we all of one universe? What do you think?

thislife comments on Nov 12, 2019:

Cool, but are atheists represented?

Triphid replies on Nov 12, 2019:

@Deiter Nah, we get to board an even better train, one that requires NO eternal bending of the knees and praising a Genocidal Maniac, Non-Existent Entity, OURS does the REALITY route via tracks made from Sciences, Logic, Truth and Reasoning and IS completely derailment proof.

I personally love this! Are we all of one universe? What do you think?

Triphid comments on Nov 12, 2019:

As my favorite piece of writing says in one verse, " You ARE a child of the Universe, no LESS than the trees and the Stars you HAVE a right to be here.........."

Triphid replies on Nov 12, 2019:

@GinaMaria Actually he MAY lay claim to it BUT the original was found in the St. Paul's Church, Baltimore in 1892 and I have a copy of it hanging on my wall.

Geez Louise, now I think I've heard just about everything.

Organist1 comments on Nov 12, 2019:

Wow, what a nut case! I'm sure most of your neighbors think that, too.

Triphid replies on Nov 12, 2019:

Yeah and with a NUT that size, IF we had squirrels in Australia the buggers would never need go hungry ever again...LOL

Geez Louise, now I think I've heard just about everything.

TheoryNumber3 comments on Nov 12, 2019:

Imagine living your life in fear like that. It's kinda pathetic. On the other hand, he's looney toonz!

Triphid replies on Nov 12, 2019:

No, not living fear so much but darned sure sick of pissing my pants ( not literally though) every time that 'Fruitcake' comes up with yet another of his religiotard rants/ideas. Absolutely NONE of this neighborhood will bother to speak to him or even have him on the properties, including me. What a bloody pity there isn't a way that we could have him put on Schedule Eight and committed to a Mental Hospital.

This is that Monty Python Medieval Logic.

AndrewInVail comments on Nov 11, 2019:

Looks similar to what programmers often refer to G.I.G.O. (Garbage In Garbage Out). Statement (1) is false, so even if additive statement (2) is correct, statement (3) is built on previous false information and is false.

Triphid replies on Nov 12, 2019:

@Stenz I had a Mac and it went 'rotten to the core' inside 12 months, my present P.C. has been with me for well over 7 years now and it is NOT a Mac.

This is that Monty Python Medieval Logic.

sandrarocks83 comments on Nov 11, 2019:

What weighs more? A pound of god or a pound of hay? Serious answers only!

Triphid replies on Nov 12, 2019:

@Donna_I But a pound of nothing, which god is in fact, is still a pound of nothing and as such weighs exactly nothing, so hay would be heavier since hay actually exists.

Did our diseases wipe out the Neanderthals? [sciencedaily.com]

Triphid comments on Nov 12, 2019:

Perhaps but considering that Homo Neanderthalis and Homo Sapiens aren't all that far separated on the evolutionary tree, wouldn't they have had some similar natural immunities to diseases that we also had? I tend to think that the somewhat 'disappearing' of Neanderthals was more likely a kind of ...

Triphid replies on Nov 12, 2019:

@Allamanda Yes, I forgot to mention the reproductive rate differences between the two, thanks for reminding me.

Can anyone with theology knowledge (or knows someone with) explain this?

Triphid comments on Nov 11, 2019:

The Roman Census that the Goat-herders Guide to Galaxy CLAIMS to have happened did NOT happen. A 'count' of the population of their subjects was kept ONLY when taxes were collected and the Tax Collectors traveled from city to city,town to town rather than forcing the people to collect in one set ...

Triphid replies on Nov 12, 2019:

@mentalinnuendo And as a footnote here, given that the Romans were such strict and very pedantic record keepers, even to the point that records HAVE been found recently of the very PRECISE numbers of captured slaves crucified AFTER the Spartacus Rebellion ( numbering 1,137 males and 61 females) along the Appian Way into Rome, there SHOULD have been a very EXACT and precise record as well IF some Hebrew from Nazareth was crucified for Sedition, Treason, etc, etc, as 'claimed by the Goat-herders guide to the Galaxy since ALL Roman Governors WERE required by Imperial Edicts to keep precise records of ALL executions by ALL methods and Means in their Provinces for the purposes of Taxation Levies. Even disgraced Roman Governors were required to return to Rome and present ALL their records to the Emperors YET, after asking a well respected Historian friend, who is involved completely in Roman History to the point of almost obsession, THERE ARE NO records of either a Governor named Pontius Pilate being in Judea NOR the Crucifixion of ANYONE named Yeyoshua/Jesus of Nazareth during the reign of Emperor Tiberius OR his predecessor, Emperor Augustus BUT there is record of the Crucifixion of a Jew named Barrabas of Tyre for Murder, Pillage and Arson as demanded by the Sanhedrin and the High Priest of the Temple, Caiaphas.

There are 13 fancy polystyrene birds sitting on an electric high line wire.

Triphid comments on Nov 11, 2019:

Depends on how good your aim is and how many shots you take. When I was a teenager I used to get 5 cents a head for every sparrow I shot using my Slazenger .177 Air Rifle to keep them away from my Dad's Grape Vines and the stone fruit trees as well. My best tally for 4 hours of shooting was 119 ...

Triphid replies on Nov 12, 2019:

@azzow2 Only ever with using open sights as well. My Dad was a Local Champion Marksman 3 times for 5 consecutive years in a row each time with both a .303 Lee Enfield rifle ( Open sights only) and a .22 rifle, again only open sights, held the record for the number of bullseyes scored over a distance of 1,280 yards. From the time I was big enough and old enough to hold his .22 rifle and be able to aim it he taught me everything he knew about using rifles by setting up bottle caps at distances from 20 yards through to 200 yards, spaced out at an average of 30 yards or so and I HAD to hit each target dead-centre each time, 1 miss and I had to start over again. Once I could hit each target dead-centre with every shot, then he bought me my .177 air rifle to keep the sparrow population under control.

Hitchens and Lane Craig: Another of Hitchens' best summations. . . .""Does God Exist?

Triphid comments on Nov 10, 2019:

Okay, as I've often said before, IF we were designed by some Creator Deity then the dopey twat completely failed in having ANY knowledge of the Rules of Health and Safety simply because of this, Why the fuck would ANYONE in their right mind put a 'playground' right next to a sewage outlet. In human...

Triphid replies on Nov 12, 2019:

@Jacar Okay and thanks for that but out here in Australia the word ' spew ' normally means to vomit, throw up, " Call out to George" ( Aussie slang for vomiting), etc.

Can anyone with theology knowledge (or knows someone with) explain this?

Triphid comments on Nov 11, 2019:

The Roman Census that the Goat-herders Guide to Galaxy CLAIMS to have happened did NOT happen. A 'count' of the population of their subjects was kept ONLY when taxes were collected and the Tax Collectors traveled from city to city,town to town rather than forcing the people to collect in one set ...

Triphid replies on Nov 11, 2019:

@mentalinnuendo Feel most welcome and free to use the phrase when and wherever you wish.

Censored!!!!

Cutiebeauty comments on Nov 5, 2019:

She should've spoken up last night! 😊😜

Triphid replies on Nov 11, 2019:

@Cutiebeauty My apologies for jumping to the wrong conclusion though I do NOT indulge in fellatio at all, I much prefer cunnilingus.

Hitchens and Lane Craig: Another of Hitchens' best summations. . . .""Does God Exist?

maturin1919 comments on Nov 9, 2019:

One of Hitchens' worst debates, in my opinion.

Triphid replies on Nov 10, 2019:

@Jacar Errr, I did NOT say that it was either bad nor the worst of his debates. personally I find him and all of his debates well worthy of praise. Also sorry if you thought that my last response was aimed at you, it wasn't and I've rectified that mistake as well.

[yahoo.

Triphid comments on Nov 10, 2019:

I honestly doubt that Humpty tRumpty could find his own arse without someone giving him a map and very explicit directions in words of 2 or less syllables. It's an odds on bet that Melania has to get on top to have sex with him as well because his one. lone brain cell can't comprehend where to TRY ...

Triphid replies on Nov 10, 2019:

@Barnie2years My sincerest apologies for ruining your meal.

Hitchens and Lane Craig: Another of Hitchens' best summations. . . .""Does God Exist?

maturin1919 comments on Nov 9, 2019:

One of Hitchens' worst debates, in my opinion.

Triphid replies on Nov 10, 2019:

@ Muturin1919 I'd really like to see you get up and debate as well as Hitchens did. And, did no-one ever tell that self-praise is NO recommendation at all?

Hitchens and Lane Craig: Another of Hitchens' best summations. . . .""Does God Exist?

Triphid comments on Nov 10, 2019:

Okay, as I've often said before, IF we were designed by some Creator Deity then the dopey twat completely failed in having ANY knowledge of the Rules of Health and Safety simply because of this, Why the fuck would ANYONE in their right mind put a 'playground' right next to a sewage outlet. In human...

Triphid replies on Nov 10, 2019:

@Jacar "Spew." are you trying to be derisive or sarcastic perhaps? And, yes, years of being a Nurse and a Mid-wife does teach you a great deal about the human anatomy, etc.

Someone said to me: "I invite you to seize the opportunity and invite you to start a search about ...

MichaelSpinler comments on Nov 10, 2019:

It's not always a parent issue. Nothing is perceived to know your u better than the imaginary friend you created.. you see it when they tell you what God wants, likes, and hates. Usually the exact same things as them.

Triphid replies on Nov 10, 2019:

@MichaelSpinler Yeah, the Faithfools ALWAYS tell me that " God WILL punish me for my wickedness in not believing in him and Jesus." I simply tell that " I've been denying God and Jesus for nigh on 48 years now and I'm still alive and kicking and when I'm dead punishing me would be as useless as whipping a dead horse since I won't feel it anyway."

G'day fellow Aussie Sceptics, we have yet another new recruit joining us, please welcome ...

PraiseJeebus comments on Nov 10, 2019:

Thank you. I’m Ex-Mormon atheist, science enthusiast, secularist, humanist, guitarist and many other 'ists'. Skeptic, nerd, father, equal rights advocate, amateur astronomer and lover of the universe. Looking for friends and good chat

Triphid replies on Nov 10, 2019:

An EX-Mormon my friend, may one ask as to how and when you came to the realization that the LDS was taking you for a ride so to speak. Though I'm not 100% certain, you may qualify as our very first Ex-Mormon in this group,

As we attempt to shift our culture from superstition based to one based on science and the reality ...

Triphid comments on Nov 10, 2019:

Well, it seems like good news for ALL of Humankind to me. As for "celebrate and mourn our dead," well as my 16 year old daughter requested in the week before she succumbed to cancer, " Don't waste time your time and tears mourning me when I've died, celebrate my life and not my death." Well, ...

Triphid replies on Nov 10, 2019:

@DavidDuhon Yeah, Lorrae being as much an Atheist as her father requested, demanded even, that NO religion/religious service, speeches, etc, be made at her Celebration of Her Life, the Hospital Chaplain was not amused, so to speak, but went along with quite well, no mentions of religion, etc, just talking about how a wonderful, friendly, kind and eloquent young woman she was and how he was so glad and proud to have met her. Though he did pass a remark after the service was over, somewhat loudly I might add, that in his opinion, "Lorrae's 'mother' would be a 1st class candidate for an Oscar given the facts that she WAS only seen once to visit HER daughter during the 10 months of Chemotherapy Treatments and yet put on a weeping and wailing 'performance ' that would be the envy of any and ALL ancient Roman Funeral Services."

Medical study proves validity of speaking in tongues - The Christian Post

K9Kohle789 comments on Nov 10, 2019:

What can be expected from the Christian Post? Drivel I suspect.

Triphid replies on Nov 10, 2019:

@K9Kohle789 A close Tie, though Turdoch Press MAY be getting very close to getting a nose hair or two in front these days since Turdoch Press has far more material than the Xrstian Press and it does not need to repeat endlessly thus boring it's readers as the Xrstian Press does with its habit of repeating the same old garbage over and over again with tedious regularity. LOL.

Medical study proves validity of speaking in tongues - The Christian Post

K9Kohle789 comments on Nov 10, 2019:

What can be expected from the Christian Post? Drivel I suspect.

Triphid replies on Nov 10, 2019:

Hard to guess which would be the best for putting out drivel of such magnitude. Christian Post or Fox News.

Medical study proves validity of speaking in tongues - The Christian Post

sandrarocks83 comments on Nov 10, 2019:

I can speak pig Latin, what do I win?

Triphid replies on Nov 10, 2019:

Ouya aa izepra inwa.

What are your moral "feelings" :::::Infidelity?

Apunzelle comments on Nov 8, 2019:

Making a commitment to be faithful to someone isn’t a religious thing. It’s about honor, dignity, and respect for self and other. I for one am opposed to cheating of any sort — whether married or simply committed. Religion has nothing to do with it.

Triphid replies on Nov 9, 2019:

@girlwithsmiles Well thankfully, Australia has advanced beyond England these days and de-facto partners, either hetero or same sex, are now given the same rights, etc, as those under the archaic Religious Marriage Licensed ones.

What are your moral "feelings" :::::Infidelity?

Triphid comments on Nov 9, 2019:

Personally speaking here, my morals come, basically, from what my father taught me were right or wrong from the earliest times in my childhood. Ergo I need NO archaic book of Superstitions, Mythologies, etc, NOR no God nor any such Imaginary Being contained in the same book to define for me what I...

Triphid replies on Nov 9, 2019:

@Jacar From his father before him and those before him as well, ALL were Atheists to the core and VERY Ethical and Moral people with a very deep seated Community sense of Conscience and caring for others.

I have never heard of one? Rolls Royce pick up?

moosepucky comments on Nov 9, 2019:

Late 60's early 70's shadow. High probability it is a later custom. https://www.classicdriver.com/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_slider/public/article_images/img_1297.jpg

Triphid replies on Nov 9, 2019:

@Hathacat We had a local here in Broken Hill that owned a 'Roller,' everyone used to ask him how his Rolls Royce Canardly was going and he'd ask why they called it a 'Canardly' when it was really a Shadow. The answers he got were usually, " well, it can 'ardly go past a petrol Station before the tank is empty," or, " It can 'ardly get up a small hill without someone pushing it from behind," " Can'ardly believe anyone living out here would stupid enough to one and waste so much money on buying one as well." That local 'Roller' owner was none other than Pro Hart, a very opinionated, often extremely arrogant, objectionable, self-styled Stick figure Artist btw.

What are your moral "feelings" :::::Infidelity?

Apunzelle comments on Nov 8, 2019:

Making a commitment to be faithful to someone isn’t a religious thing. It’s about honor, dignity, and respect for self and other. I for one am opposed to cheating of any sort — whether married or simply committed. Religion has nothing to do with it.

Triphid replies on Nov 9, 2019:

Yes, Christianity, for example, just stuck its nose in and found it as extra way to 1) get in more members, etc, 2) to make more money from the marriage rituals, etc, and, 3) Governments got involved, in my opinion, JUST for the money to made as well. In Ancient Egypt, for example, there WERE NO, what we would call, marriage ceremonies/rituals, instead should a couple wish to 'unify' as a family unit ALL they need do was to spend 3 or more nights together in the same house, sharing the same sleeping arrangements and they considered, after that, to be the foundations of a new family unit. I see that and in my own opinion, SHOULD 2 people decide to want to live together as one, then that is their decision and theirs alone, a Marriage Certificate, in my opinion, IS just a piece of paper that presumes to license 2 people to do the same thing as, mostly, have done well before undertaking the Arcane, Archaic and meaningless ritual of standing in Church or Registry Office, etc.

Has anyone run into the genre known as Christian fiction?

Triphid comments on Nov 8, 2019:

Yep, found that out many a time, it looks good, get a few pages/chapters into it and WHAM, out comes the religious crap. Had that happen to me a few times in a local Bookshop as well as the Library and copped an earful from the Bookshop Owner when I asked her " Why wasn't this trashy material ...

Triphid replies on Nov 9, 2019:

@CarolinaGirl60 A small Australian member of the Parakeet species nothing at all to do with Ex-Prime Minister Tony Abbott's swimming attire also known as 'Budgie Smugglers' so named for the VERY small size of the 'lump' found in the front of them.....LOL.

Report: Churches Cost Taxpayers $71 Billion Annually | Michael Stone

WilliamFleming comments on Nov 8, 2019:

If an organization shows no profit what exactly are you going to tax? Local property taxes maybe, but federal income taxes don’t apply. Those **working** for the organization do pay taxes, just like everyone else. To call it a tax subsidy when there is no profit to tax is ridiculous—the ...

Triphid replies on Nov 9, 2019:

@WilliamFleming Err, in the case of the St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Shops it IS the Catholic Church gaining a 100% profit since ALL those working in those shops ARE 100% Volunteer Staff anyway.

Anonymous author writes Trump's decision-making is eroding over time

Sofabeast comments on Nov 8, 2019:

When I despair about British politics and think about how could this get any worse, and then it does, I remember there is another country with worse leadership.... America.

Triphid replies on Nov 9, 2019:

@Jolanta Hey, are you pinching my 'Happy Clappy, Jesus Chappy bit? That's okay, use it whenever or wherever you so desire,after all, it is FREE for anyone to use.

Has anyone run into the genre known as Christian fiction?

Triphid comments on Nov 8, 2019:

Yep, found that out many a time, it looks good, get a few pages/chapters into it and WHAM, out comes the religious crap. Had that happen to me a few times in a local Bookshop as well as the Library and copped an earful from the Bookshop Owner when I asked her " Why wasn't this trashy material ...

Triphid replies on Nov 9, 2019:

@CarolinaGirl60 No peacock feathers here, would a budgie feather do instead? LOL.

Has anyone run into the genre known as Christian fiction?

Triphid comments on Nov 8, 2019:

Yep, found that out many a time, it looks good, get a few pages/chapters into it and WHAM, out comes the religious crap. Had that happen to me a few times in a local Bookshop as well as the Library and copped an earful from the Bookshop Owner when I asked her " Why wasn't this trashy material ...

Triphid replies on Nov 9, 2019:

@CarolinaGirl60 Aw, I love eating noodles, can I do penance some other way, maybe 3 lashes with a feather instead perhaps? LOL.

What it is to live in an ex convict colonial country, Australia, and your people, the original ...

Triphid comments on Nov 4, 2019:

Yes, a large percentage of us had Convict Ancestors and that IS NO shame for anyone to have bear since this country WAS an Intentional Dumping Ground for the Poms. Most convicts sent here were sentenced for minor crimes such as stealing food to feed their families, etc, some sent here for speaking ...

Triphid replies on Nov 9, 2019:

@FrayedBear Ssssh, don't let on BUT Charlie, the Blue Heeler died just 3 years ago next month aged at a nice 16 years. He went to sleep in his 'special old armchair in HIS special room' one night and didn't wake the next morning. Still miss the great company the old fella was and now he's no longer around to remind me when it's smoko time, so I can't share a coffee or tea with him anymore.

Report: Churches Cost Taxpayers $71 Billion Annually | Michael Stone

BestWithoutGods comments on Nov 8, 2019:

Tax the damn churches!

Triphid replies on Nov 8, 2019:

@WilliamFleming But, here in Australia Credit Unions, etc, DO pay taxes, Credit Unions MUST pay Financial Institutions Taxes, Churches, the YMCA, etc, do NOT.

Report: Churches Cost Taxpayers $71 Billion Annually | Michael Stone

WilliamFleming comments on Nov 8, 2019:

If an organization shows no profit what exactly are you going to tax? Local property taxes maybe, but federal income taxes don’t apply. Those **working** for the organization do pay taxes, just like everyone else. To call it a tax subsidy when there is no profit to tax is ridiculous—the ...

Triphid replies on Nov 8, 2019:

@WilliamFleming Okay, so a Thrift Shop run by a Church gets donations made for FREE and THEN SELLS those donations ergo it IS an Income and should, by law, be taxed as an Income. Yet they DO still pay no taxes upon that self-same INCOME earned from the goods they received for free BUT sold for a COMPLETE PROFIT. Is that NOT simply a LEGALISED form of Tax Evasion?

A different way to define the religious impulse and experience, or to get away from terms like ...

Allamanda comments on Nov 8, 2019:

the article also covers this tremendously important idea - 'that religion is necessary for most people' as social control etc. -see quote below - this is what agnostics battle, in a sense - but there may be truth to it regardless - "when villages and then towns appear, they massively increase ...

Triphid replies on Nov 8, 2019:

I especially liked the bit where he stated that there are NO big gods, i.e. they are all small gods that expand in magnitude as the numbers of believers ( Buyers) increase. I tend to think that the same has worked with money/wealth over the millenia where originally humans lived by a barter system quite successfully UNTIL someone invented money and then everything seemed to go 'tits up' ( excuse the expression). For example, in the Barter system there is a basis of an equal trade where each person involved comes out with what they wanted BUT in the money exchange systems we are now stuck with, in my opinion, the Merchant, Wholesaler/Retailer or whatever dictates the exchange and the purchaser has very little or no choice at all in the matter. To my mind the same works for most religious belief systems, i.e. the Vendor ( Church, Priest or whatever) makes the rules, controls the exchange and gathers the profit whilst the Purchaser simply abides by those rules of exchange or MUST go without. As to that Gray person and his/her comment that Atheism is just another system of belief, i.e. a form of religion, well, technically any Religion MUST have a PRIMARY and Supreme Deity for the followers to adore, worship and venerate ergo, IF Gray were to be correct, then Atheists, like myself, MUST spend part of time upon bended knee with clasped hands PRAYING to literal Pantheon of Gods and Goddesses drawn from ALL the disciplines of the Sciences, something which, and speaking only for myself as ONLY anyone can truly do, I for one most definitely do NOT.

The innocence of children...

Cutiebeauty comments on Nov 8, 2019:

That's a very cute story.. I can't wait to hear baby J talking!!

Triphid replies on Nov 8, 2019:

@Cutiebeauty Bubs, Aussie term for a baby. When they get a bit older we also call them 'Ankle-biters,' or 'Billy Lids' which a slang term for Kids.

The innocence of children...

Cutiebeauty comments on Nov 8, 2019:

That's a very cute story.. I can't wait to hear baby J talking!!

Triphid replies on Nov 8, 2019:

Ooooh, when that happens it won't be long before bubs gets you the point you'll be wishing he/she would learn to be quiet.

What it is to live in an ex convict colonial country, Australia, and your people, the original ...

Triphid comments on Nov 4, 2019:

Yes, a large percentage of us had Convict Ancestors and that IS NO shame for anyone to have bear since this country WAS an Intentional Dumping Ground for the Poms. Most convicts sent here were sentenced for minor crimes such as stealing food to feed their families, etc, some sent here for speaking ...

Triphid replies on Nov 8, 2019:

@FrayedBear Oh, I forgot to mention that the offender was wanted for other home break-ins as well and suspected of being involved at least 2 others. Just by sheer chance when I was walking to the Supermarket to get some bread yesterday arvo, who did I see coming towards, him, you know he still walks in a very odd and funny way.

To any educators in the group.

Triphid comments on Nov 7, 2019:

I was never an Educator/Teacher as such BUT I did spend many a good hour as Volunteer in the role as 'helper' teaching kids to learn to read,write and ask questions. I can still remember one child in particular, approx. 9 years of age, asking me the question " Where did humans come from," and a ...

Triphid replies on Nov 8, 2019:

@MichaelSpinler I've always tended to think that the seeds were already in the child's mind and that Teacher supplied the composted bullshit that helped them to germinate. After the little 'Teacher Tantrum' episode the child became more and more interested in reading and over a year we went from Beginner style books to me being asked to bring books about Evolution and Science for her to read with my help. from there I learned later that she went from a slow, almost illiterate student to gaining A+'s and Distinction after Distinction in every year she was at High School and WAS offered places at 3 major Universities here in Australia as well.

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aintmisbehaven comments on Nov 7, 2019:

can't fix stupid....

Triphid replies on Nov 7, 2019:

Sometimes I loved to send this meme to all those rampant, rabid Faithfools out there. But I resist sinc the context would most likely be beyond the scope of their somewhat limited comprehensions.

SPIRITUAL.

Eric_in_bham comments on Nov 7, 2019:

I never understood how people can call themselves spiritual but not religious, unless they specifically mean they're a believer but not practicing. Does it not follow that to be spiritual that one has to acknowledge the existence of said spirit or soul, and that idea itself is set forth by religious...

Triphid replies on Nov 7, 2019:

@Eric_in_bham But, I for one, get a great sense of fulfillment, etc, from something as simple as completing an artwork, poem or seeing seeds I have planted sprout and become plants in my gardens. I also get the same feelings when I hear that my nephew has achieved 'accolades' from his Teacher for rising above the 'milestones' of his educational processes. I see NO religious/spiritual connections in any of those things.

SPIRITUAL.

Austin-Cambridge comments on Nov 7, 2019:

There are more things in heaven and earth Horatio than are dreamt of in your philosophy! If anybody is 100% sure that an essence or spirit does not exist, they are surely fools with closed minds.

Triphid replies on Nov 7, 2019:

But WHAT exactly and precisely DOES this 'spirit' that you mention truly consist of, can it be detected and proven by empirically accepted means and measures OR is it just yet another hypothesis?

fascinating! [atlasobscura.com]

ToolGuy comments on Nov 6, 2019:

Very interesting. Sharing to my FB page.

Triphid replies on Nov 7, 2019:

@ToolGuy Well, maybe not as yet, but give the Faithfools an inch and, be assured , THEY will take the entire mile. Unfortunately I have this feeling in the pit of stomach that we are out the woods yet, the drive to have religious beliefs, etc, as the norm may have suffered many setbacks in the last hundred years or so BUT, in my opinion, they ARE still clinging to their theme song, " Onward Christian Soldiers," and we haven't heard the last of them as yet. Hopefully I am wrong BUT over the centuries long past there HAVE been numerous recurrences of 'rise and fall' episodes and they have always wrenched back their insidious grasps on power over the populace.

fascinating! [atlasobscura.com]

Triphid comments on Nov 6, 2019:

FFS, when are these historians going to get over and discard the religion based ideologies that Human Agriculture ONLY ever evolved in their 'vaunted Levant region' and NOWHERE else? Anyone with half a brain and a bit of sense could tell them that in remote and ancient times the Nile Valley, Egypt,...

Triphid replies on Nov 7, 2019:

@t1nick Yes indeed it did BUT it seems that ever so many of these Historians have conveniently managed to forget about that.

Catholic Church investigating nuns who returned pregnant after Africa trip

bradnyijuan comments on Nov 6, 2019:

Modern day Immaculate conception

Triphid replies on Nov 7, 2019:

@JimG Oh BUT I was once informed that the Catholic Church produces specially designed condoms for it followers to use. The Catholic Church 'condoms' are the ONLY ones available that HAVE holes at BOTH ends....LOL.

[theguardian.com] They needed a review for this?

Geoffrey51 comments on Nov 7, 2019:

It seems the same in UK as well. Not sure where this will all lead!

Triphid replies on Nov 7, 2019:

Most sadly, I tend to think it WILL lead Australia back to the 'Dark Ages' where the Plebs ( common people) are considered as being little more Feudal Serfs or worse having NO hope of Advancement, perpetually RENTING homes from the self-appointed ' Nobles/Nobilities, ' etc. As the Golden (???) Idol and Exalted Doyen of the Liberal Party, Robert, 'Pig-Iron Bob,' Menzies often used to proclaim loudly and vehemently, " The commoners of this land SHOULD NEVER be permitted to rise above their station in Life, they SHOULD only be PERMITTED to earn such as that they can afford the very barest of essentials of life, NEVER be permitted to own and occupy lands and homes of their own and NEVER be able to afford the luxuries, etc, that we, the people of Class and Breeding, have and hold dear unto ourselves."

Only now do we understand the true cruelty of Trump’s family separation - The Washington Post

Charlene comments on Nov 2, 2019:

Just a continuous flow of this administration's inhumanity..I want them All brought up on Crimes Against Humanity..

Triphid replies on Nov 7, 2019:

@Rodatheist Ah yes, that wonderful Constitution based, for the major part upon the 1776 Declaration of Independence where Thomas Jefferson penned the words " Where ALL men are created Equal," BUT conveniently forgot to add the words " UNLESS you ARE of Indigenous Native American or Black African Origins" then you will either be classed as ( to using a VILE Nazi terminology here) being "Untermensch" and either enslaved or exterminated to our best abilities.

Anyone in Australia ?

girlwithsmiles comments on Nov 4, 2019:

Not since July 😉 if you browse members: top right of page, I believe you can search for those near you. Happy hunting.

Triphid replies on Nov 7, 2019:

@girlwithsmiles Yep, the Star Picket Driver, your arms ache like bitches after using one 8 hours solid, especially in the hard, rocky ground out this way, BUT it sure beats the old Sledgehammer method used before it was invented, I've got a few scars on my legs from shards of metal that have flown loose from trying to drive in a Picket with a Sledgehammer.

Gene Vincent - King of Fools [youtube.com]

Triphid comments on Nov 6, 2019:

LOL, the title of the song, in my opinion, would be the PERFECT title for the American POTUS 49, aka Humpty tRumpty would it not?

Triphid replies on Nov 7, 2019:

@Marionville Very, very DANGEROUS one indeed.

Catholic Church investigating nuns who returned pregnant after Africa trip

Triphid comments on Nov 6, 2019:

Very snide and sarcastic LOL here, BUT it looks like these 'Brides Of Christ' actually got to 'consumate their marriage then....LOL.

Triphid replies on Nov 7, 2019:

@GreenAtheist You've got be joking " the Vatican ENFORCES celibacy,,,,,,,,,,,,," Where do you think at least 50% of the babies adopted out by Catholic Adoption Institutions AFTER the HUGE expose regarding Lime-pits in Convents grounds hit the news in the late 40's? Prior to that expose, Nuns who fell pregnant to Priests gave birth to their illegitimate babies and the babies were thrown ALIVE into those very same Lime-pits then covered with lime powder to be dissolved away by it. Catholic Priests have been playing hide the 'holy' salami with Nuns, and Altar/Choir boys, etc, since Priests, Nuns, Monasteries and Convents were invented and THAT IS A KNOWN FACT. Cardinals, Bishops and POPES themselves have either been regular CUSTOMERS at the Brothels in Rome and elsewhere for Centuries OR even Owners and Operators of Brothels. Catholic 'celibacy' has always been one the cloaks behind which these Priests, etc, have hidden their foul and nefarious sexual activities for centuries and YES, the Pope and the Vatican HAVE always condoned it, sheltered it, hidden it away UNTIL recently when it WAS finally revealed to the eyes of the world at last. My attempt at humor WAS based upon the Nuns being proclaimed as "The Brides of Christ" and ALWAYS remaining 'virginal' as such.

The question of the so-called "fine-tuning" of the universe and its basic constants is one of the ...

Triphid comments on Nov 5, 2019:

IF, and that IS a VERY BIG IF btw, this Universe is so 'fine-tuned' by this god entity then why, A) is there at least 1 planet is this Solar System that rotates on its axis completely OPPOSITE to all the others, B) Why does our lunar body, the Moon, NOT rotate on its axis when even asteroids, etc,...

Triphid replies on Nov 7, 2019:

@palex Yes, but it rotates on its axis at exactly the same rate as the Earth does on its axis, hence the reason why we ONLY see the same side/face of the moon and NOT the other side of it that we call the 'Dark side of the Moon. I stand corrected, thank you.

Catholic Church investigating nuns who returned pregnant after Africa trip

bradnyijuan comments on Nov 6, 2019:

Modern day Immaculate conception