My relatives, when they find out I'm an atheist:. "Do you worship the devil?

St-Sinner comments on Jul 24, 2019:

What do they say after?

Triphid replies on Jul 26, 2019:

@StrongBow Hey, my rather 'out-spoken and forthright' daughter, Lorrae, was once subjected to some Pulpit Pounding Priest who sprinkled her with his 'Holy (???) Water while she was undergoing Chemotherapy in 2000, I nearly peed my pants when she writhed around in the hospital bed yelling " Take it away, take it away, it burns." That Bible-Bashing Wanker got the best and fastest version of the 'Bum's Rush' that I've ever seen from the Nursing Staff and we all, including the Nursing Staff, had a bloody great laugh afterwards as well. Not too bad a job at all for a 15year old child I reckon.

Religions: Mutualists, commensals or parasites?

WilliamFleming comments on Jul 24, 2019:

For the virus analogy to hold up you would have to think of the host and the virus as being distinct from each other, like two separate organisms. I’m not sure if that is correct because religion is a behavior pattern exhibited by most societies. They are so enmeshed as to be inseparable. You ...

Triphid replies on Jul 26, 2019:

The 'religious Virus' can be separated from the Human Host but it takes far more than mere medical treatment imho. But I would hazard to say here that Religions are parasitic and virus like since they SOLELY depend upon 'infecting' human hosts that, by no fault of their own, have, in my opinion, a weakened or lack of immunity to them, i.e. children of parents where both are religious for example or those who, sadly, suffer from or acquire a deep seated doubt in their own self-worth, etc. The parasitic nature of religions is patently obvious to those who choose to look deeply enough into them and their histories because they, like any virus, need and require newer and fresher hosts on a very regular basis merely to survive, e.g. the spreading of Christianity to the Native peoples of the Third World. As was once succinctly put and stated, " IF everyone ceased to worship the Gods then both the Gods and the Priests would simply die off and disappear forever."

Mad at god or don't believe?

Triphid comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Why would anyone in the right mind be 'mad' at something that has NEVER existed in the first place? Can any SANE person get angry at finding completely invisible, non-existent Unicorn shit on their front lawn or path? I seriously think that you, Sir, are 'barking up the wrong tree' with your ...

Triphid replies on Jul 26, 2019:

@lerlo As a Qualified Psychologist speaking here, I can state that I DO have difficulty understanding WHY people choose to follow religions when they are simply based upon myths/legends/assumptions/ superstitions and baseless fairy-tales. I do NOT actually detest nor hate those whom I choose to refer to as being Faithfools BUT I do abhor those absolutely insane, irrational beliefs, etc, that actually cause their followers to DEMEAN both themselves and their children with their senseless rhetoric.

God fearing

Triphid comments on Jul 24, 2019:

The Faithfools preach endlessly about this Omnipotent, Omni-benevolent, etc, God of theirs and yet THEY must fear him/her/it in the same breath they utter. Yet when asked WHY they fear their God they reply that it is out Awe, Respect and Love that they fear this God. IF, you love something/someone...

Triphid replies on Jul 25, 2019:

@freeofgod Yes, most Christians these days simply state that since "They have a 'new' Covenant with God via Jesus then the O.T. is no longer valid to them." To my way of thinking that's like tear out the beginning of a book, the middle of a book and then just keeping the final few chapters, not that it worries me in any way since I'm an Atheist and have an Atheist since childhood. Faithfools are supreme experts at Cherry-picking, if it were an Olympic sport, they'd be undefeated World Champions imo.

[sciencenews.

nicknotes comments on Jul 23, 2019:

There are lots of places where people can plant trees. I have 8 trees on order to be planted on the lot my home sits on. Millions of home owners are busy cutting grass when they could be planting trees on their lots.

Triphid replies on Jul 24, 2019:

@AnonySchmoose Well the town has done the greening by itself, I'm just doing my bit on my friend's Grazing Property as a thank you for the firewood and because I want to see his land and business prosper and the environment return to how it was BEFORE the Mining Companies, B.H.P in particular, raped it for their own financial gains. Btw, B.H. P. = Broken Hill Proprietary Limited, started here in Broken Hill as the first Mining Company here when Silver, Lead and Zinc were discovered, they literally worked their employees as slaves, made their millions, then left the town for dead but it didn't die as they had hoped. Ask any old miner here and he will tell that B.H.P. was a PARASITE of the first order, they are hated and reviled by the older generations, me included.

I feel guilty.

Ruby_Slipper comments on Jul 23, 2019:

The advice I give here is coming from my years of experience counseling families and kids. You might not like it, but I write here because I believe it's what's best for your daughter, and isn't that the most important thing in this conversation? Not what's best for you, but what's best for your ...

Triphid replies on Jul 24, 2019:

@Ruby_Slipper I don't want to sound rude/disparaging etc, etc, BUT how about you try getting down off of your Cross and give some poor needy person the wood, they may just like a nice fire to warm themselves beside.

I feel guilty.

Ruby_Slipper comments on Jul 23, 2019:

The advice I give here is coming from my years of experience counseling families and kids. You might not like it, but I write here because I believe it's what's best for your daughter, and isn't that the most important thing in this conversation? Not what's best for you, but what's best for your ...

Triphid replies on Jul 24, 2019:

@Ruby_Slipper No, I've shown you NOTHING that you SEEM to think I am BUT I AM TRYING to explain to you that I AM not who you see me as.

The god of the gaps will never die, so long as personal subjectivity prevails.

WilliamFleming comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Anyone alive is living with the mysterious. Whether or not they are facing mystery.depends on their honesty and courage.

Triphid replies on Jul 24, 2019:

@WilliamFleming Oh, I'm NOT a negative person by any means, I see hope probably where others see none, I strive to make things better as best I can given that I AM just one amongst billions. I'd guess that people would label me as an Eternal Optimist, BUT hey, it's better than being a Pessimist, isn't it ?

[sciencenews.

nicknotes comments on Jul 23, 2019:

There are lots of places where people can plant trees. I have 8 trees on order to be planted on the lot my home sits on. Millions of home owners are busy cutting grass when they could be planting trees on their lots.

Triphid replies on Jul 24, 2019:

@AnonySchmoose Sadly, that doesn't work with most of the Eucalypt varieties out here in Australia since many of them exude a hormone into the soil to prevent/deter other trees/plants encroaching into their root space but it can be overcome by using native plants that have evolved a tolerance to that hormone which is what I do. But, they animals do also fertilize the ground as the rest/gather under them and given the great depths that Eucalypts send their roots down they too create what are known locally as 'Water Soaks' sometimes as deep down as 100 metres and often containing water sources with as much as hundreds or thousands of litres in them. But, yes you are right, the greater the number of trees in an area the greater the number of seedlings, etc, will grow and survive drought conditions so I often grow seedlings at home such as native Acacias, they can fight against the Eucalypt hormones and grow under Eucalypts, give shade and shelter as well as a source of food for the animals, etc. Once, about 100 years ago, this region was almost completely devoid of trees because the Mines here cut them down for both timber props for the underground mining works and fuel for the Smelters ( no longer in use here btw), we had dust-storms that literally blanketed the town and sandhills that literally buried houses on the outskirts, now we have worked for decades to re-generate the native vegetation, the dust-storms are far less than before, except in these drought times, the native birds are re-populating, most m homes and streets have trees of all kinds growing in and around them, the town is green now where once it was a dry and barren place. Hopefully the drought ends very soon, the countryside will recover and more and more trees will grow.

I feel guilty.

Ruby_Slipper comments on Jul 23, 2019:

The advice I give here is coming from my years of experience counseling families and kids. You might not like it, but I write here because I believe it's what's best for your daughter, and isn't that the most important thing in this conversation? Not what's best for you, but what's best for your ...

Triphid replies on Jul 24, 2019:

@Ruby_Slipper IMHO you actually know about as much of me as you do about a planet orbiting a Star a thousand Light years away from here. I was taught, once, by a well respected and well renowned Psychologist and Child/Youth Counsellor that, " Texts and Books ARE only guide-lines and NOT the be all, end all rules and regulations as to how things MIGHT be done, instead one MUST learn to go with what is right. moral and ethic at the time and as the situation dictates, for then and ONLY then can the optimum results be obtained." I have worked with emotionally and psychologically damaged Children and Youths since the early 90's, way too many to count btw, and yes, I have lost a few but have had, thankfully, more success than losses, these days, as I said, I work both Gratis and Freelance ONLY allowing myself 2 mornings per fortnight off to do personal tasks such as Grocery Shopping and Bill paying, etc, the rest of the time I am On-Call 24/7 with absolutely NO Ifs or Buts, that IS me, that IS how I work, that is how I shall remain no matter what.

[sciencenews.

nicknotes comments on Jul 23, 2019:

There are lots of places where people can plant trees. I have 8 trees on order to be planted on the lot my home sits on. Millions of home owners are busy cutting grass when they could be planting trees on their lots.

Triphid replies on Jul 24, 2019:

@AnonySchmoose For many, many years now, every dead and fallen tree that I harvest for firewood I plant at least 2 in replacement, hence, in the area from which I source firewood there are now more trees of various ages growing than there were before and the property owner, a Sheep Grazier, is far greater pleased than ever since his stock now have greater areas of shade in which to shelter from the summer heat, more ground feed growing under the trees and, of course, the native birds and animals have returned, en- masse and repopulated the area as well. Sadly though, the drought we are enduring out here has taken quite a toll at present, but once the rains return then my tree planting will continue on in earnest again.

I feel guilty.

Ruby_Slipper comments on Jul 23, 2019:

The advice I give here is coming from my years of experience counseling families and kids. You might not like it, but I write here because I believe it's what's best for your daughter, and isn't that the most important thing in this conversation? Not what's best for you, but what's best for your ...

Triphid replies on Jul 24, 2019:

@Ruby_Slipper Hey, hold back on your 'persecution complex' here. I WAS merely stating an OPINION from innumerable years of experience in the same field as yours. I WAS NOT disrespecting nor disparaging woman or you just stating what I have over the years, and YES, my methods whilst still working, though mostly Gratis and Freelance these days, ARE well beyond the 'accepted' norm and will remain so simply because I have found that they work best in the majority of situations.

'BLAME' Is it ever useful?

Stevil comments on Jul 23, 2019:

I have worked for a large corporation for the last 14 years. When there is a problem. The object is not to solve the problem, but to find someone to blame for the problem, then when that doesnt fix the problem. Consider some type of solution to the problem. I think our whole culture in the US ...

Triphid replies on Jul 24, 2019:

@Mcflewster Yes, as the Old -Timer Miners here where I live always say, " It doesn't take brains to be a Boss, ANY Arse-hole with a big Ego and a loud enough voice can fit that job, but it takes a worker with a brain to solve any problems that Boss creates."

The god of the gaps will never die, so long as personal subjectivity prevails.

WilliamFleming comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Anyone alive is living with the mysterious. Whether or not they are facing mystery.depends on their honesty and courage.

Triphid replies on Jul 24, 2019:

@WilliamFleming Have you always been such a negative person, or is it just something you have adopted over time and utilize for sites/groups like this? Yes, the word 'time' is a human concept devised to measure the passing of events like the period between sunrise ( a misnomer btw, since the sun does not actually move across the sky, the planet rotates upon its axis) and sunset, etc, and from sunset to sunrise and so on. However, events in the Universe happen, the birth and death of stars for example, and they take either long periods or short periods, whatever the case maybe, to happen hence we label those periods as 'time.' As for our 'frail and feeble minds' that may have been Einstein's take on things during the period when we knew little about our mind/brain BUT we have learned more about it since then and, for most of us, BUT sadly not all, we have found different and our ' feeble and fragile minds' can and do expand, no physically, beyond these skeptical limitations with every bit of new knowledge we seek to gain in our lives and they keep expanding the more we learn and comprehend. For example, I was totally ignorant about and of computers, etc, until the year 2,000, then I began to learn how to use one, what it meant, beneficially, to me as tool for communication, writing poetry, etc, etc, and now I own one and use it, not regularly, but when I feel the need to do so. Another personal example here would be that, until my early teens I knew only that a switch turned a radio on and a twist of a knob change it from one station to another, but then curiosity kicked in and I wanted and needed to find out and know more, so I started, first, by getting hold of old, discarded valve operated radios and stripping them down, cleaning them , replacing worn out parts with like parts, etc, ( NO circuit diagrams/manuals, etc whatsoever and absolutely NO training in electronics as well) then testing them/re=repairing them until they worked once again and then either keeping them or re-selling them to the few collectors around town at the time. That, eventually lead to expanding my 'frail and feeble mind' even further and I learned how to make my own antennae specifically designed and built for set and certain frequencies or wave-bands and finally to my studying for and gaining my Ham Radio Operators before reaching the age of 18years. Though ,my examples mat seem trivial to you, they were a great step to a boy raised in household were the bread-winner was a humble, Underground Hard-rock Miner who was also very much self-taught from the age of 12 years. So, these limitations of which you speak, are to me only those we or external influences place upon us and WE, individually or as combine effort, can and do, expand our minds, knowledge and comprehensions, ...

I feel guilty.

Ruby_Slipper comments on Jul 23, 2019:

The advice I give here is coming from my years of experience counseling families and kids. You might not like it, but I write here because I believe it's what's best for your daughter, and isn't that the most important thing in this conversation? Not what's best for you, but what's best for your ...

Triphid replies on Jul 23, 2019:

@Ruby_Slipper Just as there are 2 sides to every coin, any child needs to learn that there are also 2 sides to every story, etc, otherwise, how can they be expected to make a proper decision. I literally raised my daughter, single-handed, from 1 week of age until her untimely death from cancer aged a mere 16 years old and ALWAYS told her both sides of anything, answered her questions, and they were numerous and most various to say the least, with completely open truth, honesty and the facts as suited to her relative age and comprehension capabilities and THAT WAS well before I studied and gained my Degree in Child Counselling and Psychology. Imho, though we may THINK that a mere piece of paper, i.e. a Degree/Diploma, MAKES us whole lot wiser and smarter than those who have not such a thing, we ARE merely deluding ourselves in the end.

[sciencenews.

Our_existence comments on Jul 23, 2019:

We need nature to recover from human beings

Triphid replies on Jul 23, 2019:

No, I think that Humans need to start thinking more about the Natural World and less about themselves after all it IS we who are killing this planet and almost everything living on it.

'BLAME' Is it ever useful?

Stevil comments on Jul 23, 2019:

I have worked for a large corporation for the last 14 years. When there is a problem. The object is not to solve the problem, but to find someone to blame for the problem, then when that doesnt fix the problem. Consider some type of solution to the problem. I think our whole culture in the US ...

Triphid replies on Jul 23, 2019:

Yeah, and most Bosses/Supervisors will always seek to blame the worker/workers when the shit hits the fan when , chances are, it was them who screwed things up in the first place, kind of how it operates here in Australia with our 2 main political parties, i.e. the Liberal-National Party wins an election and the first they do is to BLAME the Opposition ( Labor Party), who may have only held power for 1 single term, for the absolute mess everything is in that actually dates back to several terms earlier, our 'beloved(???)' Liberal-National Party seems to have a monopoly on that one btw.

The god of the gaps will never die, so long as personal subjectivity prevails.

WilliamFleming comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Anyone alive is living with the mysterious. Whether or not they are facing mystery.depends on their honesty and courage.

Triphid replies on Jul 23, 2019:

@WilliamFleming Sir, the Human Mind/Brain is far, far more capable of a greater comprehension than we give it credit for. All it truly needs is to be let free of the external limitations placed/forced upon it.

No matter whichever paths you choose.

Rob1948 comments on Jul 21, 2019:

That is really presumptuous. I don’t think that Hitler, for instance, was seeking wisdom. A good many, if not, most are seeking to survive.

Triphid replies on Jul 22, 2019:

@Rob1948 Hitler, for ALL intents and purposes was very far from being either an Atheist or an Agnostic, he was raised as a Catholic, served as an Altar boy and failed dismally in his attempt to become a Priest at the Catholic Seminary. He had delusions of Grandeur and saw himself as type of German Messiah as well. A 100% dyed in the wool Psychopathic, Sadistic, Sociopathic Bastard imho.

The god of the gaps will never die, so long as personal subjectivity prevails.

WilliamFleming comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Anyone alive is living with the mysterious. Whether or not they are facing mystery.depends on their honesty and courage.

Triphid replies on Jul 22, 2019:

@WilliamFleming The 'limitations ' of Science are ONLY those enforced upon it by the Authorities, mainly Religious Authorities, governing at the time. For example, Stem Cell research and the limitless benefits it would have for mankind, i.e. the Big Daddy Churches scream " No WAY, it's against God's Laws," and the Governments of the Day put limitations upon it immediately when it could end such things as cancers, birth defects, etc, etc.

Religion has been credited with creating trust in our prehistoric human societies, eventually ...

Triphid comments on Jul 21, 2019:

Religions have never 'created' trust, they have simply DEMANDED it from ALL.

Triphid replies on Jul 21, 2019:

@Spongebob Well No, they demand that their 'followers' trust what they are being told to have faith in to be the 100% truth and NEVER to question it in any way.

Religion has been credited with creating trust in our prehistoric human societies, eventually ...

Triphid comments on Jul 21, 2019:

Religions have never 'created' trust, they have simply DEMANDED it from ALL.

Triphid replies on Jul 21, 2019:

@Spongebob They demand Faith, Trust and, let's not forget MONEY, money especially..

Religion has been credited with creating trust in our prehistoric human societies, eventually ...

NoMagicCookie comments on Jul 21, 2019:

"Secular ethics appear to believe that we can arrive at the "good moral code" without having to resort to an all powerful and supernatural arbiter of justice. This belief is no more logical than a belief in God, I think." Face and Palm How do YOU define a "good moral code?" Have you ...

Triphid replies on Jul 21, 2019:

IMHO, a Good Moral Code and Ethics are those which you acquire as child from your parents and their parents before them , etc, etc, back down the line through the ages, though it must be said that there are, sadly, those who either failed to take on board such codes as children OR were raised by parents who, themselves, failed to take on board such codes. The so-called 10 Commandments of God via Moses are nothing more than the bases of the Moral Codes and Ethics by which mankind evolved from the more baser hominids living in small family groups/clans squabbling with other smaller groups/clans over food sources, etc, to more cohesive, co-operative tribes, etc. that we still have, to some extent today. As to "killing and rape," well such things occur in the 'Animal Kingdom' and are NOT simply a 'human' thing, e.g. the common House Sparrows are well known and recorded for their propensity for 'Gang Raping' of females where a group of 3 or more male sparrows will unite, single out a female, pursue her, pin her to the ground and literally rape her, male lions, when taking over an established Pride will set about immediately killing ALL cubs that are not his own, so we Humans are NOT alone in the dark world of rape and killing of our own kind.

Steppenwolf - Born to be wild [youtu.be]

Triphid comments on Jul 17, 2019:

Loved it on the Easyrider soundtrack, had it on a cassette tape player attached to the handlebars of my Honda 750cc 4 Cylinder motorbike as I rode around the whole eastern half of Australia in July, 1973. It blared out through 2 smallish, loud-hailers that I attached to the front forks.

Triphid replies on Jul 17, 2019:

@Buckeyeproud It was, 4 of us decided to ride around eastern half of Australia, 2 rode 500cc Kawasaki triples, one rode a 500c Suzuki twin, all were road/highway style bikes, our main intent was to raise funds for the School of the Air, an adjunct to the Royal Flying Doctor Service. We first intended to do it at our costs/expenses until word got out then we got great sponsorship from Fuel Companies, Motorbike Dealers, Tyre Dealers and written authorization from the School of the Air as well. Started here in Broken Hill on July the 3rd, headed east to Sydney then up along the coast to Rockhampton, across to Tennant Creek, on to Darwin, then back down through Port August, Adelaide, Melbourne, back up to Sydney and westward towards Broken Hill and home. If I remember correctly, we ended up raising some $ 20,500 for the School of the Air and proved that road/highway bike COULD handle the rough dirt roads of Outback Australia as well.

Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says - Scientific ...

Triphid comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Technically speaking here, it IS not the Atheists that are wrong since we only REFUTE the unfounded CLAIMS of the Religious since any claim made WITHOUT proven evidence is considered, logically,to be little more than a FALSE Claim at best, therefore it IS the onus of the Claimant, the Religious, to ...

Triphid replies on Jul 17, 2019:

@TheMiddleWay Then, IF the time lapses between transmission from Earth and reception on the Moon, for example, are unproven evidential facts, then what, exactly are they, complete and utter bunkum perhaps?

Things I wish existed

Triphid comments on Jul 16, 2019:

Publish stuff like that and you'd have Faithfools screaming like stuck pigs everywhere, I like the idea, count me in for contributing articles if anyone ever decides to do it.

Triphid replies on Jul 17, 2019:

@Hathacat That'd be okay since bibles thrown any further than 3 feet aren't very accurate at all....LOL.

Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says - Scientific ...

Triphid comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Technically speaking here, it IS not the Atheists that are wrong since we only REFUTE the unfounded CLAIMS of the Religious since any claim made WITHOUT proven evidence is considered, logically,to be little more than a FALSE Claim at best, therefore it IS the onus of the Claimant, the Religious, to ...

Triphid replies on Jul 16, 2019:

@TheMiddleWay Yes, BUT we do know from both the Voyager Programs and the Lunar Landings, unless of course you believe both were faked, that e.m. radiations ( radio signals) go through a type of time lapse between transmissions and receptions the further away from Earth, etc, the transceivers are, hence it goes to prove that since light is an Electromagnetic Transmission, just as are radio waves DO travel at a set speed only.

Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says - Scientific ...

Triphid comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Technically speaking here, it IS not the Atheists that are wrong since we only REFUTE the unfounded CLAIMS of the Religious since any claim made WITHOUT proven evidence is considered, logically,to be little more than a FALSE Claim at best, therefore it IS the onus of the Claimant, the Religious, to ...

Triphid replies on Jul 16, 2019:

@TheMiddleWay Well, it CAN be said that EVERYTHING we 'know' re- the Universe is MERELY based solely UPON data, etc, we have extrapolated here in the very tiny, insignificant patch of a massive Universe.

Why do so many people today want to be unique and special?

Ms_McSteven comments on Jul 10, 2019:

My whole life I've only wanted to be like everyone else, come from a "normal family", have a normal husband, a modest home, etc. I never asked to be, or tried to be, the weird one, but it happened all the same.

Triphid replies on Jul 16, 2019:

@Ms_McSteven I kind of know where you are coming, only male child among 4 girl children, smack in the middle actually, when my older sisters did something wrong it was me copped belting from my 'mother' and her favorite weapon, a thick and heavy leather belt. Luckily I had a great and often understand Dad, except for the times when a) I fixed his 'old fashioned wind-up alarm clock and managed to get it running in reverse, and, b) a few years later I managed to blow about of his car shed roof off while using my Chemistry Set. The rest of my 'family' always called weirdo, nut-case and similar things BUT at least my Dad always managed to see the funny sides to my little 'mishaps.'

Wen your customers ask what ya makin'...

PontifexMarximus comments on Jul 14, 2019:

They nailed it!

Triphid replies on Jul 16, 2019:

@escapetypist You're 100% correct there, look what 3 nails and 2 bits of wood have cost those Faithfools, and Humanity as whole, in the last 2,000 years.

Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says - Scientific ...

Triphid comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Technically speaking here, it IS not the Atheists that are wrong since we only REFUTE the unfounded CLAIMS of the Religious since any claim made WITHOUT proven evidence is considered, logically,to be little more than a FALSE Claim at best, therefore it IS the onus of the Claimant, the Religious, to ...

Triphid replies on Jul 13, 2019:

@TheMiddleWay The have almost innumerable experiments done since, and including, Einstein's experiments to determine and calculate the speed of light and every one of them has arrived at precisely the same rate of speed. IF, you do NOT believe me then there is a very simple, easy experiment you and a friend can try for yourselves; Find a site/place flat and open enough where YOU can stand separated by a scaled down distant of the 186,000/300,000 miles/kms in as complete darkness as possible. Have your friend stand at one end of the distance separating you, you and stopwatch at the other, then when you see your friend switch on his/her flashlight, record the time that elapsed between it being switch on and the light shining in your eyes. Multiply that time by the co-efficient used to calculate the scaling DOWN of the distance of 186,000/300,000miles/kms and you will get the precise same result as did REAL scientists before you.

Andrew Yang Thinks It’s “Ridiculous” How Some People Believe Atheists Are Less Moral ...

Williamcristiano comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Sometimes i would like to colonize mars and live there without religion, only with my unbelievers neighbors.

Triphid replies on Jul 13, 2019:

@WilliamFleming Sounds to me like that 'Atheist Teacher' was little more than a complete and utter arse-wipe, and that's being kind to say the least.

Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says - Scientific ...

Triphid comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Technically speaking here, it IS not the Atheists that are wrong since we only REFUTE the unfounded CLAIMS of the Religious since any claim made WITHOUT proven evidence is considered, logically,to be little more than a FALSE Claim at best, therefore it IS the onus of the Claimant, the Religious, to ...

Triphid replies on Jul 12, 2019:

@TheMiddleWay Well, Light speed has been measured and tested repeatedly and still stands at approx. 180,000 miles or 300,000kms per second just as do radio waves as well. Ergo, other than the light emitted by our Sun, light striking our eyes/planet from space left its point of emission anywhere between 1 Earth second ago to 1 Light Year + ago. Hence the light we see from the stars, NOT the Moon or planets in THIS Solar system btw, at night could have been emitted anywhere from 1 Light Year ago ( 6 Million, Million miles distant) to 10s of Billions of Miles distant and even Billions of years back in time. We NEVER see or observe the light emitted from, for example, the Binary Stars nearest to our system that was emitted this very moment/second or even the year before today BECAUSE it has not reached us yet, it WILL arrive here some time is the distant future though. Yes, scientific theories change as more evidence, etc, is added to them, that either disproves the original or enhances it whichever may the case. But that is how science works thankfully and religions founder.

Why do so many people today want to be unique and special?

Ms_McSteven comments on Jul 10, 2019:

My whole life I've only wanted to be like everyone else, come from a "normal family", have a normal husband, a modest home, etc. I never asked to be, or tried to be, the weird one, but it happened all the same.

Triphid replies on Jul 12, 2019:

But are you 'weird' because others see you as such, or are you 'weird' because that is how YOU view yourself? If other see you as weird then, imho, THEY are simply seeing you in comparison to the MOULD that they think/believe everyone should fit or have cast from, ergo they are, imo, merely sheeple. However, IF you see yourself as 'weird' because you choose to be yourself, be different, etc, then you are NOT weird, you ARE exerting your greatest and most important traits, i.e. your OWN special individuality.

Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says - Scientific ...

Triphid comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Technically speaking here, it IS not the Atheists that are wrong since we only REFUTE the unfounded CLAIMS of the Religious since any claim made WITHOUT proven evidence is considered, logically,to be little more than a FALSE Claim at best, therefore it IS the onus of the Claimant, the Religious, to ...

Triphid replies on Jul 12, 2019:

@TheMiddleWay No, not really. Cosmologist do NOT really believe as you have just posted, they cannot state nor believe ( for want of a better and more appropriate word) that " what happens on Earth here and now, happens a million/billion Light distant." They might HYPOTHESISE given that which has been observed here BUT that which has occurred here may NOT be the same as that which has/is or may occur elsewhere because the Universe and events occurring throughout it and within are differing and changing constantly. For example, take the possibility of Extraterrestrial life, though mammals have evolved here they may never have evolved a billion or even a million Light Years away on other planets, something else may have evolved, not the so-called Hollywood style Aliens we see depicted, but something beyond our present scope of imagining, perhaps some kind of semi-intelligent, limbless, water dwelling, jellyfish species for example. No-one truly knows exactly what is out there for a FACT. As for your "axioms and beliefs" well many of those have fallen by the way-side as scientific knowledge and understandings have grown, e.g. it was once state and believed that the Earth WAS the centre of the Solar System, the Sun and planets revolved/orbited around the Earth and the stars were mere 'pin-holes' in the firmament of the night sky which allowed specks of light to pass through them. Well that axiom/belief has gone the way of the dinosaurs, has it not?

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Williamcristiano comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Sometimes i would like to colonize mars and live there without religion, only with my unbelievers neighbors.

Triphid replies on Jul 12, 2019:

@WilliamFleming Atheism and disbelief in religion /Gods/Deities has been around for centuries, if not millennia, don't get it confused with the Authoritarianisms of Nazism, Communism and the like BECAUSE it IS not nor never has been such. I ask you this in the HOPE that you WILL answer honestly, HAVE you ever had or heard of an Atheist or Atheists knocking on doors to sell or speak to you in YOUR home about Atheism? Atheism promotes Free-Thought and Free-Thinking, Logic, Reasoning, Understanding, Individuality, Morality WITHOUT expectation of Reward and almost innumerable other thing good and beneficial to the world and the environment, etc. Atheism as far as I can tell, after 50+ plus years as an Atheist, does NOT want to rule the World with an Iron Fist, it does NOT want to tell the world what to think and how to think, it does NOT and never has committed brutality upon anyone religious, though the same cannot be said for the religious when it comes down to their treatment of Atheists, etc, and history itself WILL bear me out on that FACT btw.

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Charles1971 comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Believing in unsubstantiated supernatural mythology is vastly more unscientific then choosing not to believe. Personally, I came to be atheist because of logic and the overwhelming lack of evidence to support the existence of any gods. So, I'm miles closer to being scientific than any religious ...

Triphid replies on Jul 12, 2019:

@Charles1971 Precisely.

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Triphid comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Technically speaking here, it IS not the Atheists that are wrong since we only REFUTE the unfounded CLAIMS of the Religious since any claim made WITHOUT proven evidence is considered, logically,to be little more than a FALSE Claim at best, therefore it IS the onus of the Claimant, the Religious, to ...

Triphid replies on Jul 12, 2019:

@TheMiddleWay Science as science is NOT a system of belief nor does it require or demand belief,. Science is system of questioning, searching for, discovering, examining, trying, testing, re-trying, re-testing, re-examining and finally actually PROVING by empirical means and measures the FACTS and the Truths. Whereas religion and religious BELIEFS absolutely DISCOURAGE any form of Questioning, Examining, Trying, Testing and the usage of empirical means and measurement, religions DEMAND Faith, usually BLIND Faith and throughout its history has regularly castigated those who have dared question it.

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Triphid comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Technically speaking here, it IS not the Atheists that are wrong since we only REFUTE the unfounded CLAIMS of the Religious since any claim made WITHOUT proven evidence is considered, logically,to be little more than a FALSE Claim at best, therefore it IS the onus of the Claimant, the Religious, to ...

Triphid replies on Jul 11, 2019:

@TheMiddleWay Speaking here for myself, which, for the most part is what only anyone can truly do, as an Atheists from childhood I can safely and honestly state that through my many, many years of learning and studying that it is my honest opinion that the God/s, etc, that people choose to worship are little more than products of the imaginations of people from more older/ancient times whose knowledge and understandings of the world around them was extremely limited, etc. Therefore, in my well considered and somewhat well educated opinion, I am at LEAST 99.9999% CERTAIN that absolutely NO God, Gods, Goddesses in any shape nor form, etc, have ever existed or even exist in the here and now.

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Charles1971 comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Believing in unsubstantiated supernatural mythology is vastly more unscientific then choosing not to believe. Personally, I came to be atheist because of logic and the overwhelming lack of evidence to support the existence of any gods. So, I'm miles closer to being scientific than any religious ...

Triphid replies on Jul 11, 2019:

@Antifred I do NOT believe nor think that I am better than anyone else, I am just me, an individual who is a human being with the self-same Morals and Ethics, though somewhat honed and improved over the millenia since, that our Proto-Hominid Ancestors worked out for themselves when they first climbed down out of the trees and stood erect on 2 legs for the first time. THAT is what makes me Human, that is what makes me think, learn, study, better myself knowledge-wise, that is what drives me to pick up and read books, etc, on numerous and diverse subjects rather than merely scanning through ONE single collection of ancient 'books' assembled and purportedly claimed to be the "Written Word/s of a Supreme Deity" that absolutely NO-ONE has ever seen, etc. When I express my opinions, I express them from knowledge gained by studying, learning, etc, from almost innumerable sources INCLUDING over 7 years of intense studies required to achieve a ThD (Doctorate in Theology and Comparative Modern Religions) PLUS 2 other PhDs and a number of Bachelors Degrees as well. I have and use NO prejudices, nor pessimisms or condescending attitudes BUT I do use Logic, Reason and Reasoning PLUS tried and tested, proven Empirical Evidences and Facts.

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Williamcristiano comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Sometimes i would like to colonize mars and live there without religion, only with my unbelievers neighbors.

Triphid replies on Jul 11, 2019:

@WilliamFleming What you see re-the original settlers as being zealotry and fixed mindedness is your own take on the matter. Have not such traits also been the reason/s WHY religions exerted their somewhat 'iron grip' on mankind for so long PLUS in times gone by LITERALLY forced native peoples to become Christians, etc? It IS still occurring today in a slightly different way with Islam and those insistent Door Knocking Christian Sects but the force applied by the Christian Sects has dissipated, thankfully, but in some cases it has been resurrected by the zealotry of the more radically driven Sects of Islam sadly. Curiosity is a very good thing and should ALWAYS be encouraged under normal circumstance, especially with children and young people because it teaches them to think, research, examine, question and then to decide for themselves rather than merely follow the prevailing trend AND is that precisely how Humanity, Human Knowledge, Medical and Scientific Development has occurred and grown? So Yes, the children of those Human Settlers in this theoretical Martian Colony might well begin to question BUT they will also listen, learn, discuss, examine, etc, and may well see the reasoning as to why their parents/predecessors rejected religions entirely in favour of creating a community based upon mutual cooperation, unity, social oneness rather than the divisiveness, etc, that is inherent in any social system with religions at its core.

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Charles1971 comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Believing in unsubstantiated supernatural mythology is vastly more unscientific then choosing not to believe. Personally, I came to be atheist because of logic and the overwhelming lack of evidence to support the existence of any gods. So, I'm miles closer to being scientific than any religious ...

Triphid replies on Jul 11, 2019:

@Charles1971 Sorry, but I ignored unintentionally due to the unwanted bombardment from another source. Please accept my most sincere apologies.

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Charles1971 comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Believing in unsubstantiated supernatural mythology is vastly more unscientific then choosing not to believe. Personally, I came to be atheist because of logic and the overwhelming lack of evidence to support the existence of any gods. So, I'm miles closer to being scientific than any religious ...

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@Antifred okay there Antifred, play your 'Theist's Favorite Sport" as in my little offering below. I think, by now, we all know full well that you HAVE absolutely NO empirical proof nor evidence to offer up so run and hide as all Theists do so very well.

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Charles1971 comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Believing in unsubstantiated supernatural mythology is vastly more unscientific then choosing not to believe. Personally, I came to be atheist because of logic and the overwhelming lack of evidence to support the existence of any gods. So, I'm miles closer to being scientific than any religious ...

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@Antifred Fred, Fred, Fred, my sympathies are with you, imho, you must live a truly tedious and boring life there in Texass, sorry Texas. Have you ever considered just putting away your cellphone or whatever, getting up and going over and kissing the wife, hugging the children or even just simply going out into the countryside and enjoying what nature has to offer?

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Triphid comments on Jul 10, 2019:

If he, the Preacher, was so absolutely certain about his God and Jesus, etc, then why didn't he just pray to them to fix his printer/s in the first place?

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@motrubl4u I know where you're coming from. I just spent 12 months in Facebook Stalag 17 for similar things BUT haven't gone back to that boring site yet and don't actually intend to in the future.

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Charles1971 comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Believing in unsubstantiated supernatural mythology is vastly more unscientific then choosing not to believe. Personally, I came to be atheist because of logic and the overwhelming lack of evidence to support the existence of any gods. So, I'm miles closer to being scientific than any religious ...

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@Antifred Conjecture, AntiFred, aka FriarFed, merely CONJECTURE not PROOF. I requested empirical PROOF from you or for you, failing giving that as requested, to remain forever silent. On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 means a failure and 10 means you've succeeded, SIR, you've hit the MINUS 1, i.e. a Complete, Utter and Irrevocable FAILURE.

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Charles1971 comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Believing in unsubstantiated supernatural mythology is vastly more unscientific then choosing not to believe. Personally, I came to be atheist because of logic and the overwhelming lack of evidence to support the existence of any gods. So, I'm miles closer to being scientific than any religious ...

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@Antifred PLEASE do TRY to tell something, no matter how MINISCULE it may be, from you exulted bible that I have NOT already known from my years of Studies to gain my ThD.

Here’s a huffpost article on a study about religion and war: [google.

Allamanda comments on Jul 10, 2019:

This has a different view to some extent: http://www.religioustolerance.org/curr_war.htm But, it's always going to depend on how you define the words: religion, war and cause.

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

I often think that 'Religious Tolerance' in many cases, but not all, simply equates to " I'll tolerate you JUST so long as your religious beliefs are like or closely similar to mine."

Here’s a huffpost article on a study about religion and war: [google.

KKGator comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Humans are an inherently violent species. We've never really needed much of a reason to make war on ourselves. Power, territory, money, some other king's wife, etc. Religion is still responsible for an awful lot of violence that's been done in it's name.

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@KKGator I think that most of those 'conscripts' like the already enlisted, permanent soldiers, etc, simply fell for the " God and Country" propaganda that was force fed to them. Young Aussies signed up hand over fist to fight in W.W. I and W.W.II simply because of that propaganda in my opinion, plus the fear mongering spread about in the media, etc.

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Charles1971 comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Believing in unsubstantiated supernatural mythology is vastly more unscientific then choosing not to believe. Personally, I came to be atheist because of logic and the overwhelming lack of evidence to support the existence of any gods. So, I'm miles closer to being scientific than any religious ...

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@Antifred Yes, I see that you are already, and as is your usual trait, resorting to interminable religious citations, BUT what empirical evidence and PROOF positive do YOU offer up that this 'ruach'/'spirit' actually exists? YOU have made the claim, therefore, the ONUS is solely upon YOU to prove your claim, that Sir, is the way things are done. Ergo, come up with the Proof or forever remain silent.

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Charles1971 comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Believing in unsubstantiated supernatural mythology is vastly more unscientific then choosing not to believe. Personally, I came to be atheist because of logic and the overwhelming lack of evidence to support the existence of any gods. So, I'm miles closer to being scientific than any religious ...

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@Antifred 'Spiritualist/Spiritualism/Supernaturalist/ism' is not that merely a 'cop-out' kind of situation religiously speaking, FriarFred? What precisely and exact is a SPIRIT ( NOT the alcoholic variety of course), what, also is 'Supernaturalism' if it is just simply something above or beyond the PRESENTLY observable part of the natural world, a world btw, that we are only just beginning to explore fully and understand very little of this far. Also, I stated that IN MY HONEST Opinion, NOTE, MY Honest Opinion, that you are a Religious Troll/Roach I was OFFERING up my OWN Opinion and NOT making an actual Accusation, there IS a very GREAT difference between STATEMENT of Opinion and STATEMENT of FACT in case you are/were unaware. And, as per my opinion, I shall leaving 'kindergarten tactics, as you so kindly put it, to you since, IN MY OPINION, you are far better suited to them than I.

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Triphid comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Technically speaking here, it IS not the Atheists that are wrong since we only REFUTE the unfounded CLAIMS of the Religious since any claim made WITHOUT proven evidence is considered, logically,to be little more than a FALSE Claim at best, therefore it IS the onus of the Claimant, the Religious, to ...

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@TheMiddleWay A Theist holds forth only ONE book and CLAIMS it to be fact and Truth, an Atheist lists countless, often innumerable books, filled with tried and tested EVIDENCE and asserts and affirms that these do actually hold facts and truths that can and do stand by themselves against all comers.

Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says - Scientific ...

Triphid comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Technically speaking here, it IS not the Atheists that are wrong since we only REFUTE the unfounded CLAIMS of the Religious since any claim made WITHOUT proven evidence is considered, logically,to be little more than a FALSE Claim at best, therefore it IS the onus of the Claimant, the Religious, to ...

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@TheMiddleWay You can 'believe' what or however you wish BUT since Atheism is NOT in any way shape nor form a system of Belief then it makes no claim whatsoever, it simply states, asserts and affirms that, given the continually growing 'mountains' of empirically tried, tested and proven evidence offered up in its favour that a Supreme Deity/God does NOT nor never has existed, ergo it IS not a CLAIM, it is a proven assertion.

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Williamcristiano comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Sometimes i would like to colonize mars and live there without religion, only with my unbelievers neighbors.

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@WilliamFleming But those raised sans religion, i.e. Xstianity/Judaism/Islam, etc, would know already about the harm they have caused here on Earth and would, most likely, reject it outright. Since to have travelled to Mars, logically, they would have been of a greater scientific mind with a great knowledge of the histories of the planet they were leaving behind and therefore determined NOT to repeat the mistakes of the past at any cost.

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Charles1971 comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Believing in unsubstantiated supernatural mythology is vastly more unscientific then choosing not to believe. Personally, I came to be atheist because of logic and the overwhelming lack of evidence to support the existence of any gods. So, I'm miles closer to being scientific than any religious ...

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@Charles1971 Hey mate, you do realize that " AntiFred" is, in fact, imho, a religious Troll, or a Religious 'roach as I like to call them, and you've just opened the door to a possible interminable debate (aka flood of) consisting of endless repetitive biblical citations from him?

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Triphid comments on Jul 10, 2019:

If he, the Preacher, was so absolutely certain about his God and Jesus, etc, then why didn't he just pray to them to fix his printer/s in the first place?

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@motrubl4u And, I suspect, that you often wish that you had also.

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Triphid comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Technically speaking here, it IS not the Atheists that are wrong since we only REFUTE the unfounded CLAIMS of the Religious since any claim made WITHOUT proven evidence is considered, logically,to be little more than a FALSE Claim at best, therefore it IS the onus of the Claimant, the Religious, to ...

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@Storm1752 Do not Agnostics state that they are 'unsure' ( for want of a better word/phrase) whether or not a God/Deity exists or not, whereas an Atheist, like myself for example, simply REFUTE the unfounded, unproven CLAIMS made by believers that a God/Deity exists BECAUSE there never has been ANY empirically proven EVIDENCE brought forward by those believers to support their claims. Yes, the believers can and do hold up their bibles and state loudly that this is ALL the proof they need since it IS the " Written Word of God" BUT NOWHERE within that collection of books, which it truly is btw, is there even one single thing to state or show clearly and undeniably that IS the 'book' and was written by this God him/herself.

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Williamcristiano comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Sometimes i would like to colonize mars and live there without religion, only with my unbelievers neighbors.

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@WilliamFleming It seems to me that you aren't quite researching enough into wars/conflicts either caused or based upon religions/religious differences here, since humans and their religious beliefs/difference have been warring over who's God/s, etc, are the only true one/s since religions were first invented. As for the assumed Extraterrestrial Martian Colonists, then considering that it WOULD have been established sans Religion in the first place, then logically, would it NOT remain sans religion given, for example, that a society/group that is disease free will remain disease free UNLESS some disease is introduced by either covert/deliberate means from an external source?

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Triphid comments on Jul 10, 2019:

If he, the Preacher, was so absolutely certain about his God and Jesus, etc, then why didn't he just pray to them to fix his printer/s in the first place?

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@EyesThatSmile It's kind of like when I, most unfortunately, went out to collect firewood with my Evangelistic next door neighbor and the rank idiot totally ignored my warning and drove his 2x2 utility into the dry creek with the bottom made up of only very dry and very deep gritty sand, he got stuck in the sand down to the axles. He yelled at me to 'dig deeper and get him out' so I simply asked him why he hadn't just prayed to his great friend Jesus to get him out instead. Couldn't quite figure out why he got so upset and aggro about that simple comment....LOL.

Venomous lizard in my driveway this morning Gila monster.

Triphid comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Happily we don't get venomous lizards here in Outback Aus. Just venomous snakes like King Browns, Black Snakes, Tiger Snakes, Death Adders, etc, Oh and the Red Backed Spiders of course.

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@FrayedBear, @azzow2 Yeah, I forgot about that lovely Sydney Funnel Webbed Spider and its venom. A more vicious, nasty, mean bastard of a spider than you'd ever want to meet.

Venomous lizard in my driveway this morning Gila monster.

Triphid comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Happily we don't get venomous lizards here in Outback Aus. Just venomous snakes like King Browns, Black Snakes, Tiger Snakes, Death Adders, etc, Oh and the Red Backed Spiders of course.

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@FrayedBear Infecting a victim is far different from envenomating. though the Komodo Dragon actually has venom in its saliva and needs to masticate the prey to 'inject' it. And, as a side note, Cats, being total carnivores, carry more infective agents in their mouths and teeth than do dogs, etc. I've had many bites from native Australian lizards, goannas, Shingle-backs and Blue Tongues in particular and never once have I suffered any kind of infection, been bitten by one or 2 dogs from time to time, still no infections, BUT one cat bite or even a scratch and, voila, it's infected within hours.

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Williamcristiano comments on Jul 10, 2019:

Sometimes i would like to colonize mars and live there without religion, only with my unbelievers neighbors.

Triphid replies on Jul 10, 2019:

@WilliamFleming Has there EVER been a historically recorded war between Atheists and Agnostics? There have been innumerable wars fought between religious sects and differing religious belief systems though and the casualties and collateral damage counts have been enormously high.

Peterson thinks we got our ethics from our Judeo-Christian heritage.

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Jul 9, 2019:

I did not watch the video, but the process was the other way around. Humans had to cooperate in order to survive. Cooperate begat ethics that built upon innate empathy. Religion codified the ethical standards.

Triphid replies on Jul 9, 2019:

Imho, religion plagiarized the standards of Ethics and Morality not codified them as such.

You know, before all of the new age religions and beliefs, there had to have been a "seed" or "root"...

St-Sinner comments on Jul 9, 2019:

This is how it all started

Triphid replies on Jul 9, 2019:

@St-Sinner No, not really since 'Medicine Men/Women' actually did know quite a bit about natural healing properties in native plants, etc, whereas those others were, imho, merely the first ever specializing Con-artists.

The Truth Be Told...

ZantiMisfit comments on Jul 9, 2019:

Plain Truth.

Triphid replies on Jul 9, 2019:

@Katsarecool Tronald Dump, imo, gives Scum a very bad name.

The Truth Be Told...

AmelieMatisse comments on Jul 9, 2019:

I'd say "Amen Brothe"r but considering this site I'll say Yessiree

Triphid replies on Jul 9, 2019:

@Annaleda highly probable that it originated from the Ancient Egyptian word 'Amun/Amen/Amon' meaning simply " So it has been said/written, so shall it be done."

It worked for Wholly Mary

RichCC comments on Jul 9, 2019:

It says so in the *Wholly Babble*(tm). It must be true. /snark

Triphid replies on Jul 9, 2019:

Hey, hope you don't mind but I'm 'borrowing' that pic for later usage with a few Faithfools….LOL.

You know, before all of the new age religions and beliefs, there had to have been a "seed" or "root"...

St-Sinner comments on Jul 9, 2019:

This is how it all started

Triphid replies on Jul 9, 2019:

Fairly close to it in my opinion but perhaps you forgot to include that some primitive human was just a wee bit smarter than the rest and saw/devised a simple way to get the best of everything WITHOUT exposing him/herself to the daily perils of hunting for food, i.e. " I can talk to the Great Gods/Goddesses and they talk to me so treat me well, feed me the best foods, give me the best of comforts, etc, and through me they will be kind to you," then, through the ensuing ages the idea grew and we now have Priests, Ministers, Popes, etc, who do exactly the same BUT on a bigger and lucrative scale.

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t1nick comments on Jul 7, 2019:

Where do people think most drugs originnaly come from? The foundation for most of the basic pharmacoepia that we have used until recently, were synthesized versions of cultural botanical remedies. For instance, aspirin was synthesized from a Native herbal combination of local botanicals used as a ...

Triphid replies on Jul 9, 2019:

@t1nick According to finds in Egypt, Imhotep was almost worshipped by not only the Egyptians but peoples from numerous countries around eastern and central Mediterranean region as a 'God,' as well as being highly praised by Djoser himself. There have been countless finds of votive 'offerings' to him found in numerous temple sites including the Karnak Temple Complex left by those who were seeking his treatments even long after his death. It is firmly believed by a number of Egyptologists that his tomb is somewhere very close to, if not actually within, the tomb of Djoser itself and the last I heard from Zahii Hawass was that he is still trying to assemble another dig expedition to find both the remains of Djoser and those of Imhotep but the stability of Djoser's Pyramid is still somewhat too dangerous for further digging within and around it at present.

The Ancient Pots That Hint at Cannabis’s Early Use as a Drug [theatlantic.com]

t1nick comments on Jul 7, 2019:

Where do people think most drugs originnaly come from? The foundation for most of the basic pharmacoepia that we have used until recently, were synthesized versions of cultural botanical remedies. For instance, aspirin was synthesized from a Native herbal combination of local botanicals used as a ...

Triphid replies on Jul 9, 2019:

@t1nick Yes, the REAL Imhotep was the Designer of the Step Pyramid and the Advisor, Trusted and Great Friend to King Djoser ( not Pharaoh as everyone claims btw, since the word Pharaoh actually refers to the 'Great House' or Palace and not the Ruling monarch), a Revered and Respected Healer and actual Doctor and Inventor of such things as being able to fill cavities in teeth, set and heal fractured bones plus he wrote innumerable manuscripts, etc, on his techniques that the Greeks later copied.

It started... I changed my first diaper yesterday! Woohoo! 😲😵 and yuck!

Triphid comments on Jul 6, 2019:

Lucky you, BUT they only get worse as Bub gets older and starts on solid foods as well.

Triphid replies on Jul 8, 2019:

@Carin And let us not forget the 'end results' from bub eating such things as cooked cabbage, cauliflower or Lorrae's case her love of eating meat patties made from minced Emu meat, boy did those really raise the rating above the 10 level.

The Ancient Pots That Hint at Cannabis’s Early Use as a Drug [theatlantic.com]

t1nick comments on Jul 7, 2019:

Where do people think most drugs originnaly come from? The foundation for most of the basic pharmacoepia that we have used until recently, were synthesized versions of cultural botanical remedies. For instance, aspirin was synthesized from a Native herbal combination of local botanicals used as a ...

Triphid replies on Jul 8, 2019:

@t1nick Plus, and as an adjunct, recent historical findings in Ancient Egyptian records have shown that Hippocrates was NOT the 'Father' of Modern Medicine, it was actually an Egyptian known as Imhotep ( not to be confused with the Imhotep bullshit one from the Mummy Movies btw).

It started... I changed my first diaper yesterday! Woohoo! 😲😵 and yuck!

Triphid comments on Jul 6, 2019:

Lucky you, BUT they only get worse as Bub gets older and starts on solid foods as well.

Triphid replies on Jul 8, 2019:

@Carin I used to have a private rating system for my daughters' 'donations' to parenthood, rated from 1 to 10 where 1 was almost bearable and 10 was " Hazmat suit and Breathing Apparatus" required. Plus IF farting were an Olympic Sport I'd reckon she'd would have been an undefeated World Record Holder....LOL.

10 facts about atheists | Pew Research Center

nastynifty comments on Jul 6, 2019:

The word "atheist", in my opinion shouldn't even exist. I think there are three positions for non believers. 1. Agnostic. I don't know. 2. Anti-theist. There is no God. 3. No word required because you aren't participating. We don't have a word for someone who doesn't participate in ...

Triphid replies on Jul 8, 2019:

@nastynifty Logic and pure, simple reasoning are the ONLY proof needed, plus over 7 years of intense studying to gain far more knowledge of the Xstian Myth than the average religious Priest/Minister, etc.

Cherokee Nation, by Paul Revere & the Raiders. About 1971 I think. [youtu.be]

Lorajay comments on Jul 8, 2019:

I live in Indian country and I'm delighted that many of the Indian tribes are conquering the white eyes with their casinos. The Smart Ones are also opening banks and grocery stores and Spas. One local tribe is using their sovereignty to establish a free trade zone and branching out into ...

Triphid replies on Jul 8, 2019:

Never forget the cruelty, brutality and indignity, etc, that the Cherokee and other tribes suffered during the forced march known as the Trail of Tears. Thousands died from starvation, cold, exhaustion and disease ALL because the White Eyes wanted their home-lands, etc.

The Ancient Pots That Hint at Cannabis’s Early Use as a Drug [theatlantic.com]

t1nick comments on Jul 7, 2019:

Where do people think most drugs originnaly come from? The foundation for most of the basic pharmacoepia that we have used until recently, were synthesized versions of cultural botanical remedies. For instance, aspirin was synthesized from a Native herbal combination of local botanicals used as a ...

Triphid replies on Jul 7, 2019:

@t1nick In Ancient Rome, " willow bark tea," an infusion of willow bark in water btw, was used regularly as a remedy for ailments such as period cramps, tooth ache, headaches and to relieve hang-overs among numerous other things.

10 facts about atheists | Pew Research Center

nastynifty comments on Jul 6, 2019:

The word "atheist", in my opinion shouldn't even exist. I think there are three positions for non believers. 1. Agnostic. I don't know. 2. Anti-theist. There is no God. 3. No word required because you aren't participating. We don't have a word for someone who doesn't participate in ...

Triphid replies on Jul 7, 2019:

I'd disagree with you there simply because as a Life-Long Atheist WITH a ThD (Doctorate in Theology and Comparative Modern Religions) I CAN state that I have absolutely NO belief in any God/Gods/Deities what-so-ever, ergo I am NOT, in any shape nor form a Deist/Theist/Agnostic or anything else, I am a Free-Thinking, Logically Minded, Rational person who neither needs/wants nor desire a belief in anything except Reality, Reason and Empirically Tried, Tested and Proven Facts.

The Ancient Pots That Hint at Cannabis’s Early Use as a Drug [theatlantic.com]

t1nick comments on Jul 7, 2019:

Where do people think most drugs originnaly come from? The foundation for most of the basic pharmacoepia that we have used until recently, were synthesized versions of cultural botanical remedies. For instance, aspirin was synthesized from a Native herbal combination of local botanicals used as a ...

Triphid replies on Jul 7, 2019:

@t1nick Yes, as Registered Nurse for many years I'm fully aware of the history of 'Aspirin'.

It started... I changed my first diaper yesterday! Woohoo! 😲😵 and yuck!

Cast1es comments on Jul 7, 2019:

Just wait until she's a little older , and you go in to collect her one morning , only to discover she's been using that soft brown stuff to finger paint the wall next to her crib .

Triphid replies on Jul 7, 2019:

My daughter did precisely that only she decided to paint her 'mother' with it instead.

The Ancient Pots That Hint at Cannabis’s Early Use as a Drug [theatlantic.com]

t1nick comments on Jul 7, 2019:

Where do people think most drugs originnaly come from? The foundation for most of the basic pharmacoepia that we have used until recently, were synthesized versions of cultural botanical remedies. For instance, aspirin was synthesized from a Native herbal combination of local botanicals used as a ...

Triphid replies on Jul 7, 2019:

Willow bark was used as an analgesic and relaxant way back in ancients in Rome, Egypt and many cultures long before medicine falsely claimed to have 'discovered' its properties.

Christianity is a fraud religion since it is based on two events that never happened; a virgin birth...

rovingamber comments on Jul 5, 2019:

As far as I know the the word was mistranslated from "young woman" to "virgin." So the virgin birth was not a prophecy to begin with. Also Jesus had siblings. I assume he was the oldest because if he wasn't then.........well you see where this going, right?

Triphid replies on Jul 7, 2019:

I see exactly where you are going and Yes, according to the Buybull stories, he had an elder brother named James, therefore, either Joseph was previously married and then a widower OR Mary was a widow, OR she'd played around long before she had met Joseph. Anyway you look at it, the whole myth is little more than absolute bullshit.

Is the universe infinite?

godef comments on Jun 26, 2019:

I think it's established *our* universe is finite. The real question is whether there are an infinite number of other universes.

Triphid replies on Jul 6, 2019:

How can that be so claimed when in all reality we CANNOT see the very limits/edges of the Universe?

Nominations for the Darwin awards! Post 'em if ya got 'em! 😁

MojoDave comments on Jul 5, 2019:

OMG! If it starts he's going to take himself out of the gene pool! The hard way!

Triphid replies on Jul 6, 2019:

Darwin Award for that rank idiot most definitely.

Oh what true and devout Christian this Israel Folau must be, he has told media that he A) wants an ...

Doubting comments on Jun 27, 2019:

He is acting self-righteously and with a high hand. I find that distasteful. However, his case at law may well succeed. It's hard to be sure but the case has a strong chance of winning.

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2019:

@MsDemeanour A bit of an UNDERSESTIMATE there I think, more like a 100 years or much, much more if the God-Botherers get their way I'm afraid.

This Group has the most general members, which is why I chose to ask this question here.

Triphid comments on Jun 27, 2019:

As an 'outsider,' an Aussie living in Australia, I'd say that, a) Trump seems hell-bent on getting the U.S. and anyone allied with it into a full out war with Iran, and, b) imho, Trump wouldn't know truth if got up and bit him on his fat shiny arse.

Triphid replies on Jun 29, 2019:

@Anonbene Why simply stop at the last 60+ years, try looking back at your history from just AFTER the first European Settlers invaded.

Christianity is a fraud religion since it is based on two events that never happened; a virgin birth...

Debbera comments on Jun 27, 2019:

Christianity is not based on only two events, someone didn’t do their homework.

Triphid replies on Jun 27, 2019:

The entire basis of 'Christianity' is the Virgin Birth, as expounded by the innumerable Sects, of the entirely Mythological Jesus of Nazareth and his 33 years of life ( again never proven empirically to have happened), his death by Crucifixion ( again never proven empirically to have occurred) and his subsequent resurrection ( also never proven empirically to have occurred). Since Christians, for the majority that is, have somewhat discarded the Old Testament in favor of the New testament because, simply, it far better suits their purposes.

I'd like to know EXACTLY why this self-righteous, venom spewing, vile piece of human excrement, ...

SawGibson comments on Jun 26, 2019:

I don't know much about it, but I guess he is free to show his faith? After all I post religious memes all the time and no one sent me to jail.

Triphid replies on Jun 27, 2019:

I too ridicule and disparage religions at every opportunity BUT, mostly, I avoid aiming my comments at specific persons/people. Being a life-long Atheist WITH a Doctorate degree in Theology and Comparative Modern Religions also helps. However, Folau merely directed his religious rants in the direction of specific people/s and their life-style choices and, in my opinion, is REYING solely upon the ideology of 'Religious Freedom' to protect him from legal repercussions as do ever so many other Faithfoools out there.

This Group has the most general members, which is why I chose to ask this question here.

Triphid comments on Jun 27, 2019:

As an 'outsider,' an Aussie living in Australia, I'd say that, a) Trump seems hell-bent on getting the U.S. and anyone allied with it into a full out war with Iran, and, b) imho, Trump wouldn't know truth if got up and bit him on his fat shiny arse.

Triphid replies on Jun 27, 2019:

@Anonbene Then, as an Aussie with many, many years under his belt of watching America screw up the world with its drive to Americanise everyone, etc, then I'd say that very little has changed.

I'd like to know EXACTLY why this self-righteous, venom spewing, vile piece of human excrement, ...

jules4169 comments on Jun 27, 2019:

We live in a democracy. Maybe 10% , at most, on OZ may agree with his religious beliefs and they're mostly from 'hick towns', poorly educated.

Triphid replies on Jun 27, 2019:

May I suggest you be careful with referring to rural and remote towns/communities as being " hick towns and poorly educated." We, way out here in Woop woop, may not have ALL the fancy amenities that you namby pamby city folk have lavished upon you simply because the Liberal-National Party cosset you with year after year to ENSURE you vote for them but we are well educated, for the major part, we DO have schools, we do have television, bloody boring as it may be at most times, and we have always been the major part of the Food Bowl, etc, of this country.

I'd like to know EXACTLY why this self-righteous, venom spewing, vile piece of human excrement, ...

SawGibson comments on Jun 26, 2019:

I don't know much about it, but I guess he is free to show his faith? After all I post religious memes all the time and no one sent me to jail.

Triphid replies on Jun 27, 2019:

Folau's rants were directed at specific peoples which, technically, breach the Anti-Discrimination Law as far as I can tell. His comments/rants CAN also be taken as actual Threats in a legal sense.

Is the universe infinite?

godef comments on Jun 26, 2019:

I think it's established *our* universe is finite. The real question is whether there are an infinite number of other universes.

Triphid replies on Jun 26, 2019:

@desertastronomer Imho, I sincerely doubt if @gator could manage to explain his way out of a wet paper bag.

Is the universe infinite?

godef comments on Jun 26, 2019:

I think it's established *our* universe is finite. The real question is whether there are an infinite number of other universes.

Triphid replies on Jun 26, 2019:

@desertastronomer Sorry about that my Friend, I hit the wrong reply icon/button that time.

Is the universe infinite?

godef comments on Jun 26, 2019:

I think it's established *our* universe is finite. The real question is whether there are an infinite number of other universes.

Triphid replies on Jun 26, 2019:

@desertastronomer Though matter cannot actually expand, the space between and surround the matter can and does expand and contract as well. For example, heat a dish/pan of water, the water level rises BUT the MASS of the water remains exactly the same, ergo, the space between the atoms and molecules has expanded, NOT the atoms, etc, themselves.

Name Something Christians say when they know they are losing an argument with an atheist.

Triphid comments on Jun 25, 2019:

Geez Louise, have you got at least 2 life times for me to list their inane responses? 1. The Bible is the word of God, EVERYTHING it states is 100% true, 2. You are a Heathen/Pagan, you will be going to Hell for not believing in God/Jesus, 3. Their best of ALL, "You are taking it all out of ...

Triphid replies on Jun 25, 2019:

@kodimerlyn As my Dad taught me, "If you ever get into a debate/discussion, etc, it is always better to know more about the subject than the person with whom you are debating." And, trust me, it works wonders against the Faithfools, I often get invited to debate with all kinds of Preachers, etc, and, not boasting in any way, shape nor form, I've only ever been in what you could call a Stalemate situation once in over 50+ debates and that was because the Mediator decided to call 'time.' I'm pretty certain that on a number of occasions I've actually manage to make more than a few Faithfools start to actually think deeply and questioningly about their beliefs.

Name Something Christians say when they know they are losing an argument with an atheist.

Triphid comments on Jun 25, 2019:

Geez Louise, have you got at least 2 life times for me to list their inane responses? 1. The Bible is the word of God, EVERYTHING it states is 100% true, 2. You are a Heathen/Pagan, you will be going to Hell for not believing in God/Jesus, 3. Their best of ALL, "You are taking it all out of ...

Triphid replies on Jun 25, 2019:

@kodimerlyn LOL, you should see their shocked faces when I tell them that, a) I have read it cover to cover, page by page, word by word, and, b) that I HAD to read it as part of my studies to gain a ThD ( Doctorate in Theology and Comparative Modern Religions) whilst being a DELCARED atheist and still remaining an Atheist to this day.

Okay, a wee fun type question here, What song, popular or otherwise would say was your own personal...

KKGator comments on Jun 23, 2019:

As if this would come as a surprise to anyone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvoV2Lfk7Qg

Triphid replies on Jun 25, 2019:

@KKGator That's sad, you don't know what your missing with the looks of total shock and surprise you get from them.

Okay, a wee fun type question here, What song, popular or otherwise would say was your own personal...

KKGator comments on Jun 23, 2019:

As if this would come as a surprise to anyone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvoV2Lfk7Qg

Triphid replies on Jun 24, 2019:

@KKGator By 'sweet' smile I actually meant a smile with a very obvious touch of sarcasm added.

Nice One goes to Lisa Wilkinson ( Aussie T.

MrBeelzeebubbles comments on Jun 24, 2019:

Have you seen that Fulau's GoFundMe page had been dropped for violating their terms and conditions? He seems to have an issue with reading contracts...

Triphid replies on Jun 24, 2019:

Yeah I've read and heard about it, the poor little religious Snowflake just can't seem to get a break anywhere, can he? So sad, too bad, I'm very glad. That AFL player with his rants about being disrespected by crowds for doing his 'tribal war dance' and then claiming his people were totally peaceful people was almost as bad as this Folau episode but nowhere nearly as vile and vindictive in my opinion.

Okay, a wee fun type question here, What song, popular or otherwise would say was your own personal...

KKGator comments on Jun 23, 2019:

As if this would come as a surprise to anyone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvoV2Lfk7Qg

Triphid replies on Jun 23, 2019:

@KKGator Ah, but the sweet smile you give them when you know they are disrespecting you is a truly wonderful thing, it cheers you up no end and makes you look like you are a really decent, kind person to those around you. Plus, I find that saying to disrespecting Scum something like " Oh, that's nice, thank you," works just like a nice cold dish of served up revenge, after all Revenge is a better dish served COLD, is it not, LOL.

Okay, a wee fun type question here, What song, popular or otherwise would say was your own personal...

KKGator comments on Jun 23, 2019:

As if this would come as a surprise to anyone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvoV2Lfk7Qg

Triphid replies on Jun 23, 2019:

Hey, didn't anyone ever explain to you that most reputations are given to people by those who know the very least about the person they are talking about in the first place? Therefore, ignore what others say about you, be yourself and smile sweetly at those who dis you, it really pisses them off.