What Does It Mean to Be Agnostic?

anglophone comments on Jul 3, 2021:

I find the poll to be oversimplistic.

anglophone replies on Jul 3, 2021:

@AnonySchmoose Given the context provided by the poll, I feel unable to provide a succinct alternative (but that could just be a function of my currently malfunctioning brain). An alternative could be "Other, please elucidate", but that would amount to a cop out in my opinion. I love your reply to my comment, though. :)

What Does It Mean to Be Agnostic?

Tejas comments on Jul 3, 2021:

Agnosticism is knowledge Atheism is belief. The two don't relate

anglophone replies on Jul 3, 2021:

How is atheism belief?

We have a number of people on this site, like Captain_Feelgood, who persist in attacking people with...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 3, 2021:

When you throw dirt, you lose ground.

anglophone replies on Jul 3, 2021:

@Flyingsaucesir Would that be an inverted fart?

We have a number of people on this site, like Captain_Feelgood, who persist in attacking people with...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 3, 2021:

When you throw dirt, you lose ground.

anglophone replies on Jul 3, 2021:

What if you throw shit? (Apart from emulating a chimpanzee, that is.)

We have a number of people on this site, like Captain_Feelgood, who persist in attacking people with...

waitingforgodo comments on Jul 3, 2021:

There's already far too much fallacious latin here which is too tu quoque.

anglophone replies on Jul 3, 2021:

I'll see your fallacious Latin, and raise you fallacious Greek. ;)

We have a number of people on this site, like Captain_Feelgood, who persist in attacking people with...

racocn8 comments on Jul 3, 2021:

Certainly some content on this site is ennobling, but it is mostly entertainment. One can either allow themselves to be abused by others or block them. That's a choice you can make. (It is bad form, so at least it should be done artfully?).

anglophone replies on Jul 3, 2021:

My art, crude though it is, is to ignore them. They seem not to have noticed this.

Is religious belief natural or man made?

UrsiMajor comments on Jul 2, 2021:

Depends on the person. I am blessed/cursed with the gift of seeing through bs. At the ripe old age of 8, I asked a Catholic priest if he had ever performed an exorcism. Needless to say, my granddad was not amused.

anglophone replies on Jul 2, 2021:

You did not ask him if he had buggered any little boys? ;)

Goodbye "middle of the road."

LiterateHiker comments on Jul 2, 2021:

@OldMetalHead, @twill, @DenoPenno, @oldFloyd, @Mitch07102, @Julie808, @t1nick, @Unity, @Deb57, @UrsiMajor, @Larimar, @Sierra4, @HippieChick58, @mischl, @sassygirl3869, @anglophone, @bobwjr, @Jolanta, @BudFrank Goodbye, middle of the road! You don't even stand a chance. Just a slimy ...

anglophone replies on Jul 2, 2021:

@LiterateHiker Your reply highlights the deception that such people (Rethuglicans) delight in. /@sassygirl3869

Goodbye "middle of the road."

LiterateHiker comments on Jul 2, 2021:

@OldMetalHead, @twill, @DenoPenno, @oldFloyd, @Mitch07102, @Julie808, @t1nick, @Unity, @Deb57, @UrsiMajor, @Larimar, @Sierra4, @HippieChick58, @mischl, @sassygirl3869, @anglophone, @bobwjr, @Jolanta, @BudFrank Goodbye, middle of the road! You don't even stand a chance. Just a slimy ...

anglophone replies on Jul 2, 2021:

Terrible rhyming, but I love the sentiment. :)

Trump called it "A political Witch Hunt by the Radical Left Democrats" The Trump Organization and...

zeuser comments on Jul 1, 2021:

Al Capone said it was all bullshit too. He died of syphilis in a jail cell.

anglophone replies on Jul 1, 2021:

I hope Trump drowns in the cesspit of his own making.

As the Trump Tribe is Swimming in Conspiracy Theories: Why do conspiracy theories flourish?

Lorajay comments on Jul 1, 2021:

I think it's usually because the truth is too complicated to understand.

anglophone replies on Jul 1, 2021:

Too complicated, or to uncomfortable? I need to justify my position. There are people whose values clash with the values of other people. I cite the Proud Boys as an example: the idea of everybody having the same inherent worth as everybody else is anathema to every Proud Boy.

Christian Hate-Preacher Reiterates Desire to See Gay People Executed | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

KKGator comments on Jul 1, 2021:

I'd rather see criminal liars, like preachers, face execution.

anglophone replies on Jul 1, 2021:

Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest - Diderot.

Teenager Hunter Brittain Shot And Killed By Arkansas Cop

anglophone comments on Jun 29, 2021:

Psychopaths with badges are worse than psychopaths without badges.

anglophone replies on Jun 30, 2021:

@mcgeo52 I see holdenc98's reply as having nothing to do with my original comment.

Fundie Family Member: If you are an atheist you will burn in hell for all eternity.

xenoview comments on Jun 29, 2021:

Doubt they can prove there is a hell.

anglophone replies on Jun 29, 2021:

I laugh at the way mental midgets try to bring everybody else down to their own level.

I found this question on an online dating site: "Would you consider dating someone whose religion...

anglophone comments on Jun 28, 2021:

I do not relate to the world in the manner that you describe. The word "spirituality" is a noise word to me - it means nothing to me.

anglophone replies on Jun 28, 2021:

@skado I can relate to the meaning of the word "spirit" in the manner that you describe, the nearest equivalent that I can think of at the moment being "atmosphere". In terms of spirit as any form of "spiritual religious experience", or as the OP puts it, connectedness to the rest of the universe, I have a complete blank. The difference is intention. People can have intention, but the universe as a whole cannot.

This god guy ain't doing much to help find the relatives & the victims of Surfside, FloriDuh.

anglophone comments on Jun 27, 2021:

It's almost as if this god guy doesn't exist.

anglophone replies on Jun 28, 2021:

@Triphid I admit it: I stole that line from somebody else years ago.

Cannot be titled.

BirdMan1 comments on Jun 27, 2021:

"I'm ready, daddy."

anglophone replies on Jun 27, 2021:

"See that line of dampness dribbling down my inside thigh?"

I am seeing an increasing number of people interfering with aircraft flights.

linxminx comments on Jun 27, 2021:

This Forbes article talks about the increase in aggressive behavior on flights and lists 4 reasons for this happening. I think its more complex though, and what we are seeing today has been building for quite some time. ...

anglophone replies on Jun 27, 2021:

Thank you for your thoughtful comment. You have given me much to think about, and I think your words about it being more complex are accurate. I am aware of a sense of entitlement in parts of the USA, in parts of Australia and in parts of the United Kingdom. My initial guess is that anti-anxiety medication is a symptom, or manifestation, of a deeper malaise. I have been on anti-anxiety medication twice (once for three weeks, the other for 12 weeks), so I have some "lived experience" to help me understand this issue. I am only now, after nearly a decade of treatment by both physicians and psychologists, coming to grips with my own underlying psychological issues.

What benefits might there be in describing the activity of mathematics in the following terms?

Fernapple comments on Jun 26, 2021:

I thought that that was the standard way.

anglophone replies on Jun 27, 2021:

@Fernapple Ah, the logical fallacies of category error and of circular reasoning! :)

Saskatoon Catholic cathedral covered with paint after discovery of 751 unmarked graves

redhog comments on Jun 25, 2021:

I want more things like this to happen. I want these bastards to feel the heat

anglophone replies on Jun 26, 2021:

Does the burning down of Catholic churches count? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57626410

What benefits might there be in describing the activity of mathematics in the following terms?

Mcflewster comments on Jun 26, 2021:

I have never seen such simplification but I am not qualified to judge it. I am intrigued to follow this thread if I am able.

anglophone replies on Jun 26, 2021:

My post comes from having started to learn mathematics at university, and following the field ever since. Gödel's incompleteness theorems fascinate me, and having seen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeQX2HjkcNo it has given me a slightly better understanding of how there are unproveable theorems, how Hilbert's dream of having a machine that could prove everything that was true in mathematics was dashed, and where the Halting Problem ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undecidable_problem ) comes into all this.

What benefits might there be in describing the activity of mathematics in the following terms?

t1nick comments on Jun 26, 2021:

Isn't this addressed in Game Theory and Optimization Theory? Or am I misunderstanding your question?

anglophone replies on Jun 26, 2021:

It may well be addressed by Game Theory. In terms of optimisation theory, having worked for 18 years in optimisation, I do not see any connection with the question that I tried to pose. It could well be that my question is poorly phrased or ill thought out (or both). I will dig into Game Theory, and I thank you for that idea. I think @Fernapple's observation is also worthwhile looking at.

What benefits might there be in describing the activity of mathematics in the following terms?

Fernapple comments on Jun 26, 2021:

I thought that that was the standard way.

anglophone replies on Jun 26, 2021:

I started learning mathematics at university, and the students were all told about some axioms (the Axiom of Choice came later) and "all the rules of inference". Whether or not it is standard is something that is beyond me. My thinking was guided by the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry, which is geometry from which the parallel postulate is excluded. The same approach makes me wonder what would happen if one or more of the currently accepted axioms, or one or more of the currently accepted rules of inference, were similarly excluded. Yes, my thinking might at first glance seem outrageous, but I think it is worthwhile at least asking the question.

Satanists Plan to Symbolically Take Over the Bladensburg Peace Cross in Maryland | Hemant Mehta | ...

Triphid comments on Jun 26, 2021:

A symbol of Ancient Roman torture and execution, later adopted and used as a symbol of Domination over the Indigenous Peoples on other continents and held above them as they were slaughtered for supposed sins that they knew about in the first place, used also in the Inquisitions, Witch Trials and ...

anglophone replies on Jun 26, 2021:

@Triphid Or even the United $tates of Absurdity!

Satanists Plan to Symbolically Take Over the Bladensburg Peace Cross in Maryland | Hemant Mehta | ...

Triphid comments on Jun 26, 2021:

A symbol of Ancient Roman torture and execution, later adopted and used as a symbol of Domination over the Indigenous Peoples on other continents and held above them as they were slaughtered for supposed sins that they knew about in the first place, used also in the Inquisitions, Witch Trials and ...

anglophone replies on Jun 26, 2021:

Welcome to the immorality of the Church: the clerics have infested the Supreme Court of the United States of America.

Satanists Plan to Symbolically Take Over the Bladensburg Peace Cross in Maryland | Hemant Mehta | ...

MrDragon comments on Jun 26, 2021:

I can hear all the pissed off Christians now. 😆

anglophone replies on Jun 26, 2021:

I look forward to seeing and hearing all the apoplectic shrieks of outrage from fulminating Christians.

Satanists Plan to Symbolically Take Over the Bladensburg Peace Cross in Maryland | Hemant Mehta | ...

UrsiMajor comments on Jun 26, 2021:

Maybe our agnostic.com Maryland chapter needs a trip to Bladensburg.

anglophone replies on Jun 26, 2021:

Yes!

Saskatoon Catholic cathedral covered with paint after discovery of 751 unmarked graves

Sorcha comments on Jun 26, 2021:

The Catholic Church only cares about children when they are in the womb.

anglophone replies on Jun 26, 2021:

@OldMetalHead I see the Roman Catholic Church as always having one goal: the domination of every aspect of everybody's lives across the whole world. It has been using the torture and murder of its opponents for over 1,500 years to achieve that goal.

What would it take for you to believe that god is real and exists?

anglophone comments on Jun 25, 2021:

If any such dimwit asks me a question like that, my answer always leaves them mightily confused: "Falsifiable evidence to support the existence claim of your particular god.". She may have walked away from you, but she is unlikely to walk away from her own special kind of stupid.

anglophone replies on Jun 25, 2021:

@bbyrd009 I leave that problem to the person making the existence claim. Not my claim, not my circus, not my monkeys.

What would it take for you to believe that god is real and exists?

tioteo comments on Jun 25, 2021:

Fortunately she walked away. Some will stick around, never seeing the truth but trying to convince you of THEIR truth.

anglophone replies on Jun 25, 2021:

@bbyrd009 That is precisely the point. All those books are exactly as irrelevant as the Buy Bull.

What would it take for you to believe that god is real and exists?

tioteo comments on Jun 25, 2021:

Fortunately she walked away. Some will stick around, never seeing the truth but trying to convince you of THEIR truth.

anglophone replies on Jun 25, 2021:

@bbyrd009 Your failure to see my reply for what it is is not my problem. :)

Saskatoon Catholic cathedral covered with paint after discovery of 751 unmarked graves

Triphid comments on Jun 25, 2021:

Should have doused the place in more red paint than that imo. Coat it from roof to foundations in red paint and spit on EVERY Catholic Priest that enters or leaves it as well, they DESERVE NOTHING less.

anglophone replies on Jun 25, 2021:

All in the name of the Sky Daddy Arsehole, the Sky Son Arsehole and the Holy Priesthood Arseholes.

What would it take for you to believe that god is real and exists?

tioteo comments on Jun 25, 2021:

Fortunately she walked away. Some will stick around, never seeing the truth but trying to convince you of THEIR truth.

anglophone replies on Jun 25, 2021:

@bbyrd009 A Torah, a Koran, a Book of the Dead, and the Tales of Odin, Thor and Loki ( https://www.booktopia.com.au/norse-myths-tales-of-odin-thor-and-loki-kevin-crossley-holland/book/9781406361841.html )

What would it take for you to believe that god is real and exists?

HelenRoseBuck comments on Jun 25, 2021:

That look of awe and wonder! Where do you think these (fill in the blank) come from? It’s like talking to a 4-year-old. They don’t understand because they choose blind faith and the term “gawd works in mysterious ways!”

anglophone replies on Jun 25, 2021:

Yes, the universal cop-out, the adamant refusal to use their brains.

What would it take for you to believe that god is real and exists?

tioteo comments on Jun 25, 2021:

Fortunately she walked away. Some will stick around, never seeing the truth but trying to convince you of THEIR truth.

anglophone replies on Jun 25, 2021:

The following seems to be a useful formulation: "Where's your evidence?" "The Buy Bull is the claim, not the evidence." "It is trivial to show that the God of the Buy Bull cannot exist." "Your God made me an atheist. Who are you to question His wisdom?"

Saskatoon Catholic cathedral covered with paint after discovery of 751 unmarked graves

UrsiMajor comments on Jun 25, 2021:

Wow. Maybe people are starting to wake up.

anglophone replies on Jun 25, 2021:

The people in the Republic of Ireland have been waking for some decades. (And guess what, the RCC doesn't like it.)

The Catholic Church is a cult run by pedophiles for the express purpose of lording over others to ...

bookofmorons comments on Jun 24, 2021:

See the same RC pattern in orphanages, homes for unwed mother, boarding schools for the poor etc etc in communities across the globe. When challenged the RC hierarchy always circles the wagons and protects "The Church" at all costs.

anglophone replies on Jun 24, 2021:

People are cheap and expendable. It is the Roman Catholic Church as an institution that must be maintained at all costs.

The Catholic Church is a cult run by pedophiles for the express purpose of lording over others to ...

xenoview comments on Jun 24, 2021:

The RCC has covered up the child rapist and the deaths of countless native people.

anglophone replies on Jun 24, 2021:

@PadraicM Indeed they are.

The Catholic Church is a cult run by pedophiles for the express purpose of lording over others to ...

xenoview comments on Jun 24, 2021:

The RCC has covered up the child rapist and the deaths of countless native people.

anglophone replies on Jun 24, 2021:

And all in the name of their genocidal god.

What If Catholic Bishops Chose To Prevent Child Molesters From Giving Communion Instead Of ...

LenHazell53 comments on Jun 20, 2021:

There would be an immediate shortage of efficacious catholic clerics

anglophone replies on Jun 22, 2021:

"efficacious catholic clerics" - are there or have there ever been any?

QAnon Already Has 19 Candidates Running for Congress in 2022. [vice.com]

yvilletom comments on Jun 21, 2021:

A nickel says no more than four will win.

anglophone replies on Jun 21, 2021:

@barjoe Those QAnoners put me in mind of "Make America Go Away MAGA".

What can I tell my mother whose mother just passed away?

Sticks48 comments on Jun 20, 2021:

What helped me during these times was talking about something else as a distraction. When I was alone with my thoughts I would go through that heart breaking grief. Time away from those thoughts were always appreciated. I am truly sorry for your family's loss.

anglophone replies on Jun 20, 2021:

"Time away from those thoughts" - you put it most excellent well.

[thethings.

Holysocks comments on Jun 20, 2021:

Murka is a giant pasture. When you fill it full of cows, there's one guranteed result.

anglophone replies on Jun 20, 2021:

@Holysocks LOL!. That Murka needs to be made great Again tells me all I need to know about it. ;) @Secretguy

[thethings.

Holysocks comments on Jun 20, 2021:

Murka is a giant pasture. When you fill it full of cows, there's one guranteed result.

anglophone replies on Jun 20, 2021:

That result being ... shit from border to border and raving lunatics in charge of the asylum!

Who believes in life after death

DenoPenno comments on Jun 19, 2021:

Why does this question seem to worry everyone?

anglophone replies on Jun 20, 2021:

@misterinvisible That's MAD! ;)

Why do you identify as being agnostic?

anglophone comments on Jun 19, 2021:

I am not agnostic. I am gnostic that nobody has ever produced any falsifiable evidence to support the existence claims of any those entities.

anglophone replies on Jun 19, 2021:

@bbyrd009 I enjoy the company here.

Is being a Trump supporter a deal breaker for you?

Willow_Wisp comments on Jun 18, 2021:

My bar is far higher than your question. In fact I’m not sure someone willing to date me is good enough to associate with TBH.

anglophone replies on Jun 18, 2021:

@LiterateHiker To Be Honest.

Tony Perkins: Liberals Want to Toss Anti-LGBTQ Christians Into a “Fiery Furnace” | Hemant Mehta ...

Triphid comments on Jun 17, 2021:

Someone, anyone, any where PLEASE slap him repeatedly and as harshly as humanly possible about the head and shoulders with a soggy, wet, rotting Haddock until either his brain starts working or his jaw is knocked so loose from his head that it leaves him completely.

anglophone replies on Jun 17, 2021:

@GeorgeRocheleau Yes, that's the one!

Tony Perkins: Liberals Want to Toss Anti-LGBTQ Christians Into a “Fiery Furnace” | Hemant Mehta ...

rainmanjr comments on Jun 16, 2021:

I'm convinced we should, for strategic reasons, show love and affection as the parent of a wayward child would but have a strong narrative to offer in reply.

anglophone replies on Jun 16, 2021:

I have yet to find any narrative that can penetrate the shell of willful ignorance in which such people embed themselves.

Tony Perkins: Liberals Want to Toss Anti-LGBTQ Christians Into a “Fiery Furnace” | Hemant Mehta ...

anglophone comments on Jun 16, 2021:

Why toss anti-LGBTQ Christians into a fiery furnace? I can think something far worse: forcing them to learn compassion and to use their brains.

anglophone replies on Jun 16, 2021:

@Notlost And as @Barnie2years has so accurately observed, it is a lost cause.

This Teacher Had the Perfect Response After Visiting a Canadian Creation Museum | Hemant Mehta | ...

KateOahu comments on Jun 16, 2021:

Perfect response. But one wonders why anyone would visit in the first place.

anglophone replies on Jun 16, 2021:

I would visit such a place just for the laughs. (Yes, there is a nasty part of my personality that enjoys ridiculing such willful ignorance.)

21 Republicans vote against awarding medals to police who defended Capitol on Jan. 6 | TheHill

DenoPenno comments on Jun 16, 2021:

Could that be because these 21 Republicans wanted the insurrection of January 6th to succeed? I wonder.

anglophone replies on Jun 16, 2021:

I do not wonder. I am quite convinced that they wanted the insurrection to succeed.

21 Republicans vote against awarding medals to police who defended Capitol on Jan. 6 | TheHill

xenoview comments on Jun 15, 2021:

If people would only not vote for them in 22.

anglophone replies on Jun 16, 2021:

That would require those voters to use their brains, and I very much doubt their willingness to do that.

The corrupt Donald Trump tried to corrupt the Department of Justice: [abc.net.au]

mcgeo52 comments on Jun 15, 2021:

In some cases he did far more than try.

anglophone replies on Jun 15, 2021:

Well, he did get Congress stormed by the mob. Perhaps he was trying to reproduce the storming of the Bastille?

Is macromastia a case of having too much of a good thing?

KateOahu comments on Jun 15, 2021:

Never having to suffer this, I cannot give first-hand comment, but I know more than one women who had bust reduction surgery, in order to improve their posture and reduce back pain. Also, good supporting brassieres, especially for large-breasted women are extremely expensive. Quite frankly, women ...

anglophone replies on Jun 15, 2021:

Thanks for your comment the expense of decent brassieres for large-breasted women. I had missed that point.

Is macromastia a case of having too much of a good thing?

barjoe comments on Jun 15, 2021:

Titillating. Never too much!

anglophone replies on Jun 15, 2021:

Disagree.

Nearly Half of Australians Ages 18-24 Don’t Trust Religious Leaders “At All” | Hemant Mehta | ...

MrDragon comments on Jun 14, 2021:

I can't say that I blame them one bit, they don't exactly have a greatest track record.

anglophone replies on Jun 14, 2021:

The messages of nuns murdering babies and torturing women and of priests buggering and torturing boys are finally having their effects on the general population.

Christian Mommy Blogger Blames Recent Protests on the “Perversion of Humanity” | Beth ...

KKGator comments on Jun 13, 2021:

I would dearly love to have a face-to-face conversation with that woman on a wide selection of topics.

anglophone replies on Jun 13, 2021:

@Redheadedgammy Hear! Hear!

Christian Mommy Blogger: The Goal of Feminists is “Destroying Monogamy” | Beth Stoneburner | ...

anglophone comments on Jun 11, 2021:

I see her as a dangerous arrogant willfully ignorant bitch.

anglophone replies on Jun 12, 2021:

@Charlene Thanks. @holdenc98's derogatory intent was quite clear to me, and I note his subsequent failure to define his use of the word "progressive" in that context, despite my "please and thank you" to him.

Christian Mommy Blogger: The Goal of Feminists is “Destroying Monogamy” | Beth Stoneburner | ...

anglophone comments on Jun 11, 2021:

I see her as a dangerous arrogant willfully ignorant bitch.

anglophone replies on Jun 11, 2021:

@holdenc98 Please define "progressive" in this context. TIA.

I am so sick of Facebook and their censorship.

wordywalt comments on Jun 11, 2021:

I would say that you earned the censorship.

anglophone replies on Jun 11, 2021:

The post puts me in mind of the oomigooly bird.

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skado comments on Jun 10, 2021:

Regardless of whether we see the reality we live in as controlled by a sentient being or by the impersonal forces of nature, we all have to decide if we are going to be grateful for what good we have, or bitter for our losses.

anglophone replies on Jun 10, 2021:

@bbyrd009 Try Sweden: https://sweden.se/life/society/religion-in-sweden . Even though what it says in that article about Australia, Australia's Prime Minister is a raging religious nutcase. That the Buy Bull condemns condemns religion strikes me as hilarious. Thanks for the tip. :)

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skado comments on Jun 10, 2021:

Regardless of whether we see the reality we live in as controlled by a sentient being or by the impersonal forces of nature, we all have to decide if we are going to be grateful for what good we have, or bitter for our losses.

anglophone replies on Jun 10, 2021:

@skado The idea of needing religion to function as a normal person vexes me greatly.

Nathaniel Veltman Christian terrorist? Why did he kill Muslim family?

anglophone comments on Jun 10, 2021:

He clearly has no feelings for other people. The fact that he killed in cold blood makes him a dangerous psychopath. If it had been a family of African-Americans I think he would have killed them instead.

anglophone replies on Jun 10, 2021:

@barjoe Your points are very well made.

Marjorie Taylor Greene slams virus research: 'I don't believe in evolution, I believe in God' - ...

creative51 comments on Jun 9, 2021:

I would like to comment, but words escape me when it comes to MTG.

anglophone replies on Jun 9, 2021:

P.S. I see her as emblematic of everything that is wrong with the United $tates of Absurdity.

Marjorie Taylor Greene slams virus research: 'I don't believe in evolution, I believe in God' - ...

creative51 comments on Jun 9, 2021:

I would like to comment, but words escape me when it comes to MTG.

anglophone replies on Jun 9, 2021:

Please feel free to recycle my words.

The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.

anglophone comments on Jun 9, 2021:

And the Danes gave us cupcakes and the Yankees gave us Donald Trump and Trish Regan.

anglophone replies on Jun 9, 2021:

@GeorgeRocheleau Damn! Should we drop those exports from the U$A in the mid-Atlantic trench?

The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.

oldFloyd comments on Jun 9, 2021:

I always thought the Scots came up with them by themselves so they can piss off the British more. 🤔

anglophone replies on Jun 9, 2021:

The English have claimed that the bagpipes are a weapon of war inventing by the Scots. On a slightly more serious note, my limited understanding tells me that both the Irish and the Scots have had bagpipes for centuries, though each country has its own design.

This virus this was most likely artificial and nothing in nature has seen anything like this before,...

Krish55 comments on Jun 8, 2021:

Big assumption there about the virus being artificial.

anglophone replies on Jun 8, 2021:

Agreed, it is a claim made but nothing by way of supporting evidence is offered.

Gödel Says God Exists and Proves It | Mind Matters

xenoview comments on Jun 7, 2021:

Must be a human error in the math.

anglophone replies on Jun 8, 2021:

It's far more serious than that. See my comment above.

Gödel Says God Exists and Proves It | Mind Matters

OldMetalHead comments on Jun 8, 2021:

His "proof" makes a load of assumptions it doesn't prove.

anglophone replies on Jun 8, 2021:

Precisely.

Canada is coming to grips with its genocide of Native Americans, now it is time for the Catholic ...

anglophone comments on Jun 5, 2021:

Remember Tuam.

anglophone replies on Jun 7, 2021:

@Triphid So you are human after all! :)

Canada is coming to grips with its genocide of Native Americans, now it is time for the Catholic ...

anglophone comments on Jun 5, 2021:

Remember Tuam.

anglophone replies on Jun 6, 2021:

@Triphid Uh-huh. Thanks for that background information, revolt though it is.

Canada is coming to grips with its genocide of Native Americans, now it is time for the Catholic ...

anglophone comments on Jun 5, 2021:

Remember Tuam.

anglophone replies on Jun 5, 2021:

@phoenixone1 The same question occurred to me.

France Mila affair: Thirteen on trial over online abuse

xenoview comments on Jun 3, 2021:

Thirteen on trial over threats against French teen who slammed Islam on social media https://www.france24.com/en/france/20210603-thirteen-on-trial-over-threats-against-french-teen-who-slammed-islam-on-social-media

anglophone replies on Jun 3, 2021:

Thanks for the link.

France Mila affair: Thirteen on trial over online abuse

DenoPenno comments on Jun 3, 2021:

I see this as serious and also as absolute ridiculousness. Why would anyone take an image of anything as a reason to murder someone?

anglophone replies on Jun 3, 2021:

Answer because they are a religious fanatic, of which Islam seems to have more than its fair share.

Who would have thought that one man trying to avoid prosecution could dangerously divide this ...

TheDoubter comments on Jun 2, 2021:

all good comments. there was always a pile of combustible fuel. Trump tossed a match onto the pile

anglophone replies on Jun 3, 2021:

And he denies having tossed that match.

Who would have thought that one man trying to avoid prosecution could dangerously divide this ...

RobertNappi2 comments on Jun 2, 2021:

trump gave his followers the green light to bring their hate and prejudice to the surface. It was already there

anglophone replies on Jun 3, 2021:

Very well said.

Hat Shop Owner Backtracks After Promoting Star of David “Not Vaccinated” Patches | Beth ...

OldMetalHead comments on Jun 2, 2021:

If one wants to be able to take public transit (including air travel) or go to public events, I think vaccination should be mandatory. The antisemitism is bad enough, but further propagating the vaccine myths seems even more harmful.

anglophone replies on Jun 2, 2021:

There are not many people upon whom I would wish Covid-19, but she is one of them.

Pope revises laws on priest sexual abuse. Too little too late or he waited until the time was right?

Lauren comments on Jun 1, 2021:

I don't believe there's any rational reason to have delayed prosecuting priests save the church's ability to protect them, so it's hard for me to consider this progress in a positive light. It's possibly the very least they can do to show they're battling the evil within as the walls start crumbling...

anglophone replies on Jun 2, 2021:

The Republic of Ireland has been taking something of a lead in consigning the Church of the Pope to the rubbish bin of history.

20 Countries That Hate Tourists From The United States

anglophone comments on Jun 1, 2021:

The number one reason for the British avoiding the USA like the plague: British visitors to the USA being told "For a foreigner, you speak English very well.".

anglophone replies on Jun 1, 2021:

@powder LOL! I spent some time in France and I was sometimes accused of being English. Everything changed when I pointed out that I was "un Australien".

Pope revises laws on priest sexual abuse. Too little too late or he waited until the time was right?

KateOahu comments on Jun 1, 2021:

“ Pope Francis on Tuesday issued the most extensive revision to Catholic Church law in four decades, insisting that bishops take action against clerics who abuse minors and vulnerable adults, commit fraud or attempt to ordain women. ” Oh yeah, fraud or attempting to ordain women are SO ...

anglophone replies on Jun 1, 2021:

He is part of a rotting and rotten edifice that needs to come crashing down to the ground.

That always made me crazy.

anglophone comments on May 29, 2021:

"Your god is a genocidal maniac and you are a pair of ignorant fools."

anglophone replies on May 29, 2021:

@UrsiMajor I was gentler with the last pair of Morons that knocked on my door: I merely pointed out their logical fallacy of special pleading for their particular god. They ran away as fast as their legs could carry them, and they have never returned.

That always made me crazy.

BestWithoutGods comments on May 29, 2021:

That was me, when I was a Moron (oops, Mormon) missionary. Ugh.

anglophone replies on May 29, 2021:

And then you wised up. :)

Is gender assigned at birth or is it learned through nurturing and environment?

linxminx comments on May 29, 2021:

Culture assigns gender at birth based on the reproductive organs. If culture never assigned boy to one, and girl to another, and instead stated, "You have a healthy baby!", and that child grows up without any indication or pressure to "act like a boy" or "act like a girl" then gender remains ...

anglophone replies on May 29, 2021:

@Sgt_Spanky Try Los Angeles or Brighton.

After Elections, New Chairman of Isle of Wight Council Nixes Invocation Prayers | Hemant Mehta | ...

xenoview comments on May 29, 2021:

The chairman could be a secular person, and maybe atheist

anglophone replies on May 29, 2021:

Read the article. It says that the chair is atheist.

Please describe allah with few words.

DenoPenno comments on May 27, 2021:

Gimme them used women. I want one who knows what she is doing.

anglophone replies on May 27, 2021:

One well practiced whore beats 72 virgins every fucking time.

Well, the Send-Off for "Young Jack" went really well yesterday.

KateOahu comments on May 26, 2021:

<—- Wonders why this is the first time she has heard of “young Jack”, the cabinet makers, and town.

anglophone replies on May 26, 2021:

It is well worth while following @Triphid. He portrays outback Australia magnificently.

Trump tells court he has ‘absolute immunity’ over January 6 [independent.

Willow_Wisp comments on May 26, 2021:

So Trump: I’m allowed to do the crime in question if I wanted to but I didn’t do it. You’ll have to talk to the people responsible but I can’t tell you who they are because I’m too busy doing important things to be involved. This is all just a witch hunt by Democrats. Everything is ...

anglophone replies on May 26, 2021:

The sooner the Tangerine Turd gets banged up for all his egregious behaviour towards his fellow citizens (and others!) the better.

If someone has already posted this, sorry for the repeated info.

bobwjr comments on May 25, 2021:

The religious beliefs are a main source of hate and prejudice

anglophone replies on May 25, 2021:

@Gwendolyn2018 Your point about hate and prejudice is extremely well put.

Are you ready to be raptured by aliens, or possibly abducted by Jesus?

Willow_Wisp comments on May 25, 2021:

Don't get me wrong, I'm in a "Stop the world, I want to get off" mood.

anglophone replies on May 25, 2021:

Your post https://agnostic.com/discussion/598067/they-say-dont-talk-with-an-infp-thats-experiencing-an-existential-crisis-thats-exactly-what-i-a comes to mind.

God and Narcisisism

bbyrd009 comments on May 23, 2021:

i guess if you mean cult of sol invictus--what Christianity has turned into--then ya. But i'm seeing plenty of evidence that that wasn't what was intended, and there is (obviously) a better path, delineated in the bible, imo anyway "The best cure for Christianity is reading the Bible" SClemens

anglophone replies on May 23, 2021:

Also: “Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.” - Isaac Asimov.

MAGA: Make the Asshole Grovel to America

LucyLoohoo comments on May 22, 2021:

On hands and knees, with his fat ass up in the air!

anglophone replies on May 22, 2021:

With his fat *naked* ass up in the air, the better with which to bugger him.

BREAKING NEWS! FFRF wins lawsuit against praying Texas judge. [ffrf.org]

kiramea comments on May 22, 2021:

I lived in Conroe for more than 10 years. The entire law enforcement is corrupt as hell but believe they are the best Christians ever.

anglophone replies on May 22, 2021:

@kiramea Yikes!

Some men appear to be terrified of menstrual blood, and I fail to understand why.

MsAl comments on May 22, 2021:

Not to be scared of but I'm not on board totally with the proud of my blood crowd either... Its anything else that come out down their. Natural and nothing to be ashamed of. But kinda gross to see other people's.

anglophone replies on May 22, 2021:

@MsAl She is a very feisty woman who knows her own mind, and she has an issue with misogynists. (Don't all thinking women have issues with misogyny?) Thanks for sharing your experience as a nurse aid.

This is interesting.

LenHazell53 comments on May 21, 2021:

Christians are fanatical about not thinking about sex, especially not the naughty bits of of "Holy" people. I once heard a catholic monk's talk about Glorification, the raising of the dead on the day of judgment in perfected form. In the Q & A section someone asked exactly what a perfected body ...

anglophone replies on May 22, 2021:

Holy people: shit-holy, vagina-holy, mouth-holy, pisser-holy, ear-holy, sniffer-holy, naughty-bits-holy. (Sorry, I have had more than enough of these lunatics, so I gave way to that flight of fancy.)

Some men appear to be terrified of menstrual blood, and I fail to understand why.

MsAl comments on May 22, 2021:

Not to be scared of but I'm not on board totally with the proud of my blood crowd either... Its anything else that come out down their. Natural and nothing to be ashamed of. But kinda gross to see other people's.

anglophone replies on May 22, 2021:

Funny you should say that. A woman of my acquaintance uses her gynecology, including her endometriosis, as a weapon against men who abuse her.

Some men appear to be terrified of menstrual blood, and I fail to understand why.

Fernapple comments on May 22, 2021:

Sadly some of it may still be a Hang over from the beliefs of the Abrahamic religions, which regarded women as tainted, by Eves sin. And saw menstruation as Gods punishment, and proof that females are unclean. Fortunately very few sects still practice the old ritual of, confining women to a special ...

anglophone replies on May 22, 2021:

Thank you. I had not thought of it that way. What you write makes a lot of sense.

BREAKING NEWS! FFRF wins lawsuit against praying Texas judge. [ffrf.org]

kiramea comments on May 22, 2021:

I lived in Conroe for more than 10 years. The entire law enforcement is corrupt as hell but believe they are the best Christians ever.

anglophone replies on May 22, 2021:

I thought corruption was part of the Christian tradition. The police in Western Australia and in New South Wales were corrupted for decades by the God Mob.

Some men appear to be terrified of menstrual blood, and I fail to understand why.

Sticks48 comments on May 22, 2021:

Never bothered me. I have had sex many times with women during their period and got my "red wings" in my late 20s. It has been quite awhile as the women I have been with in the last couple of decades are well past that part of their lives.

anglophone replies on May 22, 2021:

Thanks. That is what I take to be a normal and common sense approach.