Dave

  • D replied to the topic The result of my biopsy is in and… in the forum Small Talk 5 years ago

    I do not know a single doctor who doesn’t recommend a good diet for improving health and especially serious conditions. After my kidney problems, my diet change really made ALL the difference in my improvement. Myths about super vegetables or super fruits is one thing. But a good diet without eating shit will improve anyone’s health. European…[Read more]

  • Thanks, Reg!!!

  • D replied to the topic After death what? in the forum Small Talk 5 years ago

    Thanks unseen. Maybe we should all pray one day at the same time and maybe God will interfere with his already determined divine plan and make us all immortal!

  • D replied to the topic After death what? in the forum Small Talk 5 years ago

    I just found out this week that I may need to undergo an operation in the future which has a 3% mortality rate within one year. I think that 3 out of a 100 chances is not negligible. A 10% chance of a serious illness is harsh unseen. I’m sorry to hear that. My fingers are crossed (which is useless, but less useless than thoughts and prayers).

  • Strega replied to the topic Sunday School 25th July 2021 in the forum Group logo of Sunday SchoolSunday School 5 years ago

    Thanks, Reg!

  • No doubt there is more violence in the Bible, and a larger amount of very graphic descriptions of cruelty and horror. They are both awful immoral books that cursed humanity from the day they were penned. The Quran however, is an endless repetitive cycle, you have the feeling you are being smacked on the head with a rolled up newspaper with…[Read more]

  • I read through the Quran when I was younger (I read a lot of Holy Books) and before I realised the general horror of the history of religion and power structures, I read all these holy books more as bizarre cultural artefacts rather than what they are (books of utter endless terror). I’ve been contributing to an annotated holy book project. While…[Read more]

  • D replied to the topic Are they all just grifters? in the forum Small Talk 5 years ago

    As I’ve said before the article does enter into hyperbole…but it is not an unreasonable piece over all and many of the critiques against them are reasonable. It is painful to see heroes in a bad light.

    As for Enco I’ve seen these tropes a thousand times. Response: You don’t save western civilisation by supporting policies like racial profiling…[Read more]

  • D replied to the topic Are they all just grifters? in the forum Small Talk 5 years ago

    It’s okay Jake. When someone keeps recycling the same tired nonsense, at some point you just got to start ignoring it.

  • D replied to the topic England football in the forum Small Talk 5 years, 1 month ago

    Scottish people were dancing in the street now that England lost. It’s hilarious. To be honest, the way English fans were booing the Italians during the penalties, I don’t feel sorry for them in the slightest. England foot ball fans are such an embarrassment.

  • Thanks, Reg!

  • D started the topic England football in the forum Small Talk 5 years, 1 month ago

    So I’m walking down the street in Edinburgh and England is playing Denmark. I hear a roar of cheers coming from several pubs. I check the score and it is England 0-1 Denmark. The Scottish fans in all the pubs/bars on that street are absolutely ecstatic than whatever opponent England is playing has scored. Mind you…this is in Edinburgh which…[Read more]

  • D replied to the topic Are they all just grifters? in the forum Small Talk 5 years, 1 month ago

    I would personally avoid the term “people/persons of colour” myself. I understand where both of you are coming from, but I recognise that a word can carry historical baggage with it even if in the use of the word the speaker never meant to convey that baggage. We see that kind of thing when people use the term “spiritual” (we have had many…[Read more]

  • D replied to the topic Are they all just grifters? in the forum Small Talk 5 years, 1 month ago

    It should also be pointed out (because often the obvious has to be pointed out) that calling out the more slimey behaviour of some of these guys is not the same thing as calling them evil or saying that they haven’t made significant and important contributions to humanism. We owe most of these people an enormous amount of gratitude for helping…[Read more]

  • D replied to the topic Are they all just grifters? in the forum Small Talk 5 years, 1 month ago

    being held accountable can feel like an injustice, even though the exact opposite is the case.

    Yes Reg. That line stuck out for me too. A perfect summary of how even progressive people can become regressive people with victim complexes.

  • D replied to the topic Are they all just grifters? in the forum Small Talk 5 years, 1 month ago

    I am with Robert more or less on this. Some of the depictions of the New Atheists are absolutely spot on. I would say of all of them the hyperbole is most extreme with Dawkins. He has unrepentedly said some stupid shit but it is ridiculous to lump him in with the bigger sleazebags of the bunch. I would say Sam Harris is a borderline case.…[Read more]

  • The how Adults get Indoctrinated led to a youtube watching spree on that guys channel (I avoid youtube watching sprees at all costs but some of his videos are extremely insightful). Highly recommended watching his channel.

  • Thanks Reg!!

  • While not a systematic study I can recommend Farley Mowat’s “People of the Deer”. He spent considerable time with Inuit Canadians as their lives were slowly being interrupted by Canadian interventionism, economic exploitation and general indifference. It is a very beautiful, emotional and tragic read.

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