Strega

Lol @bellerose that’s the irony of it really.  You can imagine being able to say,”told you so” whereas conversely, an atheist cannot.  Wouldn’t it be funny if I could imagine saying that, when I’m firmly of the opinion that we simply return ‘to dust’ and that no religious person will ever ‘find out’ that they were wrong.

If it were all true, I would gallop away on my tame unicorn and go live with the Fronkeys in Reg’s back yard.  We would feast on rainbow loaves and cuddle with the flying elephants that visited.

@bellerose it’s funny you should pick the deaf one.  My granddaughter is deaf and as a result we have done quite a lot of research on the subject.  Most interestingly, those people who have never had hearing, dream in sign language!  Those who have had hearing but lost it, still dream in the audio language that they can no longer hear when aw…[Read more]

@bellerose you’re saying you can’t describe what it would FEEL like to be on a desert island.  You are not confused as to what a desert island is.  The equivalent is that you cannot describe what it FEELS like to believe in god.  It doesn’t absolve the need for an understanding as to what god is.

@Bellerose. Love is an emotion.  Not a ‘thing’.  A response to a ‘thing’ perhaps, but not a ‘thing’.   I do not want to quote others who have defined love far better than I have, in terms of its evidence.  Richard Dawkins wrote a letter to his very young (at that time) daughter covering exactly that.  It’s not the point. Emotions are our reac…[Read more]

@bellerose in the interest of clarity could you give some other examples of things that cannot be defined?  I realize you are referring to a deity, but I’m asking what other, non deity related things cannot be defined.

@bellerose. I noted you are unclear as to what can and can’t be quoted from the Bible, and it’s a fair point.  I’ll try to clarify a bit.

If you want to quote a verse to discuss its content, feel free to do so.  If there’s a huge chunk of verse, a hotlink is preferred.  A huge chunk is usually not for the purpose of discussing its content ho…[Read more]

@jakelafort. If you have a problem with a poster, please take it up in private message.  Leave the chastising to the mods.  We are much more effective.

I sent a message to the Hemmingway Cat Hotel just before the hurricanes hit them, to ask if there was anything I could do to help.  They responded “include us in your prayers”

WTF?  If I was a prayerette, I’d already have done that, but the automatic assumption that I had a direct line to god was jaw dropping.  I politely replied, “not really re…[Read more]

I think the prime directive applied to other races or entities, not humans in a different culture.  On the tribe front, that’s a whole separate debate. That is humans making decisions over other humans.  Their way of life is going to have to catch up some day – it would be wrong to try to trap them like flies in amber.

I’d do it because I’d never know the outcome.  If “I” died instantly believing I was fine, so what?  I’d never know.  The new “me” could trundle along until the next transportation when I/We would be replaced again.  Even the aging process would continue.  Sort of like a relay race with a Strega baton.

edited to add:- it’s the same thing real…[Read more]

@bellerose I’ve globe trotted a fair bit in my life and have spent time with indigenous tribes around the planet.  They are indeed very grounded, and in touch with ‘mother earth’ having practically no carbon footprint.

They live in the moment- they don’t plan ahead further than the next meal.  Life is very fragile, there is little to no m…[Read more]

Not yet, my friend, we are working on it!

Hey hey @greyfoot long time, my friend 🙂

“The conversation came to an end shortly after I asked him why the hell he was wasting his time working, when he could join the welfare recipients and have a better life.”

That made me laugh out loud!

I’d say it was abusing the system for personal gain.

@davis Hedonism has always appealed