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@Reg

Good post, and on the money I think.

Over the years I have been stunned at how differently people, even in the same sect, describe their god.Even more, how much the understanding of doctrine differs. EG whilst in the army, I had a discussion with one of my mates. He was adamant that Catholicism teaches reincarnation.

Happy clappers…[Read more]

They did well to ignore the ignorant cunt

There is a popular  myth that Aussies have finely tuned gaydar.

Being still a very homophobic country, it’s probably more a mater of some people suspecting everyone as gay until they prove otherwise.

I seem to remember there were a lot of lesbians around when I was a teen. I  would go to  a 60/40 dance and ask a girl to dance. I was turned do…[Read more]

@Ivy

Well, I’m stunned. Can’t  imagine how hard that must have been for him. I’m in no position to judge him, or anyone else.

Few people ever change that much. I’m left wondering what on earth happened in the guy’s life?  An epiphany of some kind.(?) A visit by the holy spirit perhaps ?

If his previous views were held in god faith, he has n…[Read more]

Sorry to hear about Krauss. I love his lecture explaining how something (IE the universe) CAN come from nothing.

However, I do not ascribe any  human/moral qualities to him because he’s a scientist.  To do so would be to commit a basic logical fallacy . Viz; argument  from authority. This is fine within his discipline, where he has expert kn…[Read more]

@_Robert_

Not just economic poverty. I believe education is the magic bullet for poverty and ignorance. However,I understand it’s pretty hard to get decent education if you have to work at a subsistence  level  to survive. Traditionally ,I understand that to refer especially to coal mining in say  Kentucky and Tennessee and to share cr…[Read more]

@Reg;  yes, that’s the chap.

At 12, my conscience hadn’t fully developed. EG I could  finally understand it wasn’t Ok to hit that guy I disliked with half a house brick. However, still had a problem grasping the notion of honesty.

So, if I wanted something, if possible, I would steal it and then go to confession. I was about 12 and a half wh…[Read more]

@_Robert_

Was he the one who blubbered on TV saying he’d  sinned?

Yair,  together  they  certainly constitute  a cautionary tale, on several levels.

Yet people in the US still insist on giving such parasites money they can often ill afford. Even to that shining example who explained why he needs a private jet. Apparently God doesn’t spea…[Read more]

@_Robert_

Wasn’t there a nasty scandal with the Bakker’s? Don’t really, care, I consider televangelists as a species to be parasites.

@Davis

The rough Aussie   parallels to Us political parties are The Liberals (Conservatives) and Labor  (centre).The Australian Labor party was founded as the political arm of the Trade Union Movement. Even wa…[Read more]

” I burn my candle at both ends,

It will not last the night.

But ah my foes,  and ah my friends,

it gives a lovely light” (Edna St VincentMillay)

If you haven’t seen it, I recommend seeing Rutger in “Escape from Sorbibor” . A true story of The Holocaust

To vegans:

1. When you pick, i.e. an apple, does the tree or the apple feel pain?

2. When you bite into a freshly-picked, i.e. apple, does it feel pain?

Your evidence, please.

Indeed;

There was a faith healer of Beale

Who said, although pain isn’t real,

When I sit on a pin,

and it punctures my skin,

I dislike what I fancy I…[Read more]

@Davis

Geez, that sounds disgusting.Glad I haven’t wasted any time watching it. I have far too much good gear to watch on Netflix.

Doesn’t surprise me smart girls would watch it; a guilty pleasure.(?)  They may also enjoy feeling superior.  In reality, I suspect the attraction for many is a solid feeling of schadenfreude.

@Ivy

Here’s ‘s a link to the article:

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/love-island-curtis-family-counselling_uk_5d35836be4b004b6adb27501?utm_hp_ref=uk-homepage

“I flatly refuse to watch any of these types of show. I don’t think playing with a person’s emotions needs to be made into cheap tv programming for the brainless.”

Amen. That’s why I asked; I haven’t seen it.

My concern is that something is very wrong when participants begin killing themselves. Easy to disapprove, much harder to think of som…[Read more]

@_Robert_

Yeah, herbs are a fascinating area of interest.

I never grew anything illegal; I’m allergic; weed makes me vomit and then hallucinate.

Yeah, I understand about staying drunk. When working I functioned. After I retired I managed to stay sozzled for about 3 years. Got sober in 2002, and have stayed that way. A real pity, because I…[Read more]

@_Robert_

I envy you. Have grown herbs successfully a couple of times. First time was in using an entire back yard for growing herbs. We had a total of 60, some medicinal, majority were culinary, with a few medicinal and practical. My then wife did thing such as spinning, dying and knitting, making paper and soap. Each year I received…[Read more]

@_Robert_

Meat and booze. Bread  and circuses. Although I think our circus is the inane triviality of   TV, to which I’m addicted.

For many years, I have expected the future to be more like ‘A Brave New World’  than ‘1984’. Might be wrong.

.Trump? A Nero who fiddles while Rome burns?. In our case Rome may be a civil war in the US, or simp…[Read more]