G'day is an Australian greeting. Australia is often called OZ, hence my use of 'OZ speak.' Bonza is another Australian slang word used to exclaim that...
I know I cant change you mind regarding the Banzai charge but would you agree that it is not highly respected or valued with military strategists. I h...
I like Oz speak. I definitely prefer "Bonza!" to the fanatical Japanese scream of "Banzai," during there infamous futile bayonet charges in WW 2. I th...
I understand this apathy, when facing tasks/changes which seem insurmountable BUT, an old comparator is what kind of general responses do you think yo...
The humans who are still here. Once they have got their act together of course. Until then, your concerns are justified but we will get there a lot qu...
You have the freedom to engage in this kind of personal conceptualisation. To me, it seems that you are just employing a 'god of the gaps' approach. I...
I can only suggest that addiction to collecting and storing money is the culprit in such cases and probably an obsession with 'maintaining a presence ...
That's one of the politest ways of saying 'if you take the bible as literal truth then you are rather backwards, a bit like the Taliban,' that I have ...
What happens during heart transplants? Is the code the same in every heart, what about the future of heart replacement such as described below: Patien...
Yep, I have often wondered why humans have to learn how to speak, read, write etc and LEARN about god posits. How come we don't know about god from bi...
I found this conception of the extra dimensions proposed in string theory, 'graspable.' Its from the physics stack exchange. Take an 2D antlike entity...
Holy F***! but please post a picture of your mouth in a sling and your jaw in crutches. I think such an image could be just the image I want to post i...
Surely any technically competent god could make a personal appearance in front of all of us at the same time and tell us its story in every language r...
Three questions: I recently lost a prosthetic testicle in a pizza shop, how big was the item you bit down on? What exactly is a motherf*****? Is a hol...
Your head will be in a good place when you cross over, I guarantee it! But live out your life in full. How about TPF member @"Ken Edwards" in his 90's...
I am not sure you would settle for such a situation Athena. We all need help to care for ourselves sometimes. Have you not cared for many others in yo...
I was watching Sean Carroll's monthly podcast 'ask me anything september' and he was answering a question about 'Constructor theory.' I had not heard ...
Sounds a reasonable scenario. I would suggest the following possibilities. 1. He was (unknown to his friends and family) part of a sect whose leader d...
I think I was about 8 when I asked my father why he smoked and could I try it. He handed me the cigarette and told me to take a draw and inhale deeply...
Many people kill themselves and give no warning and leave no note so who knows what their reasons were. It would have to be really bizarre thinking to...
Would it be a better world if all global competition was restricted to who can make the best fish supper? But for me, a single issue would remain. Can...
It seems to me that you are suggesting that a virus has no inherent purpose. I don't think it matters much, when it comes to inherent purpose, whether...
There is a line from a Johnny Cash song 'Folsom Prison Blues,' "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.' https://youtu.be/AeZRYhLDLeU Is the story...
Does the 'something really cool could happen and you will miss it,' not do anything for you? I am always amazed by some of the cases of people I have ...
Some like to schop till they drop. :roll: The full variety of music offers much more than personal interpretations of the musings of any single musici...
People change, good people can go bad and demand that you use your promised loyalty, your bushido/samurai based loyalty/devotion to act like a ninja /...
Experiencing the good in life, nurturing it, helping others experience it and adding to it, negates any need to face such sad dilemma's as should a pe...
Loyalty can be very very misplaced and those who feel strong or even manic devotion are easy meat for a secretly nasty leader to manipulate. How would...
A definition of the term 'will to power.' Will to Power is the first force that makes events happen. It is the internal will, which creates the need f...
Would you say that the purpose of a virus is to replicate or to make humans ill or both? Does a virus therefore have a purpose or perhaps even an inte...
:up: I'm glad you approve. You are correct, I cant but I will continue to insist that we would all benefit from doing so in the long term. I am no mor...
:lol: Yeah ok, I catch yer drift! 'am no even in it so ah cannae even win it by ra way' (the lotto that is, I tend to type in Scots dialect when I am ...
William Cowper(1731-1800) was almost correct in his hymm 'God Works In Mysterious Ways His Wonders to Peform.' He should have wrote: 'Money works in h...
No, I don't see any contradictions in what I am typing. If you do then you need to clearly exemplify. Political election can give a person access to a...
Artemis 1, about to launch in around 1 hour! :clap: People back on the moon 2-3 years from now. Is a moon base going to be a reality within the next X...
I don't want to be rich. If I had access to an excessive amount of resources then I would get a lot of joy using it to improve the lives of as many pe...
Good to hear the musings of another American humanist/socialist who should use these labels more imo. I can only agree with every main point you make....
FDR in his presidential role was only playing catch-up with humanists/socialists. There is no example of 'new,' in any of the suggestions put forward ...
Well, all of the people don't suck all of the time imo. I think the problem with many people is that they DO covet/expect/demand/crave recognition and...
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