dimreepr

Hmmm, is the word religion really the problem here?

It didn't seem so, we all keep secrets (for whatever reason) and society is just an expanded version of us, therefore gossip is orders of magnitude greater than it is at street level.

See how easy it is too shoot down, what is essentially a very good idea; in answer to the OP, I think it's a shame that paganism isn't rising fast enough, our society steamrollers every idea that could potentially slow growth; I wonder why the Australian mice plague spings to mind?

When did I say you should? That very much depends on what side of the cutlery your looking... My point is, anyone who thinks they have no choice, for whatever reason, is an extremist in a conflict; look at South Africa, it's anagolous, it took a certain amount of forgiveness to avoid a bloodbath.

The thing about extremists is, they don't always tell the truth; which, it turns out, is more common than you think...

That reminds me, there's a convincing argument that sisyphus was actually in heaven... 😉

Of course, how else can we stop everything from happening at once...

Depends on the size/efficiency of the wheel, we used to grind corn with that technology; and when we realised a drop/waterfall would significantly increase the output, we built our world around it.

My point was more about the ability to run away, not the bravery of those with no choice; we'd all chose to run away from cancer if we could, no one is shouting coward, at them. The thing we've got remember in all of this is, both sides are people and most people don't want to kill people unless they're persuaded that they have no option. Both sides in this case think (for whatever reason) they have been backed into a corner. Any one who thinks that force is a way to make friends and influence people, is one step away from that corner.

I think so, pagan seems to be a catch-all term for old-fashioned, with the associated assumption that that equals 'not as clever as us'. Bolded mine, Case in point; the modern view is, I'm very clever if I can avoid, any form of social, tax... 🧐

Of course you do, bc you're blinded by your prejudice; a good scientist would turn the other cheek...

+1` I share your dreams and on the back of that, I'd add compulsory voting for everyone between the ages of 5 and 80, privatisation of all essential utilities and a ceiling of wealth set at enough to live in reasonable luxury for life above which tax is set at 90% leaving them 10% to invest in whatever pet project that takes their whimsy. Edit, it would also force big business to invest in the infrastructure that suits it's needs and by extension a lot of the rest of society, and the wages of it's worker's, bc the rest is 90% taxable. Unlikely as that may be @CharonY, I think it will become essential for our survival, way before overpopulation becomes a real risk to our survivability on this planet; unfortunately I think you're right and that we'll just keep shooting ourselves in the foot...

OK, See this one... It depends on the value of coloured swan shit...

Congratulations, you've learned something; now for the next level where knowledge isn't fact...

Only if you don't understand the difference between a tythe and a tax...

TBH I don't really care, we're all just playing a parlour game; I win, if I can change your mind...

No you don't, there's a reason I didn't have to read it.

No it didn't, enviromental stress altered the DNA and in some cases that helped it to survive, I haven't read the study; but I didn't really have to...

So, what do you think is the best tool for the job? Excuse's are often confused with reason, this crinkle cut nail is impossible to hammer in with a screw driver...

It reminds me of that little kid, in the play ground, that hides behind the bully before they start to taunt. IOW, If you need god, then you're hiding from yourself...

The picture describes the arrogance of man... Anthropomorphism usually describes our empathy for a dog, bc of it's sad look, god is just the other side of that coin; which has nothing to do with nature and how it evolves...

It's designed to combat self expression, so by extention littering, everyone carries their own straining whip, and most people would prefer it was used on someone else; a little heavy handed but largely effective, until it's used as a weapon by the likes of Banksie, and classically backfires... The only real solution, if you care, is to pick up some rubbish, and forget about who dropped it...

Not at all, it's quite nuanced when you think about it; the average guy on the street, thinks they know the answer to many different thing's, until you drill down with a couple of well aimed why's, rainbow's for instance, we all know there's no pot of gold at the end, but when asked most would say "it's something to do with reflection or refraction or something, hang on let me google it" and then we enter a whole new rabbit hole of trust...

Don't you have to trust the evidence?

Why does it need too? The thing is, we can see the evidence, even the seemingly magical (placebo, cough), and we're free to question. Can you honestly say that you have seen god, or had an answer when you talked to him? And no, an epiphany, or seemingly magical intervention, doesn't count; for instance "as for my epiphany, so to speak, I woke up this morning with nothing to eat, no skins or truffles and no money for cider." And then "I went to the food bank at 9:30 (usually 12:30) just in case, to be told come back at 12:30, but on my way home 'the morgan' stopped me and asked if I wanted an hours work, I said yes, of course, and he dropped me back just in time to be 1st in que and money for skins and cider...", it had to be god, I'm never that lucky... If you want to question science about religion, your going to have to think of a much, much better question...