I collect quotes.

If i see a good one, if i see an inspiring one,
i will add it to my collection.


My latest addition.....

"If it goes without saying, it would go better by saying it."
- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand - at the Congress of Vienna in 1814

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Have some marks to keep them organised.

Homer Simpson:

"Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers".

Quote...
and how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods.

Saying...
It's a bit black over Bill's Mother's. :o

"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."

Franklin D. Roosevelt

http://www.1art1.de/images/imagel/s/s49520.jpg   I like this one

"If Cinderella's glass slipper fit perfectly, then why did it fall off?"

Anon.  8-)

If violence never solved anything, it would never be used.
Setanta.

Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 8:59pm:

If violence never solved anything, it would never be used. Setanta.

Better to be a Warrior in a Garden that a Gardener in a War

If banning people with no explanation does not work and informs others of nothing, do not ban people without a transparent explanation.

Aussie. 2018.

:)

Aussie wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 9:11pm:

If banning people with no explanation does not work and informs others of nothing, do not ban people without a transparent explanation. Aussie. 2018. :)

But it does work, you may not like how it works but that's a different story.

Of course it does.  That is why Mothra and John Smith are waiting for their suspension to be lifted, and no FD/GMod has made the reason for their suspension transparent.

Aussie. 2018.

Aussie wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 9:40pm:

Of course it does.  That is why Mothra and John Smith are waiting for their suspension to be lifted, and no FD/GMod has made the reason 2018 for their suspension transparent. Aussie. 2018.

Tough  Titties - Ma Anand Sheela

Gordon wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 9:07pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 8:59pm: If violence never solved anything, it would never be used. Setanta. Better to be a Warrior in a Garden that a Gardener in a War

Most definitely. Who's quote is that?

Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 9:47pm:

Gordon wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 9:07pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 8:59pm: If violence never solved anything, it would never be used. Setanta. Better to be a Warrior in a Garden that a Gardener in a War Most definitely. Who's quote is that?

Sun Tzu.

Aussie wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 9:40pm:

Of course it does.  That is why Mothra and John Smith are waiting for their suspension to be lifted, and no FD/GMod has made the reason for their suspension transparent. Aussie. 2018.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
Reinhold Niebuhr

Grant me the will, fortitude and courage to change those things I can without being self indulgent.

Aussie. 2018.

Aussie wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:03pm:

Grant me the will, fortitude and courage to change those things I can without being self indulgent. Aussie. 2018.

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results”.
Accredited to Albert Einstein

Aussie wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 6:42pm:

Why is the Nazi swastika offensive?  Is it because it is black?

Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:04pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:03pm: Grant me the will, fortitude and courage to change those things I can without being self indulgent. Aussie. 2018. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results”. Accredited to Albert Einstein

I use that one with 1stborn.

The definition of doing the right thing includes the will, fortitude and courage to change those things you can without being self indulgent.

Aussie. 2018.

Aussie wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:13pm:

The definition of doing the right thing includes the will, fortitude and courage to change those things you can without being self indulgent. Aussie. 2018.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Indira Gandhi

Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:13pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:13pm: The definition of doing the right thing includes the will, fortitude and courage to change those things you can without being self indulgent. Aussie. 2018. You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi

Quote:

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Her Old Man.

Aussie wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:17pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:13pm: Aussie wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:13pm: The definition of doing the right thing includes the will, fortitude and courage to change those things you can without being self indulgent. Aussie. 2018. You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi Quote: The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Her Old Man.

Very good, can you learn anything from that?

You cannot reason with a tiger while your head is in its mouth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ5sjFf4w1k

Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:13pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:13pm: The definition of doing the right thing includes the will, fortitude and courage to change those things you can without being self indulgent. Aussie. 2018. You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi

Pacifist rubbish.

I'll bite your face .....
Alf Stewart

https://youtu.be/mc9vXFLLiMc

Aussie wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:20pm:

You cannot reason with a tiger while your head is in its mouth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ5sjFf4w1k

Yet that is exactly what he did.

Gordon wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:29pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:13pm: Aussie wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:13pm: The definition of doing the right thing includes the will, fortitude and courage to change those things you can without being self indulgent. Aussie. 2018. You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi Pacifist rubbish. I'll bite your face ..... Alf Stewart https://youtu.be/mc9vXFLLiMc

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Sun Tzu

Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:31pm:

Gordon wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:29pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:13pm: Aussie wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:13pm: The definition of doing the right thing includes the will, fortitude and courage to change those things you can without being self indulgent. Aussie. 2018. You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi Pacifist rubbish. I'll bite your face ..... Alf Stewart https://youtu.be/mc9vXFLLiMc The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Sun Tzu

Read the book?

Gordon wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:33pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:31pm: Gordon wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:29pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:13pm: Aussie wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:13pm: The definition of doing the right thing includes the will, fortitude and courage to change those things you can without being self indulgent. Aussie. 2018. You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi Pacifist rubbish. I'll bite your face ..... Alf Stewart https://youtu.be/mc9vXFLLiMc The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Sun Tzu Read the book?

No, I have the talking book but when you are thinking about something that is said, you miss the following and rejoin when you have thought about what made you think. It's good to listen to but you tend to miss parts as your mind is often working elsewhere. With a book you would just stop reading and pick up where you left off.

Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:38pm:

Gordon wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:33pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:31pm: Gordon wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:29pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:13pm: Aussie wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:13pm: The definition of doing the right thing includes the will, fortitude and courage to change those things you can without being self indulgent. Aussie. 2018. You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi Pacifist rubbish. I'll bite your face ..... Alf Stewart https://youtu.be/mc9vXFLLiMc The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Sun Tzu Read the book? No, I have the talking book but when you are thinking about something that is said, you miss the following and rejoin when you have thought about what made you think. It's good to listen to but you tend to miss parts as your mind is often working elsewhere. With a book you would just stop reading and pick up where you left off.

The reading of the audio book version I had was just amazing and I'd regularly listen to it going to sleep, sometimes waking up in the middle of the night, picking up pearls of military strategy :)

Gordon wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:45pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:38pm: Gordon wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:33pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:31pm: Gordon wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:29pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:13pm: Aussie wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:13pm: The definition of doing the right thing includes the will, fortitude and courage to change those things you can without being self indulgent. Aussie. 2018. You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi Pacifist rubbish. I'll bite your face ..... Alf Stewart https://youtu.be/mc9vXFLLiMc The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Sun Tzu Read the book? No, I have the talking book but when you are thinking about something that is said, you miss the following and rejoin when you have thought about what made you think. It's good to listen to but you tend to miss parts as your mind is often working elsewhere. With a book you would just stop reading and pick up where you left off. The reading of the audio book version I had was just amazing and I'd regularly listen to it going to sleep, sometimes waking up in the middle of the night, picking up pearls of military strategy :)

I tend to look at it as a study in human psychology as I'll never be a general with an army. I see in it ways to deal with everyday problems you may have with people.

Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 8:59pm:

If violence never solved anything, it would never be used. Setanta.

That is paraphrasing a line that is in STARSHIP TROOPERS, i believe.        ;)


Google;
violence never solved anything, starship troopers

Gordon wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:45pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:38pm: Gordon wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:33pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:31pm: Gordon wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:29pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:13pm: Aussie wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:13pm: The definition of doing the right thing includes the will, fortitude and courage to change those things you can without being self indulgent. Aussie. 2018. You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi Pacifist rubbish. I'll bite your face ..... Alf Stewart https://youtu.be/mc9vXFLLiMc The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Sun Tzu Read the book? No, I have the talking book but when you are thinking about something that is said, you miss the following and rejoin when you have thought about what made you think. It's good to listen to but you tend to miss parts as your mind is often working elsewhere. With a book you would just stop reading and pick up where you left off. The reading of the audio book version I had was just amazing and I'd regularly listen to it going to sleep, sometimes waking up in the middle of the night, picking up pearls of military strategy :)

Have you come across this book Gordon ?
A bit of light reading for you.      ;)

How to Lose a Battle: Foolish Plans and Great Military Blunders
by Bill Fawcett

Yadda wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 11:17pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 8:59pm: If violence never solved anything, it would never be used. Setanta. That is paraphrasing a line that is in STARSHIP TROOPERS, i believe.        ;) Google; violence never solved anything, starship troopers

Cool, I'll have to watch it? Good movie? Although from what you said it sounds like the standard line of "violence never solves anything" which I was making a point against, it does.

edit: OK I did...


Quote:

Anyone who clings to the historically untrue and thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never settles anything I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler could referee and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk, and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst.

And I agree with them, I think I said something along those lines to someone here recently. If I can remember who it was I'll search and paste the link.(Put's on thinking cap... It was a woman)

Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 11:29pm:

Yadda wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 11:17pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 8:59pm: If violence never solved anything, it would never be used. Setanta. That is paraphrasing a line that is in STARSHIP TROOPERS, i believe.        ;) Google; violence never solved anything, starship troopers Cool, I'll have to watch it? Good movie?

Director: Paul Verhoeven


Setanta,

If you like Paul Verhoeven movies, you may like it.

I have it on DVD.

Yadda wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 11:38pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 11:29pm: Yadda wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 11:17pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 8:59pm: If violence never solved anything, it would never be used. Setanta. That is paraphrasing a line that is in STARSHIP TROOPERS, i believe.        ;) Google; violence never solved anything, starship troopers Cool, I'll have to watch it? Good movie? Director: Paul Verhoeven Setanta, If you like Paul Verhoeven movies, you may like it. I have it on DVD.

Never heard of him to be honest. Isn't he the psycho from friday the 13th?

Google;
Paul Verhoeven movies

;)

Yadda wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 11:43pm:

Google; Paul Verhoeven movies ;)

Some good movies there. I tend not to care who makes them, forgive my wilful ignorance.
(Jason Voorhees was the Friday the 13th guy, I goggled that too.)

Yadda wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 11:38pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 11:29pm: Yadda wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 11:17pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 8:59pm: If violence never solved anything, it would never be used. Setanta. That is paraphrasing a line that is in STARSHIP TROOPERS, i believe.        ;) Google; violence never solved anything, starship troopers Cool, I'll have to watch it? Good movie? Director: Paul Verhoeven Setanta, If you like Paul Verhoeven movies, you may like it. I have it on DVD.

Are you offering to send me your DVD or pirate it for me?

Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 11:52pm:

Yadda wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 11:38pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 11:29pm: Cool, I'll have to watch it? Good movie? Director: Paul Verhoeven Setanta, If you like Paul Verhoeven movies, you may like it. I have it on DVD. Are you offering to send me your DVD or pirate it for me?

No.

'Good movie?', you asked.

If you like Paul Verhoeven movies, you may like it.

I have it on DVD. ....i responded.


We'll have to stop meeting like this Setanta.         ;)

Yadda wrote on Feb 4^th, 2018 at 12:20am:

Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 11:52pm: Yadda wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 11:38pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 11:29pm: Cool, I'll have to watch it? Good movie? Director: Paul Verhoeven Setanta, If you like Paul Verhoeven movies, you may like it. I have it on DVD. Are you offering to send me your DVD or pirate it for me? No. 'Good movie?', you asked. If you like Paul Verhoeven movies, you may like it. I have it on DVD. ....i responded. We'll have to stop meeting like this Setanta.         ;)

;D

It is that type of movie Set, but it is one of the best of that genre.

"The problem with internet quotes is that you cant always depend on their accuracy" -Abraham Lincoln, 1864

Quote:

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.        Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 - 1965)

Quote:

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, and the young know everything. Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

Quote:

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)

Quote:

A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. Bertrand Russell British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)

Quote:

A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.

Kuhn takes a similar view on science.

How about this one?

http://www.pokie.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2015/09/Alf-Stewart-Flamin-Drongo-GIF.gif

Aussie wrote on Feb 4^th, 2018 at 4:35pm:

How about this one? http://www.pokie.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2015/09/Alf-Stewart-Flamin-Drongo-GIF.gif

Did you know that this actor earns more per year than the prime minister?

Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 4^th, 2018 at 5:14pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 4th, 2018 at 4:35pm: How about this one? http://www.pokie.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2015/09/Alf-Stewart-Flamin-Drongo-GIF.gif Did you know that this actor earns more per year than the prime minister?

He's probably smarter, but then again, most people are.

:D

He wants the precious. Always he is looking for it. And the precious is wanting to go back to him... But we mustn't let him have it.

Smegol - Lord of the Rings

Here's another quote I like:

https://media.giphy.com/media/4R71Engp5NgHK/giphy.gif

Set,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTa6eay5eoI

Quote:

“My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?” ― Erma Bombeck

Quote:

“There are basic differences between food and clothing. You eat food and wear clothing. Food goes in; clothing goes on. 2. Do not bite anything that will bite back. This includes the dog, other babies, electrical cords and your father when he is watching professional football on television. 3. Washing your face after a meal is not considered cruel and unusual punishment. It won’t do any good to report Mommy and Daddy to the police. 4.” ― Erma Bombeck

Quote:

“Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere” ― Erma Bombeck

Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character - The Wolf

Gordon wrote on Feb 4^th, 2018 at 6:34pm:

Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character - The Wolf

One of my favourites.

https://bamfstyle.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/mrwolf-cl1-jkt1-lpls.jpg

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 4^th, 2018 at 7:40pm:

Gordon wrote on Feb 4th, 2018 at 6:34pm: Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character - The Wolf One of my favourites. https://bamfstyle.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/mrwolf-cl1-jkt1-lpls.jpg

I reckon the script of Pulp Fiction would make a better bible than the bible or koran.

Gordon wrote on Feb 4^th, 2018 at 7:42pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 4th, 2018 at 7:40pm: Gordon wrote on Feb 4th, 2018 at 6:34pm: Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character - The Wolf One of my favourites. https://bamfstyle.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/mrwolf-cl1-jkt1-lpls.jpg I reckon the script of Pulp Fiction would make a better bible than the bible or koran.

Vincent: "I dunno, I didn't go into Burger King. But, you know what they put on french fries in Holland instead of ketchup?"

Jules: "What?"

Vincent: "Mayonnaise."

Jules: "Yuck!"

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 4^th, 2018 at 7:45pm:

Gordon wrote on Feb 4th, 2018 at 7:42pm: greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 4th, 2018 at 7:40pm: Gordon wrote on Feb 4th, 2018 at 6:34pm: Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character - The Wolf One of my favourites. https://bamfstyle.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/mrwolf-cl1-jkt1-lpls.jpg I reckon the script of Pulp Fiction would make a better bible than the bible or koran. Vincent: "I dunno, I didn't go into Burger King. But, you know what they put on french fries in Holland instead of ketchup?" Jules: "What?" Vincent: "Mayonnaise." Jules: "Yuck!"

I'm trying real hard to be the shepherd.

Pulp Fiction my fave movie


Quote:

Jules: "You read the Bible, Brett?" Brett: "Yes!" Jules: "Well, there's this passage I've got memorized that sort of fits this occasion. Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of the evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and goodwill, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper, and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee!"

Agnes wrote on Feb 4^th, 2018 at 7:51pm:

Pulp Fiction my fave movie Quote: Jules: "You read the Bible, Brett?" Brett: "Yes!" Jules: "Well, there's this passage I've got memorized that sort of fits this occasion. Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of the evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and goodwill, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper, and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee!"

Yes, and then they shot the farq out of the bloke.  Yadda?  Moses?

the brilliance of Tarantino- like I said I love it even the brains and blood

http://123movies.fm/watch/EdBXpNxj-pulp-fiction.html

Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 9:54pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 9:40pm: Of course it does.  That is why Mothra and John Smith are waiting for their suspension to be lifted, and no FD/GMod has made the reason for their suspension transparent. Aussie. 2018. God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Reinhold Niebuhr

This is one of my favourites. A useful one to remind one's self.

"Prayer has no place in a public schooling system. Just as FACTS have no part in an organised religion" -- Superintendent Chalmers.

Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 7:50pm:

"If Cinderella's glass slipper fit perfectly, then why did it fall off?" Anon.  8-)

I always assumed that she took off her slippers to run, and she lost one of them.

Good Will Hunting

not so much a quote but a good ideology from Jean Piaget.

how to act in the world.

every action you take should be good for you. (Piaget said you have to detach yourself from yourself and treat yourself in exactly the same way as you would treat someone you were caring for)
AND for your family
AND for your community
AND for the environment.

and it should be good for you now
AND tommorow
AND next week
AND next year
AND in 10 years.

"It's easier to pay a fine than it is to go to court" - Libs and Labs .... mostly the Labs

"If I had my life over I'd make all the same mistakes but sooner."

Tallulah Bankhead

"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made."

Groucho Marx

"Too many of our imports come from overseas."

George W Bush

To the guy who was told his fly was undone:
"Oh well, a dead bird never fell out of its nest."

My smartarse ol' man

aquascoot wrote on Feb 6^th, 2018 at 7:20am:

not so much a quote but a good ideology from Jean Piaget. how to act in the world. every action you take should be good for you. (Piaget said you have to detach yourself from yourself and treat yourself in exactly the same way as you would treat someone you were caring for) AND for your family AND for your community AND for the environment. and it should be good for you now AND tommorow AND next week AND next year AND in 10 years.

If you followed that advice you would never do anything

Gordon wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 9:46pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 9:40pm: Of course it does.  That is why Mothra and John Smith are waiting for their suspension to be lifted, and no FD/GMod has made the reason 2018 for their suspension transparent. Aussie. 2018. Tough  Titties - Ma Anand Sheela

.... who was later involved in a murder conspiracy. She was a genuine psychopath.

crocodile wrote on Feb 6^th, 2018 at 1:11pm:

"If I had my life over I'd make all the same mistakes but sooner." Tallulah Bankhead "The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." Groucho Marx "Too many of our imports come from overseas." George W Bush To the guy who was told his fly was undone: "Oh well, a dead bird never fell out of its nest." My smartarse ol' man

;D

“I forgot to thank my wife for driving me to drink”.

W.C.Fields

'The truth is so precious that it must be protected by a bodyguard of lies' - Winston Churchill.

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Feb 6^th, 2018 at 5:59pm:

'The truth is so precious that it must be protected by a bodyguard of lies' - Winston Churchill.

I used to have a book full of quotes but lost it years ago. The Churchill chapter was priceless. One of my favourites of his was when told by a female MP that he was drunk, he retorted.

"And you're ugly, but I'll be sober in the morning".

Compulsory voting is not compulsory, you only need to turn up - Libs and Labs

crocodile wrote on Feb 6^th, 2018 at 7:49pm:

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Feb 6th, 2018 at 5:59pm: 'The truth is so precious that it must be protected by a bodyguard of lies' - Winston Churchill. I used to have a book full of quotes but lost it years ago. The Churchill chapter was priceless. One of my favourites of his was when told by a female MP that he was drunk, he retorted. "And you're ugly, but I'll be sober in the morning".

Yes - that's a beauty....

Quote:

Of all the fishes in the Sea, I'd rather be the Bass.  I'd swim around to Nielson Park and watch the Ladies Ass.

Quote:

That's my boy!

Quote:

Who's a cucka-poo-nay~wah?

Quote:

Wallah willah wallah woo.

Quote:

Custunscar!

The first and the last are really sneaky rippers.

My Old Man.

circa 1950s.

"Don't call it Global Warming. Climate change is less threatening." Adviser to George W. Bush.

Aussie wrote on Feb 6^th, 2018 at 10:05pm:

Quote: Of all the fishes in the Sea, I'd rather be the Bass.  I'd swim around to Nielson Park and watch the Ladies Ass. [quote]That's my boy!

Quote:

Who's a cucka-poo-nah~wah?

Quote:

Wallah willah wallah woo.

Quote:

Custunscah!

The first and the last are really sneaky rippers.

My Old Man.

circa 1950s.[/quote]

Allahu Akbar!
Followers of some ideology.

Quote:

I can fix many things but I can't fix IDIOT

Me recently on a project in the Middle East to the customer.

UnSubRocky wrote on Feb 5^th, 2018 at 8:09am:

"Prayer has no place in a public schooling system. Just as FACTS have no part in an organised religion" -- Superintendent Chalmers.

Good one!

issuevoter wrote on Feb 6^th, 2018 at 11:13pm:

"Don't call it Global Warming. Climate change is less threatening." Adviser to George W. Bush.

subtext: "We win, which ever way it goes".

The_Barnacle wrote on Feb 6^th, 2018 at 3:39pm:

aquascoot wrote on Feb 6th, 2018 at 7:20am: not so much a quote but a good ideology from Jean Piaget. how to act in the world. every action you take should be good for you. (Piaget said you have to detach yourself from yourself and treat yourself in exactly the same way as you would treat someone you were caring for) AND for your family AND for your community AND for the environment. and it should be good for you now AND tommorow AND next week AND next year AND in 10 years. If you followed that advice you would never do anything

youre confusing getting what you want (a bad idea) with whats good for you (a good idea).

so starting a business which might fail is "good for you".
you will learn and grow and your family will see you as resilient and your community will benefit from your courage and you may not make the same stupid mistakes next year or in 10 years.

failing is "good for you" . its "par for the course".

if you think taking a risk is costly, wait til they send you the bill for "not taking a risk"

"We must promote Islam" - Turnbull the liberal progressive and converted Catholic

So do I - I use them in books..... some of them are beauties...

Here's one to think over for today's societal malaises:-

"The Revolution was effected before the War commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people, was the real American Revolution."

John Adams
1735-1826, Second President of the USA

Quote:

People in glass houses can and do throw stones.

Barnaby Joyce, circa early December, 2017.

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Feb 7^th, 2018 at 2:13pm:

So do I - I use them in books..... some of them are beauties... Here's one to think over for today's societal malaises:- "The Revolution was effected before the War commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people, was the real American Revolution." John Adams 1735-1826, Second President of the USA

Adams would have to say something like that. He was a politician. The only revolution in "America" was changing the name on the deed to the ranch.

Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 11:40pm:

Yadda wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 11:38pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 11:29pm: Yadda wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 11:17pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 8:59pm: If violence never solved anything, it would never be used. Setanta. That is paraphrasing a line that is in STARSHIP TROOPERS, i believe.        ;) Google; violence never solved anything, starship troopers Cool, I'll have to watch it? Good movie? Director: Paul Verhoeven Setanta, If you like Paul Verhoeven movies, you may like it. I have it on DVD. Never heard of him to be honest. Isn't he the psycho from friday the 13th?

That is Jason Voorhees. Paul Verhoeven did movies like "Total Recall" and "Robocop". "Starship Troopers" seems to be such a quirky movie that the movie seems to either have a "like it or not" quality about it. A good sci-fi fantasy movie. But it is a movie that is better than the sequels.

Now that human means transcend all human measure and ....

A false friend and a shadow attend only when the sun shines.
- old proverb

Yadda is a hate propagator. You can quote me on that.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
- ?

A just war is better than an unjust peace.
- ?

A man in devious company, quickly learns care and cunning.
- ?

A man who cannot tolerate small ills can never accomplish great things.
- Chinese Proverb

A man's being in good or bad humor depends upon his will.
- Samuel Johnson

One for aquascoot.         ;)


A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
- Herm Albright

A sympathizer is a fellow that is for you, as long as it doesn't cost anything.
- Frank McKinney Hubbard

A well bred youth neither speaks of himself, nor, being spoken to, is silent.
- ?

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.      
- David Hume

A woman is a weathercock.
- ?

A woman's sword is her tongue, and she does not let it rust.
- ?

Advise none to marry or to go to war.
- ?

All are not friends that tell you no fault.
- ?

Yadda wrote on Feb 8^th, 2018 at 10:15pm:

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.       - David Hume

How does that leave your "faith" Yada?

See, we can read your posts when they don't ramble! ;D

Setanta wrote on Feb 8^th, 2018 at 10:25pm:

Yadda wrote on Feb 8th, 2018 at 10:15pm: A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.       - David Hume How does that leave your "faith" Yada?

Setanta,

I see no conflict, in that quote, and with my faith.



Setanta,

Atheist believe that God does not exist.

And atheists believe that the reality       which they experience,        provides sufficient evidence for all rational persons, to then conclude, that a creator God does not exist.


QUESTION/PROPOSITION;
On what basis,       in knowledge,       can an atheist presume to 'know' or even 'believe', that there is no God ?



QUESTION;
Are atheists [men], omniscient beings ?

Dictionary;
omniscient = = knowing everything.

I would offer that men are      not      omniscient beings.

So, with men       not      being omniscient, logically, for a group of individuals, to categorically state that they are 99% certain, that there is no unseen realm, and no creator God,
isn't that proposition [in logic] wildly presumptuous ???

Dictionary;
presumptuous = = failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.



Yadda said somewhere....

Quote:

Because the atheist has had no experience of a spiritual realm, does that [lack of 'experience'] establish the 'impossibility', of the existence of a spiritual realm? And would the reasonable person, require that 'rational' community members must accept, only the atheists perceptions of what 'reality' 'is' ? And, to an atheist, is any differing experience [of another person] always going to be invalid, ...because the atheist has not shared ['known'] such an experience? +++ Take the example of the existence of radio waves; 500 years ago, radio waves effectively did not exist [within the human experience]. Why? Because we humans cannot see 'invisible' radio waves. But today, a human being of average intelligence, would not dream of claiming that radio waves do not exist. AND SO, LOGICALLY, Even today [in this technological age], there must exist, the real possibility that there are many real phenomena [even which still exist within 'nature'] which our human senses [and our present technology] cannot perceive. Only an arrogant person would deny any possibility, of any other,   ...'reality' being possible. OR CONTRAWISE, are atheists suggesting [i.e. are they going to try to impose the 'belief'], that only the experience of the majority of mankind, can be a basis for defining our reality,    absolutely? And are atheists suggesting that because our human senses [still] cannot perceive as yet, undiscovered 'phenomena', or are they suggesting that because we have not yet created a machine which can sense them, that we should always dismiss any possibility of the existence of those 'things', which as yet, remain undiscovered, and which as yet, remain unknown to the perception and comprehension, of the common man ?

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"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Hamlet, William Shakespeare



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Yadda said.....
http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1225016818/44#44

Quote:

I admit it, yes, i am a little strange. And in confirmation of the 'strange' part,        i believe that, Angels are real. Demons are real. God is real [yes, my 'imaginary friend', the one from the bible]. Satan is real. I believe that all of these entities are spirit. I believe that [atm!] demons are largely constrained [and for the most part, are they unable to harm us]. I believe that all mankind are [also] spirits who are [somehow] constrained within these physical [earthen] bodies [until we die]. I believe that this physical 'reality', is a form of prison for us. ....or perhaps more accurately, compulsory 'school time'. I also believe that this physical world is a 'construct' [a creation, a 'reality'] made by God.

We, ourselves,        can 'open' ourselves, to the harmful influence of demons [by doing stupid and evil things!] .


If you want protection, from malevolent and harmful [unseen] forces, 1/ read the bible, and 2/ pray to God, and 3/ ask for his protection.

Yadda said.....
http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1507152247/9#9

@yadda
There is a difference between believing something and not believing something. I do not believe what people have told me, I do not believe god exists, it's a lack of belief. Believing something is a positive affirmation, not believing is a negative. If someone told you that there were fairies in your garden would you believe they didn't exist or just choose not believe what the person said? I can't know that a god of some sort does not exist but I do not believe what people have told me about their gods. I hope you can see the difference.

Setanta wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 1:07pm:

@yadda There is a difference between believing something and not believing something. I do not believe what people have told me, I do not believe god exists, it's a lack of belief. Believing something is a positive affirmation, not believing is a negative. If someone told you that there were fairies in your garden would you believe they didn't exist or just choose not believe what the person said? I can't know that a god of some sort does not exist but I do not believe what people have told me about their gods. I hope you can see the difference.

Set, have you ever at any stage for your life believed in god/s?

Yadda wrote on Feb 8^th, 2018 at 10:13pm:

A well bred youth neither speaks of himself, nor, being spoken to, is silent. - ?

Curious, but good!(???)

Yadda wrote on Feb 8^th, 2018 at 10:17pm:

A woman's sword is her tongue, and she does not let it rust. - ?

Are these, or atleast this one in particular, a misinterpretation of Christian scripture? Of course the potential trouble with the bible is it wasn't written in English and so misinterpretation is obviously a factor.

Setanta wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 1:07pm:

@yadda There is a difference between believing something and not believing something.

Setanta,
I have come to the very same conclusion! [wink]
And, i believe some things.
And other things, i do not believe.


A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.      
- David Hume


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Setanta wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 1:07pm:

I do not believe what people have told me, I do not believe god exists, it's a lack of belief.

If what some people tell me, is contrary to the evidence that i can see 'in the world', then i often choose not to believe what people have told me.


A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.      
- David Hume


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Setanta wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 1:07pm:

Believing something is a positive affirmation, not believing is a negative.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.      
- David Hume


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Setanta wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 1:07pm:

If someone told you that there were fairies in your garden would you believe they didn't exist or just choose not believe what the person said?

If i was you, clearly, i would choose not believe what the person said.  [wink]


A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.      
- David Hume


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Setanta wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 1:07pm:

I can't know that a god of some sort does not exist but I do not believe what people have told me about their gods. I hope you can see the difference.

Setanta,
No one really knows or is certain, about what our real circumstances are.
We come into this world as naive and uninformed beings, as small uninformed children.
And as we grow in knowledge and [our own] experience, we each come to some sense of an 'informed' but limited understanding, of the nature of the reality that we find ourselves in.

We 'do' science [in our 'consciousness'], as we learn about the world, and the 'heavens' around us.

We simply build supposition, upon supposition, as we undertake our pilgrimage in this world.

But what is the true nature of this reality, which we seem to be experiencing ?

Does any human being lay claim to know ?

I certainly do not know.

But i certainly do not dismiss the knowledge, or the experience, of new things which challenge my current beliefs and understanding.



You said.....
"I do not believe what people have told me about their gods."

There is nothing at all wrong with embracing a healthy degree of scepticism, when 'interfacing' with men/mankind, imo.


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"O ye who believe!        Ask not questions        about things which, if made plain to you, may cause you trouble.....
Some people before you did ask such questions, and on that account lost their faith."
Koran 5.101, 102


"We sent not a messenger, but to be obeyed..........they ['believers'] can have no (real) Faith, until they make thee judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no resistance against Thy decisions, but accept them with the fullest conviction."
Koran 4.64, 65


"O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger [i.e. the clerics], and make not vain your deeds!"
Koran 47:33



Setanta,

I'm a person who is always asking questions.

And yet, i have come to a 'place' where i can easily say,      that i believe in, and i fear, and i love, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

And everyday i still seek [for] him.

Everyday, i walk in this world, imperfectly seeking the God that i love.


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Setanta,

Q.
If there is a God [wink], why does God 'hide himself' from mankind ?

Q.
If a person wanted to search for [in order to 'find' and to know God],
what 'prerequisite' would that person firstly need to be in possession of, in order to have an improved chance of 'finding' him ?


Isaiah 45:15
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.


Amos 3:3
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?


Leviticus 11:44
For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy:....


Leviticus 19:2
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.


Leviticus 20:26
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.


Deuteronomy 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.


James 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you....


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Yadda said....
http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1435998745/0#0

Quote:

We have no power, to choose God. It is God who chooses us.

Gordon wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 2:11pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 1:07pm: @yadda There is a difference between believing something and not believing something. I do not believe what people have told me, I do not believe god exists, it's a lack of belief. Believing something is a positive affirmation, not believing is a negative. If someone told you that there were fairies in your garden would you believe they didn't exist or just choose not believe what the person said? I can't know that a god of some sort does not exist but I do not believe what people have told me about their gods. I hope you can see the difference. Set, have you ever at any stage for your life believed in god/s?

I've tried to.
Parents tried to convince us as kids that Santa and Easter bunny were real too but we didn't buy it. Even went so far as to put out talcum powder and make rabbit tracks in it to convince us.

Setanta wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 5:18pm:

Gordon wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 2:11pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 1:07pm: @yadda There is a difference between believing something and not believing something. I do not believe what people have told me, I do not believe god exists, it's a lack of belief. Believing something is a positive affirmation, not believing is a negative. If someone told you that there were fairies in your garden would you believe they didn't exist or just choose not believe what the person said? I can't know that a god of some sort does not exist but I do not believe what people have told me about their gods. I hope you can see the difference. Set, have you ever at any stage for your life believed in god/s? I've tried to. Parents tried to convince us as kids that Santa and Easter bunny were real too but we didn't buy it. Even went so far as to put out talcum powder and make rabbit tracks in it to convince us.

I suspect there are physical properties in the brain which cause different people to be either more or less receptive to mysticism of one kind or another. Maybe one area of the brain is more or less active.

I consider myself a hardwired atheist and have no memories of ever believing in Santa or the other ones.

My first memory of religion was in 1st class, we all had our eyes closed for a prayer and I had a peak around and saw the earnest look on the other kids faces and thought....suckers...

Gordon wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 5:28pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 5:18pm: Gordon wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 2:11pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 1:07pm: @yadda There is a difference between believing something and not believing something. I do not believe what people have told me, I do not believe god exists, it's a lack of belief. Believing something is a positive affirmation, not believing is a negative. If someone told you that there were fairies in your garden would you believe they didn't exist or just choose not believe what the person said? I can't know that a god of some sort does not exist but I do not believe what people have told me about their gods. I hope you can see the difference. Set, have you ever at any stage for your life believed in god/s? I've tried to. Parents tried to convince us as kids that Santa and Easter bunny were real too but we didn't buy it. Even went so far as to put out talcum powder and make rabbit tracks in it to convince us. I suspect there are physical properties in the brain which cause different people to be either more or less receptive to mysticism of one kind or another. Maybe one area of the brain is more or less active. I consider myself a hardwired atheist and have no memories of ever believing in Santa or the other ones. My first memory of religion was in 1st class, we all had our eyes closed for a prayer and I had a peak around and saw the earnest look on the other kids faces and thought....suckers...

I'd be prepared to believe in a god, if they would come up with one that wasn't daggy as dogsh1t.

"Nobody ever taxed their way to prosperity" - Ibn Khaldun

"One can only consume up to the value of their own production" - Jean Baptiste Say

Gordon wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 5:28pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 5:18pm: Gordon wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 2:11pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 1:07pm: @yadda There is a difference between believing something and not believing something. I do not believe what people have told me, I do not believe god exists, it's a lack of belief. Believing something is a positive affirmation, not believing is a negative. If someone told you that there were fairies in your garden would you believe they didn't exist or just choose not believe what the person said? I can't know that a god of some sort does not exist but I do not believe what people have told me about their gods. I hope you can see the difference. Set, have you ever at any stage for your life believed in god/s? I've tried to. Parents tried to convince us as kids that Santa and Easter bunny were real too but we didn't buy it. Even went so far as to put out talcum powder and make rabbit tracks in it to convince us. I suspect there are physical properties in the brain which cause different people to be either more or less receptive to mysticism of one kind or another. Maybe one area of the brain is more or less active. I consider myself a hardwired atheist and have no memories of ever believing in Santa or the other ones. My first memory of religion was in 1st class, we all had our eyes closed for a prayer and I had a peak around and saw the earnest look on the other kids faces and thought....suckers...

I've noticed that these days, in this modern and 'sophisticated' age,       so many people simply express both an aversion and a hostility, towards any idea that a creator God exists.

They don't need Him.

They, are not weak minded.



Some may admit, that they have no idea, what the truth of their circumstances are.

But they are certain,        that they themselves         are sufficient, to the needs of deciding what is most important in this life.


1 Corinthians 1:22
For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
23  But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;


Psalms 34:18
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.


Isaiah 57:15
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

One who likes grape without the G
Take away the R and that is he

Gordy ~ 2018

Yadda wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 9:52pm:

I've noticed that these days, in this modern and 'sophisticated' age,       so many people simply express both an aversion and a hostility, towards any idea that a creator God exists.

OK, you've talked me into it, I accept Zeus, son of Kronos. Happy now?

Setanta wrote on Feb 14^th, 2018 at 9:13pm:

Yadda wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 9:52pm: I've noticed that these days, in this modern and 'sophisticated' age,       so many people simply express both an aversion and a hostility, towards any idea that a creator God exists. OK, you've talked me into it, I accept Zeus. Happy now?

You'd be an open face kinda guy?


https://www.dhresource.com/0x0s/f2-albu-g4-M01-5A-B7-rBVaEFcizWKAEOTHAAUvigPEBv8351.jpg/fashion-for-halley-zeus-381c-3-4-helmet-vintage.jpg

Gordon wrote on Feb 14^th, 2018 at 9:21pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 14th, 2018 at 9:13pm: Yadda wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 9:52pm: I've noticed that these days, in this modern and 'sophisticated' age,       so many people simply express both an aversion and a hostility, towards any idea that a creator God exists. OK, you've talked me into it, I accept Zeus. Happy now? You'd be an open face kinda guy? https://www.dhresource.com/0x0s/f2-albu-g4-M01-5A-B7-rBVaEFcizWKAEOTHAAUvigPEBv8351.jpg/fashion-for-halley-zeus-381c-3-4-helmet-vintage.jpg

Lose the peak. Never liked fullface and I still have my chin and beard.

Gordon wrote on Feb 9^th, 2018 at 5:28pm:

Setanta wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 5:18pm: Gordon wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 2:11pm: Setanta wrote on Feb 9th, 2018 at 1:07pm: @yadda There is a difference between believing something and not believing something. I do not believe what people have told me, I do not believe god exists, it's a lack of belief. Believing something is a positive affirmation, not believing is a negative. If someone told you that there were fairies in your garden would you believe they didn't exist or just choose not believe what the person said? I can't know that a god of some sort does not exist but I do not believe what people have told me about their gods. I hope you can see the difference. Set, have you ever at any stage for your life believed in god/s? I've tried to. Parents tried to convince us as kids that Santa and Easter bunny were real too but we didn't buy it. Even went so far as to put out talcum powder and make rabbit tracks in it to convince us. I suspect there are physical properties in the brain which cause different people to be either more or less receptive to mysticism of one kind or another. Maybe one area of the brain is more or less active. I consider myself a hardwired atheist and have no memories of ever believing in Santa or the other ones. My first memory of religion was in 1st class, we all had our eyes closed for a prayer and I had a peak around and saw the earnest look on the other kids faces and thought....suckers...

so who was jesus christ.
and should you believe in him.

in the way most christians believe in him, not at all.

but lets not be so quick.

even as a mythological figure, he is very very relevant.

his story ( at least as far as the crucifixion goes) is that the ideal man , the innocent man, is subjected to the most horrible pain and suffering and he is confronted with pure malevolence and evil and he is betrayed by everyone .

now thats just a representation of what Jung called an "archetype".

and its ahero myth.

because despite being subjected to the most extreme forms of pain suffering and injustice, jesus still keeps picking up his cross and carrying it forward nobly and not complaining and" thinking of others" (as in his concern for the robber supposedly being crucifed next to him).

what does this hero myth mean.

it means that you should try to act heroiclally and do the same.
this isnt "the good news", this isnt a religion for "the happy clappies".

this is a religion for supermen. for men who can remain unflappable despite pain and fear and injustice

and its no wonder people either corrupt it into either a fairytale about milk and honey or , if they start to understand its implications they completely turn away from it.

people who understand what christianity actually means turn away from it like an animal turns away from the fire . and no bloody wonder.
but that doesnt mean it isnt a recipe for transcending suffering.

and if you dont understand that life is suffering, you are either naive or you are just going to have to wait a bit longer to find this out

@ Reply #119


Quote:

people who understand what christianity actually means turn away from it like an animal turns away from the fire. and no bloody wonder. but that doesnt mean it isnt a recipe for transcending suffering.

Yep.



If a person 'gets it' [the message of Christianity], he/she understands that, yes, this 'life is suffering'.

The message of Christianity, calls on us to turn around, to turn our back on this world, and to ~try~ to 'do the right thing' [try to follow a moral path].

And in trying to 'do the right thing', yes, that will often entail our own suffering and personal sacrifice and/or personal pain.
[   as aquascoot said; "people who understand what christianity actually means turn away from it like an animal turns away from the fire"   ]

That, is the part that turns off, most people, to Jesus Christs message.   i.e. the prospect of suffering and personal sacrifice!

"Pain and suffering ?   Personal sacrifice ?   Forget it !   Where is my beer, and when does the game start. [or some such distraction/pleasure/emotional gratification.]"


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The message of Christianity;

God wants us to recognise and acknowledge the mistakes [i.e. all of the poor choices] we have made in this life, and to be sorry, in our hearts.

And to accept His offer of redemption.

That offer to men, has always been 'on the table'.


Isaiah 55:6
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7  Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.



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"Pain and suffering ?   Personal sacrifice ?   Forget it !"

It a hard sell, to make, to 'the carnal mind' of men, who are distracted by the many pleasures of this world.

Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)




Matthew 16:24
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
25  For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
26  For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?


Deuteronomy 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.


Romans 8:5
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6  For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8  So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9  But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.


1 Corinthians 1:18
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
.....
22  For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
23  But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
24  But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

Yadda wrote on Feb 15^th, 2018 at 10:41pm:

The message of Christianity, calls on us to turn around, to turn our back on this world, and to ~try~ to 'do the right thing' [try to follow a moral path].

Do you understand how contradictory that sentence is?

"Dobby is a free elf!"

Setanta wrote on Feb 16^th, 2018 at 12:22am:

Yadda wrote on Feb 15th, 2018 at 10:41pm: The message of Christianity, calls on us to turn around, to turn our back on this world, and to ~try~ to 'do the right thing' [try to follow a moral path]. Do you understand how contradictory that sentence is?

No, i don't.




We all grow to love what is in this world, to varying degrees.

But we should not.

Yadda said....
http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1303676733/207#207

Quote:

What if 'this life' is a fixed game? i.e. What if we can't 'win', ...on purpose! What if we were always 'fated' to fail here [spiritually]? Speaking of mankind, the Bible states that we have all 'been corrupted' by the cares of this world. Psalms 14:3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. [and Romans 3:10-12] The Bible states that man is not righteous. That, our very nature precludes it. But, has this 'deck of cards' [which we are playing with] been stacked against us!? IMO, we appear to be playing in a 'fixed' game! But for a very specific purpose.

God is clever.

And [most] men are dumb.

God knows which of us, will repent, which of us will come to be sorry, for our mistaken choices in this life.

And which will continue to be 'lost sheep', 'lost, wandering, in the wilderness', that is the world.

But nevertheless, God leaves all of the choices that pertain to our fate, to us.

"...so that they are without excuse."



God is separating us [mankind], 'sorting' us,  ....or rather, we are 'sorting' ourselves.


Daniel 12:10
Isaiah 48:10
Revelation 21:7-8

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there" - L.P. Hartley

All flesh wears a disguise.
- ?

All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.
- Benjamin Disraeli

All lay load on the willing horse.
- ?

All men dream, but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it possible.
- T.E.Lawrence Seven Pillars of Wisdom

All reformers, however strict their conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for.
- Logan Pearsall Smit

All that I have 'learned', my 'teachers' have taught it me.
If I better the instruction why is me that you rebuke. (You, are the teachers of my heart).
- ?

All that you seek lies within yourself.
- M. Crichton

All the world is mad, except me and thee!
....and even thou art a little strange!
- ?

All truths are not to be told.
- ?

Always be as merry as you can, for love never delights in a sorrowful man.
- ?

"Ȝeue þi cunte to cunnig and craue affetir wedding."

A youth will pursue a maid, until she catches him.
- ?

also stated as...

In courtship a man pursues a woman until she catches him.
- Latin Proverb

General Macarthur (USA) during the
Korean War...

"We are here to kick the Mongol horde out of Asia"
(the 'Fake War' between USSR & USA - to push the yellow and brown races out of the Northern Hemisphere and to make it all 'white' like yin/yang)

Obviously it didn't work and now China & Islam are gonna be like the Wrath of Khan to get back what they lost!  ;)

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid people are full of confidence.
Charles Bukowski

AiA wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2018 at 8:10am:

"Ȝeue þi cunte to cunnig and craue affetir wedding."

Old English. I could get the "(Ȝ)give (þ)thy cunte to cunnig(cunning, wisdom)" and the obvious "affetir wedding" but not the craue so had to google it.

Mr Hammer wrote on Nov 17^th, 2019 at 6:26pm:

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid people are full of confidence. Charles Bukowski

He was paraphrasing Yates:

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.


Yates, The Second Coming

Frank wrote on Nov 17^th, 2019 at 6:53pm:

Mr Hammer wrote on Nov 17th, 2019 at 6:26pm: The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid people are full of confidence. Charles Bukowski He was paraphrasing Yates: Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Yates, The Second Coming

Interesting if you look at the world today and see who are full of passionate conviction and those that watch what is happening without enough conviction to stop it.

Yadda wrote on Feb 16^th, 2018 at 5:12pm:

Always be as merry as you can, for love never delights in a sorrowful man. - ?

A fool and his money are soon partying.....

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Nov 17^th, 2019 at 9:03pm:

Yadda wrote on Feb 16th, 2018 at 5:12pm: Always be as merry as you can, for love never delights in a sorrowful man. - ? A fool and his money are soon partying.....

Hey! My wife has gone to CBR for a week and I'm partying. Now where is my money? Oh, it's gone to CBR with the wife.  :'(

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Nov 17^th, 2019 at 9:03pm:

Yadda wrote on Feb 16th, 2018 at 5:12pm: Always be as merry as you can, for love never delights in a sorrowful man. - ? A fool and his money are soon partying.....

I like it, Grap !        :)

Yadda wrote on Nov 17^th, 2019 at 10:03pm:

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Nov 17th, 2019 at 9:03pm: Yadda wrote on Feb 16th, 2018 at 5:12pm: Always be as merry as you can, for love never delights in a sorrowful man. - ? A fool and his money are soon partying..... I like it, Grap !        :)

It's a young guy's comment...

Setanta wrote on Nov 17^th, 2019 at 9:15pm:

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Nov 17th, 2019 at 9:03pm: Yadda wrote on Feb 16th, 2018 at 5:12pm: Always be as merry as you can, for love never delights in a sorrowful man. - ? A fool and his money are soon partying..... Hey! My wife has gone to CBR for a week and I'm partying. Now where is my money? Oh, it's gone to CBR with the wife.  :'(

I know - I know... I took $2 and pulled a $198 jackpot once - the ex got it for travel money... oh, well... it's all into a common pot for the best use to benefit all...  (counts money available for back week case of beer...)

Been out all day yesterday doing fire victim relief, and then today up to where the ex's daughter is moving in soon, to cut the grass and look over the jobs that need doing before she does... I'm tired...

Jim Morrison quotes:

There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors.


I am the lizard king. I can do anything.


Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.


A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.


Where's your will to be weird?


Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.


Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.


Love cannot save you from your own fate.


This is the strangest life I've ever known.


No one here gets out alive.


https://www.billboard.com/files/styles/article_main_image/public/media/jim-morrison-1969-cbs-billboard-1548.jpg

Got a book worth of quotes - use 'em for writing books etc...

"This is America - we don't share land here".

John Dutton (Yellowstone), talking to a Chinese tourist who said that Dutton should share his ranch with all the people of the state.

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 18^th, 2019 at 12:26pm:

"This is America - we don't share land here". John Dutton (Yellowstone), talking to a Chinese tourist who said that Dutton should share his ranch with all the people of the state.

.. and you can quote him on that.....

This is worth reading again -
Bobby only supplies the best quotes:


Jim Morrison quotes:

There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors.


I am the lizard king. I can do anything.


Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.


A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.


Where's your will to be weird?


Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.


Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.


Love cannot save you from your own fate.


This is the strangest life I've ever known.


No one here gets out alive.


https://www.billboard.com/files/styles/article_main_image/public/media/jim-morrison-1969-cbs-billboard-1548.jpg

Don't eat the yellow snow.
Old Innuit saying.

My father used to always say

TRUST NO ONE

He was never taken for a ride
Never cheated
And never looked for an argument
But to take him on was to lose, he was one tough old man.

If you go to the grave with 2 humans you can call REAL friends then you've done well.
My father in law.



Better to be prepared than surprised.
Sumcunt.


Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence.
Jim Morrison.

What nationality is the second author, Cap'n?

German.... ;D


🤭

Herr or Frauline?

Latter....going by the name.

Mr Hammer wrote on Nov 18^th, 2019 at 4:32pm:

What nationality is the second author, Cap'n?

Wolfreig von Shragenhausen III (one of my noms de plume)  - you guess...

Every author needs a name that is unique... jeez, guys.... would you prefer I do an Andy McNab - a guy who never did a snatch op... and a Cockney to boot...

Always remember that 98% of people are not like you - the Grappler...


There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

John Adams
American, President Quotes

“Some people turn sad awfully young. No special reason, it seems, but they seem almost to be born that way. They bruise easier, tire faster, cry quicker, remember longer and, as I say, get sadder younger than anyone else in the world. I know, for I'm one of them.”
― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECTOpO_WsAA3__x.jpg

Anonymous patient, at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center:

“I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years.

"Terrific guy.

"He’s a lot of fun to be with.

"It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.

"No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”

A quote, is also a reflection on the man who uses [states] it.
- Yadda



Not true ?

Quote:

Fools will remain fools, and can only ride the coat tails of their superiors to achieve the appearance of being less foolish , until they evolve - it_is_the_light 19/11/19

╰დ╮ॐ╭დ╯

https://www.azquotes.com/picture-quotes/quote-a-perfect-martini-should-be-made-by-filling-a-glass-with-gin-then-waving-it-in-the-general-noel-coward-145-66-96.jpg

“I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.”
― Noel Coward

“I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me. ”
― Noel Coward

“It's a pity you didn't have a little more brandy. It might have made you more agreeable!”
― Noël Coward, Private Lives

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.”
― Oscar Wilde

“I am not young enough to know everything.”
― Oscar Wilde

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

"Something lost is something gained"
- JaSin 2001: An Australian Odyssey


"Wait till me little brother HITLER gets yas, ya bastards!"

Jesus, while on the cross yelling at his Jewish people who put him there.

"Get em for me!"

Mohommed Ali whispering in the ear of Mike Tyson (his little friend) centre-ring just before Tyson put Berbick away in the most dramatic of typical Tyson ways and went on to put the 'Great' Larry Holmes into the 'fear' factory - both of whom took full advantage of an aged and feebling Ali and gave him a real beating to the point he was forced to quite by Doctors.

"There were only two Golden Ages of Heavyweight Boxing. Ali's and Tyson's  - both of whom shared an even Golden Moment, in their role with Holmes & Berbick."
Ring Magazine.

Mike Tyson even said "Ali  was so good, even then - for he definately sucked Holmes & Berbick in to get hammered by me. Ali knew exactly what he was doing, when he took them both on and got a beating both times."

It was said by a Carer to Ali, that she heard Ali saying (to a family visitor) "Only Tyson could knock me out for good, if I didn't watch myself." Ali later could not confirm this when asked by a Reporter, but he also didn't respond at all to the Reporter much.

Jasin wrote on Nov 19^th, 2019 at 6:04pm:

"Wait till me little brother HITLER gets yas, ya bastards!" Jesus, while on the cross yelling at his Jewish people who put him there.

Only in your own head, jasin.

Yadda wrote on Nov 19^th, 2019 at 7:36pm:

Jasin wrote on Nov 19th, 2019 at 6:04pm: "Wait till me little brother HITLER gets yas, ya bastards!" Jesus, while on the cross yelling at his Jewish people who put him there. Only in your own head, jasin.

What goes around, comes around.  ;)

...for like God, the Aboriginals created this land, in your eyes. Before you ate from the Tree of Knowledge and never knew it existed. Now you eat from the Tree of Life, to live forever (like 40,000 years) like Gods like them. ;D

“There will be killing till the score is paid.”
― Homer, The Odyssey

Noam Chomsky -  quotes

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g6dP_vhVnqc/Wgnl79KS7rI/AAAAAAAAAOs/rKIpJIqyMxMTyYxGC6o3p-a5CtE04U25ACLcBGAs/s1600/V7CIL27.jpg

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously


If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.


Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.


Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.


The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.


Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.


Education is a system of imposed ignorance.


If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.


The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.


Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/jfk-quotes10-1505145560.jpg


Murdered 56 years ago today.

Quote:

What goes around, comes around.

Only in your head, jasin.





"Right is only in question between equals, and while the strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must."
- Thucydides (460-400 B.C.) Greek Historian



You may not like it, but that paradigm has always been 'the law' on this planet.

Even my parents called me mulder

Fox Mulder...  Xfiles

Spot

To learn [knowledge], takes effort and a determined intent.
To do well [as some form of artisan], takes practiced skill.
The first does not gift us the second.
- Yadda

Whaaaaaah! I'm a  Moron!-

random Oz Politics poster

A COUNTER-MORALITY


To make a thief, make an owner; to create crime, create laws.
- Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed


Such an argument [above] is idiocy, imo.
We can't have what we want, we can't take what we want, simply because we want to possess what we may see.  ....unless you are a neo-Marxist. [Yadda]




"In truth, laws are always useful to those with possessions and harmful to those who have nothing; from which it follows that the social state is advantageous to men only when all possess something and none has too much."
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract


And.....Those persons who plant a vineyard, or build a dam, or build a house, deserve to be protected [in their life and in their property] by the laws of a society of men, imo. [Yadda]



.



I prefer the logic of Martin Luther King, Jr., here.....

SOUND MORALITY

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.


The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral universe, and that there are moral laws of the universe just as abiding as the physical laws. (from "Rediscovering Lost Values")
- Martin Luther King Jr.

So you Google and copy & paste quotes, do you?

Here's a good one, from Mary Trump:

“Today, Donald is much as he was at three years old: incapable of growing, learning, or evolving, unable to regulate his emotions, moderate his responses, or take in and synthesise information."

Some oxymoron quotes 😂

*I am a deeply superficial person. - Andy Warhol
*Of course I can keep secrets. It's the people I tell them to that can't keep them. - Anthony Haden-Guest
*She used to diet on any kind of food she could lay her hands on. - Arthur Baer
*I distinctly remember forgetting that. - Clara Barton
*You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap. - Dolly Parton
*The budget was unlimited, but I exceeded it. - Donald Trump
*I have a terrible memory. I never forget a thing. - Edith Konecky
*I hate people but I love gatherings. - Edna St. Vincent Millay
*Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history. - George Bernard Shaw
*Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it. - Irene Peter
*Live within your income, even if you have to borrow to do so. - Josh Billings
*We must believe in free will. We have no choice. - Isaac B. Singer
*I can resist everything but temptation. - Mark Twain
*It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. - Mark Twain
*I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible. - Oscar Wilde
*The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep. - W.C. Fields
*I always avoid prophesying beforehand because it is much better to prophesy after the event has already taken place. - Winston Churchill
*I never said most of the things I said. - Yogi Berra
*Why don't you pair 'em up in threes? - Yogi Berra

*A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
*Include me out.
*A hospital is no place to be sick.
*Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
*Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
*Gentlemen, I want you to know that I am not always right, but I am never wrong.
*Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
*If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive!
*It's more than magnificent-it's mediocre.
*If Roosevelt were alive, he'd turn over in his grave.
*I'll give you a definite maybe.
*If you fall and break your legs, don't come running to me.
*I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them five years.
*I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
*I was always an independent, even when I had partners.
*I paid too much for it, but its worth it.
*I can give you a definite perhaps.
*It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.
*Our comedies are not to be laughed at.
*I never liked you, and I always will.
*Spare no expense to save money on this one.
*The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying.
*Tell them to stand closer apart.
*When told his son was getting married: Thank heaven. A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
*We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
*Anonymous and Funny Oxymoron Quotes
*It went over like a lead balloon.
*Thank God I'm an atheist.
*We are not anticipating any emergencies.
*Free advice is worth what you paid for it.
*I'm not going to say, "I told you so."
*May I ask a question? (my all time fave one!)
*This report is filled with omissions.
*Click the 'Start' button to shut down the computer.
*Spontaneity is good as long as it is controlled.

My quote (or excuse I used when doctor asks if I have taken my bp medication)
“Ummm.... yes ....in a consistently inconsistent way” 😈

Gotta file full of quotes - I use 'em when writing books..

Started on Last Tango In Beijing - about my interaction with a Chinese beauty....

“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.
We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.
We will not walk in fear, one of another.
We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men – not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular”
- Edward R. Murrow


https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/178884.Edward_R_Murrow

Yadda wrote on Jun 30^th, 2021 at 9:42pm:

“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men – not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular” - Edward R. Murrow https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/178884.Edward_R_Murrow

That is …. a very good one to ponder about.

Thank you for posting it. I’ve not seen that one before.

And thank you LOLS, for your quotes @ Reply #183.

I had a good laugh at some of them.        :)

ILike what my old man said

Trust no one, and trust politicians less.

Yadda wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 9:51am:

"If it goes without saying, it would go better by saying it."

Except that it's always the precursor to saying it anyway.

one for north


If you want your children to have a peaceful life, let them suffer a little hunger and a little coldness.
Chinese Proverb

I prefer to quote collective wisdom....  **falls about laughing**

aquascoot wrote on Jul 1^st, 2021 at 5:27pm:

one for north If you want your children to have a peaceful life, let them suffer a little hunger and a little coldness. Chinese Proverb

One for you: 'It's better that half the country starves so the other half can eat their fill' - I'll let you guess who said that.

Are you saying you starved your kids and left them in the cold?

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jul 1^st, 2021 at 5:59pm:

aquascoot wrote on Jul 1st, 2021 at 5:27pm: one for north If you want your children to have a peaceful life, let them suffer a little hunger and a little coldness. Chinese Proverb One for you: 'It's better that half the country starves so the other half can eat their fill' - I'll let you guess who said that. Are you saying you starved your kids and left them in the cold?

one of our cheif health officers ?

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Setanta wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2018 at 10:04pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 3rd, 2018 at 10:03pm: Grant me the will, fortitude and courage to change those things I can without being self indulgent. Aussie. 2018. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results”. Accredited to Albert Einstein

and yet you keep doing it. :D :D

aquascoot wrote on Jul 1^st, 2021 at 7:18pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jul 1st, 2021 at 5:59pm: aquascoot wrote on Jul 1st, 2021 at 5:27pm: one for north If you want your children to have a peaceful life, let them suffer a little hunger and a little coldness. Chinese Proverb One for you: 'It's better that half the country starves so the other half can eat their fill' - I'll let you guess who said that. Are you saying you starved your kids and left them in the cold? one of our cheif health officers ?

You.

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jul 1^st, 2021 at 7:37pm:

aquascoot wrote on Jul 1st, 2021 at 7:18pm: NorthOfNorth wrote on Jul 1st, 2021 at 5:59pm: aquascoot wrote on Jul 1st, 2021 at 5:27pm: one for north If you want your children to have a peaceful life, let them suffer a little hunger and a little coldness. Chinese Proverb One for you: 'It's better that half the country starves so the other half can eat their fill' - I'll let you guess who said that. Are you saying you starved your kids and left them in the cold? one of our cheif health officers ? You.

;D ;D ;D

well played

;D

"There is no fate which cannot be surmounted by scorn." Albert Camus.

*
What’s the biggest mistake in life?

The Buddha replied:  You think you have time.

Time is free
But it’s priceless

You can’t own it
But you can use it

You can’t keep it
But you can spend it

And once it’s lost
You can never get it back

You go Yahweh... I'll go mine.

"The one hundred and sixty thousand who shall be redeemed from the earth." Book of Revelation. Do the math, a lot of Christians are going to be disappointed.

Psalms 119:126
It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.

Psalms 119:136
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

Psalms 119:150
They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

Psalms 119:165
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

issuevoter wrote on Jul 4^th, 2021 at 10:56pm:

"The one hundred and sixty thousand who shall be redeemed from the earth." Book of Revelation. Do the math, a lot of Christians are going to be disappointed.

You need to adjust for inflation.

"Assume the worst. About everybody. But don't let this poisoned outlook affect your job performance. Let it all roll off your back. Ignore it. Be amused by what you see and suspect. Just because someone you work with is a miserable, treacherous, self-serving, capricious and corrupt asshole shouldn't prevent you from enjoying their company, working with them or finding them entertaining."
-Anthony Bourdain

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Can’t remember which shop it was I saw a quote sign.. I was in Westfields,  so I took a photo of it.
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“If you don’t heal what hurt you…
…you’ll bleed on people who didn’t cut you”
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People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice. ~Charles Bukowski

"For their own good, vegetarians should never be allowed near fine beers and ales. It will only make them loud and belligerent, and they lack the physical strength and aggressive nature to back up any drunken assertions." Anthony Bourdain

2 Thessalonians 2:11, NIV: "For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie"

2 Thessalonians 2:11, ESV: "Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false,"

2 Thessalonians 2:11, KJV: "And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:"

2 Thessalonians 2:11, NASB: "For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false,"

2 Thessalonians 2:11, NLT: "So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies."

2 Thessalonians 2:11, CSB: "For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie,"

AiA wrote on Jul 11^th, 2021 at 7:57pm:

People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice. ~Charles Bukowski

Ah, Bukowski. Such a cheerful chap.

Politics requires two things. Money and I can't remember the other thing.
Mark Hanna, American senator.

Mr Hammer wrote on Jul 26^th, 2021 at 8:57am:

AiA wrote on Jul 11th, 2021 at 7:57pm: People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice. ~Charles Bukowski Ah, Bukowski. Such a cheerful chap.

"a woman can
drop
out of your
life and
forget you
real fast.
a woman
can't go anywhere
but UP
after
leaving you,
honey."
~ Charles Bukowski, "The Last Night of the Earth Poems"

People are just not good to each other.
Bukowski.

The best way to convince a fool he is wrong is to let him have his way.
   - Josh Billings




It is something God does too.      ;D

No ?

"Kisses are a better fate than wisdom."  E E Cummings.

https://www.brainyquote.com/

The creation of the world did not occur at the beginning of time, it occurs every day.

What did Jesus say to his Jewish People when they put him up on the Cross?
"Wait till me little brother Hitler gets yas, ya bastards!" >:(

What did Mohommed say to the Christians during the Jihads against them?
"My big brother '____' from France will forgive our Moslem sins." ;)

Australian 'mateship': Where there's a Cop, there's his Criminal mate.

How do you kill an Aussie?
Leave them alone and they'll do it themselves.

Jasin wrote on Dec 21^st, 2021 at 3:02am:

Australian 'mateship': Where there's a Cop, there's his Criminal mate.

My experience of Australian police officers is one of polite respect for white or black. They do an unenviable job dealing with stupid people, and deserve our support. I think you are paranoid.

You will never have the time to do the things you don't make time for.

Me to a workmate. (2014ish)

BIBLE/GOD RELATED.....


A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
- Teddy Roosevelt


“The devil is always the governor where God's government is rejected”
- Richard Baxter, English theologian


"The Bible will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from the Bible."
- Dwight L. Moody (American Evangelist, 1837-1899)


"When people stop believing in God, they do not believe in nothing. They believe in anything."
- G.K. Chesterton


"Unless I am convinced by Scripture and plain reason - I do not accept the authority of the popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other - my conscience is captive to the Word of God.
I cannot and I will not recant anything for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe.
God help me.
Amen."
- Martin Luther


Yes indeed, you're gonna have to serve somebody
Well it may be the Devil
Or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody
- Robert Dylan, Gotta Serve Somebody

Oh I see some nics and I feel sad… Herbert.
And where is Nerfiti?

Virtue becomes a wife; beauty becomes a concubine.

Old Chinese proverb

👆 I'm thinking the Chinese must have loved their mums AND their mum's cooking.

The book of Psalms, is my personal, very favourite book of the KJV bible.

And Psalm 119, is my favourite chapter of the book of Psalms.

And Psalm 119 [at 176 verses], is also  >> the <<  longest chapter in the whole of KJV Bible.


Psalms 119:1
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

.....and on and on, and on, it goes.



It is wonderful stuff.

Many, many affirmations.     And joy, to the heart.



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John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28  And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29  My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

I chews the crayons...

Man with one chopstick no get fat.

Get drunk.
Fall over.

Ancient Aborigine saying "You got flagon gubba?!"

Saying "I don't support privacy because I have nothing to hide.",
is much like saying "I don't support free speech because I have nothing to say".
- a recent tag on an Oz Forecast page

"Quiet minds can't be perplexed or frightened,
but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace,
like a clock during a thunderstorm."
- Robert Louis Stephenson