Okay, so here's something that's been bothering me for a while. I'd like to hear some other opinions. Maybe it's just me getting grumpy as the big Three-Oh (otherwise known as GAY DEATH) approaches at a terrifying rate and I won't any longer be able to claim youth as an excuse for whatever...
Hi Heathens (and others).
Something I've noticed lately is that many of the statues and other images available out there of Tyr also feature the wolf Fenris. Unsurprisingly, usually they are based on the familiar scene from the story of Fenris' binding where Tyr places his hand in the wolf's...
Hi all,
I'm interested in getting some opinions from the local pagans about how ancient gods fit into the modern world.
Being that there usually isn't any unbroken tradition with the pre-Christian gods that people in the West are now looking back to, what we have to go on are records from a...
Hi all!
Some of you might remember me from a few years ago. I'm that guy who used to post sometimes.
I see some of my old friends are still around, which is good to see (HI BUTTERCUP.)
Anyway, after a magical, mystical journey, I thought I might log back on. I'll probably mostly lurk...
Well, the caucus vote is through and the Australian Labor Party has new leadership. Big Kim Beazley and Jenny Macklin are gone. Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard are now leader and deputy leader of the party, respectively.
I'm not entirely sure what to make of Kevin Rudd. He strikes me as an...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lRmC0DaE6rE
This is a clip from a TV show that aired here in Australia a few years back called John Safran v.s. God.
In it, John basically travels the world "trying out" different religions and belief systems. Along with that are, of course, plenty of segments that...
Alright, so as I post this, it probably, barring temporal distortion of some kind, is not yet the day over in Canada.
However, as it is, by two hours in fact, the 28th here in Australia, I shall declare it anyway, preemptive as it may be.
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Happy Birthday, Willamena!
I hope you...
This is something I've been hearing and reading quite a lot about lately. American atheists who feel that they can't "come out", so to speak, as atheists in their communities for fear of dire social consequences. Young people are saying their parents would throw them out or force them to see...
Is modern Western society more corrupt than it has been in the past?
How does one define "corruption" in this context? What are the signs of a corrupt society?
If our society is more corrupt, in what way? What should be different to make it less corrupt? Was there a time in the past when it...
Well, it's happened. Was it inevitable? Perhaps. A simple, unavoidable result of my upbringing or of personal intellectual inquiry or of brainwashing by the evil secular liberal media elite? I don't know for sure. Either way, I feel I'm back to pretty much where I was a few years ago, though...
Alright guys, seeing as we've got a "Down Under Politics" forum now, I think it needs some more use. If there's one thing that is a big issue in Aussie politics, at least, right now it's the Howard government's new industrial relations legislation.
Unless you've been living under a stone, I'm...
Ahoy, Cap'n! Ye be 37 years old t'day, aharrr!
Ye've done survived a good long while. May yer sails be bellied and may ye acquire much booty on this day, ye rapscallion!
Arrrr!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :D
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Our resident Mundane has taken a hammer to the 10k barrier and broken through into FIVE DIGIT TERRITORY!
Congratulations, Kai! I suspect it won't be long before the 20k wall falls before your frubalish might!
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Name: Joshua
DOB: May 20
Sex: Tod (Male)
Scientific Classification: Vulpis Moderatus RFensis
Location: Western Australia
Religion: Kemetic Traditionalist
Origin of Life view: Abiogenesis followed by evolution, I guess. The truth is, I think the origin of life is significantly less...
I'm sure we've all heard and used the expression "nobody's perfect."
Okay, but what's "perfect?" If none of us are perfect human beings, what would the traits of a perfect human being be? What are we trying to measure up to here? Is there some kind of perfect being that you put on a pedestal...
With chainguns, even!
Atheist_Dave has reached 10 000 frubals! Oh, the power! The majesty! The Dave!
Congrats, buddy! I've got a Budget Killer Robot Lite made on the third moon of Zorgon that you can purchase with those frubals.
Everyone, join in! Huzzah for Dave!
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Huzzah! :D
You heard it here first, folks: divine has cleared 10k frubals!
Congratulations, divine! Very well deserved. May your bulldozer take you swiftly onward!
There needs to be a bulldozer smiley. Let's hear it for divine!