Comments on: Research Finds that Atheists are Most Hated and Distrusted Minority

By: carol

carol — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:56:56 +0000

seems that people can pass judgement without knowing any facts luckly i dont usually react to rudeness it comes from ignorance

By: JayKay

JayKay — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:20:17 +0000

@ Katherine368 – but maybe it counts as it exists as an acronym for a festival where they take mind altering drugs? Maybe on p200,000 of Google, it means something spy-ish, haha!

By: JayKay

JayKay — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:16:51 +0000

Or for maths, try Plato and Socrates. I’m not up on them at all, but one day I’ll find the time. If Derren teaches me to speed read, haha!

By: Katherine368

Katherine368 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:43:53 +0000

@JayKay VUUV is also a palindrome (as well as SOLOS) although not actually a word so perhaps not technically a palindrome. Not sure. Interesting…

By: JayKay

JayKay — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:08:14 +0000

@Mr Woolf – I think you’ll find more wisdom in the Greek language, plus it’s fun to decode the symbols as well as the meaning of the words. I translated a version of a Greek play a few years ago and, as well as the English versions I read, I googled copies of Greek versions and Euripides’s ancient version. What beautiful, metaphorical, three-dimensional writing (and I don’t know what has happened in the English translations, but there is plenty of dark humour and sarcasm in the tragedies which seems to have been missed). And what a grasp of the human condition. How could they possibly know what they knew about how the brain and body works and how it affects our psychology? And they were very tolerant of other races and cultures. So, have a look at some Homer maybe.

By: Jimmy in Santa Clara

Jimmy in Santa Clara — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:19:25 +0000

It’s only a matter of time until the religious right’s old guard dies off. We just keep pushing the truth and let them spew their dogma until they choke. I used to be tolerent of the pious, but now that they are pushing their religion into the US government, I am much more vocal and less concerned about the potential bigotry aimed my way.

Stand up Freethinkers!!!!

By: Mr Woolf

Mr Woolf — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:38:54 +0000

@JayKay
Well it’s always been a language I’ve admired, but they killed it off.
I think it’s possibly the language (or one of very few) where wisdom can be found (if you know what I mean?)
Maybe one day I’ll get the oppertunity to master that ‘dead tongue’… who knows.

Hope all things with you are well

Peace people.

By: JayKay

JayKay — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:09:12 +0000

@Mr Woolf – Nice try with the Latin! I can only very very roughly translate now. I have no idea of any of the tenses really, apart from the first thing you learn which is amabo, amabas, amabat, amabamus, amabatus, amabant. It’s stood me in good stead though and I’m very grateful to my old school for being old fashioned and teaching it. It’s even hard to google Latin now – all you get is Spanish and Italian!

By: Mr Woolf

Mr Woolf — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:30:45 +0000

And appologies…
it’d appear that I got it wrong anyway… Populi/Populo would be for people wouldn’t it?

Sorry

Peace people!
(At least I can get that one right eh?)

By: Mr Woolf

Mr Woolf — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:26:29 +0000

@JayKay
Although… It has to be said, I like your version better, haha

Pax Homines!
(It’s not showing off… it’s just a slight change from the old version )
x