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#11

Current Events / Re: "No Religion" largest grou...

Last post by zorkan - May 10, 2024, 01:03:28 PM

The 'Hitchens' effect?

Is that Hitchens's razor?

"what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence"

#12

History / Re: What's this?

Last post by zorkan - May 10, 2024, 12:47:02 PM

Lorena Hitchens thinks they might have religious significance.

https://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/tv-show-to-star-mystery-roman-object-found-near-villa-site-w-9347699/

12 gods of Greece, maybe.
Roman's adopted Greek gods and changed their names.

#13

Current Events / Re: "No Religion" largest grou...

Last post by Dark Lightning - May 10, 2024, 01:25:16 AM

Yup. Nobody likes getting "Hitch-slapped". 

[Tank]

#14

Current Events / Re: "No Religion" largest grou...

Last post by Recusant - May 10, 2024, 12:44:29 AM

The 'Hitchens' effect?

I like that one, well done, Tank, 

#15

Current Events / Re: "No Religion" largest grou...

Last post by Tank - May 09, 2024, 10:48:01 PM

The 'Hitchens' effect?

#16

Laid Back Lounge / Re: Photography, photos you to...

Last post by Tank - May 09, 2024, 08:34:49 PM

Can anybody confirm that this is a partridge please? It is the first time I have seen one .

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Yeah that appears to be a red-legged partridge. Well done. 

There was a pair of them in a field near where I live. I have never seen any there before.

#17

Laid Back Lounge / Re: Photography, photos you to...

Last post by Tank - May 09, 2024, 08:24:53 PM

^OK. I go to an antique truck forum and we have to tell the dirty jokes to each other via PM.

#18

Laid Back Lounge / Re: Photography, photos you to...

Last post by Recusant - May 09, 2024, 07:55:33 PM

Can anybody confirm that this is a partridge please? It is the first time I have seen one .

Yeah that appears to be a red-legged partridge. Well done. 

#19

Current Events / Re: "No Religion" largest grou...

Last post by Recusant - May 09, 2024, 07:45:09 PM

Interesting.

Hypothesis: It may be self-selecting, and to some extent self-perpetuating.

To acknowledge one's atheism in the US is to be willing to accept that some people will view you in a negative light. It takes a thickish skin to do that, and some level of disregard for the opinions of others.

With this hypothetical self-selection we winnow out the more meek and obliging sorts, which results in a higher percentage (than the general population) of outspoken types, and certainly a higher percentage of arrogant arses. American self-acknowledged atheists therefore may include a disproportionately large element who're snide and overbearing about it. This helps reinforce the negative image of atheists in the US.  

 

#20

Laid Back Lounge / Re: Photography, photos you to...

Last post by Dark Lightning - May 09, 2024, 06:44:06 PM

^OK. I go to an antique truck forum and we have to tell the dirty jokes to each other via PM.