We have the intellect to imagine the finality of our own demise but do not have the sophistication to overcome our survival instinct and accept it.
Solution? Magical thinking and childish promises of everlasting life.
Ergo, religion.
rac·ist
rāsəst/noun
a person who believes that a particular race is superior to another.
Ask yourself honestly if this describes what you believe to be true.
If the answer is yes, you are a racist.
We have the intellect to imagine the finality of our own demise but do not have the sophistication to overcome our survival instinct and accept it.
Solution? Magical thinking and childish promises of everlasting life.
Ergo, religion.
rac·ist
rāsəst/noun
a person who believes that a particular race is superior to another.
Ask yourself honestly if this describes what you believe to be true.
If the answer is yes, you are a racist.
This morning, around 7:00 AM, I went for a stroll around the lake. I noticed a man shouting, "Allah be praised!" and "Death to all Infidels" when suddenly he tripped and fell into the water.
He was struggling to stay afloat because of all the explosives he was carrying. If he didn't get help he would surely drown.
Being a responsible citizen and abiding by the law of the land that requires you help those in distress, I contacted the Police, the Coast Guard, Homeland Security and even the Fire Department.
Now it is 11:00 AM, the terrorist has drowned and none of the authorities have responded.
I'm starting to think I just wasted four stamps.
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
Frank Apisa (09-13-2018), Sailor (09-13-2018)
“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.”
— Golda Meir
Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.
ברוך השם
Mott the Hoople (09-13-2018)
Mott and two sheep walk into a bar and the bartender says "Are you cheating on Dolly again?".......
When I was young, my English teacher used to suggest that Philosophy was a waste of time for us, quoting (I think he said) Aristotle, to the effect that Philosophy was not a study for young men. Since, evidently, the subject was, at best, just an argument about the meaning of words, English criticism could do all it tried to do, and better. I waited for many years, and never felt ready for philosophy, however old I got. The relevance of the following story, however, makes me think I am about there: Two men are sitting chatting in the house of one of them, and the first said that he and his wife ate at an excellent restaurant yesterday.
Man 2: What was it called?
Man 1. What do you call those things women like to be given?
Man 2: Carnations?
Man 1. No. The one I'm thinking of is a flower, but it has a spikey stem.
Man 2: Roses?
Nan 1 (giving thumbs up and beaming): Rose! What was the name of that restaurant we ate in last night?
/grins sheepishly......
Mott the Hoople (09-13-2018)
cancel2 2022 (09-13-2018)
Obviously there are people who do not recognize a humor thread for what it is.
Chill out, people.
Allow some threads to be cathartic.
Mott the Hoople (09-13-2018)
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