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  1. the village idiot
    Bravo that man! With my usual boring predictably, I would say that there's no need to be 'thankful'. But apart from that I'm with you all the way!:thumbup:
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    A utopian world is certainly unrealistic, but a very admirable state of affairs to aim for. The existence of religion means we are guaranteed to never even get close. That and our propensity for overblown nationalism. We are all fellow travellers on a ball of rock spinning at 1000 miles per hour, hurtling around our Sun at 67,000 miles per hour. Our Sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy and there are around 200 billion galaxies in the universe. What a waste that instead of celebrating the astounding position we are in, we choose to slaughter each other over imaginary Gods and squabble to the death over which bits of the Earth are rightfully ours. If all that energy were put into just enjoying the ride we are all on we could have a blast!
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    Hi Ti, It is great and very constructive that you are so willing to talk openly about your beliefs. It is unfortunate that more believers are not willing to join the debate, and one has to wonder why they do not. The problem I see is that it will be impossible to try and persuade Muslims that their beliefs are wrong when we in the west hold our own equally irrational beliefs and the American president concludes his orders to bomb the middle east with the words God Bless America. I agree with you that modern day Christianity is a very far cry from the brutality of the doctrine of Islam, but surely the best way to combat religious extremism is to show that ALL religion is silly and unnecessary, and there are many alternative God free paths to follow which can result in the flourishing of mankind.
  4. the village idiot
    Oh it's there alright, and getting bigger all the time as my biceps reach their destined girth.
  5. the village idiot
    Indeed I do, and here is the proof! The stunner in the foreground is Mrs Idiot being very excited after unwrapping her tree swing last Christmas.
  6. the village idiot
    This is as close a representation that I can find of what I believe I look like whilst going about my daily woodland chores. All those who know me will no doubt be quite staggered by the likeness.
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    I agree, Islam does need a reformation. I would go further and say that it needs to be completely educated out of people. This goes for all people who persist in believing in nonsense. Banning those who follow a religion from your country (admittedly the most violent one) is plainly ridiculous and is not going to be helpful. The fact that anyone can take Trump seriously is mind boggling, and rather concerning. Most terrorists are Muslim, but only a miniscule fraction of the billions of Muslims are terrorists. As for the brilliant quotes from the soldier who lost his leg. His comments were posted on Facebook. The fact that the BBC picked up on the story does absolutely nothing to diminish his sentiment.
  9. the village idiot
    That last paragraph says it all really.
  10. the village idiot
    It's no Breaking Bad but I'm working my way through it in bitesize chunks. Thanks for posting David:thumbup:
  11. the village idiot
    That is amazing! Good detective work that man. Also pretty sobering to zoom out a bit, look at the percentage tree cover, then swim over to the UK and look at ours.
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    A wounded soldier's response to people who expect him to hate Muslims - BBC News
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    What is a Muslim though? Presumably those who follow the teachings of the Koran. If this is the measure then it's the fundamentalists who are the 'truest' Muslims as they follow their holy book to the letter. The rest just cherry pick and interpret, making them Muslim lites. Taking your morals from an ancient story book in order to achieve life after death is nuts, and hugely detrimental to the human race when that book is as vile as the Koran. Sorry, bit of a derail. This post probably makes me sound like a fan of Trump. For the record, I am not. I think he's an a hole.
  14. the village idiot
    Not sure what got into White Noise on this thread. It all seemed to go a bit weird for a little while there?
  15. the village idiot
    From my observations, dogs have mastered not only the Saveloy but also the Cocktail and the Cumberland sausage. I see no reason to suppose that wolves would require any extra training?
  16. the village idiot
    Ahh:001_smile: Good old unimogs.
  17. the village idiot
    Looks like Dutchie's regretting the decision to take your work socks to bed with her Mark.
  18. the village idiot
    Anyone good on photoshop?
  19. the village idiot
    Apparently they do make quite nice sausages.
  20. the village idiot
    Is that a spoof poster Silky? It's hilarious:laugh1:
  21. the village idiot
    Have you not met Dave?
  22. the village idiot
    Brilliant TCD:lol: Not laughed so hard for a very long time! Got some more here that are so bad they are quite difficult to watch. These two ladies are positively bursting with joy for the Almighty. And here's undeniable proof that you don't need to get God involved to produce truly awful tunes. These range from the laughable: To the disturbing: To the downright terrifying! And finally, one for eggs:001_smile:
  23. the village idiot
    Nice one! A real foot tapper. How about these? There is a whole treasure trove of them out there.
  24. the village idiot
    Sorry Ti but I'm going to have to take issue with that statement! Watch this and weep..... Literally:lol:
  25. the village idiot
    I don't think you're too far off there. I supplied 126 Ash butts which totalled 12.7 cubic mtrs, so in my case it was 10 stems per m3. Obviously it depends on the age of the Ash.

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