The trouble in Ossetia, Georgia is really a proxy conflict between Russia and the United States over the strategically important area. The Americans are going to get their asses kicked out there and quite rightly so. The USA in a round about way is trying to do something similar to what Khrushev tried in Cuba. The Americans could not tolerate that threat, but now they expect the Russians to? George W. Bush and Condoleezza Rice need to get a grip on reality. The world has woken up to them.

Trevor E. Cowan

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Religion is a self-serving, self-righteous establishment with the sole purpose of giving those in power even more power. While at the same time enslaving the masses to a doctrine that would not withstand even a cursory scrutiny by any sane intelligent person.

This is accomplished by employing a medium that is based in fear, guilt and shame. If this fails, torture may be used if allowed by the church.

This is offset by offering a slight chance of redemption and salvation at the end of one’s life, providing the rules as set down by the church hierarchies are followed without question.

The vast majority of people are indoctrinated into religion as helpless infants that stood no chance a life time of religious brain washing that they were about to be exposed to.

Religion has caused many to be slaughtered in warfare, it has broken up homes when one spouse would not bow to the other spouse’s religion. It has adversely effected young children. Indeed! Even today many young children in orphanages world-wide still fall victims of ill-treatment and raped by some of those pious monsters that like to portray themselves as the keepers of morality and virtue.

Any sane thinking person could only see regimes such as these as these as only deserving contempt, disgust and ridicule. While retaining a feeling of pity for those innocents that have been duped by a litany or lies and deceit.

Trevor E. Cowan (Freethinker)

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You only need to look around you for proof of God’s existence I hear you say? Well! I am sorry to have to
dissolution you, but everything in existence was made by the pink, blue spotted unicorn God that I worship. My challenge to you is to prove that your fictitious supernatural God made everything and my pink, blue spotted unicorn God did not.

Oh yes! One more thing. Do not attempt to use the bible to verify your claims as that would be a circular
argument. Just like saying ‘The bible is true, because the bible tells me it is true’. See what I mean? The bible is here say and would never withstand a test of credibility, or stand up in a court of law.

Merely claiming a thing is true, does not actually make it true. No matter how long people have been saying
it.

One last thing. I have heard (true or not a cannot say) that they have now printed a new edition of the bible that only has blank pages. This is to be called the non-fictional bible.

Trevor E. Cowan

From http://www.answers.com

A. The point at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator, the sun having a northerly motion.

B. The moment at which the sun passes through the vernal equinox, about March 21, marking the beginning of spring in the
Northern Hemisphere.

The Spring Equinox is know as: Alban Eilir, Eostre, Eostre, Feast Of Annunciation
Of The So Called Virgin Mary, Festival Of Trees, Lady Day, NawRuz, No
Ruz, Ostara, Ostra, Spring Rites And The Vernal Equinox.

Although various groups such as religious, pagan and a few others would like
to lay claim to this time as being their own, and upsets some if
other groups lay claim to it as well, negates the fact that the
Vernal Equinox was occurring long before mankind existed, and I dare
say will be occurring long after mankind has vanished.

The rituals connected with the Vernal Equinox are just that. Rituals made
up by man. Some transposed from another date due to expediency by
groups such as the Roman Catholic church to try to smother other
groups such as Pagan groups that were more popular at that time.
While it did work for a time, modern day people are starting to see
through this ruse and Paganism is resurging.

Have you ever thought what an egg had to do with the Christian Easter? The
egg is a Pagan symbol for fertility, and the Easter Bunny (originally
a Hare) is a sacred animal to the Pagans.

The only thing we know for certain that it is the Spring (Vernal Equinox)
is the Spring Equinox, no matter what name we give it or what rituals
we hang on it, and will always remain so. The Day and Night will be
of equal periods of time.

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Or if a cooperate tycoon or a
government official misappropriates thousands, if not millions of
dollars belonging to the public they either get off with a fairly
light sentence (quite often not going to jail) or not being convicted
at all. But if a little old lady or a solo mother on the pension
where to steal 1 lb of butter or a packet of biscuits to feed her
family they want to throw her in jail and strip her of her pension.

You know how they get away with this?
It is because people like you and I, the ordinary person in the
street let them get away with it. We are so apathetic we just shrug
our shoulders and leave it for someone else to deal with, but they
never do. They get away with it because we let them get away with it,
and we are getting exactly what we deserve. No more and not less.
silence is taken as condoning their actions.

This will continue until enough of us
so called ordinary people get off our back-sides and yell in a loud
clear voice. STOP! We have had enough of this crap. The law states
that there is only one law that covers all people, and we demand that
this law covers everybody equally without fear or favour.

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Janet: ‘God is a green spotted five legged pink unicorn.’
Harry: ‘What proof do you have?’
Janet: ‘None. But you cannot prove such a God does not exist, therefore it does exist.’

Janet then smiles sweetly at Harry.

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Unquote

The term ‘catholic’ is derived from the Greekadjective καθολικός pronounced katholikos, which means “general” or “universal”.
This term appears in both the Nicene Creed and the Apostles Creed, statements of faith adhered to by almost all modern denominations. When the word “catholic” or “universal” is applied to the Church, it is generally intended to indicate that the institution is the uniquely legitimate Christian church intended for all of humanity.
You may want to think about this the next time you use the term ‘Roman catholic church’ I know I will never use this term again. Instead I will refer to it as ‘The church of Rome’. Which I personally feel is more accurate.
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It is not correct to think that something exists until it is proven not to exist. How does one prove that something does not exist?

It is also wrong to think that just because you cannot prove that something exists that it does not exist. Maybe it does not exist in our universe, but how can we be sure that it does not exist in another universe?

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At long last the people grew tired of listening to the Howard Government’s lies about such things as ‘The children overboard incident’ (which turned out to be an election stunt), the ‘We will never introduce G.S.T.’ (and they did not long after with the help of the Democrats), the introduction of ‘Work Choices’ (a horrendous Bill that stripped workers of their rights). Hoarding billions of dollars so they could gloat about how much money they had (instead of spending it on hospitals, education, and other places where it was sorely needed, then wasting the bulk of it at the last minutes by election stunt giveaways).

Now we have a labor Government headed by Kevin Rudd. Time will now tell what promises they will keep, and which they will ignore, but I am not holding my breath expecting miracles.

Trevor E. Cowan

Say you were living an immoral life. I am considered to be prejudiced if I do not agree with your immoral way of life. Am I supposed to remain silent if questioned on how I feel about your way of life, or speak up and risk being classified as a prejudiced person? Personally I will always speak out because it is my right, and I will not be cowered into silence. Just because a person is prejudiced does not automatically put them in the wrong.

A few examples are:

I am prejudiced about people driving while either speeding, drunk or on drugs because it is a danger to others.

I am prejudiced against people that rob and assault elderly people because I think they are cowards.

I am prejudiced against religions that kill and torture people because they will not follow their belief system. (How many have been slaughtered in Gods name?)

I am also prejudiced against homosexuals. Now let’s get another thing straight here. I am not homophobic (which is another popular misused term). Homophobic means to ‘Fear’ homosexuals. I in no way fear homosexuals (I am also not religious, so have no barrow to push there) I do however disagree with their way of life when I see a defenseless vulnerable child being reared in an unnatural situating. Oh! I have been told that homosexuality occurs in nature, so that makes it natural. Heart attacks, Tuberculosis and Cancer occur in nature also, but any sane minded person will avoid these if they can. So! Does this make me prejudiced against homosexuality? Yes! It does, but I feel for the right reasons.

I am prejudiced against slavery of any kind. I would not condone slavery in any form. (I find it sickening that a person should be enslaved due to race or color)

You may feel that after reading this that I am the most prejudiced person around. Well maybe I am, and I am proud to be able to stand up and be counted for the things that I feel are right, and also able to speak out and be counted for the things that I feel are wrong.

Too often now in this crazy world of Political Correctness that we now live in are people cowered into silence and acceptance because they are frightened of being branded prejudiced, intolerant, homophobic or some other name. I feel to have any positive change it is about time we all became willing to stand up and be counted for what we truly believe in.

For years now we have had these minority groups jumping up and down and making a loud noise to get laws changed to suit themselves while the majority remained silent, and that silence was taken for acceptance. It is like a bad case of the tail wagging the dog, and it is about time this was changed.

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P.S. You may disagree with me here, and of course that is right to do so and I respect that.

There are exemptions provided for ‘Educational Institutions, Religious Organizations, Political parties and Market Research calls’.

Now! Let us take these very convenient (for the Government) exemptions one by one.

Educational Institutions: The Government has spent the last year of so boasting about how much extra money that it has in reserve. If the Government has that much extra money, let them spend it on education like they should be doing and stop providing loop-holes in the ‘Do Not Call Register’ so people are asked to give additional money through donations. People have already donated through their Income Tax, or is the Government trying to tell us that this is not so?

Religious Institutions: People like John Howard and Tony Abbot have made their religious commitment quite clear, and I have no bother with this. People can also believe in other Fairy Stories like ‘Jack And The Beanstalk’ for all I care. But I feel that it is wrong just because some people that are high up in the Government are religious that they think they should be allowed to push their religious agenda. I see that an exemption for ‘Atheism’ was not granted. Interesting hey?

Political Parties: Well! This was to be expected wasn’t it. Is the General Public not exposed to political misinformation, false promises and downright lies via the media without being exposed to them in the privacy of our own homes? Is there no escaping them? With most politicians, the more they try to convince me of something, the harder I look for what is really going on. Let’s face it. If an idea is really good, it will sell itself.

Charities: Once again. The If the Government has that much extra money, let them spend it on Charities like they should be doing and stop providing loop-holes in the ‘Do Not Call Register’ so people are asked to give additional money through donations. It came over our news a few days ago that as little as $1 out of $10 reached the destination it was intended for. That means out of every One Million Dollars collected, only One Hundred Thousand dollars reaching the destination and Nine Hundred Thousand dollars being absorbed on the way. So who is really gaining the benefit, the people in need of the relief or the collection agencies? For every dollar you give, means the Government saves a dollar so they can vote themselves exorbitant pay rises while begrudging the ordinary worker a pay rise. Let us have a closer look at this.

$1000000 Collected
$900000 Expenses
$100000 reaches destination

If 90% of my donation is to be siphoned off, I sure would like to know where it is going.

Market Research: If your so called Market Research experience is similar to mine it just means that they start of by saying ‘This is Market Research, we are not trying to sell you anything. Which I will give some is correct. But what they are doing is researching you to find out what they can sell you. Then you start getting telemarketing phone calls, letters in your letter box, people knocking on your door etc.

Well! Mr Howard and the Australian Government. I feel it is very arrogant of you to think that you have the say in who you think should be allowed to contact me and who cannot contact me and I have already started to do something about it. When I get a phone call from one of these ‘Exempted’??? organizations now I simple tell them The Howard Government in their arrogance may have exempted you, but I haven’t Please do not call again and goodbye.

Trevor E. Cowan

I have also seen these same self righteous people wearing lovely expensive leather shoes, with matching handbag for the ladies of course, (Hmmmm maybe some of the men?) and leather belts. Do these people think that they managed to skin the animal without harming it?
Hmmmmmmm Maybe we could be a bit selective in what animals we should not harm. Maybe that could work? How about we do not harm Whales, seals, sharks, kangaroos, koalas etc, but ignore being kind to the things that we like to eat? Maybe that would work. For instance. Here in Australia we could kill all the flies and cane toads we like, but pass a law that we are not allowed to kill any kangaroos? Except for when we want to kill kangaroos for dog food of course. After all. All those dogs owned by those nice kind animal rights people have to eat. Don’t they?
I think this all boils down to there being too many people around that cannot mind their own business, and want to be seen helping a worthwhile cause. The only advice I would like to give these people is to really think it through before opening your mouth or putting pen to paper and use all of the facts instead of just the ones that suit you. You never can tell, you may come up with something that is workable and really worth while.
If a fox were to enter a hen-house and rip all of the chickens to pieces before carry one off to eat, that is alright because that is what foxes do. Well killing animals and eating them is what people do, and have been doing so for thousands of years. If you want to have a soy burger that just tastes like meat, that is fine by me. Just do not try telling me what I should be eating. Besides! Eating a soy burger with a patty that tastes like meat should be telling you what you would rather be eating. Otherwise why not have a burger that tastes like peanut butter?

Trevor E. Cowan