thaibeachlovers

I have to disagree. Men don't normally take the pill and men have also got larger and fatter. Ladyboys are taller than Thai women, but they are generally still slim. I've been discussing fat people.

A badge I shall wear with honour. More people should be cynical and if that were so, politicians might not be able to fool so many of us so so easily. However, I'm not ignorant, and you have no way of making that judgement of me as you know nothing about me beyond the few words I write on this forum. If I really was ignorant, I'd probably take drugs to blot out reality and do antisocial things like so many do nowadays. I wasn't born cynical- I came into the world with no thoughts other than the desire to feed, but everything that has happened to me in the years since has made me a cynic. I guess becoming cynical has been as a defense against the BS and horrible people that assail me every day in this existence.

You are correct, but does God have emotions such as forgiveness? BTW, was the prodigal son given more than a second chance? I tend to the belief that humanity has had more than a second chance.

Thanks for keeping it short. Perhaps you are not old yet and don't understand that old minds do not work as well as young ones. You can call it belief, but I call it old age. In fact, I'm so old and decrepit that one of these days I'll be finding out for myself what is on the other side of the great divide. BTW less is more is a certain truth, as one can certify with women and clothing. The LESS clothing they wear generally tends to elicit MORE prurient interest than a complete absence of clothing.

Have you considered that God doesn't care if we "find" God or not? We are an insignificant species on an insignificant planet in an insignificant solar system in an insignificant galaxy, which is eventually going to join all those species that we exterminated on this planet. So, looking at the universe as a whole, with uncountable trillions of stars, planets and lifeforms, my question is "why should God care about us?"

Thanks for that. Perhaps I should preface everything I write with "western". That any child today should be unwanted, unloved and deprived of education is an indictment of humanity, and just one of the reasons I believe humanity is doomed by our own hand. Looking at the world I live in I wonder if we don't deserve to become extinct for being such a wicked species. We have the knowledge and the means to have Utopia on Earth, but we'd rather spend the money on better ways to kill each other. If I believed that God had human emotions ( as many seem to believe- but I don't ) I'd think that "he'd" have washed his hands of us and left us to our demise.

You must be a lot younger than I. When I was "dating" nice girls didn't till they had a ring, and "bad" girls ended up pregnant and having to get married. Having an illegitimate child was a great shame, not a ticket to welfare payments. I had a girlfriend of many months and didn't get past kissing, which I assumed was normal.

Never been there. What is your point?

55555555555555 They are supermodels because they are exceptional. They don't represent the "normal" woman. Got a better example?

I had one of those lightbulb moments this morning after I woke up. It occurred to me that those that don't believe in a God have to accept that nothing is going to save this planet from the destruction mankind is wreaking on it, and when we have destroyed the environment to the point that human life is not possible anymore all humanity will become extinct, by our own doing. At least those that believe have some hope that humanity will be saved from itself by a higher being.

I once thought I was going to die. My life did not flash before my eyes, and I did not have profound thoughts based on my life. The only emotion I experienced was terror.

I appreciate that you are trying to present complex concepts, and good for you for doing so, but when your posts go on for so long I'm sorry, but I'm not going to read them, despite probably missing out on some really interesting information. My mind just doesn't work on such a lot of information presented in a single post. Perhaps others don't have that problem. There's a good saying which I try to keep in mind "less is more". It works for me.

I think "love" does not mean what it's supposed to anymore. IMO it's used by women to fool men into thinking that they care about them, till they have got as much out of the poor sucker as they are going to get. Happened to me twice and worked both times. Never again though.

Living in a western country now ( I assume most western countries are the same in general, given we are becoming almost the same culture now, IMO ) I don't know anyone that is happy. The only people I hear laughing are the workers from overseas that come from poor countries ( we have to import people to work as many locals are too lazy to do menial work anymore ) and they haven't yet been contaminated by western culture. Most go around looking unhappy, and all they seem to do is eat too much bad food and spend as much money as possible on stuff. I live in a small town, and most of the shops are takeaways, and shops selling inferior goods cheaply. Many of the banks are gone, the cinema closed for lack of interest, the Saturday night dances stopped many years ago, there are no community theatre groups or such like any more. Even the building supply store closed, so have to go many miles to city to buy a bit of wood. Seems to me that the things that used to make a town into a community are vanishing, and leaving unhappy, unhealthy people with little to make their lives meaningful. IMO it's not going to end well. I envy those that do live in Thailand. There's probably more sanuk in one street there than in an entire town here, and I miss it more than I can say.

I recently watched "The Pyjama Game" with Doris Day, which was made in the 50s. Set in a clothing factory I noticed that almost all the many extras were slim, and I assume that was normal for women back then. There was one fat woman in the cast, and she was noticeable for being an exception to all the normal sized women. Theses days I doubt they'd find as many slim women to be extras. So, in 60 years we have gone from normally slim to normally large size. Be interesting to have a scientific study as to why, given fat people are more likely to get diabetes, and cardiac problems, not forgetting wearing out leg joints. Perhaps such a study would be unacceptable for PC reasons, given it's almost a crime to refer to anyone as fat now.

I doubt there is anywhere in the world with availability of good looking ( as opposed to ugly ) women to ordinary western blokes ( rich guys can get DDG girls anywhere in the world ) in as safe a country as Thailand. I'm told Colombian women are gorgeous, but who would want to live in a country as dangerous as that? So, as always, it comes down to women, and their availability. Those that aren't interested ( yeah, we all believe you ) can go elsewhere and that's a benefit for those that do, as less competition. BTW, immigration is only difficult for those that DIY. Agents make all those problems go away. "I'd not be here, were it not for my g/f of 10 years." That wouldn't be an excuse for not leaving, would it?

I believe that everything in the universe is connected through God, and Gaia is the planet. Life forms come and go on the planet, and if a life form behaves badly to the planet will be eliminated, much like if we have an ant biting us, we will eliminate the ant.

"You and me are privileged with choices" Ironic then that people make such bad choices eg smoking, drinking too much alcohol and killing their liver, polluting rivers, cutting down all the trees so hillsides fall down on their houses, building in a flood plain and then seeing the house float away etc etc etc. We live in an age where we know more than ever before in the time of humanity, but we seem to have failed to learn anything, despite almost universal education.

Humans are a violent species, and IMO if reduced to small numbers will eventually finish the job of extermination. Most humans couldn't survive without technology now. No idea how to grow food, combat disease without modern medicine, hunt etc. Be ironic if the only survivors were from small tribes in the Amazon that have had almost no contact with "civilization". Besides, after much thought, I believe that Gaia has had enough of humans destroying the lovely planet were given to live on and is now in the process of removing us by disease ( is covid just the start? ) famine, war, lack of drinking water etc etc etc.

How do you know there is no life on them? There could be life that does not conform to life on Earth eg blobs of a silicone like substance that has life. The only thing they may have in common with life on earth is the molecules they are formed from. Humans know virtually nothing about life forms millions of light years away.

I have no problem with evolution, and I believe it was designed as part of the universe by the creator. However I'm not one that believes that God decided to create humans. Far as I'm concerned we just happened to evolve due to the conditions on the planet at that time. I also don't believe that God is going to step in and save us after we destroy the environment ( wouldn't it be something if God did do that though- all those atheists would be in shock ). Once we've destroyed our species by overpopulation and other destructive acts, another species will take our place, perhaps a blob of intelligent silicone or something that can survive on a desolate planet.

It behooves us to remember ( when it comes to science ) that he who pays the piper chooses the tune.

LOL. Need to differentiate between the "government" and people that work for the government. Nurses work for the government and do their best DESPITE government interference making it harder than needed. I actually know scientists and have no more respect for them than anyone else. They haven't done much to make my life better. All the really important things were invented many years ago eg antibiotics and surgical procedures, etc. I don't know that spending billions on a space telescope is going to make my life better, and social media ( invented by science ) is IMO the worst thing ever to afflict humanity. Anyway, there is no way any of us can know if intelligent design or evolution is the truth at this point in history, as we just don't have the tools to prove one or the other, and far as I'm concerned intelligent design created evolution, along with everything else

Has anyone on this thread been "preaching" at you? I'm not trying to convert anyone and don't know any recent posts trying to do so. Again, I don't care what anyone else believes- that's their business.

I think it cost me 20 baht, but that was many years ago. I didn't have to pay witnesses and didn't take anyone with me other than wife to be. I hope you know the potential pitfalls of getting married to a Thai, BEFORE signing. I wish I had discovered the divorce threads before I did.