Google says they were from the Montreal area too.

Once again, I find that we’re in sublime agreement.

Stick to reality: Agreed. God is the source of reality. Without God, there is no reality.

Loving other people is far more important than loving an imaginary friend: Agreed. That’s the heart of the Gospel.

What a repellent monster this “God” people have dreamed up is: Agreed. The atheist version of God is false.

Try doing what’s right simply because it’s right, not because of the fear of supernatural retribution or the hope of eternal reward: Well, duh. It’s not right if you’re doing it for wrong reasons. On the other hand, there is no way to know what’s right if you deny or ignore the truth.

You’ll be happier for it: Agreed. “Doing the truth in love” is the highest good and greatest happiness.

Atheism is not a religion. Atheists do not believe in nothing, we believe in things that are real.

Loving other people is far more important than loving an imaginary friend.

One of the most horrifying stories in the Bible is an old man believing he had to murder his son to prove his love for God. What kind of vile creature would ask such a thing, and why would people worship Him for any reason other than fear? Mixing up fear and love like that is sick.

There are multiple other examples of what a repellent monster this “God” people have dreamed up is. Even if he’s real, he’s not worthy of worship, especially not unquestioning worship.

Stick to reality. You’ll be happier for it. Try doing what’s right simply because it’s right, not because of the fear of supernatural retribution or the hope of eternal reward. All that does is show you up to be a selfish and craven individual.

They’re an English company. Maybe the survey was limited to their mostly British subscribers? Many of them would automatically put their own country.

I always think that the problem with all the beautiful things in the US is they’re so far apart. We have all the same stuff in NZ (excluding the huge utterly magnificent things like the Grand Canyon, the Tetons etc) and they’re close together. You can visit several on one day if you want.

I agree about somewhere like Wales. It undoubtedly has some beautiful scenery, but there’s not a lot of variety.

Lonely Planet came up with a quite different list.

Interesting.

Oops, that was Jimbo.

Thanks Diane. Doing this has lost me followers though. I suspect they don’t like the increase in emails. I delete about a hundred emails a day without reading them – things like ads, posts where the topic doesn’t appeal etc. It’s a survival mechanism! But there are probably people who don’t feel able to do that.

Some species endangered in their home range may become ‘pests’ elsewhere. Those possums in NZ may be an example (I’m not sure they are endangered in their home range). The ‘threatened status’ Thar goats were considered an invasive alien on Table Mountain (they have been eradicated now). There are also several plants in that category, but I can’t recall the specific ones right now.