If you were ever religious at one point, what made you turn away from faith?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2018:

Had doubts in my teens but becoming a battered wife did the ttrick...I learned to rely on Myself to survive, no person ever stepped in and certainly no "gawd"!

Come november?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2018:

Back to FB & Twitter in early Fall to Get Out The Vote!

It's true.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2018:

Or intelligence....

Maga=my attorney got arrested

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2018:

Love it!

Hello community. This here is the groovy place I may have been looking for. How is everyone?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 10, 2018:

Are you still around?

What to do now? Blind-date

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2018:

It is not a life-time commitment, ya KNOW. it's a coffee meeting.......be free to be you, give her space to be herself, relax, enjoy!

Have you ever changed your name - I don't mean for a pseudonym like here but changed it for real?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2018:

After my last (2nd) divorce...our last name was 'Youn'g & I used to say, "I'll be Young forever". Clearly something needed to be done, lol. So I took the name of my favorite fictional detective. Easy-peasy in Connecticut, $150 plus an affidavit to the Town Clerk saying you have no intent to defraud, and you can take any name you wish perfectly 100% legal Ieverywhere.

Do you find yourself spending more time on Agnostic.com and less time on facebook and other sites?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2018:

I completely dropped FB.

What are your views on the Epicurean Paradox?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2018:

Beautiful!

This is a time of over-rated sexual attention.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2018:

I am having more, and better, sex than ever before in my life...didn't even know my true potential until about 3 years ago. Will be 70 in July.

So I'm getting up there in my older age and have given up hope on ever meeting someone romantically ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2018:

I have lately been through the same thing, at 69...after what I can describe as an addiction type feeling, I dumped him because I did not like the real threat to my hard-won inner peace. Best thing but damned hard!

Misrepresentation?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2018:

Nobody is cast in stone, growing/changing together ideally would bind people. I'd bet your partner had been growing tired of your kinks for awhile, but you didn't notice...nothing like that "comes out of the blue". Nobody's fault....your #1 job is to take care of yourself, as is everybody else's.

What is the first thing you are attracted to in a man or woman?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2018:

Sense of humor!

What is the one creature, snake, spider, rodent, bat, etc, that creeps you out the most?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 9, 2018:

Those long things with lots & lots & lots of legs...they are Aware of our presence! After 30+ years I had to get an exterminator...they run across ceilings, but sometimes fall off...if one ever fell on me, heart-attack time!

Cuddle buddy

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 8, 2018:

That's what my dogs are for! Probably 50 times more expensive than acuddle buddy, but they actually know me & like me!

A Christian friend recently said that he had no problem with homosexuals, but that he "isn't in ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 8, 2018:

Did you ask him who, exactly, was Asking for his "agreement"?

Follow up to "A Major Milestone" post.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 8, 2018:

I have spent 69+ years making Terrible choices, just horrible, and even I would run like hell from this a-hole! Coping a feel during a hug on first meeting is egotistical to the Max, and his comments reinforce that!

What is your favorite place to eat that is not fast food?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 8, 2018:

Local place, 30 years family owned, that makes their own pasta. Right on the river/harbor too.

How often do you foot the bill at a restaurant?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 8, 2018:

I go Dutch, period, unless it is a birthday present.

Do you think the world would be a better or worse place if everyone suddenly could read each ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 7, 2018:

Initially, freaking Horrible! A few weeks later, much better all the way around.

"Your will, your ability to choose resilience and alacrity over lamentation and sorrow, is your ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 7, 2018:

My Mom told me this in one sentence, and I am so glad she did: "You choose your own Heaven or Hell on this earth."

Whats on your mind when having sex?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 7, 2018:

Depends on who I am engaged with, and how long we have been together...or even if I am with someone at all

Ever get songs in your head that are there for months.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 7, 2018:

Ear worms can only be evicted by another equally annoying song, in my experience,

I honestly don't understand the negative sentiments towards one-word or one-sentence initial ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 7, 2018:

I don't get it either...I become instantly suspicious of someone who writes paragraphs & paragraphs, even in their profile. Who wants or needs all that info Right Now, or to go out with someone who vomits torrents of words about Them? Hello right back atcha, and if interested after reading your profile, I will ask a (hopefully) relevant leading question. I do not know any women who like motormouths of either sex!

Hi very skeptical about this site. I hope someone can prove me wrong here.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 7, 2018:

Skeptical of what, Exactly?

Who else opposes Homeland Security tracking Journalists and Bloggers?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 7, 2018:

Better than sending them to Dachau, but not by much......

So you decide to get it on with someone, and you put your iPhone on "Play all -- shuffle".

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 7, 2018:

A weema wep, a weema wep, a weema wep...and you have no idea how hard I had to fight Spell check to post this!!! It became personal, lol!

Has anyone here started to lead a simpler life and decided to purge many of the things you have ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 7, 2018:

I hate clutter, regularlydiscard stuff...I get mentally "itchy" when there is too much stuff around.

Russian submarines are lurking near the communications cables that link the US to the rest of the ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 7, 2018:

Not news....

I watch a ton of religios debates on YT.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 7, 2018:

Probably none of the actual debators will change, it would make headlines. But debating gets people thinking, and may help some reach more logical thoughts. And give them strength, comfort, impetus to change. Even reach some who may have been raised in highly insular closed circumstances (church school, home school, cult) who never before were exposed to new idea...and to me this is their real value.

Any other aphantasics out there?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 7, 2018:

I see nothing in the blackness of closed eyelids, but I can easily recall scenes by, hard to describe, turning my gaze inward to that time & place. I believe my actual gaze goes upward to the left when I do this, but I am not using my eyes, just accessing my memory.

It seems to me that a lot of people on here just race around trying to get points.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 7, 2018:

The site has a Browse feaure, so that's how I use it...so much intelligence, so much fun, plus, last but not least, so many chances to get snarky with trolls!

I'm not going to have a headstone, my ashes will be tossed into the firebox of a steam locomotive, ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 7, 2018:

Well, I would say, c'mon over here, baby, but I think Admin might object......

What's an interesting fact you know?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 7, 2018:

Ice cream has no bones. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes. Thankyu, thankyu, I'll be here all week!

Are You Lonely?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 7, 2018:

I am alone, Not lonely. The loneliest I have ever felt, and it was Horrible, was when married to a man who professed to love me but proved Clearly that he did not!

Just thought I would see if I can open up a discussion on this.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 6, 2018:

OMFA!

How does an Atheist impact the world as they don't believe in a personal creator (God)?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 6, 2018:

Gee, I dunno...how did Stephen Hawking et al impact the world?

Have you been asked to rescue someone?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 6, 2018:

I just rescued myself from a similar situation, one ust like those that have characterized my entire 69 years until right now. YAY ME!

Agnostic.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 6, 2018:

The ad is how I found this place...not everyone recognizes golden they see it, too bad so sad for them.

Say What?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 6, 2018:

I suppose it beats putting them directly in Dachau, but not by much.

Are Atheist hateful towards spiritual people?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 6, 2018:

I disagree with the premise that others should be allowed to trample on me, or anyone, that does not believe the way "you" do, so, yes, I have to occasionally point this out go the tramplers. Usually, not very sweetly...too bad, so sad.

Televangelist: With God’s Help, I Brought a Dead Ant Back to Life – Friendly Atheist

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 6, 2018:

Because Gawd cares so much about all living things...raped babies, starving millions, wars, etc etc etc

Does it make you angry when someone gives all the credit to god for healing the ailing instead of ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 6, 2018:

I usually post telling them how blasphemous they are because they are questioning what their omnipotent Gawd has sent them, obviously on purpose, and how dare they question it/him. Buwahahahahaaaaaa!

Does anyone else think that the very pillars of religion like original sin, universal forgiveness, ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 6, 2018:

Sadly, true.

I've recently started yoga and I love it.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 6, 2018:

I know plenty of Catholics who do Yoga, andmost of my friends are in their 70's....so it can't be a new idea......

How comfortable are you with the word "Atheist" ?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 6, 2018:

I like your entire premise....it is just that "they"( believers) were here first.

What are some “classic” movies that you think suck?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 6, 2018:

"The Piano" I despised the entire premise and the actions of the self-absorbed asshole leads. Entire theme of the movie, IMO, was "nice guys finish last" and since I consider myself a nice gal......

I recently pissed off most of my remaining family.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 4, 2018:

Just because you are related to them does not mean you have to like them, or hang out with them Do not waste your precious life being upset with people who obviously do not know you, or bother to get to know you!

Going to spend the rest of this week with my ex. Is it the best thing for my heart?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 4, 2018:

1. The time you spend with him is time Lost from finding a new love. 2..It brings you down! ( in your eyes as well as others') 3. It makes you feel poorly about yourself or you wouldn't have posted this. Do you really think he is the only one who will Ever love you? Take your lessons learned & do better for yourself!

Occasionally I find that some who claim to be atheist or agnostic are actually neither: they're just...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Being able to quote the babble is a valuable tool when self-righteous a-holes attempt to bludgeon me with their fabulousness....I guarantee I can quote a verse Exactly opposite from whatever BS they are pitching!

Yeah so basically 12step programs and sobriety advocates need to step off me! 2 reasons: 1) even...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Except those meetings take no names/pix/ registrations! Sound ps like somebody needs help and is looking for excuses to me!

Are we a superior design?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 3, 2018:

As compared to...what? ROFLMAO. Just take a good look at our knee joints if you want a concrete example of Damn Poor design!

I am trying to understand how people seem to think that owning gun is a right but healthcare isn't>

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Me too!

Hi folks. What do you think of what has been called (the god gene) ?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Hick's Boson is not anything religious! Nor is anything else scientific! Get Over yourself & Google stuff!

What Does Your Body Language Say About You To Others?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Sometimes the way you sit/stand/walk is the result of pain and/ or trauma. In the pix above, I would assume a person massaging their head has a headache!

What's a phrase you vehemently despise?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 3, 2018:

It is what it is...while certainly true and very applicable at times, it has been done to death.

Atheism/Agnosticism and Antisemitism I’ve seen a great deal of ire here directed towards ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 3, 2018:

I have seen a few posters on here calling out various groups with ostensibly "thoughtful" posts that are actually horribly filled with racism as their basic premise...and I Always call it out when I see it, & not in a sweet way, either. What I find upsetting is the number of replies that accept the basic hateful premise as a given & go on writing thoughtful responses, as if the poster writing about "untrustworthy jews" or "violent Muslims" is indeed speaking for them. Be a bit more aware, people...good trolls, like good salesmen, are good at sucking you in!

Paid Protesters Give the Performance of a Lifetime - The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Aaahhh, yes, the "paid protesters" again. I have done Plenty of protesting over decades and a Bunch lately, still waiting for my check(s).......

Paschal Moon, Blue Moon, Once in a Blue Moon, Blue Valley Overlook, Nantahala National Forest.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Thank you!

How do you guys rest/relax your brain when tired?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Jigsaw puzzles on line! Pick your puzzle, # of pieces, pieces shapes, background colors, etc. Free, too! I like "Jigsaw Daily" and " Jigsaw Puzzle Epic"- the one most like doing one on a tabletop.

Catholic Archbishop Says Pedophilia Is 'Spiritual Encounter With God'

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Lovely....and to think I wasn't already feeling warm & fuzzy today already......

The Soundtrack of your life If your life were a movie, what songs would be on the soundtrack?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Is there a song entitled "WTH were you thinking, if you were thinking at all"? Surely in the country music world......

Does someone have to be college educated to be intelligent?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Another's point of view is Always useful, or at least entertaining!

What's the best bit of advice you've ever been given?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 3, 2018:

"You make your own Heaven or He'll right here on Earth", meaning not that things won't happen, but your reactions to things determine your life. Thanks, Mom!

Atheists make up their own fantasy morals and meanings of life. [patheos.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 2, 2018:

What is the problem, exactly, with thinking for ourselves vs. being flogged into submission? This is a very weird thing to post on here, IMO......

Have you ever: broke another person's heart?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 2, 2018:

Just this week in fact...not at all easy but I had to save myself.

Quackademic medicine and the delusion of being “science-based” – Science-Based Medicine

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 2, 2018:

Accupuncture lectures are given regularly at our local hospitals because it has proven itself for many people and dogs alike...it isn't a placebo or psychosomatic effect if it helps dogs!!

Solve this Riddle

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 2, 2018:

School!

I retired last year.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 2, 2018:

Time to do those things you couldn't afford to do....for example, work in theater, I or a florist shop, or ?? That way you can find structure, make a few bucks, and enjoy your "work"

Condom challenge: 5 things to know about viral fad | The Sacramento Bee

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 2, 2018:

The Darwin Effect, for sure. The only weird thing, IMO, is why anyone thinks it is news or interesting at all.

Do You Feel You Are Mentally Ready For A New Relationship?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 2, 2018:

You know how I know? I just dumped a guy who, when he was around, made me feel magically happy, but would withdraw at random times eaving me feeling abandoned, and for the first time in my life I took a long hard look at how he might as well be heroin, and dumped him abruptly, no chance to ingratiate himself! Just walked away. Feeling Terrible withdrawal symptoms right now, but Know I did the right thing for me.....it only took almost 70 years to learn the healthy thing, lol!

Has anyone read ," A Canticle for Liebowitz"?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 1, 2018:

Read it when I was a teenager, a loooooong time ago. Loved it!

How would everyone feel about being refused a date because you’re an atheist?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 1, 2018:

Damned lucky escape!

How do you feel about the person you're dating talking about their ex?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 1, 2018:

Pay attention, you might learn a lot! Think of what they are saying as if you were reading a real estate ad: example, "conveniently located" =next to a 24-hour liquor store. Etc. Nobody just landed on planet Earth....your past is what makes you who you are today 90% chance they will treat you the exact way they treated their last lover. Pay attention!

How do you feel about religious text associated with Easter?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 1, 2018:

There is a text? Not on my phone.....

Do you think there is a bit of this in discovering your unbelief?

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 1, 2018:

No grief at all, except for not singing hymns ever again...just a feeling of peace.

If a transgender or intersex person shows interest in me but I decline in a friendly way, do that ...

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 1, 2018:

And if a straight person shows interest & you decline, does it make you a frigid bitch/uptight asshole? Get a grip! You know it wasn't until writing this I realized there is no derogarory term for men equivalent to "frigid bitch"!!! Discuss.........

I was told by a Christian that atheist stay stressed cause they always doing research on everything.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 31, 2018:

As opposed to worrying about everything, every thought, every action because you might burn in hell for eternity!? ROFLMAO!

What do you notice about someone that others tend to not focus on?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 31, 2018:

Do they treat others as people, or as a race/color/condition...like a server.

Economist Who Predicted Brexit & Trump Brilliantly Explains Capitalism's Collapse - YouTube

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 31, 2018:

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes.

Proof of no god?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 31, 2018:

1. You cannot "prove" a negative. However, you can use your brain to notice that Gawd, any of them, as described by believers, is doing a piss-poor job of keeping "his eye on the sparrow" and/ or starving children.

What is it do you think that makes you resistant to organized religions! Is it the structure?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 31, 2018:

Because a "gawd", all-seeing, omnipotent yada yada is patently absurd!   I find it Very odd that you would think my/our objections are procedural....are you an atheist/agnostic/seeker or a troll?

Have you ever looked back on something did and wondered how you survived?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 31, 2018:

My entire life, especially living with violent abusive hubby #1.

Rene Descartes: “I think therefore I am”.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 31, 2018:

I have always thought this saying was a pretty stupid one & nothing to get famous over...... Now recent research into animals proves many other species "am" too...elephants grieve, monkeys/birds etc fashion tools, and so on...plus, were they not doing it all along?

Ever done things to please others?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 31, 2018:

My entire life, but i have recently taken a big step in a better direction and i am proud of me!

Should women still act like women and men like men?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 31, 2018:

Which women? Which men? Pamela Anderson? Ruth Bader Ginsberg? Mother Teresa? The Pope? Vin Deisel? RuPaul? Tom Cruise? Generic labeling does not work for me or anyone else!

I've been watching a lot of atheist debates, and I find then all kind of irritating.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 30, 2018:

Sweetie....one can make a decent living re-stating the obvious on the lecture circuit....atheism is so simple ((yet profound!) there really isn't much to say. Hope you aren't paying for those talks!

What's YOUR warning label?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 30, 2018:

Never make me cry!

What are the atheists in this group doing for Passover?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 30, 2018:

What? Why?

As a non believer, would you attend a prayer, church service for a deceased relative who was a long ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 30, 2018:

If you liked him, why not honor his memory & comfort those he left behind...you can avoid all religious remarks so easily, a simple, "I'm sorry for your loss" is always appropriate.

Why is it that atheists, at least in the USA, can bash christianity relatively freely, but if we ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 30, 2018:

Where in the USA can atheists bash Christians, exactly? And why are we "bashing" anyone...my definition of "atheist" is someone who minds their own business & wants others to do the same! And I find your post pretty racist, btw.

You died, I lived, god is good!

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 30, 2018:

Totally agree...Who the hell are You, special?

The "god of philosophers." A distant or unknowable god is the same as no god?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 30, 2018:

Any concept of "gawd" presupposes that there is something out there superior to us, and alleviates our responsibility to make things better. No thanks!

I'm an Atheist... Soo, Should I Feel Stressed Out?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 30, 2018:

I hope you didn't pay for that "training"!

Ugh, I've been invited to Easter lunch.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 30, 2018:

Not religious at all, just an excuse for a nice lunch together.......what's the big deal? They going to forcibly baptize you or something?

Would you dare to have sex in a church?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 30, 2018:

Just another building, usually very attractive ceilings, too.

Does intimacy contribute to your general health and happiness>

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Sex does indeed, even if DIY.

I have a cousin whom I love dearly.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 29, 2018:

How about if I take you to (lunch, shopping, a movie...) How about if I cook a few things for you? How about if I run a few errands for you? Etc. SO much more helpful than talking to the non-existent!

What do you do if he just wants to be friends?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Good friends are not so easy to find, you know? You have no choice here, none at all. Either de-escalate yourself or walk away entirely, and Do Not waste your time thinking he will change his mind if you are just cute enough, or whatever......been there, done that, attended his wedding to someone else.

Anyone Like Tarot Cards?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Mine have sat unused for over 20 years...i did some cold readings at a party (against my better judgement, but heavily urged into it) and "caught" a severe depression from one of the subjects, who, it turned out, had every right to be severely depressed. Took a week to shake, even knowing it was not mine. Done! Beware!