I think the image says it all.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 14, 2018:

That should’ve read, “so is your llama”.

On my third glass of wine.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 14, 2018:

Happy Birthday... 62 is at least a 3 glass birthday, cheers

Reading through these posts makes me wonder what I have to complain about.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 14, 2018:

You are not obligated to give a shit, just be you for a bit, self care is important. Let go of any guilt about not keeping up your best pace. Just as you have helped others let them help you. When you are ready to help others it will be a joy without thought of am I doing enough or will it be appreciated, or what have you... it won’t matter when you help with a calm peacful mind... my Two cents.

Get in the game people!! Post someg!!

ArdentAtheist comments on May 14, 2018:

W&B

Trump Pulled Out?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 14, 2018:

His entire presidency is a hate crime!

I was hoping someone could explain the ethical objections to eggs and dairy.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 13, 2018:

https://youtu.be/zpGrU99fAA8 He says it all very well so I’ll just leave this here.

One of the hardest things about becoming vegan for me was giving up fast food, not because I loved ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 13, 2018:

I do the same, farmers market near my job... A go to for me is a chickpea salad, toss it in pita pocket, It’s two bucks to buy the whole package of pita bread and I just bring the rest home. I gave up fast food About five years ago… That was two years before I went vegetarian let alone Vegan. An accumulation of small changes gets big results... you go!

Why are we here?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 13, 2018:

Why are we here as in this website or the universe? The answer is the same either way… Because it was there.

What is the most irritating thing about a person that you found out about only after you started ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 12, 2018:

My ex was jealous of my guitar playing, would complain that she had no hobbies... suggested I “grow up and stop playing the guitar”, I told her to tell that to Andrea Segovia! ... it should be noted that she started out as a groupie, she would hang out around the rehearsal space writing out all of our lyrics. Also I was making money as a guitarist and a teacher. She had been a poet when we met and it was her artistic spirit that attracted me to her, she stopped her writing and chose to attack my art instead, i’ve played guitar since I was 4, I was not going to stop for anyone, ...there you have a recipe for divorce... never sugest a musician stop playing because you can’t find a hobby, that was irritating. Had it been snoring or something I would have been fine.

I'm afraid tRumps damage may not be easily fixed.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 12, 2018:

It’s a tug of war between the ignorant and the educated... The dumbing down of America is important to Republicans because the only thing that can keep them in power is an ignorant population. Education is the fix.

Americans - How corrupt is your government? If at all!

ArdentAtheist comments on May 12, 2018:

Extremely corrupt… I write my congressman, I protest, I run a Twitter page to encourage voting and I vote.

Athiestists and Astrology

ArdentAtheist comments on May 12, 2018:

https://youtu.be/kjxSCAalsBE Astrology is bunk, ancient myth... The definition of a myth is something people believe that isn’t true... The bass line in this is a fine example of bass player over play... Most often astrology claims must include the words, for entertainment purposes only… The fault lies not in the stars but in ourselves - Shakespeare

I see a lot of pure songs in here, but I don't see a lot of mashups.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 11, 2018:

That’s cool... lots of editing, tool someone serious hours.

A man who never made a mistake never made anything. ?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 11, 2018:

Up, A relative term meaning away from the center of gravity.

I honestly cannot think what to say about this...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 11, 2018:

I see a Metallica poster and enough detail to assume this is in America and because it’s America we can’t assume it’s a joke, almost as strange as Mormonism.

Imaginary friends

ArdentAtheist comments on May 11, 2018:

Start by explaining that you are mostly space on the quantum level and they are proving that reality is created by a conscious witness so while I’m a figment of your imagination you are a figment of mine thus none of this is real and nothing exists.

Which is more useful, intelligence or wisdom?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 11, 2018:

How would one gain wisdom without intelligence? Wisdom is the product of intelligence. I could say either and justify it so it becomes like asking what’s more important, your liver or your kidney?

Never thought to make a list but...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 11, 2018:

https://soundcloud.com/ookietunes/remember-me An old tune by my good friend Frank and one of my favorite songs, soundtrack of my life. Remember Me

Pictures of Lily. One of the few songs bearing my name! How worthy! :-) [youtube.com]

ArdentAtheist comments on May 10, 2018:

The early Who is my favorite.

I have a relationship ongoing with a woman who will only communicate by texting.Is this a red flag?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 10, 2018:

If txting has not made her comfortable enough to go to the next step that’s her perogitive and of that’s not working for you that’s your perogitive.

Not a joke per se but I just had a 10 minute argument with my 4yo.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 10, 2018:

3 of them, as they are now teens I can tell you it doesn’t get easier, just different:)

Where do agnostics go when they die?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 10, 2018:

We ascend to heaven to dwell forever in the house of the lord. ...um wait, I confused that with a plaigerized myth designed to control the masses and bring power and wealth to the elite. We don’t go, we stop... when your car dies it’s still there. We are caporal beings... primates, do you think there is a monkey heaven? Because we are smarter but still basically a monkey, we are smarter but not always wiser.

For real :(

ArdentAtheist comments on May 10, 2018:

In all fairness I believe he stole the titles in less than an hour.

Substitutes for religion.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 10, 2018:

Nothing is needed in its place. When you pull out a thorn you don’t shove something else in the whole to take its place, you treat the wound and let it heal.

B/c it is POURING BUCKETS here: Joan Jett-Have You Ever Seen The Rain [youtu.be]

ArdentAtheist comments on May 10, 2018:

Great, I once pissed her off... I was a bit starstruck backstage, she was wearing a full fishnet bodysuit, she thought I was staring and got pissed off and went and put on a robe… It was Joan Jett! I would’ve been staring had she been wearing a winter coat... I had to learn to act like stars walking around was no more interesting than a plumber. She was one of the first shows I worked. By the time I shook Liberace’s hand he was just another guy, LOL ... Got to the point where I could do things like drive Joan Rivers to her hotel without batting an eye… She kept telling me about her daughters pony and how much she hated Engelbert Humperdinck.

Are there others out there who despite Anti-theistic/Atheistic/Agnostic beliefs enjoy religious type...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 10, 2018:

Religion is part of history and society, good fodder for a film... I suppose the Exorcist would be scarier if I believed in possession, I think some people have mental disorders that should be diagnosed by a Dr, not a priest. I would not watch shows that attempt to indoctrinate but entrainment is fine. However the genre the exorcist and the omen are in is horror not religion and aptly so. As an atheist I don’t believe in God but I’m not making believe religion doesn’t exist.

Coffee! The elixer of life! Without this delicious and stimulating brew I can barely function.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 10, 2018:

I love coffee, skipping it I risk triggering a migraine and that I don’t love. 3 pots would probably kill me... I sometimes drink an entire pot of espresso, that’s 4 demitasse cups worth or one mug. The meditation gurus are very against caffeine, it’s not good for meditation, it feeds monkey brain, it can take longer to calm the mind. I gave up all fast food, ciggeretts, cigars and all meat and dairy over the last 6ish years, giving up coffee would be harder than any of that, plus I really don’t want to... I take it black, no sugar. Having just enough without going crazy is my preference but that 2nd cup is alluring.

It never gets old..

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

Just until the last one.

Anyone have to hide their religious views or lack thereof, at work for fear of reprisal/judgement?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

I have some very religious customers that I also think are nice people, verbiage is often littered with the religious vernacular, my responses are secular with some acquiescence. I don’t overthink it in the moment, it’s not the point of the conversation. I sell some very high end instruments and if they want God to bless me I’ll deal with it by venting to you folks:)

Can anyone decipher this?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

Ruth Bourne couldn’t decifer that.

When I was 12 a man I babysat for pinned me up against a wall and called me a cock tease.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

I have two daughters and worry quite a bit about what they are going to have to deal with... it’s up to us men to call out the bad behavior of other men every time we see it.. men like that are not men! I’m glad you have good instincts. And now with our commander and predator the example to our youth is more disgusting than ever.

Young Man Blues (live) by The Who [youtube.com]

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

Awesome… Saw them at Shea Stadium in 1984. Definitely not the same thing without Keith Moon!

What needs to be said?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

He wouldn’t know a fact if it was tied to a Bible and thrown through his window.

Pick your top 6

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

Cat Mother & The All Night News Boys, The YardBirds, Long John Baldry, Queen, The Beatles and Frank Zappa

Your assignment for today tell how you could ruin a first date in just four words.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

I’m wearing Mormon underwear.

I would like to compliment Donald Trump on his handling of the North Korea situation.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

Fox is not news, it’s not even entertainment... it’s state run propaganda and just back to back lies! Just thought you should know, consider it a public service.

Delusional theology

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

Believing things with no proof is a delusion be it subtle or gross.

Does anyone smoke (cigarettes) anymore?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

I don’t think I would date a smoker again?, did it twice for a total of 8 years and you woukd need to be behond special for me to do it again... I’ve had my fill of second hand smoke... I smoked for a year or so in the 80’s so i remained tolerant of it but these days I’m a health conscious vegan, deal breaker... if I was here to date.

What's the nicest thing you've ever done for another person?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

Hmmm... I don’t want to say because a good deed needs no reward... but it made me feel good, perhaps as much if not more than them... I think we are wired to feel good when we do good to the point of selfishly helping others. I can’t imagine a better way to be selfish:)

Not too old... (not a video)

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

Your grandkids took it because it was the only record in your collection they recognized.

Why are mornings so nice when you stay up until them and so awful when you wake up to them? Ugh.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

Because if you stay up for it you are about to fall asleep. Still, if you stayed up but still have to go to work it’s beauty is once again in question. I’ve been up since 3 and off to work, it’s beauty is in question:)

Can you tell a lot about a person based on movies they watch?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

Yes, so long as you don’t assume your learning something your not. Like a person who loves horror films is probably not going to act out scenes from a film but you will have learned that they like horror films.

Hi, everyone ?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

Seems an odd site to post this view, I wish you well... The other responses have both put well what I see as reality while presenting meaningful ways of handling the truth, it’s worth serious contemplation, all the best.

What is your reaction when people say something doesnt matter, its in gods hands?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

I could take their hands, look them in the eye and sing, Michael Row The Boat Ashore... sarcasm is an art.

A Sam Harris Question

ArdentAtheist comments on May 9, 2018:

Is the person I’m standing next to deciding on the same choices, maybe we make the same choice and both jump?

Palindrome

ArdentAtheist comments on May 8, 2018:

I grew up in a palindromic zip code, 10301

You're on a long flight next to a believer who wants to talk deeply about their faith/proselytize.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 8, 2018:

Tell him/her the plane is going to crash and we will need parashoot out, then hand them my backpack and open the door.

CRYING! What has made you cry as an adult?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 8, 2018:

Loosing friends in 911, loosing a friend to drug use, Parkland shooting, my dad dying of cancer, having to put my dog down.

Vote vote vote!!!

ArdentAtheist comments on May 8, 2018:

Protest and vote every chance possible!

This is Donald.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 8, 2018:

Accurate

STRESS! What is it & how does it affect you?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 8, 2018:

Stress is the mind spending too much time on the things you can’t control. Funny I spotted this just moments after a meditation session.. I get stressed, I’m not enlightened, I’m not a guru but meditation gets me recentetd, calms the mind and body. Everything is fine if you take the time to notice that nothing is wrong. The next few hours of my day will be busy, having made the effort I can bring calm to what would otherwise be stressful☯️

What song would you slow-dance to?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 8, 2018:

https://youtu.be/_Q2rZb7E0EY Simply the best... Etta recorded the entire album including this song in 1 live studio take in 1969, amazing!

A man is walking home late one foggy night. All of a sudden What's that?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 8, 2018:

I prefer that if a joke is going to be bad that it be short. Like: What’s the definition of perfect pitch? When the banjo goes in the dumpster without hitting the sides. ... you see, that was terrible but it was over quickly:)

Why are the religious interested in this site?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 8, 2018:

I promise you that not every person in church believes in it. Some just do for culture, family or community. It’s good to have theists around, they aren’t going to change in a vacuum. Stay away from belittling and name calling... I welcome people who find us a curiosity. Kindness first... if someone is an argumentative flat out troll then block them, done!

A man is walking home late one foggy night. All of a sudden What's that?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

Good thing it wasn’t expectorant.

Which one is it?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

If I do good it’s me and if I do bad it was the dog.

Why is it that most people are opposed to littering but smokers are ok with tossing butts on the ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

Especially nasty on the beach.

What is it that motivates you guys to get out of bed every morning?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

I like electricity and running water.

Stone cold....

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

It looks like the old man shorts belonging to the accordion player of a German Oompah band. The sexy isn’t coming through.

Why did you choose atheism?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

I was never on board with the whole religion thing but it is only in the last few years that I started labeling it... even way back when. when I used to refer to myself as Catholic it was only because my family was Catholic, not because I was doing any Catholic things, LOL

Wow, when you find an onion ring in your fries... [youtu.be]

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

Ok, I like onion rings, I need to come out of my shell.

We have some trolls, that artmesdevine and lancer, regardless of what they say, we cannot attack ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

I don’t get ornery until they call me snowflake. Differing opinions are fine. I would love to debate policy with an intelligent person of another opinion. I have found I can be civil exactly one sentence longer than them.

She is going to play hokie pokie

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

Hopefully she will put it in a ditch and wake up with a hangover having learned a valuable lesson, more likely she will die while killing someone!

Is it really?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

No, not really, but cleaver.

A one hit wonder from the way back machine.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

Never heard it before... I like it in a look what I missed during the 70’s kind of way:)

The BEST Giuliani video EVER-Miss P got alarmed I was laughing so much! John Oliver on Rudy ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

What’s going on in this country is disgusting, Nixon at least loved America enough to resign. For fucks sake Trump is so bad I just said something nice about Nixon... in any case Trump has the perfect lawyer, oy vey!

What are you listening to?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

https://youtu.be/wHUP527txeg

This Angry Young Preacher Says Atheists Are All Coke-Drinking Video Game Addicts – Friendly ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

I have some generalizations in my mind about theists too, the only difference is I know they are generizations and I still need to take each person as an individual so I can overcome my own misguided prejudice. This particular preacher is doing nothing to change my generizied misconceptions.

Where are you from?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

I’m from the past, in the present and I shall stay in the present as the future is always just out of reach. Q. If I’m always in the present was I ever actually in the past? It was not the past when I was there, that happened a moment later, didn’t it? I digress...

Best combover ever!!

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

Yea, I’m a reasonably good judge of character, his hair is not the problem.

Who came up with these outfits?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

I hope it’s the bicycle team since it’s the only event I can think of that directly uses the crotch, I should specify “Olympic” event.

Someone asked me privately why I was A) following so many people so quickly after joining agnostic...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

I like your perspective ... I’m not here to date, but I feel funny looking at a persons page as I know they will see I looked... I would like to follow more than I do because what I am seeking is intellect, humor and likeminded sensibilities. This sight I think has a struggle to be both... if your looking for a date and I’m not but I follow you will you get the wrong idea?... A woman on here accused me of being a stalker a few days ago only because I responded to what she felt was too many of her comments, I wasn’t even following her.. I actually blocked her, nothing personal but if she thinks I’m a stalker and I think she’s nuts best thing to do is make it so we don’t see each others posts. I’m here for fun, maybe learn something and maybe what I’m good at can help someone else? and to do it all without God involved... that’s it, not dating, not stalking. Perhaps you and I should add some version of this post to our profiles?

Rather be here then working!

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

Either that’s Lake Worth, Fl. or it’s exactly like it. Nice one

WARNING!!! This is a test, and only a test.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

If you zoom out you can see Trump pointing to her and handing money to a an unidentified individual.

Better to know now!

ArdentAtheist comments on May 7, 2018:

Now if she could just get out of the handcuffs.

Favourite Catwoman?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

How can one be expected to choose that’s like asking me to choose between the two Darren’s on bewitched, completely unreasonable.

Oy

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

Ok, I think I got it.

Is that a rocket on your back, or are you glad to see me?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

My only question is did she just leave Walmart or is she on her way there?

Not sure what kind of hawk this is. red tailed? cooper?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

Great shot!

People are hilarious!

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

Dogs are too:)

What do think the average age of religious person becoming an atheist?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

I think it’s getting younger all the time... Tonight my 15 year old son asked me what I would do if he declared he was a flat earther? I told him I’d knock some sense in his head with a 6,000 year old stick! Luckily we were both kidding:)

"Just because something is beyond our level of comprehension doesn't mean it doesn't exist"

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

We have theories for things we don’t know yet... we should know better then to put god in as the placeholder for the unknown. Before I understood why it rains I knew I would learn but never thought simply, god makes it rain. My parents would tell me thunder was god rearranging the furniture, they did not believe that and neither did I... my parents were funny for Catholics:)

Don't you just love it when a Christian tells you that you should believe in God because just in ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

We can choose to accept a position supported by facts or we can choose to remain willfully ignorant. We can even choose to believe nonsense despite the facts and call it faith. We always have a choice... here at least we are mostly all congruent with the facts that support a natural evolution, we don’t need to prove there is no god! We can envoke reason, let a believer prove a god existed, but they will fall back on faith, a fancy way of saying I know nothing and I’m not interested in learning.

How do you get through to someone who denies the Moon landings

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

Unles they work for NASA I don’t care! I would say “OK” and leave. I doubt such a person would care if I told them that topography can cause a single light source to cast multiple shadows, or that they had no clue how hard or soft the surface would be prior to landing. I have a friend who growing had dinner with Buzz Aldrin and Robbie Kruger where Buzz decked a guy for saying it was faked, nope, just “OK” and walk away. Sorry, I don’t know why Robbie Kruger was there, I have interesting friends:)

Who can stay still? :) Sly and the Family Stone-Dance To The Music ://youtu.be/4URogrXiKsI

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

Nobody

Marvin Gaye-Let's Get It On [youtu.be]

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

Love the crackle of the vinyl leading into the best use of a wah wah pedal ever.

Just a thought?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

Do all the good you can for all the people you can whenever you can ...or just pass the plate and buy a jet?

Morality, our achilles heel.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

I am not now nor have I ever been religious. My morality may not fit that of a church... but I treat people as I wish to be treated and I try not to be too much of an asshole. We can easily question the morality in the Bible, I don’t see it as a good place to get your morality. You want warped morality read the Old Testament or look at the tenets of islam! I’m extremely good without god and even better without religion.

I'll put this here.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

If things were different they would be different, how do we no this time line isn’t the different one? Moot, Hitler was bad, Trump is bad, did we learn enough from Hitler to see what’s wrong with Trump? I wonder, but I’ll wonder while protesting because I refuse to be complicit by doing nothing!

Bill Burr rants on Michelle Wolf and The Correspondents' Dinner [youtube.com]

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

Agree with his content but as a comedian he leaves much to be desired.

What would you say to God if when you died you were faced with him?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

Can I see your credentials?

I broke one of my own rules yesterday, after a while without eating and being on the road accepted ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

It’s a labrtanth, you do your best. I recently found out the wine I’ve been drinking is not vegan... I try to not have even the slightest trace of animal product in anything, fraught with pitfalls... 6 months vegan and still learning as I will be after 6 years, cheers

I don't normally post full sets, but watching these guys is part of the fun.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

Cool

What do you think about the idea that the "god experience" is within you, is part of being and ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

I meditate and I’m an atheist, no conflict of terms or interest. I’m also a musician and find a similarity. I did not recognize the meditative quality of music before starting a meditation practice and looking at through that lens. I think of meditation as the removal of filters but it sometimes becomes the filter in its own way, it’s my time without judgment or concern for past or future. My meditation is very active in its focus on the present, it’s not a clearing of the mind, it’s the repeated letting go of what comes, what you push away comes at you faster. My desire is to be fully in the present. Without the minds distractions we would have no tools to strengthen our attention. I have not found a point in meditation that makes me believe anything is happening that I did not create but should I feel that way I would attribute it to something created by the mind.

Why are atheists so certain there is not some sort of intelligent design?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

We are part of nature, part of evolution, we have fossil records, all religios books are man made. We are not seperate from nature. When humans got smart enough to question their origins and become concerned of their demise they created gods, gods therefore have no more power than any other work of fiction other than a power over the minds of the deluded.

Caught Mt Robson while on a road trip in British Columbia .

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

Lovely, Mountain photography really peaks my interest:)

I am wondering if this group would be good for me.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

Perhaps if we create more that is positive it will shrink the negitive? I’ll start, your awesome:) I’ve had some unwarranted friction but we don’t want to throw out the baby with the bath water☯️

Good advice that remains relevant

ArdentAtheist comments on May 6, 2018:

My Grabdfather held grudges his whole life to the benifit of none so my father always said, “don’t hold grudges, forgive everyone, life’s short”.

I'm sensitive to MSG and glutamic acid.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 5, 2018:

I also am sensitive to MSG, I’ve been using Helmans vegan mayonnaise, I’ve noticed no problems but I’ll check the label. I do lots of my shopping at an Asian market and you gotta read everything, hope I didn’t assume too much on the mayo, perhaps it takes more than what I use to trigger me? Thanks

Jesus loves you? What does it mean to you?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 5, 2018:

It’s an occupational hazard for me so at work I just ignore it and move in to the next thing. Outside work I would probably say something like, you don’t even want to know what he told me about you and it’s a shame really because you had such a promising future:(