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I deeply believe that there is no guiding Force or Purpose in life -- only what you make out of it.

Barnie2years comments on Aug 20, 2018:

Chaos theory. Every action and choice we make has repercussions way beyond what we are aware of and that we will never know of.

Are you a dog person or a cat person? (I'm a cat person)

Barnie2years comments on Aug 20, 2018:

I was always a cat person... Until I was talked into taking Barnie. I would never trade him in on a cat!

The question begs to be asked... why DO atheists wear fedoras? LMAO

Barnie2years comments on Aug 19, 2018:

I have worn one a while back. Didn’t realize I guess that they had religious significance.

As I was searching through the storage room today, I found my children's artwork, and I got a bit ...

Barnie2years comments on Aug 19, 2018:

Very creative! Both the artwork and the story!

I think I am developing adult ADD/ADHD.

Barnie2years comments on Aug 18, 2018:

This of course is why headline writing has become an art form and staple of “fake news” as our dear leader likes to call it. I feel quite certain Trump never gets past the headline on most everything he is given to read. Making world changing decisions based on the headline of a detailed DOD report, or an environmental report has consequences that are generally not positive. I believe it is at the heart of our societal deterioration, “sound bite” news is not how you learn what is real.

Too much, just right or not enough?

Barnie2years comments on Aug 18, 2018:

Way to put it out there. Maybe should have used all caps though, the “chosen” seem to like that! ?

I think I am developing adult ADD/ADHD.

Barnie2years comments on Aug 18, 2018:

Uh oh, I’m in trouble! I tend to type train of thought, and I think a lot! ? I will try to remember to keep my comments on your posts short from now on......Wait, did I lose you already? ?

A little helpful reminder

Barnie2years comments on Aug 18, 2018:

That’s also what blocking is for!

Episode 3 of "Stupid things Christians say to me" A coworker and I were discussing the ...

Barnie2years comments on Aug 17, 2018:

Yep, you can be the shittiest person, abusive, lying, cheating or Trump, and as long as you have faith that your invisible friend is real you get a ticket to wonderland when you kick the bucket. You can be the greatest person, charitable, family oriented, caring but not believe and sorry, no ticket for you! This disturbs me.... Not at all. I tell those who threaten me with hell that it has the same fear factor as telling me I am getting nothing from Santa ? for Christmas.

Oh boy. Where have all the clever, witty people gone from agnostic.com?

Barnie2years comments on Aug 17, 2018:

I haven’t been on very long, but compared to Facebook, I have found some interesting, in depth, discussions on topics of interest. You have to do some digging to find those topics, and pass up a lot of garbage, but I find it worthwhile. Sadly many post strange, innocuous stuff just to get points. And responders throw out insults, stupidities and non responses, but they are easy enough to skip over and not respond to. I dropped out of the singles group shortly after joining because I got tired of all the posts saying good morning and talking about their breakfast and coffee consumption. I also don’t get why people feel the need to respond to posts in negatives and off the cuff responses that contribute nothing to the conversation, as so many did here on this post. Gold generally doesn’t float to the surface, you have to dig for it and throw out a lot of dirt to get to it. Don’t leave, just spend a little more time filtering out the drivel and be open to find new friends and topics.

I thought the compatibility scores were supposed to be based on our own interests ?

Barnie2years comments on Aug 16, 2018:

My understanding is it is based on the number of matches in your profile questions. The percentage doesn’t weigh which answers, and the less questions you answer, the higher your percentage of matches is liable to be. A very unsophisticated and inexact number for sure if I am right.

Following AmiSue's lead, what is a song that makes you cry?

Barnie2years comments on Aug 16, 2018:

Too many to think of! At various times in my life, different tunes had the effect on me of causing water flow from the eyes! This song is good. Been there!

41% of men surveyed experienced sadness or irritability after sex

Barnie2years comments on Aug 16, 2018:

Ha, quite the opposite! I always wanted to cuddle and chat! Keeping my wife awake long enough to do that was a problem! LOL. Even with ED, as long as my partner was satisfied, I was content as well if we canoodled!

We're sad Aretha Franklin has died.

Barnie2years comments on Aug 16, 2018:

I'm not sure I consider RIP a religious reference, though I am sure religious people may. But for many, including myself, we look at death as a respite from the trials and tribulations of life, not as the beginning of a new journey into the promised land LOL! Like a dreamless sleep is peaceful. One of my current meds has been making me dream nightly, not nightmares but exhausting dreams anyway. I would love to rest in peace at night. And don't fear the other, since that ends any problems I may have anyway.

Assuming that we're going to have the ability to remove the orange idiot in charge from the office ...

Barnie2years comments on Aug 16, 2018:

I like Martin O'Malley myself. He is young, energetic, working tirelessly for progressive candidates throughout the country for the past year. He is well spoken, seems like a fun guy to hang out with and needs to get more air time. I fought for Bernie the last time, and I like him and Elizabeth Warren as senators, but not sure either is the right person to take on Trump at this critical time in our democracy. I would love to have more background on Martin or see someone new take the lead. What I don't want is Hillary making another run for president. She let Trump and the Republicans override her entire campaign and did not have the strength to go toe to toe with the Orange Baboon!

I posted this in another group but have any of you had your DNA tested?

Barnie2years comments on Aug 16, 2018:

Kind of surprised by my Ancestry results. I have mostly German ancestry, both mom’s parents are German Swiss and my dad’s father’s family is German. Only my father’s mother was Irish/Scotch decent. My DNA came back 63% UK. The other largest percentages were Scandinavia and Italian, with minor percentages from other countries, nothing from Germany at all! How can 3/4 of my ancestry be German and no DNA shows up in my test. Kind of made me wonder how accurate they are.

I'm playing hooky from work today.

Barnie2years comments on Aug 15, 2018:

What I do every day: as little as possible! ? Going back and forth between here and Facebook reading and writing (pontificating?) when I feel verbal! A lifetime of holding my tongue has come unleashed on social media!! Get up every so often to walk the dog or make something to eat ☕️????

Was becoming atheist difficult?

Barnie2years comments on Aug 15, 2018:

I’m not sure you “become” an Atheist so much as you just kind of wake up to the lies floating around you that are built on what at best is a really bad history book. I am not sure I ever swallowed the whole praying and thanking malarkey, since it was obviously kind of a useless pastime (people still died, food was bought at the store by money earned by working, Santa didn’t bring toys). I tend to question everything and search for logic, and there was none to be found in any religious practice I could find.

I like to talk politics and religion.

Barnie2years comments on Aug 15, 2018:

How terrible you were attacked by a dog and they got to your face. Two Alaskan Malmutd attacked my little dog. I stuffed my hand in the one’s mouth to get Barnie out. I wound up with seven stitches in my hand. The young nurse at my doctors office who cleaned up the wound had major scarring on her face. She said she had been attacked by a dog too when she was younger. It must be more common than I would have thought. I hope you have healed well.

This is on my FB feed...how do you respond to this?

Barnie2years comments on Aug 14, 2018:

Typical Right Wing gobblygook history twisting garbage. Ignorance beyond any chance of redemption and probably a troll. This is the base that Trump loves so much, because they haven’t a clue what they are talking about, love unfounded conspiracy stories and have no interest in reality, only the false TV reality put out by Fox News. Ignore or block them, save yourself the brain drain of reading their spew!

When Chickens Go Wild [nature.com]

Barnie2years comments on Aug 13, 2018:

Very interesting! And just another example that you can never go backwards. What’s done is done, you can never reverse genetic crossings once they are established. Only evolution over hundreds or thousands of years could. But they would never be the same as they were.

Why America's 'nones' don't identify with a religion | Pew Research Center

Barnie2years comments on Aug 13, 2018:

I had a girlfriend who identified as Christian, but never attended church or identified as a particular sect. She believed that her interpretation of the Bible was more accurate than any denominational interpretation, so she refused to join a church. You know, because thousands of years of biblical interpretation could not match her understanding. ?

Fill in the blank. If someone would invent__________________they would get all my money.

Barnie2years comments on Aug 13, 2018:

A sure fire way to find the woman of your dreams who actually loved you back!

THINK THE CONSTITUTION WILL SAVE US? THINK AGAIN. NY Times [nyti.ms]

Barnie2years comments on Aug 12, 2018:

It had a long run. It took a civil war to get us back on track around 150 years ago. We may have to weather another one at some point soon to get the southern states to remain a part of the Constitutional United States.

Excluding sex or bathing, what activities have you done naked?

Barnie2years comments on Aug 12, 2018:

I convinced my second wife to go to a local naturalist camp twice. The actual reason we went twice was the first time she did not get naked and was told she could not be in the pool area in a bathing suit. So I convinced her that she didn’t really have the nudist experience and talked her into going and actually being naked. She was not comfortable with it and we never went again. I also spent three days by myself at Hedonism II in Jamaica nude resort. I consider this to have been one of my best vacations ever, though it would have been much more fun if I had a partner there to enjoy it with.

Do you ever feel like you live in a different world to everyone else?

Barnie2years comments on Aug 12, 2018:

I have felt likeI didn’t fit in my whole life! Some of it I blame on the fact that my father’s work has us moving every two to three years, often to different countries. You become used to developing your own way of thinking and don’t tend to let yourself make close attachments. Hard to be a sheep when your herd keeps changing! Being exposed to different cultures and values opens your mind to not being pigeonholed as well. But it makes it very hard to find a place to fit in. You find that groups may appeal to one part of your beliefs, but totally turn off others. I have lots of acquaintances, but not really any I would consider close friends. I belong to a motorcycle group and enjoy many of the people when we meet, but feel no real rapport with any of them and don’t associate outside our club activities. Same when I was working and a union member. I was an officer in my local, but never felt attached to my fellow officers or members. I have gotten used to being alone and find myself avoiding people as much as possible, while still being available to those few who take the time to contact me.

Sexual Compatibility - How better to phrase it?

Barnie2years comments on Aug 11, 2018:

I like the suggestion below. Is sex and sexuality an important issue for you? Answers: Often, Sometimes or Never.

Can men and women just be friends?

Barnie2years comments on Aug 11, 2018:

Most of my friends are female. In fact, I don’t have any real male friends at this time. I used to, but circumstances changed and I don’t now. I have remained friends with most of my past girlfriends as well as wives, but that isn’t a requirement. So I vote yes!

The Social Mirror of Orange Is the New Black - TheHumanist.com

Barnie2years comments on Aug 11, 2018:

I love this show. I have to wait for the DVD’s to come out, but well worth bingeing.

Would you rather date someone with opposing political views or opposing religious views?

Barnie2years comments on Aug 11, 2018:

Oven that for me they usually are the same thing, it’s a non issue. No!

Is it difficult to be a good person?

Barnie2years comments on Aug 11, 2018:

Being a kind person within your tribe is generally not too difficult, and the vast majority of people are. It is one of the reasons humans form tribes, be they geographic areas, common ancestry, race or religion. Being nice to those outside your tribe requires more work and a more fluid view of your belonging in one tribe. Christians for instance will donate money and time for missions and food banks etc. But they don’t necessarily want those people they are supporting to move next door, or even into their town. White suppremists will help their fellow white people gladly, but not a person of color. A homophobe might be the nicest person you could meet if you are a heterosexual couple, but would treat you like dirt if you were a homosexual one. So being kind and nice is often dependent on many factors. There are those people who tend to be less tribal and more open and able to being kind to everyone. Sadly, I don’t think they are a majority, or there would be far less violence in the world.

Got my divorce papers today.

Barnie2years comments on Aug 11, 2018:

Not sure about British divorce law, but in Pennsylvania, when I got my first divorce (1977) it was a “fault” state. In order to file for divorce you had to provide a valid reason (cheating, abuse, etc). Since I was filing, I had to provide the reason I wanted the divorce. In truth, we had just grown apart and the love had dried up and disappeared, but that would not qualify. So my attorney and I came up with a bunch of bullshit stories about her swearing at me, throwing things at me, name calling etc. I dreaded her reading it and tried to explain, but she was rightfully hurt and pissed. Thank goodness a few years later Pennsylvania changed the law for divorce to “no fault” and finger pointing was no longer required. Maybe the UK has fault divorce too.

Men/Women, Is sex a requirement for an enjoyable romantic relationship?