Christian activist: ‘God will curse the children and grandchildren of those who opposed Trump’ ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 28, 2018:

Have you noticed that Christians sound a lot like Adult Children of Alcoholics?

At work today, I had to step outside of the building to sign for a delivery.

Benthoven comments on Jul 26, 2018:

Wow, what are the odds of that. I never used to believe in witches until I started watching Supernatural. Thanks to Sam and Dean, I can spot one a mile away. ;)

Well, it looks as though they've caught the culprit,

Benthoven comments on Jul 26, 2018:

America's hero!

According to the serving size on this package, I'm a family of four.

Benthoven comments on Jul 26, 2018:

Right? And that serving size isn't even enough. I have to get another package and eat like a family of eight.

FCUK! This would be me...

Benthoven comments on Jul 26, 2018:

Yup... that about sums it up.

Filipino atheists and agnostics

Benthoven comments on Jul 26, 2018:

I dated a Filipino who belonged to the Church of Christ... not the American one, but the Filipino on... Boy they took crazy cult to a whole other level.

Is balance worthwhile?

Benthoven comments on Jul 26, 2018:

I think balance is inevitable. Every force in the universe seems to look for a balance. I think that's what we're seeing with climate change. We've trapped a lot of heat in the atmosphere, and so the earth is balancing that out... though the consequences for us are going to be miserable... so balance comes. As to light, light is present even in darkness. We can see it with the help of special night-vision glasses, or infrared goggles. In fact, darkness is most often defined as the 'absence of visible light.'

Sometimes the universe drags us kicking and screaming to where we need to be but that suggests a ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 26, 2018:

I would say it 'brought us to where we are,' but that's not necessarily where we need to be. But if we're happy where we are, then we can look back and see the events that brought us 'here' and think of it as something guiding us. But when it comes to evolution, there's a lot of adapting that takes place as well.

As good a place to start as any...

Benthoven comments on Jul 25, 2018:

If you're asking that question, then I have to suspect that you're not interested in relationship integrity, you're just telling them how you plan to blame them every time they call you on your shit.

Another day ruined ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 25, 2018:

Every other day of my life.

A conversation with a friend yesterday , his favorite answer to everything is ' god ' or ' the ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 25, 2018:

I have noticed that logic rarely works with my Evangelical friends, so I gently mock them. They say, "Jesus loves you," I say, "Yah, but he's over two-thousand years old and still lives at home." One friend tried to get me with: "The fool has said in his heart 'there is no God'." I resounded by saying, "And the wise tweet it." They talk about God, and I ask them, "Which God?" They reply... "There's only ONE God..." So I say, then which phase? The god of the old testament is an alcoholic father. When he's sober he's loving and compassionate, but when hes on a bender, it's hell-fire and plague. The god of the New Testament is the new 'sober' god working out the twelve-steps and trying to make amends. But then there's Revelation god which is God after he just gives up and goes back to the booze."

At my job when someone sneezes instead of saying bless you we say shut up, it’s an ongoing joke ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 25, 2018:

I usually say, "bless you," but if they sneeze a number of times, I'm like... "Dude! I've only got so many bless yous and the weekend's coming up."

I'd love to know people's thoughts on New Age/Spirituality.

Benthoven comments on Jul 25, 2018:

To be honest (and I was actually a member of the Centers for Spiritual Living) the New Age movement is really just warmed-over Christianity. Instead of Satan, they use "Ego." God is called "Spirit." Angels are... well angels, but also "energies." Sin is "negative thinking," and they're more into the prosperity doctrine than Joel Osteen. Like Christianity, which says that you suffer because of your sins, they say, "you suffer because your negative thinking attracts those horrible things. But in a way, because they don't have a "bible" to conform their thoughts to, they tend to be a lot more gullible, as we can see from all these fad diets, weird cleansing drinks, "healing" retreats... all of which make somebody very very rich.

I have stood for those values I do believed in, that's equality and justice for ALL, even for those ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 25, 2018:

I use "them" and "they" "us" and "we" as ways to avoid sounding like I'm personally attacking someone... especially in a comment. If I say "you" it looks like I'm talking about you when it's much broader than that. Language is a living thing, and it's complicated. And without proper context, way too many things become misconstrued or taken completely wrong. We're at a phase in our evolution where we really need to stop and think about the things we're saying. I'm not talking about "political correctness," I'm talking about the awareness of how language affects us and shapes our cultures. Because it's ubiquitous, we don't notice it, but it's clearly a big deal... just read the comments section of any article... such as this one.

Beer is Best for this !

Benthoven comments on Jul 25, 2018:

Reminds me of an old joke I used to know: A man, out walking along the beach discovered a beautiful bottle. While admiring it he inadvertently rubbed it, releasing a genie. Grateful, the genie promised one wish. The man, thoughtful, remarked, “You know, I’ve always wanted to go to Hawaii, but I’m too afraid to fly. I wish for a bridge from here to Hawaii.” “Are you kidding?” the genie howled. “Do you know what’s involved with a project that big? I have to build pylons that go hundreds... thousands of feet into the water. The bridge has to cover over two thousand miles of miles of ocean… There are tides, weather, currents, waves and swell. It will take billions of dollars and decades to finish. No way. Wish for something else.” Saddened, the man reconsidered. “Well,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to really connect with a woman—so I wish to genuinely understand them.” The genie paused for a moment and sighed deeply. “Do you want two or four lanes on that highway?”

Fuhrer Trump's Military Parade A Waste?

Benthoven comments on Jul 24, 2018:

I can't believe the military is actually going along with this. Which makes me wonder if we've already tilted into a neo-communist regime, and the military is officially behind Trumpty Dumpty.

I saw this on FB and had to share it here, so everyone her could bet a good laugh too.

Benthoven comments on Jul 24, 2018:

Right?

Just wondering how everyone is doing.

Benthoven comments on Jul 24, 2018:

I don't see coincidence as anything magical, but they do happen. I keep a list of all the coincidences, big and small, that are significant to me... mostly just because it's cool. In the process, maybe I'll be able to recognize more as they're happening so I'll be able to use them.

Haaaa....

Benthoven comments on Jul 24, 2018:

I guess that's why they say ignorance is bliss. The more ignorant you are, the less worked up you get... and the more you can pretend that the intelligent people are just "being mean to you."

Relax EPA regulations?

Benthoven comments on Jul 24, 2018:

And Conservatives want us to go back to that.

Cold-hearted people once cared too much? Agree or disagree?

Benthoven comments on Jul 24, 2018:

I disagree. Perhaps they're giving that "caring" to people who don't deserve it or who aren't going to take care of it. If they love someone, and that someone treats them like garbage, they can still love the someone but get away from them. If they stay, then that's what burns them out. There are people in life who are "vampires..." they suck the very life out us. If we stick around with those people, we are drained dry. There are others who build us up and call out what's good in us, and encourage us to be better. Those people charge our batteries. To the decree we can, we also need to make good decisions about the people we get close to.

Sipping my morning coffee, and a thought.

Benthoven comments on Jul 24, 2018:

Donald Trump may not be Satan, but Satan is the wind beneath Donald's wings.

Esther Hicks channeling Abraham in the first version of 'The Secret' - YouTube

Benthoven comments on Jul 24, 2018:

So is this meant as a joke? I don't understand posting here on this site.

You are your own Creator.

Benthoven comments on Jul 24, 2018:

People always talk about "energy" as if it's a single, consolidated entity. Only it's not. According to physics, energy is a property that must be transferred to an object to work on... or heat... and there are many type of energy: Magnetic, thermal, nuclear, mechanical... So this whole idea that there's some "substance" called "energy" has always confused me. I get energy from eating food... yet I'm going to die. The sun produces massive amounts of solar energy in the form of light and heat... yet the sun will die... in fact, were it not for dying stars, we wouldn't be here. So "energy," in new-age parlance is just another term for god, gussied up to sound sciency.

The Two Travelers and the Farmer A traveler came upon an old farmer hoeing in his field beside the ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 24, 2018:

I've noticed that if somebody says "people are so angry..." they're probably the angry ones eliciting that emotion from others. When someone says that people can't be trusted, I suspect that it's the person saying that which can't be trusted. The problem is, we're in our own blindside, so we don't see. But if we're constantly having to tell people that "we're a good person," it's probably because we 'think' we're good, but we're occurring very differently in the world around us.

I thought my son was having bad dreams last night.

Benthoven comments on Jul 24, 2018:

He just needed to get that demon out of him and then he was okay.

Hey everyone.

Benthoven comments on Jul 23, 2018:

Sundays are when I get through all the episodes of Supernatural I've DVRd over the week.

Tornado Safety - Dos & Donts

Benthoven comments on Jul 23, 2018:

It's good to know. I totally would have tried to stab one of those bad boys with a steak... or is it stake? Either way, it was nicely marbled.

I think I agree...

Benthoven comments on Jul 23, 2018:

Sorry, but I would still need my blood pressure medication. ;)

How many different religions, sects or denominations of a religion have you tried before you made ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 23, 2018:

Hmm: Seventh-Day-Adventist; Lutheran; Assembly of God; The Way International; Baptist; Wing-nut Assembly of God; Foursquare Denomination; Religious Science; the Church of Sam and Dean Winchester.

Screaming “Oh God” in bed....

Benthoven comments on Jul 23, 2018:

Then they're not doing it right.

Things that make you go hmmmmm...

Benthoven comments on Jul 23, 2018:

But doesn't bullshit act as a fertilizer? Asking for a friend.

When I was in high school I once got very drunk and had to sit down and throw up in a store parking ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 23, 2018:

And look how it worked out for you.

I don't think I slept long enough to dream last night.

Benthoven comments on Jul 23, 2018:

With any luck, the next time she comes through line she won't need as many pillows.

Every time I think I'm ready to start dating.

Benthoven comments on Jul 21, 2018:

If it were easy I would have done it by now. ;)

In Australia, she's called Kilometry Cyrus.

Benthoven comments on Jul 21, 2018:

In Canada too. But I don't speak Canadian.

I'm a creative speller. I don't make typos. That's art.

Benthoven comments on Jul 21, 2018:

You'd get along great with my auto-correct.

Will let you know later

Benthoven comments on Jul 21, 2018:

The irony is, I don't start it. I usually get there right after it's started, and they just blame me.

What idiot called it a "prison compound" and not a "guilt complex"?

Benthoven comments on Jul 21, 2018:

Probably some guy in an institution.

Johnathon Livingstone Seagull - 2018

Benthoven comments on Jul 21, 2018:

Fries are the gift of life.

I need to repaint my living room.

Benthoven comments on Jul 21, 2018:

For a minute I thought you might have to repaint Switzerland... a much bigger project.

See you all

Benthoven comments on Jul 21, 2018:

Mom: You kids are driving me crazy. Ben: Yah, I think you're looking at that destination in the rear-view mirror.

The biggest miracle Jesus ever pulled off was having 12 close friends in his 30's.

Benthoven comments on Jul 21, 2018:

In all fairness, he WAS able to turn water to wine... That, at any age, is bound to get you some friends.

Does it annoy you when Christians say,” America is a Christian nation?”

Benthoven comments on Jul 21, 2018:

Only when they refuse to help the poor and breakup families trying to find a better life.

I'm not seeing that people are very friendly here at all .

Benthoven comments on Jul 21, 2018:

But how does this make anybody unfriendly?

How many of you suffer religious hangovers?

Benthoven comments on Jul 21, 2018:

Of course... but it doesn't bother me that I do.

My daughter woke me up this morning to tell me she had a nightmare.

Benthoven comments on Jul 21, 2018:

My heart goes out to her. Breakups are especially hard on children. I am glad she felt safe enough to tell you this dream.

When people complain about children being at pride celebrations:

Benthoven comments on Jul 19, 2018:

In many ways, I think that teaching the bible to children is akin to abuse. Children's minds aren't built to handle that level of violence.

Ok this is a good one.

Benthoven comments on Jul 19, 2018:

Actually, I think God loves gay people. Who else is going to tastefully decorate Heaven, hire the caterers, and make sure God is well-dressed. Hey, before we got hold of him, the only shoes he owned were sandals.

Fell asleep late but slept hard and dreamless. Must have been the vodka.

Benthoven comments on Jul 19, 2018:

I've had dreams where I went to work drunk, and then had to pretend I wasn't. I'm not entirely sure if this has anything to do with the way certain medications make me feel, but it's a recurring theme.

Do you ever have recurring dreams?

Benthoven comments on Jul 19, 2018:

I have recurring themes. One of the most prevalent is that I'm trying to move... I'm almost all packed... but for the life of me I can't get rid of that little extra stuff that I don't know what to do with.

Do you ever have surreal dreams where everything is brighter than normal, the sounds and the ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 19, 2018:

I once had a dream I was talking to a ghost on a bench on a bridge over a river. In the dream, the side of the screen that was the ghost was in black and white, and the side of the screen I was on was in color, but not overtly bright colors.

I'm always in a store in NYC and my wallet is missing. I hate that damned dream.

Benthoven comments on Jul 19, 2018:

I've had similar dreams, only it was my cell phone that went missing, and I didn't know who to call because I didn't have their numbers memorized.

For those who have experienced Flying Dreams, how do you fly in your dreams?

Benthoven comments on Jul 19, 2018:

I'm not sure how I fly, but it's much the way a fish swims in water. I move around usually by directing myself. Sometimes I know I'm flying and I take full advantage of it, and sometimes I'm sure I can fly, but I can't get my feet off the ground.

I know we're always trying to figure out the hidden meanings of our dreams, but I have a theory that...

Benthoven comments on Jul 19, 2018:

This is one of the best posts on dreaming and what parts of the brain are active during the dream by physicist Michio Kaku https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7eYt4ZmkR8

First Steven King book that you read in one day? Mine was It.

Benthoven comments on Jul 19, 2018:

Ironically, the only Steven King book I've ever read is "On Writing," and I loved it. I've seen most of his movies, but haven't read the books. But he has some wonderful stories about growing up.

I have a no soliciting sign by my door and just had a couple of theists knock on my door.

Benthoven comments on Jul 17, 2018:

Only it's not 'free.' It costs your soul.

After all this time you’d think there’d be more than one flavor of Preparation H.

Benthoven comments on Jul 17, 2018:

I'm putting in my vote for bubble gum.

Ouija boards are recommended for ages 8 and up.

Benthoven comments on Jul 17, 2018:

Apparently demons are not as dangerous as spirits.

In a discussion with someone at a bus stop yesterday I mentioned that I was an atheist and they took...

Benthoven comments on Jul 17, 2018:

Maybe they didn't want to 'catch' it.

Words to live by What words or sayings do you live by?

Benthoven comments on Jul 17, 2018:

Learning the hard way is a waste of time.

Words to live by What words or sayings do you live by?

Benthoven comments on Jul 17, 2018:

Be who you are, and do so proudly. But do it over there.

Awful music

Benthoven comments on Jul 14, 2018:

It's about which songs will get people to listen, so that they can sell ad space.

Can I meet someone nice here??

Benthoven comments on Jul 14, 2018:

That depends. Are you nice? Nice people tend to migrate toward nice people.

Short rant ahead, fair warning.

Benthoven comments on Jul 14, 2018:

Besides, if you can't get "Supernatural" references, we got nothing to talk about.

Who speaks up when friends post religious beliefs?

Benthoven comments on Jul 14, 2018:

I'm very careful about what I post on other's pages. In theory, it's their page to say what they want. When they get too obnoxious, I just hide them.

Most of today's music is fairly bad.

Benthoven comments on Jul 14, 2018:

Not sure what you're listening to, but there's some amazing stuff out there.

Ariana Grande’s New Song “God Is a Woman” Is Infuriating Some Christians – Friendly Atheist

Benthoven comments on Jul 14, 2018:

I happen to think God is a man. A woman would have shut this shit down the minute she realized it had gone off the rails. God just keeps going... "I can fix it... I can fix it..."

Guy who says God sends natural disasters to punish gays has his home destroyed in a natural disaster...

Benthoven comments on Jul 13, 2018:

That was a couple of years ago.

Trump in England

Benthoven comments on Jul 13, 2018:

The King Kong Song! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R8WVUvNSg0

People always tell me when I'm trying to meet someone " don't be weird just act natural be ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 13, 2018:

I often tell people, "If I'm acting super weird around you, it's because I think you're hot."

Why religion still exist in today's adavance era?

Benthoven comments on Jul 13, 2018:

I think it's part of our evolution, and the brain evolves slowly.

There is no 'u' in awesome, but there is a 'me'.

Benthoven comments on Jul 13, 2018:

He, ME too! ;)

So I've seen alot of posts about photos.

Benthoven comments on Jul 13, 2018:

This whole "getting likes" thing confuses me. When did we get so damn needy? As to posting pictures of children, I know people who do it, but I've worked in the computer industry for most of my life, and I tell all of my friends, "for your kids' sakes, don't do it." I've manage Web content for companies like Microsoft, Starbucks, Orion, as well as smaller companies and startups. Any time one of my clients wants to post a picture of their kids I strongly discourage it. Here's a very brief article on why: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/privacy-and-internet-safety/is-it-safe-to-post-pictures-of-my-kid-online I have dated men with children, but my rule is that I don't meet the children until we know we're "a thing." Kids bond easily, and I don't want to create more havoc in their lives. I love kids, which is why I do it this way. Other than that, I don't understand why we're so up in everybody's business about what they choose to share on "their" space... I say be you. If it bother's me, I'll be me someplace else... We've gotten way to up in each other's business lately.

Man caught on video confronting woman over Puerto Rico shirt charged with felony hate crime

Benthoven comments on Jul 13, 2018:

Ever since the Orange Nazi came to power, the racism and bigotry and intolerance has escalated, and I think we need to start having real conversations about what to do about it. I look to the body's immune system. It does a great job of fighting all kinds of diseases, but sometimes it needs help. How do we help the human body living in America fight the cancer of this racism?

Spice Rack

Benthoven comments on Jul 13, 2018:

Does chili powder count?

It doesn't work, the devil won't show up... It's been 30 years and he hasn't answered yet!

Benthoven comments on Jul 12, 2018:

When you ring the Devil's Doorbell, does he answer personally, or does someone from his staff answer the door?

Masturbating

Benthoven comments on Jul 12, 2018:

That explains why they're always in such bad moods.

Whats the best argument for wining over a religious person? For efforts of trying to convert.

Benthoven comments on Jul 12, 2018:

There really isn't an argument. If this were a reasonable argument, we wouldn't be having it. When beliefs are challenged, they dig in, and become even more defensive. The best thing to do is ask them questions that cause them to think about what they're really saying, and hope that they might someday notice the gaps.

Red-hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week - The ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 12, 2018:

"Fake news..." The devil's making it look like that so that he can deceive us to believe in science and evolution.

Good, bad, or in between, what is the weirdest job you've ever had?

Benthoven comments on Jul 12, 2018:

I used to work for a company called "Batesville Caskets." I would remove the caskets from the factory, and place them onto the delivery truck for the funeral home.

Sometimes I wonder if the people on levels 7 and up have nothing better to do with their time than ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 12, 2018:

Define "better."

Donald Trump Nicknames: Michael Avenatti and His Twitter Followers Decide on 'Don the Con'

Benthoven comments on Jul 10, 2018:

I'm partial to Trumpty Dumpty.

Conservative Outrage Quashes Dick Size Study......... [cosmosmagazine.com]

Benthoven comments on Jul 10, 2018:

You know how Conservatives work... they're terrified that we'll find out that they don't have anything worth showing. That's why they have so many guns.

All 12 boys and their coach rescued from the cave.

Benthoven comments on Jul 10, 2018:

These people suffer from irony deficiency.

Test Flight of the Blimp.

Benthoven comments on Jul 10, 2018:

That there ever was a time in America, an allegedly modern country, a man like Trump would ever come to power is both frightening and disappointing.

My current boyfriend was raised by his Grandfather in TX to be a Southern Baptist, I tell him I have...

Benthoven comments on Jul 10, 2018:

It's very ironic that a group that pushes 'love' has so little understanding of it.

I am getting obsessed with my points right now! Any bets whether I'll make it to Level 8 by the ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Good luck. I've been a seven for about two months. I think I'll hit eight in another two.

Something for you people that drank last night to stare at! LOL Enjoy!

Benthoven comments on Jul 7, 2018:

Three superheroes for the price of one.

A bit of cat trivia,.

Benthoven comments on Jul 7, 2018:

Actually, the Egyptians had a religion as well, which is why cats were worshiped in the first place.

I vote in every election because it was how I was raised.

Benthoven comments on Jul 7, 2018:

I vote for the same reason I would punch a bear that was eating me. I don't think it will make a big difference to the outcome, but at least that way it doesn't look like I want to be eaten by a bear. If you don't vote, the message you're sending is: “Do what you want, I'm already bending over.” ~ Taken from the NOW Show, edited for the American political system

Karl Popper was a famous science philosopher.

Benthoven comments on Jul 7, 2018:

Only con men promise heaven on earth. True leaders encourage us to upend hell on earth and create paradise.

I wonder what the job applications look like at Hooters?

Benthoven comments on Jul 7, 2018:

Which is lucky for me, I've gone up a cup size over the year.

"Half a dozen" is a really ineffective way of saying "six".

Benthoven comments on Jul 7, 2018:

Up next on Sesame Street. Everything you wanted to know about six but were too afraid to ask.

YouTube Punishes Atheist for Exposing Christian Who Wants Gay People Executed – Friendly Atheist

Benthoven comments on Jul 5, 2018:

Having spent 15 years in Reparative Therapy, one thing I've noticed (and we have lists... long long lists) is that those who are most anti-gay are usually the ones who are the most gay. It's just a matter of time before Matt is caught asking his leather daddy to spank him.

Trumpianity v. Christanty [patheos.com]

Benthoven comments on Jul 5, 2018:

Fanaticism versus religion.

"Humanists try to behave decently and honorably without any expectation of rewards or punishments in...

Benthoven comments on Jul 5, 2018:

The true test of "morality" is what we do when no reward is offered, and/or it creates personal discomfort for us. That's why we never use "thoughts and prayers." It's imperative for us that help is proffered.

If you knew that tomorrow would be your last full day of life, what would you want to spend it ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 5, 2018:

I'd start with a giant pepperoni pizza, and move on to tequila shots... as many as I could handle.

Repubs, wacko thinking experts.

Benthoven comments on Jul 5, 2018:

That, and guns are much cheaper than convertibles when it comes to 'size compensation.'

Well, well

Benthoven comments on Jul 3, 2018:

I get asked by Christians a lot, "If there's no God, then what's your purpose in life?" My answer is, "Drink martinis and teach Christians about Jesus."