One of the fundamental misconceptions many atheists have is that they consider religion to be ...

DenoPenno comments on Jun 16, 2022:

I do not need any of the functions of religions and consider myself to be without gods.

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 16, 2022:

@skado I'm not talking about what you assume was beneficial in the past. I'm taking about right now how some people *need* religion. Not how they benefit from it, not how they're better off with it than without, how they *NEED* it.

One of the fundamental misconceptions many atheists have is that they consider religion to be ...

DenoPenno comments on Jun 16, 2022:

I do not need any of the functions of religions and consider myself to be without gods.

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 16, 2022:

@skado You're playing it pretty fast and loose with the word "need". Show me evidence that anyone *needs* religion.

One of the fundamental misconceptions many atheists have is that they consider religion to be ...

FvckY0u comments on Jun 16, 2022:

and to have imaginary friends with benefits.

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 16, 2022:

Nah, that's what the altar boys are for.

One of the fundamental misconceptions many atheists have is that they consider religion to be ...

OldMetalHead comments on Jun 16, 2022:

I consider all of those to be side effects of the real purpose of religion, which is to allow the more powerful elite to better control the less powerful masses.

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 16, 2022:

@OldMetalHead Agreed. I think the disclaimer financial institutions plaster all over all their documents is very fitting here: "Past performance is no guarantee of future results." Doesn't really matter what it did in the past [or what people *think* it did in the past] it doesn't mean it's going to be useful or beneficial in the future.

Florida's 15-week abortion ban violates Jewish religious freedom, says lawsuit

Apunzelle comments on Jun 15, 2022:

Religion fighting religion. 😂👍

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 16, 2022:

I think Jewish people are consistently the most pro-choice group by religious affiliation in the country, even more so than the "nones".

Although I'm not a conservative myself, I feel a little sorry for the 'old-fashioned' conservatives ...

K9Kohle789 comments on Jun 13, 2022:

awwww, playing violin. It's not as if they didn't ask for it by voting for Trump.

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 13, 2022:

@K9Kohle789 I agree with most of that, but a lot of them believe a lot of that shit. It's why it's so easy to sell them on the crazier stuff like testicle tanning because 'all the other stuff they're saying on Fox is right, that must be too'. They *do* believe people who get assistance are freeloaders (even when they used government programs themselves - I saw it in my own family). They *do* believe immigrants are taking their jobs - because how else could someone so star-spangled awesome *not* have a job? They *do* believe abortion is murder and women shouldn't have bodily autonomy, because why else would the religious groups hold their noses while casting their ballot for a philandering pile of dog shit like Trump? And yes, we're all doomed. Even those of us that are too stupid too see that voting for the person they think will protect their freedoms is the very person that tested the waters for ending the world's oldest democracy.

Although I'm not a conservative myself, I feel a little sorry for the 'old-fashioned' conservatives ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 13, 2022:

No sympathy from me at all. Those fuck sticks and their greedy fiscal conservative policies, and hateful, regressive socially conservative policies, were direct precursors to the awful shit we see today. They can all fuck right off and die.

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 13, 2022:

@Matias Yup, and I suppose you think both sides are equally to blame? I don't. Those disgusting fucking liberals with their desires for clean water and social equality. Makes me want to fucking puke. And don't even get me started on all their whining about wanting their children to be able to learn to read without getting shot in the face with an AR-15. It's like, freedom isn't free you pussies; sometimes [daily] tiny innocent children need to be slaughtered so I can compensate for my innumerable inadequacies with a giant fucking gun. And while you're right, both sides have factions that veer further to the extreme, seemingly on a daily basis, the left's extremists are vying for these destructive, inhumane policies like making up new pronouns, marrying someone of the same sex, and getting gender affirming surgeries that clearly harm every single other person in this country while the right's never pursue any policies that hurt any individuals, groups, animals, or the environment at all.

Although I'm not a conservative myself, I feel a little sorry for the 'old-fashioned' conservatives ...

K9Kohle789 comments on Jun 13, 2022:

awwww, playing violin. It's not as if they didn't ask for it by voting for Trump.

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 13, 2022:

@Unity So it's my fault you said some stupid shit you can't support?

Although I'm not a conservative myself, I feel a little sorry for the 'old-fashioned' conservatives ...

K9Kohle789 comments on Jun 13, 2022:

awwww, playing violin. It's not as if they didn't ask for it by voting for Trump.

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 13, 2022:

@Unity So you're suggesting that the 60 million people that voted for McCain and Romney abstained or voted for Hillary and a completely new 63 and 74 million voted for Trump? What are your thoughts on being the proud owner of a bridge?

Although I'm not a conservative myself, I feel a little sorry for the 'old-fashioned' conservatives ...

K9Kohle789 comments on Jun 13, 2022:

awwww, playing violin. It's not as if they didn't ask for it by voting for Trump.

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 13, 2022:

@Matias If the mainstream conservatives didn't vote for him then there aren't really any mainstream conservatives left.

I made a Magic the Gathering card! Most people here probably won't get all of the jokes included...

TheInterlooper comments on Jun 8, 2022:

Everyone knows regenerate hasn't been around since Oath of the Gatewatch, you fucking dork.

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 8, 2022:

1. You play Magic!?! 2. Origins released on July 17th 2015, over a half year before Oath of the Gatewatch on January 22nd, 2016, so aside from the fact that they can print the evergreen regeneration anytime they want, this still fits your timeline. 3. Less than a year ago, June 18th, 2021, Wizards printed a card with regeneration in Modern Horizons 2: Patchwork Gnomes. They may have even printed more since then, that's just the last one I could remember off the dome.

There's been 33 mass shootings in the U.

dkp93 comments on Jun 6, 2022:

Not sure why you posted this under "Silly, Random & Fun" but it sure makes you seem like a jackass. People have lost their lives. Families and communities have been destroyed. So by all means, you should definitely post something callous and ignorant to score some likes.

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 8, 2022:

@dkp93 Calling attention to the fact that thousands and thousands of dead children is the cost of our gun addiction isn't really laughing at victims. He has a point. Parents and grandparents in this country, which is likely a vast majority of the population, simply don't care enough about their children and grandchildren in contrast with their concerns about guns, the economy, social issues, etc. If they did, there would be a massive blue wave every single election until this problem was under control. At some point, all there is to do is point out all the crocodile tears of all the people that value the Second Amendment (or other superficial thing) over the lives of family members. To be blunt, compassion and empathy without action and meaningful change is really nothing but thoughts and prayers...

Actions Speak

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 7, 2022:

Careful. The same people who believe in the power of prayer usually pray that guns stay legal and fetuses have more rights than women...

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 8, 2022:

@LucyLoohoo Wow. That's a really good point.

There's been 33 mass shootings in the U.

Storm1752 comments on Jun 6, 2022:

People don't kill guns, Guns kill guns.

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 6, 2022:

What does this mean?

Here's a sick and perverse way to start your Sunday: Twas’ 24 days into the month of May, ...

JackPedigo comments on Jun 5, 2022:

So why don't all these people volunteer to be the targets at a shooting range. They would be doing themselves and us a big favor.

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 6, 2022:

@misstuffy I said added in. I know they're self-serving opportunists.

Here's a sick and perverse way to start your Sunday: Twas’ 24 days into the month of May, ...

JackPedigo comments on Jun 5, 2022:

So why don't all these people volunteer to be the targets at a shooting range. They would be doing themselves and us a big favor.

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 5, 2022:

If you kill yourself, you don't get to go. Don't you know that little caveat they needed to add in there? Otherwise, every single Christian could/would/should commit suicide immediately.

Religion without belief — Most Japanese reject religious belief while embracing multiple forms ...

TheMiddleWay comments on Jun 1, 2022:

No god, no religion. Know god, know religion. Calling any practice devoid of gods a religion makes the word religion more widely applicable but proportionally less descriptive. This is why the cultural Jews or the cultural Christians in the USA are not practitioners of a religion since ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 3, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay Totally agree with that last comment except the tensions about sex and gender bit considering people are now battling over the ability to charge one's birth certificate...

Religion without belief — Most Japanese reject religious belief while embracing multiple forms ...

TheMiddleWay comments on Jun 1, 2022:

No god, no religion. Know god, know religion. Calling any practice devoid of gods a religion makes the word religion more widely applicable but proportionally less descriptive. This is why the cultural Jews or the cultural Christians in the USA are not practitioners of a religion since ...

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 3, 2022:

@skado Not for nothing, but taking a knee, dribbling out the clock, run limits, mercy rules etc. are all manners of "turning the other cheek" or showing compassion during sporting events if you ask me.

Simpsons in 2012 and the actual event in 2017

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 1, 2022:

It's fuckin' amazing to me that there are still people out there that still haven't fuckin' heard of Snopes. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/simpsons-predict-trump-orb/

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 1, 2022:

@p-nullifidian Well, yeah, that's what makes smart people go to Snopes instead of the "Post" button. While we both knew it was bullshit right away, I didn't know the exact dates that Snopes did the leg work to dig up.

Can you believe it?

ChestRockfield comments on May 31, 2022:

How can they both perpetually drink the booze left by the other? So, I guess I *can't* believe it...

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 1, 2022:

@Fernapple I don't know why I was able to read that. Maybe it's old?

Can you believe it?

ChestRockfield comments on May 31, 2022:

How can they both perpetually drink the booze left by the other? So, I guess I *can't* believe it...

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 1, 2022:

@Fernapple Ah, this makes more sense... "The calm diplomatic waters grew choppy in 1984 when Canadian troops visited the island, planted their nation’s flag and left another symbolic marker as well: a bottle of Canadian whisky. The Danes couldn’t let that stand. The country’s minister of Greenland affairs soon arrived on the island to replace the offending Canadian symbols with a Danish flag and a bottle of Danish schnapps, along with a note saying “Welcome to the Danish island.” And so began a spirited dispute, one that has lasted decades, with each side dropping by the island periodically to scoop up the other side’s patriotic bottle and replace it with their own." https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/08/world/what-in-the-world/canada-denmark-hans-island-whisky-schnapps.html

Can you believe it?

ChestRockfield comments on May 31, 2022:

How can they both perpetually drink the booze left by the other? So, I guess I *can't* believe it...

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 1, 2022:

@Fernapple I get what they were trying I say, I guess, but I still think it's disingenuous to claim they drank the booze left by the other if they also brought as much or more booze than they could drink. That's like saying I took money from a cash register when in actuality I made change.

I'll start... An Atari 400 game machine.

MichelleGar1 comments on May 31, 2022:

The rain lamp! Lol

ChestRockfield replies on Jun 1, 2022:

@MichelleGar1 My grandma had one. Checked ebay and apparently they're selling for hundreds of dollars?!

I'll start... An Atari 400 game machine.

MichelleGar1 comments on May 31, 2022:

The rain lamp! Lol

ChestRockfield replies on May 31, 2022:

Are you taking about one of those things with the spiral wires going around it that let the beads of oil drip down?

I'll start... An Atari 400 game machine.

KKGator comments on May 31, 2022:

I'm a 60s kid. What's missing are the plastic covers on the chairs and the couch.

ChestRockfield replies on May 31, 2022:

This was going to me my answer, but I was going to call it a davenport.

Sorry, I'm on a tear this morning.

ChestRockfield comments on May 29, 2022:

Unless by that they simply mean listen to their partner and provide what they need...

ChestRockfield replies on May 31, 2022:

@TheoryNumber3 To be fair, your immediate response, as stated in your OP, was, "No you don't" not "And after talking to him a little more it was clear he didn't." I think we just are coming at this formulating opinions based on incomplete information. I mean, even the premise is vague in "men who say things *like*..." I hope no one meant to offend here.

Sorry, I'm on a tear this morning.

ChestRockfield comments on May 29, 2022:

Unless by that they simply mean listen to their partner and provide what they need...

ChestRockfield replies on May 30, 2022:

@TheoryNumber3 I mean, undoubtedly, there *are* men that know how to treat women, no?

I'm 64.

ChestRockfield comments on May 29, 2022:

That's a super tough question I'm likely ill-equipped to answer. I was never lucky enough to marry the woman of my dreams because she inexplicably wanted children. We were together almost 5 years and our sex life did not dwindle even the tiniest bit, so I like to think that if we had gotten married ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 29, 2022:

@TedGresham997 As sad as I am that Stu left me so she could have kids, I guess had she compromised I could be in your boat now. Life is a shit show no matter what, innit?

WIFE WANTED! $2,000 FINDER'S FEE IF YOU SEND THE RIGHT WOMAN TO ME, WE FALL IN LOVE, AND GET ...

KateOahu comments on Oct 1, 2021:

GLWT!

ChestRockfield replies on May 29, 2022:

Thought that was Grandfather Ladies Would Tap. 😝

Aren't these the same dipshit motherfuckers that can't stop vomiting the phrase, "The only way to ...

CourtJester comments on May 29, 2022:

The same people crying about the most recent school shooting will be snot bubble crying about not being able to kill babies when the Row vs Wade ruling comes out

ChestRockfield replies on May 29, 2022:

Yup, those are exactly the same thing.

No dick pics you say?

ChestRockfield comments on May 28, 2022:

I know this is not PC, but I wish I could get paid $250,000 to look at a dick. Line up all the quarter-million dollar dicks you want and I'll stare down every single one of them until I can afford a private jet, a vacation home in Jamaica, and a Ferrari.

ChestRockfield replies on May 28, 2022:

@St-Sinner I'm fine with surprise dicks I wasn't expecting if I get a bunch of money afterword.

Aren't these the same dipshit motherfuckers that can't stop vomiting the phrase, "The only way to ...

DenoPenno comments on May 28, 2022:

Another horror here is that somewhere there is a person wanting to kill more people than in this mass shooting.

ChestRockfield replies on May 28, 2022:

I honestly don't know how he death tolls are so low. Are these dudes just really inept? They are wielding one of the most efficient, effective killing machines we've created and yet only kill 10-20 people? Maybe that's why constituents in red districts don't pressure their representatives, because 20 dead children isn't that big a deal, especially when abortion bans are about to give us so many 'extra' disposable children.

How offensive is the word "cunt"?

LizZyG comments on Apr 18, 2022:

"I am a white cis woman, those are not equivalent." And that vote/statement informs you of absolutely nothing. The two terms -- their histories (from various perspectives) & situational uses (vastly different and multitudinous ways and relationships involved) by different individuals (across ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 28, 2022:

@LizZyG Someone else commented on this and brought me back and I noticed I never responded to your comment. "..according to judgement of their 'plight'." But everyone already does this. *Most* people refrain from using the N word, but few if any avoid terms like 'lame' or 'dumb'. If it's not based on based on the plight of the group, I will need you to educate me and tell me what it *is* based on. "Those who choose to continue this particular use, are responsible for solidifying societal norms." I have no disrespect for women. One tiny example is that I'm as pro-choice as you can possibly be, which is WAY more pro-woman that a vast majority of all women. You won't find an issue or measure for women I wouldn't support equality for. But to be clear, this post was not about whether or not either of these words were bad. It was simply about whether or not the two words were "exactly the same" as was suggested. I'm not sure how someone knowing how exactly to insult you to hurt you the most relates to the discussion at hand. But that does bring up interesting points in that you admit the word wouldn't have offended you as much as something else and that you actually used the word in your example. I'm curious to know if you would have spelled the other one out, and if not, why the difference?

Montana bars birth certificate changes, even with surgery

ChestRockfield comments on May 26, 2022:

They may be one of those things that the right gets to criticize the left for in good conscience...

ChestRockfield replies on May 27, 2022:

@snytiger6 I'm saying they could. Because I can't think of a reason one should be able to change their birth certificate and about a million reasons they shouldn't.

Gun stores should start having back to school sales.

anglophone comments on May 26, 2022:

"Sale! The first 200 customers get an additional 1,000 rounds of ammunition absolutely free!"

ChestRockfield replies on May 27, 2022:

I'm actually shocked how few people these shooters kill. They must be really inept. I mean, the Republicans in congress are giving them all the tools in the world to efficiently and effectively eliminate innocent children from the world, and it's like they're not even trying. With weapons like those you'd think you could kill more than 20 people blindfolded.

I guess changing things is not an option....priorities.......

Betty comments on May 27, 2022:

U.S. politicians will do just about anything to protect gun ownership. That's because they are not the targets, so as long as they feel protected and safe they don't care about the lose of life of those they feel are inferior and expendable.

ChestRockfield replies on May 27, 2022:

Hopefully that will change. Maybe the Left needs its own Tucker that talks about children of Republican Congress members replacing us?

Sadly I doubt there will be any knowledge transfer

BD66 comments on May 25, 2022:

Remember when a bunch of armed farmers defeated the most powerful military in the world?

ChestRockfield replies on May 25, 2022:

@BD66 If that were necessarily true for every country where citizens didn't have unfettered access to all firearms, you may have a point. But it's not necessarily true. So you have to be fine with a massive loss of children's lives because you think both that our government is going to try slaughter its citizenry AND that those citizens will be able to stop them because they have firearms. Regardless, you are okay with children DEFINITELY dying in their classrooms.

Sadly I doubt there will be any knowledge transfer

BD66 comments on May 25, 2022:

Remember when a bunch of armed farmers defeated the most powerful military in the world?

ChestRockfield replies on May 25, 2022:

If that's your position, you must accept the fact that dead children are part of the cost of guns on demand. You cannot have the latter without the former.

It's not a perfect rule, but it's as close as we've gotten.

Reignmond comments on May 23, 2022:

The Platinum Rule is better....Do onto others as they would want you to. This requires you to know what the other person actually "wants". When you don't know them and have no idea of their desires, the the Golden Rule is better than nothing.

ChestRockfield replies on May 24, 2022:

@Matias Sadists and masochists been throwing that ol' monkey wrench into the golden rule since it started.

What side of history do you want to be on?

ChestRockfield comments on May 22, 2022:

The fucked up part is that the other side has "democrat" and "anyone else" and those motherfuckers are so fuckin' stupid they're voting anyone else.

ChestRockfield replies on May 22, 2022:

@Flyingsaucesir The Republicans are thinking the exact opposite. They would vote for the worst people in the world to avoid voting for a Democrat.

17 Sex Tricks Men Learn From Porn That Women Wish We Could Wipe From Your Brain

ChestRockfield comments on May 21, 2022:

I think I'm pretty good about most of that stuff, especially the big ones. I've never once grabbed/pushed a woman's head before or during a beej. It's crazy that anyone even has to tell guys that. I could probably pay more attention to breasts, because I've always been more of an ass man. The ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 22, 2022:

@MizJ What a shame anyone is made to feel a way that doesn't let them enjoy getting oral.

17 Sex Tricks Men Learn From Porn That Women Wish We Could Wipe From Your Brain

ChestRockfield comments on May 21, 2022:

I think I'm pretty good about most of that stuff, especially the big ones. I've never once grabbed/pushed a woman's head before or during a beej. It's crazy that anyone even has to tell guys that. I could probably pay more attention to breasts, because I've always been more of an ass man. The ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 22, 2022:

@MizJ Her and one other girl on the unit both claim they don't like it anytime from anyone. The only other women I've ever heard say that to me had their minds changed, but they both insist they've gotten great head and still didn't enjoy it. I can't wrap my head around it, especially considering they're almost 40 so I assume the other one has also had it done well, too.

Abortion is an Atheist issue.

PersonOfInterest comments on May 19, 2022:

Questions that do not matter: 1. When does life "begin"? 2. Is consent to sex consent to pregnancy? 3. Does it have a beating heart? 4. Is it distinct from its mother? 5. Can it survive outside the uterus? 6. Is a fetus a "person"? 7. Does it have a future? 8. Is abortion "murder"? ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 20, 2022:

I think I have to steal this. Bravo.

Abortion is an Atheist issue.

PersonOfInterest comments on May 19, 2022:

Questions that do not matter: 1. When does life "begin"? 2. Is consent to sex consent to pregnancy? 3. Does it have a beating heart? 4. Is it distinct from its mother? 5. Can it survive outside the uterus? 6. Is a fetus a "person"? 7. Does it have a future? 8. Is abortion "murder"? ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 20, 2022:

Brilliant.

I can't believe I am arguing with a fb friend that COVID is real.

AnneWimsey comments on May 20, 2022:

Yes, after hearing this i agree @BDair is looking somewhat better...not "good", just by comparison!

ChestRockfield replies on May 20, 2022:

Are you guys talking about the sexist sheep on the farm.

Abortion is an Atheist issue.

TheMiddleWay comments on May 18, 2022:

These are sound medical reasons. You know what else medicine says? 1) That an embryo is a human being in the earliest stages of development. 2) And that an embryo has a wholly distinct DNA than that of the mother. Put together and the pro-life contingent has as much medical ammunition for ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 19, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay I was pointing out that you were ignoring medical principles of informed consent in your counterargument. And that's not my argument for the right to abortion. My augment is and always will be that no entity should have a greater claim to one's own body than they do. Since the woman is self-sufficient (or at the very least, not dependent on one and only one person), there's no legitimate reason that a wholly dependant fetus should have even an equal claim to her body and resources, let alone a greater claim. Until you can answer that objection (which in all of our discussions, you never have) I can't ever entertain any restrictions you support on abortion. Also, I don't know why you're running through this diatribe about my feelings if you're just going to immediately follow it up with an admission that you support a significant amount of restrictions to abortion?!

Abortion is an Atheist issue.

TheMiddleWay comments on May 18, 2022:

These are sound medical reasons. You know what else medicine says? 1) That an embryo is a human being in the earliest stages of development. 2) And that an embryo has a wholly distinct DNA than that of the mother. Put together and the pro-life contingent has as much medical ammunition for ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 19, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay C-section isn't the only thing women may need to undergo that could require informed consent. Even just natural childbirth in a hospital requires consent, but also amniocentesis, potential for blood administration, contingencies for other complications, fetal blood sampling, transvaginal ultrasound, and that's just what I came up with off the dome, as a man, who's not a father. So the point is that not only are you placing the fetus' rights higher than the woman's, but you're also denying her informed consent on top of that to do it. I don't remember specifically because I don't care that much about each individual's horrible views, but I remember talking about it with you several times and I think you had an issue with a woman that aborted a fetus you wanted her to keep. And I'm not saying you advocated for anything that's different than what's *currently* the law (though you may have), but how is that not still supporting restrictions on abortion (given the fact that there are restrictions on abortion)??

Abortion is an Atheist issue.

TheMiddleWay comments on May 18, 2022:

These are sound medical reasons. You know what else medicine says? 1) That an embryo is a human being in the earliest stages of development. 2) And that an embryo has a wholly distinct DNA than that of the mother. Put together and the pro-life contingent has as much medical ammunition for ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 19, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay "Does not apply in the case of unresponsive or unconscious patient. In that case, because informed consent is impossible, the default is to save them, not let them die." It does apply in this case because I'm talking about the woman, not the fetus. By preventing a woman from getting an abortion she wants, she is being forced to do procedures she does not want and would not be freely consenting to. And you may not have advocated for abortion restrictions in this thread specifically, but you have in others and these statements support that prior stance.

Abortion is an Atheist issue.

TheMiddleWay comments on May 18, 2022:

These are sound medical reasons. You know what else medicine says? 1) That an embryo is a human being in the earliest stages of development. 2) And that an embryo has a wholly distinct DNA than that of the mother. Put together and the pro-life contingent has as much medical ammunition for ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 18, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay It's still an assumption, and you still haven't given just reason that rights to their assumed desires takes precedence over the rights of the being they are wholly dependent on. Another default in medical practice is informed consent. Pregnancy and child birth are inherently risky, taxing, and potentially debilitating. The default is that patients are not forced to undergo medical procedures without agreeing to them after being informed of the risks, benefits, and alternatives. So not only is an abortion ban an assumption that the fetus wants to live, but it's also granting them a priority claim to the woman's body for which there is no other medical, legal, or social precedent (e.g. if your bone marrow can save me, can i just take it from you?), AND denying her informed consent for everything. How can you possibly support such an indefensible position? You don't think there's bias here blinding you to the logical, rational conclusion?

In the middle of a severe baby formula shortage, many have suggested mothers should simply switch to...

BufftonBeotch comments on May 18, 2022:

There need to be more suppliers of formula so that it is not a near monopoly charging ridiculous prices and not even caring if their equipment is contaminated and killing babies. And many people in the United States no longer have access to safe drinking water as supplies are contaminated by ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 18, 2022:

@HippieChick58 I'm not trying to. I will, when I can, vote against legislation that incentivizes having more children though.

Abortion is an Atheist issue.

TheMiddleWay comments on May 18, 2022:

These are sound medical reasons. You know what else medicine says? 1) That an embryo is a human being in the earliest stages of development. 2) And that an embryo has a wholly distinct DNA than that of the mother. Put together and the pro-life contingent has as much medical ammunition for ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 18, 2022:

Talk about irrelevant. If the view that women were forced to carry to term were to prevail because the distinct DNA means "it's not entirely her choice", that would mean a third party (government/courts) was presuming what a second party (a fetus that is completely dependent on the woman) would want (with zero evidence or knowledge), and then using that conjecture to supercede the all rights and autonomy of the first party (a self-sufficient woman). It's as nonsensical as a claim that they know that a woman's fetus *wants* to be aborted and using that to force a woman who wants a baby to terminate the pregnancy. Let's not forget, the way you worded it "cannot be entirely her choice" is misleading. This is zero-sum. It is impossible to compromise when the desires are in conflict, thus, 'entirely' in this context is a nonsense word. And as stupid as either of those two scenarios are, even if you could know what a fetus wants, it *still* means you'd be placing the desires of a completely dependent entity over the rights and autonomy of a self-sufficient being. i.e. If the desires of the fetus could be known, and they were in conflict with the woman, why would the fetus have a higher claim to the woman's body and resources than the woman herself?

Abortion is an Atheist issue.

Silver1wun comments on May 18, 2022:

Nobody can dictate what 'atheists don't believe' beyond the existence of gods.

ChestRockfield replies on May 18, 2022:

An atheist that believes in souls does seem quite odd though.

Maybe Mr. money man is starting to see some light. [yahoo.com]

racocn8 comments on May 18, 2022:

Hopefully, it falls through. Musk has revealed himself to be a wing-nut fascist, in favor of free speech so long as it's speech he approves of.

ChestRockfield replies on May 18, 2022:

Freedom of speech is not something one can or should expect on Social Media because that freedom can only be infringed upon by the government...

Abortion is an Atheist issue.

Garban comments on May 18, 2022:

Bottom line is if a woman wants an abortion no law is going to stop her, only limit her safe options. Prohibition in 1920s anyone? Similar mistake 100 years later in the name of moral superiority. We just now started reducing black markets for marijuana; now we’re going to create a new one for ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 18, 2022:

Limited options, safe or otherwise *does* prevent some women from getting an abortion...

In the middle of a severe baby formula shortage, many have suggested mothers should simply switch to...

KKGator comments on May 18, 2022:

Telling women to "just go back to breastfeeding" is yet another example of the abject ignorance of far too many Americans. A baby formula shortage is a national emergency. Personally, I think it requires action similar to what FDR did in WWII. It didn't take that long for manufacturers to ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 18, 2022:

@BufftonBeotch I have to imagine there's got to be more to it than that. If there is ever that huge of a mark up on something, people will continue to undercut them. It's how you have product lines like those that fill Aldi shelves. I wouldn't be surprised if industry standards and regulations for safety and quality (considering the fragility of the customer base in question) adds a significant cost to the product.

In the middle of a severe baby formula shortage, many have suggested mothers should simply switch to...

KKGator comments on May 18, 2022:

Telling women to "just go back to breastfeeding" is yet another example of the abject ignorance of far too many Americans. A baby formula shortage is a national emergency. Personally, I think it requires action similar to what FDR did in WWII. It didn't take that long for manufacturers to ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 18, 2022:

@KKGator 100% agree with the state having to cover costs of forced babies. Of course, you're talking to someone who thinks women with forced pregnancies should continue to do whatever they would normally be doing including drinking alcohol in any desired quantity and frequency, taking any and all legal drugs they want, full-contact sports, fasting or any other diet choice they desire, etc. As for the base cost argument it's funny how many people in this country (not suggesting you're one of them mind you) tout the wonders of a free market economy until they come face to face with the consequences of a free market. In the words of the economist Brandon Mayhew, "The price is the price, yo." And a free market is exactly what will get you there, simple supply and demand with no regulation. Imagine, on the other hand, how nice it would be if stuff like necessary utilities were publicly owned, run, and delivered equitably, at cost. No gouging, no wasted money on advertising, and most notably, no reason for hundreds of fuckin' solicitation calls a day from motherfuckers trying to get you to change suppliers.

In the middle of a severe baby formula shortage, many have suggested mothers should simply switch to...

Beowulfsfriend comments on May 18, 2022:

Also, relying on only 4 producers in the US, and putting high tariffs on imported (Canadian) formula isn't conducive for costs or for continuous production (one company got shut down due to safety). BTW, Trump put the tariffs on Canada in place; I don't know why Biden hasn't tried pulling them.

ChestRockfield replies on May 18, 2022:

Biden is fuckin' slow as molasses. Don't get me wrong, he already did the greatest thing an American president has ever done, but christ. He should have had signing statements and executive orders staked the fuck up waiting for Jan 20th.

In the middle of a severe baby formula shortage, many have suggested mothers should simply switch to...

BufftonBeotch comments on May 18, 2022:

There need to be more suppliers of formula so that it is not a near monopoly charging ridiculous prices and not even caring if their equipment is contaminated and killing babies. And many people in the United States no longer have access to safe drinking water as supplies are contaminated by ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 18, 2022:

And yet people continue to think it's a great idea to bring more children into this fucked up world. I'll never understand.

It seems reality in regards to the Ukraine war is finally about to be revealed.

FrayedBear comments on May 18, 2022:

Stupid¹ is as stupid¹ believes. Stupid¹ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_M._Cipolla These are Cipolla's five fundamental laws of stupidity: 1. Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation. 2. The probability that a certain person ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 18, 2022:

The funny thing here is that you could be talking about either side considering I actually don't know which side you are talking about.

Do animals have morality?

Paul4747 comments on May 17, 2022:

Other animals have altruism, generosity, heroism, all the traits of "morality" except for the *word *morality. To prove that humans have some superior "morality", you must prove that human altruism *isn't* also the result of biological programming to protect related genes; especially since other...

ChestRockfield replies on May 18, 2022:

@Matias That's irrelevant, it's still "programming" (so to speak) that we can't control.

I recently met with an old friend of the last 59 years.

MizJ comments on May 15, 2022:

I lost a friendship of 45 years due to my unwillingness to embrace the Mango Mussolini. It truly is a loss. My condolences.

ChestRockfield replies on May 16, 2022:

Psssh. I cut out all but 3 members of my entire family. Losing a Trumper ain't no loss...

I recently met with an old friend of the last 59 years.

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

One problem with evangelical Christianity is that it pushes its god as the reason you are a good person. No god, no good person. You just cannot be a good person without god. Unfortunately I see a great many people today wanting to claim they are a good person. Why do we have to do this? Maybe ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 16, 2022:

You're right. "Good" is subjective, and I don't even want everyone to subjectively believe I'm good. There are people I so vehemently despise that them thinking I was good would only serve to let me know I haven't sufficiently exacted revenge.

I am not a cyclist or a vegan, but I spent the afternoon at a brewery with both types.

St-Sinner comments on May 15, 2022:

Meat lovers dislike vegans and meat eaters disgust vegans. The tussle has been on for 20 years that I have seen.

ChestRockfield replies on May 16, 2022:

I just don't understand them. At least the ones that do it for animal rights reasons. If that is your goal, eliminating all animal products is NOT the most effective or more efficient method. But they refuse to listen to logic or reason and go on being smug.

63 percent of Americans oppose overturning Roe v.

Garban comments on May 15, 2022:

I think the republicans have stirred a hornets nest. Their goal was probably to release the SCOTUS opinions in mid November IMO. It’s sad that this is what it takes to get democrats and moderates to the polls.

ChestRockfield replies on May 15, 2022:

@Barnie2years I mean, I'd be surprised if the court changed political composition anytime in the next 11 years. That would take a whole lot of luck or one individual that really doesn't want to see women turned into forced incubators. But most likely this ultra-conservative court will have it's way for more than enough time to ruin every bit of progress we've made for the last half century.

I am a true right-to-lifer who holds that abortions need to be safe, legal, rare, and we need ...

Reignmond comments on May 15, 2022:

The question of abortion would be better rephrased to, Does a Woman have the unmitigated right to kill her baby? This would make it very clear what is at stake.

ChestRockfield replies on May 15, 2022:

If by baby you mean embryo, then yes. If your answer is no then you should, at minimum, be for forcing ALL embryos created for in vitro to be implanted.

I am a true right-to-lifer who holds that abortions need to be safe, legal, rare, and we need ...

anglophone comments on May 3, 2022:

The attempts by the God Mob to foist its unethical and immoral values on everybody else speaks for itself. "My God rules the Universe, and if you die because of your pregnancy that is because my God has commanded that it be so, so fuck you and death to you!"

ChestRockfield replies on May 15, 2022:

@Reignmond But if your life is ruined and you're forever tired to a man that's horrible to you 'thems the breaks'? You don't see how fucked up your view is?

I am a true right-to-lifer who holds that abortions need to be safe, legal, rare, and we need ...

MaryChristmas comments on May 3, 2022:

This right's stance on abortion has nothing whatsoever to do with embryos. It's all about controlling women. How often are protesters present at fertility clinics where embryos are routinely destroyed?

ChestRockfield replies on May 15, 2022:

Always conveniently ignored by those hypocritical fucks.

I am a true right-to-lifer who holds that abortions need to be safe, legal, rare, and we need ...

Cast1es comments on May 3, 2022:

I was very surprised to learn that in the medical field , a miscarriage is also considered an abortion .

ChestRockfield replies on May 15, 2022:

Specifically called a 'spontaneous abortion'.

I am a true right-to-lifer who holds that abortions need to be safe, legal, rare, and we need ...

p-nullifidian comments on May 3, 2022:

Many anti-abortionists would disagree that you are a “true right-to-lifer.” Curious, at what stage (of a pregnancy) do you ‘draw a line?’

ChestRockfield replies on May 15, 2022:

@p-nullifidian He's too busy trying to come up with new ways to subjugate women to answer you.

I am a true right-to-lifer who holds that abortions need to be safe, legal, rare, and we need ...

KKGator comments on May 3, 2022:

I will never understand why anyone thinks they should have any right to weigh in on any woman's right to do with her own body as she sees fit. It's no one's business but her own.

ChestRockfield replies on May 15, 2022:

@Reignmond I like how you threw rape and health issues in there at the end, but it doesn't even appear as though you're making an exception for rape. And you casually regarded a fully dependent fetus as a person with rights. You also incidentally admitted to women unwantingly getting pregnant as 'losing'. And all of this before you seemingly sentence tens of millions of women to suffer *your* particular form of morality, which, in case you hadn't noticed, is probably one of the things you as an atheist hates (or likely should hate) about organized religion in this country. I hope you don't have any women in your life that are important to you that have to know what kind of shitty, sexist views you have.

Piece Of Shit Republican Dr Oz Claims To Be A Vegetarian.

SeaGreenEyez comments on May 13, 2022:

He's still alive? 😳 🤔 And still irrelevant I see. 😴😴😴

ChestRockfield replies on May 15, 2022:

@SeaGreenEyez Cue democrats getting shot in the leg... Pennsylvania Senate candidate Fetterman suffers stroke but says he's 'well on my way to a full recovery' https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/15/politics/fetterman-health-pennsylvania-senate-campaign/index.html

63 percent of Americans oppose overturning Roe v.

Garban comments on May 15, 2022:

I think the republicans have stirred a hornets nest. Their goal was probably to release the SCOTUS opinions in mid November IMO. It’s sad that this is what it takes to get democrats and moderates to the polls.

ChestRockfield replies on May 15, 2022:

@Barnie2years That's an important point. People forget so easily. No only is it not even 2 out of every 3 people that want to keep Roe, but apathy, laziness, and forgetfulness are really huge obstacles. If the very clear and obvious threat of women losing their bodily autonomy in the '16 election didn't tip the scales, I don't know why it'd be much different in '24.

Truth

ChestRockfield comments on May 14, 2022:

There's a hot chick at work that said the coming ruling makes her want to have as many abortions as she can before it's illegal. I told her I'd do whatever I could to help. 😝

ChestRockfield replies on May 15, 2022:

@Fernapple @barjoe Awwww, why you tryin' to ruin my fun. I hope she's not secretly on this site.

Piece Of Shit Republican Dr Oz Claims To Be A Vegetarian.

ChestRockfield comments on May 13, 2022:

You can't be a vegetarian that hunts?

ChestRockfield replies on May 13, 2022:

@barjoe I just said my comment has nothing to do with him. But you can enjoy the hunt. And you can hate factory farms. And you can prefer wild game to processed, antibiotic-laden grocery items. There's a ton of angles here.

Piece Of Shit Republican Dr Oz Claims To Be A Vegetarian.

ChestRockfield comments on May 13, 2022:

You can't be a vegetarian that hunts?

ChestRockfield replies on May 13, 2022:

@Flyingsaucesir @barjoe You can hunt for food for your family but not eat it yourself. By the way, none of what I'm saying has anything to do with defending that piece of shit Oz.

Almost makes me want to subscribe to read it.

ChestRockfield comments on May 13, 2022:

I have a nifty trick that allows me to do this... F.D.A. Authorizes Underwear to Protect Against S.T.I.s During Oral Sex It’s the first time underwear has been authorized for this purpose, and it provides a new choice for protection where the few options have been unpopular. Shelly, a ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 13, 2022:

Well shit, @glennlab already posted it.

Maybe if people would have listened to the women that were already pregnant when the pandemic ...

Apunzelle comments on May 11, 2022:

They shouldn’t have become pregnant. That’s really the point you want to make??

ChestRockfield replies on May 13, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay No I didn't, I simply stated that there are problems with increasing population sizes. I never made the determination of the overall net benefit or detriment. Again, I'm not telling women, especially an individual specific woman, what they/she should do. Other women did. I'm just saying that if some of them, maybe the ones that specifically *tried* to get pregnant (even if only the ones that didn't have their "biological clock ticking away") had instead tried to *not* get pregnant the problem wouldn't be this bad. But again, I'm not saying what women should do or should have done. I'm just saying that no one or very few people made any changes so when shit fell apart they shouldn't have been surprised. I think this of more of an observation than an opinion, an as such, I'm not sure it's subject to too much 'informing'.

Maybe if people would have listened to the women that were already pregnant when the pandemic ...

Apunzelle comments on May 11, 2022:

They shouldn’t have become pregnant. That’s really the point you want to make??

ChestRockfield replies on May 12, 2022:

@Apunzelle People throw around the word 'misogynistic' so freely it barely even means anything anymore. I'm not the one who said what women should do. THAT WAS OTHER WOMEN. And I'm not telling women they *should* have an abortion, but I'm so pro-choice (obviously more than you) that I would completely support a woman's right to choose to abort for that reason or literally any other reason, at any time, without a single exception... HARD STOP. 😉 So how am I biased against or have disdain for women exactly?

Maybe if people would have listened to the women that were already pregnant when the pandemic ...

Apunzelle comments on May 11, 2022:

They shouldn’t have become pregnant. That’s really the point you want to make??

ChestRockfield replies on May 12, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay You equated declining fertility rates and population replacement rates to something detrimental to the human species, which is not necessarily true, regardless of other things you may find detrimental. I'm not saying anyone was irresponsible. I'm not saying everyone or anyone in particular should have had an abortion. I'm not even the one that told women not to get pregnant at the beginning of the pandemic; women who were pregnant when it started were the ones that said that. I'm simply stating that had they listened, the problem wouldn't have been as bad. Additionally, if people didn't think their own DNA was so star-spangled awesome, that also would have helped the situation.

Maybe if people would have listened to the women that were already pregnant when the pandemic ...

Apunzelle comments on May 11, 2022:

They shouldn’t have become pregnant. That’s really the point you want to make??

ChestRockfield replies on May 12, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay I said get pregnant *or stay pregnant*. You have a very narrow definition of 'detrimental to the human species'. It's a if overpopulation and all problems associated with increasing population size don't exist in your understanding of what's good for the human species.

Maybe if people would have listened to the women that were already pregnant when the pandemic ...

Apunzelle comments on May 11, 2022:

They shouldn’t have become pregnant. That’s really the point you want to make??

ChestRockfield replies on May 12, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay Who the hell said anything about not having sex?! Why do you think it's necessarily true that declining fertility rates and population replacement rates are *still* detrimental to the human species?

Maybe if people would have listened to the women that were already pregnant when the pandemic ...

CourtJester comments on May 11, 2022:

That’s you’re defense for this administration??? Fucken seriously???? Are you high???

ChestRockfield replies on May 11, 2022:

@CourtJester Well, I wasn't. Have fun I guess?

Maybe if people would have listened to the women that were already pregnant when the pandemic ...

Apunzelle comments on May 11, 2022:

They shouldn’t have become pregnant. That’s really the point you want to make??

ChestRockfield replies on May 11, 2022:

@Apunzelle I'm not telling anyone what to do. The pregnant women at the beginning of the pandemic were. I'm simply stating that if they had listened, or at least some of them had, the problem might not be so dire right now. Also, not for nothing, but this "requirement" to have children that share their DNA is exacerbating another crisis we're going to face. Refraining from having a child is more beneficial to the environment than every other thing you can do as a regular person combined.

Maybe if people would have listened to the women that were already pregnant when the pandemic ...

CourtJester comments on May 11, 2022:

That’s you’re defense for this administration??? Fucken seriously???? Are you high???

ChestRockfield replies on May 11, 2022:

Who the fuck is taking about an administration?

Maybe if people would have listened to the women that were already pregnant when the pandemic ...

Apunzelle comments on May 11, 2022:

They shouldn’t have become pregnant. That’s really the point you want to make??

ChestRockfield replies on May 11, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay Because *everything* was at risk of not being available during a crisis. That's where the deductive reasoning comes into play (if you think you're too smart to listen to all the women that flat out told everyone how terrible pregnancy during a pandemic was). I never said anything about putting men's needs above women's. I never said anything about, and certainly not in support of, a pink tax. I'm simply stating that getting/remaining pregnant carried risks exponentially higher than normal. People should have taken the warnings seriously.

Maybe if people would have listened to the women that were already pregnant when the pandemic ...

Julie808 comments on May 11, 2022:

Domestic violence shot way up during the pandemic as well, meaning more marital rape, minimal in person health care visits, food shortages, financial troubles, housing challenges and other issues.

ChestRockfield replies on May 11, 2022:

All of which are more reasons to avoid carrying a pregnancy to term and keeping a child you need formula for...

Maybe if people would have listened to the women that were already pregnant when the pandemic ...

Apunzelle comments on May 11, 2022:

They shouldn’t have become pregnant. That’s really the point you want to make??

ChestRockfield replies on May 11, 2022:

Or shouldn't have *stayed* pregnant. That's like buying brand new extra heavy lead shoes at the beginning of a zombie apocalypse. Kinda hard to have sympathy for someone in a predictable predicament they were warned not to put themselves in.

What's next on the state GOP agenda? Another travel ban?

ChestRockfield comments on May 11, 2022:

Wait til they start jailing women who won't stop drinking or smoking...

ChestRockfield replies on May 11, 2022:

@rainmanjr I don't know. Those people are fuckin' nuts, they love fetuses, and get the biggest boner ever subjugating women.

First served, First cum

ChestRockfield comments on May 11, 2022:

Who is Stephanie Mallard? I Googled and nothing apparent showed up.

ChestRockfield replies on May 11, 2022:

@St-Sinner A bunch of phone numbers came up of seemingly random people in the White Pages. A joke so obscure Google can't even help you??

What's next on the state GOP agenda? Another travel ban?

ChestRockfield comments on May 11, 2022:

Wait til they start jailing women who won't stop drinking or smoking...

ChestRockfield replies on May 11, 2022:

Contrary to popular belief [on this site] drinking and smoking while pregnant ISN'T illegal... yet.

BACKLASH People are getting really pissed off at the Repugs and their antics.

ChestRockfield comments on May 10, 2022:

I'm banned from Twitter, so I can't see it.

ChestRockfield replies on May 11, 2022:

@mcgeo52 Let's hope.

New research uncovers stereotype differences between agnostics and atheists

puff comments on May 9, 2022:

As an atheist eg I completely reject notions of deity as implausible, I was a bit confronted by being described as dogmatic. So I looked up dogma; DOGMA:- "a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true". Well my reasoning for being atheist, that I have ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 10, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay Oh, I see your point now in the light of dismissing alternate theories and new information. But I guess I don't see how that applies to the OP. There isn't really any new information/ evidence/ findings to dismiss regarding the existence of god... unless you're saying that belief in and of itself is also dogma. If that's the case, literally everything is dogma all the time because there's likely someone, somewhere that has "evidence" you could be reviewing about something you believe that they don't (like how the Earth is actually flat) for a never ending task.

New research uncovers stereotype differences between agnostics and atheists

puff comments on May 9, 2022:

As an atheist eg I completely reject notions of deity as implausible, I was a bit confronted by being described as dogmatic. So I looked up dogma; DOGMA:- "a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true". Well my reasoning for being atheist, that I have ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 10, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay But regardless of their method of forming their opinion/belief, unless you consider each of them that didn't get told what to believe out of some sort of imperative (like a church or the Republican party leadership for instance) to be their own authority, how would it be dogma and not simply a poorly reasoned belief? To me that's not dissimilar from saying that a joke about Bill Cosby is necessarily racist. I don't think it follows logically that an unreasoned or poorly reasoned belief is dogma without *showing* the link or reason that it's dogmatic in the exact same was that you'd fail to be able to show a joke purely about Cosby raping women even explores the concept of race let alone is racist.

New research uncovers stereotype differences between agnostics and atheists

puff comments on May 9, 2022:

As an atheist eg I completely reject notions of deity as implausible, I was a bit confronted by being described as dogmatic. So I looked up dogma; DOGMA:- "a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true". Well my reasoning for being atheist, that I have ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 10, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay So are you considering each individual like you described to be their own authority to satisfy that [soft] condition of dogmatism?

Every state in the country has Safe Haven laws that allow a women to drop off an infant at a fire ...

K9Kohle789 comments on May 10, 2022:

I'm skimming the titles of posts and read this; "Every state in the country has Safe Haven laws that allow a women to drop off an infant at a fire" I was thinking to celebrate then it turns out the sentence continues on Darn!

ChestRockfield replies on May 10, 2022:

Ah, someone here who may just appreciate my argument?

Very random,very mixed bag but all funny to me.

racocn8 comments on May 9, 2022:

"Skeptical? Well, you should be. Because this is in fact, a load of pure unadulterated BS concocted by a man named John Holladay. ...So, just to clear things up. The Veiled Lady, WILL NOT GIVE SPONTANEOUS ORGASMS TO ANY WOMAN WHO SMELLS IT. In fact, it actually smells quite horrible. Many compare ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 10, 2022:

Where can I meet the women for whom this *would* trigger a spontaneous orgasm?

New research uncovers stereotype differences between agnostics and atheists

puff comments on May 9, 2022:

As an atheist eg I completely reject notions of deity as implausible, I was a bit confronted by being described as dogmatic. So I looked up dogma; DOGMA:- "a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true". Well my reasoning for being atheist, that I have ...

ChestRockfield replies on May 10, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay "Another example of the dogma is this notion that the world would be a better place without religion, a notion which has no basis in reality." A belief that the world would be better without religion also does not necessarily mean the believer is dogmatic. You could have a very reasoned set of ideas that led you to that conclusion, but if they're not imposed by an authority, or may be completely different than another's reasoning, can rule out the notion of dogma. By your rationale, you could describe any belief people have as being dogmatic.

Here's some fodder for those men who think the availability of abortion doesn't affect them.

rainmanjr comments on May 8, 2022:

I'd bet there are more women in the anti-abortion movement than men. I know there are of voters. Most women over age 50 favor god.

ChestRockfield replies on May 8, 2022:

According to Bill Maher's show Friday, he cited new numbers that say more men are pro-choice than women.

This is so unspeakable.

ChestRockfield comments on May 8, 2022:

Don't worry, that number should drop to zero. Now that the pro-life brigade is in charge, I assume they are going to ban guns because easy access to guns is the clear differentiating factor between the US that has school shootings every week, and other countries that have one a decade or less.

ChestRockfield replies on May 8, 2022:

@SeaGreenEyez If I've said it once... I fucking hate Republicans.

Gee thanks McConnell....

ChestRockfield comments on May 8, 2022:

Don't forget to thank the Bernie Bros.

ChestRockfield replies on May 8, 2022:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz Not quite. Your 80% figure is complete nonsense. Look at the totals below. Without any super delegates, Clinton had a lead of 451 delegates. Bernie supporters that voted for Trump were just butthurt assholes.