The thing that bothers me most about this 17 year old that killed three protesters after traveling ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 29, 2020:

Unconscionable. I don't even know how things got this divided, but now it feels like the right takes the opposing viewpoint just because they don't want to look like they agree with the left.

"Pray for Louisiana and Texas" This was a Facebook post by a woman I've known for many years and I ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 27, 2020:

This is kind of the go to meme to post on shit like that.

Why do Atheist like to talk about God so much?

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 27, 2020:

I don't suppose they do. I'd be willing to bet that if everyone else in the world kept his name out they mouth, we'd all be perfectly happy doing the same.

A man changed member's replies to support his post. I objected.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 26, 2020:

I agree with what you've said here, but overall I disagree with free thought and truthful posts being removed just because people may not like them. Someone replied and then blocked me and said some asinine shit I couldn't see. Someone screenshot and sent it to me, so I responded in a post of my own. It was reported and got removed. That's some bullshit if you ask me. They can block me and say whatever they want and when I rightfully angrily respond they can censor me further. Looking back, I'm actually surprised I didn't quit coming here (again) after that.

One of my biggest issues with Christianity is the viral aspect—the directive to all believers to ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 26, 2020:

> Let them believe what they want. I have a fundamental problem with this. There are a million reasons this shouldn't be a policy everyone follows.

Liberty professor says students are questioning their faith in the wake of Falwell Jr. scandal

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 26, 2020:

If the worldwide systemic and repeated rape of children at the hands of priests didn't shake any faith, I don't know why one guy watching his wife get boned would. If people are questioning their faith is because they're realizing they had faith in something stupid just like most of the people that frequent this website, not because of Falwell.

How many more years...?

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 24, 2020:

A. I think a religion's "health" is all related to birth rates and how much forced indoctrination there is. I don't see it surging, but I don't think, at least in the US, people will ever be * forced * to meet in secret. B & C. Probably as long as humans have left. I see a catastrophic event that ends [human/most] life on Earth to be way more likely that the complete abandonment of all religion. Hell, humans are starting * new * religions still.

10 Reasons we Need the Puke Emoji Back 10 Trump Supporters 9 Nancy Pelosi/MitchMcConnell 8...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 23, 2020:

You really think Nancy Pelosi is as vomit inducing as MitchMcConnell?

One of my dearest siblings messaged me with a post she had seen.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 22, 2020:

Uugh, I love AOC.

Does anyone really care that there is no afterlife?

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 22, 2020:

I thought "The Good Place" did an amazing job of tackling the heavy issue of why any afterlife (in "heaven" or "hell") would be everlasting torture. No thanks. No afterlife for me. And we can go ahead and end this life as soon as possible as well, cause this sucks, too.

In fairness, if a society accepts religion, it should accept any organization that warps a child's ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 22, 2020:

Yes, but that only holds water when a majority of the country doesn't recognize the organization warps the child's mind.

Well, it happened. Someone that I respect is a Qanon believer. It's so fucking dumb. I just can't.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 22, 2020:

I think you mean "someone I used to respect is a Qanon believer." 😝

I feel like I'm in the closet.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 21, 2020:

A lot of us have felt that way at some point. Most of us have gotten past it. You made the right first step coming here to talk about it to get from one point to the other. There are several family members that would still give me shit about it, if I still talked to them that is. But I'll never let them keep me quiet or make me feel ashamed for it. There are two important things to remember here: 1. You didn't choose to stop believing in God, and you can't choose to start believing again. It's no one's fault that you no longer believe, or that they still do. 2. If you need to stop talking to one or more of them because of the way they treat you or they stop talking to you because of your realization, that's on them, not you. You didn't do anything wrong.

Did a bug fly up your nose?

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 20, 2020:

Gross.

Hey guys.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 20, 2020:

I strongly believe that logic courses should be a mandatory part of the curriculum. Depending on age, there could be a home school situation for this since you won't get it at school.

Sweden records highest death tally in 150 years in first half of 2020 Covid-19 caused about 4,500...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 20, 2020:

Yeah, wasn't some dick bag just telling me there were other countries, like Sweden, that were successful without locking down?

I sent a "Hello" to numerous gals at Agnostic, and I only got a response from one of them.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 17, 2020:

Fuck bro, I'm desperate to not even make it to 50 and you're still out here chasing tail at 70! More power to you. Ladies, this guy may be worth a look if he's that much of a go getter.

I just read an article in the Washington Examiner, a Conservative leaning news app that non ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 17, 2020:

It is my firm belief America will no longer be a country before the people living here are non-religious.

Death Valley soars to 130 degrees, potentially Earth’s highest temperature since at least 1931 ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 17, 2020:

Yeah, but what about all that global warming I have to shovel in January...

What would Jesus do? I just saw this Meme and thought it was funny....

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 17, 2020:

Do people sit around and play the 'If you wouldn't get in trouble, how would you do it' game?

Voters receive absentee ballot forms with Trump's face on them

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 17, 2020:

He's going to win. Well, cheat and "win".

What about NDE's (Near Death Experiences)?

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 16, 2020:

I don't suggest anyone "explain away" things with easy catch-all answers (like 'God did it' ) on either side of the coin. Do a little research and learn about how the brain receives and processes information. There may be a lot of info that you learn that makes those "lies and brain farts" morph into reasonable/plausible explanations. Even then, however, you don't need to close up shop. The object is to avoid ending inquiry with unsupported conclusions - that's what religion does.

Tuned for life?

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 16, 2020:

Yeah, it's nonsense. Anyone who understands evolution can see how misguided this claim is.

There are many well known atheists, agnostics and scientists who have said, and without much ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 16, 2020:

I know at least one Greek God that's real... https://youtu.be/uU_3WpHuvyE

Catholic voters' impossible choice

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 16, 2020:

It seems clear the anti-abortion Republicans will vote Trump because they are generally one-issue voters.

The Most Thrilling Ad of the 2020 Election So Far.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 16, 2020:

Yeah, that ad makes him look like a baller.

If anyone is the slightest bit interested in why I feel the Admin has created a moral crisis for ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 15, 2020:

I see people who like Trump as lesser humans. 😝 But seriously, what's Admin's role in this?

Scenario: What would the world be like if we followed religion to the letter?

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 15, 2020:

First question: * Which * religion...

More US churches sue to challenge COVID-19 restrictions

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 15, 2020:

I say let them do whatever they want. It will disproportionately kill Republicans/Religious people.

Perhaps I’m not as confident in my ability to discuss religion or philosophy or even politics.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 13, 2020:

I'm of the mindset that if you have good reasons for what you believe, you shouldn't have a problem discussing them because you should be able to support and defend your positions. I can see not discussing with certain people because they are too stupid to intelligently debate them, though.

How many people feel they live in the wrong part of the country to meet like-minded people?

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 12, 2020:

I don't think there's a right city or state. 70+% of the country believes in angels.

At the risk of stirring up a hornet's nest, I'd like to discuss sexism.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 12, 2020:

The only one that hits my ear weird is the one about Harris, but I don't really have much support for calling that sexist.

Q) How can you tell when Donald Trump is lying? A) His lips are moving.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 12, 2020:

What do you get when you cross a narcissist asshole, an electoral college, and an electorate 35% comprised of complete fucking idiots? The end of a democracy. I guess mine wasn't funny. Just sad and true.

Okay, so how's about we have a little harmless fun here.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 11, 2020:

My buddy and I watch movies while we play Heroes and we repeatedly find things the other person misheard on movies we've watch a million times. Just yesterday he caught me say, "Aren't * our * mamas the same" with Derek in The Waterboy when he actually says, "Aren't * all * mamas the same". And in Idiocracy he heard, "maximum violence channel" instead of, "next on the violence channel". And we still disagree on what Pepper Books says in Dodgeball between, "that'll buy you one heck of a [blumpkin/pumpkin]".

Honest Question

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 11, 2020:

Apparently @LenHazell53 either blocked me or deleted his comment because he talked a bunch of nonsense and couldn't support it.

This - from yet another social media discussion on Covid.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 11, 2020:

Does this include all the Republicans that won't wear masks?

Honest Question

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 10, 2020:

If you ask a hundred people here about the definitions of agnostic and atheist you'll probably get 99 or more answers. To me, it seems very clear cut, though, and I don't understand the confusion. Atheism deals with what you believe. Agnosticism deals with what you can know. They are 0% in competition with each other. I am an agnostic atheist because I do not believe in any god, but I know we can't know whether or not one exists.

While on a long drive recently, I was listening to a show on NPR about immortality and time.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 9, 2020:

I had this exact argument with my buddy about a week ago. He wants to live until the universe reaches heat death. To me it sounds like the worst fucking case of FOMO I've ever heard of. Not only do I not want to live forever, I don't even want to be alive now. If, however, there was an option to be invincible for 5 years then die, I would scoop that deal up in a heartbeat. I think the people that are saying they want to live forever have not really thought about how agonizing it will be when they're living in the post-life hellscape Earth will become at some point. All alone. For ETERNITY. Not a thousand years alone and unable to die. Not a million years. ETERNITY.

This is just wrong. French people discarding their pets. [bbc.com]

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 8, 2020:

People all over the world use and abuse animals daily for their pleasure. Not really sure what makes them any worse than anyone else.

Our fearless liar obstructionist fascist leader!!! Has now announce he will terminated all Social...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 8, 2020:

How are there no patriots left in America?

‎Friday, ‎August ‎07, ‎2020 as many detractors - have requested - a postulate that is - ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 8, 2020:

This is another thing that really annoys people about you, the reposting of the same thing over and over.

‎Friday, ‎August ‎07, ‎2020 as many detractors - have requested - a postulate that is - ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 8, 2020:

I know in going to regret this but here goes... > I am that which I have so chosen to be How does one chose to be what they are? > eternal in its very nature I do not accept that as a statement of fact. It is theorized that the universe will end in heat death. Even if we can't know this will be the case, it is still a possibility, thus, saying energy is eternal is not necessarily true. > god is all things and no thing Mathematical impossibility. If we assign the variable X for god and 1 for one of all of the things the premise states god is, we have the equation: X=1, but because of the second half of the premise, we also have the equation X [does not equal] 1. > love is all things and no thing Hate is a thing. Love is hate > life is all things and no thing Death is a thing. Life is death.

I am in a quandry and would like some opinions.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 8, 2020:

Also, I will say that donating to charity of your choice in your relative's name as suggested by many is also not something I would do. That's not right for the same reason asking you to donate to a Christian cause isn't right. Something is not a gift if it's for yourself instead of the person you're giving it to. My super right-wing Christian uncle used to buy my siblings and me a year subscription to the NRA for our birthdays every year. We told him to knock it off. That's an anti-gift. Not only is he not getting us something we'd want, but money was going into the coffers of an organization we despised because of us (and there's a record of us being NRA members for years).

I am in a quandry and would like some opinions.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 8, 2020:

I say make them some food or buy them a nice bottle. Definitely don't donate to an organization that goes against everything you believe in out of guilt. (Imagine what your religious relatives would do if you asked them to donate to an atheist or Satanist cause.)

Lawmakers from both parties want the postal service to undo changes that are slowing mail delivery.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 7, 2020:

I've tried to warn people about this kind of shit for years now and no one seems to care. I even have historically Democrat-leaning and super liberal (Bernie bro type) friends that are refusing to recognize the dangers of this administration. I've even argued with the latter about their claim that another 4 years of Trump would be better than Biden because at least they have a shot at a "real liberal candidate" in 4 years instead of 8. I can't anymore. Fuck 'em all. The worst part is these morons won't even realize they are reaping what sowed. The American experiment is over.

[yahoo.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 6, 2020:

What I don't understand is that we hunted down Nazis the world over to kill them, but now we allow them to march our streets with torches chanting "Jews will not replace us."

The fuel stop from hell.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 5, 2020:

That link is broken to me.

Acceptance

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 5, 2020:

It's nothing compared to telling people you don't believe in free will. I've never feel more hated than when I share that nugget.

When a keyboard warrior calls me stupid, yet expects me to listen to what they have to say while ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 5, 2020:

Eh, I try to look at the other side. If someone thinks (and shares as if fact) information that is demonstrably false (like that wearing a mask a lot in the past 10 days * caused * him to get Covid) he IS stupid. He deserves to be called stupid. And he's likely so stupid, that it would Dunning-Krugerly impossible to show him he's stupid. Nonetheless, I would hope he would still listen to the actual argument someone was making independent of the statement of fact about his intelligence or lack thereof.

Why would a lifelong atheist suddenly decide to become baptized into Mormonism and be going on a ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 5, 2020:

Not to be crass, but if you are ever confused by something a man does, look to see if there is the possibility for that action to have provided access to vagina or money. I bet your guess is correct it's for a woman.

Who & What - U R - Not - U R - Not - just a - sentient - Individual - mammal - U R - Not - ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 5, 2020:

@admin can we be done with this nonsense yet? He just keeps posting the same stuff over and over...

I had a hard time choosing between Covid and politics for these memes.

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 1, 2020:

I just made this one a couple days ago...

Probably none of you noticed, but I unfriended all here who were “friends” on my personal fb ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 1, 2020:

Why do you even have a Facebook anymore??

What's a favorite repair you did?

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 31, 2020:

With stems like those, I agree. 😉

‎Sunday, ‎July ‎19, ‎2020 a general note to the respondents & readers of my posts ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 29, 2020:

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And that is a promise.

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 27, 2020:

The funniest part is that chart has December post-pandemic. All signs point to no on that one.

‎Tuesday, ‎July ‎21, ‎2020 my gift to U - the intellectually astute - an opportunity to...

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 26, 2020:

How is this still happening?

Millennials Are Leaving Religion And Not Coming Back | FiveThirtyEight

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 26, 2020:

I was just talking about a girl at work in her 30s who's so religious she doesn't even believe in abortion to save the mother's life. I don't think we're getting cured of this for thousands of years. If I had to bet, and there was a way we could find out, I'd put my money on a major catastrophic event that wipes out a significant portion of life on Earth before we're non-religious.

Are parody songs written by an algorithm fair use or a copyright violation ? Why/not ?

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 23, 2020:

Seems like it should be a case by case basis, but the biggest difference to me (if I were the one that was going to be deciding) is the fact that Weird Al records the music he's parodying, Weird A.I. does not. To me, it's a cheap knock off that can be done rapidly and incessantly. What if this A.I. made a parody with the original music and the lyrics were different, but largely indistinguishable from the original? Is that still fair game?

EIGHT WAYS TO SPOT MISINFORMATION Source suspicion: Vague, untraceable sources, such as ‘a ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 20, 2020:

The Venn diagram of people who need this information and people who won't use it is a circle. We live in a post-fact, post-truth world, and there really isn't a way to go back.

This is just awesome... Me with my new license plate!!!

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 19, 2020:

NOFKSGVN is too long for Ohio, and 0FKSGVN is an invalid format because of the number/letter combination. But OFKSGVN was flagged as inappropriate.

This is just awesome... Me with my new license plate!!!

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 19, 2020:

That's amazing. How did you get away with that?

Another good Lincoln Project video: > July th, 2020 - The Lincoln Project today released a new ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 19, 2020:

I usually love what they put out, but I kinda think this ad is going too far and will lose people. Obviously, he contributed to the death toll, but to claim he's responsible for all of them is the type of claim that'll turn people away.

Orange County school board votes for kids to return to school without requiring social distancing, ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 18, 2020:

Let them open. Let people get sick. The more people who get sick or know someone who gets sick and can't get help or tests, the better chance Biden has in November.

My dad had a blocked bowel and the hospital gave him 2 options: 1.

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 18, 2020:

Is this a joke?

Desperation is the Mother of Invention. What's your desperate invention?

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 18, 2020:

"I can't stand to wait in line long So I built a new machine It just measures up the distance And eliminates the folks between" That's a baller invention.

George Carlin makes a good point for why them Christians aint scared of congregating during this ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 15, 2020:

Carlin has said a lot of stupid, albeit funny things during his career.

Alternative lifestyles should all get equal protection?

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 15, 2020:

This is a really good question. As one who understands humans do not have free will, being fat, whether a result of genetics, gluttony, disability, medication, ailment, or combination thereof, is essentially no different than any of the other categories that you mentioned. I have not answered your poll yet, because I'm unsure what the protections you are seeking are for fat people. I mean, the aim of the equal protection law already covers fat people, so what would you like added?

I just got banned from FB for 30 days for this photo.

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 14, 2020:

You should make that 30 days 30 years. Fuck Facebook.

Before the germ theory of disease became popularly understood, it was common to believe that sick ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 10, 2020:

One of the major problems I see with this, as there would be to agreeing we'll just call that which makes us sick spirits, is that those who engage in this type of labeling are rarely, if ever, the ones who will discover what the actual cause is. Religious people who end all inquiry into something with "God did it" are only saved by the 'grace' of someone that didn't say it. The more we say it's okay to label unknown causes with a generic label without reason, the worse we all are.

How Lincoln Project anti-Trump Republicans got into his head. Spoiler alert: It was easy.

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 9, 2020:

It means nothing. His base is his base and nothing said or done by anyone, including him, can change that. All that matters is, will it be enough to win again (i.e. will Biden turn out enough of his own voters and/or will enough old Republican voters die from Covid) to beat him AND if they do, can we actually get him out of office.

Posted meaning no disrespect to my many American friends, family members, and allies: A ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Changed Canada to Italy and sent it to the only two people in the world I know that would appreciate it.

An somewhat 'unusual and interesting' thing happened yesterday in relation to the "Pope Paul Skelley...

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Why no pictures of these letters?

Any body feeling more tolerant or less tolerant of religion after the last 6 months?

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 8, 2020:

Can't have less than zero tolerance...

To this community: I have been taking needed breaks from this site.

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 8, 2020:

I understand needing to take a break. I did. I understand being disappointed by the disparity between the caliber of people and posts and the expectations I had for a group primarily comprised of atheists and agnostics. For fuck's sake, I just read *written* slam poetry about god and energy. Like everyone else I have no idea what the fuck M$M is. But as for legitimate views regarding Covid, there is only one. There is the view that uses the best available scientific data to determine what is happening and what to do about it, and then there are illegitimate views that use feelings or other nonsensical methods. Not sure what side you're on, but if you're on the side of science, I hope you stick with it and ignore the idiots.

Texas Pastor Apologizes For Allowing Hugging At Church After Dozens Contract COVID-19 | HuffPost

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 7, 2020:

I fucking love this. I hope they all get it.

It's good to be able to change your mind sometimes ...[agnostic.com]

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 3, 2020:

I really like this one...

Does anyone have any evidence or good reason to think that the pandemic is causing people to doubt ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 1, 2020:

If child rape and genocide didn't do it... Besides, there were plagues *from* God in the Bible (and a lot of them think hurricanes are caused by men sticking their penises in other men) so no, I doubt a single person lost their faith because of Covid...

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 30, 2020:

You should tell him to first get all the 'devils' out of all of the kid fuckers in his hierarchy.

I’m struggling with the statement people make when they say they are Free Thinkers, Critical ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 25, 2020:

I agree with you on this. Either there are metaphysical properties or there are not. Generally you expect people who call themselves these things to be of the mindset that if something is real, we can test and measure it.

You have been blocked

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 25, 2020:

Umm, if they're on public property, they should be destroyed regardless of what color Jesus it is. If they're on private property, I guess it's out of our hands.

A bit late in seeing this, but still, Ugh! I suppose it had to be obvious.

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 24, 2020:

Good. Let. Them. All. Die. Biden may have a shot if we all keep our mouths shut.

[getpocket.

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 24, 2020:

I would just like to say that we should collectively point out shit like this anytime a religious person talks about Scientology being "crazy". In my opinion, it may even be less crazy than other religions because at least it recognizes the size and age of the universe.

The Dolezal Jenner Paradox EDIT: As stated in a recent comment, this post has been edited since ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 23, 2020:

What an asshole, that chick either blocked me too, or deleted all of her posts. @admin can you make it so that either others' comments don't delete when the person who started the thread deletes their comment, or preferably, have it just take the person's name off the comment and change it to an anonymous post so the discussion doesn't get derailed?

As of yesterday, my research project has changed in scope.

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 22, 2020:

Wait, people are getting me too'd out of fucking existence for coercing subordinates into sex, but cops can have sex with prisoners?!? Fuck me. I assume that means they're also allowed to have sex with suspects and persons under investigation as well? So crazy.

The Dolezal Jenner Paradox EDIT: As stated in a recent comment, this post has been edited since ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 22, 2020:

This is a repost of a reply that was in a thread TMW is blocked from seeing: @TheMiddleWay A quick question that probably isn't much of a sticking point because I don't imagine either of us know for sure, but if the thing the black community found so objectionable was that she wasn't technically black and thereby couldn't relate to the daily struggle of life as a black person and experiencing racism as they do, what happens when: A. She has been living as a black woman for YEARS, so successfully that no one knew she wasn't, and likely experienced racism in kind, and racism against her children, and experienced the racism felt by her siblings -or- B. A black person that appears white who lives the beginning of their life without outsiders knowing they are black. What if they were adopted. What if they didn't even know until later in life when reunited with their parents? Does A still not get to claim they are black while B does? How much racism does one need to experience and for how long before they're in the club? This is my point, there are so many variables and so many different ways people will judge things, why should only outsiders (who necessarily know way less about you than you do) get to determine if you're black enough but only you get to determine if you're woman enough? What happens if some people think you're black enough and others don't? Do we need to poll everyone? Who's vote counts in this poll?

My father past away this week with the funeral ending just a few hours ago.

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 22, 2020:

I'm sorry to hear about your loss. I think it would be helpful to remember though that people are unable to choose what they believe. What he asked of you was no more in the realm of possibility than having asked you to start believing in Santa Claus again.

The Dolezal Jenner Paradox EDIT: As stated in a recent comment, this post has been edited since ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 22, 2020:

I just noticed that 4 times I used the word ' white ' it was deleted. Is that super weird? I was going to edit and fix, but I'm curious why this happened.

Alternet and Patheos report: Many Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals have been ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 20, 2020:

Good. Everyone needs to stop warning them. If enough of them die of Covid, we may have a shot at beating Trump.

[nbcnews.

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 20, 2020:

Without reading the comments, I'm going to guess that you won't find a dissenting opinion on this website.

Have you ever been offended by being an agnostic or atheist?

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 20, 2020:

I think what the OP is asking is: "As an atheist, do you find yourself bring offended by things similar to the way a Christian may be offended by someone saying 'Jesus Christ' in anger, or a Muslim being offended by a depiction of the prophet Muhammad." If that is the question, no, it's next to impossible to offended me. Anyone willing to throw some dead baby jokes at me to try?

A Question of Morality -- Looking for Opinions -- Should saving a puppy mill dog just be written...

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 19, 2020:

Wow, excellent question! WARNING. SUPER UNPOPULAR OPINION BELOW. I will, as I do with every other question about cruelty to animals for the pleasure of humans, come down on the side of: we have collectively agreed that torture of animals for our pleasure is okay. I personally do not see any difference between torturing pigs for food, cows for leather, fish for tanks, dogs/chickens for fighting, horses for racing, etc. so I don't see any reason why whatever puppy mills do to dogs to produce their product should be punishable by law when we currently think it's totally okay to dip live chickens into vats of boiling water to remove their feathers. I think it's a huge miscarriage of justice that Michal Vick was sentenced to a stretch in federal prison for cruelty to dogs (don't give me any shit about 'it was actually for gambling' because you and I both know it was this country's unjustified love of dogs that he saw the inside of a cell) when likely everyone in that courtroom tortured animals by proxy every single day of his trial. Until we pass sweeping legislation that protects all animals from torture, I don't think anyone should hold a moral high ground simply because the animal they like to torture isn't as cute. Also, why get a dog at all? Cats are better in almost every single way.

Franklin Graham on Supreme Court’s LGBTQ Ruling: “My Rights Should Be Protected” | Beth ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 18, 2020:

I added a comment that read, "Franklin Graham is a dumb cunt." It won't matter to anyone, but it made me feel good.

Want to know what percentage of the community believes in free will?

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 17, 2020:

@Ex-Muslim Here is the thread about Free Will.

Today's hike: Searching for Lady Slippers, we found a couple having sex.

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 17, 2020:

I mean, when I saw there were photos on this post... I've had sex in the MetroParks before, and I've owned my own condo since I was 18. There are a bunch of reasons to get it on in public.

To No One’s Surprise, More Coronavirus Outbreaks Are Traced Back to Churches | Terry Firma | ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 17, 2020:

Good, if they keep going to church, Trump might lose the election.

I did something crazy today.

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 17, 2020:

They're probably going to fire you for something else.

Who else is a naughty atheist who invites the Mormons and the Jehovah's Witness's into their home ...

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 17, 2020:

I have before, but I didn't make wagers with them. That's excellent.

Of the formerly religious people, at what age did you abandon your faith?

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 16, 2020:

I went to Catholic school until second grade. They drilled us on religion. Mass twice a week and Bible study I think every day. When we got to Mentor, we were enrolled in public school, but my mother sent us to PSR. I think that's where it started. The PSR teacher would tell us stuff and we would contradict her because even at our ages, we knew the Bible better. I think that initial discordance and questioning set something off. Within a few years I was so disinterested in mass I would spend the hour counting the lights or ceiling panels. It took several more years for my mother to let us stop going. For years I never gave it much thought, never prayed, never practiced in any way. It wasn't until my second year of college when my Anatomy & Physiology professor taught a lesson that ended, "So some day, I'm going to be walking down the street and I'm going to see you at a protest. I'm not going to care what side of the street you're on, but when I walk up to you and ask you why, you better be able to tell me or I'm going to march my 120 year old ass back up here and change your grade." And then the epiphany: I SHOULD have a good reason for every single thing that I think can do. So I began to examine everything to make sure I had reason to believe it, and God and religion was easily tossed in the trash. Instead of it not occupying any of my thoughts, I became a staunch disbeliever. It was around then that I began to debate religion and philosophy online and honed how I defined my beliefs... which now stands at Agnostic Atheist.

Let's give religion a break just for a moment.

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 15, 2020:

I mean, I guess I like that the two people in my mom's generation that I still talk to are big into Italian food preparation on Christian holidays. They know I don't give a fuck about Jesus, but we like to visit and eat like crazy.