What's the best pickup line you've heard?

DavidLaDeau comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Mine of course, " You look like a girl that doesn't like one liners." Actually I never relied on that bullcrap. I simply showed interest in the person I was talking to...primitive but honest and effective.

As a former Jehovah's Witness, I'm curious how this community views the group.

DavidLaDeau comments on Apr 19, 2018:

As a historian it is simply like any other religion. I am concerned about it as I was I involved with an extremist fundamentalist Christian church when I was young. I was controlled just as much as any JW, we were taught that we were normal and the JWs were a cult. It was the old pot calling the kettle black. In some respects such as the lack of belief in the trinity the JWs are much closer to some of the earliest Christian beliefs, on other accounts such as insisting on calling the Abrahamic God Jehovah, they like any other religion have simply made stuff up.

From There to Here

DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 25, 2020:

I simply stoppef listenong to the preachers as I realized that every faith had different beliefs and vould not be right. I then spent years alone without any outside influence in intensive study of the Bible. I did not care what people said I wanted to know what god said. It becane apparent that the Bible conflicted with itself so much that the Christian God could not be real.

Yesterday I suffered a quick interaction with a Level 7 member on someone else's post.

DavidLaDeau comments on Aug 23, 2018:

True colors? I'm all of them, its a real pain in the butt to ill out the equil oppertunity stuff....hopefully the person was just off a bit due to personal circumstances...

A presentation at Georgia Southern - The talk is titled "Why Religion is Natural and Science is ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 28, 2018:

Thank you, I have read so manybooks like that. An entire book which you just explained well in a few sentences. I think the idea is right on and aligns well with the psychological studies I have done. Frankly, religion does not require thought, It is reliant on passive thought, while science relies on active thinking which is much more difficult. The default is passive thinking.

I have studied religions for 5 years and now i got my answers that god doesnt fitt in our reality .

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 27, 2019:

There are atheist in france. My sister is french and one of them, she is a song writer and you have likely heard her music on the radio.

Define Cult.... Define Religion.... Describe the differences:

DavidLaDeau comments on Aug 8, 2019:

Cult from a historians perspective simply means a sect of a pre-existing religion. Cult in modern colloquial meaning describes particularly controling or harmful religious groups. Religion is based on a god head, and has specific rites and rituals accociated with a given dieity.

Oh Wow, just got told by my Evangeloon neighbor that I was " Being sinfully slothful in the eyes of ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Dec 17, 2019:

I think it is time that he prayed for god to do it. I'm sure god is not slothful with the exception of the sabboth.

Was there a reason why you chose "Agnostic" for this site?

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 6, 2018:

I didn't. I was invited to this site and have made no bones about being an atheist. I do enjoy communicating with the agnostics on this site as most tend to be skeptics as I am myself.

I just became aware of a brilliant experiment that some 4chan users did one time.

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 10, 2018:

Brilliant! Next time how about "Its ok to be human" Would theist or animal rights activists get upset? This is exactly why the American Atheists ad campaigns are so successful. They put up a simple sign and people go nuts. The strategy is simple. When they do make a big deal about it, the media swoops in and conversions begin.

What is the best bible rebuttal for John 3:16?

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Eternal life? Who has ever accomplished this? One must have lived forever to be able to say that one did or that it is possible. So time must end to say one has lived forever. If god is eternal and time has not ended then god has not lived forever. This being said how can such a promise be made?

How Do You Honour Your Familiar?

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 24, 2018:

I do not nor have I had a familiar. I am an apistevist-I make no desicions based on faith. I have had strong emotional attachment to other animals(yes i am an ape). There is nothing wrong or strange about having such emotional attachments. It means you are human. I hope you you have made peace with your loss.

What can be done about the inactive members problem on this site?

DavidLaDeau comments on Dec 18, 2019:

I am sometimes very active and at others I am busy with other projects such as my YouTube channel. I like the fact thst I can check in briefly when I am busy, in these times I may view but do not post or respond. I don't want to be booted from this community due to other obligations.

I’m Not ‘Blessed.’ I’m An Atheist And I Don’t Need God To Give Thanks Or Show Gratitude

DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 17, 2020:

A very well written piece.

Ugandan Muslim leader faces life in prison for accidentally marrying a man Oh the irony He did ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 2, 2020:

Wow so homophobic that they want to go after people that were victims. Have they considered putting the police in prison for arresting the wrong sex?

How to live life without God?

DavidLaDeau comments on Sep 14, 2018:

No one has ever lived life with a god as they are mythological fairy tales made up by man. The question is how could one live life with an actual god?

Trump wants prayer back in school

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 11, 2020:

Trump does not care about religion at all. He does not care about prayer. His only concern is getting votes.

Do you know the difference between Agnostic & Atheist?

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 30, 2018:

Agnostic is a knowledge statement. I can not claim to know that a god does not exist if the definition of god is something that can not be detected or comprehended. I am therefore an agnostic. Atheist is a belief statement- I do not believe there is a god, or I do not believe in god. Most atheist are also agnostic. In my case I can not claim to know what I by definition can not know. So I am agnostic. But I do not spend my time wondering if there could be a magic unicorn god living in my butt. I am with all of my knowledge, experience and understanding 100% certain there i no god, so I am an atheist.

Upon the inevitable...,.

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 5, 2018:

I am an organ donor as hopefully my parts and pieces could help someone else. As far as what happens to my body after I die, I really don't care. It could be "properly" respected or fed to dogs I won't be too concerned about then.

Hi All: I just learned that Christian bible, which one, I don't know, but they didn't put in ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Dec 27, 2019:

Wow okay here it is. Judiasm started out as a poly theistic religion. When they decided to make the Caananite war god El their main God the othwr gods kinda got demoted. They became lesser gods of angels. It is that simple. Richard Carrier and Robert Price mention this but I do not recall where. Most Christians dont even know this.

Once again, I attended a funeral service wherein a major contradiction was claimed / preached to ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 26, 2020:

The reason is that though the body dies many believe that the mind lives anyway. The mind is called the soul. Those who believe the soul continues to exist often believe it can go to hell and live in suffering forever.

The idea that everything is preordained, that the world unfolds according to "God's plan" I see as ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Oct 27, 2019:

I am tired of hearing the switch back and forth. It was part of god's plan and we have free will. There is no thought tomhowmthe two can not co-exist.

To me, Sin is a religious construct and is ultimately meaningless.

DavidLaDeau comments on Apr 26, 2018:

Why did you have to make me preach??? To have a better understanding of the Bible one must understand that the words Sin and Evil have the same meanings. Sin/Evil 1) The humanist meaning- That which causes harm 2) The Godly meaning- What ever pisses off God. This can be arbitrary, and can change passage to passage. It may mean one or both. The important thing to see here is that the Bible is so inconsistent that you are completely correct. The meanings do loose credibility all together.

Republicans Believes Evangelicals Are More Persecuted Than Muslims And Latinos

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 30, 2020:

They believe the devil is everywhere and always fighting to get their soul. It is an obsession with victimization. They don't realize the truth as they are not programed to see beyond their bubbles. I was once one of them firmly in that culture.

I'm certainly in no way religious, but I ghost hunt, occasionally with some pretty impressive ...

DavidLaDeau comments on May 14, 2018:

I would like to understand better how you do not believe in an after life and ghost hunt.

This is not about "relationships," per se, but it about relationships between women and men.

DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 4, 2020:

Perhaps you could hold him captive telling him how to load "old farts" in a pick up!

People do change their minds! Street Epistemology with Anthony Magnabosco.

DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 7, 2020:

This is great! I did not know he started here. Another great YouTube channel to learn is Cordial Curiosity! This fellow is now ObjectivelyDan on YouTube.

John Lennon's "Imagine" Was Turned Into a Comic Strip, and the Result is Incredibly Beautiful.

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 19, 2020:

Thank you for the link!

Do you have a favorite Bible verse?

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 27, 2019:

"My cup overflowth" I think of love when i think of that verse. I believe it is psalm 53:4

For those of you who believe there was a Paul (Saul) of Tarsus--any idea whether Paul's letters were...

DavidLaDeau comments on May 16, 2020:

First of all Paul was very likely to have been a historical figure unlike most of the charactors in the new testiment. He is thought to have had a limited education judging from his primative writing style which is why we know that 6 of the 13 letters attributed to Paul were actually later forgeries. He is thought to have had many of his letters writen for him. They would have been likley written on velum scrolls. Later, by many many years, copies of copies were then put into codices. While Christianity does like to take credit for innumerable things they did not do, the codices are actually attributed to the Christian movement. The reasons for this is unknown, but scholars believe that they simply found it easier to transport and edit one page at a time rather than a scroll that could be 8 ft. In length. So books as we know them today are actually of Christian orgin.

Abraham God told Abraham to kill his son and offer him up as a burnt offering.

DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 26, 2020:

Very true. Japheth did in fact murder his daughter with gods consent as a sacrifice to said god.

Good morning

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Who possessed you to post such a thing? Could it be Saaataan!

At what point do you unfriend Facebook friends who are continually posting shit that isn’t true?

DavidLaDeau comments on Oct 19, 2020:

I unfriend them one the first occurance. I simply do not need that crap on facebook.

Why do the faithful fear coronavirus?

DavidLaDeau comments on Mar 13, 2020:

The faithful will pray and this strain of flu won't care. If prayer did work thwn there would be no problem. Unless of course every believer in the world has forgotten to pray about it!

Faith Healing Kills: Conservative Christian parents in Michigan who refused to get their dying ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 26, 2020:

I hope this ruling helps to limit the zelots from allowing their children to die.

WHERE ARE ALL THE NEW POSTS?

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 16, 2020:

I have noticed the same and am miffed.

My family's church is having revival service all week.

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 29, 2020:

There could be many reasons. One of the most prolific is "group think". When a grooup has a belief they tend to stay with it dispite the evidence as everyone beloeves that. There is also a fear of rejection that comes with group think. Stop believing and it is common to loose friends and family.

Catholic Priest criticised for Facebook post advising Trump detractors to jump off a skyscraper | ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 2, 2020:

Just because he is a priest does not mean he is a good person or understand, or care about humanism.

This is from my friend Beckie Saltzman.

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 17, 2018:

We as humans unfortunately have the capacity for racism. But let's really look at it from a biological perspective. What happens if a man from Africa has a child with a Norwegian woman. You get a human. What happens if you have a woman from China and she has a child with an Brazilian. You get a human. When a poodle breeds with a pit bull you get a dog. The dogs don't care about "breed" they see another dog. A cow brown cow is a cow to a black and white cow. We are all human and scientists now say race does not actually exist in the context we understand it. Some traits are passed down from one generation to another as part of the evolutionary process but we are still all human. All we are left with is our actions and how we interact with other humans. This may be what we call character.

Chart of Philosophy & Religion

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 27, 2018:

I really don't care for the chart. It is extrmemly difficult to put religion in a box.

226 bills target LGBTQ Americans this year. One organization is behind a lot of them. / LGBTQ Nation

DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 19, 2020:

Sick simply sick.

I think that I am under attack! It could be spiritual warfare.

DavidLaDeau comments on Oct 16, 2018:

I think I would give my grand children Bibles and offer to answer any questions they might have about it.

Gay people should not join Catholic clergy, Pope Francis says | World news | The Guardian

DavidLaDeau comments on Dec 5, 2018:

Why did he not say that pedophiles should not join the clergy?

One of the thoughts that has occurred to me, when considering biotechnology, is that if humans can ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 30, 2020:

I do not think it will take long before we modify ourselves so much that by definition we will evolve into what will be considered a new species. Maybe as soon as 200 or 300 years. The only reson I think it will take that long is I am speaking of our entire species.

Am I the only person on this site who doesn't have a pet?

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 30, 2018:

My wife and I have up to 150 or more animals out side and 40 inside. Our house is only 1000 square feet. We are known appropriately as ladeauzoo.

Anyone besides me have questions about the shroud of Turin, or the question of the Stigmata?

DavidLaDeau comments on Apr 29, 2018:

The words miracle and magic share the same meaning, That is something that takes place outside the laws of physics. If something is outside the laws of physics it by definition is not real. As humans we naturally are inclined to assign agency to any thing we do not understand. It is also known as the "god of the gaps fallacy. "I don't know,therefore God." The shroud of Turin and Stigmata have in no way been proven by science to have any validity concerning the claims of believers. Their mystery is really just hype propagated by believers. Let's say that science for some reason seemed the validate the claims but we still did not know their origins. Would it actually mean that they were supernatural? By definition the answer would be no. If it exist or has been created outside of natural means by magic it by is not real. So what are we left with? We simply don;t know. It is perfectly fine to say I don't know. I don;t know the origins or the universe but I'm not going to pretend to know what I do not know and attribute it to a magic god in the sky.

Christian “Prophetess”: Heaven Has a “Portal” So Your Dead Relatives Can See You | Hemant ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 12, 2020:

https://youtu.be/37OWL7AzvHo

The Old Testament was written in the Bronze Age, the New Testament was written in the Iron Age but ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 27, 2019:

No i do not want any more religious books.

Do you think that religion has played overall good or bad role for human during this Covid pandemic?

DavidLaDeau comments on May 16, 2020:

Really? Its a good thing that people are going to church infecting each other and taking the infection to work and out shopping. It is a good thing that they share in many cases one cup for the entire congregation while drinking their gods blood thus making it very likely that everyone becomes infected in the church, agian so they can spread the virus to countless others. It is a good thing that they are spreading conspiracy theries about microchips bing put into the vaccine and that the vaccine will be satanic. It os a good thing that many will refuse a vaccine making herd immunity much more difficult. It is a good thing that many preachers are blaming the virus on fags, lesbos, cross dressers and atheist. It is a good thing that religious leaders are teaching that god (the bringer of the virus) will keep them safe even though they have a much higher risk of dying due to their belief in a sky fairy. Lets just say bad role.

Greetings I'm new to the site, look forward to some fun, educational discussions.

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 8, 2020:

This community is growing fast. So fast it has been hard for admid to keep up! But admid is working very hard all the time. I just made a "date" to meet a lady and her husband in our very small community! So just stick with it and Welcome!

What's so important for a guy to be attractive to a lady according to Evolution.

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 1, 2018:

According to evolutionary standards all that is required is that you are "good enough" to procreate. Not particularly flattering.

Sometimes, ya just gotta Zone out.

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 12, 2020:

They scared the hell put of me as a kid!

Yesterday I was at the worst funeral ever.

DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 2, 2020:

You think that was bad check this out. My personal story. https://youtu.be/RGfpBNbt8yM

Science clashes with biblical literalism.

DavidLaDeau comments on Aug 9, 2019:

Wow thank you for inspiring this new quote of mine and it is VERY true, I can say this from personal experince and over 25 years of study. " Fundamentalism is not a return to tradition in any case, it is always a new philosophy."

DEAR CHRISTIANS, Mark 16:17-18 Says That True Belivers Can Drink Poison And Be Perfectly Fine.

DavidLaDeau comments on Oct 14, 2018:

You are walking a fine line of suggesting to people to harm themselves. Not cool at all. If this was my site you would be banned. wording is everything when touching such subjects.

Educated women are sexy!

DavidLaDeau comments on Sep 13, 2018:

One of my favorite YouTubers is scientist mel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytIJq5lSL_c I have a secret crush on her brain....

Has anyone had a vasectomy and then their partner expressed dismay because sex still resulted in "a ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Oct 1, 2020:

No my girlfriend loves it.

St. Louis Archbishop Didn't Know Sex With Children Was a Crime

DavidLaDeau comments on Sep 13, 2018:

As crazy as it sounds and it is a lie I am sure, it is a plausible defense. The Bible teaches us that its O.K. to kill a pre-pubescent girls parents and take her as a sex slave(on God's command of course.) Mary is traditionally said to be between 12 and 14 when God impregnated her without her consent. She was simply told what he was going to do. If his education is only from the Bible well.....

Why isn't there a better word for "miracle" that doesn't have religious connotations?

DavidLaDeau comments on Sep 6, 2020:

As Aron Ra says look up the defunitions of miracle and magic. They are almost indistinguishable.

Top Ten Favorite False Prophecies Spoken by Jesus himself Back when I was a Bible-believing ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Apr 23, 2018:

That was a great video! I was a fundamentalist, young earth creationist, indoctronated as a very young child. I bought it so much I was not afraid to study even though I was warned not to. I am now an atheist and still study these same topics. It is nice to see someone of a like mind. I am now a new suscriber on your channel on youtube. Please link your channel in your bio so that others may benifit from your knowlege.

What would you do/say if a Christian friend told you they're questioning their faith?

DavidLaDeau comments on May 17, 2020:

I often refer them to resources that are designed to help those questioning their faith. Or if I can ask them questions that I asked myself. The main thing is to let them know it is normal to question ones faith.

Nailed it!

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 16, 2020:

Well said

Are we all really Free thinkers?

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 18, 2020:

I do not know that those who consider themselves to be "Free Thinkers" commonly talk down to people. If they do they need to start thinking.

Hi, new to this group.

DavidLaDeau comments on Jul 11, 2018:

You will learn to dodge comments very quickly.

Who’s married to one?

DavidLaDeau comments on Aug 18, 2019:

I was an atheist f9r my entire 20 year marriage. When we first got married I did not identify as one but I knew I did not believe in a god. My wife identified as a Christian but did not care or really believe either. I never mentioned that I did not really believe as it never came up until about our 16th year when my son was sent to the principles office for tell8ng his teacher he was an atheist after she refered to him as a Christian. No one knew I was an atheist until I came to his defence, I kept it to myself and no one ever had asked me. Then she became super christian at least vocally and it was horrable. For other reasons about 4 years later we got a divorce. I did have one conversation where I used street epistimology to help her realize that she did not believe. After that she still would not admit it to anyone and deneyed the outcome of that conversation, but she accepted my sons and my lack of belief. BTW I am now very careful that anyone that I might date knows and understands my lack of belief and I simply would not be able to fully trust one who lives their lives and makes decisions based on fairy tales. Recently on one dating site I have had a few females respond to my profile that is clearly marked atheist and I address my lack of belief in my profile. They have been marked Christian/other. I will have to investigate what they mean by other as there is also not marked on their profile agnostic, spiritual but not religious that they did not indicate. We shall see.

Personal Experience of God Through Meditation | Ram - New Delhi, India | Atheist Experience 22.

DavidLaDeau comments on Sep 27, 2020:

Hallucinations are not to be conflated with meditation. Hallucinations do not mean that one is having a god experience. Awe ia simply awe. Meditation is meditation. I do Hallucinate daily it is not god it is a pain in the ass!

How do such smart people get conned by such a petty scam as religion ???

DavidLaDeau comments on Oct 14, 2018:

Religion is not an appeal to intelligence. It is an appeal often to emotion, tradition, culture, child hood indoctrination etc. It has nothing to do with how smart someone is.

What to about religion during times of pandemic

DavidLaDeau comments on Apr 21, 2020:

Education is our only hope. But making it avalaible is only part of the work to be done. Religion, particularly Christianity and Islam actively condemn any teachings outside of their religious books. Getting these hard core religious people to accept anything outside of their religion is the key. A worthy but difficult if not almost impossible cause.

I'm very interested to hear your thoughts!

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 24, 2020:

Give

Okay, then!

DavidLaDeau comments on Jul 12, 2018:

What happens when I get completely necked to play with myself? If it does only leave Satan in the room where did I go? Why should I worry if I am not there?

You'd think this was a religious website.

DavidLaDeau comments on Sep 23, 2020:

Praise God! Oops. It is all the more reason we need you to stay. I have noticed it too. Perhaps some of them might actually learn something!

I've been invited to church for a debate (conversion attempt), lets see if I can get asked to leave ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Jun 20, 2018:

I would love to do that! How did you get the invite?

SHOULD WE BE DOING MORE DEBATING OR MORE DISCUSSION.

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 27, 2019:

Debates are almost always for the win. Discussions allow the other party to discover the truth for themselves. Check out Street epistomology on YouTube.

Why do amens not work.

DavidLaDeau comments on Mar 4, 2020:

How many Amens could an Anglican assert if an Anglican could Assert Amens?

Christian Pastor Claims Coronavirus Is God's 'Death Angel,' Blames Parents 'Transgendering Little ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 30, 2020:

It is very common for the religious to site just how horrible they believe thier god is. What boggles my mind is how they don't see it.

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

DavidLaDeau comments on May 7, 2018:

We have gotten into Pascal's Wager and free will on this one. I think people should believe in my butt hair. My butt hair has a better heaven and a much worse Hell, so If you had to make a choice it would be better to believe in my butt hair. The other important factor is I can prove my Butt hair actually exist. Pascal's Wager debunked. If god does know all then he knows our decisions before we ever make them. If this is so we can never do anything that god does not already know we are going to do. Thus we can only have one path in life that we will ever take. So we can't ever actually make any choices. Free will Debunked. Next......

Moral question?

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 20, 2018:

My son has severe deformities of both of his "knees" at 16 years of age he is having his second knee replaced in two weeks. I don't care if it was the most immoral thing on earth! If we could have prevented his pain and suffering with gene therapy we would have done it, to Hell with morality. This being said there will be many questions we must answer about what is moral about augmentation. Soon afterwards there will be much debate about what is human. That is unaugmented "rights" due to their inferior intelligence etc. It will be very interesting times.

Things to get done.

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 12, 2020:

How did you get ahold of my to do list? I had no idea what to do today so I just wrote hate mail to Jesus had a pastry with gluten, got sick and went to the hospital where the doctors fixed my stomach problems and without my to do lost I told the doctors Jesus healed me. It was a horrable day.

I’m new to this site and I find it interesting that people who are religious are here.

DavidLaDeau comments on Dec 18, 2019:

I actually would like any information based on fact that would "convert" me. If God was real it would be very important to know about. As it is there is simply no evidence for any God. A test of a god that does not exist is that it requires faith to beilieve in said god. There is no god that does not require faith.

I was blown away after being shown the story of the Egyptian god Horus and how Jesus was so similar.

DavidLaDeau comments on Oct 24, 2018:

There were many dying and resurrecting Gods at the time. Jesus simply had to also do so or he would not have been considered noteworthy it also applies to his supposed virgin birth.

I am so glad I found this community! Thank you all for your helpful and insightful replies to my ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 11, 2020:

I am glad you are here. It was a sight sililar to this that helped me when I first came out. I used a symbol instead of a picture and went by Compelledunbeliever for fear of revealing my identity. It took a few years but now I have an atheist youtube channel where I show my face and have obviously revealed my name. It was less difficult than I imagined.

I just created my first Vlog about my life inside a Pentecostal cult and how I escaped, hopefully ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Apr 21, 2018:

Preach it brother...oops.... Make more videos and don't give up, you tube is tough but you do have wothrwhile things to say to many that were involved in mainstream cults like I was in the Methodist church. You will help others escape wether you hear about it personally or not.

Do you think agnostics lack confidence in general by not making a decision? :)

DavidLaDeau comments on May 14, 2018:

Not at all. If God is described as unknowable and undetectable, Then I can not claim to "know" what I by definition can not know. Theist often do claim to know in this case what they can not know. By this definition agnosticism is simply honest.

Why televangelists cannot fly on commercial flights - according to the televangelists! ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 2, 2020:

Whaaat? They don't have enough faith to pray their problems away?

If churches paid taxes

DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 10, 2020:

The religious do get special privaleges.

Has a fellow member on this site been an encouragement to you lately?

DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 18, 2020:

Thats great! I have met people on line in the community that I have known for years now! They are also on other platforms and support me in other ways! Just stick around and dont be afraid to ask questions.

Religious pamphlets?

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 27, 2018:

Brillant!

Is there anyone out there who knows how to take care of a damaged heart?

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 18, 2020:

When one has a broken heart it is internal, that is the one who has the broken heart is still giving their emotions to the other person. I do not mean to sound callused as I have suffered this also as we are human. The sad truth is that with anyone who suffers a broken heart it is their problem not anyone elses. Think of why your heart is broken and what you can do about it. Don't let another have that kind of control over you. Easily said i admit, not easily done.

How about Synchronicity?

DavidLaDeau comments on Apr 22, 2018:

Our minds have evolved to see patterns. If you look at almost anything you can see a human face in it if you try. The phenomena you have described deals with Causation-the belief that things have a cause, and Correlation-the belief that two similar events are somehow tied together. In a primative example an very ancient ancestor sees leaves rustle in a bush. The cause could be the wind or a lion. If the person runs or defends themself they lived if was a lion. If not they died. If it was only the wind they survive to reproduce and we get to have this conversation. It does correlate that the leaves rustle when the loin brushes up agaist them or the wind blows. If we do not know the cause we are hard wired to "assign" a cause due to how we evolved. As a result of this we do see coincidence or synchronicity where is is not real or factual as the events may be completely independent of one another. We now normally do not see leaves rustle and think "therefore loin", neither should we look at synchronicity and think "therefore God" as many theist do, not that you have made that particular suggestion.

I believe in the power of faith.

DavidLaDeau comments on Jan 2, 2018:

The problem here is the word faith. In this case you are using it as optimism, or confidence. You are not using it in the context of believing without evidence. You have confidence because you have done this many times before. You are not believing without any factual evidence as it has happened before. As it has happened you have both the confidence and optimism that it will occur again. Faith in the religious context is simply believing in the unbelievable. You do not do this. Words often have different meanings and we must be careful not to switch meanings and get the different meanings mixed up and out of context.

Odd religious excuses

DavidLaDeau comments on Feb 17, 2018:

It actually came from my wife. When she found out that my son and I were atheist she said we were going to hell. That in itself is not that odd. It's just that she has not once gone to church since i've known her for over 20 years, She has never prayed that I know of, and not once expressed any concern for the condition of our souls. She has never done or said anything ever since. She has not demonstrated any behavior that indicates she actually believes we are going to hell. In other words, she is an atheist and does not know it.

I have met someone who desires me.

DavidLaDeau comments on Apr 4, 2018:

Life is what you make of it, make a life of it. People can be bad or good. You don't know until you make the dive how thrilling it will be or how the water will feel. We don't have a magic sky daddy to make it all right so we have to take the risk or crawl in a hole.

The problem with the freedom from religion foundation is it favors people like Obama heavily over ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Sep 11, 2018:

The problem with the freedom from religion foundation is it favors people that support religious freedom heavily over people that don't. Unfortunately as it stands right now the conservatives can’t win without the support of the predominantly conservative religious right wing. For that very reason I can never bring myself to support the FFRF or American Atheist as they are overwhelmingly dominated by the liberal’s which I consider to be even more radical and dangerous than the religious. Please forgive my edit for the purpose of clarification. The remaining unedited portion made your bias very clear. What was unaddressed in this emotional post was WHY you consider organizations that stand up for unbelievers to be more dangerous than the religious. This site is called agnostic.com. It is a community of non-believers or the undecided. If you wish to make an important case I would love to hear it as I may learn something, Facebook is a great place for a pointless rant...just sayin

I just had a profound auto body experience, and discovered I have all kinds of psychotic abilities.

DavidLaDeau comments on Aug 7, 2019:

Lamo, Thank you! I have yet to have an autobahn experience.

The long affects of religion...

DavidLaDeau comments on Jul 28, 2018:

It takes a long time. The good thing is that you have taken the first step. One must realize that Religion has had and does have an effect on our thinking. Once that is accomplished we can then try to catch it and think rationally.

What if you had proof that there were no gods?

DavidLaDeau comments on Mar 9, 2018:

This is a diicult question to answer. The laws of logic would have to change also. If I could prove by definition what can not be proven it would get interesting. But lets play! Lets say that the Jewish God told the whole world at once "The Jesus thing is made up, Worship me the Jewish God in the Jewish way." Lets say he did this in a way that everyone recieved this as a personal message they could hear in thie own language(even the deaf and they could understand it. A great indisputable miracle, right? No. Many Christians or maybe most of them would become even more religious. sociology has demonstrated this again and again. Many would belive it was Satan trying to fool us and allowed by God to "test" us. They would become more ardent Christians. I do not have what I could not have, the ability to prove the unproveable. But I do have something of great value. The Bible. I can prove that the Bible was written by man. That it has a definate evolution of theology both within Judaism and in Christianity. I can prove that the authors had different and conflicting ideas. I can prove that it contains numerous forgeries. On a very bad day I can prove its very fallible. Would I tell anyone? I just did and will always do so at every opportunity. The reason is, I was brainwashed as a child and became a Young Earth creationist, Fundamentalist wacko. No matter how much I was indoctrinated It could not stop my thirst for knowlege, I wanted to know everything I could about God. As I studied, I came to the conclusion that it was made up . I believe it is very unhealthy for people to live thier lives based on what is not real. I do what I do to help others escape the bonds of religion as I had no one to help me. I had to do it on my own, in isolation. It is my hope that with my help the transition to reality will be much easier for others. Rant complete.

does desire to convert someone to atheistic belief sometimes undercut our abiding love for science?

DavidLaDeau comments on Dec 30, 2017:

I do not desire to "convert" anyone to atheism. I do have a very strong, irresistible desire to inspire people to question everything and understand how they know what they know. Is what I believe just cus some guy said so or is their factual evidence to support his claim? When people actually stop to take the time to understand why they believe what they do believe it leads them to solid decision making. I do not have to agree with people's ideas or like their ideas. What I am concerned about is that their reasoning is not based on myth or fairy tales. In this since I am an Apistevist- I do not make decisions based on faith. It is just a very bad idea to do so and I encourage people to avoid doing so. This does however end up making people become atheist.

You're An Idiot! - The Atheist Experience 767 ://[www.youtube./watch?v=UVAZ3z3Rjb0]

DavidLaDeau comments on Jul 5, 2018:

He confused everything about what he was saying and thus understood it all????

Just in case you run across a religio-nazi who uses old English, here is a little gem I created for ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Aug 10, 2019:

Early middle english simply sounds more religious. Movies today often have sages speak jibberish just forthat reason. Antiquity seems to somehow assert validity. I would be impressed if they could produce an actual god. Perhaps they could use early middle english to speak one into existance, everyone knows thats what Jesus spoke.

I’ve been surprised by how many politically conservative athesits follow my VERY liberal pages on ...

DavidLaDeau comments on Jul 11, 2018:

You well know how liberal many atheist tend to be. Frankly, Liberal politics tend to appeal to humanist. I am Libertarian. I agree with many liberal ideas, in believe that conservative ideas tend to be better in economic areas. Libertarian ideas are often more appealing than either.