Pushy Atheist?

AccursedHalo comments on Dec 9, 2017:

Haven't been told I was pushing my beliefs on anyone, but I have been in many arguments with my mom about it and then she starts crying and says she doesn't want to talk about it anymore. She starts to cry even when we are having a civil discussion. So, I can say i've been guilt tripped and shamed ...

Diogenes replies on Dec 9, 2017:

Said it before, "You have taken her out of her comfort zone". And if you start to ask her direct questions, "Has anything ever come back from the dead?" such questions as that will take her farther out of her comfort zone.

Pushy Atheist?

DUCHESSA comments on Nov 24, 2017:

No, I haven't....and I haven't because I don't waste any time talking about Atheism with people whose brains are intoxicated with religion.

Diogenes replies on Dec 9, 2017:

How about "plagued by religion"? But doesn't anyone on here have a life? Anybody like classic music? I was down to the track today and did a few miles. In the afternoon I watched some great football. I got my photo fixed on here.

Isn’t it funny when the religious say they will be praying for you?

Mightyjustice comments on Dec 9, 2017:

When my mom is worried about my sister she still asks ME to pray for her. I think it's 50% sincere worry for my sister and 50% belief that I believe, I'm just mad at good or something.

Diogenes replies on Dec 9, 2017:

I don't know all the answers, but there is something that I have seen- many stupid people try to bring a person down to their level. They expect a thinking person to give some credence to the idea of "prayer".

A little humour, please! Is this the 'season' of "Good Friday"?

JLFowler comments on Dec 9, 2017:

I do call Easter zombie Jesus day.

Diogenes replies on Dec 9, 2017:

Ya, but I mixed up the days, not that I care. Easter Sunday is the day that the spooks come out of the ground , not Friday- my mistake.

Isn’t it funny when the religious say they will be praying for you?

Mightyjustice comments on Dec 9, 2017:

When my mom is worried about my sister she still asks ME to pray for her. I think it's 50% sincere worry for my sister and 50% belief that I believe, I'm just mad at good or something.

Diogenes replies on Dec 9, 2017:

Do you know the history of religion- if you don't, educate yourself- then it is your responsibility to educate and help your sister. And by that I don't mean in the sense of 'fire breathing atheism'- because I don't have the time for that either.

One of my favourite poets ever , Phillip Larkin poet laureate This Be The Verse BY PHILIP ...

VinceRichardson comments on Dec 3, 2017:

Brilliant,unfortunately I passed on the misery to my one and only daughter ; ) She is doing fine in life though to be honest

Diogenes replies on Dec 9, 2017:

Vince, glad your daughter is doing fine---- mine isn't! NOOOO there was none of that super sick crap---- but there was no 'love'. 'That' is so important! It was soooo important that I break the succession of bull shit, but I didn't even know it- or know how.

Favourite Relgion, Atheism Quotes ?

RundioII comments on Nov 16, 2017:

"My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from the church as you can." -Frank Zappa

Diogenes replies on Dec 9, 2017:

Rundioll, "keeping children away from church" is just putting them at the starting line. They should also 'study' religious mythology and the history of it. They should study cosmology, archeology, history---these subjects are so interesting that they would not accept buffoonery. And after they know a bit about life, they should be taken to church-- to be shown what 'indoctrination' looks like.

Who agrees with the theory of multiverse?

BKMiller1970 comments on Nov 7, 2017:

Well to begin with, there is no theory of a multiverse. There are hypotheses that point toward a multiverse. A theory is a well founded model that describes a phenomena. A theory is backed by evidence that is peer reviewed and duplicated many times and found to be consistant with reality. There ...

Diogenes replies on Dec 8, 2017:

Thanks, but I am not too interested in all the 'precise' semantics- and the universe wasn't what I was talking about. It was knowing the future for a few seconds or minutes. It has happened to many people- NO, I do not own a crystal ball that can predict the future, and I won't even talk with anyone that owns one and claims they can predict the future. LOL

Isn’t it a shame a non-religious person have to keep their sanity secret?

Buddha comments on Dec 7, 2017:

Thank good ness for this site.... I almost said thank God! Lol

Diogenes replies on Dec 8, 2017:

I too sometimes make mistakes with those Freudian slips- thank god. LOL

Favourite Relgion, Atheism Quotes ?

VictoriaNotes comments on Nov 16, 2017:

Yummy post, btw. Your Hicks quote reminded me of this one by stand-up comedian, Lenny Bruce, in the early 1960's: “If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses."

Diogenes replies on Dec 7, 2017:

Certainly something like that, but how can anything kill a fictitious character?

Isn’t it a shame a non-religious person have to keep their sanity secret?

Castlepaloma comments on Dec 7, 2017:

Here is some sane news, the non belivers is the fastest growing group in the world.

Diogenes replies on Dec 7, 2017:

It is the 21st Century! It is about time that at least a 'few' people figured that out. LOL

Favourite Relgion, Atheism Quotes ?

Annaleda comments on Nov 16, 2017:

Something Abraham Lincoln heard: When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad. That is my religion.

Diogenes replies on Dec 6, 2017:

Annaleda, yep, when I do bad, I can't ever seem to ever forget it---- thus in my 'dotage', when I am too old to change the past, I attempt to do some good in the day.

Favourite Relgion, Atheism Quotes ?

mrdunn comments on Nov 16, 2017:

“The fanatical atheists are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who – in their grudge against traditional religion as the ‘opium of the masses’ – cannot hear the music of the spheres.” ...

Diogenes replies on Dec 6, 2017:

mrdunn, never heard that quote by Einstein. He says it well. Some have thrown off their chains, but are still burdened by the weight- still cursing religion. There are other things to do beside that, and they "cannot hear the music of the spheres." Yes, that is the true picture of what should be- and the later has nothing to do with religion.

Favourite Relgion, Atheism Quotes ?

mrdunn comments on Nov 16, 2017:

“The fanatical atheists are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who – in their grudge against traditional religion as the ‘opium of the masses’ – cannot hear the music of the spheres.” ...

Diogenes replies on Dec 6, 2017:

Michael, I have seen and heard that term anti-theist before- never thought about it much, but for me that would be a correct term. Religion is too foolish to talk about or hate, but the con-artist theist do get my rancor.

Favourite Relgion, Atheism Quotes ?

RundioII comments on Nov 16, 2017:

"It's fair to say the Bible contains equal amounts of fact, history, and pizza." -Penn Jillette

Diogenes replies on Dec 6, 2017:

Yep, more or less. And it is a hell of a mess trying to separate the fact and history from the pizza.

Favourite Relgion, Atheism Quotes ?

VictoriaNotes comments on Nov 16, 2017:

“Scientists do not join hands every Sunday and sing "Yes gravity is real! I know gravity is real! I will have faith! I believe in my heart that what goes up, up, up must come down, down, down. Amen!" If they did, we would think they were pretty insecure about the concept.” ---Dan Barker, ...

Diogenes replies on Dec 6, 2017:

Victoria, the next thing you will be denying is that the earth is flat- and that Trump has a 158 IQ LOL Have a perfect day.

Favourite Relgion, Atheism Quotes ?

Benthoven comments on Nov 16, 2017:

Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk. —Tom Waits

Diogenes replies on Dec 6, 2017:

Another point- god is always drunk- so be serious- how can you tell when he is in the devil guise? LOL

Are there any vegans like me that are not vegans in the strict sense of the word but just people who...

gsiamne comments on Nov 17, 2017:

I am a vegetarian who on occasions also has a fish or bird.

Diogenes replies on Dec 3, 2017:

You eat "fish", like me, so we are not "vegetarians". I am aware that this contravenes the Laws of Nature, not to be an omnivore, but I will still do the best I can. And farm-fresh veggies, blanched, with spices, taste fantastic! Why would anyone desire food that tastes awful- or/and makes them sick?

Are there any vegans like me that are not vegans in the strict sense of the word but just people who...

Lyonesse comments on Dec 1, 2017:

I think what you're doing is called flexitarian, I know, what a bliddy mouthful! Essentially it means you mostly eat veggie or vegan, def don't do mass produced meat or dairy, but occasionally eat wild or sustainably produced animal food.

Diogenes replies on Dec 3, 2017:

Lyonesse, been to England once- saw a 'few' (hundred) pubs in London- I didn't see historic Bath, or make good use of my time. As far as eating the other 'residence' (biped or quadruped) on this rock, I try to opt out. I eat the fish (sorry fish). I am a 'wannbe' vegetarian. I would get no pleasure out of running through the 'jungle' and shooting everything in sight- it wouldn't wind my crank! And as far as eating just a 'bite or two' of meat- how would I like a "bite or two" taken out of me?

Atheism is Gnostic = They KNOW. No, they don't!

Lethious comments on Dec 2, 2017:

If, you would like i could clarify...we have the gnostic atheist or the agnostic atheist(like myself) we also have the gnostic theist or the agnostic theist....gnostic meaning to know like you know 100% there is or is not a god(s)....neither of which can really be proven. what we have left is ...

Diogenes replies on Dec 2, 2017:

Were you laying down when your picture was taken? "However there are a few gods you can eliminate", talking about the Roman and Greek gods. Ya? But the Judo-Christian one; walking on water, coming back from the dead- and we could go down the list- has a chance of being the 'real super dude' to your way of thinking? Amazing!

Looks like Tillerson is out January.

Diogenes comments on Dec 1, 2017:

I draw cartoons- I don't have a crystal ball that forecasts the future- but a few weeks ago I started a cartoon of Trump introducing Tillerson to his new office. It features a paper sign with "Tillerson" typed on it and taped to the door. Above the door is the imprint of a former sign: "Exit". I...

Diogenes replies on Dec 1, 2017:

Josie, BIG thanks for wanting to see my cartoons- glad someone wants to see them! (Ya, ya, everybody says, "Why don't you get them published?") Right now there are a lot of negative things going on- and that is taking up a lot of my emotional strength and time. I don't even have a photo on here yet. I may get 'one', only, cartoon on here. I have to figure out how to do it>

Looks like Tillerson is out January.

atheist comments on Dec 1, 2017:

I hear ya, but I'm from Canada :) I'm glad the Canucks maintained British association (unlike those rebels to the south) which has influenced our culture & identity for the better. Beatlemania! :)

Diogenes replies on Dec 1, 2017:

"For the better". Ya gotta be kiddin'- we got Trudeau- same thing; different agenda! And his drug campaign- working to get all the kids on drugs. If that crap had been around in my backwoods area when I was a kid- I, as an uninformed kid, would have been on them.

Looks like Tillerson is out January.

SteveB comments on Dec 1, 2017:

We've been writing on a lot of different subjects, unfortantnely no one is listening. In fact one of the few things that this congress has accomplished in an increase in the military budget. You know, because it was so tiny before. Tillerson's replacement is rumored to be Mike Pompeo. A ...

Diogenes replies on Dec 1, 2017:

But Trump is doing everything he said he was going to do- when a person reads between the lines. Going to create massive world-wide upheaval and unemployment when he keeps tearing up trade deals. Oh yes, the stock market keeps going up---- and, yes, a song written in the summer of 1929 was, "Happy Days Are Here Again"- and it came out at the end of 1929. This just one of the dozens of evils that are soon to befall.

Do you have a subconscious racial bias?

JosephHarrison comments on Nov 30, 2017:

Interesting question. I'd say, in all honesty, that I don't. 1. My father is disabled, I'd be a morally reprehensible person if I judged people based on disability. 2. I've never been anything other than egalitarian regarding gender. As my father is disabled i.e can't move anything other ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 30, 2017:

"Fat people who can't control themselves"- how about obese people who WON"T control themselves. Heterophobes who will not keep it to theirselves- but must recruit the kids to their very sick avocation. And the law in Canada states you can be fined or imprisoned if you object. Colour? What does colour have to do with anything? The people that I talk to and laugh with are of all colours- and I hope they are my friends------but as a child I had that retarded, Protestant upbringing to hate Catholics, Jews, blacks, whatever---- unbelievable!!!! Only thing I have to say to such characters is to get an education; get some semblance of reality.

I am an ordained minister.

Kreig comments on Nov 28, 2017:

On the surface, it either makes you one confused dude, or a farcical one.

Diogenes replies on Nov 29, 2017:

Kreig, yep, right on with the, "confused or farcical". Just did the daily quiz a few minutes ago; one of the questions was about the "first marriage". In Greek mythology it was between Zeus and his elder sister, Hera. Some characters on here, make zero connection with much of anything- including the histories of legend.

Those of you in the US that celebrate Thanksgiving with religious family, do you all have to do the ...

NerdyOkieDude comments on Nov 20, 2017:

If it’s my house they can pray silently or leave. If it’s their house I wait quietly why they engage in a behavior that might otherwise be a sign of mental illness, taking to someone who isn’t there.

Diogenes replies on Nov 27, 2017:

"A sign of mental illness... talking to someone who isn't there". Yep. Even the pope knows that he is putting on an act. But these TV evangelists that make a racket out of the buffoonery!!! Wouldn't it be nice if some 'mysterious force' (don't accuse me of believing in mysterious forces) zapped them for each lie.

Those of you in the US that celebrate Thanksgiving with religious family, do you all have to do the ...

AtheistInNC comments on Nov 21, 2017:

I'm with you. If they believe, that is their business and I'll be respectful of their ignorance - but later I'll try to talk about why they believe in one god, but not all gods. Brainwashing is a wonderful thing.

Diogenes replies on Nov 26, 2017:

Hey, let's get serious. How are they going to believe in the thousands or millions- of "one-true gods"?

Those of you in the US that celebrate Thanksgiving with religious family, do you all have to do the ...

Buddha comments on Nov 20, 2017:

Hey, if it makes them feel better, let them go for it. Why make it an issue... ????

Diogenes replies on Nov 26, 2017:

Yep. I do not agree with religion, but they may be decent in every other way

Those of you in the US that celebrate Thanksgiving with religious family, do you all have to do the ...

DharmaBum50 comments on Nov 20, 2017:

I really haven't ever found a better Thanksgiving prayer than the one I learned in the Zen tradition. It is a wonderful nontheistic expression of gratitude, and if I am put in the position of having to give the "grace," this is what it is: First, let us reflect on our own work and the effort of ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 26, 2017:

I am NOT a 'good' person. I have made many evil choices; they were not "mistakes"; they were "choices". And now for the double whammy; I can't go back to reverse any of them. My point is that I don't have the right to criticize anyone! Depressingly, I have learned my lesson; some have still not. There are other pronouns in the dictionary besides "I, me and we"; there are "they, he, she, them" etc. There should be stenciled on bags of donated food- "This food was brought to you because you are hungry"---- NOT, "This food was donated by 'Whatsoever' Church and for the glory of god".

What movies do you find inspirational as an atheist/agnositc?

silvereyes comments on Nov 22, 2017:

I'm usually more interested in TV documentary types. Like, Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. I'm currently watching a PBS one on the Brain. Brain Games. Movies... ah Predestination was a big mind F#ck. Really didn't see it going the direction it went. (I was left nogginthumpt).

Diogenes replies on Nov 26, 2017:

YES, great programs on PBS- where does one start to pick out the best?

How could the Holy Ghost impregnate Mary?

davtim68 comments on Nov 25, 2017:

The same way the Easter Bunny delivers eggs and Santa delivers presents.

Diogenes replies on Nov 26, 2017:

Ya, and I often wondered what hatched those chocolate covered Easter eggs- and off course, where did a bunny get eggs?

How could the Holy Ghost impregnate Mary?

snytiger6 comments on Nov 25, 2017:

It didn't. There were several other religions that had stories of pregnancies and birth without sex at the time when Jesus was supposedly on earth. The "virgin birth" was added into the story at a later date, having been "borrowed" or plagiarized from another religion of the time.

Diogenes replies on Nov 26, 2017:

Excuse me if I didn't look up exact dates. One of Philip 2's wives apparently got it off with a god-snake and Alexander, The Great, of Macedonia born about 300 BCE. Unlike the fictitious Jesus, this was a historic person. The Egyptian city of Alexandria was named after him. Yes Jewel, "like telling the children that Santa doesn't exist".

How could the Holy Ghost impregnate Mary?

Diogenes comments on Nov 25, 2017:

"A fun question?" Any religion is too moronic to be fun. I have forgotten, not that I care- there is the religion where they make a pilgrimage- then usually trample each other to death so that they can throw stones at a 'rock', which represents the devil. By the way, I agree with you- but religions...

Diogenes replies on Nov 26, 2017:

Jewel, I have taken a few language courses that I never used; I should be more precise though. My point, first, you were 100% on the mark- I liked your comment. I believe 'satire' is a form of humour and religions are "making fun" all the time- they are creating satire about themselves all the time- and are too dim witted to see it.

Those of you in the US that celebrate Thanksgiving with religious family, do you all have to do the ...

DharmaBum50 comments on Nov 20, 2017:

I really haven't ever found a better Thanksgiving prayer than the one I learned in the Zen tradition. It is a wonderful nontheistic expression of gratitude, and if I am put in the position of having to give the "grace," this is what it is: First, let us reflect on our own work and the effort of ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 25, 2017:

This prayer sounds like it is about 'I and me'.

Those of you in the US that celebrate Thanksgiving with religious family, do you all have to do the ...

DrewBekius comments on Nov 20, 2017:

My kids and I sit respectfully while winking and making faces at each other from across the room. For those wrestling with the best way to handle things like this, Greta Christina's book "Coming Out Atheist" is arguably the best resource out there!

Diogenes replies on Nov 25, 2017:

"Winking and making faces"! Sounds rather infantile to me.

Those of you in the US that celebrate Thanksgiving with religious family, do you all have to do the ...

richiegtt comments on Nov 20, 2017:

When I was a youngster and attended family dinners at relatives homes I was part of this ridiculous ritual.But I always thought what about the starving people all over the world that don’t have any thing to be thankful for at this moment.What audacious crap to think that a God picked us to treat ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 25, 2017:

So well said! But I think the food should be so well done- all the garnishments- the whole deal- then taken to someone that has no food. (I don't believe in being a sucker; there are people at the 'bottom'; not because they, 'prepared to be- or want to be) Yes, the person that has just given their meal away may have a sudden realization that their food is gone----- and have a very sad face. Better to have a "sad face" one day a year than 365. And this "one day" could be a 'feast' of inspiration.

How could the Holy Ghost impregnate Mary?

Skyfacer comments on Nov 25, 2017:

It's all to do with Magic :P

Diogenes replies on Nov 25, 2017:

Ya magic, god-dude didn't do it with his penis- he waved his magic wand.

How could the Holy Ghost impregnate Mary?

Whiskey_Will comments on Nov 25, 2017:

The answer to your question is as logical as Cain and Abel populating the Earth by themselves.

Diogenes replies on Nov 25, 2017:

It has been said, "They got it off with mommy."

I have been married before and I learned a lot about what makes a good relationship great and what ...

wordywalt comments on Nov 23, 2017:

I learned that the two most important things in a potential mate are personality *warm, carrying, sharing, helpful, etc) and intelligence are by far the most important things. Don't ever let a preoccupation with physical beauty cloud your judgment. Some very pretty women are entirely ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 23, 2017:

Actually, "some very pretty women" may have sexy exteriors, but are super ugly on the inside.

No, everything does not happen for a reason.

MsOliver comments on Nov 23, 2017:

If their god is so benevolent, what lesson is he trying to teach by allowing children to starve, to die from preventable or curable diseases, by giving them cancers that require they suffer and then die, if "god has a plan" why does that plan only seem to apply to believers some of the time? They ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 23, 2017:

MsOliver, your brain functions. Now that I am 110 years old, I am looking for a 'young one'- one about 90. If your granny is as cognitive as you, and still alive- preferably, is she available? Please laugh.

No, everything does not happen for a reason.

MsOliver comments on Nov 23, 2017:

If their god is so benevolent, what lesson is he trying to teach by allowing children to starve, to die from preventable or curable diseases, by giving them cancers that require they suffer and then die, if "god has a plan" why does that plan only seem to apply to believers some of the time? They ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 23, 2017:

"Ms" Believers pray. (Said this before--- gotta get some new material. LOL) "Laud, take this storm away fum ma door- an' send it down the road; them thar Joneses has got too many chilen anyway."

As I have said in previous posts, I am new to atheism and to this forum.

silvereyes comments on Nov 22, 2017:

I think you can identify the way you want. I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I identified as an Atheist- but have recently changed my labeling to Agnostic. It's more accurate. I DO reject Abrahamic religions. I think most religion is a bad thing for society- hence why I went with ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 23, 2017:

ALL religions are 'funny'- if one has an infantile sense of humour. Otherwise religions are too foolish and boring to talk about. I am agnostic; I don't know what Nature is- or why it is.

I have been married before and I learned a lot about what makes a good relationship great and what ...

Diogenes comments on Nov 23, 2017:

I read many years ago that the most successful marriages were when one person had been divorced and the other never married. To me it would seem that the divorced person wasn't going to make the same mistake twice- wasn't going to get in with the 'divorce crowd', with the boozers and all the crap ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 23, 2017:

Here I go again; adding something. I would imagine that any person that had a good mate, but their wife/ husband had died, probably would be expecting to meet a decent person again.

What is your response when people threaten you with religious punishments? (i.e. Hell/Jahannam)

astrnelis comments on Nov 21, 2017:

No, you're going there laugh maniacally and then add that I'll be fine

Diogenes replies on Nov 23, 2017:

Ya, my typo- the word should be "secession". What the hell- I even spell four-letter words, like "shit" with two Ts.

What is your response when people threaten you with religious punishments? (i.e. Hell/Jahannam)

CowboySteel comments on Nov 22, 2017:

The last time a Theist, a guy I've known for 20+ years, tried to get me back to "The Rooms", (A.A. is a theistic organization) I sent him a strongly worded email with a FB post backing it up, telling him point by point what it was like living with a severe, chronic illness was like. . After the ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 23, 2017:

Going from one addiction, alcohol, to another addiction, religion, doesn't seem to be very progressive to me. Most alcoholics are also addicted to cigarettes. There needs to be a sensation to addictions. I need to lay off the little bit of booze I drink- because I can't afford it. But then I have to find something to fill the space. Problems, problems!

I call myself a catholic agnostic, what do you call yourself?

SamL comments on Oct 22, 2017:

I'm guessing you're hanging on to Catholicism because there is something in the teachings that you identify with. Like many the exposing of the inappropriate behavior of those in positions of power is revolting and you're repulsed by the thought of the people who are to blame but again something in ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 22, 2017:

Ash---- you are so lucky- you didn't have to go through hell. I don't have to worry about going to fictitious hell; I've already been there. My old mother wasn't particularly religious- just uneducated and crazy. Being beaten was a daily occurrence- from the 'little runt' (when a kid is six and seven, runts are big). Sunday was the "end of the week because it was the seventh day", and because it was a "day of rest", if a kid so much as moved it was time for another beating. Forget about Constantine and his adjusting the Sabbath so that it wasn't a day of worship the same as the Jews; she wouldn't have the smallest inkling of who Constantine was.

How many here exercise regularly?

snytiger6 comments on Nov 21, 2017:

I used to. A few years ago, I had leukemia and hte cancer drugs just really sapped my energy to where I just didn't have the energy to exercise. After a few years on those drugs, I just was no longer in the habit of exercising. Once you stop, it is hard to start up again, especially as you get ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 22, 2017:

Sorry to hear about your cancer problem. It takes such a short time to get out of shape- yes, but you can get back in shape. There is something to be considered: absolutely no smoking; light on the booze; eat lots of fresh fruit, and veggies lightly cooked. Maybe you already do these things- and I certainly don't have all the answers.

How many here exercise regularly?

Decieven comments on Nov 21, 2017:

I was going to Planet Fitness four times a week. Had to cancel my membership though so I'm trying to figure out things I can do at home. I'm aiming for a combination of resistance & aerobic training. I had started learning Tai Chi a few months ago & haven't committed much time to it since. I plan on...

Diogenes replies on Nov 22, 2017:

Hi. Signing up is the easy part. I hope you are in a club where you can make friends- and make reasonable objectives for yourself. Another thing- find a few exercises to work on the whole body- I know I am not going to do 10 different exercises

How many here exercise regularly?

wordywalt comments on Nov 21, 2017:

At the age of 80, I work out with weights 3 days a week -- on 13 different machines, exceeding my body weight on 9 of them.

Diogenes replies on Nov 22, 2017:

We are the same age. My chief objective now is to drop about 17 pounds. Yes, and I need to work out with some weights too. This spring I did 372 km in a month on the rowing machine. I think I will get a t-shirt with, "Geezers do it better- they just can't remember what they do"

How many here exercise regularly?

silvereyes comments on Nov 21, 2017:

Somewhat. I do Yoga 2x a day in 15 minute sessions. I walk every day. Sometimes go to the park and take a basketball, racquetball equip, soccer ball, or take my bike. I try to make it so that it doesn't feel like a chore, but a hobby.

Diogenes replies on Nov 22, 2017:

Yes, absolutely- enjoy your workout- don't turn it into work or an obligation. You have the right idea. I find people at fitness interesting-----ya, I go to the pub, where the sports 'officiadoes' are blathering about nothing- THAT ain't interesting. They need to get off their fat asses.

How many here exercise regularly?

twshield comments on Nov 21, 2017:

I walk fast pace 5 miles a day. I use to be 410lbs with type 2 diabetes. Now i am 280lbs with a 5.4 A1C. Exercise can really change your life!

Diogenes replies on Nov 22, 2017:

Hi. There was a guy at fitness that was over 500- and he lost the weight of a fat man, about 260 pounds- and he had kept it off. Good for you taking off the weight. Congrats.

How many here exercise regularly?

Diogenes comments on Nov 21, 2017:

It's like this, Nature 'provided' me with a reasonable body, unlike some who were not so fortunate at birth. Turning myself into a fat slob, would be to dis my good fortune. Yesterday I did 5 km on the rowing machine- will do that again today. Rowing exercises the arms, back, stomach, legs: a good ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 22, 2017:

The club is just an all round fitness club; it isn't solely a rowing club. The company that manufactures the machine sponsors the competitions twice a year.

Does anyone believe that theists are generally honest and sincere in their claims?

HeatherLea1313 comments on Nov 2, 2017:

I strongly believe Agnostic is the perfect description of me; and that everyone is agnostic, they just refuse to admit it. Agnostic means “to not know”. It’s NOT POSSIBLE TO KNOW what happens when you die. People who claim to know are not being honest. They have faith, but they don’t know....

Diogenes replies on Nov 22, 2017:

So they "believe in the bible". Which one? Like all religions there are so many versions.

Scientific Study Concludes That Jesus Christ Didn’t Exist | Neon Nettle

Timmytime comments on Nov 20, 2017:

Jesus is doing just fine. Does my lawn twice a month

Diogenes replies on Nov 21, 2017:

Hey, stop cutting into my 'hired help'. I have Jeezuz-dude working in the kitchen of my restaurant. I give him a can of outdated sardines and a stale bagel and he waves his magic wand and there are elegant fish diners to feed the thousands.

Scientific Study Concludes That Jesus Christ Didn’t Exist | Neon Nettle

MsOliver comments on Nov 20, 2017:

Anyone with a modicum of education about the history of the religion knows that he didn't exist. I am however looking forward to the results of the alleged scientists who think they can "clone" said non-existent person from DNA from relics which were a cottage industry of the early church. I find ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 21, 2017:

'Ah cumon'; use your imagination! Gotta stir something up this morning! LOL

I've discovered something about people and it is quite confusing to me.

MsOliver comments on Nov 20, 2017:

I don't know why you think someone has to be wealthy in order to be successful. That seems awful materialistic and may be the source of some angst for you personally as time moves forward. Each person defines their own success and happiness and for many people the accumulation of material goods ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 21, 2017:

"Ms" Oliver- very well said. I think people who collect 'junk': wood, plastic, metal, or anything made from such materials, would have to be considered a 'junk collector'. Gold is just a metal; how much would it help a person if they were sick or starving? That being said, a little reality; it is nice to have a few shiny 'things' that are over and above that which is survival necessities.

Post a lyric that empowers or motivates you.

Diogenes comments on Nov 19, 2017:

The drunken, Welsh poet Dillan Thomas wrote a poem 'to his father', apparently. Even though I am 110 years old, I try to live by this poem. "Do not go quiet into that good night/ But rage, rage against the closing of the light." The way I look at, being dead 30 years before the actual event, makes ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 19, 2017:

I missed my cardinal point, which is: live every day; try to make some progress; don't waste any of it.

For other skeptics out there, what are some books from your youth that influenced you in your ...

gearl comments on Nov 19, 2017:

Isaac Asimov Books. Carl Sagan books. 1984 Later everything by Dawkins, Hawkins, Krauss and Sam Harris I’m an old fart and it took a long journey to get from there to here.

Diogenes replies on Nov 19, 2017:

Hey, I am an "old fart", probably the oldest on here---- stop trying to take my 'title'. LOL

What personal experience made you a non believer?

Hugene2002 comments on Nov 7, 2017:

Years and years, 40 years really, of belief that didn’t change anything in my life. Actually the more I prayed about something, often the worse it would turn out, probably because the things I felt I had to pray about more were stupider ideas or paths than the other more realistic thoughts I ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 18, 2017:

Yep; "Dear god-dude, don't let 'thet thar' storm blow my house away- send it down the road and blow my neighbour's house away."

What personal experience made you a non believer?

rainmanjr comments on Nov 8, 2017:

Reading The Age Of Reason, by Thomas Paine.

Diogenes replies on Nov 18, 2017:

I know of Paine's book; have never read it. But I know he also said the obvious, "Man created god." He should have made that plural- the millions of them.

What personal experience made you a non believer?

z0000 comments on Nov 8, 2017:

For me it was an accumulation of study and exploration. I never suffered a crisis of faith or anything like that. The whole facade was just worn away by logic. I found that the bible, if taken literally, is contradictory to history, to science, to morality and to good taste. It also ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 18, 2017:

Let's start with, "contradiction to history". Yes, I agree with you. It is said the best lies are the ones mixed in with a small bit of truth. So long ago I read about the historical Herod. He was a proxy for the Romans and an ultra evil bastard. He murdered members of his own family. The cardinal point though is there is no historical evidence of him ever murdered babies. Its all a big fairy tale- and that is where the story belongs- 'in the book of fairy tales'.

What personal experience made you a non believer?

Emelle comments on Nov 8, 2017:

My mothers family was Catholic and my fathers family was Baptist. I heard all the time, from my fathers parents, how sad it was, that when we died, their grandchildren, they would never see us again because all Catholics go to hell. Even as a small child this didn't seem right to me but once I ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 18, 2017:

Emelle, with me it didn't, "just all fell apart"- it just became so silly and laughable and worn out that, that was that. Religion at its worst is true evil; somewhere down the line it moderates to just being foolish. And the religious don't want anyone to ask the FIRST question, because that will cause an avalanche of reality.

Okay, on this site, the topic is being an agnostic; is there more?

tsjames comments on Nov 17, 2017:

There's a pile of stuff getting discussed here. You could start a joke topic. How many agnostics does it take to change a light bulb?

Diogenes replies on Nov 18, 2017:

Okay, "I don't know". LOL

Okay, on this site, the topic is being an agnostic; is there more?

vertrauen comments on Nov 17, 2017:

Click the "Discuss" button and look at the various categories listed on the right. You will see sections devoted to Music, science (with Academic), and Art. Probably sports fits somewhere as well.

Diogenes replies on Nov 18, 2017:

Agreed- I have to be more astute. As far as "sports" and physical fitness, I am involved--- being a fat, armchair quarterback is not part of my game though.

Okay, on this site, the topic is being an agnostic; is there more?

ErichZannIII comments on Nov 17, 2017:

Why not set up a discussion of your own about such things? I personally enjoy talking about religion from an academic standpoint. But many people don't.

Diogenes replies on Nov 18, 2017:

Yes, anything, even religion, is interesting-- if viewed from an academic point. I hope I managed to get my basic point across- denying religion is the starting point, but next comes doing something with one's life.

Favourite Relgion, Atheism Quotes ?

Benthoven comments on Nov 16, 2017:

Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk. —Tom Waits

Diogenes replies on Nov 17, 2017:

Love that one

Favourite Relgion, Atheism Quotes ?

Benthoven comments on Nov 16, 2017:

For god so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever would believe in him would believe in anything. —Unknown Prayer has no place in the public schools, just like facts have no place in organized religion. —School Superintendent Chalmers on The Simpsons

Diogenes replies on Nov 17, 2017:

"Would believe in anything"- and that is the downfall of these con-artist preachers. They have no boundaries; they don't know when to quit.

Favourite Relgion, Atheism Quotes ?

DUCHESSA comments on Nov 17, 2017:

Carl Sagan: "" You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep-seated need to believe.""

Diogenes replies on Nov 17, 2017:

Duchessa, Sagan is a brilliant man; I am not. The believers are going to La la Land and yes there is this "need to believe", but they are also stupid and lazy- thinking would take them out of their cloistered comfy zone. "Cain't let thet thar happen"

How do you answer theists who say "science can't explain the complexity and order of life.”

Joanne comments on Nov 16, 2017:

Theists cannot give a credible explanation of how a god, complex enough to create all this complexity and order, came into being. They always result to "god has always existed." If they can think that, why is it so difficult to accept that energy, that is both creative and destructive, has always ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 17, 2017:

Yep, "god has always existed". But humans made this complex---when they created the hundreds of thousands of "one true gods"- gotta figure out which one they are talking about. But there are still questions to be answered: "How many big bangs have there been?" "How small is the universe compared to whatever else is out there?"

How do you answer theists who say "science can't explain the complexity and order of life.”

MsOliver comments on Nov 16, 2017:

Yeah why study a field that doesn't already claim to know all of the answers, when you can just trust a book written thousands of years ago to explain everything to you? Bunch of freaking morons. Choosing to be that ignorant should be grounds to be excluded from the gene pool.

Diogenes replies on Nov 17, 2017:

Like that: "excluded from the gene pool".

How do you answer theists who say "science can't explain the complexity and order of life.”

reluctantexan comments on Nov 16, 2017:

While my DH loves to argue with religionists, I don't enjoy that hobby. I don't argue with them or try to convince them of anything. Everybody finds their own way. Everything changes.

Diogenes replies on Nov 17, 2017:

Yes, I agree with you-- and I think your DH has time to waste. I believe it was Einstein that said, "Intelligence was limited; stupidity isn't". Religionist prefer to sink to the lowest level---- and that is "their own way"- and I am NOT a militant anti-theist. What-is, is.

How do you answer theists who say "science can't explain the complexity and order of life.”

Redlegdex comments on Nov 16, 2017:

All life is made of DNA, what's so complex about that? Why didn't religion tell us that?

Diogenes replies on Nov 17, 2017:

Got another question: who was the 'reporter' that was covering the Adam and Eve creation?

How do you answer theists who say "science can't explain the complexity and order of life.”

richiegtt comments on Nov 17, 2017:

I would say how do you explain the complexity and order in a supreme being.

Diogenes replies on Nov 17, 2017:

What "supreme being"?

How do you answer theists who say "science can't explain the complexity and order of life.”

Normanbites comments on Nov 17, 2017:

Actually, science can and has gone a long way toward explaining how the complexity and order in life has occurred through evolution. This is just another attempt to assert the god of the gaps, "I don't know or I don't understand, therefore God". This god grows smaller with each scientific ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 17, 2017:

Yep. Even the shape of some birds beaks to take advantage of some food, such as seeds. Darwin saw that almost two centuries ago--- but "god" still lingers on.

Gosh!! Don't think we have this kind of Christian in England!?

VictoriaNotes comments on Nov 16, 2017:

Yes indeed, mass hysteria and the power of persuasion is alive and well in Christian America. There are psychological techniques they use to get people to behave in this way. It's explained by psychologists, neurologists and cognitive/behavioral scientists in an excellent HBO documentary "A Question...

Diogenes replies on Nov 16, 2017:

Victoria. Benny Hinn was on that film you mentioned. I don't think Benny Hinn is around anymore- probably in jail. There was no mass hysteria; it was co-operation between his actors and his willing audience. He was caught a few times using his actors. Many decades ago, I am ashamed to say, I went off to the Salvation Army and a woman got up, she 'testified', many times, that Jeezuz-dude had stood by her bed. 'Gotta' be bad when the nutters feel uncomfortable with a nutter that is crazier than they are.

Gosh!! Don't think we have this kind of Christian in England!?

SteveB comments on Nov 16, 2017:

I live in America, and I once went to a church where they spontaneously spoke in tongues. I thought to myself, what kind of crazy is this?! The preacher then started to interpret this speech. Needless to say, that was my last visit to that place.

Diogenes replies on Nov 16, 2017:

"Talking in tongues" ---- ha, ha; I can do that- after a 'few' pails of beer. Well I guess honestly I can't, because I stopped doing the 'pail-thing' decades ago. Wonder what the freaks excuse would be then.

Which last longer, Christian marriages or agnostic/atheist marriages?

Diogenes comments on Nov 16, 2017:

I was divorced many decades ago. My 'bride', an uneducated candidate for Salvation Army 'officership', and young, and very stupid me, got married. Was that ever hell on wheels! There wasn't anything she wouldn't fight about---- just proves she should be in someone's 'army'. I started reading- and...

Diogenes replies on Nov 16, 2017:

I would like to mention something else- the more one knows, the less one is part of the herd- and it can be a very lonely and depressing experience- but I still don't want to be part of the mind-mulch herd.

What do you think of 'acknowledging' the Winter Solstace?

resserts comments on Nov 14, 2017:

The seasons are the reason for the timing of many religious holidays, because the seasons are meaningful. I say enjoy the seasons, just without the religion.

Diogenes replies on Nov 16, 2017:

I have forgotten the name of the dudes in the bible that were a few hundred years old- about my age. "About my age", and I know so little about the stars- should be ashamed of myself. There is Nature on full display for me, and anyone else who is inquisitive enough to take advantage of it.

Does anyone believe that theists are generally honest and sincere in their claims?

Diogenes comments on Nov 7, 2017:

"Christ's teachings"- you really don't get it do you? Christianity is just a Jewish cult that got out of control; a matter of one-upmanship, where the group found the "prophet", even though he had to be invented. J.C. is a piece of fiction. So now "you are an atheist"; you are ready to deny ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 16, 2017:

And I sure as hell ("sure as hell", another Freudian slip) don't get what you are asking? You somehow believe that I have any interest in religion!!!! Amazing! ANY children's fairy tale, would not be suitable for any cognitive adult- and children should be taught, before hearing such stories, that these tales are myth. ALL of them.

I hear too many people, even atheists, say things such as that Jesus was a good man, a teacher, but ...

goatgirl comments on Nov 15, 2017:

WOW! Now THIS is exactly why I joined this site. You just opened my eyes to some good shit! I always kind of shrugged about Jesus the man and assumed he was a kindly hippie type that today's christians would escort straight out of their church on a Sunday. But this posting is an AH HAH moment ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 16, 2017:

Jody, you didn't tell us you had a "Saintly ass". Sorry; it is the best I can do for humour. Please take that as HUMOUR- I do not like red-neck ass holes.

I hear too many people, even atheists, say things such as that Jesus was a good man, a teacher, but ...

goatgirl comments on Nov 15, 2017:

WOW! Now THIS is exactly why I joined this site. You just opened my eyes to some good shit! I always kind of shrugged about Jesus the man and assumed he was a kindly hippie type that today's christians would escort straight out of their church on a Sunday. But this posting is an AH HAH moment ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 16, 2017:

Jody yep, "Saint" Teresa worked hard to overpopulate the world. She loved the so-called "unborn"- but she hated the born and where some poverty stricken couple might eek out a life with one child, and they already had nine, she was going to make sure they could not get birth control- so they would have more. Forget about the things that would make life worthwhile: 'music', (yes, I put "music" in there) edible food, clean and safe housing-------- instead they exist in a rubbish pile that a pig would disown, if it could. Left over garbage for food- if they could get it.. And she did it- so that she could be a whore for the Catholic Church. And then there's Emperor Trump- who is trying his hardest to create as much evil as he can, defunding any agency that is involved with birth control.

I'm just curious since it is November already.

sol65 comments on Nov 7, 2017:

As an atheist with a secular, non-believing Jewish upbringing the entire season is a reminder that I don't fit in, that I am a marginalized and sometimes hated minority, and that forces currently in control of the USA want to ram Christianity down my throat. Despite that I enjoy the lights, the ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 15, 2017:

I have no religion---- so I don't have to hate anyone. There is no excuse for you not to teach your children history and nature- ya, and a little love thrown in.

I'm just curious since it is November already.

Lonely comments on Nov 7, 2017:

If Christmas is limited to exchanging presents ant having dinner with the whole family it feels very good. Santa has no connection with religion. This is to make joy for children. When they grow, they understand that it was just another fairy tale made for their fun, and they do not feel being ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 15, 2017:

Dam, I thought Santa Clause was JC's brother. Got it wrong again. I don't think one fairy tale should take precedence over another

I'm just curious since it is November already.

resserts comments on Nov 7, 2017:

I don't dread Christmas. It's a good time to spend with family and friends. The only thing I really despise is the six weeks of incessant Christmas music.

Diogenes replies on Nov 15, 2017:

That insane howling is music?

I'm just curious since it is November already.

mistymoon77 comments on Nov 7, 2017:

I boycott the stores all together.. Hate the music/the commercialized junk they sell. Its ridiculous. People spend money on shit they can't afford for people they usually don't like just because its the "thing to do". Fuck that! I don't buy into the craziness of it all, never have and never will....

Diogenes replies on Nov 15, 2017:

Ya, the materialism- and the gluttony- while a huge part of the world has nothing including food and even drinkable water. Hope the gluttons stuff it in until they explode.

What do you think of 'acknowledging' the Winter Solstace?

MsOliver comments on Nov 14, 2017:

The winter solstice exists. That's all the acknowledgement it needs. As a matter of fact, it would exist even if nobody paid attention to it. I don't think it makes any more sense to "celebrate" a natural event than it makes to "celebrate" the existence of air.

Diogenes replies on Nov 15, 2017:

You would be rather hard pressed without air.

What do you think of 'acknowledging' the Winter Solstace?

roberbro comments on Nov 14, 2017:

I'm of the opinion that most post modern people (including myself there) are far removed from the cycles of nature. Our ancestors used to be in tune with the changing of the seasons that marked the passing of the year. I have to think hard to remember the last time my bare feet touched the bare ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 15, 2017:

Sorry, a misquote by me- should have been, "bare feet touching bare earth".

What do you think of 'acknowledging' the Winter Solstace?

resserts comments on Nov 14, 2017:

The seasons are the reason for the timing of many religious holidays, because the seasons are meaningful. I say enjoy the seasons, just without the religion.

Diogenes replies on Nov 15, 2017:

Yep

What do you think of 'acknowledging' the Winter Solstace?

roberbro comments on Nov 14, 2017:

I'm of the opinion that most post modern people (including myself there) are far removed from the cycles of nature. Our ancestors used to be in tune with the changing of the seasons that marked the passing of the year. I have to think hard to remember the last time my bare feet touched the bare ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 15, 2017:

I like your, "walking on grass in your bare feet". Must be 'heaven'! (LOL) But if you're one of those Christians you're going to go to La la Land, and walk on streets "of purest gold". Gross, just gross! All that ugly glitter would be hard on the eyes- and besides walking on metal would be hard on the boots.

What do you think of 'acknowledging' the Winter Solstace?

MsOliver comments on Nov 14, 2017:

The winter solstice exists. That's all the acknowledgement it needs. As a matter of fact, it would exist even if nobody paid attention to it. I don't think it makes any more sense to "celebrate" a natural event than it makes to "celebrate" the existence of air.

Diogenes replies on Nov 15, 2017:

Your word "celebrate" was one I did not use. Maybe winter would be better 12/12. What do you say after it rains a week and then there is the first bright and sunny day? I know what I say: ( I probably start off with a Freudian slip) God, what a fantastic day! LOL

How comfortable are you with the word "Atheist" ?

CraigAllen comments on Nov 9, 2017:

I am very comfortable with the word "Atheist." However, you have to understand what the word means and how to use it in a sentence. First of all, the word atheist is derived from the Greek language, the letter "a" meaning "non" or "not" and "theist" meaning someone who believes in theology or ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 13, 2017:

Yes, Mr. Allen, you figured it out- apparently by accident. Yes you do not put "an" in front of a word beginning with a consonant such as "non-typical". I think that must be pre-kindergarten grammar.

How comfortable are you with the word "Atheist" ?

CraigAllen comments on Nov 9, 2017:

I am very comfortable with the word "Atheist." However, you have to understand what the word means and how to use it in a sentence. First of all, the word atheist is derived from the Greek language, the letter "a" meaning "non" or "not" and "theist" meaning someone who believes in theology or ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 11, 2017:

I see this as rather simple- and concise. All man-made gods are foolish nonsense. If Nature is 'cognitive'- and not the smartest person on earth, or any person that has ever been on earth, knows this- that would make Nature a god/creator- or whatever you want to call 'it'. And the lesson in composition: "an" is the article that replaces "a" when the following word starts with a vowel. Ain't difficult.

Are there any other alcoholics in this group?

AMGT comments on Oct 26, 2017:

On Halloween, I’ll celebrate 34 years of sobriety. I left AA when I had 19 years, not long after my faith in a god had fallen away. I didn’t think it was appropriate for me to continue to be part of a group that influenced its members with factually false, theistic nonsense. I didn’t want ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 7, 2017:

I want to congratulate anyone on here who has dealt with their addiction to alcohol--- I have, even if I still have a couple of beers- and this aversion to being drunk and stupid has gone on for at least 20 years. If, on the other hand, complete temperance is the only way that you can deal with the problem----DO NOT LET SOMEONE CONVINCE YOU TO "JUST HAVE ONE". Work it out your way. There are more interesting things in life other than booze. Again, congrats.

Vegans

Diogenes comments on Nov 4, 2017:

Hi. First, my claim to 'fame': I am the biggest vegetarian hypocrite in the world----- that does not make me proud! I go for awhile not eating meat, then, with other problems, not involving eating, I get depressed, and chew up another resident of this rock. We go into the supermarket and there ...

Diogenes replies on Nov 4, 2017:

Hope, hi, back again. We are basically on the same page. One thing that I didn't mention on my first note, but you did mention- that was "entertainment". I had the misfortune of working with the hillbillies much of my life. How bad can it get? "Vulgar", by today's standards, may be an archaic word, but it does apply to the hillbillies. They'uns jes loved te git in the jungle an' blow the guts out of sumthin'---- and then blather about it at lunch.

There is all this talk about "freedom".

daddy4pugs comments on Oct 30, 2017:

You are "FREE" to disagree, but you will be punished for your "FREEDOM." Such as choosing not to accept a god concept and burning in everlasting torment. "FREE WILL" at its best.

Diogenes replies on Oct 31, 2017:

Ya, but god-dude was loving you while you burned. Fire is a horrible way to go- the "controllers" certainly knew what torture to threaten the unlearned with.

There is all this talk about "freedom".

ThomasMeador comments on Oct 29, 2017:

I have never heard that expression before; "Chained to the Ball of Freedom". I don't quite know what to make of it. Is it referring to trading one servitude for another. Or is it referring to giving up some freedom to gain more freedom, but it's just a more serious servitude? That's kind of what I ...

Diogenes replies on Oct 30, 2017:

Let's try again. My point was, some people 'worship' freedom- they must be connected to it at all junctures: they must have the 'freedom' to drive twice the speed limit, kill someone, and then have the freedom to not pay the price. I am sure there are many more, and varying, examples than that. It is my personal belief that more liberty is gained when a person fights for their liberty/freedoms BECAUSE IT IS THIER RIGHT, but also they should avoid intruding on others rights.

Just because unbelievers have shed one delusion are they really as free of others as they might like...

Introverted comments on Oct 21, 2017:

Depends on the methods you use to determine what is true etc. I'm a big fan of skepticism and the scientific method (by which I mean observation, testing, attempt to falsify, collect data, update models etc), because I've seen how effective those methods are. Science - it works, bitches. :D Being...

Diogenes replies on Oct 30, 2017:

Introverted- not being a sycophant- but the fact is that you have taken the point much better than I have. There is a point that a person does not have to be much of a skeptic, with an above average IQ, to be able to dismantle so-called "biblical truths". Science and the continuous new discoveries are so interesting, compared to any trip through La La Land.

There is all this talk about "freedom".

Squirrellglider comments on Oct 30, 2017:

I am also puzzled by the expression chained to the ball of freedom. I spent most of my life self employed and considered myself free from the chains of the employee. But never felt chained to the demands of any one customer. In fact the thought that there was always another customer around the next ...

Diogenes replies on Oct 30, 2017:

Yes, I agree with you. You are one of the lucky ones, being successful and self employed. But for those that have the "freedom" to buy endless amounts of junk, and are compelled to do that, because they have no self discipline. there is a problem. There is the "freedom" to be a glutton- and die at an early age---- lots of "freedoms". Then there is the freedom to show some discipline, and be free of compulsions.

It is "false news" that Tillerson said that Trump was a "moron".

smilnjan comments on Oct 20, 2017:

Hey, it IS false news! He called him a "Fucking Moron". LMAO!!!!

Diogenes replies on Oct 23, 2017:

Okay, it was "false news" in TWO different ways. First, he is not intelligent enough to be a "moron". The other false news is that he was a "'ucking" moron. Well we know that the only things that he does are with his mouth--- so that eliminates the "'ucking" part. And to clarify something: I don't think "'ucking" is the archangel of all so-called 'dirty' words, but I am in a coffee shop and I don't want to be deleted from their WiFi.