Does anyone out there listen to NPR?

geeky1965 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I do, it's one of my mother's favorite things to listen to in the car, I don't care for the two car guys though. Show is too old!

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

Me nither! I thought it must be me...

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

Dick_Martin comments on Jan 31, 2018:

It is easy for us, and everyone, to see the agnostic/atheist hat as being very empty and negative space. Perhaps take the time to explain to her, and to yourself if needed, that you are finding new ways to understand love, life, and other people? Explain that you are finding great strength from ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

@Dick_Martin I completely agree...and I might add, I feel more 'whole'...

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

Funandfondles comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I’m sympathetic, young, and inexperienced in the matter; but telling her sounds like a better plan than lies to me.

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

@Funandfondles feels like I am hiding something..a few true friends are better than dozens of people, we are TRYING to befriend! I see that even in youth (it had been so long I had forgotten) we know 'real' from 'unreal'..but, the courage to stand in our truth, is not fully developed!

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

JackPedigo comments on Jan 31, 2018:

Sometimes one must put their values above their friendships. I have a friend from HS. We lost contact for almost 29 years (geography) but when I resettled back to Seattle we cnnected again. He has grown in the exact direction as I. When I visit him it is non-stop talking and no silence.

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

@JackPedigo how nice it is to have a friend lIke that...makes life worthwhile! I do have some friends like that, but they came later in life...

“It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.

ChrisR comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I always risk looking like a fool, and sadly, often end up feeling one too - but that's love and hope - they are cruel mistresses. I am a sucker for a pretty girl who needs help and is stuck in a bad relationship but that means I am a great shoulder to cry on and hear the most heart breaking stories...

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

@ChrisR ...and I think it is all in timing...when the time is right, things just fall into place!

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

El-loco comments on Jan 31, 2018:

Just tell her: "Look, this is me and it's where I am. I am still your friend even if you no longer want to be mine. I respect your beliefs even if I don't share them. Call me if there's ever something you want to avoid talking about." PS, Never take El-loco's advice.

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

This is so much like her..."theres ever something you want to avoid talking sbout.'

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

Lucy_Fehr comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I had something similar happen. It sucks.

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

@SherryMartin it does seem to be a 'sign of the times!' I never heard this much garbage in the past, by people who said things and had no idea anybody was 'looking'!

Are there other people who felt as disgusted with this State Of Union speech as I did.

diabhal comments on Jan 31, 2018:

Apart from the content the presentation was interesting. Here we have Trump on the leash, as it were, of his PR team who are still desperately trying to wrestle that twitter account from him. With regard to the content, classic cognitive dissonance. Appealing for help for the poor whilst shovelling ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

That pretty much sums it up...

Are there other people who felt as disgusted with this State Of Union speech as I did.

Dwizzle comments on Jan 31, 2018:

Trump is a national Disgrace and Embarrassing to have in the White House. Trump follows Hitler tactics... Did you see how the Republicans clapped for him???? Traitors to our country and what it stands for! I turned it off , I can’t stand to even look at him or hear his pathetic voice and those ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

I purposefully, only heard it on NPR, lol I was embarrassed for our whole nation! That man and all of his cronies all have major 'blind spots!' Trump, only shows up for the applause...he doesn't need a 'heart' for that...

“It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.

ChrisR comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I always risk looking like a fool, and sadly, often end up feeling one too - but that's love and hope - they are cruel mistresses. I am a sucker for a pretty girl who needs help and is stuck in a bad relationship but that means I am a great shoulder to cry on and hear the most heart breaking stories...

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

@ChrisR ...and if they only knew...a friend will outlast romance (the fire of romance must be fed) in the long haul! Keep having fun, and the 'light' will come on...with the one you need! Best of luck...

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

Dwizzle comments on Jan 31, 2018:

Sometimes people are quite and don’t know how to act to certain things...I ponder the thought over and over many times until I can make sense of it.. maybe this person wii get back to you soon!!

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

This may be 'the straw that broke the camel's back' I will truly be surprised if she comes around! Haven't told any of the relatives either...but they already consider me 'way out there!'

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

JackPedigo comments on Jan 31, 2018:

Sometimes one must put their values above their friendships. I have a friend from HS. We lost contact for almost 29 years (geography) but when I resettled back to Seattle we cnnected again. He has grown in the exact direction as I. When I visit him it is non-stop talking and no silence.

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

Was it luck or something else? I had similar experience. I had not seen my highschool friend, in 60 yrsrs...and she located me somehow when I moved back here and invited me to a reunion of our basketball team. She was always a delight back in school...well, that was about the worst meeting for me, with my old teammates and even the coach! ALL, were evangelicals, using their religious words, to try and connect...I couldn't believe they were ever, part of my life! I never went back again...I WAS a bull in a China shop with them! I feel a little sad, as I needed them back in the day, but I can't go back...

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

Dick_Martin comments on Jan 31, 2018:

It is easy for us, and everyone, to see the agnostic/atheist hat as being very empty and negative space. Perhaps take the time to explain to her, and to yourself if needed, that you are finding new ways to understand love, life, and other people? Explain that you are finding great strength from ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

That is so.apropo...my friend corrected me a lot in the past and i tried to bring her along with logic and now i think my friend would like to be where I am, but she cannot connect what i have become to some of OUR learning processes. As we aged, she became more closed off and I did the opposite!

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

josh_karpf comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I know personally, and have seen online (militant "apatheists," and even a few members here), atheists and agnostics who are completely revolted by freethinkers finding or creating community around secularity. They don't see it as the same growth in awareness and action that the women's, people of ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

Yes, it is tricky trying to keep a level head, when others (maybe meaning well), pull us in so many different directions! Maybe it has always been this way...Look at Socrates!!!

So, I'm ready to go off on a bit of tear right now.

Freedompath comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I appaud your tenacity...it is work! It is work, just keeping myself straight, on what is out there! Sometimes it feels like society has been twisted into a strange shape. What if, the mentally unhealthy have found their niche and now the rest of us have got to navigate thru the muck to find and ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

@KKGator me too!!!

“It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.

taemaria27 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

It's usually those types that never make time for love...the "adventure" types. Lol. Cute quote though. Too bad I'm more of a realist than dreamer.

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

...it is all in the balancing! If you are still alive, anything is possible..

“It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.

ChrisR comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I always risk looking like a fool, and sadly, often end up feeling one too - but that's love and hope - they are cruel mistresses. I am a sucker for a pretty girl who needs help and is stuck in a bad relationship but that means I am a great shoulder to cry on and hear the most heart breaking stories...

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

Me thinks you know your own problem! Doesn't a 'savior' always try to help set things straight, so the 'savee'...can GET ON their way? On the other side of that coin, are you looking to be saved from something? When people are strong enough, don't they set out for new horizons? Just cking...

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

Sarahroo29 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

My life is just a bent line.

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

...I guess that when we run into or stuck on a straight life line...we must find something worthwhile to us and 'keep on keeping on'...

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

Betty comments on Jan 31, 2018:

35 years. If you are good friends then you each know where all the bodies are buried. ;) Sounds like her M.O. is to withdraw, go through the emotions and ponder about her options. I predict she will contact you in her own time and when she does let her do the talking. She'll have a rehearsed ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

Yes, we will see...thanks!

I was told by a Christian that atheist stay stressed cause they always doing research on everything.

Freedompath comments on Jan 30, 2018:

I have found on the 'whole,' Christians do not like to think deeply. One of my daughter's has told me for most of her adult life (40yr), that I 'put to much into everything!' And so far as I can see, not one thing I have said or done has changed her Evangelical mind!

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

@Diogenes ...funny thing about other things that I know she enjoys, is documenteries and yet, that is not where she draws her evaluations for real life matters! Something about Fox news, seem to change the way people perceive life. One of my sons, has this same perpensity. If you try and suggest other news sources, they discount it! Which brings me to the 'fact'...for years we could not go to Dr office, PT, even hospital waiting room, without Fox news. If I ask could the channel be changed...no! Somebody, somewhere had a hand in this? Some people even took that tv clicker that can be coded and changed that Fox channel in public places! Fox. has really dumed people down!

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

silverotter11 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

Sorry you heard only silence. Hopefully she will move beyond her fear and realize the value of your freindship.

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

My feeling is, that is doubtful! In fact we kinda got into a heated discussion about fear a couple of weeks ago! Just for example...years back when she was selling her house and locating to her present location, i.got on her roof to cut limbs that were laying on the roof...and she went into a panic mode, even though I was perfectly capable and there was no problem! I would say, thst she is fearful of my lack of fear!!! I felt like we have been teetering on a fence for some time. ..and I think she intends to sit there!!! lol

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

David1955 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

Oops! As Arnold might say, "She'll be back!" It is funny how people react though about religion. My older brother and I were atheists when much younger, and we were close. Then he got religion. We're not close anymore. There's more than just religion involved, but it's relevant certainly. But you ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

I believe there is the same thing here...my friend is a very fearful person and I am the opposite, sometimes she wants what I have found, at other times, she recoils. I am sure I show some impatience with that, because it is not useful for good living!

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

MsAl comments on Jan 31, 2018:

Sorry. If you really miss her as a friend let her cool of for a bit then try to be friends again. Don't demand or give any appologies, just be. If she really can't accept you that is sad, but her issue not yours.

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

That's a fact...!

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

LeighShelton comments on Jan 31, 2018:

her loss

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

Yes, I could have passed on even more 'stuff' that I am getting out of my new adventure...

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

Rudy1962 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

Straight lines can get boring

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

I know...but why do they seem to come when you least expect them...like you turned to look the other way and bam, blind sided! Lol

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

Lucy_Fehr comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I had something similar happen. It sucks.

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

Trying to be what other people need us to be sucks, too! I am taking the high road now...how about you?

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

Funandfondles comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I’m sympathetic, young, and inexperienced in the matter; but telling her sounds like a better plan than lies to me.

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

It did to me as well...but at first I thought it was just something I would keep for myself, then I realized I have been trying to come though to her, for a long time. I need to live with my truth, for my last years!

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

CuriousCreature comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I hope that your friend will come around and not let such differences come between your very long friendship together. Many times our best friendships are formed before our worldviews settle. It should trump differences in opinion, beliefs, etc.

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

That is so true...

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

BanjoTango comments on Jan 31, 2018:

Hmm. Evangelical is a real problem. They have a real emotional stake in their beliefs, and they are really down on non-believers. I had a sort of friend who tried to convert me, and it appears she was dead scared of hell. That can be a powerful fear as well as incentive. I have never been ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

Yes...these people are truely block off...

I just shared with a friend of 35 yr, that I am on Agnostic.

Varn comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I guess you’ve got us, and the clock starts now! :D To me, the ‘wishy washy’ friends were/ are perhaps the worst... At least you know where the screaming fundies or raving rednecks stand ;-) Talked with my mother a few weeks back ..and she was rattled. Into her 80’s, she’d had ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

Sad about mom's situation, one in five, would be like the 'black sheep story!' And it hurts worse in our last years! At least she has you! I think I have learned how to hurt, so it hurts differently, now! There comes a time, we must turn people loose and love them from a distsnce, I want slow up my life to fit in hers!

One of the things I really dislike about organized religion is the way parents tend to indoctrinate ...

Freedompath comments on Jan 24, 2018:

I did not stress my Christian Religion to my children, when I was in it, but some of them came to be 'hard core' and the other half, 'free thinkers!' But I was mostly just showing up at church! It is all a mystery to me!

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

@AdorkableMe yes, it is odd...I believe that we carry many different traits in our nature and when we are underdeveloped parents, and have our children very young, I wonder if they are like little sponges, and subconsciously absorb things from a parents nature. Do you think this is possible?

Conservative Leader Claims Only Christian Men Are Qualified For Elected Office

NerdyOkieDude comments on Jan 30, 2018:

Let me be blunt: fuck this primitive, backwards ass, never read the Constitution, shitty Bronze-Age value having motherfucker.

Freedompath replies on Jan 31, 2018:

@NerdyOkieDude. Boy! When you get mad...you really show it...!

So I'm going to get a little rant-y.

Rugglesby comments on Jan 30, 2018:

I am less willing to compromise than I was, maybe I was desperate in my younger years. My most recent committed relationship ended just over 13 years ago, I date, the dates go nowhere, sex is either a feast or a famine but I don't starve, not quite. But I have not met anoone in recent years where ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 30, 2018:

Love your wise words..

So I'm going to get a little rant-y.

JoelLefkowitz comments on Jan 30, 2018:

I met some one and we had a terrible fight. But she finally came to me on her hands and knees. She said, "Joel, get out from under the bed." LOL

Freedompath replies on Jan 30, 2018:

Hahahahaha...

I believe everyone has a purpose and that we ourselves creat our own world and in turn we ourselves ...

AxeElf comments on Jan 30, 2018:

Wanting to be their own gods is what got A&E kicked out of the Garden. But having a "purpose" and "creating our own world" seem to be somewhat contradictory--one is appointed for us, and the other we create ourselves, no?

Freedompath replies on Jan 30, 2018:

...complicated

I believe everyone has a purpose and that we ourselves creat our own world and in turn we ourselves ...

Smackme comments on Jan 30, 2018:

I agree, we manifest our own destinies. There is light and dark in everyone, and it is our choice to be good or bad. but if you really meditate on in and open your mind, you will see that we are all our own god, and the human conscience is your inner god, the thing that tells us all what is right ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 30, 2018:

Do you think people, who are too fearful to live their life, hand it over (subconsciously)so others will do all the hard lifting and they never need to take blame (or rewards) for anything, So and so 'made me do it' kinda of thing!?

I believe everyone has a purpose and that we ourselves creat our own world and in turn we ourselves ...

EMC2 comments on Jan 30, 2018:

I do agree we are our own god however being born with a purpose I do not accept. I believe we are born and then our lives take shape. environment, demographics, gender and all that stuff. If a purpose is the will to do your best then I agree that in just instinct, But then there are people who ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 30, 2018:

I don't know any of those people (no caring at all) intimately, but there must remained some human traits in the worst of us, regardless of culture? Now, I make an exception with brain damage!

I believe everyone has a purpose and that we ourselves creat our own world and in turn we ourselves ...

AxeElf comments on Jan 30, 2018:

Wanting to be their own gods is what got A&E kicked out of the Garden. But having a "purpose" and "creating our own world" seem to be somewhat contradictory--one is appointed for us, and the other we create ourselves, no?

Freedompath replies on Jan 30, 2018:

Our purpose is to be a thread in the tapestry of life...it is not that compicated!

I believe everyone has a purpose and that we ourselves creat our own world and in turn we ourselves ...

GoldenDoll comments on Jan 30, 2018:

Sounds like religious nonsense to me. Why on earth would we have a purpose? We're just here, and then we're not.

Freedompath replies on Jan 30, 2018:

I loved that...

I was told by a Christian that atheist stay stressed cause they always doing research on everything.

Freedompath comments on Jan 30, 2018:

I have found on the 'whole,' Christians do not like to think deeply. One of my daughter's has told me for most of her adult life (40yr), that I 'put to much into everything!' And so far as I can see, not one thing I have said or done has changed her Evangelical mind!

Freedompath replies on Jan 30, 2018:

@Diogenes she has very responsible job, is very helpful, if asked, and smart, but she gravitates toward conspiracy theories and Fox...when in a discussion, she can repeat (with force and overtalking) their talking points, to support her position! I believe, that if you develop a habit of blocking out information that offends your senses, then the information you can only let in is going to be one sided. She is almost completely having a one pointed view! Since we pick up traits from our parents inadvertently, she must have picked up my 'controlling' parenting when I was responsible for 5 children, and had poor parenting skills! I learned and changed...starting 50 yrs ago. I don't forsee a change in the works, here for her!

What song would you want played for your funeral?

Freedompath comments on Jan 13, 2018:

"Good by My Love, Goodby, with Demis Roussos... the Greek version

Freedompath replies on Jan 30, 2018:

@Dida no...my posting was only the name of Demis Roussos, 'Goodby my love Goodby,' HeyHIHullo, posted the video for me!

I was told by a Christian that atheist stay stressed cause they always doing research on everything.

Beelzebub comments on Jan 30, 2018:

I have come to realise that life if full of secrets and lies. After all, if someone asks you a very personal question, you don't have to tell them the truth if you don't want or need to... I used to think that no scientist ever told a lie because they could prove things by demonstration, but now ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 30, 2018:

I think you have a point, there is a platform now, that everyone can use to promote themselves and their thought process, and since no one starts out knowing a great deal, we must struggle through with millions of people at different stages of learning! Then there people who are hung up in one stage! It really taxes the senses trying to hold one's own mind and still try to understand where the other person is coming from!

What song would you want played for your funeral?

Freedompath comments on Jan 13, 2018:

"Good by My Love, Goodby, with Demis Roussos... the Greek version

Freedompath replies on Jan 30, 2018:

@Dida ...not professional...just sang in choir for years. But, I love music and unusual music the most.

I am wondering if anyone else is having a similar experience to mine.

Dwight comments on Jan 29, 2018:

The unexamined life is not worth living! Greek philosopher comment

Freedompath replies on Jan 30, 2018:

Oh! I remember that quote often...once you get the 'hang of it" it is really liberating...you know that you will end up with something useful every time!

Is God something we either need to accept or reject?

Freedompath comments on Jan 29, 2018:

You ask a hard question and my mind says, if there was a God, you could not compare him to anything else, especially a land mass or even a country of people! Apparently, God would not be evolving. If there was a God, then why would IT, have everything evolve, instead of just deciding to make ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 29, 2018:

@Aenith ...GA, is not NM...they dismiss Science here like it was the plague. We have lots of 'little Christian Schools' here. Price, who was appointed to HHS, (then was ousted), was down in a South Ga, Church, telling those people that the earth is only 3,000 years old, when he was a congressman ...and he is a Doctor! He was not my congressman, but I wrote him a letter, asking why he was deceiving those people? By the way. The Pope is a highly educated man and he would have more of an impact, if his efforts weren"t choked out. But, he never gives up...I respect him, because it can't be easy.

Don't fall for the idea that there are two parties.

jlynn37 comments on Jan 29, 2018:

I would venture to say that those who choose not to vote is the reason Trump is now president. (IMHO)

Freedompath replies on Jan 29, 2018:

Yes, I ended up in the emergency room in Deming, NM, just after the vote was verified. And, the ER doc was as upset as I was, saying...'if I had know this was going to happen, I would have voted!'

Today I learned if you have lots of comments to a post, there's a "next" button.

btroje comments on Jan 29, 2018:

I think there were 3 pages. My posts are usually duds

Freedompath replies on Jan 29, 2018:

Well, I need to ck out...as yet I have not seen any duds...

Today I learned if you have lots of comments to a post, there's a "next" button.

Freedompath comments on Jan 29, 2018:

Funny how you keep learning on this sight...where is that 'next' button? I have no clue what that means? I could be getting slammed or I could have risen to great heights...and didn't know it!

Freedompath replies on Jan 29, 2018:

@ravnostic thanks!

People treat you nicer or meaner based on your appearance?

Freedompath comments on Jan 29, 2018:

That may be true for certain fashion and beauty conscious people. But, on the whole I have not found that to be true. But, I have never 'traveled" in a group that put people down in any way, either! I may be an unorthodox person, as I try never to judge a person except by his character, if I ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 29, 2018:

@Atheistman I think of judgement two ways...first one...a judgement of someone because he is not my equal, due to his appearances, second one...is, 'sizing a person up' ...(maybe by his appearance at first), 'sizing people up' is about, can this person be trusted, how safe am it! These are entirely different aspect of making judgements about people...are you being serious, or 'pulling my leg?'

Tattoos

Freedompath comments on Jan 29, 2018:

Do you mind my asking why? Your first, is this a joke? What happened to the rose?

Freedompath replies on Jan 29, 2018:

@BlueWave ...if I knew how I know so many things, I could/might be a genius (he, he). I blame it on some kind of energy field!?

Is God something we either need to accept or reject?

Freedompath comments on Jan 29, 2018:

You ask a hard question and my mind says, if there was a God, you could not compare him to anything else, especially a land mass or even a country of people! Apparently, God would not be evolving. If there was a God, then why would IT, have everything evolve, instead of just deciding to make ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 29, 2018:

@Aenith ...in my experience with people on proving there is a GOD, these people can take every reason they are given that no God exist and twist it to prove that one does exist. They are taught that from Sunday school and the pulpit and all those Bible Study classes all over this country (every day at the Whitehouse, now). And, no science is included in their teachings.

People treat you nicer or meaner based on your appearance?

Freedompath comments on Jan 29, 2018:

That may be true for certain fashion and beauty conscious people. But, on the whole I have not found that to be true. But, I have never 'traveled" in a group that put people down in any way, either! I may be an unorthodox person, as I try never to judge a person except by his character, if I ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 29, 2018:

@Atheistman t...there is an exception to every rule, my comment was from my personal experience and 'on the whole,' which leaves room for rxceptions. Isn't 'absolutely' a word, meaning without exception?

Tattoos

Freedompath comments on Jan 29, 2018:

Do you mind my asking why? Your first, is this a joke? What happened to the rose?

Freedompath replies on Jan 29, 2018:

@BlueWave ...just psychic I guess! ? What concerns me is...as much as I love Rhinos, isn't it going to be a 'heavy lift,' carrying one on your back into old age?

People treat you nicer or meaner based on your appearance?

birdingnut comments on Jan 29, 2018:

I am very prejudiced by appearance. If I see someone in a "Make America Great Again" cap, with a side arm, wearing jeans and a flannel shirt, I tend to discount their assumed IQ and education levels by a few levels and assume they are racist, misogynistic, and xenophobic, and I'm usually right....

Freedompath replies on Jan 29, 2018:

Lordy, when you put it that way, I wonder if my inventory was a bit off...

I just lost one of my dearest friends.

RandyWells comments on Jan 28, 2018:

your not the only 1 I lost my brother at 12:30am today to PTSD

Freedompath replies on Jan 28, 2018:

I am so sorry...please feel my arms around you right now, as you need a hug...and my heart goes out to you.

Eight Marriage Types In The Bible

Freedompath comments on Jan 28, 2018:

I am so glad that I never understood the Bible! I think I may have won...

Freedompath replies on Jan 28, 2018:

@Funandfondles I did see the stories in the Bible, somewhat like fairy tales. And, warnings, if I didn't follow the rules. At, the same time I felt as if I could never measur up...

Eight Marriage Types In The Bible

Freedompath comments on Jan 28, 2018:

I am so glad that I never understood the Bible! I think I may have won...

Freedompath replies on Jan 28, 2018:

@Funandfondles...havin to go by the rules of the Bible, to live my life...married or single!

When creating a profile, you are asked to choose your likes in order to compare them to others.

PeppermintDreads comments on Jan 28, 2018:

I hate sex. It is a messy, foul smelling and dangerous activity. It’s sad that it’s an obsession in our culture. There’s so many more other endeavors to be sought rather than being distracted by physical urges.

Freedompath replies on Jan 28, 2018:

I think you might want to bring nature up here, IT, really never ask our opinion!

When I got married my wife was not religious.

Akfishlady comments on Jan 28, 2018:

Not to poke fun at your hurt, but this popped in my mind as I was reading your post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhkHG-oKCEU

Freedompath replies on Jan 28, 2018:

LOL....!!!

Just a thought.

BradleyOgle comments on Jan 28, 2018:

No love for brainwashed sheep humanity here...By the way which sheeple are we supposed to love?

Freedompath replies on Jan 28, 2018:

It is some kind of acceptance in spite of ourselves!

Are there others here, who have felt the loneliness in your soul, that feels like a kind of hell?

Normanbites comments on Jan 25, 2018:

Testosterone over dose??

Freedompath replies on Jan 28, 2018:

@Normanbites better to chuckle, than cry!! You should experience 'childbirth!'

Are there others here, who have felt the loneliness in your soul, that feels like a kind of hell?

Normanbites comments on Jan 25, 2018:

Testosterone over dose??

Freedompath replies on Jan 28, 2018:

@Normanbites oh! I surely hope not! But, there is an exception to every rule, though! Like I always say, 'never write anything in stone!'

Broken?

Freedompath comments on Jan 27, 2018:

Well, I want to share my story about several that I loved and lost...but, I got over all of them in time! There were times that I wanted to die over them, but I got over that too! Funny, thing, I feel an abundance of love now, from many sources! And, if one of those other situation presents ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 28, 2018:

@paul1967 I must confess, that took work and time,... I just didn't elaborate on the gory details, lol, (now)!

Male privilege? what does it mean to you?

Freedompath comments on Jan 27, 2018:

It means that when you show up in a 'suit and all'...you will be given the best table, without even asking!

Freedompath replies on Jan 28, 2018:

@0752532706 OO-O...just goes to show, there are no absolutes!

The one philosophy I've been intrigued by since high school is "solipsism".

DelilahJones33 comments on Jan 27, 2018:

I don't know anything about "solipsism" but I am very close with a little guy named Google so... Also, what is this "skying" you speak of? I think perhaps the bus made you feel like you were skiing in the sky??? Either way, sounds like some good bud.

Freedompath replies on Jan 27, 2018:

@Rudy1962 Now...you really are getting deep!

Greetings and salutations to all out there.

Freedompath comments on Jan 27, 2018:

I believe Bay St Louis, has many very liberal people. Since the storm, I don't know how many. Welcome and I hope that you find something to hold your interest, here.

Freedompath replies on Jan 27, 2018:

@BlueWave yes, but I don't know much about new comers...though!

Greetings and salutations to all out there.

Rudy1962 comments on Jan 27, 2018:

Welcome, and when you learn how to interact with this site would you let me know how?

Freedompath replies on Jan 27, 2018:

@Rudy1962...I see that you are at level #6, they must have skipped you up several grades, since you don't have the hang of how this site works yet! Please, explain yourself!

Jesus knocked on my door last night.

Ryan86 comments on Jan 26, 2018:

I am a us marine. And some of the people I’ve met in service are terrifying. Me and this kid had latched on to each other in boot camp. We just matched and got through the bs of the suck together. Never talked about religion or science. One day we are hanging out during the 1 hour before ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 27, 2018:

They must challenge, as... it is like THEY need to protect GOD! They seem to think we insult God, and they need to defend him! If they believed in the God, of their Bible...he is everywhere, all the time and forever...that God surely needs no help! The people that I have experience with, have made a God, in man's image! No wonder they are fearful!

Many have placed blame on the military! Does the soldier or the politicians who put them in harms ...

atheist comments on Jan 26, 2018:

Politicians (old men) start the wars & the military (young men & women) fight them! :(

Freedompath replies on Jan 26, 2018:

Yes, where is the wisdom?

What is tagging? I've been tagged a few times, what does it mean?

Freedompath comments on Jan 26, 2018:

I have no idea what tagging is and when you find out let me know as I might want to be tagged...I want to be on on everything...

Freedompath replies on Jan 26, 2018:

@arnies ok...I guess, I get that already...thanks

Psychotic Break As some of you know I recently had a bad bout with my depression (don't really ...

PinkPassion comments on Jan 25, 2018:

I suffer from depression and bipolar. This past May I was about to commit suicide until I looked at my dog, Oliver. I called my parents and they came and got me. I’ve just joined this site and I think its been helpful to me also. I’m working on a book about mental illness and why the system is ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 26, 2018:

There is very little Mental Health care, now! I was thinking today that we need universal health care that covers mental health, like any other illness! I too, have had depression for years. Family and friends told me, that I just didn't seem to want to be happy! And, it is probably true...if you have never known a 'state of reality'...that feels like you have decended into an abyss...there is no way to explain or show people! I finally took that to heart...and I get my real support from people, who have an inkling about depression, if not a real understanding! Depression robbed me of some of my most productive years. But, I did come out and I feel like I have a second chance at life. My best to you, friend...

Psychotic Break As some of you know I recently had a bad bout with my depression (don't really ...

LeighShelton comments on Jan 25, 2018:

I've just come out of the same but not as bad.

Freedompath replies on Jan 26, 2018:

I heard you...we are friends here.

Psychotic Break As some of you know I recently had a bad bout with my depression (don't really ...

Charlietuna7 comments on Jan 25, 2018:

The last couple of days have been rough for me as well. It was nice to read your post and be reminded I'm not alone. Today I shared with a therapist about being molested when I was 12 years old and the whole thing started after my sister sent me a picture and in the picture I'm 12 and I could see ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 26, 2018:

...you can't get your childhood back, but you can express in childish ways here and be at home! You matter here...

Today was H A R D. What phase is the moon in?

Sarahroo29 comments on Jan 25, 2018:

Physically, I can handle a lot of pain. Not emotionally though. I try to do nice things for people and they use me or don't appreciate what I did for them.

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

It sounds like you could use a little tlc...I learned not to do a single thing for another person, if I couldn't forget about it asap...and if it isn't a 'give and take' situation...then you ARE being used! Not all people will use you and not give back...I try to not have many of those people in my private space of life!

I dislike living in a highly conservative area.

Druvius comments on Jan 25, 2018:

No, my little Iowa town probably voted 90% Trump, love living here, folks are very friendly. Even when we demonstrated against Trump got almost no negative pushback.

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

Wow! Is all I can say...

I dislike living in a highly conservative area.

Ride_Captain comments on Jan 25, 2018:

Yes. I moved to this area 16 yrs sgo and made a lot if new friends. Not until recently did I find out how racist and conservitarded some of them were. I have flat out told them so to their faces, but it has had no impact.

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

...some are my own family...no impact!

I dislike living in a highly conservative area.

GrantSmith comments on Jan 25, 2018:

I'm a reporter. I'm already branded an enemy because of that by some people. I'm openly not a Trumpeteer which is also a black mark. I've also been called and harassed at my job because I work Sundays.

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

My heart goes out to you...keep your head high and do keep safe. We may all be in danger, to some degree. I don't feel completely safe, but I will keep 'standing up', whenever I can. My best to you...

I dislike living in a highly conservative area.

CidNickel comments on Jan 25, 2018:

Yes. Feels like I am the only non-conservative in all of Oklahoma. At work all of my coworkers are always talking about the "witch-hunt" that Mueller is on, and how Obama/Hillary should be in prison. It sounds exactly like the comments I read on Fox News' articles.

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

Sounds like my daughter at her bank...the only liberal! Near retirement and can't leave! Stay connected...because it may get worse before it gets better! Everyday, there is a new revelation, I don't understand how 'those' people can ignore SO much! Just today, it is reported that the Health and Human Services is being highjacked by the Evangelicals. All, far right, conservatives, who ever heard of that before?

I dislike living in a highly conservative area.

jayneonacobb comments on Jan 25, 2018:

Why not talk to them? You might find common ground if you ask the right questions. This country needs healing, and that means taking some uncomfortable steps. I'm conservative, but I don't care for religion, I'm not a Trump fan, and I am open to talking to people who disagree with me. I may disagree...

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

Oh! You sweet and innocent person. Hold your own and keep enjoying those people. You might even shed some 'light' on them and I hope you do! But, I seem to be the type of person they want to convert...so I will pass on by, with respect ofcourse. But, we want be bosom buddies!

Are there others here, who have felt the loneliness in your soul, that feels like a kind of hell?

Normanbites comments on Jan 25, 2018:

Testosterone over dose??

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

@Eugenenos I am speachless!!! I can not elaborate on the that subject...except that it is not fatal...and you remember the old adage...'if it doesn't kill you, it will make you stronger!' Maybe that helps a little...

Fanatics

atheist comments on Jan 25, 2018:

Any extreme behaviour can be just as bad! Zealots, blah!

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

@AxeElf oh! Now let's don't go overboard...

How often do you pay attention to your neighbors?

NicoleCadmium comments on Jan 25, 2018:

Next door one side? Barely speak to them, but it's polite when we do. And they make very little noise. Next door the other side? Still on good terms with her, but he doesn't approve of my 'lifestyle choices' and so started parking his car like a complete dick until I politely asked him to stop, ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

Yes, safe feeling matters...you can find some friends!

How often do you pay attention to your neighbors?

richiegtt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

I had a neighbor from when I was born until I was 45 years old that was one of the meanest spiteful SOBs that I ever knew and i eventually had a high fence built between our properties .My father worked with him as a fireman and he was even hated in the fire dept.When he died his daughter moved in...

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

I wonder how I would feel if I lived next door to the mean, angry person for 45 years? That would be a challenge for me! You must have secret weapon?

How often do you pay attention to your neighbors?

mymysticcrow comments on Jan 25, 2018:

I live in a dense residential community (i.e. more than 30 domiciles within 1 mile radius). As such I'll specify direction and mention significant neighbors. I'm generally friendly and helpful unless there is a good reason not to be. Keep in mind I've lived in the area I am mentioning below for ...

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

I guess that surely sums up a cross section of society...that is a mighty lot, to keep sorted...is what I am thinking!

What's your preferred dwelling type?

CeciRosane60 comments on Jan 25, 2018:

House with a yard...grew up in a house with 4 mango trees, guava, limes... oh I miss it

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

Oh! To die for...

Here in Iowa they are voting to put the Bible in our schools as a class.

MikeFlora comments on Jan 25, 2018:

You can't deny it is a work of influential literature. Right or wrong it has influenced a lot of people for a long time. It can't be studied that way because one of it's underlying themes is to go forth and spread the word. I think you are right.

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

@MikeFlora I have some experience...agreed!

Here in Iowa they are voting to put the Bible in our schools as a class.

MikeFlora comments on Jan 25, 2018:

You can't deny it is a work of influential literature. Right or wrong it has influenced a lot of people for a long time. It can't be studied that way because one of it's underlying themes is to go forth and spread the word. I think you are right.

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

I once joined a group that was to help people getting out of prison to acclimate back into society. It was made up of mostly Evangelicals, and as the group proceeded with meetings, the people with the most say, kept telling the rest of us that...it was a "gold mine' for people just waiting to be delivered to the 'Lord'...my friends and I had to drop out,...they are "overtaking', in their approach!

What's your preferred dwelling type?

twshield comments on Jan 25, 2018:

My preference is a home with lots of bathrooms! i have a 4 bedroom 2.5 bath @ 2200 SQ feet My next home must have a bathroom for every bedroom....

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

@twshield you need 3 bathrooms, an extra half bath with 'girls!' Lol

So IMPOTUS won't come to Britain till we stop protest. Do one you orange tt.

WizardBill comments on Jan 25, 2018:

The UK is SO lucky. If, somehow, the Big Orange Turd wins a second election, I will definitely be moving. I shouted at the top of my lungs for two years that this criminal was unfit. No one listened to me then, but some are now. But, I am hoarse. So, I stopped shouting.

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

The reason you weren't heard, was that strong 'down swell', that we never saw coming! I did not know until afterwards, that the evangelicals had been prompted from their pulpits to vote for trump, AND they did...they voted like never before!

When you say "I love you", what does that mean? I am not referring to romantic love.

evergreen comments on Jan 25, 2018:

I guess I don't use "I love you" casually. I prefer saying directly, that someone is special to me, and my respect and high regard for them will be evident by my actions .

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

@jlynn37 if the situation presents itself...

What's your preferred dwelling type?

twshield comments on Jan 25, 2018:

My preference is a home with lots of bathrooms! i have a 4 bedroom 2.5 bath @ 2200 SQ feet My next home must have a bathroom for every bedroom....

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

If you are one person, you will be down to using just one! Nice when company comes, though!

Can you guys give me some feedback on athiest churches?

BucketlistBob comments on Jan 25, 2018:

I wish we had one here in lake Charles Louisiana. Only problem is that I'm not the knowledgeable about what needs to be said to make the difference count. I'm not that smart about things that need to be said... I guess the smartest people are in here and we live so far away from each other to start...

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

I agree...it takes a lot of work to keep up a group! I can motivare, but with a habit of inconsistency, I need a leader! I know a lot of non-believers in the Bay Sl Louis, MS area.

Are there others here, who have felt the loneliness in your soul, that feels like a kind of hell?

Normanbites comments on Jan 25, 2018:

Testosterone over dose??

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

???...do you know something that I have never heard of? Overdose of Testosterone, has never been a diagnosis for Psychic pain...to my knowledge...can you provide source?

Whats on my mind, Whats on my mind, that's a good question.

Freedompath comments on Jan 24, 2018:

I am so sorry @Clare. Sure you miss her, sure you are hurting! There is nothing that you can do just now...but attend to the hurting. It will subside in time and all that you will be left with is the 'love,' that you and your wife shared. That will, just become a part of your nature and you will...

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

@Clare... the 'road' of pain...is a lonely path. There is nothing to compare it with! But, when anyone shares our 'story' and hears us, we feel less alone or else it supports us enough at the moment to help us carry-on. That is what i found..

Are there others here, who have felt the loneliness in your soul, that feels like a kind of hell?

Ligeia comments on Jan 24, 2018:

Sometimes... yes loneliness is a unique kind of pain. Can we really share anything with anyone? I think that's what brings us here though. We are nothing if not mind. My mind reaches out for yours, extension of my hand, held out in desperation, hoping for anything to grasp, before I fall...

Freedompath replies on Jan 25, 2018:

Good luck with ALL that you desire. One thing that helped me the most in my whole life, was when I could examine me, as all that I am and excepted all of it as my 'truth'...and then left by the way side, actions that brought me little good! ( Some of my rough edges, I found out I could put to better use.)

Are you a fan of live theater?

Freedompath comments on Jan 24, 2018:

I LOVE live theater! Don't get to go much now, but in the the past, I saw many wonderful plays! Funny, I am just not near theaters, now! I have volunteered at many a play! A friend was director of another small town theater. Now I am pining...

Freedompath replies on Jan 24, 2018:

My favorite was Fried Green Tomatoes and a play written by a local person...The 3 TwItty Sisters! A great comedy.

Since the statement keeps showing up, among some people even on this site.

PhoebeCat comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Trump is a direct result to a black man getting more power than white people* were prepared to allow or tolerate. I honestly have no problem with people who came into this country illegally as adults being deported; however, children who were brought here by their parents should be made citizens...

Freedompath replies on Jan 24, 2018:

@PhoebeCat. I am just not into punishment...and, I truely believe that we should not discard people, from this earth! People have been migrating all over the globe, since the beginning of time, according to DNA! I have never been bothered that my tax dollars, went to support anybody, until they got on their feet! Or... the disabled, or children, or the mentally ill, or the elderely (especially now that I am one). But, by the grace of all that is precious, I could be one of ANY of them(and was for a time)! But, I had a brain, that I learned, could be improved and developed further...from my own life of mental illness and proverty! Not even among my peers...will you find one other person, who had 25 years of government supported mental health services. All I ever wanted was to be accepted among the people. And, i have been told hundreds of other personal stories, some that i considered worse than my own...this earth does not belong to any of us, and people born into it should have a place to belong in it! As there is not one of us who engineered his OWN CREATION! For me...everyone is my brother/sister! Even if I don't like and disagree with some of them!

The religious activists on the rise inside Trump's health department - POLITICO

Knitfreak comments on Jan 24, 2018:

I have been reading about this. It's a scary time in the USA to be a woman.

Freedompath replies on Jan 24, 2018:

@FortyTwo AND, they have endocternated...their grandchildren, that they have care of!

The religious activists on the rise inside Trump's health department - POLITICO

LEPeff comments on Jan 24, 2018:

I'm not a fan of either Trump or the religious right. That pairing is a deal with the devil, but purely for political expediency. Mr. 2 Corinthians does not share the religious right's moral values and I can't understand how why the "moral majority" can support the p---y grabber and chief.

Freedompath replies on Jan 24, 2018:

Once 'they' got the upper hand...nothing is going to stop them! Especially Scripture verses, that are already up side in logic to begin with) I knew this was in the works for years, but I also thought logic and human decency would win out...BOY! Am I surprised and there is no end in sight...

The award goes to.

Nena comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Temporary...why? I at first thought only singles were on this site, but after reading several posts and seeing individuals say "my wife says..." gives me hope that I too can one day say "my better half says..."!

Freedompath replies on Jan 24, 2018:

@Nena ...that means you win...regardless!