I was wondering about revenge porn... does it have to be malicious? Can it be done unintentionally? ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 31, 2019:

Women or men really have to grow up and stop taking nude photo's of themselves, unless they are porn stars. Leave it to the professionals or you will be sorry one day.

The TLDR of my life on the religon spectrum. Raised in Pentecostal Christian Church on Mothers ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 31, 2019:

So, after all that how is life for you now?

Charitable effects on the environment. This is something I discovered 25+ years ago and it ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 31, 2019:

Makes sense to me.

Lions Club International.....seems to be a Secular organization. In my little town, where the ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 31, 2019:

If it does not work out for you, you can always start your own club.

It's that time of the year again, time for my Halloween poem! [issuesandalibis.org]

Jolanta comments on Oct 30, 2019:

Great poem.

What do you think of these windows?

Jolanta comments on Oct 30, 2019:

Gorgeous. The whole place is lovely, where is it?

EASY RIDER POSTER

Jolanta comments on Oct 30, 2019:

I enjoyed the movie. Do they still ride those kind of bikes in the US though?

Opinion: Why millennials are skipping church and not going back

Jolanta comments on Oct 30, 2019:

Because there is something more interesting on TV.

What is the purpose of this site?

Jolanta comments on Oct 30, 2019:

No it is only "normal" in the US where the religious have something up their bums. Not even in Islamic countries do they carry on like this. The Imam may and the governments do but the common people just don't.

I have had an unusual amount of free time at work and stumbled upon this clip of Michio Kaku ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 30, 2019:

I personally think he forgot to go and have a haircut.

Good Evening Everyone! Had a long day working and crashed around 5 and woke up after a short nap. ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 30, 2019:

Every one is different. I am not friends with my ex's but neither am I their enemy.

[smithsonianmag.com] The FBI seizes Nazi-looted painting from an upstate NY museum - one of 4000 ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 29, 2019:

That is great news that they will get their paintings back. I wish others would get their stuff back that has been looted around the world too.

I had an interesting conversation today. So, someone I care about told me I just needed to accept ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 29, 2019:

You don’t, you just choose to not offend or be mean to this person.

Winter hiking survival. Your ideas?

Jolanta comments on Oct 29, 2019:

Staying home in bed is a great option

[tabletmag.com] Free college tuition for American Jews in Israel? Is this a possibility? Is ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 29, 2019:

I think it is very sad that college is free in Israel but people in the US have to pay for it. After all Israel gets billions of dollars from the US.

Is hope realistic?

Jolanta comments on Oct 28, 2019:

Where would you be without it.

So very true lmao

Jolanta comments on Oct 27, 2019:

If they had guns they would be dangerous.

I had quite an exciting day yesterday. First, I took an ABQ senior transport van to a local senior ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 27, 2019:

Perhaps just as well that you could only stay for two hours or you be having to stay in bed recuperating for the rest of the week. Nice that you had such a lovely time.

I’ve been thinking about going to a brewery tonight that’s having a Halloween party. But I’d ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 26, 2019:

I know it can be awkward to go on your own, however just go. Put on a costume, walk in get one drink and if you still feel awkward, turn around and go home. Next time it will be easier to do so and who knows you may meet some nice people to talk to.

North Carolina Sheriff Prohibits Employee Cohabitation Before Marriage Because God | Michael Stone

Jolanta comments on Oct 26, 2019:

Kayne did that too with his staff. I wonder how that went.

Would you go with the vibrating model?

Jolanta comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Definitely. Where can I get mine?

Thanksgiving - a holiday spent with loved ones and friends. I have no idea what I'm doing ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Have you had a fall out with your family?

In San Antonio to see Randy Rainbow. Worst city in the new world to drive in , but it still beats ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 25, 2019:

To see Randy Rainbow is worth the horrible drive me thinks. How was he?

Stephen Hawking famously said that "Philosophy is dead." What do you think? Does philosophy still ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Sometimes Stephen Hawkins was talking rubbish.

Speaking of dying I just read a post about it. I wonder if hospices are in the business of gently ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Why oh why would anybody want to keep someone alive if they are suffering, after all we put animals down who are in pain.

Dave Daubenmire: We Must Make Homosexuality “Unthinkable Again” | Sarahbeth Caplin | Friendly ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Unthinkable but not undoable.

Is mathematics the last refuge of Platonism in the sciences? Reuben Hersh, in his excellent book ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 25, 2019:

How do you know, that the grin remained?

North Carolina Sheriff Prohibits Employee Cohabitation Before Marriage Because God | Michael Stone

Jolanta comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Well, he doesn't understand that he is making it much more exciting, all this sneaking around.

I see posts here saying "are Atheists this?" We do not all think the same. An atheist is a person ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Yeah, some people who are atheists here on this site don't agree with me at all. I am so disappointed.

AW Gee and Golly gosh, (sarcasm MOST definitely intended here) those 'poor' people in the Hunter ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 24, 2019:

If you leave it, it will look like red velvet, you just have to refrain from disturbing it.

Welcome, @StarvingArtist. Thanks for joining. What sort of volunteer work revs your engine?

Jolanta comments on Oct 24, 2019:

I think it is just a matter of knowing that you have done or are doing something for someone else.

"Just whip it out."

Jolanta comments on Oct 24, 2019:

Yes, people have no clue how much work is involved. Great job there Kathleen, you are lucky to be friends.

HOLY TRIGGERED, BATMAN! I cannot believe how outraged some atheists get when they see someone ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 23, 2019:

Yes, some atheists and agnostics seem to be fanatics too.

How to get lactic acid out of your muscles

Jolanta comments on Oct 23, 2019:

If you don't do it in the first place your muscles will be fine and no pain.

This Red Robin cherry tomato is 1 year old and still producing tomatoes. I keep the branches tied up...

Jolanta comments on Oct 22, 2019:

I shall try to do this inside too.

A few more pix of my vacation...Southampton with my Sister Jeannie

Jolanta comments on Oct 22, 2019:

Southampton, UK? or?

Here’s one of my favorite quotes from the late Christopher Hitchens.

Jolanta comments on Oct 22, 2019:

Just like when Donald is speaking.

Here’s one of my favorite quotes from Richard Dawkins.

Jolanta comments on Oct 22, 2019:

Or in the case of Hindus, they have many, many gods.

Are you sure about this? ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 22, 2019:

I guess you are the guy.

Ok, NOW they're heaven-bound......

Jolanta comments on Oct 22, 2019:

There are two ways or more to look at this.

Women on the Web. It’s funny how things work but I saw a letter in the FFRF newsletter ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 22, 2019:

It is a crying shame that people have to do any trickery when it come to this and other matters.

SHOULD AGNOSTICS & ATHEISTS CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN?

Jolanta comments on Oct 22, 2019:

You should do whatever you want. Myself and I do not celebrate Halloween because to me it is just another money grabbing celebration and those little snotty monsters do not deserve one lolly or chocolate, they already get far too much as it is.

One of the posts I read indicated that being an atheist or an agnostic is a choice we make. Is this ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 21, 2019:

It is those who no longer believe those myths and legends.

Happy news [google.com]

Jolanta comments on Oct 21, 2019:

Happy news indeed

Atheist Military Service Organizations?

Jolanta comments on Oct 21, 2019:

They will throw you out but don’t let that stop you.

Why so many posts about God?

Jolanta comments on Oct 21, 2019:

I think a lot of people need someone to tell them they are ok with not believing, especially the ones from the US as it is so full of religious nutters there.

Took a little day trip to Hocking Hills, Ohio. I forgot how beautiful my state can actually be. We ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 21, 2019:

Gorgeous but how come the water is brown and muddy?

I grew up believing that unborn babies and kids not old enough to understand the gospel would ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 21, 2019:

Sounds a bit drastic to me.

Please post if I can't. Had to go back to work to pay the bills and get my own apartment. I'll try ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 20, 2019:

I think it comes under the banner of Us being The Chosen People too.

Wolfgang Streeck wrote in his book "How will Capitalism end?" Contemporary capitalism is ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 20, 2019:

It's like all those empires, eventually they collapse too.

I thought this was a friendship/dating site! I love the ‘difference’ of the site & that’s ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 20, 2019:

It can be anything you like.

THE CONCEPT OF NOTHING. I really do not get this myself. I simply cannot imagine "nothing." Let's ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 20, 2019:

I think I may go and make myself a cup of tea and a cake to go with it.

My kids had a field trip to the pumpkin patch today. I got them to take.

Jolanta comments on Oct 19, 2019:

Who enjoyed it more you or them?

For those of you on Facebook, you know how they show you "Your memories on Facebook" and it's ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 19, 2019:

Don't beat yourself up about what or how you did things once upon a time. You did they best you could with what you knew and what was available to you then.

Hi everyone! Im exhausted after 2 days of work or almost work! My car has been my enemy and Ive ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 19, 2019:

Some days are days that one rather would not have. Let's hope tomorrow will be better for you.

When you are in REM and dreaming is it common to have progressive dreams? In other words do your ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 19, 2019:

You mean like second installment? No, I hardly remember what I dream in the morning yet that it should be following on. I think you watch too many TV shows, he, he.

Christians continue to be a swiftly dwindling demographic in America, a study released on Thursday ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 19, 2019:

Good news

Who would be interested in having this done?

Jolanta comments on Oct 17, 2019:

If they can do it with tattooed skin, just think what they can do with a mans scrotum. A bag, perhaps a purse, who knows the imagination is just limitless.

Flood of hikers from Seattle on Eastern WA trails. I did something evil.

Jolanta comments on Oct 17, 2019:

Gorgeous pictures as usual, however karma will now come and get you girl.

95% of baby foods tested contain toxic metals, new report says

Jolanta comments on Oct 17, 2019:

Not only baby food either.

Less than half of American adults attend church regularly, while 26% claim no religious affiliation...

Jolanta comments on Oct 17, 2019:

And some of those who do attend do so under duress.

What do you say to people who say, "I'll pray for you", when you tell them you're an atheist? I ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 16, 2019:

Nobody ever says it here in Australia, not even the religious people who I know. Perhaps they know that I am beyond praying for.

Today, the elderly retired pastor that mentors the church some of my family attend, invited me to ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 16, 2019:

Why can't you?

Very many of us talk about the negativity in the media, in the public conversation such as it is, in...

Jolanta comments on Oct 16, 2019:

There are those who can only live with drama and those who don't.

When I was a young boy growing up in southern Ohio my parents did not attend church. There were ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 16, 2019:

My grandmother on my mothers side was very religious but she never ever made me go to church, although she went. I remember her as the kindest person in my otherwise chaotic early life from birth until she died when I was seven. Those years she was my sanctuary. My other grandmother was just like the devil incarnated, jealous and two faced.

I have a friend who shows up every now and then at my house to chat and pray over me. It isn't ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 15, 2019:

Well she is a fanatic and fanatics do some horrible things not only to themselves but to others too. It almost sounds like she "enjoyed" the interrogation to me too.

How many times has a country in the middle east eventually attacked us with weapons we left behind?...

Jolanta comments on Oct 15, 2019:

The US should take all its weapons around the world back to the US and please close all the bases too.

In 1959 through 1962, KKruschev was threatening to attack our troops in West Berlin if we did not ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 14, 2019:

1959 - 1962 is a long time. The Russians certainly showed a lot of restrain there, more than US does, but then of course they had not quiet figured out how profitable war was and is for them.

Ralph Reed: Christians Have a “Moral Obligation” to Support Donald Trump in 2020 | Sarahbeth ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 13, 2019:

They would not have a clue what morality was if it hit them on the head.

Televangelist: Christians Who Don’t Vote Trump Are ‘Guilty Of Murder’ | Michael Stone

Jolanta comments on Oct 13, 2019:

And here is me thinking exactly the opposite.

In the city where you live, how an atheist person is looked upon or considered in general?

Jolanta comments on Oct 13, 2019:

I live in Australia and nobody cares. I am sure that there are some who care but I have not met them yet.

What activity has most consistently given you a feeling of inner peace?

Jolanta comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Meditation.

Does todays religions just crave Power.

Jolanta comments on Oct 13, 2019:

And money.

I think warnings should be stuck on bibles the same way warnings appear on cigarette boxes. Would ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 12, 2019:

No,no no. The warnings on the bible should be way more sever than on cigarette boxes. At least cigarettes give some a pleasure.

So I guess being in an atheist group and having Agnostic Atheist as my religious preference somehow ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 12, 2019:

The picture looks lovely. You can go or not. Just because you enjoy carols deosn't mean a thing, you can still be an atheist or agnostic or whatever.

Hi all, just want to check in; didn't realise such a group existed and look forward to good times ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Good times are a coming and probably some not so good too but always interesting. Welcome.

Do you background check online dates prior to meeting in person?

Jolanta comments on Oct 12, 2019:

If you talk to some or meet them, just use your common sense and listen to you intuition.

Do you background check online dates prior to meeting in person?

Jolanta comments on Oct 12, 2019:

WHAT? What kind of check? Do you do background checks on people you just meet too?

Anyone have an adult child who is struggling to figure out what they believe? I have one, in her ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 12, 2019:

I think your daughter seems to want to "fit in" with the crowd. It is not about God or Jesus but about a connection to others for her. She doesn't want to be the odd one out. Just talk to your grandchildren, they will make up their own minds one day.

My first ever Georgian meal, in the Tsibilisi restaurant in London - delicious. The mushrooms are ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 12, 2019:

It is making me hungry.

U.S. Farms Face Long-Term Losses From Trump Trade War, BCG Warns I didn't need to hear this from ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 12, 2019:

You need to remember that China did not start this, Donald did and no the farmers are not only going to loose they are going to go broke. The very farmers who voted for Donald thinking that they would become rich, rich, rich, and now China is buying what they used to buy from the US from other countries.

"If you make a mistake, and learn from it, how is it a mistake?"

Jolanta comments on Oct 12, 2019:

That is the same like saying the chicken or the egg, which is first and who cares.

Goodnight Wolf

Jolanta comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Oh, that is so sweet

Has anyone ever noticed a strange thing going on with Atheist giving up the faith in god or a higher...

Jolanta comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Oh, so you hates big Government, but I bet you that you want all the services that come with the big Government. You know like roads, schools, infrastructure etc, etc.

Do not be afraid to express honestly held viewpoints. Be prepared to back them up with evidence. ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Far too many people are afraid of not being loved/liked by their friends/family if they have a different opinion about things. Some things one cannot back up with evidence always either.

Mark Ruffalo sharply criticizes Ellen DeGeneres amid George W. Bush controversy - AOL Entertainment

Jolanta comments on Oct 11, 2019:

If it is a free country with those freedoms you are bleating about then he can say what he thinks about it and so can she.

🍅 🧀🍜🌰 Cheesy tomato ramen noodle soup New creation So, I wanted a small snack I...

Jolanta comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Nice. How about adding some cooked chicken to it too.

Last year in Wisconsin where I live, it reached -25°/ -40° wind chill, for like 3 days. I went ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Wow, how did people get to work, school or do the things one has to do? I cannot imagine that kind of weather even though I used to live in Sweden, we never had it that cold.

It's like multilevel marketing

Jolanta comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Makes sense to me.

Today I heard from a very religious family member that you are very miserable and have no reason to ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Who is your family member talking about? You or someone else.

Do people just know know about this site? I mean there are a lot of atheists and agnostics, but the ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 10, 2019:

If they are in the US they may very well be afraid.

Today I made Pumpkin Bread for a new neighbor. Here's the recipe.

Jolanta comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Is the new neighbor an unattached male?

My Agnostic shirt finally arrived! (Bonus view with smile included!) EDIT: for those who want to ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Need to work on smile. Shirt fine.

I’m in general a silly, playful person, so you won’t see a lot of heavy posts from me. What you ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Oh, your pussycats are so cute.

[tabletmag.com] The case for building a synagogue on the Temple Mount. - I am personally against ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 6, 2019:

I completely agree with you.

I just finished 84 days at St. Joseph's Recovery Center in Parkersburg, WV.. I have over 100 days ...

Jolanta comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Good on you.

Completing a nagging chore is deeply rewarding. How about you?

Jolanta comments on Oct 6, 2019:

I find it not so much rewarding as happy that it is no longer a chore.

Ex Bush Aide says 'bivalves' have more self-awareness than Trump kids on shady deals

Jolanta comments on Oct 6, 2019:

They should all be in jail.

What are the best places for people like us to live?

Jolanta comments on Oct 5, 2019:

You can live where ever you like, just use some common sense.

Flu shot is critical, but only half of American adults plan to get it - ABC News

Jolanta comments on Oct 5, 2019:

I am not sure it is critical at all. Who knows what poisons are in that.