Hi folks, not too active online atm.

Jolanta comments on Jul 23, 2020:

I hope you are standing up for your Eastern European work mate.

Mountain Goats transferred from Olympic Mountains to North Cascades

Jolanta comments on Jul 23, 2020:

I am surprised that they did that, moved them. Usually in the US they just send in shooters.

Did Mary have an affair?

Jolanta comments on Jul 23, 2020:

Well considering that she was not married and was pregnant............

Judge Halts South Carolina’s Taxpayer-Funded Giveaway to Christian Schools | Hemant Mehta | ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 23, 2020:

I wonder if any other so called "religious" schools would get this funding?

Bill Nye Says ‘We’re All One Species’ As He Simplifies Race In Viral Video | ETCanada.com

Jolanta comments on Jul 23, 2020:

Racism is a form of insecurity.

Looking out my front door on a cloudy day in Wasilla Alaska.

Jolanta comments on Jul 23, 2020:

That looks gorgeous. Funny how our minds find it difficult to understand that in Alaska it is not forever snow and ice, that you too have gardens in summer.

Thank you to all the people who understood, liked, and/or commented nice things on my post about me ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 23, 2020:

I am single and loving it. Just imagine, nobody to compromise with, nobody that you have to say how much that dress costs, nobody who you have to cook for, nobody who wants a cup of coffee, etc, etc.

“Closet” Agnostic/Atheist.

Jolanta comments on Jul 23, 2020:

Well, I am sure that there are other things in life that you get frustrated about too. So how do you handle those? Why do you feel a need to discuss it? Just leave it alone and it will be fine. You don't need to shout it from the roof top. Live your life by example and perhaps some of them will want to follow you.

Hey everyone.. Trump is gonna do daily briefings on the corona virus again! Isn't that great?

Jolanta comments on Jul 22, 2020:

He is going to find it difficult to say anything new.

Hi everyone! New member here.

Jolanta comments on Jul 22, 2020:

As time goes by you will find people who you will befriend and they will be your community. You lead by example, if you are open, helpful and friendly you will attract like minded to your world. It will take time.

Well the god thing definitely doesn’t work. [kmov.com]

Jolanta comments on Jul 22, 2020:

Maybe they did not pray hard enough.

Well it seems that Life does throw up a few welcome surprises from time to time.

Jolanta comments on Jul 22, 2020:

Almost as good as winning the lottery.

My comfort in Absurdism I used to be religious.

Jolanta comments on Jul 22, 2020:

You have been searching high and low I say.

Tucker Carlson Had No Clue How to Respond to This Satanist | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 21, 2020:

Somebody should get an old smelly sock and put it into Tuckers mouth.

I just noticed a member by the name @praytothemilkjug.

Jolanta comments on Jul 21, 2020:

There is absolutely no reason for you to start. Stop being so selfish.

At the 44th session of the Human Rights Council, Humanists International addressed threats to ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 21, 2020:

Not only in those places either.

Why People Believe Conspiracy Theories by Michael Shermer What is a conspiracy, and how does it...

Jolanta comments on Jul 20, 2020:

Funny how he ranted about white people and declining birth rate yet he himself did not father any children that I have heard about. The orthodox hasidic jews do have large families that is not a conspiracy just look into it but they are not taking over the world, they live in their own little worlds.

I was raised Catholic.

Jolanta comments on Jul 20, 2020:

I had no clue, perhaps I shall have to go back to church after all. One can never be too careful, but then wait the other religions are saying the same. Oh, I am so confused.

This very sweet, little fellow belonged to my neighbor a couple of years ago.

Jolanta comments on Jul 20, 2020:

Maybe all males should be neutered, me thinks.

So I have been gone Fellow Agnostics but I've been having Wifi problems.

Jolanta comments on Jul 20, 2020:

Sorry to hear about your cancer. I hope your surgery is successful.

Smile

Jolanta comments on Jul 19, 2020:

They may be afraid that if they did smile you would take it the wrong way, ie you may possibly fancy them.

I feel tired of memes. Your thoughts?

Jolanta comments on Jul 19, 2020:

I don't seem to have a problem with saying what I think, actually the foot in the mouth is what happens a lot to me.

“Why So Many Icelanders Still Believe in Invisible Elves” Last night, I watched ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 19, 2020:

Well, some people still believe in Sana Clause.

Do All Buddhists Meditate? [agnostic.com] .

Jolanta comments on Jul 19, 2020:

i somehow doubt it, after all there are good Buddhists and bad Buddhists, just as there are good Christians and very bad ones too. Just look at Donald. He says he is a Christian and all those evangelical TV nutters

[aol.

Jolanta comments on Jul 18, 2020:

Yes, but I want to see them sentenced. That is a big if or what they get.

A new moral guide?

Jolanta comments on Jul 18, 2020:

Well lets use it then.

This hadith is a complete package for women:- 1.

Jolanta comments on Jul 18, 2020:

Well not so much different to the so called christian evangelical churches in the US, or Jewish Orthodox either.

California churches take state to federal court over ban on singing during services

Jolanta comments on Jul 17, 2020:

Churches are businesses.

MAGA Cultist Pastor: If Churches Don’t Open Their Doors ASAP, the Communists Win | Hemant Mehta |...

Jolanta comments on Jul 17, 2020:

Communism & Capitalism + Bad for people.

The 10 Types of People You Meet on the Trail.

Jolanta comments on Jul 17, 2020:

Maybe you need a gun.

Writer/Director/Playwright David Mamet says there were 4 perfect movies made in Hollywood: -The ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 17, 2020:

I have as yet not seen any of them. Not even the Godfather.

Goodnight- Sleeping standing up.

Jolanta comments on Jul 16, 2020:

Is a Chinchilla some kind of rat?

This week, Sudan abolished the death penalty for apostasy, while "secular" Turkey arrested someone ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 16, 2020:

Don't they realize that dead people cannot be insulted?

Pat Robertson to Worried Wife: Your Cheating Husband Just “Appreciates Beauty” | Hemant Mehta | ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 16, 2020:

Why doesn't anyone ever ask Pat Robertson about a wife that ""Appreciates Male Beauty"? I wonder what he would say then?

Florida Superintendent Says Kids Choose to Be Gay. How Does He Know?

Jolanta comments on Jul 16, 2020:

It is probably because he had to make that decision himself.

Robert Jeffress: We Allowed Atheists and Infidels to “Pervert Our Constitution” | Beth ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 16, 2020:

And here was me thinking that religion and state should be apart.

Cleaning up the house.

Jolanta comments on Jul 16, 2020:

Is that you and some imaginary man in the first one?

Log cabin granny square afghan for my daughter and her husband.

Jolanta comments on Jul 16, 2020:

That is really lovely.

Religion in schools

Jolanta comments on Jul 16, 2020:

I went to school in Sweden and we were thought about all religions. It was interesting.

Christian Activist: Women’s Right To Vote ‘Product Of Soviet Bolshevik Revolution’ | Michael ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 15, 2020:

Most people have never red the bible, even religious leaders, neither do they know history. They choose what suites their agenda.

Even agnostics have a belief system.

Jolanta comments on Jul 15, 2020:

Religion and spirituality are totally different to me.

Kathy Griffin Causes Howls Of Outrage With Politically Provacative Photo - YouTube

Jolanta comments on Jul 15, 2020:

She has nothing to apologies for.

To the people who either didn't understand, or were confused about my previous post.

Jolanta comments on Jul 15, 2020:

Take good care of yourself.

Climbed Mission Peak today. You have to be like a mountain goat.

Jolanta comments on Jul 14, 2020:

I want to see a photo of your hands after doing that.

Cat in the window. In her favorite lookout spot

Jolanta comments on Jul 14, 2020:

What a gorgeous picture. I can almost smell the sunshine.

Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Man Threatens to Kill “in the Name of Jesus” | Hemant Mehta ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 14, 2020:

Religion + mental illness.

thoughts for today

Jolanta comments on Jul 14, 2020:

True. I have retired a bit more than a month ago and cannot understand how I ever had time to go to work before.

Let America Be America Again If President In July, 1936, Esquire published “Let America Be ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 13, 2020:

Sounds like drivel to me, America is anything but free.

Just saw trump on the news.

Jolanta comments on Jul 13, 2020:

Kids love holidays for one week or two. If they don't have friends to spend time with they rather be at school, except those who are bullied or find it hard to learn and don't get any help from the teachers.

I now get opioid addiction.

Jolanta comments on Jul 13, 2020:

I love it when I go to the dentist and they give me gas. Worth just going for the gas.

Trump Sidelines Fauci Over His Blunt Talk About the Pandemic As the Trump administration strays...

Jolanta comments on Jul 13, 2020:

I don't think that they meet anymore. I saw that Trump has not see Fauci since June the 8th.

What started me on the path toward agnosticism was when I decided that if I was going to be a ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 13, 2020:

I always think there is always some bias, no matter what. We just cannot help it but we try.

Remember When Fascism Was a Catholic Problem?

Jolanta comments on Jul 13, 2020:

There were priests who died in concentration camps.

Injured hiker airlifted out after falling on steep slope

Jolanta comments on Jul 13, 2020:

Only men.

Right-Wing Pastor: I Once Went to a Hospital and Healed a Kid’s Broken Pelvis | Hemant Mehta | ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 12, 2020:

Me thinks he should get himself a bus and start traveling around the US to cure everybody from Covid. What is he waiting for?

I'm curious, what useful thing have you learned about yourself during this difficult time?

Jolanta comments on Jul 12, 2020:

I learned that too much time on our hands makes me over think life and imagine what is not there.

I’m trying hard to be comfortable in my own skin.

Jolanta comments on Jul 12, 2020:

If someone is going to be with you because of the way you look, trouble will soon ensue.

Its a Mosque! No its a church! My ancestors built it for Jesus 1500 years ago! U Arabs stole it 500 ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 12, 2020:

Some people just don’t have anything else to do but fight.

Electrical storms are my favorite kind to watch and we're getting a really good one right now.

Jolanta comments on Jul 12, 2020:

They are a bit too scary for me.

"Kanye West believes that the coronavirus vaccine will be the mark of the beast.

Jolanta comments on Jul 11, 2020:

Well did he not have a "brake down" not so long ago?

Church singing ban strikes sour note with California pastor

Jolanta comments on Jul 11, 2020:

Funny how they have to "make noise", don't they think their God will hear them otherwise?

In 2017 the urban area of Oklahoma City was able to get rid of a right wing congressional ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 11, 2020:

They are saying all those things because that is what they do to win.

Catholic Church lobbied for U.

Jolanta comments on Jul 11, 2020:

And yet they refuse to help their victims.

At Least 82 Coronavirus Cases Linked To Missouri Sleepaway Camp : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

Jolanta comments on Jul 10, 2020:

What God?

The terrorist organization HAMAS has it's hand in many Charities.

Jolanta comments on Jul 10, 2020:

Stop calling Hamas a terrorist group, they were elected by the Palestinian people.

My family has often commented how I should become a "cougar".

Jolanta comments on Jul 10, 2020:

I think there is far too much emphasis on that the man should be helped to get it all. In my book it sounds far too much like women should be second fiddle.

I love being able to have reasonable conversations with like minded people (godless skeptics), but ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 10, 2020:

I have friends who are religious or some belong to some or other cult. They are still my friends and know what I think and feel about their beliefs. We sometimes talk about it and they respect my view and I just think they are mad, he, he.

Hi Everyone! Happy Thursday.

Jolanta comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Covid and you hugged???? What is FWB by the way? Oh yes, it is cold where I am 57F and not getting any warmer.

Bill Nye on why we should all wear a face mask - CNN

Jolanta comments on Jul 9, 2020:

I shall find myself some nice material and get out my sewing machine.

COVID is Still Spreading, in Part, Because of Churches’ Irresponsible Decisions | Hemant Mehta | ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 9, 2020:

If it could only stay there..........

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

Jolanta comments on Jul 9, 2020:

Nah, still the same.

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

Jolanta comments on Jul 9, 2020:

What had happened?

Well, I met a nice girl online last night and had a nice conversation with her.

Jolanta comments on Jul 8, 2020:

You should be grateful to her that she let you know at once and you did not get your hopes up. Besides now you know that out there are women who are nice.

What are the pros and cons of having children, for you?

Jolanta comments on Jul 8, 2020:

How long have you?

Just another example of either 1.

Jolanta comments on Jul 8, 2020:

For Donald it is not about understanding but all about him. A person who is a psychopath doesn't care about anybody else.

Look how language matters This is a description of USA recent protests using the same language as ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 8, 2020:

I love "The Former British Colony".

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

Jolanta comments on Jul 8, 2020:

Sorry that you feel vilified, however, why do you feel it being so important being on this site at all. I would not bother with any social media or anybody who was nasty to me. Wishing you peace.

Texas Mega church that hosted Pence got millions in aid

Jolanta comments on Jul 7, 2020:

Perhaps there will be a lot of hugging and kissing and all those millions will not help them one bit.

Interesting to see how many members of Congress and other elected officials as well as businesses ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 7, 2020:

Noooo really in the land of the free.

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

Jolanta comments on Jul 7, 2020:

Does not sound like an apology to me. Sounds like an apology when you are not really apologizing at all.

Washington businesses now required to turn away customers without face masks.

Jolanta comments on Jul 7, 2020:

Everybody in the whole country should wear masks. And the orange marmalade should wear one where nobody can hear a word that he is saying. And while we are at it someone should give him a pretend phone too so no one has to read the stupid things he tweets.

Biden was not my first, fifth, or even my fifteenth choice during the primaries But I now believe ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 7, 2020:

I think many will vote for Biden just to get rid of Trump.

Wedding guests stripped Gro's garden without permission.

Jolanta comments on Jul 7, 2020:

Selfish badly brought up they are. Most of the 20s and 30s think that the virus will not get them either and they don't give a fig about grandma or grandpa or their parents.

Florida Teen Dies After Mother Took Her to Church Coronavirus Party, Then Treated Her With ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 7, 2020:

She should be prosecuted together with her church.

If you have an interest in Population issues, in Longevity issues, in Ecology and Climate Change, in...

Jolanta comments on Jul 6, 2020:

I agree with him, we as humans are the big elephant in the room.

Some comfort food for the tribe breakfast--bagel cream cheese lox tomato and onion lunch-- after ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 6, 2020:

I never had a bagel with cream cheese lox tomato and onion. By the way what is lox tomato?

Carsyn Leigh Davis – Florida COVID Victims

Jolanta comments on Jul 6, 2020:

Sounds to me like she wanted to hasten her death.

Prehistoric Googling

Jolanta comments on Jul 5, 2020:

Much better for your body.

Your thoughts on forgiveness?

Jolanta comments on Jul 5, 2020:

The most important thing about forgiveness is to forgive yourself for having put up with such a situation for so long or at all.

Why masks work: [npr.org]

Jolanta comments on Jul 4, 2020:

Of course they help, not 100% but still help and wash your hands too.

I know most of what we put in here is serious stuff.

Jolanta comments on Jul 4, 2020:

All I can say is that some people deserve everything they get.

I just want to say HAPPY 4TH JULY to all my American chums here on Agnostics! Have a great day!!...

Jolanta comments on Jul 4, 2020:

I wonder how the queen feels about the 4th of July?

I really don't like religion.

Jolanta comments on Jul 4, 2020:

You take good care of yourself. Indeed you are fortunate that your family doesn't disown you. Be grateful for everything you have and be happy. There are always going to be people in life who try to put us down, who try to convince us that their way is the only true way. Just live your life the way it makes you happy.

This is so disgusting that I spent a portion of today with a stomach ache.

Jolanta comments on Jul 4, 2020:

To sack them is not enough.

What do neo-Nordic beliefs have to do with racism?

Jolanta comments on Jul 4, 2020:

The swastika has not much to do with Natzis and war, they did adopt it. It is used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

My Lester!

Jolanta comments on Jul 3, 2020:

He looks like he likes his food.

Recently relocated from Denver, CO to Greenville, SC.

Jolanta comments on Jul 3, 2020:

You are welcome. Sometimes we just have to walk away when they start rambling.

Just wondering who else had a waterbed ???

Jolanta comments on Jul 2, 2020:

I used to have a round one. I found it okay to sleep on but difficult to get out of.

So my parent's church which I visited for Father's Day is now experiencing members coming down ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 1, 2020:

Maybe they did not pray hard enough or give enough of money to the church. That must be it.

Namaste, glad to be a member in this forum

Jolanta comments on Jul 1, 2020:

Welcome