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Permethrin spray repels and kills ticks, mosquitoes and 39 other biting insects
Storm1752 comments on Jul 7, 2019:
How about yellow flies, really bad in north Florida right now?
I'm looking for songs which have a saxophone line. Do you know some interesting ones?
Storm1752 comments on Jul 7, 2019:
Young Americans, David Bowie
Hello my fellow oldies but goodies! I have been single for 5 years after a 25 year marriage.
Storm1752 comments on Jul 7, 2019:
How am I dealing with it? I hate the word. I hate DOING IT. IF I can even FIND A "DATE. " I'd rather just hang out. I'm too old to "date." Oh, and I'm so glad yoi can have sex whenever you want it. Congratulations.
another fun video: [vimeo.com]
Storm1752 comments on Jul 7, 2019:
That's annoying.
Is Sport a Religion? | Psychology Today Australia
Storm1752 comments on Jul 7, 2019:
I'm a sports fan. When I lived in one place which had a tv I watched NFL football all the way through the Super Bowl. Lots of fun. The next year no tv, so I didn't watch, but followed it online, watched some online sports shows. Still fun. Could care less about individual athletes, just enjoyed the chess match. It's like a serialized movie or tv show. Nothing like a religion. See no similarity whatsoever. Silly comparison.
Are we the masters of our lives?
Storm1752 comments on Jul 7, 2019:
As a stoic I control what I can and don't try to control what I can't. So I have SOME control; no sense worrying about the rest; it's out of my hands. That goes for big choices and small choices.
Even a flat footed clod hopper of a FrayedBear may be tempted to dance if it is this lovely group ...
Storm1752 comments on Jul 7, 2019:
What's a "flat-footed clodhopper of a frayed bear?!?" For that matter, what's a "frayed bear?"
Good morning! Now I want to know what concerts you've seen live.
Storm1752 comments on Jul 7, 2019:
I saw Dylan five times, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers twice, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Grand Funk Railroad, Linda Rondstadt, Heart, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Peter Frampton, Bobby Sherman, BB King, Minnie Riperton, the Byrds, and The Mommas & The Papas. Best by FAR: Tom Petty.
Now she is real, and real sexy! What a beautiful figure.
Storm1752 comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Looks like Lindsey Lohan + 30-40 pounds. An improvement if you ask me.
We've got a couple new members! So great to see you @SnakeMaiden and @Prashant! Please feel free to ...
Storm1752 comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Snakemaiden how about posting a photo on "Real-life sexy?"
I never thought that I was worthy of any of this... and then I found myself. And there was my worth.
Storm1752 comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Pretty face, big and beautiful. Say Wildflower, are we allowed to skirt the line between "real-life" and "fantasy?" I'm noticing some posts are pretty "fantastic!" How abour erotic? Just askin'...
I was not raised in a religious environment.
Storm1752 comments on Jul 5, 2019:
I fervently wish I hadn't been brought up in a devout (or any kind of) Catholic household. I wonder what it would've been like to have a brain unencumbered by all that clutter. As it is, I constantly watch Hitchens. Carrier, and other scholars to de-program myself and free my mind. I come here as often as possible, in part, for exactly the same reason. I don't need to be convinced of what is now to me obvious; it's just the conditioning is so ingrained into my subconscious (maybe even my unconscious) I'm sure it will take years to root it out. If it's even possible. People brought up in non-religious environments have no idea how lucky they have it!
HEAVEN IN A NUTSHELL -- So to condense the myriad replies from Xians when I asked them what ...
Storm1752 comments on Jul 5, 2019:
My mother said in heaven you can do whatever you want, whenever you want. No limitations. It'd be like the holideck (sic?) in Next Generation...most of the time you're in heaven proper, having a great time hanging out with Jesus and the saints, angels, and other heaven-dwellers being your standard happy-beyond-off-the-charts-ecstatic, or for a change of pace you can go off to the heaven-a-deck and play basketball, golf, have sex (best ever), fish, you name it. If you get bored with THAT, you could take a vacation to earth or some other god-forsaken planet to see how damn lucky you have it, OR to supercharge your gratitude even more you could even go to hell on a day pass. If that didn't do the trick, you could complain directly to Jesus; HE'D think of something.
Just for the Record; I don't want "free health care" I want responsible, fair, health care
Storm1752 comments on Jul 5, 2019:
Hear, hear!!! Well said! About voting: it would be nice if we could vote online. It could be easily done but the Repubs wouldn't allow it...gee I wonder why...
Donations to 'religion' declined $2 billion in 2018 after years of growth: study - The Christian ...
Storm1752 comments on Jul 3, 2019:
I don't see a 'yay' here. It's about a dumb tax code. People don't just "give," they do it for the tax write-off. Right? I wouldn't give any of them a dime anyway.
Disclaimer: the following is based on several years of personal experience with online dating and ...
Storm1752 comments on Jul 3, 2019:
Well I was in a conversation with you, I'm 66 and hardly a 30-year-old, and you ghosted me, just stopped writing back,, so I don't know what you're talking about! I happen to think you're nice-looking, your body type is a non-issue, I was being nice and polite, and you disappeared. But the way you tell it, men are the ones letting YOU down. It's not just you, women routinely seem to think it's okay to blow a guy off, but if a guy blows THEM off, they're insensitive brutes. Maybe that's harsh...sorry, but I have been misused by women far more than the other way around. Don't get me wrong, I've had great relationships with great women too, so I'm not singing the blues here, but c'mon! Dating sites are usually cruel places. I've never thought of this as a "dating site;" I just enjoy talking to women about all kinds of things, to get their perspective, etc., and if anything ever came of it, great, if not, okay too. But AS a dating "forum " this is by far the best I've ever come across, because you're guaranteed you're talking to a "like-minded person," and it's more than about jobs, station in life, money, the right resume, etc. Anyway, good luck finding your guy.
I am a 100% skeptic about all things supernatural! Do any of you hold on to any supernatural ...
Storm1752 comments on Jul 3, 2019:
Since I don't believe IN anything in the first place, no, but I have an open mind. Psychic ability isn't "supernatural," neither is reincarnation, potentially. It depends on the SOURCE of some of these things. Are radio or TV waves spernatural? No. Solar flares? Eclipses? Asteroids? Northern Lights? Crop Circles? At one time sll these phenomena were considered of divine and/or demonic origin. Just about anything we don't understand we attribute to some extraordinary power. These "supernatural" events are prone to hucksterism, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Doesn't mean they DO, either.
HOW NOT TO FIND A PARTNER -Lessons from an old man I have a friend whose wife died a year ago.
Storm1752 comments on Jul 2, 2019:
EXCELLENT! Thanks for that.
In the south people will pull to the side of the road and stop for an oncoming funeral procession.
Storm1752 comments on Jul 2, 2019:
It's bullsh*t. It ceases to matter once dead. It's just a carcass. If it was a dead horse, would anyone care? Same thing.
if there is not God, I would like to know where did everything come from?
Storm1752 comments on Jul 2, 2019:
That's an excellent question, one EVERY human being has asked herself or himself since we first were able to think of things other than survival and procreation. The religious variant is, "Where did GOD come from?!? Yes, I know, he, she, or it was ALWAYS there. Huh? How is THAT possible? That's why they call it a mystery. Maybe someday we'll figure it out; in the meantime...it's a bitch, aint it???
How has learning science affected your life?
Storm1752 comments on Jul 1, 2019:
It tells me the natural world is amazing...lethal, hostile, out to getcha, but luckily we don't have to live like animals...hahaha...get it?😀 Being agnostic makes me wonder what it's all about, it strikes me the mysteries of it are the most amazing part. Science reinforces that feeling.
How do you respond when somebody you have never met in person and only exchanged a sentence or two ...
Storm1752 comments on Jul 1, 2019:
I'd say, "Great! I think most people ARE honest, don't you?" And get into a long, deep discussion about honesty.
Atheist in the western world.
Storm1752 comments on Jul 1, 2019:
No I can't because it's not true. Your misconception comes from the fact Evangelicals (and Catholics and Christians in general) VOTE! For the first time ever, in the U.S., people with no religious affiliation outnumber both Evangelicals and Catholics. But spurred on by religio-cultural issues, ESPECIALLY abortion, devout, fundamentalist Christians VOTE in droves, while the non-religious sit on their hands. So the religious are massively over-represented on all levels of government, DOMINATE it in fact. Meanwhile the non-religious are invisible, have no direct impact on public policy, and must be held to account for the many crimes committed in their name, because of their indolence, indifference, and sheer abrogation of their civic duty. It's a disgrace. But it's not like they actually care. The lazy liberal left are gadually snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, as the religious will use their creeping tenacles to eventually destroy democracy altogether and impose their worldview by force. One example is net neutrality, another is AM talk radio. All media outlets will eventually be co-opted by the right-wing fanatics and the left will be pushed into an underground dungeon. The internet is all but lost. All because liberals refuse to VOTE.
Should she have been ejected from her flight? [mirror.co.uk]
Storm1752 comments on Jul 1, 2019:
Ejected? You mean out the roof??? I not only would not eject her, I would bring my own red carpet, to diect her into the seat next to mine! Better yet, she could sit on ME, no problem.
Redistributing from the ‘net: “ - Little Lessons In Love - There’s a closeness that comes ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 30, 2019:
To me the important thing is not sexual relations or lack thereof, it's the depth of the relationship which makes the OPPORTUNITY of sex possible. The sex itself can therefore be beside the point. The real reason for a relationship is not sex, but companionship, an alliance making each member stronger, happier, more effective. Sex is important only if valued as such.
A "perfect world" is theoretically possible, is it not?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 30, 2019:
The whole point is NOT to pooh-pooh the entire question by stating the obvious: a perfect world is probably not possible! This is theoretical! The QUESTION is twofold: 1) would political, economic, and social harmony on the MACRO level affect you, your friends and family, by making you happier? Better people? 2) would it matter? As an agnostic? OR as an atheist, would it improve your outlook as to, for instance, the perfectability of mankind? And would THAT matter, since life itself is meaningless anyway?
WARNING! WARNING! DANGER WILL ROBINSON DANGER! So I had a desperate thought today.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 30, 2019:
So join a church. What's the big deal? If that's REALLY the only option, TELL them you're a non-believer and you'll be the center of attention! Or don't tell them and make excuses why you miss services and just go to social activities. Or, go to services and sow seeds of doubt and discord among the gathered faithful. Raise disturbing questions about the historicity of Jesus, for example. Be the devil's advocate.
How many of you out there that can vote feel that it would take a woman President to beat Donald ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 29, 2019:
I am so thoroughly disgusted by the American "electorate" who were capable of electing him, and before him George W. Bush, that I hardly care. The American "people" are 50% retards, and I'm ashamed to share my nationality with them. That said, it might take a Warren or Harris to break through the apathy and laziness of Democrats.
Hi all! It's been a great Saturday so far .
Storm1752 comments on Jun 29, 2019:
I care about women's soccer about as much as I do men's lacrosse.
Maybe I'm looking for the impossible.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 29, 2019:
You do not have a problem with the "theory" of evolution. You have a problem with how life itself exists. When it comes right down to it, it is impossible to explain existence. How did carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen come into existence? Sure, it's hard enough to figure out how the DNA molecule formed out of raw materials. But where did the raw materials come from? Where did everything come from? This is a gigantic mystery and until some future date, if ever, it will remain a mystery.
Funny how this theme comes up a lot here?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 29, 2019:
That's okay. It's the only reason we're not overrun even more, like California.
My husband says, google is his god, because it knows everything and always has an answer for his ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 28, 2019:
That's atheism. Agnosticism simply means an individual KNOWS he doesn't know if god exists, or not. Atheists are always saying there's no evidence there IS a god, but agnostics answer, there's no evidence there ISN'T.
Good morning! This is a follow-up to yesterday's question: what are you doing to change the ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 28, 2019:
I take medication to control my panic attacks. It works great! I take another for "high-functioning" autism (Asberger's) and it functions well. Then I take one for depression and ADHD, Does the trick. I also take nootropics, other supplements and a combination of caffeine and l-theanine for overall cognition. Oh and also regular counseling to vent my frustrations, and work on life issues. (My counselor happens to be an agnostic atheist...I keep telling her there's no such thing.) Plus lots of other stuff to try and stay sane and focused on positive things. My girlfriend/constant companion died about three and a half years ago and I'm "over it" but can't find a suitable woman with whom to bond. THAT's a big deal Being agnostic helps with all this and with having an overall good attitude.
Good afternoon.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 27, 2019:
My personality; especially my voice. I sound fine to myself, but I hear a recording or feedback during a phone conversation, and I'm mortified. I creates such a negative self-image I'm scared of my own shadow. Also my double weak chin, my mouth, my lips, my balding head. But I'm still happy with myself as a person so I struggle onward.
I think I might have just figured something out.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 27, 2019:
Yeah I've read the same thing: women don't enjoy sex much, don't get orgasms, etc. That has NOT been my experience.
According to The Atlantic, there's but a few of us.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 27, 2019:
You sound disappointed. Why? I'm not. Open-mindedness about the existence of god is not the problem. The problem is organized religions. They are mostly death cults with strange and dangerous beliefs.
God created nature or are we an evolution of bio organisms first?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 27, 2019:
I have absolitely no idea what you are talking about. FOCUS!
Taking a risk is the key. Putting yourself out there no matter what but never settle. Never.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 27, 2019:
Forgive me, but fiddlesticks! People "settle" all the time. I'd "settle" for a lamp post right now.
Christianity is a fraud religion since it is based on two events that never happened; a virgin birth...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 27, 2019:
And a complete LIFE! Of COURSE the virgin birth and resurrection didn't happen, for two very obvious reasons 1) it's impossible 2) it's twice as impossible for someone who never existed in the first place.
We’re in this together.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 26, 2019:
I go with the flow and follow the path of least resistance. I'm amoral that way. BUT i enjoy telling the "truth," and doing the "right thing," regardless of whether I'm screwing myself by doing so. This is my way of thumbing my nose to all those who protest ill treatment, but do the same thing to others when the moment of truth arises. On the OTHER hand, I've been a hypocrite too. It's just when it occurs to me and I have a choice, I'll sometimes do the opposite of what my "human nature" tells me to do. Within reason. My hat's off to others to do that without recourse to god, just to tell others what they think of them. I don't think I should get a shout-out for being weird.
Walk as if you own the place.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 26, 2019:
I think it is the FEAR of hell (terrible experiences we don't think we'll survive) we should watch out for. Once the worse thing we can imagine actually happens (short of death or something truly horrific) we usually say to ourselves, "Oh, this really sucks," and we regroup, devise a plan, and move on. That's happened to me often. It sucked. I moved on. As a stoic might say, realizing human resiliency is almost limitless, we lose our fear. Maybe that's one take: don't be afraid of making a bad decision...the worst case-scenario is failure, and failure is no big deal.
Is the universe infinite?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 26, 2019:
It just FEELS like it's infinite, right? Like it goes on forever. BUT what's beyond OUR universe? Nothing? If there IS another universe (or an infinite number of them) what's to stop them from colliding?!? Since I don't enjoy driving myself crazy, I think as little as possible about it. Is there life on photons and neutrons revoving around their nuceli? Are WE on a macro-neutron revolving around a macro-nucleus? Are we micro to some other macro? Is the moon made of green cheese? THAT I know is demonstrably FALSE. One more thing: the Big Bang? You're kidding, you must be.
Colbert nails it again - bronze bitch comment is priceless!! [youtube.com]
Storm1752 comments on Jun 26, 2019:
Colbert is the best ever, period...sorry Dave...
I have a question! What is one of your quirks?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 25, 2019:
I always count how many letters in, say, a sign, or a phrase, or sometimes even a sentence. If it's an even number, that's "good,;" if it's an odd number, it's "bad," and I'm dissatisfied. I sometimes do it obsessively for a period of time, and it gets so distracting I have to stop myself. But I still do it all the time, and always have.
SEX FOR THE FIRST TIME: Who should I? Where should I? Why should I? [m.youtube.com]
Storm1752 comments on Jun 25, 2019:
WHY should you? Because if you didn't at least once, you'd always wonder what it was like. Having done it once, then you'd have to decide if you wanted to do it again. At any point, you could decide to stop doing it. To my knowledge, people usually decide to keep doing it.
We can all live without God, but what is one thing you can't live without?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 23, 2019:
The sun.
The reason I am agnostic is because there is no proof that a God told man to compose religious texts...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 23, 2019:
I came to my conclusion by simple logic. Atheists love to state the simplistic obvious, then make a totally unjustified leap to an absolutist verdict: there is no proof there is a god by any definition, therefore there is no such thing. Well there's no proof there ISN'T a god of sorts either, but I don't go around saying that means there IS one! We simply DON'T KNOW. YOU make a great point: if there is a god, it may not be a "supreme being" at all, and in any event it's highly dubious he'd ask a few chosen "holy men" to write books on the subject...why would a REAL god care?!? If it's ridiculous to think such a thing, it's also ridiculous to think the opposite: why would god not care? Why would "god" have a separate consciousness at all? Maybe god is everything and is a collective consciousness...and yes, maybe there's no such thing. I just wish we could get beyond this vacuous "debate" and figure how to live our lives as beings free to do what we will regardless.
What do you think about Deism?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 23, 2019:
Labels again. I'm an agnostic pantheistic deist. OR AM I? If a deist believes IN any kind of supreme being, that's not me. I guess I believe IN the possibility of the existence of SOME kind of "prime cause," or if you will, an as yet undefinable, unknowable Something. Do I call this Something "god?" Yes, for want of a better word. That's it. As far as I go. MAYBE it's a "being?" I can't rule it out, in the sense the Universe itself might be thought of as a being. A collective consciousness? Maybe. I just don't "get" and can't believe IN, nothing, which is the definition of atheism. After all, we're here, aren't we? Paranormal phenomenon is a real, provable thing, despite what atheists may say. Is there other intelligent life in the Universe? It makes sense to think there is. Can we PROVE it? No. Same thing with "god," as far as I'm concerned. I like tweaking atheists, yanking their chain, as it were, but other than that I could care less about it. I talk about such matters because it's entertaining, something to do, but I'm unconcerned. It is what it is. The debate continues, on and on, into infinity...
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Storm1752 comments on Jun 22, 2019:
Yes to the first question, IF the TV's quality was as good or better, and IF it cost the same or less. No, to questions two, three, and four.
Hello beautimous ones! What makes you feel sexually confident?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 22, 2019:
Truthfully? After I abstain from sex (including masturbating) for a long time (a week or two at least), the sexual tension (among other things!) builds up, the "batteries" get recharged, and I get hornier and hornier until I can't stand it any more! The longest I've gone is a couple months. It not only makes me confident I can "perform," but also seems to get me on the right "wavelength" to project my readiness, attraction, and desire for the "object of my affection." Without that, nothing happsns!
Alcoholics Anonymous... Is a religious cult?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 22, 2019:
It's for the birds...they insist on doing the same exact boring ritual--sort of like mass--every single time, and it's VERY god-centered. It ALL bothers me to no end, but particularly repugnant is the "moral inventory'" where you do a lengthy autobiographical history of your drinking career, especially all the people you hurt in some way when drunk (never mind the fact you were by definition in an altered state and "not yourself."). Then you're supposed to go to all these people and "make amends;" in other words say you're sorry and make it up to them in whatever way comes to mind, I guess. i never did it. It goes back to the idea drunks are moral basket cases, when the truth is it has nothing to do with "right" and "wrong." That last part is slightly debatable, I guess, but it's stll of highly questionable utility, and very intrusive. I hated it. It does no good unless YOU have had enough. At that point you quit for good. It's a cult, but not a successful one. They tell you to "keep coming back," that it "works if you work it " but people predictably backslide and fall off the wagon, sober up and straighten back out, constantly. Just as they would without AA. The god stuff is totally irrelevant.
Wowsers! Delicious curves.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 21, 2019:
She looks like one of my favorite porn stars, forget her name. Julie...? Right on the tip of my tongue. Like I wish she was. But I don't consider this woman "real life sexy," more like "top one percent sexy." Since "voluptuous" is hyper-sexy to me, this one makes me regret I've sworn off autoeroticism for the time being. But I promised myself.
She was wearing a flowing white see through blouse....(you finish)
Storm1752 comments on Jun 21, 2019:
which barely covered her midriff. Her loins graced with a gold, interlocking chain, but nothing else. Her blonde locks falling like rivulets from her head, her only other adornment. Her crystal-blue eyes shone like saucers on a still, moon-lit lake, and her enigmatic smile held the promise of pleasure without limit, but also pain without end.
Guten Morgen! So I actually just made our bed for a change, and now it is actually looking kinda ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 20, 2019:
I just get up and go.
Do you suspect there is an evangelical arm of atheism that wants to convert religious practitioners ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 20, 2019:
I'm not an atheist, but no. As an agnostic, however, I'm afraid I personally lack the charisma, charm, intelligence, persuasiveness, and desire. Christians and Muslims think god demands it, plus it'd be wrong NOT to save sinners from hell, on purely humanitarian grounds. I DO appreciate their good intentions. Nice people. Mean well. Atheists and agnostics only care, if they do at all, in the same way they might hate seeing an animal be mistreated, or they'd rather the planet not be destroyed. On the other hand, atheists KNOW and agnostics SUSPECT it really doesn't matter in the long run. Still, VOTING is recommended
I’m proud to announce that our Skeptics/Atheist trivia team won last night.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 20, 2019:
How do you join? I know all kinds of "facts of useless information." (Mick Jagger--by the way, ever wonder if the Rolling Stones would've ever existed if his name had been, say, Jason Peabody?)
Whilst having a slightly drunken conversation with my daughter, the subject of pedophile priests ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 20, 2019:
That's a great question. Luckily, I have the answer: Pedophilia'd take a big hit! They MIGHT not be pedophiles at all because they could: 1) be with women, maybe marry, Imagine looking at all that hot stuff all day, not touch, and remain sane! 2) be with men, maybe marry, ditto. 3) be celibate because they really WANT to be. Unlikely, but hey, who knows? 4) really, actually, be a pedophile. Unlikely, but not impossible. They DO exist outside the priesthood. What would these strange people DO for a living? Like John Gacy, maybe they moonlight as clowns. Or widget-makers. Man, does it MATTER?
The bottom line for me becoming an atheist is the feeling of freedom.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 20, 2019:
Just spiders and heights? What about poisonous snakes? Lions, tigers and bears?!? Alligators? Gila monsters? Poison Ivy? I can thinks of DOZENS of things! My (worthless) advice though: go the extra mile and be a full-blown agnostic! It won't TOTALLY take care of the fear of death--you'll still have that queasy, nagging uncertainty--but at least you won't KNOW you'll go 'poof!' someday, when you least expect it...there you are walking down the street and a meteorite hits you in the head! Gone! Hey, it happens. Like me, you'll wonder about it a lot...and just about everything else. A lot. I kind of envy atheist their absolute conviction. It must be nice to KNOW there's no afterlife (no 'god' required, so atheism is about more than 'god.' It's about not having fun.) Agnostic uncertainty IS unsettling. Seems kinda wimpy, actually. But it makes sense, damn it all to...the moon! It's easier, too. Saying, "I don't know" makes life more peaceful. Invites a discussion during which you can say you don't know as often as you like! Becomes a habit. Soon, when your girlfriend asks you which restaurant you want to go to...you won't know! TV program? No idea! And so on. Sure, she'll think you've lost it. You of course won't know. Anyway, I guess being an Agnostic Atheist would cover it, but unfortunately the two words contradict each other. Totally incompatible (I hope no agnostic atheists are reading this). See, I just watch superhero movies to satiate the "god gene" some people insist we have. As for 'god?' Don't worry about it! (Doesn't sound like you do. I don't.) Science will figure it out someday. I really believe that. Maybe. In the meantime, revel in the knowledge that of all the (unfortunately) billions of people on this planet, only the insane are not, down deep inside, agnostic. Yes, you too.I think.
I am wondering to what extent people decide to be atheist/agnostic or just grow out of religion
Storm1752 comments on Jun 20, 2019:
Sometimes (like me) they are true seekers unimpressed with the surface of things and dig deeper. The deeper they go, the more they realize there IS no depth. It's all surface. Superficial. No substance, just illusion. So, they start out DECIDING to get to the heart of the matter, and find no heart, just words. They look to get to the bottom of it, and discover smokescreens and lies. They then REALIZE they cannot continue to believe in something so demonstrably false. This takes a while. But it's the inevitable result. Sometimes, if if they were lucky enough to have enlightened parents, no revelations and/or counter-brainwashing necessary. They just know.
After over a decade of mostly ignoring, shutting down, or being more than a little combative in the ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 18, 2019:
I think it's total complete waste of time. Like with my devout Catholic mother--mind's made up. Nothing to talk about.
Conservative Christian Activist Warns Masturbation Is Gay Sex | Michael Stone
Storm1752 comments on Jun 18, 2019:
It is gay sex, with myself...and I LOVE IT!
Dr.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 18, 2019:
Not quite the same thing. Unicorns are horses with a horn. Magical. Don't exist on this planet. Fact. Might have in distant past in one form or another. God can be envisioned as anything you want. No "facts" available.
Out of the closet after 30
Storm1752 comments on Jun 18, 2019:
I'm agnostic. Wherever I am and whoever I'm talking to at the time, I often temporarily adjust my language to "blend in," because I don't take anything that seriously, believe IN nothing, and learn a lot more that way. So I'll never come out except depending on my company at the time I might intimate I'm agnostic. In those cases they usually are too. Or atheist.
Should we all become teetotalers because there are alcoholics?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 18, 2019:
Personally, I DO think alcohol should be banned permanently. Also cigarettes. Both are EXTREMELY bad for you. Today, we have the potential to design drugs which perfectly mimic the alcoholic "buzz" without the disadvantages of hangovers, drunk driving, the violence, horrible health consequences, etc. AND, like other designer drugs, the "buzz" could be devised to last a certain period of time like, say, the length of the party attended, or up until bedtime. If we put all the money spent on cleaning up the mess alcohol causes, and put it into creating such a wonderful substance, we would save in the long run countless billions, even trillions, of dollars. Similarly, we could invent a "religion pill" to emulate all the "warm fuzzies" religion provides the religion addict. For those of us NOT so addicted. I suggest a Manhattan Project to devise a religion without the toxic side effects: 1) proveable, at least circumstantially, 2) replaces all extant religions, 3) no holy books, dogmas, liturgies, rituals, etc., with lone exception of the Golden Rule. (In fact let's make that the name of this new religion.) 4) no churches or other 'worship centers.' 5) Please add own features. Of course, this is impossible. But making the new drug universally available (let's call it the Golden Rule pill) we can stealthily replace all religions THAT way. To address your actual point, I think it depends on the religion. Abrahamic religions are hopeless. Inherently toxic. Lots of religions to choose from, though! As an agnostic "deist," I can freely move from one "religion" to another effortlessly. Right now I'm favoring Gaia, that is, Mother Nature, with a smattering of Confuscianism, maybe some Buddhist reincarnational flavoring, along with...aliens, crop circles, lots of other stuff. I make a stew frequently...frozen vegetables and whatever else is handy. Because I always add different things, it always tastes different. "Religion" is that way for me. Depends on what I'm reading/doing/feeling at the moment.
God and I reached an understanding.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 17, 2019:
Okaaaaayyy....so you think the candle flame going out really meant something? Or was it just a symbolic thing? A sign from the lesbian goddess on high? Or had you made the point with your daughter and that was enough for all of you? Lots of mixed metaphors and such. Not making fun. Was it a 'real' thing, or a coincidence which solidified a deeper substance?
How and when did you lose your religion?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 17, 2019:
It was lost at around 16. But the FINAL finishing end to end all ends with end-of-the-road finality was: Jesus didn't exist! At all. No such dude. Not even as a humble carpenter who went beserk. The final swing of the hammer? No Nazareth! Not a little tiny, eensy-weenzy hamlet, not even a single house! It was a graveyard, "for Christ's sa...." Oh, sorry. So not only was there no Jesus, there was no Nazareth! That realization just really pissed me off!
Does anyone else think the depth and breadth of discourse about religious detriment on this site has...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 17, 2019:
Most already know religion is a detriment because they've experienced it for themselves. It's used by the rich and powerful as a lever of control. It permeates every facet of our lives and there is no escaping it. We can understand it, however, if we "take it to the next level "and ask ourselves: "What would our lives look like if it didn't exist," and "How can we free ourselves enough for it to make a practical difference in how not only live, but how we THINK?" Instead of endlessly reacting to the bad things we see around us, we should ask, "What are the alternatives," and, "How can we build on the good things secularism has brought into the world," and "How can we not only minimize the damage done by outmoded beliefs---used by the rich to dominate politics by making it the exclusive domain of the religious---but also maximize the positive things such as science, public education, and environmentalism?" How the reactionaries say humans, for instance, are 'divine' rather than a species of ape, thus making abortion not only MURDER, BUT DEI-CIDE. Superficial, the way we approach problems as an ideological football, a "good versus evil" struggle, especially by the conservative right, rather than a class struggle of "rich versus poor." Superficially reducing political philosophy, we're called "socialist" and "communist," and defensively shrink from these attacks, BUT our increasing numbers should embolden us to take the fight directly to the forces of ignorance and supersition at their source. Money and Greed, Power and Control. What all this means to me is, it is counterproductive to be constantly repeating the same diagnoses, and citing yet more examples of their pernicious influence. BETTER to discuss ways to dissolve concentrated wealth (more voting machines, easier access, for example) and eventually eliminate their destructive influence. Religion is both the problem, and the sledgehammer smashing our resistance. Superficial whining doesn't help.
Love your body! Love her body!
Storm1752 comments on Jun 17, 2019:
She puts every pound to excellent use.
Another Jennifer Maitland.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 17, 2019:
Now here's a plus-size for real...DON'T even THINK of going on a diet.
New bathing suit!
Storm1752 comments on Jun 17, 2019:
You people are just...a...little....crazy!🤪
Whew! We can all relax!!
Storm1752 comments on Jun 16, 2019:
I certainly don't mind conversing, debating, arguing, reasoning with, and in general interfacing with wrong-minded people. They're entitled to their opinions. And if for some reason enough have been successfully brainwashed into a given fallacious way of thinking, and vote, then in a democracy wrong-minded policy prescriptions become law. The problems occur when the democracy itself is undermined. Then little or nothing can be done about reversing these laws when they are proved injurious, and resultant downward spirals can thus become fatal.
We probably won’t be here in fifty years. Profit over Planet.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 16, 2019:
The global capitalists are busy building luxury underground villages, self-sustaining and sealed off from the societies from which they'll be secluding themselves. They are not stupid. They are consuming governments and societies to finance their survivals while the environment, economy, social systems, cultures, the whole of civilization, collapses. Rather than throw off religion, they use it to manipulate the general populace into cooperating in their own demise. IS the preceding a deliberate conspiracy, as implied, or is it developing that way in the course of events? Name me one obscenely wealthy person who does NOT have such a Plan B. You cannot, because you can name very few who DO. But is there any doubt in your mind most if not all of them HAVE punched their ticket? Why would they tell you?
New report finds many non-believers still believe in the supernatural - Big Think
Storm1752 comments on Jun 16, 2019:
Ho-hum.
We Have Five Years To Save Ourselves From Climate Change, Harvard Scientist Says
Storm1752 comments on Jun 16, 2019:
I bought land in north Florida. Looking more and more like a good investment. Except it'll probably be swampland if it's not underwater too.
Frequently one doesnt realize how lucky or how fortuitous events in ones life can be at the time ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 16, 2019:
Unlike most people I never liked the Eagles.
So many choices, so little time! :D
Storm1752 comments on Jun 15, 2019:
Where's "don't know?"
Interracial relationships in the 15th century For years I have been looking at paintings of ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 15, 2019:
I'm definitely writing down the name and checking him out.
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Storm1752 comments on Jun 15, 2019:
I still can't stand Ted Cruz, but at least he got SOMETHING right.
America's Forgotten Mass Imprisonment of Women Believed to Be Sexually Immoral - HISTORY
Storm1752 comments on Jun 15, 2019:
Interesting. So that accounts for the anti-sex attitude of our parents and grandparents?
Positivity and attitude mean a lot, but a sexy tummy is a sexy tummy! ❤️
Storm1752 comments on Jun 15, 2019:
Middle bottom three: sexy. And second down on right. And bottom left.
Happy Friday! What do and don't you like about the state in which you live?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 15, 2019:
I like Florida, especially north Florida, and I'm ultra-liberal. I just avoid politics and religion. I don't go there! Think of it this way: if it wasn't for the heat, humidity, and bugs, Florida would have about 50 million more people living here., and I'd be somewhere else.
Tonight's feature... a beautiful redhead! or two! What do you love about a redhead?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 15, 2019:
Ineffable. Just about every girlfriend I've ever had was a readhead. Or auburn. Not sure why. Coincidence? Maybe they just draw the eye. Vivacious. High energy. That's what does it for me.
Anyone up to the challenge?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 15, 2019:
Not me! I have the same reaction in the presence of a beautiful woman, clothes or no clothes.I shouldn't, I kick myself, but there it is.
Is Ted Cruz hitting on AOC?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 14, 2019:
Because the Christian far right thinks birth control is also abortion.
Thought for today... Nothing will bring you greater peace than minding your own business.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 14, 2019:
Very Stoic. Agree.
Quite often...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 14, 2019:
And I in the present moment am sitting here beside a pond and library in my RV reading Agnostics. These words make me feel I should be doing something AMAZING! Like what? The mind races...drive the few short miles and sit on the beach? Go look for homeless people and give them money? Write that world-changing novel I always thought I had in me? Surely there must be some other better way to spend my time! Omg! Sigh...jeez that all seems like so much trouble...nah, I'll do all that stuff when I get a round tuit...right now I feel like just sitting here.
A hypothetical moral dilemma: Dan melody are dating, Dan ask Melody" are you on birth control?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 14, 2019:
Yes, of course. Why hide it? Seems ludicrous anyway because it'd obviously come up in the course of things. If Melody didn't like it and wanted a virile man with whom to have children, she could leave. And Melody should have told Dan she wasn't using contraceptives. She's the bigger a-hole, if you're keeping score. Dan already told her he didn't want to get married and have kids. So the question is contrived, designed to construct an unlikely and ridiculous senario, so then could be asked an equally contrived, nonsensical question.
Another good idea.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 14, 2019:
Wow. Sounds like something as wildly unrealistic as something "Jesus" would've said, like there would come a day we'd do greater things than he (like walk on water, raise the dead, etc.). EVERY time? Hey, it's a nice sentiment! Like living every day like.it.was.your.last. It DOES make the legitimate point (which I think WAS the point) a man should not take for granted the woman in his life and continually remind himself how lucky he is to have her. If he does that, the quantity and quality of his kisses should improve markedly.
Though Atheism is not a religion, which one of them are more generous? :)
Storm1752 comments on Jun 14, 2019:
Please excuse, but I feel ZERO need, desire, compulsion, etc., to compare agnosticism to ANY belief system, be it atheism, religion, philosophy, ideology, political affiliation, etc, as if it matters what these closed-minded "true believers" think. I don't agree with any of their whole-cloth panaceas. Similarly, I feel no inclimation to 1) give to the poor, 2) pick up litter, 3) be a "nice" person, 4) save the planet, 5) espouse an opinion or point of view, 6) do anything st all, To prove anything to anybody. I may or may not do any of these things or other things because I feel like it, independent of any particular reason. I find it extremely irritating when anyone gives even the HINT of the impression I think what we do or don't do is tied to god or man, and doesn't come solely from our individually-mandated motivations. I DO WHAT I DO BECAUSE: 1) I feel like it, 2) I don't want to go to jail or incur someone else's wrath/revenge impulse, 3) it feels good, 4) I derive some personal, tangible benefit, 5) I make a mistake, 6) just because. I could think of others but that's basically it. Whether or not there's an afterlife, we have THIS life free and clear. If we want to do "bad" things, we can. Many people do. If they get away with it and it doesn't bother them to ruin someone else's life, for example, hey, go for it, Not my deal but whatever turns your crank. (Just don't come crying to me when your luck runs out.). Anyway, the thing is, I accept with anger the world as it is. The only person I answer to is myself. When I occasionally think about it, 99.9999...% of the people in the world don't even know I exist, even those surrounding me. They are self-contained organisms concerned first and foremost with their own lives, not mine. I'm on my own, for the most part, and regardless of whatever support system I've managed to create for myself, it's mostly an illusion. The ONLY thing I truly have, is myself. Friendships, lovers, acquaintances, come and go. I remain. So I don't CARE what others think. I have enough trouble keeping MYSELF happy.
Famed film actress Lillian Gish’s name removed from Bowling Green State University theater: The ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 13, 2019:
Was she a racist? Have slaves? How about servants? Gardener? I'm racist, in the sense most people are to one degree or another. If you say you're not, you're in the minority, or full of sh*t. Only you know for sure. Everybody has biases about lots of things. If I was born into that culture at that time, I'd probably/almost certainly be exactly like everybody around me. We are creatures of our social/cultural/economic milieus. Just as fact. So Gish was or was not a racist? Probably. So what? What matters is how things are today, and in the Deep South outside college towns things haven't changed much. But overall society has changed a LOT since Birth of a Nation days. I personally think it should be REQUIRED for the "races" to interbreed (Details sketchy). But I think a lot of things should be legal or illegal depending on how I feel at the moment.
First two are chalk cliffs.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 12, 2019:
I just found out: it's actually limestone. They're just called chalk.
First two are chalk cliffs.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 12, 2019:
What's a chalk cliff? A cliff made of chalk? If it's made of chalk, why doesn't it just wash away?
Why do so many men think sarcastic humor is positive?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 12, 2019:
I hate "meathead" humor. Despise it.
Good morning 🌞 Do you own anything that is so totally useless (and maybe even damaged), ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 12, 2019:
I'm utilitarian. No sentiment.
Who is awake?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 12, 2019:
Did I miss all the excitement?
John Oliver covers the ERA. [youtube.com]
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Does this mean men will have an equal right to an abortion?
Still waiting.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
I understand you.
"That's really nice, especially coming from you."
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
No, men suck.
LOL.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Big deal. Republican Senate. Waste of time. Republicans impeached Clinton when it was a Democrat Senate, just to gum up the works. Democrats care more about the country than Republicans. BUT I think they should impeach him anyway.
I am an atheist, therefore I am.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Yeah great. I am, therefore I am.

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