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Hi everyone! What a busy morning!
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Never have I ever __________...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Okay, I've never been up in/owned an ultra-light flying machine. Like a go-kart with wings and a propeller. That would be so cool!
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Okay, I've never been up in/owned an ultra-light flying machine. Like a go-kart with wings and a propeller. That would be so cool!
Hi everyone! What a busy morning!
Please fill in the blank here:
Never have I ever __________...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
THOUSANDS, millions of things. Care to be more specific? You mean, "I've never done ______ and I want to?" Or...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
THOUSANDS, millions of things. Care to be more specific? You mean, "I've never done ______ and I want to?" Or...
Agnostics??
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
A LOT more than people think.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
A LOT more than people think.
Agnostics??
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Me.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Me.
‘Straight Pride’ organisers revealed to have links to far-right and white nationalist groups
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Scum.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Scum.
Well, yeah!
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Aliens and crop circles, the Sumerians, human subspecies which have died out and the missing link (aliens), fusion and new practical technology, etc.
I'm way more interesting than most people.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Aliens and crop circles, the Sumerians, human subspecies which have died out and the missing link (aliens), fusion and new practical technology, etc.
I'm way more interesting than most people.
Good afternoon! I must have been asleep when I posted the question this morning .
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Carrot juice.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Carrot juice.
So, I did a big boo boo yesterday.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Jeez, Ted CRUZ??? Sigh...okay...just for you
But I doubt I'm going to like it or agree with it...but why not...it isn't a looong clip, is it?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Jeez, Ted CRUZ??? Sigh...okay...just for you
But I doubt I'm going to like it or agree with it...but why not...it isn't a looong clip, is it?
So, God is in control.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Everybody dies. In every conceivable way imaginable. Not much consolation, is it? It's not meant to be. There is none which will help. Except the possibility there is an afterlife, but I can't offer that with certainty. But as an agnostic, I CAN offer the comfort it is possible. Reincarnation, for example, or rather the circumstantial 'evidence' it MAY be real, is one such way a human being's existence could continue. I'd suggest reading about it, and related topics. Not "god-centered" sources; that's not necessary. Religion isn't either.
Many atheists agree there's at least a sliver of a chance; many scoff. Think for yourself and look into it. You may find some solace there.
One OTHER source is Stoic literature. Strictly secular, it has many things to say about death, dying, and grief. Worth a look.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 11, 2019:
Everybody dies. In every conceivable way imaginable. Not much consolation, is it? It's not meant to be. There is none which will help. Except the possibility there is an afterlife, but I can't offer that with certainty. But as an agnostic, I CAN offer the comfort it is possible. Reincarnation, for example, or rather the circumstantial 'evidence' it MAY be real, is one such way a human being's existence could continue. I'd suggest reading about it, and related topics. Not "god-centered" sources; that's not necessary. Religion isn't either.
Many atheists agree there's at least a sliver of a chance; many scoff. Think for yourself and look into it. You may find some solace there.
One OTHER source is Stoic literature. Strictly secular, it has many things to say about death, dying, and grief. Worth a look.
I'm wondering what you all really think of women who are comfortable and open with their sexuality.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 10, 2019:
Be more specific, please? What "certain things" are expected? Anal? S&M? BDSM? Whips and chains? Hanging you upside down? Water sports?
Or are you talking about something else altogether?
No I don't think an "openly sexual" woman is expected to do anything specific.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 10, 2019:
Be more specific, please? What "certain things" are expected? Anal? S&M? BDSM? Whips and chains? Hanging you upside down? Water sports?
Or are you talking about something else altogether?
No I don't think an "openly sexual" woman is expected to do anything specific.
I'm wondering what you all really think of women who are comfortable and open with their sexuality.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 10, 2019:
Stoic philosophers put a premium on ACTIONS and BEHAVIOR, rather than words or epistemology (I know, a big word, designed to impress), which separates opinion from established fact.
MY opinion is establish what you want, If it's sex, ignore the spoken words or use it to your advantage. If it's respect, you might end up being boring. Personally, i wouldn't worry about respect. Look at me; I get no respect AND no sex! (I'm impotent because I masturbate too much to lesbian porn, but you know what I mean... plus I have mental/emotional issues but that's neither here nor there.)
My POINT is, go for the sex and worry about respect later!
Stoics like to say, concern yourself only with yourself, who you know yourself to be, AND with what you can control. If it is something caused or created outside yourself and out of your control (such as somebody else's OPINION of you), it's not something to concern yourself with.
Think of it this way, if two people have sex, they get to know each other in the process and if respect is deserved, it will come. It's a pet theory of mine: to get to the sex, two people usually have to go through this nerve-wracking "getting to know you" phase before you get to the sex, right? Well, what might happen if the sex comes FIRST, and in the process you get to know each other? And at this juncture respect grows!
Anyway I'm rambling as usual...not to mention probably not making sense. Oh well.
So that's my OPINION. I don't know if there are establshed facts about this sort if thing. In the normal order (friends first, then sex) equals respect? "I won't sleep with just ANYONE!"
IN the inverse order (sex first, then friends) equals sluttiness? "I'd fuck a lamp post!"---not necessarily if you're dealing with enlightened people.
So perhaps a leap of faith is required and a strong ego.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 10, 2019:
Stoic philosophers put a premium on ACTIONS and BEHAVIOR, rather than words or epistemology (I know, a big word, designed to impress), which separates opinion from established fact.
MY opinion is establish what you want, If it's sex, ignore the spoken words or use it to your advantage. If it's respect, you might end up being boring. Personally, i wouldn't worry about respect. Look at me; I get no respect AND no sex! (I'm impotent because I masturbate too much to lesbian porn, but you know what I mean... plus I have mental/emotional issues but that's neither here nor there.)
My POINT is, go for the sex and worry about respect later!
Stoics like to say, concern yourself only with yourself, who you know yourself to be, AND with what you can control. If it is something caused or created outside yourself and out of your control (such as somebody else's OPINION of you), it's not something to concern yourself with.
Think of it this way, if two people have sex, they get to know each other in the process and if respect is deserved, it will come. It's a pet theory of mine: to get to the sex, two people usually have to go through this nerve-wracking "getting to know you" phase before you get to the sex, right? Well, what might happen if the sex comes FIRST, and in the process you get to know each other? And at this juncture respect grows!
Anyway I'm rambling as usual...not to mention probably not making sense. Oh well.
So that's my OPINION. I don't know if there are establshed facts about this sort if thing. In the normal order (friends first, then sex) equals respect? "I won't sleep with just ANYONE!"
IN the inverse order (sex first, then friends) equals sluttiness? "I'd fuck a lamp post!"---not necessarily if you're dealing with enlightened people.
So perhaps a leap of faith is required and a strong ego.
Just curious. Who would not have joined this forum if it was called atheist.com?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 10, 2019:
Not me, because I'm agnostic. If below the headline it said, "Oh, and agnostics, etc...." I would flee, because the atheists would think they run the joint even more than they already do!
And they'd have even more of an upper hand in all these endless "discussions" we have about god, no god, maybe god, who's what, are atheists agnostic, are agnostics atheists, what's the difference, etc., etc.
No thanks.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 10, 2019:
Not me, because I'm agnostic. If below the headline it said, "Oh, and agnostics, etc...." I would flee, because the atheists would think they run the joint even more than they already do!
And they'd have even more of an upper hand in all these endless "discussions" we have about god, no god, maybe god, who's what, are atheists agnostic, are agnostics atheists, what's the difference, etc., etc.
No thanks.
I have tried a couple of other date sites and so many profiles start out with must love Jesus, or ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 10, 2019:
It can BE a dating site.
Maybe I should change my profile:
"Looking for a nice lady who does not love the lord...in fact HATES the lord!
Wait, doesn't CARE about the lord.
No that's not it...doesn't like people who love the lord.
No I mean, there IS no lord so someone who knows there IS no lord!
Yeah, that's it: I want a nice lady who doesn't HAVE a lord, at least not THAT one, because he's not there...invisible! I mean not in existence!
Zero! Nada!
Of course if she loves some OTHER lord, that's fine.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 10, 2019:
It can BE a dating site.
Maybe I should change my profile:
"Looking for a nice lady who does not love the lord...in fact HATES the lord!
Wait, doesn't CARE about the lord.
No that's not it...doesn't like people who love the lord.
No I mean, there IS no lord so someone who knows there IS no lord!
Yeah, that's it: I want a nice lady who doesn't HAVE a lord, at least not THAT one, because he's not there...invisible! I mean not in existence!
Zero! Nada!
Of course if she loves some OTHER lord, that's fine.
Good afternoon, everyone! It's a super rainy day here .
Storm1752 comments on Jun 9, 2019:
Green, sometimes in combination with yellow, or not. Relaxing, enlivening, life-giving. My RV is painted light-green, and I never worry about being hassled. It looks so friendly!
Storm1752 comments on Jun 9, 2019:
Green, sometimes in combination with yellow, or not. Relaxing, enlivening, life-giving. My RV is painted light-green, and I never worry about being hassled. It looks so friendly!
Been a long day workin the garden..
Storm1752 comments on Jun 9, 2019:
Um...cute, maybe...but not sexy.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 9, 2019:
Um...cute, maybe...but not sexy.
"We must resist the impoverishment of public discourse on matters of religion which has come about ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 9, 2019:
I'll not condemn it. MAY THEY ROT IN HELL for all I care. MAY RELIGION SINK INTO A FIERY PIT AND BEGONE! But people can believe what they want to believe, as long as they allow me the same privlege. MAY A THOUSAND DEMONS DESCEND ON RELIGION IN ALL ITS FORMS AND TEAR THEM ALL ASUNDER! But live and let live, as far as I'm concerned.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 9, 2019:
I'll not condemn it. MAY THEY ROT IN HELL for all I care. MAY RELIGION SINK INTO A FIERY PIT AND BEGONE! But people can believe what they want to believe, as long as they allow me the same privlege. MAY A THOUSAND DEMONS DESCEND ON RELIGION IN ALL ITS FORMS AND TEAR THEM ALL ASUNDER! But live and let live, as far as I'm concerned.
How do you debunk it when someone claims religion, no matter it's true or false' serves as an ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 9, 2019:
Don't debunk it if that's true.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 9, 2019:
Don't debunk it if that's true.
Questions.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 9, 2019:
I could give a rat's pitooie WHAT someone else thinks, and I certainly wouldn't want to "take it away from them. Stupid question.
On the other, I WOULD like to know the "truth" myself, whatever the heck it is!
Storm1752 comments on Jun 9, 2019:
I could give a rat's pitooie WHAT someone else thinks, and I certainly wouldn't want to "take it away from them. Stupid question.
On the other, I WOULD like to know the "truth" myself, whatever the heck it is!
As an atheist and raising my sons as such I found the philosophy Stoicism a fantastic alternative to...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 9, 2019:
The main things about it are to not be afraid of misfortune; the fear is almost always worse than the actual event (but not always!). When it DOES happen--and it sometimes does--one simply deals with it.
Also, mortality and how small and insignificant we really are...religion tries to blow us up into this godling-type entity much more important than we are. (At our best we can be pretty amazing, but gods we most certainly are not and never will be.) Knowing this is liberating; we are free to simply live our lives and find happiness as best we can.
Another thing the importance of being a good person, not because some "god" threatens us if we aren't, but because we're happier when we do the right thing (unless you're a sociopath or psychopath or in some other way unhinged).
Finally, being anti-materialistic and constantly practicing poverty. I hate greed and ego-driven ambition. That's stoicism. When I DO withhold help to a needy person I feel terrible about it, because that's often been me. There is no point hoarding wealth to inflate the ego...we all go to a common grave.
All that said, as an agnostic, I DO think anything's possible, so maybe we ARE held accountable in some kind of afterlife, etc., and it'd be nice if we were rewarded and "punished" in equal measure to the way we lived our lives--reincarnation comes to mind--but that's beside the point. Virtue is it's own reward.
I don't know if that's textbook "stoicism" but that's how I understand it.
My blueprint for living a good life is the Desiderata. I haven't compared it to Stoic principles, whatever they actually are, but I have a feeling it's very much so in spirit.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 9, 2019:
The main things about it are to not be afraid of misfortune; the fear is almost always worse than the actual event (but not always!). When it DOES happen--and it sometimes does--one simply deals with it.
Also, mortality and how small and insignificant we really are...religion tries to blow us up into this godling-type entity much more important than we are. (At our best we can be pretty amazing, but gods we most certainly are not and never will be.) Knowing this is liberating; we are free to simply live our lives and find happiness as best we can.
Another thing the importance of being a good person, not because some "god" threatens us if we aren't, but because we're happier when we do the right thing (unless you're a sociopath or psychopath or in some other way unhinged).
Finally, being anti-materialistic and constantly practicing poverty. I hate greed and ego-driven ambition. That's stoicism. When I DO withhold help to a needy person I feel terrible about it, because that's often been me. There is no point hoarding wealth to inflate the ego...we all go to a common grave.
All that said, as an agnostic, I DO think anything's possible, so maybe we ARE held accountable in some kind of afterlife, etc., and it'd be nice if we were rewarded and "punished" in equal measure to the way we lived our lives--reincarnation comes to mind--but that's beside the point. Virtue is it's own reward.
I don't know if that's textbook "stoicism" but that's how I understand it.
My blueprint for living a good life is the Desiderata. I haven't compared it to Stoic principles, whatever they actually are, but I have a feeling it's very much so in spirit.
I'd like to tell how I got to Agnosticism.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 8, 2019:
When you said, "...stopped going to the miss" I was going to ask, "So you 'converted to straight?" It would have hopefully been humorous. We're all friends here. Not a homophobic bone in my body, not even an atom. Most (all?) my girlfriends have been bi. Not unusual. Lesbian? Maybe a little, but no mystery to me! And yes I'd like to hear that story.
I was an altar boy. Catholic through my first year college. Agnostic at, oh, 16 or so, though I didn't know the term. Studied the Baltimore Catechism, graduated to the Aquarium Gospel of Jesus the Christ, all the New Age stuff, finally threw up my hands and gave up. A few years ago discovered 'Jesus' is pure myth...imagine my surprise! The shock! The horror!
Now like you I am pure agnostic, with educated to half-baked ideas and guesses floating around in my head. Life has never been more fun. The awesome mystery of it all is breathtaking. I don't even WANT to figure it all out.
Religious people don't know what they're missing.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 8, 2019:
When you said, "...stopped going to the miss" I was going to ask, "So you 'converted to straight?" It would have hopefully been humorous. We're all friends here. Not a homophobic bone in my body, not even an atom. Most (all?) my girlfriends have been bi. Not unusual. Lesbian? Maybe a little, but no mystery to me! And yes I'd like to hear that story.
I was an altar boy. Catholic through my first year college. Agnostic at, oh, 16 or so, though I didn't know the term. Studied the Baltimore Catechism, graduated to the Aquarium Gospel of Jesus the Christ, all the New Age stuff, finally threw up my hands and gave up. A few years ago discovered 'Jesus' is pure myth...imagine my surprise! The shock! The horror!
Now like you I am pure agnostic, with educated to half-baked ideas and guesses floating around in my head. Life has never been more fun. The awesome mystery of it all is breathtaking. I don't even WANT to figure it all out.
Religious people don't know what they're missing.
Good morning and happy Friday!
Today's question: Do you think aliens are real?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 8, 2019:
I think so. The real question is, are they able and willing to visit us? That's an open question. There ARE phyical laws to obey, such as the speed of light.
I personally think there may be ways around it, like black holes, intra- or inter-dimensional travel, etc., but that's just speculation.
Plus there may be other universes, if we ARE the only inhabited planet in this one, which is extremely hard to believe!
That aside, I do think they ARE visiting us, but have a prime directive not to interfere.
I even think they MAY have mated with us and created the subspecies humanoid homo sapiens. That MAY be the elusive "missing link." Pure speculation with some scanty circumstantial (?) evidence.
Bur I love to speculate, so there you go.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 8, 2019:
I think so. The real question is, are they able and willing to visit us? That's an open question. There ARE phyical laws to obey, such as the speed of light.
I personally think there may be ways around it, like black holes, intra- or inter-dimensional travel, etc., but that's just speculation.
Plus there may be other universes, if we ARE the only inhabited planet in this one, which is extremely hard to believe!
That aside, I do think they ARE visiting us, but have a prime directive not to interfere.
I even think they MAY have mated with us and created the subspecies humanoid homo sapiens. That MAY be the elusive "missing link." Pure speculation with some scanty circumstantial (?) evidence.
Bur I love to speculate, so there you go.
To think that our human species of all the species on earth and of all the "earths" in the universe ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 7, 2019:
So negative! Who gave you a grouchy pill?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 7, 2019:
So negative! Who gave you a grouchy pill?
She’s not impressed...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 7, 2019:
Um, excuse me? Ever hear of a mirror?!? Believe it or not, it's a two-way street. Now I'm sure you're the exception, but many women are not perfect; vanity in particular can be a common fault. Also a perfectionist streak particularly unbecoming. I myself am a perfectionist--it's a terrible trait which makes me miserable, and in part causes the panic attacks for which I take medication!
It is an accident of birth one person is male and the other female. Probably being female is lucky for you. On the other hand, it means you have to deal with "men" on a continual basis, which must really suck. Sorry about that.
I know I'm apparently taking seriously what you meant humorously. Only "apparently" because I'm joking too! I think. Almost certainly.
It WAS pretty funny. Sort of.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 7, 2019:
Um, excuse me? Ever hear of a mirror?!? Believe it or not, it's a two-way street. Now I'm sure you're the exception, but many women are not perfect; vanity in particular can be a common fault. Also a perfectionist streak particularly unbecoming. I myself am a perfectionist--it's a terrible trait which makes me miserable, and in part causes the panic attacks for which I take medication!
It is an accident of birth one person is male and the other female. Probably being female is lucky for you. On the other hand, it means you have to deal with "men" on a continual basis, which must really suck. Sorry about that.
I know I'm apparently taking seriously what you meant humorously. Only "apparently" because I'm joking too! I think. Almost certainly.
It WAS pretty funny. Sort of.
LOL. The brain is the most outstanding organ.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 7, 2019:
After a brief interstice. I see you're back on a roll!
Storm1752 comments on Jun 7, 2019:
After a brief interstice. I see you're back on a roll!
“When we look up at the moon from the Earth, we may think the moon is so beautiful.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 7, 2019:
That's a beautiful sentiment. In a non-religious way, in fact especially when you take religion out of it, it truly is a "miracle" we are here. The awesomeness of it is breathtaking.
Nice picture.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 7, 2019:
That's a beautiful sentiment. In a non-religious way, in fact especially when you take religion out of it, it truly is a "miracle" we are here. The awesomeness of it is breathtaking.
Nice picture.
Being agnostic and being a close-minded dick are 2 different things
Storm1752 comments on Jun 7, 2019:
I couldn't agree with you more. To be a dogmatic, "aint no way, aint no nothing" atheist is to shut yourself off from the specks of truth all around us. To say there's no Abrahamic god and to extropolate from that there is NOTHING except what our five senses tell us, is to dismiss any paranormal or extrasensory phenomena out of hand, when there is good, valid, scientifically verifiable circumstantial reason to think it could very well be real. Reincarnation comes to mind.
While it may be comforting in an absolutist sense to say, "If it hasn't been proven WITHOUT A DOUBT to be true, then it must be highly suspect or downright false," ignores and summilarily rejects the "I don't know" from the equation.
In a thousand years, when our species has learned infinitely more than we know now, we may be able to say conclusively whether or not there's, say, an afterlife, or the true nature of the physical world, and maybe even IF there is some essence unlike anything we call "god" today, which ties the whole thing together and actually explains what the f**k we're doing here.
Who knows? I certainly don't.
But speculating about it makes life a LOT more interesting, and to nihilistically think it's all totally meaningless and we're just freak accidents signifying about as much as a speck of fecal matter on a cockroach's behind, is not only depressing, it's perhaps even small-minded and wrong.
But I'll leave that an open-ended question for future generations to figure out. I'll just stumble along in the dark and ask my dumb, wild-eyed questions which have no answers and get old and die like everybody else.
THAT is one thing I DO know.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 7, 2019:
I couldn't agree with you more. To be a dogmatic, "aint no way, aint no nothing" atheist is to shut yourself off from the specks of truth all around us. To say there's no Abrahamic god and to extropolate from that there is NOTHING except what our five senses tell us, is to dismiss any paranormal or extrasensory phenomena out of hand, when there is good, valid, scientifically verifiable circumstantial reason to think it could very well be real. Reincarnation comes to mind.
While it may be comforting in an absolutist sense to say, "If it hasn't been proven WITHOUT A DOUBT to be true, then it must be highly suspect or downright false," ignores and summilarily rejects the "I don't know" from the equation.
In a thousand years, when our species has learned infinitely more than we know now, we may be able to say conclusively whether or not there's, say, an afterlife, or the true nature of the physical world, and maybe even IF there is some essence unlike anything we call "god" today, which ties the whole thing together and actually explains what the f**k we're doing here.
Who knows? I certainly don't.
But speculating about it makes life a LOT more interesting, and to nihilistically think it's all totally meaningless and we're just freak accidents signifying about as much as a speck of fecal matter on a cockroach's behind, is not only depressing, it's perhaps even small-minded and wrong.
But I'll leave that an open-ended question for future generations to figure out. I'll just stumble along in the dark and ask my dumb, wild-eyed questions which have no answers and get old and die like everybody else.
THAT is one thing I DO know.
I’ll tell you what’s wrong...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 7, 2019:
Why choose? How about a Master of Love AND Lust?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 7, 2019:
Why choose? How about a Master of Love AND Lust?
My wife is Chinese and studied all religious writings in International Literature Class.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 7, 2019:
Amazing testimony. Thanks. As a fellow agnostic I could not agree with you more about (at least one of) the reasons for religion. I've thought the exact same thing for a long time. Many men are afraid of women's power over them and seek to dilute, contain, or control it.
As far as your near-death experience, definitely food for thought! Various alternate possibilities come to mind, but that in no way discounts your sojourn. Very powerful.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 7, 2019:
Amazing testimony. Thanks. As a fellow agnostic I could not agree with you more about (at least one of) the reasons for religion. I've thought the exact same thing for a long time. Many men are afraid of women's power over them and seek to dilute, contain, or control it.
As far as your near-death experience, definitely food for thought! Various alternate possibilities come to mind, but that in no way discounts your sojourn. Very powerful.
Guten Morgen from hot sticky Florida, where it will be in the upper 90's again today! But I regress...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 7, 2019:
I'm in hot sticky Florida too (Melbourne). Going to hotter stickier Jennings (inland, up by the GA border) in a few weeks, to retire. PERMANENTLY, this time. Yes I'm insane.
Anyway, all my high school and college friends would be STUNNED to learn that after a brief career as a journalist, I spent most of my life first moving furniture, then driving cab. Just happened that way.
Sometimes I regret it, I'll admit. I still miss the high status.
But not the low pay.
In retrospect, if I had to do over again? I'd take people thinking I'm really smart.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 7, 2019:
I'm in hot sticky Florida too (Melbourne). Going to hotter stickier Jennings (inland, up by the GA border) in a few weeks, to retire. PERMANENTLY, this time. Yes I'm insane.
Anyway, all my high school and college friends would be STUNNED to learn that after a brief career as a journalist, I spent most of my life first moving furniture, then driving cab. Just happened that way.
Sometimes I regret it, I'll admit. I still miss the high status.
But not the low pay.
In retrospect, if I had to do over again? I'd take people thinking I'm really smart.
You Can't Prove That God Doesn't Exist - Debunked - YouTube
Storm1752 comments on Jun 6, 2019:
I don't HAVE a "definition" of "god." Thetefore, god, if such a definition is possible, MAY exist. Who knows?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 6, 2019:
I don't HAVE a "definition" of "god." Thetefore, god, if such a definition is possible, MAY exist. Who knows?
You need to see this:
A guy, a guitar, one of those looping gadgets, and a parody of sexy that ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 6, 2019:
I'm not even going to listen...why should I? What are you a troll yourself bringing that garbage on here? lol
Storm1752 comments on Jun 6, 2019:
I'm not even going to listen...why should I? What are you a troll yourself bringing that garbage on here? lol
Good morning, my lovelies :) I hope you're all doing well.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 6, 2019:
You tell 'em!
Storm1752 comments on Jun 6, 2019:
You tell 'em!
Ummm.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 6, 2019:
Why jeans? You have other ones? Let's see them!
Storm1752 comments on Jun 6, 2019:
Why jeans? You have other ones? Let's see them!
@misterinvisible would be disappointed in me.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 6, 2019:
Hey! Boring? What about our riotously fun time??? Memorial Day weekend???
How soon they forget!
Storm1752 comments on Jun 6, 2019:
Hey! Boring? What about our riotously fun time??? Memorial Day weekend???
How soon they forget!
Anyone else have trouble mastrabating to an orgasm?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 5, 2019:
I've had to give it a long break. I was doing it once or twice a day for years and it finally caught up with me. I've been abstaining for a few weeks now and it feels much better "down there, " but I'm going to go as long as I can before resuming my fantasy life. I admit I miss it, but on the other hand it IS a substitute for the real thing after all, and I've been thinking of actually having real sex again anyway. Imagine that.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 5, 2019:
I've had to give it a long break. I was doing it once or twice a day for years and it finally caught up with me. I've been abstaining for a few weeks now and it feels much better "down there, " but I'm going to go as long as I can before resuming my fantasy life. I admit I miss it, but on the other hand it IS a substitute for the real thing after all, and I've been thinking of actually having real sex again anyway. Imagine that.
Scars.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 4, 2019:
I agree with everyone else, but it'd be nice if you could minimalize them. I don't know much about it, but it seems to me there must be books on how to soften and/or smooth them out.
In the meantime, be thankful for double-lung transplants. Wow! To say you're lucky to be alive is the understatement of the year!
Storm1752 comments on Jun 4, 2019:
I agree with everyone else, but it'd be nice if you could minimalize them. I don't know much about it, but it seems to me there must be books on how to soften and/or smooth them out.
In the meantime, be thankful for double-lung transplants. Wow! To say you're lucky to be alive is the understatement of the year!
Hey guys, before I came on this site I am a hundred % believer, as the time goes by and read most of...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 4, 2019:
I would advise against taking a "few shorter, easier steps" and becoming an atheist (not that there's anything WRONG with that...oh no). Being agnostic simply opens your mind to the infinite possibilities, while atheism shuts the door on oh, 95% of them. If there IS such a thing as reincarnation, paranormal activity, extra-sensory perception, psychic ability, and countless other phenomena, there may be an explanation we do not yet understand. I wouldn't call that 'god,' necessarily, because who knows?
Any person honest with her- or himself has to admit we have very few (if any) answers to the mysteries of life, and simply saying there AREN'T any mysteries is dogmatic nonsense.
Keep your mind open. You'll be happier that way.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 4, 2019:
I would advise against taking a "few shorter, easier steps" and becoming an atheist (not that there's anything WRONG with that...oh no). Being agnostic simply opens your mind to the infinite possibilities, while atheism shuts the door on oh, 95% of them. If there IS such a thing as reincarnation, paranormal activity, extra-sensory perception, psychic ability, and countless other phenomena, there may be an explanation we do not yet understand. I wouldn't call that 'god,' necessarily, because who knows?
Any person honest with her- or himself has to admit we have very few (if any) answers to the mysteries of life, and simply saying there AREN'T any mysteries is dogmatic nonsense.
Keep your mind open. You'll be happier that way.
This is a 5 year old aritcle, sadly still relevant.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 4, 2019:
Fantastic. The sad part is many if not most of the working poor either can't or won't VOTE, or have fallen prey to right-wing propaganda, which holds abortion proponents, opponents of the gun culture, (to name just a few issues) and secular humanists in general, are the enemy, rather than entrenched wealth and power. These rich, powerful people hide behind 'god' and patriotism, and have succeeded in convincing the downtrodden they are their friends and allies, rather than the slave masters they really are. It is simply ASTOUNDING they get away with it.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 4, 2019:
Fantastic. The sad part is many if not most of the working poor either can't or won't VOTE, or have fallen prey to right-wing propaganda, which holds abortion proponents, opponents of the gun culture, (to name just a few issues) and secular humanists in general, are the enemy, rather than entrenched wealth and power. These rich, powerful people hide behind 'god' and patriotism, and have succeeded in convincing the downtrodden they are their friends and allies, rather than the slave masters they really are. It is simply ASTOUNDING they get away with it.
Why do you use agnostic.com?
Storm1752 comments on Jun 4, 2019:
Don't worry about stupid numbers. Write what what you want, when you want. It doesn't have to be "meaningful."
Storm1752 comments on Jun 4, 2019:
Don't worry about stupid numbers. Write what what you want, when you want. It doesn't have to be "meaningful."
Ya'll all gonna burn in Hell!
😁just kidding! There is no hell!
Faeries are real though!...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 3, 2019:
They're the Elementals...I'm surprised everybody doesn't know about them.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 3, 2019:
They're the Elementals...I'm surprised everybody doesn't know about them.
Religion isn’t something designed by an oppressor class to “control the masses.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
What pseudo-scientific nonsense.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
What pseudo-scientific nonsense.
GOP Lawmakers Plan For 51st “Christian State” To Be Based On Biblical Law | Michael Stone
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
Why don't they just move to Utah? They and the Mormons are equally crazy and would get along great.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
Why don't they just move to Utah? They and the Mormons are equally crazy and would get along great.
It Turns Out Christians Have More Abortions Than Any Other Religious Group In America [mtv.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
Believe it or not, there's such a thing as "liberal" Christians who don't subscribe to everything the far-right believes. Including abortion, hell, literal bible, etc. They may be essentially wrong about being christian AT ALL, but they're not AS looney tunes as the truly crazy ones.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
Believe it or not, there's such a thing as "liberal" Christians who don't subscribe to everything the far-right believes. Including abortion, hell, literal bible, etc. They may be essentially wrong about being christian AT ALL, but they're not AS looney tunes as the truly crazy ones.
I really need to talk to fellow liberal Muslims or Ex-Muslims about some of their coping mechanisms.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
Break free is one option. Go into your own personal "witness protection program!" Move, change your name, sever all connections to your past. Make friends with other "liberal" Muslims such as yourself and start a new life. And keep your head down.
No, seriously, from what I understand of Islam, you have no choice but to put in a false front and learn to live with it. That is, if you you want to maintain family ties, friendships, other associations.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
Break free is one option. Go into your own personal "witness protection program!" Move, change your name, sever all connections to your past. Make friends with other "liberal" Muslims such as yourself and start a new life. And keep your head down.
No, seriously, from what I understand of Islam, you have no choice but to put in a false front and learn to live with it. That is, if you you want to maintain family ties, friendships, other associations.
I've posted this before but every time I do I get berated for doing so.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
I'm not going to "berate" you. Speaking strictly for myself, those words DO have meaning. I was brought up Catholic and though I've ceased to believe in the thought-images of god I formed growing up, those images remain. They'll always be there.
As an agnostic "deist," I do THINK (without evidence) the word 'god' by SOME definition is relevant. I just don't think any human being AT THIS STAGE IN OUR EVOLUTION has any idea what that might mean.
We may never know.
So I just go about the business of living my life, confident there is no such entity 'Yahweh' or the others, no hell, maybe an afterlife (?), probably reincarnation, other paranormal phenomenon source unknown, and other mysteries including life itself all around us.
So, yes, those words have plenty of meaning.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
I'm not going to "berate" you. Speaking strictly for myself, those words DO have meaning. I was brought up Catholic and though I've ceased to believe in the thought-images of god I formed growing up, those images remain. They'll always be there.
As an agnostic "deist," I do THINK (without evidence) the word 'god' by SOME definition is relevant. I just don't think any human being AT THIS STAGE IN OUR EVOLUTION has any idea what that might mean.
We may never know.
So I just go about the business of living my life, confident there is no such entity 'Yahweh' or the others, no hell, maybe an afterlife (?), probably reincarnation, other paranormal phenomenon source unknown, and other mysteries including life itself all around us.
So, yes, those words have plenty of meaning.
I say this every year!
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
Brilliant! Children don't comprehend we just make it up as we go.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
Brilliant! Children don't comprehend we just make it up as we go.
Hi everyone! I'm procrastinating today .
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
Pictures of beautiful naked agnostic/atheist women, with captions such as, "Don't you wish YOU didn't believe in god?"
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
Pictures of beautiful naked agnostic/atheist women, with captions such as, "Don't you wish YOU didn't believe in god?"
Anyone agree that its a bit hypocritical to protest about things like the plastic can holders and ...
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
Absolutely! Why don't they eat their pets?!? I DO consume cruelty-free yogurt and eggs, but that's as far as I'll go!
Their problem is, if they really thought about the destruction meat consumption, on a mass, factory-produced scale, causes not only to the animals themselves and our bodies, but also to the environment in every way imaginable, they'd stop immediately.
But apparently their thinking never goes that far. Most people either are ignorant or don't care. And to be honest, in the vast scheme of things it doesn't matter much.
A million years from now we'll have either advanced beyond this painful era, moved to the moon or another solar system maybe, gone extinct, etc., and the planet will have cleansed itself and recovered.
But it's still shameful and I won't be a part of it.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
Absolutely! Why don't they eat their pets?!? I DO consume cruelty-free yogurt and eggs, but that's as far as I'll go!
Their problem is, if they really thought about the destruction meat consumption, on a mass, factory-produced scale, causes not only to the animals themselves and our bodies, but also to the environment in every way imaginable, they'd stop immediately.
But apparently their thinking never goes that far. Most people either are ignorant or don't care. And to be honest, in the vast scheme of things it doesn't matter much.
A million years from now we'll have either advanced beyond this painful era, moved to the moon or another solar system maybe, gone extinct, etc., and the planet will have cleansed itself and recovered.
But it's still shameful and I won't be a part of it.
Hi all .
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
EVERY day right now sucks. STILL waiting for my trust to approve my purchase of a cabin on two acres, and as time goes on getting more and more worried and nervous. Stress through the roof...meanwhile living in my RV and keeping busy fixing mechanical problems. Expensive!
So my days are not fun.
Thanks for asking.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
EVERY day right now sucks. STILL waiting for my trust to approve my purchase of a cabin on two acres, and as time goes on getting more and more worried and nervous. Stress through the roof...meanwhile living in my RV and keeping busy fixing mechanical problems. Expensive!
So my days are not fun.
Thanks for asking.
Sweet, a role play group.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
Sure, you can pretend to be anybody! I'd like a lesbian roleplay, if anybody'd be interested in that, but through texring, 'cause you could pick up wherever you left off after any amount of time.
Storm1752 comments on Jun 2, 2019:
Sure, you can pretend to be anybody! I'd like a lesbian roleplay, if anybody'd be interested in that, but through texring, 'cause you could pick up wherever you left off after any amount of time.
Has anyone thought about retiring in Costa Rica? I think about it a lot, but can't decide.
Storm1752 comments on May 31, 2019:
I second the Spanish thing...I "retired" to Lake Chapala, Mexico, for six years, but never really learned the language. Though there's a large Canadian/American contingent, it was always awkward and you always feel like an outsider.
Make no mistake, it's a foreign country! It might be FRIENDLY to foreigners, but that's what you are
Learning the language is a very good idea. I wish I had.
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Storm1752 comments on May 31, 2019:
I second the Spanish thing...I "retired" to Lake Chapala, Mexico, for six years, but never really learned the language. Though there's a large Canadian/American contingent, it was always awkward and you always feel like an outsider.
Make no mistake, it's a foreign country! It might be FRIENDLY to foreigners, but that's what you are
Learning the language is a very good idea. I wish I had.
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I couldn't decide on a boudoir pic, a man or woman. So here is one of each.
Storm1752 comments on May 31, 2019:
It"s good the guy is exhibiting arousal...in my opinion a nice detail.
Storm1752 comments on May 31, 2019:
It"s good the guy is exhibiting arousal...in my opinion a nice detail.
Good morning and TDIF! So after yesterday's question, I'm going easy on you all :)
What's the ...
Storm1752 comments on May 31, 2019:
Any kind of insect.
Oh actual food?
I hate sauerkraut and I'm German. It's just bad.
I don't eat meat taste be d*mned.
Storm1752 comments on May 31, 2019:
Any kind of insect.
Oh actual food?
I hate sauerkraut and I'm German. It's just bad.
I don't eat meat taste be d*mned.
According to Professor Allan Lichtman, who correctly predicted the last nine presidential election ...
Storm1752 comments on May 30, 2019:
I don't watch the news. Who is this Trump fellow everybody insists on talking about?
I DO vote, and if everybody did, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Too many people think it's their right to complain about whatshisname, even though they don't VOTE. They do, of course, but their complaints are hollow, meaningless and irrelevant.
VOTE!
Storm1752 comments on May 30, 2019:
I don't watch the news. Who is this Trump fellow everybody insists on talking about?
I DO vote, and if everybody did, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Too many people think it's their right to complain about whatshisname, even though they don't VOTE. They do, of course, but their complaints are hollow, meaningless and irrelevant.
VOTE!
Peace of mind produces right values, right values produce right thoughts.
Storm1752 comments on May 30, 2019:
I think you could change the order of all these elements and it would end up making as much sense: " Right values produce right thoughts. Right thoughts produces right actions. Right actions produce peace of mind. Peace of mind produces work which will..."
Which came first? The chicken or the egg?
Storm1752 comments on May 30, 2019:
I think you could change the order of all these elements and it would end up making as much sense: " Right values produce right thoughts. Right thoughts produces right actions. Right actions produce peace of mind. Peace of mind produces work which will..."
Which came first? The chicken or the egg?
YEARS ago.
Storm1752 comments on May 30, 2019:
I need to get a bandana!
(Unlike some people--lol--I don't feel the need to say, 'I'm not gay, but...' So what if you are or not?!? Not that there's anything WRONG with that...oh no...)
Being "semi-bi," though, it might send the wrong signal: somebody might think I'm--gasp!--gay!
Storm1752 comments on May 30, 2019:
I need to get a bandana!
(Unlike some people--lol--I don't feel the need to say, 'I'm not gay, but...' So what if you are or not?!? Not that there's anything WRONG with that...oh no...)
Being "semi-bi," though, it might send the wrong signal: somebody might think I'm--gasp!--gay!
How was everyone's weekend?
Storm1752 comments on May 30, 2019:
Yes Wildflower and I had an interesting time; adding drama and intrigue: my 83-year-old female friend, who looked askance on the entire business! WERE we up to hanky-panky? No. WOULD we have been? Who knows?!?
But we perservered! Distractions failed to detract us from our goal of talking a lot, eating, watching TV, going to Avengers Endgame (yawn), staying as air-conditioned as possible, and moving my car to storage! Oh, and Wildflower had a pedicure. AND we looked at risque pictures of Danielle, the femme fatale who stars on American Pickers! We capped off our adventure with breakfast at Denny's.
Yes, all in all a memorable Memorial Day Weekend romp, indelibly stamped on to my list of improbable experiences, which I KNOW really happened because I have photographic evidence.
Thank you Wildflower for having no expectations! Definitely the right attitude for all occasions.
Seriously, under the circumstances it was as much fun as it could be. It was an honor to spend time with you. You're a very classy Ethical Slut, and I hope we get together again some time!😀 You're truly one of a kind.
Storm1752 comments on May 30, 2019:
Yes Wildflower and I had an interesting time; adding drama and intrigue: my 83-year-old female friend, who looked askance on the entire business! WERE we up to hanky-panky? No. WOULD we have been? Who knows?!?
But we perservered! Distractions failed to detract us from our goal of talking a lot, eating, watching TV, going to Avengers Endgame (yawn), staying as air-conditioned as possible, and moving my car to storage! Oh, and Wildflower had a pedicure. AND we looked at risque pictures of Danielle, the femme fatale who stars on American Pickers! We capped off our adventure with breakfast at Denny's.
Yes, all in all a memorable Memorial Day Weekend romp, indelibly stamped on to my list of improbable experiences, which I KNOW really happened because I have photographic evidence.
Thank you Wildflower for having no expectations! Definitely the right attitude for all occasions.
Seriously, under the circumstances it was as much fun as it could be. It was an honor to spend time with you. You're a very classy Ethical Slut, and I hope we get together again some time!😀 You're truly one of a kind.
As a freethinker I don't believe in life after death.
Storm1752 comments on May 25, 2019:
Saying you don't believe IN life after death means you're an atheist rather than agnostic. Some people say there's little difference between the two words, but this example shows yet again there's a big difference. I'd at least be able to offer the comfort "maybe" it's so, that nobody knows for sure. If an atheist wanted to not further aggrieve those mourning, probably the best bet would be to remain silent.
Storm1752 comments on May 25, 2019:
Saying you don't believe IN life after death means you're an atheist rather than agnostic. Some people say there's little difference between the two words, but this example shows yet again there's a big difference. I'd at least be able to offer the comfort "maybe" it's so, that nobody knows for sure. If an atheist wanted to not further aggrieve those mourning, probably the best bet would be to remain silent.
Good morning! Here's today's loaded question (for me anyway):
How do you feel about your ...
Storm1752 comments on May 23, 2019:
My 97-year-old mother is a devout Catholic, a single-issue voter (abortion of course), and possesses an eerie, reserved calm and an air of infallible rectitude which can be insettling. Despite my profound respect for her core, principled commitment to her beliefs, and my agreement with some of her values, I despise others and could not disagree with her more. In short, we live on separate, distinct and irreconciliable planets, solar systems, galaxies, UNIVERSES.
Sometimes I forget myself and bring up some complicated problem I'm having. Her 100% answer to any and ALL of them: PRAY. That's it. No nuance, discussions of pros and cons, moral conundrums, complications, etc., etc.
PRAY.
Must be nice for her life is so simple.
I think she's insane.
But nice.
Storm1752 comments on May 23, 2019:
My 97-year-old mother is a devout Catholic, a single-issue voter (abortion of course), and possesses an eerie, reserved calm and an air of infallible rectitude which can be insettling. Despite my profound respect for her core, principled commitment to her beliefs, and my agreement with some of her values, I despise others and could not disagree with her more. In short, we live on separate, distinct and irreconciliable planets, solar systems, galaxies, UNIVERSES.
Sometimes I forget myself and bring up some complicated problem I'm having. Her 100% answer to any and ALL of them: PRAY. That's it. No nuance, discussions of pros and cons, moral conundrums, complications, etc., etc.
PRAY.
Must be nice for her life is so simple.
I think she's insane.
But nice.
Good morning! Here's today's question:
How close and warm is your family?
Storm1752 comments on May 23, 2019:
I thought we were close growing up, but now we don't talk, have anything in common, nada. Like we're strangers. I don't HATE them or anything. I wish them well, hope they're happy and all that. But that's it.
Storm1752 comments on May 23, 2019:
I thought we were close growing up, but now we don't talk, have anything in common, nada. Like we're strangers. I don't HATE them or anything. I wish them well, hope they're happy and all that. But that's it.
CAST A LONG SHADOW
BY
DONALD HARRY ROBERTS
1
I can’t say I didn’t deserve it.
Storm1752 comments on May 23, 2019:
Honestly, I don't see how it could have turned out any differently. Mr. Gazalow OWNED you. HE was the bad guy, not you. And who's to say YOU were doing anything wrong in the first place? Whatever the actual facts of the case, Mr. Gazalow used you when he didn't have to, and set you up for failure. My advice? Go with the flow. Play along until the true facts emerge. No, you won't be able to do anything about it, whatever it is. But at least you'll know the truth.
Storm1752 comments on May 23, 2019:
Honestly, I don't see how it could have turned out any differently. Mr. Gazalow OWNED you. HE was the bad guy, not you. And who's to say YOU were doing anything wrong in the first place? Whatever the actual facts of the case, Mr. Gazalow used you when he didn't have to, and set you up for failure. My advice? Go with the flow. Play along until the true facts emerge. No, you won't be able to do anything about it, whatever it is. But at least you'll know the truth.
I can justify the belief in aliens more than deities.
Storm1752 comments on May 23, 2019:
Cool cat, btw.
Storm1752 comments on May 23, 2019:
Cool cat, btw.
I can justify the belief in aliens more than deities.
Storm1752 comments on May 23, 2019:
Maybe aliens, if a far superior, advanced super-race (or MANY such races spanning the universe), ARE the true god. After all, if you redefine 'god' as not necessarily always existing, but as coming INTO existence billions of years ago, eons before we came along, with advances in knowledge, technology, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, extra-dimensional travel, immortal life, ad infinitum, there is no comprehending the potential scope of their power. I doubt they're fighting galactic wars or such nonsense---they would have screened that out of their DNA a long, long time ago.
BUT, would they intervene to save the planet and/or us from ourselves? I don't know. There must be untold planets like this one. And anyway, it would eventually recover if we destroyed it. Why would they care if one tiny, childish, ignorant, and marginally intelligent species finished itself off? Maybe the strong, smart, enlightened, successful planetary denizens survive on their own. Maybe we're just beyond hope.
Maybe the explanation of 'god' which seems to disprove gods' very existence is actually the correct one: maybe god just doesn't care about human suffering. If humans fail, what of it? They are perhaps ready to assist if we prove ourselves worthy of assistance. But if our genetic codes are irredeemably messed up, the reasoning goes, or for some other reason we constitute a failed experiment in, say, alien-ape cross-breeding, or some other procedure, so be it. Pull the plug and let it collapse of its own weight. Start over.
Lots of different possibilities. That's why I'm agnostic.
Storm1752 comments on May 23, 2019:
Maybe aliens, if a far superior, advanced super-race (or MANY such races spanning the universe), ARE the true god. After all, if you redefine 'god' as not necessarily always existing, but as coming INTO existence billions of years ago, eons before we came along, with advances in knowledge, technology, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, extra-dimensional travel, immortal life, ad infinitum, there is no comprehending the potential scope of their power. I doubt they're fighting galactic wars or such nonsense---they would have screened that out of their DNA a long, long time ago.
BUT, would they intervene to save the planet and/or us from ourselves? I don't know. There must be untold planets like this one. And anyway, it would eventually recover if we destroyed it. Why would they care if one tiny, childish, ignorant, and marginally intelligent species finished itself off? Maybe the strong, smart, enlightened, successful planetary denizens survive on their own. Maybe we're just beyond hope.
Maybe the explanation of 'god' which seems to disprove gods' very existence is actually the correct one: maybe god just doesn't care about human suffering. If humans fail, what of it? They are perhaps ready to assist if we prove ourselves worthy of assistance. But if our genetic codes are irredeemably messed up, the reasoning goes, or for some other reason we constitute a failed experiment in, say, alien-ape cross-breeding, or some other procedure, so be it. Pull the plug and let it collapse of its own weight. Start over.
Lots of different possibilities. That's why I'm agnostic.
Why Trump wants to be impeached
If the Democrats push for impeachment, there will be a trial in...
Storm1752 comments on May 23, 2019:
What IS the evidence? Forget about short-term machinations, what really counts is the truth. Democrats are not Republicans. They impeached Clinton on ridiculous charges and suffered a humiliating defeat. On the other hand, it weakened Clinton as well. In the end, Clinton is percieved as one of our better presidents.
George W. Bush was not impeached, but he is widely percieved as one of our worst presidents.Trump is in this latter category, regardless of whether he is impeached or not.
The real problem is, Democrats are as a whole less religious, less ideologically driven, less united by these twin pillars, and thus are less likely to VOTE. It really has nothing to do with impeachment.
If Democrats percieve individually their very survival is at stake, they will vote. If they vote, Democrats win.
Abortion and gun control work for Republicans because they think god is on their side, and in a way they are right. The IDEA of god unites them.
What unites Democrats? Liberal secularism/agnosticism/atheism? Class warfare? Economic disparities caused by the rotting away of the middle class? Racism? Anti-war sentiments? All and much more SHOULD unite them, but they don't. There is nothing as strong as religion, as unifying, in the Democrats' camp, at the very least.
Impeaching or not impeaching Trump is beside the point. The very fact this deeply-flawed, godless man is president speaks volumes: HE may or may not be religious, but he embraces a religious agenda.
If Democrats were united in a DISbelief in god, they would win. If most people felt as strongly as most of the people who populate this site, and VOTED, Democrats would win. We are increasing in number, but the religious still predominate.
That's the bottom line, not impeachment. In a battle between god and no god, god still wins.
Storm1752 comments on May 23, 2019:
What IS the evidence? Forget about short-term machinations, what really counts is the truth. Democrats are not Republicans. They impeached Clinton on ridiculous charges and suffered a humiliating defeat. On the other hand, it weakened Clinton as well. In the end, Clinton is percieved as one of our better presidents.
George W. Bush was not impeached, but he is widely percieved as one of our worst presidents.Trump is in this latter category, regardless of whether he is impeached or not.
The real problem is, Democrats are as a whole less religious, less ideologically driven, less united by these twin pillars, and thus are less likely to VOTE. It really has nothing to do with impeachment.
If Democrats percieve individually their very survival is at stake, they will vote. If they vote, Democrats win.
Abortion and gun control work for Republicans because they think god is on their side, and in a way they are right. The IDEA of god unites them.
What unites Democrats? Liberal secularism/agnosticism/atheism? Class warfare? Economic disparities caused by the rotting away of the middle class? Racism? Anti-war sentiments? All and much more SHOULD unite them, but they don't. There is nothing as strong as religion, as unifying, in the Democrats' camp, at the very least.
Impeaching or not impeaching Trump is beside the point. The very fact this deeply-flawed, godless man is president speaks volumes: HE may or may not be religious, but he embraces a religious agenda.
If Democrats were united in a DISbelief in god, they would win. If most people felt as strongly as most of the people who populate this site, and VOTED, Democrats would win. We are increasing in number, but the religious still predominate.
That's the bottom line, not impeachment. In a battle between god and no god, god still wins.
I passionately believe that religious organizations that encourage any sort of political preference ...
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
I think any organization which encourages a political ideology should be banned.
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
I think any organization which encourages a political ideology should be banned.
Hey lovies! I really miss @misterinvisible.
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
Have you actually seen Mr. Invisible in person? Or a photo?
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
Have you actually seen Mr. Invisible in person? Or a photo?
Hey gals (and guys), I'm a straight man, but a bit bi-curious, I guess, and I'm 51 years old and ...
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
A BIT bi-curious? In what way, exactly? When you wrap your hand around your big cock and go through your rolodex of images and fantasies as you stroke yourself hard, what comes to mind, usually? Women, of course...what kind of women? Old girlfriends? A favorite scenario? I'm asking. I'm really curious. When you mention 'bi-curious,' do you think of sucking or being sucked? No anal, I'm sure. Gross! Any particular situation? The shower down at the spa? A swingers' party? You MUST have something in mind...you can tell me. We're all friends here.
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
A BIT bi-curious? In what way, exactly? When you wrap your hand around your big cock and go through your rolodex of images and fantasies as you stroke yourself hard, what comes to mind, usually? Women, of course...what kind of women? Old girlfriends? A favorite scenario? I'm asking. I'm really curious. When you mention 'bi-curious,' do you think of sucking or being sucked? No anal, I'm sure. Gross! Any particular situation? The shower down at the spa? A swingers' party? You MUST have something in mind...you can tell me. We're all friends here.
Hey guys. What's your preference when it comes to dirty talk?
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
I want you to organize a FREE adult chat line, Wildflower. Staffed with well-known celebrity porn stars, iconoclasts, rebellious teenagers, MILFs, ED doctors, vaginal orgasm experts, and the like... and a special high-security area where people could throw rotten tomatoes at Catholic priests, biblical scholars, shriveled-up pro-life matrons, evangelical preachers, and anti-porn activists, to name a representative few.
Occasonally we could have a shout-off between the two groups. Filmed live, of course.
Special prizes awarded for best erotica-laced suggestiveness,, graphic stream-of-thought musings of boner-inducing, wetness-stimulating naughtiness of five minutes duration, or more.
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
I want you to organize a FREE adult chat line, Wildflower. Staffed with well-known celebrity porn stars, iconoclasts, rebellious teenagers, MILFs, ED doctors, vaginal orgasm experts, and the like... and a special high-security area where people could throw rotten tomatoes at Catholic priests, biblical scholars, shriveled-up pro-life matrons, evangelical preachers, and anti-porn activists, to name a representative few.
Occasonally we could have a shout-off between the two groups. Filmed live, of course.
Special prizes awarded for best erotica-laced suggestiveness,, graphic stream-of-thought musings of boner-inducing, wetness-stimulating naughtiness of five minutes duration, or more.
I am hereby giving one (or more) of you La Femme Bohemes a chance to engage with me in witty ...
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
I like overthrowing.... Patriarchy! Dual control! A law which mandates 50-50 representation. Then, later, when it becomes clear women are much better at running things, we can relax the 50-50 rule to AT LEAST 50-50. That way men can't elbow their way back into full-fledged dominance (which is what must have happened in the first place).
I think everybody would have more sex if women were in charge, for one thing. Pussy worship would be the new 'religion,' but secular, of course. THEY would decide how to institute the new regime. Men would just have to get with it, and shut up for a change...
But since I'm a man (unfortunately) I have no clue what a Matriarchy would look like. For one thing it'd have to be the RIGHT women...we wouldn't want Lynne Cheney and Michelle Bachmann in charge! Ugh! We could make Nina Hartley the Minister of Recreation. Wildflower could organize the Re-Education Schools. Elizabeth Warren could handle finances. Megan Fox could do SOMETHING, maybe create for herself a cabinet-level portfolio to make things...prettier! Yeah! Too many ugly men, for one thing, put 'em on a diet and mandate toupees!! Glam things up! Outlaw shitty music! And so on.
Anyway, that's a start.
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
I like overthrowing.... Patriarchy! Dual control! A law which mandates 50-50 representation. Then, later, when it becomes clear women are much better at running things, we can relax the 50-50 rule to AT LEAST 50-50. That way men can't elbow their way back into full-fledged dominance (which is what must have happened in the first place).
I think everybody would have more sex if women were in charge, for one thing. Pussy worship would be the new 'religion,' but secular, of course. THEY would decide how to institute the new regime. Men would just have to get with it, and shut up for a change...
But since I'm a man (unfortunately) I have no clue what a Matriarchy would look like. For one thing it'd have to be the RIGHT women...we wouldn't want Lynne Cheney and Michelle Bachmann in charge! Ugh! We could make Nina Hartley the Minister of Recreation. Wildflower could organize the Re-Education Schools. Elizabeth Warren could handle finances. Megan Fox could do SOMETHING, maybe create for herself a cabinet-level portfolio to make things...prettier! Yeah! Too many ugly men, for one thing, put 'em on a diet and mandate toupees!! Glam things up! Outlaw shitty music! And so on.
Anyway, that's a start.
Update: this is where I'm camped out at for a couple weeks.
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
I'm jealous. Stuck in Florida for the time being...but not for long...
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
I'm jealous. Stuck in Florida for the time being...but not for long...
So I have been absent from here for some time now.
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
It's been a while...how you doing and where have you been?
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
It's been a while...how you doing and where have you been?
Alrighty then!! Two months behind schedule, but who needs a schedule when retired?
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
It's been a while...how you coming along? Send photos.
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
It's been a while...how you coming along? Send photos.
So nice to be ‘home’ in the forest after lovely months in deserts of the Southwest.
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
Looks nice and cool. I'm jealous--stuck in Florida and it's almost June! Hopefully I can settle my business here soon and head north to a place like that!
Now I remember why I bought my RV in the first place...it's an okay 1996 Class B Coach House, needs a generator and work on frig. But it's getting there!
What's yours? (Blew it up...a Itasca Navion? Nice!) Looks roomy.
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
Looks nice and cool. I'm jealous--stuck in Florida and it's almost June! Hopefully I can settle my business here soon and head north to a place like that!
Now I remember why I bought my RV in the first place...it's an okay 1996 Class B Coach House, needs a generator and work on frig. But it's getting there!
What's yours? (Blew it up...a Itasca Navion? Nice!) Looks roomy.
Thought I would share a few more pics of the claim.
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
What is it a claim OF? Gold? Silver? Precious stones? Are you going to get rich?
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
What is it a claim OF? Gold? Silver? Precious stones? Are you going to get rich?
Who was Jesus ?
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
No, Jesus did not exist. Outside the bible, no contemporary historian, or any person AT ALL, made mention of him. All the "facts" (historical data) in the new testament are warped, twisted, skewed and distorted beyond recognition. For instance, there was no such place as 'Nazareth.' No town, hamlet, burg, waystation, nothing, and no collection of human beings called Nazarenes (unless you count an obcure Jewish sect, but that's an entirely different matter),. The place now called Nazareth was created long after the time in question by people needing it to exist for theological reasons. When 'Jesus' (didn't) live, that particular spot on the map was a graveyard, and there was perhaps one hut for the caretaker. The new testament was written by men who certainly didn't live in that area at that time, were in fact probably well-educated Romans who invented an anti-Jewish religion from bits and pieces of old "mystery religions" which preceded Christianity, and which themselves were invented by men. There is NO evidence of ANY kind, that a man fitting his description existed; in fact all the historical records indicate he did not. Look it up.
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
No, Jesus did not exist. Outside the bible, no contemporary historian, or any person AT ALL, made mention of him. All the "facts" (historical data) in the new testament are warped, twisted, skewed and distorted beyond recognition. For instance, there was no such place as 'Nazareth.' No town, hamlet, burg, waystation, nothing, and no collection of human beings called Nazarenes (unless you count an obcure Jewish sect, but that's an entirely different matter),. The place now called Nazareth was created long after the time in question by people needing it to exist for theological reasons. When 'Jesus' (didn't) live, that particular spot on the map was a graveyard, and there was perhaps one hut for the caretaker. The new testament was written by men who certainly didn't live in that area at that time, were in fact probably well-educated Romans who invented an anti-Jewish religion from bits and pieces of old "mystery religions" which preceded Christianity, and which themselves were invented by men. There is NO evidence of ANY kind, that a man fitting his description existed; in fact all the historical records indicate he did not. Look it up.
There is clear evidence that humans invent gods.
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
Just the obvious thought if there IS such a thing as 'god' all these gods are false and we just don't have enough information to be running around making up religions! Check with me in a million years or so when the human race has grown up.
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
Just the obvious thought if there IS such a thing as 'god' all these gods are false and we just don't have enough information to be running around making up religions! Check with me in a million years or so when the human race has grown up.
As some of you may know there is a new organization called Fight The New Drug.
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
I love porn and I doubt most porn actors and actresses (of course there are always exceptions, especially if you're talking about human trafficking, which I am not) want to be "rehabilitated."
I just wish porn would get to the 'next level' more quickly and become the art form it deserves to be. But it's getting there if you know where to look.
Catholics are hypocrites, as are most if not all Christians.
Storm1752 comments on May 22, 2019:
I love porn and I doubt most porn actors and actresses (of course there are always exceptions, especially if you're talking about human trafficking, which I am not) want to be "rehabilitated."
I just wish porn would get to the 'next level' more quickly and become the art form it deserves to be. But it's getting there if you know where to look.
Catholics are hypocrites, as are most if not all Christians.
Can an atheist be a hippy?
Storm1752 comments on May 21, 2019:
I'm an agnostic hippie. Besides most "hippies" circa "Summer of Love" traded their lava lamp for a suit and tie as soon as the Vietnam War was over.
Storm1752 comments on May 21, 2019:
I'm an agnostic hippie. Besides most "hippies" circa "Summer of Love" traded their lava lamp for a suit and tie as soon as the Vietnam War was over.
There are athletes who are agnostic atheist. However are any of them progressive or liberal?
Storm1752 comments on May 21, 2019:
I watch the NFL and sometimes the NBA for the game, period. I don't care what they eat, who they're dating, or what their political views are or their opinion of god is. I watch Tom Cruise movies because they're entertaining. I vote on the issues. I like Dylan music because it used to be great. When I consume content about god or lack thereof, I listen to and read stuff by Carrier, Hitchens, et al. I don't CARE what Athlete A thinks about god.
That said, if I was an atheist baseball player I'd want to be able to concentrate on hitting home runs or pitching shutouts and not attract a circus. I'm sorry, but the Christian Thought Police are still way too powerful to invite their wrath. It's about facing, recognizing, and bowing to reality. A true agnostic and/or atheist is too smart and pragmatic to do otherwise.
Just my humble opinion.
Storm1752 comments on May 21, 2019:
I watch the NFL and sometimes the NBA for the game, period. I don't care what they eat, who they're dating, or what their political views are or their opinion of god is. I watch Tom Cruise movies because they're entertaining. I vote on the issues. I like Dylan music because it used to be great. When I consume content about god or lack thereof, I listen to and read stuff by Carrier, Hitchens, et al. I don't CARE what Athlete A thinks about god.
That said, if I was an atheist baseball player I'd want to be able to concentrate on hitting home runs or pitching shutouts and not attract a circus. I'm sorry, but the Christian Thought Police are still way too powerful to invite their wrath. It's about facing, recognizing, and bowing to reality. A true agnostic and/or atheist is too smart and pragmatic to do otherwise.
Just my humble opinion.
Is it true that women in the US were arrested for wearing short swimsuit in 1920s?
Storm1752 comments on May 20, 2019:
Been to the beach lately. Now women wear practically nothing, and no one bats an eyelash. A few men's suits get a workout, though.
Storm1752 comments on May 20, 2019:
Been to the beach lately. Now women wear practically nothing, and no one bats an eyelash. A few men's suits get a workout, though.
Good morning!
Today's question: What is the greatest accomplishment of your life?
Storm1752 comments on May 20, 2019:
First I have to think of an accomplishment...umm...does surviving this long in the first place count?
My perserverence in the face of repeated and prolonged disasters, to the point I may finally be on the verge of true retirement, and be able to avoid the more unpleasant aspects of life until...I either die or am forced into re-engaging with reality. Hopefully the former!
How's that?
Storm1752 comments on May 20, 2019:
First I have to think of an accomplishment...umm...does surviving this long in the first place count?
My perserverence in the face of repeated and prolonged disasters, to the point I may finally be on the verge of true retirement, and be able to avoid the more unpleasant aspects of life until...I either die or am forced into re-engaging with reality. Hopefully the former!
How's that?
If God Is Dead, Your Time Is Everything
Martin Hägglund argues that rigorous secularism leads to ...
Storm1752 comments on May 19, 2019:
I put Christianity yo bed a long time ago, so any article that dwells on it is dead.
Storm1752 comments on May 19, 2019:
I put Christianity yo bed a long time ago, so any article that dwells on it is dead.
If God Is Dead, Your Time Is Everything
Martin Hägglund argues that rigorous secularism leads to ...
Storm1752 comments on May 19, 2019:
Jesus didn't exist, so you're referencing nobody. Socialism is a good thing. Where are you going with this?
Storm1752 comments on May 19, 2019:
Jesus didn't exist, so you're referencing nobody. Socialism is a good thing. Where are you going with this?
The chat room here is always open.
Storm1752 comments on May 19, 2019:
I have no shame, but I'm willing to explore YOUR shame. I want to explore a women's bisexual and lesbian fantasies. I want them to be honest about it. THAT'S what interests me. But I'm weird like that.
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If you want straight "dirty" talk, I can try, really try, if that's what she (or he) wants, but I don't think I'm very good at it. True, that's never stopped me before from making a fool out of myself.
I'm game. As a woman, why don't you tell me what you want to talk about? I'll talk.
If a guy wants to talk about his male fantasies, I'm also open to that. But most straight (or bi) men won't talk about that. I don't know why. Lots of women are curious about it, and the thought of it turns them on as much as girl-girl stuff turns on men.
But these are the random thoughts of a disorganized mind.
Storm1752 comments on May 19, 2019:
I have no shame, but I'm willing to explore YOUR shame. I want to explore a women's bisexual and lesbian fantasies. I want them to be honest about it. THAT'S what interests me. But I'm weird like that.
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If you want straight "dirty" talk, I can try, really try, if that's what she (or he) wants, but I don't think I'm very good at it. True, that's never stopped me before from making a fool out of myself.
I'm game. As a woman, why don't you tell me what you want to talk about? I'll talk.
If a guy wants to talk about his male fantasies, I'm also open to that. But most straight (or bi) men won't talk about that. I don't know why. Lots of women are curious about it, and the thought of it turns them on as much as girl-girl stuff turns on men.
But these are the random thoughts of a disorganized mind.
What's the biggest mistake you've ever made while at work or in your personal life?
Storm1752 comments on May 19, 2019:
I've made so many mistakes I lost count a long time ago.
Make a mistake, correct it as best you can, move on to the next mistake. Life is a series of mistakes. The best role model for this is Tom Brady--yes, the quarterback. Had no business winning his last three Super Bowls, made mistake after mistake. But did he dwell on them? No, if he had those games would have been lost. Like in the movie Vanilla Sky, "Every day is another chance to turn it all around."
Dwell on your mistakes and you're doomed to repeat them. Move on and you get another chance to NOT repeat them. To get it right.
Having said that, my LAST big mistake was, um, let's see...
Storm1752 comments on May 19, 2019:
I've made so many mistakes I lost count a long time ago.
Make a mistake, correct it as best you can, move on to the next mistake. Life is a series of mistakes. The best role model for this is Tom Brady--yes, the quarterback. Had no business winning his last three Super Bowls, made mistake after mistake. But did he dwell on them? No, if he had those games would have been lost. Like in the movie Vanilla Sky, "Every day is another chance to turn it all around."
Dwell on your mistakes and you're doomed to repeat them. Move on and you get another chance to NOT repeat them. To get it right.
Having said that, my LAST big mistake was, um, let's see...
if your mother was on her deathbed and she begged you to pray with her.
Storm1752 comments on May 19, 2019:
Absolutely. I would pay homage to Satan if that's what she wanted. Then, after her passing, i'd resume my regularly scheduled program.
Storm1752 comments on May 19, 2019:
Absolutely. I would pay homage to Satan if that's what she wanted. Then, after her passing, i'd resume my regularly scheduled program.
Do atheists value life more than theists considering that they don't believe in a afterlife
Storm1752 comments on May 19, 2019:
I can't speak for atheists, but as an agnostic I value life infinitely more, because a theist values a human body only as the repository of the 'soul,' whose sole mssion is to escape natural life and enter the supernatural realm. If there IS an afterlife, great, I'll enjoy it when the time comes, but I don't see THIS life as a waystation, a bus stop in a seedy part of town, to get through as quickly as possible.
Storm1752 comments on May 19, 2019:
I can't speak for atheists, but as an agnostic I value life infinitely more, because a theist values a human body only as the repository of the 'soul,' whose sole mssion is to escape natural life and enter the supernatural realm. If there IS an afterlife, great, I'll enjoy it when the time comes, but I don't see THIS life as a waystation, a bus stop in a seedy part of town, to get through as quickly as possible.
I'm about to buy a cabin on two acres in northernmost Florida.
Storm1752 comments on May 18, 2019:
My cabin. I hope.
Storm1752 comments on May 18, 2019:
My cabin. I hope.
I always romanticize the beginning of a relationship.
Storm1752 comments on May 18, 2019:
I wish we could go back to when it was simple and your current SO was THE one, forever and ever! Of course, they weren't, and one is destroyed by that realization, and the baggage compartment grows over the years to overflowing and ends up taking up the entire jumbo jet, and finally you end up afraid to say 'BOO!'
But that's life.
Storm1752 comments on May 18, 2019:
I wish we could go back to when it was simple and your current SO was THE one, forever and ever! Of course, they weren't, and one is destroyed by that realization, and the baggage compartment grows over the years to overflowing and ends up taking up the entire jumbo jet, and finally you end up afraid to say 'BOO!'
But that's life.
I am not an Atheist, I am Agnostic. There is a difference, actually a huge difference.
Storm1752 comments on May 18, 2019:
Yes there is a BIG difference! Welcome to the eternal debate!
Storm1752 comments on May 18, 2019:
Yes there is a BIG difference! Welcome to the eternal debate!
Are we suffering from existential dread or the real thing?
Storm1752 comments on May 18, 2019:
I feel dread, of dying, mostly because I'm having a heck of a good time and I'll hate to see it end.
Plus, I'm agnostic, which means I'm pretty sure no one knows what they're talking about, including me, so I take nothing seriously. What, me worry? Who cares?!?
So you see I'm an intentional fool and damned proud ot it! Try it some time.
Storm1752 comments on May 18, 2019:
I feel dread, of dying, mostly because I'm having a heck of a good time and I'll hate to see it end.
Plus, I'm agnostic, which means I'm pretty sure no one knows what they're talking about, including me, so I take nothing seriously. What, me worry? Who cares?!?
So you see I'm an intentional fool and damned proud ot it! Try it some time.
At our cores, everyone has a set of morals, but I think most people say they “are moral” or ...
Storm1752 comments on May 18, 2019:
MY morals?!? Well,
*if I do something wrong I feel bad about it.
*I don't enjoy feeling bad.
*I make a mental note not to do it again.
Next question.
Storm1752 comments on May 18, 2019:
MY morals?!? Well,
*if I do something wrong I feel bad about it.
*I don't enjoy feeling bad.
*I make a mental note not to do it again.
Next question.
Not ridiculing, just curious.
Storm1752 comments on May 18, 2019:
Yeah I thought the same thing, and then over time I realized what a strong pull our upbringing and conditioning (brainwashing) has on us. That's also why I periodically revisit sites like 'Jesus Did Not Exist,' and others, as a refresher course. Sort of like going to AA from time to time for a long-time alcoholic, to remind himself how bad it really was, and how stupid it would be to ever go there agsin. So I occasionally dive into the mosh pit with other agnostics and atheists if some post catches my eye, and wallow around about some 'issue' or another, usually putting a dig in at some pessimistic atheist or whatever...not for everybody but I like to get my hands dirty occasionally.
If you are really so immune to your programming, congratulations. We are SURROUNDED by this crap 24/7, and sometimes I feel that gravitational pull, so I turn on my booster rockets to get myself back into the proper orbit. Otherwise I go to my other groups in here about camping or naked women pics or something else...food, Elon Musk...quite a few good ones. About the religion thing, maybe you'll feel the need some day.
Other sites? I don't know. Maybe somebody else could recommend one...
Storm1752 comments on May 18, 2019:
Yeah I thought the same thing, and then over time I realized what a strong pull our upbringing and conditioning (brainwashing) has on us. That's also why I periodically revisit sites like 'Jesus Did Not Exist,' and others, as a refresher course. Sort of like going to AA from time to time for a long-time alcoholic, to remind himself how bad it really was, and how stupid it would be to ever go there agsin. So I occasionally dive into the mosh pit with other agnostics and atheists if some post catches my eye, and wallow around about some 'issue' or another, usually putting a dig in at some pessimistic atheist or whatever...not for everybody but I like to get my hands dirty occasionally.
If you are really so immune to your programming, congratulations. We are SURROUNDED by this crap 24/7, and sometimes I feel that gravitational pull, so I turn on my booster rockets to get myself back into the proper orbit. Otherwise I go to my other groups in here about camping or naked women pics or something else...food, Elon Musk...quite a few good ones. About the religion thing, maybe you'll feel the need some day.
Other sites? I don't know. Maybe somebody else could recommend one...
Wrong! I once wrote an essay called “Wrong”.
Storm1752 comments on May 18, 2019:
The Romans got 'Jesus' to say that, amoung other things, because they wanted the Jews to behave themselves. 'Jesus' also said to give to Caesar what was his, in the form of taxes, of course. They also got the waterwalker to say his 'kingdom' was not of this earth. In other words, the messiah the Jews were waiting for, who was going to deliver an earthly paradise? Uh-uh, wasn't going to happen! This Jesus character was some kinda pro-Roman dude, wasn't he? And didn't have much good to say about all those Jewish rabble-rousers who were causing Rome so much trouble...hmmm...wonder why that was? Couldn't have been because the Romans made him up, could it? Nahhh...
Storm1752 comments on May 18, 2019:
The Romans got 'Jesus' to say that, amoung other things, because they wanted the Jews to behave themselves. 'Jesus' also said to give to Caesar what was his, in the form of taxes, of course. They also got the waterwalker to say his 'kingdom' was not of this earth. In other words, the messiah the Jews were waiting for, who was going to deliver an earthly paradise? Uh-uh, wasn't going to happen! This Jesus character was some kinda pro-Roman dude, wasn't he? And didn't have much good to say about all those Jewish rabble-rousers who were causing Rome so much trouble...hmmm...wonder why that was? Couldn't have been because the Romans made him up, could it? Nahhh...
South Carolina primary opinion polls are out.
Storm1752 comments on May 13, 2019:
Christians are losing everywhere but at the ballot box. Time for that to change.
VOTE!
Storm1752 comments on May 13, 2019:
Christians are losing everywhere but at the ballot box. Time for that to change.
VOTE!
With online dating, its so easy to get laid.
Storm1752 comments on May 12, 2019:
Easy for YOU and other most other women. Harder for men.
Storm1752 comments on May 12, 2019:
Easy for YOU and other most other women. Harder for men.
Maybe this is a wierd question.
Storm1752 comments on May 12, 2019:
I'm not an atheist, I'm agnostic. I just express my opinions, without announcing I'm agnostic. Since most people are agnostic, I encounter few or no problems. Besides, the subject never comes up.
Why do you feel the need to "come out" as anything? Do you incite arguments because you enjoy the discussions it generates? To crystallize your own point of view?
I used to have theological debates with my devout Catholic mother, but I'm bored with it now. I just live my life.
Storm1752 comments on May 12, 2019:
I'm not an atheist, I'm agnostic. I just express my opinions, without announcing I'm agnostic. Since most people are agnostic, I encounter few or no problems. Besides, the subject never comes up.
Why do you feel the need to "come out" as anything? Do you incite arguments because you enjoy the discussions it generates? To crystallize your own point of view?
I used to have theological debates with my devout Catholic mother, but I'm bored with it now. I just live my life.
Religion and tradition repressed people and kept them stupid.
Storm1752 comments on May 12, 2019:
Morality has nothing to do with it. Plus your definitions are wrong.
Freedom means not having to obey anyone telling you what to do.
Science is facts, as best we know them.
Religion is the opposite of facts.
The confusion comes in when someone.SAYS something is a fact, but it isn't, thus mis-using the word.
So what you are talking about is confusion based on a mis-use of words.
Morality comes in when something is used or mis-
used based on precise or imprecise use or mis-use of words.
This is done to either shed light on the truth (science/facts) or to obfuscate the truth (religion/faith) for either objective knowledge, or subjective belief. The truth bestows freedom; faith demands blind obedience.
Storm1752 comments on May 12, 2019:
Morality has nothing to do with it. Plus your definitions are wrong.
Freedom means not having to obey anyone telling you what to do.
Science is facts, as best we know them.
Religion is the opposite of facts.
The confusion comes in when someone.SAYS something is a fact, but it isn't, thus mis-using the word.
So what you are talking about is confusion based on a mis-use of words.
Morality comes in when something is used or mis-
used based on precise or imprecise use or mis-use of words.
This is done to either shed light on the truth (science/facts) or to obfuscate the truth (religion/faith) for either objective knowledge, or subjective belief. The truth bestows freedom; faith demands blind obedience.
I fear as i am getting older i am going to lose control of all the delicate balancing acts i have ...
Storm1752 comments on May 9, 2019:
Welcome to the club.
God created a beautiful world.
At least we're not hunted down and ripped apart by vicious carnivorous predators, like many animals, or spend our lives running away from them! Just think: you could have been born a gazelle!
Storm1752 comments on May 9, 2019:
Welcome to the club.
God created a beautiful world.
At least we're not hunted down and ripped apart by vicious carnivorous predators, like many animals, or spend our lives running away from them! Just think: you could have been born a gazelle!
How Can We Create Inclusive Community?
Storm1752 comments on May 7, 2019:
Atheists are just another form of pendantic, dogmatic true believers, and if you dare to disagree with their absolute certainty there is no god or afterlife in any form or definition you are WRONG.
Agnostics are much more open-minded.
I for one don't think there's a god if you mean a "supreme being," but I realize our civilization is very young and likely to collapse anyway, because of that very facet of human nature which leads to such absolutist thinking. Maybe if the human species evolves, and learns to respect other points of view, it will survive long enough to actually learn more about the universe, and come up with more nuanced and sophisticated ideas about the nature of life in all its dimensions.
In the meantime we're stuck with this.
Storm1752 comments on May 7, 2019:
Atheists are just another form of pendantic, dogmatic true believers, and if you dare to disagree with their absolute certainty there is no god or afterlife in any form or definition you are WRONG.
Agnostics are much more open-minded.
I for one don't think there's a god if you mean a "supreme being," but I realize our civilization is very young and likely to collapse anyway, because of that very facet of human nature which leads to such absolutist thinking. Maybe if the human species evolves, and learns to respect other points of view, it will survive long enough to actually learn more about the universe, and come up with more nuanced and sophisticated ideas about the nature of life in all its dimensions.
In the meantime we're stuck with this.
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