How do you feel about the person you're dating talking about their ex?

ToakReon comments on Apr 1, 2018:

I think the past is the past - I make a point of not mentioning exes to current partners. It's not that it 'bothers' me as such - just that 'private moments' remain private even when with an ex.

How will the advent of self-driving cars change your life or the lives of others?

ToakReon comments on Mar 31, 2018:

Bring 'em on. Honestly, the moment I can feel confident the car can drive more safely than I can, I want it.

How do you keep from looking grumpy when well-meaning nice people bless you or say they'll pray for ...

ToakReon comments on Mar 30, 2018:

Well - if you don't want to be provocative, just imagine cute puppies playing in fresh fallen snow. If that doesn't stop you looking grumpy, nothing will. More provocatively, reply, "Thank you ... and I shall talk to my dog for you. I expect similar results."

What caused you to question god

ToakReon comments on Mar 30, 2018:

Common sense.

You died, I lived, god is good!

ToakReon comments on Mar 30, 2018:

"God granted us a miracle! Obviously we're 'special' in god's eyes. You, however, did not enjoy the 'miracle' so you cannot be special - so not only are you weeping, you're also INFERIOR! Haleluyah!"

I gotta know.

ToakReon comments on Mar 28, 2018:

I think it's more social than biological. Just less of a 'no no' for a man to spit than a woman - unfortunately. I can't stand public spitting either.

Have you ever experienced an eating disorder?

ToakReon comments on Mar 28, 2018:

No.

If you were a trip advisor for where you live, what would you highlight as the best attractions in ...

ToakReon comments on Mar 28, 2018:

If you're talking my home town, I'd say its greatest asset is the A23 - a road along which you can head north to London, or south to Brighton.

What's the biggest benefit to dating you?

ToakReon comments on Mar 28, 2018:

Well - the answer to that question depends on whether you LIKE depraved, old lechers ... ?

Has anyone ever noticed that when we point out how televangelists are just money whores, we talk ...

ToakReon comments on Mar 26, 2018:

If T D Jakes 'gets a pass', then I suspect it's largely 'good fortune' on his part - and perhaps him being less 'in the public eye'. I doubt it's to do with the colour of his skin.

If we were all forced to wear a warning label, what would yours say?

ToakReon comments on Mar 19, 2018:

How about "May contain nuts - or, indeed, be one"

I deleted all my adopted family off Facebook beside my mom.

ToakReon comments on Mar 18, 2018:

It's always a shame when someone's atheism causes rifts in their family. If fact it's a shame when anything causes rifts in a family - but there does seem to be a view in some (indeed many) religious communities that 'ceasing to be a member' is a monstrous crime that cannot be forgiven.

What do you feed your brain?

ToakReon comments on Mar 17, 2018:

Basically 'interesting stuff' I don't know - even if it's not really a subject I would say is 'my thing'. I was wandering around a museum a while back (can't remember which one) and happened into their display of 17th and 18th century ladies clothing. Now 'fashion' is REALLY not my thing - but a DAMN GOOD display, each item accompanied by a detailed, well-written and informative information panel, did genuinely arouse interest, and I was glad I'd discovered that section of the museum.

Was anyone here involved with Televangelism?

ToakReon comments on Mar 17, 2018:

You mean in some way other than raising the middle finger and uttering the words, "Fuck televangalism"?

Public speaking/performing. Terrifying or fun? I'm all ears!!

ToakReon comments on Mar 15, 2018:

I once did a charity performance of "Three Little Maids From School" (from the comic opera "Mikado" by W S Gilbert and A S Sullivan) in front of an audience of 750. Myself and two other guys (one with a rather magnificent beard) - dressed as schoolgirls. "Three little maids from school are we, Pert as a schoolgirl well can be, Filled to the brim with girlish glee, Three little maids from school!" And I sang the roll of 'Yum Yum' "One little maid is a bride, Yum Yum, Two little maids in attendance come, Three little maids is the total sum, Three little maids from school!"

Who else has high blood pressure? How do you control it?

ToakReon comments on Mar 15, 2018:

I find punching people (judgemental, bigotted religious folk, for example) is SO good for releasing internal tension and lowering blood pressure.

Free will, compatibilism, & determinism.

ToakReon comments on Mar 15, 2018:

It's an esoteric question. Does free will exist in an sbsolute sense? Well ... it only can if something (your decision, choice, etc) can 'come into spontaneous existance' without cause. Free will is therefore incompatable with the concept of cause and effect - because to believe in free will you have to believe that something can happen (your 'free choice' ) for which there is no cause. That said, if we 'choose to act well' or 'choose to act badly' we might be making that decision because our personallity (shaped by experience, genetics, and a whole load of other factors) 'cause' us to make that decision - but those decisions still affect others. So they might not be 'free' in the absolute sence - but that still doesn't 'justify' you being a cunt.

Is a snake in the kitchen a message from the universe?

ToakReon comments on Mar 14, 2018:

Is a snake in the kitchen a message from the universe? Only if the snake looks at you and says, "Don't eat those apples, they will make you know the meaning of good and evil - and cover your privates with leaves before you get painted by religious artists."

With or without music during sex?

ToakReon comments on Mar 14, 2018:

I had an ex. once, who used to choose 'sex music' for purely comic effect. A case of, "Hit the 'play' button and off we go!" with no idea what she had arranged as the sound track. It turned out to be a selection - everything from Verdi's 'Dies Irae', through hard rock and opera, to the sodding 'Birdy Song'. Honestly ... the Birdy Song! ... have you ever tried to have sex to "Da-da-da-da-dadda-da! Da-da-da-da-dadda-da! Da-da-da-DAAA!"?

So.

ToakReon comments on Mar 14, 2018:

Some christians are very ... well ... 'un-christian'. The sad thing is that this is no surprise, and no rarity.

If you are listening to the voices in your head.. Who's talking?? ?

ToakReon comments on Mar 13, 2018:

I listen to the voices in my head - but I ignore them and keep killing people anyway ...

Ladies! Haaaaaaaaaalp! I have a date! I don't know what to wear.

ToakReon comments on Mar 13, 2018:

Not a lady - but I suspect 'clothes' might be a good starting point. On a serious note - you will look best in whatever you, personally, feel most comfortable in and most suited to. Dress for YOURSELF rather than your date - and your 'ease and relaxation', knowing you are presenting yourself as you really are, will set a good tone for the date.

Are You A Leader Or A Follower?

ToakReon comments on Mar 9, 2018:

It depends on circumstance.

Would life be easier if their was a god?

ToakReon comments on Mar 8, 2018:

No.

Atheist that admire Churches and other religious architecture?

ToakReon comments on Mar 8, 2018:

Yes - religious ardour can result in extraordinary architecture, extraordinary art, and extraordinary music. What a shame it can also result in extraordinary bigotted injustice and hatred.

Tough question here! Why are so many people absolutely certain the bible has NO truth in it if they ...

ToakReon comments on Mar 8, 2018:

Of course there's some truth in the bible. It's almost impossible to imagine a work of fiction that big that doesn't state truth SOME time. There is, by similar argument, some truth in Alice in Wonderland, and The Lord of the Rings, and other works of fiction. The problem are those for whom 'it's in the bible' is a claim of reality - and in that there is no justification at all.

Do You Know What Time You Were Born?

ToakReon comments on Mar 8, 2018:

I was born within a few minutes of noon - either before or after - but ny parents don't know for certain if I was a morning or afternoon baby. They just recall that a few minutes after my birth they noticed the time was a few minutes after noon.

Atheists, whats the best definition of atheism? Which fits you?

ToakReon comments on Mar 8, 2018:

THEIST: (noun) A person who believes in the existance of an interactive supernatural being (a god, a goddess, or multiples thereof, who interact in an on-going manner with the world) ATHEIST: (noun) somone who is not a theist (as defined above)

Would you accept a job or position within a company that was built around religious beliefs?

ToakReon comments on Mar 6, 2018:

Well ... if I wanted the job, and the company asked my religious beliefs on the application, they would get an honest answer. I would not 'pretend to be anything I was not' to get the job. Mind you, it is UTTERLY DISGUSTING (and in Britain I believe it would be ILLEGAL) to base offers of employment on religious belief - and I suspect British companies, even if they are 'religiously based', would be very wary about making religion an obvious part of their selection process (though some might do so secretly).

Newbie to the community writing poetry hoping someone will notice me. Hey hey hey.

ToakReon comments on Mar 4, 2018:

I've noticed you ... so SUCCESS! On a serious note, welcome to the merry gang.

Can I just stay at this amount of points? 666

ToakReon comments on Mar 4, 2018:

As the square root of 666 is 25.807, does that make 25.807 the 'root of all evil'?

What’s one of your most annoying things a person can do to really get on your nerves?

ToakReon comments on Mar 4, 2018:

I actually found this amusing, but lots ot OTHERS were annoyed. I was on 'rush hour' train from the south coast of England, heading up into central London. The train was pretty crowded with typically 'suited and booted' city types, reading their copies of the Financial Times on their way to work - but sitting in a window seat was a young mother, and sitting on her lap, looking out of the window, was her little boy. He was an excited little lad, and apparently had a love of trains - because every time he saw one he'd point and cry out, "TAIN! TAIN!" (apparently he was not that good at pronouncing his Rs). Mum would respond calmly with, "Yes, Tommy. It's a train." And then a minute or two later, "TAIN! TAIN!" Each time the little lad spotted a train and called out, you could see the surrounding business types tense, sink just a fraction further into the seat, and concentrate that tiny bit more on whatever they were reading in the FT - it was hillarious. And trust me, travelling from the south coast to London during the rush hour you see a LOT of trains!

What is your most useless talent?

ToakReon comments on Mar 3, 2018:

I can recite pi to 20 decimal places - which means that IF the Earth were a perfect sphere, and IF I knew it's diameter exactly, I would be able to calculate the circumference to one trillionth of an inch.

Telling an atheist "I'll pray for you" is just as offensive as telling a Christian "I'll think ...

ToakReon comments on Mar 3, 2018:

Having a christian 'pray for me' isn't offensive - just utterly pointless. It is no more objectional, but no more valuable, than having them pat their dog for me, or ride a camel for me, or recite pi to twenty decimal places for me. Their prayers do me no harm and cause me no distress - so why should I be offended?

This happened to me during my college days.

ToakReon comments on Mar 3, 2018:

A tale I've heard, though I can't remember the celebrity involved - not can I, of course, vouch for the truth. A celebrity, as a prank, got hold of a mobile phone that could not be traced back to him - and from this phone sent a text message to a load of his friends. The message went, "We have been discovered! Flee before it's too late!" One of the friends vanished, and was never heard of again.

"Oh my god!", "go to hell!", "Jesus Christ!", "soulmate" and other phrases featuring religious ...

ToakReon comments on Mar 3, 2018:

They're 'throw-away' phrases for me. 'Oh god!' 'Jesus Christ' 'Heaven help you' 'Fucking hell' Etc. Phrases that have no more significance than, 'Thor's hammer', 'The blessings of Ishtar' or 'Drunk as Dionysius'

Can a atheist and a Christian date.

ToakReon comments on Mar 3, 2018:

I suggest you tell her you're of 'kinky pursuasion' - and then you might be able to pursuade her she should be gagged ... :)

If you could describe yourself and your ideal partner as any fictional character (books, movies, tv,...

ToakReon comments on Mar 3, 2018:

Aalethyzar and Tryska from 'Playground of the Vain'. No - you won't know them, and you can't look them up - because Playground of the Vain is my own novel and it isn't published yet. Also a change would be required. I am male. Aalethyzar is a lesbian female - so she'd have to 'become male and strainght' to fit with me ... and, of course, the lesbian female Tryska would also have to become straight!

Unexplained Religious Experiences

ToakReon comments on Mar 3, 2018:

Human beings have powerful imaginations that are quite capable of 'creating' strange effects within the privacy of the mind if you happen to be desperate enough to have those experiences. We can dream vividly and believably - so where is the difficulty in believing we cannot have such vivid 'dreams' with our eyes open too?

What is something you have tried, but will never do again?

ToakReon comments on Mar 2, 2018:

Yes. Olives. Can't stand them.

What is the worst thing anyone has said to your face ?

ToakReon comments on Mar 2, 2018:

"You're almost as charming a Jacob Rees Mogg"

Do you like Blackadder?

ToakReon comments on Mar 1, 2018:

That wonderful mixture of funny but, at times, very 'significant' in its themes. The final scene of the forth (WW1) series when they go 'over the top' is utterly heartbreaking.

Simple questions for those that prefer Women. What is your choice... Wig or Hat in a woman?

ToakReon comments on Mar 1, 2018:

Well ... if we're talking preferences ... ???? Intelligent, fiery, a 'character'. Someone who thinks and has ideas of her own. Someone interesting. Physically - well, the following would be nice. Looooong shapely legs, long hair (well over shoulder length), a figure that goes in and out where it should go in and out, medium boobs. Oh - and a tiny touch of nymphomania would be nice.

How often do you like it?

ToakReon comments on Mar 1, 2018:

Who likes aerosol whipped cream, then?

What Are Your Views On Cosmetic Surgery

ToakReon comments on Feb 28, 2018:

I would not want cosmetic surgery, but I would not want to deny it to others. However I suspect that while some cosmetic surgery is needed for genuine cosmetic problems, some 'habitual cosmetic surgery patients' are actually responding to emotional problems, not cosmetic problems.

What are 5 useless facts about you?

ToakReon comments on Feb 28, 2018:

1. Knows that the total word count in the complete works of William Shakespeare is 884421 words. 2. Knows that pi to 20 decimal places is 3.14159265358979323846 3. Has made snake and bullwhips out of the finest kangaroo hide - most of them short enough to comfortably use indoors. AHEM! 4. Did a charity performance of 'Three Little Maids From School' (from Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Mikado' ) in front of an audience of 800, with two other male friends. We were all dressed as schoolgirls - and one of us had a beard. I was 'Yum-Yum', by the way. 5. I have a toxic reaction to alcohol. ANY alcohol, and I get very ill very quickly. Searing headache, shivering and violently heaving my guts out within 15 minutes - and a single glass of wine is CERTAINLY enough to bring out the effect.

Do any specific noises cause you anxiety or fright (without reason)? READ THE FULL QUESTION

ToakReon comments on Feb 28, 2018:

Finger nails screetching down a blackboard is a really nasty sound - but that's more unpleasant than scary.

Why am I single?

ToakReon comments on Feb 28, 2018:

Damn ... ???? ... way too old, and in another continent - but I hope you find the 'right someone'

Scientific society is starting to believe there is only 50-50 chance of this world to be real.

ToakReon comments on Feb 28, 2018:

Well ... I guess it's a possibility, but I would be very surprised indeed if it is considered likely by as much as 50% of the scientific community.

Do you ever pity brainwashed victims?

ToakReon comments on Feb 27, 2018:

Absolutely.

Im drunk and I lost my job Friday. Good thing I have 3 interviews this week.

ToakReon comments on Feb 27, 2018:

Good luck with the interviews ... ? The final ? was a typo - intended !

When travelling around, do you prefer what mode of transport

ToakReon comments on Feb 26, 2018:

Well, if we were talking about the perfect mode of transport, I'd have to say a small coach pulled by eight scantily clad pony-girls. Buy hey, I'm just that combination of perverse and weird.

Bible’s purpose

ToakReon comments on Feb 26, 2018:

The bible, I suspect, didn't have a specific 'purpose' - but was a book written by 'authoratitive men' in a time when society was patriarchal and controlling ... and as a result the bible is patriarchal and controlling.

What's the best way to get into a woman's heart (if ya know what I mean).

ToakReon comments on Feb 24, 2018:

Scalpel

How would you tell a guy that his fly is open in a party/public?

ToakReon comments on Feb 23, 2018:

Oi! You! Do your flies up, mate. We don't all want to see your dong.

Conspiracy Theories - Do you believe in any?

ToakReon comments on Feb 23, 2018:

No to all. Silly conspiracy theories all.

If we're serious about drawing distinctions between "acceptably dangerous" and "unacceptably ...

ToakReon comments on Feb 23, 2018:

If you're 'sport' shooting bears in the woods, then you're a complete CUNT - but setting that aside, I can see a justification in holding in your hands a gun that can shoot FOUR SHOTS in quick succession:- ONE to try and kill the poor, sodding bear, and THREE MORE to try and keep yourself alive if you fuck up number one and the bear is charging you. At the rate a furious, injured bear is likely to charge, three further shots is all you're likely to get anyway - and if the bear gets to you and rips you to pieces:- a. Well done bear and b. Having another eight shots sitting, unused, in the magazine isn't going to help you anyway. I really see no valid reason for a 'sporting' gun to have more than a four shot capacity - and then require re-loading in a manner that TAKES A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME. If you're shooting rats in your barn, ditto. Do you really think after the first bloody great bang that any other rats are going to hang around, squeeking "Shoot me!" So one shot to kill a rat. Maybe a second to kill a second rat, if it's stupid enough to stop and look rather than running for cover. Two more shots to 'finish off' those two rats if they are not totally dead and are somewhere 'out of reach'. Again, I can see no reason for more than four shots - then a nice, long re-load process. So my view as a starting point is:- NO replaceable magazines. A gun has it's own 'magazine storage' that cannot simply be exchanged - and when fully loaded a gun can have no more than four available shots. By no means as far as I'd like to go (by a huge, huge margin) but at least in the NEXT school shooting there might be a 're-loading pause' where pupils can run, after only four victims have been shot.

Would you be a better god than the god of the bible? If so - how?

ToakReon comments on Feb 22, 2018:

God's act of mass genocide, Noah's flood, supposedly killed ALL HUMANS with the exception of a single family, ALL ANIMALS that could not live in the open sea at least, and ALL PLANTS that required dry land. The terrifying thing is that even Adolph Hitler's mass butchery of the jews, or Joseph Stalin's purges, are barely significant in comparison. There is NO HUMAN BEING IN HISTORY that has been as genocidally psychopathic as god. So 'Would you be a better god than the god of the bible?' - Yes! Even Hitler and Stalin would!

What 3-8 traits do you value most in a potential lifetime partner?

ToakReon comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Honest. Sincere. Intelligent. With wide-ranging views and thoughts, so that she's fascinating. Oh - and INCREDIBLE legs, of course.

Do you think that online friendships can survive a real-life meeting?

ToakReon comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Two people on agnostic.com have ONE THING IN COMMON - they are in agnostic.com. That's it. There is a lot of 'other stuff' about people - so a single common factor really isn't that much in common at all.

Want to See Gun Control Enacted? Support a Movement to Arm Black Folks En Masse | Alternet

ToakReon comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Sorry - no. There is NO 'arm X' reponse that I would support.

Flirting, what are your tactics when implementing this strategy?

ToakReon comments on Feb 21, 2018:

"Excuse me Miss, do you mind if I ask you a question? Have you ever woken up, rolled over in bed, looked at the man lying next to you and thought, 'Jesus Christ! Why in the name of HELL did I do THAT???' "No ... ? "Fancy giving it a try?"

Flirting, what are your tactics when implementing this strategy?

ToakReon comments on Feb 21, 2018:

"Excuse me Miss, do you mind if I ask you a question? I'm doing a survey about corny chat-up lines. I was wondering if you could listen to the three following, corny chat-up likes and tell me which would be most likely to work for you:- "1 - What's a nice girl like you doing in a dump like this? "2 - If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me? "and 3 - Excuse me Miss, do you mind if I ask you a question? I'm doing a survey about corny chat-up lines ..."

Just how precious is human life?

ToakReon comments on Feb 19, 2018:

You can't just make blanket statements and judgements - it's not a matter of 'OK until a certain time has passed', it has to be individual consideration of individual circumstances.

Newt Gingrich: “Atheist Philosophy” More Dangerous to Christianity Than Terrorists – Friendly ...

ToakReon comments on Feb 19, 2018:

Oh dear. Poor christianity. Under threat from the wicked atheists and their vile and monstrous reason!

How do I back out gracefully?

ToakReon comments on Feb 17, 2018:

This is, I think, the time to honestly, but considerately, 'put your cards on the table'. Let her know you're an atheist. Let her know that she has every right to her beliefs - but if she were to try and 'impose' them on you, or on others in your presence, that would be an issue ... and see how she reacts.

What are you addicted to now?

ToakReon comments on Feb 16, 2018:

I'm addicted to breathing. I suspect, if I gave it up, the withdrawal symptoms might prove problematic.

More Dating Preferences

ToakReon comments on Feb 14, 2018:

I've always been an adherent of the 'Meet for coffee, at a coffee shop, no expectations just chat' first meeting.

Do you find it attractive dating someone who smokes cigarettes?

ToakReon comments on Feb 14, 2018:

No.

What death do you fear the most?

ToakReon comments on Feb 14, 2018:

To die at a Justin Bieber concert. To die is bad - the the shattering, crushing embarrassment of an obituary saying 'Collapsed while listening to the music of Justin Bieber' would make almost any other style of death preferable.

Michelle Obama The portrait by Amy Sherald was unveiled yesterday in Washington.

ToakReon comments on Feb 13, 2018:

It's a fine picture. It has character and impact. It is an artwork worthy of being displayed and viewed. However, if I'd not been told it was Michelle Obama, I certainly wouldn't have recognised it as such. So a fine picture - just not a fine LIKENESS of Michelle Obama.

White Evangelicals, This is Why People Are Through With You

ToakReon comments on Feb 12, 2018:

To the point. Accurate. What more can be said?

What do you know that most others don’t?

ToakReon comments on Feb 12, 2018:

That 'The Fellowship of the Ring' by J R R Tolkein (the first book of the 'Lord of the Rings' ) is 177,227 words long. That 'The Two Towers' by J R R Tolkein (the second book of the 'Lord of the Rings' ) is 143,436 words long. That 'The Return of the King' by J R R Tolkein (the third book of the 'Lord of the Rings' ) is 134,462 words long. That the complete works of William Shakespeare amount to 884,421 words.

I believe this is politics.

ToakReon comments on Feb 11, 2018:

I think self-drive completely changes the attitude towards speeding. 'I don't want to be restricted! It's a challenge to me - my authority, my independance, I'M THE DRIVER!' But if that person is NOT the driver - then speed restrictions suddenly become less personal, less a challenge to individual ego. It becomes more a matter of simply getting there.

Sherlock Homes fan?

ToakReon comments on Feb 9, 2018:

Basil Rathbone

If someone is dying and a bystander chooses not to help, should they be held responsible?

ToakReon comments on Feb 8, 2018:

No. You have an absolute right to be a cunt - and while you are responsible for the consequenses of your actions, passivity is not an action. It is a LACK of action.

What do men want in a woman?

ToakReon comments on Feb 5, 2018:

Someone interesting. Someone intelligent. Someone trustworthy and dependable. Someone you can respect as well as lust for. Oh - and a pleasant level of nymphomania, insanely long legs, a cute face, a fine figure, and a love of wearing astonishingly little are bonusses.

Ever been so attracted to someone.

ToakReon comments on Feb 5, 2018:

Absolutely. Knock on door. Young man in sharp suit, accompanied by the most genuinely jaw-dropping, heart-stoppingly GORGEOUS girl I had seen in years. Oh My God (not that he exists), she was mind-numbingly fabulous. God squad - wanting to convert me to their 'true faith'. I invited them in for coffee - not for HIM, of course, purely for HER. But they talked - and she turned out to be a morally judgemental, self-deceiving, righteous, bigotted fuckwit. Face, figure, legs, clothing style, hair, eyes ... all solid 10 out of 10. Yet the words that came out of her mouth shattered all the first impressions. She was ... well ... crushingly disappointing.

Am I the only person who cares nothing for football?

ToakReon comments on Feb 5, 2018:

No. There are many other 'football non-fans' out there.

I have been loyal to a fault to my man of almost 13 years, married almost 11.

ToakReon comments on Feb 5, 2018:

What can we say, but we wish you well? We cannot make decisions for you, but we can offer our best wishes for the future whatever decisions you make yourself. If I were a theist I'd offer 'prayers'. As an atheist I see how meaningless that is - but what can I offer that means more? Perhaps not much - but I wish I could.

What’s your most favorite and least favorite sport?

ToakReon comments on Feb 5, 2018:

I used, LONG ago, to be a bit of a mean table-tennis player. I was also, for a short time, my school's second best high-jumper (though the school's best made me look very stupid indeed - he'd consistantly beat me by about 12-15 inches!) Now I play no sports at all. So what do I watch? Well - it depends on mood and time. When Wimbledon is on I watch some tennis. I'll turn on to the occasional test match - but not in any really 'committed way'. Come the winter olympics I'll watch a bit of ski-ing, skating, and the odd maniac flinging himself off the edge of a ski jump - fine, but I wouldn't really call myself a 'fan'. I'm not a fan of football (soccer). I really don't get golf at all - I mean " 'swish - thunk' oh yes, that's right into the heart of the green" then someone else " 'swish - thunk' oh dear, I think he's hooked it into the sand trap to the right of the dog-leg" then someone else " 'swish - thunk' well look at that, he's going to have a tricky approach shot from that long rough" then someone else ... what the FUCK is that all about?

Being Completely Honest, Is There A Bible Or Cross Anywhere In Your Home Right Now?

ToakReon comments on Feb 4, 2018:

Absolutely there's a bible in my home. If you talk to christians you need to be able to look up their quotations from the bible - and give them other quotations that they find 'uncomfortable'. You cannot oppose christianity from a position of ignorance - even though that's how many christians support it. There's also an English translation of the quran in my house for exactly the same reason. And a book detailing the basic concepts of other religions. The reason I am an atheist is because I KNOW religion is fucked up!

I have a friend that has cancer that has come back.

ToakReon comments on Feb 4, 2018:

It's hard. She's a friend. You care for her. You want her future to be as good as it can possibly be, because you care. That's, basically, what you have to tell her. Theists say 'blessings' and 'prayers' because those are things that are assumed to be caring things to say. To be honest, I see them as a cop-out - as saying "There are many things I would like to say, to show that you are special to me and I want the best for you, but I can't think of the words to express my feelings so I'll say 'prayers' and hope you'll assume that means all of the things I haven't said." In a way, being an atheist, denies you the cop-out ... meaning you're left trying to express what you REALLY want to say - just as the theists really should, if they didn't have their 'easy option'.

What is the world's no.1 anti-dandruff shampoo?

ToakReon comments on Feb 4, 2018:

Being bald, and rubbing emollient cream into your bald scalp daily. Not that I know for certain - not being bald - but non-hairy parts of my body tend not to flake with emollient cream.

For the writers. How much religion has found its way into your work?

ToakReon comments on Feb 4, 2018:

My novel, Playground of the Vain, is set in a very mono-theistic society - underground elves who worship a goddess called Udyth. In fact, Udyth actually speaks - but like most religious revelations, her words are heard by a single, devout believer (one of her high priestesses), and not witnessed by any other person. I leave it ... well ... 'undeclared' whether the goddess has truly spoken, or whether very reverent Tryska imagined it. Certainly she, herself, believes she heard the voice of her goddess. My 'great temple of Udyth' is also a seething pit of corruption, self-serving manipulation, lies, treachery and barbarity - which, perhaps, is an indication of my own views on religious faith!

What wildlife do you commonly see where you live?

ToakReon comments on Feb 3, 2018:

A selection of small birds. A large number of wood pidgeons and collared doves. Foxes - though more often heard than seen, however seeing them is a bonus. The occasionan red deer or muntjak (with their distinctive, protruding teeth)

Aggressive, angry and violent Christian?

ToakReon comments on Feb 3, 2018:

He was arrested? GOOD. I hope your cousin makes a full recovery, and isn't troubled by her experience in any lasting way. The man who did this to her was a complete CUNT.

How do you prefer to be comforted?

ToakReon comments on Feb 2, 2018:

When someone says, in effect, 'let me give you comfort' then THEY are making the decision about the nature of the comfort they are prepared to give. Unless they happen to know you REALLY well - know how you respond and precisely what is upsetting you - their idea of the comfort you need is unlikely to match what you really DO need. In many ways the best comfort comes from someone who says, "Hey - if there's anything I can do, let me know. If not, I'll leave you in peace with your own thoughts."

Do you like dragons?

ToakReon comments on Feb 2, 2018:

My first novel was about them.

What’s a petty reason you won’t date a man/woman?

ToakReon comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I would not date a woman if her mame happened to be Ivanka Trump.

What’s a petty reason you won’t date a man/woman?

ToakReon comments on Jan 31, 2018:

Well - I wouldn't tate a woman who was spewing foam from her mouth, had bolt eyes, and was fingering an axe while murmuring indecipherable words which seemed to be founded in impending death ... HOWEVER cute she was.

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

ToakReon comments on Jan 30, 2018:

A purpose? Why should we have a purpose? We have inclinations - to eat, to sleep, to talk, to have sex, to make a fuss of cute dogs, etc. but to claim we have some 'purpose' is by no means neccessary.

How Many Citizens Do You Have On Block?

ToakReon comments on Jan 30, 2018:

None. I use the 'if I don't like someone I just piss them off until they ignore me' approach.

Which is more important to you in a relationship: great sex or feeling loved?

ToakReon comments on Jan 30, 2018:

That's a bit of an odd question - because both are important for a relationship to really work.

I just found out my husband gave a church over $1,700.

ToakReon comments on Jan 30, 2018:

I don't like churches and their money-grabbing ways - but if your husband GAVE THE MONEY then your issue isn't with the church, it's with your husband. It's also a matter of trust. A wife who cannot trust her husband is in a very difficult, perhaps irrepairable, possition.

What are your views on polygamy?

ToakReon comments on Jan 30, 2018:

If it rocks the boat of all involved, why not? But polygamy, understood by all and enjoyed by all, is very different from deception. If EVERYONE INVOLVED is happy, yes - but don't use polygamy as an excuse to 'play around' if your partner believes you are monogamous, and that was the basis of your relationship with them.

FACT CHECK: Does a New Law Allow Atheist Doctors to Refuse Care to Religious Patients?

ToakReon comments on Jan 29, 2018:

Even if it were legal, I suspect atheist doctors would not refuse care - because atheists don't tend to be cunts.

Any other writers out there?

ToakReon comments on Jan 29, 2018:

I write fantasy. 62000 word (short) allegorical fantasy already in print. ('The Green Eyed Girl' ) 221000 word (long) epic fantasy (book one of a two book tale) will be published soon. ('Playground of the Vain - Book One, The Dwarf War' )

Is being forceful with ones' disbelief of religion any better than someone trying to convert one to ...

ToakReon comments on Jan 29, 2018:

Being 'forceful' about bigotry is perfectly appropriate - and if that bigotry is based upon, or justified in the name of, religion then to NOT make the point about that connection would dishonest. I don't care if people believe in god - but I do care if they are judgemental, bigotted, racist or intollerant in god's name. My underlying maxim is 'I don't care what you believe - just don't ACT like a shit'

Want to know what percentage of the community believes in free will?

ToakReon comments on Jan 29, 2018:

After my silly 'joke' response I thought I'd give a real one. The concept of free will is fundamentally incompatable with the concept of cause and effect. If what you choose to do is the 'effect' of external 'causes' then it is not truly your free choice - if it is not then, by definition, you have 'effect' without 'cause'.