hay guys.

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

You're so lucky. Carol seems such a lovely person and you're complaining just because she has a religion. My god, man, she's a woman! We'd give our back-teeth for a woman. Start learning Bible verses before it's too late. You'll never regret it.

"She Wolf" Shakira. [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

The state of undress seems to be in proportion to the quality of the song.

Me and religion

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

No, no, no. You must become a humanist right away and adopt secular humanist values.

Really....i am.

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

...and there is a lot of them.

And that is the dangerous part about us

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

It's not really our fault. Well, maybe it is. We've lost our power. The way society constructs itself takes power away from most people.When 'experts' talk about our power, I think they usually treat the person as distinct from the citizen. But I also concede that society and its hierarchy has value. And I think that society and hierarchy must continue for human life to continue. So I'm going to conclude that maybe we should understand society as a necessary form of reality and our independent reality as another. Two realities? I'm not sure.

Today in gun stupid America. Praise the NRA. [yahoo.com]

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

Jesus wept......well, you know what I mean.

Does anyone watch the British TV show QI?

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

Being interesting, that's quite an asset. It reminds me of the word raconteur that might go into the other section. The man I most think of as a wonderful raconteur was Peter Ustinov.

I appreciate good alliteration. [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

Wonderful music. Crosby made me laugh when he told the audience " Steve writes the heavy rock, Graham writes the anthems and I write the weird stuff!"

Childhood photo challenge: Post a favorite childhood photo.

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

This is me in the school play. I was one of the seven dwarves.

From the first episode of the Big Bang Theory: Leonard: At least I didn't have to invent 26 ...

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

I remember when fermiones created the smell that attracted women to us.

Time for change

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

Darn Philistine!

Just finished 2 more on the Glenda series ,been getting a lot of feed back on the Glenda.

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

That's weird and wonderful. Is that a big dick under her chin in the first picture?

Underneath it all, we are all the same.

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

I wouldn’t say it’s illogical. I think it’s related to fear, which is a great protector from possible threat. Hate is the thinking that keeps us permanently away from threats that have been realised. The trouble is, consciousness has developed into such complexity by now that hate can be created and manipulated for devious reasons.

Why is it that whenever I get lonely, my ex (that I left for good reasons) sends me an "I miss you" ...

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

It's probably because deep down at the level of the genes, you are crying out to each other.

Best quote on facebook in awhile: "If you need an armed guard to practice freedom of religion, you ...

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

Never thought of that - good one!

Let's start taking back our country:

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

There were no good guys to vote for, after they took Bernie out of the race.

PERNICIOUS: per-ni-cious.

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

Tr...............Iago, the villain in Othello.

Prelapsarian (adjective) occurring before the Fall of man; related to innocent or carefree ...

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

That's when sex wasn't sinful, but if it isn't sinful, was it any good?

Nancy Wilson - The Last Dinosaur [youtu.be] For all you who loved dinosaurs since childhood.

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

Tr.......no.

A Strong Woman.......

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

I think it's like if you are strong you have a good chance of going the distance but if you trip over something on the way and break a leg, then you'll need another type of strength.

A good referee notices everything!

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

But, but, .....butt!

HELP! I need somebody. [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

Here I am, just turned 64 like the other song, and needing help like in this song. Who'd have ever thunk it when they first heard these songs!

Yes - Masquerade [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

Wow - my favourite band! Howe's he do it?

"White men occupy the highest positions in the race and gender hierarchy.

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

I don't think it's about being white or male anymore - I think it's just about power and its abuses.

I believe I have found a simple method for defeating negative emotions, thoughts, self harmful ...

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

I remember logotherapy in relation to his book. I'm not sure what's going on here, though. Is it just the idea of confronting your fears to get rid of them?

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. H. G. Wells

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

I suspect that education has taught us more reasons to hate each other than understand each other.

When that moment arises! ?

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

"Thank you, Bill", says Monica, "it's an honour, sir!"

Do you think generally speaking that Atheists have/developed thicker skin?

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

I don't think so in my situation but nobody is getting on my case over atheism. I think years on social media has toughened my skin because very few punches are pulled in this media.

Strictly speaking this is not a Traditional song, but it certainly has become part of the Folksong ...

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

It seems like I have had that album forever, first on vinyl and now CD. It doesn't get old. I always thought the lyrics on City Lights were especially perceptive

Why to love Why to burn In sweetness of the pain Why to wait And freeze in snow and rain ...

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

Well now, it's a downer but well-crafted.

It’s looking pretty Autumnal this morning and for some reason this piece of music sprang to mind.

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

A veritable whirlwind of music!

Hello everyone! I'm Ian and I might not dislike you!

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

Give it time, Ian. Welcome aboard!

The needs of a rapacious ego.

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

I thought maybe it was a way to lance a boil.

You may disagree, but I'm in full agreement.

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

Yes, it's true but it doesn't give the context of why the people look likely to vote for him.

I am not from Pittsburgh or Jew but...

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

I don't know for sure if the anger against Jews nowadays is because of their callous disregard for the lives of Palestinians or are we still dealing with the traditional view that the Jews own all the banks and have a plan to take over the world..

When that moment arises! ?

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

Isn't he an arrogant dick!

When life gets you down...

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

Ha! Wouldn't that be great?

Some days I aspire to nothing more than becoming -- [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

Now that is a serious classic. The lyrics are awesome!

1975 [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

Wonderful song. A kind tribute to Barrett.

INVITATION to join CLASSIC ROCK RULES! Music defines the times.

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

I liked some of their songs but I didn't think they were very good live.

"A concept: the immaculate conception but it’s Satan’s child and all the prolifers have to ...

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

Let him live. He'll turn against his father in his teenage years.

Women Are Strong. Need To Change How World Perceives That Strength

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

i think feminism should be about fairness.

Strong Women Never Give Up

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

... and nobody, ever ever ends up in a mental hospital unless they're weak.

A word for our time.

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

Oh my heart!

Though I am an atheist, I am a Jew by birth and by ...

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

The problem is how to work against something. The Antifa method is the current choice. The MLK/Ghandi method is probably more effective unless the world has changed so much that this method is not viable any more. My guess is it's still the most effective option, but in fairness, it wouldn't be me putting my life on the line.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE ?????

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

Love is lovely, let it flow.

I’d like to read the prequel to the bible where Jehovah created a male tyrannosaur, just so I can ...

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

The closest we get to that is probably the older myth about the Leviathan, the primeval chaos personified as a female monster.

If you generalize when you are talking about people your exception can easily be one hundred ...

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

Lol.

Scarborough Fair.

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

Lovely song. Their harmony is a joy.

The cult of MAGA

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

More likely they are killing because they hate people who think different. That can be catching.

partygoals

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

Holding up well!

SALUBRIOUS.

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

It seems that the word carries that idea that money and good health are connected. I believe it anyway.

True happiness consist not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

brentan comments on Oct 28, 2018:

I'd settle for a bad friend these days. No, I'm getting forgetful, I wouldn't.

Massive Attack - Paradise Circus - YouTube

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Gosh Ken, if that played in my head when I was walking, I would catch a bus!

Hobo Johnson - Peach Scone [youtu.

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I wouldn't call it music but it's a very enjoyable monologue to a musical accompaniment.

Made this one myself!

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Again?

Major Study Finds The US Is An Oligarchy

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

What, isn't that the step before fascism?

So how do we all feel about "sacred" music?

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I like sacred music because it is aspirational.

I am so angry! Angry because it's sad that people take for granted the things that other people in ...

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Oh, you cranky old dudes!

Do you celebrate Christmas as a family social gathering without God?

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I think it is a pagan festival. I like to think of pagan as human. Maybe it isn't always but needing something to brighten up wintertime definitely is human.

Complacency, not despair, is our enemy. -GuyKeith 2018

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Ffs, Keith!

Yesterday's garage sale trail resulted in my acquiring a copy of the 1989 Naxos Vivaldi 4 Seasons ...

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Yes, that is sweet!

What is going to happen after the midterm elections when the Dems take the house and senate?

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

And what about the frustration of half the population if they don't? The main driving force seems to be the metoo movement but I'm not certain that is enough to win. Perhaps there is an undercurrent eager for change that is not being shown in the media but who knows! One side has to lose and how will they deal with it?

Flower still blooming

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Ah, life is the desert!

Voting.

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

There was a huge public perception that Hilary Clinton was a crook. OK, so they got a new crook but Democrats have got nothing to be self-righteous about.

Pence Gets Us to Pray for Temples and Churches But No Word of Mosques -WTF!!!!

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Gotta get that 3rd temple built in Jerusalem so Jesus can come back.

Given the hostility of the Christian Right, one has to wonder what exactly they believe.

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I think the worst early Christians might have been accused of was passive-aggression. But Christian behaviour changed with the Emperor Constantine and has been quite murderous in proportion to its political power. I think you're quite right about Jesus being crucified by these people.

I am just heartbroken about the news from Pittsburgh.

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I'm not sure that statistics of atrocities support the notion that Trump incites more violence than others, but it is early days yet.

Anyone had any luck meeting or interacting with people on this site?

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I think you can do well interacting if you subscribe to a particular way of thinking, in other words, be part of a group think. I don't really like that because I think you end up unwilling to criticise any notion that any member of the group might come up with.

If an omnipresent god existed it would be an atheist because it would have nothing to defer to.

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

The only way I can think one god might defer to another god is in Kabbalah, where the Jehovah god is a limited expression of the main god Ein Sof.

If you knew you only had a year to live, how would you live your life differently than you are now?

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I would smoke cigars, especially when drinking alcohol.

Does anyone really believe Trump's sudden words vs Anti-Semitism?

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

But, but, but....the embassy move to Jerusalem? No, I'm wrong, he could be courting the vote of the Christian fundies and also hate Jews.

For all you Church Goers

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Lol. Agape love can be a bitch!

"All this was inspired by the principle, which is quite true in itself, that in the big lie there is...

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

The impudence of a man who understands the flaws in human nature and exploits them. But I guess he justified it as the means to what he considered a good end.

Coming to you from Mussel Shoals! [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Where's my air guitar? It must be somewhere around here.Happy memories!

Who needs 50 Shades...

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I hate a lot of these new phrases. I think most of them come (no, don't) from porn. One that came from a recent rape trial in Ireland was 'spit roast'. It's really offensive to refer to a human being that way.

Have you ever noticed the word nun is just the letter “n” doing a cartwheel?

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

No. I guess I don't see nuns that way but it's well-spotted.

CLASSIC ROCK RULES! [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Richie Blackmore, difficult genius. I love Deep Purple. I loved the rock concerto Jon Lord wrote. I loved Ian Gillen in JC Superstar. Did I say I love Deep Purple?

How many?...........

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Let there be light, and evidence too.

Question of the week: Have you seen a screen adaptation of one of your favorite books that just ...

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I always thought they messed up Steven King stories. I loved his books because they frightened you more with how the person thought about what was going on than the actual event. The movies focused only on the horror (maybe they had no choice) but a lot got lost because of it.

Anyone reading golden age British mystery

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Is that recent or in the time of Elizabeth 1 ?

It is stunning how many christians are flocking to Trump.

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Pussy-grabbers for Christ.

This is just a clip from a great conversation from a few of my favorite Scientists.

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I never considered Dawkins the type to take prisoners and if you don't see him that way, you can just......

Any Sam Harris fans here?

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I've really enjoyed his discussions with Jordon Peterson.

Here are some things I do believe.

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

And why not, as long as it's not a salvation issue!

Yay snow!

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Brrr!

The next time you start feeling down, just remember that life is actually just several billion cells...

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Bah! Humbug!

i wish... whoosh...

brentan comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Point taken.

Feel guilty even posting this...

brentan comments on Oct 26, 2018:

Yes, that's dreadful!

DILATORY.

brentan comments on Oct 26, 2018:

I didn't expect that definition. I thought it might be more about oscillating, on and off, that type of thing.

Drumpf lies:

brentan comments on Oct 26, 2018:

He better get moving on that wall. There's a crowd a-coming. He sent soldiers instead of bricklayers.

Do you ever feel you're a magnet for people with mental disabilities?

brentan comments on Oct 26, 2018:

The problem is that we are the people who irritate the heck out of each other. None of us are qualified to determine another person's mental health. All our opinions are subjective bar a few like the laws of physics. I think it's true that there are a lot of people coming on board just to let off steam. It's best to ignore them, i think, but a lot of people are getting trigger-happy with the block button.

Music is a moral law.

brentan comments on Oct 26, 2018:

Thanks, you too!

I just looked at the Republican Athiest group and now I need brain bleach.

brentan comments on Oct 26, 2018:

That's the trouble with identity politics. It sees everything in black and white, the other side being totally black and themselves shining like light. From what I can see, Sweden is a mess and America is improving economically, though mostly for the rich.

Would you consider yourself difficult to get along with, deal with, or live with?

brentan comments on Oct 25, 2018:

Oh you horrible people! Be nice.

She Believed She Could and Did.

brentan comments on Oct 25, 2018:

Splat!

Tom was so excited about his promotion to Vice President of the company he worked for and kept ...

brentan comments on Oct 25, 2018:

Excellent!

I noticed several of the groups include , " &amp ," in their titles .

brentan comments on Oct 25, 2018:

words and and their meanings.> Posts testing testing

It has come to that

brentan comments on Oct 25, 2018:

#metoo and I was only a minor at the time.

This has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with atheism or anything.

brentan comments on Oct 25, 2018:

Now you can call time. Congratulations!