Why do people think bad things that happen to people are part of god’s plan?

godef comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Because it's easier than having to actually think.

Why Atheists are not bound to subjective morality: Often I see members of religious groups make ...

godef comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Hey, my relatives are good people!

"They" are demanding civility...really?

godef comments on Jun 27, 2018:

That wouldn't work. The planet is red. They need to colonize one of those icy moons around Jupiter or Saturn.

What is The root cause of Conspiracy Thinking?

godef comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Numbskulls

Who knows the F word? Floccinaucinihilipilification Not the F word you were thinking about.

godef comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Flock off. ?

Supreme Court says crisis pregnancy centers do not have to provide women abortion information - The ...

godef comments on Jun 26, 2018:

This is the last stand of the religious right beforr we're finally rid of their BS altogether.

My family treats me like a God. They only call on me when they need something.

godef comments on Jun 24, 2018:

Do they ever use your name in vain? HOLY DUKE!

They say the hottest person in a party never gets hit on because people are intimidated.

godef comments on Jun 24, 2018:

Shazam!

UN report: America's poor becoming more destitute under Trump - CNN

godef comments on Jun 24, 2018:

And to think many of them were sucker enough to vote for him.

I was inspired by the responses to my music post yesterday and the fun responses.

godef comments on Jun 23, 2018:

Actually, I sometimes don't know what a favorite song is actually about, I just like the beat or sound, but yes, other times you can't help but be struck by the lyrics. One for me is the Who's "Behind Blue Eyes"

You gotta laugh.

godef comments on Jun 23, 2018:

There are somethings the bubble doesn't shield you from.

Why are you athiest?

godef comments on Jun 23, 2018:

Because I don't believe in God. Am I missing something?

My sister is getting married in October in a catholic wedding(I know, Blah).

godef comments on Jun 23, 2018:

She's getting married, not becoming a nun. I used to tolerate lousy TV shows that my ex enjoyed. Just deal with it.

What activities do you participate in regularly that are environmentally friendly and do your ...

godef comments on Jun 22, 2018:

Shoot billionaires.

You've been assigned the task of modifying the physical characteristics of human beings.

godef comments on Jun 22, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIUk08iYZKE

What would you think if a religious person said they did not believe in magic ?

godef comments on Jun 22, 2018:

Gag.

I was just thinking about the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory.

godef comments on Jun 21, 2018:

They have a website for that now.

My relatives in WV are tired of being abducted, thanks Trump for Space Force.

godef comments on Jun 21, 2018:

Wasn't that on X-Files?

"You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and ...

godef comments on Jun 20, 2018:

Oh to be a dumb animal and not even realize religion exists. I'd sure miss the morning coffee though.

Such fear and hate in this world.

godef comments on Jun 19, 2018:

"Thoughts and prayers" are the same thing as Hallmark cards. They're used when people are clueless how to respond.

Part 2 - Aliens: Are we alone?

godef comments on Jun 19, 2018:

No, it has everything to do with logic. There is no apparent reason to believe in God, but there is one obviously apparent reason to believe aliens could exist on other worlds: the fact that **we** exist on this one. You would need a more religious basis to believe no aliens exist anywhere else in the universe than believe that they probably exist somewhere.

Who is going to win World Cup this year?

godef comments on Jun 18, 2018:

The Martians. Just to mess with everyone.

Is it hot where you are?

godef comments on Jun 18, 2018:

My new favorite expression: "hotter than a billy goats ass in a pepper patch!". We're having Mexican weather here: chili today but hot tamale.

I made a group for us Halloween lovers.

godef comments on Jun 18, 2018:

We once cooked halloweenies... hot dogs with cheese sticks stuffed through them.

I admit I was kind of a bad girl in high school.

godef comments on Jun 18, 2018:

By alhpabetical order, I found myself front and center in senior English. I was known for falling asleep in that role.

How do you feel about Yoga?

godef comments on Jun 18, 2018:

I love Yoga, especially Cherry Vanilla.

Report: Democrats, Republicans Deeply Divided On Exactly How To Misinterpret The Bible

godef comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Just throw out the bible already. It's irrelevent in today's world.

80 lbs in 8 months without any exercise and no dieting.

godef comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Wow! I have lost 30-40 pounds in 4 months, but that was with some relatively strict dieting: 6 out of 7 days a week, and substituting turkey, salmon and chicken burgers for beef on the 7th. What'd you do, chop your head off? ;) Need to update yr photos.

Religious Homosexuals

godef comments on Jun 18, 2018:

These are not necessarily "God's" words, as they are interpretations of what God says. Basically, gays are not accepting God, they are rejecting mainstream religion. Regardless of the fact I don't believe in God, I can still appreciate the distinction they make in their decision to believe.

So.

godef comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Jumping into is not the same thing as being jumped on.

Morality and Religion: Secular? Go hand and hand? Other?

godef comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Two completely different things. It's like fine wine and drunk driving.

The far side!

godef comments on Jun 17, 2018:

I love the one where the farmer's wife is carrying a basket of eggs into the house, and is eyeballing a chicken carrying the baby out of the house.

I posted earlier this year about how I was going to get a puppy as a sort of graduation gift to ...

godef comments on Jun 17, 2018:

Where's his eyes?

Is Atheism a belief system?

godef comments on Jun 17, 2018:

Oh, it's a belief system, I don't argue that. What I argue is that it is not a RELIGION.

At the registration area for today's 5k and hear a young lass stare loudly that she's not going to ...

godef comments on Jun 16, 2018:

She must have quite the evil eye. ?

Language is important, at least it is to me.

godef comments on Jun 16, 2018:

I have to disagree. First of all, yes you can be a little pregnant... 1 month vs the whole nine yards. In any case, that's a hell of an analogy. Agnostic means not-really-sure-but-dont-really-care. Athiests hold a firm belief that there are no such things as gods. Don't quibble on the root meaning, it is as much by convention than it is by meaning.

Is anyone here into Westworld?

godef comments on Jun 16, 2018:

I started watching, saw maybe 4 episodes, but lost interest.

Single fathers, no respect?

godef comments on Jun 16, 2018:

You are relatively unique, can't say I can knowledgeably comment on this.

It's All About Ass!_

godef comments on Jun 16, 2018:

It's all about your ass-umptions.

What's the worst purchase that you have ever made?

godef comments on Jun 16, 2018:

Three diamond rings in my lifetime...

America: Do you believe Canada is a socialist country?

godef comments on Jun 16, 2018:

Socialism, in regard to whether America or Canada is socialist, is over-hyped. Obama was "accused" of being socialist, yet the nation was overwhelmingly unsocialist for his entire term: it was just a GOP political label to demonize him. The truth being, pure capitalism does not work, and it's up to the propagandists to convince everyone that we are leaning too far towards socialism in order to maintain pure capitalism. This is part of the corruption of America.

Does your brain and your mouth have separate agendas at times ?

godef comments on Jun 15, 2018:

Tout le temps.

Do you like to dance ?

godef comments on Jun 15, 2018:

Yes, but at a techno pace.

Does observation alter an event?

godef comments on Jun 14, 2018:

No. Unless the "event" notices you watching.

Are there any other theories aside from the mainstream big bang theory that you think is a likely ...

godef comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Several of the alternatives you listed could be part of the big bang model, just that the scale would be even far greater than what we know. The multiverse, if it exist, could be multiple big bangs same as the one theorized. The question in mind mind would be if they exist in the same physical realm (i.e. if we could literally travel beyond the bounds of our universe and get to another) or not (physically impossible as the universes exist in different "realms"). String theory is part of the big bang theory. Simulation is a wash because there would have to be a universe within which some entity had the means to create this simulation, albeit it may be a far different universe than what we know. The notion of scale is abstract; our universe is as big as it is, and any other existing universes or other realms would merely add to that, unless, as suggested by quantum physics, they occupy all the same realm. Meanwhile, I'm still trying to get the attention of the woman next door.

I'm on this other dating website and I've never been married with no kids.

godef comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Next.

Hot Button Question 3

godef comments on Jun 12, 2018:

I think a measured amount of capitalism does incentivise an economy; communism has shown that lack of earnings incentive just doesn't work. But unchecked capitalism is poisonous. people are just too greedy and you wind up with the 1% business.

I wonder would Donald do the same or worse..🙄😃

godef comments on Jun 11, 2018:

He'd enslave them as back scratchers.

When a non-believer dies, what can one say instead of "Rest in Peace"?

godef comments on Jun 10, 2018:

It's better than "rest in decay."

Here you go!!! [youtu.be]

godef comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Ohmigawd! An intellectual (anti-propagandistic) conversation! They could disagree in a very civil fashion. That was refreshing. A lot to digest, some of it over my head. I'm surprised this was broadcast by a Christian network. Early on, Jordan used the "C" word: conditioning. Kudos to those of us rise above this. I liked how Susan describes how she first turned off on parapsychology for lack of evidence, than did the same for religion for the same reason.The other thing that came out of this for me is the notion that we *are* biological beings, impacted by our biologies. Again, kudos that we overcome this. "Undergird?" While we obviously would tend to side with Susan in this debate, I nonetheless find Jordan's remarks to be fascinating and would be interested in hearing his lectures (her's too!). No black and white here. But ultimately, he claims that, while we may define ourselves as atheist, we are ultimately driven by religion, which to me is the whole religion-owns-morality debate which I disagree with.

Is it just me or does the Christian doctrine of “you are weak, broken, worthless without god” ...

godef comments on Jun 10, 2018:

"God or bust!" Actually, I like the sound of bust.

Does anyone have any idea what plant this is?

godef comments on Jun 10, 2018:

It's a canincia.

Love this!

godef comments on Jun 10, 2018:

My son just enlisted in the Marines. We will have a conversation.

Principles or rules

godef comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Principles rules.

Origin question?

godef comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Ka-ching!

You have to make love to my mind.

godef comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Not me. I'm too horny.

I'm sick with the flu. Send prayers my way

godef comments on Jun 9, 2018:

HEAL! (slap to forehead)

Why does the sea taste salty?

godef comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Aher... shiver me timber.

A little Friday humor

godef comments on Jun 8, 2018:

What an eggsperience!

Throwin this out there.....?

godef comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Say what?

But are you really really sure you gave religion a fair chance?

godef comments on Jun 7, 2018:

But what if that stuffed lion was possessed!?! ... no wait, I still don't believe that shit.

I'm an atheist.

godef comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Thst would make you an agnostic, not an athiest.

Do you believe life exists outside of our planet?

godef comments on Jun 7, 2018:

No doubt.

You've been cryogenically frozen...

godef comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Do you have a blanket?

I'm a survivor, how about you???

godef comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Sometimes, some of these so-called taking away of liberties has more to do than just with your safety; bike helmets: sure, let you take your chances without one, but make sure your survivors don't try to sue the other party when you might have survived with a helmet on.

10 fun facts??

godef comments on Jun 6, 2018:

No 1: Blood hounds can. Another superior animal skill. You caught me on no. 5 though.

I'm a survivor, how about you???

godef comments on Jun 6, 2018:

I survived the Osmond Brothers

So I’m hiking in Big Bend Nat.

godef comments on Jun 6, 2018:

The blessing of the Holy Watermelon.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Science Favors Big Bang Over Jesus

godef comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Some evangelists heads just had a big bang.

My new favorite joke!

godef comments on Jun 5, 2018:

That should get a giggle out of me.

Is Big Bud a concern?

godef comments on Jun 5, 2018:

As long as the packaging doesn't become impossible to open.

Bibliophile Checkin

godef comments on Jun 5, 2018:

In the past: Greg Bear, Ann Rice, Arthur C Clarke. Nowadays: Stephen Baxter, John Grisham.

You and your kid are at the fair waiting in a long line.

godef comments on Jun 5, 2018:

As a kid on Cape Cod, our mother would take us strawberry picking. There was always a line of cars waiting to enter the place, so my mother would drive past them, go on a bit, turn around, and pretend she was arriving from the other direction and cut into line at the entrance to the farm. I was always so embarrassed.

So it's ok now for me to refuse to make a Christian wedding cake because it's against my strong ...

godef comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Well, you could, but you'd probably go out of business pretty quick. :/

Hypothetical: what r ur thoughts if atheists rule the world, would it b a utopia, would wars ...

godef comments on Jun 3, 2018:

My first thought is it wiuld probably be the same, but then I considered atheists are typically more progressive than average (thus we're atheist), so maybe things would be better.

How do you know when blue cheese has gone bad?

godef comments on Jun 3, 2018:

When it becomes green cheese.

Where are you from?

godef comments on Jun 3, 2018:

Oz? Dorothy flew in a ballon all the way there?

Its Saturday night, whats everybody up to?

godef comments on Jun 2, 2018:

I just woke up.

I am just finding out now, at 61, that some of my friends are racist.

godef comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Almost all of us are at least a little bit racist. I would admit that if I'm walking down a dark urban alley in the middle of the night and a stranger approaches, I would feel more at ease if the person is white. However, we humans have evolved to understand intellectually that racism is not a particularly bright path to follow, and the best of us do our best to raise above this innate trait and do what's best for community.

Six reasons plants are cleverer than you think - BBC Radio 4

godef comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Weeds are certainly very clever. As my favortie boxer shorts say: "I fought the lawn and the lawn won."

Ok, I know I'm new at this and there must be a learning curve, BUT, out of curiosity sake (and NOT ...

godef comments on Jun 1, 2018:

For what it's worth, many of us do not view this as a dating site; I have set myself as "interested in meeting women" just because the option is there, and who knows, but I originally discovered this site because I was looking for an atheist online community to share my own beliefs, and naturally, we're all curious to find out a little bit more about the people we share these ideas with.

Would you rather live 100 years in the future or 100 years in the past? timetravel

godef comments on May 31, 2018:

I know what the past is. And I'd think I'd have a hard time dealing without some base amenities we now take for granted today. OTOH, I'd be curious to see what the future has in store on many levels, despite the threat that the environment might be all screwed up by then, or the US might by then be a totalitarian state.

Couple unknowingly both bring engagement rings on zoo trip and propose to each other - CBS News

godef comments on May 30, 2018:

Talk about karma.

PARABLE: A philosopher designs a marvelous sausage machine.

godef comments on May 29, 2018:

Related to Oscar Meyers?

I was thinking about the whole cyberpunk concept of transferring the contents of a person's brain ...

godef comments on May 29, 2018:

It's hard to know since we don't yet know exactly what consciousness is. I've wondered the same thing watching Star Trek, when they beam somebody down to a planet. Is there continuity there, or is one consciousness "lost" and replaced with a duplicate consciousness? Could that person even tell the difference given that that reconstituted "self" has all the same memories?

Hormel just announced they're recalling 20000 pounds of spam. Do you like spam?

godef comments on May 28, 2018:

SPAM, spam, spam, spam.

So it's a scientific fact that the moon effects the oceans on the entire planet; i.

godef comments on May 28, 2018:

The oceans are vast. We people individually are just little shits, I think too small to measure if there is an effect, and if there is, all creatures adapted a long, long time ago. Now, if we lived in one of Jupiter or Saturn's moon, you might be talking about something.

I am feeling euphorically happy about today, and I'm all about spreading positivity and ...

godef comments on May 28, 2018:

It did not get above 60 here in MA. Yeck. The apartment pool is official opened, but forget that; they use too much chlorine anyhow. OTOH I've lost 30+ pounds since the Super Bowl dieting the old fashioned way, i.e. no fad diet. My goal is another 15. Been catching up on Indie music after ignoring it for 15 years. Happy Sunday to U2.

Think Jodi Foster could/should run for political office in the U.S. ? Bet she'd win.

godef comments on May 28, 2018:

Given that she has come out as lesbian and all, it would probably be too radical a thing to happen, even with the Trump fallout. But enough of celebrity presidents who are voted in for all the wrong reasons thanks to how dumb this country is.

Today I drove 2 hours to Wisconsin to find and lay flowers on the grave of an aunt who was a nun.

godef comments on May 28, 2018:

Sure, it's a good emotional release. Honestly, I do wonder if the person is not looking down at me, despite what I believe. It's probably part of the reason religion exists.

I was out shopping and signed up for a promotion with my phone number which ends in 666.

godef comments on May 27, 2018:

She is obviously the one who's bat shit crazy.

Just for grins, how many of us still have bibles laying around the residence?

godef comments on May 27, 2018:

I do, a big fat one, given to me by my eldest sister. Too big for a paper weight. I use it to prop up my alarm clock on my nightstand.

Ahh.

godef comments on May 25, 2018:

My gawd, you just caused me to reevaluate who and what my ex is... never thought of her as possibly narcissist. It probably didn't help that I am ADD to begin with and have anxiety issues. Early in the marriage (it manage to last 10 years), in a light moment, she once told me wink-wink that she's always right and I thought she was kidding. Once at Hope Depot -- I like to wander around the store to come up with ideas -- I came up with one idea which I almost immediately realized was silly, tried to explain my brain fart to her, and she started getting really condescending and a women clerk ending up chiming in about "men" -- it was really insulting. At a restaurant once, the waitress was having a bad day; now, the obvious way to deal with that is a small tip, but no she actually spoke to her insultingly to the point *I* felt embarrassed, I late snuck back to get my jacket and left a better tip I felt so bad; who knows, maybe a boyfriend dumped her or something. She was Russian; after we married her son came to the US to attend school, hoped to eventually get him naturalized; he was a good kid. Within a year he was diagnosed with a brain tumor and did not survive. That almost wrecked the marriage there. We had bought a house and she made me feel guilty over my insensitivity about having family over for the holidays because of her suffering during this time. A few years later, this led to the adoption of a then eight year old boy from Russia, obviously to fill a void, but in hind site, on my part (and maybe hers to be fair) to save a marriage. But Nikita had been abused as an adolescent which led to his being available, was probably PTSD from the experience, and himself was a poster boy ADHD per a councilor. But as far as the ex was concerned, there was nothing like good old fashioned discipline to get him in order. I recognized the ADHD but she was only tolerant at best about getting him help. Once we finally had him before a medical expert, he was rather subdued that day, and after questioning, the doctor said she didn't see it; under he breadth, I heard her say "YES!" She never became engaged to the notion until she spoke to a woman contractor handling a job for us whose son was also ADHD... she just would not accept the idea from me. So instead of saving the marriage, it further exposed the flaws in it. I believe the beginning of the end came when I started standing up her to her tactics. If I had ever raised my voice ever so slightly, she always would turn a debate/argument into whether I was yelling at her or not, and I'd forget about what we were arguing about and I *really* would start yelling; I had always fallen for that, but the breakthrough came when I told her I would yell at her and I would keep yelling at her because she deserved ...

Anyone done radio before?

godef comments on May 24, 2018:

Play really long songs.

What are you having for lunch?

godef comments on May 24, 2018:

Mexican Roasted Red Pepper Chowder (or something like that)

Draft of Arizona school science standards removes evolution wording

godef comments on May 24, 2018:

Idiocracy

Question for Twitter users: Can you swear without being censored?

godef comments on May 23, 2018:

Can you censor without being sworn at?

What would you do with super powers?

godef comments on May 23, 2018:

Who am I kidding? Somewhere inbetween. Can you get buzzed with super powers?

A Federal Court Just Ruled Trump Can't Block People On Twitter

godef comments on May 23, 2018:

Ha! The emperor-wannabe is going to need a shit-load of new clothes. Kind of opposite the rule that TV networks must provide equal coverage of presidential candidates.

Ever notice how Christians are always crying persecution, but are the main ones damning people to ...

godef comments on May 23, 2018:

Same ol' song and dance.