Finally!!! The Funeral Industry is starting to take a major hit, and so is organized religion. ...

jacpod comments on Aug 1, 2018:

I wanted to go down the aisle in my (brown wheelie bin)( that I paid for) let everyone have a sing song amd mourn or not as they please - whatever they want - a great knees-up or a communal sadness, poems - whatever - I wont be thereso let them all eat drink and be merry for I will have died.

When did you first question the existence of God?

jacpod comments on Aug 1, 2018:

never I was brought up godless and it was my choice if I wanted to have one or not =I didnt really see the point as I had plenty of friends to play out with - being a baby boomer.

If you have depression, did atheism contribute to it?

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

No my atheism is of absolutely no account to me I take life and death as it comes and that doesn't bother me either; although it probably would if it were my partner; but its a natural event and a free country you can react any way you want.

How comfortable are you with the word "Atheist" ?

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

I like your take - except its a good frightener word to use on persistent proseletysers. And I am a pragmatist - whatever works!

It all started with this question, if there are all these religions in the world, how come we're so ...

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

I quite like that there is a mix of people with a mix of ideas I don't mind at all people having any one of the 200,000 + religions on offer - I havent any quarrel with them till they come to my door and then I'll very politely say no thanks I have all I want without a god. So no problem! we live with all sorts of people with funny ideas and we probably have very many funny ideas of our own so as long as no one is strong-arming me into anything, do as you will. Have a good life! I hope the gods (if there are any) are having good lives too!

What is your Heaven?

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

Just being alive, experiencing air on my face, sunshine, coffee, all the scents of the flowers, birds singing - just a sense of being a part of it all and knowing it will end but the experience was enough even the sad bits.

Do you believe in E.S.P?

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

No but I do believe some intelligent and sensitive people can imagine what we are about to say before we say it - in a conversation especially if we are that transparent.

Does anyone have a family member or friend that is not willing to be respectful of your atheism or ...

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

I haven't any family left that is above me I am now the backstop, the elder. No one has ever had any problems with my atheism because all of my family are godless, as far as I know and all of my dead family members were godless mainly because of experiences in WW2. I would walk away from him the moment he said anything to me about this subject -actions speak louder than words they say!

For atheists - what makes you believe no deity exists?

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

I keep finding this post popping up- You aren't making any sense to me at all. Non belief is non belief so; not interesting - not a subject for comment - not anything - The clue is in the 'non' I dont think what you think - for me 'no god' is 'no god' end of dont care if you call me atheist agnostic too late for my dinner I dont have a god - end of.

Who has read the comments on Agnostic.com's facebook ad?

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

good on them! whilst they are talking about us they are leaving other good folk alone !

How convinced are you?

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

I dont bother thinking about it I'll be dead before anyone figures that one out- I m not anti anything except child abuse etc.

What would life be like if there was not the phrase “in God we trust” in our lives?

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

It would be exactly the same for me as I have never had a god so a meaningless sentiment.

Life is short , do more of what really makes you happy.

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

I do try but being old gets in the way I flake quite quickly these days and need a hip replacement too so I will have to look for the fleeting moments I do love weeding and rather stupidly have been kneeling on a gravel path to do it so a bit of forethought and wisdom in the mix might help.

Lots of raspberries

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

I love raspberries they are my absolute favourite fruit well done you! I hav some wild strawberries in my garden andthey are tiny but bursting with flavour but not so good as raspberries!

My anxiety is going through the roof, I've been crushing on this girl, we went out for coffee, ...

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

Settle yourself my lovely its early days - always a bit nerve racking think of the thing that cheers you up the most paste on a smile and go do it for yourself you need to get feelign better before the next time try not to over think - taking life easy is less pressure

I used to say it was like my father considered me his enemy and tonight in his explosive rage he ...

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

my mum tried that one on me the only thing you can do is laugh really at the silliness of it all - don tforget for one moment how beautiful you are as a person and listen but dont let anything inside - best was is the la la la la in your head. Try treating it all as a big joke and smile inside it doesnt have to be the spoken word to calm oyu down but you can go to the lavatory and swear a lot and then go back all smiley for another round !

Today is a bad day, and I know why. My birthday was last weekend, so I couldn't avoid my family. ...

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

aah all of mine are dead or missing in action apart from my children whom I love dearly - yes armour up dont take any cr@p! let it roll off you imaigne having oyur fingers in your ears singing la la la la ner ner de ner ner.

GOOD MORNING ?☕☕☕

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

yeah!

I'm super proud of this ... though it's not traditional "art". I enjoy tiling. I ripped everything ...

jacpod comments on Jul 31, 2018:

I was a trained plasterer and tiling is something we learned on our course -I loved playing with tiles - also with plaster mouldings it was really satisfying to create something for yourself that is unique. Well done!

Why sexual desire is objectifying – and hence morally wrong | Aeon Ideas

jacpod comments on Jul 30, 2018:

I disagree too, I only like sexual activity with people I am in a relationship with; or myself. I understand being lost in our own gratification whilst having sexual relations with another but without the other person there would be none - There is a mutuality a giving on both sides or I wouldn't engage

Quantum theory hopes to find a single proof that will unify the 4 forces and provide a simple ...

jacpod comments on Jul 30, 2018:

Sounds good to me, not sure I have the sort of intelligence to even try to encompass what that would mean; but as I have D.I.D and manage that without believing it and other people cant even imagine it -maybe I am on a track to somewhere

Stapelia grandiflora in bud Unknown Stapelia in bud

jacpod comments on Jul 30, 2018:

I like it but its very different to what I usually see

Best Tattoos of July 2018 [youtube.com]

jacpod comments on Jul 30, 2018:

blimey! that must have taken forever - ouch!

If you have depression, did atheism contribute to it?

jacpod comments on Jul 30, 2018:

No I have always been an atheist never been a theist - depression is something that hits everyone at some point. I think I had to sort of 'get ' the world and how it works - Yes people let you down they die they dont keep their promises etc.etc. and we learn how to cope in such a world as this is all there is. I think truly getting a life is when you achieve some measure of self confidence and build on that get stronger 9not harder ) just stronger enough to take the knocks because it is all so random. One day you have a dog the next day not - you learn to grieve and so it goes ... you learn all the time how to deal with living.

So I've been here on this site for about a week now. Not really much here. Nobody even close to me. ...

jacpod comments on Jul 30, 2018:

I like it here - stay a bit longer and see what people are really talking about also people do have different sense of humours as we are from all different countries here and it i s quite good fun too trying to 'get ' the difference.

Good morning fellow gardeners! I've a question for the experts here. I've got a spot on one end of...

jacpod comments on Jul 30, 2018:

My parents made on e a long time ago by digging out the shape you use a rope and decide where the slopes will be then take out the rocks and save the big ones for the fish to cool themselves under put in sand and make that smooth, then a thick concrete mix on top when its dry you need it to cure in the sun for quite some time tehn again with water in it my parents made a little wooden bridge across theirs again to give the fish more shade and also to be able to get nearer to them

Make your anger an ally by learning what makes you angry, then by realizing why you get angry. ...

jacpod comments on Jul 30, 2018:

I love my anger dont get it very often as I am pretty placid but whoosh when it comes its brilliant!

Their are things that can be proven to be unprovable. Nobody has the answers to everything. And the ...

jacpod comments on Jul 30, 2018:

there is no 'we' constituency that fears what we dont know some of us do some of us dont - I fond it very difficult to un include myself from people 'we'-ing. Life is enough

If you could change anything about this world to better it, what would it be?

jacpod comments on Jul 30, 2018:

get rid of money work together

Monday morning is here! So, iced Latte in honor of the heat, or a hot latte because it tastes ...

jacpod comments on Jul 30, 2018:

hot black coffee please no sugar large.

scary smart Samantha Bee clip on Trump and the improbability of impeachment. :( [youtube.com]

jacpod comments on Jul 30, 2018:

yes please!

Does anybody else cringe at the sound of someone’s saying,” Thank you Jesus for dying on the ...

jacpod comments on Jul 29, 2018:

I am cringing constantly around such people - don't get many of them here .

I'm posing nude for an art class tonight. They didn't ask me to. I think they're making clay bowls ...

jacpod comments on Jul 29, 2018:

I did do this once - It was quite an experience I was at art college and the usual model couldnt make it so I stepped up to the plate it takes an incredible amount of energy to maintain poses for even just five minutes I had enormous respect for here when she came back the next week adn she was pregnant too.

Snipped off Twitter and so true... Fucking Brexit. Something we didn't want, didn't need & ...

jacpod comments on Jul 29, 2018:

Totally onside with you on this! I hates my govt.

I hate platitudes, how about you?

jacpod comments on Jul 29, 2018:

sometimes they seem to be conforting enough to live with as you know that the person giving you one is really probably doing their best to help and thats ok in itself -and some problems are pretty much unfixable so a platitude might just work - It doesnt really bother me recieving them as Iknow the person is trying their best and not fobbing me off they usually just dont know what to say.

So what is your favorite Sunday morning routine with your coffee? Breakfast or brunch? Going out or...

jacpod comments on Jul 29, 2018:

My friend and I meet up every morning to do the pub quiz in the newspaper, we have coffee and biscuits together and just have a riotous time laughing ,we both live in the same sheltered accomodation scheme so the routine is about 8-30 a.m each day - Its usually Ok but sometimes th cleaners want to get in on our fun - time and they usually turn the convo into some version of 'isnt it awful!' so we have to find ways to get rid of them

I think it's so brave of people in the last years of their lives to remain atheistic. I'm not ...

jacpod comments on Jul 29, 2018:

I wasnt afraid of living so i reckon that dying is going to be a lot easier also I never ever was religious in any shape or form - doesnt seem to make the fear of dying any easier for us either way its going to happen - I will be extremely gobsmacked if I do find myself sitting on a cloud wrapped in a white long nightie.

Being religious is the most useless lifestyle in the world today.

jacpod comments on Jul 29, 2018:

totally agree with you !

When did you tell your parents?

jacpod comments on Jul 29, 2018:

Didnt have to, my whole extended family were atheists mainly because of the war. My grandmother and grandfather lived in the East End on the docks the worst bombed place in the whole of england - It would be hard to believe in anything after 6 years of that plus rationing.

We athiests and agnostics need a flag, any thoughts on what it should look like? I have had a ...

jacpod comments on Jul 29, 2018:

The International sign of co-operation is a rainbow flag, because it contains all the colours of all the flags of all nations - I have one outside my door - (not on a flagpole). It started in Rochdale because the workers were given flour adulterated with talc so they formed the Rochdale Pioneers and set up their own shop in Toad lane to supply good healthy food and demand better wages.Also no one with money can order a rainbow they are for us all and cone and go with weather changes nothing to do with us. But its a real pleasure to see a double rainbow!

Are their any other sober/recovering alcoholics in this group ( I consider my alcoholism just to be ...

jacpod comments on Jul 29, 2018:

I got off alcohol without AA - my partner went to it though and did all the twelve steps, recently he has been going back and its always the goddy stuff that stops him in the end - He has been sober longer than i have but just likes to swing into meetings at times but seems like that is waning now because of his realisation of the goddiness- It is written down I think that you dont have to believe in god as the high er power but it always seems to end up that way in the actual running of the meeting

Checking out my sunflowers today, and wanted to share. My plan for the seeds that the birds don't ...

jacpod comments on Jul 29, 2018:

wowser!

How do I ask a doctor for antidepressants? I guess that might seem like a no brainer but I don't ...

jacpod comments on Jul 29, 2018:

Some anti depressants need to build up in your body before they start to work effectively. Maybe keep an open mind or go to another doctor to test if they give you the same meds . If so them thats all they have in their armoury to help you.

We athiests and agnostics need a flag, any thoughts on what it should look like? I have had a ...

jacpod comments on Jul 28, 2018:

Interesting thoughts but think I prefer to be incognito that way no one can snigger- I dont actually like the idea of 'pride' I understnad it from a gay persons point of view but given that I have never had a god ever it doesnt appeal to me to 'out 'myself in any way - I fell like just any old regular person .A bit like groucho Marx saying he wouldnt belong to any club that would have him. Sorry .

Social media - how do you use it?

jacpod comments on Jul 28, 2018:

I go to facebook for friends and only have a small circle _ I do like to vent a bit about our current government so its a good place to get my system cleansed sometimes have a good belly laugh . I do like reading anything there by Noam Chomsky and I love all the pictures of Theresa May looking silly apart from all that I am not sure it makes me a better person - I feel more of a piece on here. More real .

The Truth! Impeach, imprison and execute the Orange moron trump!

jacpod comments on Jul 28, 2018:

yes I would love it if the above was attempted.

I’m in a pretty bad depression swing. I was discussing it at my bi-polar support group. A super ...

jacpod comments on Jul 28, 2018:

I find that saying the above sort of comment gently - 'you have attempted suicide unsuccessfully twice this year why are you now taking your disappointments in life out on me? I think your gentleness is the key because it undoes people, and she surely is in trouble and need of some gentleness because of the harshness she is giving out to others nad herself.

I'm due back at work on the seventh and am already suffering anxiety and sadness. I'm worried about ...

jacpod comments on Jul 28, 2018:

Breathing helps - when anxious breathing all but stops - nice steady breaths even steeadier when panic threatens calm voice even if you dont feel it fake it till you make it? All my sympathy I have been here too, it sucks but there is an end to it .

I have noticed an uptick in religious based shows on tv lately. I am slowly finding myself with less...

jacpod comments on Jul 28, 2018:

we watch mainly films on netflix and documentaries- Quite like detective series and also funny quiz shows like "Have I got News for You" and "Room 101."

What moral code do you follow now that you are non-religious?

jacpod comments on Jul 28, 2018:

I have always been non religious and I follow my own codes which change at my whim according to what is goign down - there was a book called the water babies (not a great read - religious connotations all teh way through ) There was a character called 'Mrs Do as you would be done by!' and I rather liked that .Basically I live and let live and if I am totally peed off by anybody I let them know ; and if they are insufferable I blank them - If I have friends they are people I can have a really good laugh with.

What is your response when people threaten you with religious punishments? (i.e. Hell/Jahannam)

jacpod comments on Jul 28, 2018:

Laughter & " Come on then - bring it on!" I'll see you there!

This is very similar to a question I posed several weeks ago, but it's such an interesting topic, ...

jacpod comments on Jul 28, 2018:

Thankfully , being a lifelong atheist i havent met anyone like this at all. I have had people say I will pray for you and in my mind I think 'yes - if prayer worked we might have had world peace by now - like thats going to solve everything! Strangely I can see the point in something like prayer /meditation/anything mind calming

Does aggressive antitheism beget anti-atheism?

jacpod comments on Jul 28, 2018:

I don't know I am slightly conflicted by this as i feel all views are valid and that saying some are worse than others is limiting our capacity to make our own judgements - i seriously only care about my own thoughts; and so what if there are backlashes! this is what discussion and self-will is for - we are doing it here, right now & just because i dont agreee with you doesn't mean that I will not defend your right to say it

How many of you live in the moment as much as possible?

jacpod comments on Jul 28, 2018:

I don't wan to sound weird but I don't think I have the capacity not to do that - Its possibly because I have D.I.D - I don't know but I just seem to live seamlessly without thought - I get immersed in what I am doing and that is all there is, like just picking out weeds or watering and my head doesn't seem to run around needing entertainment - I have friends who are the opposite so I understand and not sure which of us is luckier

It has been discussed, and I wonder if people understand what love is, even from other species. ...

jacpod comments on Jul 28, 2018:

I have always held that love is the absence of fear - fear is a big 'stopper' love seems a big 'go-for- it! there was a set of short stories by some philosopher whose name I cannot remember one of them was a man was going to jump off tower bridge and a policeman saw it and knew if he tried to save him he too might perish but in the moment of weighing up he realised that this would endanger his whole sense of himself and his humanity - -they both survived.

What does spiritual mean to those of you who list that as part of your identity? Not being offensive...

jacpod comments on Jul 28, 2018:

The numinous -Whatever is to you, mysterious or awe inspiring.Although I havent found anything yet that would really fit that description - Maybe hte nearest i ever got to something like this was the big ride at alton towers.

Sorry guys, its your turn

jacpod comments on Jul 28, 2018:

I think its all about choice and depends upon which man and which woman and probably throw in life experiences and if there has been historical abuse in any part of the family - I think it would take forever to write the pros and cons. better maybe just to give it a go and then if you need it ,a no.!

What is the difference between faith and belief?

jacpod comments on Jul 28, 2018:

one probably works whilst the other is a bit of a lottery

How do you tell religious people that you're an atheist?

jacpod comments on Jul 27, 2018:

I dont unless they ask and then I say either,' I am atheist' or 'I have no god' . Depending upon their answer I either stay to chat a bit or get off

Milestone birthday today. Yay me! One of my friends suggested making a list of fifty small ...

jacpod comments on Jul 27, 2018:

I live in northern Ireland and always wanted to do that kissing the blarney stone bit down South or even just going to look at it - I used to live in a cottage above the rope bridge at Ballintoy looking out to Rathlin, about 7 miles from the Giants Causeway which I walked every day for years (when I was younger and fitter) My hips would be up for it these days .

Do you have religious friends? How do you handle it? Do they know you are heathen? Is it OK with ...

jacpod comments on Jul 27, 2018:

yes - yes ; they know I'm a heathen (in their terms)- I was on a counselling course with a vicar two priests a deaconess and a nun and some ordinary people - I handle it by treating everyone just normally and tuning out or even leaving to do other work if if it gets seriously goddy. The nun on my course never revealed herself as such and she was Irish; one day we had a huge set-to and she told me to feck -off which is Irish for the English version - I laughed myself silly when it came out that she was a nun.

It's thundering across much of the UK. Who, then, is willing to put their atheism to the test by ...

jacpod comments on Jul 27, 2018:

Why would that be putting my atheism to the test? sounds like more testing to the godfearing 24 other people who also live in our 'sheltered' accommodation - Also I think I cannot tell a lie; there are no gods to be bastards .

After a long time of trying to get a shot of my friend the Blue Heron, he waited on me today without...

jacpod comments on Jul 27, 2018:

wow again!

Tired of the religious US? Where would you want to move to?

jacpod comments on Jul 27, 2018:

Interesting I did like China when I was there and would go again if I wasnt so old and decrepit.

How convinced are you?

jacpod comments on Jul 27, 2018:

For me it s not a question of being convinced as if there were a argument going on somewhere - There is only this here and now and - I never had a god I have never ever felt a need for a a god and for the full 70 years of my life i have been without a god - It snt about being convinced its about getting a life= I dont care/mind if people want/ need a god in order to have a life .I just dont I really enjoy living my life the way it comes to me.

Jordan Peterson has the peculiar notion that "good people" who say they are atheists only THINK they...

jacpod comments on Jul 27, 2018:

I think he nneds a dynarod of the mind to clear it out and start thinking straight

Enjoying the lovely breeze this morning =)

jacpod comments on Jul 27, 2018:

Oooh noo thanks.

Must get shopping I'm down to the emergency rations :(

jacpod comments on Jul 27, 2018:

I'm all over the place about coffee the only thing I know is that I dont like it harsh and I dont like it mild but anywhere between all that is where I can get my fix.

One more example of how Republicans are like religion --actively working to hide the truth. ...

jacpod comments on Jul 27, 2018:

I dont understand any of it can someone explain it to me (a bear of little brain obviously) - simply?

Good morning gardeners, Pick a few more veggies this morning, I still have more beans to pick, I"ll ...

jacpod comments on Jul 27, 2018:

looks good what are the things between the marrow and the courgette?

My favorite brand of coffee is "Tchibo".

jacpod comments on Jul 27, 2018:

I m afraid to say I will drink almost any coffee that isnt bitter I dont like sugar in it but I dont like bitter aftertaste so medium black americano of any kind -please & thankyou .

What a difference a year makes. One year ago today I was in the parking lot behind my office and ...

jacpod comments on Jul 27, 2018:

I take half or a quarter of valium to help me through the bad times not saying it will work for everybody but it helps me - Its enough to get me a bit of respite without being totally zonked.

?evening folks,,I am a new bee but I have been called a coffee snob

jacpod comments on Jul 27, 2018:

OOOh you can always trust a coffee lover especially a coffee snob .

?evening folks,,I am a new bee but I have been called a coffee snob

jacpod comments on Jul 27, 2018:

OOOh you can always trust a coffee lover especially a coffee snob .

Do You have a Personal Saying Or Quote About Things Or Your Life?

jacpod comments on Jul 26, 2018:

Go for it !roll with the punches, and take all opportunities as they arise. dont dither go thither and yon.

"People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what ...

jacpod comments on Jul 26, 2018:

I dont think I am seeking at all I just like my self and I like my experiences its mostly been fun - I have experienced a really good life (I am 70 now) of Course there was painful learning involved and also joyful times but none of it was preplanned it just all came to me and I responded to all the calls. I don't have a sense of choosing, only of just going for it .

If you do not control your thoughts, feelings, and actions, then you are mentally enslaved.

jacpod comments on Jul 26, 2018:

I find this an odd concept, I don't control myself , unless it would mean being unkind to another person - I don't think I have ever felt mentally enslaved in my life. I have always been able to connect to my self without consciously hurting another - maybe its because I have D.I.D. I am free in 9 different ways having 9 alters.

My emotions appear to be lying atop my skin at the moment and are likely to stay there until ...

jacpod comments on Jul 26, 2018:

What a beautifully peaceful room thanks for sharing -

Be safe out there my Dear Gardner's.?

jacpod comments on Jul 26, 2018:

I was stung on my head four times by wasps they are building a hive; on the net it said toothpaste was very good for it but we only had toothpaste with bits in I think it might be baking soda or something like that - so my hair got all funny sort of dried out sticky and it hurts like mad. I phoned our housing association to report the nest that they are busy building by the front door ,no one came to help us, and they are going at it like wildfire. It actually looks quite good but I seriously don't want to get stung again. I have put up a big notice saying Angry wasps leave alone but it wou;d ne nice if our housing association actually came up with a plan .

Rag Quilting - The only quilt I have the patience to make! Happy yellows w/machine embroidery.

jacpod comments on Jul 26, 2018:

I like it a lot very sunshiney, simple is often best.

[facebook.com] making a cool wooden block print

jacpod comments on Jul 26, 2018:

That really is cool ,

I’m nervous to post because I don’t know if this qualifies as crafting but I like to turn ...

jacpod comments on Jul 26, 2018:

beautiful post anything any time .

Jame Comey handing out advice: [youtu.be]

jacpod comments on Jul 26, 2018:

I didnt really understand a word of this

GOOD MORNING !!! ☕?☕?☕

jacpod comments on Jul 26, 2018:

This is so true

Just a reminder for everyone getting offended these days [youtu.be]

jacpod comments on Jul 26, 2018:

I get it and love it and know that - no one that I know would love it or get it!

For all those STILL going to Starbucks;

jacpod comments on Jul 25, 2018:

We dont have m/ any of those in Northern Ireland ,possibly in Belfast but there is another chain called Bob and Berts.

I love coffee, making it is a ritual for me, the smell of it frees me, the taste releases my fears. ...

jacpod comments on Jul 25, 2018:

Coffee already is a religion! 'On the eighth Day' is a wholefood/coffee shop in Manchester England

I'm a big fan of community coffee. I started making my own creamer that includes dark chocolate, ...

jacpod comments on Jul 25, 2018:

Sound s good But what is creamer?I have a milk allergy (Not being weird, just english & not getting americanisms)

Straight up..

jacpod comments on Jul 25, 2018:

me too ,although you spelt wiredness wrongly (ho ho).

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jacpod comments on Jul 25, 2018:

I dont know if I want to have an oath.

Coffee is god...

jacpod comments on Jul 25, 2018:

I quite like how it wakes me up as well !

GOOD MORNING !!!! ☕?☕?☕

jacpod comments on Jul 25, 2018:

AAAaaaahhhhh!!!!!

Okay, this is a FIRST in a long time! Just this moment (7/19/18 @ 10:54am) two women knocked on my ...

jacpod comments on Jul 24, 2018:

Its been 20 years since I last had a visit from J .W.s. calculating that really made me think - I now live near a place called corrymeela that is a sanctuary for people of all faiths - and none - I am None but was still interested to hear everything - They set up an outreach program for people to have discussion groups around that set of inclusive ideals. I went to the meetings and at one point a muslim man who was invited by the Speaker who ran it, was in conflict with a born again christian, about how jesus fitted in to the picture. the muslim thought jesus was a prophet and equal to mahommet . She was told to leave because she thought jesus was the real thing; and I couldn't quite understand how that circle could be squared = I never went again..

Is 'Athephobia' a real thing

jacpod comments on Jul 24, 2018:

My Atheism is no secret to anybody I have never tried to hide it nor wanted to promote it - If anyone is phobic about atheism. I might suggest that they try to see a counsellor ot help them get over it. The telling bit would arise if they didn't want to do anything about it and in that case they would have to just bear it.

Not religious, but spiritual? Really?

jacpod comments on Jul 24, 2018:

I am often carried away by music or kindness or just a colour or a babys smile these moments feel special; and the word 'special' would do and I don't mind them being called spiritual because I can relate to some emotion that is more intense - moves me more - etheric might do the job too but I know that I need a word not commonly used for a feeling that is not commonly felt by me. like being overcome or weeping at artwork, music etc. If anybody has a word that is more fitting and just as punchy I'll listen. I think 'spiritual' 'being of the spirit 'is of 'my spirit' my own inner high point . I don't care much what any one else thinks of my choice of word to explain only what is going on inside me rather than something for everybody.

Today's mixed variety of tomatoes harvested:

jacpod comments on Jul 24, 2018:

very nice very red mine are going to be fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe.

Whom do you trust the most in the world?

jacpod comments on Jul 24, 2018:

Me.

July 20, 1969 "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." - Neil Armstrong upon ...

jacpod comments on Jul 24, 2018:

My son was just born June 21st and I do remember stayign up most of the night to watch it an dmy grand mother being very vehement that it had all been mocked up in the T.V.studios

Are you so confident that you can stay for your opinion even if no one agrees?

jacpod comments on Jul 24, 2018:

Yes, if it was part of my lived experience -adn I'd like t think that if new evidence came along I could incorporate that too.

Have you ever been in a relationship with a believer? How did it go?

jacpod comments on Jul 24, 2018:

No. I have friends who used to be religious before I met them ( I dont mean that it was me that converted them). My partner realised when he was six years old that the catholic church and the protestant one were both telling their pupils that they had the one true god. I seem to have been surrounded by non believers most of my life (till I came to N.I.)