How do you answer Pascal’s Wager?

jacpod comments on Apr 24, 2018:

I don't think theres really a need for a rebuttal as whoever is doing the wager is doing it with themselves its their bet, let them get on with it . Thats what life is all about - learning and fun- For me I don't think winning is the part of the game that I play for.

On my way from there to here.

jacpod comments on Apr 24, 2018:

Your post really touched me deeply - I havent ever had this experience as I was growing up in a godless family and not being exposed to the story. I feel lucky to have escaped although you have been exposed to a learning process I have missed . I find it hard to imagine having believed something and then be caught in the process of grieving the loss and not knowing I really hope that you all find that someplace to go

I heard a saying that has me a bit baffled.

jacpod comments on Apr 24, 2018:

I think it is saying 'tangentially speaking' that god is everywhere.

If you don't believe in a God but you do believe in ghost why are you any more rational than a ...

jacpod comments on Apr 24, 2018:

I don't believe in ghosts I don't know anyone who does, the people who believe in such things are religious Spiritualists so ,still a religion

What would you say to God if when you died you were faced with him?

jacpod comments on Apr 24, 2018:

I couldnt do better that Stephen Fry and i am not sure that I would want to speak to god - what for?

Right now I'm feeling a bit depressed, because I don't work until Thursday.

jacpod comments on Apr 24, 2018:

Slow down sweetie take some deep breaths and know you're strong enough to face what will happen - So many unknowns are hard to deal with for all of us so you're not alone. try to breathe deeply and shrug your shoulders and settle yourself down a bit - made time to do something that you really like doing for yourself whilst the tangle sorts itself out?

Okay.

jacpod comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I dont know because I dont have this dread but I sort of think that if I dont have it then others can 'not have it ' ; like the fear is optional . And if you think about every other person who died were they not scared, maybe because they imagined a better beautiful life after death or were they still scared that they might not get into heaven? I suppose it takes until you decide not to worry about it because its your life that is suffering right now - and death is inevitable for all of us

What are the world’s 3 STUPIDEST religions?

jacpod comments on Apr 23, 2018:

Born again christians mormons J.W.s Universal Unitarians Bahai and Quakers.

Is gender equality an issue for atheists?

jacpod comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I think its rather disgusting to find the pay gap for T.V. presenters is so great in favour of men. I dont need anyone to open a door for me I am more than capable thank you. I was a plasterer in a former life and got dogs abuse from men on site who thought that I shouldnt even be there.

Political Hypocrisy

jacpod comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I think because politics is a debate that defines who you are and what you stand for and political elections are key to which side wins if you want equality on the table you vote labour if you want to keep all your offshore accounts intact you vote conservative - It doesnt really matter what we name call each other - what matters is that the system is based on winning and losing and sometimes people win by cheating , (perhaps that should be often rather than sometimes -) so the system is rigged and unfair - and anything so described will call up a lot of emnity for both sides - The division and drama is part of the process in order to get rid of that we would need a much fairer system.

Debating Atheism

jacpod comments on Apr 23, 2018:

some people seem to get off on it as a sort of pastime - I couldnt care less about an absence of soemthing in my life that was never there and I really dont get all the debates about the names used for 'not' being something it feels like picking oakum.

Atheist principles - would atheists be interested in listing basic atheist principles?

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

I couldnt vote for any of teh above because I think there isnt an option there to just say 'no' and I dont want to agree with the attitude that 'no one tells me what to do.' which sounds belligerant . I dont think that there are or even could be atheist principles mostly because we are all different people we all have our own principles and being without a god is just that - I wouldn't want that book written as it would bring fixity to something that is beautifully (for me ) fluid - My atheism is of very little account to me I dont feel its in any way a part of my life, it is a non starter, so unimportant . I am here to get away from the holy yins. end of!

Death and the massive expense involved with the funeral.

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

I tried a deal with Queens university Belfast to give them my post mortem body for dissection and learning because they ask for that but the consent forms that came back, on every page ,had disclaimers about how we might not want your body and then we'll give it back your realtives to bury. So not the best deal either.

Is it unreasonable to not want people to call me after I get home from work?

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

No not a jerk at all just harrassed tired mum, any chance that you could explain that to your friends maybe in a note because the written word is more definite and you can craft it so its not unfriendly - I often find other people don't 'get' my situation and I really have to spell it out to them. Most people do understand after a bit more prompting - like 'remember I told you why I was unable to do that ... ' After a while people tend to get it especially if its done calmly and you hold firm.

What are your thoughts on Faith?

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

I dont - usually have the word faith in my personal vocabulary and cant remember a time when i actually used it at all except when I had a friend who was saddled with all the names 'Faith Hope Charity Wise.' But what use is Faith ? If you have faith that a chair will bear your weight and then it doesn't and you hurt yourself its the same end result as you not bothering with faith.

Unfollowing people on Facebook is nowhere near as satisfying as unfriending them

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

yes - I am laughing out loud.

Summer is here, at least this week!

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

Like but where is 'henderson?

Apart from being here what are you doing or thinking of doing right now and, what time is it for you...

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

Its 9.25 here in Ballycastle Northern Ireland and I'm thinking of making a hottie and going to bed to read a crime novel (after I have seen if anyone has answered)

A man sees a woman he's attracted to when out shopping.

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

At teh very least it could be a compliment and you might well be taken up on it who knows? BTW I have a life partner - I'd let you down gently.

Do you agree?

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

Abso blinking lutely.

This certainly fits me.

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

What fits you Uglicoyote? Good Sir? This site? - A pair of new socks?

I just got out of the hospital with a broken knee cap and two broken bones bones in my right wrist.

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

Ouch! hope you mend quickly - wishing you well!

Does being pantheist mean believing in God?

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

I'd imagine it would be quite tiring because there are thousands of them even if you did one a day you wouldnt get through them very quickly and gods do need to be loved and obeyed quite a lot.

I find that when guys don't know I have a PhD they are more likely to talk to me and be interested ...

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

I find that people who underestimate me are often kinder to me than those who dont .I have qualifications but I wont talk about them unless I am on safe ground that goes for women as well as men .

Let's Have Some Fun - What You Shouldn't do Naked

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

Run through nettles.

My mental health is great right now.

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

Good on yer' our kid!

The only thing that makes me sad about dying is knowing I will miss out on what happens in the ...

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

Sort of looking forward to it 70yrs old now and dont mind getting off - I dont like my society much hate my politicians and what they are doing to the U.K sort of moody times we over here are living in - getting off would be a relief.

I have a question for the community -- I live in a very 'churchy' town where, because of my job I ...

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

The trouble is they dont stop, they will probably try to convert you because thats what churchy people are doing all the time , because unbelievers threaten them- maybe you can find ht way to bring your blood pressure down I do a childish thing of crossing my fingers behind my back which means in my culture (English) that you are telling a lie and know it but dont want to engage .

Debating Atheism

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

for me thre is absolutely nothing to debate - if someone asks me my thoughts about religion I will tell them but If they go on to try to debate I will move away - Some people really do try to sucker you in and havethis neediness to talk about it . I dont - its of no importance to me whatsoever and I would resent giving time to stuff like debating then finer details of meanings of words.

Is religiosity really declining?

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

I have no evidence either way but seems to me fewer children are made to go to Sunday school sundays seem to have become family day and I welcome that.

How vocal are you about your atheism/agnosticism in the workplace?

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

I dont but i am retired and have nothing to lose and before I retired I was a mental health advocate and person centred therapist -So without any feelings either way about what people believed or not - Not really my business and if it came up in seminars I never had to speak - just listen and make some comment about the group processes.

Should religion be taught in schools?

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

No dont need it enough churches around for those that want them.

I think one of the worst tenets of religion is unquestioned belief.

jacpod comments on Apr 22, 2018:

My life was in constant danger when I was a child as I had an abusive bipolar mother and depressive father neither of them believed anything and i was too busy trying to be invisible in order to survive, so I dont really have any beliefs at all just energy to get through hte days. My life has been blessed since I left home at !5 y.o. and I have met some amazing people that have made all the difference -

Alot of members on here obviously think music is an integral part of their lives, and I agree.

jacpod comments on Apr 21, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgM8MRot9Y

You Won’t Believe What Obama Says In This Video! ? - YouTube

jacpod comments on Apr 21, 2018:

well wacky!

What are your opinions on "moral luck?"

jacpod comments on Apr 21, 2018:

ooowww my head hurts I dont understand I just do my best if its not good enough I'm sorry but I cant do better and to judge me would be a big wrongy - 'hang about is that what youre saying?'

Is Tradition worth keeping?

jacpod comments on Apr 21, 2018:

I dont have many traditions, dont do christmas /easter/ adn at the moment I am questioning and evaluating and throwing out things "I 'should' be doing " because I want a change in my life - that reflects what being 70 y.o is all about - I have people in my housing scheme who talk to me as if I were a child - and I am blatantly ignoring them - I wont speak any more to anybody who puts me down .. there was a tenant here who violently attacked me in the last 7 months and so I am re writing my rule book.

Do you feel happier after you’ve exercised?

jacpod comments on Apr 21, 2018:

the exercise I get is gentle walking the beach - just 4 minutes away or walking up the town - quite a few hills - when I first came here we walked up every mountain in Northern Ireland and a fair few in the South I also did the causeway walk most days; but now my hips are beginning to give me gyp and its quite nice to be easy - there is an outdoor fitness centre at the beach but a lot of the machines squeak and sound awful.

Are you an open or closet agnostic/atheist, and why?

jacpod comments on Apr 21, 2018:

open if anybody asks me but I wouldnt tell them if they were not interested or if they were patently god botherers. I have said this before in Northern Ireladn if youre asked and you say atheist they will probably ask 'but protestant atheist or catholic atheist?

Does anyone else sit in with a book on Saturday night or am I dull as fuck?

jacpod comments on Apr 21, 2018:

I'll sit in with a good book any night of the week I take a book to a cafe with me so I can read and have a coffee and scone - I dont think that its me thats dull as fuck but other people who would want to chat to me whilst i am patently reading.

What type of death do you most fear?

jacpod comments on Apr 21, 2018:

None really; got to go some way; as far as I have heard - fire is smoke inhalation mostly so your lungs give out and apparently you go dreamy in the same way as when when drowning and your lungs fill up with water - (I do hate salt though)

Great Moments in film What are those moments that you never forget about a movie.

jacpod comments on Apr 21, 2018:

Tom Jones it was the first time in movie history I think that the hero addresses the audience directly saying you saw him steal my 500 pound note!

What makes a man?

jacpod comments on Apr 21, 2018:

I have always thought it was great when a man cries and doesnt try to hide it or shows a more 'feminine ' 'different side' My father was almost non existant; and so correct! and it took till I was fifty to find someoen who allows himself to be genderlessly undefined.

Best Film God: Who and Why?

jacpod comments on Apr 21, 2018:

I liked the god in The Time Bandits Ralph Richardson was 'the supreme being'

Shower thoughts: Do you ever wonder how many times you would have died throughout your life, but ...

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

My brother missed his train at London Bridge to Lee Green because he was too lazy to run to get on it the train he missed crashed and many were killed and injured. I was in a CND train goign to a protest in a hired train it came off the rails adn we had to get out in the middle of nowhere my friend Jude was amazing going to people who were hurt or distressed and giving them rescue remedy - brushes with death are very weird and sobering .

Are there others here who have food (or other substances) allergies and intolerances?

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

I am allergic to wheat and dairy and sometimes I take a chance if I really fancy something, but it also seems very easy to have a limited diet ; oh I would hate to have a reaction to bananas I pretty much live on them - sometimes when I get a poor reaction to something previously ok it goes if I avoid it for a bit

What is your impression of Unitarian Universalist?

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

I do it if theres one around havent been to one for years though, last time I was in Brighton about twenty five years ago - its harmless wont change my mind about anything and interesting experience

Atheism and socialization

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

No - I dont think about other peoples views much as I am on my own program and they are on theirs if people talk about god to me I listen for them to understand them as far as I am able. So I dont think my atheism is any big shock to them - Someoen once did say oh that is an awful shame when I said I didnt have a god - and I rather thought it was sweetly naiive.

Happy Ask an Atheist Day.

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

Oh I didnt know it was on no one asked me anything at all .All day I was just talked at!

Regarding my post about "normal" ([agnostic.

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

I dont feel normal at all & I dont really care - I like who I am and what I do and how I think and I dont want to suffer fools gladly so I dont . before I was sort of humble and let people put me down and gave way a lot as if I am only here on sufferance but now I have changed and i have an anger in me that is definitely about wanting a change. I stopped letting people talk down to me . And I feel completely in charge of any negotiations.At the beginning i needed big anger to get me in gear but after that I just went my own way and I do as I want.

What our educational system does to our children: [ideapod.com]

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

Yes I went to Free School like( A S Neills Summerhill but nearer home I did eventually go to a local primary t o cram for the 11 plus exam and was so freaked out I couldnt speak for the whole of my first day

What's something good happening in your life right now/soon? Something you're excited about?

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

AWWWWW! thats nice news. I am enjoying taking control of my life and even though I am soemtimes frightened of where I might be heading its quite good fun - no more Mrs Nice Guy.

What is your "normal"?

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

Okay heres the rant about it Up until I reached 70y.o I was a pushover would do anything for anybody any time It was in the run up to my birthday that I began to feel that my life had been a series of abuses - being taken for granted etc. there is a man in my housing scheme who was always telling me off like a little girl - and I have D.I.D so that isnt great for me to have to deal with someone calling up an alter . I have stopped speaking to him completely now , also he shouts and drinks a lot two more of my triggers- I used ot get his papers for him every day ;now I dont and I dont go near him - there is another man in my housing scheme who attacked me - the police came and gave him an order but he still swans around acting weirdly. And so many people who take advantage of your good nature and bore you with tales about how they do your make up and hair when they can see you dont use make up or bother about hair or clothes. I think that I might just start acting up a bit myself so that they leave me alone.

What are your 3 go to categories when you log on? All the categories are marked new.

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

I do discuss and just see what I fancy talking about then

What is your favorite genre of books and what was the last thing you read?

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

crime fiction .

[facebook.com] an eye opener

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

funny!

Does homeopathy work?

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

I never knew baking soda was homeopathic but there you go - other uses for it given you bow have a tub in the post below

Does homeopathy work?

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

Baking soda is good stuff it can be used in many ways for cleaning too https://www.care2.com/greenliving/51-fantastic-uses-for-baking-soda.html

Name something men need to stop doing.

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

treating women as unequal

If you had to legally change your name what would you switch it to?

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

Beelzebub enileuqca j nivedop

Three more points to level 7

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

Ahhhh hopefully a helping hand!

What is 1 thing you want to do before you die?

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

I'd like to see my family all together one time - I 'd love to bunji jump again but fear doing damage to my old doll-itis- I am pretty ok really with my life cant really think of anything else I want to do - I seem to have had a big life and settling down now into a more cosy routine. Ecept just goen ten rounds with the ivy in the garden.

Just joined! Thought I'd say hello : )

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

hallo! where in the world are you?

As a former Jehovah's Witness, I'm curious how this community views the group.

jacpod comments on Apr 20, 2018:

Has anyone ever heard of a scots irish group called 'we free' I had a friend who was born into a family of 'we free's' in Norhtern Ireland and it was incredibly strict only reading the bible in your best clothes and church twice in sundays

This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays. Arthur Dent

jacpod comments on Apr 19, 2018:

“You know,” said Arthur, “it’s at times like this, when I’m trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I’d listened to what my mother told me when I was young.” “Why, what did she tell you?” “I don’t know, I didn’t listen.”

Announcing the greatest invention of all time.

jacpod comments on Apr 19, 2018:

gives new meaning to the phrase 'getting on my goat'

Straight,bi, or gay/lesbian folks, I have a question.

jacpod comments on Apr 19, 2018:

Not so much an issue more just a preference - I have tried once with a lesbian friend at her request - but it seriously wasnt working so I am just plain jane straight . I'd say aids had soemthing to do with being wary of bi-

Announcing the greatest invention of all time.

jacpod comments on Apr 19, 2018:

laughed out loud!

Do you like opera?

jacpod comments on Apr 19, 2018:

NO Sorry!

Is it wrong...

jacpod comments on Apr 19, 2018:

i think that in your shoes I would probably be feeling the same & possibly having those thoughts actually helps you not act on them. It is always sad when this sort of thing happens i do feel sorry for your predicament and wonder if there are any non legal places that help with this kind of parenting dilemma. Some childrens advocacy network?

As a former Jehovah's Witness, I'm curious how this community views the group.

jacpod comments on Apr 19, 2018:

The ones that I have met have seemed very vulnerable to me - I always let them in because it seems the right thing to do, but it always seems to me that they have a neediness beyond anything I am able to offer - This isnt meant in any bad way at all and possibly they have a harder time here in Northern Ireland where its nearly all catholic or protestant . I met a born again christian at a seminar and she too was vulnerable so maybe its just here being cliquey. I am not from N.I. ; originally London then all over the U.K so I get the same treatment - I'm irrelevant too but dont mind .

I have planted tomato seeds, and weeded a lot its still quite changeable weather here in Ireland ...

jacpod comments on Apr 19, 2018:

Can anyone tell me how I might put a picture in here

What is a good reason to be happy?

jacpod comments on Apr 19, 2018:

you dont need a reason just a way to get there - Sometimes if you plaster a grin on your face its stays there all day - I sometimes read stuff here that has me chuckling every time I remember it and telling other people is fun, because they then tell you a joke and madness reigns

Do you believe in Karma?

jacpod comments on Apr 19, 2018:

No - anything happens for no good reason its why life is so weird.

Drop your most hilarious joke ever .... ok yes, this is so random.

jacpod comments on Apr 19, 2018:

Q. what do you call a ten foot giant with a club in his hand? A. Sir!

For those who consider themselves "free thinkers" what makes you feel that your thinking is free as ...

jacpod comments on Apr 19, 2018:

I never thought of it that way before so thanks for the option to think about it. I think there are some of us that were never in any convention long enough to be subscribers/brought into a fold /whatever.... And undoubtedly some people are original thinkers because we can see that new ideals ideas and things are coming into being all the time- I have a personal story about my grandfather who was the Technician at the fuel research station in greenwich when the atom was split for the first time. He also invented the first gas poker - so 'new' is always with us and someone is thinking how to make things happen - (not me) but people with imagination do come up with ideas and try to put them inot practise.

Does this point of view seem rational? does it offend you?

jacpod comments on Apr 18, 2018:

Irrational but not offensive; people act, say, feel and think exactly what they are conditioned to by their interest group.- its what 'belonging is all about ' upholding the group psyche. There are conflicts everywhere that there are people who 'need' to hold biased views in order to stay with their group of comfort - Others of us who are used to not belonging, not fitting in easily, get to be freer but at a price too. Its just how humanity comes.

Hot mail.....box.

jacpod comments on Apr 18, 2018:

wow it took me ages to work it out it s a microwave for letters!

What was it that got you thinking?

jacpod comments on Apr 18, 2018:

I wasn't ever told anything untrue - I was a fairly deprived child being the only child in the whole family born post war in 1948 it is as if they all gave up - all adults around me were atheists and they told their truth - the cat died it was his time -etc and everyone in my family had either been in the war or in the home guard manning anti aircraft guns at night after a full days work my mother was welding on the docks, they had a very stark reality and didn't sugar coat anything at all.

When you are in hell where do you tell people to go?

jacpod comments on Apr 18, 2018:

well people do say 'get to f***.

Where Does Religion Come From?

jacpod comments on Apr 18, 2018:

whhoh thank frank that I'm not in that circle!

T-shirts........................

jacpod comments on Apr 18, 2018:

Out! In is like your mum dressed you!

How do you try to have a positive impact on the world?

jacpod comments on Apr 18, 2018:

By aiming to be 'not negative' - I dont know if I do actually have anything to give to the world so just not taking away from it.

Understanding vegans

jacpod comments on Apr 18, 2018:

Its basically because cows contribute to global warming in a way that insects dont- also insects due to their size are in the zillions and can reproduce very quickly. But by all means eat whatever you want its a free country! I'd advise against 'chatting ' with vegans youre never going to see eye to eye.

What about your culture do you like the least?

jacpod comments on Apr 18, 2018:

sectarianism, william of orange versus the pope.

What do you think are the 5 most beautiful things in the world and why?

jacpod comments on Apr 18, 2018:

Music and any art form that takes you int a different dimension because it is healing. Loving kindnesses - just to soothe you and make your heart sing. Food for thought - in order to keep an active refreshed mind. Joyfulness smiling and being happy - because it is so much more fun. The sound of children laughing - they are the future I like them sounding happy.

Keep this in mind, always, always, always.

jacpod comments on Apr 18, 2018:

yes I found on the whole with only a few exceptions psychiatrists are the worst -

Who else suffers from an embarrassingly low sense of worth, no self confidence, and less than of ...

jacpod comments on Apr 18, 2018:

yes when depressed but now 70 and strangely less depressed times - I seem to have grown a pair and stand up for myself more even when not at my best. .

What's Your National Animal?

jacpod comments on Apr 17, 2018:

Given whats disastrously going on in the U.K at the moment we should have a heraldic guinea pig!

As we age do we fear death, more or less?

jacpod comments on Apr 17, 2018:

I odn t know about we , but I welcome death I feel I no longer have a society and that it gets madder every day. I'll be glad to be out of it!

Feelings about your own Funerals

jacpod comments on Apr 17, 2018:

I applied for my body to be given to medical science @ Queens university they wrote back and on every page they had a disclaimer that when it came to them they might not want it and would send it back to be buried - is a bit of a no brainer to just get cremated and forget about Queens

Who do you look up to the most? and why?

jacpod comments on Apr 17, 2018:

Noam Chomsky I think he's really amazing - puts things out there so well and is thoughtful adn kind - I could probably think of loads of other people but he just came to mind always sensible.

What's Your National Animal?

jacpod comments on Apr 17, 2018:

I think its a lion. but I may be lyin'

Selflessness

jacpod comments on Apr 17, 2018:

There was a story I think it was Schopenhauer, about a policeman who saw a man about to throw himself off tower bridge and into the Thames - In that decisive moment he saw that he would not be human if he did not attempt to rescue the man .They both survived . When I was living in hte lake district there was a school sports day after the rushbearing walk beating the bounds; and then gingerbread and ginger beer; the last part of the sports day post races etc. was a race up and down the nearby Fell . My partner and I climbed up it first in order to cheer the children on - one boy had asthma and wasnt supposed to run and he collapsed at the top I picked him up and walked down with him in my arms he was a heavy lad but I couldnt let go; even when help appeared; I couldnt hand him over it was as if I was in an altered state and could only hang on in there. When the rescuers talked to me I came out of that state but I think there is an element of altruism in all of us that can be tapped into.

Being offended: What does it REALLY mean?

jacpod comments on Apr 17, 2018:

Interesting - I get your argument and its sound; and I still feel there are times when I want to be offended and make a deal of it, say if a big man was spitting near me and I couldnt take him on because I am only five feet and one inch. The only place I can go to is frustrated/offended. And I do seriously think some guys get a kick out of being offensive especially in rude remarks to women about our appearance , or being called 'a dog'. yes I think I come down on the side of its my right to feel offended and if you dont like it - you seem to be saying you will lump it - Good, good on you!

What colour best define's your personality?

jacpod comments on Apr 17, 2018:

mellow yellow sort of a bit orangey tinged.

Has anyone missed this very funny film which also puts religion where it belongs? [youtu.be]

jacpod comments on Apr 17, 2018:

I think I'd like to see this

What is your favorite cocktail? If it's obscure, please share the recipe!

jacpod comments on Apr 17, 2018:

I like tonic water and grapefuit with a cherry non alcoholic cocktails for me

What is your favorite political podcast?

jacpod comments on Apr 17, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Doi1U7I1CyU

Is it hypocritical for me, as an atheist, to celebrate religious holidays?

jacpod comments on Apr 17, 2018:

I dont think its hypocritical if you know what you are doing and why. I wouldnt hesitate to support any of my family in anything htey wanted to do because Its just a meeting of friendship and we all have so many different ways of showing our love and understanding. i think there is a core set of values within me that I adhere to and as long as I am not required to break them I feel Okay, I dont have to buy into the meanings of what I am doing I am onnly required to be part of hte ritual - Its Ok .