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Just wanted to let people know I am lurking around.

jacpod comments on Apr 4, 2018:

((((hugs))))) heads seemingly all on tight - really sorry to hear your mum is poorly, love to you!

Atheists and politics

jacpod comments on Apr 4, 2018:

I am English so we dont have the same labels and i dont understand what they would mean to you or me. I vote socialist always.

Has anyone attended a public school that incorporated intelligent design into their curriculum?

jacpod comments on Apr 4, 2018:

No .Was just taught latin geography history the usual Religious instruction was on the menu it being 1959 - but previously I had been educated in the free school style so it all went over my head somewhat.

Fellow agnostics, how do you feel about believers joining?

jacpod comments on Apr 4, 2018:

no thanks this suits me just fine there is enough engagemennt with difference here to last a lifetime i dont want intolerance in the mix.

Is There an Objective Reality?

jacpod comments on Apr 4, 2018:

I veer on the edge of - I am not sure that there is -

What do we all have in common as humans?

jacpod comments on Apr 4, 2018:

There is a game that used to be played in personal growth circles where you have a large number of people and call out somethign like 'who is a paren't' come this way and 'who isnt go the other way ' so you divide into groups according to the separating categories and then each group divides again until you are all standing, singly, separately, and then the queston is" what would bring us all back together?" I loved it because it was so good to see the group movement .And the intimate togetherness was apparent even before the groups examination of itself. I think what he have in common is our humanity - when we see someone in danger often your own life chances are risked in order to save them - something kicks in - you dont stand idly by.

Good or Bad to the Bone? How Human Genetics Affect Empathy - TheHumanist.com

jacpod comments on Apr 4, 2018:

I thnk too much empathy is also a poor trait.

Do you tend to spend too much time in your head?

jacpod comments on Apr 4, 2018:

No like winnie the pooh I am a bear of very little brain. Much more impulsive and immediate than is good for me and other people get to have a good laugh at my expense.

Do you ever have a thought and think that surely no one could have ever had that thought before, ...

jacpod comments on Apr 4, 2018:

Nice one - thanks for that thought! I wonder how many people got to that one first!

What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without food?

jacpod comments on Apr 4, 2018:

two weeks when I was four years old with measles and double pneumonia due to Churchills smogs - the inside of mu nouth was also covered in blisters so all I could do was sip water

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

jacpod comments on Apr 4, 2018:

There is no 'Now that I am not religious' because I have never been subjected to religion Dont suffer fools gladly. Be kind as its possible to be in the moment. help out whenever you can Try not to give advice. Be as playful as you want If it harms no one go for it!

How comfortable are you with the word "Atheist" ?

jacpod comments on Apr 4, 2018:

As far as I am concerned it does the job most people i know know what it means and I am not one for tinkering about with language - as long as I am understood to a certain level -fine! I hate reading posts about hte nitty gritty of a word Atheist is a pretty well known word it works for me. end of.

What if you are wrong and there IS a god

jacpod comments on Apr 4, 2018:

Friends of mine often beg me to hedge my bets in case there really is a hell, I have had people crying , trying to get me to believe in a god . I rather think that 'brown bread' really is 'dead ' and I am not going to reincarnate as then, what would be the point of births?We 'd be pretty overcrowded- I know I am not being logical I am just firing off - But I truly dont fear death, bring it on!

What anxiety feels like

jacpod comments on Apr 4, 2018:

wow that is a great representation if getting into a state! thank you!

Depression

jacpod comments on Apr 4, 2018:

Too true!

There is no agnostic vs. atheist! The peeve I have...

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

I have been quite vehement when others try to tell me that I believe in atheism, that atheism is my belief system - It drives me crazy. maybe I should just say I have never ever had a god but its like someone calling me Jack when my name is Laura. So irritating .....

Your favorite JEWISH Agnostics or Atheists There are a lot of discussions centered around the ...

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Noam Chomsky Emma Goldman Ludwig Wittgenstein

Anyone know how it became a practice to receive a slice of lemon when you just asked for water?

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Some places the water tastes weird like in hard water areas they taste chalky soft water always tastes of raspberries to me so maybe its to mask the taste make it uniform .i ma talking as a londoner as we have two water sources artesian wells and reservoirs and one is hard and one is soft and it really depends upon what system you are being served by I was in a hard water area

Is it all going to come down to this? Hope not.

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

hope not but not a lot i can do.

If you had to list the three biggest issues you think the world faces in order of seriousness, what ...

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Nuclear armaments Greed for Money Death on a massive scale.

Am I being a paranoid conspiracy theorist about a national grocery store chain and condoms?

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

For some reason you really touched me with that argument - I didnt realise that this happened. Arent there machines in mens toilets that dispense them? Chemist shops maybe nicer people to buy from? Yes I would if I were a man be incredibly embarrassed at having to scan condoms nad have someoen come over to me to check - Its not like you can even make it humourous -

Have you ever been misunderstood by someone else?

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

I have to come out now as weird - I have D.i.D and probably give off loads of signals unbeknownst to the core me- I havent yet freaked anyone out too much and I keep our selves on a tight rein when ever I can and I dont have a baldie what my body language is saying at any given time - So yes many times misunderstood (by myself as well).

Can you provide a label for my belief system?

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

I dont do these 'naming' posts anything that woeks to persuade the other person to stop bothering me about a god is fine by me .

What's on the other side people talk about?

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Not that I know about dead is dead .

How did you come out as atheist, agnostic etc..

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

I dont come out unless people ask me directly because its of so little consequence to me - the people who do this are usually ok about whatever answer they get and if they arent I just walk away- Easy; I dont care what others think of me for my beliefs its them doing the judging not me.

As a relaxed agnostic, I am in the "ignorant and apathetic" camp - I don't know, and I don't care.

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Thank you I will try that next time I get an irritant.

What do we all have in common as humans?

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

kind heartedness.

Do you push yourself to do things that scare you?

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

I'm quite a bit frightened by the challenge of getting older up to about 6 months ago I was pretty clear minded and seem how ot have taken quite big dip in cofidence and feel that I have a very poor memory - In the past I was a general builder plasterer and roofer and worked on quite a lot of high buildings - I was scared but I knew I could still do it. Now all is changed and I am feeling quite frail even though I go out in all weathers and garden, saw wood, carry big loads of fertiliser around - I dont know what made hte change into unconfident and even though I still do these things I dont feel 'strong' - I dont have to push myself to start but i do have to push myself to finish.

Proof of no god?

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

there is no 'it' to state anything, there is no, anything, to be stated there is no 'christianity' only people who call themselves christians and worrship their god - there is no body of christianity that speaks in one voice - there is no science that can make something that doesnt exist; exist so that you can square the circle that you have made. I think your choice therefore to remain a sceptic is a good one- as for the proof there are 320,000,000 gods in the world would they all need to be proved to you ? Or are you only talking about the Christian god?

Sorry, I don't know all the protocols for this site.

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Of course! welcome !

Besides Agnostic.com what other websites do you spend time on?

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

facebook and you tube also amazon

Do you use texting when you're in a fight with your significant other?

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

No thankfully I have never ever owned a mobile phone and never want one - I would say one ot one is usually a good idea as you can correct as you go.

Anyone going to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival on May 5th?

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

I wish ! but it looks cold out there.

I don't know much about wicca. What is the main thrust of wiccan ideology

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

I used ot live in Burnley Lancashire where the last witched to be hanged at Lancaster assizes lived - It was said that they were actually not quite the full shilling and were given the opportunity to recant but didnt Two of the accused witches, Anne Whittle (Chattox) and her daughter Anne Redferne. The trials of the Pendle witches in 1612 are among the most famous witch trials in English history, and some of the best recorded of the 17th century. The twelve accused lived in the area surrounding Pendle Hill in Lancashire, and were charged with the murders of ten people by the use of witchcraft. All but two were tried at Lancaster Assizes on 18–19 August 1612, along with the Samlesbury witches and others, in a series of trials that have become known as the Lancashire witch trials. One was tried at York Assizes on 27 July 1612, and another died in prison. Of the eleven who went to trial – nine women and two men – ten were found guilty and executed by hanging; one was found not guilty. The official publication of the proceedings by the clerk to the court, Thomas Potts, in his The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster, and the number of witches hanged together – nine at Lancaster and one at York – make the trials unusual for England at that time. It has been estimated that all the English witch trials between the early 15th and early 18th centuries resulted in fewer than 500 executions; this series of trials accounts for more than two per cent of that total. Six of the Pendle witches came from one of two families, each at the time headed by a woman in her eighties: Elizabeth Southerns (a.k.a. Demdike[a]), her daughter Elizabeth Device, and her grandchildren James and Alizon Device; Anne Whittle (a.k.a. Chattox), and her daughter Anne Redferne. The others accused were Jane Bulcock and her son John Bulcock, Alice Nutter, Katherine Hewitt, Alice Grey, and Jennet Preston. The outbreaks of witchcraft in and around Pendle may demonstrate the extent to which people could make a living by posing as witches. Many of the allegations resulted from accusations that members of the Demdike and Chattox families made against each other, perhaps because they were in competition, both trying to make a living from healing, begging, and extortion.

I don't know much about wicca. What is the main thrust of wiccan ideology

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

The main thrust is "And it harm none do as thou wilt"

For those who have no profile pic

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

it s because I dont have the smarts to put up my real picture I have a camera I have a picture but dont know how to get it onto the screen and am afraid it will go extra large.

Who else is spring cleaning?

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Sorry havent teh energy for that yet = I tossed everything from my relationship unless it was soemthign I really like , and felt I owned . I donate mostly .

Can you relate? ?

jacpod comments on Apr 3, 2018:

yes totally the times I have promised myself to do thi are by now infinite !hopeless case!

Incest: Immoral or Moral?

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

when my mother was a teenager she fell in love with her own brother but didnt know he was her brother my grandmother had given him to her mother to look after as apparently in those days it was often done espcially if there were already another baby on the way . Charlie, the brother had come back to my granny as a teenager because the grandmother had died - No-one told my mother that Charlie was her brother until things started getting out of hand - I imagine family secrets like this one are hard for the family to contain and or deal with and that when the truth does come out its uncomfortable for everyone. I suppose safe sex isnt always safe as it sounds and isnt good for the family gene pool- I really dont think its a christian influence as most people would be concerned about the genetic defects from close alliances.

10 facts about atheists | Pew Research Center

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

forty one suits me fine - although 'the hitchikers guide to the universe came up with the magical number of 42'

Atheists make up their own fantasy morals and meanings of life. [patheos.com]

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

scoff away! so what! its one way to live life here on earth, hurts no one and at least it is my choice, my life, my way for dealing with it- I take issue with the idea of 'fantasy' morals when we are talking about the choice of which of the 320,000,000 gods we might be wanting to appease or more simply none of them..It wasnt a really good sell was it prof!

What are some of the arguments that you have heard from theists

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

To be honest theists havent had any good arguments with me They only have a few shots to fire like 'the weeping for me because I am going to die in hellfire and damnation" But I have a stony face for it these days and just dont play my hand - they give up at some point - if I just stare blankly people around will often weigh in to get them to leave me alone as well.

Atheists make up their own fantasy morals and meanings of life. [patheos.com]

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

Do we? I didnt know that I am a mother of two and grandmother of five I am pretty grounded in my own morality - I dont hurt anyone and not sure that life has a meaning that I could make up it just unfold as you live it - What planet are you on Ur anus?

Do you normally have a lot of energy? What boosts your energy?

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

now I am 70 I have energy at different times in the day and often have to have a power nap to catch up a bit

Do you have a family member (or person in your life) that you just don't want to deal with?

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

I live in sheltered accommodation there is a man here who is quite nasty when he as had a drink which is many per night , he is also very loud when another guy comes in who is deaf.Why poeople think that shouting at a deaf person makes them hear I dont know but the deaf guy is also very loud so the pair of them are shouting and i have hyperacusis loud noises are really hard for me to bear. I'm also not too keen on drunks.

Who's your favourite atheist?

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

the late dave allen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkzRS8vobzs

Men, do you agree with this quote from Christopher Hitchens?

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

My partner and I fill each others gaps everything i lack he has in spades and vice versa its a really comfortable fit and i never feel that I am doing more than my fair share of the work. I think I understand what he's getting at though because of the way men are portrayed as both strong and also weak - Women ae too but I think that men do get a tougher message - when I was at school it was never okay for a boy to cry even when caned and girls werent caned in those days .A lot of messages there and even popular songs carry them on as if it isnt enough just to be a human and be yourself. I do think men from a certain time had a bad deal.

With out any diplomatic answers,.

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

Age and culture No, because as long as you are alert and interested in others ,no problem. I think educational background is the widest gap to bridge mainly because going through the systems you get so many different 'languages'. I mean that for instance I have never had any sort of background in mathematics or logic etc and couldnt easily connect to someone of that ilk. In the same way there are many many people who come on a person centred counselling training course and never get it ( In my experience teachers are especially unable to disconnect enough from their teaching style in order to get different skills).

Appt done.

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

'gradely lass!' as they say in Yorkshire

I have been thinking about switching to vegetarian diet but I lack the will power or would I say the...

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

Every time legumes like beans, lentils, and peanuts are combined with grains like wheat, rice, and corn, a complete protein is born. Peanut butter on whole wheat is an easy snack that, while pretty high in calories, provides a heaping dose of all the essential amino acids and plenty of healthy fats to boot.

Why are we hated for hating xmas?

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

DIrty Harry Quote - Opinions are like assholes everybody has one

Is There an Objective Reality?

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

I dont think so I suppose soemthing like a slice of toast has an objective reality it exist as a think of itself and cannot be described as a poached egg - but not the human relationship to it which seems vast and incomprehensible so many variables.

Forest for the trees

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

No not really - everyone ot nme seems so individualistic that I am constantly amazed at how different we all are

Are there any cricket fans?

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

OHHHH NOHHHH The only cricket match I ever enjoyed was the clip where the man took his clothes off and ran accross the holy ground of Lords.

How would everyone feel about being refused a date because you’re an atheist?

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

Good to know it straight off the cuff like that; at least you can cross him off the list - There is no accounting really for what folks, act , think, feel or speak; its all random to themselves - You sound as if you expected him to be a bit better than he turned out to be - Sad but move on quickly- Nowt so queer as folks " (as they say in Yorkshire)

Whale tail made from whale bone

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

WOW - made from a real WOW!

I skipped the medication last night, and I didn't wake up hungry like in the last 5 days.

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

have a good day sweetie!

What obsolete things did your mom try to teach you?

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

My mum was a welder in the millwall docks and was bi-polar mainly manic - I cant remember her ever trying to teach me anything she was 45 y.o. when she had me - I can only remember her saying one nce thing about me ever and that was 'Youll do! You'll be all right"! Not a lot to cling onto. I left home at fifteen and have a brother somewhere that I havent seen for 50 years .

I had a near meltdown this morning.

jacpod comments on Apr 2, 2018:

Good on you that you found a way to chill out - i find it works for me too just diddle round on here a bit till I'm ready to face the ongoing 'ag'

Problems NOT a result of religion