The western liberals feel ashamed of their ancestors who enslaved the Africans and killed the native...

markdevenish comments on Nov 18, 2017:

we have slaves. they just don't live here. they live in mexico . brazil, indonesia, taiwan, china , india to name a few. You try living on a dollar a day. as for the middle east every time you fill up with gas think of the carnage we have wreaked on their societies. I'd be f---ing mad too.

I can't open Messenger for some reason (though it appears I have a message waiting). Any advice?

markdevenish comments on Nov 18, 2017:

I can't read the replies to my comments but no big wheel

Hi I've just joined the date so, so Hello everyone! What's ya pleasures tonight then?

markdevenish comments on Nov 18, 2017:

beer beer beer bubba ba beer beer beer , music dance weed pass out

My kids(11 and 15) becoming religious

markdevenish comments on Nov 19, 2017:

read them "sapiens" one chapter at a time . should clear it up for them

Would you give a monthly donation to a local Atheist group if they held a weekly Atheist meeting on ...

markdevenish comments on Nov 19, 2017:

tried it . atheists are lazy. best of luck.

Hello everyone my name is sultan I was a Muslim but now I think that I'm a agnostic for not getting...

markdevenish comments on Nov 19, 2017:

it's more of a realization that we are insignificant and should get on with helping others around us to enjoy life without guilt or fear. Just say nothing to them and take the prayer moment as a short meditation combined with yoga ! [ it's good for you ]

do souls truly exists?

markdevenish comments on Nov 19, 2017:

electrical impulses through your brain, solely!!

why have the American people become blind and deaf to what the government is doing to this once ...

markdevenish comments on Nov 19, 2017:

try your corporations if you want the real culprits. the govt. is your only friend in resisting their callousness

I am sitting here minding my own business, trying to unwind and reading a book report in the latest ...

markdevenish comments on Nov 19, 2017:

how many years do you need to fulfill oneself ? I've done it all and I'm only 60. so now i'm supposed to do it all again? As for kids . yes the less we have the better but really the damage to the large mammals is already done. now it's just a matter of whether we completely ruin the oceans through increased acidity. selfish people will always prevail. what's to be done?

Since I returned from India this past December I have been doing more and more cooking on my own.

markdevenish comments on Nov 20, 2017:

there are lots of rats in bombay

What is the most horrifying realization of life?....What is the most beautiful realization?

markdevenish comments on Nov 20, 2017:

1] i won't get to see the outcome of all our attempts at progress 2] I am confident

Does the religion become stronger in middle east or it will becom weak in the next couple years?

markdevenish comments on Nov 20, 2017:

depends if we keep giving the fundamentalists the reasons to recruit

Demonizing women: Catholic church

markdevenish comments on Nov 20, 2017:

because women will rule eventually and the boys can't handle that

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but to be a atheist is to deny the possibility of there ...

markdevenish comments on Nov 22, 2017:

ants on a small rock in one of 7 trillion galaxies. wadya think ?

Why do people think that the Bible is and has the only source of "truth"? What is truth exactly?

markdevenish comments on Nov 22, 2017:

truth is what you've seen with your own two eyes [ in person]

Why is so difficult ....?

markdevenish comments on Nov 22, 2017:

we fly under the radar

I need community, Atheist community resources is there any help?

markdevenish comments on Nov 23, 2017:

lots of opinions but action is wanting

There could be a higher power maybe we would refer to it as god.

markdevenish comments on Nov 23, 2017:

check the roman tax rolls . they were meticulous record keepers. no mention on jo mary or little j. GAME OVER

When a person or human organization makes a statement of fact or claims that something exists, it is...

markdevenish comments on Nov 23, 2017:

unfortunately that same premise exists for any statement at all and unless you have a camera mounted on your forehead you have no proof of ANYTHING

I actually met someone on this site. She’s gorgeous and smart. Everyone wish us luck

markdevenish comments on Nov 23, 2017:

you better be on your toes then

I see no value in any religious activities other than to improve the power and finances of those who...

markdevenish comments on Nov 23, 2017:

charity is still practiced and shelter still provided. the govt is so under funded they can't provide everything [ at this point barely anything] . we the people need to step up and fill the void in our communities. wot have u dun lately ?????

Happy Thanksgiving I don’t think of Thanksgiving as a religious holiday.

markdevenish comments on Nov 23, 2017:

enjoy a day in which, if you're lucky, the corporation will pay for you to sit at home and .......

Outrage after India minister terms cancer 'divine justice' - BBC News

markdevenish comments on Nov 23, 2017:

read Kim or Shantaram and then you'll understand India from a western poiht of view

Sick to death about ALL religions, but especially Islam, they are are attempting to turn the Western...

markdevenish comments on Nov 23, 2017:

arrest g. bush senior and d. chaney and u'll have the culprits

Happy Thanksgiving

markdevenish comments on Nov 23, 2017:

eat drink and be hairy

Does Donald Trump's behavior suggest that behind it all he is an agnostic, doubting the existence of...

markdevenish comments on Nov 23, 2017:

of course he's an atheist. His religion is MONEY!!!!

The English ship called The Mayflower ".

markdevenish comments on Nov 23, 2017:

and we've been suffering ever since

Nowadays everyone has a degree and it's more common these days.

markdevenish comments on Nov 23, 2017:

society's deferring of the dream

Why do people say health is wealth?

markdevenish comments on Nov 23, 2017:

healthiness is free

If god scrambled human languages so we cannot understand each other(Babel), how can the bible be ...

markdevenish comments on Nov 23, 2017:

you are on the wrong site

I see a lot of theist posting here. And Im new is this site open for debate or such?

markdevenish comments on Nov 23, 2017:

mass debate all you wish

Are agnostics and atheists and such more intelligent than believers?

markdevenish comments on Nov 23, 2017:

humanity is of the same intelligence level for all intent and purposes. We are all thick as 2 short planks !

Climate change deniers...this is the final straw!

markdevenish comments on Nov 27, 2017:

would you all just call it pollution coz that's what it is

Do Americans generally understand Islam?

markdevenish comments on Nov 27, 2017:

they think that islam is the cause of 911 whereas i would say exxon mobile , shell texaco etc are the root cause. Islam has been hijacked to fight the west every step of the way much like xianity was used to topple the soviets

Squirrels in the attic Monsters under the bed Will I ever get to sleep With these earworms in my ...

markdevenish comments on Nov 27, 2017:

you have an over active front right lobe. there is medication available to stop the voices

one problem i have with believers is no one can tell me what heaven is like.

markdevenish comments on Nov 27, 2017:

heaven , heaven is a place , a place where nothing , nothing ever happens [ talking heads]

How best can Socialism come about in my life time?

markdevenish comments on Nov 28, 2017:

by moving to scandanavia

Do you think our world will ever exist without Money?

markdevenish comments on Nov 28, 2017:

the greatest religion of all

"I'd rather leave this world today thinking God exists and finding out that he doesn't, than not ...

markdevenish comments on Nov 28, 2017:

either way you are DEAD

Do you consider Atheism to be a religion or a belief system?

markdevenish comments on Nov 28, 2017:

religion has a money thing in it and none of you have given a cent so i guess system it is

Do you believe you will see your love ones again after you die? Why?

markdevenish comments on Nov 29, 2017:

have any of you seen some one die? get real. we are ants on a rock. nothing more

Hello from the UK, Hi Folks, spotted this on a comment on a cognitive dissonance post.

markdevenish comments on Nov 29, 2017:

could be good for everyone so long as it doesn't get hijacked

I work in a hospital and I see a lot of shit.

markdevenish comments on Nov 29, 2017:

religion is good for a few unfortunates and has done some very good work in the past. It just shouldn't be used to make policy in the 21st century. Although us atheists had better do some altruistic deeds soon or we'll look pretty selfish

Do you support legalization of weed?

markdevenish comments on Dec 2, 2017:

don't criticize it. well done justin [thank you margaret]

The experience of being an atheist / agnostic in the UK seems to be different to that in the US.

markdevenish comments on Dec 2, 2017:

one person is in UK and the other in US perhaps?

Favourite movie of all time.

markdevenish comments on Dec 2, 2017:

pink floyd live at pompeii followed by yellow submarine and pulp fiction

If every animal and plant down to the smallest being even at the microscopic level has a specific ...

markdevenish comments on Dec 2, 2017:

if we nuke the place we will hurt the planet and ourselves but we are like rats and cockroaches . we will survive. only a virus will permanently rid the planet of us. whether we are the architects of said virus remains to be seen.

Let us all get together and start our own tax free religious, non religious sect, and use the money ...

markdevenish comments on Dec 3, 2017:

power [ money] corrupts . absolute tons of it corrupts absolutely

What do you think of China's one family, one child policy?

markdevenish comments on Dec 3, 2017:

should be policy every where but it won't be as "the powers that be " need slaves. [ the powers that be meaning the west

Is anyone else into genealogy or DNA testing?

markdevenish comments on Dec 3, 2017:

yep did the national geographic genome project which after an outlay of 100 $ and a donation of a swab you are given a map of the world which shows the route your tribe took to get to where you're from , from the rift valley kenya. too cool . My wife did hers too [ girls can only do the mothers side whereas the boys can choose mum or dad] my tribe left africa and headed to siberia turning back to the alps and splitting in to 3 the irish third being me basque spain and brittany being the other 2. My wifes populated the whole of africa but one small strain went up the med coast and landed in croatia

Your thoughts on the North Korean leader.

markdevenish comments on Dec 6, 2017:

blame first the japanese then the russians and finally the us and china. when will it all equalize? soon i hope for us all

Morality - Objective or Subjective?

markdevenish comments on Dec 6, 2017:

objective means without prejudice but morals are social constructs therefore have prejudices

What is your opinion on Deja Vu, ie. Precognition?

markdevenish comments on Dec 9, 2017:

apparently smell is the trigger

Are you left handed?

markdevenish comments on Dec 12, 2017:

tres gauche, c est moi

Does anyone have religious stuff out in their house at this time of year?

markdevenish comments on Dec 12, 2017:

full on pagan celebration of the winter solstice [ xmas]

What one question do you want answered the most?

markdevenish comments on Dec 12, 2017:

when will we next have nookie ?

Can you be an agnostic or atheist and still believe in angels, demons, ghosts and life after death?

markdevenish comments on Dec 12, 2017:

barely

Can you be religious and an atheist at the same time?

markdevenish comments on Dec 12, 2017:

true. buddhism has no spirit and is a peaceful idea. reincarnation is the stumbling block to me so I guess atheist is not my be all and end all moniker

What did you do so far today?

markdevenish comments on Dec 12, 2017:

added 2 electrical outlets to 70k bathroom I'm doing , removed all cabinet doors and delivered to painter , installed 5 heat registers and removed central vacuum unit on lawyers basement . got beer and sat down to you lot !

Creepy McCreeperson..

markdevenish comments on Dec 16, 2017:

my guess 55 as then there is not a chance in hell of anything on the cards so why bother someone who has her youth to enjoy

What do you think when people refer to abortion providers and pro-choice activists as baby killers?

markdevenish comments on Dec 16, 2017:

mean spirited people with ulterior motives. think about the girl and what she has to do. not a happy place to be in [ although why she didn't take the morning after pill beats me]

Does everybody need somebody to love?

markdevenish comments on Dec 16, 2017:

hell yes

I could really use some help with this.

markdevenish comments on Dec 16, 2017:

be sick for a week and then take the test

Porn and the Bible belt

markdevenish comments on Dec 16, 2017:

male chauvinism at its best. almost all religions repress and even degrade women

What is your definition of a "GOD"?

markdevenish comments on Dec 17, 2017:

jimi hendrix [ with the help of chas chandler]

Share your thoughts about NFL players kneeling during pre-game playing of national anthem.

markdevenish comments on Dec 17, 2017:

black people entertaining white people who syc their police on relatives of same entertainers. The stats on incarceration are BAD. 80 % of prison population black while they only make up 10% of the population. If you could make a point in such a situation .... wouldn't you ?? your national anthem is violent in itself. listen to the words.

Quote from Epicurus: Is God willing to prevent evil but not able?

markdevenish comments on Dec 17, 2017:

what gods ??

I would really like to start a club that focuses on the history of religion and the different Bibles...

markdevenish comments on Dec 17, 2017:

I think its better to study history [ especially recent history [ 200 years ] to understand how we got here. Even then you have to study it from the losers point of view to truly get the correct picture. Follow the money is a great adage

Suppose someone said that their deeply held religious beliefs were in opposition to all war, and ...

markdevenish comments on Dec 17, 2017:

my shop would have no problem with the soldiers as they are making very little gain for almost maximum sacrifice. I'd ban all the board members of all the arms manufacturers and their sales people

As a kid, I always felt uncomfortable at my relative's church.

markdevenish comments on Dec 17, 2017:

there was a show on tv [ toronto] where a professor said. " I find religious people to be lacking in basic intelligence" are you brave enough to join the chorus ?

Quick question on views of Christmas.

markdevenish comments on Dec 17, 2017:

the solstice is way older than humanity

I truly don't care if others believe in some superior invisible entity - I am accepting of all no ...

markdevenish comments on Dec 17, 2017:

agreed

I am agnostic about god.

markdevenish comments on Dec 17, 2017:

total and utter. take a look at a skunk dead on the road. does that skunk get a second chance ? NO, NOT , NEVER. what makes you so special ??

How do you think people would react if all religious people from different faiths discovered their ...

markdevenish comments on Dec 17, 2017:

disbelief !!!!

If you could pick a God or certain religion/mythology, which would you prefer?

markdevenish comments on Dec 17, 2017:

aphrodite

Will society ever be able to have a serious discussion about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ...

markdevenish comments on Dec 17, 2017:

discussion of how long it will take to annex the whole territory you mean. Coz if you follow the gradual shrinking of gaza etc you'll see it is only a matter of time. those russians filling up israel will make sure of it. thank the brits for the whole f---ing mess

I love all the lights and General good spirit this time of year, even though I don’t believe in ...

markdevenish comments on Dec 17, 2017:

i 'll drink to that

I'm currently debating a Christian about carbon dating of dinosaur fossils. Can you help?

markdevenish comments on Dec 17, 2017:

sure ! How the hell long do you think that trilobite took to become a rock !! ??

I absolutely love the holidays.

markdevenish comments on Dec 17, 2017:

agreed

President's Job Approval Rating

markdevenish comments on Dec 19, 2017:

as much as i love him for exposing all that is wrong with an uneducated electorate [ democracy] His admin is definitely calling some bad tunes

Who are your favorite atheists to learn from?

markdevenish comments on Dec 19, 2017:

harari wrote sapiens . very rewarding

I truly believe that I'm god.

markdevenish comments on Dec 21, 2017:

nice one

I am interested in discussing things about the future of humanity as far as what physics and logic ...

markdevenish comments on Dec 21, 2017:

just read sapiens by harari. very good look at us lot with some fairly glum predictions for the future that i can definitely see as viable

Would like to say thank you to all the admins and people behind the scenes you created this amazing ...

markdevenish comments on Dec 21, 2017:

I'll drink to that !!

I never saw attitude (positivity) affect outcome. Nurse since 1975.

markdevenish comments on Dec 21, 2017:

that's sad to hear that a positive outlook does not help your anatomy. now what am i going to do ?

Overpopulation

markdevenish comments on Dec 21, 2017:

we have reached peek children on planet earth as our family sizes shrink but longevity is rising so population is rising faster than we can organize ourselves. Still , on the whole, we live moderately better than we did 100 years ago .

How important is romance in a relationship?

markdevenish comments on Dec 28, 2017:

doing things simply for the benefit of your partner

I read a post on Facebook today.

markdevenish comments on Dec 28, 2017:

we live in the penthouse over the crack house.[ canada] stupid is as stupid does. if they don't attack anyone it is all good

Many years ago Little Tikes toy company wrote the assembly instruction on a 12th grade reading ...

markdevenish comments on Dec 28, 2017:

I'm reading kids books from the early 1900's . Kipling in particular. They are filled with words I've never used. there again i never got through to post secondary education. I would recommend Kim and Stalky and co. Brilliant stories.

What do you say to your kids when a pet or family member dies?

markdevenish comments on Dec 28, 2017:

enjoy every day of your life as well as possible.[ It could be your last]

World's First Sex Robot: A good or a bad idea?

markdevenish comments on Dec 28, 2017:

frank zappa has a great song about that. Cyborg on joe's garage act 2 .for me - " ain't nothing like the real thing baby"

Do men need 'sexual harassment' training? Agree? Disagree?

markdevenish comments on Dec 28, 2017:

ok so what is the definition of harassment? is all humour and innuendo off limits. how does one indicate attraction ?

What are you doing this Christmas Eve?

markdevenish comments on Dec 28, 2017:

eat drink and be hairy

What can be done about police brutality?

markdevenish comments on Dec 29, 2017:

take on the judges who side with the calvinists and bigots. appoint them instead of voting for them . that might remove the money from the process. jails are big business. the states have 32 million people who are or have been in jail and 4 million of those are in for 30 years or more. A higher rate of incarceration than Stalin's soviet union !

Christianity as antiquity.

markdevenish comments on Dec 29, 2017:

JC joseph and mary were not on the tax rolls the romans compiled. Horus [ egypt1000 bc] has the exact same story as JC. the whole ruse is not even worth the effort I'm taking typing this !!

How Many Years or months have you been a Non Believer.

markdevenish comments on Dec 29, 2017:

I loved greek mythology as a kid but church of england was too dour. Zeus ruled. now I am the centre of the universe !

Zapped...

markdevenish comments on Dec 29, 2017:

a rennennen, a rennennen a renna renna renna

Do you have a favorite season? Why?

markdevenish comments on Dec 29, 2017:

summer. the girls in floppy shorts and halter tops , no bras

What is your technique to connect to the Universe?

markdevenish comments on Dec 29, 2017:

grass

If freethinkers / atheists / agnostics had a moniker / symbol / flag, then what would it be?

markdevenish comments on Dec 30, 2017:

dawkins has the red A available