My big question is why does religion have to be so creepy?

twill comments on Feb 18, 2018:

Good question. give some examples of creepiness. One for me is the smell of the inside of a church. Kind of weird I go inside of a church, and besides posters and words and such......I don't "feel" God's presence. Never have, not even during services

On a different forum, and under a pseudonym, I've written about a recent experience with faithful ...

twill comments on Aug 9, 2018:

Very good. "Surreal experience" "Anti climatic nature"....true thoughts and experiences. I enjoyed reading the comments section also.

There's virtually no one in my area.

twill comments on May 25, 2020:

Why an atheist? I can think of very few atheist women, I've dated or had sex with. Seems like the ones I did were in denial, thought of themselves as believers. "Honey you ain't no believer if you're gonna act like that !" Just play along. Fuck it Now that I think about it, my ex-wife is presently at least Agnostic, if not full blown atheist. When we were married she was christian. Probably more struggling with it than either of us knew. I thought she was just struggling with our relationship....

PART 3 ISLAM: THE STRAIGHT DOPE A Self-styled Expert Explains Everything THE KORAN’S ...

twill comments on Aug 4, 2018:

Thanks for all of that. So many failings of Christianity fill my head, I rarely consider the other prophets of doom. As I just posted, if God has a message for us humans, why not just alight the stars as letters and sky write it out for us all to see. His version of Twitter. All of this writing, pencil and paper, by man, seems a little , IDK....weak?

My father was excommunicated from the catholic church for having a vasectomy in defiance of the ...

twill comments on Mar 12, 2020:

I remember Catechism! Well not, not really. I remember I had to go, (it was Wednesday's) Until I said Fuck it and started skipping it. And I don't know how my Mom got me through the rest of that shit afterwards. I don't really remember anything but I did 1st Communion. There was more shit after that, that I skipped out on as much as possible too. And to think, she wanted all of her boys to be priests. In a church that she could never find what she was looking for ......forgiveness. A life of guilt, self pity and denial. I really shouldn't blame the church. She could have left. Maybe the church was just a symptom.....

In order to perform marriages in my state, I am a minister of the "Church of Spiritual Humanism.

twill comments on May 27, 2022:

That's really good !

I am posting under health and happiness because I realized my health and happiness are taking a hit ...

twill comments on Sep 20, 2019:

If it's temporaray , then of course it will pass. Your realization of this, signals an awareness. An awareness that empowers you to put a limit on it. Be rational, crunch the numbers and then you decide what you need to invest to put you where you want/ need to be. My life was ate up by this in the past. At age 60, and single, with finances in order I have more control. Anyway, by Labor Day I am burnt out on the roofing season. I know I have to push for 2 more months, then it's 4+ months of part-time work.. So just be rational ( of course, I don't have any friends....)

On dating sites, I often wonder about people's objectives after seeing the kinds of photos some of...

twill comments on Nov 14, 2020:

Women Pics: Pictures in bars with lots of food and drink....and then pictures of the beach in some tropical locale. Well Gurl, I hope you got money, we sure gonna need some. Especially to do BOTH

"We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers; our ...

twill comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Our present day progress puts us at approx. 400 A.D....the end times for philosophy. The recent re-emergence is a postive sign, but it is still an Elephant vs. House Fly game. The recent re-emergence is very recent indeed. I'm no philosophy major, but the pushback against religion and indoctrinantion is barely what ....100Yrs. old? And don't think for second that for them this isn't war. It's not about "rights" or 'Votes" or even "morals". It's POWER and they have their reasons (none good) for hating the Western Liberal Democracies.

Is there a pseudoscience you absolutely hate? Why?

twill comments on Jun 7, 2021:

I like chiro and cupping therapy....You might have added misuse of pharmaceuticals to your list though. What is the law of attraction btw?

Other sites

twill comments on Sep 30, 2018:

Done with all of them. FOrever? IDK. I hope so

I am posting under health and happiness because I realized my health and happiness are taking a hit ...

twill comments on Sep 20, 2019:

Remember too, that many of us are seasonal, or at least have our busy times of year ( accountants Dec. thru April...then 3 days a week!) . Eventually you'll find your rhythm to your life

I think they have a confused racism boner.

twill comments on Sep 21, 2019:

Maga. Obama. Dubya. Clinton. HW. Reagan. The American People.... Yup it's Trumps fault......

À little of my trip through southern Ireland

twill comments on Sep 16, 2019:

You take really good pictures

Man Killed By Police At Santa Ana Catholic Church – CBS Los Angeles

twill comments on May 25, 2020:

1 or 2 years ago there was incident at a Florida Airport. The Fire Department did a rescue, I think. Anyway the commander was asked leading questions by the media about "god" saving the day. The response was something like this: "I am secular. The Fire & Rescue Crew, did our job through training and preparedness."

Ukraine is getting with the program and banning art & books now based on.

twill comments on Jun 8, 2022:

Poor fucking Tolstoy. Most people'd rather watch the movie nowadays

Why Liberals Are Wrong About Trump Why Liberals Are Wrong About Trump Glenn Rockowitz Glenn ...

twill comments on Jun 28, 2020:

What is a Scone?

Regarding God's Creation Fairy Tale 1: In the Beginning.

twill comments on Sep 15, 2018:

The Mystery Diety....Sittin' around by hisself for 13,800,000,000 years and never got bored or lonely .

Proverbs 1:26-28 (NRSV) - I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic strikes you, ...

twill comments on Oct 6, 2019:

I've recently re-read Catherine Nixley's excellent book "The Darkening Age" My how things changed after about 200 AD.....And so much of this is happening AGAIN right now

God, Incorporated: The Big Business of Religion - YouTube

twill comments on Jun 20, 2019:

I'm thinking that Copeland guy gets a lot of......women.

Since most small business people have a story to tell, which is usually very interesting, it may be ...

twill comments on Jul 28, 2019:

What's CV?

I went on a date with a Christian.

twill comments on Aug 10, 2022:

Did you mean Darwin "recanting" his theory of evolution on his deathbed ??

I was trying to find the MeToo thread, asking what we thought of it.

twill comments on Feb 14, 2018:

All I saw Franken do was make a joke

So, was talking to a friend of mine this weekend at a BBQ.

twill comments on Jun 17, 2018:

At the grocery store, and in restaraunts, I point out to my kids what obese/ extremely obese people eat.....

I think its time to move on.

twill comments on Dec 1, 2022:

The memes have gotten annoying

Shower thought: "Sweet Home Alabama" was recorded in Georgia by a band from Florida.

twill comments on Apr 27, 2018:

Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers....

Well it seems that Life does throw up a few welcome surprises from time to time.

twill comments on Jul 23, 2020:

Good for both of you I'm glad she had her eyes open and not buried in a phone or something

Anyone have a good veggy burger recipe?

twill comments on Nov 20, 2019:

I found a recipe for black bean burgers online. They came out "ok" . I can do better. And I will

> every woman needs a loud lipstick.....speaks confidence.

twill comments on Apr 17, 2022:

I like . I've always preferred the reddest lipstick

Fauci says yes, FDA says no. Which medical "expert" do you have faith in?

twill comments on Sep 19, 2021:

I lost confidence in Fauci a long time. Probably about the time he became a Media Darling, the star of "All Covid All The Time " TV Channels ( all of them)

Things have been really tough lately.

twill comments on Sep 18, 2018:

You're doing good Nichole! keep trying, you'll get there! Good Job

How to tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile: Ask yourself, "Did he see me ...

twill comments on Jan 24, 2018:

good one!

Religions inclusiveness/exclusiveness in eastern vs western religions.

twill comments on Feb 13, 2022:

There really isn't much modern about religion

So I got divorced.

twill comments on Jul 15, 2018:

I don't like payments either

I’m all for ending the war, but sure as fuck had to be a better way to go about it.....👀

twill comments on Aug 24, 2021:

We should have started the evacuation IMMEDIATELY after the deal was signed in FEB 2020. Why wait until the last minute, and be clueless about this ???? There was a NY Times article back in May or June, 2021. The "experts" and military intelligence they interviewed said it would it take the Taliban 6 months to 1.5 years to take back the country. I wrote in to the comments section : LESS THAN 90 days folks.

This is what my 87 year old dad gets up to when no one is watching.

twill comments on Oct 4, 2020:

Great picture of a great man. Luv it. The flannel shirt and old metal roof makes this a classic. He looks like he's making a day of it. I experience my worse back pain when I'm doing nothing. I can go at it on the roof all day and be fine, until I get in the truck or get home and sit/ lay down....then it's killer! Fortunately for me, unlike your dad, it only happens once a year or once every 2 years. I've decided to do maintenance with Chiro, maybe it won't happen again..... Also your Dad has 25 years on me and I've never busted a vertebrae or had an accident.

My ex and I have been growing a lot closer of late.

twill comments on Jun 3, 2019:

About the same here. We are both actually talking, at least about the kids. I know longer feel like I am all alone in raising them. Will we get back together? Very Highly Unlikely . I've noticed that I can only tolerate her presence for so long. But as you stated, I've felt for a long time that we didn't handle our problems well. Not at all. I'll forever be sad about it, and disappointed in myself. If you're both getting a 2nd chance go for it. I wish you well!

THE PROSTITUTION OF THE BLACK CHURCH: When I was a child in the Church it was always a given, ...

twill comments on Apr 25, 2018:

Our little rundown white towns are getting quite a number of storefront churches nowadays. My big question is: Why do college "educated" people get involved in this nonsense?

What are your honest thoughts on astrology?

twill comments on Sep 21, 2019:

I do fine without it

Please share one awesome thing about where you live. :)

twill comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Here in NW Indiana....decent cost of living, easy to get around and Lake Michigan. i know that's 3......PLUS the town swimming pool across the street 12' deep with 2 diving boards.

Please share one awesome thing about where you live. :)

twill comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Here in NW Indiana....decent cost of living, easy to get around and Lake Michigan. i know that's 3......PLUS the town swimming pool across the street 12' deep with 2 diving boards.

The hypocrisy of those church pastors.

twill comments on Jan 29, 2020:

FFRF's "Black Collar Crime" is a fave! : https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/black-collar-crime-october-2019

Do you get angry, annoyed or just plain amused when people think you are the devil for your lack of ...

twill comments on Dec 14, 2017:

Well.....shouldn't they be able to recognize the Devil? After all...they created him!

How are members feeling about all the memes and links on the site? Asking for a friend. :)

twill comments on Aug 13, 2018:

Are they "meems"? Or are they "Mee-Mees"?

Methodist churches make a huge settlement involving the Boy Scouts of America, Hindus burn effigies...

twill comments on Jan 1, 2022:

Ah....this weeks Nastiness Report

"I know that there is a little bit of Him still in there.

twill comments on Mar 16, 2020:

It's not what you say, but how say it....? How's your family......they with you ?

Yerp, what Washington is trying to accomplish in Ukraine is anyone's guess, and now that Putin is ...

twill comments on Sep 24, 2022:

If you ever get a chance, read "The Farmers Lawyer". It shows Reagan & Stockman as Communists....stealing private land and shitting all over due process.

ENERGY Level: Am I an analomy?

twill comments on Jun 22, 2019:

Update: band practice was rough. Band got off track, I couldn't focus. Worked 5 hours, took a two hour nap today.

Handling break ups

twill comments on Jul 4, 2022:

IDK

Do any of you meet in your local area with other atheists, agnostics, humanists, etc.?

twill comments on Aug 22, 2021:

No I don't.

Just a 'hello' from someone who just joined and is a little bit lonely.

twill comments on Dec 14, 2017:

Hi Gnarloc. I just joined a couple of days ago

Questions to ask Sunday School teachers - Noah's ark "Do you think there really was a worldwide ...

twill comments on May 19, 2020:

Perhaps there are a couple of dozen stoned ass ancient shepherds laughing their asses off at the joke they laid on us. And more likely, since shepherds aren't bad people, there are many more dozens of them appalled at the future (to them) stupidity of the human race.

I joined Agnostic.

twill comments on Sep 26, 2019:

Maybe the women are in church looking for a "good" man. Or they are banging the preacher

I cannot get over the circular reasoning of the good book being good because it says it is.

twill comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Inspired? Then why not call god a muse ? Even if it was inspired, inspiration does not define it as Non Fiction.

Saw this on fb, and I thought ideal to post in the philosophy section in these current times of ...

twill comments on Jul 19, 2021:

How about 1820's Georgia...stand up for the Cherokees? (And the other trails of tears...Ojibwa, Potawattamie....all eastern tribes) How about in 1848 America you saw a black family running for their lives trying to escape the bonds of slavery? Hide them, or turn them in to the bounty hunters? How about 1912 America your neighbors were about to lynch a black man....try to stop them? How about in 2021 an Asian family moves in next door...shun them ? How about in 1522, someone said the earth revolves around the sun and not vice versa....Give a da pope a ring? You know, drop a dime on that satanist scientist....

Why has Neil Young not spoken out against the Canadian protests?

twill comments on Feb 6, 2022:

Are they protesting vaccines or the governments lockdown policies?

What’s everyone’s favourite movie and why?

twill comments on Sep 6, 2019:

Hot Fuzz. Because it's english and so are you averykings

Are the democracies facing our “Shame of Munich” choice in Ukraine?

twill comments on Feb 21, 2022:

What does Europe/ Ukraine want us to do? Russia has heating oil and a military. Both of which affect Europe/ Ukraine. Should we follow Ukraine's lead? Which is.....

I am really glad coming and finding a site this so open and liberal and no one is spewing religion ...

twill comments on Mar 19, 2018:

Yes and usually spewing by the 3rd paragraph. I know what you mean. Welcome

This will piss you off.

twill comments on Feb 6, 2022:

Maybe according to one of these laws, if this woman deeply believed in some sort of god, this merciful god guy would have spared her life ???

Romantic relationship with a strongly religious person?

twill comments on Jul 24, 2020:

I noticed when on line "dating" that black women especially were looking for a church going man. ( Actually none of the the women hesitated on throwing their love of the lord out there). Why not bullshit your way through it to get laid? Most of these guys probably are, knowingly or not. There's lots of pastors out there fucking in the name of Jesus, so why shouldn't the sheep?

Zeitgeist the movie

twill comments on Apr 22, 2018:

I've watched it more than once. I didn't care much for the financial stuff. The other parts I liked

Libtard logic.

twill comments on Jun 16, 2018:

I'm going back to Facebook.

So, just spent this easter at our local giant easter fair, heaps of music, chocolate, silly costumes...

twill comments on Apr 5, 2018:

They did Walk with Cross downtown here

WHAT YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE -- Let me see if I have this straight.

twill comments on Jun 3, 2019:

Here ya go Seargent, a quote from Christopher Hitchens : (via my refrigerator ) "Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong."

I wrote this song many years ago to try to describe my interpretation of "god".[youtu.be]

twill comments on May 29, 2020:

Nice pickin' !

"What influence in fact have Christian ecclesiastical establishments had on civil society?

twill comments on Apr 11, 2020:

Nothing quite rallies the base like people in the pursuit of happiness

What do you think..think about it and tell me what ever it says okay .

twill comments on Feb 24, 2022:

Another one of them little head spinning things

Americans are becoming more delusional all the time.

twill comments on Jul 25, 2022:

23% believe the pedophiles are running this country? That shows how dumb we are. The Grand Old Pedophiles are indeed running this country. Should be more like 100%, not 23 %.

How do you bite?

twill comments on Sep 20, 2019:

We must have similar eating habits. My ex wife tried feeding me salads while she ate pizza/ comfort food.

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twill comments on Feb 24, 2022:

Posted in "Love & Relationships" ?

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twill comments on Apr 15, 2018:

This works https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/opinion/sunday/the-warrior-at-the-mall.html?WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region=click=story-heading=opinion-c-col-right-region=Homepage=opinion-c-col-right-region

When does life begin?

twill comments on Dec 4, 2022:

Ross Douthat wrote a weak, uninteresting column in the NY Times today, regarding Canada's MAID laws ......the reader commenters ripped him pretty damn hard and fast. Here in the US, the conservatives keep giving the gift that keeps on giving to Lawyers

How many of you can be single and happy

twill comments on Aug 20, 2021:

I can be single and be happy. I guess the idea of a relationship is to make one happier. Which is laudable, but HEY !! ....don't get greedy. Right now I'm in a perfect relationship....which means we don't see too much of each other. No burn out. When we are together, it's intense. Totally focused on each other. YET....there is a point, a time, when I, or her, are simply ready to leave to get back to our own lives. WHAT !?!? would happen if we were together 24/7....I shudder at the thought. I fear our love, would die. Our intensity would wither away. I love and desire everything I see in this woman. What would become of us if we were "normalized" .... I mean married?

Well I finally did it and I have moved to Texas and will begin with a new life

twill comments on Feb 8, 2020:

Good luck to you.

I see videos of people praying to god to end the coronavirus.

twill comments on Apr 11, 2020:

Coin Toss !! In place of March Madness, set up some brackets with the various religions. Should be able to get 32 , no problem. The biggest ones ( most $, most members) can get some handicap. Start coin tossing, best 2 out of 3 advances until we get to the Final Four. Time for Prime Time Sunday. Schedule in a good 3 hours on the Liberal, Atheist networks, oh wait, no such thing except maybe ESPN. Call the lapdogs : ABC,NBC,CBS....Bid out the action ! This could bring in as much as the canceled Olympics ! Have some opening acts. Pomp, pagaentry and salvation !! Gospel Music! Al Michaels in the broadcast booth doing the play - by- play , with Joel Osteen providing commentary ......and prayer. Franklin Graham and J Falwell, jr. sitting in the front looking like they still ain't happy (someone might be having fun out there, Oh No !....or Liberty U got eliminated in the first round) The four final religions' representatives with either personal weaponry, bodyguards or their home nations' military (USA! USA! ) at their backs & sides can now circle around ...........for the final toss off.

As you probly know, I'm a Xian (zen Xian, anyway).

twill comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Ouch!

Single Life

twill comments on Apr 10, 2018:

3 1/2 months

Do you think it is possible for a professing Christian to be agnostic?

twill comments on Mar 11, 2020:

Seems that the more a person knows about religion, through rational thought, facts and historical facts/ politics, the less religious they are likely to be. Generally speaking. That said, I played the Agnostic person for a long time. Seemed like a safe place. Besides Atheists are all Devil Worshippers anyway, and I wasn't one of "them". About 5 years ago I decided enough of that ! And as my "education" continues I know that I made the right choice for me.

I am going to see Roger Daltrey perform the songs from "Tommy" at the Ravinia Pavillion tomorrow ...

twill comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Tommy is still on my playlist. Has been since I was kid. Sounds like a great time!

Every vets wish is that he is the last to endure the unendurable so that his children won't have to

twill comments on Sep 20, 2019:

Amerricans want to support our Vets. However..... Americans want to support the MIC and Propaganda much, much more.

I found this article through Google News and I thought many would find this interesting, especially ...

twill comments on May 6, 2022:

Good Read. Thx.

Why is it that men can straight up tell you they aren’t attracted to you.

twill comments on Dec 30, 2020:

Might be that Good Man/ Bad Boy conundrum we live with

The Myth of Religious Violence .

twill comments on Sep 1, 2021:

Well......it's really all about power on earth. If sometimes that includes war, then so be it. If it's just the usual propaganda and marketing....so be it. Religion is the Worship of Man. Gotta get used to it.

The Bible Awaits You

twill comments on Feb 23, 2019:

I think that one of the "bitter people" is holding the sign.

I started looking for a new job recently and these "career" sites are blowing up my phone.

twill comments on Jul 31, 2019:

IDK If I trust online job sites. I just tried Indeed.com.....for $5 / day they sent me every type of applicant they could scramble together. For an upgrade to $22/ day they will "definitely find me the right fit". I doubt it.

One of the channels on YouTube I really like is The Clergy Project.

twill comments on May 30, 2022:

Really good! I watched the whole thing. I've heard of and read about the Clergy Project, even visited their website before. But never knew that they had a YouTube channel

Politics , sports, and religion the most corrupt institutions in the world.

twill comments on Aug 6, 2019:

Sports has corrupted our educational system. That's about it. The PRO Leagues should pay their own way, let the kids go back to readin' and writin'

Gates and elitist plans to depopulation the world by vaccines has failed.

twill comments on Jan 4, 2022:

It's dem god damned Elites again Junior. I dunno, used to be the communists was to blame. Before that 'dem indians and slaves wuz doin' all da damage in da world. But we fixed 'em. That god damned Lincoln. Now there's a Elite sumbitch iffen dare ever was one. Weeeze gotta stop dem Elites from ruining the world again. At least we know it's not our fault. Nope. We do what gawd tells us ta do son. Keeps us pure and righteous. Don't wanna be no Hyprocrite son, right? We be pure.

Well of course it all depends where you live but here is a quote from a dating site profile in ...

twill comments on Apr 24, 2023:

I've never known Dating Sites to be humurous.

Religion of peace?

twill comments on Jun 10, 2022:

They are all peaceful once their imagined foes have been vanquished or slaughtered

The Bible Awaits You

twill comments on Feb 23, 2019:

Hey there I am! Look....it's me! There I am again ! There I am again! Again? Me again? Oh shit....it's me! Oh shit, it's me again! I'm all over this fu.....AGAIN!!....cking sign! Wow! I WANT THIS SIGN!

Another thought popped into my head today: What sound bite does the "60's Generation" and the ...

twill comments on Feb 12, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNik8niSrrY Seth explains my point better

I was listening to old Simon & Garfunkle songs this morning.

twill comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Great song! I even attempt it once in a while on guitar, has some chording that I could do well to learn

LDS leader Brad Wilcox's racist comments have caused chaos among Mormons

twill comments on Feb 9, 2022:

Maybe 1852 is not an ancient enough scripture for this "scholar" (bullshitter) ?

Once.

twill comments on Mar 11, 2020:

It seems when younger, we try to walk in the shoes of wisdom, without knowing our feet are too small

Ex-Atheist David Wood is a Christian.

twill comments on Sep 2, 2021:

Although I like this very much, One has to admire the Taliban for being upfront and honest about its war against women.

This morning I received a mesage from Admin that several groups have been cancelled.

twill comments on Oct 27, 2019:

It would be a good idea to to re-start the Dylan Group as there at least 5 of us who now know that it once existed and would like to have joined. After all..... they're selling postcards of the hanging and painting the passports brown

Atheist/Agnostic

twill comments on Dec 25, 2019:

They are spelled differently

Looking for an intelligent, kind man interested in long term relationship.

twill comments on Jul 30, 2020:

You say all of that now, but after the rings on your finger and the aisle is walked.....what happens then? Do you think the "kind man" can withstand the stress and rigors of an LTR? U may well break him with your cruelty and indulgences.