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I would like to share with you the following letter which wrote to my wife today.
MarkiusMahamius comments on Jan 12, 2020:
Dear wife, i compare you to my loser ex, and it really makes me warm
wordywalt replies on Jan 12, 2020:
You have no understanding of what I was trying to say or why.
I enjoy the interchanges of thoughts and feelings with many others on this site.
powder comments on Jan 11, 2020:
You bloody crawler. Plus this is the internet; how do you know they are women?
wordywalt replies on Jan 12, 2020:
???
I enjoy the interchanges of thoughts and feelings with many others on this site.
HippieChick58 comments on Jan 12, 2020:
Awwwwww, how sweet of you to say so!! This is what keeps me coming back to this site. The community here is so supportive. I knew I found my peeps within just a few weeks on this site. There was a heck of a "discussion" and so many folks had my back it just blew me away.
wordywalt replies on Jan 12, 2020:
All four of you ladies are so sincere and intelligently thoughtful of others that if I were younger and not married I would want to meet all of you to see what might ensue. I hope that I don't make you self-conscious by this remark.
Here in Florida my tomato plants are up and growing in peat pots.
beenthere comments on Jan 9, 2020:
How do you treat for nematodes?
wordywalt replies on Jan 12, 2020:
@Jolanta some Ireleased at othr sites. Others I dispatched and used for added organic fertilizer in the garden.
I would like to share with you the following letter which wrote to my wife today.
LucyLoohoo comments on Jan 11, 2020:
(Singing softly---someone's gonna' have sexxxx, someone's gonna' have sexxxx.) Seriously, that's beautiful!
wordywalt replies on Jan 11, 2020:
Thanks.
I enjoy the interchanges of thoughts and feelings with many others on this site.
VictoriaNotes comments on Jan 11, 2020:
Wow, I'm at a loss for words. Thank you for your generosity and kindness, Walt. 💛
wordywalt replies on Jan 11, 2020:
You deserve it.
I enjoy the interchanges of thoughts and feelings with many others on this site.
KKGator comments on Jan 11, 2020:
Thank you! What an awfully nice thing to say. You're no slouch your own self!!! I'm so glad you're a part of this community. :D
wordywalt replies on Jan 11, 2020:
Many thanks.
I would like to share with you the following letter which wrote to my wife today.
MsHoliday comments on Jan 11, 2020:
Beautifully written. I wouldn’t mention the first wife, no need to really.
wordywalt replies on Jan 11, 2020:
The only reason I did was to show the difference in the relationships and in my quality of life, not to demean the ex.
Here in Florida my tomato plants are up and growing in peat pots.
beenthere comments on Jan 9, 2020:
How do you treat for nematodes?
wordywalt replies on Jan 11, 2020:
@Jolanta That would be a lot of cost and effort, the squirrels, opossums, and racoons could wreck the aquaculture arrangement. One year, I trapped 135 squirrels in my garden and had to give up trying to grow some vegetables because of the criers. Also, it took some time to find a bird feeder that was truly critter-proof
Here in Florida my tomato plants are up and growing in peat pots.
beenthere comments on Jan 9, 2020:
How do you treat for nematodes?
wordywalt replies on Jan 10, 2020:
@Jolanta With the heat and humidity in Florida, insects, fungi, and nematodes flourish and the soil is poor and sandy. If one wants to try vegetable gardening or farming in Florida, it is very hard to do organic gardening or farming here, unless one is willing to lose a large percentage of the yield -- and sometimes almost the whole crop -- to the pests. One can try to be conscientious about not overusing fertilizer and pesticides, but going totally organic is not practical.
Here in Florida my tomato plants are up and growing in peat pots.
beenthere comments on Jan 9, 2020:
How do you treat for nematodes?
wordywalt replies on Jan 10, 2020:
@MikeInBatonRouge Thanks. I'll look into that.
Here in Florida my tomato plants are up and growing in peat pots.
beenthere comments on Jan 9, 2020:
How do you treat for nematodes?
wordywalt replies on Jan 9, 2020:
A product named AzaMax. It is a liquid which one then mixes with water and sprays on he soil. I spray it on the soil before spading the garden plot and water the plot immediately afterward so that it soaks into the soil. Then, after I spade the garden up, I spray it again. Such a treatment last two to three years. Be careful when using the product, as it is toxic. I make sure that I do not get the product on my hands or body, and I do not walk on the freshly sprayed soil until two to three days later. The treatment also gets rid of grubs, cut worms, and other harmful soil insects. I add a lot of organic matter to my soil to keep it fertile, and nematodes flourish on soil organic matter. That makes the spraying necessary.
I don't have much knowledge in Astronomy or Physics and would like to ask these questions to ones ...
bookofmorons comments on Jan 8, 2020:
our understanding is that time and space had a beginning (the Big Bang 13.8 B yrs ago) so talking about something that precedes it is meaning less
wordywalt replies on Jan 8, 2020:
The big bang was the current iteration to the universe. I believe that it is expansion, then contraction ntil a tiny bit of space becomes to glutted with matter and energy that it results in a new big bang.
Now Bolton is offering to testify , if subpoenaed.
sassygirl3869 comments on Jan 6, 2020:
I wish he would but McConnell doesn't want witnesses. Perhaps the House should interview Bolton live on tv anyways. Would he comply with a subpoena though.
wordywalt replies on Jan 6, 2020:
@bingst I believe so. We will see.
What is the one Truth or Method of finding the truth that you hold sacred above all others?
wordywalt comments on Jan 6, 2020:
Always treat others with dignity and respect.
wordywalt replies on Jan 6, 2020:
@JohnnyQB It is okay to strongly disapprove of and disagree with the person's words and behavior. But, don't try to tear them apart as a person. Don't try to humiliate them. You can let them humiliate themselves, and bait them into doing so. That is fair game.
Now Bolton is offering to testify , if subpoenaed.
sassygirl3869 comments on Jan 6, 2020:
I wish he would but McConnell doesn't want witnesses. Perhaps the House should interview Bolton live on tv anyways. Would he comply with a subpoena though.
wordywalt replies on Jan 6, 2020:
All it will take is for 3 Republican senators to break away and vote to allow witnesses, and there will be witnesses. With all the crap that is breaking and as bad as Trump is looking, it may well happen.
Now Bolton is offering to testify , if subpoenaed.
BitFlipper comments on Jan 6, 2020:
Those lying republicons only offer to do the right thing when there's no chance they will be asked to fulfill that offer.
wordywalt replies on Jan 6, 2020:
or when their backs are against the wall and their political asses are on the line.
WORST BIRTHDAY STORIES Today I'm 62! 43 years ago I was in Army Basic Training at Ft.
wordywalt comments on Jan 6, 2020:
I did my basic training at Ft. Jackson, but almost 61 years ago. I remember the gas chamber training well. When you went through, did they still use the infiltration course training, with live machine gun fire overhead?
wordywalt replies on Jan 6, 2020:
By the way, it was on my 22nd birthday that I was inducted into the Army.
What you are seeing is the first engagements of World War III.
wordywalt comments on Jan 4, 2020:
We WILL see a 2020 election, and the idiot Trump will lose!!!!
wordywalt replies on Jan 5, 2020:
@MichaelCooley2 I undesand the sentiment.
What you are seeing is the first engagements of World War III.
wordywalt comments on Jan 4, 2020:
We WILL see a 2020 election, and the idiot Trump will lose!!!!
wordywalt replies on Jan 5, 2020:
@MrLink Once he is out of office and charged with his criminal offenses, his credibility will go down fast. People and the media will stop paying attention to the sick SOB.
What you are seeing is the first engagements of World War III.
wordywalt comments on Jan 4, 2020:
We WILL see a 2020 election, and the idiot Trump will lose!!!!
wordywalt replies on Jan 5, 2020:
@WonderWartHog99 Not here.
What you are seeing is the first engagements of World War III.
wordywalt comments on Jan 4, 2020:
We WILL see a 2020 election, and the idiot Trump will lose!!!!
wordywalt replies on Jan 4, 2020:
@WonderWartHog99 The military and law enforcement will not back the idiot Trump if he attempts a coup. He would either wind up in prison for the rest of his life or dead. Hey, with that mind, maybe he should try.
Not exactly 45, but certainly one of his henchmen (who I despise as much as Jackass himself).
wordywalt comments on Jan 4, 2020:
You have the situation backward. Trump would not have been possible without the 30 years propagandistic demagoguery and corrupt manipulations of McConnell.
wordywalt replies on Jan 4, 2020:
@Kodij Agreed, on both points.
What are some of the somewhat natural sounds that give you joy?
ToolGuy comments on Jan 3, 2020:
Rain and thunder!
wordywalt replies on Jan 4, 2020:
@AnneWimsey And beaches. Actually I, personally, do not spend any time on either.
What are some of the somewhat natural sounds that give you joy?
ToolGuy comments on Jan 3, 2020:
Rain and thunder!
wordywalt replies on Jan 3, 2020:
Not me. We have more people killed by lightning strikes in Florida than in any other state
What are some of the somewhat natural sounds that give you joy?
VictoriaNotes comments on Jan 3, 2020:
To name one, the sound of snowfall on a still night.
wordywalt replies on Jan 3, 2020:
I love how quiet things are when snow is falling.
2020!!! Never thought I'd live this long! So to start off a decade of great potential, let's all ...
ProudMerrie comments on Jan 2, 2020:
That looks like my 2019. I'm now officially in the growth zone, preparing to move out of the sticks and start grad school.
wordywalt replies on Jan 3, 2020:
Wish you joy and success in your endeavor.
Donald Trump 's behavior in foreign relations is a direct example of a thesis set out by Hans ...
Leetx comments on Jan 3, 2020:
Let's be honest. Trump is not a deep thinker. His history is one of an impulsive child wanting his way. We keep looking for the deep meaning behind everything he does.... there is none. He's just a dumb ass....
wordywalt replies on Jan 3, 2020:
A vicious, destructive, and corrupt dumbass.
Is 'god' an impersonal force of nature, a 'universal consciousness' similar in quality to other ...
wordywalt comments on Dec 23, 2019:
God isn't. It does not exist, but a false human conception.
wordywalt replies on Jan 2, 2020:
@Atheist3 Biological evolution, including the evolution of intelligence as a evolutionary advantage, is a fact. I see no reason for applying the concept to the universe.
I note that some of my colleagues on this site seem to be concerned with the "godness" , ...
JustAskMe comments on Jan 2, 2020:
What evidence do you have for "godness" , spirituality, and consciousness in the universe" ???
wordywalt replies on Jan 2, 2020:
None. What I am saying is that I do not understand how any claims for such false characteristics.
I note that some of my colleagues on this site seem to be concerned with the "godness" , ...
Druvius comments on Jan 2, 2020:
Maybe they are searching for something in themselves? And is there any reason it can't be both?
wordywalt replies on Jan 2, 2020:
@Druvius Np. I a, not saying that I understand lost of it. But, I see no need to mystify it or to exalt that mystification. .
I note that some of my colleagues on this site seem to be concerned with the "godness" , ...
Word comments on Jan 2, 2020:
Bounded chaos. An oxymoron ? Let us consider the symptoms at what I would call the core. Bounded. adjective. having bounds or limits. ... (of a function) having a range with an upper bound and a lower bound. (of a sequence) having the absolute value of each term less than or equal to some ...
wordywalt replies on Jan 2, 2020:
@Word No.
I note that some of my colleagues on this site seem to be concerned with the "godness" , ...
Druvius comments on Jan 2, 2020:
Maybe they are searching for something in themselves? And is there any reason it can't be both?
wordywalt replies on Jan 2, 2020:
It may simply be that they are trying to create an answer to something they don't understand. That is how religions arose.
I note that some of my colleagues on this site seem to be concerned with the "godness" , ...
Atheist3 comments on Jan 2, 2020:
Order out of chaos! Is that not the psychological underpinning of all human belief systems? Randomness is disconcerting.
wordywalt replies on Jan 2, 2020:
Nevertheless it exists. Humans have difficulty dealing with it.
I note that some of my colleagues on this site seem to be concerned with the "godness" , ...
Word comments on Jan 2, 2020:
Bounded chaos. An oxymoron ? Let us consider the symptoms at what I would call the core. Bounded. adjective. having bounds or limits. ... (of a function) having a range with an upper bound and a lower bound. (of a sequence) having the absolute value of each term less than or equal to some ...
wordywalt replies on Jan 2, 2020:
You obviously do not understand the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle, which states that in quantam mechanics one can predict some things only in extremely broad limits, but cannot predict specific events in time and space.
I note that some of my colleagues on this site seem to be concerned with the "godness" , ...
PBuck0145 comments on Jan 2, 2020:
!!
wordywalt replies on Jan 2, 2020:
I think you are being facetious, as I do not see your point.
Is 'god' an impersonal force of nature, a 'universal consciousness' similar in quality to other ...
wordywalt comments on Dec 23, 2019:
God isn't. It does not exist, but a false human conception.
wordywalt replies on Jan 2, 2020:
@Atheist3 You still have not defined what you mean by consciousness or evolutionary intelligence. I still do not know what you are real;ly saying.
I'm seeing the year 2020!!! Wow!! I never thought I would live to see the year 2000.
TimeOutForMe comments on Jan 1, 2020:
This is a success story. Congratulations on your overall attitude to LIFE - healthy eating/lifestyle and going to the gym. As you get older consider slowing down on the heavier workouts at gym. It can be bad for your joints. ...also we rely on our spine to keep the rest of our body together. ...
wordywalt replies on Jan 2, 2020:
I walked 3 to 5 miles a day for well over 30 years, but had to give it up about 5 years ago due to worn hips and to increasing angina. Weight routines are the best option I have left.
I'm seeing the year 2020!!! Wow!! I never thought I would live to see the year 2000.
bingst comments on Jan 1, 2020:
I think I'm also kind of surprised to see 2020.
wordywalt replies on Jan 2, 2020:
@TimeOutForMe I was 63. I am not sure why. I guess I felt that I had burned a lot of my candle, and that my bad habits would catch up with me.
I'm seeing the year 2020!!! Wow!! I never thought I would live to see the year 2000.
TimeOutForMe comments on Jan 1, 2020:
This is a success story. Congratulations on your overall attitude to LIFE - healthy eating/lifestyle and going to the gym. As you get older consider slowing down on the heavier workouts at gym. It can be bad for your joints. ...also we rely on our spine to keep the rest of our body together. ...
wordywalt replies on Jan 2, 2020:
@TimeOutForMe Love it!
Elizabeth Warren has a powerful vision of true representative democracy, the intelligence and drive ...
racocn8 comments on Jan 1, 2020:
I want a candidate who will have enough appeal across the spectrum that they will be certain to beat Trump. I want a candidate who puts forth ambitious plans, but will admit that they need to accommodate the legislative process to get passed. I liked Warren up until she proposed universal health...
wordywalt replies on Jan 1, 2020:
She knows that we will not get universal healthcare all at once. But, also knows where we should end up.
I was raised on the narcotizing and stupefying cool-aid of racism, broader ethnocentrism, religion, ...
Outsideit67 comments on Dec 31, 2019:
W.E.B. Dubious stated : The pattern of racism is woven into the fabric of America “. The false beliefs, religious doctrine, science; numerous essays biologically, as well as other other aspects of the European intellectuals to rationalize the colonialism of the Americas was established long ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 31, 2019:
let me share this. Five incidents occurred during my childhood and youth that left me with questions and doubt. First, my father was an avid hunter and took me along with him (when I was a small boy). We stopped by the rural house of an old Black man. He gave me some peanuts from his field, and I thanked him -- addressing him as "sir." When we left the man's house, my father told me that I should not address a Black man as sir. I responded, "But, you have always told me that I should address an adult male as sir." He had no good answer and it left me deeply puzzled. I never forgot that. When I was six years old, I was playing with several Black boys one afternoon. The next day at school, a girl named Barbara Pitzing (who was sweet on me) chewed me out, saying that she and her father had seen me playing with the Black boys. That made me angry and she was off my list: No one was going to tell me who I could play with. T Third, a couple of years later, I was playing with some Black boys again, when the father of one of them came over and chewed out the boys and told them to go home, saying, "If he (me) got hurt, they are gonna blame it on you, no matter it happened. It made me sad, but somehow, even as a boy I knew that he was probably right. As a young teenager, I fished often on the Withlacoochee River with an old Black man named Johnny Robinson. He usually palled the boat and I did the fishing, but we split the catch 50 - 50.I truly that companionship with Johnny and respected him. But, Johnny got old and his health was declining, so he and his wife moved to the county seat of Madison, with or near his son. For a long time I had not seen Johnny. Then one day I was in Madison with my rather, and I saw Johnny on the courthouse square. I went over to him and stuck out my hand for a handshake. Johnny looked almost hurt and hesitated. At first, I was puzzled, then I suddenly understood. In effect, I was asking Johnny to shake the hand of a white boy in public, in effect saying that we were equals. That could make him a possible victim of violence if some bigot saw it and felt he had to deal with an "uppity" Black. I was so sad and hurt, feeling that something is terribly wrong with a culture when two former friends could not greet each other with cordiality in public. I actually cried when I got back to our car. The last incident occurred when I was 16 or 17. The area was a poor rural region, there were few opportunities for teenagers to earn money, except as farm labor. In the summer I worked in tobacco fields from dawn to dusk for $4.00 a day. It was exhausting, hot, and really dirty work. One day, I was working in a field crew of "cro\ppers" which included several Black boys. During the morning, I reached the ...
I was raised on the narcotizing and stupefying cool-aid of racism, broader ethnocentrism, religion, ...
genessa comments on Dec 31, 2019:
i appreciate your sentiment and wish i could believe in it, but many (not all) of these folks are buying the whole "if a democrat wins, shoot every liberal you see" thing. how do you get close enough to reach them without being killed? g
wordywalt replies on Dec 31, 2019:
@genessa At age 82, I do not fear any of them. If one shoots me, he will not be available to agitate or vote.
I was raised on the narcotizing and stupefying cool-aid of racism, broader ethnocentrism, religion, ...
genessa comments on Dec 31, 2019:
i appreciate your sentiment and wish i could believe in it, but many (not all) of these folks are buying the whole "if a democrat wins, shoot every liberal you see" thing. how do you get close enough to reach them without being killed? g
wordywalt replies on Dec 31, 2019:
Every one whom we can peel away makes it harder for the rest to maintain their stances.
I was raised on the narcotizing and stupefying cool-aid of racism, broader ethnocentrism, religion, ...
Outsideit67 comments on Dec 31, 2019:
W.E.B. Dubious stated : The pattern of racism is woven into the fabric of America “. The false beliefs, religious doctrine, science; numerous essays biologically, as well as other other aspects of the European intellectuals to rationalize the colonialism of the Americas was established long ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 31, 2019:
Thank you. DuBois was right, and his statement is still rue today.
I was raised on the narcotizing and stupefying cool-aid of racism, broader ethnocentrism, religion, ...
noworry28 comments on Dec 31, 2019:
One has to be willing to learn, listen, educate and help oneself. If one refuses to open one's mind and attempt to learn, and think logically, no other person will be able to help that one. I understand what you are saying, but not everyone is intelligent enough as you and others are to seek ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 31, 2019:
Sad, but true.
I was raised on the narcotizing and stupefying cool-aid of racism, broader ethnocentrism, religion, ...
KKGator comments on Dec 31, 2019:
I have the utmost respect for you and your perspectives. Thank you for sharing your experiences and positions on different issues. We may not always agree, but I truly appreciate your take on things. Please never stop sharing your thoughts.
wordywalt replies on Dec 31, 2019:
Many thanks. The feeling is mutual.
Even though I am an atheist, I recognize that we have had great theologians, whose thoughts are ...
sterlingdean comments on Dec 31, 2019:
Let me be clear. ALL religion is demagoguery. It's all about making your own desires seem more important by ascribing them to some superior power. NOTHING written specifically about religion bears any importance to me except that it exhorts followers to persecute or kill others. THAT'S when ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 31, 2019:
@sterlingdean You are the one making that statement, not me. You are so busy looking for something to attack that you create straw men.
Even though I am an atheist, I recognize that we have had great theologians, whose thoughts are ...
sterlingdean comments on Dec 31, 2019:
Let me be clear. ALL religion is demagoguery. It's all about making your own desires seem more important by ascribing them to some superior power. NOTHING written specifically about religion bears any importance to me except that it exhorts followers to persecute or kill others. THAT'S when ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 31, 2019:
You miss my point. Some dee4ply religious figures have profound and productive thoughts about other sectors of human life. Being religious does not negate everything they think or say. If you belie e that it does, you are dead wrong.
Even though I am an atheist, I recognize that we have had great theologians, whose thoughts are ...
afrogonalog comments on Dec 29, 2019:
I find this to be far too subjective. My question is what distinguishes the two "wonderful" thinkers from other leaders? The question was asked then answered not with examples but just opinion.
wordywalt replies on Dec 30, 2019:
Wonderful is your phrase, not mine.
Even though I am an atheist, I recognize that we have had great theologians, whose thoughts are ...
JimReynolds comments on Dec 28, 2019:
Anything a theologian has to say is truly based on their belief in their god or gods, therefore I have no interest in how they think.
wordywalt replies on Dec 29, 2019:
That sounds like bogotry.
Even though I am an atheist, I recognize that we have had great theologians, whose thoughts are ...
DenoPenno comments on Dec 28, 2019:
What is the word of god? Why would I think that one person has it when another person does not?
wordywalt replies on Dec 28, 2019:
@DenoPenno I am not lookin for good religious men. I am simply looking for good men. There are not enough.
Even though I am an atheist, I recognize that we have had great theologians, whose thoughts are ...
Theresa_N comments on Dec 28, 2019:
You are very much mistaken about the current pope. Take a look at his position on trans people. And women in the church are not faring too well. It amazes me how susceptible some are to good PR.
wordywalt replies on Dec 28, 2019:
He still is a substantial improvement over Benedict.
Even though I am an atheist, I recognize that we have had great theologians, whose thoughts are ...
Mofo1953 comments on Dec 28, 2019:
A truer moniker couldn't have been chosen, but sometimes excessive wordiness doesn't really contribute to make a point or totally misses and fails. Pope Francis concerned with the quality of people's lives??? By protecting pedophile priests and publicly albeit hypocritically declaring to the ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 28, 2019:
Like all of us. Pope Francis is not a perfect man. He has not delivered everything I would like to see him do, but he is a vast improvement on Benedict.
Even though I am an atheist, I recognize that we have had great theologians, whose thoughts are ...
DenoPenno comments on Dec 28, 2019:
What is the word of god? Why would I think that one person has it when another person does not?
wordywalt replies on Dec 28, 2019:
I am not talking about the "word of god." I am talking about the useful and intelligent thought of good men.
Even though I am an atheist, I recognize that we have had great theologians, whose thoughts are ...
Fernapple comments on Dec 28, 2019:
The established churches don't have to make ground. Evangelicals have to sell themselves, and dogma sells, because it appeals to our base instincts like, laziness, I don't want the bother of thinking, and hate, I want to blame someone else.
wordywalt replies on Dec 28, 2019:
In the US, the evangelicals have been well established for almost 300 years.
Even though I am an atheist, I recognize that we have had great theologians, whose thoughts are ...
eric788 comments on Dec 27, 2019:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer is one to admire
wordywalt replies on Dec 27, 2019:
Agreed.
Even though I am an atheist, I recognize that we have had great theologians, whose thoughts are ...
mordant comments on Dec 27, 2019:
Strictly speaking, theology is a faux discipline whose only rigor is self-referential. Its intent is to advance a particular hermeneutic (system of interpretation of the holy book of choice) and represents an attempt to understand a Being who is merely asserted and can't actually be examined. So ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 27, 2019:
One should not dismiss productive and instructive thought, even if it comes from a theologian.
Even though I am an atheist, I recognize that we have had great theologians, whose thoughts are ...
xenoview comments on Dec 27, 2019:
All of them have failed to prove there is a god.
wordywalt replies on Dec 27, 2019:
I know that. But, if you ever have read Niebuhr's writing, you would see how much meaningful and productive thought he showed in relation to many aspects of life. Don't knock it until you have read it.
Is 'god' an impersonal force of nature, a 'universal consciousness' similar in quality to other ...
wordywalt comments on Dec 23, 2019:
God isn't. It does not exist, but a false human conception.
wordywalt replies on Dec 26, 2019:
@Now that you have said that, please elucidate. Please clarify and provide the intellectual or evidence basis for such a statement,.
Study finds that children raised without religion show more empathy and kindness | Dan Arel
wordywalt comments on Dec 24, 2019:
And, are less judgmental.
wordywalt replies on Dec 25, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay I did not say that they should. All I am saying is one should not make the mistake of false over-categorization.
Study finds that children raised without religion show more empathy and kindness | Dan Arel
wordywalt comments on Dec 24, 2019:
And, are less judgmental.
wordywalt replies on Dec 25, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay I have seen the examples of which you speak. But, those examples do not characterize me or many of the people on this site. Do not over generalize. It is not fair to those who do not fit into an overly broad categorization.
Study finds that children raised without religion show more empathy and kindness | Dan Arel
wordywalt comments on Dec 24, 2019:
And, are less judgmental.
wordywalt replies on Dec 25, 2019:
@TheMiddleWay You are engaging in false stereotyping. That is judgmental.
Is 'god' an impersonal force of nature, a 'universal consciousness' similar in quality to other ...
wordywalt comments on Dec 23, 2019:
God isn't. It does not exist, but a false human conception.
wordywalt replies on Dec 24, 2019:
@Omnedon This whole discussion proves my point. When we define anything as "god" we are simply forming a human conception. No gods exist except in human minds that wish to believe that the concept means anything at all.
I haven't been here in a long time, i started here when the site was just starting up and made a few...
wordywalt comments on Dec 23, 2019:
Two years ago, this site had a wider variation in membership and a more open exchange on all topics. Most of the unnecessarily aggressive right-wingers have left, but they did their damage. Partly to avoid the sting of bitter exchanges, more narrow interest group have segregated themselves, and ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 23, 2019:
@AnneWimsey I doubt that figure.
I have quite a dilemma.
wordywalt comments on Dec 23, 2019:
I am an atheist and my wife is a devout Catholic. We knew that about each other when we married. We have been married for 24 years. The key is that we accept each other's right to believe as we choose, and that we treat each other with caring, dignity, and respect.
wordywalt replies on Dec 23, 2019:
@Atheist3 I think not as rare as you might think among thoughtful, educated people.
Why do we behave as we do?
LatentumCattus comments on Dec 23, 2019:
OK, I'll bite and I know we're on the honor system. However, I do reserve the right to not confirm deets. In order, my preferences are: Step by step learning Big Picture conceptual Detect and solve Creative feely mood driven Obviously, any or all can come into play in specific ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 23, 2019:
@LatentumCattus Thank you as well. I enjoyed the interchange. Perhaps we will find another over time.
Why do we behave as we do?
Aurora62 comments on Dec 23, 2019:
I like to learn step by step and I like creativity. Once I get those down my mind can focus on how and why lol.
wordywalt replies on Dec 23, 2019:
The creative side of you is attuned to color, activity, and mood. You enjoy looking at thins and events in different lights, and in placing things into juxtaposition. In that sense, you are somewhat unpredictable. You may also be quite attuned to people and quite empathetic toward them. As you say, once you have and idea or product in mind, then your step by step style enables you to outline and follow the steps to get it done. On the other hand, the two styles sometimes create internal conflicts for you. On one hand, you tend to see things as black and white, with few shades of grey. But the creative side of you wants to see alternatives. One side of you wants things neat and orderly, and other focuses on the act of creation ad does not mind a little mess during creation. One side of you wants to be in control of he situation and others. The other focus more on the joy and value of interaction. By the way, the combination of your two ways of processing information also probably means that you dress neatly an a coordinated, but colorful manner. I also face internal contradictions, but from the juxtaposition of the two other information processing styles. I am a conceptualizer, a model builder ad picture person, and also a problem solver. One side of me wants to focus on clearly understanding why and how. The other wants to solve problems NOW.
Why do we behave as we do?
LatentumCattus comments on Dec 23, 2019:
OK, I'll bite and I know we're on the honor system. However, I do reserve the right to not confirm deets. In order, my preferences are: Step by step learning Big Picture conceptual Detect and solve Creative feely mood driven Obviously, any or all can come into play in specific ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 23, 2019:
@LatentumCattus At age 82,i could not do it today either. But, no matter how demanding, I loved it. I felt more alive then then at any other time in my life.
Why do we behave as we do?
LatentumCattus comments on Dec 23, 2019:
OK, I'll bite and I know we're on the honor system. However, I do reserve the right to not confirm deets. In order, my preferences are: Step by step learning Big Picture conceptual Detect and solve Creative feely mood driven Obviously, any or all can come into play in specific ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 23, 2019:
@LatentumCattus You are obviously a really good project manager. I took my naps at noon and after dinner, then often worked until 1 or 2 AM alone. .
Why do we behave as we do?
LatentumCattus comments on Dec 23, 2019:
OK, I'll bite and I know we're on the honor system. However, I do reserve the right to not confirm deets. In order, my preferences are: Step by step learning Big Picture conceptual Detect and solve Creative feely mood driven Obviously, any or all can come into play in specific ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 23, 2019:
@LatentumCattus I think you and I, if our fields of endeavor overlapped would have made great co-project managers. I designed, implemented and managed several projects during my career. We are both conceptualizers. You ate a detail person, and I am a problem-solver. I would have gotten on your nerves by occasionally bot attending to detail, but my problem-solving skills would have come in handy.
Why do we behave as we do?
LatentumCattus comments on Dec 23, 2019:
OK, I'll bite and I know we're on the honor system. However, I do reserve the right to not confirm deets. In order, my preferences are: Step by step learning Big Picture conceptual Detect and solve Creative feely mood driven Obviously, any or all can come into play in specific ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 23, 2019:
@LatentumCattus love it!
Why do we behave as we do?
Beowulfsfriend comments on Dec 23, 2019:
Similar ideas within teaching strategies.
wordywalt replies on Dec 23, 2019:
which one(s) of the 4 styles does that best fit?
Why do we behave as we do?
LatentumCattus comments on Dec 23, 2019:
OK, I'll bite and I know we're on the honor system. However, I do reserve the right to not confirm deets. In order, my preferences are: Step by step learning Big Picture conceptual Detect and solve Creative feely mood driven Obviously, any or all can come into play in specific ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 23, 2019:
First, it appears that you do have some strength in all four sectors, which makes you quite flexible. Next, as a step by step person, you are driven to focus on details. +You are quite neat and like to maintain operate in a neat environment. Sloppy or careless people irritate you. You prefer to think of things in a black or white manner, with few shades of grey. You would tend to choose and do well in an occupation like accounting or engineering. If you are the boss, you are the boss and there is no question about that. You dress in a neat, color coordinated (but not colorful) manner. You prefer to do things in a routinized way that you have established. As a big picture person you are constantly strive to form conceptual maps which link things together in a truly coordinated and comprehensive manner so that you maps explain how and why. You would be a good academician as you deal with abstract ideas well. You literally live in your mind, in that sense. Your conceptualizing skill and your attention to detail would make you an excellent researcher. You detest sloppiness in thought and lack of attention to detail. You rely on logic and reason. How'd I do so far?
Why do we behave as we do?
Cutiebeauty comments on Dec 23, 2019:
Identify and solve problems and a people person... Go 😊
wordywalt replies on Dec 23, 2019:
From the problem-solver side: Your do not like being told or directed on how to do something. You want to do it your own way. Some people consider you a maverick who does not take directions well. You tend to be intuitive in the sense of how you deal with things, That is you think of step one, step two or three, then something clicks in your mind and you correctly jump to step 10. When you are listening to someone else, you are thinking ahead to what the person will say next. If the person pauses or stops to try find the right words, you step in and finish he statement for him or her. Some people you associate with find that annoying. Even though you are not, by nature a step by step, detail oriented person and/or a big picture builder, you can and will adopt those tactics on a temporary basis if it helps to solve the problem. From the people person side, you are affected by color, atmosphere, and mood. You enjoy colorful things and dress with art and style in mind. You tend to be empathic and genuinely can be close and helpful to others. You sometimes choose being with people rather than dealing with ideas. You can be quite creative, both in making things and in dealing with people. On the reverse side of things, if the creative and people focused person has a mean streak or is genuinely angry with others, such a person can be the worst nightmare of he person(s) being targeted (I doubt that is you) How did I do?
As time goes on, I notice fewer and fewer posts related to philosophy and meaning which are not ...
maturin1919 comments on Dec 22, 2019:
As a general rule, I find discussions on philosophy a waste of time. Everyone thinks they're one of the Greeks... and they ain't.
wordywalt replies on Dec 22, 2019:
A person who thinks that philosophy is just about the ancient Greeks has little understanding of the depth and breadth of philosophy -- or of the utility of engaging in analytical thinking., .
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LiterateHiker comments on Dec 21, 2019:
Navel-gazing doesn't appeal to me. Instead, hiking and helping others give meaning to my life.
wordywalt replies on Dec 21, 2019:
@SenorRotten In my lifetime, I have spent thousands of days in the out-of-doors. Wherever I am, I am observing, mentally "digesting" what I observe, and thinking.
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242Foxtrot comments on Dec 21, 2019:
I like doers, creators and makers. Philosophers are wankers.
wordywalt replies on Dec 21, 2019:
Horse manure. Many highly intelligent and higjhly proactive people are both. I like people who are both thinkers and doers.
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Burner comments on Dec 21, 2019:
Alas, i have neither a velvet jacket and a pipe, nor a tony study with an armchair. I weep.
wordywalt replies on Dec 21, 2019:
Huh?
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JackPedigo comments on Dec 21, 2019:
Get used to it. Philosophy is too deep for many. It is also fraught with contradictions and opinions.
wordywalt replies on Dec 21, 2019:
So is life.
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LiterateHiker comments on Dec 21, 2019:
Navel-gazing doesn't appeal to me. Instead, hiking and helping others give meaning to my life.
wordywalt replies on Dec 21, 2019:
I expect better from you. You know damned well that probing philosophical inquiry is not navel-gazing.
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Word comments on Dec 21, 2019:
There are questions posted about the philosophy and meaning of helping widows and orphans while avoiding worldly corruption?
wordywalt replies on Dec 21, 2019:
Engaging in real philosophical inquiry helps to expose false ideology and corruption.
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xenoview comments on Dec 21, 2019:
Philosophy and meta physics is the only place religion has to try and prove god. Religion has failed to provide objective evidence that a god is real.
wordywalt replies on Dec 21, 2019:
Yo9u do not understand what philosophy really is or how important it is in refuting poorly developed thought and customs -- such as religion.
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1of5 comments on Dec 21, 2019:
Dump religion from the pic and your left with either debating useless, pointless topics (athiesm vrs agnosticism in a world without religion) or rehashing things that have no universal answers, only individual ones. The greatest gift philosophy has given humanity is the concept that someone who ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 21, 2019:
You do not understand philosophy or intellectual discussion.
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Mofo1953 comments on Dec 21, 2019:
And I for one am happy to see less of those pointless and endless discussions about those religious or philosophic discussions about that bullshit "meaning of life" theme. Who wants to waste time in bullshit?
wordywalt replies on Dec 21, 2019:
There is a huge difference between the intellectual masturbation of which you speak, and serious discussion of thoughts and issues.
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Primatheart comments on Dec 21, 2019:
Are philosophy and religion not two sides of the same coin?
wordywalt replies on Dec 21, 2019:
No. Philosophy encompasses much more that religious ideology.
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aintmisbehaven comments on Dec 21, 2019:
what bring you to the table, good sir, to begin such discussion? what morsel of philosophical wisdom and meaning bring ye?
wordywalt replies on Dec 21, 2019:
Simply trying to generate some productive and satisfying discourse or exchange.
It takes more than an Atheist to over throw over obiedience authority of Religion.
wordywalt comments on Dec 20, 2019:
Many of your assertions are not true. a behavioral and biological defining attribute of human beings is that we social animals. That is one of the keys as to how much humans have advanced during the course of their evolution. We learn from and teach each other, We support each other, giving the ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 21, 2019:
@Castlepaloma I am not condemning you as a person, merely the behavior you show which makes no sense.
It takes more than an Atheist to over throw over obiedience authority of Religion.
wordywalt comments on Dec 20, 2019:
Many of your assertions are not true. a behavioral and biological defining attribute of human beings is that we social animals. That is one of the keys as to how much humans have advanced during the course of their evolution. We learn from and teach each other, We support each other, giving the ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 21, 2019:
@Castlepaloma Ramble on with your uninformed egomania.
It takes more than an Atheist to over throw over obiedience authority of Religion.
wordywalt comments on Dec 20, 2019:
Many of your assertions are not true. a behavioral and biological defining attribute of human beings is that we social animals. That is one of the keys as to how much humans have advanced during the course of their evolution. We learn from and teach each other, We support each other, giving the ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 20, 2019:
@Castlepaloma You continue to weave together bits and pieces that do not mesh, and produce incoherent writings that do not mean much of anything.
It takes more than an Atheist to over throw over obiedience authority of Religion.
wordywalt comments on Dec 20, 2019:
Many of your assertions are not true. a behavioral and biological defining attribute of human beings is that we social animals. That is one of the keys as to how much humans have advanced during the course of their evolution. We learn from and teach each other, We support each other, giving the ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 20, 2019:
@Castlepaloma Again, your assertions are false. You continue to deny the social nature of human beings. Your anarchist world of a world of self-absorbed individuals.
It takes more than an Atheist to over throw over obiedience authority of Religion.
wordywalt comments on Dec 20, 2019:
Many of your assertions are not true. a behavioral and biological defining attribute of human beings is that we social animals. That is one of the keys as to how much humans have advanced during the course of their evolution. We learn from and teach each other, We support each other, giving the ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 20, 2019:
@Castlepaloma Again, most of your assertions are false. First, I have been an atheist for over 50 years and the way you talk about atheists does not describe me at all. There is no evidence for your "facts" and figures. I think you have simply cooked them up. Second, anarchism and real community are mutually exclusive. Third, you speak of anarchistic people as though they are the creative people who are, as individuals, are totally responsible for and due all credit for developments, products and learnings that they produce. Nothing could be further from the truth. We all stand of the shoulders of centuries of people whose thoughts, discoveries, products and created knowledge which our new creations are based. True, the creative person deserves credit for the advances that he or she produces, but to act as though he or she it due toe sole credit is absurd. Anarchism is simply embracing the absence of rules, social structures, or normalized ways of interacting. It offers little of merit. I have studies human psychology, sociology, political theory, and philosophy. It would behoove you to do the same.
Welcome to five new members to the group: - @Blindbird who is into blues, bluegrass, sad Irish ...
FrayedBear comments on Dec 15, 2019:
Welcome to @wordywalt. Please pull up a stool to the fire and join in the craic, perhaps telling us about yourself, your likes and experiences with the folk genre.
wordywalt replies on Dec 15, 2019:
I am an old ccot who was born in Georgia and raised in the bible belt of north Florida. Began life as a conservative, but realized the error of my ways in my 20s. Have loved folk music since the Kingston Trio. Have loved the music of Woody and Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Gordon Lightfoot, Pete Seeger and many others.
Two questions: (1) What was the peak membership for this site and when was it achieved?
1of5 comments on Dec 11, 2019:
By peak membership I'd have to assume you mean peak online at any one time. Highest I've ever seen it is close to 450, which was summer of '18 when it was routinly in the high 300 - low 400 range. Dont have a screenshot of that, though.
wordywalt replies on Dec 11, 2019:
My peak membership, I meant the highest number of people who were members of Agnostic.com, not the highest number online at any one time.
In my winter garden here in Florida, my green beans are full of blossoms and little beans.
AnneWimsey comments on Dec 9, 2019:
Fine, just lovely! Today I had the pleasure if driving several hours through thick, dense "snow fog" which is what happens when torrential rain hits piles of snow. But you wouldn't know about that woodya?! *sigh*
wordywalt replies on Dec 9, 2019:
Yeah, I know what winter weather is. I lived in Berlin, Germany for almost 3 years, in northern Illinois for 5 years, and in Kansas for 17 years. II have driven in an ice storm, a blizzard, and in snow fog. And I have seen gtemperatures of -35 F, nd in winter storm winds of 70 mph. Not in the past 20 + years though.
If you are a fruit lover, let me give you an idea for a great treat.
Varn comments on Dec 9, 2019:
“*I add small chunks of pineapple from my garden*” If you grow pineapple, you must have to purchase apples..? Also, do you pour off the water used to boil, or allow it to ..thin out the applesauce?
wordywalt replies on Dec 9, 2019:
Yes, I do have to purchase apples. Leave what water that remains in the mixture. By the way, if you add the pineapple hunks, do it after you take the apple sauce off the burner, raw.
A new, very significant development in Trump cabal corruption.
KKGator comments on Dec 6, 2019:
Everyone needs to start coming forward with their evidence. People have to stop being afraid of that asshole and all the assholes who protect him.
wordywalt replies on Dec 6, 2019:
Damned right!
A new, very significant development in Trump cabal corruption.
Science-guy comments on Dec 6, 2019:
A supervisor intimidating a whistle blower does not in any way implicate Trump of a crime, unless Trump instructed the supervisor directly.
wordywalt replies on Dec 6, 2019:
True, but the odds are that Trump either asked or instructed the whistleblower's superior to threaten the guy. And, the odds are that Trump also asked the political appointee to intervene in his behalf. If you don't think that these things occurred, you have no idea of just how corrupt Trump is.
I wondering what is the basic structure of folks gardens on here--containers, aquaculture, rows, ...
wordywalt comments on Dec 5, 2019:
I grow vegetables in raised beds or rows. I also have a patch of pineapples. In the rest of our back yard my wife has developed an integrated landscape.
wordywalt replies on Dec 5, 2019:
@DavidDuhon Growing pineapples is easy if you have a largely frost-free climate. You simple cut off the leafy top of a pineapple and plant it. It will take several years for the emerging plant to produce the first pineapple After a pineapple is produced, the plant will send off side shoots, each of which will eventually produce pineapples. I started with 2 04 3 pineapple tops, and now have 12 plants producing pineapples each year Once a pineapple bloom appears, it will take at least 2 to 3 months for the bloom to develop into a ripe pineapple. The only care needed is water in dry periods, and periodic fertilizer.
Most women will never experience being a member of a a member of a trained cohesive unit operating ...
Channeler1 comments on Dec 2, 2019:
Not to be disrespectful, but this reads like some kind of "men are superior because..." male chauvinistic rant! And this is coming from a fellow member of the male species! There is Absolutely NO difference in what men and women are capable of mentally... And There are PLENTY of women that have ...
wordywalt replies on Dec 2, 2019:
No. That is not the case at all. In many ways, women are superior to men, as a whole. As a whole, they are more caring, more respectful, equally as intelligent as men, more likely to act on things that matter to them, and better communicators. Most of the people I have truly respected in my lifetime have been women. I simply see what I describe is something that the majority of women have not experienced and do not fully comprehend. It is simply a tempering experience which, if one withstands it, builds character and wisdom.