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Since this is a mainly US-oriented site, I wondered if there were any other fans out there of The ...
wordywalt comments on Apr 12, 2018:
I am happy to see Paul Ruan retire from Congress. He was a hidebound right-wing economic ideologue not at all interested in people. He also lacked the moral integrity to stand up on immoral and illegal actions by Trump and others. He is a moral weakling with little wisdom.
Do you believe there are aliens walking among us?
wordywalt comments on Apr 12, 2018:
Of course not'
What are some ways to fight depression?
wordywalt comments on Apr 12, 2018:
Two ways" (1) get busy doing something -- anything, (2) do something that stimulates your emtions -- either anger or joy. Intense emot. Intense emotion stops depression.
Family's out of town for a week starting today.
wordywalt comments on Apr 12, 2018:
Find something that occupies your mind in a relaxing and positive manner. Binge drinking ain't it.
Religion has always been about saving people or trying to convert others into their way of ...
wordywalt comments on Apr 12, 2018:
Thre is no sense into trying to distance a "true believer" from his or her religious beliefs. Their attachment is irrational and emotional, not rational.
Is "following", in the context of this site, the equivalent of "friending" on FB?
wordywalt comments on Apr 12, 2018:
No. It simply means that what that person posts triggers an alert to you, so that you can see it.
Garret's Thermodynamics of Civilization vs McPherson's Near Term Human Extinction
wordywalt comments on Apr 12, 2018:
Yes, we can stop the carbon-based fossil fuels expansion -- if we have the political will to do so. An equally important, if not more important question is whether we have the will to stop the mushrooming rowth in human population. It is that population sexplsion that is fueling the destruction of our environment. The two cannot be intelligently separated!
Do you have compassion for the believers?
wordywalt comments on Apr 12, 2018:
I do feel a bit sorry for them -- until they try to push their beliefs into my life space.
Conspiracy Theories.
wordywalt comments on Apr 12, 2018:
Politely end your relationship with this guy.He will contribute nothing to your life but dismay and frustration. There is nothing that you can do to enlighten such an irrational mind.
All abroad!
wordywalt comments on Apr 12, 2018:
Most apt!
The truth hurts those who are too moronic to realize they are being fleeced and taken to slaughter ...
wordywalt comments on Apr 12, 2018:
I would modify that to say stupid and/or gullible people.
ADVERTISING MY AGE Despite my many years and rapidly advancing decrepitude have forgotten my age ...
wordywalt comments on Apr 12, 2018:
At age 81, my body remindsme of my age often -- whether I like it or not.
Twisted Sister front man dedicates ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ to teachers
wordywalt comments on Apr 12, 2018:
My applause to the Oklahoma teachers for standing up to the reactionary Republican politics of the past 20 years.
Philosopher Kings or Democracy?
wordywalt comments on Apr 12, 2018:
No.
What do you do - from a social perspective - when you discover that someone you know is ...
wordywalt comments on Apr 12, 2018:
Let them know that you think their anti-vaccination stand is irrational and totally irresponsible.
I think honesty is a virtue.
wordywalt comments on Apr 12, 2018:
I sagree.
What have any of you used as a spiritual outlet
wordywalt comments on Apr 11, 2018:
I do not use the word spiritual. Iuse weight lifting, vegetable gardening, and writing as a means of enewal of energy.
Paul Ryan.
wordywalt comments on Apr 11, 2018:
He is a dishonest hypocrite.
Have you ever met anybody who actually believed the Earth was 6,000 years old?
wordywalt comments on Apr 11, 2018:
Yes, real religious "true believers" who totally sold their being to religious dogma.
As a child, the earliest memories of a TV show that made the most impact on me was MASH .
wordywalt comments on Apr 11, 2018:
Bobby Kennedy.
I think that most people have a "go to" comfort food that connects us to others in our families or a...
wordywalt comments on Apr 11, 2018:
Acre peas (a small, white southern field pea) with skillet cornbread.
Just finished reading "The Virtue of Selfishness" by Ayn Rand.
wordywalt comments on Apr 11, 2018:
Back in the 1960s I read wverything that Rand wrote. I found her writing interesting, but somehow off key. After thorough analysis, I determined that her main points were (1) I can do anything I want to and dno one can limit that, (2) greed is good, and (3) all governments are bad. Anyone who reads Rand should understand her personal history. Rand was the child of a family or Russian oligarghs during the Czarist era. When Lenin and the commuynists took over Russia, they took the entire land and wealth of Rand;s family. All of her writings and her entire philosphy is simply a reaction to that facr. She had a right to be angry with the Bolsheviks, but no right to come to the extreme, entirely self-centered conslusions which she espoused. The fact is that she was an entirely self0-centered, self-pitying person. Her priliosophy was nothing more than anarchistic, self absorbed libertarianism taken to its ultimate, amoral extreme.
I'm pretty sure most, but not all, atheists, agnostics, etc.
wordywalt comments on Apr 11, 2018:
Primarily because they are skeptical of ideological dofgma, whether religious or political. Most conservatives are ideologues.
Does it matter how a gift is wrapped or is it only the gift that matters?
wordywalt comments on Apr 10, 2018:
Your quesrtion does not matter.
I am wondering why this site isn't called non-believers.com?
wordywalt comments on Apr 10, 2018:
I think that ther are actually more of us atheists on this site than agnostics.
Is She All There?
wordywalt comments on Apr 10, 2018:
I wonder what it feels like to be a knowing professional liar for a living.
When religion is more important then education?
wordywalt comments on Apr 10, 2018:
Education is ALWAYS more important than religion.
Where do agnostics go when they die?
wordywalt comments on Apr 10, 2018:
Like all of us, they don't go anywhere. They simply cease to exist.
If it's on the Internet,it must be true, right?
wordywalt comments on Apr 10, 2018:
Most intelligent and critical thinking people.
Terrorizing Children in the Name of God is Legal in the U.S.
wordywalt comments on Apr 10, 2018:
Much of "Christian" rhetoric is vengeful and does not make intellectual or moral sense.
Do you have nightmares?
wordywalt comments on Apr 10, 2018:
As a child, I had recurring nightmares that were like a Salvador Dali painting. After my divorce from my first wife (who had borderline personality disorder and made life miserable), I had nightmares involving her for almost 20 years.
Confirmation Bias: Why You Should Seek Out Disconfirming Evidence
wordywalt comments on Apr 10, 2018:
A good post! That is the only way that we can be somewhat sure about the accuracy of our beliefs -- if we search for and cannot find disconfirming evidence.
It’s time to unplug and escape this nightmare we live in - The Globe and Mail
wordywalt comments on Apr 10, 2018:
I have never texted, ur used Twitter, and am using Facebook less and less. I really think hey have little to offerof value, and are harming social interaction.
The Nation indulges in fear mongering about cell phones and cancer – Science-Based Medicine
wordywalt comments on Apr 10, 2018:
There always seems to be some irrational fear mongerers among us about many things -- cell phones, power lines, vaccines, GMOs, or whatever.
Anyone else go on to this or any other social media outlet and just feel really old?
wordywalt comments on Apr 10, 2018:
I think many of us have experienced the feeling of being born in the wrong time and place.
Childhood mementos. Do you have any mementos from your childhood?
wordywalt comments on Apr 10, 2018:
Of course. I have vivid memories from my childhood going all the way bvack to age 4. At age 81, part of me is still that kid.
Can we have a civil conversation about American policy without getting emotional?
wordywalt comments on Apr 10, 2018:
Excuse me, but it is terribly hard to understand how any rational and moral person can fail to understnad whata despicable and sociopathic person Trump is and actually support this traitor and moral disaster.This man will destroy our democracy, given half a chance. Similarly, I am also a gun owner, but it is also equally as hard to understand how any rational and moral human can fight against control of weapons designed primarly to kill humans. In short, I find your positions irrational, immoral, and unpatriotic.
What was your “ah ha” moment when you realized religion was bs?
wordywalt comments on Apr 10, 2018:
There was no "a ha" moment. It was a graduaal realization beginning at about age 15 through about age 19..
Is it o.k. to have a "crush" on someone while in a relationship?
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
Yes, so long as you do not act on it .
Have you ever felt yourself being pulled from your body, when you look up?
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
No, I have never felt that.
Favorite duets?
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
Simon and Garfunkel above all others.
Opinions about Myers-Briggs Type Indicator?
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
I took it and studied it years ago. I did not find it useful.
This is a dictator which 45 admires.
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
Trump admires vicious power because he is a coward and weakling at heart.
Unconstitutional
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
Sessions is a despicable little physical mental, and moral dwarf.
Texas Bill Prohibiting Male Masturbation Moves Closer To Becoming Law
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
Ibsanity.
Liberal Ideals
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
Your question is so wide open that there is no way that I can respond to it.
What are your views on Paganism..
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
I do not believe in anything which calls for dogma, rituals, lsupernatural superstitions, or anything of that iilk.
What would cause you to lay down your life willingly?
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
As a former soldier, we all knew that could be asked of us, and accepted the fact. If I were convinced that my action would result in saving someone else, I would so act. If my death would advance a human cause I truly believe in as moral and needed, I would.
If God made himself known to you one day and said, "You must sacrifice the life of your child for ...
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
It ain't gonna happen. But, if it did, my answer would be "hell,no!
Do you stand for the anthem?
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
I attend no events anymore where the anthem is played. If I did, I would probably stand.
This is an important anniversary for me.
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
Good for you! That takes will power, courage, belief in yourself, and persistence!!
Don't you hate it when you think of something good to say and then you forget it completely?
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
That is the reason I have developed strategies for combing my memory to find or reconstruct the thought.They usually work.
Who's been the best President of the United States in your lifetime?
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
Harry Truman, without a doubt.
Does the thought of dying alone scare you?
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
No.
Do you find yourself spending more time on Agnostic.com and less time on facebook and other sites?
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
Yes. I encounter fewer more rational, more intelligent, more caring, more ethical peope on this site.
Who do you support, the teachers of Oklahoma or the Republicans and Betsy DeVos, who claim the ...
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
As a retired educator, I support the striking teachers in all states in which this action is occurring. For far too damned long, morally and patriotically bankrupt Republican legislatures in far too damned many states have gutted and decimated public education -- as most of the other essential public services -- except prisons. The fact is that they want a relatively uneducated public that they can manipulate. I hope so much that the activism of the "me too" movement, the youth anti-gun movement, the striking teachers can merge with the revulsion against Trump to drive Trump and the Republicans out of power across the entire country. We, the American people, NEED that to happen!
Webster's will be updating their definition of hypocrisy by adding a photo/picture of donald trump.
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
They will add the same update to their definition of evil.
Is sports useful?
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
Yes, sports ARE useful, both in helping to keep participicpants healthy, and for recreation. I do not, however, have much use for professional sports.
Do you believe all children are naturally born Atheist?
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
They are neither born atheist nor born religious. They are simply born.
What is the one creature, snake, spider, rodent, bat, etc, that creeps you out the most?
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
scorpion
Ted Nugent
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
Putin shares NRA values.
Challenge of the day.
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
An impossible task.
This is another giant of a man who has such insight and greatness.
wordywalt comments on Apr 9, 2018:
Every word is true! Brownback was absolutely the worst thing that ever happened to the state of Kansas.
Do you raise your kids atheist?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
I raised my daughters without religion and knowing that I was an atheist. Still, I let them make their own choices. Both are agnostics today.
What's something that many people haven't done, but that you have?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
Yes, I have been over the Gliedecke bridge (in the movie "Brodge of Spies" with Tom Hanks. It was the dividing line between West erlin and East Germany from 1945 and 1989.I still remember the Russian sentries with submachine guns and the sentry tower with machine guns.
How many of you have read the bible completely?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
By the age of 15, I had read it from cover to cover 3 times.
What do you think of neoreligions?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
Just like att opther religions, an "escape from freedom" (see Erich Fromm's book by the same name).
If it were possible, would you live on the moon or Mars?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
Hell, no. Why would I ever want to?
If we ever officially devolope time travel, when would you go to?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
It'll never happen!
I believe that if I expect people to respect my right to be an atheist, then I have to respect other...
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
YES!
Would it be beneficial to separate out the philosophies of religions from the supernatural aspects?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
I don't believe that can be done. If you want to find standards to live by, try reading in the psychology of interpersonal relationship, the issues of values and the self-system, and the existential philosophy.
Hi everyone.
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
There are many people on this site who will be glad to share thoughts with you and provide encouragement to each out and grow.
The Number of Americans with No Religious Affiliation Is Rising - Scientific American
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
Let's hope that the trend continues -- and accelerates.
Tell me something about your town/village/area.
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
I live in Carrollwood, a suburb of Tampa, Flrodia. Tampa is a city of around a million people with ehavy auto traffic. Fall and winter are the best times of year here -- cool and dry, with highs in the the teens to twenties Celsius, and lows typically in the low teens. Summers are hot and humid with lots of rain. Our neighborhood is a quiet one, with little traffic, green lawns and lots of big trees. And, we have almost everything we need for living within 2 to 3 miles.
For all my health conscious folks do you prefer to juice or blend your fruits and vegetables?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
Juicing concentrates the sugars in fruit. That is unhealthy for anyone with diabetic tendencies.
Is gingerism a thing?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
I have no idea what you are talking about.
It is true, being overly clean can actually be bad for your health and your kids health.
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
To a degree that is true.; It is the exposure to pathogens that builds up natural resistance to them.
What are your thoughts on existentialism?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
I have been an existentialist for over 50 years. It makes sense.
Has anyone else noticed a pervasive sense of social and moral collapse in modern society?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
Yes, in the culture of greed infesting too much of our society, the racism and ethnocentrism, the religious hypocrisy among evangelicals, the failure of Republicans to stand up for principles of morality and eecency and against corruption and treason. The rest of your statement is pure BS. The only media that are unreliable are Fox, Sinclair, other right wing extremist groups, and Russian planted meddling..
Who else has found it difficult to adjust to some aspects of life after leaving a fundamentalist ...
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
I am glad that my amovement away from religion seemed much easier, more natural, and fluid than your experience.
Very seldom to use the word hate but I am going to say I hate religions because my x-wife the mother...
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
Your ex was the prolem in and of herself.
Hello everyone, In my quieter moments, sometimes a philosophical thought will simply appear in...
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
Occasionally we who relectcome upon a phenomenal phrase which truly grabs us.
The evidence suggests we just cease to exist when we die. Does this bother anyone?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
The only reason that it shoud bother you would be that if you are facing death as a young peoson being deprived of most of the experiences of life. You are not facing hell. It is simply reality. think of it as peaceful oblivion.
Some of you may recall that I had a date last night with someone I "met" on here.
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
Sounds like a delightful evening.
It’s a Sunday. What’s your favorite way to spend the day?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
The same as any other day.
How long does a good thing last? Can you ever say I've had enough?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
Sounds like you have it pretty good!
How many others reached a point like myself, where they cannot or will not date a god believer?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
I am a total atheist, and my wife of 23 years is a devot Catholic. We knew that about each other when we married, and we respect each other's right to believe as we chooise. Other than religion, we tend to share very similar liberal values and philosophiesa. We care deeply about each othr, and religion is nEVER a source of conflict between us. You may rule out some truly lovable women with your current view.
My neighbor is a man in his mid thirties.
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
Sounds a bit mentally unbalanced.
If you're looking for a job, the CIA is hiring [cia.gov]
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
Back in the mid 1960s I got a letter from the CIA saying that I had been recommended for a position. The recommendation had to have come from someone I knew in West Berlin who was an undercover CIA agent and I did not know it.I have often wondered who it was.
Has Radical Islam increased the spread of Athiesm ?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
No. If anything, it has increased the tendency of Christians to proscelatize.
How did everyone find this site?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
On facebook.
I have been playing golf for 43 years.
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
I am glad that you enjoy golf. I gave it up 56 years ago as my sentiments about the game are the same as Mark Twain's: "A good walk spoiled!"
Does anyone on here have really religous friends?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
Yes, I have religious friends. with most of them, however, we simply do not discuss religion. One old friend, though, I have to remind occasionally that his deliberate insertions of religious matters into the dialogue and/or attempts to onvert are disrespectful and will not be responded to in any way except to ignore.
"Properly read, the bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived".
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
Aptly stated!
What do you look forward to getting out of bed for every morning?
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
Most mornings, yes.
I like this political cartoon picture. 45 has a head big enough to think he is Caesar.
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
His ego is so horrendously exaggerated that he thinks Caesar was a piker and loser.
A poem about our demented insane fearless sewer hog 45.
wordywalt comments on Apr 8, 2018:
Hear! Hear!
A question of perception
wordywalt comments on Apr 7, 2018:
Treat the Christians with respect. Whenver you can, quote scripture to uphold your points and to make them realize that they are not following their faith. And, point out to them that they are being both unchristian and disrespectful in their words about athiests -- but in a respectful manner.
A little help on writing the best profile.
wordywalt comments on Apr 7, 2018:
Make it short and sweet, with just enough info on you and your beliefs to make it tantalizing.
Trump tower on fire. [cbsnews.com]
wordywalt comments on Apr 7, 2018:
Too bad it did not burn down (without any human casualties).