Tennessee man flips car five times after letting 'Jesus take the wheel'

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

Some people are just daned fools!

Was sex more fun when you still believed in original sin?

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

Even when I was a religious youth, I never believed the "original sin" malarkey.

Do you think this site would be a good place to post open job postings to atheist friendly ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

Not a bad idea.

Opposing Abortion and Stigmatizing Single Motherhood

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

You are finding that anti-abortion extremists do not hesitate to stigmatize, hurt, even persecute anyone who disagrees with them. They are destructive single issue people who are poisoning our culture and political system.

Well, it finally happened.

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

Hope you get better soon.

Are you an atheist who nonetheless wants ritual, holidays, reverence for Nature and social community...

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

I am an atheist, and I commune with nature in ways of my independent choosing. I want NO rituals no organized atheist events.

Who here attends Sunday Assembly events?

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

As a child, I hated having to waste my time in church events on Sunday so much that I am averse to any organized events of any kind on Sunday.

How many people here have lived overseas

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

I lived in Berlin, Germany for 2 and 1-2 years. I loved the city. My experiences in the German culture and in the times of the height of the Cold War changed my life in many ways. I am SO glad that I was there.

Has anyone self-exiled themself from their home state or city due to religious reasons?

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

I think a lot of us have decided or realized that we cannot go home again. We simply have changed our beliefs so much that we have virtually no chance of living a satisfying life in the culture in which we grew up. My question is "what experiences did each of us have that led us to be so different from those with whom we grew up?" I'd like to compare notes.

Wha is the difference between instinct and intuition? How would wou describe it?

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

Instinct is an innate or inborn reaction. Intuition is a sensing based on sudden recognition of qualities in the situation which carry real similarities to past experiences or of previously experienced patterns. Its basis is cognitive, not emotional, although the sudden awareness may evoke an emotional response.

How chivalrous are you?

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

Most women like chivalry. It is simply being polite and caring.

What book should replace the bible...

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

We do not need ANY book of dogma and mythology!

Missouri U.

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

Sykes is a dangerous man full of biases, stereotypes and misinformation.

Teach the children well

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

We'd better teach them well, or they will be vulnerable to damnable liars like the one in the picture.

Do old songs run through your head randomly....?

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

Croce was great. How about "The sounds of Silence", Midler's "The Rose", Roberta Flack's :The First time I saw your Face" or Don Mclean's "Bye, Bye Miss American Pie"?

You Should Never, Ever Argue With Anyone on Facebook, According to Science | Inc.com

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

These is an old saying: "Never argue with a fool in public, because people may not be able to tell which one is which."

What Is Your Favorite Genre Of Music?

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

None of the above. My favorites are classical and folk.

I had a good day yesterday.

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2018:

As you exemplify, the key is to be FULLY prepared!

If you graduated college, did you feel lost and nervous, unsure of what your future would hold and ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

When I graduated, I did not worry about a job. But I did worry about what direction my life was going to take (I really did not know what I wanted to be or become) or how I was going to get there. I was never without work for many, many years.

Today was H A R D. What phase is the moon in?

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

There will be days ahead in which you did so much to help that you will walk away elated! Those days make it worth it.

Okay so I'm 27, physically in pain a lot due to DDD (Degenerative Disk Disease) and nerve damage, ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

I can empathize with you. I had severe lower back pain for 14 years, but that was resolved when I had a ruptured disk taken out. I really hope that they can do something to resolve the problem. Pain management can reduce the discomfort, but does not resolve the problem.

So anyone else have a problem with new rich scientists not supporting poor faction resiliancy and ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

That is the most paranoid ramble I have seen in a long time.

Just registered for my social work license exam to become fully licensed as an LCSW.

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

Is the exam a multiple choice one? If so, I can give you test-taking strategies which could increase your scores by 10 - 20 percent.

If your tongue could only process one type of flavor, which would it be?

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

Combinations of flavors produce the most delightful tastes -- sweet and sour or tangy, bitter and sweet, tangy and peppery, etc.

Do you think science will ever unlock the true mysteries of the true reason the Universe came to be...

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

I doubt it. The universe is just too complex. Science will continue to give answers, but also raise even more questions.

What caused the migrant crisis from Africa?

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

To a large extent, it is a matter of failed states and failed economies, growing overpopulation causing an increasing degradation of natural resources.

Houston Oasis, Secular Community

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

I love those core values. If I lived there, I would be interested in being a member of that group.

What's your preferred dwelling type?

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

I like our 3 bedroom ranch style home with a big back yard. It allows me to do the vegetable gardening I enjoy. The trees, plants and flowers make a a peaceful setting that we can enjoy from our screened back porch. We can also observe the many birds (including hawks, owls, crows and many other species), the squirrels, opossums, raccoon, blacksnakes -- even an occasional armadillo -- and all this in a major city.

What will humans do when artificial intelligence and robots can do all labor surgery teaching better...

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

I think your question should read "if", not "when" If it ever occurs, it will not be soon.

Fanatics

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

Yes, I think that is possible. Such an obsessed person can be quite destructive.

So IMPOTUS won't come to Britain till we stop protest. Do one you orange tt.

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

Keep it up, Brits ! Maybe you will be spared the displeasure of a Trump visit..

Do you like comedy? If so what style? Who is/are your favorite performers?

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

George Carlin was my all time favorite.

Godstuff (some of these are just too, too, funny)... [youtube.com]

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

Such video recording should be played widely so that people can see what idiotic, demagogic, charlatans these nuts are. It would do a lot to help discredit them.

Can you guys give me some feedback on athiest churches?

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

An atheist church is an oxymoron. Find a more appropriate term.

One of my best friends is very religious.

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

Well intended, but senseless magical thinking.

Oh!! Burn on YOU!! John Pavlovitz message to white evangelicals.

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

A well deserved description of far too damned many evangelicals!

So, leaving religion out of it...do you believe in anything "supernatural"?

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

No. Not at all!

At least this feller understands his faith... [baptistnews.com]

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

He is right. Many evangelicals have contaminated their own faith.

Now for my American Agnostic.

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

It would have bankrupted you here in the USA -- all because too many Americans seem to have a pathological fear of anything which might be called :socialized medicine."

Can you "choose" to believe in something?

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2018:

As a child I believed in religion because I did not know any better. As an adult, I have always deliberately chosen what I believe, based on evaluation of existing evidence.

Loneliness and disconnection in the virtual age.

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2018:

I do feel that so many people today spend so much time fiddling with their electronic devices that they are fostering a disconnect in terms of real face-to-face contact.

Fountain Pens; Does anybody else use one?

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2018:

It has been so long since I used a fountain pen that I can't remember when I used one last.

"Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man -- living in the sky -- who ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2018:

Carln was a lovable iconoclast. He could get to the heart of matters quickly!

How old are you really? I remember 19 out of 20 Oh My!

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2018:

The only one I don't remember is the P.F. Flyers." What were they?

Stephen Hawking Says Humanity Won't Survive Without Leaving Earth

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2018:

Probably true. But, the difficulties of prolonged space travel are so difficult, I don't believe that any significant deep space travel is or will be feasible.

If you already know, that you have the best woman in the world, then what are you waiting for ?

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2018:

To whom are you talking and what are you talking about?

The virtual afterlife will transform humanity | Aeon Essays

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2018:

What a senseless endeavor.

Oklahoma Lawmaker: Rape and Incest are the ‘Will of God’

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2018:

What a vile human being that legislator is!

Do you recall any epic moments in history that you witnessed?

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2018:

I can recall a lot of historical days. I remember V-J Day in 1045 ending World War II. I was in West Berlin when the Berlin Wall went up in 1961. When the Cuban Missile Crisis happened, I was in the Army Reserve and was placed on standby alert to be called up immediately if needed. I remember the assassinations of John Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and Bobby Kennedy. The day when Nixon resigned I remember fondly. The day I am looking forward to is the day Trump is impeached.

Having a thorough religious education, I attended Yeshiva (an Orthodox Jewish seminary) , but was ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2018:

Human existence has no inherent purpose. It simply is. What meaning there is to our existence is that which we give it by our own decisions and actions.

How Do You Honour Your Familiar?

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2018:

The loss of a dear pet is hard. A few years ago, my little cat companion of 17 years reached a stage where he was in almost constant pain and failing, and I had him euthanized. I had adopted him as a young, starving and injured cat about 1 - 2 years old. We spent many loving hours together over the years. I buried him in my venerable garden, in a place where some of his molecules may still be or become part of me.

Is Atheist vs. Agnostic conflict a real thing?

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2018:

There is no basis for any conflict. Both groups are headed in the right direction.

Who do you think can defeat Trump in 2020? (Select all that apply)

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

I would also add Jue Biden.

I have done a decent amount of reading on Epigenetics.

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Eugenics has been largely discredited as a discipline for almost 100 years. In the 1920s it reached some stature in academic circles until close analysis revealed false and racist assumptions at its core along with flawed research. The only place since that it had any use was in Nazi Germany to try to develop pure Aryans. Your idea of poverty having a genetic base is equally as wrong and misplaced.

Are you Bilingual/Trilingual/Etc.?

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

As an American, my first language is English. I spent 2 and 1/2 years in West Berlin, Germany over 55 years ago and learned to speak and read German fluently. My first wife was from Berlin. After returning to the U.S. my main use of German was in was in speaking with my wife. Still, though rusty in vocabulary, still speak and understand German after 50 years.

"When we fully understand the brevity of life, it's fleeting joys and unavoidable pains, when we ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

What a beautiful passage! Too bad that we are not always and socially programmed to live in such a manner!We should all try to live by that ode and to model that for our children.

Generation Gap Do you see your generation as better, stronger, tougher than the one after or ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

The generation before me were the young adults during the Great Depression. They were tougher -- had to be, but not wiser. They were the people of the 1960s and 1970s who saw their world changing so much, and tended to reach back to the certainty of the past, including religion and southern racism. My generation -- the late Depression and early World War II one -- became the one committed to personal success and few deep commitments. The generation after me -- the baby boomers who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s were both stronger and wiser. They began to care about social issues and bettering our country and society and to become activists in pursuit of those issues. They took chances for something other than simply themselves. If their momentum could have continued for another decade, this would be a different and better country. Let me add. I find two things that trouble me about today's young people. First, it concerns me that these young people spend so much time fiddling with electronics and texting instead of face-to-face personal contact -- and that they even seem to prefer the safe distance of electronics. Second, I don't really see any commitment among many of them to do anything to make a difference. I hope I am wrong.

Mississippi bill would require teachers to recite the Ten Commandments every morning – ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Must be defeated!!

Freebrainers.

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Let us hope that free -thinking does not devolve into superstition, ignorance, and irrationality.

For those who would say 'no' to the term 'church': What would overcome your objection?

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Stay away from the term "church" -- it is an institution designed to inculcate and maintain belief in a total system religious ideology.

When Silence is not Golden.

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Silence is also not golden when we see so many of our members of Congress lose their moral cores, or when we hear Trump lie many times every way, when state legislatures gerrymander districts for political advantage, when we see civil rights infringed upon, when so many people are acting with utter incivility, when people try to take advantage of or use others. This nation should be in a moral uproar in what is happening today!!

In these days of increasing tensions between the powerful states of our World, we are beginning to ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

The best way forward would be for all nations to renounce all intents of expansion or control of other nations' territories, or ideological control of others. That would solve 90 percent of the problem. Unfortunately, that is not going to happen with people like Putin, Assad, Netanyahu, Kim Jung Un, and Donald Trump around.

What kind of laugh do you have?

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Depends on what I am laughing at. Can range from a chuckle to a roar of laughter.

What is yourt favorite book?

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Herman Hesse's STEPPENWOLF.

God seemed to have become a brand, a packaging, and people purchase this trusted brand with such ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Yws. Just look at how morally compromised so many televangelists, prosperity gospel, and evangelical leaders are!

Age. Does it come to one defining moment when you realize you have gotten older?

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

One knows that he or she is aging. At 30, I had to wear glasses for the first time. At 40, I had to get bifocals. In my early 40 I started greying around the temples, and game up teem sports. At 45 I had back surgery and developed diabetes. By 65, my hair was grey and worsening vision forced me to give up driving. And, so it goes. Your are forced to continue to peel back layers to find and maintain the inner core of who you are and want to be.

Some say that the earth(modern civilization as we know it) has lived and died before.

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Many civilizations have come and gone, but I doubt that any of them were as advanced technologically or knowledge-wise as today's.

Who in your family do you most admire?

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

I have loved them all, but admire? We call have had feet of clay -- some more so.

11 reasons Why Christianity and its God should be thrown into the dustbin of history

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

All valid reasons.

The Radical Christian Right and the War on Government

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

It is a real threat to our democracy and freedoms.

4 Tips for Talking to People You Disagree With

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Good gfround ryles for civil discourse.

Who do you think exemplifies hypocrisy more than anyone else in public life?

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Donald Trump/

Although l was raised Baptist and went to every church srvice/bible study there was (because my ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Your story sounds very much like mine!

I have a friend who doesn’t have any friends.

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Huh!

If you could teach everyone in the world one concept, what concept would have the biggest positive ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2018:

Treat others with full dignity and respect.

Are our enemies really our enemies?

wordywalt comments on Jan 22, 2018:

All Nazis fought for a totally immoral cause. Many were drawn in by the ideology, the emotional appeal, and/or the propaganda. Many of them grew to regret their decisions to get involved with the Nazi party and movement. Some of them actually did some things to help people. But all Nazi true believers WERE evil!

Population crisis wars break out for food and water?

wordywalt comments on Jan 22, 2018:

Because those areas are ruled by a backward facing religion and culture (entwined) such wars are almost inevitable.

A sickness has infected the Catholic church in Scotland | Kevin McKenna | Opinion | The Guardian

wordywalt comments on Jan 22, 2018:

Why would one want a totalitarian state of any ilk?

How did we let an unqualified Fundamentalist use our educational system to indocturnate our kids?

wordywalt comments on Jan 22, 2018:

We elected a morally bankrupt Republican Congress and president. That is all it took.

Day 1

wordywalt comments on Jan 22, 2018:

Dive right in! The water is fine.

Why do we need feminism?

wordywalt comments on Jan 22, 2018:

Well stated!

If you knew you were going to die one year from today, what would you do and how would you want to ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 22, 2018:

I would spend some time with my daughters in Kansas, go fishing, and otherwise live as I am living today.

Oklahoma state senate proposes an amendment to state bill 1457.

wordywalt comments on Jan 22, 2018:

An absurd bill which shows the strange thoughts of true believers.

I am a little overwhelmed because I never exchanged thoughts about a superior being's existence.

wordywalt comments on Jan 22, 2018:

Many of us, when we are young, fear death simply because we feel that we have a lot more life to live and do noit want to be deprived of that. In our old age, the fear of death fades into near non-existence.

I've noticed most on this site don't think Trump is a good president.

wordywalt comments on Jan 22, 2018:

A wandering amalgamation of a few good points and many points of misinformation and misinterpretation. He does not even attempt to deal with Trumps Egomaniacal, lying, characterless, and sociopathic behavior. That video is not of any value.

What do you think is the common link in this "group"?

wordywalt comments on Jan 22, 2018:

Intelligent and caring dialogue. Most, but not all, contributors to this site meet these criteria.

ARE WE ALONE. So the question,are we alone in the universe?

wordywalt comments on Jan 22, 2018:

Even if there are living beings in other places in the universe, they are so distant in time and space that their existence is largely irrelevant to the human species.

If someone was to start an atheist church, would you attend?

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2018:

No. I would not attend. Doctrine, ideology, dogma? I do not wish to be a true believer in any ideology. An atheist organization should renounce all rites, robes, trappings, or "priestly class." The pur0pose of any atheist organization should be only to protect our rights, to socialize, and to pursue common goals.

It seems very apparent to me Trumpublicans have engineered the government shutdown to energize their...

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2018:

You give Trump too much credit. He is not capable of forming real plans or strategies.

Tomorrow spring semester starts again.

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2018:

Rocket science is also a whole lot of physics and engineering.

So, based on my question about what political affiliation you most connect with, I notice that most ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2018:

Both. In graduate school studied intellectual history, political theory, philosophy among other topic -- and I have devoted much thought and study to American politics. I also have strong attachments to the reasoned and moral stands I take. BUT, please understand that I am also vehemently opposed to Marxism in any of its forms, because Marxism is another terribly flawed total system ideology like religion.

Have all your plants died?

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2018:

Not all of them, but the freeze did a lot of dmanage in my year in Florida.

Does any credible dictionary or philosopher accept the definition of atheism as "a lack of belief in...

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2018:

No. Atheism is CHOSEN disbelief in any deity or religion. It is not a LACK of anything!.

I'm an idiot about american politics. Why does the government need to shut down? WTF?

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2018:

It should tell you something about the inability of the Republican Party to govern. They control the House, Senate, and Presidency, but can't get anything done of substance. That is because they are masters of obstruction, captives of moribund ideology, but have no real policies or ideas that be put into action with positive effect. They have also lost any moral core.

Hopefully soon, there'll be a proper shift wherein intelligence, education, science and freethought ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2018:

That we MUST NOY let happen!!

Yeah we've all been through that numerous times and we shall stay in that box forever

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2018:

I was married to a woman who was totally unable to let herself be vulnerable. She did not give a damn about anyone but herself and her blood relatives. She had zero empathy and used and abused people. She had a need to control so that she would not be vulnerable.. She was not open to new learning or trying to improve herself. Needless to say, marrying her was the biggest mistake I ever made. If a person is to grow, to find any real joy in life, he or she must be willing to be vulnerable.

Atheism a religion?

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2018:

Of course not. A religion is a total system ideology (one which purports to explain or include everything with a dogma supporting belief in a god or deity. Not believing in a god meets NONE of those characteristics.

So I went to lunch with my mom and sis today and told them about this website and how happy I was ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2018:

Sounds like it would have been better to broach this topic with your mother earlier. There are things we all wish we had done when it could have made a difference.

Why don't we have a agnostic church ?

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2018:

Since leaving religion some 60 years ago, I have enjoyed NOT feeling obligated to go to some meeting place on Sunday. I would much rather have the day to myself to spend as I wish.

Is this the smartest thing Trump has ever said?

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2018:

Trump says so much that something he says on an extremely rare occasion has to be correct. The vast majority of what he says is nothing more than egomaniacal crap.