WHY WON'T ALIENS TALK TO US?

wordywalt comments on Dec 14, 2017:

What a blithering idiot! And, some people accept this man as a religious "leader"?

Am I alone in wondering this?

wordywalt comments on Dec 14, 2017:

Some people simply compartmentalize so that they do not have to face the contradictions. It is a coping device which allows one to retain sanity and functionality.

Eric Trump shocked people use foul language when talking about his father.

wordywalt comments on Dec 14, 2017:

I would not be surprised if all of his children, siblings, and wives really dislike the man. As an example, I know people well who say that they love their mother because she is their mother, but dislike her as a person and spend as little time with her as possible.

In Iraq, I worked as a journalist and as a human rights activist, through my career which was ended ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 14, 2017:

Some men are violent and evil to the core.

THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY?

wordywalt comments on Dec 14, 2017:

We need a strong president, but we need real checks and balances and the rule of law to ensure that all presidents act in a moral and legal manner which is in the best interests of our people, nation, and democracy. Those must keep lying, sociopathic buffoons like Trump in check.

(WHAT IF- from the Skeptical Avenger) A Conspiracy Theory: What if Trump has been a masterful actor ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 14, 2017:

Not a chance. He lacks both the intelligence and the termperament.

I study liars. I’ve never seen one like President Trump. - Bella DePaulo in The Washington Post

wordywalt comments on Dec 14, 2017:

Trump is the most narcissistic, egomaniacal, sociopathic person I have EVER head of. He knows that he is constantly lying, but he does not even care. Is is one mentally and morally sick excuse for a human being.

Pastor brags about punching ‘dangerously bright’ kid

wordywalt comments on Dec 14, 2017:

This is a dangerous, violent man. And, he is a preacher?

Would you move into a clothing optional community?

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2017:

Most people look better with chothes on.

Would you rather shrug off a religious persons conversation towards religion or challenge it?

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2017:

It depends largely on the manner in which the religious person is pursuing his/her argument. Ifhe/she is going about it in a pleasant style without huge grossly and knowingly false statements, I am likely to simply drift away. On the other hand, aggressively pushy people who make grossly false statements and try to push them down other's throats get my hackles up quickly. I am much more likely to come back at such a person strongly and seek to discredit their entire argument.

Audit Reveals the Pentagon Doesn’t Know Where $6.

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2017:

Shows how little Republicans really care about fiscal accountability. They throw money at the Pentagon but are trying to cut funds for virtually every vital domestic activity. They are conscienceless political game players and ideologies who really do not give a damn about our people.

Is there evil in the world or is it all relative?

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2017:

Evil does not exist as an independent malevolent force descending on a site or on the world. It exists only in the intentions and actions of individual humans and groups of humans and in the effects of those intentions and actions.

Should the U.S. have "Vote by Mail" in every state?

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2017:

Of course. Voting should be made as easy and convenient as possible. In many European countries, voting day is a national holiday or on a Sunday when most are not working.

Statism, the most dangerous religion.

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2017:

Pure, unadulterated, mindless horse manure. All social groups, in order to function, create and institutionalize a set of rules, norms, and structures so that people can function within the group -- to the benefit of all. Absence of government allows chaotic and violent anarchy and greed to rule == and most people lose dearly. Look at the failed states today -- how violent and chaotic they are, how poor and ignorant their people are and remain. That is what anarchy produces. The position that all government is bad is sheer lunacy!

Trump distances himself from Roy Moore after upset

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2017:

No surprise. Trump is never able to admit that he was wrong about anything.

Do you feel detached from your own culture?

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2017:

Although I am white, today I understand what you are saying. The culture in which I grew up is today entirely alien to me. I could go into great detail, but suffice it to say I feel like an alien being when I go back. It was the southern bible belt, a land of complete segregation and racial discrimination, a place of political conservatism, of lingering hatreds hidden by a thin veneer of syrupy southern politeness, and more. I feel no allegiance to the place or people, no deep emotional bonds to people there, no sense of common history or purpose. Simply being there leaves me with mixed feelings of sadness, anger, and shame that people continue that culture even today. It leaves me with the feeling of needing to get out of there before some of the dirt settles on me, before people begin to notice how different I am and start to be intentionally disagreeable It hurts to go there.

Choose the most deadly ideology and dangerous to the humanity

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2017:

Communism, fundamentalistic Islam, and fundamentalistic Christianity are all destructive total system ideologies which attract "true believer" zealots who are dangerous and destructive. We would be better off without ALL total system ideologies.

Do you like, "The Big Bang Theory" TV show?

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2017:

To me, the last sitcom with class and style was "Soap."

Is mankind inherently good, or born evil?

wordywalt comments on Dec 13, 2017:

Humans have the potential for both good and evil.

What are your thoughts on eugenics?

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2017:

For a short time in the early 1900s, eugenics was taken somewhat seriously in university academic circles. But, when the writings of the movement are analyzed, they were merely racism in a more intellectual form. The movement died for that very reason.

God’s Plan for Mike Pence - The Atlantic

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2017:

Almost the entire evangelical has become so consumed by a lust for power that it has betrayed its own theology, any normal moral code, and any true patriotism. It is so consumed with its contrived interpretation of biblical prophesy that it is colluding with one of the most evil men in the world to attain its religious ends. They are simply deluded and sick. Read Leon Festinger's WHEN PROPHESY FAIULS to get a picture of how they are going to behave when their false prophesy turns out to be unadulterated bull shit. They are sick, and they are going to hurt us all if we do not stop them!

Before being put under oath, should I inform that I am a non-believer?

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2017:

The real issue is simply that you are being asked to attest that you will tell the truth. Do itand move on. Don't create an issue of lesser importance.

Intuition versus rational decision making: "analysis paralysis" overthinking and putting off a ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2017:

Intuition is not picking randomly. It is using past experience to shortcut the full blown rational process. Good intuitive thinkers have honed the process fairly well. Intuitive thinking often does help in problem solving.

How many people here consider themselves to be an independent like myself, with no affiliation to a ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2017:

That is your choice. But, that means that you will play little or no part in primaries which will choose the final candidates. You just choose between candidates that others have already chosen. Is that smart?

Wouldn’t it make far more Capitalistic sense for tipped personnel to, instead, receive a living ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2017:

Absolutely. As Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman states, "The real job creators are a growing middle class with money to spend." Working class people spend most of the money they make and it multiplies at least 7 fold in the economy. The rich hoard most of their wealth. But, they and the Republicans don't want people to understand that.

There are currently still SEVEN states (Maryland, Arkansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, South ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2017:

That MUST be challenged in constitutional law before the Supreme Court.

If you were brought up in revealed religion, what was one thing you absolutely despised about it?

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2017:

How it made me doubt and belittle myself.

Ever Wish You Were Incapable Of Feeling Empathy?

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2017:

Sometimes it hurts deeply to see the things that some others suffer. Still, I would feel myself emjotionally sick if I did not feel so.

What is a good answer when Christians say they have a relationship with god

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2017:

I really don't understand what they imagine.

For those who knew their grandparents what were they like?

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2017:

My paternal grandfather died 17 years before I was born. My paternal grandmother was as an emotionally distant person who tended toward making strong statemenst which sometime stung. My maternal grandmother was a kind, loving woman, and my maternal grandfather was somewhat standoffish, but kind tome. However, he was not always so kind to all of my cousins.

What does your in-laws think about you being agnostic?

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2017:

They know that I am not a believer, and they accept and respect me as a person and member of the family. We do not discuss it. In fact, in many ways I feel closer to them than to my sister and remaining cousins.

Does the thought of living forever almost terrify you when you really think about it?

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2017:

Oh, yes.

Accused Christian Terrorists Demand Trump Voters Serve On Their Jury

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2017:

Let's hope that their demands are not met.

As an Atheist or Agnostic, are you less depressed or anxious?

wordywalt comments on Dec 12, 2017:

I was definitely more anxious when I believed. Today, at the age of 80, I am neither anxious or depressed.

If you were to write a book, what would it be about?

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

I have often thought of writing a book entitled "Suwannee Spirits" about the culture of that area of north Florida in which I grew up, and describing he unique individuals who populated that poor, rural, somewhat wild area. If I ever get around to completing it, it will be somewhat in the mode of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings., I wrote a lot professionally, but not in other genre.

CONFLICT RESOLUTION in intimate relationships.

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

I've often said that losers own problems and do not let go of them;' winners find and own solutions. To me, the only realistic answer is to agree on a concrete plan of action to resolve the conflict or problem, get commitment from both sides to act, then do it!

Should there be a Pro Choice litmus test for people who want to run as a Democratic candidate?

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

"One issue" candidates and litmus tests retard and poison the political process, no matter whether from the right or from the left.

What author had the greatest influence on your motivation or your to higher energy.

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

Two very different authors: 1. Hermann Hesse: It is from internal strife that creativity and the will to do arise. 2. Jean Piaget: His work on the biological basis of cognition and cognitive development explain how and why we develop cognitive schema and cognitive structures.

Fox Host Defends Putin: ‘At Least He’s A Christian’

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

Shows the malignant ignorance of Fox news. Putin was a member of the communist party and of that party's secret police. He is actually one of us atheists, but also a morally bankrupt, vicious, and greedy tyrant.

10 of my favorite Neil deGrasse Tyson quotes: because he's just so quotable 1.

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

The man is brilliant! Those statements display more wisdom than most men generate in their entire lifetimes.

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

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

No.

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

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

Every religion is a failed attempt to come up with a total system ideology -- an ideological system which purports to e\include and explain everything. Human beings have been attempting to formulate such ideologies since humans have existed so that their do not have to face their relative ignorance and powerlessness. Even brilliant people like Einstein have suffered from this "illness." He could not accept Heisenberg's uncertainty principle because he did not believe that God would play dice with the universe . He also sought a unified field theory -- a scientific ideology which included and explained everything.

Disagreements in believers and non-believers relationships. What's your experience?

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

My experience is not good. An old, respected, and trusted friend (who was always religious) became more and more fervent in his old age (and more and more to the extreme political right). For many years we had supported and aided each other in our professional pursuits. But, in r3cent years, he became more and more e fervent evangelical (and more and more to the extreme ,irrational political right), and he bombarded me with in incessant stream of religious issues and conversion attempts, mixed with extreme po9litical tracts. I was forced to tell him that I will no longer discuss religion, politics, or economics with him. He quit only I failed to respond to him on a number of pointed transmission. We now communicate only rarely. I valued our friendship.

I have so far handled my wife's religiosity well.

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

I would say to her, if she were my wife, " You assume that morality is grounded solely in religion and only Christians can be moral. I reject that, I believe that all people can and should always act in a moral manner. And, by a moral manner, I mean always treating others with full dignity and respect and showing concern for their well-being."

Alabama Demands Voter ID–Then Closes Driver’s License Offices In Black Counties – Talking ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

Exactly what one would expect from these racist, evangelical, right wing ideologues. If Jones loses, a chan\\lenge should be filed immediately in the US Supreme Court on these grounds.

I think what goes on here is mostly "preaching to the choir", boys and girls.

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

In our country we an and should do everything we possibly can to create full separation of church and state. It is the only way we can maintain our democracy.

Is it proper etiquette to ask a person if they have religious beliefs or not , or believe in a god ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

I do not initiate any such dialogue. If it brought up, I deal with it honestly and tactfully.

My best friend became born again,,, its like standing on the shore watching my friend drift out to ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

I have an old friend for over 50 years. He was always religious, but generally rational and intelligent. In his old age, he has become so obsessed with religion, bombarding me with preposterous religious ideology and predictions and constantly trying to convert me. At the same time he turned to the extreme political right. We had been communicating several times a week for many years, but it got so bad I had to tell him that I will not discuss religion, politics, or economics with him. He finally got the message when I did not respond to his continued attempts. How, we communicate only 3 -4 times a year, on nothing of substance.

Can there be a God in the new physics?

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

I don't pray to anything, ever. What you are describing is yet another false mysticism.

Knowing how your life is, would you have chosen to be born?

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

Hell, yes!!There have been ups and downs, but it has been a kick!

Would you worship a god if one existed?

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

There is no god. There is no evidence of any gods. Why would one choose to worship something that does not exist. That is the issue that religious people fail to grasp.

Living on a sphere thats spinning in space, I don't think so

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

Provide a rational reason for your not thing that!

What’s your thoughts on people’s claims of seeing Heaven & Hell?

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

You are probably talking about "near death experiences." Those are ,in reality, nothing more thyan the manifestations of the brain beginning to shut down. Those manifestations are fed by the core beliefs that have been programmed into the person's mind.

I used to work in South Auckland which had a large Polynesian population mainly Tongan and Samoa.

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

It is unconscionable that churches would charge anything for such rites. Actually those rites benefit the religion than the people.

Religion is a global business funded by people who can often least afford it.

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

to expose the problem you are talking about, I believe that all small and large religious and ideological organizations should have to ra full fiscal audit by an independent accounting agency -- and make the results public. If people really knew how religious organizations really use their money, I believe that churches would begin to lose credibility.

Sometimes I feel Like My Life is a Causality Loop!

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

I hope that you are not becoming depressed. Those are the kind of thoughts I sometimes had when I was depressed.

I've been an atheist since my grandmother took me to church and the pastor said if the baby isn't ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

Those are the moments that make a person begin to have genuine questions about religion.

Are there any agnostic Trump supporters?

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

Yes. there are. Some are people who grew up steeped in both religion an in right wing politics. The athiests in that group managed to get rid of attachment to theology, but hold on to reactionary political ideology. Some are white supremacists. Some are lsuch true believer ideologues that they will choose to support Trump to avoid any constructive action in our country. Some are simply too embroiled in the culture of greed to be rational and moral.

Some have alluded to it, but let me be the first to say humbug

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

To what?

Do you feel lucky?

wordywalt comments on Dec 11, 2017:

Your post rambles among unrelated topics. As for the "prosperity gospel" it is simply a perversion of Christianity, saying that if you follow Christian dogma, you will be rewarded with success and wealth in this life, as well as in afterlife. Original Christian theology never claimed that. In effect, it is also saying that , no matter HOW a person acquires his or her wealth, the fact that the person has wealth shows that God approves of the person. It is tripe designed intentionally to say, in effect, that greed is good, and to placate the greedy. It is peddled by demagogic charlatans who see it as a means of acquiring wealth and power for themselves.

What brings you here?

wordywalt comments on Dec 10, 2017:

I am here for intellectual stimulation, healthy discourse which makes me think, occasional humor, and for th friendship of more than a few.

White House Rejects Supremacist Label: “No One Has Done More Than Trump to Prove White People Are ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2017:

He such a sociopathic, lying, boorish l0out that if anyone judges by him, we whities are certainly inferior.

The Empty Brain | Aeon Essays

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2017:

If you want to understand how the brain works -- not biochemically, but cognitively. you should read the works of Jean Piaget the greatest cognitive psychologist in world history!

Could something bad, short term, turn into something good, long term?

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2017:

Yes. Sometimes a situation is so bad that people rise up to change the situation and the people who perpetrated it! I hope this happens with Trump, The morally bankrupt Republicans, and the evangelical Christians!

If you met the pope face to face and he had no security what would you do/say?

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2017:

I do not believe in your theology but I think that you are a great, caring man!

Does The Universe Have Intention?

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2017:

For anything to have intention, It must be self=aware.. And, the universe is self=aware? I don't think so.

Does The Universe Have Intention?

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2017:

No. It simply exists.

How do you communicate a refusal to donate to religious groups? (more inside)

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2017:

If I come across one of the religious stands, I nod politely as I pass by. If I get a telephone request , my stock answer is: " I'm sorry, but I do not respond to telephone solicitations from, AMY organization "(which is true -- I consider such calls an invasion of my privacy) and hang up before they can say anything else If they come to the door, I turn them away politely.

If your child was 'on the run' & came to you for help, what would you do?

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2017:

If my child had committed a crime knowingly, I would urge him or her to turn himself or herself in, and try to ensure that they had a good attorney so that the trial would be fair. If I felt he or she had been falsely accused, I would do everything possible to see that the result was an acquittal.

If the concept of God is just a mis-understanding of natural forces, and religion is just an attempt...

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2017:

While science reveals aspects of the environment and the body of science knowledge is simply a description of that natural world, science and technology uses those facts and principles revealed to go farther or in different world than "nature" might have gone on its own -- so I don't think we can call it naturalistic. Science and technology are deliberate. The natural world is one of bounded chaos -- ther\ amalgam of forces and entities at a particular time and place.

I'd like to know what you folks think.

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2017:

Those people are so emotionally insecure that they need to be guided and bound by dogma which tells them what to do and provides them with a false sense of absolute certainty. hey have chosen to be addicted.

Have you called your state's representatives to voice your opinion on an upcoming House or Senate ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2017:

Yes, and e-mail. es well.

Is it strange that I morn the loss of animals more than people?

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2017:

We mourn those creatures -- human and otherwise -- that have really meant something to us.

What does it mean to be a "good person" to you?

wordywalt comments on Dec 9, 2017:

A caring, thoughtful, respectful person/

Turkey or Ham?

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

I like both, but this past Thanksgiving, we chose a leg of lamb.

Under what circumstances is it ok for a person's ethics to be compromised?

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

It is NEVER okay to compromise one's ethics. However, most of our value choices are not between absolute rights and absolute wrongs. Instead they are between comparative goods, or in some situations, the comparative wrongs. Sometimes the choices we have are all bad, and the question becomes which is worst. In all cases, the standard should be: Which choice presents the least violation of human dignity and well-being.

In todays society, if a man compliments a woman on her clothes, look or style is it sexual ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

Depends on exactly what he says, how he says it, and the circumstances in which he says it.

This is getting scary in America.

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

And, the Republican politicians without spines or morality are standing by and letting him do it.Damn them!!

A pastor told me today that he is sorry that I have not felt the love of god.

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

Well-stated. Clear, grounded, and unequivocal.

Do Superstitious Rituals Work?

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

The only way that they could have any effect is to give the believer the confidence to pursue something he or she might not normally undertake.

How do you personally define the word "spiritual?

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

I don't define the word "spiritual". I do not use the word at all.. I use other descriptors.

I'll occasionally post some atheist humor.

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

Ohhh, that's baaad. (chuckle)

About three weeks before I got fired on November 22, 2016, the man I now presume to be the head ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

A damnable excuse for a human being.

Is there intelligent life on other planets?

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

Probably.

CHIP Program

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

It appears that ALL Republicans have lost their honor, integrity. morality. and patriotism. Sweep the whole damnable lot of them out!

The world is growing more and more disgusted with Donald Trump.

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

I think that there is a good chance that we will be able to rid ourselves of every bit of Trump's "legacy," I genuinely believe that the :me, too: movement is morphing into something hugely powerful and productive that will sweep away the entire Trump cabal, diminish much of evangelical Christianity, and decimate the morally bankrupt Republican party. We need to put our full support behind this movement so that we can recover our national honor, pride, integrity and morality -- as well as our democracy.

If given the choice I would much rather worship a pantheon than live in a monotheistic world.

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

No Gods exist, period. They are all figments of the human mind. I reject them all.

Where I live (rural Eastern Shore of MD) I see lots of pick-up trucks and business vehicles with ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

I would take my business elsewhere, as well.

tRump is going to Alabama border today to make a MAGA speech now instead of supporting Roy Moore ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

Evangelical Christianity and reactionary, racist politics dominate most of Alabama.. Trump is trying to whip up those tendencies to overwhelm their intelligence and moral judgment. Call Trump the abhorrent moral criminal that he is!

Why do intelligent people rely on faith?

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

Yes, it is too central to the core of how they define themselves. Their means of avoiding the onflict is to compartmentalize their intelligence and existence.

why are the goverments of the world scared of recognising that we not alone in the universe?

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

I don't think that they are scared. I think that they simply realize that the distances in time and space are so vast that the chances of it ever impacting us are miniscule. If it is hugely unlikely, you simply do not worry about it.

Is US Nationaism worst than Religion?

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

Aggressive nationalism is often driven by, or at the least aided by, total system political or religious ideologies , and/or by ethnocentrism (of which religion plays a major part in the false image of cultural superiority). Examples: the USSR, Israel, Iran, the British Empire, US foreign policy in the late 1800s and early 1900s, etc.

What are some foreign words or phrases that you find funny?

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

The German language makes compound words by forming them together in one long word. A German word I find funny because it is a perfect example of a German compound word is "aufeinandergestappelt" -- which means "stacked on top of each other. "

I think I'm in love with everyone here. Is it too soon? :p Can't handle this much oxytocin!

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

This is just like any "family": I really enjoy sharing time with most, but there are a few I would rather not be around.

Theory of mind: the idea that not all knowledge is universal knowledge. Your thoughts?

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

I would agree that knowledge is not universal. Knowledge is both cultural and personal. Cultural knowledge is the body of accumulated beliefs, ideologies, accepted wisdoms, accepted proofs contained within a culture. Each culture has its own "knowledge." Knowledge is also personal -- the patterns of meaning or cognitive structures which we build in our own minds.

Can beauty, truth and goodness exist all within one entity? I assert that this is not possible.

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

Why?

Is anyone else sick of absurd conspiracy theories while there are actual conspiracies afoot such as:...

wordywalt comments on Dec 8, 2017:

Who needs conspiracy theories when we have a real conspiracy attempted between Trump and the Russians?

It is estimated that 4 percent of the population are sociopaths,and this personality disorder ...

wordywalt comments on Dec 7, 2017:

My first wife was a "borderline personality" -- very close to being a sociopath. The only thing that mattered was what she wanted when she wanted it. She had to be in control at all times, was constantly playing "mind fuck" games to maintain control. She could never admit that she was wrong about anything or that she had ever made a mistake. She was incapable of really caring for anyone but herself and her blood relatives.

Rapture in 5 years?

wordywalt comments on Dec 7, 2017:

If I experience that, I would be tempted to say, "Ain't no rapture nowhere, nohow, now or ever"-- and close the door. I did have a couple of them recently to come to the door and ask if they could come in. I simply answered, "No." and closed the door.

belief?

wordywalt comments on Dec 7, 2017:

That is a life of drifting in a random, meaningless manner.