What's your theme song?

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 3, 2018:

://youtu.be/oysMt8iL9UE

Somewhere in a NJ Basement Circa 1970 ://[www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcWVL4B-4pI]

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 3, 2018:

Good, except it was written by Bruce Springsteen?

I sometimes feel that Marriage contracts should be for ten years, with a "rollover" option to ...

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 3, 2018:

I’m just done! Been divorced

Don't act like balls, have some pussy?

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 3, 2018:

No argument.

Herr Trump is a Moron Not a Deal Maker Expect 1500 items to go up in Price

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 3, 2018:

I guitars, many are imports... this should be interesting, guess it’s time to boost the used inventory.

Please be honest when you answer this question.

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 3, 2018:

Not at all.

Nice guide to egg replacers.

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 3, 2018:

I’ll be using chickpea water for that purpose to make fried green tomatoes later... just as a side dish with dinner:)

How do you know when blue cheese has gone bad?

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 3, 2018:

When it is no longer sad?

<3 Yesss And I DO eat mine with pineapple so sticks tongue out

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 2, 2018:

In Italy you can not legally call it a pizza if has pineapple. You can make it, you can eat it, you can sell it but you can’t call it pizza.

True, but oh how we want to

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Yea... It would be nice if just once a year we had a holiday just for retail workers called…, “Tell Customer what you really think day”.

What would be yours?

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 2, 2018:

At this point we just need to remove all Republicans and get this country back on track… The good old fashion tug-of-war between parties doesn’t work anymore and it will never work as long as we have a fascist party in America.

"I'm offended" OK good for you, now sure we can discuss whether what I said is a genuine ...

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 2, 2018:

This offends me… OK, see you later :-)

Anyone else need this other than me? ;)

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 2, 2018:

I prefer separate components both for stereo equipment and drinking apparatus but she looks like she’s having fun :-)

I know they were ‘warned’, but how would they know it was wrong to not listen to the ...

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Because ignorance of the law is no excuse.

I have no effing words!

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 2, 2018:

We need to make the Bluewave so big that it washes this crap right back into the sewer where came from, just saying.

Love this song and not just because it's got the coolest 'hey!' ever The Spencer Davis Group - ...

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Great, not quite old enough to have seen the Spencer Davis group but I did see Steve Winwood do this sometime in the 80s at the James L Knight Center in Miami... This tune was the highlight, pretty much all I remember :-)

You have anything for that?

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Looks to me like he might beat the odds.

Oh the Irony!

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

That joke fell a little flat.

What is your favorite musical instrument that you play ?

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Guitar.... I’ve been playing about 50 years and rarely have I missed a day. I have more guitars than any wife seems to concider reasonable, I know this because I sell guitars for a living and also teach privately. Here is a picture of my first, still have it and play it... it’s a 1903 Gibson L1 :)

Pope laments 'hemorrhaging' of priests and nuns in Europe - Religion News ServiceReligion News ...

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

We can only hope Religious vocation will go the way of the Gandy Dancer, the Milk Man and the Type Setter.

Trump is not the cause, he is an effect ... the real danger are these people

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

They are both cause and they are both effect, not that it matters because two wrongs don’t make a right!

In what situations, do you wish you could throw down a smoke bomb and disappear?

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Right after I yell impeach Trump in the parking lot of a Monster truck rally in Arkansas.

Sheer brilliance

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I wonder what else he did with his day?

For a Klondike bar?

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Didn’t Meatloaf do that song? I would do anything for a Klondike bar, but I won’t do that.

In my spare time I like to practice full-contact origami.

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

You’re lucky, when I was young we had to do origamit with clay tablets.

Are you an "overlapper"?

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

No, I got divorced because my wife overlapped for four years, that I know of. The night I confronted her and got the truth I picked up the roses I had gotten her for Valentine’s Day, gently placed them in the garbage, walked out and got laid ...after an unknown amount of drinking! I’m not proud that I did that but I was not thinking clearly, I also don’t regret it... was me doing that an overlap?, I don’t think so.

Anyone ever had an encounter with a ghost

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I’ve had unexplainable things happen meaning I can’t explain them! If I say it was a gohst that’s an explanation. Just like UFO is not likely aliens, it’s unidentified... Just because you don’t know what it is doesn’t mean it’s from Alpha Centauri and it doesn’t mean it’s a ghost. I believe people have vivid imaginations and I don’t believe I’m an exception. Why do people find it so hard to just say, “I don’t know?“.

This is pretty much the goal on this site, right?

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Ummmm?

The Dead South - in hell I'll be in good company [youtu.be]

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Dig it!

Those ingrates!

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

And your cat doesn’t give a shit!

27% of American agnostics believe with certainty there is a God compared with 23% of European ...

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Statistics don’t lie but liars can figure.

Put on a happy face...

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

https://youtu.be/aJEvmS_dhks

If you don't believe in god, you DO have morals, it's all that you have.

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

My lack of belief in God has nothing to do with morals good or bad, it has to do with God not existing good or bad. For better or worse I would always choose reality.

Have you ever asked a Christian why God doesn’t regrow amputated limbs, no matter how hard they ...

ArdentAtheist comments on Jun 1, 2018:

No, I happen to think that would be silly and easily disputed question from a theist point of view... it would not need to be logical as logic is not a criteria for religion.

Good morning!

ArdentAtheist comments on May 31, 2018:

I never thought I’d live someplace where I hear roosters in the morning but I do, I’m a city boy from New York City, cock-a-doodle-doo.

Is anybody else close to cracking life's code?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 31, 2018:

Yes, I have. It’s called there is nothing to figure out, we don’t controll anything and whatever happens it’s ok.

I was flirting with a girl in a bar last night when she told me to not waste my breath, I would need...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 31, 2018:

What you did is called dodging a bullet!

Did religion in any way contribute to the surival of man?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 31, 2018:

Who knows how far back but when the first religion was started it was the only religion, a moment later there were two religions and suddenly humans had a reason to kill each other, welcome to hell!

I just bent over to pick up a weed and a woody stem went righit up my nose - gardening huh!

ArdentAtheist comments on May 31, 2018:

Further proof that there is no God.

I've been struggling a lot since I left my last job.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 31, 2018:

Life is a gift, you may not get what you wanted so stop wanting things you can’t have. Shut the news, give yourself a break... I would recamend learning meditation, learn to be with things as they are, you deserve peace of mind. I did not like reading what you wrote and want you to know you always have a choice. I have been at low points and I can tell you if you want to feel better find a person worse of than yourself and help them... it’s the ultimate win win. It’s actually work to be at peace and content and so very worth the effort. ☯️

Where is he?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 31, 2018:

I’ve felt like always managed to find either the right person in the wrong location or the wrong person in the right location. I also concider that none of the good things in my life were planned and none of those things would have happened if what I thaught I wanted had actually worked out. I’ve reached the point of being a spectator in my own life and no longer pretend that I can predict the future... the root of all upset is thwarted expectations... expectation is what I desire to let go of daily that I may simply watch life unfold, and be happy☯️

Sounds of nature...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 31, 2018:

There’s an app for that:)

When going out on a first date with someone, does it matter at all to you if the person drives a ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 30, 2018:

Screw that, I have a crappy car that runs great, I don’t need to impress anyone... I drive my kids to school, go shopping and go to work. I’ve had lots of cool cars when I was into that. I also think since I could by a new car if I wanted one I’m financially savey not to spend it when it’s only purpose is to impress people that look down on you because of a car.

Some pick up lines perhaps?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 30, 2018:

I have never used a pick up line intentionally.... no wait, I did??‍♂️ Adding edit: I remberd the line. Why don’t you give me your number so we can talk about blank tape later, we were married for 12 years.

Would you get on a plane if the pilot said, "You're life is in god's hands?"

ArdentAtheist comments on May 30, 2018:

I would ask him if he bought green bananas last time he went shopping?

No matter what you must let your inner light guide you out of the darkness. Bruce Lee

ArdentAtheist comments on May 30, 2018:

Bruce Lee was amazing and it completely transcended Marshall Arts... just an awesome human being.

I’m holed up in a roadside bathroom while a nasty storm passes.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 30, 2018:

that can’t be fun... that’s a lot of wind in an area with a lot of trees.

Great album, teen feels. Evokes mellow, weedy scent [youtube.com]

ArdentAtheist comments on May 30, 2018:

I wish he could sing on pitch, just on occasion... he has a cool vibe to a degree but he also sucks as a musician. He’s developed the kind of cool factor that makes people afraid to say they don’t like him for fear of not seeming cool but he’s really shit. I’m sure he would sing on pitch if he could so I don’t think it’s just his art, as it were. I know that’s harsh but it’s a harsh realty.

I feel the best adjective to use in describing Trump is "Petulant".

ArdentAtheist comments on May 30, 2018:

I’ve become partial to Mango Mussolini.

Maybe it is sappy, but my tattoo is for me turning 50 and my daughter turning 21.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 30, 2018:

Well done!

Are you offended by the term "Ape"? Im not - im proud to be an Ape man.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 30, 2018:

I ams what I ams.

Any one else here a Preacher’s kid?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 30, 2018:

I’m an ordained minister, I became one one day when I was pissed off at ministers buying bass guitars for their flock tax free when I knew they were not really all for the church. They act as if the title itself is worthy of respect so I went on line and became a card carrying minister with the universal life church just to prove all that’s really required to be a minister is $50, it’s official and I could register it at the court house and marry people and or perform whatever religious cetomony I choose and it’s all legal, but I don’t because I’m not a hypocrite.

Pawning/selling wedding jewelry

ArdentAtheist comments on May 30, 2018:

I have mine, no clue if my ex sold hers or not but as I recall hers was a few grand and mine was $700. ... I bet if i went to sell it it would be worth far less... it’s in a jewelry box, not thought about in years, maybe I’ll sell it having seen this post, I can always use another guitar.

‘The fossilised remains of a small lizard discovered in rock from the Italian Alps has shaken up ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 30, 2018:

Very interesting and yes, the world is old.

What is your best comeback when someone asks you "Why are you on this site?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 30, 2018:

I’m here because it’s fun, educational and nobody gives me shit for having a good firm grasp on reality.

Question.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 30, 2018:

The answer to the first part of your question is no, thus the second part is moot.

I feel like real communication is a difficult accomplishment between male and female.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 30, 2018:

If the way you are communicating isn’t working you may want to change your aproucch... I say with kindness that if it happens repeatedly it could be you? Perhaps hold off on the sarcasm for a bit? It really doesn’t matter if you think you are in the right, you only get to controll your own behavior... and not everyone is compatable. People don’t want to read between the lines, that’s the stuff misunderstandings are made of.

Do you find it offensive when theist think without a belief in god/gods, it’s impossible to have ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 30, 2018:

Yes! It’s as if they are calling us immoral when the evidence leans towards the reverse.

What's the one most negative/detrimental effect religious teachings had on your life?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 29, 2018:

It has tainted humanity to the point I would like to give back that chromosome and live out my days as a chimpanzee.

Is it healthy?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 29, 2018:

Better to get out, be safe...

We've an abundance of asparagus.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 29, 2018:

Awesome, and double awsome for hooking up the fireman:)

Anyone else going through the parent-care stage?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 29, 2018:

I’m right there with you brother… I’m in Florida and the sole caregiver for my mom with dementia… My sister is in New York, She helps by handling some of the bills online but for the most part she just feels bad that she can’t be here... i do it all but I’m glad I can. My mom is a retired opera singer who still has one piano student… I’m not sure how much longer that will last. I’m also a single dad and I have my kids three days a week, I work full time plus teach guitar and make every effort to have a social life. Yes, moms can make us crazier:) My sister says I’ve secured my place in heaven… But I take that with a grain of salt because she works in a Catholic Church, oy.

I'm in a Facebook discussion on a page that includes theists and atheists regarding "something ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 29, 2018:

I don’t know about something from nothing but you can have more from les as in synergy... If the less is little enough it might be close to nothing but if it’s nothing twice nothing is still nothing, I think you must have something to have synergy? Perhaps our somthing was a leak from another universe, as in the bubbles theory of the multiverse, if there’s many universes was there a first universe and what would that be? I think it would be somthing “nothing” doesn’t exist thus you always have the possibility of synergy, or somthing more from very little. I need a beer!

This shirt is amazing in many ways :) [youtu.be]

ArdentAtheist comments on May 29, 2018:

It’s just not a good look.

Would you date someone that said they had a government job that was so classified they couldn't even...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 29, 2018:

I wish I could be that mysterious :-)

My wife has decided that we should live apart, and begin divorce proceedings. The problem?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 29, 2018:

We owned our home so lived together separated for the 3 momths it took to sell it, with 3 kids this was not easy... I went up to a friends on the weekends and we recorded our music, a great distraction. If you are renting it’s tougher, do you both work? You will likely need a simpler lifestyle, just rent a room or get a roommate. You will recover, live simple, cook at home. If it’s possible to live below your means save your money. I would not get married again, marriage is just a bad deal for men. I’m still paying for it... that said, I’ve had lots of good things happen in my life that would not have been possible if I was still married. Don’t let stress get the better of you, you will find a way to survive and prosper if you stay present... don’t expend all your energy on worrying about past or future, what can you do today, do you have food today, do you have a roof today. You are walking where many have gone before you, the dust will settle and you will learn to love your new life. If both people in a relationship aren’t happy nobody is happy... the challenges may seem an impossible task, breathe and do one thing today to make a new life... you do not need to know what it will look like until you get there... it’s all about this moment.

A little later

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

Very cool, what planet is that?

There are days when I want to utter cuss words.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

I tend not to swear much, if you do here me swear it’s a good time to start running.

Why Don't You Believe in God & Creationism | Brian - Nebraska | Atheist Experience 21.04 - YouTube

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

I couldn’t listen to much of this.. the caller is idiotic, I haven’t the patience. Far more interesting to see an interview with two intelligent people than watching the easy dismantling of hopeless ignorance.

Bacon is only on weekends

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

Tofu and weed is more my speed but you go.

Does anyone have an Idea when the Rapture is and what city an street so I can get a good seat !

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

Look out your window, if it doesn’t happen in 10 minuets do a shot, wait another 10 and do another,replete until the rapture or until you are dancing on the hood of your neighbors car naked, whichever comes first.

What a self centred putz this man is.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

I would get up and dance!

You can do it!

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

Yay, I’m working on it.

Thought this was a dating site? No?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

Wow, we would have been perfect, missed it by a mere 3,000 miles:) ... ok, kidding, although you seem nice... I think it’s just not big enough unless you are the rare non geographically challenged match. I’m here for community... wouldn’t put all your eggs in this one basket for dating just yet.

What is your favorite Memorial Day activity or tradition?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

Favorite is a stretch, I remember... I don’t have a party.

Honey hush [youtu.be]

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

Love Albert... I wonder what his thinking is with his set up? Some of the notes sound far too low for where the cabo is located so I’m thinking he’s using superheavy strings and tuning down?

What would happen if all the parents of this world raised their children godlessly?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

Everyone asks questions and to a large degree it will depend on who is there to answer them. In my case I had conflicting answers from different people and I chose reality. I did the religious rituals but never took it as meaning it was real, it was the culture and I knew that all peoples had different cultures. I’ve always been religios teflon. It has never been more to me than a cultural leftover, architecture, art and a silly thing to believe. Perhaps I had just the right amount of Rock n’ Roll:) ... I was also sent to church by parents that didn’t go, do as I say not as I do didn’t make me religious.

Have we had this one?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

Seems it would be the least he could do if he turned the water to a wine high in phosphates?

I'll take a dozen

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

Genius.

Funny & still sending a message.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

How much do you need? I have $30,000 leftover from another post.

How long would you have to be with someone before you would let them trim your toenails, or before ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

300 years

That's good people! ?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

Yes...

Crappiest things Jesus said.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

The dog was steeling the toast and intercepted Jesus, bet he’s pissed.

Does anyone else keep this site open and listen for the notification ding or is that just me?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

I’m a badly phone addicted slave to technology. Between this and Twitter, I’m never gone long. I suppose I was the same with FB before politics destroyed it and I take full responsibility for that. I think what’s good about this is A. You don’t mind if I’m atheist and B. None of you are family or friends (off line).

If you had to choose between keeping 30 grand or bailing a loved one out of prison with the money, ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

If I’m the one they shot, no! Otherwise will take it on a case by case basis.

WTF US Sex Laws-How Many Have You Broken?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

I’m in Flirida, is it possible the the porcupine law seemed necessary at some point:)

I have been meaning ask a question to all of you, but I am really busy reading and responding as ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

I’ve had a bunch of really cool interesting cars but the first purchased with my own money was a 76 Chevy Chevette piece of crap for $600. I think dam near every other car I ever had was cooler except for the piece of crap I’m currently exploring the limits of patience with.

The definition of irony.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 28, 2018:

We are all Gods and our destiny is of our own making. -Jim Morrison

What was the happiest day of your life?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 27, 2018:

I never thaught about it, I’m struggling to think of one... it’s a little unsettling not to have an answer, it seems a reasonable question, I’ve had many good times. 3 great kids, musical successes, marriage. Kids are big, divorced and the fan left, lol ... played Carnegie hall when I was five and it’s been all downhill since then... not really:) I mean I did play Carnegie but has not really been all downhill, but it has been hilly.

Trump: Date and location for Kim summit 'hasn't changed' - CNN

ArdentAtheist comments on May 27, 2018:

Probably not, according to a story on NPR they haven’t enough time to put that together.

Coffee people...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 27, 2018:

Juan Valdez is God, people have often confused him with his brother Jesus.

Stephen Fry Annihilates God - YouTube

ArdentAtheist comments on May 27, 2018:

I’ve heard this many times, Fry is fantastic.

How do you feel when someone gives you sympathy?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 27, 2018:

Double the first bit before continuing, I just put it to a 12 bar, i here a single.

What Is Art?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 27, 2018:

Art is anything you can get away with and if you can’t get away with it it could still be art if you say your edgy.

Every Time A Christian Defends Trump......

ArdentAtheist comments on May 27, 2018:

I must be an angel.

Do we really need God or religion to tell us what's right and wrong?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 27, 2018:

No, I’m a nice person that knows right from wrong without being religious and so are most of you:)

Do you follow any particular major league baseball team? If so, which one and why?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 27, 2018:

I have no interest in watching adults get overpaid for playing a kids game... if it’s possible to have les than zero interest in it that would be me... maybe partly because I’m colorblind and loose track of what team I’m supposed to care about.. I like beer so I’ve been known to keep my friends company while they root for some guy with a ball or what have you.

What sort of word would conjure up the idea of godlessness without pulling up the agnostic -atheist ...

ArdentAtheist comments on May 27, 2018:

Realist.

Should be called "F_cking" nut because if it gets loose you're f-cked.

ArdentAtheist comments on May 27, 2018:

I hope they’ve built some redundancy in to that part.

Do you believe in life after death of any kind?

ArdentAtheist comments on May 27, 2018:

Belief could be a strong word for it as it is temperd with a scale tipping amount of doubt. I have and do study some Buddhist philosophy and technics and it feels plausible when I’m in meditation. I think of it as a energy net that we come from and return to, I can invision this being part of the natural world not requiring an intelligence or creator, this can lead to a feeling as if reincarnation is plausible. It’s what I would like to believe but without better evidence than simply how I feel, I can’t trust it as an actual reality.