Because this is what we're currently having, and nobody does this better than Billie Holliday-Stormy...

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I’m going to have to agree... I love lots of versions but this is about the best.

How many youtubers do we have here?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I have lots of vids up... I’ve posted a few on this site. They are not atheist related or religious, just music and guitar stuff.

So what’s the point?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I had a dear friend die a few days ago, made me ponder some of the same. I’m not thinking my clearest at the moment but I’ll take a crack at this. 18 months ago on Election Day my Dad died, now my friend Bob and the older I get the more that’s going to happen. My dad had 2 kids, I have 3, my sister has two, not the end of the line... in Jerasic park the “line”, “nature finds a way” makes sense, we are an unbroken line of evolving genetics going back to the first spark of life on the planet, our consciousness, our being sentient is just how nature has found a way with us. We will disappear but we will go on! My friend Bob had no kids, his dad had two, maybe the line will go on, maybe not... all the twisting of time and history and his line stops here... The Why, the purpose is just to continue... we want it to be grander and have a purpose behond just survival but I don’t think it exists... religion is a tempting way to create a comforting answer when none exists. You can’t make yourself believe so it’s not like I can decide to be religious and get a more satisfying answer. Solis and comfort comes from knowing you are leaving the world a little better for those that will have the same questions... but if no answer exists was there ever really a question? I choose to be here for the purpose of helping my kids have full meaningful lives, that’s it’s own reward... I have lots of stuff, pictures, trinkets... a museum that represents where we came from but tells us nothing of where we are going. We are here, we are here and it’s a lucky accident. Perhaps the best answer anyone has ever come up with is 42. The best thing we can do is be a social animal, make conectiona, be happy... if life is a dead end street then we best party in it. It is sad that party goes on without us but not as sad as staying home or leaving too soon. I doubt this long winded post answers you question, we should spend more time enjoying life and less time questioning it.

Burnt Bread

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 23, 2018:

Our toaster is way close to the smoke alarm. I fan it with a paper plate at least twice a week.

What’s the longest you’ll allow dirty dishes to be in the sink?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I do them after dinner, if while cooking I can already sense my disdain for doing them I’ll break out the paper plates, unless I’m making soup, I hate how soup runs off the edges of a paper plate.

Goodbye cruel world...

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I have another... can I post two, lol A fart in a space suit is bad enough but now I have just shit myself!

Do you like food after it’s been put in the microwave from being in the refrigerator?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 23, 2018:

Depends on the food, leftover rice works great, add a touch of water and cover with a wet paper towel and it’s better than the first run. If you actually learn what foods work and what doesn’t it’s a useful tool... I’d rather eat pizza cold.

Spring is in the air

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 23, 2018:

Nice socks

Rush - Freewill This is my jam! The lyrics are awesome! [youtu.be]

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I love the lyrics, trully s great song... happens I can’t stand Rush but I still appreciate their talent. When I here it I can’t shut it off fast enough, but you go;)

Goodbye cruel world...

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 23, 2018:

Looks like I dodged a bullet, hope my cats ok.

Is there a god?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 23, 2018:

Why is it unanswerable? A man made construct void of rational thought and contradicting science. I don’t consider that unanswerable, that’s the answer. If I decide that I have an invisible friend just because I say so you can’t prove I don’t, but you know I don’t because it’s ridiculous. Now for a lovely day of visiting chicken farmers in Puru via out of body experience.

So you join a dating site and you need a user name that represents who you feel you are.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 23, 2018:

SlideOnMyFinger ...an actual twittter actt of mine... I play slide guitar, a girl I dated thought it was a sexual reference but until she put it in that light I swear I was only thinking guitar:) I am the king of the accidental innuendo.

BLUE MOUNTAIN MIST This is still in progress.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 23, 2018:

Nice, love mountains.

So if X marks the spot then what do you suppose is up at this spot?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 22, 2018:

The X marks the spot you look at when you see an X in the sky.

Atheist principles - would atheists be interested in listing basic atheist principles?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 22, 2018:

I don’t need help to figure out right from wrong. One of the arguments against religion is that we don’t need religion to be moral. Treat people as you would like to be treated and don’t be a dick. That’s short enough to put on a bumper sticker. However, if you can give good arguments for such a book I’ll keep an open mind.

The colors of music. Olvera Street, Los Angeles

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 22, 2018:

I know how horrible those guitars are but the pic is cool.

Are you out?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 22, 2018:

It’s amazing that not being delusional is something that you would have to come out about when really you should be afraid to tell people you’re religious.

All in the pronunciation.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 22, 2018:

Is data fact?

When it comes to nationalism, I say fuck all flags and anthems, we should be free and united as ...

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 22, 2018:

When you concider all the flags of the world and realize each flag says for those people or governments this is ours, we are better than you, we took it through blood shed and we will defend it, we don’t seem like such an advanced civilization. Being able to blow things up better does not equal more civilized!

I think one of the worst tenets of religion is unquestioned belief.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 22, 2018:

Didn’t have a belief to give up but I’m somewhat better at being my true self, so what I gave up was pretending for the indoctrinated. A few small exceptions that if I did not allow it would be justifiable to call me an asshole.

At what age did you find your calling / success / attain your life long goals?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 22, 2018:

I’m here now and everything is fine, I don’t look at or expoerence life in those terms, I take care of my family, I work, I play music... sometimes I laugh sometimes I cry, too busy being human to waist my life reaching for what in the end will be meaningless and would have spread myself to thin for the people I love. Be happy now with what you have, life is very short, as I’ve been harshly reminded by reality this week.

When I was much younger, I took a girl on a date to the movies.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 22, 2018:

You guys weren’t compatible, lucky you got a kiss:)

Good Morning, it is interesting, as in "may you live in interesting times," living in the bible belt...

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 22, 2018:

For most of my life when asked what religion I was I would routinely answer, “delicatessen”. Now that I’m vegan I guess I need a new religion:) I’ll perhaos change my answer to “framers market”. Nobody has yet assumed my answer meant Satin, at least not to my face.

If intelligent life from another galaxy came to the U.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 22, 2018:

They would think their universal translator was broken and not understand why he keeps calling them a Chinese hoax?

I am feeling this deeply right now. It is lovely. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing [youtu.be]

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 22, 2018:

The best!

Who else thinks that the point system on this site is too stringent...?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

Seems ok to me, how would you like it to be different?

Found on facebook of all places!

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

Lol, I’m vegan and that’s funny:)

When religious folks casually “bless us” or “pray for us,” is it better to say “thanks, ...

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

Thanks, you can explain that your atheist if your asked why you didn’t say, “bless you” when they sneezed.

Does it bother anybody when you see someone clicking, like, on all posts & comments?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

I will at times click them all, I read each one and consider my click their reward for contributing, long as they have done it without pissing me off they get a like... as far as points go, remember the post you like is getting points as well, never has upset me to get more people acknowledge my post, like a nod that we have that in-common, it’s how we build a community.

Retreating from The Now

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

You are right that when the world seems crazy and you have a full plate it can make meditation harder. Focus just on the physical now, your breath or the tip of your nose and if for one second you can do it that’s all there is, do it again... no judgment, it is what it is and nothing more.

Are there any spiritual atheists out there?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

I think we have mental abilities not yet fully understood by science and we have mislabeled it for lack of s better term. So I’m spiritual in that I seek these connections and attempt to explore what science has only begining to understand... but I don’t believe in a spirit that can be described as an intelligence outside of our own minds. It’s more of an awareness that comes from allowing the rest of the mind to be silent.

Sounds about right

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

We have been in constitional crisis since the day he was elected, Clinton went down for a blowjob, we have no leadership! If we don’t take the country back by November we might as well learn to speak Russian.

The Knack My Sharona [youtu.be]

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

Yes I do... sorta of like it, it’s a bit camp... and for you Britts “camp” means something very different in America than in the UK:)

If you’re from a Jewish background, tell how you Bat/Bar Mitzvah was.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

Jewish guilt remains long after the religion has left. But you said “had”, so you got past it... by the way Jewish guilt is no different than Catholic guilt or any other kind... let it go, see it as a cloud passing your vision and let it pass, as soon as you try and push it away it’s got you☯️

Am I the only atheist that doesn’t smoke pot?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

I believe it’s pervasive in every segment of the population because it should be legal, it’s all about money, it will be legal when and only when the government is profiting off it. You here about people drinking and becoming violent all the time, the only thing in danger after you smoke pot is a box of cookies.

Hahahahaha!

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

There’s a fine line between too revealing and being arrested :-)

I'm a newbie

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

Community, humor and reality.

Is all religious belief based on the mystical?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

Yup, the entire premise is a man made lie! At its best an illusion and at worst a reason to kill because of that illusion.

Should Religion Be Taught in Schools?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

Not as a truth or way of life/death ... as part of sociology as it relates to history and what religion has done for art, music and architecture while being certain not to leave out the death & suffering.

Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round! [youtu.be]

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

Saw them 3 times at Madison Square Garden, best shows ever!

Medicinal Cannabis For All | April 18, 2018 Act 3 | Full Frontal on TBS [youtube.com]

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

I use it for the severe nausea associated with debilitating migraine headaches and playing guitar. I’m all for medicinal use and don’t see recreational as any different than a drink, in fact drinking is more harmful.

Gratitude....

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 21, 2018:

I’m in sales, happy people see what’s avalible and choose from the selection, miserable people know what they want and sadly it doesn’t exist.

I'm not a believer in astrology of course..... But if this is true about Pisces I'm a convert.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

As a Gemini all I can say is at least I’m not a Capricorn :-)

R2D2 has gone very downhill

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

Yep, that’s what smoking pot will do to you kids, LOL

You're doing it wrong.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

Is it possible for a primate species to devolve?

"We advocate the atheistic philosophy because it is the only clear, consistent position which seems ...

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

I usually just land on, “it’s ridiculous”, I mean all that when I say it:)

Is it normal to get severe cravings for certain foods?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

Yes, I believe it’s normal.

Your child is being eaten by a camel

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

Is that it, have I seen everything yet?

Way back when Van Morrison was a teenager [youtu.be]

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

I know the song but never saw the video before… Interesting how it was lip-synched, they could’ve at least pluged the Bass in to make it appear wife not to mention no microphone. No matter, still cool.

What, in your opinion, is the greatest invention in human history?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

The wheel.

Political Songs!

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

https://youtu.be/QEJ9HrZq7Ro

Visitors!!

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

It’s usually if someone posted something interesting or made an excellent retort, I want to put a face with the intellect responsible. So if I check you out I was somehow either educated or entertained.

If you say so...

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

It’s going to take at least another 2000 years for humans to move on from religion aka bullshit!

One man died for all.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

Crap, I worked for this guy for a night, should have asked him to bless me??

A lot of people have asked me what my screen name means on here.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

Namaste ☯️

Exploding Ants Kill Foes, and Themselves, with a Blast of Toxic Goo... [livescience.com]

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

That sounds like some hardcore evolution right there??

Truth is...

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

I love avacados, lol

Describe your real self, warts and all.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

I’m in pursuit of inner peace, I’m perceived as calm and relaxed but I have inner turmoil.. I don’t see it as a problem since I’ve come to realize that’s most of us.. I have not done enough meditation lately and feeling the difference so I will start again... nothing is wrong but I have a very full plate, I take care of everyone except myself until if I don’t I won’t be able to take care of others. I don’t meditate because I’m enlightened or have the world figured out, I do it because I just want to handle everything comming at me with a calm presence and not feel overwhelmed, sometimes I can and sometimes I drink way to much coffee and I can’t real my day back in. I’m honest, I’ve had the same customers for many years because I say it like it is even if that means no sale today, I try and teach good ethics to my kids and I’m deeply disturbed by current politics and run a bunch of twitter pages to encourage voting and do my part to get the country back. I write to congressman, make calls and protest any legal way I can, it gives me more reason to meditate. I’m vegan because I have a severe migraine problem and being vegan helps, I’m an outspoken atheist when I’m not at work but I do it with kindness. I’m a musician and I don’t know how anything in my life would be possible if I didn’t play at least a little everyday. I was not a natural musician, as a kid from age 4 to 7 it was the 5th teacher that got me past jingle bells... I will always be grateful for what I have. It might not look like much but it is:) great kids, a job, roof and food.

Golden ShowerGate is coming soon to media near us all❣??

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 20, 2018:

I absolutely want to see it because if it will help bring down the worlds biggest Oompa Loompa and make me laugh at the same time that my friends is golden. ?

Jake Makes The Criminals Sing | Season 5 Ep. 17 | BROOKLYN NINE-NINE - YouTube

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 19, 2018:

I know nothing about the song or the show but still funny :-)

Embarrassed? Or proud?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 19, 2018:

Men’s briefs on sale at Walmart!

Immortality

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 19, 2018:

No, I won’t deny myself the human expietence for A Dorian Gray nightmare.

FOOOOOD!!!

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 19, 2018:

Calf brains, uni, liver and onions, raw egg dropped in a shot of vermouth! I wasn’t always a vegan☯️ Grossest vegan food was tempe I’ll prepared.

"When life hands you demons make demonade." - Patrick Ian McCall

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 19, 2018:

I would think that’s just a nice single malt with a twist.

I say creativity cannot be defined.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 19, 2018:

You had to be creative to make this post ”creative” is a verb, it has nothing to do with the opinions or weather or not someone thinks it’s worthy of adulation. “How” deciding to organize your thoughts to pose your assertion, “when” was of your choosing, “where” was here, “who” was you, “what” was this post and “why” remains a question.

Are introductions a thing?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 19, 2018:

Greetings and salutations.

How do you respond when someone shows their religion around you?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

Since usually I’m at work I say nothing but I’m screaming on the inside. They haven’t come to the door here but should that happen I think I’ll call on that recent meme that’s been going around that said, “Adam and Eve had 3 sons, let that sink in, take all the time you need”, can I get you some ice water?

I saved him from certain death.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

https://youtu.be/wHUP527txeg

Its all about ASS

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

Assume allot:)

Do you Google?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

Sure, ask, you’ve done your due dillegence, if google and context clues don’t do it it’s only polite to be certain the person is properly understood.

How often do you update your profile picture? I update mine every month.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

Within reason:)

Inquiring minds...

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

Like when Chritians go to the poorest places in Africa with the highest outbreaks of aids and tell them not to use condoms because it’s a sin.

Confirming @phxbillcee 's worst fears ;)

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

Love lizards, they’re everywhere this far south:)

Confirming @phxbillcee 's worst fears ;)

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

Love lizards, they’re everywhere this far south:)

Through the Thorns

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

It’s a tiny universe but it’s huge if your small enough.

He has spoken....or Tweeted.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

President ulterior motives strikes again!

Frozen Key Lime Pie.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

Perfect solution when there are no clean forks.

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ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

I don’t believe it because for our realities to interact with each other the world is either real or we are all one persons dream.

When you are involved with someone, what is your comfort level with how often you see them?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

I need time on my own to work on music and guitar building projects but my favorite relationships are the ones that make me happy to put that aside to spend time together, when there is nothing else either person would rather be doing is when I’m happiest. Be it in a canoe or a kitchen if I want for nothing more life is perfect, I’ve had that a few times, the best of them ended in logistical and geographical problems that neither of us could resolve so all that remains is the love.

How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

I’m originally a New Yorker, it’s no challenge to figure that out if you here me talk. I got in a conversation with a random guy and I not only told him he was from Steten Island, I told him what neighborhood, even I was surprised that I got it right, fagetaboutit.

Bad taste too

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

Hmmm, I feel like that’s a racist meme unintentional as that may be... I know I have lots of built in advantages simply due to my skin color, I don’t like that and I’m not proud of it... areas I sometimes feel discriminated against are atheism and veganism... on veganism I get gay jokes (not funny and I have a gay daughter) and people beating their chest and yelling bacon ...or a version of that, on atheism god forbid you question someone’s religion... but being a white guy has not been a burden, it’s Embarrassing if anything because I don’t ever want to diminish the rights of another human being.

What are you eating?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

Last nights breakfast for dinner vegan pancakes, I’ll be fine:)

RIP Christopher Hitchens.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

And that’s why I don’t say I don’t know! I know that if you write fiction no amount of belief will make if true. Thank you Hitch!

Is there any other way to use resin other than smoking it?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

If your out of blue tac you can use it to hang posters. You can put it under a big bandaid and make a patch for your arm, use it to plug a hole in your canoe, use it like clay and make a nativity set for Christmas... ok, I’ll stop.

A recent poll...

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

I think I’m in both groups, hope that doesn’t throw off the pie charts accuracy.

Spontaneous Human combustion Fact or Fiction?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 18, 2018:

It’s awful hot in ?

Please hold the line...

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 17, 2018:

The drum room at the music store I work at has left me 1 Paradiddle away from snapping!

Best Batman drawing ever.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 17, 2018:

Took me about 15 seconds to find Batman, prior to that I was having fun.

Who makes the best French fries?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 17, 2018:

At least 5 years since I’ve been in any of them but when I ate that crap McDonalds was the best fry, but now I wouldn’t eat it if it was free.

First day on here.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 17, 2018:

I was posting stuff before actually realizing it was a dating sight.

Find a duck suit my size was the hard part....

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 17, 2018:

Wait to you get the bill.

"You should always keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 17, 2018:

Forgive

Name something women should stop doing.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 17, 2018:

The same work for less money.

Things that people put in dating profiles that are pet peeves. Discuss.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 17, 2018:

I don’t have one, if someone posts things that rub me the wrong way that’s a sign of Incompatibility, it’s easier to sift the sand at the surface:)

The rapture!!! Wow!!

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 17, 2018:

The best part is that when the helium wears out they’ll be a town somewhere littered with partially inflated love dolls :-)

I am a atheist but I also follow some aspects of Buddhism.

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 17, 2018:

I agree, Buddhism as a practice is not a religion, I also take from it what works for me and leave the rest☯️

Does Religion Improve Morality?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 17, 2018:

We are simply not served by believing what is not true, you must lie to yourself to believe it, step one in compromising your morals.

As we age do we fear death, more or less?

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 17, 2018:

Death is like McDonalds, I neither fear it or like it..

Dating while separated

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 17, 2018:

No, I did, it was well known to the girl I was dating. In my case we were mentally divorced, took 3 years to finalize, what with kids, assets and general unreasonableness.

Started a new group today Police Brutality I have to say something, I can't just sit and watch ...

ArdentAtheist comments on Apr 17, 2018:

Good, I like when people have had enough and do something, hopefully you are being active outside of this microcosm as well... I have several activist related twitter pages and find that to be an effective tool for drumming up support and spreading a message. I’m more focused on politics and feel a change in leadership will put people in place to address related issues such as gun control and police shootings but all fronts need representation, kudos