Benthoven's Profile

How Does Walmart Feel About The Current Administration?

Benthoven comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Can you imagine Conservatives boycotting Wall*Mart? Seriously. Where else can they take their Rascal Scooters? They'd have to get dressed to go to a regular store.

"Music was better when ugly people were allowed to make it".

Benthoven comments on Jul 3, 2018:

I also think it was better with it wasn't so processed, and when the artists didn't have to have a voice like those on American Idol. The best bands on the planet wouldn't be here if they had to pass our new system for picking music.

What do I gotta do to get a damn torta

Benthoven comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Offer it a Klondike Bar?

Self doubt has killed more dreams than poverty ever will... Starfodder

Benthoven comments on Jul 3, 2018:

I think self-'doubt' is good for us. We should always be challenging ourselves. Socrates is cited as saying, "Know thyself," and I think that's so much better advice than "believe in yourself." Beliefs aren't really reality. "I believe I can fly | I believe I can touch the sky" Then I step of the Empire State building and it's all over... quickly. As a musician, I don't "believe" I'm a good musician, I know my weaknesses, I know my strengths, I know that I hate playing Chopin, but I love learning Beethoven. I know that I hate scales, and that I'm both lazy and sloppy at times. Even if I "believed" in myself, those things would still be true. In fact, I think the irony isn't that we don't "believe" in our selves, it's that we "believe" the opposite of what we want to do. As a writer I don't get writer's block. What I get as a firm belief that what I'm writing doesn't matter, or it's not very good, or I've got nothing relevant to say. Those are beliefs, not doubts. And when I start doubting those beliefs (which I must do all the time) then I can move forward, knowing that these beliefs don't necessarily have to be true. It's "knowing thyself" that helps me stay humble, and know what I'm capable of... and it's doubt that let's me try in the first place.

Just a joke I make sometimes about my spiritual or religious journey: I was raised a Heathen ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 3, 2018:

People ask me if I believe in God, and I usually answer: "It depends on how high I am."

Have you landed your dream partner here? If not,do you still waste time trying to find one?

Benthoven comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Alas, Brad Pitt still isn't returning my calls.

I really feel like I'm going to drop out of college.

Benthoven comments on Jul 3, 2018:

As someone who's quit on a lot of dreams, you live to regret it, and it can eat you up a little bit--or a lot. Especially if you spend the rest of your life doing something you never wanted to do in the first place. There are a billion reasons that the curriculum isn't tracking with you, and once you figure that out, you'll find it extremely useful. Some people need 'hands on' to get the information. Others need to 'see' the process... There are probably some really great tutorials on YouTube if you know what you're looking for. It was recommended that you work for a dentist--or even volunteer an hour or two. Do you have friends in the class who will sit with you over lunch and chat about the course?

If you were a divine Creator, would you want to be worshiped as the Bible proclaims you should?

Benthoven comments on Jul 1, 2018:

I would say, if I were the creator of everything, the last thing I would need is worship. I'd be too busy creating more.

Not funny in the least!

Benthoven comments on Jul 1, 2018:

Andrew Dice Clay... He was never funny to me.

And the difference is

Benthoven comments on Jul 1, 2018:

Illegal... but way more fun.

Recommendations of books, science articles, websites or some material which gives you more ...

Benthoven comments on Jun 30, 2018:

I listen to a podcast called The Infinite Monkey Cage with Brian Cox and Robin Ince. It's hilarious, profound, and wonderfully educational. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes/downloads

Do you believe in law of attraction?

Benthoven comments on Jun 30, 2018:

I find the Law of Attraction vile--yet another 'blame the victim' ideology. Did you get attacked? Well, you attracted that. Are you having trouble paying rent and about to be throw out of your house? Well, you attracted that. LoA has NO compassion, and in fact, encourages us to avoid those who are suffering. It's just another version of the Evangelical's Prosperity Doctrine... warmed over for New Age groups who no longer believe in the Devil, so call it Ego. Who still believe in God but can't call it that anymore.

Are (atheists, agnostics) still part of the herd mentality ?

Benthoven comments on Jun 30, 2018:

We're still part of the society. We share values and ideals. We have similar societal principles. We are shaped by the society around us. We all share a "herd" mentality, because we all share a herd. It's the 'borg mentality that frightens me.

Do ALL lives still matter? Asking for some kids taken from their parents and still locked in cages.

Benthoven comments on Jun 30, 2018:

"All lives matter" was created by bigots who didn't want to admit that black lives mattered.

Can a song get stuck in your head just by seeing a picture?

Benthoven comments on Jun 30, 2018:

I tend to think that the song is already there, the picture just turns it loose, to roam freely... over and over and over and over and over... Well you get the picture.

What bit of the Bible do you ignore? [facebook.com]

Benthoven comments on Jun 30, 2018:

I take the bible very seriously. Depending on your aim, it's wonderful for getting rid of those damn door knockers.

I know you don't care, but here';s the facts. Some of us do care. About facts.

Benthoven comments on Jun 30, 2018:

But Cheetos Jesus will save them...

Christian group sues to overturn conversion therapy bans in South Florida - Metro Weekly

Benthoven comments on Jun 30, 2018:

I spent fifteen years in Reparative Therapy, and it's torture. And I'm not being hyperbolic. The things they do to you and subject you to can leave lasting damage. And I'm talking PTSD.

Can anyone do this in only four words?

Benthoven comments on Jun 30, 2018:

The earth banished God

Anybody else have this happen to them?