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What was the Pentagon's secret UFO program looking for? - YouTube

Benthoven comments on May 9, 2018:

I noticed that they ended the program in 2012, which means they didn't find anything.

The only part of the bible I agree with

Benthoven comments on May 9, 2018:

My other favorite Proverb: Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are in anguish! Let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more. Proverbs 31:6-7

Something on a biblical theme. Based on the Adam and Eve myth.

Benthoven comments on May 9, 2018:

I don't eat apples anymore. Ever since i learned "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," I stopped eating them. What happens if I get sick and need a doctor? If I had an apple that day, the doctor will flee.

I don't believe in Astrology, Zodiac sign, nor do I believe in romance based on Zodiac sign.

Benthoven comments on May 9, 2018:

I dated a Gemini once... it was like dating twins. He could go from sweetie to bitch in zero-point-seven seconds.

I think I have seen it all now.

Benthoven comments on May 9, 2018:

Something tells me that my spirit animal is a pissed off badger.

Great Sign.

Benthoven comments on May 9, 2018:

Back in my day that was called "parenting." ;)

I would like to compliment Donald Trump on his handling of the North Korea situation.

Benthoven comments on May 9, 2018:

My first troll on this site.

What do you want your final words to be?

Benthoven comments on May 9, 2018:

Here, hold my beer.

I've been pondering the WHY of religion. That is, why does it exist?

Benthoven comments on May 7, 2018:

This is an interesting response. http://bigthink.com/going-mental/the-neurological-origins-of-religious-belief

What are you listening to?

Benthoven comments on May 7, 2018:

A parody of my favorite TV show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCZy8cAgBlM

What movie/book do you all think deserves a Netflix series?

Benthoven comments on May 7, 2018:

I've been working on what I thought would make a great Netflix series, but, alas, I don't know anybody anywhere near Hollywood, so I've been writing it as a book.

This Angry Young Preacher Says Atheists Are All Coke-Drinking Video Game Addicts – Friendly ...

Benthoven comments on May 7, 2018:

There's somebody who's clearly been home-schooled.

How do you all deal with meaning in life?

Benthoven comments on May 7, 2018:

I just think about it lots, make up lots of philosophies, work through scenarios, and then tell myself at the end of the day... it's pointless.

So someone shamed me for not believing.

Benthoven comments on May 7, 2018:

They day I start understanding Christians is the day I realize I've stopped thinking.

Are there others out there who despite Anti-theistic/Atheistic/Agnostic beliefs enjoy religious type...

Benthoven comments on May 7, 2018:

You totally mentioned my favorite show: Supernatural. I've binged that show so many times. And now I'm dying to know what happens between Jack and Lucifer. I find that being a non-thiest is far more advantageous for stories like this since I can enjoy it for what it is... a story. That's all religion is, a story. Mythologies are stories. It's all a story and I think it's perfectly human to enjoy them. After all, we're storytelling animals. By the way, did you see ScoobyNatural? O...M...G...! I love Scooby Doo, and I love Supernatural, and putting the two together made me feel like a young kid again.

Has religion deprived society of being able to cope with death? True or false?

Benthoven comments on May 7, 2018:

NO! Religion has always existed in one form or another. It's pretty much our default setting. Native Americans didn't fear death and they had forms of religion. I think materialism has. We're so focused on what we can get... and then we feel like we need to keep it. I think the Buddha was right when he said that suffering comes from our unwillingness to accept that everything is temporary.

May Karma Never Bite You in the Ass

Benthoven comments on May 7, 2018:

So adorable. Karma looks like my Dogma. I bet they'd be great friends.

How often do you talk to yourself?

Benthoven comments on May 7, 2018:

This is a true story, and sometimes when I tell it I get scared. I was talking to myself one day (I live alone so there's nobody to talk to), and I told myself that I needed to remember to get something out of my car before I went to bed. And then I responded to myself: “We both know that I'm not going to remember…” We both? I have no idea what I meant or why I said that. But it might explain that weird conversation I had with the guy in the produce section at the grocery store.

How often do you talk to yourself?

Benthoven comments on May 7, 2018:

I was trying to talk to myself today, but I wouldn't talk to me… I'm still mad that I forgot my name a couple weeks ago.

What about your apppearance defines you?

Benthoven comments on May 7, 2018:

I guess that depends on who's looking. Probably my hair is the first thing people notice, but the weird waddle I do when I walk probably gets noticed too. I have some serious back problems.

Was jesus a white gay jew living in the middle east ?

Benthoven comments on May 6, 2018:

He was Jewish, definitely NOT gay (though he had exposure to it) and he hung around Galilee. It wasn't until Jerusalem that he would pay the ultimate price for his 'sins'.

When some evil so and so comes and tells me uninvited that I and my family, including my ...

Benthoven comments on May 6, 2018:

The lord is my bitch, I shall not want.

If you have ever been the black sheep of your lot in life and family.

Benthoven comments on May 6, 2018:

I was very much a black sheep, but now I spend almost no time with my family. That changes quite a bit of things.

Do you still use religious sayings or phrases?

Benthoven comments on May 6, 2018:

I pretty much use all of them. Doing the lord's work = I say that sometimes, especially when dealing with Evangelicals. I believe that the "Lord's work" is to show them that he hates them because they're such douche bags. Showing Evangelicals this takes away their moral superiority. There but for the grace of god go I = All the time. Life is confusing and makes no sense, and sometimes suffer very little for the crazy stuff I've done while others pay the ultimate price. Godspeed = I would suspect that God is the only thing that can travel faster than light, so, if you can travel fast than light... Whoo Hoo! If the good lord's willing and the creek don't rise = We are very much dependent upon nature. Our lives depend upon her/it/him/whatever it is. I will survive if nature gets behind me, but without help from nature, I'm screwed. if I have good luck, things wil l turn out OK... Or as I like to say, "If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all. Gloom despair and agony on me. Let go and let god =I'm a huge Scooby Doo fan. Let go let Dog. God dammit / Go to hell / Jesus Fuckin' Christ / Mother Mary Singer Sower / God to the infinite Fuck / Satan is my Copilot / May the Force be with you.

These dismissive and repetitive quotes often used by the religious annoy me for several reasons.

Benthoven comments on May 6, 2018:

Or as I like to say, "The more God loves you, the more he tortures you." ... a.k.a. Job. God gives the hardest battles to the kindest people and gives the worst of those more cush. Everything happens because it happens. Let go let dog...

Who else out thar, is so tired of all the Trump Bashing ?

Benthoven comments on May 6, 2018:

Having grown up as an evangelical, I really can't help but point out how Trump is the very embodiment of the Antichrist. Seriously. He is everything Jesus stood against, but worshiped as a messiah. I have to make that known. Otherwise I feel like I'm enabling him.

Do different colors affect your mood?

Benthoven comments on May 6, 2018:

Absolutely. A bright and sunny yellow makes me happy. Bright, dark red makes me a little anxious, almost cantankerous, blue is like a cleansing bath in a brilliant lake. Green is living plants growing because they want to, and the rainbow is God's way of saying, "Y'all my bitches... know wha I mean?"

Good advice that remains relevant

Benthoven comments on May 6, 2018:

In the Chronicles of Narnia, the Magician's Nephew, Aslan says to Digory Kirke, "Let us be good to one another." I read that in Junior High (when I rode a dinosaur to school), and it has stuck with me to this day.

Does anyone find it interesting that a lot of college students identify as Ravenclaw or Slytherin?

Benthoven comments on May 6, 2018:

Part of me would love to have been Slytherin, but snakes scare the shit out of me. If I see a stick in the form of a snake I will scream like a little girl... As to Ravenclaw, better Ravenclaw than Hufflepuff... Just my opinion.

Naps Can Make Our Brains 'Remember' Things That Never Happened [livescience.com]

Benthoven comments on May 5, 2018:

That makes third grade make so much more sense.

Agnostic is atheist! "Agnostic" (Huxley) may have been coined to separate honourable American ...

Benthoven comments on May 5, 2018:

I've posted this link on the site before, but I think that NdGT best defines the difference between atheist and agnostic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzSMC5rWvos

Calvin nails it again.

Benthoven comments on May 4, 2018:

I got some of my best sleep in study hall.

My oldest son has been in New York following his bliss to being an actor.

Benthoven comments on May 4, 2018:

I used to travel with theater companies, and I did it for quite some time. No matter how long I did it though, I was always nervous... and so were the rest of the cast. I think in a way that's part of the process. Being nervous keeps us 'in the moment' where we need to be.

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Erupts Dramatically After a 5.0-Magnitude Quake [livescience.com]

Benthoven comments on May 4, 2018:

No matter what we do, we'll always be subject to nature...

Wonder what their major is?

Benthoven comments on May 4, 2018:

Hey, be proud of your hobbies.

Help! I just asked a nice old lady in a hardware store if she knew if they had good hoes there.

Benthoven comments on May 3, 2018:

Oh if you're looking for Hell, you'll find it in Wyoming. It's about a half acre or so. Which is why they call it Hell's Half Acre. I grew up near there. Watch out for snake pits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_Half_Acre_(Wyoming)

Help! I just asked a nice old lady in a hardware store if she knew if they had good hoes there.

Benthoven comments on May 3, 2018:

I get my hoes from Ida. Ida hoes are some of the best made hoes anywhere.

We think, doubt, make and ask questions, research, explore and innovate.

Benthoven comments on May 3, 2018:

For generations, and still, in many parts of the world, this is the case.

I am NOT a sex addict. I just have restless groin syndrome...

Benthoven comments on May 3, 2018:

It's not just sex, it's also exercise... it's sexercise!

I try to not get into debates anymore.

Benthoven comments on May 3, 2018:

But how else are you going to kill a half-hour while drinking coffee?

Christian apologists today are fond of saying they can’t see how morality can be grounded in a ...

Benthoven comments on May 3, 2018:

I tell my "moral" friends, "If you have to outsource your morals, you're not ready to talk about morality. Outsourcing morality is the same as selling your soul."

What is the most effective way to deal with Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons or other religious door ...

Benthoven comments on May 2, 2018:

I say greet them with baby oil and gay porn...

Homeopathic and natural remedies aren’t the same thing—and only one of them is total nonsense | ...

Benthoven comments on May 2, 2018:

When you think about it, most of our cures come from the elements found in plants, though they've been tweaked so they're more effective.

How do I stop a colleague from imposing her religious views without offending her?

Benthoven comments on May 2, 2018:

Humor. A touch of sarcasm. Those seem to work. I used to carpool with a hyper-fundamentalist who was always trying to convert us by talking about religious music. So my friend and I made up a game. I'd say, "Hey, Chris, the Devil stopped by and asked me to review this CD. I listened to it, and it wasn't bad, but I have the feeling he had high hopes for them." And then the two of us would pretend to review the CD so as not to offend the devil. People ask me if I believe in God, and my first response is, "God who?" If they persist, I'll say, "Well, it depends on how high I am." People ask me if I've accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior, and I tell them, "Sorry, but I'm already seeing a savior. Granted he doesn't have the abs, but you have no idea what he can do with those extra hands." People ask me if I know Jesus, and I say, "Of course, I'm dating his dad." People ask me if I've experienced Jesus, and I say, "Once, at a party at Dionysus house. We thought we lost him, but he was passed out under the coffee table. Christian: Jesus loves you. Ben: Then why the hell would he put someone like you in my life. Christian: God sent me to you. Ben: That makes sense, God always did have it out for me.

How long is too long to wait to have sex

Benthoven comments on May 2, 2018:

I say give it thirty minutes, so you don't get cramps.

What are you hopeful about?

Benthoven comments on May 2, 2018:

I'm hopeful that Fundamentalists will soon lose power but still feel safe among the rest of us to go on living their lives.

Knitting Linked To Reducing Depression, Anxiety And Chronic Pain, Report Reveals

Benthoven comments on May 2, 2018:

Alas, that "might" be true, but every time I try to learn to knit, I end up ready to stab someone with my knitting needles (besides me... I have HUGE holes in my hands from those damn knitting needles).

Does anyone have advice for a person that's been an atheist less than 3 months?

Benthoven comments on May 2, 2018:

Stay away from other atheists. Hang out with people who are still interested in understanding the world around them.

Hope this comes through. Do all religions taste the same to bears?

Benthoven comments on Apr 30, 2018:

New York, London, Paris, Munich Everybody talkin' bout' Pop Muzik

Sometimes I find an American post that I cannot understand because we have different words; or ...

Benthoven comments on Apr 28, 2018:

I manage Web content for a living, for international companies, and as a result, I have become verbally dyslexic. I can't remember how to spell color, for example. Is it color or colour? Am I writing a check or a cheque? Am I standing in line or waiting in a queue? Glove compartment, Jockey box, or glove box? Motoring or driving? Hoovering or vacuuming? Bonnet, Boot... I have my spellcheck set for English U.S., otherwise I wouldn't be able to write anymore. ;)

Is transgender expression the result of societal constraints placed on men and women?

Benthoven comments on Apr 28, 2018:

I think it goes much deeper than that. We treat sex and sexuality and gender as if they were binary, and that's not the case. There's so much more going on. And while they all overlap, there's much more going on that pull in everything from personality, gender, identity, and all the way down to plumbing. There are so many components, biological, psychological, sociological... "Assigned roles" have really fucked us up as a society. Men are defined a certain way, women are defined a certain way, and any deviance from that is considered verboten. The problem is, no two people are alike, and right now our bucket labels are only confusing us.

IF you found out a CEO was very open about being religious, but explicitly said that they wouldn't ...

Benthoven comments on Apr 28, 2018:

When you say "open," do you mean open the way a gay person is open about who he is? There's nothing wrong with being honest about ourselves, or our values. As long as it's just treated as a part of who he is and not forced on the rest of us, I say, let your flag fly.

I know I'm 'sad', but I don't care, because for me, this is the greatest news in music history, ...

Benthoven comments on Apr 28, 2018:

For years it's been my deeply hidden secret that I love, and I don't mean love... I mean LOVE ... L... U... V... Abba. I nearly made an audible gasp when I read the news.

Make Love Not Porn

Benthoven comments on Apr 28, 2018:

I'm pretty sure most of us know the difference between love and porn. Just as we know the difference between a romcom and real life... even though we want them to be the same. Porn is a fantasy, and fantasies are just what they are... fantasies.

My grandmother was extremely religious.

Benthoven comments on Apr 28, 2018:

Depending on the scriptures she sent... there are some pearls of wisdom in the bible just as there are some really damaging comments. It's like any other book. If she's sending over the pearls, that's a sign of encouragement. I'm never offended by an attempt to genuinely inspire me. In fact, it makes me grateful.

Trolling "social groups"?

Benthoven comments on Apr 28, 2018:

Don't even give it much thought. Just keep scrolling.

Are you a catfish on here?

Benthoven comments on Apr 26, 2018:

Sorry, I don't like sea food at all. But I don't mind doing some caterwauling.

To all you anti-Trumpers.

Benthoven comments on Apr 24, 2018:

He lies. He lies about the lies he told. He lies about the lies he's lying about. He lies blatantly even when he knows the rest of us know he's lying.

Just had an interesting conversation with a Republican about farmers and feeding Americans.

Benthoven comments on Apr 24, 2018:

That is certainly one group that understands the ups and downs of life, and that hard times happen.

What does skin color have to do with love?

Benthoven comments on Apr 24, 2018:

In all fairness, white Christians have really let their raciest flag fly of late... the country around them is changing color fast, and White Jesus is terrified.

O.M.G. guys!

Benthoven comments on Apr 24, 2018:

It's a question that gets asked a lot on this site. When someone says, "Bless you" after I sneeze, I say, "Thank you."

Again, I'm reading this Dalai Lama book and they were talking about guilt.

Benthoven comments on Apr 23, 2018:

But that's a HUMAN thing, not a religion thing. Among any group you’ll find people who take things too far.

Do humorless people KNOW that they are humorless??

Benthoven comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I don't think they do. I don't think they're aware that they're obnoxious either.

Is there a god?

Benthoven comments on Apr 23, 2018:

Which is quicker, to Brooklyn or by bus?

What are 10 albums that made an impact on you that you still listen to?

Benthoven comments on Apr 23, 2018:

1. Bad Girls: Donna Summer 2. AC/DC: Highway to Hell 3. When Radio Was King: Our Mrs. Brooks 4. Allan Sherman: My Son, the Greatest 5. Beethoven’s 5th and 9th Symphonies 6. Blondie: Parallel lines | Eat to the Beat 7. The Clash: London Burning 8. Heavy Metal: Soundtrack 9. Second Chapter of Acts: With Footnotes 10. Saturday Night Fever: Soundtrack

In case you couldn't tell, I despise Twilight.

Benthoven comments on Apr 23, 2018:

But it has weir wolves AND vampires.

Smartass charge. Lol. It's a meme.

Benthoven comments on Apr 23, 2018:

That’s not bad. I have a feeling that if I were given that same charge, it would be much much more.

Okay.

Benthoven comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I think fearing death is a natural thing. It’s evolutionary. We were ‘created’ to survive, at least for a while. But it’s also natural to die. I think Western thought has kind of taken us away from that awareness. In Western thought we’re taught that death is the worst thing that can happen to us, aging is almost death, and ‘living’ is based on material gain. Fear is part of the human experience, and fear of death as well. And the idea that our existence just stops is a bit disturbing (and comforting at the same time). It’s something that’s going to happen and there’s absolutely no way to avoid it—which may help us make peace with it. But I don’t think we ever stop fearing it.

I find it disturbing how many people think that its acceptable to insult or bully someone because ...