What is/ are your favorite movie(s) of all time? Mine is The Dark Knight.

JanGarber comments on Jun 30, 2018:

"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" with Rhonda Fleming and Bing Crosby. I had a tremendous crush on Rhonda Fleming.

How can you support your morality without any God?

JanGarber comments on Jun 30, 2018:

One does not need religion to have a conscience.

Friends to the rescue : Today after dealing with family crisis my friends.

JanGarber comments on Jun 30, 2018:

I wish I had friends like those.

It seems obvious, but I sometimes wonder if our racists Christian neighbors realize that people of ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 30, 2018:

They might recognize that fact, but they simply do not care

Rape - Wikipedia

JanGarber comments on Jun 30, 2018:

How sad that our system creates this injustice.

Another voice heard from.

JanGarber comments on Jun 30, 2018:

We really need to jail this criminal mob.

I can’t in good conscience celebrate a day built on nationalism any more than I would light a ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 30, 2018:

We must all vote this mob of criminals out.

Are there any Football (Soccer) fans watching the World Cup matches from Russia,,,,,,if so who will ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 30, 2018:

I really have no interest.

It is long past the time where those of us who are awake enough to see religion for what it is to ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 30, 2018:

Very true.

Pretty cool

JanGarber comments on Jun 30, 2018:

Print is too small to read.

What are the experiences that really shaped you as a person?

JanGarber comments on Jun 30, 2018:

Being sent to prep school despite my objections.

Do you and your partner make each other feel happy?

JanGarber comments on Jun 30, 2018:

I no longer have a partner.

For those who consider themselves skeptics and atheists — which came first for you?

JanGarber comments on Jun 30, 2018:

I have never believed.

The damn word "so"!

JanGarber comments on Jun 30, 2018:

Me too.

What’s the one thing you like to talk about?

JanGarber comments on Jun 30, 2018:

Music.

Art and creativity have an incredible ability to heal.

JanGarber comments on Jun 29, 2018:

I find Ella Fitzgerald to be healing.

Using “atheist”

JanGarber comments on Jun 28, 2018:

There is a word for people who don't ski. "nonskier".

Under 5% of Americans travel overseas - fact or myth?

JanGarber comments on Jun 28, 2018:

My primary reason for not traveling much is lack of a companion to do it with.

Do you buy bottled water? I have hot and cold running water at home, why do I need all that plastic?

JanGarber comments on Jun 28, 2018:

I have always t hought that.

I have a question for all you music lovers out there: Do you have a favorite song? If so, why?

JanGarber comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Johny Hartman and John Coltrane playing "My One and Only Love". This what my girlfriend and I danced to when I was in college.

Religous beliefs

JanGarber comments on Jun 25, 2018:

I answer honestly. "I have no religion".

Sick of regular online dating apps, hopeful for this site, in the meantime how do you combat ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 25, 2018:

I play bridge and listen to live jazz. Meet plenty of people that way.

Does religion as such lead to enmity and violence?

JanGarber comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Interesting thesis.

Does anyone have a good book recommendation?

JanGarber comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Anything b y Lee Child, John D. MacDonald, or Michael Connelly.

Moved across the state from friends and family 2 years ago.

JanGarber comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Hold an open house starting with neighbors or coworkers.

What are the best and/or your favorite musicians of all time?

JanGarber comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Larry Mckenna of Philadelphia on tenor sax. Steve Rudolph of Harrisburg, PA on Piano. Jimmy Coleman of Philadelphia on Drums.

I lost my little girl (my 15 year old chihuahua) on Monday.

JanGarber comments on Jun 24, 2018:

Very sorry for your loss.

Are these true about philosophy?

JanGarber comments on Jun 21, 2018:

Philosophy started out as a way to explain the world.

Why are people shocked that Republicans were letting children be forcibly separated from their ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 21, 2018:

I think you have it exactly right.

Hoping to meet some open and reasoning people.

JanGarber comments on Jun 21, 2018:

I'm sure you will.

Cross dancing? Is this yet another Christian denomination???

JanGarber comments on Jun 21, 2018:

LOL!

Recovering from 2 surgeries.

JanGarber comments on Jun 21, 2018:

Glad to hear that you survived this very painful condition.

Immigrant children forcibly injected with drugs, lawsuit claims | Reveal

JanGarber comments on Jun 21, 2018:

I cannot understand why our government thinks it has the right to administer psychotropic drugs to children.

Did you grow up atheist or agnostic?

JanGarber comments on Jun 21, 2018:

I have never before belonged to a nonbelievers organization because I have never felt the need to proselytize.

Who here has had a root canal? Please tell me about your experience, good and bad.

JanGarber comments on Jun 19, 2018:

Pick a competent endodontist.Should relieve the pain.

Philly Meetup

JanGarber comments on Jun 19, 2018:

Sounds like a great idea.

Growing up

JanGarber comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Around 70.

Just so we are completely clear regarding what's going on.

JanGarber comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Trump supporters will support him no matter what.

What are you obsessed with?

JanGarber comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Duplicate bridge, live jazz, an ex girl friend.

Where do you go to get the most unbiased news reporting?

JanGarber comments on Jun 18, 2018:

I get most of my news from NPR.

It appears that the three most common cliches we hear from politicians are:- "It was the right thing...

JanGarber comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Apologies from politicians are meaningless.

Hello all ,I just signed up so thought I would say hello ?

JanGarber comments on Jun 17, 2018:

Hi and welcome.

With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 17, 2018:

Interesting point of view.

DEBATE: no doubt Religion can give people a guideline for morality, but also can contribute to ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 17, 2018:

I think it would make no difference.

Here in the Central Plains, we are sweltering in a string of consecutive 100 Deg days.

JanGarber comments on Jun 17, 2018:

I go to the bridge club or the Y whenever possible.

So...What are you doing for Father's Day today?

JanGarber comments on Jun 17, 2018:

Thanks man.

Magaaaaaaaaa

JanGarber comments on Jun 17, 2018:

Yes. That is what the aholes voted for.

Complete the following sentence: If everyone could have more _______, _______, and ________; the ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 16, 2018:

Love, kindness, and understanding.

If your partner has no interest in religion but has a family who does and he/she insists on ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 16, 2018:

Absolutely. Family is family.

Who has/had the best singing voice of all-time? My vote goes to Whitney Houston.

JanGarber comments on Jun 16, 2018:

I would say Ella Fitzgerald if I thought that there is an actual best voice.

Would You Date Someone......

JanGarber comments on Jun 16, 2018:

I married a woman who had a kid.

What's the song you remember most from the year you graduated high school and what year was it?

JanGarber comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Johny Mathis, "My One and Only Love" 1957

Does anyone supplement their diet with probiotics? Thoughts?

JanGarber comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Not I.

<-- New guy.

JanGarber comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Welcome!

Tuesday's character actor profile, Med Flory.

JanGarber comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Thanks. I love these.

Tonight over in my group of brass kicks, a Gerry Mulligan retrospective.

JanGarber comments on Jun 12, 2018:

How do I do that?

I continue to be just amazed .

JanGarber comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Your age should not prevent you from being active in the resistance. I'm 77 and do as much as I can to express resistance.

Anyone watching the summit between the tangerine fuhrer and the fat man who starves his people.

JanGarber comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Interesting but dangerous.

What do you all think about Robert De Niro saying " Fuck Trump" on live television?

JanGarber comments on Jun 12, 2018:

After looking at all of the answer to this question, I really want people to tell me what this con man has done for this country.

If religious texts or some forms of literature are deemed harmful, should they be locked away, ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Book burning is not the answer to anything.

Does anyone else also think televangelists who make their business off of conning people by taking ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 12, 2018:

They need to be taxed like the rest of us.

Jazz. Miles Davis. So What. . [youtube.com]

JanGarber comments on Jun 10, 2018:

One of my favorites.

In your opinion, it's a little snuggle time best in the Morning, Noon, night time, or any time?

JanGarber comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Any time at all.

Storm Troopers of Jesus Christ as vs to 2018 White Evangelicals

JanGarber comments on Jun 10, 2018:

You got that right.

Every time I see people online bashing the LGBT community they seem to be religious folks citing the...

JanGarber comments on Jun 10, 2018:

I think that homophobia may stem from thinking about how homosexuals interact.

Can we have a "Rant and Rave" category for those mornings where you just want to knowingly and ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Great idea.

Gentlemen: Do you have to hold your breath because a certain region of your partner smells horrible ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I never found the smell offensive.

TheRump demeans NLFers for not PROUDLY standing for the anthem.

JanGarber comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Exactly right!

I just read an article about the recent school shooting in Texas in a magazine called The Week.

JanGarber comments on Jun 7, 2018:

I keep wondering why mass shootings take place at schools.

In defense of Roseanne Barr Racism, just like religion, is the result of childhood ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I think everyone has a touch of xenophobia. It is just necessary to remember that we are all human beings who deserve to be judged on our individual merits.

WHAT'S YOUR POSITION ON ABORTION ?

JanGarber comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I am not pro abortion, but I do not think that the choice belongs to me.

Anybody give blood?

JanGarber comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I used to give at least twice a year. The last time I gave I was screened out and haven't bothered since.

Semester Finals

JanGarber comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Sounds like a very common anxiety dream.

My son's set me up with "Spotify", which is a great online music resource for me, it literally ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I enjoy most kinds of music, but I listen most often to straight ahead jazz. Many of my friends are musicians.

Weed Makes Life Better

JanGarber comments on Jun 5, 2018:

No question in my mind.

What do you think about the Philadelphia Eagles not attending the white house celebration and Trump ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I for one don't give a shit.

Why does it take so long to get over someone?

JanGarber comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Who can explain love. I'm still in love with someone that broke it off with me almost sixty years ago.

Study: Prejudice Against Same-Sex Couples Linked To Low Cognitive Ability - The Intellectualist

JanGarber comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I think prejudice against gay people by straights is a form of xenophobia.

State Senator Explains Global Warming: 'We're Moving Closer To The Sun' - The Intellectualist

JanGarber comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I think it is time to introduce IQ requirements in government.

What are some favorite television shows either on regular networks or streaming networks like ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Criminal Minds, Law and Order[all franchises] Blue Bloods, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Real Time with Bill Maher.

Trump Removes Positive Reports About Obama Admin From FEMA Website - The Intellectualist

JanGarber comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Fewer than half the voters selected this selfish prick to run our country. I was hoping I wouldn't live to experience this.

Bibliophile Checkin

JanGarber comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I am currently reading "The Forgotten Road" by Richard Paul Evans. The book is a continuation of "The Broken Road" which I enjoyed very much. My usual reading runs to thrillers and mysteries. My favorite authors are Lee Child, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Dick Francis, John Sandford, Michael Connelly, David Baldacci, Thomas Perry[Jane Whitfield novels], and John D MacDonald. I also spend my share of times reading technical books on bridge play.

Ruin a first date in 4 words

JanGarber comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Nioe ass, lady.

Do you look in the paper to see if anyone you knew had died

JanGarber comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Occasionally.

Billie Holiday: Fine and Mellow [youtube.com]

JanGarber comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I love Billie.

On Empowerment - a great concept misunderstood by those doing the training & the management who feel...

JanGarber comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I have always thought that productivity means screw thee worker.

A minister in my area lives in a 4 million dollar house while his church members live mostly in ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I have often wondered why churches aren't taxed ans allowed the same deductions as the rest of us. To me it seems to be an infringement of my first amendment rights.

Republican Congresswoman Blames School Shootings on Grocery Store Pornography – Friendly Atheist

JanGarber comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Reptilians will blame school shootings on anything except the easy availability of fire arms.

Private schools' curriculum downplays slavery, says humans and dinosaurs lived together - Orlando ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Ugh is right.

I guess we'll file this under non romantic relationships, and I understand that nobody really cares ...

JanGarber comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I am happy to be your friend.

Are you an "overlapper"?

JanGarber comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I'm not sure what is meant by overlapper in this context.

“We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality.

JanGarber comments on Jun 1, 2018:

It has always been my opinion that one doesn't need religion to have a conscience.

I Can't Believe This Shit

JanGarber comments on May 29, 2018:

I cannot see any reason for pot to be a schedule 1 narcotic. As long as one doesn't drive under the influence it seems perfectly harmless. Much less harmful than alcohol.

If you could invite anyone (alive or not) to dinner, who would be?

JanGarber comments on May 29, 2018:

It would be my girl friend from my college days whom I have never stopped loving.

Taking time to honor our veterans today.

JanGarber comments on May 28, 2018:

I think we could honor our service people by not fighting useless wars.

A promising target in the quest for a 1-million-year-old Antarctic ice core

JanGarber comments on May 25, 2018:

A study that the science deniers will never support.

It's interesting when I bring up Ayn Rand people write the opposite of what she is saying.

JanGarber comments on May 25, 2018:

I can easily argue. Rand supports the selfishness that abounds in today's world. Her philosophy is beloved by adolescent girls and nutso libertarians.

I always go back to my big band roots. [youtu.be]

JanGarber comments on May 25, 2018:

Exciting!

NFL Bans Kneeling During The National Anthem | HuffPost

JanGarber comments on May 23, 2018:

Totally against the spirit of the first amendment.

Christopher hitchens said extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence he said this in ...

JanGarber comments on May 22, 2018:

Never.