Namaste, glad to be a member in this forum

Jolanta comments on Jul 1, 2020:

Welcome

Does anyone have any evidence or good reason to think that the pandemic is causing people to doubt ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Religious fanatics don’t believe in science so why would they believe in evidence or not.

[tabletmag.com] Department stores going out of business - Part of American Jewish history.

Jolanta comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Interesting article there. Thank you.

How many times a day do you receive a comment from someone that starts with "I know you don't ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Never, but then I live in Australia.

I'm returning to this after a few years so technically not a newbie, i engaged for a whole week last...

Jolanta comments on Jun 30, 2020:

With all those jagerbombs I am not sure you have matured, actually I am sure you have not.

LOL, it just CANNOT get any better imo.

Jolanta comments on Jun 30, 2020:

You better be careful. The pope seem to be deranged and may have a gun.

Catholic Bishop Will Spray Holy Water from Helicopter Over City to Defeat Devil | Hemant Mehta | ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 29, 2020:

Well good luck to that.

Hello, I'm new in this platform although I am an Atheist from quite long time before that I am a ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 28, 2020:

Sure is. Why do you mention that you come from a HIndu Brahmin Family? I find it interesting.

"The story I’m about to share with you about Joe Biden is special — in fact, I’m fairly ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 28, 2020:

In 1989, with the violent crime rate continuing to rise as it had since the 1970s, Mr. Biden lamented that the Republican president, George H. W. Bush, was not doing enough to put “violent thugs” in prison. In 1993, he warned of “predators on our streets.” And in a 1994 Senate floor speech, he likened himself to another Republican president: “Every time Richard Nixon, when he was running in 1972, would say, ‘Law and order,’ the Democratic match or response was, ‘Law and order with justice’ — whatever that meant. And I would say, ‘Lock the S.O.B.s up.’”

Mexico launches raids after assassination attempt of police chief - BBC News

Jolanta comments on Jun 28, 2020:

De criminalize drugs and see how it all goes.

I did not know the U.

Jolanta comments on Jun 28, 2020:

Has the US $ coin the same value as the Canadian one?

Why do some men believe when they are attracted to a woman, the woman must reciprocate?

Jolanta comments on Jun 26, 2020:

Maybe it is because they don't have any mirrors at home or that their mothers told them they are the most handsome of men/boys in the whole world and they are irresistible.

What to Do When You Need to Use a Public Bathroom During a Pandemic

Jolanta comments on Jun 25, 2020:

Just make sure you go at home before you go out.

Trevor Noah Gives 'Honest" Response to Bubba Wallace Noose Incident

Jolanta comments on Jun 25, 2020:

If a noose is not a hate crime, what is?

If you can't tell right from wrong you lack empathy, not religion.

Jolanta comments on Jun 25, 2020:

Sometimes it is tricky though. What is right for one is wrong for someone els.

Today's hike: gorgeous wildflowers and not enough carbs.

Jolanta comments on Jun 25, 2020:

Beautiful.

Preacher Praises Jesus (Again) for Fixing His Backed-Up Toilet | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 24, 2020:

Numbscull talking to numbsculls.

A bit late in seeing this, but still, Ugh! I suppose it had to be obvious.

Jolanta comments on Jun 24, 2020:

Yes, it is all about money the next thing for them will be that they make sure to will everything they have to the church.

Because America did SOOO good taking care of coronavirus over the past thee months, right?

Jolanta comments on Jun 24, 2020:

I feel sorry for Dr Fauci. Must be so hard for him having to work with that orange marmalade.

Stone the crows some people say the dumbest things, don't they.

Jolanta comments on Jun 24, 2020:

Who the #### does these people think they are?

Real Clear Politics, [realclearpolitics.

Jolanta comments on Jun 24, 2020:

Bidens is not a person who one notices, what does he stand for actually? Does anyone know?

I can relate... 😂

Jolanta comments on Jun 24, 2020:

I think to myself sometimes, Why did I ask that question, why.

HOLY MOTHERFUCKING HARI SELDON!!!!!!!!!!!! The Mule?

Jolanta comments on Jun 23, 2020:

I got apple but so far have never had a look. Something new to do for me.

You have been blocked

Jolanta comments on Jun 23, 2020:

How about someone paints them brown or black or brindle.

After Statue Is Toppled In LA, California Catholic Conference Of Bishops Says Father Junipero Serra ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 23, 2020:

So much misinformation it is astounding. Who to believe.

[getpocket.

Jolanta comments on Jun 23, 2020:

Oh. what hypocrisy and stupidity.

New Alabama Law Allows Christian Church to Create Its Own Police Force | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 22, 2020:

Now let us see, what can possibly go wrong with this.

So nothing happened recently so why make announcement now?

Jolanta comments on Jun 22, 2020:

I am not even sure this is true. How do you know, after all he is not someone I would trust. Hypocrite that is what he is.

Before you dismiss the following as more Putin propaganda do read it.

Jolanta comments on Jun 22, 2020:

I totally agree it is ever so hypocritical.

[timesofisrael.

Jolanta comments on Jun 21, 2020:

What a cleaver brave man he was.

“In 1866, one year after the 13 Amendment was ratified (the amendment that ended slavery), ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 21, 2020:

So nothing much has changed.

Every time i see someone with a Walmart shirt that says you need jesus i cringe big time, i wish i ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 21, 2020:

Get a screen printer to make you one but I wonder if you would be game enough to wear it.

Answer to Why don’t atheists have the guts to mock Islam?

Jolanta comments on Jun 21, 2020:

If you don't want to be "mocked" for being an atheist or agnostic then don't "mock" others who have other believes.

GOP Senator Laughably Claims Evangelical Christians Have “Shut Up” for Too Long | Beth ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 21, 2020:

Idiot.

Since we are talking about dads it makes me remember mine (ours).

Jolanta comments on Jun 21, 2020:

He sounds like a lovely person. You are lucky that you had such lovely parents.

The girl I mentored this year won $35,535 in scholarships and grants.

Jolanta comments on Jun 21, 2020:

You should also be proud of yourself, if there is a heaven you will get in.

Assumptions .

Jolanta comments on Jun 21, 2020:

Yes, funny that, many so called Christians have these pre conceived ideas about nobody but Christians can be "nice" and yet they have so many problems with sexual misconduct by their very own pastor/priests, and they vote for Donald.

I’m struggling with the statement people make when they say they are Free Thinkers, Critical ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 21, 2020:

Does it really matter what people think about what they are or believe in as long as they don't hurt anyone els or try to convince others by force to believe. I think we can all co exist if we give each other space to ponder upon worlds mysteries.

My father past away this week with the funeral ending just a few hours ago.

Jolanta comments on Jun 21, 2020:

Sorry to hear your dad's passing. I wonder if you do have siblings why are you the one who will be taking care of your mum?

Question to the group: On this website, are you on occasion running into veiled anti-Jewish ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 20, 2020:

Well, of course it will happen in a free democratic site. What is anti-Jewish though, who is going to say it is or not? If you don't like what anyone says just ignore it.

Methinks worth $3.50!

Jolanta comments on Jun 20, 2020:

The Grateful Dead somehow makes me think of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Donald.

Why I Stopped Talking About Racial Reconciliation and Started Talking About White Supremacy | ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 20, 2020:

Yes, it is ME, ME and ME.

Alternet and Patheos report: Many Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals have been ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 20, 2020:

Pity that one could not just scoop them up and let them live in their very own place.

I heard the phrase today "cop-out".

Jolanta comments on Jun 20, 2020:

Yes, there should not be any plea bargaining to a lesser charge or any immunity either.

Which is growing faster atheism or Islam

Jolanta comments on Jun 19, 2020:

Atheism, even amongst Islamic people, however depends where they live in the world they sometimes need to keep quiet about it.

The Boy Scouts, Which Bans Open Atheists, Now Offers an “Inclusion” Merit Badge | Hemant Mehta |...

Jolanta comments on Jun 19, 2020:

Oh, how very sweet of them.

Have you ever been offended by being an agnostic or atheist?

Jolanta comments on Jun 19, 2020:

No, but I had a big chuckle when I was in the Phillipines and spoke to a Catholic priest and when he asked me about my religion and I said I was an agnostic he said he never heard of it. He actually thought it was a religion. I did not put him straight.

[nbcnews.

Jolanta comments on Jun 19, 2020:

What is the reason for the celebration?

What's the stupidest reason for not wearing a mask that you've heard?

Jolanta comments on Jun 19, 2020:

I am not worried about getting Covid because I have been washed by god's blood.

What's the stupidest reason for not wearing a mask that you've heard?

Jolanta comments on Jun 19, 2020:

Well, I saw a post today on facebook from the US, a man wearing a pair of underpants on his face as a mask in a department store.

[msn.

Jolanta comments on Jun 18, 2020:

Yes, this is happening everywhere but especially in the US. I wonder why there is so much hate there?

Franklin Graham on Supreme Court’s LGBTQ Ruling: “My Rights Should Be Protected” | Beth ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 18, 2020:

Pure hypocrisy.

Totally fucked.

Jolanta comments on Jun 17, 2020:

Not WE it is the people who are just like him that are asking, not US.

MAGA Cultist Bill Mitchell: Systemic Racism is a “Fantasy Created by the Media” | Hemant Mehta |...

Jolanta comments on Jun 17, 2020:

Nonsense, just spouting nonsense.

Today's hike: Searching for Lady Slippers, we found a couple having sex.

Jolanta comments on Jun 17, 2020:

Gorgeous pictures, but here I am scrolling and nothing of the couple, so disappointing.

Israel Loses Its Best While economics is certainly playing a role in this emigration, it is not ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 17, 2020:

Well the Natzis probably were thinking the same.

Who else is a naughty atheist who invites the Mormons and the Jehovah's Witness's into their home ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 16, 2020:

You are evil, h e, he.

Even the UK Statue of the Man Who Founded the Boy Scouts Is Coming Down | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 16, 2020:

I never knew the Souts were a religious group. I was involved with them here in Australia when my children were small but we never had anything to do with religion, never. No prayers, no mention of God or Jesus. Is this something that is going on in other countries with the scouts?

I did something crazy today.

Jolanta comments on Jun 16, 2020:

I am amazed that there should be a prayer at a workplace??? What the f...K. That must only be happening in the US. I have done some travel in my time but have never come across this anywhere in the world.

Yesterday I pruned an elderly friend's New Dawn climbing rose.

Jolanta comments on Jun 15, 2020:

Gorgeous color.

My 1st tomato this season! So thrilled.

Jolanta comments on Jun 15, 2020:

I can already taste it. So delicious.

Once again: climber injured from a fall off a cliff near Leavenworth, WA

Jolanta comments on Jun 15, 2020:

If you injure yourself on the mountain and don't have health care, what happens?

I so enjoy coming home to my front entrance area this year, and as the sun warms up now it smells ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 14, 2020:

Looks so 'restful' to the eyes and the soul.

Forty five years ago when I finally awoke from my Christian illusions I never dreamed I would ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 14, 2020:

Yeah, other countries do not seem to have this problem, no matter of the religion, except that they do behead people in Saudi Arabia of course.

“I cannot say with absolute certainty that my wife is not a professional assassin hired by the ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 14, 2020:

I would be worried if I were you. I personally do know a few Chinese wives and they are lethal when angry, more than men, he, he.

Texas Anti-Abortion Group Sued for Defamation for Calling Opponents “Criminals” | Hemant Mehta |...

Jolanta comments on Jun 14, 2020:

I have been wondering how come so many of these anti abortion people are men, not that there aren't women too, but it seems like it comes from mainly men.

Christian Conspiracist: Black Lives Matter and Antifa Leaders Must Be Executed | Beth Stoneburner | ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 14, 2020:

And they still think they will be let into heaven.

America's Wet Markets -- Bill Maher

Jolanta comments on Jun 13, 2020:

I agree with him totally.

Yet another black man found hanging.

Jolanta comments on Jun 13, 2020:

The police in the US is not accountable to anybody unfortunately.

I just attended a Zoom presentation on Covid- by a well-known expert in the field of viruses, Dr.

Jolanta comments on Jun 13, 2020:

New Zealand has no cases of covid 19 at all. They have beaten it in 102 days.

Momma cat moved in and gave birth to a litter , without telling me .

Jolanta comments on Jun 13, 2020:

Maybe you should stop feeding those cats.

Religious Schools Promoting Gay Conversion Torture Are Getting Taxpayer Dollars | Hemant Mehta | ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 12, 2020:

There should not be any religious schools at all. If parents want their children to get religious education then it should be done after school, not something the state should pay for.

[tabletmag.com] How to date in a pandemic.

Jolanta comments on Jun 12, 2020:

She sounds down to earth. Should be more of those.

I've heard a lot over the years about how religious moderates aren't hurting anyone and that they ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 11, 2020:

Some humans just cannot understand that they are not that important in the universe, so they have to invent something.

Tulsa mayor said we are not shooting African Americans as much as we should be

Jolanta comments on Jun 11, 2020:

And he wonders why this is all happening.

I haven't a clue?!

Jolanta comments on Jun 11, 2020:

It will be a very sorry one I bet.

Steep hike today with an 80 year-old. It was nice not being the slowest.

Jolanta comments on Jun 11, 2020:

Looks lovely, and here is me puffing and panting going around my block. I have to do this every day from now. My middle is starting to expand at an alarming rate.

The flies are bothersome right now.

Jolanta comments on Jun 10, 2020:

Good work and maybe you can use it one the kids if they try to break it too, he, he.

[jweekly.

Jolanta comments on Jun 9, 2020:

I don't know about this. This is history which should be thought in history lessons not special lessons or shall there be special lessons about other atrocities?

An unassumed atheist

Jolanta comments on Jun 9, 2020:

You don't need to tell them anything. It may start problems for you if you do. Just do your own thing.

I'm new here.

Jolanta comments on Jun 9, 2020:

Tell him you just cannot do that as you are far too hurt by his death.

Stolen from my friend on Facebook Blaming all cops for the thuggish and murderous behavior of a ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 8, 2020:

Sure, however it does not seem like it is the behavior of a FEW cops, just look at how those cops who resigned because the two cops got put on no pay suspension, how they all clapped when they got out of court. What does that say.

Conservative Charlie Kirk Mocks Protesters: Racism “Doesn’t Exist” | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 8, 2020:

Then less attention you give him the better.

My encounter meeting a racist, transphobic, chatterbox, conversation hog

Jolanta comments on Jun 7, 2020:

Some "friends" one can do without.

I live in a very conservative Christian southern state and if I happen to be going through a ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 7, 2020:

Time to invest in ear plugs.

According to my physics teacher, people who become atheists will be punished by God.

Jolanta comments on Jun 7, 2020:

I would suggest that you just stay on topic and only discuss physics with him. Close your ears when he mentions religion if you do want to pass.

Brazil Bolsonaro's president says he is a conservative Christian, but his attitudes do not match ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 6, 2020:

Bolsonaro and Trump may have been brothers.

Here Are Some Common Sex Myths That Everyone Really Needs To Stop Believing | IFLScience

Jolanta comments on Jun 6, 2020:

I think this thing about being shy when it come to talking about sex is not so. Probably in the US but not in a lot of other countries in the world.

I had a really good conversation with a co worker this week.

Jolanta comments on Jun 6, 2020:

I am a great big window and if I don't watch out I may fall out of it or into it.

GEORGE FLOYD DEATH Two Buffalo officers charged with assault over police shoving 75-year-old man to ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 6, 2020:

Yes, the only reason they were charge is because of someone videoed it. Any other time it would have been "He tripped".

Let's give religion a break just for a moment.

Jolanta comments on Jun 6, 2020:

I don't remember that I ever believed. Having to go to church and going for religious lectures was just something you did because when you were a kid you had to. So I just went, once I was older I refused. The only thing I enjoyed was getting together with kids my own age.

Texas GOP Leader: George Floyd’s Murder Was “Staged” to Create “Racial Tensions” | Hemant...

Jolanta comments on Jun 6, 2020:

In that case all those other dead black men must have been staged too.

How many of you found the christian straight jacket view of sex turned you off and enticed you away ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 6, 2020:

I found that something that is forbidden is a lot of times very nice to do.

The real Hawaii: [huffpost.com]

Jolanta comments on Jun 5, 2020:

Yes, paradise may not be so much for the locals.

Louisiana GOP Backs Child Marriage Bill: “A Lot of 16-Year-Olds Are Very Mature” | Hemant Mehta ...

Jolanta comments on Jun 5, 2020:

Pedophilia. Would not surprise me if they wanted to lower the age. Maybe that is next.

something a bit perplexing about the christian god.

Jolanta comments on Jun 5, 2020:

Yes, must have happened on a day when god felt a bit confused.

This year really has me questioning the validity of life.

Jolanta comments on Jun 5, 2020:

Yes, you are too hard on yourself. Small steps, just small steps.

I’ve been studying the Tao Te ching for over a year now.

Jolanta comments on Jun 4, 2020:

For some people this will be very easy to unlearn all the negative things they have been taught and the positive too as there is not much that they have learned.

Today's hike: Extremely rare, endangered plants. Yahoos stay out.

Jolanta comments on Jun 4, 2020:

Gorgeous country but just do not tell Donald about the no driving of jeeps or hunting. He will soon make sure it happens again.

Researchers report that more than two-thirds of self-identified atheists shed that label after their...

Jolanta comments on Jun 4, 2020:

Well some of them also think they now can fly.