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Is it okay for an atheist to sing sacred music?
davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:
Did you know many Christmas carols were actually taken from 17th-century London brothel greeting songs? When you entered one of these establishments, the ladies would sing welcome songs to you. One ditty, we now know as"Hark the Herald Angels Sing" once had very different, and 'naughty' lyrics. The holy rollers lifted the melodies, and changed the lyrics.
Helle's toilet: 12th-century three-person loo seat goes on display Archaeologists know the names ...
davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:
Norse longhouses in Iceland had rooms attached to one end, with potty seats attached to each wall. The 4-6 seater privies were situated over a stream, which ran through the house at that point. The upstream part was where you got drinking and cooking water from. The downstream part carried away waste water. Both adults and children could use the loo together. And of course, both sexes as well.
Will Trump win? biblesinschools
davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:
On the Seventh Day, the Seventh Angel blew her trumpet seven times. And out speweth Seven Harlots, who broke seven seals, from which speweth forth Seven Trumps upon the land!
BREAKING NEWS: Democrats vote to give tRump a wall!!
davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:
Trump's wallpaper? 3.4 billion for 55 miles worth?
Do you believe in UFO's?
davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:
The Wyoming Army National Guard used to have a bad habit of crashing their helicopters into the Colorado Rockies. And in response to the question 'are we alone?', I used to say: Supposing some night, an object from above crashed into your neighborhood? The devout would immediately get down on their knees and pray. The atheist would say 'ahh, there aint no UFOs!', and go back to sleep.. The agnostic would say 'Let me get my flashlight, and let's go down and investigate this phenomenon. But I got five bucks it's a helicopter from WANG! And upon approaching the crinkled-up wreckage, and seeing the letters W-A-N-G painted on the side, would say 'See! I told ya so!'
U.S. Budget Deficit Jumps to $100 Billion at Start of Fiscal Year
davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:
If he approves the new budget proposal, do you realize that 3.4 billion will only pay for 55 miles of his wall? Imagine what 500 or 1,000 miles of wall will cost!
U.S. Budget Deficit Jumps to $100 Billion at Start of Fiscal Year
davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:
Trump: "I am the KING of DEBT!"
After watching clips of DJT's rally in El Paso (just couldn't stomach the entire thing), I've come ...
davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:
And they will still be like that, after he's gone! I can forsee Trumplerite cultists standing on street corners, passing out leaflets, and verbally harrassing people, ten years from now! Maybe he will start up his own Church of Trumplerology?
Today is my 31st birthday and the first one since joining this site.
davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:
From 30 on, those birthdays just go flyin by! And you're a hundred eleventy one, like me! Enjoy! May you live a hundred years! And may you drink ten-thousand beers!
TRUMP SUPPORTER DISORDER - His base doesn't care that he lies, that he's corrupt, that he's ...
davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:
I view it as a kind of mass-hysteria, rooted in cognitive dissonance.
Dog is my copilot. [theonion.com]
davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:
Praise Dog!
I just had a random memory pop into my head.
davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:
To the "where do you think you'll go when you die" routine, I just respond "It all depends on how much money you have.If you're rich, you get a fancy mausoleum, with a flashing neon sign! If you're poor, you get cremated!".
New York Times stock is at its highest price in the past five years.
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
I'm sure the Rich are real glad to hear that!
Where are baby dinosaurs?
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
I used to decorate my bookcases with the little, painted plastic variety.
White people can't be terrorists! [youtube.com]
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
'Terrorism' is simply the State's euphemism for poor man's war. And all people are capable of it, if forced into a situation that compels them to react that way. I say 'react', because it is usually a reaction to State terrorism of some kind. The word 'terroriste' comes from the French Revolution, when cells of assassins were out hunting Royalist leaders. As a euphemism for poor man's war, we can credit that to Nazi Germany, which ordered that all mention of European resistance fighters describe them as "terrorists".Bureaucrats that failed to do that were summarily arrested, and imprisoned, or worse. This is the origin of the saying that" One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter".
Don't Let Age Change you. Change the way you age.
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
Easier said than done! It seems I get crankier, and creakier, with each passing year!
Trump supporter attacks BBC cameraman at El Paso rally - BBC News
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
I can't help but wonder if he was a paid thug? I wouldn't put it past Trump's caporegimes to insert a few paid thugs at each of his idiot rallies.
Little Hell on the Prairie - TheHumanist.com
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
When I'm taking road trips, I enjoy stopping off at small town restaurants, and diners. That's one way to get to know the country, and the people in it. Experiences are always variable. Some people may be friendly. Others may be standoffish.But it's always fun just listening in on their conversations. Be it Kansas farmers discussing crops and weather. Or Australian tourists marveling over sugar in paper packets, and creamer 'substitute' in little plastic tubs.
Is Heaven and Hell real? Yes because both are a state of mind.
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
The World is what we make it. We have the knowledge to turn it into Heaven, or Hell. Unfortunately, Humans tend more towards the latter.
Half way through the sugarfree Feb.
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
Celery, stuffed with pimento cheese, or even cream cheese, makes for a tasty, and filling snack!
Twice, within the last 5 days I have been drawn into (at barbershop and work with no hope of egress)...
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
Cult members looking for converts love captive audiences! And if you are sitting in a barber's chair, you are temporarily at their mercy. Fortunately, where I live, there is but one barber shop. And the main topics of conversation are the weather, and fishing.
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davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
I call British English 'English English'. But doubtlessly, there are many sub-dialects. American English comes in four sub-dialects: Northeastern (100 mile radius of NYC), New England, General American, and Southern. And there are numerous sub-sub-dialects ( 11 for Southern English alone). I speak in a patois of General American, and Southern, with lots of "foreign" words and phrases tossed in. Canadian English has at least four sub-dialects that I can identify: Newfy, Maritime, General Canadian, and B.C. (which is practically indistinguishable from General American). Confused yet?
The reasons the industrialized world will never get off fossil fuels until a crash causes an ...
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
Do you mean that people never act, until necessity compels it? I think you may be right! I came to that conclusion many years ago!
Donald Trump Claims 'No President Ever Worked Harder.' Twitter Isn't Buying It. | HuffPost
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
Hey! It's a lot of work using the channel-flicker gadget to switch back n forth between FOX, and Morning Joe!
Interesting. What's normal? [scontent.fbne6-1.fna.fbcdn.net]
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
I once asked a prof to define "maladaptive behavior" His response was, "maladaptive was any behavior not considered 'normal' in a given culture".Which still doesn't answer your question, I know. It didn't answer mine either!
My first Focaccia Bread.
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
Focaccia bread goes good with Italian dishes, especially if you tear off pieces, and dunk it in chianti before eating it!
Who else has read A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn?
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
I read it about fifteen years ago.
Trump supporter attacks BBC cameraman at El Paso rally - BBC News
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
Trump rallies attract drunken idiots!
Some iconic Michigan based memories
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
I used to like pasties. Until one day, I bit into one, and found a curly, black hair. I haven't had a pastie since!
True enough!
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
In my day, it didn't seem to matter how much snow had fallen. We were still expected to trudge our way to school. Likewise, employees were still expected to show up for their jobs. 'Inclement weather' was no excuse for tardiness, or absenteeism. Kids have it much easier nowadays.
How many of you remember Edgewater Amusement Park in Detroit? [fornology.blogspot.com]
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
I remember going there a few times as a kid.
I came across a post on facebook a few months back that was about restaurants in Michigan that you ...
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
My all-time favorite restaurant in Michigan was Duke's Fish n Chips, in Hazeltucky!
Thanks for the invite.
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
Pinconning cheese! I haven't had that in over 30 years! That's the first thing I think of when I hear the name Pinconning!
As a kid, I regularly saw caravans of army trucks (actually national guard troops) headed to/from ...
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
The Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio Guard all belonged to the NG's 38th Infantry Division. So I imagine they must have held joint exercises up there. Once, while scouting out good deer-hunting country, I discovered a place in Grayling's perimeter fence where a tree had fallen on it, creating a gap underneath. Just big enough for me, or a deer to scurry through. The following deer season, I dragged a seven-pointer through there!
Warren Dunes State Park - a favorite on Lake Michigan
davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:
We used to camp along some dunes farther south of there. I think it was a state park closer to South Haven. Anyhow, when I was a teen, it was fun wetting my belly with beer, and belly-sliding down a dune, and into Lake Michigan!
Don't drive like an asshole around big trucks. This was in Ohio.
davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:
Back in the 'eighties, I attended a truckdriving school in Alabama. On our last day in road-training, one of the students backed over a brand new Mercedes Benz. All we felt in the cab was a minor thud. When we got out to investigate, the owner of the car-- a Pentecostal preacher--came running out of the KFC he'd been in, and started hollering, and cussing to high heaven! It was pretty funny! I'd never heard a preacher cuss like that in my life! (The Mercedes was squashed like a pizza pie!).
Trump Supporters Form Human ‘Wall’ Along U.S.-Mexico Border | HuffPost
davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:
Twenty years from now, we will view Trumpies the way we do Moonies.
Share the wealth
davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:
Since all wealth is created by labor, we might call it 'returned wealth'.
Teeple Lk. Highland Recreation Area
davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:
Michigan's State Recreation Areas are one thing I miss. I think Michigan must have more state-owned recreational land than most states. I used to go out to Highland Lake, Bald Mountain, Metamora, and many, many others.
Finally got around to reading "The Godfather".
davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:
I first saw "The Godfather" at a drive-in movie, when I was sixteen. But early on in the film, when Tom tells Sonny his dad wants to see him (and Sonny is 'hooking up' with a woman, while standing up) my girlfriend and I climbed into the back seat of my jeep, and got into some heavy 'hooking up'. So much so, we never saw the rest of the movie. So, I had to wait for it to begin appearing on television, before I actually got to see it in its entirety!
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davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:
We can expect to see more attacks like this, as more women get elected to public offices. These misogynistic bullies will be tweeting and caterwauling in full force!
Is there some kind of food you liked as a child that you will no longer eat?
davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:
I'm Type II diabetic, and can't eat half the stuff in the supermarket! I miss Kit Kat bars most of all!
will socialism ever be a viable economic policy?
davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:
Economic democracy only works in conjunction with political democracy. And countries that are already heavily-industrialized seem to have the best luck in its implementation.
Why are people so hostile towards President Donald Trump?
davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:
AA) Trump is a hopelessly illiterate, microbrained, Wingbat!
i'm not saying i'm a 100% believer in this scientist's error discovery; but as an atheist, skeptic &...
davknight comments on Feb 9, 2019:
Skepticism is the ORIGIN of good science!
Should this kind of fanatacism be allowed to be spread to the general public?
davknight comments on Feb 9, 2019:
His doctors drink funny kool- aid too. One of them just said "God gave Trump good genes"!
If Donny dough nuts were reelected in 2020 by some crazy ass set of improbabilities , I would ...
davknight comments on Feb 9, 2019:
If he got re-elected, we might experience our first military coup! And Trump would get perp walked out of the White House by Marines!
I just read a disturbing post from one of our Agnostic Ladies whom I have great respect for.
davknight comments on Feb 9, 2019:
The oddest thing about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, is that they were all founded on Sumerian creation myths, all originated in the same part of the World. And all were founded by guys who lived in the desert too long, chewed too much khat, and smoked too much weed. With so much in common, why can't they all get along?
I've been told by friends that I'm the most militant atheist they know.
davknight comments on Feb 9, 2019:
That's no shite!
Moral Cultures
davknight comments on Feb 9, 2019:
The only "virtues" I see being expounded are: ignorance, greed, usery, and mindless hedonism.
Comparing the present administration to any other is absolutely absurd.
davknight comments on Feb 9, 2019:
I have a neighbor who turned 100 last year. I asked her if Trump reminded her of Huey Long. She laughed, and said that was exactly who Trump reminded her of!
I work at a university and a guy called this summer to see if we wanted some "dinosaur poop" he ...
davknight comments on Feb 9, 2019:
I can remember having to study human coprolite, from South American digs, under a microscope, back when I was working on my anthropology degree.
Who remembers Ding Dongs????
davknight comments on Feb 9, 2019:
They don't make them anymore? Boy! I really am getting old!
Which comic book series did you grow up on?
davknight comments on Feb 9, 2019:
Mad Magazine, Zap!, Bijou Funnies, Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.
Who has lived or still do in small hicksville like this.
davknight comments on Feb 9, 2019:
I grew up in a big city, but haven't lived in one for 35 years. I PREFER small towns!
What? Me Worry?
davknight comments on Feb 9, 2019:
I'm convinced Mad Magazine contributed to my World outlook. That, and the underground comics I used to read as a teen!
I think that I shall never see The things I saw on LSD. My ode to acid.
davknight comments on Feb 9, 2019:
I miss watching the Zepelin move around on Led Zepelin album covers!
How do you deal with Door-knockers?
davknight comments on Feb 8, 2019:
Easy. I don't answer the door!
What do you call it when your niece has her first baby.
davknight comments on Feb 8, 2019:
And ta think? We looked like that once!
I live in the reddest State,Oklahoma, therefore I am exposed to lots of right-wingers.
davknight comments on Feb 8, 2019:
Okies are OK to me! When I think Oklahoma, I think Will Rogers, and Woodie Guthrie. Maybe I'm just getting too old?
As a music lover, I have always envied the mad skills of the talented, even though I don't have the ...
davknight comments on Feb 8, 2019:
Who are your top 10 favorite harmonica players? Mine are: Sonny Terry Charlie Musselwhite Charlie McCoy Alan Wilson John Fogerty Mick Jagger Corky Siegal Sonny Boy Williamson II John Mayall "Magic" Dick Wilson
As a music lover, I have always envied the mad skills of the talented, even though I don't have the ...
davknight comments on Feb 8, 2019:
Harmonica. Since I was 14. Harmonicas sound awful, until you learn how to play them. So, I'd go up onto railroad tracks, late at night. Or climb up into a tree. When dogs started howling back at me, I knew I was getting good. Bathtubs, and restrooms offered great acoustics too.. There was a certain boy's room at school, that I'd go into when I was skipping a class, and practice my harmonics. Until one day, as I was sneaking back out, I got met with applause by a teacher, and a bunch of students from a class next to the boy's room. Turned out, they could hear me fine! I scurried off embarrassed as heck!
Are you a conspiracy theorist?
davknight comments on Feb 8, 2019:
I don't see any link. The term "conspiracy theorist" was originally coined by the CIA to discredit critics of the Warren Report. Also, most "conspiracy theories" turn out to be true, or at least partially true. And, as Carl Oglesby once pointed out: "Conspiracy is politics by normal means".
Right wing demagogues are now screaming "socialism" -- attempting to discredit democratic thrusts ...
davknight comments on Feb 8, 2019:
Tell them that the U.S. Military is one of the most efficient examples of socialism-in-action, and they just stare at you dumbstruck!
What do you think of the value of knowledge?
davknight comments on Feb 8, 2019:
One never gets enough education. So, everyone should try to learn something new each and every day!
China just built a 250-acre solar farm shaped like a giant panda
davknight comments on Feb 8, 2019:
One word. Cool!
Are we in the Anthropocene.
davknight comments on Feb 8, 2019:
I call it the Plasticene Age.
Donald Trump has accidentally told an audience of global religious leaders that America’s greatest...
davknight comments on Feb 8, 2019:
His aids ought to design him corks, for both his mouth, and his sphincter, so he can't sputter his idiocy out either end!
We're Finally Going To Get Trump's Tax Returns - YouTube
davknight comments on Feb 8, 2019:
That's how they got Capone!
I'm not saying it was aliens because it probably wasn't.
davknight comments on Feb 8, 2019:
I've always called it the Hysteria Channel (though, sometimes they have interesting programs).
Do You Feel Like an Outsider?
davknight comments on Feb 7, 2019:
Alienated? How about Vulcan? I always feel like I'm from another planet, down here studying the Earth Creatures!
Siberian deep freeze breaks 50-year record
davknight comments on Feb 7, 2019:
I'm waiting for Trump to tell them they just need to shovel their snow! Then, it wouldn't be so cold!
Stone age Swiss Army Knife
davknight comments on Feb 7, 2019:
The most unusual stone tool I ever saw was in the park museum of Rocky Mountain National Park. This was a stone twist drill, with right-hand flutes. It was only about 3" in length, and was probably used in drilling holes through seashell ornaments. I don't remember how old it was supposed to be; but human habitation in that region goes back 6,500 years. And pocket knives go back to ancient Rome. Few specimens survive, but at least a few can be seen in the National Knife Museum, in Chattanooga, TN.
Just having a crummy day, just feeling blurghy and fed up.
davknight comments on Feb 7, 2019:
Your son is alright, we hope? And take heart. We have six times the population you have; and at least six times as many idiots. To get rid of those blurghies, feel free to vent your frustrations here!
Its raining trees in Michigan! These are just what I can see from my yard.
davknight comments on Feb 7, 2019:
That's what it looks like around here, after a hurricane hits the coast. Except the water is still in liquid form, and not iced!
What song would you want played for your funeral?
davknight comments on Feb 7, 2019:
My favorite pipe tune, "The Drunken Piper"!
Any day now we're sure to start feeling Trickle Down.
davknight comments on Feb 7, 2019:
I can remember the "trickle-down" of the Reagan years. Most people in the Rust Bowl city I grew up in, figured that was when rich folks get weak kidneys, n peed all over everybody else.
Jennifer Rubin said Trump uses language "that dense people think is smart and ignorant people ...
davknight comments on Feb 7, 2019:
Trumpism has sparked a wave of mass-hysteria, rooted in cognitive dissonance.
I honestly believe within the next 10 years we will have solid proof of alien life.
davknight comments on Feb 7, 2019:
No alien civilization in their right minds would have anything to do with us. They would know it's better to leave us be, and let us "discover" them.
Congressional women, dressed in solidarity in white, attempting to inject some joy and hope into an ...
davknight comments on Feb 7, 2019:
Mourning black would have been more appropriate.
New York Gov.
davknight comments on Feb 6, 2019:
I would like to see it DECRIMINALIZED. When you legalize it, it just becomes something for the government to tax. Thus making it unaffordable to most folks. Decriminalization, on the other hand, simply turns it back into a weed, that people can grow themselves, in unlimited quantities.
Do you trust businessmen to look out for your best interests?
davknight comments on Feb 6, 2019:
I think many Trumplerites equate great wealth with great intelligence: "He's a billionaire, aint he?" And Trump uses that mis-idea to make suckers out of them.
Boy named Trump who fell asleep during State of the Union hailed a hero | US news | The Guardian
davknight comments on Feb 6, 2019:
You'd fall asleep too, if you were a sixth-grader, and had to listen to a second-grader give a speech!
May we take a break from all the atheist stuff for a second.
davknight comments on Feb 6, 2019:
A man is laying in his death bed. The only others present are a priest, and an undertaker. Priest: "Do you have any last words my son?" Dying Man: "I'm dieing" Priest: "Yes?" Dying Man: "I'm dieing" Priest: "We know that! What did you want to say?" Dying Man: "I'm dieing just like Jesus!" Priest: "But that's blasphemy my son! What do you mean you're dieing like Jesus?" Dying Man: "I'm dieing" Priest: "Yes?" Dying Man: "Between two thieves!"
May we take a break from all the atheist stuff for a second.
davknight comments on Feb 6, 2019:
Bear and bunny rabbit are sitting on log, taking a dump. Bear says to bunny rabbit: "Does your pooh stick to your fur too, when taking a dump?" Bunny Rabbit: "Oh no! Us Bunnies don't have that problem!" Bear: "Really? Great!" ( picks up bunny, and wipes butt with him).
25 Obscure English Words
davknight comments on Feb 6, 2019:
I took a vocabulary test once, and only missed two words. I still remember them: Bumptious, and Mindicant. (I don't remember what they mean!).
I’m gonna go ahead and post my response to the SOTU in advance ...
davknight comments on Feb 5, 2019:
Trumpty Dumpty is certainly a "unique kind of moron"!
The changing meanings of words from one country to another. Any examples?
davknight comments on Feb 5, 2019:
The Simpsons to Americans-- Dingbat cartoon show. Rest of the World-- A typical family of American dingbats.
This article is for informational purposes only WHAT DO YOU THINK THE STATE OF OUR UNION IS ...
davknight comments on Feb 5, 2019:
I think of it as the State of Disunion Address!
Senator Lindsey Graham Warns Of Possible GOP 'War' Over Trump's Wall | HuffPost
davknight comments on Feb 5, 2019:
Poor Lindsey went stark, raving crackers a couple of years ago. And hasn't been the same since!
Okay, so there ain't no God.
davknight comments on Feb 5, 2019:
In the Beginning, there was DOG. And DOG created the Heavens and the Earth. And he saw that it was Good!
Friday, February 8th I’m having my second back surgery.
davknight comments on Feb 5, 2019:
You have my sympathy! I had a two-level lumbar fusion done fourteen years ago. They botched the first attempt, and I had to have a second surgery. Both times, I was in the most unimaginable pain. And I was taking several types of opiod painkillers after each one. This was also in Colorado, but before medical pot was legal. I won't give you my opinions regarding fusions, back surgeons, and the hospitals they do them in. But I hope you have better luck than I did; and I hope you've got plenty of good weed!
I've just been watching a documentary 'Teachers Training to Kill' produced by Channel 4 (United ...
davknight comments on Feb 5, 2019:
What happens when a teacher decides to go postal?
I am not giving old orangy the satisfaction of me watching his lying ass deliver State of the Union ...
davknight comments on Feb 4, 2019:
I have better things to do than to listen to that bellowing hippo stumble, babble, and lie his way through his speech!
What We're Up Against: The Right-Wing Mindset
davknight comments on Feb 4, 2019:
It's more than that. I liken it to a wave of mass-hysteria, rooted in cognitive dissonance, deliberately fanned by the Mad Man in the White House. (Good title for a book--"Mad Man: The Trump Years In The White House").
Why is electoral vote used to determine the outcome of the presidential election when the popular ...
davknight comments on Feb 4, 2019:
The U.S. Senate, and the electoral "college" exist to keep political power in the hands of the upper ten-percent of the population.
I have an academic poster to finish. Will someone do it for me? I'll pay
davknight comments on Feb 4, 2019:
I don't think the U.S. even has a nation-wide rubric for treating the mentally ill. It would vary so much from state to state. From what I can see, we either consign them to group homes run by non-profits, turn em loose but medicated, or even run em for President!
I'm watching _The Graduate_ . Wondering how it would be received if released now.
davknight comments on Feb 4, 2019:
'The Graduate' would probably be deemed 'pretty boring' nowadays.
Send nudes.
davknight comments on Feb 4, 2019:
Bearly nekkid? Or bear nekkid?
What’s your favorite movie quote?
davknight comments on Feb 4, 2019:
"Worms n buzzards gotta eat too!" The Outlaw Josey Wales