I think "trickle down theory" is the biggest, and mo successful, "con job" ever played.

webbew1 comments on Dec 1, 2017:

Excellent evaluation. Trickle down is the biggest load of horse shit ever shoveled. The sad thing is, people keep falling for it. Supporters of trickle down are able to get away with selling this bill of goods because they keep promising tax cuts to the middle and lower classes. Sounds good, right? The ruse is up once one realizes that their tax cut amounts to about forty bucks a year while a billionaires tax cut amounts to hudreds of thousands. How exactly does that provide the lower and middle class with more money to help stimulate the economy?

Do god and santa claus ever hang out with the easter bunny and the tooth ferry?

webbew1 comments on Dec 1, 2017:

I think I saw those guys hanging out together at a strip club in Tijuana once. They were taking turns getting lap dances from a 65 year old stripper named Darleen.

New to this site.Took me a week to get the courage to post.

webbew1 comments on Dec 1, 2017:

Welcome to the fold, Sister in Christ! Services are held every Wednesday and Sunday and are mandatory unless you have been granted direct consent from myself to abstain. Common acceptable excuses for abstention include those instances in which I have determined that you have a severe illness which requires you to be bed ridden or if I have chosen you as a member of the inner circle and sent you out in to the heathen world to spread the good news. Please remit all of your earthly posessions to myself immediately. Also, have you wired all funds from your personal and business bank accounts to the account number in the Cayman Islands which I have provided you? Please make sure ALL funds are emptied from your accounts IMMEDIATELY. Money is the mark of satan, and posession of so much as the smallest denomination shall lead to eternal damnation in the fires of hell. Again.... welcome! The sisters of the inner circle will provide you with the cloth worn by all members of the commune during your welcoming ceremony this evening. You may now commence to go forth in to yonder grove of trees to pick the initiation switch which will be utilized this evening to cleans the sins of your previous life.

Sex: Eyes opened or Eyes closed

webbew1 comments on Dec 1, 2017:

Sometimes open and sometimes closed. Depends upon if the Fleshlight needs more lube or not.

Woke up this morning...good for 3 stars.

webbew1 comments on Dec 1, 2017:

Kinda like The Phantom Menace. Good for 3 stars.

RACISM At what point do you break all ties with someone who has expressed racist views or racist ...

webbew1 comments on Dec 1, 2017:

I've had friends who are both racist and homophobic, but I make it very clear early on that they can keep their views on those topics to themselves. Any attempt to bring up that kind of bullshit in a manner which is demeaning or threatening to persons of a specific race or sexual orientation will end the conversation immediately, and they know very well that this is non-negotiable. I've always believed that one can do no good in the world by refusing to be friends with people who dislike others due to their race or sexual orientation. The best way to change a persons viewpoint is to lead by example. One cannot lead by example if they refuse to interact with those whom they wish to change.

Just in, my high school wants everyone to put a giant Christmas ornament on their door next ...

webbew1 comments on Dec 1, 2017:

Put a pagan or wiccan ornament in your window and see if anybody notices. Better yet, one of the symbols which christians adopted from the pagans for the christmas season would be absolutely perfect.

DEATH Someone just posted about dealing with another's death. How about your own?

webbew1 comments on Dec 1, 2017:

Death? It's either going to be absolutely nothing or it's going to be one hell of an adventure. As for the process? I can only hope it's quick. I really don't want to waste away in some hospice care.

Scientists Discover Biophotons In The Brain That Could Hint Our Consciousness is Directly Linked to ...

webbew1 comments on Dec 1, 2017:

Interesting article. Might explain why people who have had NDE's describe moving towards a great light. Of course, nay sayers always pass this experience off as the last dying embers of the lower functioning parts of the brain, but they can never explain why the individual who has had the NDE can describe or oven recollect the experience in the first place, given that in their view all higher thinking functions have ceased. This might offer some insight in to an explanation. The Tibetan Book Of The Dead says that our life experience is meant to prepare us for the journey we will take once we leave our bodies and temporarily reintigrate with the light. It also says that the next physical body we inhabit will depend upon how well we have prepared ourselves in our current life. Did we make a concerted effort to strengthen the light which makes up our life force? Or did we weaken it through greedy, selfish and malevolent behavior? Hence, if true, someone like Adolf Hitler is scurrying around in the dark corners of somebody's kitchen today while somebody who did good in their previous incarnation has ascended to a higher existence than they lived in their former life.

Would you rather face Radical Islamic Extremism or Radical Domestic Extremism?

webbew1 comments on Dec 1, 2017:

Get rid of domestic terrorists first. Since 9/11, radical christian terrorist groups and individuals have killed American citizens on US soil at a clip that islamic terrorists can only dream about.

Building on Kreig’s earlier question about our view of the American National Anthem, as ...

webbew1 comments on Dec 1, 2017:

Not sure why it works that way here. Some countries are different. In Thailand, the national anthem is played even before movies at movie theaters. Here in the United States it seems to be inconsistent.

Science proving there is a god

webbew1 comments on Dec 1, 2017:

Sure. I'd accept it. Of course, it is in the nature of science to never prove anything difinitively. Merely to build theories based upon the evidence as it is currently understood.

Who scares you more - Donald Trump or Mike Pence?

webbew1 comments on Nov 30, 2017:

Pence scares me more because he's got some actual political experience. Better to tie Trump's hands in 2018 by ensuring he has a majority in neither the House nor the Senate, then vote his ass out in 2020.

How can we improve this community?

webbew1 comments on Nov 30, 2017:

Admin, Just wanted to let you know that older posts seem to be disappearing from the feed. They're clearly still in the system because at the top of the thread the number of comments listed is correct, but the number which actually appears in the thread doesn't match up.

So Little Kim is killing more fish in the Sea of Japan - the same poor fish who had to suffer ...

webbew1 comments on Nov 30, 2017:

Watching this pissing match between the US and North Korea play out is depressing. The current presidential administration campaigned in 2016 on the promise of bringing down islamic terrorists and ending the war in the middle east. They claimed that this task would be completed within a years time. What a joke! Here we are one year later, and not only are we still deeply embroiled in the middle east, but we're also on the brink of war on the Korean Peninsula as well. Could this situation possibly suck any worse?

Is the presdent Trump speaking for all America with his remarks on line ?

webbew1 comments on Nov 30, 2017:

No. Unfortunately, due to his position as a public figure he has a bigger arena in which to spout off his bullshit, but he most certainly does not speak for all American citizens.

Not to delegitimize these recent sexual allegations, and I’m sure most of these are true and need ...

webbew1 comments on Nov 30, 2017:

That's the difficult part when it comes to situations like this. How do you tell the difference between someone who has genuinely been violated and someone who is just attempting to bribe somebody? Unless there are witnesses or the alleged perpetrator admits to the crime, it's very difficult.

Do you think that Pat Robertson will retire or do the 700 Club until he dies?

webbew1 comments on Nov 30, 2017:

That guy was getting old as dirt back in the 80's when he was actually relevant. He must be about 153 years old by now.

Do you like to get inked

webbew1 comments on Nov 30, 2017:

It's Tattoo Time! https://youtu.be/E4BtzOR4Now

The far side was the best.

webbew1 comments on Nov 30, 2017:

Those were the salad days of comic strips. Doonsberry, Calvin and Hobbes and The Far Side. The big three. The holy trinity of the morning paper. I miss reading those every morning.

If you were to subject yourself before someone, whom would you choose ?

webbew1 comments on Nov 29, 2017:

I think one of my favorite quotes from an athiest regarding this matter is this one: If I were to ever worship and have a close, personal relationship with a ficticious character, it would be Jessica Rabbit. And I don't think I need to explain why.

James Dobson Releases Radio Ad Endorsing Roy Moore

webbew1 comments on Nov 29, 2017:

Focus On The Family apparently means something different than what we were all lead to believe.

Do you agree with Milo Yiannopoulos in some issues ?

webbew1 comments on Nov 29, 2017:

On the subject of politics, no. But he does have a few valid points regarding man shaming and the type of extremist feminism which is less about equality in society and the work place and more about spitting vitriol towards anybody with a penis.

Sick of Facebook? Me Too!

webbew1 comments on Nov 29, 2017:

Facebook is ok, but I've always preferred message board formats such as this one. It allows for a less cluttered environment. Facebook is like being in a room with 20,000 different conversations pertaining to 20,000 different topics going on at the same time.

I often hear atheists and theists alike discussing the supernatural as if it's actually a real ...

webbew1 comments on Nov 28, 2017:

I'm more apt to believe that most supernatural events will eventually have a logical explanation. Let's take EVP's for example. These are likely not ghosts. More probably, they are simply events somehow imprinted on the space/ time continuum much as a voice is imprinted on a tape recorder. How? This is something we have yet to figure out, but one day will. And I highly doubt that ghosts will have anything to do with it.

Saw an interview once with Lita Ford who is not only an incredible guitarist but world class ...

webbew1 comments on Nov 28, 2017:

Ozzy downed a whole bottle of wine himself??? You don't say! Lota Ford is a superb guitarist. Check out Nita Strauss. Alice Cooper's bad ass guitarist..... https://youtu.be/DNJ3Xh0G0hg

Would you trust a Naturopathic doctor as a primary physician?

webbew1 comments on Nov 28, 2017:

For less serious and time sensitive illnesses, I would attempt natural methods first and then move to more invasive methods if neccessary. For diseases such as cancer, I would use a combination of both. Chemo and/ or surgery first to hit the cancer hard, and then natural methods to stabilize body chemistry and allow my immune system to begin operating normally again.

After we are gone who will inherit the earth?

webbew1 comments on Nov 28, 2017:

The Mute Gods already answered this question..... https://youtu.be/AlmmvkV5olE

Will Roy Moore win the Election on Dec???

webbew1 comments on Nov 28, 2017:

Alabama. Need I say more?

What countries have you traveled to?

webbew1 comments on Nov 28, 2017:

China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Laos, England, Scotland, Mexico, Costa Rica and Canada. My favorites were Thailand and Japan.

So what is the food culture in your place? In India we eat a lot of rice and wheat.

webbew1 comments on Nov 28, 2017:

Basmati rice is the best rice in the whole damn universe. I love that stuff. I tend to vary my diet to include cuisine from many cultures, but if you go to where I'm from (a small town in the middle of Nebraska 150 miles away from anything even remotely resembling a city), if it doesn't say hamburger or hot dog on the package, it's not considered food.

Do you think our world will ever exist without Money?

webbew1 comments on Nov 28, 2017:

Gene Roddenberry was definitely a socialist. No, I don't think we'll ever move away from some form of currency. We're likely to continue to move away from paper currency as technology advances, but most likely all transactions will be done over the information super highway by then. Should there be some kind of apocalypse where all technology is destroyed, there by sending us back to the middle ages, we'll simply go back to the barter system.

Is Jesus a zombie or a bunny? Or a zombie bunny?! I sense a Michael Bay movie coming on...

webbew1 comments on Nov 28, 2017:

There were a number of people during that time who claimed to be the son of god. If you count them all you could have a whole bunch of zombie bunnies and.... voila!... a new George Romero film.

Does anyone have any examples of the Mandela Effect from their personal experiences they would like ...

webbew1 comments on Nov 28, 2017:

Not really, but I was in a Target the other day looking to buy some Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Mint candy and they didn't have any. They had all the other flavors but that one. I was standing there thinking to myself, if I walk up to one of the store employees and ask them if they have Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Mint and they tell me that Ghirardelli has never made a Dark Chocolate Mint flavor, I'm going to crap my pants right here in the candy aisle. Fortunately, I saw the Dark Chocolate Mint ones in Walgreens later, so my close brush with the Mandela Effect was averted.

Some of my current favorite music albums right now include Fiona Apple's "When the Pawn.

webbew1 comments on Nov 28, 2017:

As far as 80's movies with great soundtracks go, check out a film called Get Crazy. Probably the most criminally underrated rock and roll film from the 80's. It might just be the dumbest, most fun time you'll ever have at the movies. It had the likes of Lou Reed, Malcolm McDowell, Bill Henderson and Lee Ving from the band Fear in it.

Suggestions for depressed people?

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

I've been a bit off balance myself of late, but my situation is due more to being cooped up than it is for clinical reasons. Unfortunately, it's just been too damn warm outside. The work I do relies on extreme cold and extreme heat. Garage doors don't break when the weather is nice. Hence, the last three weeks have been bad. Consequently, I'm broke and I can't go anywhere or do anything except sit around and surf the net. It's not at all healthy. Mentally or physically. It's supposed to snow here in Colorado tonight though, so maybe there will be work tomorrow.

Do you feel as I do that Americans (primarily men ) place way to much importance on spectator sports...

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

I'm not an athlete, but I do enjoy watching sports and listening to sports talk radio jockys go round and round about the local sports teams. It's even more fun to listen to sports talk radio when the local team sucks. The Broncos are horrible this year and will likely be bad for a long time to come. Sports talk radio in Denver has never been more interesting.

What do you do for fitness?

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

Beer curls. I also do one sit up a day. I start it when I wake up in the morning, and I finish it when I go to bed at night. But, seriously.... I have yet to find a work out routine that doesn't bore me so much by the third month that I simply can't stomach doing it anymore. The last thing I tried was a spin class. By the third month I was so sick and tired of the music they played that I couldn't even walk in the studio anymore. All they played was that "thud... thud... thud" crap and it was starting to drive me out of my damn mind. It sure as hell wasn't getting me pumped up to work out.

How Did You Become Athiest?

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

I grew up catholic. The catholics have this thing that they call a search weekend, which basically amounts to a four day long brainwashing session for kids in middle school. It's not "required", but a lot of parents ship their kids off to these things. While you're there, they cover the windows, lock all the doors, and take all clocks and watches away. They tell you that they do it because you're on "god's time", but what it really amounts to is a psychological ploy to confuse your mind. Throughout the four days you are there going through this lunacy, you are literally bombarded almost the whole time with catholic doctrine and massive guilt trips. The only time this is not going on is when they actually allow you to sleep, which is, of course, rare and sporadic. They keep telling you throughout the whole ordeal that what you are going through is not brainwashing because.... get this.... "the Pope approves it". I think that was really the turning point for me. I kept thinking to myself, if it smells like shit, looks like shit and tastes like shit, is it not still shit even if the Pope says it isn't? Needless to say, I walked out of that four day weird fest unbrainwashed and far less of a catholic than I was when I walked in. That's when I learned how to put on a good show, because I was always afraid that if I didn't my parents would send me to another one of those damn things.

What's the deal with studio apartments? It's not like they make TV shows in your apartment.

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

Don't give the reality TV people any ideas.

You walk into a Bar, and you see the most beautiful Woman, or the most Handsome Man.

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

I have no game, so I'd likely say nothing. She's going home with a far better looking and more outgoing guy than me. The only exception would be if she was looking to get paid for her attention and I just happened to have her likely very expensive asking price. Money is the great equalizer in the mating game. Of course, I'm also broke, so......

Do you believe people when they say they've seen god?

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

No. Not in dreams or visions. But there are some pretty intriguing near death stories out there which are pretty tough to explain. For example, people having out of body experiences and describing details of goings on in the room which they could not possibly have known about unless they were observing from outside of themselves.

If you were the last person on Earth what would you do first?

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

Gather up all the survival information I can find before the electricity and the internet fail.

Every Sperm is Sacred - Monty Python's The Meaning of Life - YouTube

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

Damn, but I sure do love that movie. The only Monty Python film I like more is The Search For The Holy Grail.

Trump's executive order

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

If church's are going to get involved in politics, then they need to pay taxes just like the rest of us who vote and have paid for our right to have a say.

Children: Are you ok if they wanna be religious?

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

Yes, but you can bet that living in my house they'd wind up having their beliefs challenged frequently. It would definitely be tough sledding for them.

What does it indicate about a society that idolizes empty headed celebrities rather than other great...

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

Depends on the celebrity. I don't idolize the Kim Kardashians or the Justin Beibers of the world. Those people offer nothing of lasting value to the world IMHO. Here is a list of some of the people who I consider to be my celebtity idols: 1) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2) Ludwig Van Betthoven 3) Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin 4) Jimi Hendrix 5) Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, Storm Corrosion, et. al. 6) Dolly Parton 7) Johnny Cash 8) Maria Bamford 9) Joan Rivers 10) Robin Williams 11) George Carlin 12) Claud Michel Schonberg and Alain Boubil (Les Miserables and Miss Saigon) 13) Trey Parker and Matt Stone (South Park, Team America: World Police and The Book Of Mormon) 14) Mike Judge (Office Space and Beavis And Butthead) 15) Riddley Scott (Alien and the remake of The Thing) 16) David Wilcox 17) Derek Dick (Fish) of Marillion 18) Roger Waters and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd 19) Johnny Lydon of The Sex Pistols 20) Henry Rollins of Black Flagg 21) Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo

Facial hair: What do you think of it? Do you have it? Like it?

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

I have a neatly trimmed goatee. I've had it most of my adult life, but once in awhile I shave it off just for a change of pace.

Would atheist be ok with supporting a 'god doesn't exist' campaign on social media?

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

It's a free country. Go for it.

I don't know how anyone gets past this phrase in the 2nd commandment with any faith left: "For I,...

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

One of the very reasons I don't buy in to the commonly held understanding of the christian god. If I want to live in a place where I'm continuously watched over by a narcisstic maniac who expects me to follow their every whim or face severe punishment, I'll just move to North Korea.

Monogamy vs poligamy.

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

As a male, I personally have no interest in becoming involved in an LTR with a woman who claims to want to be a virgin on her wedding night. Not that I really want to be with someone who has pulled a train on a whole football team, but if she's had a few lovers in her life before me, it tells me a couple of very important things about her: 1) She enjoys the company of men and likes sex. Nothing would suck more than being tied down to someone who seems to have a headache every freaking night. 2) She's likely sure of her sexual orientation. Chances are very high that she's not gay. It would be very difficult down the line to be with someone who suddenly leaves the relationship because they discover that they prefer same sex partners. Especially if there are children involved.

Why dosn't the USA Split

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

We're not a democracy. Common misconception. We're a Representative Republic, operating (allegedly) under democratic ideals.

My friends are now saying .

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

It's Fresno. Bible Belt of the west coast. What do you expect?

How do atheist parents raise their kids in a super society?

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

Why would you not expose your kids to religion? It's a part of society, and they're going to have to deal with religious people in their work places as well as their personal lives. Failure to expose your kids to religion is a recipe for allowing them to fail when they get out in to the real world. The key is to teach and emphasize critical thinking skills, so when they are exposed to religion and religious people, they are able to ask deeper more probing questions rather than simply taking at face value what ever comes out of some charasmatic religious figures mouth.

What is the best president would be for the united states?

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

None of the above. I voted for Gary Johnson.

Climate change deniers...this is the final straw!

webbew1 comments on Nov 27, 2017:

This might actually start to get some peoples attention. Take away their morning coffee and they'll start paying attention to the environment the same way they suddenly start paying attention to net neutrality when you take away their freaking Porn Hub.

Has anyone among y'all actually ever converted a believer into an agnostic/atheist?

webbew1 comments on Nov 26, 2017:

I don't ever try to convert anybody. I always encourage people to practice critical thinking skills and to always question their own beliefs. And that applies whether they're a believer or not.

Monogamy and evolution

webbew1 comments on Nov 26, 2017:

Monogamy has never been neccessary for propagation of the species. In fact, we'd probably still be swinging from the trees if we had developed as monogomous beings. If you think about it, in the early days of human development there were likely very few bipeds who demonatrated those characteristics which would eventually grow in to higher thinking skills. If they had not frequently shared genetic material, the odds of their survival would have basically been non-existent.

People who get offended over everything needs to learn that life is not always about them.

webbew1 comments on Nov 26, 2017:

I need a safe space!

Today I went to a religious program.

webbew1 comments on Nov 26, 2017:

If this organization is really practicing what Jesus taught in regards to caring for others (even those who do not practice the religion), then no. There should have been absolutely no strings attached. If they tried to use it as a front for preaching and attempting to convert outside of displaying literature for anyone who wished to take it, then find another organization.

Sexual harassment seems to be dominating the news, but what exactly is sexual harassment?

webbew1 comments on Nov 26, 2017:

Here's my view on this subject: So long as what goes on involves two consenting adults, it's nobody elses business. Let's say for example you're someone who happens to like picking up midget hookers from a go-go bar somewhere in Bangkok. Nobody else's business. Converseley, let's say you're someone who likes to sneak up uninvited on the street behind people who are under five feet tall and slap them in the ass to get your sexual jollies. Then we have an issue.

Are there any atheist's or agnostics out there like me who enjoy gospel music.

webbew1 comments on Nov 26, 2017:

There's some really great religious based music out there. After all, most of the timeless works created by such composers as Mozart, Bach, Betthoven and Mahler up through modern composers such as Nystedt have their basis in christian doctrine. It's been rough sledding of late though. Most of that christian rock stuff is just awful.

Do you think there needs to be a creator to explain the universe ?

webbew1 comments on Nov 26, 2017:

St. Thomas Aquinas applied Aristotle's Unmoved Mover Theory as his basis for explaining his beliefs regarding this matter. Put in terms pertaining to a god, only a being which is powerful enough to create itself could have had the ability to create the universe and everything in it. The truth of the matter is, we don't really know the answer to this question, and until we can jump in a time machine and observe and study the exact moment of creation with our very own eyes, all we can do is speculate and try to connect the dots based upon residual information which we presume to be left overs from the big bang.

What should I do when I get threaten with going to Hell?

webbew1 comments on Nov 26, 2017:

Throw this quote from their own holy book right back at them: Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Then ask them if they'd like to be roommates in hell and walk away.

What should I do when I get threaten with going to Hell?

webbew1 comments on Nov 26, 2017:

Throw a quote from their own holy book right back them: Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Then ask them if they'd like to be roommates in hell and walk away.

Isn't Heaven evil when you really think about it?

webbew1 comments on Nov 26, 2017:

Heaven to me would be an open bar with all the best whiskey from the top shelf always free of charge, great food, even better friends, amazing sex and waking up next to the girl of my dreams every morning, and all the greatest bands and musicians from throughout history on stage every single night. Oh.... and living by the ocean with a good dog who never grows old or dies and at my side.

What is the biggest crime? And why??

webbew1 comments on Nov 26, 2017:

If by biggest, you mean most repulsive, then trafficking of under age individuals for the purpose of involuntary sexual servitude has to be as vile and disgusting as it gets. I don't think I need to explain why.

Hey, hit me up with your current favorite band/artist. ???? thanks!

webbew1 comments on Nov 26, 2017:

These days..... Steven Wilson for weightier, more poetic, heavier themed, progressive rock oriented stuff. Jake La Batz for bluesy, Mississippi Delta influenced Americana. Low Cut Connie for just plain fun, screw ball rock and roll. Alestorm and Dragon Force for metal.

Buddhism

webbew1 comments on Nov 26, 2017:

Everybody is a buddhist whether they want to be or not.

Florida is one of 17 states where child marriage is allowed with parental consent!! How can America ...

webbew1 comments on Nov 25, 2017:

I think the term for that is emancipation. In most states an individual can become emancipated at either 15 or 16. I don't really see a problem with that, so long as the person the emancipated individual is involved with is under 18. It's when some 45 year old perv is attempting to use emancipation laws as an excuse to bang a 15 year old that it becomes gut churning.

Those of you in the US that celebrate Thanksgiving with religious family, do you all have to do the ...

webbew1 comments on Nov 25, 2017:

That's pretty much what I do too. I'll mouth the words to institutionalized prayer rituals just to keep the peace, but not believe a single thing coming out of my mouth. It's like I tell most people whose families are religious: Just smile and nod in all the right places. Religion is not worth creating a rift in the family over.

Do feel the need to justify your non religious thoughts by saying your a moral, good person who ...

webbew1 comments on Nov 25, 2017:

Not really. The way I see it, I'm not a pedophile, a rapist, a homophob, a thief, or a racist. Beyond that, I don't owe anybody an explanation or an apology for who I am.

What are your favorite sacrilegious quotes, lyrics, movie scenes, etc.?

webbew1 comments on Nov 25, 2017:

Deform to Form a Star - Steven Wilson Oh once in a while I learn how to smile Horses shadows and rain on stone No God here I’m sure This must be the cure For all this carrion and aimless drift Retreat from the begging And invites to the wedding Revelation means nothing here In time we forget our Need to devour All the stories of tortured souls Crawl into your arms Become the night forever Coiled and close, the moment froze Deform to form a star Here on earth together I got time to share and a well used stare This smile isn’t pure Certain or sure Cold precision was never there The way we uncoil Return to the soil Flaws are everything and chaos reigns

Does anyone have pets? I have 2

webbew1 comments on Nov 24, 2017:

Not any more. I had a rat terrier named Molly, but she passed away years ago. Unfortunately, I just didn't have the time for her that she needed, so I have vowed not to get another pet unless my status as a single person changes. Not likely to happen. Too butt ugly!

Here's the question of the day! Does anyone even use this site as a dating site?

webbew1 comments on Nov 24, 2017:

Actually, I think it's brilliant. The format allows relationships to bloom more naturally, if they're going to happen. There's no personal pressure here to meet someone to date. Just great conversations. If something happens to develop out of that with a person from your area, then all the better.

Free speech

webbew1 comments on Nov 24, 2017:

Here's how the right to free speech works in the United States: Freedom of speech protects your right to say any damn fool thing that comes out of your mouth. It does not protect you from being ridiculed or ostricised for saying it.

Thanksgiving was horrible for me.

webbew1 comments on Nov 24, 2017:

Just smile and nod and say all the right things in all the right places. It's what I always did. Religion isn't worth creating a rift in the family over.

How did you tell your family that you don't believe in their religion?

webbew1 comments on Nov 24, 2017:

I didn't. I really didn't deem it to be all that important. And certainly not worth creating a rift within the family over. When I came home from college, I would go to church with my parents and say all the right things in all the right places. After I graduated from college and they came to visit me, I would take them to the local church and play out the same puppet show. Now both of my parents have passed away and I haven't stepped in to a place where organized christian religious services are held for years. I think the last time I stepped into a catholic church was over 10 years ago. The only exception would be the buddhist temples I've visited in SE Asia as a tourist.

The Halo Effect: Do you have a bias towards beautiful people?

webbew1 comments on Nov 24, 2017:

To some extent, yes, but the facade melts away pretty quickly. I can usually tell within five minutes of talking to someone if there's any substance to go with the looks. For example, all I have to do is listen to a Brittney Spears record for two seconds to know that she's a pretty dim bulb. However, listening to the work of someone like Tarja Turenen from Nightwish or Simone Simmons from Epica, it becomes clear very quickly that they are not just physically beautiful women. They are musical geniuses as well.

I hope I'm not being redundant in that I haven't searched to see if this topic has come up before, ...

webbew1 comments on Nov 24, 2017:

I would be more likely to call these things traditions rsther than religions. Religion implies the existence of universal higher power of some sort. While some people can certainly approach these types of activities with a religious like fervor, to call them religion just doesn't fit the definition.

If Jesus came back today, what would you do?

webbew1 comments on Nov 24, 2017:

See if he wanted to grab a couple of beers.

So I was woken up today to someone pounding on the front door and the dogs barking.

webbew1 comments on Nov 24, 2017:

Should have said, sure you can have a minute of my families time! But you'll have to talk to our dog. The rest of us are kind of busy.

Do you think that science teachers should teach alternatives to evolution in public schools?

webbew1 comments on Nov 24, 2017:

I don't have a problem with it, so long as ALL current viewpoints pertaining to the topic of the development of the universe are covered. Every single one.

Those of you who have seen the film Blade Runner 2049 are aware that one of the major sub-plots ...

webbew1 comments on Nov 24, 2017:

DOUGNOSTIC WROTE..... I think that there's a danger in cybernetic humanoids developing intimate relationships with humans, because the continuation of the human species depends on *real* relationships between humans. I posted on this topic on Facebook recently, and an article on Breitbart was pretty relevant:  WEBBEW 1 REPLIED..... Well, the dynamics of procreation and child rearing would certainly change in that type of society. Insemination would be more likely to occur in a lab while child rearing would be far less commonly done by both biological parents. This, of course, assuming that an organic human and an inorganic life form will never be able to procreate together, given the vast differences in make up. As for the Breitbart article, it presumes that only men would be interested in this type of dichotomy, and I don't agree with that. The market for sex toys for women is considerably larger then it is for men. I believe that if most women had the opportunity to have their favorite romance novel character in their bed every night while still being able to have children of their own outside of the traditional means, they'd jump at the chance.

Those of you who have seen the film Blade Runner 2049 are aware that one of the major sub-plots ...

webbew1 comments on Nov 24, 2017:

RAITLIN WROTE.... We humans have very good imaginations. We pretend that cats and dogs have levels of emotions that they probably don't. We personify nearly anything that shows any sign of autonomy. Although there will be early adopters, all technology will gradually advance until we are talking with machines, eating with machines, working side by side. We created all of the gods, so what is to stop us from being creators? Self Aware... That is where all the ethics change. We were "made" by our parents but are not owned property, because we are self aware.  WEBBEW1 REPLIED..... That would seem to imply that humans will never have the technology to develop an autonomous creation which is really self aware, but only mimics self-awareness. Given the recent massive leaps in the development of quantum computers, I can't say that I agree with you. After all, our brains are really nothing more than highly complex organic quantum computers. Our first self aware creations are likely to be inorganic. Made from microscopic silicone chips capable of carrying and sharing huge amounts of information back and forth at incredible speeds. Just like our organic brains, only with a different catalyst. As for humans creating other organic, self-aware beings (other than through traditional means), that technology appears to still be far off in the future.

as an atheist what do you prefer living in socialist state or capitalist state ??

webbew1 comments on Nov 24, 2017:

Neither is good at their extremes. I would not wish to live in either a pure socialist state OR a pure capitalist state. A representative republic with a system of checks and balances seems to function best and offers the closest option available to a level playing field for all.

Do you ever get goosebumps when you listen to a good song?

webbew1 comments on Nov 24, 2017:

Absolutely. Steven Wilson's, The Raven That Refused To Sing, Leonard Cohen's, Hallellujia, Tom Waites', Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis, Johnny Cash's version of NIN's, Hurt, Marillion's, Sugar Mice, Dream Theater's, The Spirit Carries On.... Just to name a few.

Have you ever performed in front of a crowd? If so, what did you do?

webbew1 comments on Nov 24, 2017:

Many times. I've sung in amateur and semi-professional choirs as well as acted and sung in community and regional musical theater.

Creationists believe every single word of Genesis.

webbew1 comments on Nov 23, 2017:

Athiests and Agnostics prefer Marillion.

You know, all my brushes with love and relationships are like that Alanis Morrisette song, Ironic.

webbew1 comments on Nov 23, 2017:

Most of the time, it would be Orgy of One, by The Meatmen.

Do looks really matter?

webbew1 comments on Nov 23, 2017:

Men tend to be more visual creatures, so physical attractiveness does play a more important role for them than it does for women. Not that it isn't important for women as well, but it's easier for a man to make up for a few flaws with a good sense of humor and an outgoing personality. That being said, take a good looking guy and an average joe with equal senses of humor and similar outgoing personalities and the good looking guy will go home with the girl every single time.

Homosexuality is what we can have and Heterosexuality is what we're supposed to have, What do you ...

webbew1 comments on Nov 23, 2017:

I've always thought of homosexuality as one of nature's (or God's?) methods of population control.

There are many people who say that race doesn't matter.

webbew1 comments on Nov 23, 2017:

No, I have not. Leave that kind of behavior for those who choose to dwell at the bottom of the human cesspool.

Why do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving when they know full well that after the first 'Thanksgiving'...

webbew1 comments on Nov 23, 2017:

Force of habit. It's the same reason black people continue generation to generation to attend the religious institutions of the people who enslaved them.

Do you agree with the Castle Doctrine?

webbew1 comments on Nov 23, 2017:

If someone enters your home uninvited and it is clear that their intentions ae malevolent, then you most certainly do have the right to protect yourself and your family with deadly force if neccessary. Too bad that in some states this only seems to apply if you are white.

Tired of our government being run by radical Evangelicals.

webbew1 comments on Nov 23, 2017:

You and me both. They need to keep their church business and their business as civil servants separate. And if they can't do that, then they need to go.

Just some Thanksgiving fun from wkrp. [youtu.be]

webbew1 comments on Nov 23, 2017:

An absolute classic moment from a show which was filled with them. Oh, by the way...... BOOOOGER!!!!!!!!!

Which famous athiests other than Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris delivers lectures which are worth ...

webbew1 comments on Nov 23, 2017:

Bill Nye.

When a person or human organization makes a statement of fact or claims that something exists, it is...

webbew1 comments on Nov 23, 2017:

Of course, the same could be applied to the theory of evolution, which is why science calls it a theory and not a fact. Until we can jump in a time machine and observe the exact moment of creation with our own eyes, every argument from either side of the fence is mere speculation.

Oh my gosh This is funny as anything!! The Mormon religion explained in cartoon.

webbew1 comments on Nov 23, 2017:

That was good. But Trey Parker and Matt Stone did it better.