It's getting very difficult these days with having some family members as trump supporters.

wordywalt comments on Feb 8, 2020:

I refuse to talk about politics with my conservative family. If they try to, I cut them short quickly.

18 U.

wordywalt comments on Feb 8, 2020:

It already is.

Vindman has been fired and was escorted from the building.

wordywalt comments on Feb 7, 2020:

A travesty perpetrated by a vicious traitor to the principles of our democracy.

Where does religion stand in America now?

wordywalt comments on Feb 7, 2020:

No., the Bible belt will not disown those senators. Their ethnocentrism is stronger than their attachment to religious doctrine.

‘We’re in the heads-on-pikes phase’: Ex-White House official warns unrepentant Trump is about ...

wordywalt comments on Feb 7, 2020:

Trump is a vicious sociopath and a total egomaniac.

@Admin More than 50% of the alerts I received today for the postings of friends, and other ...

wordywalt comments on Feb 7, 2020:

I hope that you remain on the site.

I would like to know how many of you would vote against someone soley due to their open religious ...

wordywalt comments on Feb 5, 2020:

If their agenda is to enact their religious beliefs into law, I will vote against them every time.

The lying sack of shit award

wordywalt comments on Feb 5, 2020:

Now a total pig has been honored.

I am listening to the orange oracle and I have not heard one truth yet.

wordywalt comments on Feb 5, 2020:

I refuse to listen to a single word of his speeches. I know in advance that it will be a despicable web of self-aggrandizing lies.

Wondering if anyone else accepts the Absurd (pursuing meaning in a meaningless world)?

wordywalt comments on Feb 4, 2020:

It is not absurd, just reality. It is the nature of the human organism to construct patterns of meaning that enable him or her to function. You should read the psychology of Jean Piaget.

Study of European Countries where young people are not religious.

wordywalt comments on Feb 4, 2020:

I do not think that you would find the level of religious fundamentalism in Europe that you have among American evangelicals and pentacostals.

What did your adult child(ren) thank you for doing while raising them?

wordywalt comments on Feb 4, 2020:

My eldest daughter said that she learned more about effective teaching from me than she did from a university teacher education program. At that time I was heading up a multidistrict staff development center focusing on improving teaching. and leadership.

Trump reportedly compiling Nixonian ‘enemies list’ as he seeks revenge for impeachment ...

wordywalt comments on Feb 4, 2020:

Not surprising. He is a vicious sociopath.

Could I be considered an atheist or a deist?

wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2020:

A deist.

I can't say I'm very shocked by these comments, but it does make me wonder how these people could ...

wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2020:

These Christians are such "loving" people. (I am being facetious, of course.)

A Nashville Art School Will Purge All Non-Christian Faculty Now That It Has Been Taken Over by a ...

wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2020:

I hope that the Christian university gets its ass handed to it in court.

Former Republican lawyer takes parting shot at ‘lawless, immoral’ Trump in scathing column ...

wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2020:

The few Republicans with courage and character really stand out!!

[pbs.org] 57% of voters say they won't support trump in 2020. Hope they are right!

wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2020:

It is up to us; pof us to make sure that they are right!!

[pbs.org] 57% of voters say they won't support trump in 2020. Hope they are right!

wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2020:

It is up to all of us to ensure that they are right.

Nurses are sick of being treated like hotel workers

wordywalt comments on Feb 2, 2020:

On target! My wife is a retired nurse.

Trump Expands Immigration Ban - Adding Mostly African Nations President Trump just added six ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 31, 2020:

Exactly what one would expect from the idiot Trump.

I understand that this does not become official until Wednesday, but...

wordywalt comments on Jan 31, 2020:

Disgraceful. It is time for the American public to react in righteous indignation and voted out of office Republican politicians art all levels. Their lack of courage, morality, and patriotism should relegate the entire party to the dustbins of history.

If you had Chickenpox, you can get Shingles.

wordywalt comments on Jan 31, 2020:

Do it I have had a full case of shingles and it is not at all pleasant.

Dershowitz is nuts. Been following Trumps impeachment trial (?

wordywalt comments on Jan 30, 2020:

He is not nuts. He is despicably corrupt.

There are many things that we can debate and argue over with religion.

wordywalt comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Any comingling of religion and politics.

Trump Tweets Schiff Has Not Yet Paid the Price for His Actions President Trump continued to ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Trump is a vicious sociopath.

Republican House Members Think a $450K Salary Is Middle Class The article is from '17, but still.

wordywalt comments on Jan 28, 2020:

That shows that Republicans have no idea of the situation of the average person.

Not sure how this works but there seems to be a demeaning air toward all religious leaders here, ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 27, 2020:

I would agree that many on this site act in such a manner. To their detriment, they overlook the fact that some religious leaders have profound thoughts and acts in relation to other sectors of life to their credit that benefit us all.

Discrimination and human rights.

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2020:

You are correct. Regligion is often used to "keep women in their place", and it a moral travesty.

Child molester accepts "deal" with District Attorney's Office and gets probation

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2020:

I would lay odds that te judge was a Republican. They seem to have a way of rationalizing the worst of immorality.

The Climate Apocalypse Is Accelerating–If We’re Going To Dodge Extinction, We’d Better Hurry ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 26, 2020:

Meanwhile Trump and the entire culture of greed ignore the truth because acting on it would limit their ability to act unfettered on their greed.

Now Eric Trump Is Accused of Stealing From a Cancer Charity What'd you expect!?

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2020:

The whole Trump empire is a criminal enterprise.

[npr.

wordywalt comments on Jan 25, 2020:

As I have said before, Pompeo is an obsequious, unctuous charlatan. And, he is greasy and sweaty because he knows that he is between a rock and a hard place. When Trump, not if, Trump goes down, so does Pompeo. He, like the entire Trump cabal, is headed for a place of infamy in history.

Take Her Out is a Threat!!!!!!

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2020:

Of course it is.

The repeal of these regulations will mainly benefit property developers.

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2020:

Of course he is. That is not even in question.

Kellyanne Conway Suggests Martin Luther King Jr. Would Have Traveled To Ukraine For Dirt On Biden

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2020:

She is a ruthless, characterless shrike.

Please take it back.

wordywalt comments on Jan 23, 2020:

I'll take the cold any day as opposed to mid 90s and humidity near 100 percent.

something to share.

wordywalt comments on Jan 22, 2020:

I agree. I wqill neve vote for any Republican again.

So where are all the 45 supporters?

wordywalt comments on Jan 22, 2020:

They are quiet because they know that the facts stand against them and Trump and that fact is being made obvious in public. Thjey also know that Trump's lawyers are doing nothing more than playing false and unethical games and that also is being made public. Finally, they know that the impeachment is likely to fail because of the lack of courage, morality and patriotism among Republican senators. Simply put, they are ashamed and should be.

We have the "what is spiritual?

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2020:

It depends on how one defines "spiritual." As I believe that no organism has a soul or spirit, I see no use for the terms.

‪Religious-schools case heads to a Supreme Court skeptical of stark lines between church and state...

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2020:

Constituionally, those must be clear and unequivocal lines.

Once again trump is calling the impeachment a hoax.

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2020:

He has no comprehension of what a fact is.

Barr: “It’s Not a Crime” for Trump to Demand Staffers Lie to Investigators | Vanity Fair

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2020:

His im[preachment should be the next one.

This article suggests what the current supporters of our fuckwad president can look forward to.

wordywalt comments on Jan 21, 2020:

If they stick with him, they deserve every bad result that follows.

trump Twitter Archive... [trumptwitterarchive.com]

wordywalt comments on Jan 20, 2020:

Shows just what a stupid, weak-minded clown he is.

[agnostic.

wordywalt comments on Jan 19, 2020:

I would say that the pants ae either German or Swiss. You ar probably right.

They are just coming out of the woodwork everywhere.. beware!

wordywalt comments on Jan 19, 2020:

This sap is oblivious to reality.

Major evangelical nonprofits are trying a new strategy with the IRS - The Washington Post

wordywalt comments on Jan 18, 2020:

Evangelical organizations are not to be trusted in any way, shape, or form.

Mississippi Bill Would Force Teachers to Say the Ten Commandments Every Day | Hemant Mehta | ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 18, 2020:

Totally unconstitutional!!

Bill Barr singling out Trump’s enemies for ‘selective’ scrutiny: ‘The pattern is ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 17, 2020:

Barr is the most unethical attorney general ever. Compared to him John Mitchell was a choir boy.

Trump threatened UK with 25% car tariffs unless it agreed to accuse Iran of breaking nuclear deal | ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 17, 2020:

The idiot Trump strikes again!

WHAT. THE. FK?

wordywalt comments on Jan 16, 2020:

Insane! What in the hell is going on????

Tradeoffs.

wordywalt comments on Jan 16, 2020:

No. But, if we Democratsa win both and Senate, the second impeachment will succeed.

WHERE ARE ALL THE NEW POSTS?

wordywalt comments on Jan 16, 2020:

I have wondered the same.

Trump places restrictions on aid to Puerto Rico

wordywalt comments on Jan 16, 2020:

What a heartless SOB.

The structure of marriage is heavily based upon religion; in the sight of god, till death, what god ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 16, 2020:

It is true that religion has attempted to take control of the institution of marriage. But, religion did not begin the practice. Marriages fail for several reasons, among them that (1) young people sometimes are overwhelmed by their raging hormones, and fail to see the incompatibility of personalities, (2) the self-centeredness of one or both the spouses prevents them from seeing and attending to the needs and concerns of the other, (3) unwillingness to assume and exercise responsibility. A good marriage is always a work in process, and attends to the needs and concerns of both spouses.

International Law Expert Thinks Donald Trump Might Not Understand How Any Of This Works

wordywalt comments on Jan 16, 2020:

Absolutely true. Trump basically has no conception of structure and standards.

Trump raged against ‘unfair’ law prohibiting bribes to foreign officials: New book ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 16, 2020:

The idiot Trump is corrupt to his very core!!!!

Pope Francis assures atheists: You don’t have to believe in God to go to heaven | The Independent

wordywalt comments on Jan 15, 2020:

That sure is different than what I was taught when I was a kid.

The Proof: That God Exists There is a hierarchy in Animalia, not only as quantified by the DNA ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 15, 2020:

I think that you are trying to be facetious. If you did, you failed.

UK Threatening to Tear Up its Defense Alliance with US Because of President Trump’s ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 14, 2020:

With the idiot Trump in office, it is not surprising.

Are Hotel Greening Programs Hurting Housekeepers? | Sierra Club

wordywalt comments on Jan 14, 2020:

Agreed.

For those who think "live and let live", is the way to go.

wordywalt comments on Jan 14, 2020:

I understand. Once I grew up, I decided that I was tired of trying to do or be what others expected of me. I have always pushed on things that were important to me, but understood that "you can't fight city hall head-on." In the Army I was promoted 3 times in one year, and at the same time wound up on the CO's "eight-ball list: (that 10 percent that causes 90 percent of the trouble). As a high school teacher, I led a movement that got my principal fired. When I was in grad school and a member of an all-male educational leadership fraternity, I nominated a female student to become the first female member member. I was also one of a small group of top graduate students who pushed for change and even forced instructors to change the focus of their courses to provide us what we thought we needed. When I established the first multi-district educational staff development center in Kansas, my boss wanted the center program to move in one direction. I did not agree and thought that it was to be fully productive and fully supported by the participating school superintendents it needed to move in an entirely different direction. My boss proposed that the center be disbanded and that I be laid off. I went out and met with each superintendent and asked each what he would like to see the center do and proposed some ideas. In a meeting of the superintendents, my boss proposed that the center be closed. The superintendents voted 11 to 1 to continue the center and give me a raise. We went on to receive both state and national recognition for several programs designed and implemented. A section chief in the Kansas Department of Education told me that I would have to discontinue a highly successful program I had started and was operating and replace it with a program she had proposed. l said to myself, "Like hell I will!" I mounted a statewide wave of opposition that was so successful that the State Superintendent of Education called me to a meeting with him in which he asked what could be done to resolve the matter.I told him' he agreed and directed that the changes be made. Ad, there were more instances.

Is there any truth in this TED talk?

wordywalt comments on Jan 14, 2020:

Yes, there is truth in it.

The Medications That Change Who We Are

wordywalt comments on Jan 13, 2020:

I believe it. I don't like to take pain-killers. and have never taken them for more than two days, even after regular surgery and dental surgery. I took an antidepressant one time, but detested the way it made me feel, and took myself off. If any drug is mood-altering in its effects on me, I stop taking it.

God is not necessary for religion.

wordywalt comments on Jan 12, 2020:

All religions are total system ideologies. They purport to include and explain everything. They form cults of total believers who form extraordinarily cohesive groups who commit themselves to the dogma so totally that they are, in effect, "selling their entire being." to the cause." Christianity , Judaism, all Moslem sects, and communism are all total system ideologies. Hitler aspired to make Nazism a total system ideology.

Why There Are So Many Incompetent Male Leaders

wordywalt comments on Jan 12, 2020:

Some of these points remind me of criticisms of the behavior of the German feminist movement during the 1980s by author Gunter Grass. He stated that they "were trying to use power like men; and we already have more than enough stupid men."

Does anyone else have a homophobic family member?

wordywalt comments on Jan 12, 2020:

Some people are afraid of things they do not understand, and react highly negatively toward the things they do not understand.

Why do most humans love a religion?

wordywalt comments on Jan 12, 2020:

Two main reasons -- the truly intense pressure of being a member of a cohesive group of true believers, and being afraid of not believing.

Religion was not created to control anyone or groups of people.

wordywalt comments on Jan 12, 2020:

Absolutely correct.

Why There Are So Many Incompetent Male Leaders

wordywalt comments on Jan 12, 2020:

Astute observations.

GENNY, the Israeli home appliance that makes water out of thin air, was named the Energy Efficiency ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 12, 2020:

A fantastic product!

Jerry Springer says, "Trump took my show and brought it to the White House." [yahoo.com]

wordywalt comments on Jan 12, 2020:

Both are masters of sleaze.

Although I cannot/do not feel it would be feasible due to my job to come "out" as atheist, I would ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 12, 2020:

I think that most of us who started out as Christians felt uncomfortable with how Christian doctrine made us feel about ourselves. Then, coupled with that, we bean to see contradictions and impossibilities in the doctrine and in the Bible. That left us open tloreason and real evidence, leading us to total disbelief.

Finally...SOME TRUTH!!!!

wordywalt comments on Jan 12, 2020:

Sad, but true.

This is who the republicans are supporting.

wordywalt comments on Jan 12, 2020:

Most Republican politicians have no honor. As I have said before, their primary motivation is the 3 "Ps": (1) preserving personal and white ethnocentric privilege, (1) personal and partisan power which serves them and the party along -- not our people or country., and (3) profit at all costs without regard for the consequences. We must SELL THAT MESSAGE every day!

Hannity Threatens to Release Phone Numbers of Any Mutinous Republicans Fox News host and Trump ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 12, 2020:

What a treacherous, vcious and manipulative demagogue without honor or conscience.

Madison’s reasons for Church State Separation, 1785.

wordywalt comments on Jan 11, 2020:

Freedom of religion is not complete unless the concept includes freedom from religion.. Freedom from religion requires absolute separation of church and state.

Culture and relationships?

wordywalt comments on Jan 11, 2020:

Of course. If people's basic cultural assumptions are greatly different, finding compatible beliefs is difficulty, unless one has great tolerance for differences. In addition there are different norms for behavior, causing similar conflicts.

Could philosophical discussions be better and more productive? [aeon.co]

wordywalt comments on Jan 11, 2020:

What really hurts philosophical discussions is playing the senseless "glass bead games" ala Hermann Hesse.

This doesn't have anything to do with being agnostic.

wordywalt comments on Jan 11, 2020:

I would advise that you consider several things. (1) Consider your current economic circumstances and opportunities and compare those to those in Florida. (2) You need to consider the heat and humidity in Florida and how well you would tolerate. (3) Other than your current contacts in Florida, you will need to find out the best ways you wan form an effective and supportive network of friends and associates in Florida. (4) If the issues of political climate and secular life are important to you, you will need to find out where you are most likely to find a similar orientation. In general, north Florida and inland central Florid are conservative and religious.

Thoughts on Interracial Dating & Marriage

wordywalt comments on Jan 11, 2020:

Both partners need to be fully aware of the prejudices they will face and how it will add stress to their lives and marriage. If they understand that and truly love each other and are willing to help each other through the difficult times, go for it!

Twenty years ago there was only one country in the Middle East that had no religious extremist ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 11, 2020:

It certainly seems so.

A belated post to express my pleasure in being a part of this group.

wordywalt comments on Jan 11, 2020:

Welcome. I understand your feelings. I am an 82 year old born in Georgia and raised in Florida. Fortunately, I had the experience of living in different cultures for over 25 years -- West Berlin, Germany; Illinois, and Kansas.

You can make Pelosi look drunk but nothing makes trump look smart

wordywalt comments on Jan 9, 2020:

How true! How True!!!

U.S. Catholic officials welcome Catholic-Muslim document signed by pope | National Catholic Reporter

wordywalt comments on Jan 9, 2020:

Anything which reduces senseless conflict due to religion is a plus.

Just my thoughts.

wordywalt comments on Jan 9, 2020:

Putin is that dangerous and devious.

Could American Evangelicals Spot the Antichrist?

wordywalt comments on Jan 9, 2020:

Right now they are blind as a bat to the issue.

Pew survey: World has little confidence in Trump on global affairs; his disapproval rate is equal to...

wordywalt comments on Jan 8, 2020:

No one with any intelligence would disagree with the results of the Pew poll.

Fred trump in Coney island

wordywalt comments on Jan 8, 2020:

A glimpse into the soullessness of the Trumps.

[lgbtqnation.

wordywalt comments on Jan 8, 2020:

Nauseating!

Something else we all need to be aware of.

wordywalt comments on Jan 8, 2020:

I agree with you totally.

Hi.

wordywalt comments on Jan 8, 2020:

In my social circles, I simply refuse to discuss anything having to do with religion. If pressed, I say that my beliefs are my concern, not theirs.

I want to know, how many people understand sarcasm?

wordywalt comments on Jan 7, 2020:

One. We all know who that is.

this just in: Trump declares that the reports of an earthquake, and after shocks are fake news, ...

wordywalt comments on Jan 7, 2020:

Unbelievable! What a sociopath!

Iran's parliament declares US military a terrorist organization. [cbsnews.com]

wordywalt comments on Jan 7, 2020:

Under Trump, it is starting to behave like one.

Margret Roadknight champion amongst the then burgeoning feminist movement.

wordywalt comments on Jan 7, 2020:

A beautiful, haunting voice.

Many people when given positions of authority or power usually end up corrupting it.

wordywalt comments on Jan 7, 2020:

Not usually, but sometimes. Whether or not they do is a measure of true character and inner strength.

IDIOMATIC.

wordywalt comments on Jan 7, 2020:

If one learns a foreign language, one must learn idiomatic expressions to be fully fluent in that language.

Okay, Bolton says he will testify in a GOP Senate travesty trial.

wordywalt comments on Jan 6, 2020:

YYou may be surprised.