Incest: Immoral or Moral?

SACatWalker comments on Dec 27, 2017:

Amoral. It's a biological issue, not religious actually, although they didn't know that then.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 27, 2017:

Then how could it have been a biological isssue?

In the school I work in, there’s a lot of openly religious people, I usually just blend in the ...

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 27, 2017:

You could ask him a speculative questions about current attitudes towards religious nuts living in the Mojave Desert. You know, the ones that walk around with signs saying the worlds coming to an end. And then compare those to Moses. Perhaps you could ask what type of psychological disorder someone...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 27, 2017:

https://www.google.com/amp/www.higherperspectives.com/moses-was-on-dmt-1406180006.amp.html

In the school I work in, there’s a lot of openly religious people, I usually just blend in the ...

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 27, 2017:

You could ask him a speculative questions about current attitudes towards religious nuts living in the Mojave Desert. You know, the ones that walk around with signs saying the worlds coming to an end. And then compare those to Moses. Perhaps you could ask what type of psychological disorder someone...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 27, 2017:

Probably. You might recommend that he do some reading on dmt. It’s thought Moses was a user.

Is dating, long-terming, or marrying out of the question for you with a religious person or persons?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 27, 2017:

For me it’s not. I’m happy to let people think what they will and meet in the middle somewhere. The religious, on the other hand, are nowhere near as accommodating.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 27, 2017:

Fait accompli

Fellow agnostics, how do you feel about believers joining?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 23, 2017:

I’m kind of undecided about it.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 27, 2017:

I think you don’t appreciate my sense of humor

Imagine how ahead in our time we would be if religion(s) would not have burned books and people at ...

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 27, 2017:

But it was actually Christians that burned the library at Alexandria.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 27, 2017:

Sadly true

Imagine how ahead in our time we would be if religion(s) would not have burned books and people at ...

DragonFZ comments on Dec 27, 2017:

I was extremely pissed off when I found out, it was the Christians that burned the Library of Alexandria.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 27, 2017:

That was Hypatia, a famous woman mathematician.

Imagine how ahead in our time we would be if religion(s) would not have burned books and people at ...

Rugglesby comments on Dec 27, 2017:

I think the Bible has been on of the most banned books in history, having a copy of it was enough to be burned at the stake by the church as a heretic. The average person was not enlightened enough to correctly interpret it.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 27, 2017:

I was able to interpret it fine. It’s very similar to the Silmarrillion and just as fictional.

Imagine how ahead in our time we would be if religion(s) would not have burned books and people at ...

David1955 comments on Dec 27, 2017:

Let's not forget Hypatia of Alexandria 4th century AD (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia) and what was lost by her terrible death at the hands of the Christians. They were into destroying and suppressing knowledge and people from the get go. They even hunted down and killed their own, other ...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 27, 2017:

Don’t forget the Malleus Maleficarum

Atheist pick up lines?

sassygirl3869 comments on Dec 27, 2017:

Please no pick up lines guys. LOL. Just dealt with 2 Nigerian scammers here.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 27, 2017:

I haven’t gotten that here, but ive seen it in other sites.

Do you think some people are luckier?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 26, 2017:

Luck is a concept out of the Middle Ages, Northern Europe. It’s akin to fate.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 27, 2017:

Not really

In your opinion, what habit is most annoying about other people?

MsOliver comments on Dec 26, 2017:

Pen clicking and pencil tapping. But then I'm a teacher, so you would see why those noises might get to me occasionally. :)

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 26, 2017:

Click click click tap tap tap....................

How much would a 100 dollars be 15 years from now?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 26, 2017:

30 yen?

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 26, 2017:

I’m not sure

In your opinion, what habit is most annoying about other people?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 26, 2017:

Refusing to be a parent.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 26, 2017:

I’m an educator too. That’s my experience as well.

How much would a 100 dollars be 15 years from now?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 26, 2017:

30 yen?

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 26, 2017:

I was being sarcastic

In your opinion, what habit is most annoying about other people?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 26, 2017:

Refusing to be a parent.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 26, 2017:

Being an absentee parent.

Do you have a favorite philosopher or school of thought?

gearl comments on Dec 25, 2017:

You man not consider this a serious answer but I'll throw it out there. The first serious series of books I read, as a child, were the various works of John Muir. Years later I read everything Edward Abbey wrote. Their philosophy was saving the planet for future generations. It seems that school of ...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 26, 2017:

Desert Solitude was a good read.

This meme was making the rounds last year on FB.

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 21, 2017:

I have had many religious friends. I accept them as they are and we’re friends despite that. It’s only the assholes who try to push their agenda that you can’t be friends with. I had a gf who was Christian and we broke up for that. It was her choice. I was happy to let her think what she ...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 25, 2017:

Sigh. She was troubled can too.

No longer will I use the term Christian because it describes a fairy tale person, there is no such ...

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 24, 2017:

It’s worse than that. At least fairy tales are based upon folk religions. Christian views are entirely manufactured. Perhaps fraudulent people.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 24, 2017:

The council of nicea. Christianity was made by edict.

Eight legs, flowing white beard.....

Coffeo comments on Dec 24, 2017:

I would not let my kids sit on THIS guy's knee.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 24, 2017:

Nor I

Eight legs, flowing white beard.....

andygee comments on Dec 24, 2017:

This post raises a question: Is belief in Odin any less theistic than belief in the Abrahamic God?

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 24, 2017:

That’s not the point. Odin is the archetype that Santa Clause is based upon.

Eight legs, flowing white beard.....

sassygirl3869 comments on Dec 24, 2017:

Kept counting legs-couldn'tcome up w eight to save my life. LOL.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 24, 2017:

https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/others/sleipnir/

I love this man! I normally wouldn’t agree with nobody to go to Hell, but I’d take in ...

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 24, 2017:

I disagree. I think it’s important to provide alternative points of view. Otherwise, you’re doing exactly what the dogmatists are doing, just in reverse.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 24, 2017:

I disagree again. At that young of an age, they wouldn’t understand the significance. It’s tantamount to showing them a scary movie.

Am I the only person on the planet who has to work today?

Kojaksmom comments on Dec 24, 2017:

Working every holiday with the exception of Christmas day is the punishment I get for being a floral designer. Retail is a nightmare.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 24, 2017:

You could always become a teacher like me and enjoy two weeks off on the holidays.

I love this man! I normally wouldn’t agree with nobody to go to Hell, but I’d take in ...

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 24, 2017:

I disagree. I think it’s important to provide alternative points of view. Otherwise, you’re doing exactly what the dogmatists are doing, just in reverse.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 24, 2017:

So is telling them that their parents are deluded psycopaths by showing them fictional portrayals of hell. Maybe a reasonable education is more open n order.

Why should we have children ?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 24, 2017:

To continue the species? To enjoy the pleasure of raising a family? To have the depth of feeling only a child of yours can engender?

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 24, 2017:

What a negative reply. And I thought I was the cynic. Population control is in order, but things are hardly so black that were all going to disappear on Monday. Also, the planet has a tendency to take care of itself. If we become too much of a threat we’ll be disposed of. It’s not so much that we’re a threat to the planet as the planet is a threat to us. We’ll be gone long before the planet is.

Islamic Objections to the Trinity

Skyfacer comments on Dec 24, 2017:

Islam , especially the fundamentalistic version objects to a lot of things that are a part of the modern world we live in. They can object all they like and then piss off back to the desert tribal life style their religion came from.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 24, 2017:

I understand, but Islamic Objections are are reasonable objections to the conception of the Trinity. It doesn’t matter whether they happen to be from another religion. If you’re analyzing the conceptual framework of a set of ideas, Christianity, then alternative piints of view are a reasonable source.

Islamic Objections to the Trinity

HeathenFarmer comments on Dec 23, 2017:

Read the article but, why does it even matter what scholars of delusion say about another group of the deluded use to define their delusion? Whether you divide a god into 3 parts or a hundred parts you are still deluding yourself that there even id s god.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 24, 2017:

That’s very true, but when you’re arguing against a position it’s best to understand the opposite position.

5 things..

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 23, 2017:

1. Children 2. Sumatran dark blend coffee 3. The ah-hah moment when I’m teaching and you can see the light go on. 4. The conclusion of a difficult proof. 5. Watching my daughter sleep peacefully.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 23, 2017:

I figured you would feel that way.

I recently posted about losing one of my cat family,and,got very little response.

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 23, 2017:

I’m sorry you lost your cat. My cat and I have been together for 11years. That relationship is one of the longest that I’ve ever had.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 23, 2017:

I knew I could count on you.

If religion wasn't here, what would atheists bitch about?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 23, 2017:

Atheistic women nagging them about sitting around all the time and not arguing?

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 23, 2017:

There’s no point in arguing about it.

Are you on a path or a journey?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 23, 2017:

I’m on a journey with many winding meaningless paths.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 23, 2017:

Perfect timing.

How many agnostics, atheists are out there who actually want to date another agnostic/atheist?

Hiimsarah comments on Nov 28, 2017:

Funny I just saw this question. I'm recently single again, and my Mom was just saying tonight how she so badly wants me to meet a "nice Christian man". I try to explain to her that I could never take someone seriously who was religious, as that would be like her dating someone who was worshiped ...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 23, 2017:

Damn! Florida!

How many agnostics, atheists are out there who actually want to date another agnostic/atheist?

Galactica comments on Oct 17, 2017:

I would only date the non-religious. Lesson learned. Seeing a man praying or talking about his imaginary friend is a big turn off. I find it ok with having close friends who are religious, but their charm idoesn’t work for me romantically speaking. Most importantly, I want my atheism to be ...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 23, 2017:

Damn! Illinois!

Who should be elected president in 2020?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 23, 2017:

Bernie Sanders

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 23, 2017:

Perhaps, but I’d vote for him sooner than gillibrand or Warren.

How many agnostics, atheists are out there who actually want to date another agnostic/atheist?

mistymoon77 comments on Dec 21, 2017:

I do I do! But where oh where can they be~~

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 23, 2017:

Central Texas?

What quells the feeling of insignificance that keeps us up nights?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 20, 2017:

Perhaps I’m being mundane, but the bric-a-brac of daily existence provides ample material to keep my mind busy and unworried about my existential significance. I studied philosophy in college and I came to the conclusion long ago that life has no real meaning outside the details of ones life, ...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 23, 2017:

it’s goos to know you feel that way.

Apart from religion, why human beings invented "marriage" What is the purpose of making a legal ...

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 22, 2017:

In order to legally take advantage of men?

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 23, 2017:

Thanks for spelling out the he obvious.

Should we embrace the true spirit of Christmas, you know how it was celebrated up until about 200 ...

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 22, 2017:

I celebrate Christmas for my daughter. If not for that, I’d just ignore it. But I wouldnt substitute one make believe entity for another. It’s kind of funny to annoy Christians with liking Santa Claus to Odin, but I wouldn’t worship Odin, Yahweh, Tiamat or Horus. There way to much in life to ...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 22, 2017:

I’m aware of that, but I’m not a 6th century pagan overly impressed the precesssion of the planet.

What cha want in life??? Dont be SHY?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 22, 2017:

A revolving door of beautiful women? Really, further education and future security for my daughter.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 22, 2017:

Not really. I’d prefer just one beautiful woman.

Has anyone ever been successful in de-converting a religionist?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 22, 2017:

Why try? That reminds me of the crazy people trying to reprogram kids out of homosexuality. Let them be who they are. You could always send them to college. That generally wakes a person up.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 22, 2017:

Perhaps it’s not, but trying to program someone into a religion or into atheism is equally offensive. I think training someone in critical thinking techniques is preferable, but that’s me.

Has anyone ever been successful in de-converting a religionist?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 22, 2017:

Why try? That reminds me of the crazy people trying to reprogram kids out of homosexuality. Let them be who they are. You could always send them to college. That generally wakes a person up.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 22, 2017:

I honestly don’t mind helping anyone. And I’ll be happy to give my reasons for my position, but ultimately it’s a personal decision. If someon is inclined to ask, I’ll tell. But it’s tgeir life.

So,we know how big the Universe is,and,how far away celestial bodies are,what are the chances that ...

MsOliver comments on Dec 21, 2017:

I'd settle just for off planet. I want to see Elon Musk set up his colony on Mars. If we can do that, then we can worry about traveling beyond the solar system.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 21, 2017:

With no practical atmosphere and no EM field, I wouldn’t want to live there.

So,we know how big the Universe is,and,how far away celestial bodies are,what are the chances that ...

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 21, 2017:

It’s already outside. Voyager

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 21, 2017:

I got that.

So,we know how big the Universe is,and,how far away celestial bodies are,what are the chances that ...

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 21, 2017:

It’s already outside. Voyager

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 21, 2017:

It’s still our eyes and ears outside the solar system, unless you happen to think there’s a 9th unknown planet.

The religious right in all their glory.

SamL comments on Dec 21, 2017:

How can they be so blind to this obvious scam and be so needy?

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 21, 2017:

Good question

What are your theories about why the 3 major religions all started in the same place in the middle ...

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 20, 2017:

The cradle of civilization was in the Nile valley, the Fertile Crescent and Indus Valley. It’s no surprise, really, that they developed her because the the native religions were very closely tied to nature. When the urban class began to question their simple cosmology, they developed more ...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 21, 2017:

You can get the same information from any textbook from any world history class in college or high school in the US. The only thing that new is Norte Chico. I took that course in 1977. The archeology for Norte Chico hadn’t been completed by then. And I’ve read o a limited degree on Chavin. I also took a course in Mexican History which led to my knowledge of the Olmecs. So.....

What are your theories about why the 3 major religions all started in the same place in the middle ...

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 20, 2017:

The cradle of civilization was in the Nile valley, the Fertile Crescent and Indus Valley. It’s no surprise, really, that they developed her because the the native religions were very closely tied to nature. When the urban class began to question their simple cosmology, they developed more ...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 21, 2017:

Not really

What are your theories about why the 3 major religions all started in the same place in the middle ...

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 20, 2017:

The cradle of civilization was in the Nile valley, the Fertile Crescent and Indus Valley. It’s no surprise, really, that they developed her because the the native religions were very closely tied to nature. When the urban class began to question their simple cosmology, they developed more ...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 21, 2017:

Sumeria 4000 BC Egypt 3500 BC IVC 3300 BC Yellow River 1900 BC Norte Chico 3300 BC-there is a lot of controversy about this. Typically it the chavin civilation that’s identified as the first civilization of s.america. Olmec-1600 BC

What are your theories about why the 3 major religions all started in the same place in the middle ...

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 20, 2017:

The cradle of civilization was in the Nile valley, the Fertile Crescent and Indus Valley. It’s no surprise, really, that they developed her because the the native religions were very closely tied to nature. When the urban class began to question their simple cosmology, they developed more ...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 21, 2017:

Not really. It occurred in mesdoamerica and in the Peruvian highlands and China. But they were far later developments. There is jeroft, but that’s speculative at best.

If you could travel anywhere in the world right this second, where would you go?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 20, 2017:

Auchinbrect, Scotland

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 20, 2017:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/union/trails_union_glencoe.shtml

If you could travel anywhere in the world right this second, where would you go?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 20, 2017:

Auchinbrect, Scotland

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 20, 2017:

http://www.ccsna.org

If you could travel anywhere in the world right this second, where would you go?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 20, 2017:

Auchinbrect, Scotland

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 20, 2017:

I’m a Campbell. One of the branches of the family came from Auchenbrect (Cowal, Scotland). One of my ancestors Duncan Campbell had been given property and a title in Cowal. They built a castle and prospered for generations until the clearances. They sold, literally, the castle and moved in mass to Ireland and then the US. The castle burned down about a hundred years later. All that’s left are the foundations. I’d like to visit the site and possibly meet some of my distant cousins. Of course, I’d better stay away from the McDonalds. Ya know, because of Glen Coe.

Incest: Immoral or Moral?

DominickMcKeon comments on Dec 20, 2017:

No point in safe sex with a relative. Stupid question. Only reason to have sex is breeding. Unless every other woman on earth is dead there’s no moral or any reason to breed with a relative. Only to repopulate. Seriously, this is a disturbing question. I argue, should I let you all die since ...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 20, 2017:

Really? Only breeding? I think you missed a meeting.

I have always had trouble with the Christian God drowning a planet full of people including children...

Paul628 comments on Dec 19, 2017:

Didn't anyone else on Earth have a boat?

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 19, 2017:

Yeah but that was only ONE guy!

Incest: Immoral or Moral?

Walter1968 comments on Dec 19, 2017:

It is an Ethics issue. That is just not good for Civilized people to be doing.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 19, 2017:

Well, the Egyptians were civilized. The British were civilized. The French were civilized.

I have always had trouble with the Christian God drowning a planet full of people including children...

Paul628 comments on Dec 19, 2017:

Didn't anyone else on Earth have a boat?

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 19, 2017:

Well of course not. God hadn’t told them how to make a boat yet!

I have always had trouble with the Christian God drowning a planet full of people including children...

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 19, 2017:

I find it a little hard to believe. Where did all the water go?

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 19, 2017:

Receded where?

What makes you leery about someone?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 6, 2017:

Hygiene, racist tattoos, perpetual drunkenness, lack of perception, reduced intelligence, voluntary stupidity, no moral compass

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 19, 2017:

I’m so relieved.

Im not religious by any means but sometimes when Im at a family event they pray.

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 19, 2017:

I was in the navy for twenty years. I was regularly subjected to prayer services. I just looked around to see if there were others not participating and ignored it as much as possible.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 19, 2017:

What can you do? I disagreed but I was in no position to refuse to attend. Frankly, I think it was a violation of my rights.

Solstice

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 18, 2017:

I would but I live in Waco.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 18, 2017:

But I’d rather be with you. :-)

How do you deal with people who don't respect facts in a discussion?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 17, 2017:

Question their intelligence.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 17, 2017:

I’m sorry, I’m too cantankerous for that.

I think this says it all.

SkyCake70 comments on Dec 17, 2017:

Religions are based on fear. Keep people uninformed and afraid of some god/monster/damnation, and you can pretty much get them to believe anything. It has worked for countless generations. Most people don’t question it, because they’re taught that it is unquestionably the truth. It needs to be ...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 17, 2017:

I’d agree for revealed religions. Native religions are more about explaining the universe in an archaic manner.

I think this says it all.

IntellectualRN comments on Dec 17, 2017:

It does have all the answers... the wrong answers.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 17, 2017:

Oh it has the right answers. For example, what’s the name of your fictional skygod? Yahweh? Great. Here’s a gold star. Go sit down.

When adult children choose religion

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 14, 2017:

I let people think what they will until they try to stop me from doing that very thing.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 17, 2017:

I’ve lost several friends after they began proselytizing me. According to them, I was attacking them.

Can A.I. really become conscious?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 15, 2017:

Define conscious.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 16, 2017:

Define awareness

Just so bizarre that we have to create a category for humans who accept Reality over fantasy.

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 9, 2017:

Is it really so surprising? We have 1/3 of the country that believes everything that comes out of Trumps mouth is truth. Frankly, I find it surprisingly that people don’t believe that Batman is real. Willful self delusion is is a very useful defense mechanism when reality sucks.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 15, 2017:

Probably for the same reason that they argue about the origin of the istari?

Why is it that some of us do not believe in God?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 14, 2017:

I think it has a lot to do with circumstance, familial pressure, peer pressure and a lazy attitude towards thinking. It’s easy to go along. I think innately smart people will eventually relegate religion to the trash heap of ideas, but I know that’s not true.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 15, 2017:

I think you’re wrong there. R veloped critical thinking skills would, I think, foster agnosticism, but that requires education.

What do you do to help the Environment?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 14, 2017:

I burn plastics.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 15, 2017:

Irrevrant sarcasm yes. No harm intended.

What do you do to help the Environment?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 14, 2017:

I burn plastics.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 14, 2017:

Well yeah, but I have fun with it and plastics are no longer a part of the matrix.

God at his computer

gNappyHead comments on Dec 14, 2017:

Lol! Is this a Gary Larson?

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 14, 2017:

Yes

Would you move into a clothing optional community?

z0000 comments on Dec 13, 2017:

I'd prefer not to offend people, so I'll keep my clothes on :P

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 13, 2017:

It said clothing optional. The operative word is optional.

If you could bring a fictional character to life, who would it be and why?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 12, 2017:

Eowyn, LOTR; why, I like pretty blonde women with blue eyes that can use a sword; no pun intended.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 12, 2017:

I found both of Jackson’s works very wanting. Entertaining, but not very inaccurate. Mittrander was far more irascible than Ian McKellum could portray. But I’m rather fond of strong women. I find intelligence and strength of character very attractive. Eowyn was very respectable.

Can you be an agnostic or atheist and still believe in angels, demons, ghosts and life after death?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 11, 2017:

Not in my case, but there are all kinds of things that we don’t know. I seriously doubt that angels/devils exist, but their existence is far more plausible than god.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 12, 2017:

The nature of demons is finite. The nature of god is infinite. Something finite is a possibility within our frame of experience. The infinite is neither knowable nor conceivable.

If you were to write a book, what would it be about?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 11, 2017:

A philosophers murder mystery

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 11, 2017:

The detective, David Hume The murder of Leon Trotsky

What's your preference for a burial option?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 10, 2017:

Cremation, ashes scattered in the pacific

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 11, 2017:

I scattered my moms ashes in the pacific. You can’t do it closer than 25 nautical miles from shore. As for burial at sea, I’ve never thought of it. It seems rather gruesome though.

What percentage of people in the world would want to join a colony in outer space if one was ...

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 10, 2017:

I can think of a number of Christians that I would recommend sending as missionaries.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 10, 2017:

Definitely, but not enough.

I am at odds about the gay couple and the bakery that turned them away.

Rideauxb comments on Dec 10, 2017:

Kicking out a rude customer is not discriminatory. If you kicked out the woman because she was Jewish, then you’d have an issue. Just like this gay couple...they weren’t doing anything wrong by wanting to buy a cake, the business is open to the public, but the shop owner can not discriminate ...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 10, 2017:

I understand that you feel the right not to serve who you please, but that doesn’t mean you get the right to discriminate against a class of persons.

I am at odds about the gay couple and the bakery that turned them away.

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 10, 2017:

If you own a public business, and you discriminate about whom you chose to serve, then should you be in business? We’re not talking about rude people. This is tantamount to refusing to serve African Americans, Phillipinos, American Indians, Mexicans.... Would you refuse to serve them? It’s ...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 10, 2017:

You’ll probably find a lot of things annoying if you object to simple language.

I am curious what everyone's background is.

evestrat comments on Dec 10, 2017:

I am currently a third-year doctoral student in social psychology with the aims of gaining an instructor position at an R1 (high hopes) or R2 (realistic hopes) research university where I can continue my research along with doing what I really love – mentoring the next generation of psychological ...

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 10, 2017:

....but the atheists would dramatically deny your findings and the agnostics would refuse to agree to any findings...

Why is it you seldom hear about women sexually assaulting men?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 6, 2017:

Men like being sexually assaulted?

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 6, 2017:

This is about men being sexually assaulted by women.

George Carlin: Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man…living in the sky, ...

sassygirl3869 comments on Dec 5, 2017:

A wise man-we need him here now-Would love him to do a monologue on trump

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 5, 2017:

Definitely

George Carlin: The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to...

evergreen comments on Dec 5, 2017:

Saw him live twice - a comedic genius. Were he still here, I'd love to hear his views on our White House resident ... I miss him !

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 5, 2017:

Me too

Real courage..................

gearl comments on Dec 5, 2017:

It's sure funny but is it courage or being stupid. Maybe both. I'll cheer for him.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 5, 2017:

At least it’s not creative cowardice.

George Carlin's wife died early in 2008 and George followed her, dying in July 2008.

sassygirl3869 comments on Dec 5, 2017:

I love it-if they have a ceremony when I cease to exist I want those words spoken.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 5, 2017:

His first wife died in ‘98 I think. His second wife is still alive. I’ve heard him do this monologue.

Finish this sentence: AS A KID, WHEN I GREW UP, I WANT TO BE A ?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 4, 2017:

When I was a kid I wanted to be an architect.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 4, 2017:

I’m a sec math teacher

Real courage..................

vertrauen comments on Dec 4, 2017:

That penguin had a *long* way to go to perform this prank ... (Antarctic to Arctic ...)

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 4, 2017:

True

Life's too short... (finish the line).

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 3, 2017:

Life’s too short, hedonism is reality, indulge in sex!!!!!!!! Wait a second, that could lead to a shorter life! I know, indulge in protection!!!!!!

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 3, 2017:

True

Every morning, what do you do?

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 2, 2017:

Shower, use the bathroom, change my clothes, brush my teeth, make lunches, drink coffee and drive to work.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 2, 2017:

Actually, I do it around a computer. After all, making lunch on a computer isn’t very filling. My daughter would doubtessky object.

What religion were you originally steeped in? I was raised Mormon.

Kreig comments on Dec 2, 2017:

I never understood Mormonism. Polygamy is pretty common, isn't it? Why would ANY man want more than one woman?! :P

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 2, 2017:

One woman is more than enough and in some cases too much.

Energy Cannot Naturally Be Created or Destroyed! isn't this scientific principle proof of Eternity?!

Gatovicolo comments on Nov 26, 2017:

No.

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 1, 2017:

That changes nothing

Math Atheism - fortunately logic works.

evestrat comments on Nov 30, 2017:

LOL!!! I had a student of mine who gave this to me years ago. It made me laugh, and then I asked if they were trying to tell me something ..... ;) LOL Thanks for sharing!! Made my night :)

Gatovicolo replies on Dec 1, 2017:

I have degrees in math and philosophy. I studied anthropology, psychology and sociology before I moved onto philosophy. Twins? It sounds like we are.

Math Atheism - fortunately logic works.

evestrat comments on Nov 30, 2017:

LOL!!! I had a student of mine who gave this to me years ago. It made me laugh, and then I asked if they were trying to tell me something ..... ;) LOL Thanks for sharing!! Made my night :)

Gatovicolo replies on Nov 30, 2017:

And now your a social psychologist. I’ve been teaching for 9 years.

Math Atheism - fortunately logic works.

evestrat comments on Nov 30, 2017:

LOL!!! I had a student of mine who gave this to me years ago. It made me laugh, and then I asked if they were trying to tell me something ..... ;) LOL Thanks for sharing!! Made my night :)

Gatovicolo replies on Nov 30, 2017:

You were a teacher?

The far side was the best.

resserts comments on Nov 30, 2017:

The Far Side was consistently witty, but wit today seems to be in such short supply.

Gatovicolo replies on Nov 30, 2017:

Sadly true

Jesus, Muhammad, Zarathustra and Donald Trump were flying across the Mediterranean when the engines ...

jwm03h comments on Nov 28, 2017:

This is an old Texas joke: There was an Englishman, Texan, Mexican, and Frenchmen in a plane. The plane could only hold one of them. The Frenchman jumped out of the plane, Viva la France! The Englishman, inspired, jumped out and said Long live the queen!!!!!!! The Texan, getting inspired, threw ...

Gatovicolo replies on Nov 28, 2017:

And....?

Post something sacrilegious and funny. Let's see what ya got!

Gatovicolo comments on Nov 27, 2017:

Jesus, Muhammad, Zarathustra and Donald Trump were flying across the Mediterranean when the engines began to fail. The pilots threw out all of the luggage but the plane was too heavy. So, since there weren’t any parachutes, Muhammad, saying “God is great” jumped out of the plane. But the ...

Gatovicolo replies on Nov 28, 2017:

Ok

Hello logical thinkers, thoughts on veganism? Yes/No. Heck yeah/why not?

Gatovicolo comments on Nov 25, 2017:

I don’t like the idea of preying upon other animals, but we all eat something else. I can easily conceive of our species becoming the food for other species. That’s disturbing. But, in the end, we all live off something else. Plants gave a right to live just like animals. Who are we to ...

Gatovicolo replies on Nov 25, 2017:

So you’re saying it’s the choice for the most good. Utilitarianism doesn’t change the fact your killing living organisms for your consumption.

Does it really matters to know how the Universe came to existence?

Gatovicolo comments on Nov 22, 2017:

Ultimately it doesn’t. It changes nothing. Existence is without meaning. Accept it and move on to important matters: family, love and the pursuit of truth.

Gatovicolo replies on Nov 25, 2017:

Nihilistic? Not really. Existentialistic, yes. As for the pursuit of truth, physics is not it. Math and logic are the only truth.

I have trouble sleeping can any one recommend a drug-less cure....?

Gatovicolo comments on Nov 25, 2017:

Tantric sex

Gatovicolo replies on Nov 25, 2017:

Not me.