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Ruth Bader Ginsberg slaps trump in the face when he tells her to resign.

godef comments on Jan 7, 2018:

If only it was literal...

Your thoughts on gun ownership?

godef comments on Jan 7, 2018:

I want my MTV.

Trump defends his sanity amid questions about his mental state - CNNPolitics

godef comments on Jan 7, 2018:

"Dear Abby, I am 13 years old but totally mature for my age..."

Stable Genius.

godef comments on Jan 6, 2018:

"I'm so proud of my ability to tell my left from my right in only two tries."

Why should we respect religion, when they don't respect atheist?

godef comments on Jan 5, 2018:

Becuz we're smarter and more grown up? Booya!

An article about how the US got to where it is now .

godef comments on Jan 5, 2018:

To quote a Grand Funk song: "There's money in them war machines, now, ain't that a bitch?"

Whatever background we may have came from, one must not believe 2 illusions the world makes us ...

godef comments on Jan 4, 2018:

Actually, I think we are a product of our environment, to the extent that the environment forced our evolutionary paths to become what we are today. But I know what you mean.

I met the man of my dreams.

godef comments on Jan 4, 2018:

Hear we're having Mexican weather? Chili today and hot tamale.

Another cartoon of mine.

godef comments on Jan 4, 2018:

XI. Thou shalt call thou mother.

What is your moral compass?

godef comments on Jan 4, 2018:

Mine's gone south.

So atheist or agnostic men don't shave, huh?

godef comments on Jan 3, 2018:

Hah! Ask my girlfriend about that. ;)

Straight from the Internet.... 2018 is a Weird Year for Catholics.

godef comments on Jan 3, 2018:

"And Jesus rose from the dead... April Fools!"

THE TELLTALE SIGNS OF FUNDAMENTALISM?

godef comments on Jan 2, 2018:

They want all your money.

Does evolution occur in leaps or slowly, both?

godef comments on Jan 2, 2018:

The more stressed a species is, the faster they are forced to evolve to adapt (unless it's too quick like the asteroids that wiped out whole species). So yeah, I certainly would expect that the pace of evolution varies.

Billboard for everyone in 2018 and beyond

godef comments on Jan 2, 2018:

Simplify, simplify, simplify.

Some Tuesday humor for ya... not disparaging our firemen and women. ;)

godef comments on Jan 2, 2018:

Yikes!

The moment you realize you don't have that all in one important rapture hatch built in your house.

godef comments on Jan 2, 2018:

Use the chimney, like Jesu... I mean Santa Claus.

Protecting young men from the evil of the world with blindfolds. Ridiculous.

godef comments on Jan 2, 2018:

Isn't that how Luke Skywalker learned to master the force? Or was it on Game of Thrones?...

Have you written a Letter To an Editor for publication?

godef comments on Jan 2, 2018:

I had a letter appear in the Boston Globe, maybe 20-25 years ago when a series of abortion clinics were bombed or were being heavily protested by pro-lifers. I recall my letter was in protest of a pro-life leader who I felt was responsible for inciting the violence. Had another letter in a Rochester NY paper perhaps another 10 years before that which is more vague in my mind but had to do with secular humanism; at that time, the Rochester School Board was being infested by the religious right.

Quick poll.

godef comments on Jan 1, 2018:

Let's see, 19 years * 52 weeks * 50 minutes of mass... oh, can't forget Easter and Christmas... about two months.

What makes you break out your soapbox?

godef comments on Jan 1, 2018:

How much soap could a soap box box if a soap box could box soap?

What makes you break out your soapbox?

godef comments on Jan 1, 2018:

Left lane cruisers. Pisses me off.

Global warming

godef comments on Jan 1, 2018:

What do guns / crime policy, minimum wage, and the non-existent "gender wage gap" have to do with science. Sounds more like greed. OK, psychology I guess

You are given 5 choices of television stations with the luxury of no commercial breaks, but can only...

godef comments on Jan 1, 2018:

I want my MTV!

Global warming

godef comments on Jan 1, 2018:

Is that Pluto?

DARPA Is Planning to Hack the Human Brain to Let Us "Upload" Skills

godef comments on Jan 1, 2018:

The title's a bit misleading, yea sensationalism. It doesn't seem they're talking about specific skills, rather somehow allowing the brain to learn whatever skill they choose to give you faster.

Keep It To Yourself - an atheist ballad rock song!

godef comments on Jan 1, 2018:

Very cool. Think the vocals need to be brought forward, a bit overwhelmed by the music. Followed up by a Court of the Crimson King in bluegrass... awesome! Except... it's actually Court of the Red-faced Thing, LMAO!

The parade was very nice.

godef comments on Jan 1, 2018:

Kinda like Santa Claus in the Christmas parade.

I was at a bar tonight for a New Year's Eve celebration, though I rarely drink, and I started ...

godef comments on Jan 1, 2018:

Yikes! I'd give that a 4 on the kink scale.

My New Year's "resolution" is to learn more about whisk(e)y.

godef comments on Jan 1, 2018:

Anyone try that new Jack Daniels honey whiskey? Strange stuff.

A New Years Joke for Hubby (and friends!)

godef comments on Dec 31, 2017:

How 'bout the Marlboro man?

Do you taunt the religious?

godef comments on Dec 31, 2017:

I don't, and I only would if they first try to taunt me for my POV, or else partake in activity that violates my right to my POV.

I am new to here and just thought i would start by wishing everyone a happy new year.

godef comments on Dec 31, 2017:

Same to you. Cheers!

Are You A Resgistered Voter and Exercise Your Right To Vote?

godef comments on Dec 31, 2017:

You all need to shame me into getting off my arse and vote in the Mid Terms, although I am highly motivated this year after the last year of that ass-clown in the WH.

Life on other Planets? Yes or No?

godef comments on Dec 31, 2017:

As you say, it's just a matter of probability. It's a given in my mind, but even finding the most rudimentary microbe on another world in our solar system would raise that probability astronomically (no pun intended) to the extent that we could start talking about sentience.

Rate your level of Kinkiness from 0 to 5

godef comments on Dec 31, 2017:

I voted 1; I'm as horny as any guy, but rarely stray outside the line. Always open to any ideas the mate has though.

Higher power or Human psychology?

godef comments on Dec 31, 2017:

At least some of us are trying to turn this around; it's become a question of whether it's happened soon/fast enough to forge a decent quality of life for our children.

What I learned in 2017:

godef comments on Dec 31, 2017:

What I learned: 2018 can't come fast enough.

The joys of swearing? (don't read if easily offended)

godef comments on Dec 31, 2017:

I think there's an indirect correlation: people who are more educated tend to have a greater vocabulary; they also tend not to be dogmatically influenced by the use of foul language, i.e. hey, it's just a word, sticks and stones, etc.

Virtual Sex

godef comments on Dec 31, 2017:

Virtual sex increases with age. I just get too lazy to physically do anything about it.

Excluding sex or bathing, what activities have you done naked?

godef comments on Dec 31, 2017:

I had a naked out-of-body experience once. Yuck! It was like the Predestination movie.

What would it be like to be married to you?

godef comments on Dec 31, 2017:

I'll leave that to my ex.

One of my first questions that couldn’t be answered.

godef comments on Dec 31, 2017:

They are mo-fo's!

Childhood indoctrination

godef comments on Dec 31, 2017:

It's life. It's genetics, doing what it can, sometimes misguided, to propagate the species. I would not persecute the individual who are acting by instinct. In the long run, education will fix this.

made level 5! yes I'm going to be the greatest unbeliever of all time I believe lol

godef comments on Dec 30, 2017:

I hear they give double points on Sundays and Christmas.

I become very annoyed and furious when I here politicians,Government officials or anybody ...

godef comments on Dec 30, 2017:

Very often, these politicians are not particularly religious, they are just playing to their base. Like Trump.

I've been here a few days, actually level 4..., whatever that means...?

godef comments on Dec 30, 2017:

Oh yes, there are a few. In particular, at least one global warming denier. Actually, I'll give him credit; he's admitted that industry is responsible for 3-5% of climate change. We *are* making progress. Edit: ahh, I see he's already been to this thread. I'll let you find him.

I've always wondered how to know the difference.

godef comments on Dec 30, 2017:

I used to think I made up "In a while, crocodile!" but undoubtedly heard it somewhere else.

Are there any entertaining men out there?

godef comments on Dec 30, 2017:

I fart a lot.

If freethinkers / atheists / agnostics had a moniker / symbol / flag, then what would it be?

godef comments on Dec 30, 2017:

I kinda like the fish with feet, but I guess that's specific to evolutionists (ME! for one)

Your definition for atheism is wrong.

godef comments on Dec 29, 2017:

Oh, terrific! Funny how the root of this word is terror... how bad is that?

Watching bill Maher when he stated some religious people pay no mind to climate and human activities...

godef comments on Dec 29, 2017:

What the heck, the rapture is coming anyhow.

I realized that I was an atheist when I first started learning about mythology, did anyone else have...

godef comments on Dec 29, 2017:

You could be Einstein if you are good with math, because it takes the same out-of-the-box thinking that you do to become one. You might be considered a genius, but instead you are "fringed" by being an atheist. You could say mythology influenced my being atheist but in a different way; when I was a kid, though I wasn't particularly religious like you, I loved the album Jesus Christ Superstar, much like a kid might like Star Wars now, would sing it every day in the shower (I was a really clean kid then). If you're familiar with JC Superstar, you would know it to be a more humanistic telling of JC's end days, and I think that helped lead me away from the dogmatic, perfect-JC-never-sinned of main stream religions.

Which one is atheist?

godef comments on Dec 29, 2017:

I think the key is "I don't believe" which underscores the notion that atheism is not a belief, but rather the lack of belief.

Precognition

godef comments on Dec 29, 2017:

I will wake up tomorrow. If I don't drink too much.

So the President thinks global warming is good. I wish this whole 1st year was really a sitcom.

godef comments on Dec 29, 2017:

At least he's consistent; he thinks *he* is good.

Is consciousness the result of physical internal interactions of the brain or does the consciousness...

godef comments on Dec 28, 2017:

Both.

What can be done about police brutality?

godef comments on Dec 28, 2017:

Bailiff. Wack their pee pees!

How much $ does a person need to be content & comfortably enjoy life?

godef comments on Dec 28, 2017:

If you're a pro athlete, you need $10M to feed your family.

How Did you Discover Agnostic.Com?

godef comments on Dec 28, 2017:

I forget... probably through Facebook.

Hello, Atheists and Agnostics.

godef comments on Dec 28, 2017:

I certainly don't disagree. I stated the other day that inflation occurs because too many people want more than their fair share of the pie.

Ok, say you meet someone here and the two of you really click.

godef comments on Dec 28, 2017:

My ex was from Krasnoyarsk Russia, literally half way around the globe (no, there was no mail order involved, I actually met her here in Acton MA). OK, northern hemisphere, but still, 12 hours difference. So much for that little experiment. Now I get nervous about anyone greater than 30 miles away.

Jesus was a Liberal

godef comments on Dec 28, 2017:

Except back then, it wasn't called liberal, it was called crazy-nuts. Thank gawd for modern times.

What would it be like to be married to you?

godef comments on Dec 28, 2017:

Gawd, from everything you say, you could be my soulmate... except for the last item. Oopsie!

Dogma

godef comments on Dec 28, 2017:

Yes, you're right. By the strictest definition, there is always some "dogma" involved. let's just say that, like anything else, some dogma is better than others.

Can you be agnostic and still think evil exists?

godef comments on Dec 27, 2017:

It's all in how you define evil. If evil is malicious supernatural entities, then no. If evil is born of mental psychosis, then yes.

Round Planet

godef comments on Dec 27, 2017:

Just saw the first episode, it was fun. My favorite line: "And the angry Musk told the Arctic Fox to Foxtrot Oscar."

Anyone believe that UFO sighting that's all over the news?

godef comments on Dec 27, 2017:

Yes. Was it a weather balloon or ET?

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

godef comments on Dec 27, 2017:

Just as long as they respect what I believe and doesn't feel it conflicts with theirs, I would be fine with it.

Why did you choose your username/avatar?

godef comments on Dec 27, 2017:

The avatar is me. My username is the word "go" and my initials, created a long time ago when I needed a username in a pinch. Used to have fun with it on chat sites when some people shortened it to "god"; one time I was explaining how exhausted I was building Rome all day and still hadn't finished the job.

Does every human have a 'right to life'?

godef comments on Dec 26, 2017:

That's a tough one; essentially, this notion defines "morality", treat others like they would like you to treat them. We also live in a natural world, where it is in our genes to do what we can for our species to survive, or more specifically, to push each our own particular gene pool. In prehistoric times, this meant head-to-head competition for resources, survival of the fittest. But as our species gained in intelligence, it started to become apparent that cooperation had started to become the best guarantee to survival as a species. Certain folks would take up the prerogative and turn this into a code of conduct to guide and enforce this; as with anything, it was sometimes with the best of intentions, sometimes less than that; a more selfish variety that emphasized their own survival.. So from a strictly atheist point of view, a "right to life" is an irrelevant notion. What we really has is a need to survive, but once we understand that cooperation is a desirable method of survival, we create a morality (which the religious try to high-jack and call their own) which is really a guide to promote that.

Are atheists and agnostics intolerant?

godef comments on Dec 26, 2017:

As Americans, we have the civil right to believe what we want, and if we consider ourselves patriots (a highly misused word by those on the right), we should step up further and defend that right. But the right to believe does not translate to the right to impose your beliefs on others that don't share it, because you would then be violating their civil rights. Listen to whatever music you want, just don't blast the neighborhood with it. Don't know if I speak for everyone here, but I don't believe in denying others if they want to believe in god, but I would work to stop them from creating law and policy based on that belief that infringes on mine.

Parents! How do you deal with grandparents who try to influence your children with religion?

godef comments on Dec 26, 2017:

I stone them.

I’ve been on this site almost a week now, and haven’t received a single unsolicited dick pic so ...

godef comments on Dec 26, 2017:

Here you go.

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

godef comments on Dec 26, 2017:

Still $100... just wouldn't buy you much. Too many peopled want more than their fair share.

Proof there is a Jesus and a Santa!

godef comments on Dec 26, 2017:

He was still fat back then?

Neil deGrasse Tyson's Christmas post

godef comments on Dec 25, 2017:

But the West knows best!! ;)

And God Created Man On the very first day, God created the cow.

godef comments on Dec 25, 2017:

Whatdoya mean I sit in fornt of the door and bark at people? Go &^$#@ yerself. ;)

Here's the story.

godef comments on Dec 25, 2017:

Is that the Reader's Digest version? That's a lot to digest... ;)

MERRY CHRISTMAS. Christ Mass?

godef comments on Dec 25, 2017:

I think it was originally "mess" as in "what a mess religion is" but got lost in transitional somewhere.

If the US had a recall on the presidential election tomorrow, do you think the result would be much ...

godef comments on Dec 25, 2017:

Trumpists will be Trumpists; he would still have a core following (re: the Despicables). But I'm thinking there were many not from New York who did not really understand what he was about (all the suckers of the minute), and it would be enough to change the outcome, considering how close it was to begin with.

My Christmas humor!! Merry agnostic/atheist Christmas!!!

godef comments on Dec 25, 2017:

Is the middle meme cut off at the bottom?

Who else is having a white Christmas?

godef comments on Dec 24, 2017:

Apparently, we'll be having one in the northeast.

Age & Romance: How Low (or High) will you go?

godef comments on Dec 24, 2017:

The older you are, naturally, the more likely you are to suggest that age isn't a factor. The truth is, we are all attracted to the vitality of someone who is younger than us, and hope we can attract them to like us. If we are rich, we can attract to us those whose are very much younger than us with the promises of richness and an easy life (I.E. the trophy wife). But in the end, it all comes down to the song by the band The The: Jealous of Youth (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cG9afkQ_Uc).

Do the holidays lift your spirits?

godef comments on Dec 24, 2017:

Do the spirits lift my holidays? Absolutely!

What are your feelings on Christmas?