The one thing we all have in common is that we don't buy into organized religion, however, is there ...

GeorgeRocheleau comments on Sep 24, 2018:

I believe in electrons, but l have never seen one.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 24, 2018:

I believe that they move me quite nicely.

Men who never learned to cook

oldFloyd comments on Sep 23, 2018:

I like to cook but for a heads up, do not hand mix meatloaf the same day that you have had your hands in black cutting oil ?

oldFloyd replies on Sep 23, 2018:

@LiterateHiker I do, multiple times I still like to wait a few days.(even Dawn doesn't help)

Last night I was out with The Phoenix Atheists Meetup group at a local restaurant.

orange_girl comments on Sep 22, 2018:

Can you imagine the reverse happening? I would imagine how upset the group would be and I can imagine all the things they'd cry.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 23, 2018:

They most likely would try to get you kicked out

Really....

IamNobody comments on Sep 20, 2018:

Sit on the rooftop at 2 am????....who are you, Dick Solomon??

oldFloyd replies on Sep 21, 2018:

I'll take the Rambler convertible

I'm sorry, but I really need to vent: My grandma is sick, hospitalized and just over 90.

GipsyOfNewSpain comments on Sep 20, 2018:

From the time my grandmother died over 32 years ago... I had been prepared for the passing of my mother... she is 91... we been waiting for over 10 years her passing and she is still around. All the preparation did not helped for the passing of my daughter last month, she would had been 33 next ...

oldFloyd replies on Sep 20, 2018:

Very well said

What's your most outlandish belief? (Mine is, I believe crop circles are not man-made.)

oldFloyd comments on Sep 17, 2018:

I sincerely believe driveways and parkways are misnamed.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Redcupcoffee Gallagher

Should I have my kids visit my religious mother and father-in-law?

chalupacabre comments on Sep 17, 2018:

So your in-laws have some issues - don't let their issues become yours. Take your kids to see them. The memories they take away will be time with the grandparents, not the silly songs they liked. My grandparents listened to Lawrence Welk and I recovered (mostly).

oldFloyd replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@kiramea well said, at least you didn't have to put up with polka varieties and big time wrestling ?

Should one bring/send flowers on a first date?

oldFloyd comments on Sep 17, 2018:

I would say that's your call but it would be better than a set of wiper blades

oldFloyd replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Omen6Actual I use Rain-X

Competition: healthy or not?

oldFloyd comments on Sep 16, 2018:

Never thought of this site as a competition but healthy competition I see to be a good thing it brings out the creativeness of those involved.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Akfishlady it is ashame, I would use the word sad but.

Societal religiosity has fostered this notion that sex is this holy spiritual enactment.

Donotbelieve comments on Sep 17, 2018:

Down with dogma style!

oldFloyd replies on Sep 17, 2018:

I read the other posts but yours made me smile ?

How do you respond when a loved one asks you to pray for them?

TheGreatShadow comments on Sep 17, 2018:

Say something along the lines of "you're in my thoughts". That's what I do.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 17, 2018:

This response works very well also.

How do you respond when a loved one asks you to pray for them?

RedneckProfessor comments on Sep 17, 2018:

I wish you the best that medical science has to offer.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 17, 2018:

I'll go with with what you said

Does a bad day give you the right to be un-pleasant?

oldFloyd comments on Sep 16, 2018:

Not really but look up cantankerous curmudgeon.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@LucyLoohoo no, when it comes to Agent Orange I believe Rex Tillerson was right

Competition: healthy or not?

oldFloyd comments on Sep 16, 2018:

Never thought of this site as a competition but healthy competition I see to be a good thing it brings out the creativeness of those involved.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Akfishlady that's one I have always found pointless

My son found the black and white aerial photo of our place taken before 1982 when we moved here.

oldFloyd comments on Sep 15, 2018:

Google maps is fun, try Google Earth it's cool too ☺️

oldFloyd replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@DenoPenno I don't think I need that upgrade on my phone

Why is it that most people here are from the US?

ProudMary comments on Sep 15, 2018:

Probably because so many of us are fed up with it. The "I have nothing against gays, I just wish they wouldn't shove it in my face" crowd is the same one trying to shove religion in everyone's face.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 15, 2018:

Yeah yeah that's the ticket!

Are You a Voter?

oldFloyd comments on Sep 13, 2018:

I vote, I also research who I'm voting for.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 14, 2018:

@Nevermind345 I don't consider TV and radio research.

Albert Einstein believed in the pantheistic god of 17th century rationalist Baruch Spinoza.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 13, 2018:

I tend to think that Einstein used God as a generic term which could be replaced by nature ... or *Mother Nature".

oldFloyd replies on Sep 13, 2018:

Makes the most sense

Do you like maps?

Grayghost comments on Sep 12, 2018:

I was a Boy Scout leader for many years and one of my favorite activities was teaching overland navigation using topographic maps that I bought from the USGA. Since much of this time we were in Missouri, we hiked many miles far from civilization over the Ozarks, through the Mark Twain National ...

oldFloyd replies on Sep 12, 2018:

And it never needs recharged.

No reason to spend your Monday cranky! [psychologytoday.com]

oldFloyd comments on Sep 11, 2018:

What if one wants to be a cantankerous curmudgeon?

oldFloyd replies on Sep 11, 2018:

@RoadGoddess I try always being in a good mood some days are better than others depends on how much stupid I run into first thing in the morning.

I was face painting at a church last night (didn't burn up in there, lol) and this girl asked for a ...

Wurlitzer comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Ida given her a telephone pole just to be a smartass lol.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 10, 2018:

With the old glass insulators

Sextortion - I learned a new word today.

Stephanie99 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Thanks for the idea of tape over the webcam. I learned out how one can get access to a webcam, and I'm pretty sure that I won't do any of those things, but why not cover over the webcame when not in use?

oldFloyd replies on Sep 7, 2018:

@Stephanie99 I use my laptop morning and evening. And the porn is like horse racing or auto racing if you're not riding or driving it ain't no fun?

Sextortion - I learned a new word today.

Stephanie99 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Thanks for the idea of tape over the webcam. I learned out how one can get access to a webcam, and I'm pretty sure that I won't do any of those things, but why not cover over the webcame when not in use?

oldFloyd replies on Sep 7, 2018:

I have a piece of cardboard folded quite nicely at the top of my laptop I can move it back and forth it will and to me watching porn is pointless so there would be no video.

Questions for Democrats: Which Candidate is your top choice to run for President in 2020?

oldFloyd comments on Sep 6, 2018:

I checked other, the way I see it that's 2 years down the road who knows what's going to happen between now and then

oldFloyd replies on Sep 6, 2018:

@balou yeah I hope they don't pull the same b******* they did last time around.

What is the best thing to do when someone says something to you you find offensive?

pepperjones comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Wow! What a dick. I admit, if someone says something rude to me, I'm usually taken aback so much that i don't have good responses lying in wait. My customer service usually kicks in and I get even nicer in a passive aggressive kind of way to hopfully make them feel worse about themselves, lol. ...

oldFloyd replies on Sep 6, 2018:

Yeah I'll go with that

Climate change: local efforts won't be enough to undo Trump's inaction, study says | Environment | ...

Zoohome comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Sigh.... and there are people still thinking and coming out in public that this is fake news and bogus. ?

oldFloyd replies on Sep 6, 2018:

It is a shame that some people decide that Fox News is correct and scientific Papers written over the last century are wrong

How does one go about being a polite atheist?

AnneWimsey comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Minding your own business & common courtesy.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 6, 2018:

Simple answer quite correct.

"Trust your feelings" On NPR, they were talking about how "trust your feelings" has warped far ...

KKGator comments on Sep 4, 2018:

Both. It's used to justify deliberate ignorance.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 5, 2018:

I like the way you think. Clara?

Intimidation

Donotbelieve comments on Sep 4, 2018:

I am not easily intimidated. I have had people tell me that I am intimidating, at first. I think it has to do with direct eye contact, body language, and steady vocal tone.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 4, 2018:

I fully agree with you, well put.

How can I help my son dealing with religious questions from his friends?

RedneckProfessor comments on Sep 3, 2018:

When Redneck Jr. was 4 years old, I started reading him bedtime stories from different religions: Islam, Hindi, Judaism, Buddhism, and, of course, christianity. I also read Greek and Norse mythology. This works like a vaccine does--a small and innocuous dose builds immunity. By the time the ...

oldFloyd replies on Sep 3, 2018:

@RedneckProfessor she's now lead IT tech for a healthcare firm. I wish you and young redneck well.

Donald Trump shows an unparalleled bent for shameless self-promotion.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 3, 2018:

I have a hard time talking to Trump supporters. I want to smack them with a 2x4, which generally shuts down conversation.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 3, 2018:

@bigpawbullets thankyou, but I'd druther build with it.

Donald Trump shows an unparalleled bent for shameless self-promotion.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 3, 2018:

I have a hard time talking to Trump supporters. I want to smack them with a 2x4, which generally shuts down conversation.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 3, 2018:

Yeah one from a Southern Pine cut down sometime around 1900 measuring 2 in by 4 in not that crap they sell today ?

How can I help my son dealing with religious questions from his friends?

RedneckProfessor comments on Sep 3, 2018:

When Redneck Jr. was 4 years old, I started reading him bedtime stories from different religions: Islam, Hindi, Judaism, Buddhism, and, of course, christianity. I also read Greek and Norse mythology. This works like a vaccine does--a small and innocuous dose builds immunity. By the time the ...

oldFloyd replies on Sep 3, 2018:

When my daughter was young the stories came from the likes of Scientific American, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Omni, Time and the sort. You have a good answer.

Who is your favorite Judge on television?

oldFloyd comments on Sep 3, 2018:

The guy from Detroit from what I've seen he reminds me of a real judge in lake county OH. I think it's Greg Mathis not sure.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 3, 2018:

@JustLynnie thanks

Do you make the distinction between being skeptical vs. cynical?

oldFloyd comments on Sep 2, 2018:

In things of science I need proof I'm a skeptic. Dealing with people I very cynical.

oldFloyd replies on Sep 2, 2018:

@KKGator yeah but I left out the word am by the way thank you

I received a message today from the CEO of a Christian youth program nonprofit.

oldFloyd comments on Sep 1, 2018:

For me I would not consider it I'm not willing to put myself in a position with people that may go ultra-religious

oldFloyd replies on Sep 1, 2018:

@helionoftroy understood, that's why I would not consider the opportunity

What kind of art do you enjoy most?

metalicious1986 comments on Sep 1, 2018:

Music! Especially live!

oldFloyd replies on Sep 1, 2018:

@metalicious1986 yeah that happens

What kind of art do you enjoy most?

metalicious1986 comments on Sep 1, 2018:

Music! Especially live!

oldFloyd replies on Sep 1, 2018:

Frip & Eno, no pussyfooting

The epitome of stubbornness: "Someone just honked to get me out of my parking spot faster so now ...

oldFloyd comments on Aug 31, 2018:

I am glad that the surgery went well and yes I can see the resemblance. One head two arms and two legs, uncanny. Did you move that damn car yet??

oldFloyd replies on Aug 31, 2018:

@LiterateHiker I've worn glasses since I was 5 my sight is annoying but I can deal with it. I am very happy for Claire science in general has made great progress.?

List favorite methods of recreational non-motorized transportation, then name your favorite.

oldFloyd comments on Aug 30, 2018:

Hikes, walks, canoe, row boat, bicycle. But I'd love to have an electric freestyle jet ski!

oldFloyd replies on Aug 30, 2018:

@birdingnut check

Spent part of my day visiting a Baha'i temple.

TristanNuvo comments on Aug 30, 2018:

Good art is good art, good architecture is good architecture, good music is good music, good people are good people. regardless if religious or not. It makes no difference to me what inspires them to create it. JMHO. That looks beautiful btw.

oldFloyd replies on Aug 30, 2018:

I couldn't agree with you more

IPhone or Android? Why?

memorylikeasieve comments on Aug 30, 2018:

Definitely Android. iThings are overpriced, incompatible with too many things, and the OS is counterintuitive. Also, yeah, Apple is a cult. No, thanks.

oldFloyd replies on Aug 30, 2018:

Always had been

I just received an invite to an upcoming Death Cafe.

oldFloyd comments on Aug 29, 2018:

No, but a special get together for discussing death? I guess I'll just say have fun.

oldFloyd replies on Aug 29, 2018:

@AmiSue point well taken but some people prefer cupcakes I for one care less for them

Most recent photo on your phone or computer. No cheating. ?

oldFloyd comments on Aug 19, 2018:

You asked!

oldFloyd replies on Aug 19, 2018:

@BeccaVa I'm a auto tech geek

What kind of reptile species scare you?

BufftonBeotch comments on Aug 19, 2018:

Is it the monitor lizard, which is not actually venomous in the literal sense, but has such a filthy mouth that you will get blood poisoning. And they will just slowly follow you. And then when you fall they will eat you alive. Slowly.

oldFloyd replies on Aug 19, 2018:

This is kind of the same thing I was thinking, but I was thinking Komodo dragon

At what point is a technologically enhanced human not a human anymore?

JustinNewcomb comments on Aug 19, 2018:

Human augmentation is the next step in our evolution and it's already started with simple seeing eye glasses to very complicated hearing aids. Prosthetic limbs that move on command when you think are getting more and more advanced, soon perhaps we could augment a human brain into a box idk but as ...

oldFloyd replies on Aug 19, 2018:

The fourth Doctor had a problem like that with the Kelad people.

"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives.

skye724 comments on Aug 19, 2018:

I continually weave new tapestries, come to problems with different solutions, pull rabbits out iof crazy hats. I love adaptation. Next!

oldFloyd replies on Aug 19, 2018:

Between you and greatnani. My thoughts exactly

Atheism on a decline?

TristanNuvo comments on Aug 19, 2018:

I've read studies the say the opposite. The increase of Atheists, seculars, non's, free thinkers etc. Has been on a steady increase .

oldFloyd replies on Aug 19, 2018:

Yeah, the only magazine I get.

What is your favorite dance song?

oldFloyd comments on Aug 16, 2018:

Several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave grooving with a pict.?

oldFloyd replies on Aug 16, 2018:

@AmiSue I don't dance but thanks for the memories.

Greatest invention of all times?

KKGator comments on Aug 16, 2018:

Refrigeration.

oldFloyd replies on Aug 16, 2018:

Wow,! that's cold

Did you ever feel really down for no particular reason?

oldFloyd comments on Aug 15, 2018:

Very infrequent, but yes.

oldFloyd replies on Aug 15, 2018:

@Hitchens I sincerely hope it gets better mine generally clears up within hours got better things to do. Keep On Keepin On

The most solid sign of becoming an adult is moving your bed to the center of the wall from the ...

Hicks66 comments on Aug 13, 2018:

I can dig that. But what if it's still a race car?

oldFloyd replies on Aug 14, 2018:

I'd want the Mach 5.

How do you think you speak on a daily basis?

evidentialist comments on Aug 13, 2018:

It depends on the circumstances. There are cases where only rational thought and carefully ordered speech will serve, and there are times when the more off the wall, the better it is. Remaining flexible and ready to adapt to the situation is the important thing. The other important things are ...

oldFloyd replies on Aug 13, 2018:

There you go this one works

Questions About Breaking the Dish Okay, not really breaking the dish, but that's my equivalent of...

oldFloyd comments on Aug 7, 2018:

Is it a Samsung smart TV? if so Netflix, Amazon are embedded in the smart hub. For broadcast TV I have a good outside antenna with rotor, I live on the shore of a lake that is Erie near Cleveland and I get Detroit, Toledo, and Canadian. Try tvfool.com

oldFloyd replies on Aug 7, 2018:

@godef which part

So… a friend told me last week that he brought up Harry Potter to a colleague's daughter and she ...

Blissfull comments on Aug 7, 2018:

I was a Sunday School teacher when the Harry Potter books came out. I called a meeting of interested parents to show them this was an opportunity to read to your child and discuss the difference between fiction and real stories. I did not point out that if you watch Wizard of Oz with your kids you ...

oldFloyd replies on Aug 7, 2018:

Does that mean The Wizard of Oz didn't really happen?

So the bible was written by a team of guys who were influenced by a lot of misinformation.

KKGator comments on Aug 3, 2018:

The religious corporations won't allow it. That's what all religions are now, corporations.

oldFloyd replies on Aug 3, 2018:

Throw in a large body of LLC's

What’s the origin of your Agnostic.com name?

oldFloyd comments on Aug 3, 2018:

I like old Pink Floyd

oldFloyd replies on Aug 3, 2018:

@Morganfreeman yeah, point me at the sky

What do you think? How accurate?

IAMGROOT comments on Aug 1, 2018:

I think it's dangerous to place people in buckets. I'm sure many or all of those qualities also apply to other, less creative people.

oldFloyd replies on Aug 1, 2018:

As do other things that didn't make the list

What are your thoughts about religious waivers for complying with public health or safety policies?

KKGator comments on Jul 19, 2018:

No exemptions for any religion, for anything, period. If they don't like it, too fucking bad.

oldFloyd replies on Jul 19, 2018:

I like the way you think

Did/do you have a favorite cartoon character that wasn't a regularly appearing character in cartoon ...

farmboy2017 comments on Jul 16, 2018:

The Roman Martian guy on Bugs Bunny. He was the one wanting to destroy Earth with that X-14 Neutron Modulator thingy.

oldFloyd replies on Jul 17, 2018:

Illudium q-36 exploding space modulator

What devices and/or services do use to watch tv?

GipsyOfNewSpain comments on Jul 9, 2018:

I didn't know that 70's antennas were digital, I thought they were analog.

oldFloyd replies on Jul 9, 2018:

No 70s antennas picked up analog TV signals, now they pick up digital signals.

Happy Birthday America! With Love and Best Wishes from your Northern Cousins.

dkp93 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

It's depressing having Justin Trudeau sooo close while we are stuck with that technicolor racist.

oldFloyd replies on Jul 4, 2018:

@CaroleKay I thought it was more Agent Orange (Fucks things up for years including children)

Things that irritate me.

oldFloyd comments on Jul 3, 2018:

The human body belongs to the person occupying it, and they are the only ones responsible for it. NO ONE ELSE.

oldFloyd replies on Jul 3, 2018:

@McVinegar next question

Things that irritate me.

oldFloyd comments on Jul 3, 2018:

The human body belongs to the person occupying it, and they are the only ones responsible for it. NO ONE ELSE.

oldFloyd replies on Jul 3, 2018:

@jlynn37 yeah God ordained that don't you know

"They" are demanding civility...really?

godef comments on Jun 27, 2018:

That wouldn't work. The planet is red. They need to colonize one of those icy moons around Jupiter or Saturn.

oldFloyd replies on Jun 27, 2018:

(Uranus) better suited

I had a "First" happen in my life today.

Ellatynemouth comments on Jun 22, 2018:

Show me a man who has no tattoos, and I'll be more interested.

oldFloyd replies on Jun 22, 2018:

I don't have graphics on my car either! Over the years I've heard enough holes in myself by accident don't need any on purpose. And it is a nice design.

Frog in bamboo fountain.

Gatovicolo comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Rivvitt

oldFloyd replies on Jun 18, 2018:

Rope lashings, the frogs cool too.

Voting.

memorylikeasieve comments on Jun 18, 2018:

And vote for an actual candidate. No more of this writing-in of memes bullshit.

oldFloyd replies on Jun 18, 2018:

Indeed, please make it count.

What quote or saying do you find overused and/or complete BS?

McVinegar comments on Jun 18, 2018:

"I am the alpha and the omega....." :)

oldFloyd replies on Jun 18, 2018:

Looks ok on a warhead. (2nd Planet of the apes)

Time does not exist. Clocks exist.

maturin1919 comments on Jun 18, 2018:

Time is a real thing. Clocks are how we measure it for our day-to-day.

oldFloyd replies on Jun 18, 2018:

Nuclear decay happens

A consider myself a staunch atheist .

oldFloyd comments on Jun 11, 2018:

It's something to consider when choosing what to watch or keep watching.

oldFloyd replies on Jun 11, 2018:

@PontifexMarximus ah yes, understood

How should we re-evaluate the biblical prophets in the light of what we now know about mental ...

oldFloyd comments on Jun 11, 2018:

There would be nothing to reevaluate. that was then this is now you have to deal with the now people who don't have enough common sense to realize it's all fantasy.

oldFloyd replies on Jun 11, 2018:

@Denker Point well taken

This is somewhat of a controversial question but can any theists or anyone offer a reasonable ...

jlynn37 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Simple answer, god(s) does not exist.

oldFloyd replies on Jun 6, 2018:

What you said Plus The evil comes from Those who commit such Acts