Are there any objects, even seemingly ordinary, that you attach an emotional significance to?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 12, 2018:

My guitars

How do you, as a nonbeliever say you're sorry for the death of someone's spouse or children or ...

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

I’m sorry for your loss.

What are we looking for?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Because we settle to get what we need rather than what we want? Or it’s an off the rack world and we’re looking for a perfect fit?

How do you all feel today after hearing what the Dumpster said today about Haiti and some of the ...

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Scumbag Donald

Donald, actually the "shithole" is about two inches below your nose.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

And it extend the the back of his head.

Jesus! I am level 6, how did that happen?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

How’d you guess?

Let's talk about how much we all hate Valentine's day! I know I'm not the only one!

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Oh please! Please let me send you a valentine?!!!! Please!!!!

I'm new to this site and it seems to me that coming out as an Atheist in the USA is quite a big ...

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

The US is very religious.

I feel sorry for General Kelly.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

He could leave. He chose to stay. That says everything.

This Woman Entered the US illegally - What did the US Do? Her name was Mary Anne MacLeod

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Trump’s mom

Trump slams 'shithole' countries meeting on immigration | MSNBC

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Another example of how our fearless leader is a crass moron.

Best Advice on the "Meaning of Life"?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Life is about family/friends. In the end it’s all you have.

To my vegan/vegetarian friends, how do you make your hummus ?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

With a lot of chesse and bacon?

What song would you want played for your funeral?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

https://youtu.be/H8bVaTW6UCU

What type of coffee is your favorite?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Sumatran dark

Is it just me who thinks 99% of sexually oriented jokes are authored by men (boys)?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Are you so certain that men find it funny?

Well, what did they expect when they eliminated the girl babies?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Move to India.

It has always baffled me that humans think they know all there is to know about "God" yet cannot ...

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

That reminds me of Socrates. Just admit that you don’t know squat and endeavor to find truth.

"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

I have a tendency to test my thinking out through conversation. Sort of objectifying my thought processes. It works for me.

Hey everyone! I'm an ex-muslim atheist from Pakistan.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Watch your back. Immigrant communities can be every bit as dangerous as back home.

Any one found love here?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

No, but I’d like to think so. However, there’s no one even remotely close by. Sigh

How long do you have to be in a relationship before it's commited one to one?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

However long as the two of you need.

What's the atheist equivalent of 'OMG'?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Fucking universe?

Pffftttt.... there aren't enough sarcastic people here.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

No way?!!!

Well, I'm new here :) so, hello. Would anyone care to share how they came across Agnostic.com?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Welcome aboard. My brother referred me to it on FB.

I'm really liking this site.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Welcome aboard

How to say many words without saying a damn thing.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 10, 2018:

It’s too bad that Trump isn’t a man of high intelligence.

This isn't really a question.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 10, 2018:

I feel the same

Smokers?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 10, 2018:

I started irregularly smoking at nine, but I started smoking in earnest at 14. I quit cold turkey at 24. Of course, when I started smoking cigarettes cost $0.25 per pack. They had increased by 300% when I quit. I felt that I was being robbed by the tobacco companies,and with the probably negative effect to me health, I just quit in disgust. I’ve never gone back. Within two weeks of quitting smoking, my senses returned to their pre-smoking state, I was disgusted by the smell of cigarette smoke on my hands and clothes. Trust me,it’s not worth it.

Look, I like Oprah as a person.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 10, 2018:

No. Knowledge of government and law is critical.

What melts your heathen hearts?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 10, 2018:

Parent & child reunions.

Anyone else an insomniac in the group?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 10, 2018:

Does waking up 4-5 times a night count?

What do you feel makes you a good friend?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 10, 2018:

Supportive, realistic and I love good music.

Where would you recommend I travel?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Sardegna del norde

How important is a great kisser to you in a relationship?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Well, to be honest, I’d have to agree. Women are great kissers, but I have limited experience. As for critical, no. Other skills are far more important.

Anyone else live in a town where the county police have, "In God We Trust" on their police ...

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

I see it every day in every town I travel through.

I am a huge reader.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Greg Costikyan, Barbara Hambly, Julian May, WILLIAM R. FORSTCHEN

Damn right, Sylvia.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Damn! So, being obnoxious and rude is the right approach!?

Why do guys like tits?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Because we like women?????

Anyone else as surprised as I am that there are so many Atheist Republicans on here?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

If they’re atheistic, then their critical thinking skills can’t be all bad.

What do you read for pleasure/fun?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Currently? Game Of Thrones

I think that agnosticism in the true sense I.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

I agree completely.

"Being an atheist means you have to realise that when you die, that really is it.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Yes it does. Good morning back.

In making the case for a benevolent God how would you explain such suffering in the world?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Maybe a benevolent god without any power?

The boarder wall???

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

I happen to think that a border wall is ridiculous. It not only will cost a ridiculous amount, but it won’t work. Build military bases along the border and have them train along the border. If you want to come to the us, then apply. I have nothing against immigration, but I do have something against immigrants coming to the US, dumping their kids off in our schools, not paying taxes and sending their money back to their heir home countries. If you want to be a us citizen, then become one. If you want to work in the us, get a green card. If all you want to do is soak up our tax dollars, then go home.

The boarder wall???

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Bugger Trump

Which Religion Annoys You the Most?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Other ones with representatives that bagdger me on Sunday mornings.

I'm calling for a voter competency exam prior to the 2020 election.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

That sounds a little like anti-voter legislation. What’s next? Voter legislation based on skin color?

Other than religion, in what way are you a minority where you live?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

I’m a Utahn in Texas, I’m a guitarist, mathematician, single parent (father), teacher

Any fellow musicians/free thinkers out there?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Yes

Flat Earthers

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Even the Greeks knew we lived on a sphere.

Are you eclectic?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Typically, yes

Have you ever taken the "Bird" Test?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Apparently I’m an owl. Maybe I should change my name to Gufovicolo?

Whenever I hear "What would Jesus do" I always wonder what Jesus would do for a Klondike bar.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

No. I would just say “who cares what some 2000 year old dead guy would do?”

Anyone else feel stuck in the 80s?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

No. Maybe the 70’s.

Do you play a musical instrument?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Guitar

Interpretation of the bible

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

It’s because you he Bible is so vague, so haphazardly compiled and so inconsistent that you have to think up clever ways to recincike it with itself. There’s also no absolute truth outside logic. It would be nice to treat it as a historical document and reconcile it or at least explain it historically, but being a “holy book” that’s not possible.

How do you cope with the fact that any day you will die and that will be the end?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

I have important things to think about, and thinking about the end interferes. I just don’t.

Opinion, please....

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Is he worth your time? If he is, then try and work it out. If he’s not, find someone else.

There’s plenty of evidence that cell phones are detrimental to academic achievement ,particularly ...

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

That’s what happens when you give unfetter d access to immature teenagers, but that’s what our society does regularly. I teach in Texas schools and cell phone use is a pain.

Do you know of many open atheist singers? Who do you listen to?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

David Gilmore, Randy Newman

Do you know of many open atheist singers? Who do you listen to?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

John Lennon

Okja: If you're a vegan and want to convince your friends to be vegan too, have them watch the ...

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

I love bacon way too much to become a vegan.

Will you help me settle this debate with my friend: can a Christian be a freethinker?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

I’m sorry, but if you’re dedicated to the defense of a select ideology, then you’ll never be a free thinker.

Race/ethnicity

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Every culture has decent men in it. You just have to look.

I want to meet and hang out with like minded people.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

I’d love to meet you for coffee, but I live in central TX.

What did Jesus cry out to Mary Magdalene from the cross? I can see your house from here!

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

“Hey! Get a friggin’ hammer! Will ya?!”

James "Mad Dog" Mattis for president in 2020!!! Thoughts?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

After volunteering to guide the misanthrope Trump, I’d say hell no.

Is Agnostic.com a left wing echo chamber?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

No. Critical thinking fosters antagonism to stupidity.

Supreme Court Allows Draconian ‘Religious Freedom’ Law To Stand

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Boycot Mississippi

What/s outside the universe. It can't end can it?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

The problem is that we’re looking from the inside of a closed box. They know the universe is expanding, but it’s problematical even suggesting that there is an outside.

Hi, I'm here to chat with like-minded people.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Outside Waco. Welcome aboard

What is your best argument against the teleological argument for theism?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Design in nature is equally possible on its face as an innate feature as it could be caused by an outside intelligence. No need. Ockham’s Razor.

As an atheist, I am angry that we live in a society in which the plain truth cannot be spoken ...

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Welcome aboard

Glad for you all and warmer weather. Thank you Mr Trump for the global warming.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Maybe Trump can increase our overall greenhouse gas emissions in the US to raise our overall temp by 1F.

Glad for you all and warmer weather. Thank you Mr Trump for the global warming.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Maybe Trump can increase our overall greenhouse gas emissions in the US to raise our overall temp by 1F.

New here

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Welcome aboard

If you could travel anywhere for free right now where would you go?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Auchenbrech Scotland.

Does cloudy, rainy weather make you tired?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

No

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

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Yes I do

A lot of the religious people look down on atheist people and consider them to be immoral.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Because we reject their dogma.

I am guessing the educational level in this group is higher than average. True or not?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

I hope so.

I've oft wondered as well.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

That’s a very apt observation.

I wish the people on this site would stop being so political.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

That’s probably due to the fact that most members practice critical thinking. But when you practice critical thinking conservative politics become indefensible. Maybe they’re connected in some way.

Who among us has cut the proverbial TV cord?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

My firm r wife cut the hw course d, but I spliced it back together.

New here.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

It’s ok. I’m a lesbian as well.

I absolutely love the level of thinking/writing on here, the provocative posts, in fact.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Yay

What does celibacy really mean?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

It’s not something I would agree to, but that’s me. Care in selecting a sexual partner is important, and if you’re young, you should wait until you’re emotionally mature, but refusing to have sex is until wedlock is refusing to acknowledge a fundamental need.

Who do you listen to that makes sense?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

The Beatles

Ever been discriminated against because you were a non-believer?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Yes. I grew up in SLC. If you weren’t Mormon, you were a second class citizen. I was treated differently in school, by the police and college.

Why do some people presume to know things about others they can't possibly know?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

I think they’re trying to align themselves with certain cultural perspectives keyed to certain groups. For example, men that think women act like they know things about others w/o reliable experience.

What are your predictions for the next ten to twenty years?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

I predict that I’ll get older, my back will hurt more, my daughter will grow up, my cat will die, I’ll go back to college, I’ll buy a new car and ...... space aliens will invade Botswana led by Jesus dressed like Odin riding an 8 legged mechanical horse.

Since joining this site, I've seen an excessive amount of posts referencing choice in the held ...

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Of course we do.

Just a little introduction I didn't want to use as my bio: While I was raised in a Christian ...

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Welcome aboard

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

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

“I am sane!”-he stamps his foot “I am a genius!”-he stamps his foot “I am stable!”-he stamps his foot “I am a stable-genius!”-he stamps his foot Doesn’t this remind you of a four year old?

OK... first post. Don't know what to say... Just talking haha Hi?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Welcome aboard

How do you handle Christian co-workers?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 6, 2018:

Let them be who they are until they refuse to let you be you.

Sexual relationship or relationship with sex?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 6, 2018:

I can’t speak for the every guy, but no. Sex is important for men in general, but if that’s all your interested in after 25, then you’re pretty shallow.

What is your darkest, most difficult experience?

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 6, 2018:

I don’t think I’d want to share that on a forum. Let’s just say parts of my life were pretty dark.

Atheist Books

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 6, 2018:

A Treatise on Human Nature, David Hume Beyond Good and Evil/Thus Sprake Zarathustra, Freideich Neitzsche Why I Am Not A Christian, Bertrand Russell