Spain’s New Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, is an Atheist – Friendly Atheist

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Finally, some good political news!

Have any of you tried tinder?

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Tinder is mostly for casual hook-ups. But I suppose anything can happen.

Talking about bullshitters.

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Trump doesn't seem all that different than most of my exes, and a few male relatives. Many/most cis hetero men think they know everything, while profoundly ignorant, think all women want them, lie like rugs, manipulate people to get what they want, etc. The only thing that stops most men from acting like Trump is WOMEN, but since Trump is so rich he doesn't have to make women happy to get sex, so there's no constraint.

Where did American Christians get the idea that this country was founded on Christian Values?!

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

History whitewashing. More like it was founded on invasion and genocide.

I am an atheist ,but I do worship this guy-Willis Carrier.

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

I built a shrine to James Cameron, for Avatar, and to Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada.

Are there limits to your skepticism?

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Generally if I read more than one article about something that I have already experienced for myself, then I tend to somewhat believe it. That's why I, unlike most Americans, don't make fun of people who see UFOs, since I've seen hundreds of them..almost always with mutliple witnesses, and often close up, both in Haiti and the US, during the late 1960s-through late 1970s, and then only once after that, in 1999, over my Kentucky farm, while stargazing with a new boyfriend.

"I'm seemingly sentenced to solitary singleness.

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Sounds about right.

I have only 20 points to go till Level 7. I hear they give you a free puppy. Any truth to this? ?

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

I don't know..I'm enjoying the Saluki hound they sent me.

I was just told by my neighbor that her 4 yr old son has cancer.

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

I take it they've not looked into cannabis oil. Landmark Study Shows Half of Cancer Patients are Killed by Chemo — NOT Cancer http://thefreethoughtproject.com/chemotherapy-study-cancer-patients/ BBC News - Growing evidence that cannabis oil can cure serious diseases like cancer http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-32020114/can-cannabis-oil-cure-serious-diseases-like-cancer

So many verbal abuse tactics: this is one of the worst.

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Roseanne, Trump

Just caught the end of 'The Truman Show', Jim Carrey finally escaping Plato's cave ("Was anything ...

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

We agree to it and participate until we begin to wake up to our true selves. I always saw myself as a conventional, religious cis hetero woman, but I was wrong about that. Once I divorced, I realized didn't really agree with Christianity or even feel comfortable with my assigned female role. So I revised my view of myself.

There was a discussion a few days ago of men sending women dick pics.

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Men who think women want to look at their junk are sadly mistaken. Eeeew!

Becoming so lonely! Sucks! Such a sad world! Don't even have a friend to watch TV with! Oh well! ...

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

You say you are only here on this forum for "community," otherwise I'd tell you to ask someone out, make a date. You can always sign up for a ballroom class, where men are always needed, volunteer help clean up a park or national forest area, join any local community activity group, like bird watching, hiking, kayaking, etc. Either check the bulletin board of your local library, or google local community groups, check with local community colleges for free group classes where you can meet people.

Reasons to Remain Single

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Yup. Me, too. I've been single since 2010 and it's been GREAT.

Just a little levity... have a great Saturday!

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

LOL!

Just want to say Hello for now

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

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How the social bias has affected your interaction in society ?

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Social bias? I'm a woman, and part Native American, but still pass as Caucasian, so not much bias unless I say something controversial-as I usually do.

When we all fill out our profile, and the question, married, divorced,single, you know what I mean.

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

My policy is to steer clear of people who have undeclared romantic statuses. At least when it comes to dating.

True story

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

LOL! Simple-she's a woman and Trump is a white privilege male.

Should anyone suggest that the US is a Christian nation: 'Philip Alston, the UN special ...

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

I googled the link and posted it to Twitter.

What is with these bodies and night time?

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

They say CBD oil calms anxiety and cures many serious diseases as well, such as seizures. It can be bought most places if you google a location.

I know that we're all just a bunch of profile pics, posts, and comments, but there are a few people ...

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

If I notice someone interesting, whose posts I like, I sometimes "follow" them, to make sure I see their new posts.

Its Saturday night, whats everybody up to?

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Hmm..New Zealand's time is close to ours; it's Saturday noon here in Thailand.

Happiness

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

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Should you use the word "sex" in your profile?

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Yes. It's a red flag. With ANY male who disses, dismisses, insults, or even angrily argues with you, it's time to hit the "block" button before you waste any more of your time. A cis hetero man is typically wired to be respectful of women and loyal to his partner (I'm only a partial transmale, but I am also), but many men on this website have mixed gender characteristics, also associated with high IQ, and are critical, moody, and picky with women. Any sign of this and I hit "block." Been there, done that with those types.

Ladies: I’m curious.

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

When I hit puberty it was 1965, before tampons. My mom even showed me how to use an uncomfortable elastic harness to hold the bulky pad in place, and to wear plastic underwear over the cotton ones. Furthermore, I was hit with such sickening cramps I had to go to bed for three days a month, on heavy pain medication. I thought I'd fallen into hell. Years later, a gynecologist found I have a tipped uterus, causing the problems. But ALSO, I was horrified when my body started changing shortly before the periods started. I didn't realize I'm a partial transmale and had assumed I'm male, never thinking about it. Up to that point I'd blended in with and been accepted as a male by the other Haiti MKs (missionary kids), even led a gang of boys. But when my body began to transform, my male pals began to change their behavior toward me in alarming ways, and missionary men began finding excuses to sit next to me and try to hug me. I wanted to kick them in their privates, but settled for cold looks and walking away. I used to beg god to change my lumpy legs back to the beautiful straight sticks I had before, and my painfully growing chest interfered with my throwing arm.

Is it a comedians job to be vulgar sometimes?

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

People who think calling black people apes is funny, are people I don't want to be around.

Have you ever had reoccuring dreams “perfectly sober” that took you to a different place in your...

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

No, but I was born remembering a past life, with snatches from many more. Later I remembered about seven of them, with enough details that I could google to verify details of some of the more recent events.

Anyone else going to see Bernie tomorrow morning?

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

I wish..

Just wanted to say hi, and wish the best for everyone.

birdingnut comments on Jun 2, 2018:

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What do people think of the idea of being childfree?

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I've seen charts and read gender studies showing that people on the extreme ends of the gender characteristics sliding scale-i.e. the most "femme" women and "macho" men, are the most successful in long-term relationships and producing progeny, since they have the most hard-wired traits needed for courting and raising young. But statistically, they also have the lowest average IQs. As the gender marker slides toward the center, indicating an increasing mixture of gender traits, the IQs also rise, so that the ones in the middle have the highest average IQs, but also their mixed traits make them less inclined to courting and reproducing. Instead, they usually are often too busy inventing things, directing movies, writing music and books, being successful actors, etc. These people are often beautiful and talented, but can't seem to maintain successful long-term relationships, since they lack the necessary instincts. For instance, females typically rule cis hetero relationships, and when men don't listen to them, the marriages don't last. But high IQ men with independent female traits typically don't want to listen to their mates, so the relationships break up. "John Gottman, a well known marriage researcher, and his colleagues followed 130 newlywed couples for six years to find what marriages succeeded and why. Turns out, happy, stable marriages had one thing in common: The husband was willing to accept his wife's influence. In contrast, when husbands responded to their wives' complaints by stonewalling or belittling them, the marriage was almost sure to fail: More than four-fifths of those relationships — 81 percent — fell apart." Gottman, John M., and Nan Silver. (1999). “Principle 4: Let Your Partner Influence You,” in The Seven Principles for Making Marriages Work (Chapter Six, 100-127).

This is a good one about passwords. LOL

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

LOL!

My third grandbaby was born yesterday. That makes three girls in a row. Lol

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Congratulations! Until you write your profile and answer the profile questions, though, I don't know anything about you.

From my notebook of collected wisdom, I thought some of you on here might like this PHILOSOPHY- ...

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

LOL!

“Scientists do not join hands every Sunday and sing "Yes gravity is real! I know gravity is real! ...

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

As long as they also served potluck dinners and had afternoon softball games, I'd be there! I used to love the church ball games..hilarious, and more entertaining than the professional baseball games-plus, no spitting!

How come I show up on my own compatibility search? And why do I only come in second?!

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

LOL! You must be beside yourself!

Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart [youtu.be]

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Thanks! I'd forgotten about this song. This was just before Elton ditched his fake hetero marriage and came out as gay.

Is it a comedians job to be vulgar sometimes?

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Yes, but not calling black people apes. That is never funny. If you think so, you are also racist.

Identity Politics

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

These days it means the alt-right pushing their agenda for a white-only America.

There are so many things in the Christian Bible itself that say that it's all just a myth.

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Also, the Bible is a poor copy of the Sumerian texts, carved on the Babylonian walls 2000 years before the Bible was written. Furthermore, the bloodthirsty, revengeful god of blood sacrifices and fire and brimstone is based on "Anu," the alien Sumerian leader. Link: The origins of human beings according to ancient Sumerian texts http://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-folklore/origins-human-beings-according-ancient-sumerian-texts-0065?

I’m glad I found this little group.

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

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I've always had a problem with the story of Abraham.

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

The Bible is a poor copy of the Sumerian texts, carved on the Babylonian walls 2000 years before the Bible was written. Furthermore, the bloodthirsty, revengeful god of blood sacrifices and fire and brimstone is based on "Anu," the alien Sumerian leader. Since the Bible isn't true, why even discuss it it? Link: The origins of human beings according to ancient Sumerian texts http://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-folklore/origins-human-beings-according-ancient-sumerian-texts-0065?

I'm addicted to Supernatural and I don't feel bad about it.

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Not my genre..anything with demons and occult elements makes me gag.

This site's gender profile.

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

According to the American Religious Identification Survey, men currently make up 58% of Americans who claim “no religion,” 70% of Americans who self-identify as atheist, and 75% of those who self identify as agnostic. The Pew Forum’s Religious Landscape national survey found that 86% of American women claim to be religious affiliated Link: Why Are Women More Religious Than Men? | Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-secular-life/201409/why-are-women-more-religious-men

Catholicism 101: "I'm a Roman Catholic And have been since before I was born And the one thing ...

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

LOL! Every Sperm Is Sacred - The Meaning of Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8fheDIG_RA

My current top 5 books the culture of make believe-derrick jensen a little matter of ...

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

My current top five, or at least the ones I'm rereading at the moment; John Scalzi's Old Man's War series, Misha Burnett's Catskinner series, the James Herriot series, Laura Ingalls' Little House on the Prairie series, and a new favorite after recently getting an Amazon gift card,-Vicky Kaseorg's horse memoir series. And 6th, and best of all, the Harry Potter series, which I save for long overseas trips.

Metacognition is good for you

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

That's how I used to teach my students how to play tennis. I'd tell them to stand there and do nothing while I hit a ball past them, but to think about the right time to hit the ball. I'd lob the ball past them about five times, then tell them to hit it and from then on, they didn't miss. I had instant tennis players. I also taught instant speed-reading, and instant phonetic reading, having kids ages two to high school age go from knowing nothing to speed-reading in about 20 minutes, or less. This even worked with learning disabled kids and later on, with Thai kids who didn't know English..they could read aloud in English even if they didn't know what it meant, although with Thai kids, I skipped the speed reading part.

SAY THE WORDS: WORDS MATTER [scontent.ffcm1-2.fna.fbcdn.net]

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

SOOO true..

The Apotheosis Of D Trump

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

GAG!

Here is a question for men: how do you react to a woman crying?

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I'm hard-wired as male, so of course I try to help her. Men who don't yield to their women partners doom the relationship. "John Gottman, a well known marriage researcher, and his colleagues followed 130 newlywed couples for six years to find what marriages succeeded and why. Turns out, happy, stable marriages had one thing in common: The husband was willing to accept his wife's influence. In contrast, when husbands responded to their wives' complaints by stonewalling or belittling them, the marriage was almost sure to fail: More than four-fifths of those relationships — 81 percent — fell apart." Gottman, John M., and Nan Silver. (1999). “Principle 4: Let Your Partner Influence You,” in The Seven Principles for Making Marriages Work (Chapter Six,

Employees quit American Bible Society over sex and marriage rules

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Why would anyone LGBTQ or cohabiting with someone even WANT to distribute that claptrap??!

There are more relationships breaking up because of it.

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

One tactic might be to collect all cell phones before a restaurant meal, forcing people to look up at the others. I love to read Kindle books at the table on my tablet-it's a way to relax, so I find it difficult to make myself turn if off and pay attention to someone else. Luckily, I'm single and usually eating alone.

Six reasons plants are cleverer than you think - BBC Radio 4

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Yup!

Great, funny clip of comedian Doug Stanhope coming to the aid of an atheist in Oklahoma: [youtu.be]

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Absolutely GREAT! WONDERFUL! So, now I'm watching him on YouTube! Thanks!

Use Caution around Rabbits! Getting revenge for all the rabbit feet we took! They took my leg! Now ...

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Real-life Ponty Python attack bunnies routed Napoleon Bonapart and his men. Link: How the great Napoleon and his men once surrendered to an army of attack rabbits. https://sites.psu.edu/interestinghistory/2014/03/20/napoleons-greatest-failure-no-not-waterloo/

New member..just saying hello. 🤠

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

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App needs more UI.

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

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Ok, I know I'm new at this and there must be a learning curve, BUT, out of curiosity sake (and NOT ...

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Does a dog have a consciousness?

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Yes. So are you. We are all god.

Well I'm still looking for a woman roughly my age to meet up with here in Arizona I live and work in...

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

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Empty nest

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I was ecstatic and immediately got a job to teach at Hermosillo, Mexico. Now THAT was fun!

Don't be a superhero (landing) [youtu.be]

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Deadpool | 'Three-point Superhero Landing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwUilIo036g

As a non-believer, how do you respond when someone says, "I'll pray for you"?

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I say "thank you," if I don't know them well, but if it's someone I see a lot, I say, "There's no god, but thanks for the positive energy." I actually said that to my sister on Facebook messenger two days ago, when I told her I'd recently stopped believing in god or the Bible. She was shocked and launched into preaching mode, but I just said she could believe in blue monkeys for all I cared..she was free to believe whatever she wanted. She then asked if it were OK to say she'd pray for me, and I said, "Sure, since any answers to prayer have been coming from us, all along."

Confidence is covered in butter.

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Um...imagine the other people are naked?

Donald Trump, Ted Nugent, and Roseanne Barr walk into a bar. They’d set the bar too low.

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Where's the velvet rope when you need it? LOL!

Are you cheating if you are open to your partner about your other relationship(s)?

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Open relationships have to be agreed upon by both parties, with clear boundaries established in advance. As long as both agree and are participating, there's no cheating involved. I never forgot an architect/photographer in Lexington, KY, who said he had divorced his wife for cheating on him, remarking, "If she'd told me she wanted an open relationship, it would have been fine, but she did it behind my back, and that betrayed my trust in her." Later on, he gave me this speech; "It's been years since I've been with a woman, or found someone interesting enough to want to be with the rest of my life, but you seem to be that person. We can just be dance partners, be friends with benefits, have an open relationship, or have a monogamous one, whatever you want." I was floored and nearly cried..I'd never heard anything so wonderful in my life. I opted for monogamous friends with benefits, and we got together most weekends to dance the night away and more.

I do this tune both on guitar and ukulele, it’s a little ditty I decided to learn after my ...

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I don't care what my exes say about me, as long as they are GONE...

My neurologist just referred me to a hemotologist because he thinks I have polycythemia.

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

If you have it, there would an underlying reason. Some patients claim relief from using cannabis oil, but it's anecdotal right now.

It's all a bit crazy and divided.

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Exactly. If those outraged Trumpites think it's so bad why don't they say anything about Trump's outrageous tweets.

Honestly folks, do we need a classification/tag.

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Are you kidding? Many on this website even seem to feel strongly about the distinction between atheist and agnostic-and people from both sides frequently mock people who say they are "spiritual." I now block people the moment they start to mock.

Was just sitting outside watching a good lightning show.

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Yup. I can just lie in bed at night and watch the lightning storms playing across the sky from my 5th floor apartment sliding glass door windows. During rainy season I see a lot of them here in Songkhla, Thailand.

Are there any hunters or fishermen or fisher women in the group?

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I hope not. I would never date anyone who has plenty to eat, yet thinks it great "recreational fun" to go out in nature and kill things. I give a pass to eastern Kentuckians because most of them store the deer meat of their kills in cold lockers and eat venison all year, literally living off the land. My brother, in Bethel, Alaska lives off the land as well by catching the human-sized salmon and storing the meat. But I don't date him, so he doesn't count.

I really funny when ever Christianity is brought up in public school they seem to be the villains, ...

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

You're being made to pray in school? That was banned years ago.

Why Protect Child Molesters?

birdingnut comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Sickening. If we vote out the GOP are any Dems any better? After all, this has been going on for decades.

How's it going?

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

People don't really want to know how you are..if you start to tell them, their eyes glaze over and they remember an appointment.

Yes "Roseanne" should have been cancelled.

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

How was the View comparable?

Watching ID’s “Your Worst Nightmare “ would make me swear off dating for good! It’s about ...

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

The only scary close call I had with a date was a second date with the nephew of a lady I knew from church. He was such a gentleman on the first cautious date, I agree to park my truck at his house and ride with him to a movie theater to watch a movie. NEVER do that. When we returned he decided that, "I can't let you go" and locked the doors, blocking my escape, then started to lunge at me. I know karate and how to kill people but this guy is 6' 2," a fit ex-Marine, and I'm only 5' 3." Besides, I didn't feel like explaining his death or any injuries to his aunt. Then I remembered that men can only think of one thing at a time. I suddenly said that my truck windows were iced over, so could he help me get the ice off? He stopped, jumped out, and chipped off the ice, while I quickly dove into the truck and locked the doors. He was angry and the next day began sending me threatening notes (I don't know how he got my address) about how evil I was to trick him, how could I do that to him, etc., but I wrote back that he'd tried to force himself on me and if he contacted me again, I'd call the police.

Peter Diamandis Thinks We're Evolving Toward "Meta-Intelligence" [futurism.com]

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

And then the robots kill all the humans, just like in the movies. Secret government whistle blowers have been saying for decades that the NSA created a self-aware computer back in the 1960s that then tried to kill us all, so the AI research had to be curtailed.

What do you do when you love someone deeply but don't see a future with them?

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

Yup. Cut. Your. Losses. Now. RUN.

Anyone ever had an encounter with a ghost

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

I had visions of my favorite aunt, my sister-in-law, and both of my parents at the time of their deaths, including the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, who died at 88, Oct. 13, 2016, so I must have considered him family. I was in the Tesco-Lotus mall EGV movie theater in Songkhla, Thailand, that day, waiting for the movie to start when I looked up and "saw" the Thai king standing nearby in a palace room, talking to a monk, and I knew he'd just died. I asked him in my mind if he had agreed to his death and he paused to "think" to me that yes he wanted to go. He then walked away, still talking to the monk, and they disappeared down a side passage. In my mom's case, it was like I was in her head, experiencing her thoughts as she had a heart attack and died. I was so shook up I cried and almost made my husband drive all night back to Kentucky. In my dad's case, he just appeared to me, filling my mind, looking about 13 years old, bubbly and cute. I knew who he was and that he'd just died, but we chatted happily awhile about the past good times and he told me how much he loved me and how proud he was of me, something he couldn't do in real life until just before his death. I then turned to my husband and told him my dad had just died and to note the exact time. In all these cases I was correct. As for ghosts, researchers studying children ages 2-6 who remember past lives reported that a number of them remembered being ghosts between reincarnations, and one boy even told of getting together with other boy ghosts and throwing rocks at living children to scare them. The researcher interviewed the children the boy said he'd thrown rocks at in that particular village and they recalled that event. The boy said that he hung around the village for awhile as a ghost, then followed a man home on the bus and entered the fetus of his pregnant wife. Strangely, the current father of the child, remembered being in that far-flung village on that day and taking the bus. As usual, if you troll this comment I will just block you.

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birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

I love this song, and you reminded me to post it on Facebook again!

What song was 1 on your 14th birthday?

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

California Dreamin'

I'm so excited to find this online community! It came through my Facebook feed today.

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

Hi, Gypsy, and welcome to the website! You already earned website points and helped other members get to know you better when you wrote a profile, posted a photo, and answered the profile questions, since that's the first place many people look when they see a new member. You continue to earn points by making comments and writing your own posts, and at level two you can private email people. Each level earns more privileges, and at level eight you get an agnostic T-shirt. To find members near you, click on the "Meet" button at the top of the page, then on "Members," and fill our your preferred search parameters. A link to FAQ and a website tutorial: https://agnostic.com/welcome Have fun!

The most chilling four words in a relationship: "We need to talk."

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

You're about to get dumped..

Words of wisdom?

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

Exactly!

Dinosaurs are where you find 'em.

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

Religious people are afraid to question church teaching and risk going to hell. Fear and hate are powerful controlling elements.

Are you an "overlapper"?

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

I'm an "other" so there's no category for me, but since I'm demisexual, I've not only not overlapped but I've never wanted ANY relationships. Men always had to work very hard to win me over, and it takes over a year before I feel sexual attraction for anyone, and then it's only for that one person. I presume I could be won over by a woman as well, but so far only men have been that persistent.

Ask your Doctor.

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

LOL!

What scares you most.

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

LOL!

Planet Earth Is Reading Too Far Into These Animals, College Humor [youtube.com]

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

LOL!

Driver Shouts 'Go Back To Your Country Bh' At Asian-American Family | HuffPost

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

Emboldened by Trump, and following his lead..

So recently I decided to quit drinking and it's been a hard thing to do I was doing pretty well ...

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

?? I don't get it - can't you get cannabis edibles where you live? No hangover, non-addictive, makes you feel peaceful and happy, and cures cancer among many other things. What's not to love?

Does anyone have experience with ravens and crows.

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

Any time you persuade wild birds or animals to look to humans for food and to approach them, you are putting them at risk. And yourself, from disease. Best to leave food at a distance.

I'll take a T, Pat

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

LOL! "Describe The Perfect Date" Miss Congeniality movie clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx5jt0zrJ9E

Does anybody else almost message someone and then talk yourself out of it?

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

I take derris scanden, a Thai herb, to stay in androgyne (mixed gender characteristics and mind set) female mode, but back when I was gender fluid (alternating between male and female gender perspectives) and in "male mode" I could pick up women so smoothly I didn't even know it was happening until came to myself with beautiful giggling girls on each arm. My horrified female side would usually activate and get rid of them, but I was impressed with how my male side exploited his knowledge of women to win them over. For instance, he remembered details about the women, their interests, hobbies, and noticed their shoes, handbags, etc, with casual compliments on the fine leather or matching colors..very low key. He looked them in the eye, listened to them, gave appropriate responses, and when the women indicated interest, which was almost immediately, he knew how to close the deal (as much as a demisexual can, which is, without lust) to get them going with him for coffee or whatever he knew she liked to do. But even as a neutral androgyne, I've had to beat women off me with a stick..just had to do it with one of my daughter's friends two days ago, who messaged me on Facebook declaring her love. I pretended to miss the point and that it was about friendship, then moved on. I don't know..I think because even with her, I listened to her. If "real men" could do this I can't imagine them having trouble attracting mates. I mean, I'm a 65 year old woman and listening to them works, even when I'm not in the market.

I've been a band mom for 6 years and with 2 kids have gone to a LOT of concerts and I will never ...

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

Band parents are probably mind numb from attending games and trying to keep up with their young. I'm sure they're zoned out, thinking of all the stuff they could be doing instead of enduring yet another school event.

Donald Trump Paper Dolls | Donald Trump Collectible

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

??? Unlike Trump, the paper doll looks young and fit. Easier to trim the paper than his actual fat, I suppose.

Who can relate? Just me...

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

Yup. Luckily I got most it just by living in Songkhla, Thailand. I have mountains only a few blocks from my east facing balcony, and the Gulf of Thailand behind them, six minutes away by motorbike. I live on the edge of a swamp, out in the country, but a block from the main street/highway through the Songkhla peninsula, three blocks from the big Tesco-Lotus mall and about 15 minutes from downtown Songkhla, and 20 minutes from Hat Yai, the biggest city in the south of Thailand.

What is the quickest easiest meal that you make yourself and love?

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

Bowl of raw cashew nuts and dried dates.

This is agnostic.

birdingnut comments on May 31, 2018:

My thoughts exactly. Enough already. But then, new members join every day and many of them want to talk about it..maybe freely for the first time.