So this is a poll... do atheists believe in capital in capital punishment?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Here is what I can tell you about capital punishment. If someone is a killer and you kill them, they will never kill anyone else again.

My journey to becoming an Agnostic.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Spiritual can mean so many different things to different people. I try not to use the word. In my area many who are not religious send the kids to church and Sunday School just to have some alone time for themselves, then use a need of religion to defend their actions. God becomes the baby sitter.

The Obesity Era

DenoPenno comments on Oct 24, 2019:

Compare group pictures from the 1960's with the same type of pictures today. We are all fatter today and the food has more calories today also. Part of this is to doctor junk food so that our taste buds will love it. This is what happens when people want more profit and use cheaper ingredients.

Melania's Sister Ines Mysteriously Received U.S. Citizenship Despite Not Having a Job

DenoPenno comments on Oct 24, 2019:

Chump is right. Time to Dump Chump.

I just started going to meetings (12 step recovery) and the higher power thing is kinda jamming me ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 24, 2019:

You are the higher power. They teach you to focus.

Assange Displayed Signs of Torture in Courtroom Farce What we witnessed yesterday was a naked ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 23, 2019:

In America that person working for the ruling class is Donald Trump. One big goal is to get rid of all EPA like rules here as well as in the rest of the world. The reason is that they do not give a damn about you, your health food or water, and they want to rip the wealth out of the earth regardless of pollution hazards. Such is the world of Charles Koch and others including Putin.

“Miracle Mineral Solution,” According to Jim Humble and his Genesis II Church of Health and ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 23, 2019:

6 to 8 drops of bleach will purify bad water but I'm not so sure of anything beyond this.

Gasp! Bill Taylor's Testimony Said To Be 'Incredibly Damaging' To Trump Really? [youtube.com]

DenoPenno comments on Oct 23, 2019:

Four years is too long of a time. Trump supporters still refer to the Ukraine phone call as "what Joe Biden done." People are so incredibly stupid!

I was essentially raised in a cult (JW) which is a big reason for my getting out of organized ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 23, 2019:

Being a JW is a cult in the same sense that Evangelical Christianity is a cult. There is great similarity. The big difference is that Evangelicals condemn the JW's because of "no soul belief." The idea of this scares them to death and both groups can "dis-fellowship" you for any number of reasons.

SHOULD AGNOSTICS & ATHEISTS CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 22, 2019:

It depends on what you mean by "celebrate." I personally do not believe that on this one night all the souls or demons come out and I do not leave them food to pacify them with in hopes they will leave me alone. As the only one in my household today I do not pass out candy to children who come to my door. It was fun when I was young but today I am an "A-Halloweenist." Those with families and children are free to think differently. I do not want to get together a guidebook on what atheists should or should not do. Once you do that you will end up with rules and having meetings and "we believe" lists hanging on walls somewhere.

Are Atheists racist

DenoPenno comments on Oct 22, 2019:

The two do not go together but not believing in gods does not guarantee that you cannot be a racist. "Atheist" simply means "without god." That's all it is in basic.

One of the posts I read indicated that being an atheist or an agnostic is a choice we make.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 21, 2019:

You can look at it either way. As a one time believer I was tortured mentally for not following what I believed and it was driving me nuts. Logic and reasoning set in after I heard Jerry DeWitt talk of his experiences on You Tube. Jerry was one of the first graduates of the Clergy Project. It was easy for me to identify with him in this and I felt as if my eyes were opened for the first time. My guilt was gone, fear was all gone, and it all made so much sense. There are no gods. Bare in mind that along with belief in gods everything supernatural went right out the window as well. If you believe in anything supernatural it is because you do not understand it. Logic and demonstrable evidence is the only way to go.

Why so many posts about God?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 21, 2019:

I no longer believe in the invisible man in the sky either but I am finding out that everyone has a different story about it. I stopped believing when Jesus didn't bring me a pony one year. It was Christmas and I asked him about that. He knew I was angry but he told me it was his birthday and not mine.

AOC endorsed Sanders ... Yes?! I'll follow AOC to hell!!

DenoPenno comments on Oct 21, 2019:

I saw a video on this. Very good.

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DenoPenno comments on Oct 20, 2019:

AOC is exactly correct. When she talks of working without healthcare and less than a living wage and also believing that is just how things are and how they are supposed to be, this is how the powers that be want you to feel. Charles Koch and friends with the top 1 percent want all you can give them and to get it you have to have much less. The big job is done through distraction and disinformation, creating bias and racial discord so the oppressed feel they are missing out on something. Trump and others like him convince you of this when they are the very swamp that needs draining. It now appears that the entire Trump message is to convince you of how everyone before him was corrupt and he alone is restoring government. Trump is a liar and a conman.

Humanist T-shirt

DenoPenno comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Don't know, but I am an agnostic humanist.

“Here’s yer sign”

DenoPenno comments on Oct 20, 2019:

This hits it all right on the head. Some in social media have finally stopped belittling me and putting me down because when they go off on me I quickly say that I did not make or write what they are reading. Name calling will not change my opinion and neither will debate that changes the subject. Trump is an asshole. Media has all the proof. Look it up.

Ok.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Will I bash your beliefs? I might even laugh at them.

For those who didn't watch Bill last night.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 20, 2019:

I watched Bill's show just this morning (Sunday) and I liked the Tyson segment. He handled the separation of church and state in a scientific way and that said a lot. I liked the end of the show when Bill says he and lots of others will pay Trump to leave. :)

Who’s your favorite of the Four Horsemen?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 20, 2019:

I like them all.

I thought this was a friendship/dating site! I love the ‘difference’ of the site & that’s ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Welcome to the site.

If God Exists Everything Is Permitted - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Nice video. What is amazing here is that in our real world everyone talks of god and what god wants but in everyday practice we all act as if no god exists.

Who else has given up dating Christains?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 20, 2019:

I haven't dated in quite some time. I'm shattered. This has as much to do with me as it does with women in general or my ex in particular. I have a lonely existence except for doing the things I always done and enjoyed as a much younger man. I hate no one and have no bad feelings. At the same time I have no delusions. I am so tired of being surrounded with drama, drama, drama. Discussion is medicine for the soul because it is sharing. The pace today for relationships is media driven and too much like Reality TV.

So yesterday my sons mom asked me If I became an atheist so I can do bad things (lol!).

DenoPenno comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Religious people do not think. I've heard them say that we non-believers are probably off somewhere taking logic and reasoning classes. Then they laugh. They think they have the answers because we admit that we do not have, and their book told them that they do.

I suffer from intermittent explosive disorder.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 19, 2019:

There are times that I feel this way deep inside but I feel that if I let it take control of me I might not live too long. I learned control instead. One such time was today at the hardware store (I know these people) where I mentioned a few of our countries ills. They agreed with my** every word** and said the answer is Donald Trump. My mind is screaming out "no" cause Trump is the idiot that caused this crap. You can never get them to agree on that one. He's the American savior.

Green Party communications manager Michael O’Neils, peaking on behalf of the Green Party, Friday.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 19, 2019:

I do not see a third party candidate as throwing 2020 towards Trump and friends. My view is it would do the opposite. Note that the GOP is not doing any primaries. I must admit that both parties are not so keen on a third party running at this time. Dems want to keep away from extremes but they appear to have a great need of organization.

Who else hates having a common name?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 19, 2019:

My first two names are Dennis Michael. I actually go by "Mike" and have for most of my life. You just cannot get more common than these names. You got me wondering now Jewel. If you hate your common name so much did they name you Mary? I became Mike because I hated to be called "Dennis the Menace." :)

Good Saturday morning! It's a dreary morning, kinda rainy from the storm that landed on Florida at ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 19, 2019:

I'm a fan of nice weather and I'm good up to 80 degrees or so. Hearing rain on my roof is nice sometimes. Not a fan of much else and that includes snow and cold.

So if NASA does find signs of life (biosignatures) on Mars how do you think the religious community ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 19, 2019:

In my lifetime it has always been to modify the story. As much as I hate that idea when it comes to religion we do that ourselves as we review our lives and what meaning they have. Humans are always modifying their story but if you are religious you simply make things up. I can look back on things I used to believe even just a short time ago that I do not believe today. How do I justify? Ignorance and stupidity because we are always learning whether we like it or not. If you are religious you just put that in god's plan.

The boundaries between religion and cult would best be redefined as to strip certain ideologies from...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 19, 2019:

A religion is a cult because it has followers.

True just distorted by evangelicals who want a religious state their religion

DenoPenno comments on Oct 19, 2019:

Thanks for this. I copied it and will pass it around.

Sssssooooo, if god was/is/use to be without form and void, to the point that there was nothing ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 19, 2019:

In the bibble it was the earth that was without form and void when god created it. The idea that this same god is "without form and void" is some modern apologist nonsense to help believers protect their feeble and vulnerable god. Apparently he is now in another dimension. Nobody have ever seen him and if they claimed otherwise they were lying.

The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American - TheHumanist.com

DenoPenno comments on Oct 18, 2019:

“We the People,” which clearly enunciates that the basis of power is the people, not some supernatural power. Nice and true conclusion.

Would you as an agnostic or atheist marry a Christian?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 18, 2019:

My ex was such a woman and I was a borderline believer when we married. During the marriage and during our "church going days" counciling helped us sometimes. By the time we split up I was a non-believer and she admitted she could see what I was talking about but remained a believer herself. Counciling does not always go in favor of your marriage however. It did in our case. Marrying a believer is not a problem** IF** they do not go to an Evangelical group. If they do, this can turn on you as the other one cries and pleads for you to accept an invisible man who can prevent an invisible part of you from burning in an imaginary place forever, and this happening after you die. In this last senario you will have no peace and be hounded forever until you give in or both of you are driven apart. Good luck.

On the menu today...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 18, 2019:

Why an increase in the youth suicide rate? Is it because life is all about selling you something and this is how we determine your worth and value. Maybe we should throw in the ridiculous beliefs of religion that really do not help you in any way. Is it a mystery as to why people do not attend church? Years ago Charles Fort came up with ideas like"the earth is a farm and we are the crop." It implied an extraterrestrial origin but imagine that you have figured this out today and such activity comes from right here on earth. We are now the product.

If there is a god than he has watched every act of child molestation that has ever happened and not ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 17, 2019:

The mysterious way in which god works is that he does not work. Believers simply make crap up.

A discussion on another forum tonight got me wondering how Christians might deal with irrefutable ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 17, 2019:

Jesus was a historical figure only in the bible. Outside of those writings there is no evidence of a real Jesus at all. Some say early church fathers prove Jesus as real but where did they get their information? If it was the bible we are back where we started. Pilot and the Romans of that time say nothing at all about a man named Jesus.

So I've recently been looking at the Bible again, and I found a lot of things that contradict, and a...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 17, 2019:

Rest assured that the bible was written by people. So were all of the other so called "holy books."

When I was a young boy growing up in southern Ohio my parents did not attend church.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 17, 2019:

My grandfather was Southern Baptist turned Jehovah Witness but he never went to meetings. I lived with my grandparents in my early formative years but have no memories of church of any kind. My aunt and uncle along with my cousins went to the JW hall weekly but country living and good food are the most of my memories from those days. Church and religion came later once my mom and stepfather came into the picture. By age 13 it was a very big thing.

Stephen Hawking Says, in Final Book, “There Is No God.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 17, 2019:

Hawking is right. To most believers god is a being who directs planets and heavenly events like a traffic cop. Without him everything would be in a big heap off to the right somewhere.

My life as an asexual.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 17, 2019:

I have trouble understanding this and I also do not put numbers on women. There is no way I can tell you who was first or second, etc. as it was all not a milestone event when it happened. All I know is that things do happen and people do have sex.

Growing up my parents weren't very religious.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 16, 2019:

I studied for the ministry as a Pentecostal and thought I was really onto something. I felt like believers had all the answers. Still, I have to confess that when you bow your head and close your eyes, then start talking to yourself it seems like it is fake.

Noah's Ark (part 1 of 2) - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Oct 16, 2019:

Noah's Ark is one of the most ridiculous stories in the bible. It is impossible to believe and yet the gullible will bend over backwards to invent lies by which they might believe it.

Ideally, should religious people be:

DenoPenno comments on Oct 16, 2019:

None of the above. I did not vote. I was so very tempted to check "forcibly educated" but decided if they want to believe nonsense then let them do so.

Take the U.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 16, 2019:

I took the survey but found it of little interest to me. They are after certain information yes, but the thing that stood out for me was that I feel no ongoing persecution as so many believers might tell you about.

PG&E should compensate customers for power shutoffs, California governor says [cnn.com]

DenoPenno comments on Oct 15, 2019:

When a power company shuts off power in certain areas and does this repeatedly they are not big enough to take care of the public's needs. I do not see this as trying to prevent a fire from spreading.

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DenoPenno comments on Oct 15, 2019:

This is because Putin shares a lot of beliefs with the Koch brothers bunch who are against anything even close to an EPA. Just take the wealth from the ground and be done with it. A lot of what goes on in the world right now is related.Break the backs of the USA and the UK. There are no consequences.

Pumpkin pie season is upon us.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 15, 2019:

I hate pumpkin pie. In fact, I do not like eating Turkey and will not do so this year unless one of my daughters invites me over for the big dinner. Otherwise, I treat Thanksgiving as a normal day. Why not. Christmas ran over it and starts at 1 PM on Thanksgiving Day.

Mark Zuckerberg defends dinners with Tucker Carlson and Lindsay Graham - Business Insider

DenoPenno comments on Oct 15, 2019:

Facebook is fast going the way of Cambridge Analytica in its actions. I'm wondering if Zuckerberg is becoming one of them so he can avoid big fines in the future. Higher powers want to use Facebook and all its information

Trump: Mexicans Are a Bigger Threat Than the ISIS Prisoners I Let Escape [vanityfair.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 15, 2019:

The Hispanics that I know who support Trump somehow do not associate themselves with Mexico although most of them came from there. I know one such person and I even went to Mexico for her wedding years ago. Her parents still lived there and today she is a big Trump supporter who believes all that he says. You just can't fix stupid.

GOP Rep.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 15, 2019:

Turkey invaded Syria because Trump backed off and gave them the green light to do so. Trump wants to insure that he gets his millions from the twin Trump Towers name brand in Istanbul, so he let Turkey have their way. This move has nothing to do with Democrats or what they might be doing.

The only wall we need

DenoPenno comments on Oct 15, 2019:

I certainly agree on this one.

I believe that faith is a human construct but essential for humans to be able to get on with your ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 15, 2019:

I do not look at any of the above as "faith." On a personal level I will take Mark Twain's definition of it that "faith is believing what you know is not so." I do not have "faith" that a dropped ball will fall to the floor, nor "faith" that my brakes will stop my car. In the case of your large animal above coming towards you, it has likely already smelled you, and whether or not it is a meat eater may not apply. I do not see anything about "faith" in this at all. You must avoid that large animal for reasons of your own safety unless it is domesticated in some way.

Life On Mars. Does anyone know anything more about this? [blogs.scientificamerican.com]

DenoPenno comments on Oct 15, 2019:

I'm not sure what goes on with Mars but we could be hiding a lot of information. When you follow everything reported about it there seems to also be a lot of things made up.

Given the number of unwarranted shootings by police officers in the past few years, something is ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 15, 2019:

Some people just should not be cops or in any part of law enforcement. I have watched videos from body cams recently where an officer rushes into **"hands up, get down on the ground, pow, pow, pow**" and it is all over that quickly. A person is dead before they can fully digest the message of "hands up." In many cases the person who is immediately killed is the homeowner. There is no excuse for this and it is murder. If cops have that much fear they should not be cops.

Pastor Claims Gay People Are Possessed By “Fart Demons” That Can Drive Pigs To Suicide / Queerty

DenoPenno comments on Oct 15, 2019:

I would say this particular pastor knows a lot about farting.

A perspective on a introduced into the Australian Parliament to supposedly prevent discrimination ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 15, 2019:

Those poor Christians. They know they are discriminated against because their book said they would be discriminated against. Now all they have to do is stay the hell out of government!

I'd probably say "You've got some serious explaining to do." You?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 14, 2019:

**Correct**. This is because the Christian religion claims the high ground in saying that their biblical god is the only god. It's just that others do not know it and god has so many names. This is false. The reality is that there are so many different gods.

Test results are in.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 14, 2019:

As I see American flags flying everywhere today I must admit that I really do like Maury's findings.

EDIT: Please keep in mind this is relative to a debate group/consortium I belong to comprised of ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 14, 2019:

I am forever amazed at the blind ignorance of believers. Sometimes it is hard for me to understand how I remained one until around 2012 or so. Deconverting a believer would be in the same league as trying it with a Trumper. Hold on because you are about to hear tons of bullshit.

When Apps Get Your Medical Data, Your Privacy May Go With It [nytimes.com]

DenoPenno comments on Oct 14, 2019:

True. I use only the apps that I need in order to do what I do. I have no handheld phone/computer that talks, cooks a meal, and even wipes my ass. To stay sane I do not allow myself to live in the same world as everyone else. I come home at night to a different era and time, and I cuss those who are there to steal identity.

So is Trump really racist, or is he just good at using brown and black people for fear mongering?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Trump will let anyone kiss his ass. In fact, he encourages it!

Does anyone remember the time when the President of the United States commanded respect and even ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 14, 2019:

I do remember but that time is gone now.

This is the cost of his treachery to our allies

DenoPenno comments on Oct 14, 2019:

This is exactly true. It is also a good reason we want our presidents to divest themselves of any business interests while in office.

Let's talk about Trump's use of the military.... [youtube.com]

DenoPenno comments on Oct 14, 2019:

I like Justin King and often watch his videos. He is normally spot on with all his comments.

In this crazy, mixed up world there are women who support Trump, and African Americans and Latinos ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 14, 2019:

I'm sure there are but I am not one of them. In Facebook I had to turn off the setting of who can post on my page. (Now only me.) The reason is that all the Trumpers would come to my page to attack me and call me names for the things I posted. As usual their attacks change the subject and they have no facts to support what they claim. They wanted me to list a source when I had posted it right before them and they pick and choose which source is credible. Apparently Trump got elected and his "great wisdom" told which was "fake news." The reality of that phrase comes from media that was not friendly to him. Trump is about distraction and disinformation. Actually he hasn't got a clue.

AR-15 Inventor's Family: This Was Meant to Be a Military Weapon But you got to keep in mind some ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 14, 2019:

I'm not so sure the average person needs to own an AR-15. For some reason idiot people think a weapon like this is needed to fight off tyranny. In the movies there is always some guy who opens a secret door and reveals an arsenal. In real life you would take the weapons of the oppressor as you went along.

I have a friend who shows up every now and then at my house to chat and pray over me.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 14, 2019:

You just can't beat that book of "More Man." :)

What do you say to people who say, "I'll pray for you", when you tell them you're an atheist?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 14, 2019:

They all say it but I bet most of them do not do it. There is an old Merle Haggard song with the line "momma used to pray that my crops would fail." That's right, folks. The old-time Christian would pray for their god to not let anything you do prosper you in any way if they thought you were not right with that god. What the hell kind of people is that? I don't need them.

Today, the elderly retired pastor that mentors the church some of my family attend, invited me to ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 14, 2019:

I simply would not go. IF for some reason i did end up in a church today I would have to get up and leave once they started in with that garbage from years ago.

Your veiws on Spiritual?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

I do not understand spirituality in a religious view or any other view. I do not make up my own facts and I do not deal with woo.

Televangelist: Christians Who Don’t Vote Trump Are ‘Guilty Of Murder’ | Michael Stone

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

I for one am very glad that Christians do noy run and control everything.

Posing with my shirt!! Thanks!

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Looking good, Judy.

A Pastor Used the Death of an Atheist Mom’s Baby as a Sermon Illustration | Hemant Mehta | ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

He is an idiot! Is he saying that if the mom was not atheist her baby would still be alive?

Occupy democrats dissects the refusal by MSNBC to report on Trump’s rally.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Social media friends of mine protesting Trump in Wisconsin.

Adam Ruins Everything - Christopher Columbus Was a Murderous Moron [youtube.com]

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

I have learned not to celebrate anything about the murderous bastard.

Should trump's mouth be washed out with soap?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

It does not matter because nothing is his fault. His permanent administration is very busy trying to get rid of all the corruption that was before him.

I’m Not A Doctor, But I Know That Trump Is Making You Sick

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

He makes me so sick that I have avoided early morning news on TV for months now. I feel much better getting news form the Net instead, or watching it all from other countries.

I saw a Ouija board the other day.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Evangelicals believe this and we have many movies about it. When I was very young the quija seemed to work for us. It was like magic. As an adult now it does nothing.

Forcing my self to stay awake until 10:30.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

I have the same wake up problems that you do. I get up at 6 AM anyway but I am always waking up. I think it is anxiety but I do not want any meds for anxiety. I have to know what is going on and do not want to be knocked out. Hope you have a fun birthday trip. :)

Occupy democrats dissects the refusal by MSNBC to report on Trump’s rally.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Why should we allow or want reporting on his rallies? Telling lies to a support base is not real news and what goes on there is about like we would suspect. I have media friends who went to this last rally to protest and one had balloons of the Trump in diapers dirigible. This was not reported either. There are a few lame reports of his rally but only briefly.

So earlier at work I met a guy who works for the NASA branch in Maryland.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Once this is in place it will be interesting to see if we get any better pictures of what is out there.

I remember this , it shows how utterly stupid anti vaxxers really are , was a huge fear for parents ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

I agree that we have a short memory. I'm getting a flu shot next week and in my early school daze I remember those with polio. Antivaxxers fall into a group of "dumbed down" people and this is all in the current plan. Confusion and distraction to the point that you do not know what to believe. This is how Trump and the Kochs will control us all and do exactly what they want. The problem here is that I here so many otherwise intelligent people claim that these days we do not know what to believe. Why? How would the election of Donald Trump change all of that?

Is right and wrong relative or fixed (absolute)?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Everything is relative. Proof of this is in how much things change in time whether it is opinions or morals. Look at bathing suits in 1900 to get my drift. Your "moral compass" is set by the societal norms that you live with and these all change. This has nothing to do with gods of any kind.

I was happy to meet a fellow member tonight.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Nice pic. I used to live there but have not been back since 1993.

Why do they worship?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Yes, the bible tells them to worship and sing out to this Jealous God because if they do not the rocks and trees will do it for them. The glory and magistry of this god is to be praised forever and ever. Of course, in my church daze it all appeared to be a giant club in which the members wanted to see who could tell the biggest lies. If you did not believe their lies they went on to another group or started another group.

Republicans must lie to survive: They have no other choice | Salon.com

DenoPenno comments on Oct 12, 2019:

I was fooled the first time around but this time it will not work at all. I still have my old RNC membership card but my motto is "never again." Oh, hell no! Never again!

The nightmare scenario! Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner2: 1.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Give this a year and see what is happening. Trump's current actions are to defy and setup a plan where he does not have to comply in any way and possibly not even have to leave office. What is Trump doing as POTUS? He is setting out to investigate everyone before him. He will get rid of that corruption. This is why he will claim he needs to stay and his supporters will believe him. What he is doing is not a new plan. Others have used it before but Americans are blind and they say "it could not happen here." It is in the works right now. Power corrupts!

Another arguement for universal health care in the US [jamanetwork.com]

DenoPenno comments on Oct 12, 2019:

The people of the United States deserve the same healthcare as our members of Congress and Senate. You may call this by any name that you want to. It is still a fact and would actually be a bit cheaper in the long run.

Anyone have an adult child who is struggling to figure out what they believe?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 12, 2019:

I agree with you and I sympathize. My grown daughters tell me they "believe in their own way" even though they can see where I'm coming from. The youngest must feel that she has to believe because her oldest son was murdered. Only by believing will she get to see him again. It's things like this that sets a course for others to follow. Some of us wake up and some do not. The important thing to remember for all of us is that when you are dead it doesn't matter. Nobody is in heaven.

What activity has most consistently given you a feeling of inner peace?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Lifelong pursuit of TV, movies, and music with a few drinks on the side and some sleeping. What I mean here is being able to bring the TV, movies, and music into my home for free.

In the city where you live, how an atheist person is looked upon or considered in general?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Don't advertize it. I'm in the middle of Missouri.

This beggars belief.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Will someone attack the Turd?

"The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 12, 2019:

This is exactly what Trump supporters try to do to the rest of us and especially in social media. Why? It's because they have no facts and the ones they claim as facts do a backwards time travel until you forget the original subject matter.

Trump vows to put a man on the moon. Someone should introduce him to Buzz Aldrin.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 12, 2019:

If Trump puts a man on the moon he would likely be sent the wrong way.

The Last Problem We Need To Fix - Christopher Titus [youtube.com]

DenoPenno comments on Oct 12, 2019:

He is classic and right on!

Perhaps I’m just noticing this more now that I’ll be turning 65 in March, but I’ve seen so ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 12, 2019:

I have Coventry under the Aetna umbrella. It appears that some of my benefits with change and cost more this year like total out of pocket amounts and covered hospital stays, etc. but my co-pay to see a doctor or specialist is down. My current meds are generic and no cost to me, so I will keep what I have for now. If I lived in a county close by to me then United Healthcare would be the one. I like not paying for things when you also consider that I am paying for my Medicare monthly. (That's right. This is not a handout.) In case I have medical costs that go outrageous then I will start using my VA card. Right now perscriptions are $15 a pop.

Tulsi Says DNC, Corporate Media Are "Trying to Hijack Entire Election Process" [ivn.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Now that Zuckerberg has met Trump and agreed to run some political ads with known falsehoods we can look for lots of fun before election time. I've also heard that Trump has the info and certain people from the now defunct Cambridge Analytica working for him.

Anyone notice trumps increased use of profanity in the media since the start of the impeachment ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 12, 2019:

I think the increased profanity is to cause his base to take him more seriously. He has to do something coz it appears that rats are abandoning the ship.

Does Poor Understanding of Physical World Predict Religious and Paranormal Beliefs?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 12, 2019:

YES, because when you do not know something just start making something up!