Although I cannot/do not feel it would be feasible due to my job to come "out" as atheist, I would ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 12, 2020:

My letting go of god came about in my mind as I watched Jerry DeWitt videos on You Tube. He was the first graduate of the clergy project and listening to him caused me to decide I was an atheist. You do not need to "come out" as one, however. It may cause you problems, especially in the job market.

Made me chuckle; one way to get closer to God: [scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net]

DenoPenno comments on Jan 12, 2020:

So very true.

Less fear of hell?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 12, 2020:

I have no fear of hell at all. This comes from my approach to scriptures and where they came from along with when we actually got the bible as we know it today. If you study this you can see it was ever changing from the 4th century until now. The wonderful apologists keep trying to explain everything for the modern world and their views change also. I just do not buy it. My Buybull daze is over.

It's sometimes strange to look back on one's self in the past, particularly the distant past.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 12, 2020:

The song "Imagine" is a very good example here. Most people do not see it but they love the song. Maybe they just imagine "no war" and don't see the rest. Within myself I see too much change in too short a time. Some things just within the last 4 years or so. It is so uncanny. I see things differently now than when I was with my ex. Not anything that would have saved that union but things that might have slowed the inevitable down some. I see changes in outright belief of mine over time, and also some in just a short few years. I learn more and it is enlightening. Sometimes you realize that something you took as fact for a long time is not fact at all. Suddenly you wake up to this and wonder how you ever had it wrong to start with. Living alone allows me this and I see that life is quite an adventure and a development.

Could philosophical discussions be better and more productive? [aeon.co]

DenoPenno comments on Jan 11, 2020:

Certainly, but I don't care for them much. I'm not into Plato or Epicurus. I don't read or argue Socrates. They offer nothing to me in the modern world and I blatantly refuse to discuss religious philosophy. I will bring out religious ideas by bible claims but usually it is to show you how silly it all is.

International Olympic Committee prohibits kneeling, hand gestures

DenoPenno comments on Jan 11, 2020:

Does this make it harder for an Olympian to declare that his god drove him on to win while others there had the same god? Maybe it means god is also a sportsman. IDK.

I enjoy the interchanges of thoughts and feelings with many others on this site.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 11, 2020:

I like them also.

This doesn't have anything to do with being agnostic.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 11, 2020:

Where you live is your choice but I live as I do in Missouri because I have a $200 mortgage. If I move and increase that along with utilities, etc. and do not increase my income I am in trouble. This is how I look at it. Sometimes others do not understand that and they move to a high dollar area. At my work we are paid twice a month and Friday the assistant manager was showing off his bank account with $4.29 left in it. To live like that I might start thinking suicide. :)

Wolf Moon at first light this morning.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 11, 2020:

You scared me. I thought you found a Wolf Man. :)

Sometimes, I feel like I'm never going to really fit into society anymore.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 11, 2020:

We share a lot of similar things and I can identify with a lot of what you are saying. I was also Pentecostal. Today I am a militant atheist. My weapon of choice is a keyboard. I might add that I do feel extremely isolated but I have brought this upon myself. There is no going back. This journey is like the Wizard of Oz once you have seen behind the curtain.

The best thing about being agnostic is knowing (as much as it is humanly possible) there is no hell.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 11, 2020:

Of course there is no hell. That concept came out of the confusion and misdirected developments presented in religious writings and scripture. If I do not believe these writings to be valid from any source why would I believe in a hell? Many people go around saying "yeah, but there still could be a god." Why would they want one? Are there people going around saying "yeah, there still could be a hell?" Once again, why would you want one? Is there life after death? IDK. Is your food still there on your plate once you have eaten it? How will it be reborn? You may take this as comedy but I am answering some very serious questions.

It was true then and it is also true today. Time to Dump Trump.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 11, 2020:

BTW, that is a pic of CNN on my laptop computer. It did not come from Pluto or any other such app. :)

Twenty years ago there was only one country in the Middle East that had no religious extremist ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 11, 2020:

Of course they do. This is because it is all about money and wealth, especially mineral wealth. Americans are played back and forth by both parties and so is the rest of the world. Just when you have had enough of it from one party the other one steps in to let you believe you are actually getting your treasured way of life back. Both parties work for the controllers and one is more extreme than the other. Currently we have a wave of "god's last stand" in which Evangelicals agg this all on in hopes of bringing about the second coming. If Jesus returns through our border with Mexico he will never be recognized. Religious hypocrites are falling right in there with our controllers. None of this is about you or your welfare in any way.

A belated post to express my pleasure in being a part of this group.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 11, 2020:

Welcome aboard friend.

Do atheists overreach?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 10, 2020:

**Are atheists rationally justified when they claim to to be able to be good without god.** That's where I would have put the book down. The writer has already stated his opinion and you will not change it in debate or otherwise. After all, he wrote a book on it. He obviously believes in the invisible man in the sky.

Warning! Though it's possible to date someone who believes in God, it is not possible to date a ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 10, 2020:

Sorry for your bad experience as I was once a fundamentalist. My stepson's wife thinks we are going to war with Iran. This morning she posted in Facebook that "god should protect our troops if it is his will" and this crap went on and on in a meme. I had to answer. I asked her what if it was not god's will. In that case we are all screwed! She didn't like it, but I'm tired of all these prayers "if it is god's will." Your fundamentalist BF seems delusional.

Does anyone else have a homophobic family member?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 10, 2020:

Lots of people seem to think that "the gay might rub off." This nonsense goes on into the religious community. It seems strengthened by the HIV threat because many do not know that sex is not the only way to become HIV. Are any of these people the same as rapists, pedophiles, and others? Not that I'm aware of. Your neighbor might be a murderer but then maybe they are not.

What if there was never religion in the world?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 10, 2020:

It would have never happened that way. Just look at our world today. Everything is about power and control. Religion is used in this game of power and control. It is nice to know that your god is on your side. You are the only one who has the right god.

We come into this world naked and alone.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 10, 2020:

None of us want that path. A person working in a funeral parlor once told me they wanted death with dignity. I replied that death has no dignity. We are born toothless and bald headed. If we live long enough we might exit this same way.

Friend of mines dad posted this. He is a Marine. This is damn true.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 9, 2020:

Right on, but that's the way that many gun owners think.

I really really like this quote- "If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 9, 2020:

Once you are enlightened why would you believe in any god?

A very painful on-line, structured discussion. Can you follow the logic ? [kialo.com]

DenoPenno comments on Jan 9, 2020:

What is circumcision for? In areas of the world where there is not water enough to wash the male member as it should be, this practice has benefits. For most of us in this modern world today it has little or none. When it is done to women and young girls it is nothing but mutilation. A crime that should have severe punishments. There was a time in America when male circumcision was pushed as a means of preventing boys from masturbation. Not only was god concerned with this but so were parents and a man named Kellogg. I do not believe, however, that he put foreskins in his cereal. Just a nasty rumor.

Fake News Might Have Just Stopped a War

DenoPenno comments on Jan 9, 2020:

I agree fully but they are still using propaganda to get this war going.

Martin Luther's formula for ignorance .

DenoPenno comments on Jan 9, 2020:

What can we expect from the man who used to drink his beer and fart at the Devil. He would say "here Devil, I blow you a little kiss." :)

Arizona Republican Accused of Selling Babies in Illegal Adoption Scheme Arizona’s Maricopa ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 9, 2020:

If they look at things like this more closely maybe they could find some of those missing children from our southern border. Kids that were separated from their parents and then secretly "adopted" and records were sealed.

Too sad to be funny.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 9, 2020:

There are memes of him holding weapons and telling you to enlist. Some of the GOP even wants this asshole to run for president. If the Trump's keep messing with Iran what they had better run for is their lives.

Speaking for myself, I can recognize any sensation/feeling/mood/emotion, no matter how complex, as ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 8, 2020:

I do not follow people, beliefs, or philosophers. They hold nothing for me.

My atheist family was appalled when I converted to Catholicism – but it’s given me great peace |...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 8, 2020:

I do not need religion. I got into it because my parents found it and they were so lost. They put it on me and wanted me to be a preacher. It was all misguided and caused me a lot of pain. Finally I woke up.

Iran approves bill labeling US military as terrorist organization - JURIST - News - Legal News & ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 8, 2020:

It's a shame but we have to have that war to unite America for Trump in 2020. The damage he is doing can be passed off that he is "thinking of America first" but his supporters are too dumb to see what he uniting. He has now destroyed over 8 years of foreign policy.

Hi.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 8, 2020:

It is that way in my workplace as well and here is how I handle the pretense. To start with I do not talk religion. When it does come up and gets to that level I tell everyone that I used to be religious and I studied to be a Pentecostal preacher, however, I am no longer religious. That usually ends it all. When it fails and some idiot asks me why I no longer believe I will correct them by saying "you are putting words in my mouth, as I said I am no longer religious." Since none of these people are twice or more a week church people who cannot wait for the church house doors to open, this usually does the trick. The bottom line is that they are people just like you, and this applies to most people. I also live and work in small town areas. I currently have no social life but you should not allow others to limit yours.

The Nightmare Stage of Trump’s Rule Is Here Unstable and impeached, the president pushes the ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 7, 2020:

Trump has killed an Iranian general on Iraqi soil and says it was a needed action for our safety. Next we see Iran replacing this slain general with another that Soleimani himself had trained. Is there any difference? Different man, same objectives. On the American side of this we see the Trump base pushing the fact that Trump is protecting us and he really believes "America first." What I see is a distraction from impeachment and beating the drum of false patriotism for the 2020 re-election. Trump is ready to trade American lives for votes. Watch the news objectively and you will learn that 8 years and more of foreign policy has been removed. Things are getting worse now because of this. Trump and his handlers think they have done a good job but the man should never have been POTUS. We are in the grip of a terrorist regime and nobody sees a way out. I expect stupid replies to my words talking about everybody else and everything else to try and defend Trump. That is not how it is done. You cannot defend your friend by talking about other people. You cannot defend your wife by talking about other women. If you see what has happened here you cannot defend Trump by talking anything in the past. Some go so far as to say that my words show my hypocrisy. In what way? In the past someone told me that "I am hiding behind my military service." WTF. How in the hell do you do that?

It's Tuesday! For what in your life do you feel most grateful?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 7, 2020:

I am grateful for being alive. I am also grateful that at age 18 I wanted to get away from my parents and I joined the U. S. Army. It is that experience and many things learned there that molded me and changed my opinions in many ways. Without the military I would probably have remained a prejudiced prick.

Tracie and Jen from the Atheist Experience in Austin. [youtu.be]

DenoPenno comments on Jan 7, 2020:

I watch this show but these days neither Tracie or Jen are a part of it. Some big blowup with LGBTQ or something like that. I think it's a shame. I liked these two women a lot and they added balance to the show.

Let’s not use words like “whacky” and “bizarre” in describing the religious beliefs of ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 7, 2020:

Yes, but it was all a setup because god is the one that put that tree there. Then that light bearer guy. He just knew that a woman could not resist a talking snake.

Mailed to my daughter journals I wrote about her. An excerpt.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 6, 2020:

Have you tried being published? You write well and you also like hiking. Maybe a combo of the two of these could get you some articles.

God is that "thing" that, to the best of your knowledge, is at the top of your hierarchy of values.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 6, 2020:

I have no hierarchy of values. I watch our laws and society and then decide on my own what is correct. I can say that the world is scary and so are a great amount of the people that live here.

When someone says "There is no god" they're idiots! At that point it's up to then to prove that ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 6, 2020:

You are exactly correct. It is the one making the claim who must provide the proof.

How unwise to be a Christian.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 6, 2020:

All the denominations think they are the right one and believers have no problems with that. I find it amusing. As for hell, that is the place god created for you if you do not believe in him. Wonderful isn't he?

A close friend of mine goes back and forth between extreme antithiesm and Pascal's Wager.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 6, 2020:

And you are correct. This perfect god of the bible wanted to get humans started on the earth through a process called incest. If you believe Adam and Eve it could be no other way. Then he decided to destroy us because of sin. WTF is that? Later, through Noah and sons god once again would try to populate earth through incest once again. The apologists try to hide this and explain it away differently. Then you have this all knowing perfect god trying to send you to a hell that he created just for you if you do not believe in him. These are two of the reasons I do not want to be singing his praises forever and ever.

Should creationism be taught in schools?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 6, 2020:

I agree with this post but it does not mean I think creation should be taught in the classroom. I'm speaking here in a similar way as to what would happen if you teach religion in the classroom. Evangelicals want religion taught their way in claiming we are a Christian Nation. The reality of teaching religion in the classroom would be a brief mention of all religions. Being educated is not a religious matter.

"If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 5, 2020:

As an atheist I no longer believe in possibilities of a god trying to save anyone. Save you from what? Enough study on this shows that this god is trying to save you from what he will do to you if you do not believe in him.

A good read... [amazon.com]

DenoPenno comments on Jan 5, 2020:

Faith fails because it is believing what you know is not so. Apologists all have unsupported facts which means none of it is really a fact.

Would u marry a theist?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 5, 2020:

Been there, done that. The last one I married had a grandfather who was a bishop in Legio Maria in Kenya.

You don't have to scratch very far below the surface of the Soleimani assassination to get a whiff ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 5, 2020:

I think the likelihood of all that you posted is "of course." The problem here is that so many of us would fall in line supporting a war with Iran and think that we were "being American." Reverse this situation and have Iran assassinating one of our military men the way we just did theirs and we would call it "an act of war." I think Donnie has bit off more than he can chew. At best this is an impeachment diversion and plays to a re-election tactic. Now Americans in general are more targeted traveling abroad and Donnie might get surprises at his golf course. What do we do- have the military protect them? Rose McGowan tweeted correctly on this and she is a Republican.

[yahoo.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 4, 2020:

I read the article in Yahoo and he was trying to be logical in some ways but it just came out as dumb to me. He is also tired as a white man of being blamed for everything. Somehow I don't take race and blame for something as going together in the first place.

I live in a religious area, Alabama.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 4, 2020:

I'm not sure I wold readily admit that I did abortions. There is so much un-truth about the procedure and women's health in general that the mere word "abortion" has poisoned so many people. Let me throw in the line of a Republican anti abortion person that I went to school with. He asks "do you know how many abortions some of these women have had" and he asks it in anger. IDK and neither does he or anyone else.

To what extent do you let reason or logic make your decisions for you?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 4, 2020:

I force myself to look at the situation but we are not guided by the things that we think we are. You might have a certain food in mind all day, then go home and fix something else. Tis is not logical and it is not common sense.

A hillbilly guide to Les Miserable and other French classics.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 4, 2020:

I know is is pronounced "lay mez-ehrab" but we have to pretend the hillbilly didn't know that.

Don't abbreviate 2020. It's for your own good.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 4, 2020:

This is nice to know. These days I write only one check a month and that is because I refuse to pay a buck to allow that payment on my debit card. :)

Burt Reynolds 1936-2018 Born Burton Leon Reynolds Jr.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 4, 2020:

Is it Bret Aregano? I remember when he was that blacksmith guy on Guntote.

Omnicide - who is responsible - a new ethic for our times... [abc.net.au]

DenoPenno comments on Jan 4, 2020:

Ultimately we are responsible. Once you consider how politics plays a part the blame has to go on those who are greedy enough to extract wealth without caring about our planet. They spend large sums of money to continue holding that position. The only recourse is that the rest of us become a voice of activism to right this wrong - or we just ignore it all and remain silent.

Am I wrong?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 4, 2020:

Sounds good to me but they will likely start an argument with you on this. It is the nature of the religious. They always want to tell you what god said or what god is going to do.

Live near Philly enjoy searching for answers in spiritual realms including existential and non ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 4, 2020:

What is non dimensional contact?

Anti-Vax For Jesus: Conservative Christian Lawmaker Calls Vaccines ‘Sorcery’ | Michael Stone

DenoPenno comments on Jan 3, 2020:

Jesus can cure it if he wants to. Does he want to? Did you give enough money? Wait. You are not cured. Maybe you had some hidden sin in your life. Let's all confess our sins to each other.

I was listening to One of Richard Dawkins books and it surprised me when he said that on his scale ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 3, 2020:

The god argument is fifty fifty. Neither side can prove or disprove a god. If you make a solid claim you also have the burden of proof. Surprise! Neither side can prove.

Religion in the workplace

DenoPenno comments on Jan 3, 2020:

In my workplace religion sometimes come up one way or another. My remarks back to them are that earlier in my life I studied to be a Pentecostal preacher. Today I am no longer religious. Usually they leave me alone at that. If not, I tell them they are trying to put words in my mouth and go back to the above again.

I note that some of my colleagues on this site seem to be concerned with the "godness" , ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 3, 2020:

Why must there be a beginning? What if the universe has always existed in one form or another? I'm using your words above and I do not see conscious force driving anything. Yes, there is constant creation and destruction.

How do you stop swearing?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 3, 2020:

I swear like a sailor most of the time.

Happy Thursday! Back to reality time. Today's question is: When did you last sing to yourself?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 2, 2020:

I use imagination and the songs are all there right inside my head.

Courage could be contagious in the Senate [bostonglobe.com] We can hope

DenoPenno comments on Jan 2, 2020:

The Senate needs courage to break with the Orange Clown.

Michael Bloomberg.. He was republican as as mayor and now democrat as president candidate?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 2, 2020:

He has been back and forth on political party platforms. I'm not even sure he is wanting to win. He says he is putting large sums of money into this to try and divert people away from Trump. Either this will be true, or it might end up just being the opposite. It is a wait and see.

When I saw Trump on stage making fun of an handicapped person I couldn’t believe it.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 2, 2020:

I fully agree. Trump on stage mocking that handicapped reporter would have just about ended it all for anyone else running. Why not end it for Trump?

“I’m not perfect, I’m just forgiven” is the most enabling statement ever made! Christians...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 2, 2020:

I agree with every word there, David. The "just forgiven" angle is a license to continue doing as you want. It teaches you nothing. Over the years I have developed a word for church. I call it "crutch" and it appears that is exactly what it is.

Franklin Graham Reminds Jimmy Carter That God Kills Gays | Michael Stone

DenoPenno comments on Jan 2, 2020:

Maybe Graham thinks that Carter is gay. Life is amazing. Fallwell used to think that cartoon characters were gay.

Hello fellow Humanists, What are you looking forward to accomplishing, participating, or simply ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 2, 2020:

What am I looking forward to in 2020? Fist of all, these are only numbers. What changed? Around my place some neighbor fired off a noise cannon just after midnight when 2020 was officially here. Why? The older I get the more I try to figure this all out. When I was younger I was a part of it. Today I wonder why. For New Years resolutions I'm going to try and not eat as much and maybe conserve air by just breathing half as much. I have this theory that older people eat more because deep down inside of them they realize that time to eat is running out.

Does god exist?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 2, 2020:

Only if you believe the bible and other scriptural writings and accept them as evidence. Otherwise there is no proof of gods of any kind.

After watching several YouTube videos of Christopher Hitchens, I have now concluded that it is a ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 31, 2019:

Yes, condoms are far more worse than AIDS. Everyone must know this by now. Also in Africa the belief is that you can be cured of AIDS and HIV if you have unprotected sex with a young virgin. To hold these beliefs in any form is to be engaged in genocide.

A GOP legislator in Washington called for a 51st state led by a military Christian government

DenoPenno comments on Dec 31, 2019:

How exactly would we have a military Christian government? Fascism is not my thing and it is not desirable.

What gave you joy in 2019?

DenoPenno comments on Dec 31, 2019:

My 2019 joy was in being alive and learning more about computers, working on my own 3 units, and updating constantly. I have learned that all is on the Internet if you know how to look and I continue to watch TV and movies as well as news from all over the world. Other than the above I work a few short hours daily and then come home to hide behind closed doors until time to leave the next time. I'm off work New Years Day and am having a few drinks as I write this.

I was raised on the narcotizing and stupefying cool-aid of racism, broader ethnocentrism, religion, ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 31, 2019:

I agree with your every word and it took a while for me to see the errors of my youth. So many today still want to drink the cool-aid. They do not think we deserve better or that we should do better. The solution for so many is to deny anything that would help us all so they only want to help the few. Deny anything to do with a women's movement. Deny anything to do with LGBTQ people. Deny any program that would help us all as a society and make things better for all. Let's give all the benefits to the top 1 percent and just be happy. That's not for me and it should not be for you. The problem is that you have to attack them or they will never see the vision.

This post does not pretend to represent a scientific analysis; it's just a conversation starter.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 31, 2019:

Do I have depression? Yes. Most people in the modern world today would have. I deal with it in my own way without harming anyone and I cannot exactly tell you what it feels like. This is because we are all different. The principals that I live by are those that work for me without harming anyone else. My reality may not be your reality. I can tell you exactly how I feel and even if we agree we may not be saying the same thing. This is the nature of reality.

Are you truely agnostic or an athiest in hiding?

DenoPenno comments on Dec 31, 2019:

Believe it all your way if you like. I am an agnostic atheist.

Who has noticed in the last day or so there has been a resurgence of Islam bashing.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 31, 2019:

This is because Trump blames Iran for what is happening in Iraq at our embassy. Rather than an increase of Islam bashing it appears to me as a resurgence.

The hospital clerk asked my religion before a medical procedure.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 31, 2019:

In that case the answer is yes. This is because they are asking for a religion and you are saying you do not have one.

What are some of the things you can think of that were originally answered by religion that have ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 31, 2019:

The virgin birth was always a beauty. From time to time there was even "scientific" articles to prove that it was possible. Of course, in my time I have heard grownups in discussion about how it was impossible for a woman to have puppies despite what the National Enquirer article said. Thunder is actually bowling going on in heaven. This was back when bowling was more popular.

Everybody wants something different.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 30, 2019:

I see the point but with Donald Trump there is no best to hope for. He is not POTUS material, period. As for your airplane pilot, I have never wondered about them in any way when I was on a plane.

Well, I don't know why the posts about the Telegraph article [telegraph.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 30, 2019:

Clickbait is a means of payment for someone somewhere and it appears to also boost the popularity of a belief or idea. Scratch that last part and go back to payment. This is what it is all about.

Prayer Doesn't Heal People—At Least I Hope Not

DenoPenno comments on Dec 30, 2019:

Prayer works on you and not the other person. Sometimes prayer makes you very unreasonable and it also is not logical.

What am I saying?

DenoPenno comments on Dec 30, 2019:

It is 100 percent true that truth is in the eyes of the beholder. I have others tell me all the time what I have just said but it is not what I said at all. Go backwards in your own mind and look for things you believed just a short time ago that you do not believe today. They are there and you can find them if you are honest with yourself.

I deleted my level 7 profile and started again because data had been copied to a test website and ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 30, 2019:

A lot of this is because your information is public. More so now than it ever has been. As for humanist.com I believe it is related to this site. If you look at it you might find the same members. A test website? I'm sure there are all kinds of websites. I have this same user name in Facebook and I do it for a reason. I'm a political activist and both parties believe I am friendly to them and support them. Let them believe what they will. When you post it on the Internet you no longer own it and do not have control of it.

I am so sick of the cess pool in the house, Senate.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 29, 2019:

I don't send a dime to either party. Charity begins at home.

lately I'm beginning to think they should change an IQ test from measuring how intelligent someone ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 29, 2019:

I fully agree. My religious friend is still trying to view world events through his knowledge of the book of Revelation. Sorry. America and Britian are not in there. Neither is Russia.

PA GOP Wants Death Certificate, Burial For Fertilized Eggs That Don’t Implant

DenoPenno comments on Dec 29, 2019:

I agree with your every word. If we want to go with this kind of GOP nonsense then we need to do the same thing every time a male ejaculates. This is nothing more than wanting a death certificate for a miscarriage. Best thing the ladies can do on this one is keep their mouths shut if they miscarry unless they are in hospital at the time.

Man who made 27,000 crosses for shooting victims is retiring

DenoPenno comments on Dec 28, 2019:

Crosses have been given too much power in our mythical religious world. I would not want one, wear one, or be buried with one.

How do you answer "How are you today?"

DenoPenno comments on Dec 28, 2019:

I agree with you. People that ask how you are really do not want to know. They simply want to appear as friendly and professional. I've taken to a smile and the answer that says "I could be better but then I could be worse." :)

[washingtonpost.com] thoughts?

DenoPenno comments on Dec 28, 2019:

I unblock the site and it still does not let me view and wants me to subscribe.

Why do Christians get threatened and terrified by Atheists?

DenoPenno comments on Dec 28, 2019:

I think that deep down they all know it is BS. I read once of a believer killing his friend who was an atheist. To me this smacks of "how dare you tell me that my parents and grandparents were wrong about god." Non-belief upsets the apple cart. I want to believe. I was once on another site where the girl in question always thought it would be so nice if a god existed just like it said in the bible. She also wanted so badly to be married. When she quit the site she admitted she had went back to religion again and was marrying a believe. As for validity of Genesis I am always amazed that god wanted to destroy the people because of sin. What sort of sin is not stated but everyone thinks it was sexual. How could this be when god wanted to use incest to populate the earth - TWICE. This gets worse when apologists try to use the timeframe allowed to explain it was not incest and yet it is because of sin that we do not live so long today.

Satan and I in Florida .

DenoPenno comments on Dec 28, 2019:

Nice pic of you and the bat. :)

Ben Johnson 1919-1996 Born in Foraker, Oklahoma.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 28, 2019:

I always liked Ben Johnson. He gave a solid and believable performance.

Even though I am an atheist, I recognize that we have had great theologians, whose thoughts are ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 28, 2019:

What is the word of god? Why would I think that one person has it when another person does not?

I hear from my brother frequently about how concerned he is I'm going to hell.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 27, 2019:

People fall for this because of indoctrination. People worried about an unknown part of you going to be burning forever in an unknown place need to back off and get a grip. When couples split because of this and one cries so much you see the big tears, there is usually a minister somewhere agging it on because his congregation once was both of you and he sees now that 1 is better than none. This would be about the money unless that minister is exceptionally stupid. Take that situation back to just you and your brother it shows that your brother remains indoctrinated.

I was having a conversation with a Christian friend about free will.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 27, 2019:

The big "free will argument" comes about because it is so important that you want to worship god of your own free will. I always heard that god could have robots or angels worship him but with humans it is their choice to do so. This is free will.This is why even the angels are looking into this area of humanity. Once you study enough the big question becomes who in their right mind would want to worship this ignorant tribal god? Why would anyone want to worship anything? On the other hand the murderer has free will to murder you just as you have free will to be murdered. There are no gods in that equation.

If you think it is the right thing to "respect other's beliefs", please tell me why?

DenoPenno comments on Dec 27, 2019:

I do not respect other people's beliefs. Some beliefs are crazy as shit!

How do my fellow Atheists deal with depression?

DenoPenno comments on Dec 27, 2019:

I'm probably more depressed now than I was before. I take no meds for it, but just live with it. Nothing is real. We have the god myth and cartoon characters sell us insurance and other products and things. Movies make up entire histories of make believe situations they think we are so enamored with and they just keep going. The world you thought you knew is no longer there at all. Demands of logic and evidence show this as fact. Anxiety comes in and you cannot sleep more than 2 hours at a time but refuse to take meds for it because you have to know what is going on. I just deal with it and refuse to give in to demands of this new idiotic world. Therapy might help but most likely a therapist today would even recommend god. It's all a catch 22.

Merry Christmas Donny trump... I got you a basket of peaches... ! Come pick them up!

DenoPenno comments on Dec 26, 2019:

That bastard certainly is not a peach. LOL

Always the same states proving why the only acceptable solution is removal of all guns from ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 26, 2019:

If they are in politics with these views they are shooting themselves in the head. Besides, I'm not sure you can remove all guns from civilians hands even if you want to.

The Importance and Relevance of Endorsements in Presidential Candidates Joe BIden has the most ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 26, 2019:

What I see out of the enter mess is the biggest bunch of disappointment that I've ever seen in my life. I'm talking about both parties here but the Trumpers are just ignorant. One wanted to argue with me today that Obama was babied because he is a black man. I pointed out that Obama is no longer in power and Mitch McConnell said early on that he would do everything he could to see that Obama was a one term president. So much for coddling and babying.

Make them believe in something young, then they have a chance of controlling them as adults.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 26, 2019:

I believe that children figure it out about Jesus also. The problem is that due to conditioning they keep on playing that same old game. They know it but still play it. Part of this is because there is no Church of Santa where they refresh it all week to week.

UPDATE if you read my post about my major Dilemma.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 26, 2019:

Even that Rascal Paul said that the believer in a relationship might influence the non-believer in the end and that this was a reason to stay together. Oh, well. Everyone cherry picks the bible.

In a couple of my Amazon books I mention the danger of a self-fulfilling prophesy.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 26, 2019:

In Evangelical Christianity it is widely believed that Gog and Magog as mentioned in the bible is Russia. I'm here today to tell you that your bible says nothing of Russia, and it also says nothing of the USA.