‪Trump changed his residency to fl so he can win the tax release lawsuit ny has on him.

DenoPenno comments on Nov 2, 2019:

I agree with you but this will not make lawsuits in NY go away. The best it can do is make a judge declare that NY has no reason to pursue or view certain items. What about everything up until Trump decided to move to Florida? We have a new slant here but it does not nix a lawsuit. My advice to Trump is that they need a non-disclosure agreement and this should be done in fake names.

“When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 1, 2019:

**Wrong**. As a believing Christian I used to believe in everything. Today that is not so. I have to have evidence for what I believe.

What is a non-religious ritual you commit to?

DenoPenno comments on Nov 1, 2019:

Ritualistic. It's the daily repetitions that we all go through along with other relaxing things that I want to do. Earlier in life I was very physical. Today I am a computer nerd. This is what I do in spare time.

A serious topic that has to be intelligently understood.

DenoPenno comments on Nov 1, 2019:

Oh, it is Catholic and somebody got healed so it must be real. Now lets send that god to St. Jude where he can do lots of good, OR we can search for Elisha's bones which are capable of bringing people back to life. Sorry. I did not care to watch the video.

What's the symbol of atheism

DenoPenno comments on Nov 1, 2019:

It is NOT drawing a fish in the sand with a big stick. People that so that want to get to Pieces and are making up some Jesus myth. :)

I'm agnostic & somewhat spiritual but that doesn't necessarily mean I want to talk about it.

DenoPenno comments on Nov 1, 2019:

Welcome.

I figured I would try to get comfortable sharing here the things that I find interesting for myself ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 1, 2019:

I am sorry for your loss. Hope you like it here. Most of us are OK but being agnostic or atheist has no guidelines. BTW, there is truth and also human opinion. I find that truth is always changing scientifically and that also changes human opinions.

As an Agnostic I am always interested when the sciemce takes a serious look at a spiritual topic.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 31, 2019:

It could be in the realm of my religious friend's belief. He told me recently that his elderly dog had cancer. The vet operated and then they prayed for the dog later. She is doing OK now. I almost asked him if his god would do anything for the children at St. Jude.

The TLDR of my life on the religon spectrum.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 31, 2019:

Welcome. That's quite an experience.

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 30, 2019:

It is exactly what happened to me. To paraphrase Saul of Tarsus it was like I was blind before and suddenly the scales fell off of my eyes.

Ilhan Omar refuses to vote yay on bill condemning Armenian genocide Rep.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 30, 2019:

I agree with her but this is not an either or situation.

I was wondering about revenge porn... does it have to be malicious?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 30, 2019:

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "revenge porn." Revenge for what? I can tell you one thing however. **River Rick** covered this subject fully in his reply. This is just how it is. I quote again: **I am not sure of the criminality of what you describe but everyone MUST start thinking... When a picture leaves your phone or PC... The world owns it and you no longer have control. That's just a fact! **

Republicans move the impeachment goal posts after Pelosi announces the vote they’d demanded ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 30, 2019:

He was at that game with Trump for a reason. This should show us all something. I believe they are getting ready for a power highjack by 2020 but it could also come later. Time to Dump Trump.

What to you guys think of this? [theconversation.com]

DenoPenno comments on Oct 30, 2019:

If you lose faith in the New Atheists try going back to the Old Atheists. As an activist I still say my weapon of choice is a keyboard.

The agnostic crowd is much more intelligent than the rest!! Sorry, but it is the truth.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 30, 2019:

Just because people do not believe in gods does not mean they cannot believe in all sorts of other woo. I used to believe it all. Today I believe in nothing supernatural.

What is the purpose of this site?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 30, 2019:

What do you want the site to be for you? Is it dividing you from your family? In my case that division was already there way before I discovered this site.

I have had an unusual amount of free time at work and stumbled upon this clip of Michio Kaku ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 30, 2019:

I have no idea if there was a "big bang" or not. If so, did it have to make noise and what started at that very moment? All I know for sure is that we cannot conceive of "nothing." It is impossible for us to see that everything came out of nothing. This means that there was always something and us and our universe came out of that something.

Just want to let everyone know that I've missed you ALL!!! I've been busy.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 30, 2019:

I hope it works out well for the both of you. I see the pics and I even feel envy. :)

Winter hiking survival. Your ideas?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 29, 2019:

Dryer lint is a very smart idea.

Does Philosophy actually any longer strive for arête, or only investigate in the abstract?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 29, 2019:

When we start talking about objects too big or heavy to ever be lifted or moved, etc. I think it is time for me to leave the room. I only got into that bullshit when I was a believer.

I had an interesting conversation today.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 29, 2019:

She is using an old trick to try and get you back to god and religion again. She thinks if things happen for a reason and you get your wishes you are blessed by the invisible man. When things fall in line for you it proves it and you just have to go with god, but that's not how it works at all. I'm "blessed" and the "god" helping me is myself. This is so because I keep what I am looking for in my mind somewhere and soon I find it. This is so if it is new or in a resale shop. It happened to me today and I found what I was looking for because I gave it all my attention. I found it in 2 days. Also, things DO happen for a reason. The reason might be just like I have said above. If you stumble you might fall so you have to be careful how and where you walk. No invisible being is guiding you in any of this. It is just you yourself. You create your purpose in life and you create your reason.

Baseball fans rule!

DenoPenno comments on Oct 29, 2019:

The Orange Mofo turned and appeared to say "whoa" to Melania and then they left by the 8th inning. I was hoping someone would have locked him up. :)

The agnostic crowd is much more intelligent than the rest!! Sorry, but it is the truth.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 29, 2019:

I am trying to figure out why there is a believer in this site trying to preach to us. Maybe he thinks we are just angry with god. I don't go that route but your god should be held fully accountable for the Holocaust. I'm all in for that.

Is hope realistic?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 28, 2019:

Hope is realistic. At work today I kept on hoping it was 3 o'clock. Finally it was. :)

Bela Lugosi 1882-1956 Born Bela Blasko in Lugos, Hungary.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 28, 2019:

Lugosi is another one I will always remember.

What is agnosticism?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 28, 2019:

Call it what you may, I am an agnostic atheist. It means "I do not know" but this is the same answer the other side would give if they were truthful.

traditionally people ask if God could make a rock so big he couldn't pick it up.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 28, 2019:

I used to concern myself with things like this when I was a very young man. Today I don't even waste my time. Which god?

No gods/no kings?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 28, 2019:

Religion has a common link in that it is used by government to get you to be a good boy and pay your taxes. Charles Koch is aware of this and that is why he bought the current GOP and the push is for only the little guy to pay taxes. Charlie wants to keep his.

Hi everyone! Brand new to this site.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 28, 2019:

Welcome. I looked around and I cannot find a rope. Welcome anyway.

Would you ever date somebody who is religious, if they respected your beliefs and did not try to ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 28, 2019:

IF they are Evangelical there will come a time that they become concerned about your imaginary soul burning forever in some imaginary place that they almost cry because you refuse to "wake up" and give your life to a dead zombie so you can live forever in the sky with an imaginary god. Yes, it is that strong within them and it can destroy that relationship quickly.

Suppose you were to try to convince someone of your non-belief in the existence of God, what (in ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 28, 2019:

But you cannot convince them because their book says everyone knows there is a god. They just think that you are angry at the invisible man.

President Trump booed loudly at Nationals Park during World Series Game 5

DenoPenno comments on Oct 28, 2019:

Great news. I love it.

There is no good thing that a church/religion does that cannot be achieved through secular ways.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 27, 2019:

This is very true. Where I live a local food pantry makes those that need help listen to a small sermon and do a prayer before they get their food. This is pathetic!

Should We Believe in God? UCD Law Society Debate - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Oct 27, 2019:

God is dead? No, god was never alive.

I have asked on social media, did God know Adam and Eve were going to sin when he created them.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 27, 2019:

Adam and Eve had the free will to sin - or not. God had the free will to create them - or not. I still want to know what was the name of the first chicken, or maybe the first disease germ.

Speaking of dying I just read a post about it.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 27, 2019:

It depends upon if there are any people working there who want to kill others and get away with it. Beyond that there was Korvorkian and he is another matter. Do we need a Jack Korvorkian? I'm not sure.

White Christian Nationalism — Not Secularism — Is Destroying America | Sojourners

DenoPenno comments on Oct 27, 2019:

This is so true. It says in the article to stop glorifying Christendom and glorify Christ instead. Isn't that how we got into this whole mess in the first place?

Boris Karloff 1887-1969 Born William Henry Pratt in Dulwich, England.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 27, 2019:

I will remember him as long as i live. He played one of my favorite monsters.

Dave Daubenmire: We Must Make Homosexuality “Unthinkable Again” | Sarahbeth Caplin | Friendly ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 26, 2019:

Yes! Once we make homosexuality unthinkable again we know for sure that nobody will be involved in it. Are these people morons or are they running for public office?

I see posts here saying "are Atheists this?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 26, 2019:

Beware of the term "lacks belief" because there are so many out there that think you are saying you have no knowledge of their god and they would love to tell you about him. They think they will give you belief. Of course, you have to "have faith." LOL

Thieves, despicable thieves and murderers.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 26, 2019:

Israelis with guns appear to be doing as much damage over there as American officials with guns are doing here. People lie to us about it to keep us calm.

A lady came into my work place, wearing a god is perfect hoodie.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 26, 2019:

Maybe her god was Donald Trump.

an interesting piece on how terminology is changing, and how it affects us all, religious and not -...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 26, 2019:

Michelle Bachmann just knows things like this are the beginning of the "end times" but Jesus told his followers the end times started in his day and that many of his then followers would still be alive as it happened.

Bible belt living.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 26, 2019:

Thanks for your service. I served 3 years active in the Army. Missouri is a lot like Arkansas in this belief stuff. I find that those who are the strongest believers word wise are also the same people that "believe in their own way." It's not smart to claim you are not one of them unless someone else came out to you first. That doesn't stop me from running them off when churches come to my door.

A simple syllogism- if evil exists there cannot be a god both benevolent and all powerful Some ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 26, 2019:

God does give you a choice and if you do not do what he says you are going to hell. This is a leftover from his OT days when he loved the smell of burned meat. God has a loop hole here to continue in his old ways but believers have none.

Land of the free.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 26, 2019:

Charles Koch should take her place instead.

Lifted off Facebook for you viewing pleasure

DenoPenno comments on Oct 26, 2019:

How about one foot in the grave. LOL

How to Pay For Medicare for All Without Raising Taxes: Cut the Pentagon’s Budget With a ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 26, 2019:

If we went with Medicare for all right now we could save a little money. Big pharma has their foot in the door on this and spreads rumors that it would cost us 91 to 92 trillion dollars.

Taking a knee

DenoPenno comments on Oct 26, 2019:

Nothing patriotic in his entire bone spurred body.

I gotz my tee! :D

DenoPenno comments on Oct 26, 2019:

Looks great on you. Congratulations.

Okay, we've been hacked.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 26, 2019:

According to limited data on the now defunct Cambridge Analytica a great many of us have been hacked in various ways to support something that is not true. They say CA is gone now but the data is still somewhere. Many in Quora Digest believe that their name and info is and can be used to gain support for false ideas. I am inclined to believe it. When were we hacked? We do not know. A small example of this is that I view a website on my computer and later Facebook shows me this website again.

and we know its the truth

DenoPenno comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Brand money from the twin Trump Towers in Turkey would play into this greatly.

Street Epistemology: Maritza (1) | Truth Valuation (Co-ed Demands the Truth) - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Vaccines are awful because you do not know what goes in them. Beware of buying anything at the grocery store tonight. You do not know what goes in those products. You could eat only organic foods and meats, but is'nt that potato organic because it grows in the ground? How would you believe any claims others make about it? How do I know a Ford is better than a Chevy?

Stephen Hawking famously said that "Philosophy is dead." What do you think?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Philosophy might mean something but I'm tired of modern people telling me that ancients suggested we might be a brain in a vat, or that we are actually living in a matrix. This is a totally ignorant response to suggest support for your ideas today. Sounds to me like these ideas came out of a society that had computers and virtual reality with movies that popularized the whole idea.

Timeline is solidifying! Will Donald Trump Be Impeached?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Trump was recently on Hannity's program to claim his Ukraine phone call is actually a letter, and it is a perfect letter. What he means is the transcript of that call and how they tried to hide it. Of course, that is not how it comes across on the program. Why would people want to impeach you over a letter? As for his supporters they come back at me with that Ukrainian phone call being "you mean what Joe Biden done?" Someone here is insane or else they all love Reality America starring Donald Dump.

I Can Handle The Toddler!

DenoPenno comments on Oct 25, 2019:

The fact that some people want to start another civil war over all this is mind boggling. Trumps new attorney argued recently that a sitting president cannot be charged with any crimes at all. This type of ignorance is totally insane.

Wasting my time.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 25, 2019:

No they do not. They look at facts as "fake facts" and "fake news." This is exactly what Donnie wanted. One Hispanic relative of mine is so ate up with Trump that she recently posted to me that jobs matter and to look at the jobs. My reply to her was if you had 2 jobs maybe you could make a living. I'm also not a believer in ideas that your president creates jobs. Maybe I should have been Hispanic. She claims that they are the fastest rising group for Trump and their jobs are great with good money and they can now more easily buy a home. This is the biggest bunch of horseshit that I have ever heard, and Donnie did it all in 1000 days!

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.