I have a question regarding shoes and shoe soles.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Get some new shoes. I wear New Balance with a diabetic insert. Depending on your location you can get them for $150 or less and the shoe store will help you with professional fitting. Some shoes cost more than this but most doctors say these are good enough. I have the kind with 2 velcro straps on each shoe and I will not wear them with laces.

What happens after you die?

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

This meme explains it all very nicely.

I don’t believe in god, but I do think that there is something either spiritual or universal going...

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

What spiritual or universal things do you think are going on?

Trump's 'personal pastor' expels demons out of White House on National Day of Prayer, but forgets to...

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I do believe that The Demon should be expelled from the White House. I'm not particular in which way they choose to do it.

What is your most creative or amusing use of a bungee cord?

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Good job. You are doing the workouts that I should be doing. Lately I've been getting a little lazy.

My father died today.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Sorry for your loss. Regardless of conflicts I'm sure you loved him dearly.

I have gravity issues: I’m always dropping things, knocking things over, ...

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

My ongoing battle with gravity is similar to yours and I blame it on my neuropathy. I'm no longer sure on my feet and wear New Balance shoes with a diabetic insert. A complication is that my feet tingle. I have to be very careful or what you are reporting happens to me. About 6 years ago I climbed trees like an ape, walked on the roof of my house, and even climbed my TV antenna tower. Hard to do this without proper feeling in your feet. If cops ever wanted me to walk a straight line I would have to pass. For me it is no longer possible.

I have watched three episodes of "Good Omens" so far and am loving it.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I will have to look it up. My latest Netflix series is finally watching "The 100" and before that "The Rain."

This is so sad. LA rat infestation and homelessness [latimes.com]

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Being homeless is not mental illness although some do end up there also because of despair. Being homeless is caused IMHO by people believing the lies of financial institutions who have you taking out more loans than you can repay. Once you are on the streets and homeless the living conditions are right for the spread of disease. Vermin become a big problem and they carry disease. Some want to tackle this by giving the homeless a house. That seems like too close to how theirs got taken away to me. Greed is causing unpayable debt that causes homelessness. I'm sure it is not the only reason but it is a great big part of it. Vermin infestations caused great concern in our past and nobody knew what the cause was. Today we know but does anybody care?

Tobacco Smoke Enema Kit

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Absolutely. Trump and the gang are doing that to us right now. My insurance agent is a supporter and she says "nobody knows what to believe." I had a pretty good ideas until late 2015.

The Matrix Trilogy Decoded by Mark Passio - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

It is precisely because this is an allegory that I do not worry about it. I do worry about getting out of Trumpworld but this fascism is going on because no one knows what to do. We are at a point that globalization is no longer working. The experiment is now to see what will work in a world where money and the making of money at any cost is the only value to those who have power. How will the populace except this is a part of the experiment.

Would you like some reheated McDonald's French Fries?

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Reheat them and they might last 100 years. As for my ex I still remember being woke up at 3 AM because of an argument earlier that day. I cannot remember what it was about. I love my ex dearly but today I have more peace of mind.

i want to know how many people in here had a chance to take a picture with somebody famous, and how ...

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I've met a few but never got pictures. Most of them are now dead except for Jody Foster. Warren Oates is dead. I talked with him once while he was having a beer in between takes.

Noticed something, or a lack of something.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Disasters are all caused by god because of gays and Trump haters. That's why Jesus said that the end times would have wars and rumors of wars. Wait. Haven't we always had these? We will exaggerate it now by throwing disasters as well.

What is the answer for your happiness?

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I'm more of a "watcher" in life. That's what I have turned into. I want to be comfortable and yet see what drives others and why they are driven, etc. The older I get the harder it is for me to understand people. We seem to think that life is "all about us." Surprise! It really is not. Here is a clue. You are the product and everyone wants to sell you. Recently one of my cell phones wants me to go to websites and look at shit. It never did this before, but I am not surprised. So many things in life today are a distraction or a diversion and it's all about making money. No, not you making money. Other people making money and Reality America is full of lies.

Will Agnostics.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Net Neutrality was good but deep down most ISP's will provide you a good service if you pay for it. Once the price gouging starts someone will fight the unfairness while others strive for more profit by providing a better service. I was told I would not be happy with Charter/Spectrum and I have no problems at all.

What is your response to evil and suffering?

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

We create evil. In the bible there is a verse that says god creates both good and evil but most of us know there is no god. That concept comes out of our minds. Now I am brought back to "we create evil."

I've posted this before but every time I do I get berated for doing so.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

They are meaningful words in so much as we ourselves give the words meaning. My best example would be to imagine a scene inside a church where the preacher claims everyone is there believing and of the same frame of mind. This is not true. Regardless of the subject people are not all thinking the same. Now imagine a couple out under the stars and looking up at the sky. They may have just had sex and both be smoking cigarettes. One asks the other "are you thinking what I am thinking?" As humans we do such things and ask these silly questions but it is impossible. Even if the very question takes them both back to an earlier event they are NOT thinking the same thing. So, you can imagine god as "dog" or claim that you do not know what believers are talking about in using the names they do for their deity all you want to. Evidence would show that you have about as much understanding on this as anyone else does. Religious ideas and names were never an absolute. Even when people claim they are we are not all thinking the same things.

The "God" Part of the Brain: A Scientific Interpretation of Human Spirituality and God is a very ...

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I'm not sure about the "god part" of our brain but for many years I thought I had a guardian. An invisible presence that would help and protect me. As time goes on I find that this and the god concept itself comes out of our brain. It is human nature to make up a god in the same way that you made up that invisible friend as a child.

Hey guys, before I came on this site I am a hundred % believer, as the time goes by and read most of...

DenoPenno comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Congratulations! This journey involved a lot of study for me and that study was the bible. The writings inside came together officially some 300 plus years after Jesus. The book contradicts itself because the many smaller books inside were never meant to be bound together as one. "Early church fathers" is a term put on people 300 or so years after Jesus, and Josephus was not a contemporary. Paul is credited with writing two thirds of the New Testament and he never knew or met Jesus. Beyond that, the man could never tell whether he was "in or out" of his body when he received his great teachings. I look back and it is so hard to imagine people who follow this. Some claim I have not tried other religions. Why would I need to? So called holy writings abound and there is no proof of gods or of gods wanting to get in touch with you. The question is more like why do we want so desperately to invent a god? Good luck to you in your journey. Remember also that we make our own luck. :)

I have noticed quite a few men here have been flirting carelessly with me, I'm not here for a ...

DenoPenno comments on Jun 1, 2019:

I'm not one of them but I will be more careful.

LivingWhileBlack experiences are the new version of 'whites only' signs

DenoPenno comments on Jun 1, 2019:

It is modern day segregation and is made possible by the apathy of Trump and his supporters. It is this very fact has caused it to progress. If Trump says nothing about it then it must be OK and he supports our right to discriminate. A creative way of dealing with all this is very simple - it's racism!

The church, getting things wrong for centuries.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 1, 2019:

It does seem rather stupid when you look at it. Remember also that it was once said that "if god wanted you to fly he would have given you wings." Trace this back to early beliefs of angels having wings and they could also fly.

Should Marriage Still Involve Changing a Woman's Name?

DenoPenno comments on Jun 1, 2019:

My ex had some of the issues that you did although she got her maiden name back in the divorce. That does not mean that loans or certificates automatically have to change your name back. There is a fee for that. I also believe that IF a woman chooses not to change her name at marriage, that is her business. Why would she have to?

To Make Sure 'No President Is Above the Law,' Warren Calls for New Measure Enabling DOJ to Indict a ...

DenoPenno comments on Jun 1, 2019:

We should have such a measure. Currently Trumpenstein would veto it.

It's tortilla weekend everybody.

DenoPenno comments on Jun 1, 2019:

IDK but make me a tortilla. :)

Anti Vax rebuttal

DenoPenno comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Here is a big problem with anti-vax. If you believe that vaccination cause autism then you must explain why some who have never had a vaccination still have autism. In my lifetime I have known those who had polio and have saw the deformity of it. Through vaccination I have also seen polio be cast to the sideline. I no longer see people who had polio as a child or those who have it today as an adult.

‘Bible literacy’ classes in public schools violate separation of church and state - The ...

DenoPenno comments on Jun 1, 2019:

Pence, DeVos, Mercers, et al are trying so desperately to move in. We have to become that Christian Nation even if it was a lie. Churches are getting ready for this also. A man that I went to school with claims that the bible used to be the school's Weekly Readers. This is total nonsense.

The Big Bang Theory - just watched a show on the Science Channel "Did the Big Bang Really Happen?

DenoPenno comments on Jun 1, 2019:

I am a man who has come to agree with you fully on this idea. Bible believers want to clarify everything by saying their god has always existed and that does not work. Substitute the word "universe" and it might work. You and I and our ability to think is our beginning.

Microwave Background Radiation.

DenoPenno comments on May 31, 2019:

Possibly remnants of a universe still expanding into infinity. Keep in mind that light is instantly anywhere if it travels in a straight line. "Nothing" is not a valid scientific concept.

Robert Mueller Ends Robert Mueller's Career [youtu.be]

DenoPenno comments on May 31, 2019:

I like the unredacted version of this a lot better. Goodbye Bob.

Trump is going to England.

DenoPenno comments on May 31, 2019:

Trump going to England. Is he even welcome in that country?

Catholic League On Predatory Priests: It’s Not Rape If The Child Isn’t Penetrated | Michael ...

DenoPenno comments on May 31, 2019:

Ah, yes. Penetration. Imagine the penis as a pistol and you are tied up and the perpetrator rubs that pistol all over your body. He even puts it in your mouth, but there is no crime unless you are penetrated.

This morning, Trump has twittered that he is going to put more tariffs on Mexico.

DenoPenno comments on May 31, 2019:

Apparently we do not see the problem we have created here. His supporters want to be in power and there appears to be no way out as long as he is a "sitting president." Someone has to fix this.

Suicide Epidemic Has Swept Across American West – Rolling Stone

DenoPenno comments on May 31, 2019:

Lingle says he could not take the anxiety and depression any longer and that his lottery tickets were not winning. The author downplays the part on the lottery tickets. i don't think he should have. Our lifestyles today create both anxiety and depression. We are told that we should win and that we will win. Everything is pushed at us in this manner today. It should be plain that not everyone will win. Things like this happen in a world where we have become the product. Then we have drugs both legal and illegal. On TV you find constantly that drug companies are being sued because of wronghful death. On the illegal end of this we see that everyone wants that higher high. Drug makers are adding Fentanyl and causes overdose and death for many. Look at the wrong thinking our society is creating. It's all about money. The love of money.

Georgia church hires woman to make contact with the dead | Barry Duke

DenoPenno comments on May 31, 2019:

Yes, it is total bullshit. I seldom do bible quotes but here is one. Ecclesiastes 9:5 explains it all. It plainly says that **the dead do not know anything.** The most likely reason is that they are dead. That makes sense to me. Bible believing supernaturalists have another take however. They seem to follow Paul.

In the matter of fiction, the creator of Superman had him flying through the air- but he never had ...

DenoPenno comments on May 30, 2019:

Jesus did both. Imagine how long it must have taken for Jesus to be raised into the air before he was received by a cloud and was out of site. Imagine the release of a helium balloon to help you see this. Now imagine that Jesus will return "in like manner."

I prayed every night, starting at a young age, up until two years or so ago when I started to doubt ...

DenoPenno comments on May 30, 2019:

You have only been a non-believer for about 2 years so getting frightened and going back to "prayer mode" is a form of protection. Not that it ever worked, but you thought it worked and that was why you did it in the first place. As for voices, I would not be worried unless you have some sort of ongoing dialog that involves other voices. In other words, if you hear voices and it appears you are carrying on a conversation of some sort. Prayer is not like that. If we flip TV channels or run through radio stations we hear voices. Being tired and hearing such things in your head can be normal and fixed by simply getting a little sleep. If you have an "invisible friend" or your neighbors dog is telling you to kill people you have a real problem. I'm not sure that having Schizophrenia in the family is a real reason to worry about anything. I know such a family and only one person in that family has it. This is the best the family members themselves can figure out looking back on their history.

Televangelist: Jesus Was Vaccinated Against Flu So We Don’t Have To Be

DenoPenno comments on May 30, 2019:

Influenza is the biggest killer in the world. When you assume your god will protect you it makes you ignorant. When you assume vaccinations are the cause of autism you are ignorant.

The Fringe Theology That Could End Religious Freedom

DenoPenno comments on May 30, 2019:

Things like this should scare us. Pence is a Dominionist, for example. DeVos and a few others fit into that category.

How important is someones income to you?

DenoPenno comments on May 29, 2019:

Not important at all unless they think I am going to support them.

Trump's goons are now trying to go after the people who discovered his corruption

DenoPenno comments on May 29, 2019:

A lot of things that TRump and crew are upset about here fell into the realm of FBI and other departments to investigate. This got going well with the "Steele Dosier." Look it up as this is involved and came from British intelligent groups. No, Hillary did not "pay for it" as some claim. Her and Obama were aware of it along with many others. Trump is pushing on past the 2 year mark now still blaming Obama and Hillary for anything that he can. When will he shut the hell up and do something? He now has Barr into investigating the investigators and Barr has found an attorney in New York to take this up. Yes, the attorney is a Republican. Could we expect Barr to choose one who was a Democrat or simply had no party affiliation? Probably not. Reality America politics today - As The Stomach Churns!

Mueller Report summarised.

DenoPenno comments on May 29, 2019:

They keep on with this "sitting president" thing but it must be new. Nobody told Nixon about it.

Every time, I read about, see and think about Trump, I just cannot understand how addicted and prone...

DenoPenno comments on May 29, 2019:

He won the election but he still thinks Hillary should not have had 3 million more votes than he did. Those votes became the 3 million illegals and Trump wanted it investigated. Later on as women marched on Washington the votes became the votes of 3 million fat women. Any normal person would think that if you won it means you won and this is over now. Not Trump. He is thinking up new stuff again on this 3 million votes because it seems to be eating him alive! Of course, that is only one subject. Look around and you will find sooo much else that trump is worrying his little brain about. He Tweets at 3 AM. I don't and I'm also not sending e-mail or chatting at that time either. Poor Donnie. The job has too much stress for him. Recently he has said that he will not play unless the others do it his way.

What if Jesus DOESN'T love you? What if he's sick and tired of your bullshit?

DenoPenno comments on May 29, 2019:

I remember little children singing "yes, Jesus loves me" but nobody quoted a verse for that. They just wrote a song instead. My stepdad always said "Jesus loved you this much" and he held his arms out as if he was crucified. The argument here is whether nails through his hands would have held him on the cross. Later in pictures and movies we see that Jesus has nailed hands and he also has ropes around his wrists to hold him up. Believers will do anything to put Jesus on the cross. Catholics are good at leaving him there.

Rain bomb. Look at that! How does that happen?

DenoPenno comments on May 29, 2019:

Weird. Nothing proven here but our now bizarre weather might be caused by all the insane fracking.

I have no problem with the word “god” It is fun and nonsensical to get into an argument with ...

DenoPenno comments on May 29, 2019:

I'm most amazed by people who cannot say the word and they say it backwards to have it become "dog." When I was a teen we found a unique way to swear when we came up with "mad dog backwards."

Follow Thrive Global on FacebookFollow Thrive Global on TwitterShare this article on WhatsAppFollow ...

DenoPenno comments on May 29, 2019:

The only ones I'm angry at are my parents and others who convinced me that the religious nonsense was true in the first place. They didn't know, and actually they might have been scared. I'm sure they wondered what happened to you after death. Not that we should want to die, but people are very much afraid of dying. If I try to study philosophy and other religions does that change the fact that gods have never written anything for you? If I follow the bible into 300 AD and see how it was decided what to put together and why, I've learned a lot.Then we get into that New Testament with 2 thirds of it's writings credited to a man who never met or never knew Jesus. Bible study takes you right out of the ministry and Christianity. BTW, "early church contemporaries" were not that at all. They fall in there somewhere at the 300 AD mark or just beyond.

Has anyone here ever hosted an Air B N B?

DenoPenno comments on May 29, 2019:

Can you handle the expense? America today still pushes the dream if you just give in for a second job and maybe have your wife work also.

If there was one thing that should make anyone doubt God exists it would be Televangelists.

DenoPenno comments on May 29, 2019:

When I was a kid my step-dad made me stop watching Bishop Fulton J. Sheen on TV. He said I could not watch that coz we were not Catholic.

Here are Evangelical Christianity’s 10 biggest gaslighting tactics

DenoPenno comments on May 29, 2019:

All true. Isn't it so wonderful that your religion becomes a "relationship." What this means is you can lie and tell your friends how much you talk to invisible Jesus and invisible god and how much they talk back. I know a man who says he talks to Jesus this way every day and "Jesus talks back." The thing is, I would not want such a person in positions of power. You never know what his Jesus might tell him. If this was not your religion you would be locked up somewhere.

Del Shannon - Hats Off to Larry - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on May 28, 2019:

This song is good and also different because not many songs are about Larry. There was also a song back in the day about Norman by Sue Thompson. BTW, Del Shannon was Charles Westover.

‘They Came to Kill.’ Almost 5 Die Daily at Hands of Rio Police

DenoPenno comments on May 28, 2019:

It gets very personal when you go to Dallas, Texas for the idiotic killing of a black man shot inside his own apartment. Amber Guyger is the former police officer who did the killing and media has went so far as to say "she shot and killed her neighbor." What a crock! Supposedly she claimed to have thought this man was in her apartment and they live on separate floors. How would that make them neighbors? At the current time a judge has put a gag order on this case until after the trial. This will and does include the media.

Lest we forget. Things were better before Trump. Happy Memorial Day!

DenoPenno comments on May 28, 2019:

The only way to believe that everything in America is totally OK is to ignore all politics and refuse to see or hear the news. I work with and know a few that claim they do this. I don't believe them.

Last Sunday, the subject of the sermon was "The Lonely Atheist".

DenoPenno comments on May 28, 2019:

I'm a lonely atheist. I realized that the job was dangerous when I took it. :)

Amazing True Story On Netflix---90 Year Old Survived Two A Bomb Blasts.

DenoPenno comments on May 27, 2019:

I think he is very fortunate. Some in the Hiroshima blast were seen later to be etched into a building sort of like a drawing. Of course this depended on where they were as compared to the direct blast area. Others that lived just slowly got sick while some had immediate radiation sickness beyond repair. It took a while for them to figure it out. This was strange because I was told we dropped flyers in advance.

brexit explained. [armstrongeconomics.com]

DenoPenno comments on May 27, 2019:

I know groups who believe Brexit means the Royals will secretly pack up and move somewhere but nobody knows where they will go. I thought that idea was pretty stupid.

Story of my life lately. What’s yours?

DenoPenno comments on May 27, 2019:

Me. Introvert/extrovert self made computer whiz who works 5 days a week and then goes home to hide and be a hermit. Political activist and TV antenna designer who now gets all his TV from Internet.

[alternet.

DenoPenno comments on May 27, 2019:

It should not be allowed. Not allowed at all. Trump's fascism is wrapped in the American flag. His patriotism, his non-service, his knowledge. It's all a big lie. Donald Trump is a liar and a conman. He is our national emergency.

The age of realism is over...we have entered the era of living historical fiction

DenoPenno comments on May 27, 2019:

Our historical fiction today came out of Reality TV and went right into Reality America. The problem is that the reality is a horror show.

I missed something I think.

DenoPenno comments on May 27, 2019:

King James did not "make the bible." You need to study how the books we know today came into acceptance and when this happened. It was 300 plus years after Jesus and three quarters of the NT was written by a man who never knew or even met Jesus. Josephus was not even a contemporary of Jesus and the "early church fathers" were people who were joustling for power during the time of Constantine.

Gotta love it when your religious parents give you this as a 20 year old.

DenoPenno comments on May 27, 2019:

This is absurd! It doesn't seem to have applied much in bible daze. It certainly cannot apply in the daze we are in today.

In Memory of My Father on Memorial Day 2019 My father joined the Marines when he was barely 16.

DenoPenno comments on May 27, 2019:

I honor your father, his life, and the sacrifices he made. I'm ex-military but only served 3 years in the Army. Sikorski wanted me to make a career of it but I only served one hitch.

Does anyone else get multitudes of spam phone calls from foreign countries?

DenoPenno comments on May 27, 2019:

I get these daily but not on the same scale you do, I also have a regular cell line that is NOT associated with my name in any way. That doesn't stop them. My calls started coming in in 2015 and have increased ever since, some even going on into my Spectrum landline. I get AI phone calls so clever that you would swear it is a real person. What messes them up totally is giving all the wrong answers. The AI gets confused and hangs up. One that I get more and more is similar to "this is Eric calling you on a recorded secure line to talk about" - fill in the blank here because there are so many. It's also at this point that the caller hangs up.Someone wants to know if your number is real and active. It also appears that the call is trying to direct you to say certain words like "yes." I can only assume this is for future patch work in which they can splice something together to prove you told them they could steal your money. Some of these callers ask you outright if you can hear them alright. You know they want to hear you say "yes." Confuse them and confuse the AI. Just say "no, there's a buzzing on the line. They hang up instantly. These things happen because we have become the product and so many others want our money.

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian... [youtu.be]

DenoPenno comments on May 27, 2019:

Devone Green does a great job.Donald Dump, not so much.

I'm curious about what people on this site feel about the simulation hypothesis.

DenoPenno comments on May 27, 2019:

Yeah, a simulator could help you learn to fly a plane or drive a car. What is it that believing we are all in a simulation is doing for you? What are you learning? If you believe this idea right now today, what would you have believed way before the days of simulation? I'm at a loss of what this would prove about anything.

SUBJECT... I WANT TO GET RICH, SHOULD I OPEN A CHURCH? Go to "Alan McPherson " Facebook.

DenoPenno comments on May 27, 2019:

If I had a church it would be a non- prophet organization.

I do not know what American customs are, when you are starting to meet someone who is on the other ...

DenoPenno comments on May 27, 2019:

You should always be careful and check people out. I do it more than others know. I'm sort of like a cop or an investigator. It was back in 2004 when I used info from a website called VisaJourney to understand the paperwork involved to get people to this country. I'm sure all of that has changed drastically under Trump these days but there are steps to follow and many types of visas.

Nine people attended a KKK rally in Ohio. At least 500 showed up to protest hate.

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2019:

The less Klansmen ans Nazis the better.

In a few generations the caucasion race will be extinct.

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2019:

Why would I care about my skin color? If we are a giant melting pot of the races why would I care if I am white or not? Some dippy minister once said that god did not want the races to live together and mix inter-racially. Was it that minister or god who ended up being so dumb as to not understand the invention or planes and ships? FYI, there is no pure Aryan race. It's a myth, but you can believe your Jesus was the only white man in Jerusalem if you want to.

If you could travel in a time machine to witness any event supposedly of a religious nature, which ...

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2019:

I used to have those thoughts up until the age of 35 or so. Today I realize there would be nothing there to see. We have made it all up. Besides, our time machine only goes forward.

Should our government promote any particular values?

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2019:

When I was a kid it was "truth, justice, and the America way." Today you don't find any legitimate versions of that.

Does Trump think if he claims over and over again "the economy is the best ever" people will ...

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2019:

I believe that Trump does indeed believe that if you say something over and over again others will believe you. He says this in his ghosted book "Art of the Steal" and claims you only have to say it 3 times. After that you are not on your way back to Kansas, but you have gained a base of followers who are so glad that you have given them reasons for their hatred and they can now make it vocal for everyone. It is because of Donald Trump that these people now can openly hate you. Meanwhile, the stable genius goes on to Tweet bad things about Joe Bidan. That's right. I said "Bidan." Look up the tweet. The genius has tariffs that amount to a** Trump Tax. **The tariffs are a tax because Americans will be paying for them.

Do you think the draconian abortion laws passed by mostly white christian republican men; will ...

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2019:

'The system is rigged' and you have a POTUS who cannot even spell Joe Biden's name when he insults him. Then 23 or more are running for 2020 POTUS from the DNC and very few can talk about our number one problem. Trump is that problem.

WHAT YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE -- Let me see if I have this straight.

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2019:

All of these are somewhat similar and some depend on what you think about some of the others. It just depends on which denomination or sect you are coming from. The bad thing is that in every one of them YOU have no life. All you have is servitude to something invisible and imaginary, and this is supposed to make you happy.

He Pope compares abortion to 'hiring a HITMAN' as he says it can never be condoned With the ...

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2019:

Leave it to Catholics to claim their love of life by denying a woman control of her own body because "abortion is murder" and then kill millions in third world countries by also denying condom use. It makes more sense to them to "be fruitful and multiply" rather than to stop the spread of HIV. Isn't religion just grand.

Do you remember Cosmos with Carl Sagan?

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2019:

A good series and well work watching again.

Have you ever been annoyed by just the sight or voice of a person?

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2019:

YES! 45 makes me most annoyed and I do not want to hear him or listen to him. He's a liar and a conman.

Did Billy Graham do anything that injured our society?

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2019:

He spread belief in an imaginary man that you had to give your life to and serve forever. His ideas of "conversion" were manipulated for fame and fortune.

A friend and I were watching a documentary called Darwin: No Services Ahead.

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2019:

I have no clue.

Are We Living in an Ancestor Simulation? ft. Neil deGrasse Tyson | Space Time - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2019:

AS SIMULATIONS BECOME MORE AND MORE REAL IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE ARE IN A SIMULATION RIGHT NOW? This is how it starts folks. Looks to me like the first thing we have to proven is whether the simulation itself is able to think. This seems doubtful. It appears to me that the only ones capable of thinking are the humans who produced the simulation and that they themselves are not thinking very well. The only thing I see that comes even close to ideas of ancestor simulation is the diehard belief that mankind has in gods.

Memorial Weekend again damn I'm missing you so much right now Norm thank you for being the Marine ...

DenoPenno comments on May 25, 2019:

Sorry about your loss. The mobile home in the pic looks exactly like one I used to own. It was a 1969 Marlette.

What would you do if your workplace threatened to withhold wages from you?

DenoPenno comments on May 25, 2019:

OK, so does this asshole make out the checks? You might need another new job.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wow! When Trump tweeted that spliced video of Ilhan a few weeks ago to a ...

DenoPenno comments on May 25, 2019:

AOC will have them jumping through hoops and lying about her and situations for a long time. Right wing talk radio wants to make her look stupid all the time. Then they give you the "evidence" that if you believe it will make you look stupid. I have never seen a video that made Trump look smart or sane.

Yesterday I noticed an IM from my cousin through messenger on FB.

DenoPenno comments on May 25, 2019:

His attitude about the punishing is shared by many others in so many different ways. Trump supporters want to punish us deep down for not sharing their views. On a You Tube page I saw a post by a man who was asking if Bill Maher did not have all his money would he still have the same ideas. I once worked at a factory where a man was really upset that he had never won our "paycheck bingo" and he had played 10 times. We are despicable! I play the lotto most weeks and at 72 I have not won yet. Do you know why this is? It is because I have not won yet!

"Live simply.

DenoPenno comments on May 24, 2019:

I live by most of that. It makes sense to me. So far I have not come to the end but things are often burdensome. One burden is not having a companion of like feelings during this journey.

Happy bank holiday weekend for all the Brits. Is it a holiday where you are?

DenoPenno comments on May 24, 2019:

Three day weekend where I am in mid America. No banks open on Monday. My weekend will include a few drinks during 1 of the days off and a lot of computer and Netflix and chill.

"War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit...

DenoPenno comments on May 24, 2019:

This is why America has so few non-war years. We have become an oil company with an Army. One excuse used for invasions is that we are giving them our democracy. They need badly to learn about George Washington.

Tribalism: An exploration of the mechanisms that drive tribalism - and that offer a way out of it.

DenoPenno comments on May 24, 2019:

We are all tribal. Us v. Them drives our lives in work, play, and TV shows and movies. I have tried to find ways out of it. I am moving right along but for the most part we are creatures of habit. We keep trying to do the same damned things.

As a freethinker I don't believe in life after death.

DenoPenno comments on May 24, 2019:

Does the light bulb have any power once the electrical supply is shut off? Better yet, that light did not go anywhere as it was simply a manifested reaction to applied processes. Light a match and see the fire, then blow out the match. Did the fire go anywhere? No. It was simply a chemical reaction in the first place. One problem is that we dream and we do not understand sleep. We can do anything in dreams so therefore it is easy for mankind to imagine that they have a "soul." This is silly. You do not have anything except for life. Even in the Buybull it says you "became a living soul." I can only assume you can also be a dead soul as well. At this point all of the believers enter in and start lying to you. They just keep making it up.

When you were a kid what did you think?

DenoPenno comments on May 24, 2019:

It took me years to question any of it because it seemed that all of the adults believed in a god long after they stopped believing in Santa. Both good and bad adults claimed to believe in a god, so I assumed it must be true. Naive as it is I find this to be the same attitude that keeps people going to church today. People want to believe because people want to belong.

Todd Starnes Sold Us a War on Christianity. We Bought It. - Christ and Pop Culture

DenoPenno comments on May 24, 2019:

Of course we bought it and it is a warped story. It is always true for the Christian because most of them remember from the bible that Jesus said "you will be persecuted for my sake." It isn't far at all to go from a War on Christianity to a War on Christmas. If you are a good Christian at all, or think that you are, it is common Christian logic to believe that you are persecuted.

What is your best definition of being in love?

DenoPenno comments on May 23, 2019:

Love is a decision. It involves a heightened sense of everything and also affects your sense of smell.

Texas is about to get a ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ law that legalizes anti-LGBTQ discrimination / LGBTQ ...

DenoPenno comments on May 23, 2019:

To many this is religious freedom. Making fun of gays or LGBTQ is a sport that says openly that you are "all man" in many cases. Just yesterday I made a delivery where 4 or 5 men are discussing this and telling crude jokes. Religion is always at the bottom of this because the jokes go back to "Adam and Steve."

So, now the religious zealots are claiming that you don't have to believe in God to know right from ...

DenoPenno comments on May 23, 2019:

Would most people have an aversion to abortion? Yes. Is abortion used as birth control? No. People that are close to batshit crazy on this issue listen to all the lies and opt for every baby to be born regardless of individual facts. As usual, they make up the facts. Are there any efforts at all to take care of these babies that people want so desperately to be born? None at all. Not even a suggestion. So much for knowing right from wrong. So much for Family Values and the GOP.

Hey guys! I posted a few weeks ago about my process of leaving religion and I know deep down that ...

DenoPenno comments on May 23, 2019:

Study enough and you find out that your "almighty guy" is himself bad. In the end he came out mythical to me and I credit my bible studies for doing that.

Donald Trump's current burst of behavior -- the absolute refusal to allow testimony or documents to ...

DenoPenno comments on May 23, 2019:

Trump does have a reason and he is upset. Looks like banks are starting to turn over his financial records. Poor Donald is afraid he might be un-done. The IRS will be next and it's all because of those pesky Democrats. Anyone remember when Trump was a Democrat? How about when Obama or George W. Bush got pissed off and called in their personal attorneys. Let's go back to the Nixon lawyers saying you cannot prosecute a sitting president. Yes, Trump brought Reality TV to the White House. It's one of the few things he knows how to do.

Christian Mom: It’s a Travesty That Girls Are Outperforming Boys Academically | Sarahbeth Caplin |...

DenoPenno comments on May 23, 2019:

Great for the girls but if you are a boy and it bothers you just try a little harder.

What if I’m atheist not Agnostic? Just asking, to stimulate conversation.

DenoPenno comments on May 23, 2019:

You can be agnostic about your atheism or atheistic about your agnosticism. I might not believe and then I might. I might not believe at all but I could believe under certain circumstances. Maybe I just believe some things that I am not telling you. Then we have started our own denominations. :)

Why do people believe untrue things?

DenoPenno comments on May 22, 2019:

This man has some interesting points. As for flat Earthers, I have flown in planes and I also build over the air TV antennas. If you understand anything about these things you will know more about the curvature of the Earth.