Religion associated loving god is being a good human being and in god's name they become terrible ...

DenoPenno comments on Jun 13, 2022:

Christians have to know and they have to have answers instantly, but they do this through their bible. Poor Carl is burning just because he did not believe. Dahmer got saved at the right time because someone in prison killed him. Saved or not, do you wanna discuss food with this guy? Christians have...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 13, 2022:

@St-Sinner Strange as it sounds the Evangelical right wingers are not in that group. Most right wing white supremacists claim to be religious but but they are not breaking church doors down to get inside.

I’m now officially a militant atheist.

SeaGreenEyez comments on Jun 8, 2022:

Why do some atheists use odd spellings for "Jesus?" 🤔 Seriously. I've wondered this for nearly two decades. And even here, with my tribe (so to speak) I still see it happen and I'm still wondering. https://media.tenor.com/images/91fe57b3ff75730c8e0bc1079bae22ce/tenor.gif It reminds ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 8, 2022:

Jebus or Gebus goes right in there with the word dog. The dog people can't say god. When I was a teen we cussed by saying "mad dog backwards."

Poland's Boy Scouts will no longer have to say 'God' in their oath

ToakReon comments on Jun 7, 2022:

And so I looked up the Polish for god. According to google translate, they never did say 'god', they said 'bog'... 😂

DenoPenno replies on Jun 7, 2022:

Let's save bog and country. Are there more bogs in Poland?

Who are the real Nazis? [msn.com]

LiterateHiker comments on Jun 5, 2022:

Nazis today: 1. Racist violent Republican white supremacists. In Charlottesville, they chanted "Jews will not replace us." 2. Gunmen who murder gays, Jews and minorities and mow them down with cars. 3. Republicans screaming about replacement and critical theory. 4. Violent, ...

DenoPenno replies on Jun 5, 2022:

Yes, and General Milley told us. Not many listened. Most of your 5 points are the dog whistle for today as well as in Nazi Germany so many years ago.

You think you're supporting nice people in Ukraine?

DenoPenno comments on Jun 5, 2022:

If I change my belief on the horrors of what is going on in the Ukraine and suddenly make Putin a good guy will the horror of war, death and destruction go away? Of course not. You know that and I know that. BTW, let me clue you in. "rt.com" stands for Russia Today dot com.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 5, 2022:

@FrayedBear Discussing Iraq and "weapons of mass destruction" would be changing the subject.

This is a well done video on the origins of Jesus.

nicestuff comments on Jun 5, 2022:

Very interesting (altho not surprising). Besides Christians persecuting nonbelievers, their burning of libraries - not only in the Mediterranean, but also in the New World - were another terrible crime.

DenoPenno replies on Jun 5, 2022:

@misstuffy If we only still had that library today I suspect it would change the beliefs of many. This fact may be why it burned in the first place. People wanting to change history and replace facts with their own beliefs.

Nowadays it is fashionable to constantly pillory white people and to put Western culture in the ...

redbai comments on May 22, 2022:

What a load of self-serving bullshit. You mean "evidence based medicine" that assumes that black people feel less pain because their skin is thicker (untrue) or that white people had larger brain cavities implying that they are smarter (another untruth)? That kind of "evidence based medicine". ...

DenoPenno replies on May 22, 2022:

My ex wife was once charged more for an MRI by our company insurance than a white woman we both knew who had the same testing ran and the same company insurance. The bastards actually argued with me that it was because her black skin was thicker. I refused to pay the bill.

And you thought covid19 an inconvenience - choreomania?

K9Kohle789 comments on May 17, 2022:

i think most of us here believing pretty much not much think this a s pile of horse poop. FTFA." dancing to relieve themselves of stress and put the poverty of the period out of their minds. It is speculated to have been a mass psychogenic illness",

DenoPenno replies on May 17, 2022:

@FrayedBear The righteousness of the Clinton's? Aren't they just like anyone else?

A new member, hoadao3493 just seems to have joined, for the sole purpose of posting adverts for ...

Boomtarat03 comments on May 14, 2022:

Luh 🙄 nose bleed ako sa english, mag tagalog ako. Hayaan mo na sya Fernapple, kung san sya masaya hayaan mo sya mag post ng magpost ng gusto nyang ipost, maiksi lang ang buhay 😃 wag natin hayaang maapektuhan tayo ng mga bagay na wala namang kahalagahan 😉 Matatalino naman tayo 🥰 alam ...

DenoPenno replies on May 14, 2022:

Hi, Haven. :)

Do you agree that religious morality "comes down from savage ages" like Bertrand Russell said in ...

Betty comments on May 13, 2022:

The morals and values the bible uses were established by communities to promote peaceful coexistence long before the invention of any god/s.

DenoPenno replies on May 14, 2022:

@Betty Thanks Betty. So many do not get this but look at swim suits form 1900 til now and you see it in action. It is obvious that no bible ever gave us morals and neither did any god.

Piece Of Shit Republican Dr Oz Claims To Be A Vegetarian.

SnowyOwl comments on May 13, 2022:

He needs to go hunting with Dick Cheney, see how that works out for him. lol

DenoPenno replies on May 13, 2022:

I'm glad you suggested that. Another person that should go hunting with Dick Cheney is Rick Scott. I highly recommend it.

Ukraine: Where the West got it wrong?

DenoPenno comments on May 11, 2022:

As more and more "facts" disappear from the Internet it looks like many of us could get it wrong. My cry at this time goes back to - "prove it." Ukraine is not a part of Russia and by standing with Russia you've got it wrong. OK, I give in. All this death and destruction was needed and the video I ...

DenoPenno replies on May 11, 2022:

@FrayedBear Crushing guilt. Psychosis. Forgetting something that we are very keen on. Taking this into "America has committed many crimes too" doesn't hardly make a valid point to my comment.

“I don’t know what my I.

DenoPenno comments on May 10, 2022:

I never knew mine but I have a GT score of 130.

DenoPenno replies on May 10, 2022:

@Marionville General/Technical. It's military and I found it when I got a copy of my Army records years ago.

Exactly. Too bad so many so-called Christians don't agree with this.

SeaGreenEyez comments on May 9, 2022:

Hypothetically, I'd love to watch all these theists when the second coming happens. Watching Muhammad, not the Marlboro Man rolls up. It would be priceless. 👍

DenoPenno replies on May 10, 2022:

Not Tom Sellout. He lost it with me about the reverse mortgage loans.

Oh well, another 30 days in Gulag Zuckerberg for saying something factual that upset yet another ...

DenoPenno comments on May 10, 2022:

I'm point blank in Facebook but avoid this by not arguing directly with others. Even so, recently a person in FB told me that I do believe in god because I told them that god really loves sports. Then FB still has me banned forever from Marketplace because they think I was trying to sell domain ...

DenoPenno replies on May 10, 2022:

@Jolanta Why would it matter? In my case I have apparently used developer tools that they have on the site so my question is why do they have the tools? I did respond to a car dealer that I know but I have no idea of domain names. Tried 3 times to get reinstated. Nothing works. I used Marketplace to find yard sales.

Saturday led me to a strange event when I heard that a family member had died.

Pralina1 comments on May 9, 2022:

Oh man . I will had lost my shit 5 minutes after Faye opened her mouth . Wow . There is no way I will tolerate that much . Even the new and better version of me , the older / matured version of me, no . I can’t . U heard a lot for a day and I have no idea how u made it . Wow

DenoPenno replies on May 9, 2022:

The big problem with Faye is that she takes this shit upon herself and expects everyone to believe it. When it comes to religion she could find a black cat in a dark room. We are expected to believe Peggy was alive and approved of her song in which "Peggy is walking, no she is running, she is up there with her momma, god, and Jesus." Honestly I wanted to throw up. Larry and others there are going for the god issue because of age and health and they have nowhere else to go. I'm not out as atheist to that group so it is best to leave it alone. My 2 daughters know I am atheist but Trump, the pandemic, and every other scary thing has caused them to retreat into religion as well. Also, my oldest grandson was murdered so my daughter hangs onto religion in a futile hope to see him again. I could never go into a cesspool like this and get another life partner. I cannot live that way again.

Indiana Republican Wins Primary Despite Being Jailed on Murder Charges - Rolling Stone

twill comments on May 8, 2022:

When i was a kid, I saw Ted Nugent (boo) & Rory Gallagher (YAY! ) in concert in Hammond, IN. (1976/77?) I was shocked to see that show mentioned in Rolling Stone ! Rory was so good, the real deal ....we left after about 1/2 hour of Ted's shenagagins. We were just teenagers but found Ted to be ...

DenoPenno replies on May 8, 2022:

My relatives told me "Ted Nugent is woke and you're not woke." I am now and they are ex relatives. :)

Republican Wins Election Despite Being Jailed for Murdering Wife Despite being jailed for ...

Redheadedgammy comments on May 7, 2022:

I’m beginning to think these voters are doing shit like this (voting for a murderer) for the shock value maybe?

DenoPenno replies on May 7, 2022:

That and anger. This is the ultimate way to "own a lib." It is also damned stupid as hell.

Wall Street's Nose Dive | T Thinks He's A Religious Hero With A High IQ - YouTube

Normanbites comments on May 6, 2022:

Would it really surprise anyone if it turned out Trump really is a lot like JEEBUS assuming for a moment that figure is based on a real somebody. I mean, the person Trump claims to be verses who he really is?? Seems to me the fictitious Trump is the kind of guy people would write religious books ...

DenoPenno replies on May 6, 2022:

Fictitious Trump does exist already as a narcissist who cannot tell the truth.

Nearly 15M deaths associated with COVID-19, World Health Organization says

DenoPenno comments on May 5, 2022:

Shameful, yes. One big problem this time around is morons that refuse to be vaccinated regardless of the situation. Of course, it was their body and their choice. Perhaps if we had vaccines during the Spanish Flu their death toll could also have been much less.

DenoPenno replies on May 6, 2022:

@puff Being vaccinated does not prevent infection. The "don't jab me" crowd uses this to justify not being vaccinated. It is a poor argument

Republicans keep trumpeting statements about "values" as though they were the custodians and ...

Alienbeing comments on May 5, 2022:

Your post is correct but incomplete. Everything you said about the Republican party applies equally to the Democrat party.

DenoPenno replies on May 5, 2022:

Is this the truth or is it an alternative fact? Sometimes the Dems become Dims but I do not see the GOP upholding anything about democracy.

Monologue: Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 2, 2022:

I love Bill Maher. John Oliver too. And Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert. (And I'm not gay. Not that there is anything wrong with that.) 🤣

DenoPenno replies on May 2, 2022:

I watch Bill religiously and I catch clips of the others as they get into political things. I know people who won't watch Bill because he is atheist.

Anyone who's been on friendster or myspace is laughing at the desperate attempts to "save" Facebook ...

Ryo1 comments on May 2, 2022:

FB going under? Not any time soon. Despite a lot of criticism, FB is one of the most popular social media platforms, if not No.1, in the world.

DenoPenno replies on May 2, 2022:

My friend Rae Dawn thought that when Facebook went to Meta as a corporation it would be the end of Facebook. I think she sees now that this is not true.

0.0% of Icelanders 25 years or younger believe God created the world, poll reveals | Icelandmag

Organist1 comments on May 2, 2022:

Iceland is the best place I've ever visited. I wish I could live there.

DenoPenno replies on May 2, 2022:

Wish i could agree but i do not like cold. Even now some are running their air conditioner. I'm using my fans sometimes.

I'm gonna be alone forever.

Betty comments on May 1, 2022:

Feeling sorry much. Before you can find someone to like you, you're going to have to like yourself. I bet given 10 seconds to list things you don't like about yourself, you would come up with 15 or 20 things. How long would it take you to come up with the same number of things you truly like ...

DenoPenno replies on May 1, 2022:

@holdenc98 Oh, no. I believed in god once and studied the bible beginning to end. Never again! Please, never again!

Some people cannot think logically.

dalefvictor comments on May 1, 2022:

Do any of these people actually know what a pedophile is? I get the notion that for many Gay is the same as pedophile. Some people are just not smart enough to think.

DenoPenno replies on May 1, 2022:

The girl at my work who came up with the pedophile nonsense seems to have a pedophile obsession in my opinion. She was a foster child and is now raising her daughter on her own. Her fear is someone having sexual pleasure with a child. For the other part of this story it seems to me that many people do not understand what a photo ID is and how valid they are if you call them in to check them out. My current Missouri driver license photo ID is a state GOP approved ID used also in voting. Many people have again told me you can get one of those at a flea market. If you do it will be fake and phony and you will not check out as valid. In Texas at the time we were stopped both myself and my daughter had similar ID's.

I can't keep track of everything/ everyone around here @ Agnostic.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 30, 2022:

I'm more worried about Conservative loonies on here who block you from reading their post or posting to them and the entire times they can read your posts and even post to what you say. HTF did that happen? Are they afraid or what?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 30, 2022:

@Tejas You and others all need to know that comments can sometimes be an insult. Is it all about agreement and coddling each other? NO, it certainly is not. Fans of a certain post are not the only ones a post attracts.

I can't keep track of everything/ everyone around here @ Agnostic.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 30, 2022:

I'm more worried about Conservative loonies on here who block you from reading their post or posting to them and the entire times they can read your posts and even post to what you say. HTF did that happen? Are they afraid or what?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 30, 2022:

@Tejas So trolling means you want to go on and on with a back and forth? That is called arguing. I might bring something to your attention but in doing so I understand that going back and forth forever will not change your mind. With that said, why argue?

Christians joining FFRF to counter the Christian Nationalism idea spreading in this country.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 30, 2022:

White Christian Nationalism really sucks. It's in the same boat with Christian Fascists in my opinion. It seems that today the move is on to preserve white belief and thought even if it is wrong. I've had others ask me what I am going to do when my white race is in the minority. I give very little ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 30, 2022:

@JonnaBononna Does anybody believe in equality for all? This is the reason I am not and cannot be for anything racist or white supremacist. This also takes in religions as well. People are mostly just plain dumb.

[m.youtube.com]. Im your huckleberry

Sticks48 comments on Apr 27, 2022:

I am so fucking tired of these moronic fucking arguments for the "right" to own a gun. I hope somebody shoots the son of a bitch, hopefully with his own gun.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 28, 2022:

I can agree and identify and I own 2 guns both without any paperwork whatsoever.

EU: You can't use our payment system anymore Russia: OK then, if you want something from us, ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Apr 28, 2022:

Russia is trying to get around the EU's sanctions by trying to force payment in rubles for Russian gas. (Those sanctions are completely justified. Russia invaded a European country, and is carrying out a bloody genocide there.) The EU refused to render its own sanctions toothless, so Putin ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 28, 2022:

You are exactly correct, Flyingsaucersir!

Anti-abortionists and LGBQT activists at work.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 27, 2022:

I imagine BOTH sides 'opine' that they are being "bombarded". I think both sides are (possibly with rare exceptions) exercising their free speech rights. :P

DenoPenno replies on Apr 27, 2022:

@FearlessFly How is it that you think I was describing crimes? The problem here is that you interpret freedom of speech much more differently that I do. Both and all sides of what?

These 10 "non-commandments" seem reasonable to me. How about you?

freedom41 comments on Apr 27, 2022:

I like #5 the best.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 27, 2022:

@LovinLarge I did not say that. The :good person: argument is a known religious argument.

Anti-abortionists and LGBQT activists at work.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 27, 2022:

I imagine BOTH sides 'opine' that they are being "bombarded". I think both sides are (possibly with rare exceptions) exercising their free speech rights. :P

DenoPenno replies on Apr 27, 2022:

Free speech does not mean I can add or remove literature from a business freely or even put on or remove a bumper sticker from your car.

These 10 "non-commandments" seem reasonable to me. How about you?

freedom41 comments on Apr 27, 2022:

I like #5 the best.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 27, 2022:

Too many think they need a god to be a good person. I don't worry about being a good person.

Firearms were the leading cause of death in children in 2020, researchers say : NPR

Trajan61 comments on Apr 25, 2022:

You can go ahead and give the current crooked incompetent government your guns. I plan on keeping all of mine.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 25, 2022:

Why would you be giving up your guns? None of this is about taking your guns away. It is about stupid parents and also stupid kids.

The mysterious disease that affects millions of people worldwide | DW Documentary - YouTube

Jolanta comments on Apr 24, 2022:

I know someone with this. It started when she had a very stressful time in her life.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 24, 2022:

After Covid I sometimes get a little brain fog.. I'm also getting clumsy as hell and arthritis is moving into my back, hands, and legs. My feet are worse now too. I try to ignore it and just go on.

Some years back my now ex wife used to leave the burners on while using our electric stove.

St-Sinner comments on Apr 23, 2022:

Ugh.... What men go through....

DenoPenno replies on Apr 23, 2022:

Yeah, it turned out being me who needed the burner knobs marked. :)

The question of whether consciousness – seen from an evolutionary point of view - is an adaptation...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2022:

My personal state of consciousness is regulated by what I allow to become a part of my being. In other words, I am stuck in the era of being that I want to be in. For example, my house phones are from 20 years ago and rechargeable. Not that they are really 20 years old but that type of phone was ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 21, 2022:

@PapPap You appear to think that you have found a way that your consciousness is separate from your body. I simply do not see it that way and I will not be convinced otherwise.

I was shocked today when I found out that 4 people I knew had died recently.

LiterateHiker comments on Apr 19, 2022:

Did they die from COVID-19? What was the cause of death? Sorry for your loss.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2022:

I can't say for sure on Covid. Corky died last month in our local hospital. I did not get a cause of death. Peg had terminal cancer I am now told. Years ago Henry drove me and others to work at Chrysler and he was said to be 80 and died in a nursing home 16 miles away. Don is now another story. We hung around for years and I took him in twice when he was down and out. When Trump was elected Don became such a stupid follower that I refused to be friends with him any longer. He made me so damned angry that I just wanted to go into a cussing fit. His political leanings favored the Klan and gunning down those who would cross our border with Mexico. Gun them down and let them lay, he said. I cussed him out one day and told him to never come to my house again. I don't think he really believed me. Don's beliefs were kind of like Stephen Miller. I heard he asked about me once. He asked my next door neighbors. They found him dead at his place and said he was dead at least 3 days. That would have made him pretty ripe. It isn't that I have "lost" these people. It's just that their ages are closer to mine and they are people that at one time or another shared part of my life. If I knew you at all you are part of my memory and I should be a part of yours. The fact that we live in our own minds means the memories are not the same. I'm reclusive and misanthrope like but I see people like characters in a movie. It's my movie but from your side it would be your movie. I knew Don for over 40 years I guess. We never discussed politics until Trump came along.

The question of whether consciousness – seen from an evolutionary point of view - is an adaptation...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2022:

My personal state of consciousness is regulated by what I allow to become a part of my being. In other words, I am stuck in the era of being that I want to be in. For example, my house phones are from 20 years ago and rechargeable. Not that they are really 20 years old but that type of phone was ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2022:

@PapPap Most people would read my words and take the remarks to mean me personally. I am speaking of me personally. The mechanics of all this was in no way what was implied and you know that to..

“Life has no meaning a priori - it is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but ...

Garban comments on Apr 20, 2022:

The quintessential existentialist! Short 6 minute video to see if you may want to learn more. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3bQsZxDQgzU

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2022:

Nice video. I can certainly agree that life does not have some preordained purpose. Too many think that it does. The religious for one, then some on this site want to have a creator god in some form for some damned strange reason. I don't get that.

Irrefutable Godly Contact?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2022:

If I believe in a creator god what belief system do I use in order to come to that conclusion? Next, I use an alien being in some fashion as a creator and I have the same problems. My question is why would I be worried about an eternal life filled with joy and contentment? That has to worry so many ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2022:

@raymondahult Why does there even have to be a creator god?

Well, can't argue with Republican Jesus

Beachslim7 comments on Apr 19, 2022:

If you give your own money, its voluntary. You commies want to give away other people's money at gunpoint. Jesus fed the people with faith. Communists feed the people at gunpoint and starve. When you give poor people money, it always ends up in rich people's hands because poor people arent...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2022:

Communists feeding people at gunpoint. "You commies giving away people's money at gunpoint." WTF! Commies did not do that. They didn't give a shit if people got fed or not. You, sir, need to find that form in government paperwork that says you can get your taxpayer money back. Surprise! There is none. Taxes are everywhere. Even in Russia. If we had no taxes our roads would look like those in 1700. Maybe worse. Then you come on with that crap of poor people not knowing how to use finances. I would grow up or go back to school, Trollheim.

Queen Elizabeth and Dolly Parton die on the same day Queen Elizabeth and Dolly Parton die on the ...

Killtheskyfairy comments on Apr 19, 2022:

If there was such a thing as heaven and it was not just a made up thing to keep the masses happy with their lot, I think Dolly Parton has more going for her then just her breasts. All the support and money she has given to charity along with her voice and songwriting abilities are nothing compared ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 19, 2022:

The joke is funny because of a royal flush beating a pair. As a man I do not think boobs are funny. I admire boobs but have never found myself wanting any.

Irrefutable Godly Contact?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2022:

If I believe in a creator god what belief system do I use in order to come to that conclusion? Next, I use an alien being in some fashion as a creator and I have the same problems. My question is why would I be worried about an eternal life filled with joy and contentment? That has to worry so many ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 18, 2022:

@raymondahult You are open to the possibility of a creator god. Are you open to the possibility that this creator wants to be worshiped and you should sing its praises forever and ever? I'm not.

I have realized there are some illogical atheist that believe some theist trolls are running around ...

hankster comments on Apr 18, 2022:

the illogical is rampant in the atheist community. just like the believers, people subscribing to what they want to.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 18, 2022:

Exactly so Hank. Many people in here think that Ukraine was the invading monster or that they deserved to be invaded, bombed, shot and killed. As for theist trolls, they are everywhere. :)

The Western media is not presenting the Russian side of the conflict.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2022:

I know what the Russians are saying. Their soldiers claim to be just out there doing an exercise and patrolling the border when suddenly out of nowhere Ukraine attacked them from all sides. The rest of the world does not say this. Why would I want to believe Sputnik News?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 18, 2022:

@Krish55 Yes, but I see any media that is in English worldwide. I find it strange that people engulfed in American politics do not understand that. Iran and China even have English versions of news and I doubt they put an American slant to it.

Tax Day Is Tomorrow.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 17, 2022:

Yes, but at my age and with my income I pay no taxes really. In the end they pay me. This year was close to $2600. :)

DenoPenno replies on Apr 17, 2022:

@Barnie2years Both and I am single (divorced) and live alone. Last year they screwed up and only gave me half as much. They told me it was a screwup and it would be corrected this year. It was. Smart asses keep on telling me we have to pay certain money like a stimulus back. Really? I keep asking them if they buy things. Taxation is how anything gets paid back unless your return was all a lie to start with.

Nope, no Nazis here . . . [vk.com]

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2022:

And this proves what? That this man is a Nazi. What is VK and who is behind it? Has it been around for a while or is it simply here for our distraction and amusement?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 16, 2022:

@Archeus_Lore I have 3 out of the Hollywood crowd and several from Kenya and other areas. I limit friends and do not want 4000. One of my Hollywood friends has 4000.

Nope, no Nazis here . . . [vk.com]

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2022:

And this proves what? That this man is a Nazi. What is VK and who is behind it? Has it been around for a while or is it simply here for our distraction and amusement?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 16, 2022:

@Archeus_Lore I have Facebook friends. Do any of them count?Some are important and not from this country.

The question of whether consciousness – seen from an evolutionary point of view - is an adaptation...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2022:

My personal state of consciousness is regulated by what I allow to become a part of my being. In other words, I am stuck in the era of being that I want to be in. For example, my house phones are from 20 years ago and rechargeable. Not that they are really 20 years old but that type of phone was ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 16, 2022:

@ASTRALMAX When I speak of the NOW I am not talking about a place in time. We all live in the eternal NOW. I use the term in my avoidance of every ongoing trend that continually pops up. I cannot live in that NOW.

Like defenders of libertarian free will, transhumanists believe we can make ourselves into who we ...

JackPedigo comments on Apr 12, 2022:

Years ago the Discovery Channel had a series titled "The Science of Sex." https://medium.com/sexography/welcome-to-the-science-of-sex-4096946af2d9#:~:text=The%20Science%20of%20Sex%20will%20be%20the%20antidote,the%20wonderful%20splendor%20of%20our%20vital%20sexual%20expression. There was a ton of ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 12, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay Yes, we are not in control. Many times I go home knowing exactly what I am going to eat and I end up fixing something else. This happens to all of us.

Russian state television says that Trump is their candidate af choice.

ChestRockfield comments on Apr 12, 2022:

A lot of them are already on this site...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 12, 2022:

Not only are a lot of them on this site but they post things and block you from commenting. You find that you cannot reply to their group or post.

Russians discuss killing civilians in radio intercepts by German intelligence - The Washington Post

DenoPenno comments on Apr 9, 2022:

Very true. Putin thinks Ukraine is infiltrated with Nazi elements and his war will go on until **the Ukraine has been purged of the Nazi element.** Why just now? It is because he can. I recall similar things with internal people killings and executions in Bosnia a few years ago.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 11, 2022:

@AnonySchmoose The dead in the streets and the destroyed buildings are not staged. That should be enough to show anyone what is going on. Even so, I know a person that claims the destruction in Ukraine actually happened at another time and that is what we are seeing on TV. He must have seen that propaganda where the Russian soldier said that we were on a military exercise and Ukrainians started shooting at them from all sides. Too many lies here.

Russians discuss killing civilians in radio intercepts by German intelligence - The Washington Post

DenoPenno comments on Apr 9, 2022:

Very true. Putin thinks Ukraine is infiltrated with Nazi elements and his war will go on until **the Ukraine has been purged of the Nazi element.** Why just now? It is because he can. I recall similar things with internal people killings and executions in Bosnia a few years ago.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 9, 2022:

@Paul4747 You may be right all the way around on this.

From an alternate POV. [tass.com]

Beowulfsfriend comments on Apr 9, 2022:

That is a real alternative point of view - we Russians are committing more genocide because the West keeps giving the Ukrainians more weapons to stop our original genocide.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 9, 2022:

@Archeus_Lore I guess I'm also a troll because I agree with his opinion.

Gotta be In the Year 2525 by Zager & Evans. I've hated it since the first time I heard it.

Lorajay comments on Apr 9, 2022:

Swingin by John Anderson

DenoPenno replies on Apr 9, 2022:

I hate that John Anderson song. None of my memories go back to a happy time playing on swings with a girl or anyone. The purpose of the song IMO was to take adult swinging ideas back to a more innocent time. I think that was the songs popularity. I do remember playing on swings but not in any great detail.

Well can;t say I've been laying down and saying "Can't do anything, I've had a T.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 5, 2022:

I chews Jesus sounds like a good idea. On the other hand you can always kneel down at a wooden thing they call an alter and pretend to eat Jesus flesh and drink his blood every week or every month. Nice association, huh. Now go back in history to a time that if you vanquished an enemy you might do ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 5, 2022:

@Triphid What I wrote is humor. :)

Born on April 5: Gregory Peck: 1916 in La Jolla, California.

Marionville comments on Apr 5, 2022:

Gregory Peck…a favourite actor from that era.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 5, 2022:

@Lauren Melvin Douglas or Gregory Peck? :)

Lots of folks who realized that religion was a tall tale, go on to parrot what they hear from the ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 30, 2022:

I read your post and it takes me into viewing world conflicts and aggressions through the eyes of American political parties. Everything does not come out of a 2 party view or QAnon view. My best example is the never dying clap trap about Hunter Biden and his laptop hard drive. Yes, of course. We ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 31, 2022:

@Archeus_Lore I have a problem understanding the language. My best reply is that the killing that went on that the video is showing should never have happened. Also, the killing going on in the Ukraine right now should not be happening. All of this is shameful and sad.

Lots of folks who realized that religion was a tall tale, go on to parrot what they hear from the ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 30, 2022:

I read your post and it takes me into viewing world conflicts and aggressions through the eyes of American political parties. Everything does not come out of a 2 party view or QAnon view. My best example is the never dying clap trap about Hunter Biden and his laptop hard drive. Yes, of course. We ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 31, 2022:

@Archeus_Lore OK. This may be so. I never go backwards into history of what is happening right now so as to explain it by something from years ago. I view this as a distraction that allows a person to avoid what is happening right now. For example, our own country was founded as a Republic. If we keep it right there not everyone will be voting and no women will be voting, and yet certain women in political office seem to be fully onboard with this. That's an oxymoron. As for Russia, I never once wanted to see what provoked Putin to attack in the manner that he did. As a Progressive I was more concerned with humanity and peoples lives.

Ah, that feels SO much better, have permanently BLOCKED @Twill now, peace and quiet shall once again...

SeaGreenEyez comments on Mar 21, 2022:

🤔🤔🤔 Why? Difference of opinion? You know....you don't have to agree with anyone here but the point in being here is to agree to disagree, for the most part. I've blocked 1 person in all the years (POS trolled me here then DOXD me on Facebook. Which was bizarre, as it was nothing ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 22, 2022:

Your part here about a Trumpster going full scale QAnon got my attention. I had a decent convo with one recently at my work, then he got to the part where Patrick Swayze is not really dead. :)

Do people bring their memories with them after they died - entering Heaven or Hell?

hankster comments on Mar 20, 2022:

I'm not aware of biblical proof of anything, but your memories expire if not used by the time you might have remembered before death but didn't redeem them. that's seems to be what happens the more temporally impressed an individual may become. they tends to express all the memories possible even it...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 20, 2022:

Yes, if you are dead you cannot possibly have any memories.

I'm a Believer

Sgt_Spanky comments on Mar 20, 2022:

When I was too young, I saw The Exorcist and it traumatized me. For a month afterward I was sure every little noise I heard were devils coming to get me. I believe I was 13 at the time. As an adult, I've seen many, many horror movies. I love a good horror movie. The most disturbing one I've ever ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 20, 2022:

i used to love horror films. Now that I am atheist they seem laughable but I still watch a few of them. The difference for me is that Christians believe all that nonsense is possible. Their bibble tells them so. Today I know the difference.

A very good example of how our founding fathers really felt about religion and fairness.

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Mar 19, 2022:

Per this quote, "But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." Most Xtians have never understood this point and they certainly do not understand it today. Like Jefferson, I have no beef with Xtians other than ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 19, 2022:

It has been my experience in the last few years to find that every one of the believers wants to restrict your rights because of their own beliefs.

I'm going to try this

Killtheskyfairy comments on Mar 16, 2022:

So in other words, self isolation? That’s my plan too!

DenoPenno replies on Mar 16, 2022:

That's exactly what I do.

Trends, Looking back.

ASTRALMAX comments on Mar 12, 2022:

The Crusades were military campaigns sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church during the High and Late Middle Ages . Early alchemists, physicists and astronomers like Galileo Galilei had their lives threatened by the Catholic Church. They have never been paragons of reason, instead, they prefer ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 14, 2022:

Yes, the Crusades. A military action where you will believe as they do or they will kill you.

Someone on here recently proclaimed that America, unlike Russia, does not censor people or prevent ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 7, 2022:

Sorry FrayedBear. I'm agreeing with OldMetalHead. Also, this Indian site that is posted here seems to be a site of Putin lovers. I stumbled onto some of their posts before.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 13, 2022:

@FrayedBear Oh, Jesus, and yes that is a swear word!

This logical contradiction has been around a long time but nobody wants to put their imaginary god ...

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Mar 9, 2022:

When I was getting an MA, I took a class on Frankenstein and we read parts of Paradise Lost as Frank parodies PL. Concerning the war in heaven, I posed the question that since history is told by the victor, how do we know that Lucifer was not the original big man in heaven and Yahweh was the one ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 9, 2022:

Yes, but Gwen, it was all about that awful damned old free will. Flip a coin. Yes or no. Heads or tales. God will do anything to guarantee that every creature has free will. The bibble says this and makes it pretty plain. On the other hand Lucifer's punishment could have been more than banishment. God needed an executioner. Maybe Lucifer did not have free will. At some point it changed.

Someone on here recently proclaimed that America, unlike Russia, does not censor people or prevent ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 7, 2022:

Sorry FrayedBear. I'm agreeing with OldMetalHead. Also, this Indian site that is posted here seems to be a site of Putin lovers. I stumbled onto some of their posts before.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 8, 2022:

@FrayedBear The mofo has started a war and is talking about using nukes. Maybe nobody gets this?

I often fear about getting in trouble talking with customers at work but I have to tell it like it ...

Garban comments on Mar 6, 2022:

Please be careful, like Anne said. I understand you have principles, and should be comfortable expressing them. Do you have any local friends you trust?

DenoPenno replies on Mar 6, 2022:

Anne may be correct. I think my comments go down as discussion and mostly it goes over everyone's heads. As for local friends I can trust - zero. Most of my friends are dead. People I work with want to interpret what I'm about or what I said, etc. but mostly they have not got a clue. If you took too long on delivery for example, they would tell you why. How do they know? They were not there.

There is hope for youth ministries, but they must innovate to survive Gen Z is no longer engaging ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 4, 2022:

It does not make me happy either. The longer they drag this around the longer we have the invisible man and thoughts and prayers.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 4, 2022:

@skado Religious literalism is why some people claim they would die for this crap. They believe their god stuff literally. In other words, a great many of them think they will actually go to a place called Heaven to be with their god, and the big guy has a body just like they do.

I don't care if you like the guy's stances on what-ever topic you wish to point at, but you can't ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 1, 2022:

So you thought someone in the bible ate an apple? A popular conception that was never mentioned in that book. No apple. Sorry.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 2, 2022:

@dalefvictor i catch snakes in my yard and I try and force them to talk to me because I know who these serpents are. They can talk but they just slither away.

Even MTG Voted Yes {pdf}

DenoPenno comments on Feb 28, 2022:

I am surprised the MTG voted yes and thought lynching should be a hate crime.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 1, 2022:

@barjoe What? Lauren Blofart.

Man who looks like he died 20 years ago, Pat Robertson, came back into the evangelical news cycle by...

Retiredsteve comments on Feb 28, 2022:

That’s just crazy!

DenoPenno replies on Feb 28, 2022:

Yes, Robertson is plain crazy. Can you believe that he ran for president and I was in my church dayz at that time. Thankfully he never stood a chance in hell of winning.

A recent post from our little community @Unity has spurred a question in my tiny but hungry mind.

CourtJester comments on Feb 27, 2022:

The ability to speak a full sentence without getting tripped up would help. I think this year’s state of the union address is being aired on Comedy Central.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 27, 2022:

OK, let's put this in perspective. Trump never spoke in full sentences and often changed his sentence direction and meaning as he went along. He still does that and his handlers want him to avoid testimony in court on anything. Then we have those that told me from day one that Obama could not speak in full sentences.

Texas's abortion law created a 'vigilante' loophole, inspiring dozens of bills from both parties - ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2022:

Anyone can sue anyone else. That is how lawsuits work. Whether the ones suing see any benefit is yet another story.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 25, 2022:

@AtheistInNC A maroon. No, you need to check on this. Anyone can sue anyone but it does not mean you will win. If an attorney does not want to take the case and tells you that you cannot win this is usually changed by something called money. Enough money and you can sue anyone. Again, you may not win. :)

Thought I might be able to post this and help someone.

Lauren comments on Feb 24, 2022:

My experience with FB has led me to believe that most of their job postings and half of their sales promotions are "fronts" to gather personal information for sales databases. I rather expected that, but was surprised that a number of job listings on LinkedIn are the same. A number of jobs I ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 24, 2022:

I may not do all of this but I think you are exactly correct. The link I followed could also have been on many other sites. I don't mind you having my general info but I certainly get angry when being exploited.

Texas's abortion law created a 'vigilante' loophole, inspiring dozens of bills from both parties - ...

Barnie2years comments on Feb 22, 2022:

Republicans so want us to be more like Russia, less like a true democratic nation of freedom and compromise.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 23, 2022:

@Triphid I have no bubble to bust and I am not obsessed with education or degrees. I'm certainly not into anything to do with supremacy of any kind. My remarks are in regard to American politics as seen and practiced by our current parties and the possible outgrowth of this. Nothing more.

It has been 5 days since I requested assistance in resolving my problem with access to my account as...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2022:

Maybe the admin has left.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 22, 2022:

@skado Now we are all stuck at our current levels.

Texas's abortion law created a 'vigilante' loophole, inspiring dozens of bills from both parties - ...

Barnie2years comments on Feb 22, 2022:

Republicans so want us to be more like Russia, less like a true democratic nation of freedom and compromise.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 22, 2022:

@Triphid Democracy is an ideal that we strive for. We were founded as a Republic but the goal of Democracy is freedom and fair treatment for all.

I have posted before about my flag flying Trumper neighbors and I drive past their house at least ...

Organist1 comments on Feb 22, 2022:

Either that, or they all killed each other.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 22, 2022:

They are still there. The same vehicles are there and you sometimes see some of them going in or out as you pass by.

Putin Wants the Legitimacy of Ukraine and Russia's Shared Past

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2022:

I see this but there is something in Ukraine that Putin wants. He also does not want them to ever be a part of NATO which was formed after WW2. He wants Ukraine back and a guarantee they will never be a part of NATO so I suppose going backwards in time is working for him. I do not and cannot see why...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 22, 2022:

@Jolanta This is it exactly.

Resurrection

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2022:

Mankind has always believed in some form of resurrection. This is a basic belief because we cannot accept that we will no longer exist at some point. We do not want our thoughts or ourselves to perish.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 21, 2022:

@Triphid I also use other sources besides Wikipedia and I watch news in English all around the world. This means I make up my mind later after seeing everything and not having it made up in advance. I even watch English news from Iran. It's called Press TV.

Religion, so hilarious! Lol!!!

Killtheskyfairy comments on Feb 19, 2022:

I had a Pentecostal boss who would talk about how he and his wife were visited by god and started speaking in tongues. I can’t even imagine the look on my face. It must have been incredulous contempt with suppression of the urge to laugh. He worked to get rid of me after that but the blowback ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 21, 2022:

I was once Pentecostal. it's more fun than a barrel of monkeys and most likely was started by one.

I'm wondering if the biggest difference between the original/originary fascist movements of the ...

Sofabeast comments on Feb 20, 2022:

Significant differences lay in policies. The National Socialist Workers German Party, were socialists, working for what they thought were the benefit of the Germanic peoples. Trump, isn't a socialist, more like a one nation capitalist with his needs at the top of his list. A common danger is the...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 20, 2022:

@Wangobango3 National Socialism in Hitler's Germany had nothing to do with how American's view socialism.

Flat Earther claims that Nasa makes us believe in aliens so that we'll shoot Jesus if he returns | ...

SeaGreenEyez comments on Feb 19, 2022:

After the Flat Earther Society's foiled cruise to the ice wall in Antarctic, due to no cruise line company willing to book such an absurd event, this happened: **Flat Earthers Land In Quarantine After Failed Attempt To Reach The End of Earth Ice Wall** ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 20, 2022:

@SeaGreenEyez Another take on the earth as a flat object would be that this is the only way Jesus could return in the twinkling of an eye. For the round globe that we know a time difference could have him returning in some places on a different day, or he might have to return more than once.

Flat Earther claims that Nasa makes us believe in aliens so that we'll shoot Jesus if he returns | ...

SeaGreenEyez comments on Feb 19, 2022:

After the Flat Earther Society's foiled cruise to the ice wall in Antarctic, due to no cruise line company willing to book such an absurd event, this happened: **Flat Earthers Land In Quarantine After Failed Attempt To Reach The End of Earth Ice Wall** ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 19, 2022:

Where did the ice wall come from? Was it in their bibble? :)

Kim Potter is sentenced to 2 years in Daunte Wright's death : NPR

bobwjr comments on Feb 19, 2022:

It's possible she made a mistake, she did cry immediately after it happened unlike the others

DenoPenno replies on Feb 19, 2022:

@SeaGreenEyez Miscarriage of justice in my opinion. Cry or no cry she should have received the mandatory sentence. Hers was less simply because she was a cop.

One word killed my interest. Has that happened to you?

Organist1 comments on Feb 18, 2022:

Conservative or Trump supporter would do it for me.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

A Trump supporter is not for me ever. I'm tolerant but not that tolerant.

Oklahoma bill would fine teachers $10k for teaching anything that contradicts religion More ...

anglophone comments on Feb 18, 2022:

A Jewish student, a Christian student, a Muslim student and a Wiccan student all attend the same class. How does Senator and Chief Idiot Rob Standridge plan to address that situation?

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

I don't think he plans on addressing it because to him this is all about Christian faith. His and the faith he is trying to nail onto others.

Did you know that your credit score may well be a victim of the state you live in?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2022:

Keep you credit score higher by actively having a monthly bill of some sort going to your credit cards. This gets paid automatically and the AI simply reports the outcome. This is one of the things I do.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz I put my taxes on one card and take most od the year to pay it off in payments. Interest is high because I let them decide the monthly payments. I think they like that.

Resurrection

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2022:

Mankind has always believed in some form of resurrection. This is a basic belief because we cannot accept that we will no longer exist at some point. We do not want our thoughts or ourselves to perish.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

@Triphid No, I just use the Internet to look things up. lol

Did you know that your credit score may well be a victim of the state you live in?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2022:

Keep you credit score higher by actively having a monthly bill of some sort going to your credit cards. This gets paid automatically and the AI simply reports the outcome. This is one of the things I do.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz Mine are paid automatically through my online banking setup. I put my taxes on one card and something else on the other. Once a year I switch cards and the AI does not know much here except that I am never late. Personal expenses come out of my Visa debit and I have auto pay on my other bills.

In the spectrum of political/social thought I believe that the folks on the extreme of both ends ...

MizJ comments on Feb 18, 2022:

I see a problem that doesn't get talked about. With the exception of the far extremes the entire spectrum has shifted to the RIGHT. The name for this is NEOLIBERALISM which may be confusing because it's far from the left, it's among other thing a power shift to corporations. Google for more ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

I think you are correct.

Once upon a time there was a girl named little Orange Grifting Hood.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2022:

An interesting story. Are the Trumps involved in this one and would the supporters get it?

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

@Garban Looks like trump is also now a fiction.

Could you possibly invent a more expensive and less effective healthcare system than what we have ...

Theresa_N comments on Feb 18, 2022:

Since mainline Democrats are in the pay of insurance companies it doesn't matter that what we have is more expensive and less effective than any other system.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

But it does matter. In truth we have the best healthcare technology of any nation on earth. The key to understanding this is in the word "technology."

Do you shop at WalMart and if so does it bother you or do you think it is just capitalism at work?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 16, 2022:

These days I am not a big fan of Walmart but I still shop there. They are also my pharmacy. I also shop at 4 or 5 other places but paying more money for something has never been anything I like to do. Walmart will not "go away" just because you chose to pay more shopping somewhere else.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

@MikeInBatonRouge Well said. This is like all of those who opposed the stimulus check but you never hear of the great troubles they went through to give their check back. Obviously they kept the money.

Like many long time Atheists, I tend to study the Abrahamic faiths.

creative51 comments on Feb 18, 2022:

Assuming of course that Jesus ever existed! I often wonder about all the interest in what Jesus may or may not have done and how it relates to religion. When I think the REAL question is did Abraham ever really exist? If there was no "real" Abraham, then all the religions based on him are fake ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 18, 2022:

There is no evidence of a real Abraham existing. It is all on "faith."