"Atheism is booming, Praise Jesus! " ---Bill Maher

freelanceamy comments on May 24, 2021:

Hallelujah!

DenoPenno replies on May 24, 2021:

Holy New Year! Wait. Did I say that right?

New Revelations from Former Nuns Suggest Mother Teresa Led a Cult | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist ...

SeaGreenEyez comments on May 23, 2021:

She was a sadistic monster. I don't know about the cult aspect, but I fully recognize her as a deplorable human being.

DenoPenno replies on May 23, 2021:

Thank you. I was never sure why anyone thought she was a saint.

Do some people just have bad luck?

Sticks48 comments on May 22, 2021:

Some people have good luck. Some people have bad luck. Most folks probably have a bit of both.

DenoPenno replies on May 22, 2021:

Keep in mind that my writing here is vague because I knew this family very well. The 37 year old has no chance of ever recovering and parts of her system is shutting down. Once attractive, she is a mental and physical wreck beyond repair and now has cancer also. Exactly when the father, mother, and daughters all got overwhelmed by drugs is not clear to many of us here.. The 37 year old was given drugs for sex at a young age to get her started. It was also said years ago that she has an uncurable sexual disease of some sort.

I’ve been scrolling thru this very interesting, sometimes funny group.

skado comments on May 21, 2021:

I'm not real sure where the dividing line is between paranormal and unfamiliar. I've had several unfamiliar experiences, which, at the time I might have thought of as involving the supernatural, but which I now see as atypical (para-normal?) psychology.

DenoPenno replies on May 21, 2021:

This is exactly the type of paranormal experiences I have had. They seemed real at the time but that was years ago. Today I can mostly explain everything away. If not, it simply means that I do not know the answer. Not that I am afraid or believe that goblins did it.

This Woman Abandoned Atheism For Christianity.

racocn8 comments on May 20, 2021:

I wish I had a nickel for every liar the Christians trot out as supposedly having been atheists. I'll bet the number of Christians who'd be willing to claim they were once atheists is in double digits. Lying is what they do; that and hectoring each other to hate (liberals, non-whites, gays, ...

DenoPenno replies on May 20, 2021:

When you read it you see that she was never really atheist.

So.

DenoPenno comments on May 18, 2021:

You hit it. This is what people keep telling me but it goes deeper. I mention many things we eat or ingest and we have no idea what is in them. Next they tell me that the virus came from a lab and we came up with a vaccine way too soon. Keep hammering at that and these ignorant people will revert ...

DenoPenno replies on May 19, 2021:

@KKGator No long haul issues. I recall that when I got sick I was tired and confused and simply knew I could not go to work that day. It got worse and 2 days later I was tested. Next was 2 weeks quarantine.

Every day I drive by a sign in someone's yard that says "one way" and it has an arrow pointing up.

Fernapple comments on May 18, 2021:

If you think that you have an invisible friend in the sky, who dwells in an invisible realm which you will be able to access after death, who does not mind you drinking his blood and eating his flesh, and will change himself into bread and wine so that you can do so, how hard is it to believe the ...

DenoPenno replies on May 18, 2021:

Not very hard for a lot of people and they claim earth is covered by a dome. Don't fly the airplane too high or you might hit it. Do not believe science. Only goat herders who got their info from god.

He murdered his wife and then used her ballot to vote for Trump

TheGreatShadow comments on May 17, 2021:

It's sadly legit. Many others have reported the incident. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-charged-with-wife-e2-80-99s-murder-illegally-cast-her-ballot-for-trump-officials-say-e2-80-98i-just-thought-give-him-another-vote-e2-80-99/ar-BB1gMmGN

DenoPenno replies on May 17, 2021:

@SeaGreenEyez The documented cases are mostly Trumpsters but Fox Noise, OAN, and Newsmax seem to not air those stories.

How many of you became atheists because you were "Holy Ghosted"?

CuddyCruiser comments on May 17, 2021:

Nope. It was just the absurdity of it all…….The Noah’s Ark thing that began around age 9 or 10.

DenoPenno replies on May 17, 2021:

Wait! You don't believe that god drew animals two by two from Alaska to get on a wooden boat in the Middle East and safely got them there to get on that Ark? If god drew animals this way from all over the world how long would it take? No wonder Noah was so old.

QAnon Shaman and MAGA Bomber Vouch for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Sanity ...

AnneWimsey comments on May 14, 2021:

My, I am Impressed by this! Yessirreeeeeeeeeee! *Twilight ZoneTheme plays*

DenoPenno replies on May 15, 2021:

If this helps anyone the website is called politicagarbagechute.com.

I'am tired by this religious people , Everybody is religious ( more Womens in my area ) Don't ...

barjoe comments on May 14, 2021:

I'm fine with people of faith if they don't try to push that on me. As long as a girl doesn't go to church, it's all good. I tell her I'm an Atheist, if she is cool with that, I'm cool with her.

DenoPenno replies on May 14, 2021:

Yes, but they want to convert you and they believe it is their job to do so.

I Thought I Was Possessed By The Devil. The Truth Shook My Deepest Beliefs. | HuffPost

KateOahu comments on May 14, 2021:

From the article, “ As crazy as my belief in demonic possession may seem, I believe even now that it was in many ways a rational, if not obvious, conclusion to come to under the circumstances. In my Catholic bubble, God and Satan were very much of this world. To appreciate how a kid could come to ...

DenoPenno replies on May 14, 2021:

I agree, but the job of religion is to teach us all that everything is our own fault. This is why we need Jebus. He will do bad things to us if we do not accept him and let him come into our heart.

I got my first dose of Moderna today at a Walgreen Drug store.

KateOahu comments on May 14, 2021:

The 1918 pandemic cannot be compared. It is true, we have no idea how long before we will need a booster. Nor whether our vaccines will prevent us from acquiring any of the mutations. We are in the fact -gathering stage, but what IS known is that the vaccine has helped diminish the ...

DenoPenno replies on May 14, 2021:

We have no other pandemics to compare with except the 1918 Spanish Flu. The validity of your statement is true only in so much that medicine has made great strides in 100 years. We also know that there was no vaccine for this in 1918. What we are doing now is experimental in so much as possibly ending up needing as vaccine on a yearly basis. It is up to the individual if they want to do this.

“Agnostics” who don’t understand Atheism.

Storm1752 comments on May 11, 2021:

More like, when will atheists understand Agnostics? Atheism is a belief system, just like theism. Agnosticism is the rejection of belief systems. Divine entities are easy to reject, 'god' as a general term is not. 'God' could mean anything, including concepts for which there are no names or, ...

DenoPenno replies on May 12, 2021:

@Storm1752 I have no pretended belief and a great many things are truly answered with a simple "I do not know." I am not blending myself with other systems or belief, nor do I want to. I couldn't give a rat's ass about discussing whether someone does or does not burn in hell. What hell? How would I know?

Of course instead of people being made in God's image Jesus was made in a real person's image.

RussRAB comments on May 12, 2021:

Rather appropriate, isn't it really? The Gospels made up Jesus character and life decades after he supposedly lived and about a third of Paul's letters are considered forgeries by biblical experts, so why not a faked image of Jesus as well? It just caps off the full hoax of who Jesus is or was - if ...

DenoPenno replies on May 12, 2021:

Paul's letters do not have to be forgeries. Saul of Tarsus himself was a forgery and the Christianity of the NT is according to him.

“Agnostics” who don’t understand Atheism.

Storm1752 comments on May 11, 2021:

More like, when will atheists understand Agnostics? Atheism is a belief system, just like theism. Agnosticism is the rejection of belief systems. Divine entities are easy to reject, 'god' as a general term is not. 'God' could mean anything, including concepts for which there are no names or, ...

DenoPenno replies on May 11, 2021:

Atheism is a belief system like bald is a hairstyle. I do not believe in gods. Now tell me what my belief system is.

Semi-capitalist, pseudo-capitalist increasingly-fascist truth-denying Republicans vs ...

SeaGreenEyez comments on May 9, 2021:

I find it increasingly difficult to even attempt explaining the difference between "socialism /socialist" and Democratic Socialism /Democratic Socialist. The same goes for attempting to explain "defund the police" versus "abolish the police." I once would at least have engage in the ...

DenoPenno replies on May 9, 2021:

@SeaGreenEyez Literally we all do the same things every day. Many of us are not even aware of that.

Texas Church Baptizes Man After He Accepts “Lie From the Devil That I Was Gay” | Hemant Mehta | ...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 8, 2021:

There's always a sucker born every minute who buys into the bigotry of religion that homosexuality is evil and sick. It's sad when a queer person lets it end up with them hating themselves.

DenoPenno replies on May 8, 2021:

Usually it is religion that has you ending up hating yourself.

Tony Perkins: Are Christians Trying to “Take Over the World”?

DenoPenno comments on May 6, 2021:

Yes, it was that mean old King who would not let people worship their god as they wanted to, so everyone came to America. I find it surprising that every religious person appears to believe this and claim we are a"Christian Nation."

DenoPenno replies on May 7, 2021:

@MsKathleen This sounds like the ring of truth to me. The problem was that all the Christians believed it.

Scott Lively: Christians Need an “Underground Railroad” to Escape Persecution | Beth Stoneburner...

Cast1es comments on May 6, 2021:

One of the life lessons I've learned is , when people complain about other's behavior more often than not , it's because that person is guilty of what they are accusing others of . For instance , if a husband , "works late ," because in reality he's having an affair , he will think , "If I'm late ...

DenoPenno replies on May 6, 2021:

I'm not sure what Scott Lively feels but his indoctrination will demand that he feels persecution. Jesus told his followers that they would be "persecuted for my sake" and every Christian alive takes this on and claims it as their own. "See how good I am. I'm persecuted for Jesus." Equally, most Christians think that Jesus will return in their lifetimes. This line of thinking shows how important they are.

Let's Discuss Islam's Contribution to the World...

evergreen comments on May 6, 2021:

This applies to extremists, not the majority . All all religions have their share of nutsos !

DenoPenno replies on May 6, 2021:

All religions also have extremists.

An Orthodox Rabbi in Israel Was Outed as a Convert-Seeking Christian | Beth Stoneburner | Friendly ...

barjoe comments on Apr 29, 2021:

So they have to trick people into becoming Christians? Christian charlatans.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 30, 2021:

Most of us that were at one time Christians were tricked into it also. I say that and they had me studying to be a minister. Unlike Marjoe but led by my parents to be the young preacher of my time.

I don't care if it rains or freezes, long as I have my solar Jesus...

Mvtt comments on Apr 28, 2021:

I just appreciate the complimentary poem you’ve made for it.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 29, 2021:

@Mvtt A plastic Jesus is like a plastic saddle.

Is there anything worse than religion's impact on humanity ever?

K9Kohle789 comments on Apr 29, 2021:

Drugs, Guns and Money....isn't that a song?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 29, 2021:

Yes, it is a song and that song explains a lot of things going on in our world.

QAnon fans are obsessed with Arizona vote "audit," still hoping for Trump comeback | Salon.com

Willow_Wisp comments on Apr 29, 2021:

Honestly a highly trained team of government hackers can't determine who Q is? Really!? Is anyone even trying? What if it's all coming from an ip in Moscow? Why isn't anyone talking about this?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 29, 2021:

Q is not just one person.

Cincinnati area bar: No NBA games on TV after LeBron James Columbus police statement

Holysocks comments on Apr 25, 2021:

Umm... I ignore sports.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 25, 2021:

@barjoe Yes, he did. I also ignore sports but I do read headlines and sometimes a bit more.

Why it's important not to get twitterpated over a person before meeting.

Larimar comments on Apr 24, 2021:

POF is where the worst stalker came from for me, along with a couple others. He would change subscriptions/profiles to continue to try to curse me out. I sent them screenshots daily for two weeks before they finally asked what I wanted. I want my money back and to never have an account again. I ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 24, 2021:

I'm happy doing what I enjoy and I never use GPS in a phone. I do not want to be tracked or shown things to buy, etc.

A man I deliver parts to still thinks that Trump is really president and going to reappear at any ...

whiskywoman comments on Apr 23, 2021:

watch Maddow this week its worse than that

DenoPenno replies on Apr 23, 2021:

Thanks. I like Maddow. That was episode 77. I find it funny that people talk of the "Deep State" and there must be 10 books or so written about this already. Steve Bannon admitted in an interview once that he and Trump created the "Deep State" as a political tool. I suppose if it was true Trump could have left us in another way.

A Creationist’s $536,041,100 Lawsuit is Getting Laughed Out of the Courtroom | Hemant Mehta | ...

xenoview comments on Apr 23, 2021:

Sounds like tRump.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 23, 2021:

Trump University graduate.

Sore arm or genocide?

FreethoughtKaty comments on Apr 18, 2021:

I am dumber now

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2021:

@Castlepaloma Let's try it with doctors who are not paid at all and we can also try to just ignore banks.

So, I joined Humanist.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 20, 2021:

I do not hate religious people. I just feel that they have very flawed logic which tells me they are not credible. What is the problem here? They are unable to admit that they do not know something. The plan for everything is in their bible, but nobody knows the will of god. You must be holy and beg...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2021:

@Ryo1 "They" can be anyone but in my take on this it is religious believers.

Tackling Sex Education and Sexual Abuse in the Egyptian-Canadian Diaspora | Egyptian Streets

DenoPenno comments on Apr 20, 2021:

Sex is a man/woman thing and you must present yourself to your husband the same way you present yourself to Christ. Many do not get it, but the scripture goes on to claim that in such submission you are being "effed" by the church.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2021:

@altschmerz Anyone that goes to church for sure.

Elton John Calls Out The Blatant Hypocrisy Of The Catholic Church

xenoview comments on Apr 20, 2021:

It pisses me of when a rcc leader can pray for hungry children while holding gold that could feed them.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2021:

@barjoe I'm gonna use that cross design for a TV antenna someday. Evangelicals always said the antenna was "crucifying Christ all over again." :)

A man who is.

Tejas comments on Apr 20, 2021:

He didn't say anything controversial in my opinion. Being so "woke" where facts are considered offensive is becoming a detriment to society.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2021:

All Dawkins did here was relate facts.

Sore arm or genocide?

FreethoughtKaty comments on Apr 18, 2021:

I am dumber now

DenoPenno replies on Apr 18, 2021:

Me too. I think this guy is a doctor or something. No, maybe he thinks he is a doctor or something.

A Creationist Laughably Said He Was “Deplatformed” After Speaking at a Church | Hemant Mehta | ...

Barnie2years comments on Apr 18, 2021:

Some educated people actually even go to church. Hard to believe, but once indoctrinated, it's quite hard go cold turkey for many. So they give up the really silly parts and keep their magic friend as a pacifier.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 18, 2021:

I tend to believe that most continue to go to church because of family and friends. When I see "de-conversions" of atheists I often see that a significant other is in the picture. In other words, do I miss out on the love of my life due to an invisible man? When a couple meet and one is a believer this is usually the outcome if the attraction is strong enough.

This 10 year old video from an atheist channel (Qualia Soup) which I never paid any attention to, ...

linxminx comments on Apr 18, 2021:

"We all start life without a belief in gods. It is the default position." Great video, thanks for sharing!

DenoPenno replies on Apr 18, 2021:

Yes, Minx. We all start life without a belief in gods and then the brainwashing starts. The bibble states that you should raise a child in the way he should go and he will never depart from it. This is also why there are so many gods and religions. Everybody has a book but not always a bibble. LOL

Coincidence?

joeymf86 comments on Apr 17, 2021:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWAqPfxD7qk

DenoPenno replies on Apr 17, 2021:

Funny clip. Most people do get their gods mixed up. That's why the believer always has the right god.

Letters From An American 04/12/2021

Triphid comments on Apr 14, 2021:

Aw, she 'accidently' drew and fired her gun thinking it was a Taser. What a Fucking Piss-poor excuse is that, the last time I saw a Taser it looked NOTHING like a frigging gun. Yes, some DO have hand-grips of sorts, I'll agree with that, BUT a Taser weighs a whole lot less than a pistol and I was ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 14, 2021:

A taser is also holstered differently and carried differently than a firearm. The idea is to make it almost impossible to make this sort of mistake.

Pat Robertson: God May Have Created the Earth in Six “Universal” Days | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

PadraicM comments on Apr 14, 2021:

I do so love the random crap that comes out of crazy uncle Pat.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 14, 2021:

In my church daze believers thought our troubles would soon be over when Pat ran for president.

A stranger called me on my company phone and didn't readily identify herself, so I was polite and ...

BitFlipper comments on Apr 14, 2021:

If somebody calls my phone, and I haven't already registered the number, I almost never answer. Sometimes, I just answer and don't say anything. Just to hear what happens on the other end. Sometimes they call back a couple of times.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 14, 2021:

Registering with the do not call list makes no difference at all. They still cal you.

Questions to religious people

DenoPenno comments on Apr 8, 2021:

I can't ask them 5 questions. My big things are that the bible as we know it came into existence around 336 AD. What does that do to your faith when it is 300 years after the time of Jesus whom, by the way, was not a Christian. My second item in religion is that we do not know a birth and death ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 10, 2021:

@abyers1970 Paul was viewed by many as the Antichrist. Today the Evangelicals praise Paul and they do not think the Antichrist has appeared yet. Often you hear them talk of "a type of" or a "forerunner" when they talk of the Antichrist. This is all because they feel their bible is predicting things. Most of us know that it is not..

The British novelist and poet Thomas Hardy in his verse called "God's Funeral" And, tricked by ...

barjoe comments on Apr 8, 2021:

“I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers. That is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.” Stephen Hawking

DenoPenno replies on Apr 8, 2021:

I agree with Hawking's every word here. What others find as evidence for heaven or an afterlife is what is happening as the brain/computer fails. Suppose that a dying person says in a last breath "Oh, it is so beautiful over there." Over where? The remark comes out of indoctrination during their lifetime. It only has one redeeming quality and that is to make the dying person happy. There is no "over there."

What if we don't consider materialism?

Healthydoc70 comments on Apr 6, 2021:

The true nature of reality is patterns? And you know this to be true exactly how? This merely satisfies your subjective need for an acceptable pattern that feels right to you. The true nature of reality because you so it is so???

DenoPenno replies on Apr 6, 2021:

@JeffMesser Events? Whatever it is I can agree with your "constants and what changes" totally because it says what I was trying to say.

My born again Christian younger brother made me promise I'd watch a film called Atheist Delusion by ...

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 4, 2021:

I spent plenty of time in churches before I deconverted. I am pretty immune to the line of bull. I'm glad you were also able to see through the bull. You must really love your brother.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 5, 2021:

@HippieChick58 In my case it was all the bible study. After years of grief because I had "strayed away" I finally realized what that bible book really was and where it came from.

As Derek Chauvin Trial Resumes, Christian Right and FoxNews Pushing This Defense!

DenoPenno comments on Apr 5, 2021:

In my area of Missouri I see a couple of houses that put out the flags again in support for Chauvin. One day to the next you see the flags go out and later be taken down. This shows me the people whom I should avoid.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 5, 2021:

@barjoe None of them were flown at that time. People in my area seem to believe in Trump and January 6th along with parts of QAnon. I find a few who are now going on past Trump, and I can only thank him and his 4 years for defining who my real friends are.

Easter! I would say that Easter is one of the most misunderstood holidays, but in reality, most ...

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 4, 2021:

I don't celebrate the Xian Easter, but I acknowledge the fertility rites of peoples of history, and I'm just damn glad winter seems to be over, and chocolate.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 5, 2021:

@Gwendolyn2018 You have a most accurate background post here on where Easter really came from and how we got to where we are with it today. My posts and ideas are simply into the Christian belief and the myth is disproved by the ever changing calendar dates. This is all a big part in why I am no longer Christian.

[friendlyatheist.

Krish55 comments on Mar 30, 2021:

This being Easter, I forgive you because you know not what you do. And don't worry, your post will reappear in three days...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 4, 2021:

@AnneWimsey I'm saying that the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus is tied to a holiday that has different dates yearly. To me this would make it all a myth. When did he die? When did he arise? The event carries no reality.

Church Culture is Weird - YouTube

linxminx comments on Apr 4, 2021:

I just feel like churches everywhere should just cop to the truth and publish the real bible, titled "How to Train to be a Narcissistic Bullshitter."

DenoPenno replies on Apr 4, 2021:

My son in law said that someday they would find the real bible. I laugh at this but he was serious.

Let me explain Easter.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Apr 2, 2021:

In 2018, Easter fell on April 1st, for what that is worth.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 2, 2021:

Does it mean Jesus resurrected on April 1st in 2018? What I think I have posted is proof that the resurrection is a myth. If there was a real Jesus someone wanted to explain why he died.

[friendlyatheist.

Krish55 comments on Mar 30, 2021:

This being Easter, I forgive you because you know not what you do. And don't worry, your post will reappear in three days...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 30, 2021:

With Easter upon us I am reminded that this holiday comes at different times over the years and on different days. It brings up the question of when did Jesus come alive again and come out of the tomb? Obviously there is no one particular day that it happened. Check some calendars in different years and you see Jesus and his big day varying by over a week. Oh, well. They didn't know when he was born either.

I posted on this before and got little response.

Lorajay comments on Mar 28, 2021:

Several of my friends have evidently been getting lots of food from food pantries and are trying to give me some. I'm fortunate to be retired with a secure income so I asked them to donate it instead to someone who really needs it. One neighbor has been donating hers to her church pantry. I am ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 29, 2021:

They should be if they are just made aware of it. The big job of all of us that know about any needy food projects is to get the word out. Lots of food is donated but if it is USDA it means taxpayers have already paid for it. Many of us are needy taxpayers.

This “Very Catchy Song” (NOT) Is Meant to Turn You Into a Creationist | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

CuddyCruiser comments on Mar 19, 2021:

Must be something else going thru life this way!! How Fulfilling!! Make an idiot of yourself!!

DenoPenno replies on Mar 25, 2021:

I clicked the link and had to stop coz I cannot listen to that horse shit.

[thelocal.

barjoe comments on Mar 24, 2021:

Really? Intelligent. Denmark has failed on their vaccine rollout. People who refuse the vaccine are stupid motherfuckers.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2021:

I agree fully and yesterday my boss told me he does not want it. He thinks if something kills you it just does and everybody has to die. A fellow driver told me people can build up an immunity to this and I told her it was possible - unless you die like my cousin did. American in particular has some very stupid people. Maybe 74 million of them. They believe in "herd immunity" and I wonder where that came from. In my opinion the man just goes on killing people.

Don’t Discount Evangelicalism as a Factor in Racist Murder of Asian Spa Workers in Georgia | ...

Alienbeing comments on Mar 22, 2021:

The person who murdered the women has said his actions had nothing to do with Asians or any other race, it was done to eliminate his desire to visit places he thought would satisfy his sexual desires.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 22, 2021:

Even so, it is still an act brought on by churches trying to fix a sex addiction and ends up very close to white supremacy. The reason is that the killer still had a preference of sex and the church cannot fix that. Killing Asians does not solve the problem.

Monologue: Back to Normal | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

rainmanjr comments on Mar 20, 2021:

I think the 3X a day guy is Jeffrey Toobin.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 20, 2021:

Twice a week is about all I can muster.

Let us all laugh at religion! post something you find very funny about your previous belief system.

xenoview comments on Mar 19, 2021:

Speaking in tongues. Sounded like a bunch of jibberish to me.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 20, 2021:

I never got into speaking in tongues. It would not come natural to me. In time I saw that a variant of the same old babble was said but they kept changing around what it meant depending on the current subject at hand. It is all made up!

What Name Comes to Mind When You Think of Atheism?

Triphid comments on Mar 19, 2021:

May be a bit 'off topic here' but here goes anyway. According to the "original (LOL what a huge joke imo)" transcript of the Goat-herders Guide to the Galaxy, Satan, a.k.a Lucifer ( from the Latin name Lucius btw meaning Bringer of Light) was cast down by God for the Sin of Giving Light, Reasoning ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 19, 2021:

Cast down for the sin of wanting to take the place of god. I'm not sure the mythical god did not want humans to have light.

Happy 66th Birthday to actor Bruce Willis, born on March 19, 1955 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 19, 2021:

Bruno is always one of my favorites. :)

DenoPenno replies on Mar 19, 2021:

@Marionville He also has a band and plays music. Look for it on You Tube using key words.

Massage Parlor shooter was all about guns and God [news.yahoo.com]

DenoPenno comments on Mar 18, 2021:

Idiot misguided kid into guns and sex trade. Maybe he thinks they are coming for his guns. I used to hear that line about Obama all the time.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 19, 2021:

@Trajan61 About what? The registration of guns goes back to the Brady Bill that was only passed in the 90's. Brady was a Republican shot in the head during the Reagan years. I'm also not registering a gun or giving back a gun and I have 2 of them.

Massage Parlor shooter was all about guns and God [news.yahoo.com]

DenoPenno comments on Mar 18, 2021:

Idiot misguided kid into guns and sex trade. Maybe he thinks they are coming for his guns. I used to hear that line about Obama all the time.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 19, 2021:

@Trajan61 If anyone was really coming for your guns they would have had them by now. What you are spouting here is political bullshit that is said in order to get followers. It is also claimed at political rallies a president has when he should be doing his job instead of having a rally.

When you deliver auto parts for a living you find many people who are into cars and trucks so much ...

oldFloyd comments on Mar 18, 2021:

And by the way that sounds like a plan 😁

DenoPenno replies on Mar 18, 2021:

I do hope everyone understands that my search for a 1957 TV is a parody because of others and their 1957 restored cars. LOL

An Idaho College’s Trustee Controversy Involves a Student’s “Godless” Pledge | Hemant Mehta ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 18, 2021:

"Under god" should be removed form the pledge.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 18, 2021:

@Healthydoc70 "Under god" as in the pledge refers to a nation that is under a god and has god's laws. This is what many believe about America and its founding, but we were not funded with a god in mind. Eisenhower had the words "under god" added later so as to counter "godless communism." Those words "under god" should be removed from the pledge. They do not belong there.

I just got my $1,400 Need it because I couldn't e-file this year and had to mail in my taxes.

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Mar 18, 2021:

I made much less money than I did in 2019. Hopefully, I won't have to pay thousands in taxes for 2020.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 18, 2021:

@barjoe Yes it is, but someone in a higher money bracket will pay for all the stimulus checks we have gotten, and pay for it through higher taxes.

I just got my $1,400 Need it because I couldn't e-file this year and had to mail in my taxes.

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Mar 18, 2021:

I made much less money than I did in 2019. Hopefully, I won't have to pay thousands in taxes for 2020.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 18, 2021:

I made less money and have my tax money back already. I got back half of what I got last year. I find many worried about "paying back the stimulus" but that will be handled by raising taxes at certain levels. It will not touch me and maybe not you either.

This Christian Preacher Insists That Dinosaurs in the Bible Are Actually Satan | Hemant Mehta | ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 15, 2021:

I remember back when the evangelicals said fossils were fakes put up by Satan to confuse. Ha.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2021:

They said that in church when I was young.

If this so called god actually exists.

xenoview comments on Mar 16, 2021:

There is no objective evidence that any god exist.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 16, 2021:

True, but believers claim "god always existed." That sets them up for a lot of verbal crap.

Religious people tend to begin with their conclusions, then work backwards looking for arguments ...

PBuck0145 comments on Mar 15, 2021:

Leftists tend to begin with their conclusions, then work backwards looking for arguments that appear to support those conclusions.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2021:

So now the discussion has turned political. OK, how do you explain those people who want the best of everything for people regardless of their skin color and nationality?You could remain stupid and declare that America was never a multi-cultural nation.

Well none of the ladies on this site who I've messaged have replied back.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 13, 2021:

Good luck. Christian or otherwise most women want to change you and take it as a challenge in which they can change you. This makes dating and relationships into games that people play.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 14, 2021:

@Gwendolyn2018 I have corrected my comment and I find yours to accurately describe a hell of a lot of men. LOL

Well none of the ladies on this site who I've messaged have replied back.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 13, 2021:

Good luck. Christian or otherwise most women want to change you and take it as a challenge in which they can change you. This makes dating and relationships into games that people play.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 13, 2021:

@KKGator Allow me to change the word "all" into "most." That should fix it.

Will social pressure and perks work to get folks vaccinated?

xenoview comments on Mar 13, 2021:

Faithfool leaders may tell their faithfool followers to not get the vaccine. I plan on getting the vaccine when my GF can get it, she's 5 years younger than me.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 13, 2021:

@Canndue My ex-wife just turned 42 and I'm 74. She was 28 when I married her. I have had both younger and older spouses during my lifetime --married 3 times and common law once.

Christ has risen 😊

DenoPenno comments on Mar 12, 2021:

It stopped making sense to me a few years ago. One big clue is the scriptures that declare "without the shedding of blood there is no repentance."

DenoPenno replies on Mar 13, 2021:

@girlwithsmiles The bible itself is out of date and its followers today just keep on making things up.

So, that was fun.

Cast1es comments on Mar 12, 2021:

I' gotten phone calls saying I'm in trouble with Social Security and am about to be arrested . It's been over fifty years since the last time I made an SS payment , and I will never qualify for SS retirement as I went with a different retirement system .

DenoPenno replies on Mar 12, 2021:

I have SS retirement and the scammers keep wanting me to give them the info. They claim in an accented voice that "my account is monitored and they have noticed unusual activity." Too dumb to know that none of this is true. You have SS numbers and you get payments. That's about all that is ever monitored. It is not a debit card system.

Here Are Some Helpful Tips for Coming Out as an Atheist | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

yvilletom comments on Mar 10, 2021:

I have taken the final step; I have smiled and said, “Fuck god.”

DenoPenno replies on Mar 11, 2021:

Which one, Tom?

This makes so much more sense than having the flag and god in the pledge. [facebook.com]

DenoPenno comments on Mar 7, 2021:

What I saw was that the stimulus check should not go to illegal aliens. A bit off topic but how in the hell would that happen? No income tax return so no checkie. Someone is batshit crazy!

DenoPenno replies on Mar 8, 2021:

@KKGator More than that, many think that if Jose and Maria can just get their parents here they will all be drawing social security in 6 months. Never gonna happen and you cannot fix stupid.

MIND CONTROL: Through the years there have been many instances of mass suicides ...

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 7, 2021:

Maybe a bad example, as according to the 8 survivors of the massacre at Jonestown, only a minority of the people's temple drank the poison willingly. A larger proportion either drank the poison at gun point, or were shot for refusing or trying to run away. Jim Jone's control of their minds was not...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 7, 2021:

I never understand how anyone thinks they are going to be dead here but alive somewhere else.

This IS NO joke, Tall story, etc, etc,it IS the facts and the Truth.

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Mar 6, 2021:

Amazing how frightened they are to have to sack someone who makes others think.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 7, 2021:

@Triphid So very true. No brain allowed.

Letters From An American 03/06/2021

silverotter11 comments on Mar 7, 2021:

Sadly trump voters will not change their beliefs but they will cash those checks (I know most are direct deposit, they won't send the money back that's for sure), take the child credits and if they qualify, use the weekly unemployment benefit. The people I worry the most about are the tip dependent...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 7, 2021:

Certainly they will cash those checks. We all will. My boss says it is all just wasted money and I tell him when the checks come we sell more auto parts. People do not see we are a nation of goods and services. If nobody buys things and we sell nothing, we go under. Money has to change hands to keep things going. With so many out of work what else do you do? 1929 is not an option.

Happy sat morning

yvilletom comments on Mar 6, 2021:

What occurred to me was that America disposes of excess military assault weapons by selling them to the mentally ill. Soon after DJT became president I heard that Congress passed an NRA-backed bill to that effect and he signed it. Did I hear wrongly?

DenoPenno replies on Mar 6, 2021:

That was the way I got it, Tom.

DEMOCRAT SWEEPING IMMIGRATION BILL What is in the Democrats 'U.S. CITIZENSHIP ACT OF 2021' Bill?

Mooolah comments on Mar 4, 2021:

Holding a permanent visa gives all the privilege's & right of a citizen except for voting & becoming president. My caretaker is content with remaining a permanent resident visa holder..

DenoPenno replies on Mar 5, 2021:

@St-Sinner This is exactly what I said the first time around.

Since the Florida CPAC and Trump statue like the golden calf, flags have went back up in my ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 3, 2021:

This evening I deliberately drove by the home of the old woman who has a new flag with words on it. The flag reads "Fuck Biden." It remains to be seen if the 4th will usher in some miracle cure for Trump returning as president. Those who are hopeful do not comprehend very well.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 5, 2021:

Hmmm. Maybe I would get a greater response by putting this in Trump Pinata? IDK.

DEMOCRAT SWEEPING IMMIGRATION BILL What is in the Democrats 'U.S. CITIZENSHIP ACT OF 2021' Bill?

Mooolah comments on Mar 4, 2021:

Holding a permanent visa gives all the privilege's & right of a citizen except for voting & becoming president. My caretaker is content with remaining a permanent resident visa holder..

DenoPenno replies on Mar 4, 2021:

@Mooolah OK, I did not know this. My ex-wife is now a citizen but when she had a green card it was like the 10 years type.

Not only do I remember it, I remember all the times I got lost hunting for the gas filler on an ...

Killtheskyfairy comments on Mar 4, 2021:

I never did but I remember the grandparents doing it.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 4, 2021:

I must be your grandparent then. LOL

DEMOCRAT SWEEPING IMMIGRATION BILL What is in the Democrats 'U.S. CITIZENSHIP ACT OF 2021' Bill?

Mooolah comments on Mar 4, 2021:

Holding a permanent visa gives all the privilege's & right of a citizen except for voting & becoming president. My caretaker is content with remaining a permanent resident visa holder..

DenoPenno replies on Mar 4, 2021:

The green card is re-newed every 10 years.

Catholic Bishops Raise Ethical Concerns Over Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, Saying Other Types ...

Julie808 comments on Mar 3, 2021:

I'm glad there are choices, as long as everyone can make peace with themselves with whichever vaccine is available to them to participate in the vaccine effort for the greater good. It's not like anyone aborted a fetus specifically for this reason. There are many layers of ethics that could ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 3, 2021:

@barjoe This is so very true, but I run onto otherwise intelligent people every day who believe we are killing babies to make medicine. They claim that even vaccines that were made differently years ago now have to be made using dead baby parts. It gets worse when they claim it is the doctors who have done this. It goes on into doctors who encourage abortion, etc.

Happy birthday, Linus Pauling.

barjoe comments on Feb 28, 2021:

He was a proponent of Vitamin C Protocol for the common cold. It works. When I'm coming down with a cold, I take fistfuls of 1000mg C. I never get really sick. I don't think it would help for Covid, but it might

DenoPenno replies on Feb 28, 2021:

@barjoe I always kept giant cloves of garlic around years ago and told my kids that was why we did not have vampires.

Happy birthday, Linus Pauling.

barjoe comments on Feb 28, 2021:

He was a proponent of Vitamin C Protocol for the common cold. It works. When I'm coming down with a cold, I take fistfuls of 1000mg C. I never get really sick. I don't think it would help for Covid, but it might

DenoPenno replies on Feb 28, 2021:

@barjoe My vitamin C is in the lemon juice concentrate or plain ascorbic acid.

Happy birthday, Linus Pauling.

barjoe comments on Feb 28, 2021:

He was a proponent of Vitamin C Protocol for the common cold. It works. When I'm coming down with a cold, I take fistfuls of 1000mg C. I never get really sick. I don't think it would help for Covid, but it might

DenoPenno replies on Feb 28, 2021:

I use a double shot of lemon juice mixed in OJ or just plain old Sunny D. That works for me.

What religion began, nationalism has completed, with the nation as the secular substitute for God.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 27, 2021:

Part of the anti-lockdown movement is fueled by white supremacy and much of it is also related to Qanon garbage that so many believe today. It continues unabated because someone is making money spreading all the nonsense.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 28, 2021:

@Castlepaloma Following the money today does not always lead to the wealthy wanting to be richer. You may find that someone wanting to sell you flags, shirts, and strange ideas to support it all could actually be your neighbor.

There’s going to be a lot of pushback if Biden follows through on his radical gun control ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 25, 2021:

What radical gun control proposals? I hear conservatives talking this crap but have no info about it. Did come from OAN or what? Maybe QAnon.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 26, 2021:

@Trajan61 Really? None of you want to get dangerous weapons off the streets. Anyone here aware the the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act goes back in time to Brady, shot in the head under Reagan, but he survived. This goes backwards into the GOP folks. The fact that it did not pass until 1993 does not matter. Also, the term 'buy back" means you have to give them the gun for them to buy it back. I'm not giving them my guns but I'm also not bitching about nonsense.

Take that, Evangelicals! Pope Francis accepts the big bang and evolution of science - not the ...

BD66 comments on Feb 25, 2021:

The pope isn't Catholic.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 26, 2021:

Many Evangelicals declare that Catholics are not even Christian. LOL

Sound familiar?

misstuffy comments on Feb 25, 2021:

We are still seeing a reluctance to prosecute white police officers who kill black citizens, often stopping them for ridiculous reasons. Is it no wonder the white race is looked upon with derision and fear?

DenoPenno replies on Feb 25, 2021:

I find the truth of this alarming. Then you see that "police flag" that so many are flying today. "I support the police," they say. What it means is that the police could have had a knee in George Floyd's neck for as long as they like.

Democracy As Flawed As Religion?

barjoe comments on Feb 23, 2021:

Maybe you live in a shithole. I'm still proud to be an American.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 24, 2021:

@SocialDarwin I have no idea what America is 'better than." The lifetime bias of living here causes strange opinions. Is that "patriotism?"

Evangelist: Pray for Me in Asia Because Buddhists Have “Emptiness on the Inside” | Hemant Mehta ...

xenoview comments on Feb 21, 2021:

A faithfool trying to spread his belief to faithfools of another belief.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 23, 2021:

He should have known that this job was dangerous before he took it. :)

Morals may be objective or subjective, but throughout my life I have never hurt anyone even though I...

Jolanta comments on Feb 22, 2021:

I have really not done those things either but I have hurt many a people in my days. Mostly not on purpose but unintentionally. But all that said, there are times when one has to speak what one feels no matter how 'hurt' someone gets. I have said some hurtful things about the Orange Garbage but ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 22, 2021:

I'm not sorry one bit about the Orange Garbage and I hope he gets carried out real soon now.

I'm actually seeing a TV commercial that claims faulty smoke alarms are a cause of many fires.

BTHT comments on Feb 19, 2021:

Hard wired, as opposed to battery powered, detectors could cause a fire if defective or improperly installed same as any other electrical device.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 19, 2021:

Another problem is fires that just seem to "break out." What is it they are breaking out of?

Assuming life exists throughout the universe, may we reasonably assume that Survival of the Fittest ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 15, 2021:

I would assume so because of mutation. Take disease germs, for example. They mutate in order to survive. It is survival of the fittest.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 15, 2021:

@racocn8 The ones that do not mutate are gone. It works that way with us too.

I just watched the latest episode of "Batwoman.

LenHazell53 comments on Feb 15, 2021:

No it's a lisp, she can't act for toffee, nor could her predecessor come to that.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 15, 2021:

Well, I looked it up and "thespian" is said to be an actor or actress. Imagine that. I was gonna be sneaky and see how many on here knew that.

The ego the ego is a very powerful thing i just realized that it may have so much to do with ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 8, 2021:

Ego tells me many things in my teens and twenties. Ego is you. It's who you are. As you get older the ego should adjust in ways that get you back into reality and critical thinking. For some of us this does not happen. Ego can make you a superman, or a stupid man. Most people are somewhere in ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 14, 2021:

@HeAdAkE The ego needs to take control of the id. This is where age comes into play.

Amazing they are all cowards.

CourtJester comments on Feb 13, 2021:

So what exactly should Trump have done about the flu with media buzz that every other country on earth didn’t do? I mean; besides several vaccines and all....

DenoPenno replies on Feb 13, 2021:

Trump's "flu problem" came mostly out of doing nothing to really help others and wanting to help the top 1 percent make money with a vaccine. I notice you call COVID-19 a "flu." It's sort of like the Spanish Flu they had 100 years ago. I had it in December and didn't work that month. Later it killed my cousin not long after he got out of the hospital for it. You need to learn that politics does not mix well with healthcare.