Bond set for Sebring man charged with murder in death of fetus | WYTV

DenoPenno comments on Jul 29, 2022:

A bit extreme here. 8 weeks pregnant and you get beat up, then a fetal heartbeat is no longer present. I'm sure the one doing the assault needs punished but I ask who (and why) is the woman checked for a fetal heartbeat. At 8 weeks the fetus is simply attempting to survive and in no way resembles a human being. This could have also of been in a petri dish. The man involved here must have really of been a bad mofo for things to go this far. Yes, he needs punished and under new laws it can be this bad. Extremely unjust if he gets 25 to life.

A Gen Z shock: Among Zoomers with no religion, women outnumber men

DenoPenno comments on Jul 28, 2022:

Zoomers are not known for carrying on the traditions of their elders. They will not therefore have the religion of the parents or grandparents.

Pete Seeger, Once Blacklisted Is Now On US Forever Postage Stamp

DenoPenno comments on Jul 28, 2022:

I like Pete. Imagine how upset some of the right will be about this stamp. They would rather see Josh Hawley honored by the postal service but he keeps running away.

Islam allows a man to have four wives. Why does Islam not allow a woman to have four husbands?

DenoPenno comments on Jul 27, 2022:

This is practiced in some areas of the world. My ex often talked of it.

Today would be the 94th birthday of our greatest ever filmmaker, Stanley Kubrick.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 27, 2022:

This is true. In my mind there is no logical reason to believe in gods. Having once been Christian, this seems true to me if I look at the ideas of how and when we got the bible as we know it today. The time frame of this alone and how far removed from Jesus it was shows religion as a fraud.

Prayer as supplication, not as schoolhouse wedge | Nebraska Examiner

DenoPenno comments on Jul 27, 2022:

If we continue in this nonsense pretty soon others will start blurting out things and claiming it was god that made them do it. The "silent prayer" that everyone was aware of will not be silent and obviously will not go away. This is why I call prayer the big lie. Yes, it is THE BIG LIE. Imagine the mega church where the pastor says prayers go out to you and your family. They do not even know you but you sent them a request they have not read. On TV they stand there and say they are sending prayers. Again, they do not know you. G. W. Bush was always sending prayers and at every shooting we hear "sending thoughts and prayers". It's nonsense! Nobody prays. Well, not really. Yet, we are told daily how much people do pray. I'm not buying it.

“If I had my life to live over.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 27, 2022:

The major change I would make is not to have lived my life as if I was the hero or the movie star. Books, stories and TV had that effect on me and it took most of my life to ditch bad things and become my real self. Along the way I helped others and never did real harm to anyone. A big disillusionment to myself but this started to change once I became atheist. I was never Superman or Tarzan and the God image Fell way also. At one point I described my life as being shattered. It all becomes different as you put the pieces back together. Today I have no enemies and no real hate. If I'm in conversation with someone and their hate comes out I ask them how they can live like that. So many of us are interconnected but too busy to see how. I'm sure we all want a life well lived but when we are gone there is always much unfinished business. Try to inspire others in a positive way.

Christian Nationalism's Racist Past Precludes Revival Except Among GOP's Trumpiest - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Jul 26, 2022:

Yes, none of this is new. Smith was so outspoken that I think his beliefs done him in. On the other hand, here we are today with Covid, rampant inflation, Russia fighting the Ukraine, energy prices, etc. and the uncertainty of everything makes it a perfect time to crank up Christian Nationalism again. This is because religious believers think Jesus is coming any day now. Preachers fall right in line with this and the Republicans get a little help from the pulpit. This makes it seem so real to many and as we help usher in the "end times" we might even get our "Christian Nation." Along with this type of racism we also see in increase in hatred. It's as if your skin is not really white then you do not even belong here.

2 Rule - Reading religious books are not necessary for telling it is bull shit.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 25, 2022:

I read plenty of religious books back when I believed all that bullshit. Today, zero religious books.

New Rule: That's Not Karma | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Jul 25, 2022:

I agree with Bill Maher on all of this. If what goes around comes around it is only because we continue to do the same old stupid things.

Even if you don't accept the "Life begins at first breath" line as literally refuting the pro-life ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 25, 2022:

That's about right. Also, god kept coming back to incest as a way to populate the earth. This was because there was no science. :)

As if sprains, broken bones, a mouse infestation, and the death of my sister were not enough, my A/C...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 25, 2022:

I'm sorry that all these things are raining on you. I explain it with the phrase "things happen." Glad your son put in a window unit. Now go out and buy yourself 2 Lasko Wind Machine fans. They are plastic and round. Walmart has them and you will have to learn where to put them so as to help that window unit. This takes a little experimentation. My AC has a freon issue and it leaks. Now I have propane as a coolant (R-290) simply added in. R-22 bit the dust. My house is a moble home kept at 78 degrees and I run one big ceiling fan and one Wind Machine. The air blows on me and I do not sweat. Recently had my oldest daughter here for overnight. She had to admit it was nice and comfortable in here. I'm sorry to hear of your sister's passing.

First Nations should not accept the Pope’s apology.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 25, 2022:

I have no loyalties to any church.

This site has shown me that having enough sense to see through the lies of religion, doesn’t ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 25, 2022:

Well said. Even with all that critical thinking some want to believe in pigfoot, UFO's, and Frosty the Snowman. Well, it could be possible, they say. Many are ignorant and bigoted. Politics is a great example of this as the gap always gets bigger. Oh, Christ. Gimme my Biden hat. Recently a woman told me that I sound like someone who voted for Jimmy Carter.

I'm getting really upset with Satan.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 25, 2022:

Have you ever wondered who wrote the book of Job where god and the devil are talking to each other? Keep in mind that both of these guys come out of the same book.

If ANYONE still supports this man, those people are dumbasses.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 24, 2022:

He wants to get the heat turned off of him. Now he is talking about "pro murder rallies." The man is disgusting. BTW. what does it mean to "look like a thumb?"

Scientology wants the Supreme Court to enforce its billion-year contract

DenoPenno comments on Jul 24, 2022:

Scientology approaches this subject in a similar way as Affordable Dentures. Once they do you a bad job they are right there with a non-disclosure contract and when you expose them anyway they are right there to say "it was not us." The big difference is that Scientology will not give you your money back. :)

Religion has had 1,000's of years to prove god exists...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 24, 2022:

"You just wait until after you are dead." The scare tactic and "what if" of religion. They do this because there is no proof of religion. Now as we get into the claim of thousands of years to prove religion the question comes up as to who would be proving it? Nobody. The answer is nobody. This is not even a question that science would take seriously.

Sorry, I could not resist...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 24, 2022:

Around election time feel free to use my slogan. "Josh Hawley is a white supremacist that we do not need."

FYI about balancing on one leg: "People who are middle-aged or older and can’t balance on one ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 23, 2022:

Some of us might die from the fall we take while tryng to balance on one leg. I used to be a jock but now I'm an old man with neuropothy.

Kentucky judge slams 'theocratic' laws in ruling protecting abortion rights

DenoPenno comments on Jul 23, 2022:

I think it is important to consider that even a tapeworm has a heartbeat. Is anyone trying to abort them?

Apparently, Jesus is some kind of weird medical groupie.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 23, 2022:

I look at things like this and see how stupid people think they can do nothing unless Jesus is guiding them. He helps the doctors operate so why did they need training? Jesus even wakes you up in the mornings. It's all terrible! I watched a movie just today where a man and woman were remembering the fear that their parents might die overnight as everyone slept. I'm serious. Where do people get all these fears and how stupid do they want to become just to glorify an invisible Jesus?

Is anyone else stumbling on the technology highway?

DenoPenno comments on Jul 23, 2022:

I've made a lot of those changes and they do require a little learning. Phones were party lines when I was a kid. Many people did not have them. Movies were seen at an indoor or drive in theater. I stream video with reliable methods that are already obsolete and I have cell phones but prefer to not talk on them. TV and movies that interest me today have devices 20 to 25 years old or more. The latest idea shows and language do not interest me in the least. Same with latest hip talk and ideas. My comfort zone is in what I know and understand. I have refurbed a few computers myself but would not know much about our newest ones today.

FrayedBear must be a member of the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM).

DenoPenno comments on Jul 23, 2022:

I haven't blocked anybody but Trump's Q Conservatives sure block me.

New Rule: Words Matter | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Jul 23, 2022:

I watch Bill every week.

The Dance Many atheists’ interest in science and critical thinking appears to extend only far ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 23, 2022:

I have no allegiance to science. In fact, I have no allegiance to anything. Maybe myself.

The ultimate Turing test would be giving an advanced Artificially Intelligent being power and money ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 23, 2022:

Yes, and people in my are are increasingly becoming more paranoid. Let's look at the book of Revelation and see how this is going to play out. Nonsense. Rest assured however that even an advanced AI would fall into the power, money, and greed trap. The reason why would be that it was built by humans and it would them come to see only that it was doing its job.

Walgreens boycott called after employees refuse to sell contraception due to religious beliefs

DenoPenno comments on Jul 22, 2022:

My pharmacy is Walmart but there is a closer one where I live. It is smaller and called Sinks. I don't switch because the Sinks people would deny prescriptions for sure. One person working there used to have "Trump is my president, Jesus is my savior"written all over her SUV. I really think she had her message turned all around on that one. Trump lost and it was always like she was going to cry. Can I go buy a Biden hat now? :)

Climate change deniers.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 22, 2022:

Here's another way to look at it. Not many things can grow at 100 degrees plus and farmers do not have water to help get that situation under control. Look at your lawn to confirm what happens then. Next, ask yourself how do we grow food then. Deniers seldom take this situation as far as looking at our food production.

“Human beings have a strong dramatic instinct toward binary thinking, a basic urge to divide ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 21, 2022:

The 2 groups easily turn into good and bad so it is common to assume that religion is right because it solves all ills and believers have to have a place to put Hitler. A desire for vengeance is more acceptable than just saying Hitler is dead. On the smaller scale all sports involve these principals. This is why in a recent blog a woman replied that I did believe in god. My statement was simply that everyone knew god loved sports. If you agree with my statement it shows that you are supplying what your god does or does not believe in.

Why I, as an Atheist, Am No Longer a Humanist

DenoPenno comments on Jul 21, 2022:

Was this puddle created just for me? Humans are the height of creation. Why am I hearing that word too much here? Humans are superior. Only if you have lingering beliefs in religious origin. I am a humanist even though I do not like most humans. This is because I am still a human. Are you an ethical vegan? I'm wondering how your food choices got mixed up in this subject. If humans are anything special we then have to ask the question "special to what."

If you are going to start preaching then you better fully understand the book you are using to back ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 20, 2022:

This is true but let me explain it. The Lawd Cod made 2 people and then decided everyone else should get here through incest. Next he destroyed the world by water and saved 8 people who later on had to repopulate the earth through incest. That was the only way to get people back then.

A Christian hate-preacher condemned me... for quoting him accurately

DenoPenno comments on Jul 20, 2022:

What a wonderful hate preacher. He maketh sureth that he hath the right bible. It is the King Jameth. That's the one. :) Some of their doctrines do not hold up in other versions.

Court OKs sale of 43 Catholic Church properties to settle sex abuse claims

DenoPenno comments on Jul 20, 2022:

Anyone wanna buy a 1957 model Catholic Church? I think I got that from Lenny Bruce.

31 former students sue Seventh-day Adventist school for child abuse

DenoPenno comments on Jul 20, 2022:

Does it mean they thought she would run away if not handcuffed? This s insanity.

Bill Maher's False Flag Supply | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Jul 20, 2022:

Not too much of an exaggeration for my area. Throw in a man I went to school with who liked Trump because he "does not need your money and has plenty of his own." Now let's jump to a recent Trump statement where he claims he needs to be president again so he will not be subject to prosecution. He must be starting to feel the heat.

Walgreens Boycott Trend After Birth Control, Condom Sales Refused.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 20, 2022:

I could not agree more. If you cannot fill the prescription leave. Get another job. Don't try to push your refusal into religious objection. Jesus has nothing to do with it. Before long your job might also include filling a prescription for an assisted suicide. How do you handle that? Can you dispense birth control pills or are you stuck on a Genesis "commandment" to "replenish the earth." Yes, the earth was plenished once and now we have to replenish it. That damned sky daddy. BTW, if you read the story of Onan again you find out that the spilling of his seed was not about him being a jackoff. Your preachers are telling you wrong. your job choice is wrong. YOU are involved in the crimes against humanity!

Trump Tells Team He Needs to Be President Again to Save Himself from Criminal Probes ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 19, 2022:

Lock that mofo up!

Christian values.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 19, 2022:

A couple of years ago 2 Baptist women came by and knocked on my door. I told them I no longer believe and the reply i got was "look at the trees." If you try this be aware that the trees are proof of trees. :) I think that I shall never see (a poem) or anything as beautiful as a tree.

Pink drops unannounced video taking on Trump, gun violence, BLM, Roe v Wade SCOTUS; She's naming ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 18, 2022:

One of the best forms of protest would be if you could put your feelings into it in a sensible way. She hits it. Her song makes me want to feel like she does. Thanks Pink.

Filmmaking 101 Completely without planning or conscious intention, the human mind writes, ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 18, 2022:

Put this together with Pew Research and Gallop and you can mix in all the other nonsense that is thrown at us today.

In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace | Pew Research Center

DenoPenno comments on Jul 18, 2022:

I help with the Gallop Poll and it shows Christianity on a decline. Many do not know it but these polls are used by industry and government to get ideas on what "we the people" might be interested in so they know what to sell us. Anything from voting trends to a new toothbrush and other items in the "must have" area.

Police say 'Good Samaritan' prevented further loss of life in Indiana mall shooting: 'Tactically ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 18, 2022:

You are correct in how they are just running away with this story. It seems this is all you hear right now on guns and shootings. What i'm going to write next is imaginary but in the "what if" area. Suppose for a moment that 2 would be shooters had this planned out. One of them is actually positioned in the food area and the other with a rifle is higher up. After the man with a rifle kills 3 people and his buddy in the food area becomes "the hero" by opening up and killing him. A setup to become an instant hero. Rather than sing this guy's praises someone should investigate to prove it did not happen that way. Well, maybe not true. Maybe correct as reported.

I have a question. Is it allowed to sell products and services on here?

DenoPenno comments on Jul 18, 2022:

He will not have a good business unless they have their mouths open.

The desire to kiss you is draining, tiresome; it devours me. Sofocle

DenoPenno comments on Jul 18, 2022:

I never knew you cared.

Lucifer (Netflix) is a bit daft, but the theme song by Heavy Young Heathens is cool.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 18, 2022:

My take is like this. I don't like a movie or show about god so why am I gonna watch one about the other guy coming here and being a cop? They both come from the same book.

REMEMBER THE 1976 OLYMPICS?

DenoPenno comments on Jul 18, 2022:

Howdia Comapeach. Yep, dat be her.

QAnon Senate hopeful busted for filing false police report about adult bookstore.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 18, 2022:

Was he even serious about his election? He had a fake name.

Over the past years, since the evolution of apes into humanity, as far as I understand religion has ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 18, 2022:

Pray for whirled peas. Hard to find them in the grocery stores.

How does belief in the existence of a genocidal maniac in the sky make you a good and moral person?

DenoPenno comments on Jul 18, 2022:

He could kill us all by drowning again and then repopulate by incest again. No wait. The rainbow is his proof that he will no longer drown us. He is "the most high god" and he lived on a higher mountain than some of the other gods. NASA has never found him. I bet the new Webb Telescope doesn't find him either.

Hey y'all.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 17, 2022:

???

Hit the nail on the head

DenoPenno comments on Jul 17, 2022:

I can identifiy. I also do not know about having things on my plate except at meal time.

Beau of the Fifth Column - Let's talk about Trump, Pence, loss, and gain.... [youtube.com]

DenoPenno comments on Jul 17, 2022:

I agree with Justin on this.

"Our good air decided to float over to China" ---Herschel Walker

DenoPenno comments on Jul 17, 2022:

Our good air decided to float over to China.

GOP SORE LOSERS CLAIM ELECTION WAS RIGGED Donald Trump has refused to accept defeat and continues ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 17, 2022:

When you do not win simply claim that it was all rigged and demand a re-do. Some demand a recount. Soon they will demand a re-do if they can get away with it. Remember. Trump and JFK Jr. are on your side.

How does belief in the existence of a genocidal maniac in the sky make you a good and moral person?

DenoPenno comments on Jul 17, 2022:

I get it, but why are so many wanting to be a good and moral person or arguing about it?

Religion offers simple solutions for simpletons, faith is required but free thinking (really ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 17, 2022:

If i had all of that written on me it would be removed by any means possible.

The state of Florida is caught trying to influence teachers to preach Christianity to public school ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 16, 2022:

Thanks, Steve.

Commentary from Jeff Childers at 'Coffee & Covid' - Remember how Moderna and Pfizer always said ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 15, 2022:

I'm waiting to see how it goes in wintertime where I live. If Covid variants increase in my area the boosters and masks start again. I work for a very large corporation who keeps on top of all this and tells us what to do.

Ivana Trump just died, she was 73, mom of Ivanka and the two imbecile sons, the turd cheated on her ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 15, 2022:

I was sorry to hear of her passing today but the Trump family did one thing right. They said Ivana died of natural causes. She was 73 so this is a nice way of saying they will not share her medical history with you.

Bwahahahaha!

DenoPenno comments on Jul 15, 2022:

I agree. Ya got the wrong Trump. :) If I outlive Trump and am on my deathbed my last words might be that I outlived Agolf Twitler. Then I die with a smile.

Female pastor's pro-LGBTQ views censored in book about female pastors

DenoPenno comments on Jul 15, 2022:

All of this happens because you cannot have a live-in love relationship with someone of the same sex and be "on holy ground" as the book title suggests. This is because 'that there bibble just does not approve." I have a solution. I really do. Get the hell away from religion and stop pretending that god loves you too. There are no gods. Get that in your head and you will be much more happy.

One tiny bright spot re: the hard-core religious strict-constructionists: it appears to me that they...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 15, 2022:

I'm 76 and back when I was in my church daze I heard preachers saying form the pulpit that "dinosaur bones and skeletons were a trick of the Devil." They were not real. They were just put there by Satan to deceive you. Along with this were lectures by car dealers and show salesmen on how carbon dating was just wrong, wrong. They knew all about it. "Evilution" was also a trick. God and the 7 days did it all coz 7 is a magical number. Will we ever really get away from this crap? It gets sad when people like this run for office an win.

It’s not really about whether you consider yourself an atheist or a theist.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 13, 2022:

I do not believe that anyone lives in the sky. The exception would be others similar to use and living on other planets. There are lots of other planets. Beyond this we know nothing. Too much distance involved.

Why Religion does more Harm than it does Good in this World [youtu.be]

DenoPenno comments on Jul 13, 2022:

I have to agree that religion is inherently bad. If a man becomes religious and is no longer a dope addict it is because he chose not to continue being a dope addict. If a man wants to kill you in the name of his god it is because he believes that his god requires him to kill others. After all, god killed himself to get you to believe in him so he could fix the method in which he created you.

I am an astrophysicist. I am also a Christian. - Big Think

DenoPenno comments on Jul 11, 2022:

An astrophysicist who is also a Christian is also a liar. These positions are not compatible with each other. Sorry.

One great thing about having an admin.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 11, 2022:

I am permanently banned from Facebook Marketplace apparently because I failed to use developer tools that they made present and use them in a proper way. Still not sure exactly what I did, I'm told I wanted to sell domain names and become an auto dealer. WTF? The robots must have told Zuck this. I do recall giving instruction to a woman who wanted to post something and she is not there any longer. All I ever used Marketplace for was to see what was for sale. A person does not have to use Facebook in making contact with them. This brtings me back to WTF was the big problem?

😈You heathens need to clean up your damned reputation!😈 [m.youtube.com]

DenoPenno comments on Jul 11, 2022:

I like Joan Jett. Even her black heart!

Mythology & Fiction Explained - Paradise Lost | The Story of Lucifer You Were Never Told ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 11, 2022:

Informative about our complete supernatural ignorance.

Steve Bannon has turned traitor on his former boss, Trumpty Dumpty: [bbc.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 11, 2022:

Nothing will happen here. People keep telling us about January 6th and it is all empty promises. Nobody does anything. you would think at the very least they should come up with something to where Trump could not run again. Are they working on that?

The Most Sarcastic Comedian Of All Time. Bob Zany

DenoPenno comments on Jul 11, 2022:

First I have heard of him.

As another COVID-19 subvariant spreads, the risk of reinfection grows.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 11, 2022:

No effects from any of these are seen in my area. I'm leery and keep on wondering if Covid will again become a problem in the winter. If so, we should all be more aware.

Forbidden

DenoPenno comments on Jul 11, 2022:

This is a nice quote. In my own life i live simply without hate or too much strife. It is as if I am rich but I live below the poverty line.

Three dead, seven wounded after block party shooting in Gary, Indiana

DenoPenno comments on Jul 10, 2022:

I have that same wonderment about this sort of shooting. It is cowardly and shameful.

Anti-LGBTQ writer claims she's being "silenced" for her Christian faith

DenoPenno comments on Jul 10, 2022:

Christians all believe that they will be persecuted and they believe it coz their book told them so. Go from there on into sexual things and everybody knows their are only 2 sexes, - man and woman. Any other sexual gender claims are there simply because people want to sin. That's a Christian for you.

Activist Asks To Lead Satanic Prayer At FL High School Football Game | Miami, FL Patch

DenoPenno comments on Jul 10, 2022:

Good for him. We need someone to keep this going until everyone sees our Court Taliban for what is really is. Most of these people will tell you our problems began when they took prayer out of school. When was that? Any body know? I'm 76 years old and all I remember are statements like "those who want to can have one minute of silent prayer, then get to work" People damned O'Hair for taking away silent prayer but my school was never like a church service. Liars keep claiming that it was. How do you ban silent prayer?

Churches closing their doors in record numbers

DenoPenno comments on Jul 10, 2022:

Less churches but believers are still around. They want it their way. and i don't mean Burger King. The twisted and misused godspel is becoming anything they want it to be or say.

NO MORE PASSWORDS?

DenoPenno comments on Jul 9, 2022:

I'm not a fan of Google Chrome but I do use their search engine mostly. I'm definitely not a fan of others controlling my passwords. Often they play stupid games with me, even calling me, and then crow loudly about how they are protecting me and my password. "Hey, Deno. Somebody with a different ISP signed in to your account. Let us know if it was you." Hey, Dummo. It was me using a VPN. Sorry." :)

Churches closing their doors in record numbers

DenoPenno comments on Jul 8, 2022:

Just the opposite in my town. We had a large building that was a showcase for cars and car repair. For reasons unknown to me the owner turned it into a church. As the pandemic was ending in our area they started building again and turned this into mega church. The heads up I'm getting here is that you can pretty much do as you wanna do as long as you believe in mega Jesus.

MORE CREEPS SPROUTING FROM THE SWAMPS There is no end to the creepy Repugs coming out of the ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 7, 2022:

How did Roe v. Wade disturb white life in any manner? This Repug is nutz.

Christian activist: I 'pray with' Supreme Court justices ruling on my cases

DenoPenno comments on Jul 7, 2022:

Not acceptable at all. This is almost on the level of giving someone a trial before you hang them when you knew in advance that you would hang them.

Medical ethical questions arising from political bans on abortion Post by Rebecca Solnit ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 7, 2022:

Many living things have a heartbeat. This is for the circulation of blood not for determining if human. A tapeworm also has a heartbeat and I would not want one in my body. Todd Akin, a GOP politico from Missouri, was once heard to remark that a woman's body had a way of dealing with sperm so as not to get pregnant if it was "legitimate rape." Think on that statement and be aware that this is the mentality we are going through yet today with political bans on women's healthcare. If they succeed we will be having funerals for a miscarriage.

What will this so called Conservative Court do if a case on creationism appears on their docket?

DenoPenno comments on Jul 7, 2022:

I'm sure that "teach the controversy" would be very appealing to them.

The Catholic church is dictating reproductive health care — even in blue states | Salon.com

DenoPenno comments on Jul 6, 2022:

Everyone is lining up and waiting to side with the American Taliban. Let's band together and see which item we can repudiate today. SCOTUS will help us.

Twelve religious group members arrested over Australian girl's death [bbc.com]

DenoPenno comments on Jul 6, 2022:

Maybe thoughts and prayers went to the extreme.

DeSantis signs Bill into Law making students and faculty profess their religious and political views

DenoPenno comments on Jul 6, 2022:

Just when you thought it could not get any worse. They know that you might be changing religious and political views yearly so this is why you have to register your views yearly.

"I don't want to see religious bigotry in any form.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 5, 2022:

He is correct but that was 1981 and today it appears that Franklin Graham would be all for it. This merger of religion and the far right is a done deal. I have found that when you run onto one of them and point this out they cuss you.

NO POP POP, no here a pop pop, or there a pop pop.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 4, 2022:

A little bit of pop pop in my town on Sunday but there were big public displays where everyone was invited just 6 miles away. I chose to go and be with my family but there were people everywhere and I could not even find my group. I finally gave up. Should have brought a phone.

I was listening to a video about sex in the middle ages when the conversation turned to Thomas ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 4, 2022:

Things appear to be heading in that direction. Neighbor spying up on neighbor and reporting to our American Taliban, checking to see what you received in the mail and from whom, no crossing state lines for Womens Healthcare, Imagine a roadblock where people in the car are showing I.D. and they find a pregnant woman in the car and make it known that she had better still be pregnant when they return. Packages from Canada and elsewhere will be checked and x-rayed because we need no pills mailed in of any kind that match birth control or morning after, or chemical abortion. Lots of new jobs opening up here and it is really not what it seems. It is all about power.

Letters From An American 07/02/2022

DenoPenno comments on Jul 4, 2022:

This is so well written. I remember those times but will say here now that we need to eliminate the filibuster or once again take up the floor to actually talk it to death. Today all they have to do is say "I filibuster that".

An open letter to white evangelicals: We’re done with you.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 4, 2022:

I think I can go along with this. Just recently a man was telling me something on a site and I had to brand him as a white supremacist. In protest he told me that white supremacy is as hard to find as a pink unicorn. Somewhere in Christian Nationalism or Republican Jesus is where his beliefs stand but people like him do not see it. They carry their own branding words and put it on the left. They want power and many of them think it was Antifa that did the January 6th insurrection. Somehow Donnie Boy woke them up and Donnie and John Wayne are going to come up out of the sea and guide them.

Religion belongs on public life, Florida tells teachers - The Washington Post

DenoPenno comments on Jul 3, 2022:

Many used to cherry pick the bible. That practice still goes on. Now they want to cherry pick our history. I highly recommend the book "Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James W. Loewen.

The Righteous Cruelty Of Republican Jesus Religion using Politics / Politics using Religion.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 3, 2022:

It's all more of the "America founded on religion" bullshit that so many want you to believe. It simply was not so and many different people from all over came here. In recent convo with my former boss on this subject he said the problem was that if you stayed in England you had to be Church of England. This last one is another fallacy that Christians want to use. America is too diversified to ever be "a Christian Nation."

NO POP POP, no here a pop pop, or there a pop pop.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 3, 2022:

Pop pop finally came Saturday night about 9 PM and lasted a modest half hour. I guess a couple of fools bought some fireworks.

Reconciling my atheism with my racial/ethnic identity and my passion for different cultures

DenoPenno comments on Jul 3, 2022:

My now dead stepfather once told me that I think about things too much. I agree and this helps me to understand myself and others. Today I can look back and see exactly why I did certain things in my life. This is not foolproof. At a recent reunion my longtime friend Larry recalled an incident but he does not remember me being there. A book gives you different concepts of things and people have different concepts as well.

So being an atheist, one of the most significant things that I struggling with is that since I also ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 3, 2022:

In reality there is no evidence for or against gods in any form. All we have on either side of the argument is claims and no evidence. Logic and evidence is everything and you cannot use your scripture book as evidence. You might be going to the wrong persons Hell. :) Demons, spirits, and Bigfoot an flying horses come out of the mythos that people create for themselves in order to understand things. Jesus was not the only virgin birth if you go back in time. Each culture has a story. Things change with time and interests do too. That has been my experience.

I went to the bookstore (Borders) today.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 3, 2022:

I stayed inside all day and watched my movies and TV programs. Finished the third season of Stranger Things and went to the Millie Bobby Brown fan page to comment on the series. They are now going to( or are already in) Germany for a Comic Con visit that promotes the actors and their work. Later in the day I downloaded all of the Shout Factory films and movies to find that my Facebook friend, Michelle Lintel, is there in her complete series of Black Scorpion. That was a tongue in cheek show similar to Adam West's Batman. In fact West and several others guest starred in Black Scorpion. The Von Lintel family must be proud but Michelle is busy raising baby Charlie these days. I used to read books and still catch an e-pub now and then if I like the titles and subjects.

Dozens freed from church awaiting 'Second Coming' in Ondo Nigeria [bbc.com]

DenoPenno comments on Jul 3, 2022:

My ex wife's family was deeply involved in Legio Maria (Legion of Mary) and her grandfather was one of the founders. The group is a mix of Catholic, African, and Pentecostal belief. There leader, Simeo Undato was poisoned but many believe he is the black Jesus and that he resurrected and they see him all the time. He appears at least one time a year. They also know that the "Second Coming" is right around the corner.

Every echo-chamber needs a positive or negative center of gravity: positive if members of the ...

DenoPenno comments on Jul 3, 2022:

I have had similar experiences online. Recently a former soldier who thought he was a patriot claimed to have been wounded 3 times. He came across as a white supremacist that believed Trump's bullshit. I guess people have been crossing our Southern border for the last 6 years or so. Obama had more of the illegals sent back than anyone. When I said I am also ex military but I believe in equality for all, he told me in a bad way to shove that shit right up my ass. I said politely that I am done. People of this caliber believe that Antifa are the bad actors that did the January 6th insurrection. The real conspiracy comes from the left and the white and right must take over. No one will replace them. Jesus, I would hate to have that much venom in me. It will eat you up.

A joke about second hand cars.

DenoPenno comments on Jul 3, 2022:

I drive a 2004 Monte Carlo that is a second hand car. Bought it for $6000 and it is a fairly good car. A few problems here and there but you can expect that. Right now I'm over 200000 miles and working for more because I will keep this car as long as I can. Personally I have no preference of car names and models. Two new cars in my lifetime but I just know how to pick cars. Had this one for over 10 years now.