A baby tragically dies during baptism in Romania, a Christian girl sparks major change in Indonesia,...

anglophone comments on Feb 13, 2021:

I was walloped by somebody on this site for bellyaching about that baptism in Romania.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 13, 2021:

It appears to be a totally idiotic way to baptize.

I often get really sad and disgusted when I read some of the political posts from Shawnee locals.

Willow_Wisp comments on Feb 13, 2021:

I canceled Facebook when news broke they sold our data without our consent and without notification and without compensation. I’ll die and go to fucking hell before I fall for Facebook again. Just to be clear how I feel about them. I recommend everyone cancel Facebook

DenoPenno replies on Feb 13, 2021:

Yes, but everyone sells your data without your consent. The "legality" that they operate under is that if you have visited their page you are giving consent.

Butter wouldn't melt eh!

Theresa_N comments on Feb 11, 2021:

Not nearly as much as cattle does.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 11, 2021:

Political post have been done claiming that others want to kill all the cows because they fart and we have too much methane in the atmosphere. The cattle industry should love that idea. Obviously we are going to eat the meat.

one twenty two am thought

LenHazell53 comments on Feb 11, 2021:

Though we are the cumulative effects of our lives experience, some of those experiences when viewed in hindsight were clearly mistakes born of ignorance or stupidity, the avoidance of which would have produced greater wisdom than did the missteps.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 11, 2021:

@Boomtarat03 They are nice words. :)

GOP representatives have been complaining that the Impeachment Trial cannot be fair if Senator Leahy...

mcgeo52 comments on Feb 11, 2021:

If the voting was by secret ballot instead of on the public record Trump would be convicted.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 11, 2021:

This sounds good but the dissenting GOP would call it "fake ballot."

Today I drove by the local drug store to view that GMC Yukon again and see if the owner still has it...

Word comments on Feb 11, 2021:

You ask, "What is wrong with people?" People exist, if people didn't exist, nothing would be wrong with them.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 11, 2021:

@Word Not everything said about me is true either. :)

It was 7 degrees in mid Missouri when I woke up this morning.

Word comments on Feb 7, 2021:

I have never heard of a presto opening a door before. It just might be a first. But I did hear of an "open sesame" door opener, once.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 7, 2021:

The heater did not work so I put a box fan on it for about 3 minutes and the door opened.

“Pro-Life” Activist Does Damage Control After Whining About Baby She “Saved” | Hemant Mehta ...

KKGator comments on Feb 6, 2021:

Forced-birthers are fucking hypocrites. I refuse to call them "pro-lifers", because they aren't. They want to convince women not to terminate their pregnancies, but have ZERO concern for any child after it's born. They're also known as conservative republicans. Fuck them. Fuck. Them. All.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 6, 2021:

That sounds like Conservative Republicans to me. They are just pro birth.

Translation of Latin to English of the word 'religio' In Latin the word religio simply means to ...

Science-guy comments on Feb 6, 2021:

I would say your definition is a bit embellished based on my read of the word https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religio

DenoPenno replies on Feb 6, 2021:

To re-chose, or to go over again. This is my take on it.

E.

Triphid comments on Feb 6, 2021:

Sorry E.W. Jackson but Atheists have no FEAR of any or ALL Sky Daddies what-so-ever, instead we leave all of that up to you "God Fearing Believers."

DenoPenno replies on Feb 6, 2021:

Why are people fearing god?

Marjorie Taylor Greene Hits Back After Mitch McConnell 'Cancer' Comments

Barnie2years comments on Feb 4, 2021:

This is such fun to watch! The GOP and Trumplicans eating each other up. Now if we can keep the Democrats and Progressives from tearing things up, our future looks much brighter.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 5, 2021:

@Barnie2years You have backed up what I was saying. The Republicans and Trump would gladly get rid of social security altogether.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Hits Back After Mitch McConnell 'Cancer' Comments

yvilletom comments on Feb 4, 2021:

At ballotpedia.org enter her full name in the searchbox and see her political biography. Scroll down and you can see what she told voters.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 5, 2021:

@yvilletom I'm aware. If they do this how would the rest of us prove our citizenship?

Marjorie Taylor Greene Hits Back After Mitch McConnell 'Cancer' Comments

Barnie2years comments on Feb 4, 2021:

This is such fun to watch! The GOP and Trumplicans eating each other up. Now if we can keep the Democrats and Progressives from tearing things up, our future looks much brighter.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 4, 2021:

@Barnie2years My reply was in assuming that if Democrats and Progressives are tearing things up then you must think it was all fine under Trump. He literally wanted to take away social security and then give us "something better." Trump has ego problems. Like his healthcare plan that never came about in 4 years this just would not happen. With Biden I know that my social security is safe and not going to disappear.

What's with all these markers along the highways that show where someone died?

p-nullifidian comments on Feb 4, 2021:

You have a dark sense of humor ... one that makes me snicker! Seriously, those roadside homemade crosses serve as a reminder to drive only when sober and well-rested, within the speed limit (or as the weather allows) and to ignore your damn phones! ;-)

DenoPenno replies on Feb 4, 2021:

Are we sure that the highway markers have to do with those who were drunk or DUI? You would think that if they did the state would put them there. What I see is flowers and signs apparently from the surviving relatives.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Hits Back After Mitch McConnell 'Cancer' Comments

yvilletom comments on Feb 4, 2021:

At ballotpedia.org enter her full name in the searchbox and see her political biography. Scroll down and you can see what she told voters.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 4, 2021:

OK, Tom. I read about her on Ballotpedia and I'm a bit confused on this healthcare plan she thinks that illegal aliens have. This would be the citizen children born here and not the illegal parents.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Hits Back After Mitch McConnell 'Cancer' Comments

Barnie2years comments on Feb 4, 2021:

This is such fun to watch! The GOP and Trumplicans eating each other up. Now if we can keep the Democrats and Progressives from tearing things up, our future looks much brighter.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 4, 2021:

I don't know about you but I prefer to keep my social security rather than have Trump take it away to "replace it with something better."

I saw media pics of snow in New York.

Mooolah comments on Feb 3, 2021:

I went to Chernobyl via google earth. Then I found myself spending much to much time circumnavigating the earth. The Kilauea volcano eruption. The Trapps in Russia.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 3, 2021:

Yes, this can happen. LOL

Did Biden and the democrats lie about the $2,000 stimulus checks?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2021:

Read up a little on this please. Trump wanted $2000 checks to go out but McConnell said no and we all got $600 instead. What the Biden camp now says is that we will all get $1400. I suppose this is to make up the difference? The claim is that some of us could be seeing this money by the later part ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 3, 2021:

@RoboGraham I doubt that Warnock and Ossiff were elected because of a promised $2000 check.

When faith defines one's identity, and when that faith runs afoul of political reality for millions ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 31, 2021:

I watched this on You Tube. Some of these people are insane.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 2, 2021:

@MikeInBatonRouge I've known people just like her and they always thought they were living "in the end times." Oh, well. According to the bible Jesus told the 12 they were living in the end times. LOL I have a friend who thinks Jesus could return any day now.

Some Southern Baptist pastors are calling Kamala Harris 'Jezebel.' What do they mean?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 1, 2021:

Jezebel brought in the worship of Baal in the OT and got Ahab to do away with worship of Jahweh. If you apply this to Kamala Harris today the religious will say she is going to go for the worship of Indian gods and not the god of the bible. In other words, the ones making these claims are racist. It...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 2, 2021:

@HippieChick58 They make the racist claims because Kamala's mother was from India. Therefore she cannot want what white supremacists want according to idiot white people.

Christian Hater Condemns Group for Blocking Military Dogs from Going to Heaven | Hemant Mehta | ...

bbyrd009 comments on Jan 31, 2021:

ha but no one "goes to heaven" in the Bible though, hmm

DenoPenno replies on Jan 31, 2021:

No, but some claim the bible says you do.

There is an overwhelming lack of evidence for the tooth fairy, pixies at the bottom of the garden, ...

Healthydoc70 comments on Jan 30, 2021:

What about the zombies?Marjorie Taylor Green?

DenoPenno replies on Jan 30, 2021:

She's one zombie that should be removed.

Radicalizing is a serious problem. This info may be of help. [youtu.be]

Larimar comments on Jan 27, 2021:

https://time.com/5886348/report-peaceful-protests/ This is not a both sides issue to the point some on this site would like others to believe. It was far right infiltrating and performing destruction to make others believe that it was BLM or Antifa and the latter isn't even an organization! ONE...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 27, 2021:

@TomMcGiverin Trump used talk like that to get people to believe he hated all the same things that they hate. This is why the confused radicals think Trump is their buddy.

I feel there is a lot of undisclosed racism of people here on this site.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 11, 2021:

The telltale racist thing I see often is white people who suddenly apply the "n" word to other white people and go to great lengths to tell you anybody can be an "n." I do not like this and they are so wrong, but their racism shows up clearly.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 25, 2021:

@Flowerwall When I lived in Texas I met a woman who said in her area "n's" liked to be called "n's." It was years ago but I suppose she was referring to to the "homie" type thing . IDK.

I grew up in a staunchly Catholic home in a Catholic neighborhood, and 8 years of parochial school.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 24, 2021:

I studied the bible and read it cover to cover. If you study the bible as we know it today, Constantine and how and when the books were chosen, etc. the only conclusion is that it is all bullshit. Your beloved Jesus was not even a Christian.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 24, 2021:

@Healthydoc70 Jesus died quickly and had a bad weekend. :)

Conspiracy theories abound.

oldFloyd comments on Jan 24, 2021:

Um, your post is filled with void's. 🤔

DenoPenno replies on Jan 24, 2021:

My post is about an old woman thinking that money as we know it will be gone completely in a year. I am not trying to tell anyone how to use apps for phone banking. I'm pointing out the fallacy of her belief.

More political based persecution in the US?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 24, 2021:

According to Mike Pompeo the United States is not a multi-cultural nation. WTF does he think it is and where has he been all his life? There is nothing wrong with left wing sources. They are most often accused of doing what the right is doing.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 24, 2021:

@Flowerwall So now you are talking about the "biggest voter fraud in this century" and also mention a Fair democracy." This is all Trump koolaide and under Trump we had no democracy.

How many people on this site are agnostic, how many atheist, and be how many 'other?'

DenoPenno comments on Jan 22, 2021:

If I get into this again it will only be about the 6th time. You people need to wake up and realize that I will not classify myself according to your definitions of things.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 22, 2021:

@Wildflower Yes, but the question and definition goes on endlessly all the time. I refuse to classify myself the way others want me to. This gets redundant.

Cary Grant and Randolph Scott, lived together in Hollywood for years as an openly gay couple and NO ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 21, 2021:

The way I always heard the story is that they lived together and many wondered if they were gay. If you don't openly make a gay statement that is sort of up for grabs. They lived together for 12 years but afterwards both men married.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 22, 2021:

@LenHazell53 I suppose Scott and grant just did not have enough money for each other. :)

My closing post for this group will end with this one.

glennlab comments on Jan 21, 2021:

I just put my 600+ trump memes in a folder so I wouldn't have to see them anymore

DenoPenno replies on Jan 21, 2021:

I'm gonna delete mine. If he still acts like an ass it will be all new memes.

It is important to understand the phenomenon of religious fundamentalism from a psychological and ...

CuddyCruiser comments on Jan 16, 2021:

Great post!! 🤟🤝👌👍 But a lot of also has to do with the way we were brought up. As well as where you live. Look at the Bible Belt. That’s many generations.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 16, 2021:

At this point I know exactly why my parents chose religion and why they pushed it off on me as an early teen. It took many years but it was my bible study that got me out of it.

I finally get it.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 16, 2021:

You think Trump deliberately wanted to fuck up his own money when loans are due in 2 years and he is losing millions right now? LOL

DenoPenno replies on Jan 16, 2021:

@JeffMurray Oh, OK.

Trump now says he "wants a big sendoff." It's a dog whistle.

Wisterious comments on Jan 16, 2021:

Link?

DenoPenno replies on Jan 16, 2021:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=YkCT4ee-D9w=TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon There are many others. Google it.

It's true ☕ is my birthstone 😃😊

DenoPenno comments on Jan 15, 2021:

I have no idea what mine is. I drink coffee and enjoy it but no coffee now in 4 days.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 15, 2021:

@Boomtarat03 Not really addicted to coffee is why, but wit you i would drink it every day. Coffee is good for you.

The Impractical but Indisputable Rise of Retrocomputing Prices for vintage PCs in need of repairs...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 13, 2021:

I have 3 PC's. Two of them are refurbed HP units with big hard drives and beefed up ram.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 13, 2021:

@FearlessFly I got rid of 8 bit.

I feel there is a lot of undisclosed racism of people here on this site.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 11, 2021:

The telltale racist thing I see often is white people who suddenly apply the "n" word to other white people and go to great lengths to tell you anybody can be an "n." I do not like this and they are so wrong, but their racism shows up clearly.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 13, 2021:

@Flowerwall This may be correct. We need to all know where the other person is coming from and why they feel the way they do. Go with known evidence for the belief at hand.

Okay, I guess/suppose this has been posted before many, many times but here is my suggestion and the...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 11, 2021:

Why don't we all start liking cherry pie? The last thing I need is for someone else to tell me what my thoughts and definition of something is. This just does not work. It's like white people telling you what they do not like about BLM. I may or may not agree with your thoughts and ideas but it does...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 12, 2021:

@Triphid Imagine a court room scene. The judge tells the jurors that according to the evidence they have to vote a certain way. No I don't. I don't do it your way because of the very fact that definitions are your way and not my way. But you can do it any way you want or use any definition you want. Just don't pin it on me. None of this has anything to do with gods or stupid arguments about them.

AMERICA IS DISCONNECTING BUSINESS TIES WITH TRUMP - ONE AT A TIME [newyorker.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 11, 2021:

This is all a good thing. Many are trying to prevent any Trump legacy of any kind and will not stop until they get the job done. Feel sorry for Trumpy all you want but the man brought this all upon himself and needs to be held accountable beyond January 20th.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 12, 2021:

@St-Sinner So now our police are Democrats and rule of law has a political party. LMAO.

Okay, I guess/suppose this has been posted before many, many times but here is my suggestion and the...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 11, 2021:

Why don't we all start liking cherry pie? The last thing I need is for someone else to tell me what my thoughts and definition of something is. This just does not work. It's like white people telling you what they do not like about BLM. I may or may not agree with your thoughts and ideas but it does...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 12, 2021:

@Triphid Who decides what that one single thing is? Nobody is happy being told what to think and how to reply to something.

I feel there is a lot of undisclosed racism of people here on this site.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 11, 2021:

The telltale racist thing I see often is white people who suddenly apply the "n" word to other white people and go to great lengths to tell you anybody can be an "n." I do not like this and they are so wrong, but their racism shows up clearly.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 11, 2021:

@Flowerwall I don't see your reply as really being an answer to anything I said. I was talking about people of any age who take the "n" word and start making shit up. Their next step is usually creating fear of people living next door to you or in your neighborhood.

Is every one really created equal?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 10, 2021:

NO because none of us are created.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 11, 2021:

@Word All hail, mom and dad. Now bow down.

Is every one really created equal?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 10, 2021:

NO because none of us are created.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 10, 2021:

@Word If you think we are created then we were created by our parents. No gods are involved.

I think back to my time in Texas when often I told someone I had to hurry home because Carter was on...

LenHazell53 comments on Jan 10, 2021:

It is a little known fact that Adrianne Palicki (Cmdr. Kelly Grayson on The Orville TV Series) made a pilot film for a Wonder Woman TV series in 2011, the series never went ahead but she was great

DenoPenno replies on Jan 10, 2021:

Thanks. I never knew this.

Cat raises couple's lockdown spirits by delivering letters from mystery neighbour

Druvius comments on Jan 9, 2021:

One of my cats vanished once (eventually found, happy ending,) but searching for him found several neighbors who were like "Oh, we thought he was a stray, he drops by for food regularly." Lying little ingrate, lol.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 10, 2021:

That's how we got a cat once. She decided she liked our food more. I told the kids not to feed her but then it was too late.

A week ago I posted about my younger cousin having COVID-19 and how I was really worried about his ...

Larimar comments on Jan 9, 2021:

I've heard of many having a brief appearance at improvement, my father among them. If they crash again after, it's not usually a promising sign. Sorry for your loss.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

My cousin's wife says he was outside with deer hunters this year and she told him they are too close. His reply was that it was OK coz they were in the open air. He did not wear a mask at that time. I too do not always wear my mask but I guarantee I am 6 feet from you. Even so, I had COVID-19 in December. I have recovered and my cousin did not.

On the phone today with my longtime religious friend, we talked of January 6th and everything ...

Detritus comments on Jan 9, 2021:

What happened on December 6?

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

Sorry. I did mean January 6th. :) My bad, and I have corrected it now.

On the phone today with my longtime religious friend, we talked of January 6th and everything ...

bbyrd009 comments on Jan 9, 2021:

also, while i understand it is handy to declare "I have no beliefs in any of that today," an obv corollary is "I believe in none of that" right

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

My study of the bible helped me become atheist. I'm not sure of what you are talking about. Perhaps we studied different bibles.

A week ago I posted about my younger cousin having COVID-19 and how I was really worried about his ...

altschmerz comments on Jan 9, 2021:

My condolences! COVID is so unpredictable. I've heard of people seemingly getting better and then dying a bit later.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

This is what happened to my cousin.

On the phone today with my longtime religious friend, we talked of January 6th and everything ...

FearlessFly comments on Jan 9, 2021:

If you can't/won't be HONEST with 'friend', then they/you aren't really 'friends'. :P

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

He thinks I am "angry with god." We do talk about these things but I see him as a deluded hypocrite. I've known him since we were 12 and at one time was just like him.

On the phone today with my longtime religious friend, we talked of January 6th and everything ...

bookofmorons comments on Jan 9, 2021:

when they speak of the "final Days" they truly believe it. Even when it doesn't happen it rarely shakes their beliefs

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

My friend is my age so he might be in his "final days." Most Evangelical Christians are taught to believe the end (according to Revelation) will come in their lifetimes. They forget that Jesus reportedly said we were in that 'end time" before he died. Some of his followers were supposed to be alive when he returned. It is so laughable.

I am not one for conspiracy theories but this struck me.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 9, 2021:

One assumes it was Trump? Where have you been for the last 4 years?

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

@273kelvin No, because in the way the others are abandoning the administration they are trying to save themselves and their political futures if any. As for American stupidity, I am shocked that 74 million believe the current nonsense and would abandon our rule of law.

A week ago I posted about my younger cousin having COVID-19 and how I was really worried about his ...

Lauren comments on Jan 9, 2021:

How dreadful! I'm so sorry for your loss, and I imagine his wife is beside herself with grief as well. If she's not been infected, perhaps the two of you could have a private memorial for your cousin to help you with your grief.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

His wife is very private and told me today she needs some time before we go forward here. She grieves silently and my cousin is to be cremated. Any service of any kind will come later.

Becoming an Atheist made me realize how much religion has poisoned everything(WARNING Long Post) : ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 9, 2021:

Religion does poison everything. Then we pretend to be so smart when we debate the importance of religion and wonder if gods could be real.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 9, 2021:

@bbyrd009 Atheism is a religion like bald is a hairstyle.

Re: New strains of COVID, it may be a long summer.

Cast1es comments on Jan 8, 2021:

I've read that a big concern about having the Corona virus , is pneumonia that also comes with it . While heading to my pharmacy to collect a prescription and get a shingles booster shot , it occurred to me that it had been years since I had gotten my pneumonia shot , so I asked about a booster shot...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 8, 2021:

My corona came with pneumonia because nobody was smart enough to give me antibiotics.

A Former Christian Nationalist Lawmaker is Part of the Attempted Capitol Coup | Hemant Mehta | ...

xenoview comments on Jan 7, 2021:

I hope they wait to charge tRump for his crime when he is no longer president.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 7, 2021:

Correct, and this is why we do not need any removal by 25th Amendment right now. Too little time for it but it they did it Pence would "pardon" Trump. We need Trump to instantly face any legalities he has brought on himself. Once out of office he cannot put that off forever like he has done with other things.

To make a donkey lead a cart forward, you need a carrot to reward him if he goes forward and a stick...

xenoview comments on Jan 7, 2021:

Faithfools believe there is a heaven they goto when they die. Faithfools have the guilt of sin and the fear of hell. So they pray for forgiveness for every little thing they think is a sin.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 7, 2021:

This is true but "sin" according to Paul was no more than "missing the mark." He used the analogy of an archer shooting at a target. We all "miss the mark' from time to time but you see by this that no one particular thing is a 'sin." BTW, I am not a fan of Paul and I view him as the biblical antichrist.

To me, the question that life must have a purpose, I never found to be true.

KKGator comments on Jan 7, 2021:

Agreed. As far as I'm concerned, my life's purpose is whatever I decide it is. That purpose may vary depending upon my mood.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 7, 2021:

Gator, I agree with your every word.

I'm sorry if this opinion is unseemly, but I think the National Guard should shoot to kill.

racocn8 comments on Jan 6, 2021:

Can they get a brigade on horseback to trample them first? Or use one of those microwave emitters that makes it feel like their skin is on fire.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 6, 2021:

Something close to the second one maybe and I think they will need more than the national Guard. Curfew starts at 6 PM tonight so we will see.

Ok America, you can have ONE humanist. [pewforum.org]

DenoPenno comments on Jan 4, 2021:

People need to separate their politics and their religion.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 5, 2021:

@Hages I mean it will be re-molded away from what it has become today.

Ok America, you can have ONE humanist. [pewforum.org]

DenoPenno comments on Jan 4, 2021:

People need to separate their politics and their religion.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 4, 2021:

@Hages I am a former Republican but the party as we know it is going to die. Members of the Lincoln Project will work on this with others in the coming months regardless of how long it takes.

Even Dem Stacey Abrams has expressed distrust of Kemp handling of GA elections as Sec.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 3, 2021:

This nonsense will continue until we remove the Orange Asshole from the White House.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 4, 2021:

@Flowerwall I said nothing about Kemp. I'm about the man who claims he is never responsible

Is any of this real?

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Jan 3, 2021:

My sister and I complain to each other several times a day over the phone. She has been in remission from Stage 4 breast cancer for years, but a recent ultrasound shows spots on her liver. She also had a heart attack last spring. She complains a bit about feeling tired, but most of our ...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 3, 2021:

You are correct. The pandemic magnifies the issues.

Judge: Civil Cases Against Danny Masterson Must Go Through Scientology Mediation | Hemant Mehta | ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 2, 2021:

It is pretty ridiculous to hand over mediation to any church. Scientology has too much money in California. Much like the Catholic church having early control over the sex claims against them.

DenoPenno replies on Jan 3, 2021:

It is hard for me to review the origin of Scientology and cal it a church.

Is any of this real?

creative51 comments on Jan 1, 2021:

Life can be brutal at times, but it is still life. Believe in yourself. You are a human with a thinking mind and you can and will find your way through this difficult time. The are no perfect solutions to the challenges of life. All of us muddle on through. I appreciate your comments and posts on ...

DenoPenno replies on Jan 1, 2021:

Thanks. I may get through it but my comment was about how fake everything really is. I see more all the time. I don't really have a bad situation it's just that my relationship with reality is messed up. It took a lifetime to see this.

Al Jazeera revealed yesterday that actress Dawn Wells of Gilligan's Island fame lost her battle with...

genessa comments on Jan 1, 2021:

they are a little late. she died two days ago i think. anyway, it is sad. g

DenoPenno replies on Jan 1, 2021:

@genessa Better but not fully up to par yet. Some of it is physical and some mental coz of the pandemic and living along. You stay safe too.

My new year began with a power outage of at least nine hours. This does not bode well.

bobwjr comments on Jan 1, 2021:

Sorry

DenoPenno replies on Jan 1, 2021:

@Gwendolyn2018 We should be addicted to what keeps us safe. I have determined to keep my vent hood lights on at night, or any low power device you can get for this. The idea is that you do not fall and harm yourself. Being able to see inside your unit is needed for this.

Al Jazeera revealed yesterday that actress Dawn Wells of Gilligan's Island fame lost her battle with...

genessa comments on Jan 1, 2021:

they are a little late. she died two days ago i think. anyway, it is sad. g

DenoPenno replies on Jan 1, 2021:

Chances are they were on time and it was me posting this late. I'm bored, still fighting breathing problems, etc.

My friends that know me consider me to be a statistical outlier.

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 30, 2020:

If the question is, "Can any of you have a romantic relationship with a person of faith?" The answer is no.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 30, 2020:

In the end such a relationship will turn to bite you.

is there another opportunity of life after death

Krish55 comments on Dec 27, 2020:

Best to ask that question at Easter. The question for Christmas time should be: Is there life after credit card debt?

DenoPenno replies on Dec 28, 2020:

That was when Jesus had a bad weekend.

Nothing like a little holiday racism.

Cyklone comments on Dec 27, 2020:

So you were once married to your black first cousin???

DenoPenno replies on Dec 27, 2020:

My ex wife is black and my family thought her first cousin was her. Married 12 years and lived together for 10, I suppose some white people have difficulty Identifying black people.

Today's Moral....

Wisterious comments on Dec 26, 2020:

Best snow-job of all time. I mean, how many Cons (Mary) can claim to not only have fooled her husband, but have started (well, you know what I mean) the largest religion in the world. She be smiling..

DenoPenno replies on Dec 26, 2020:

That was not exactly what happened. Joseph got Mary pregnant. He is full of the "spirit of god." The lineage of earthly beings listed show that Jesus was to be an earthly king of promise. Once he was killed there had to be a change of plan. Now he is sky daddy.

First read in RT and very valid opinion.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 24, 2020:

Covid has changed us entirely. The idea that money can be made off of covid has changed us even more.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 24, 2020:

@FrayedBear The term "deep state" was made up by Steve Bannon and Donald Trump. Bannon admitted this in a interview. So much for it's "indoctrination."

To all my fellow athiest friends.

Triphid comments on Dec 24, 2020:

"Piss be upon Allah and his bum-buddy, Muhammed." Of course Islam IS the Religion of Pieces, because IF you do NOT choose Islam then you WILL be chopped into pieces.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 24, 2020:

You mean that Muhammed did not fly to heaven on a winged horse?

How to Talk to Racist Family Members During The Holidays [youtube.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 24, 2020:

I watched a third of this. I personally have nothing to do with racists whether the person is a family member or not. Once I see you as racist we are done. This is because we need the best for all of our people without playing stupid games.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 24, 2020:

@chalupacabre Many in my family are the same type of racists.

First read in RT and very valid opinion.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 24, 2020:

Covid has changed us entirely. The idea that money can be made off of covid has changed us even more.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 24, 2020:

@FrayedBear Is this what it means? I have just recovered from COVID-19 myself and been cleared again for work. I don't think it means anyone done anything to me.

Is anyone else annoyed when religious people claim that their beliefs are full of love and ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 23, 2020:

It annoys me a lot. Religion is totally made up and all you have to do to prove it is study how the bible as we know it came into being.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 24, 2020:

@abyers1970 Might we also add that the Jewish scholar Josephus was "Romanised." As such he was commissioned to write a history of the Jews.

Our Health Care Heroes are Getting Fed Up With Us

Larimar comments on Dec 23, 2020:

dental appt tonight, the hygenist says how it may all not be so necessary. Really? Just keep your mask on lady. grrrr

DenoPenno replies on Dec 24, 2020:

Maybe she is in favor or selling the vaccine.

For years I have joked that conservatism is cruel.

Detritus comments on Dec 17, 2020:

IMHO and based on a small sample I think that the (alleged?) PTSD is self imposed. In my sample it was due to the need for xtians to feel persecuted.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 24, 2020:

@yvilletom Paranoia in it's simple form is only a heightened awareness.

as with all the Fed largesse: the rich get richer & the poor get poorer.

abyers1970 comments on Dec 23, 2020:

Both sides are bad. I consider politicians to be like professional wrestlers. They put on a show in front of the crowd beating the hell out of one another for show them afterward they go grab a beer together and laugh at the poor suckers whose money they took

DenoPenno replies on Dec 24, 2020:

This view has changed a lot in the last 4 years.

Alec Baldwin Calls For Donald Trump To Be Physically Disciplined

AnonySchmoose comments on Dec 23, 2020:

Contemplated today about what type of humiliation that tumor trump ought to receive. I'm hoping for a stupendous comeuppance that will make millions cheer, laugh gleefully, dance in streets, sing songs of mockery -- the celebrations televised worldwide, and then may he be forgotten for the ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 23, 2020:

I like that name "Tumor Trump." :)

The Death Knell for Trumpism is Sounding [dailykos.]

TheoryNumber3 comments on Dec 21, 2020:

That all makes sense, except that according to this article, Trump plans to build his own media network to compete with Fox News, and I fear that he still has enough loyal aficionados to make it a reality. ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 21, 2020:

I can't see Trump building a a news network to compete with Fox News. He would be arguing with the advertisers all the time.

Help! I am going insane.

LiterateHiker comments on Dec 21, 2020:

Stop watching TV if you don't want to see advertising. Or use the mute button.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 21, 2020:

The advertising I don't want to see is the Medicare ads they said would stop December 7th. They lied.

Can America Leave this Abusive Relationship?

dave1459 comments on Dec 16, 2020:

Yes, things are just now getting violent. They weren't violent 40 years or so ago when a guy climbed a tower in Texas and started shooting people or when children were being shot in school 30 years ago in Arkansas or a few years ago when Sandy Hook happened or when a mad man shot lots of people un ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 19, 2020:

You can blame Trump when those who back him manufacture and go after this sort of behavior as being the daily norm and they do all that they can to make it so.

I got a letter today from PSRS/PEERS which is an educational retirement system based in Jefferson ...

Larimar comments on Dec 19, 2020:

great....it's just more reassuring to me that I will be moving away from MO in the future

DenoPenno replies on Dec 19, 2020:

What I am writing about is an educational retirement system. This one happens to be in Missouri but it could be a similar system in any state. You would think that once their money is verified it would go back into the system to help everyone once a person has passed on. My stepfather's money should have went this route once he died. I find it more than bizarre that they now send me a letter claiming my mother who died in 2006 could now get dad's money. It makes me wonder if they even have a financial officer. If their is an open stock option for this company I would certainly avoid it.

When something good happens: "Praise Jesus!" When something bad happens: "God has a plan for you!" ...

nicestuff comments on Dec 19, 2020:

God: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_8-Ball

DenoPenno replies on Dec 19, 2020:

The god idea works out pretty well when you pray to a milk jug.

Jill Biden reacts to slander about her doctorate

ChestRockfield comments on Dec 18, 2020:

We talk about how Melania is complicit in horrible crimes and cover ups and we're terrible sexist male chauvinist assholes (I believe is what I was called), and then the Republicans turn around and shit all over a woman with a doctorate (because she's not a medical doctor) instead of championing an ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 18, 2020:

Jeff, I think I can second that opinion.

Now I am recovering from COVID-19.

genessa comments on Dec 18, 2020:

oh man i am sorry to hear you have it and glad to hear you're recovering. no one talks about the confusion but i have a friend who is in his 70s (just had a birthday in fact) who had it and his MAIN symptoms were extreme foot pain and confusion! to this day he doesn't clearly remember the day he ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 18, 2020:

According to my Total Access testing people my quarantine time was up yesterday and I should be released for work. This is now up to corporate who seems to be dragging their feet.

Supreme Court Rejects Religious School’s Challenge to Kentucky Virus Order | The governor had ...

rainmanjr comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Well goodie for them.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 18, 2020:

@rainmanjr Governments do have a right to close down group gatherings. Taking that away in case of pandemic only adds to chaos.

Not making that mistake

Wisterious comments on Dec 16, 2020:

I have talked with men that wash their hands BEFORE peeing. Sounds like a good idear to me!

DenoPenno replies on Dec 16, 2020:

It is a good practice. :)

If there were an atheist church (for lack of a better word) where the speaker holds up a bible and ...

Mofo1953 comments on Dec 16, 2020:

Hypotethical over hypothetical equals more hypothetical bs.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 16, 2020:

I would not even waste my time.

I was raised feeling that my existence is a burden to others.

Moravian comments on Dec 16, 2020:

They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another's throats....

DenoPenno replies on Dec 16, 2020:

I look back on my now dead parents and find that they needed some sort of godly guidance from invisible beings in order to put our lives together and give us meaning. This was because everything happened for a reason and the invisible man had all the answers. By the time I was a teenager I was going to be the world's greatest minister and my parents were so proud. It was a real hoot. Imagine the years it takes to see yourself through that one.

I’m done with my religion, and COVID solidified that : atheism

Thirst2learn comments on Dec 7, 2020:

The biggest hypocrisy is supporting BLM communists superspreaders while condemning churches, or supporting big businesses like Walmart while forcing small businesses to close. Y'all are blind to your own hypocrisy.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 7, 2020:

I have a little trouble following along here. Communist superpreaders and BLM at that. Maybe I will get it some day.

Megachurch pastor dies of COVID-19 after church reopens - Los Angeles Times

nicknotes comments on Dec 4, 2020:

More proof the Jesus story is a fable

DenoPenno replies on Dec 4, 2020:

Maybe he drank poison? No?

Religion explained.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Very well put. BTW, somewhere I have a "get out of hell free" card. :)

DenoPenno replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@Wisterious I'll look for the meme and try to post it here for you.

Trump to Congress: Repeal Section 230 or I’ll veto military funding Section 230 gives broad ...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 3, 2020:

If 230 gets repealed, it's all but a certainty that all of Trump's social media accounts will be suspended so that the companies aren't liable for anything that he says.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 3, 2020:

Trump is all about getting himself some more money.

For Covid hospital patients, how much does a day in the hospital cost, and to whom does the hospital...

yvilletom comments on Dec 3, 2020:

Covid hospital stays seem very expensive.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 3, 2020:

I would imagine the patient gets the bills and that it is designed to be expensive. If you have Medicare they probably are padding that stay with all they can add under the pretense that you will pay it coz you could have died and there is nothing you would not do for your precious health. Modern insurance is all screwed up.

Have you lost friends or family due to the division in America?

Apunzelle comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Well that’s just weird. My goodness. Very sad. PS - Why mention her breast implants? Is that relevant to something? PPS - I did cut off one friendship. I learned a lot of things about who she wa s from her Facebook posts ... anti-abortion, pro-Trump, OK with separating families at the ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 3, 2020:

I'm defending Kathleen's use of the breast implants. Both male and female pay attention to breasts. What she did here is draw attention to the differences in appearance because she is telling a story and giving a contrast. She is educating us. I do the same thing in setting up my answers. I talk too much, yes, but I put together my story to educate you in my answer to things. I could just report that I lost 2 friends. It would have no meaning. In the end I educate you to my view yes, or I educate you to my view no. Sometimes we get it in the future maybe.

I was trying to figure out who actually wrote the books of the bible and everyone thinks its these ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 2, 2020:

In our time today there is very little of anything left to actually hint at original authorship. We have pieces and fragments and everything is a copy of a copy of a copy. You cannot tell the religious this however. They think the gospels were written by those who's names are on them. They ask why ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@Fernapple Yes, but they talketh so funnyeth in those daze. :)

Trump shot himself in the foot, and trumpsters don't know shit.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Now the Trump pinata is breaking.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 3, 2020:

@TheGreatShadow Biden has to be a sworn in active president to even get a pinata.

Southern Baptist Leaders: Critical Race Theory is “Incompatible” With Our Faith | Beth ...

PBuck0145 comments on Dec 2, 2020:

Critical Race Theory is incompatible with reason and sanity.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 2, 2020:

When ideas like this go on long enough those in power start experimenting on everyone else.