Is there any possible way that Roy Moore will not be Alabama’s next senator?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2018:

Satan does exist. He has orange hair and he lies a lot. You cannot believe anything that he says, but he is a genius. He has a plan that will get rid of ISIS in 30 days and he is going to bring coal mining back. He will take a school shooting and turn it into something about himself.

How do you tell someone, with diplomacy that you don’t want to have a prayer with you?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2018:

People are so stupid. I wonder what god's purpose was when I see all those crippled and cancer ridden children at St. Jude. The most simple answer is there is no god to have a purpose for anything and we make our own purpose through opportunity. Yet, the religious keep acting foolishly.

Would you date/marry a Muslim?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2018:

The problem is not a Muslim, but it is any religious person. I have no problem with them but deep down I know they will eventually want to "save me" and may even get into crying because I won't listen. Then their religious leader comes along and declares the both of you are "unequally joked." Did I get that right?

At what point will the mass shooting become, too horrific?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2018:

They are starting to react now and might hear these kids. The kids are serious and right at voting age. Plans for rallies go on now into March and Cheeto and the bunch had best listen. Keeping us divided is not working. People are angry and lots of the younger ones are running for office. We encourage it and tell them we can change this in November of 2018. Vote the bastards out because we can do better than this. The issue is our survival as a nation and a democracy. This is not a party issue at all.

Christian Host: School Prayer Would Have Prevented Florida School Shooting

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2018:

My daughters are of this opinion also and it is sickening. I'm 71 years old and I do remember school prayer. We were allowed one minute of silent prayer in school in my day -- if we wanted to pray. That's it. That's all it was. How in the hell would this have effected the Florida school shooter? Someone please explain that to me. In the case of my daughters who never had school prayer in any form, my oldest says "dad, you have your belief and I have mine." The only thing is, they don't know what they are talking about.

I dared to ask to have the radio switched to a different station from a Christian station today in a...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2018:

They call it Christian music like in "Christian rock." My question today is how do you know the difference? Yes, I do find it offensive but it takes a few minutes to figure out what you are listening to. Modern "Christian music" is hypocrisy, but to each his own.

Christian Wife Swappers Preach The Word Of God Through Swinging - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2018:

This might work for them until they decide it was wrong and then they all have crocodile tears for Jesus. "Oh, forgive me, my lord." But isn't this what it's all about? How often do you hear "I'm not perfect, just forgiven." Believe it or not, I've actually heard this one. A couple caught in adultery said "at least it was a natural sin. It wasn't like tobacco or anything."

The Case Against Christian Film Episode 96 with Dr Robert M Price - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2018:

I have watched Dr. Price on You Tube often. As for Strobel and his book, I started to watch the movie version of it. Didn't get far and could not bring myself to finish it. Why? Early on it hit me that Lee Strobel had a wife and family and he made a decision that would allow him to keep them. He loved them and wanted to keep them all together. That's really all I got out of it. Sorry. I did not see a "case for Christ." Strobel made the choice that he had to make.

Near-death experiences: inside the scientific search for the afterlife

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2018:

We are emotional beings and have many experiences, sometimes being unable to explain them. I have personally had many experiences that some would call supernatural. What is going on? I have also had "out of body" experiences. The facts are simply that we do not always understand. Try to remember that "near death" is not really death and nobody was dead nor did they go anywhere. While you are "in heaven" (or hell) the body is still right here. Then people start making things up and talk about "the soul." It's a way of trying to say you were right all the time. But you are not right. Things go on in a mental realm and mankind has never really understood his dreamtime or his sleep. Misconceptions about all this has produced our religions and supernaturalism.

Are athiests happier than thiests? Explain why

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2018:

It is possible. As an ex-theist I know others who are constantly worried about their status with their imaginary friend. I've known people well enough to where they tell me about it. They would confess what they thought their failings were. To me it's like having a fear that Porky Pig might tell the Easter Bunny what you really did with that candy. Then you have this constant fear of making Thor angry. Remember what happened to Sodom and Gomarrah, etc. God can do anything he wants to at any time. Then they get angry with me when I point out that gods do absolutely nothing at all.

Be honest! Have you ever let someone just fall during church when they caught the Holy Ghost?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 19, 2018:

No, but I remember the tongue talking well. A language the Devil can't understand, they say. Well, where's he been? If he practiced maybe he could get it. And they go . . . Ho see con didli eyi, hondala seka. la la la la. And then it goes into something like Hezakiah, Obadiah, Jeremiah, etc. until it seems they mentioned every OT book in the bible. What's that all about? Me oh miah, they now have Jeremiah. Keep that up and we could make a song out of it.

Have you ever stayed up super late because you found yourself watching addictive shows on YouTube?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 19, 2018:

I watch these things on You Tube as you do, but I have 2 desktops and 1 laptop. They say you can't hurt a laptop but I disagree. Since I'm normally in bed with the TV on, I'm gonna have to get me a tablet so I can watch You Tube from bed. A tablet should hold up better.

Easter is on April Fool's Day this year.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 19, 2018:

Isn't Easter always on April Fools Day every year?

What is your response when people threaten you with religious punishments? (i.e. Hell/Jahannam)

DenoPenno comments on Feb 19, 2018:

I have that happen just about the time the conversation is over. Walk away or hang up is good. One time a religious troll was getting nowhere with me and he suddenly went into 3rd person. He said the Holy Spirit was talking to him and told him how afraid I was of hell. Sorry. Not me. I outgrew all that when it became clear to me that it was nonsense. Anyway, it would have been more fun if he told me the Easter Bunny was talking to him. Maybe Casper the Friendly Ghost. Hell, Casper is so old today that his sheet has holes in it. He could be the Holy Ghost.

I was just on my Facebook responding to a post on Roy Moore of Alabama-how he molested a 14 year ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 19, 2018:

Facebook is a special animal. I love it but you have trolls and gaslighting. Anything about Trump is answered with Hillary and Obama. If you do not want people's healthcare to be taken away you must be liberal. It's plain to see that half the political talk on there is by people who don't (or can't) read. I doubt that they even watch the news. With the clamor to have gun registration after this recent Florida school shooting my own daughters get involved in posts that simply are not true. Maybe they think they are protecting gun rights, IDK. People post that the shooting happened because god was taken out of schools. Prayer was taken out of schools, and the pledge of allegiance was taken out of schools. I don't know what it sounds like to you, but it's bullshit to me. I posted and enlightened them on the separation of church and state and what it meant, etc. My oldest daughter answered and said "you have your belief and I have mine." NO. I have the articles of government and Constitutional amendments. It's not a belief or an opinion. Such are the ways of Facebook even within one family.

How do you socialize?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 19, 2018:

Most people are not to my liking either. An "atheist church" would be nice for social gatherings but I will never go to one. Theists would have more ammo to say we are just another church anyway. They miss (sometimes deliberately) the basic tenant of atheism--we do not believe in gods. That's it. That is the doctrine. As a former theist who studied for the ministry I do not believe in anything supernatural. There is just no evidence. Emotion maybe, but no evidence. This means I cannot hang out with the majority of people in any belief. There is just too much ignorance and nonsense. I attract people and they attract me, but we usually fizzle out quickly once the nonsense starts. I go to social events sparingly and my social life is almost non-existent.

are you afraid of death?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 19, 2018:

What bothers me about death currently is the vast amount of unfinished business. Since you did not ask for death there would have to be many things that you would want to continue. I'm not afraid of death really, but you might say I'm afraid of the pain of death. I don't want there to be any pain.

Why do people think you need to believe in a god and read the bible and or go to church to live a ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 19, 2018:

Good question. The disciples didn't go to church. They also didn't have bibles. Would an ancient church be anything like the ones today? Maybe not. Today we mean a building. Back then they meant the people.

How do you deal with a relationship where someone believes in conspiracy, gods, aliens, racism, etc?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 19, 2018:

I have a limited conspiracy mindset. I mean, conspiracy is always possible but facts can clear up the air. As for gods it's just impossible. Aliens seem the same way. No evidence for either of them and also no evidence for the supernatural in general. As a younger man I was a scary movie fan. Today I view them as comedy. Racism is the pits. As a younger man I tolerated it some and many of us made jokes. Today after a 12 year marriage to a black woman many have tried to convince me to "hate her." Why would I do that? These people are simply racists and white supremacists. I work in a small town with a bunch of them. Some are so dumb that they cannot see how they are and would deny what I have written here about them. It's easy to see that I have few real friends. As for a romantic relationship with a believer, it would go fine unless they become convinced that they have to "save my soul from hell." Another thing to watch for with Evangelicals is the goddamned preacher. In some cases he will start talking to your woman to convince her that both of you are "unequally yoked." Well, he's only "doing god's will." WTF?

Ghosts are as mythical as God but what if an atheist believes in Ghosts.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 17, 2018:

When I became atheist I stopped believing in anything supernatural. I studied it all for years but it's just bunk. If you believe in ghosts why not aliens? Maybe this could take the place of gods. It's insanity. Objective reality is the only thing real. Other wise you could simply believe anything that you wanted to. I stopped believing in gods because they are not a part of objective reality. Neither are ghosts or the supernatural.

Is it easy or hard for you to get to sleep?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 17, 2018:

I have erratic sleep. Often I'm awake again after 2 hours or at least after 4 hours. I get up and pee coz I have to. It's not just a feeling. My doc is offering me a sedation drug. Sorry. I could not stand to be sedated. The saving grace for me is that I fall to sleep very quickly.

Who else was indoctrinated as a child, but left their parent's religion?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 17, 2018:

I did. My parents had a mixed religious background and they decided we all belonged in a Pentecostal church. I must have been 12 or so at the time. By age 17 they had me believing I was going to be a big evangelist. This caused me much heartache later. Eventually I came out atheist. Nobody gets it that you are the religion that you were raised in. Then there are so many different religions and denominations. Which one is true? Well, the one that is true is the one you were raised up in. That's what makes it true to you. Feelings and experiences make it all true to you as well. Nobody ever thinks that gods are imaginary. This is the true story of religion. It has no power over me today. It is total nonsense. You are born and a book is going to tell you all about your life and how you must live it, and a god you must worship. That's insane. Just live your life.

Guns Guns Guns I understand the necessity to create stricter gun laws in order to prevent ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 17, 2018:

This latest school shooting in Florida is a good example. So many are crying again for gun regulation. We need that for sure because there are guns you do not need to be allowed to own. You also should not be able to buy all these guns legally at 19 when you cannot even buy a car at that age or rent an apartment. The real problem here is that we have lost the meaning of the value of life. Read it again. That's it exactly. The best way of changing this situation for the better is to get rid of our current lying administration and vote them out. This will force change and we all need to vote November of 2018. We can do better than this. We deserve better than this. Vote this November.

Friday night-Are you home alone in your PJ's?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 17, 2018:

I'm home in shorts, a robe, and rubber shoes. The shoes keep my neurophy feet warm. I have no PJ's and sleep in a T shirt and socks.

Have you ever been catfished? Or, have you ever catfished anyone else? Details!

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2018:

I had to read the replies to even figure out what catfishing was.

Most religions have clothing worn by people of devout faith or religious leaders, such as kippah ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2018:

No, no, no.

Israeli police find 'sufficient evidence' to indict Netanyahu on corruption charges - CNN

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2018:

What's all this about Nuttiyahu?

"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence" Doug McLeod...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2018:

The selling of lightning rods was an art that has sort of went the way of the dinosaur. Apparently there were too many burned barns and houses in days of lamp lighting. Rather than think somehow the lamp got knocked over, people started blaming lightning. Who would want to look stupid? Insurance companies put in clauses to not cover "acts of god." Remaining believers then bought lightning rods like crazy. I still see them on old buildings but nobody buys them today.

Did you really think you were just destined to "wake" from slumber?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2018:

Am I destined to awake from slumber? Yes, as long as I am alive. After that, maybe not.

Are you happy?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2018:

I'm fairly happy but when you get older you tend to get depression. People ask what you are depressed about. It should be obvious that you are slowly growing closer to a final destination so you are more limited as time goes by. No, I am not talking about a heaven or an afterlife. I tend to be attracted to younger women and I have already had 4 major relationships in my life. I does not appear there will be any more of them. This is depressing within itself.

If you were given the chance, would you like to stay a certain age forever?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 13, 2018:

I like my mind today and I'm fully aware of how ignorant I was at many earlier ages. I can remember how I thought and what I thought. As for my body, I was at my best at 35 to 40. A lot of that was due to weight training. I still workout today but in limited manner.

What if you are wrong and there IS a god

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2018:

The entire concept of Christianity sets you up for failure to start with. It's a guide to obedience. You might call the bible The Goat and Sheep Herders Guide to the Universe.

Would you want a Christian God to be real?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2018:

Worshipping the Cristian god and bowing down to him forever and ever would start to get old after the first 10,000 years.

What is the bible to you?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2018:

What we call the Christian bible is actually a "Frankenstein" creature of many parts and books of various times sewn together to make one big book that pretends to tell us everything from beginning to end. The problem is this just is not so. It is a collection of stories and not just one big story. It also contradicts itself if you take it as one big story. There was no first man or first woman, etc. No Egyptian captivity, no Exodus, no King David. Just no evidence for these things. They are just stories. Along came Saul of Tarsus a bit later and he almost single handedly created Christianity. He never met Jesus and he was not trusted by the disciples. In fact, in his wondrous visions he never even knew if he was "in or out of his body." Still, believers tell you that you just have to have faith. Many will tell you of the 500 people that Paul claimed saw the risen Jesus, but where is the proof of this? Did the 500 have "faith?"

Conspiracy theories?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2018:

There will never be truthful answers on the murder of JFK. Too much said and too much time has gone by. Too quick and easy to say that Oswald was the lone gunman. In fact, they had the wrong rifle at first. Then it all gets solved, sewn up, and Oswald killed so quickly. The excepted "answer" only left a mountain of questions. I've been haunted by the JFK murder since 1963.

We Are Stardust—Literally

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2018:

We are star stuff. The big problem is that we keep trying to go back there and we keep making up stories to explain it all by putting a god in the picture. The truth is, we do not know about the "nothing" in space. That "nothing" really is something but we just don't know what. As far as the universe, it may have always existed. I don't know for sure.

What do you know that most others don’t?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2018:

We all know something that others do not know. This is what makes us unique. A lot of what you know depends on your age along with what you are willing to study and learn about. I for example, remember TV and telephones in there infancy. Everything changes.

MeToo What do you consider sexual harassment?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2018:

There is a degree of legitimacy to all of the current claims. I mean, people are not being fired or resigning all over for nothing. I'm getting into a similar thing at my work just today in fact. I work with a man who reportedly told his girlfriend that I am saying "lewd things" about her at work. I don't know this woman and her relative wants to kick my ass. I do not say "lewd things" and anyone that knows me knows this. Also, "lewd talk" at my work will get you fired regardless of who it is about. Today I will confront this man in front of the boss in order to stop it all. He will have to deny the claim saying somebody is mistaken, and this way it all will be nipped in the bud.

Do you feel guilty when you kill insects, rats, or any other lower animals in/around your house?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 12, 2018:

I'm fair but I don't feel guilty. All life has a right to life but there are exceptions. Once a field mouse got in my house and I trapped him in one of these live traps where you can release the animal back out into the wild again. I took him out into the yard and let him go. He ran like crazy back to the house. I trapped him the second time and this time I drowned the little bastard.

Do you like the "In GO We Trust" slogan on US bank notes?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2018:

When Ike first changed things to add "in god we trust" it didn't bother me at all. If they added that saying to our paper money, well, so what? But today I no longer believe in this god and I have also identified him. He is green and we pass him around hand to hand every day. Isn't it fitting that "in god we trust" is on our money. Well, it's also on court houses and other places as well. What irks me the most is seeing 'in god we trust" on the bumper of police cars. WTF is that all about? I'm serious. I simply do not get it. Then you read of a bad tragedy and the police suggest the family needs prayers, it says. For what? People are insane. Maybe the cops should take over the ministry.

Why are Christians being marginalized in America?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2018:

Christians are taught that they will be persecuted and Evangelicals really take this to heart. If Jesus said you will be persecuted then it must be happening. This is also why we have a "war on Christmas" every year. People have a fit if you say "Happy Holidays" despite the fact that most know December 25th is not Jesus' birthday. Donald Trump took credit this last year for "bringing Merry Christmas back." I never knew that it went anywhere. Once a church going woman told me it had something to do with Mary in the bible. (This is true and I'm not making it up.) Really, lady. You need to study more and also learn how to spell.

Never make eye contact while eating a banana

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2018:

That might work coz I often call myself the 250 lb. gorilla.

Do you have a coping mechanism that works for you?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2018:

I cope with a lot of things by hiding behind my closed door until Monday morning when I have to go out into the world with the crazies again. Booze also helps. It removes warts and blemishes. Not from you but from other people. (That's a Jackie Gleason quote.)

Do any of you have the list of achievements by President Trump that serves the interests of the ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2018:

I can't think of any achievements. Nothing the man has done helps the American people. I say this with the idea that all of us are supposed to be the same and I'm not into Nazis or white supremacists. The Nazi question was supposed to have been settled in WW2. Now Trump wants to make all of the haters and racists proud to be an American. Great job of making America Great Again. What he and his base have done is make America "hate again." All this does is help his support base.

What’s your thoughts on profanity?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2018:

I once studied to be a minster but today I cuss like a sailor. I have learned to tone it down when it is going to offend someone, so I cuss but I'm also polite.

Bring it on!! Show me your less than flattering side of the current occupant of the US White House.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2018:

The wall is a terrible idea. His parade is something to show Russia and North Korea's Kim. He throws tantrums to get his way and he is no friend of America. Trump is a conman, not fit to be POTUS, and the sooner he is gone the better off we all will be. It's strange to me that when I take this attitude others who do not agree can only start talking about Hillary or Obama. I have said nothing about them and was not talking about them. I am in reference to Donald Trump. Some others immediately start talking about AIG which I believe is an insurance company. If you fact check Trump you find he is the biggest liar around. If you believe Trump and are on his side then it must mean that the news agencies all over the world and most of the intel agencies are against him, spreading "fake news" , and just out to get him. How likely is it that the world is against him and he is right? The most simple conclusion is that Trump is a crook. Fact check his many lawsuits and see for yourself, or maybe you graduated from Trump University.

Since you all have been non believers, has it ever crossed your mind "what if im wrong"?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2018:

What if I am wrong about what? How could any religion be true when there are so many of them? For it to be true it would mean that only YOU had the right religion. Does that seem logical or even likely? I studied for the ministry and today my belief in gods is about the same as the Easter Bunny. For those who want to scare me with hellfire, please understand that when I die I am going to be cremated. Gods are imaginary.

The Reasons This Year's Flu Season Has Been Devastating Are, Yes, Mostly Your Fault

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2018:

I get a flu shot every year and it is a guess on what might be coming your way at best. Getting the shot is not rocket science. However, I have a bad liver and they gave me a series of shots to prevent hep C because the docs said it would kill me. I felt strengthened by this. Now 2 years later, I still have that strength feeling and recent tests show my liver is also better. My blood work is terrific. Many people also do not understand that you cause the flu sometimes by changing from extreme hot to cold simply by running your heat at 90 degrees. You will be making yourself sick to do this. My heat is at 68 to 72 degrees. If you are still cold then put on a sweater or something.

My love or their love?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2018:

This is a very good question. I will give 2 funny nannygoats from life experiences of how others think people think. 1. A couple are laying outside on the ground just after sex and looking up into the sky when one asks the other "are you thinking what I'm thinking?" It's impossible or just a great coincidence. There is no way they are thinking the same things. No way at all. Often people pretend. 2. My now ex-wife of 12 years never understood why I wanted a blind in our kitchen fixed to where I could look outside and see where cars are parked. She thought this would have to do with me stopping something I am doing inside because her car had just pulled up. That's wrong. Now that we are divorced I have riveted that blind so it is always easy to see if a car pulls up. Open constantly it's like a peep hole in a door and has only to do with seeing if a car has arrived.

Depression from Nihilism

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2018:

I'm new here and an older man. I would certainly call it depression. We have to remember that life is not meaningless, but life is what you make it. In other words - are you doing what you like to be doing and are you missing someone to do it with? If this is the case then you would need to find someone to share your life with. Maybe the 2 of you could make a life. It can be as simple as just 2 people and one being excited to see the other at the end of the day. There does not have to be children and a traditional family, etc. I have to work every day but my life is all about what I love to do or somebody who might be sharing things with me. Sometimes it's movies and music, food, TV. Other times you are happy doing your own things "together but apart" and just knowing the other person is there. Behind your own closed doors both of you are safe from the world. I have been this way through 3 marriages and one long term relationship. I go on as I do because I realize that people do change, and things in general change. I'm a loner and an introvert but one way or another there is always tomorrow.