At Alabama Waffle House, police wrestle Chikesia Clemons to the ground and expose her breasts, video...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I can find nothing that justifies the actions of these cops. The woman was waiting for a form to file a complaint with and had some words with an employee. OK, that part was over and she is waiting for this form when the cops show up and the rest of it is caught on video. Now let's suppose that the cops were called and when they show up this woman does have to leave. Let's suppose that is the law. All the cops have to do is ask her what she is doing and when she tells them they take her outside and also get this form for her from management. Everything is peaceful and there is no King Konging going on. End of problem.

New Dump art..

DenoPenno comments on Apr 23, 2018:

If he is that much into it I'll hire a couple of women to piss on Trump.

For the more spiritual members

DenoPenno comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I can agree totally with the meme posted here. As for spiritual, being "spiritual" can mean anything that you want it to mean. I've met many over the years that claim to be spiritual.

Hmmmm.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 23, 2018:

A dating site? Yes, beautiful women from here are rushing to my place and wanting to marry me. Nope. Not here.

What horror film scared the crap out of you as a kid?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 23, 2018:

The original Blob with Steve McQueen made us kids not want to go around picking up things with sticks. It's ironic at one point when the horror comes rolling out of a movie theatrer. Well, of course. It's a movie!

I went to see "The Color Purple" musical this evening, and it was good.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 23, 2018:

I've not seen it as a musical. The film was good and an actress friend of mine is in it. I think the role was good for her in many ways.

It's starting to work..

DenoPenno comments on Apr 23, 2018:

Too bad Trumpty Dumpty doesn't lose his seat. The moron plays golf while sending his wife to the Barbara Bush funeral and he can't even get off Air Force One with Melania at his side. It's plain that in his world he is the only thing that counts.

Want to know

DenoPenno comments on Apr 22, 2018:

I'm not sure but I hope it all throws a giant monkey wrench into the plans of the Kock brothers and friends. What did they expect when you get this much discord?

Avert your eyes, children.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 22, 2018:

Yeah, but I always thought Conjob was on heroin or meth.

Ashamed to admit it but I've done this before a long time ago between marriages when I was ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 22, 2018:

A friend of mine uses this to try and get me back in church but we all know what he is really trying to do. Since I was confused and thought god wasn't real he wants me crying and saying "I'm so sorry, Jebus." Boo hoo hoo hoo. Actually I am sorry. I'm sorry that Jebus must go through all of eternity with holes in his hands, scars all on his body, and some of his hair missing coz they pulled it out. This was why a lot of people didn't recognize him.

Does anyone else write answers on Quora regularly?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 22, 2018:

I am on Quora but have only written 3 answers. Mostly I read and upvote and often I comment after a post. From time to time I see some idiot thing on there that gets my immediate downvote and it dissappears. I'm very much into atheist and agnostic posts but I support others. I am careful. Two of my friends are actresses and they are believers, but not Evangelical. They are liberals. I'm best described as a Democratic Socialist these days. In my lifetime I have been a member of America's 3 top parties.

I find it appalling that Trump fakes his religious interests and now has a 73 percent approval from ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 22, 2018:

I agree, but find it appalling that any person anywhere believes Trump about anything.

He only has eyes for Ivanka....

DenoPenno comments on Apr 22, 2018:

Good point. I feel for this poor girl. At one point Ivanka and her 2 brothers tried to cheat Tiffany out of her inheritance. I'm not sure where that idea came from but Trump once fought his brother in court to take away his nephew's healthcare. It's a rotten family. What can you say?

This religious Republican take over started with Reagan.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 22, 2018:

We are not seeing where this is all coming from and maybe they do not want us to see. It's all from the Kock brothers and friends. Billionaire businessmen who first bought into politics with ideas that "money is free speech." If you have given the most money then you are speaking the loudest. Then Obama came along and EPA regulations and other things like healthcare cut the money. They had to un-do everything Obama. OMG. They had to un-do this after his first term, but that didn't happen. Fortunately for them they gave enough money incentives to keep him at bay and make it so nobody would work with him. Trump was ready at the end of Obama's first term. They first wanted to run Paul Ryan for POTUS but he thought he was more effective in other roles. Trump registered his MAGA message then. That's right. Perfectly legal for him to sell MAGA hats made in Taiwan or China. Obama's second term ended and it appeared that a woman who would bring on more and more regulation was slated to be POTUS. Discredit her at all costs. Get anyone you can to help you do this. Create discord and doubt. Distort truth. Confuse the people and make business strong and less regulated again. Trump and his swamp are elected and set about immediately to un-do anything Obama. The religious right is a part of this also because they have hopes of defining America as a "Christian Nation." Paul Ryan and any of those that helped are getting some extra money for their efforts. Nobody cares if you drink bad water. Nobody cares about oil spills on your land. Nobody gives a rat's ass if you have healthcare. Nobody cares about the purity of the air we breath. Thanks to the Kock brothers and friends America is set back 75 years and it is all about making money.

I think one of the worst tenets of religion is unquestioned belief.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 22, 2018:

I have given up most of the beliefs of the supernatural world. As a young man I studied a lot of them because everyone knew god was supernatural. Therefore, anything was possible and the supernatural was real. Today I find this not to be the case. I no longer believe in your god, alein Charlie, or the ringtailed dandy on Uranus.

Traitor Trump and the art of the plea deal...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 22, 2018:

Wasn't it Trump who said "all you have to do is say something 2 or 3 times and people start believing it?" WTF? Who in the hell would write a tell all book and put that in it? Only Dolt45.

Some of 45's contributions to the world.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 21, 2018:

POS Hannity and POS POTUS too. Let's put it where it belongs POS Kock brothers and friends as well.

Yesterday I cut the umbilical cord that tethered me to cable TV.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 21, 2018:

I watch lots of TV through the Internet and watch almost anything that I want, but I have also invented my own TV antenna. It's light weight and less than 3 feet long, 38 foot in the air, and I get all the St. Louis stations on it. I have 32 channels totally free now. I've dropped Dish and Charter. Why do I need them?

This has probably been asked a lot but here goes... Do you ever feel shame for being an atheist?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 21, 2018:

Shame for being an atheist. Why shame? It is only now that I feel like I have the truth. It is only the dogma of religions that is shameful. They teach you shame.

Too funny. It's always, "Back to the drawing board."

DenoPenno comments on Apr 20, 2018:

It makes me think of the 1970's when reports of people all over American having picked up hitchhikers that dissappeared. Supposedly these guys were "angels." Suddenly they would say "Jesus is coming again soon" and vanish from the car. After 2 or 3 reports it was like an epedemic. Did this really happen? Of course not, but the Evangelicals might have told you differently.

I scream, you scream!

DenoPenno comments on Apr 20, 2018:

I'm diabetic but I eat ice cream if I like. I take ice cream by spells sometimes.

Do you have nicknames for your pets?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 20, 2018:

I never did have nick names for my pets but that was years ago and today I am alone without any pets. This posting makes me realize that both my daughters have nick names for their pets. I'm not sure if they always did or not. IDK?

Do your family and friends think you're going to hell?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 20, 2018:

My religious friend from early teen years thinks that someday I'm gonna wake up in a place that I do not want to be. He means die and wake up in hell, of course. But it already happened. I was in religion and I woke up someplace I didn't want to be. Then I left! Only in religion can you die and then wake up. It's ridiculous.

Golden ShowerGate is coming soon to media near us all❣??

DenoPenno comments on Apr 20, 2018:

Trump's secret daydream would be golden showers starring his daughter, Ivanka.

Have you fine folks seen this one? ??

DenoPenno comments on Apr 20, 2018:

The brain that thought this one up must be driving that wrecked car in the background.

Born again Christians.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 19, 2018:

Drugs may or may not have been involved. There is much evidence today to show that parts of the bible were written after the fact. If so, drugs would not have been needed. Early believers can site "evidence" as coming from a book or because Charlie said it was so. That's enough for the common man over 2000 years ago. In fact, that's enough for most common people yet today.

What is a good reason to be happy?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 19, 2018:

We make our own happiness. After a time we realize that we do not need the Easter Bunny to help us.

Cannabis supporters

DenoPenno comments on Apr 19, 2018:

Let me enlighten everyone here. Cannabis is a big money maker worldwide just as guns and armaments are. This is why the big dope bust is limited. All they ever catch is the little guy. This is also why cannabis is not totally legal today. Once it becomes so a lot of people are losing a lot of money. That's where it's at right there. The money. My personal belief is that it's insane to believe you can have a law to prohibit someone from smoking a weed that grows wild out in the field, but that is just my belief.

Standup comedy

DenoPenno comments on Apr 19, 2018:

I'm a Carlin fan but I also like others. I've been doing stand up my whole life but nobody ever laughs. I guess I look too serious.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone have any thoughts on quantum consciousness?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 19, 2018:

Does anyone have any experience with quantum consciousness? So far, not even Michio Kaku. Does this mean we should ignore the subject? No. What it does mean is that in enough time we will find people who claim to have experienced it just like those taken for rides in UFO's.

This subject matter might be a bit macabre to most, but I recently came across an article saying ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 19, 2018:

Once we get rid of big daddy in the sky, the creator of all that doesn't want any to perish but yet will burn you forever, it makes a lot of sense. If you are of sound mind and want to end your existence this is a personal decission. To be legal I'm sure your relatives would have to weigh in on this, but that's OK. What if you have few or no living relatives? What comes into play here is a fear of death just as we see in religion. People are afraid that this would become common practice and government would set an age at which you had to die.

So in order to get a job, I colored my hair tonight. I think I look younger?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 18, 2018:

You look great. I think the pressure is more on a woman to dye their hair. I used to dye mine but I've let it go naturally lately. One pic in my profile shows me at last Thanksgiving.

Inquiring minds...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 18, 2018:

When you also get dead like Jesus you will have found all these cures.

What is your M.O. with receiving "butt dials" from those you're potentially interested in?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 18, 2018:

Butt dialing? I would never carry a cell phone in my hip pocket.

How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 18, 2018:

When we lived in Texas there was a teacher there from the East. He liked my younger daughter and she always made him laugh when she said to fellow students, "hey, wait up you guys." That was her words and how she talked. "Hey, wait up you guys." The teacher would laugh and shake his head. "Youse guys" he would say and he thought it was very funny. It was funny because that was not what my daughter was saying. It was my daughter who told me this story.

Why can't people understand roundabouts in Colorado and why does the state install them if no one ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 17, 2018:

We have them now in Misssouri and at first I thought they were confusing as hell. Now that I understand them I see how they save money on traffic lights.

Are you all ready for April 23rd??? And you thought TAX DAY was stressful. :P [patheos.com]

DenoPenno comments on Apr 17, 2018:

Why do people keep predicting this? Is anyone aware that the scriptures backing it up are very limited and actually refer to the 70 AD war.(one taken and one left.) This shows that your "gospel" was written later than you first thought and the books were not eyewitness accounts. Later still we have Revelation which is a hidden account of religion vs. Rome at the time. Next comes Constantine and 328 AD with ideas of certain scriptures in one great big book. Many years later we see Evangelicals that believe Revelation predicts a future time of "rapture" where believers are caught up and away to protect them from the world. Sorry folks. There are no "end time" predictions but they just keep making shit up. Yes, the bible says you will be caught up into the air to meet Jesus but a rapture is not what it was talking about. It doesn't matter. None of it will ever happen. Confusion, misunderstanding, and always making things up. That's the ways of religion.

Is the schism in the Republican party a political death sentence for the gop?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 17, 2018:

I'm seeing just tonight that McConnell will not put the bill to protect Mueller on the floor. Looks to me like they are desperate and want to keep some last minute "protect Trump" options around. I don't see how they can hold their heads up and look anyone in the eyes right now, those Republicons.

Believers are always asking me, "If there's no god, what's the meaning of life?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 17, 2018:

Reverse it on them. Here we go. If there IS a god what is the meaning of life. Let them fill it all in just like they want to and ask them if any of this would work without a god. If what they tell you back is that we are really just here for god's pleasure and to do his will ask them why you would want to do this. Play this right and it will boil down to "nobody wants to die and we all want to live forever." Now you see the reason for religions.Nothing here about god and his love, or love in general.

I see the new Trump action figures are in.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 17, 2018:

It's Somo Trump. Maybe we can sell these in Japan.

Lucky us!!

DenoPenno comments on Apr 17, 2018:

My religious friend since our childhood still thinks that someday I'm gonna wake up in some place I don't want to be. It's really funny.

Never worked for me

DenoPenno comments on Apr 17, 2018:

In America the 2016 presidential election made boobs appear. Lots of them.

'There is no such thing as past or future': physicist Carlo Rovelli on changing how we think about ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 17, 2018:

I have a device that speeds up time for you. It works well but you can never come back once you go to the future. It electrocutes you and your journey is ended. Going backwards in time we could try putting peas back on the vine or even having the plant return to seed. I don't see that working out well either. I want to believe in past, present, and future but I'm afraid this is only a concept of the mind. Future is a continuem of the ever present now and this is all a personal thing to us. It is because of days and our sleep time that we divide things into compartments of which all do not exist.

When/how did doubt about God's existence occur?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 17, 2018:

I had to know everything and was studying to be a Pentecostal minister from the time of my late teens. I could never live up to the religion. I tried time and again but ended up later with a mind full of guilt that always followed me and made me feel bad. Around 2012 (maybe earlier) I found Jerry DeWitt videos on You Tube. As this man told his story he was telling my story. In short order it followed that I am a non-believer and that gods are imaginary. The fact of a book speaking of a god is nothing new. There are many such stories. Today I believe in none.

Woo-hoo! SEAN HANNITY! [youtu.be]

DenoPenno comments on Apr 17, 2018:

Poor Hannity. In one interview he claimed to have given Cohen only $10 and said it was for real estate advice. Not only does that sound un-real, it also sounds insulting. How can you believe these people? Then Cohen files a motion to get all of his stuff back before others see it. Trump even requests to look all of this over before it goes to court. These guys must be really stupid, huh?

Hannity Says He Totally Forgot Michael Cohen Was His Lawyer When He Criticized F.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 17, 2018:

Well, he did pay Cohen $10 one time for some stupid frigging reason that a 5 year old would not believe. So much for Hannity and his credibility.

The Fuckery of Many Churches This post mostly discusses my personal experiences growing up in a ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 17, 2018:

I was talking to an old Christian friend on the phone just tonight and I told him about this site. He can't believe that I'm now on an agnostic site. I told him maybe it's because I'm an agnostic atheist. His remark is that it sounds like I'm trying to "cover myself on both sides." My friend means this as more of a Pascal's Wager type thing. He honestly says I'm gonna wake up someday and be in a place I don't want to be. It's no secret that he thinks I'm gonna wake up in hell. He doesn't understand that I don't believe you die and then you wake up. I also do not believe in hell. He's been taught this crap all his life and he knows it's true coz he has the book. Today I know that it's only another book. If we talk politics he gets offline a bit because he talks Trump and the gang and holds them up in his mind to a transparency of the book of Revelation. Sometimes I want to laugh about this. It's all such a "no go" but you can't tell my friend that. Remember that he has this book that tells him of events yet to come. It makes as much sense to me as Jesus and the Easter Bunny. I know they have to have something going together here. I have dreams where they are both waving at me. Jesus is holding the Easter Bunny and he is holding his basket. Yet, I wonder just what Nessie has to do with it? We can search for it and get an idea. It all might be written in some book. Just imagine. You are born on some planet and find with study that your entire destiny from birth to death and beyond is already written in some book. You have no choices of your own really, and the best part comes after you die. It says so in the book.

What's your favorite car? Mine is 1988 Pontiac Fiero GT. Car pictured is not mine, but I can dream.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 17, 2018:

I'm not sure I have a favorite car. I drive a 2004 Monte Carlo today. Bought it for my ex wife but she liked my Malibu better. When we split up we traded cars then because our cars were in our own names. My very first car was a 1950 Studebaker. Someone said I would be lucky if I drove it 100 miles. Boy were they ever wrong. The cars of today get so many miles more than before because of close engine tolerances and modern oli choices. Just do the sceduled maintance.

69 Visitors and no one says 'hello'

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2018:

Hi there. Hope you had a good day today.

What Are the Psychological Effects of Losing Your Religion? [neurosciencenews.com]

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2018:

I felt as if the scales on my eyes had fallen off and I could see clearly for the first time. Suddenly my mind knew that 2+2 really is 4.

Trump and the insane republicans lack any sort of truth or Morality!

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2018:

If you are not totally blind yet read Dark Money which is all about the Kock brothers and how they came to be behind what is going on in America today.

Trump's Stupidity

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2018:

It is kinda dumb isn't it. You have to excuse Donnie. He doesn't play well with others and he is only following what the Kock brothers wasn't him to do.

Do you give to beggars?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2018:

I would give to beggers but the only ones we get in my area are false. They want to come inside for a drink of water or to use the bathroom. Often a child is with them. They use this child to help gain entrance and then case the joint, also stealing all your meds from your bathroom. Since they have been inside your home you could be robbed in the future. This is the way of dopers in my area of about 1200 people. Sorry! I'm not your mark. But if I do get a real begger and I can see they are real I might help them. They still cannot come inside. I will serve them on my porch instead.

Have you tried studying biblical history?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2018:

Biblical history is what believers use to prove the bible true. It doesn't. There is much truth in biblical history but nowhere do we find anything proving a flood, Moses, the Exodus, King David, events at Jericho, people brough back to life after touching the bones of a dead prophet, Jesus, or any biblical miracles. What do we expect from a book that says a bat is a bird? If you want biblical history read up on findings of Israel Finkelstein.

See Some Similarities?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2018:

I see way too many similarities. Those that do not haven't studied Hitler like I did. I didn't have to study Trump. His ideas are an open book once you see where he is coming from.

Do you send pics without being asked?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2018:

Usually not. All my good pics are too old now. I'm working on a new arm pic that will look good for 71. In the planning stage now. Hell, it will look good for 21. Bragging here.

Post your weekend plans.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2018:

Computer work, a little booze, and replacing a faucet in a shower stall. I'm always into multiple projects at one time but these faucets I'm doing have likely been put off too long. Once I finish a bathroom sink I will have replaced every faucet in the whole house. Guess I got on a roll here.

How do you keep promises?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2018:

I do avoid making promises but my family always told me "you promised." That was always their answer but not really the words I had said.

I've screwed up again.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2018:

Some of this is caused by a man thinking that you feel exactly like he does. We are all guilty of that. The truth is, nobody feels exactly like you do. True with men and women alike. This is why we have to discuss things and get to know each other. Often we lie about this. We "want" others to feel exactly like we do and often just assume they do by the way we interpret our chat. I used to think my ex wife felt exactly like I do on many things. It means I kept on believing this nonsense even after we were married a while. If it was true she would not be an ex wife would she? Imagine a man and woman laying on their backs smoking cigarettes under a starry sky just after they have had sex. One asks the other "are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Sorry folks. There just is no way possible that this is real.

So. How many of you are fans of The Walking Dead?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2018:

A friend got me into the show and I'm all caught up on it. My interest in it is to see what happens to the people. That is the story for me. I don't give a damn about a zombie one way or the other. You might say I wonder on how we would get along and survive if some apocalypse did happen. There should be enough cars, gasoline, and food to last a mighty long time if scouted for in any reasonable way. In this shjow they are often prevented form doing so by the zombies.

I was watching one of the Atheist Experience docs where they were talking about religious people ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2018:

Theists are so persecuted. Their book tells them that, the pastor tells them that, and Jesus told them that in the book. Oh, the poor babies!

Anyone watch the James Comey interview?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 16, 2018:

I didn't watch it but I did see a few clips. I think Comey is trying to sell his book. When he tells us that Trump is morally unfit to be president he says nothing that others did not already know. Being against impeachment and saying the way of getting Trump out is to vote him out is actually something in Trump's favor. It stands out to me that at the last minute in the campaign Comey once again brought up that there just might be something to Hillary's e-mails after all. At the time I thought WTF? Now it comes across that Comey was simply doing what he was told to do in a move to preserve his job. Later he was fired anyway and decided to write his book.

"Back in 2015, Steve McConkey, the president of the Christian sports ministry 4 WINDS, was whining ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

If Steve believes this somebody should tell him to stop all and go into preaching. He should also be reminded that there is no prayer in public schools. If you want prayer go to a private school.

Scott Pruitt

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

Right on, brother.

Worried about the future of her adopted children

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

I'm sure she saw plenty of it in South Africa. Once the door was opened for it again here during the election campaign plenty of proud American Nazis and others came running out of the woodwork.

Editor's note

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

This is very good. Someone on Facebook said they know this girl and she is Amish. I can't verify that however.

The US is bombing Syria now along with EU allies as retaliatory punishment for alleged chemical ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

It's Desperate Donnie again. If things go badly in a bigly way, start a war. We are bombing Syria because Syria bombed Syria, and if they do it again we might be back. We are locked and loaded. It was the children, you know. Meanwhile, there is no news on that caravan of rapists and drug dealers coming up through Central America by way of Mexico that only Donnie seemed to know about. I'm not sure if our National Guard shot of stopped anyone, but I think Brown sent a few Guardsmen from Califonia to help monitor the scene.

I wonder if animals have an actual sense of right and wrong.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

Animals have more sense for these things than we know, and often for different reasons than humans. Animals have different ethics and I usually can understand them and get along with them very well. My oldest daughter sleeps with a little dog named Rudy. He adores her, but when I visit he is giving me extra attention. I honestly feel that this little dog knows I am her father. I have no animals of my own right now but get along well with her other animals, including 2 cats. If I take a nap there any number of them might sleep on me.

Do you think there is a difference between liberal and progressive?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

It depends on what part of the world you come from. Seriously. Politically I'm a very liberal person. I beleive in Democracy for all and equality of all. I cannot buy Trump and his "fake news" for a minute. He's a conman and a liar. On the other hand I am personally conservative. My car is 14 years old but in excellent shape. I have low overhead and fix everything all the time if need be. I'm watching my money because if I gave it to you I would not have any. If you need $20 go to your momma, not me. I'm not the man to come to if you need a "small loan." I've also been flat broke before and have been around the block a few times. There's not a con that I don't know. Should we do immigration and let in more people allowing them a chance at the American dream? Certainly. This is how America was made. We are the great melting pot.

"People have lost the ability to judge what is real and what is not.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

Mr. Tyson is correct. The denial that is happening here comes about because of those with dark money who are wanting total change today. The New Apostolic Reformation wants a "Chirstian Nation" and people like Mike Pence will go along with that. They are already in place. Some of it is backed by the Kock brothers, Mercers, Hobby Lobby, etc. They all see money escaping their hands if we continue as a Democracy. After all, we are a Republic and there cannot be any equality. They have bought into government and what is wanted is the money and the religion. It's this religion that gives the key for a fascist takeover.

To those who have left religious or ideological communities or social structure, have you maintained...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

I remain friends with a man I first met when we were young teens and both of us religious. Beyond that I recognise and speak with a few Pentecostals from my wife and I's church days. I have told a few that I no longer believe. The others simply know that I am no longer religious. My workplace knows I was once religious but I cannot ever tell them I am atheist.

Gonna get personal.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

Without taking sides or choosing a gender outright, play both angels of it and see how you feel. There are always men who would date a more masculine woman, and there are women who like women also. I'm not talking stereo types. Date and see how you feel. Let this become sexual and you willl learn more. Before long you know if you are bisexual or if you favor one gender. Find your dates outside of your little hick town and even if you bring them home you can cover up what you are doing because it is your business only.

"Friends with benefits"

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

FWB is OK and having a permanent one is too.

Whats your best garage sale find?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

Too many lifetime finds for me to be sure, but my latest was last Friday. I paid $5 for a set of black computer speakers that would cost $15 to $25 new. They are 8 inches tall and work fine. Two controls and they make my second computer sound like a jukbox. I'm a lifelong resale and garage sale fan and you can often find the bargain of your life still in its package if you only look. Things change and people change and that means a lot of "stuff" is still out there for a bargain.

Do you self-identify as a nerd?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

I have become my own nerd. Well, sort of. I'm a nerd in many good ways. Even though I'm a former body builder I would make a good mad scientist.

Crisis pending

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

The time arrived for real in the elections of 2016. The powers that be wanted change and not business as usual. They saw 8 years of a black president as being an oportune time. Poor proud to be white Americans could help in this change. Convince everyone that the news media is false and have others agreeing and you are well on your way. Does this have anything to do with your bible and Revelations? No. Not a damned thing at all.

Best daily multi-vitamin for a man 65+ or waste of money?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

What does a doctor say about vitamins? Not much if you are eating food. Most say you don't need them. I take 3 meds daily and an assortment of other pills as I think I might need them. I never did care much on what my doctor said. Mostly over 65 they wanna draw blood and have you take your meds and just shut you up. These days my doctor is more serious with me in 2018 because she sees that my blood readings are phenomenal. They were not that way 4 years ago. My 3 meds alone did not make all the changes.

I haven't checked this morning to see if others have posted on this topic and I am discouraged and ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

Today Americans say it has nothing to do with them. Most would say that LGBT was a choice that others make because "they are not right with god and they just want to sin." My proof is in the fact the Evangelicals are always wanting (and claiming) to make gay people straight again. Some bright guy came up with the idea that men just want to wear a dress and rape young girls in the women's restroom. All this because of LGBT in America. I remember when I believed these things myself but not today. I remember unisex restrooms in Germany in the 1960's. They had no problems. As for the 2 black men in Starbucks it was believed that they came inside simply to use the restroom. Some have said the same could happen if it was McDonald's. I say it would likely have not been noticed so much if it was 2 white men.

Manna is still falling from Heaven even today in Africa - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

Manna from heaven. Well, what flies? How many types are flying so that you get variety in the manna? Would bird crap taste sweet because of fruits and berries? Anything is possible. Well, let me correct this. The impossible here is an invisble jealous god from the OT of the bible sending manna for food through the air down to Earthlings. That just isn't happening.

Sometimes you have to love the NY Daily News...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

Somehow I don't have much trouble believing some of this.

Decided to see how well this works out! Any advice?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

It sounds exciting and keep in mind that our bees are in trouble. We need to protect our bees.

I have a ghost in my apartment.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2018:

Glad you figured it out. I don't believe in ghosts.

Fighting in the middle East will continue as long as the religions hate each other because of the ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

Be that as it may, politics will continue to play the religious card to get things done to their liking. Keep in mind also that America is sort of like an oil company with an army. Drugs and armaments are the 2 biggest money makers in the world.

Do you think that exposing children to fantasy movies and books conditions their mind into accepting...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

The crazy idea starts first. Believers in gods and religion start the children out early. They need this to "stay in the faith." Then Harry Potter, Halloween, spirits, the devil, and all the rest creep in there. Why do they believe it? The bible is full of it.

'The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven' Sues Publisher, Accuses Father of Taking All Profits From the ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

When I first read about this family it was plain that the boy was coached the entire time. Why do religious people keep doing this? Why do people continue to believe them?

You can lead a horse (trump supporter) to water, You can never get them to drink it! Any way now ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

I really like this.

How do you style your hair everyday?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

I have very little to do these days. My hair is normally no longer than one inch and I do this to make it easy to take care of. I was vain in my ealier life, have even had long hair twice, by my view today is that "Elvis is dead." I don't even keep sideburns.

Shoes On or Off

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

My shoes are clean and should stay clean, but I come in and take my shoes off. I have nueropothy and I wear New Balance with special inserts. Once inside I switch to a rubber molded Klog that keeps my feet warm and helps stop the tingling. If I visit you and you want me to take my shoes off at the door that is no problem.

Do you get a lot of spam calls?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

I feel for you but talking on the phone is the only way I know you are real. Once I know you we can message and text. I get my share of junk phone calls. Most are plain out spam. Since I have the phone that my stepdad once had I'm getting scam artist calls for him and one outfit wanting to "give Paula that small loan." I looked her up by the number and she is real. It can only mean that she had the phone number before my stepdad did. After more than a year of this I'm getting it mostly worked out now.

Just watched a movie on Netflix called The Most Hated Women In America.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

I watched it and finally understood how greed had killed her and some of her family. It took a while to get it figured out because nobody cared that the leading atheist was missing or murdered. Back in the time it happened I was still a believer. As such I had perfect "Christian think" to her murder. It was simple. God killed Madalyn Murray O'Hair because she did not believe in him. This is the same false logic that believers put on you about religion all the time.

What's your favorite charity?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

I am my own favorite charity. I have limited money although I have more than most people I know. If I was to donate to anything I think St. Jude would be as good as any. I love the work they are doing and I was never nowhere close to being Catholic. I so sorry for those poor children.

Ham and short wave radio

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

I never got into it really but have friends that are. They could never understand why I was only interested in music, TV and movies to the extent that I am without getting into ham radio, but I watch almost anything I want free and without commericals.

Do you have a motto or mantra that helps guide your day to day life and interactions with others?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

I try to do no harm but my real life motto is "live and let live." I told my now deceased mother that once and she said it wasn't good enough because it wasn't well defined. OK, she had then explained to me without knowing it why she got trapped in an Evangelical religion. I'm so glad that I finally escaped it.

Inquiry To All

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

I am often a depressed alcoholic. The depression comes and goes and these days so does the alcoholism. My days of drinking like a silly idiot are gone. I can also identify with your need to talk to people but not wanting to be around them at the same time. What that always meant in my case was my significant other and I talking and ironing things out. During those times I had little depression. That changed again when I found myself alone. It's a strange world.

Anyone want to recommend a good (and hopefully cheap) downloadable tax program?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

I use the totally free version of Turbo Tax . I think Intuit has something to do with that. It has worked for me for 2 years but it depends on your income level as well.

What are your thoughts on Faith?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

I agree with the OP in every way here except for one. The source of that unquestioning blind faith is not ONE BOOK. In the Christian religion it is at least 66 books bound as one and will be more if you are Catholic. It follows as a point of logic that these books do not and cannot agree with each other. They may appear not to disagree but that is another matter. A cookbook doesn't disagree with Harry Potter either.

Would you like to live simply?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

I live simply in a nice mysterious mobille home on a half acre lot. I do have to cut the grass and I work 3 hours a day M thru F but otherwise I'm just me. That means I'm an 18 year old inside this older body and my life involves doing the things I like. I am a recluse to my neighbors and not involved in anything they do.

Your dream career if money wasn't an issue.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

I would love to be involved in the movie industry in some way. Maybe an idea man who would assit writers or come up with story ideas.

Congress has approved 700 billion for defense and only about 1 billion for the wall - It seems the ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

Why do we need a wall? We build a wall and they discover airplanes. Trump wants to use Israel and walls as a talking point. I'm back to why do we need a wall? Whether we had one or not has nothing to do with Israel or anyplace else. When you go back through history and look at walls they don't seem to be practical today. Imagine for a moment that Trump's wall would be stopping ants invading your home. Then you have to imagine the ants only coming in only at that one location. It's not logical. Trump's wall is only a talking point used in election promises and issues.

Is a married human being happier than unmarried one?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2018:

It depends. Married people can be happier. So can single. Sometimes marriage is more stress. Imagine this scene from the past. I see this man with his arm around his wife as TV shows are discussed. He says "as for me and this house nobody here watches 90210." That's interesting. He has his hand up his wife's ass like a puppet. I'm sure it was a stressful relationship in a stressful household. I say this and I have never personally watched 90210 myself. It's just that who are you to speak for other people and what they can watch on TV?