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.