STIMULUS CHECK truth.

PhoebeCat comments on Apr 22, 2020:

My dad's ladyfriend works at Walmart. The way she tells it the stimulus checks are being used to buy televisions.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 22, 2020:

This is happening all over. The basic idea behind the checks is not to "make sure you have food" as some claim. The checks do 2 basic things. They will keep you quiet while businesses are being bailed out because you also got some money. Spending them in any way possible helps "stimulate" the economy.

It is amazing how touchy some folks are around here (SOME, not by any means ALL).

noworry28 comments on Apr 22, 2020:

I have friends and coworkers who are Jewish, Muslims, Christians, Hindus and Trump supporters and they are good people. I just don't agree with them. Not everyone is a fanatic and an extremist. I defend everyone's right to have their own beliefs and opinions. I may think that that those beliefs ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 22, 2020:

You are entitled to your own opinion and I work with a Catholic who looks down on me because he says "you should not make fun of other people's religion." I'm sorry. I make fun of all religion!

Week of Action - Week of Action

motrubl4u comments on Apr 21, 2020:

Not at all shocking there is zero happening in my area which is 99% religitard

DenoPenno replies on Apr 21, 2020:

Nothing much goes on where I am.

STIMULUS CHECK truth.

bingst comments on Apr 21, 2020:

Firstly, as far as I know, it wasn't intended to be for the purpose of stimulus, but rather for relief. Even so, any spending, including for food, stimulates the economy.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 21, 2020:

@bingst Reading does not mean I fully agree. Of course you can spend the money any way you want to but the government did not send this money with an idea of you not starving in mind. This is so because they do not give a damn about you as an individual.

Trump mimics Hitler... [commondreams.org]

KKGator comments on Apr 21, 2020:

45 is scum. He's a wannabe dictator.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 21, 2020:

He is a dick. I don't know about the tator.

Snake Oil Cannabis? The Scientific Evidence for Medical Marijuana & CBD — Information is Beautiful

DenoPenno comments on Feb 23, 2019:

Anyone remember when aloe vera cured everything?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 21, 2020:

@AmyTheBruce I use the juice only and mix 6 oz. of it with 6 oz. of cranberry/grape drink. Aloe alone is not very tasty and you have to disquise it. I have no proof of this but I think it helps me with stomach and indigestion issues and I read it may change actions of certain meds. BTW, I have only used it now for about 6 months.

I just saw a video from Austin, Texas, where a group of idiots make a small demonstration carrying ...

Mitch07102 comments on Apr 20, 2020:

62M people voted for Trump.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 21, 2020:

@powder Hillary got almost 3 million more votes but those were the votes of 3 million fat women, Trump said.

Snake Oil Cannabis? The Scientific Evidence for Medical Marijuana & CBD — Information is Beautiful

DenoPenno comments on Feb 23, 2019:

Anyone remember when aloe vera cured everything?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 21, 2020:

@AmyTheBruce Don't know if it is a miracle but i drink 6 oz. of aloe vera juice daily. It is good for your innerds. :)

Funny, How some things appear to fit together: Riding bike on the sidewalks and ran across chalk ...

of-the-mountain comments on Apr 21, 2020:

If you are not in end times at any minute, how else does religion function without it!!! Without conflict by god(s) will, how can their pathway to rapture be fulfilled??? Seems constant fear and loathing is what religion delivers to their flocks that are bled dry monetarily, then lead to ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 21, 2020:

I find it very strange that the religious do not see this because this is exactly what gets them to the "end times" claims that they make. It gets worse in my opinion when they fail to recognize their bible as we know it today coming into framework some 300 plus years after the time of Jesus. Then we have those who make claims about locusts to back up their claims as well. Maybe they should go read about locusts. The whole idea is as dumb as Jesus saying "there shall be wars and rumors of wars." OK. There always has been.

STIMULUS CHECK truth.

bingst comments on Apr 21, 2020:

Firstly, as far as I know, it wasn't intended to be for the purpose of stimulus, but rather for relief. Even so, any spending, including for food, stimulates the economy.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 21, 2020:

This is true. My point is that the money is not so much for you as it is for stimulating the economy. It might also be argued that money was given in part to average people to keep them from bitching as they (the government_)once again bail out big business

does anyone else watch Matt Dillahunty on the Athiest connection.

Word comments on Apr 21, 2020:

I have sent a few emails to their show and gotten responses most of the time. They had invited me to give them a call sometime when their show aired. Their illogical atheism as with any illogical atheism couldn't hang with my discussions. I have never called-in for the most part because I don't ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 21, 2020:

@Word OK, maybe they should just cancel the show then, huh.

Opinion: There Is No 'Get Tough' With Coronavirus; We Need A New Slogan : NPR

Novelty comments on Apr 19, 2020:

I see it as an evolutionary selection pressure to be more independent and less crowd oriented. Between the natural political level of this forum and the level of education I see here I'm happy to report that getting us to all agree on a specific topic would be like herding cats. That's a bare ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2020:

I agree and I call myself progressive.

Opinion: There Is No 'Get Tough' With Coronavirus; We Need A New Slogan : NPR

of-the-mountain comments on Apr 19, 2020:

The number do not add up!!! Especially when you count every death as a COVIN19 death!!!

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2020:

@Observer-Effect I trust the numbers that I get daily from media in other countries all over the world. They seem to be telling the same story worldwide. I cannot let American politics dictate how I think about these pandemic times.

What are we missing?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 20, 2020:

**What aspects of religion should atheists (respectfully) adopt?** None. Absolutely none at all.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2020:

@Allamanda I posted the first sentence as gut reaction because religion spoils everything.

Coronavirus stimulus checks: Where is the missing money going?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 18, 2020:

Where is all this money going and why is there missing money? I have the answer. Ask yourself which political party is in power right now. Rest assured that the missing money is not going to those of the opposite party. Also take a long look at Trump using his family to decide who actually gets the...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 20, 2020:

@jorj If i sound irrational to you it is because you sound irrational to me bigtime. It was you who said the Dems only helped elites and not I. Now goodbye please. Will you please stop. Yes, it appears your god hates everything you do and I was not talking about the invisible man. Please drop this as it is not a debate. It all started with just one simple goddamned reply. Goodbye now.

Coronavirus stimulus checks: Where is the missing money going?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 18, 2020:

Where is all this money going and why is there missing money? I have the answer. Ask yourself which political party is in power right now. Rest assured that the missing money is not going to those of the opposite party. Also take a long look at Trump using his family to decide who actually gets the...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@jorj We all know your god hates everything that you do.

Coronavirus stimulus checks: Where is the missing money going?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 18, 2020:

Where is all this money going and why is there missing money? I have the answer. Ask yourself which political party is in power right now. Rest assured that the missing money is not going to those of the opposite party. Also take a long look at Trump using his family to decide who actually gets the...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@jorj How old are you? 12? What facts are you talking about?

Any tips on how to not feel so weird about using dating sites/apps?

Novelty comments on Apr 19, 2020:

For me it's a less abusive Facebook. I value my privacy. My profile clearly shows that I'm here for community only. 💋

DenoPenno replies on Apr 19, 2020:

i value my privacy but I am here open to anything except scams or insanity. I do not like ignorant people and because of religion combined with this virus I am losing more friends again. Not to death but due to stupidity.

Coronavirus stimulus checks: Where is the missing money going?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 18, 2020:

Where is all this money going and why is there missing money? I have the answer. Ask yourself which political party is in power right now. Rest assured that the missing money is not going to those of the opposite party. Also take a long look at Trump using his family to decide who actually gets the...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@jorj I'm done and your replies show your answers are made up already. I am not debating you or admitting anything about Obama. You are trying to put words in my mouth and force me into your viewpoint. Goodbye. Now you can assume you won the argument or debate. Good luck.

Broadband, WiFi, smartphone, iPhone, laptop, tablet, email, SMS, text messaging, Skype, Zoom, ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 19, 2020:

We are being fleeced because we have become the product now. To make a better widget today it has to involve that phone you hold in your hand and play with constantly. At my workplace this is all you see until a customer walks in the door. Once they leave it's back to smiles and phone play. I love ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@Jetty The usual "good cause" is to make money and that within itself is not bad. As for my workplace, I deliver auto parts for a living and I see what I am describing almost everywhere I go.

Donald Trump reminds me of Alvy Moore from the old Green Acres series.

zeuser comments on Apr 19, 2020:

Hank Kimball would start out with a statement, then second guess himself, with only himself talking, to where he eventually came to the opposite position of where he started. Very funny running character gag.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 19, 2020:

That's exactly what Trump does. I read replies here and do realize that Hank Kimball was really a nice guy. Trump is not a nice guy.

Coronavirus stimulus checks: Where is the missing money going?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 18, 2020:

Where is all this money going and why is there missing money? I have the answer. Ask yourself which political party is in power right now. Rest assured that the missing money is not going to those of the opposite party. Also take a long look at Trump using his family to decide who actually gets the...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@jorj it was acceptable to the GOP who controlled both houses at the time and Mitch said openly he wanted Obama to be a one term president. Please, let's not argue the "now" by diverting into the past. I won't debate or play that game and I don't give a shit about Hillary's e-mails.

This was one of my favorite Dawkins Debates.

linxminx comments on Apr 19, 2020:

So now we live in a world where jury verdicts can be overturned because "this is what they should have done." Justice hasn't just gone out the window, it's flown out of our atmosphere and out of our galaxy. Wow! Depressing for sure.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 19, 2020:

Catholics are protecting their own plus everything today is controlled by algorithm. This idea has spread into logic and business models to the point that the only accepted answer sometimes is the expected answer by advanced AI calculations. They want a certain answer and outcome and I think it is horrible. Look at court situations where the attorney directs your answer in such a way that you are saying what he wants to hear. We are fast changing our ideas and history even to a point of destroying monuments. Could we become be a "Christian Nation" with so many guilty clerics?

The evolution of religion: Why belief systems are literally false and metaphorically true .

linxminx comments on Apr 19, 2020:

I can understand the evolutionary benefits derived from having a belief system. Feeling as though one's life was not accidental, but rather purposeful. Gaining self-actualization from giving back to those in need. The security of having a path laid out ahead of you that you can see and predict. ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@linxminx I like that "bandwagon species" idea. It seems to explain so many things about us, past and present.

Coronavirus stimulus checks: Where is the missing money going?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 18, 2020:

Where is all this money going and why is there missing money? I have the answer. Ask yourself which political party is in power right now. Rest assured that the missing money is not going to those of the opposite party. Also take a long look at Trump using his family to decide who actually gets the...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 19, 2020:

@jorj I'm sorry you did not get any money from Bush. I did and my ex and I divided the money. I put a roof on my back porch with my share. Bush did this because of a dragging public economy. I'm not sure Hillary, Biden, or Obama had any reasons to give us money. Trump wants votes so badly that he bitched until his name was added onto the memo of the checked they are going to mail out. I'm surprised he also doesn't include a free red hat.

This is the story of the Barn and Grill Restaurant in my area.

Omnedon comments on Apr 18, 2020:

How long did it operate with the Jesus sign?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 18, 2020:

The Jesus sign was there at least a year. I found out from my insurance lady today that the pandemic had a lot to do with their closing and most likely they are gone for good. The irony is that the locals here loved it because of the Jesus sign.

Philip posted a photo of a gorgeous plant which prompted this question.

OldGoat43 comments on Apr 18, 2020:

Many parts of my plants are recycled back into the soil. Most of the leaves don't have much resin on them so they get composted. Only the long columns of buds ooze the resins which are beneficial. At harvest time I snip off the long budding "colas" and hang them upside down on clothes lines to dry ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 18, 2020:

I think that many who are still against this practice should be educated on what it was to smoke the peacepipe. Dumb people thought by hollywood pictures that we sat in a circle with Indians and smoked tobacco. :)

Trump can not longer be considered president of this country!!! trump is pushing and pandering ...

SalC comments on Apr 18, 2020:

Trump is a disgusting human being who should have been aborted. That would have made America great.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 18, 2020:

True. If a time machine is ever possible we need to go back in time and make sure that Fred uses a condom.

A bit of cheerful news about America.

of-the-mountain comments on Apr 18, 2020:

The obstructionist republican fascist could not profit enough from the NASA efforts before, now they can overcharge us the Taxpayers for these space missions!!! Funny the Politicians can not afford or provide food, PPE, and Healthcare, yet can afford $$Billions for a space mission which are not ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 18, 2020:

I agree with of-the-mountain 100 percent.

The two biggest challenges that I have encountered in dating are women who smoke and women are too ...

dumasarok comments on Apr 14, 2020:

You didn't include TDS. That would be at the top of my list.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 17, 2020:

@WW11grandpa You won't see them from me. I didn't trade my country for a red hat.

My explanation of Atheism NOTE This is my personal view, it is shared by many but I don't wish to...

anglophone comments on Apr 17, 2020:

My atheism: "You make the existence claim of your god? You demonstrate that existence, sunshine!"

DenoPenno replies on Apr 17, 2020:

Yes, that is exactly how it works.

If this god thingy made Mary pregnant.

Petter comments on Apr 16, 2020:

It also made her mother pregnant. So "god" was also Christ's grandfather. No wonder he was a bit "strange" to his peers.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 17, 2020:

Yes, and Jesus and John the Blabtist were cousins.

So.

Novelty comments on Apr 17, 2020:

They are a cult that thinks of itself as a culture. I was raised in a Holly Roller Church in Alabama, I feel like I was raised by Neanderthals. 💋

DenoPenno replies on Apr 17, 2020:

Ho see con didli ei honda la seka. :)

Here in Mojacar we now have the local police coming round to every house to hand out a free mask to ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2020:

This is nice of them but what about the chance that they also are spreading the virus? I'm curious if we have any reported shootings of those wearing masks? Especially if you are close to someone's property and wearing one at night. You might have been in fear for your life.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 16, 2020:

@SeaGreenEyez You are clear enough for me to stop on this subject. I quit. :)

Here in Mojacar we now have the local police coming round to every house to hand out a free mask to ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2020:

This is nice of them but what about the chance that they also are spreading the virus? I'm curious if we have any reported shootings of those wearing masks? Especially if you are close to someone's property and wearing one at night. You might have been in fear for your life.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 16, 2020:

@SeaGreenEyez I hear you, Green Eyez, and for the most part you are right. I'm not speaking of guns and gun rights. I am speaking of the idiots who break in to steal and sell what you have, or steal your food, etc because they are out of work and have no money. My neighbor came over just this evening and told me it is going on in Sullivan, Mo. just 7 miles away. This is not a gun issue for me. It is a broke and hungry issue. I doubt that I would shoot anyone with my .22 but I would use my golf club on them if I was home and caught them.

Here in Mojacar we now have the local police coming round to every house to hand out a free mask to ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2020:

This is nice of them but what about the chance that they also are spreading the virus? I'm curious if we have any reported shootings of those wearing masks? Especially if you are close to someone's property and wearing one at night. You might have been in fear for your life.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@SeaGreenEyez I started believing you at the second paragraph. Maybe home invasion is the wrong word. What I am trying to express is people hungry people with no money and no food, no work and trying to take what you have. Perhaps my word choice here is wrong but I believe it entirely possible if this madness goes on at the current rate.

I’m jealous of all yawl on lockdown.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2020:

My job is considered "essential" but they do not keep you around when there are no deliveries to be made. Tomorrow I go back to work after my week off and I'm scheduled for 2 days this week. This is the second time I have had a week off.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@JacobMeyers I believe you are correct. My workplace prides itself on never letting an employee draw unemployment. If they want to get rid of you they either fire you on the spot or cut your hours until you decide to leave them. In my state leaving this way would help you draw unemployment in time but these days there are no people in the office to talk to you. Maybe next month. BTW, this is the job model of the future. Never full time, never any benefits, and control overall your permitted hours per pay period.

Here in Mojacar we now have the local police coming round to every house to hand out a free mask to ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2020:

This is nice of them but what about the chance that they also are spreading the virus? I'm curious if we have any reported shootings of those wearing masks? Especially if you are close to someone's property and wearing one at night. You might have been in fear for your life.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@SeaGreenEyez Exactly. My responses on this are geared toward making the rest of us use that same excuse to our own advantage. Today is only a beginning of a recession greater than the Great Depression. People want goods and they hoard goods in panic. With no work or little work, the next step is coming into your house to see what you have. Increased home invasions and robbery are right around the courner.

$1200 CAME TODAY.

Varn comments on Apr 15, 2020:

Fearful of even the Government getting hacked … I’ve not given them any routing code to my account. So, I’ll be one of the last ..awaiting his *old fashioned* government check. Nice to hear it’s actually ‘happening.’ My concern is, will they simply begin ‘printing more money’ to ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 15, 2020:

Will they simply begin printing more money to cover this generosity? Of course. That's the government way of doing things.

Here in Mojacar we now have the local police coming round to every house to hand out a free mask to ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 15, 2020:

This is nice of them but what about the chance that they also are spreading the virus? I'm curious if we have any reported shootings of those wearing masks? Especially if you are close to someone's property and wearing one at night. You might have been in fear for your life.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 15, 2020:

@Petter In America, Zimmerman, the cop and security guard wannabe got away with it because he was "in fear for his life." Since that time cops themselves have even used this shooting defense. Much of this is because we have no strict gun laws. A friend of mine told me that with the virus scare we have today you can buy a gun in a more relaxed manner but cannot buy over one a week. If true, it is absurd. I wonder if this is borne out of the fear of someone spitting on you?

I was brought up by aunts, grandmothers and hired help because my mother worked 16 to 18 hours ...

Novelty comments on Apr 15, 2020:

I can’t not eat all the food on my plate. There were times I didn’t want to eat any more and my Dad would set a cooking timer for like 15 minutes and if all the food wasn’t eaten he’d beat me with a belt. I think he only did this a few weeks or so but it was brutal and traumatic. As an ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 15, 2020:

I am sorry to hear this, Novelty. You are replying at the border of one of my pet peeves. There is zero evidence of any child starving because they did not eat all their food. It's actually the other way around when there is no food. Today if I am at the table and any parent does this to a child I call him out on it. Often the younger ones are trying to play "big man" when they do this. I have also seen it happen when the child is not the biological child of the man playing this game.

California sued over restricting religious freedom- [cnn.com]

DenoPenno comments on Apr 14, 2020:

Why don't they just STF up and take their services online?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 14, 2020:

@Joanne It seems so important to many to have that lie of Christian Nation. It just was not true. It's like the now religious that I once went to school with who can remember prayer in schools. I don't remember that.

The two biggest challenges that I have encountered in dating are women who smoke and women are too ...

dumasarok comments on Apr 14, 2020:

You didn't include TDS. That would be at the top of my list.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 14, 2020:

Trumpers tell me that I have TDS and that is how they explain my feelings about Trump. I see this as exactly the other way around. TDS is when you are a Trump lover. I've never wanted a hat, flag, or T-shirt with a political name on it. That is a derangement syndrome.

Trump uses coronavirus to cliam 'total' authority.

Cutiebeauty comments on Apr 14, 2020:

But he said it was just a flu and it'll go away and magically disappear...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 14, 2020:

I wish Trump would go away and magically disappear.

Watched a superb documentary yesterday, "The Secret Life of Chaos.

maturin1919 comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Change is the only constant.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 13, 2020:

I believe this is entirely correct and I often have stated that I hate change.

Does anyone else have a memory of when they fully became what a Christian would call a "hard hearted...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 13, 2020:

A person can use the cosmos to claim everything was made just right for us and try to claim a creator. These days I use things like my shoes. Animals do not have shoes and I have them, so they must have been made just for me. Once I understand how others all have different shoes with different sizes...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 13, 2020:

@AHWalter1989 Very true. Many people are simply cherry picking and it is not always the bible.

Why is this app called “Agnostic”?

granny comments on Apr 11, 2020:

Atheism is as dogmatic as any other ism out there

DenoPenno replies on Apr 13, 2020:

@granny I do now. Often I use humor and satire.

Why is this app called “Agnostic”?

granny comments on Apr 11, 2020:

Atheism is as dogmatic as any other ism out there

DenoPenno replies on Apr 13, 2020:

@granny Is bald a hairstyle? Atheism has no sacred texts. The word itself simply means you lack belief in gods of any kind.

Separation of church and state just faded into the mist. [wonkette.com]

DavidLaDeau comments on Apr 12, 2020:

I have always said Pence is more dangerous than Trump. Trump is not the leader he thinks he is. He has become a puppet of the evangelicals for votes.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 13, 2020:

Pence is the "fall back" put in place in case we were to get rid of Trump. I've often wondered if Trump is too stupid to see this, or if he allows it because he thinks he is more charming. The bottom line is that those in power want America to finally become that "Christian Nation" they have always talked about. Once this happens the weekly sermons to the faithful will always reinforce the ideas of the top one percent. Now that is good advertising!

Part of my indoctrination as a believer was that humans have souls and other creatures do not.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 12, 2020:

I do not think humans have souls, but rather I believe the bible saying that you became a living soul. All of us are living souls and we therefore can also become a dead soul. A "soul" is not something you have or possess, or was created or born with. It is not some magic invisible butterfly that ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 13, 2020:

@AnneWimsey I agree. Let me re-phrase saying "I believe the bible" when I say you became a living soul. Throw the bible away and you remain a living soul until such time as you die. Soul means "being." It has nothing to do with woo or other nonsense. It is not something you have or possess.

Why is this app called “Agnostic”?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 6, 2020:

God cannot be proven either way. Does or does not a god exist. No proof and nobody knows. As for me I'm an agnostic atheist. Some people want to post and argue those two terms forever and "have it their way." It comes up in our forums often. I stand my ground that there is no proof of any gods and ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 13, 2020:

@Word OK, so start a group on here and go into detail about your experiences. If you do that you can see how many others may agree with you and you do not have to talk of some of us "not knowing shit from shinola" any longer. The comments would show if you had a following in your ideas. This would also give you a real chance to explain yourself.

We may never un-do what Republican law makers are doing, and getting away with doing, during this ...

Captain_Feelgood comments on Apr 12, 2020:

Ahh yes,, more CNN Fake news... Hell, it says right there in it's own report what Barr says; "The attorney general said he'd "hate to see restrictions on religion continue longer than they are strictly necessary" and that when the Trump administration's recommended period of isolation ends April 30,...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 13, 2020:

@Captain_Feelgood The only reason that CNN and others are called "fake news" is that Donald Trump said he would call them this because their reporting was not saying anything nice about him. OK, there is nothing nice about him. My explanation of how he coined "fake news" is right out of his Tweets which are on file for all to see. If you disagree with me on this it must mean you think Donald has a secret source for real news or simply pulls news out of his ass. I watch news from all over the world.

Why is this app called “Agnostic”?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 6, 2020:

God cannot be proven either way. Does or does not a god exist. No proof and nobody knows. As for me I'm an agnostic atheist. Some people want to post and argue those two terms forever and "have it their way." It comes up in our forums often. I stand my ground that there is no proof of any gods and ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 10, 2020:

@DavidLaDeau Watch him, David. Soon he will be wanting to re-name the can opener.

So I guess it was all about a pic of an American flag with no comment.

Robecology comments on Jan 4, 2020:

When I fly my flag; I fly it like this Marine did.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 10, 2020:

@Robecology You have every right to fly your flag. I served 3 active years in the US Army but just never got into it.

So I guess it was all about a pic of an American flag with no comment.

Robecology comments on Jan 4, 2020:

When I fly my flag; I fly it like this Marine did.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 10, 2020:

I am repeatedly in awe of the many homemade flags I see today, some made out of a painted pallet skid. This is the nonsense inspired by Bone Spurs 45.

A friend of mine was wondering what would happen if he (or she) swapped trumps adderall with Vallum?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 9, 2020:

A doctor took a friend of mine off all medications and he killed himself. He had been on many of those meds for most of his life. True story.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 10, 2020:

@TheGreatShadow This is true and my friend was a heavy drinker who was also bipolar and possibly worse mentally. His sister was schizophrenic.

How Religion Spreads COVID-19 [patheos.com]

nicknotes comments on Apr 9, 2020:

I remember Jesus saying to pray by yourself in a closet.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 10, 2020:

@Fernapple Believe it or not I once heard a sermon where it was brought out that possibly some of those followers might still be alive and we did not know it. This was said in order to make the words of Jesus true.

Some atheism quotes I ran across just now.

Novelty comments on Apr 9, 2020:

Religion is mankind comforting itself in the face of mortality. It's what we whisper to ourselves in the dark. 💋

DenoPenno replies on Apr 10, 2020:

@motrubl4u Not that I am wanting to die, but I certainly agree with you. Recently because of COVID-19 I put my daughters into a TOD on my bank accounts. My religious friend asked if I thought I would die soon. I told him that nobody who died recently was expecting it. Religion is fear and it has no sound answers.

Something we have known....

silverotter11 comments on Apr 9, 2020:

Those of us in the know knew this. My twin has stated she no longer thinks trump is doing a good job BUT jeebus still rules and sees nothing wrong with 500 billion for big business and those billionaires MADE their money and should not have to give to the poor and and I am so fucking close to ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 9, 2020:

I understand. I have relatives by marriage who challenge me constantly saying my words about Trump are fake. They are too ate up to simply follow his tweets to be proven wrong. Apparently Twitter has "fake tweets." As for billionaires and their money, not giving any of it to the poor, etc. I suppose the answer is to throw our needy relatives out in the street or execute them. Maybe we could take on yet another no benefit job to pay for their $6000 per month plus Medicaid. This is why people who know me do not want to debate me on politics. The GOP loses without saying any names.

Here’s my conundrum about Easter and Passover.

genessa comments on Apr 8, 2020:

Sorry but how does that relate to passover? Jews do not take the bible as the literal word of god (so it can't be the inerrant word of god either) and of course there is no jesus involved either. You make some good, if unoriginal, points relating to easter, but you said easter and passover. Why?...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 8, 2020:

@genessa I mention Passover because during this bad time of COVID-19 it might be wise to have some lamb's blood on your door post. Just sayin'.

Why is this app called “Agnostic”?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 6, 2020:

God cannot be proven either way. Does or does not a god exist. No proof and nobody knows. As for me I'm an agnostic atheist. Some people want to post and argue those two terms forever and "have it their way." It comes up in our forums often. I stand my ground that there is no proof of any gods and ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 8, 2020:

@Word Fire, Earth, Air, Water.

Why is this app called “Agnostic”?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 6, 2020:

God cannot be proven either way. Does or does not a god exist. No proof and nobody knows. As for me I'm an agnostic atheist. Some people want to post and argue those two terms forever and "have it their way." It comes up in our forums often. I stand my ground that there is no proof of any gods and ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 8, 2020:

@Word DNA may be thinking and a form of intelligence but humans did not really start seeing it this way until sometime in the 1980's. This makes me ask if we humans are somehow responsible for this, or was it all in the DNA. My question is an example of why I usually avoid such discussions.

Why is this app called “Agnostic”?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 6, 2020:

God cannot be proven either way. Does or does not a god exist. No proof and nobody knows. As for me I'm an agnostic atheist. Some people want to post and argue those two terms forever and "have it their way." It comes up in our forums often. I stand my ground that there is no proof of any gods and ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 7, 2020:

@Word I know what many of these things are and have for years. I do not discuss them.

Unemployment projections. [agnostic.com]

DenoPenno comments on Apr 7, 2020:

I have social security and a part time employment that is considered essential. Because of virus fears the job is "iffy" and up and down right now. I have the most seniority in what I do but yet I have the fewest hours. What will happen? Flip a coin.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 7, 2020:

@JustAskMe Counting on mine but just learned today that I do not work again until maybe next Thursday and Friday over a week from now. I have the seniority but they are putting me down in favor a a girl they like. I'm vocal on things but we are non-union so what can I do. Not much.

Why is this app called “Agnostic”?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 6, 2020:

God cannot be proven either way. Does or does not a god exist. No proof and nobody knows. As for me I'm an agnostic atheist. Some people want to post and argue those two terms forever and "have it their way." It comes up in our forums often. I stand my ground that there is no proof of any gods and ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 7, 2020:

@Word I can only imagine infinity and I'm not good with math to prove anything that way. As for the "big bang" I was not there and cannot know if we had an explosion or not. What I am saying is I have no idea how everything began. Neither does anyone else, but people just keep on making it up. The religious get around it by claiming their god "always existed."

Why is this app called “Agnostic”?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 6, 2020:

God cannot be proven either way. Does or does not a god exist. No proof and nobody knows. As for me I'm an agnostic atheist. Some people want to post and argue those two terms forever and "have it their way." It comes up in our forums often. I stand my ground that there is no proof of any gods and ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 7, 2020:

@Word Now we are going to make an exception just for you, and all because of tricky word play that anyone can see has nothing to do with an all powerful creator being. It means you won. I give up, and we do not have to go back and forth with this nonsense. You will forever go down in history as being right on the "god subject."

Bible stories may not be factual - but they are nonetheless true

SeaGreenEyez comments on Apr 6, 2020:

I thought you were posting satire. Then I realized ... the article could be satire but you're serious. 🙄 The problem with your parenting angle? Aside from Adam and Eve being fictional? God wasn't anyone's parent. In fact, God of the Bible(s) was a mass murdering insecure sociopath that...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 7, 2020:

LOL Do I have an invisible imaginary being as my parent? I can't go with that idea but lots of people around the world believe it every day. In this hard time of COVID-19 many post that only this being can save them. Poor believers. Always thinking that they will be saved and should be saved.

What is the craziest church experience that you've been in?

SusanSearching comments on Apr 6, 2020:

My father and a friend prayed over me in tongues. Also in the 90s being slain in the spirit was all the rave, people would pray over you and then you would convulse like a person having a seizure, saw a lot of that. I was catholic--this was happening at Catholic retreats.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 6, 2020:

I saw it in Pentecostalism and even though I studied to be a preacher I could never get into it. I never thought the words I heard were real language. I suppose I stayed in it at the time because I believed it was real somewhere and real in the bible. Today I know it is all made up.

1918 Spanish Flu historical documentary [youtube.

Jolanta comments on Apr 6, 2020:

I am not surprised that the governments around the world don’t want its population to know. They need to go out and buy up all the toilet paper before people start hoarding.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 6, 2020:

They are already buying up all the toilet paper and for what? WTF is behind all that toilet paper buying? Do sick people shit more? I'm sorry, but I just do not get it and I've heard of the "clean" and "in control" psychology they say is behind it. This is pandemic hoarding at its best and I know of situations where those who have hoarded toilet paper start playing nice and give some to their friends. Articles on the Internet are now trying to explain it but they are sometimes putting the cart before the horse with their explanations.

"The sting of death is sin," should be "The sting of religion is stupidity"

anglophone comments on Apr 6, 2020:

Funny that, as the God Mob appears to be impervious to such stings. As an aside, I am always amused by the (monu)mental stupidity of "I don't have enough faith to be an atheist".

DenoPenno replies on Apr 6, 2020:

Exactly. The new owner of a local funeral home that will cremate me in the end told me he didn't have enough faith to not believe. WTF does that mean?

With constitutional questions murky, some churches continue to defy restrictions on gatherings

TimeOutForMe comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Smart words from Christopher Hitchens

DenoPenno replies on Apr 5, 2020:

I agree with your words from Christopher Hitchens.

This landed on me today.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 5, 2020:

Your last paragraph summed it all up beautifully. I've read a bit on SARS and how we got it, then how we had no cure or vaccine and it suddenly just stopped. I'm beginning to think we can view SARS-CO-2 which we call COVID-19 as a mutation maybe. I don't know and I'm not a scientist but this ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 5, 2020:

@RussRAB Exactly. The question of "will I get the flu this year" is then a yes or no question. We have that same answer for COVID-19.

Trump may allow churches to open for Easter despite local bans: ‘Something we should talk about’...

BitFlipper comments on Apr 4, 2020:

Fucking trump doesn't have the authority to close them OR open them!

DenoPenno replies on Apr 5, 2020:

Right on, BitFlipper, and totally accurate.

Scrolling through Facebook, I've noticed hundreds of prayers to a god to help protect against ...

genessa comments on Apr 4, 2020:

sometimes i find it more helpful to speak to people within their own bubble than from outside. instead of "there is no god" i try "god helps those who help themselves. when people want to congregate i quote matthew 6:5-6 where it says 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 5, 2020:

@Paul4747 To think that you are going to be judged, need to be judged, or will be judged must show a sensitive and fearful personality. Having once been religious I will admit I've had to fight off these thoughts and always question others who appear to have them. This is another reason that religion spoils and ruins everything.

Why all the hate?

KKGator comments on Apr 3, 2020:

Welcome to the asylum. Enjoy your stay. I used to believe in "live and let live", I don't anymore. All religion is evil. It's adherents try to influence public policy all the time. That cannot be allowed. If they want to be delusional assholes, fine, but when they try to tell everyone else ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 4, 2020:

I still believe in "live and let live." I also believe that all religion is evil. That does not stop me from shaking my head when I tell my longtime religious friend that our current pandemic appears to be the beginning of the New World Order that Bush Sr. often spoke of, only to have my friend instantly say he knows it is, then start filling everything in from his bible that only came to prominence under Constantine some 300 years after Jesus died. Why the bible? It isn't the only book from the invisible man, but now my friend knows and has meaning in his life because he believes nonsense. He's one up on me and knows how "everything will play out" in the end. Those over us use this knowledge every way they can to get every dime. Call this hate if you like. I see it differently and there is much that I do not know.

Today I will get my two new hens: Frieda VonSmeekinChicken (a Barred Rock) and Little Chicken Annie ...

Allamanda comments on Apr 3, 2020:

I spent 4 days with one of my children traveling and then had to hastily go back to our respective countries for the lockdowns. I'm also very lucky to live near my other child and her toddler - so after 2 weeks of quarantine I can now see them every day. It is a very big help.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 3, 2020:

So far Missouri has no lockdown and the governor is not for it, but some areas are self imposing it.

Its about time for the President's Press Cartoon.

Paddypereira comments on Apr 3, 2020:

If the impeachment didn't go through, I think in the next election Trump will get out. Same with Bolsonaro in Brazil. I already heard by a NY citizen that things are pretty bad there. Boris Johnson in the UK it's said he's infected. As usual, it's mainly the small fish that suffers the most. I hope ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 3, 2020:

@Paul4747 The suspected problem is that Trump will use COVID-19 in order to cancel the 2020 election. Some say he cannot do it, but this would be a real problem.

Missouri governor Mike Parsons R.

yvilletom comments on Mar 30, 2020:

First, is he, like trump, lying? Second, ....

DenoPenno replies on Apr 1, 2020:

@yvilletom Anything is possible. The faithful think that god sends the virus to get rid of all they do not like, so anything is possible. People here are wanting Parsons to declare our state in total lockdown. He is not doing that so far.

Missouri governor Mike Parsons R.

yvilletom comments on Mar 30, 2020:

First, is he, like trump, lying? Second, ....

DenoPenno replies on Apr 1, 2020:

The figures were good, Tom, but as of midnight the infections in Missouri have grown by over 400 and the death toll from the virus is now at 15. Parsons has not called for a statewide lockdown yet but some areas have done this on their own.

"He also sells Trump cologne; and fellas,that stuff can really get you laid.

Paracosm comments on Mar 31, 2020:

There is so much wrong with that statement.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 1, 2020:

There may be a lot wrong with that statement but it is the only way that I see Trump Colgne as working. Another way is to pay a woman for sex and then they do a non-disclosure agreement in fake names.

I find it strange that a few right wingers still try to get me to admit the coronavirus is really ...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 29, 2020:

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

DenoPenno replies on Mar 29, 2020:

Thank you, my friend. I bookmarked the page for quick reference.

Trump wants to end this all by Easter. You don't tell Covid-19 what to do. It tells you.

ArthurK comments on Mar 29, 2020:

But but Don has proclaimed himself the Chosen One. COVID-19 has to obey.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 29, 2020:

@dalefvictor The virus doesn't see very well either. When it hit Boris Johnson it was actually looking for Donald Trump.

If you're facing a toilet paper shortage, here's a suggestion ....

TheDoubter comments on Mar 28, 2020:

wipe, slip in envelop and send to white house

DenoPenno replies on Mar 28, 2020:

I think that would be a wonderful idea. Betcha Trump would have people trying to get finger prints off of it.

Asia and Africa seems to resist Covid-19 better than Western countries so far.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 27, 2020:

Trump and others are putting out more propaganda. It means that the West is in more of a panic. People in a panic are not good at distancing themselves.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 27, 2020:

@St-Sinner The numbers will be true in most cases unless Fox and Trump's GOP had anything to do with them.

Modern Neoliberal Capitalism.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 25, 2020:

I think we are seeing some things go in place for the coming New World Order and this virus is sort of a prep for that. We used to even hear Bush Sr. talk of it.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 26, 2020:

@CommonHuman Don't get me to lying. Google the words and look for it yourself. Evangelicals think it has to do with their book of Revelation. I think it has to do with getting everyone's money.

CORONA VIRUS STATISTICS UPDATE Get the latest of the worldwide stat from here ...

linxminx comments on Mar 26, 2020:

The news sources I'm accessing are giving more coverage to the downturn in the economy than on the growing number of Covid-19 cases in the US. As I type this, the news station I'm watching is reporting that the US now leads the world in the number of coronavirus cases. The news reporter stated we ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 26, 2020:

They said it would spread because we are not doing what they want us to do. How do they know? Now Trump wants it over by Easter. Good luck, Donnie!

This is going to be interesting to see how the virus plays out.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 25, 2020:

I'm not sure but from what I see nobody knows what in the hell they are talking about. Panic and fear are everywhere. Workmates told me today that I might be killing babies or older people (I am an old people) and that I should take this more seriously. Just this afternoon a man I've known for a ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 26, 2020:

@CS60 I only use legitimate websites and I also jest when I mention a rabbit's foot or prayers. What I am trying to get across is how afraid everyone is. What I am afraid of is that many of us have went nuts!

This is going to be interesting to see how the virus plays out.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 25, 2020:

I'm not sure but from what I see nobody knows what in the hell they are talking about. Panic and fear are everywhere. Workmates told me today that I might be killing babies or older people (I am an old people) and that I should take this more seriously. Just this afternoon a man I've known for a ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 25, 2020:

@CS60 Spread by people who have no symptoms. Could it also be possible that it is spread by those with symptoms. If both of these are possible I would be afraid to breathe, hold my breath a lot, carry a rabbit's foot, and maybe pray. From what I see that fits everyone else pretty well. The Internet keeps telling me how to clean my house because of this virus. They will scare the shit out of you but I have no traffic here. I'm the only one who comes and goes and lives here. Just this morning on world news I saw people with tanks of spray on their backs using a giant wand sprayer to spray down railings in South Africa as big around as your arm. It brought to mind the fumigation of crops in the past. Mist was everywhere. What was in the tanks? If nobody knows much about this virus why did they think this might work and what was it to do? I don't think anyone knows.

Posted with some trepidation: Bill Gates on the Spiritual opportunity given us by the coronavirus.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 25, 2020:

I've said before and will say again that "spiritual" can mean almost anything that you want it to mean.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 25, 2020:

@Observer-Effect Exactly.

What do you fear more.

K9Kohle789 comments on Mar 24, 2020:

I'm afraid there will be no election in November. NONE. The King will remain and blame the virus. MY FEAR.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 25, 2020:

I have that same fear and I believe Trump will use it avoid an election. The top 1 percent will not care.

Mike Pence’s Coronavirus Plan Could Spread Infection ‘Like Crazy,’ Health Expert Says

zeuser comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Pence and his pals, like Pompeo and Barr, hope this is the quickest path to the rapture, don't forget that part.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 25, 2020:

I do think they believe that. They seem more twisted than Bachmann.

Many people are pushing fake virus cures and are being called out for it.

Triphid comments on Mar 23, 2020:

Had message sent to my emails today telling me that a daily dose of 5 millilitres of Colloidal Silver and bathing in a solution of Epsom Salts and Bicarbonate of Soda twice EVERY day will prevent you from getting CoVid 19. What a complete load of Bullshit and bunkum, Colloidal Silver solution is ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 23, 2020:

If you do develope symptoms malaria drugs have been said to help you. Also, Tamiflu has been said to help.

Had a customer tell me today that the end times is here because of the African locust plague; the ...

SeaGreenEyez comments on Mar 22, 2020:

Yep. Quite a while ago. You know it's old news when the Kardashians are tweeting about it. (The locusts this year and last are much worse than usual. It's alarming, even though it has nothing at all to do with the Christians wet-dreams of End Times.) ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 23, 2020:

I don't like the Lardasshians.

Prehistoric girl had parents belonging to different human species | New Scientist

DenoPenno comments on Mar 22, 2020:

I agree with you and I believe it is also going on today. This will happen unless you are a fascist of our current regime.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 22, 2020:

@Captain_Feelgood Hey, Captain. It's trump that needs that binky.

Prehistoric girl had parents belonging to different human species | New Scientist

DenoPenno comments on Mar 22, 2020:

I agree with you and I believe it is also going on today. This will happen unless you are a fascist of our current regime.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 22, 2020:

@Captain_Feelgood I'm talking about believers in and followers of the Orange Turd.

This has just come in from a friend in Kenya. How are African nations going to be able to cope?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 21, 2020:

It's a big problem in Kenya or anywhere today. As for a hand sanitzer forget it. Use soap and water instead. It may not matter how clean the water is, but just try and not always use the same water. Fats in soap help to dislodge germs. When I was in Nairobi I drank the local water but I first boiled...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 22, 2020:

@Petter We slept under netting at night. How was I "had." Boiling the water hurts nothing and it was our people who said to only drink bottles water.

This has just come in from a friend in Kenya. How are African nations going to be able to cope?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 21, 2020:

It's a big problem in Kenya or anywhere today. As for a hand sanitzer forget it. Use soap and water instead. It may not matter how clean the water is, but just try and not always use the same water. Fats in soap help to dislodge germs. When I was in Nairobi I drank the local water but I first boiled...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@Petter I was told to avoid local water and drink bottled water because of the zygot that mosquitoes carry. I boiled water to kill that and other germs. If I avoided both malaria and cholera that is fine but the locals are more affected by malaria. My ex still had a came over to America on the plane. A woman I know had a fit that they let here travel and I told her that malaria is not contagious.

This article exemplifies what I feel I have seen the Bernie campaign doing this year.

Larry-new comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Don't crown Biden quite yet. He's hiding, not leading, in this pandemic. And who is the leader?

DenoPenno replies on Mar 21, 2020:

Do we have a leader in this pandemic? All the Trumpers claim that asshole had the perfect response but Trump takes no responsibility. It is hard to know any truth when dealing with a new virus strain. Too early to tell.

I was looking up information on Dan Barker and his reasons he left Christianity.

itsmedammit comments on Mar 21, 2020:

I have heard Barker say that he left after he actually read the Bible and could see no reason to believe.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 21, 2020:

I'm giving you a thumbs up on that reply but since he was also an Assemblies of God minister I'm very sure that he read the bible. I'm equally as sure that it was his bible study that led to his non-belief. It worked that way with me.

Inspired by a recent post: Is Theism a philosophy?

SeaGreenEyez comments on Mar 19, 2020:

Theism: Not a philosophy. Just a **belief** in one God. There is a philosophy of theism, however. Atheism: Not a philosophy. Just **belief** in zero gods, God, or God. Some claim there's a philosophy of atheism, more say that's not a thing. Science: Not a philosophy. There's a ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 20, 2020:

I believe in zero gods but Casper the Friendly Ghost was important to me as a child. He is so old now that his sheet must have holes in it, so he is the Holy Ghost.