I'd like to make a suggestion as I watch more folks jump ship over moral differences with the site ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 15, 2019:

If you do not want to see a nude do not click on it. Similarly if you do not like bad words or cursing do not read it or use it. I say this and I do not belong to any nude sites.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 15, 2019:

@RavenCT I'm seeing nothing to be offended by. I'm an adult.

Why does this seem accurate????

DenoPenno comments on Dec 15, 2019:

Yes, she loves mushrooms. Woman bleaches her own asshole.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 15, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 I think the bleach story is on Facebook.

I'd like to make a suggestion as I watch more folks jump ship over moral differences with the site ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 15, 2019:

If you do not want to see a nude do not click on it. Similarly if you do not like bad words or cursing do not read it or use it. I say this and I do not belong to any nude sites.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 15, 2019:

@joeymf86 Maybe you have better eyesight than I do. Sorry, I'm just not seeing all the nudes.

As often as I have brought this up with believers I have never had a lucid response. ?

DenoPenno comments on Dec 14, 2019:

Jesus started becoming important about 300 years after his death. We do not know exactly when he was born or when he died. I'm sure you know more about uncle Charlie. Most of what we attribute to a man named Jesus actually came about through Saul of Tarsus. Saul never knew or met Jesus.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 15, 2019:

@Storm1752 He may or may not have ever been born, but Christianity is all based on the words and teachings of Saul of Tarsus. Good old Apostle Paul. It is claimed that he wrote a big portion of the New Testament. If there ever was a Jesus and he was crucified everything after that event came about to give an explanation of "why." Even today people just keep on making shit up.

there seems to me to be way to much animosity towards religion.

dahermit comments on Dec 14, 2019:

Religion is not a ***benign ***entity...they try to force their beliefs on everyone else. Look how Christianity has attempted to become the defacto state religion here in the U.S.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 14, 2019:

It is exactly this reason that should drive animosity towards Christianity. Religion is not benign in America.

It's ironic when a Christian say that gays have more rights than them now.

Iamkratom comments on Dec 14, 2019:

My personal favorite is the "gay agenda" or the "trans agenda." As if there's some handbook and monthly meetings you need to review before you are accepted.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 14, 2019:

Don't forget Pat Robertson throwing in that gay men have a special ring and handshake, etc. The ring scratched you to expose you to the AIDS that they are carrying. Oh, those evil men!

It's ironic when a Christian say that gays have more rights than them now.

Deb57 comments on Dec 14, 2019:

Your are very right. Their doctrine even teaches them at a young age to expect to be persecuted for their beliefs. And for them persecution translates into not being allowed to control the behavior of others,

DenoPenno replies on Dec 14, 2019:

Christians will always say they are persecuted because it says in the gospels that they will be persecuted. Cry babies, yes, but this is the bottom line. Republicans pick up on it and here you go.

Something a little off the usual post here for me: Already made a past post on him, but because ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 12, 2019:

When I was a kid most of my family did not like Sinatra. His music just was not their style. I recall seeing him in a movie once and someone said "now he thinks he is a movie star." But he was a star. Frank Sinatra was a movie star and a popular singer for most of his performing life. I still listen...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 12, 2019:

@Ray13 I liked that movie and remember it well. Frank was a top box office draw for well over 20 years.

What does Christmas mean to you?

Jolanta comments on Dec 12, 2019:

Christmas to me means chaos in the shops, when I need to go and buy milk or bread and all those people jostling about buying way too much food, just as if suddenly at Christmas they are going to eat more than any other day of the year. It is the screaming kids with parents who will not parent I ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 12, 2019:

I share some of your feelings about it.

The Man Who Slapped a Female Reporter’s Butt on TV is a Christian Youth Leader | Hemant Mehta | ...

ProudMerrie comments on Dec 12, 2019:

I think this pretty much says it all.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 12, 2019:

I agree with Louis Morgan on this one. :)

Great question from another site, Jesus was a carpenter what did he build ?

DavidLaDeau comments on Nov 26, 2019:

First answer, the word that was used means one who works with his hands, such as a craftsmen. Which can include many professions. Someone in the past simply choose carpenter and it has been tradition ever since with many later writings about his adventures as a carpenter. Second answer, we dont ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 11, 2019:

Good answer, David. Another thing I always looked at is are there many things in that area of the world made out of wood. It does not appear that there were and wooden houses is a new idea there now.

California nativity scene depicts Jesus, Mary and Joseph as caged family separated at border

Jolanta comments on Dec 9, 2019:

Brilliant, the only thing I would want to change there is the colour of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, after all they should be of Middle Eastern appearance.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 11, 2019:

Really? Everybody in America knows that Jesus looked exactly like Jeffrey Hunter.

Can you believe Hillary?

Sticks48 comments on Dec 7, 2019:

Exactly how did she screw over Bernie? I like Bernie, but a self-proclaimed socialist is not going to win the nomination much less the Presidency at this time in history. The Boomers are along with the Millennials are the largest voting blocks and the old folks will vote in large numbers. To most ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 9, 2019:

@Athena No, I got the impression that Hillary has already said she might run again. It had nothing to do with your video and there is no way that I ever thought Canada was a socialist country..

Can you believe Hillary?

Sticks48 comments on Dec 7, 2019:

Exactly how did she screw over Bernie? I like Bernie, but a self-proclaimed socialist is not going to win the nomination much less the Presidency at this time in history. The Boomers are along with the Millennials are the largest voting blocks and the old folks will vote in large numbers. To most ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 8, 2019:

@Athena The bottom line is very simple here. If Hillary runs again in 2020 she will be handing the presidency right back to Donald Trump.

I expect to reach level 8 in the next month or two, which earns me a free Agnostic.

VictoriaNotes comments on Dec 5, 2019:

It's not my cup of tea. I never ordered the t-shirt when I reached level 8.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 5, 2019:

@VictoriaNotes Maybe I did give my address. Can't remember now. :)

I expect to reach level 8 in the next month or two, which earns me a free Agnostic.

VictoriaNotes comments on Dec 5, 2019:

It's not my cup of tea. I never ordered the t-shirt when I reached level 8.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 5, 2019:

I do not recall ordering the T-shirt but it was sent to me.

Do people who hate religion do it because of their Atheism or Agnosticism or because of their ...

DenoPenno comments on Dec 2, 2019:

Religion was a big waste of my time but without it I would not be where I am today as a logical freethinker. You might say I hate religion and I find very little to discuss really. The bible proves nothing and it finally came together as we know it today some 300 years after the time of Jesus. ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 3, 2019:

@bklynite53 Most likely some form of the Septuagint. It all came out of Hebrew scriptures but has no more validity than anything else in any other culture or time.

Kanye says he may legally change his name to 'Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West'

K9Kohle789 comments on Dec 2, 2019:

Hey it could be worse; he could name all his children after himself like George Foreman.

DenoPenno replies on Dec 2, 2019:

Lyndon Johnson had a similar naming practice and one of his dogs was even named "Little Beagle Johnson."

Everything trump touches turns to gold.

TheGreatShadow comments on Dec 1, 2019:

$2mm?

DenoPenno replies on Dec 1, 2019:

Trump was fined 2 million for taking money out of this organization set up as a charity for cancer victims. True to its name it was in reality a Trump Family Foundation to help them all out with money. I wonder how many donated to this without knowing the real truth. Apparently the judge was not amused. Oh, wait. Maybe they wonder who the whistleblower was.

freshly minted ex-facebooger: I just deactivated my Facebook account.

Simon1 comments on Dec 1, 2019:

Facebook algorithms are set up in a way to make you interact more . So if you are say pro vaccination you are more likely to comment on antivaxination posts as they are more likely to make you angry . . The algorithm looks for things that will make you have a reaction which means it looks at posts ...

DenoPenno replies on Dec 1, 2019:

Correct. What they are doing is gathering information for polls and viewpoints, etc. I still confuse the hell out of them because I will not tell them Debbie is my step-daughter. I'm delighted that they do not know. With a handful of followers myself, FB musty be confused that they are from other religions and other countries. I am delighted that Agent Orange and his followers continue to tell me that I am not a U.S. citizen. My user name is the same as here.

I reviewed the pilot episode of "Nancy Drew Mysteries.

Jolanta comments on Nov 29, 2019:

I know I am psychic but god has nothing to do with it what so ever.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 29, 2019:

Maybe you are a Sci chic. With that moniker you can like sci-fi or science. :)

Happy turkey day! Hope you all had a fun day with family or friends. 😁

Cutiebeauty comments on Nov 29, 2019:

I like a grab now and then 😍😘

DenoPenno replies on Nov 29, 2019:

@SukiSue Maybe a gentle grab would do it. Then a smile and the male returns to infancy again and practices like he was a 1 year old.

So its been a while.

linxminx comments on Nov 29, 2019:

As a single, independent, self-sufficient female, I applaud you!! I can relate to you as I went through this same process of becoming my own best friend, of respecting myself enough to establish boundaries and not let men play games with my head and my emotions, and of realizing that being single ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 29, 2019:

@Lauraleigh39 Don't worry about talking. It is communication and I am a man who talks too much.

It has recently come to my attention that the flavor of atheism--for both the individual and for ...

MikeInBatonRouge comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Personally I grew up steeped in evangelical (Pentacostal) bullshit. And I am queer. These two facts deeply shape my relationship to atheism. Religion does not seem at all like some curious but academic question of the silly illogic of humans. It is dangerous. It is political power wielded to ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 28, 2019:

@MikeInBatonRouge Any church is truly pathetic.

It has recently come to my attention that the flavor of atheism--for both the individual and for ...

MikeInBatonRouge comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Personally I grew up steeped in evangelical (Pentacostal) bullshit. And I am queer. These two facts deeply shape my relationship to atheism. Religion does not seem at all like some curious but academic question of the silly illogic of humans. It is dangerous. It is political power wielded to ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 28, 2019:

Despite the fact that Donald tRump is systematically destroying the country and almost everything we have gained since FDR proving he is the biggest Rump of all, I have always wondered about gays in the church, and especially the Pentecostal church. Why do they keep hanging on for a place for the gay person to belong in the church when these churches use their bible to rule them out and condemn them? The simple answer would be to just walk away from religion. That's what I would do.

Whether my heart bleeds as a liberal or not, I sometimes listen to the Dave Weinbaum Show on local ...

bingst comments on Nov 25, 2019:

Marriage just offers a path to an immigrant visa, and even that isn't automatic or certain.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 26, 2019:

@bingst Apparently Snopes is not for conservatives in any fact checking. Is it because conservatives use alternative facts? Maybe they feel like Snopes uses alternative facts.

Most common/ridicuous argumento pro religion?

DenoPenno comments on Nov 26, 2019:

Everyone knows there is a god because the bible tells us so. God has so many names and that is the real reason there are so many religions. Someday we will have the whole truth.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 26, 2019:

@Sealybobo God populated earth twice through incest. Somehow that just pleased him and it gave all of us something to be forgiven for.

Whether my heart bleeds as a liberal or not, I sometimes listen to the Dave Weinbaum Show on local ...

bingst comments on Nov 25, 2019:

Marriage just offers a path to an immigrant visa, and even that isn't automatic or certain.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 26, 2019:

Just this morning on Facebook I heard from Dave Weinbaum again. He says that "even the left-leaning Snopes is confused on this issue" of Omar. No, Dave, they are not. I'm sure they know that marriage does not grant citizenship. Also, if Snopes is "left-leaning" does that mean the many misleading entries there about Omar would be true if there was nobody to report otherwise? This issue and many others equally misleading is why I can never support the Trump Administration. What they do is create "alternate facts" to support your fear.

As a military veteran, I am deeply angered and offended by Trump's mindless interference in ...

NHjulie comments on Nov 25, 2019:

Not being a veteran, I can't speak to that aspect, but when he punishes the people who disagree with him, there is a problem.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 25, 2019:

One of his supporters in Florida spoke out when he shut down the government and said "The problem is that he is not punishing the right people." Think on this because it shows you the anger and the merry go round ride that you go through with his supporters anytime you discuss him. Trump is in power now because many became convinced that others should be punished. We have an angry America.

After 8 years of Obama it seemed so likely that the fearful white would elect Trump.

NHjulie comments on Nov 25, 2019:

That's exactly what happened.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 25, 2019:

Chrys Jordan, also an American citizen (still) Updated Oct 11 from Quora Digest Did you notice when Ms. Crystal Minton of Marianna, Florida, said the silent part out loud? During the governmental shutdown of 2019, she said that she was angry that Trump was not “hurting the people he needs to be hurting.” Ms. Minton is not alone. I suspect that most of Trump’s followers believe the same thing. They voted for Trump so that he could hurt their opponents. That’s why they support him. And that is why I will not stop calling them “deplorable.” Afternote:This is the best explanation for Trumpism that I have ever seen. It is all about anger and this is why you cannot discuss anything with a Trumper without a merry go round ride.

Do you agnostics decorate for Christmas?

DaganCurie comments on Nov 24, 2019:

There is no Christmas...only Yuuuuuuuuule.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 25, 2019:

I have a relative who still says it is Jesus birthday. Boy, is she dumb. Nobody knows his dates of birth or death. It's all made up and dates of this sort change yearly. Imagine having a parent and you cannot pinpoint there birth or death.

What do you agnostics think about "co-parenting", two people interested in parenthood but not ...

aintmisbehaven comments on Nov 25, 2019:

"...we don't believe in souls ..." says who? I think the idea of a soul isn't dependant on a god....

DenoPenno replies on Nov 25, 2019:

I don't believe in a soul. From the biblical term "the soul that sinneth shall die" it would appear that a soul is you and not that you have a soul. Apparently you can be an alive or a dead soul. Enter now all of the lying apologists to spew out that which they have made up and have no evidence for and the circus ride begins.

How do you sort what you really need?

Happy_Killbot comments on Nov 22, 2019:

Unless you are already an expert in survival strategy, this seems like an obvious choice. You should pick the internet because it is the most reliable source of information on how to survive in the list you provided. Basic survival needs come first. Everyone in the developed world who is used to ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 23, 2019:

@Happy_Killbot Your likelihood of surviving on an island or anywhere at all at any time depends on many things. What you do is crucial to your survival in each case. As for the format of this type of "reality TV show" keep in mind that an entire crew is present to film it all and that crew has food and supplies that you do not. Yeah, looks very real doesn't it. :)

How do you sort what you really need?

Jolanta comments on Nov 22, 2019:

A pet I would like.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 22, 2019:

I would be your pet but you live too far away. :)

How do you sort what you really need?

Happy_Killbot comments on Nov 22, 2019:

Unless you are already an expert in survival strategy, this seems like an obvious choice. You should pick the internet because it is the most reliable source of information on how to survive in the list you provided. Basic survival needs come first. Everyone in the developed world who is used to ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 22, 2019:

@Happy_Killbot You can find tests to take online to get the scores. People on "Naked and Afraid" and shows like it are scored this way.

How do you sort what you really need?

Happy_Killbot comments on Nov 22, 2019:

Unless you are already an expert in survival strategy, this seems like an obvious choice. You should pick the internet because it is the most reliable source of information on how to survive in the list you provided. Basic survival needs come first. Everyone in the developed world who is used to ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 22, 2019:

My survival skills are a 7. :)

Secular Tour of the Ark Encounter: Atheist Bailey Harris vs.

freeofgod comments on Nov 18, 2019:

Smart,funny girl......"and now let the incest begin".

DenoPenno replies on Nov 19, 2019:

I'm still trying to figure out what a "kind" is.

Today I was traveling with a friend to a few wineries.

DenoPenno comments on Nov 18, 2019:

If people are not looking just toss them. I'm also not a fan of bibles left in hotel rooms either..

DenoPenno replies on Nov 18, 2019:

@BobLoblah Never commit suicide in a hotel.

The Backfire Effect [theoatmeal.com] (Why we are resistant to new ideas)

DenoPenno comments on Nov 16, 2019:

I resist a lot of new ideas because to embrace them means it is no longer my world. An in home medical evaluation recently had the examiner telling me I am a very angry person, and she thought it was because of my ex-wife. I said, no, I am angry with those who tell me I have to be angry with my ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 18, 2019:

@Gwendolyn2018 Thank you. I have experienced some of them but this is no longer my world today. Saturday I was shopping and music is playing with a claim of it being "the most wonderful time of the year." They did not mean November but merchants must love it how we all fall in line. Soon it will be Christmas in July again.

Nothing worse than an active shooter drill with three year olds.

DenoPenno comments on Nov 16, 2019:

I think they want us to feel hopeless, Suzanne. We are in the era of Reality WH and America. I wish there was an alternate world somewhere.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 17, 2019:

@GreatNani I hear you. More of us need to work hard to keep everyone from falling into that pit.

The Backfire Effect [theoatmeal.com] (Why we are resistant to new ideas)

DenoPenno comments on Nov 16, 2019:

I resist a lot of new ideas because to embrace them means it is no longer my world. An in home medical evaluation recently had the examiner telling me I am a very angry person, and she thought it was because of my ex-wife. I said, no, I am angry with those who tell me I have to be angry with my ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 17, 2019:

@Gwendolyn2018 Comparing to a candle there is not so much left today as there once was in "the good old days." This is a direction that cannot be reversed.

Can anyone with theology knowledge (or knows someone with) explain this?

BDair comments on Nov 15, 2019:

There was no census. It was a contrivance to make the fable work.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 16, 2019:

Exactly so.

Philosophy vs. Religion

girlwithsmiles comments on Nov 14, 2019:

I ain’t afraid of no ghost!

DenoPenno replies on Nov 14, 2019:

@skado I'm afraid of the Holy Goat.

Philosophy vs. Religion

DenoPenno comments on Nov 12, 2019:

Religion was never true liberation.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 13, 2019:

@skado Religion never made me feel free. People claimed it did but I did not feel it.

Humanist Values lists [neladunato.

K9Kohle789 comments on Nov 10, 2019:

One of those descriptions is faith....hate faith.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 12, 2019:

What I hate most about "faith" is that people who try to prove that everyone has faith miss the point entirely. Faith is strictly a religious concept.

Someone said to me: "I invite you to seize the opportunity and invite you to start a search about ...

RiverRick comments on Nov 11, 2019:

I think religions were also created to help keep people in line. Put the threat of heaven or hell out there and they behave a little better. Somebody in the neighborhood is also promising a lot of virgins though I am not sure where they are going to find them!

DenoPenno replies on Nov 12, 2019:

Even if you desire virgins the idea to me would be what good could they possibly be to you when nobody has a physical body any longer? I cannot kill myself and then have sexual pleasure. Only a moron would believe that. Another anomaly of the supernatural religious world is belief that a being with no teeth, claws, or body is going to actually bite or scratch you. As Sagan said, we do have a demon haunted world.

OK so we all get bored to death with the meaning of 'spiritual' question.

DenoPenno comments on Nov 11, 2019:

I'll go with a non-conformist view of things. It isn't logic, and some logic can be flawed. God is love Love is blind Stevie Wonder is blind Therefore Stevie Wonder is god

DenoPenno replies on Nov 12, 2019:

@girlwithsmiles Is there a dog? Might be a dog. Is dog a god? Might be a god. Might be a No, I can't do this one because I really do like dogs.

Can anyone with theology knowledge (or knows someone with) explain this?

DenoPenno comments on Nov 11, 2019:

The simple truth here is that the Romans did not make everybody go back to their birthplace to be counted. It never happened. This is something added to the gospels to explain how Jesus fits in with the prophesies. It is all manipulated. Imagine Mary and Joseph in Egypt but they had to come back ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 12, 2019:

@Casey07 The Gospel of Luke chapter 2 correlates the date of the nativity of Jesus to the census of Quirinius: In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. It is also a manipulated "fact" to prove that Jesus of Nazareth was actually born in Bethlehem. In other words, another "proof" that he is the Christ.

This is that Monty Python Medieval Logic.

sandrarocks83 comments on Nov 11, 2019:

What weighs more? A pound of god or a pound of hay? Serious answers only!

DenoPenno replies on Nov 11, 2019:

A pound is a pound.

Cable News in Glare of Its Own Russiagate Gaslight James Howard Kunstler wonders if there is any ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 3, 2019:

I'm sure there is a major shift coming up and those in power on both sides do not want to deal with it. Obama and Hillary are not brought up because neither of them are in power right now. Bringing them up is distraction and disinformation. Apples and oranges that Trump hopes you will be concerned ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 11, 2019:

@William_Mary Fear factors and fake media seem to be key in your replies. In my world I wonder who has the ability to declare which media is "fake news?" Once we find that person let's discover where they get their news. So much for Trump and his distractions. Clinton used the DNC but I'm not sure that Democracy was destroyed by them. Donna Braszile wrote a book on this. What exactly did Biden and Obama do to the Ukraine that you think they should be held accountable for? Does this seem likely to happen and what does it have to do with removing Donald Trump? I'm sure that Trump can bamboozle things around to convince others that he is our champion and is checking into this for us. That's what him and Barr continue to do to make false claims of why they should stay in power. In other media I am asking outright if America has ever had another president who was ordered to pay 2 million for defrauding a charity. I expected to be cussed, but so far I have no replies. I can agree with you on Assange and a few things here, but I see no real likelihood of others happening. If we like we can go back in history and ask if FDR knew in advance about Pearl Harbor. I doubt that it will get us anywhere. We need to deal effectively with the current and present danger, and that danger is those behind the man who sits in the White House right now. "The mistake" that never should have been there.

Cable News in Glare of Its Own Russiagate Gaslight James Howard Kunstler wonders if there is any ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 3, 2019:

I'm sure there is a major shift coming up and those in power on both sides do not want to deal with it. Obama and Hillary are not brought up because neither of them are in power right now. Bringing them up is distraction and disinformation. Apples and oranges that Trump hopes you will be concerned ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 10, 2019:

@William_Mary Sorry. I'm not stuck on Trump but I am stuck and fully anchored in the tactics of Koch Industries and others like them and that follow them since they bought into the current GOP. This comes out of the Libertarians and can be traced in books like "Dark Money." Trump is the visible symptom of this as POTUS and he should never have been POTUS. You say the Ukraine shit is bullshit! So does Trump and his followers and they want you to read a transcript that even the White House admits is not a verbatim transcript, and it was the White House that put out the transcript in the first place. Asking a foreign government to investigate your rival or you will withhold their AID money is an impeachable offense and is against our rule of law. This is about Trump here and now because he is POTUS. It is not about anyone else who is not, or any other POTUS in our known history. You seem to be falling for the same distraction and disinformation as everyone else. When you do so it is proof that they are doing their job. I see a 2 party system where both parties appear to have taken corporate money for favor and what the Dems are offering now is not a way out of this mess. It appears that the corporations do not want a way out of this either. They are putting us all right where they want us.

Cable News in Glare of Its Own Russiagate Gaslight James Howard Kunstler wonders if there is any ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 3, 2019:

I'm sure there is a major shift coming up and those in power on both sides do not want to deal with it. Obama and Hillary are not brought up because neither of them are in power right now. Bringing them up is distraction and disinformation. Apples and oranges that Trump hopes you will be concerned ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 9, 2019:

@William_Mary Your last paragraph hits it. My remark about those running for POTUS and appealing to LBGTQ people is the simple fact that there are not enough of them to secure an election. Since I am not a Dem it also makes no sense to claim if you are elected you will take guns away. This kind of nonsense plus Hillary claiming she might run as an Independent is why I see Trump winning again in 2020. I certainly do not want that happening but apparently, nobody really cares. I'm also seeing Trump supporters sitting around with T-shirts these days that say "read the transcript." I find this funny because the White House admits there is no verbatim transcript of the Ukrainian phone call. Then Trump says on TV that he is not against people testifying but he does not want them to because this is all bogus from the beginning. If Mr. Trump was any other known POTUS in our entire history he would have been hauled out of the White House kicking and screaming by now, so what is this experiment really about?

What are your moral "feelings" :::::Infidelity?

DenoPenno comments on Nov 9, 2019:

My "moral feelings" in any relationship would have to be along the lines of what I thought each of us as a couple would want. Morality is not a dictated situation from a set source of info. Morality is different in certain parts of the world so it is a construct of society and not some imaginary ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 9, 2019:

@Jacar You can think whatever you like but it does not make things true.

SPIRITUAL.

CallMeDave comments on Nov 7, 2019:

Hey, while we are at it, can we define "Luck" too?

DenoPenno replies on Nov 7, 2019:

Certainly. "Luck" is when something that happens to you is described as being "good." Now you can see why and how you have both good and bad luck. :)

I have asked on social media, did God know Adam and Eve were going to sin when he created them.

bleurowz comments on Oct 28, 2019:

A more pressing question: why did they have belly buttons?

DenoPenno replies on Nov 7, 2019:

Isn't this how angels were discovered to be among us? Someone noticed the absence of belly buttons.:)

McConnell Brags He and Trump Are 'Changing the Federal Courts Forever' With Extreme Right-Wing ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 6, 2019:

It looks like a stranglehold to me. How would anyone fight a lifetime appointment? You would think powers that be could have seen this coming along in the future and should have done something to prevent it. We have a rigged system in which we are the puppets.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 6, 2019:

@jorj Isn't that just too frigging handy? Moscow Mitch had a lot to do with this stuff too, remember.

Unlike the plantations of antiquity, the modern-day African American church is the new plantation.

MichaelSpinler comments on Nov 5, 2019:

yup. i learned about this a while back. it runs in my head when reading dating site profiles, when i an checking out a black chick, that more often than not only wants to date a god fearing man. i also reflect on the way the bible depicts the treatment of women as property and cattle for breeding ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 5, 2019:

@Sapio_Ink My ex is black but from Kenya so her beliefs are a bit different from here. Even so, her now-dead grandfather was a bishop in Legio Maria and knew Simeo Undeto. This religion still draws followers but is mostly Luo people.

Unlike the plantations of antiquity, the modern-day African American church is the new plantation.

DenoPenno comments on Nov 5, 2019:

The one thing I hate to keep hearing is that "it is because of slavery that the African black man learned of the one true god." I'll swear that I have heard that again in commentary since Donald Trump was elected. This is white supremacy at its finest.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 5, 2019:

@Sapio_Ink I'm glad Kim gets along with him but I don't understand him too well.

Cable News in Glare of Its Own Russiagate Gaslight James Howard Kunstler wonders if there is any ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 3, 2019:

I'm sure there is a major shift coming up and those in power on both sides do not want to deal with it. Obama and Hillary are not brought up because neither of them are in power right now. Bringing them up is distraction and disinformation. Apples and oranges that Trump hopes you will be concerned ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 4, 2019:

@William_Mary Unless things change drastically in the next year we know that Trump will be re-elected. Why so? Ask yourself how many LGBTQ votes you will get for DNC candidates and if others would elect you if you promise to take the guns away. On top of that you have the prospect that Hillary might choose to run as an independent. This would so split the vote that Trump would be the only option. I'm an activist but it appears that the powers that be know many things that the rest of us do not.

Cable News in Glare of Its Own Russiagate Gaslight James Howard Kunstler wonders if there is any ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 3, 2019:

I'm sure there is a major shift coming up and those in power on both sides do not want to deal with it. Obama and Hillary are not brought up because neither of them are in power right now. Bringing them up is distraction and disinformation. Apples and oranges that Trump hopes you will be concerned ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 4, 2019:

@jorj I question it bigly, bigly, and I do so without distractions.

It's great to see lots of new members sharing interests and discussion.

GreatNani comments on Nov 3, 2019:

It is great to have new members and new ideas and maybe enthusiasm brought to the table. Nothing wrong with the new as long as the old is still respected for what it brings to the table :)

DenoPenno replies on Nov 3, 2019:

@GreatNani I like you, Suzanne. :)

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DenoPenno comments on Nov 2, 2019:

If I support my 3rd party it means I vote Libertarian. This means I vote for exactly what Charles Koch and others want at this very time. Years ago the Libertarians were wanting to be known as Radical Republicans. Tactfully thy changed their name. Today they are the Radical Republicans that we have ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 3, 2019:

@William_Mary You are correct and I recognize the relevance. The problem is that talking the past is not helping us with solutions for right now. It only appears as a diversion and Trump supporters use it most often. People that write books are not supporting the mainstream media. They just might be opposing it. I have never read Jane Mayer. I study political science and try to learn why it becomes a slogan if you hear it 3 times. Yes, there are books on this. What I read never mentions the name of Donald Trump. It does not stop him from eliminating as much as he can about anything involving global warming and the EPA. Russia is doing the same and this falls in line with Koch Industries. What is going on today is about mineral wealth and it puts the interests of the individual aside. You cannot fight this by changing talking points to things about Obama, Hillary, and Bill Clinton.

Cable News in Glare of Its Own Russiagate Gaslight James Howard Kunstler wonders if there is any ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 3, 2019:

I'm sure there is a major shift coming up and those in power on both sides do not want to deal with it. Obama and Hillary are not brought up because neither of them are in power right now. Bringing them up is distraction and disinformation. Apples and oranges that Trump hopes you will be concerned ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 3, 2019:

@jorj I see it that we both just said the very same thing. What I take away from it might not be exactly what you do, however.

Cable News in Glare of Its Own Russiagate Gaslight James Howard Kunstler wonders if there is any ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 3, 2019:

I'm sure there is a major shift coming up and those in power on both sides do not want to deal with it. Obama and Hillary are not brought up because neither of them are in power right now. Bringing them up is distraction and disinformation. Apples and oranges that Trump hopes you will be concerned ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 3, 2019:

@jorj My remarks had nothing to do with Russia in any way about Hillary losing. You are creating a distraction here. My remarks have to do with Koch Industries and Russia both wanting EPA type laws and regulations to simply go away so they can extract mineral wealth from the earth without worry about paying an environmental penalty. Why are you defending Trump? He is part of this and would do away with the EPA if he could. Try paying attention.

It's great to see lots of new members sharing interests and discussion.

GreatNani comments on Nov 3, 2019:

It is great to have new members and new ideas and maybe enthusiasm brought to the table. Nothing wrong with the new as long as the old is still respected for what it brings to the table :)

DenoPenno replies on Nov 3, 2019:

What table?

the empire files_ From inside history's biggest empire: Files logged by Abby Martin recording a ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 2, 2019:

If I support my 3rd party it means I vote Libertarian. This means I vote for exactly what Charles Koch and others want at this very time. Years ago the Libertarians were wanting to be known as Radical Republicans. Tactfully thy changed their name. Today they are the Radical Republicans that we have ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 3, 2019:

@William_Mary I see lots of dog whistles and other things that prevent me from discussing past politics to explain current and present politics. Giving a history of Obama, the Clintons, AIG, or any other distraction does little in getting rid of Trump. You lose the talking point and Trump supporters want you to do that. As for Libertarians, the Koch brothers were big Libertarians. They bought into the GOP and that's where these party issues are today. Libertarians were once known as "radical Republicans" because of a desire to dismantle any rule of law. I read books on this stuff that were written long before Trump ever got into politics. Dark Money is one such book. There are others.

the empire files_ From inside history's biggest empire: Files logged by Abby Martin recording a ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 2, 2019:

If I support my 3rd party it means I vote Libertarian. This means I vote for exactly what Charles Koch and others want at this very time. Years ago the Libertarians were wanting to be known as Radical Republicans. Tactfully thy changed their name. Today they are the Radical Republicans that we have ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 2, 2019:

@William_Mary You must have missed it that Libertarian is not an option. We may be screwed. I'm also concerned at all the Dems who talk of LGBTQ rights as if there are enough of them to get someone elected. Other Dems talk of "taking the guns away." I'm sure those ideas would get you elected pretty quickly, huh? Either someone is crazy or they are content to drive this election 2020 right back to Donald Trump.

What is non-religious but spiritual?

Cinco comments on Nov 1, 2019:

I used this term before i finally accepted that I’m an atheist. I meant that while i did not accept any religion i believed in a non-personal, nondescript god. He released the one called organisms after the Big Bang. And then just stepped back. But i think it probably means different things to ...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 2, 2019:

@Sgt_Spanky Deism was the big thing before we had science to explain many things. God set it all in motion and then left. It is impossible to communicate with him.

I always love how ultra religious people will quote Leviticus and claim that the bible is gods word.

Allamanda comments on Nov 2, 2019:

see this famous letter - https://www.commondreams.org/further/2011/01/03/dear-dr-laura-why-cant-i-own-canadians-slaves

DenoPenno replies on Nov 2, 2019:

That is hilarious!

‪Trump changed his residency to fl so he can win the tax release lawsuit ny has on him.

Cutiebeauty comments on Nov 2, 2019:

Any thing having to do with taxes is federal. It doesn't matter what state he moved to...

DenoPenno replies on Nov 2, 2019:

New York is after him for so many things and it is all not just taxes.

‪Trump changed his residency to fl so he can win the tax release lawsuit ny has on him.

RiverRick comments on Nov 2, 2019:

He needs to be quickly judged... Then lined up against the wall and shot!

DenoPenno replies on Nov 2, 2019:

@RiverRick He carries a .38 I am told. Maybe he could use it on himself in NY on 5th Avenue. I bet he would get away with it.

‪Trump changed his residency to fl so he can win the tax release lawsuit ny has on him.

RiverRick comments on Nov 2, 2019:

He needs to be quickly judged... Then lined up against the wall and shot!

DenoPenno replies on Nov 2, 2019:

I have been afraid to come right out and say that. :)

I figured I would try to get comfortable sharing here the things that I find interesting for myself ...

DenoPenno comments on Nov 1, 2019:

I am sorry for your loss. Hope you like it here. Most of us are OK but being agnostic or atheist has no guidelines. BTW, there is truth and also human opinion. I find that truth is always changing scientifically and that also changes human opinions.

DenoPenno replies on Nov 1, 2019:

@FlyingEagle1952 I know. I am 73 now.

Opinion: Why millennials are skipping church and not going back

Jolanta comments on Oct 30, 2019:

Because there is something more interesting on TV.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 30, 2019:

What millennials are doing the most is texting and watching their phones. Too busy with that to watch TV.

I have had an unusual amount of free time at work and stumbled upon this clip of Michio Kaku ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 30, 2019:

I have no idea if there was a "big bang" or not. If so, did it have to make noise and what started at that very moment? All I know for sure is that we cannot conceive of "nothing." It is impossible for us to see that everything came out of nothing. This means that there was always something and us ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 30, 2019:

@Joanne Other than us many living creatures there is no proof that matter thinks and is self aware. Matter has patterns that we are trying to figure out.

Opinion: Why millennials are skipping church and not going back

Athena comments on Oct 28, 2019:

They're skipping church because they can't look away from their fucking phones for an hour.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 30, 2019:

@Athena Millennials appear to not want eye contact or anything face to face.

Opinion: Why millennials are skipping church and not going back

Athena comments on Oct 28, 2019:

They're skipping church because they can't look away from their fucking phones for an hour.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 29, 2019:

I can't find anyone even at my work who can keep away from their phones for an hour. It is sickening! My phone stays outside in my car. I don't need calls, texts, or messages while working and I don't need funny pictures sent to me.

Opinion: Why millennials are skipping church and not going back

Zster comments on Oct 29, 2019:

Oh FFS! If the church "community" was all that, folks would rarely leave it. If judgment, bigotry, power plays, self righteousness, abuse, etc... are "community", I'll find friends elsewhere, thank you. Were YOUR (rhetorical) only friends at church? There are endless other places to socialize.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 29, 2019:

@IAJO163 I'm like you. I have few actual friends and it does not bother me or make me want to go out and find any friends. I entertain myself mostly.

Winter hiking survival. Your ideas?

Justjoni comments on Oct 29, 2019:

Great list! I’d add warm dry socks. A shelter of some sort, like a tarp or tube tent. Metal mirror (unbreakable) for signaling. Emergency beacon, especially if traveling in avalanche country.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 29, 2019:

Dry socks are super important hiking or at home. Always have extra socks.

Not so long ago elderly religious friends of mine came by wanting me to make a DVD of their own ...

genessa comments on Oct 28, 2019:

Do people get more paranoid as they get older? As a trend I cannot say. Some do and some do not. If you haven't watched the video, though, how do you know it is unmoving? This couple may indeed be paranoid... or not. Either way, it may have nothing to do with age. It may or may not ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 28, 2019:

@genessa This was all some time ago and everywhere they go they think people are coming into their place while they are gone. Every house they rent. I feel that it is not really normal to think like that and later you might say "ah-ha. I have found the person coming into our place and moving things around and they were on the video." They have never told me they found anything and I am sure they watched it.

Not so long ago elderly religious friends of mine came by wanting me to make a DVD of their own ...

genessa comments on Oct 28, 2019:

Do people get more paranoid as they get older? As a trend I cannot say. Some do and some do not. If you haven't watched the video, though, how do you know it is unmoving? This couple may indeed be paranoid... or not. Either way, it may have nothing to do with age. It may or may not ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 28, 2019:

I made the video to DVD's to make them happy. It seems that they thought things inside their house were getting moved to other areas, or sometimes were simply disappearing. I only watched enough of the video to see that what I did actually worked.

I could not resist writing in Facebook that Trump has his DOJ investigating itself now.

glennlab comments on Oct 27, 2019:

They are still asking about the emails and Bengazi

DenoPenno replies on Oct 27, 2019:

I'm sure there are copies of many of the e-mails and Hillary had no power to "order anyone to stand down" at Benghazi.

Illegals crossing our borders are bringing us diseases, they say.

LucyLoohoo comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Which diseases--PRECISELY?

DenoPenno replies on Oct 27, 2019:

Here are the specific diseases following very closely to the highway or the countries border line. Oh, now they have crossed over. Oh, come on. Any fool knows that diseases mostly travel by air!

Illegals crossing our borders are bringing us diseases, they say.

TheGreatShadow comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Stopped at they.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 27, 2019:

I could have been more specific and said Trump and his supporters say, but I was doing this the way Trump does it to us.

I've just found out about 2 great grandchildren we didn't know about.

BufftonBeotch comments on Oct 27, 2019:

Sorry. But your son sounds like a real piece of work. How did he get away with not supporting a child? He just abandoned her? You may have other offspring out there, then - if he is that nonchalant about it.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 27, 2019:

I got away without paying support for many years by living in a state that did not support uniform child support enforcement. My ex got state support in Missouri for the 2 girls, then after 20 years I moved back to Missouri. This meant that I had to pay for all the time that I did not pay, or go to jail. Paying was the right thing to do. Other than this how do people get away without paying? They threaten and make a woman believe they might kill her, OR that particular woman never files for child support.

How to Pay For Medicare for All Without Raising Taxes: Cut the Pentagon’s Budget With a ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 26, 2019:

If we went with Medicare for all right now we could save a little money. Big pharma has their foot in the door on this and spreads rumors that it would cost us 91 to 92 trillion dollars.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 27, 2019:

@William_Mary Mostly it is because politicians do not want you to have healthcare. We can talk about this forever but there is one way of looking at it that is totally fair. We deserve the very same healthcare that Congress and Senate get and the money can be set aside in an insurance program. Call this process by any name that you want to.

My journey to becoming an Agnostic.

greyeyed123 comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Why is it impossible to disprove the spiritual?

DenoPenno replies on Oct 27, 2019:

@Norman347 You can't. It is the same thing as proving there is or is not a god. That's why spirituality can mean anything you want it to mean.

I see posts here saying "are Atheists this?

Jolanta comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Yeah, some people who are atheists here on this site don't agree with me at all. I am so disappointed.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 26, 2019:

Well, I agree with you but not about Johnny. :)

I see posts here saying "are Atheists this?

Cutiebeauty comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Yes but you forget that we all like to eat babies.... 😲😱😵😨

DenoPenno replies on Oct 26, 2019:

@Dougl35534 You must beware if you are eating babies with mustard.

Anyone ever notice that the crucified Jesus is shown in pictures as being both nailed and also tied ...

Norman347 comments on Oct 25, 2019:

This is just arguing over dogma. Hell, there really isn't any proof in the historical record he ever existed. I was curious about this way back and did some digging. I earned there is no mention of him by any of the historical chroniclers of his supposed time. Nothing. He only shows up in ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 26, 2019:

Nothing was official until over 300 years after he supposedly died. Believers keep thrusting "early church fathers" at us but those people came out of that era. To put this in perspective for today I have to admit I can tell you very little about anyone from our 1700's even though I can read about them. Nobody alive today remembers them.

My journey to becoming an Agnostic.

greyeyed123 comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Why is it impossible to disprove the spiritual?

DenoPenno replies on Oct 25, 2019:

@greyeyed123 The only reason people SAY it is impossible to prove the spiritual is because they know the spiritual ISN'T REAL, and that you cannot prove unreal things.

Anyone ever notice that the crucified Jesus is shown in pictures as being both nailed and also tied ...

brentan comments on Oct 25, 2019:

This was very important when I was a Jehovah's Witness. I think stake is correct (Greek stauros, if memory serves well). If so, I guess one hand had to be placed behind the other and a nail put hammered through the two of them. This would put more strain on the nail (poor nail!) than one nail per ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 25, 2019:

Very good points as it says "stake" in the Greek and death is actually caused by not being able to breath after a time.

and we know its the truth

Killtheskyfairy comments on Oct 25, 2019:

He’s despicable! I don’t think it’s just the towers. I think he is acting for Putin’s benefit.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 25, 2019:

Putin and the Koch brothers do not like EPA type restrictions of any kind. The goal is to get the land that has the mineral wealth and get this out of the ground with no regards at all for the people who live there. Why? The wealth is all that matters.

My journey to becoming an Agnostic.

greyeyed123 comments on Oct 25, 2019:

Why is it impossible to disprove the spiritual?

DenoPenno replies on Oct 25, 2019:

@Norman347 Proving or disproving spirituality is about as useless as trying to prove that someone loves you.

I just started going to meetings (12 step recovery) and the higher power thing is kinda jamming me ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 24, 2019:

You are the higher power. They teach you to focus.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 24, 2019:

@TheGreatShadow I don't think all meetings are the same. I have been to AA. One man there got up to testify how long it had been since he had a drink. He ended up with so many years, so many months, days, and hours and watched his wrist watch as he told it. I wanted to jump up and say "for god's sake give that man a drink," but I restrained myself.

Assange Displayed Signs of Torture in Courtroom Farce What we witnessed yesterday was a naked ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 23, 2019:

In America that person working for the ruling class is Donald Trump. One big goal is to get rid of all EPA like rules here as well as in the rest of the world. The reason is that they do not give a damn about you, your health food or water, and they want to rip the wealth out of the earth regardless...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 23, 2019:

@yvilletom I can agree with that, Tom.

My Hispanic relative by marriage is so sold on Trump that she has changed her last name to Trump in ...

TheGreatShadow comments on Oct 22, 2019:

The fuck is Hispanic? You mean mexican?

DenoPenno replies on Oct 22, 2019:

Her parents are from Mexico and I went there years ago when she married my stepson. She claims she is a citizen and born in the USA. IDK?

I grew up believing that unborn babies and kids not old enough to understand the gospel would ...

bobwjr comments on Oct 21, 2019:

In some religion they go to purgatory another myth

DenoPenno replies on Oct 21, 2019:

Yes, but you can be paid out of purgatory. LOL

THE CONCEPT OF NOTHING.

WeaZ comments on Oct 21, 2019:

As soon as you explain nothing, or demonstration nothing, then you are in fact explaining & demonstrating “something.”

DenoPenno replies on Oct 21, 2019:

@Mcflewster I ate brexit this morning. :)

Do you explain why you don't want a second date?

Cutiebeauty comments on Oct 20, 2019:

When he asks, "why not? " he sounds like a kid! I would reply, "cuz. " 😊

DenoPenno replies on Oct 20, 2019:

Asking "why not" is where they want you to open up and give a detailed reason for things. You do not have to do that. It gives them control when you do and the subject matter seems to turn into debate. The person who" just knows that he is right" decides that you do know know what you want. This, of course, is not true.