If God existed, ...I wouldn't want to be in his shoes

Borgovic comments on May 19, 2020:

That reminds me of world war two...you had Catholic Germans on one side praying to God to assist them in killing maiming and destroying the Allies....then you had the Allies praying to the same God to do exactly the same thing to the Germans....how bloody ridiculous.!

DenoPenno replies on May 19, 2020:

in the end a couple of people from that war became friends because they were not able to kill each other. They tied but remained unhurt because they were both Christians.

The simulation hypothesis has always bothered me as it requires a belief in the unprovable hence ...

DenoPenno comments on May 16, 2020:

I like Tyson and I appreciate his knowledge but there is lots of this that I cannot buy. For us to get down to ideas of a matrix and a simulation it would appear to be something coming out of a computer age or a sci fi story. Our current conditions and limitations were here from the beginning ...

DenoPenno replies on May 18, 2020:

@shivasregal My DNA reference is in pointing out that the wonderous god in his wisdom only allowed mankind to find useful purposes in crime solving through DNA around 1980. I refer to it as a technology. DNA beginnings and when we started to use it are not the same thing.

Your grossly incompetent president called Obama's presidency "grossly incompetent"...

Tourirst comments on May 17, 2020:

With almost 100,000 dead, And Trump calling President Obama, "incompetent." Trump needs to be dragged out of his office and tossed in jail. Forever. If the GOP had any brains, they don't, the Dems and the GOP should hire President Obama for a year to get things on track. If they don't do this then:...

DenoPenno replies on May 17, 2020:

It could not happen to a nicer man. :)

Memorial day is coming up.

KKGator comments on May 17, 2020:

My aunt is the only one I know who still does that. I don't even go to cemeteries. Or funerals.

DenoPenno replies on May 17, 2020:

I might add that Memorial Day was originally for remembering our war dead. Someone must have gotten jealous because it has now been expanded to include your other loved ones. I'm sorry. Neither my mother nor my sister wore combat boots. Florists must love the day, however.

Your grossly incompetent president called Obama's presidency "grossly incompetent"...

LiterateHiker comments on May 17, 2020:

I call Trump the Orange Turd. # **Vote Blue. **

DenoPenno replies on May 17, 2020:

That's a good name for him. Vote Blue. If you do not do this does it mean you have enough money to take care of a loved one in a nursing home? Maybe it means that you yourself will never have to go to one. It's remarks like this that make others claim they will not debate politics with me. I don't debate. I just mention facts like this and I don't have to use names to explain the self-evident. Others are living in a fantasy world enforced by The Turd and our current regime.

I wonder how many churches will close for good due to covid-19.

ADKSparky comments on May 17, 2020:

They got a bailout from Congress. So many will survive

DenoPenno replies on May 17, 2020:

It would have had to be an illegal bailout.

Obama reminds us of what a US president should sound like.

Bobbyzen comments on May 17, 2020:

He speaks eloquently. It’s too bad he bailed out the banking industry and left homeowners bankrupt. Murdered civilians in the Middle East with unmanned drones. Expanded the immigration detention system and separated children from families—at least he stopped when he was caught! Repealed the ...

DenoPenno replies on May 17, 2020:

I read this and thought you were talking about Trump. After all, many are believing that Trump is "cleaning the swamp" by going after anyone in office before him. They even have enough guts to claim that the liar is a patriot. He almost makes me wanna stand at a ballgame and place my hand over my heart. That must be what patriots do. A good way of defending Trump is to talk about other people. Be sure and mention Hillary while you are at it because many Trumpers think both her and Obama will end up behind bars because of Donald Trump. I'm wondering when I should start laughing. Maybe I should have had a Hillary or Obama hat or flag. Thing is, I did an honorable tour of duty and do not wear hats or fly flags.

The simulation hypothesis has always bothered me as it requires a belief in the unprovable hence ...

DenoPenno comments on May 16, 2020:

I like Tyson and I appreciate his knowledge but there is lots of this that I cannot buy. For us to get down to ideas of a matrix and a simulation it would appear to be something coming out of a computer age or a sci fi story. Our current conditions and limitations were here from the beginning ...

DenoPenno replies on May 17, 2020:

@shivasregal While I can agree with you some of the content of my post is ignored. Being able today to do super things with a computer does not mean we bring computer logic into speculation like a simulation. What about all the years we did not have this technology? It's kind of like saying "god does everything in his own time" so he waited until about 1980 to give us useful DNA.

I've long found this to be true.

Storm1752 comments on May 11, 2020:

'Pseudoscience' is beliefs mistakenly or fraudulently based on the scientific method. In conversations you often have casual references to something which is based on the scientific method, or is something with legitimate scientific (factual) underpinnings, so while not 'scientific' itself, are ...

DenoPenno replies on May 11, 2020:

@JohnnyQB My insurance lady says we just do not know what to believe anymore. I find this strange because I had no problems until the last presidential election.

Tom Cruise Born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV in Syracuse, N.

DenoPenno comments on May 8, 2020:

I like him in some movies maybe because he is a good actor. I'm not sure i could like him as a person and I damned sure do not like his religion.

DenoPenno replies on May 9, 2020:

@Ray13 Isaac Hayes is another one. He voiced the character of "Cook" on "South Park" but claimed he was glad to have his character killed off because the creators of that series were "not kind to Scientology" which is apparently his religion. Oh, come on now! You believe humans have to be made "clear" because we are inhabited by the spirits of people from the planet Kolob that were once dropped into an Earth volcano. Hey, dude! The religion was made up by an alcoholic science fiction writer.

Mike Pence- The Mask of Zero and Other News. Hilarious!

DenoPenno comments on May 3, 2020:

Both Pence and the Orange Turd are a joke.

DenoPenno replies on May 5, 2020:

@LiterateHiker That's fine. I believe that I also stole it. LOL

Talking dirty. De-stigmatizing sex talk [youtu.be]

DenoPenno comments on May 2, 2020:

My view on talking dirty during sex is that I think it came about by others being told at a young age that sex was dirty. My opinion is that it never should be and I will never call you names. I also have a perfect safe word for sex games. It is called "stop."

DenoPenno replies on May 2, 2020:

@ToolGuy The woman in this video asked early on how babies were made. He parents should have told her about baby powder. LOL

LINK: US CITIZENS Spouses and CHILDREN being denied STIMULUS check.

SeaGreenEyez comments on May 1, 2020:

1.) They're not "illegal" they're "undocumented" (two VERY different things; 2.) Undocumented persons **have NEVER** qualified for federal social safety net programs in America, this is nothing new, and not inappropriate; 3.) It would be unlawful for undocumented persons to receive stimulus ...

DenoPenno replies on May 2, 2020:

@kimlaleona Law or no law, I read that Trump says if you are married to an undocumented person you will get no stimulus money. Right or wrong that seems very clear to me.

Religion was destroyed! By whom?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 28, 2020:

Reagan did not destroy religion. He destroyed the power of unions and invented "trickle down" economics. He ran the country as a Republic and started some of this nonsense we see today. It got to the point of 2020 and Trump through Libertarians who finally realized they only had a chance by "buying ...

DenoPenno replies on May 1, 2020:

@soobydoody607 DeVos, her brother Eric Price, the Mercers, etc. I reccomrnend the book "Dark Money." It explains backgrounds and how they were not getting ahead as Libertarians, then they bought into the GOP in a big way. Donald Stump is one of the by products of all that.

Is the concept of a personal God needed in some individuals?

DavidLaDeau comments on Apr 28, 2020:

Religion is a poison. Is the consumption of personal poison needed in some individuals?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 28, 2020:

But David, it said in Mark that believers could drink poison and it would not hurt them.

Anyone ever just get mentally fatigued and emotionally drained?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 28, 2020:

I feel drained by many things but I don't miss church or religion. I'm aware at 73 that it most likely means I will live out the rest of my life alone but I will not tolerate nonsense of any kind. I look on my past sometimes but do not want to repeat it.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 28, 2020:

@MusicManDre I have that problem with a buddy I grew up with. He is still Evangelical in his beliefs and often we are discussing current politics and he goes off into Revelation and what is happening today. I'm the one who studied to be a preacher and he wants to baffle me with his bible knowledge. Revelation barely made it into the bible and it was not the only choice. What I want to say but do not is this. There is no book from the Middle East predicting anything happening in America today. Wake up! When the book was written nobody knew America even existed.

This is a very mixed (sad and happy) story about the effects of extreme religion, and one trans ...

Observer-Effect comments on Apr 27, 2020:

I cannot see "Weedwackers'" posts anymore because I reported and blocked him, you should do the same. Look at his profile, its talk of "brown people" and other posts he has made. I believe it is a troll/fake account, its purpose just to spread division. I recommend everybody report him, just takes a...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 28, 2020:

So far I have blocked no one but often I want to. I get this feeling when die hard posters want to debate or think that my reply to something is a call to debate and the entire page ends up being me and them. OK, OK. I give up already. Enough please.

Johnny Weissmuller 1904-1984 Born in Freidorf, Romania.

Marionville comments on Apr 27, 2020:

I remember going to see Tarzan movies with Lex Barker at the Saturday matinees, I think he must have been the actor who took over from Weissmuller.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 28, 2020:

@Ray13 The Bruce Bennett Tarzan films were the ones approved by Burroughs and the role was played as an educated man like in the novels he wrote. Buster Crabbe was in a Tarzan film where he seemed like an idiot trying to rescue Mary. The problem with the film was that they only had half of it. The other reel was lost and Tarzan may have came out looking better if they had it. Everyone was trying to be Weissmuller at the time. I saw lots of Lex Barker Tarzan films but did not like him at all.

COVID-19: How to Destroy America from the Top Down This crisis is offering us a striking ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 26, 2020:

The biggest nonsense I see today is that so many want to claim COVID-19 is not real and is all about trying to take down an American president. Somehow the entire world is affected by this and it involves the two major American political parties. Fox news told them so. How in the hell could anybody ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 26, 2020:

@William_Mary You summed it up very nicely.

Agnostic.com has been trying to achieve eradication of loneliness since its inception: [npr.org]

DenoPenno comments on Apr 25, 2020:

I'm lonely and** not** loving it. I should love it because I am doing the things I love to do but I was used to doing them knowing that others (or at least one other) were around somewhere. My mind said that I'm doing what I like and they are too. Sometimes we would talk and do things together but ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 26, 2020:

@Surfpirate I'm not complaining claiming "I gave so much." My complaint is rather that the other side had to have so much more, and more than I could give. I cannot be involved with someone 24/7.

DATING SCAMS abound everywhere.

bobwjr comments on Apr 26, 2020:

They are everywhere

DenoPenno replies on Apr 26, 2020:

My most recent "scammer" is a woman named Jean who is a chef. I think she is real in her dating wants but she tries to lure people to her cheescake photos where she is obiviosly paid by clicks and likes. It means Jean is picking up some extra money. :)

What if no one thought to worship the imposable and no one invented religion.

242Foxtrot comments on Apr 26, 2020:

Guernsey. But despite my name, I'm a bit short on the investment-to-immigrate threshold.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 26, 2020:

I have a friend who lives in New Guernsey. I'm not sure she gets it when I call NJ that.

A different perspective; Is the fight against COVID19 worse than the disease?

sandrarocks83 comments on Apr 26, 2020:

One of 3 things will happen when exposed: 1. Your body will fight it off naturally, you won’t even know you were exposed 2. Your body will need help with medical intervention 3. You will die, nothing will save you.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 26, 2020:

Those three seem correct to me. One problem I have from listening to conservative radio programs today is that many are now starting to question that maybe they had it last year and did not know it. WTF?

What do you/people think about China's role in this epidemic?

Trajan61 comments on Apr 22, 2020:

I think they are directly responsible for millions of deaths worldwide. We need to quit doing so much business with them especially for critical items.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 25, 2020:

@Weedwacker Are you missing the fact that Trump raises the tariffs on China and Americans buying their many goods are paying the higher price because of this? It does not hurt China one bit.

What sayings would one have to stop using if they wanted to fully De God their life?

BestWithoutGods comments on Apr 25, 2020:

"Bless you" to someone who sneezes.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 25, 2020:

In this time of COVID-19 you do not want to be around anyone who sneezes and most likely you will not say anything if they do. You just gain more distance.

Citing a ‘primary outcome’ of death, researchers cut chloroquine coronavirus study short over ...

Chickenwing comments on Apr 24, 2020:

I don't know much about Chloroquine when medically applied but I do know that wasn't a controlled study. As for Trump telling people to take it, I've watched many briefings and he never did. He also never told anyone to drink disinfectant or eat tide pods but people are saying he did. No one should...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 24, 2020:

I was not aware that Trump told anyone to drink disinfectant or eat Tide pods. I'm not a Trumper but I don't think he went that extreme. I did hear that he was for Chloroquine and had also invested in it. As for whether he invested or not, I never followed up on the rumor. I have no idea what Trump invests in.

What is more damaging in Western societies religion or conspiratorial thinking?

SCal comments on Apr 24, 2020:

con·spir·a·cy /kənˈspirəsē/ noun: conspiracy; plural noun: conspiracies a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful. "a conspiracy to destroy the government" Similar: plot scheme stratagem plan machination cabal intrigue palace intrigue...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 24, 2020:

@VeronikaAnnJ True, and especially right now in 2020.

Trump and Fox Now Both Silent on Miracle Cure Drug They Promoted Both President Trump and a ...

LucyLoohoo comments on Apr 23, 2020:

He's probably already dumped his stock!

DenoPenno replies on Apr 23, 2020:

Yes, I heard Trump had stock in the drugs. That's why he was pushing them.

So.

of-the-mountain comments on Apr 23, 2020:

At this point none of the numbers add up!!! Death rates and recoveries are being added up for all deaths and those recovering from the so called regular flu!!! Seems all other causes of death are also being lump in!!! Seems patient zero death in the USA might have occurred as early as last ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 23, 2020:

Ahh. Now he is hitting it. I was back to work today after 5 days off and find all the Trumpers now saying our COVID-19 numbers are so high in the U. S. because all the deaths are being blamed on the virus. Man dies of a heart attack and the virus is listed as the cause. A person gets shot and the virus is said to be the cause. This seems like something right out of Fox News. It's a way of trying to make Trump look better. Sort of like when the hurricane threatened Alabama and Trump drew it in with his sharpie, then forced others to go along with it. If you can't say anything good about Trump you are "fake news" and it seems the move is on to make him look better. A man told me today he thought all this was fake because he had no proof of all these virus deaths. I asked him how this was all possible around the entire world if you want to believe this is some stunt involving Trump and the two top American political parties. That just seems a little far fetched to me. How in the hell would they pull that off? It's best to take COVID-19 as being 100 percent real.

What do you/people think about China's role in this epidemic?

Trajan61 comments on Apr 22, 2020:

I think they are directly responsible for millions of deaths worldwide. We need to quit doing so much business with them especially for critical items.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 22, 2020:

Yes, and we need to raise tariffs on them so that when they raise prices on their goods afterwards we Americas can pay more which effectively pays for the raised tariffs.

This article says everything that's wrong with healthcare in America.

273kelvin comments on Apr 22, 2020:

It can happen under universal healthcare to a certain extent. The NHS in the UK has had trouble with GPs. Consequently, people who had trouble booking appointments ended up using ER. These have of course lessened to very large degree during the pandemic.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 22, 2020:

@SeaGreenEyez I almost always use a generic prescription.

What do you/people think about China's role in this epidemic?

Triphid comments on Apr 22, 2020:

I'm as far from a 'Conspiracy Theorist' as one can possibly get but there a few questions/ coincidences that remain unanswered as to the seemingly sudden eruption of this Wuhan/HubeiCovid-19 occurring at the exact same times as the Chinese New Year Celebrations and in a somewhat remoter province ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 22, 2020:

I thought it strange that the pandemic occurred on some people's birthdays too.

Are one through nine spelled out?

LiterateHiker comments on Apr 22, 2020:

Boring sentence: "One thousand, seven hundred and seventy-six was the year the United States of America was established." Better: "In 1776, America was founded." From Strunk and White’s *Elements of Style: **Omit needless words.**

DenoPenno replies on Apr 22, 2020:

Is that Jed Strunk? No, he was "A Daisy A Day." :)

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.