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.

THE CONCEPT OF NOTHING.

Joanne comments on Oct 20, 2019:

I can imagine a time when our universe did not exist: no time, no space, no matter--nothing; but, there had to be energy. As I understand Lawrence Krauss's "A Universe From Nothing" he is showing that "nothing" powers the universe (no god necessary) and not that there was "nothing" prior to the big...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 20, 2019:

Yes, but what does "nothing" look like? Even if we are talking energy does that energy have an appearance? Imagine you open a door and you find no appearance of anything. If it is "nothing" how would you know it was there?

it seems to me like to be "all-knowing" would require a rather thorough and intimate knowledge of ...

Geoffrey51 comments on Oct 19, 2019:

...and sin is?

DenoPenno replies on Oct 20, 2019:

@Geoffrey51 The biblical god of course. His love of burned meat and the smell of burned meat must have come into play when he decided to tell people they could go to heaven or hell. If you go to hell he still has his burned meat. He has to resurrect them for this.

it seems to me like to be "all-knowing" would require a rather thorough and intimate knowledge of ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 19, 2019:

I recall as a child asking My mother why there were laws in the bible about having sex with animals, not because I wanted to do it, but because the idea had never even occurred to me until the bible told me I must not do it. MY religious maniac mother was furious that I asked and then even more ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 20, 2019:

I think it meant she had no answer. There are actually people today who sit around and think these things up, then try to get it into a bill that you cannot have sex with animals. It all starts with just where you let that grasshopper crawl secretly when you are a child, then it goes on into animals later. Maybe animals and peanut butter.

it seems to me like to be "all-knowing" would require a rather thorough and intimate knowledge of ...

Geoffrey51 comments on Oct 19, 2019:

...and sin is?

DenoPenno replies on Oct 20, 2019:

"Sin" is not doing right in god's sight and we see that there are so many sins. This means that god is so very finicky on everything, and so much so that said god could not be trusted. Once upon a time you could please him with burned meat and now if you do not do right he is going to send you to hell. WTF?

if god were a natural part of reality and a spontaneous always, how could there not be multiples.

Word comments on Oct 19, 2019:

Multiple all-powerful contradiction: if 2 or more God thingie are totally all-powerful at same time and same place it would be a contradiction considering if one tried to punch another in nose . All-powerful hits nose but all-powerful blocks punch. Block punch with nose , would they both still ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 20, 2019:

I think you have just explained why gods do nothing.

Green Party communications manager Michael O’Neils, peaking on behalf of the Green Party, Friday.

Itisntwhatitis comments on Oct 19, 2019:

So silly. Our nation has a representative model for good reason. Regular people are not policy experts, lack the time to fully understand law and policies, and lack the wisdom to make informed and responsible decisions on matters of great importance to our nation. I see the attitude regularly where ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 19, 2019:

@Archeus_Lore What can I tell you? The USA is an energy company with an Army and most of what goes on in the world is about energy. That makes us and Russia the top contenders for any deal that is made. You either make a deal or you do not make a deal. I'm not sure this makes you a bad guy unless others do not like you having the better deal. Then you become the bad guy.

Trump rally

MojoDave comments on Oct 18, 2019:

Led by Pinocchio himself!

DenoPenno replies on Oct 18, 2019:

I saw Mortimer in the crowd.

A discussion on another forum tonight got me wondering how Christians might deal with irrefutable ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 17, 2019:

Jesus was a historical figure only in the bible. Outside of those writings there is no evidence of a real Jesus at all. Some say early church fathers prove Jesus as real but where did they get their information? If it was the bible we are back where we started. Pilot and the Romans of that time say ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 18, 2019:

@GarytheGondolier There is some historical matter in the bible but not much. No Moses, no David, no Solomon, no Jesus, just to mention a few.

My life as an asexual.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 17, 2019:

I have trouble understanding this and I also do not put numbers on women. There is no way I can tell you who was first or second, etc. as it was all not a milestone event when it happened. All I know is that things do happen and people do have sex.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 17, 2019:

@Secular_Squirrel Yes, it does help. I know some homosexuals of both sexes but I have no desire to screw men. I'm also aware that we are all human beings and should be treated as such.

So I've recently been looking at the Bible again, and I found a lot of things that contradict, and a...

Coffeeman comments on Oct 17, 2019:

If God hates foreskins soo much,,, why didn't he just design the penis without it?

DenoPenno replies on Oct 17, 2019:

it is not that god hated foreskins. It's that his people were set aside from those that had foreskins because a foreskin was considered not clean. Lots of idiots still believe that today.

PG&E should compensate customers for power shutoffs, California governor says [cnn.com]

DenoPenno comments on Oct 15, 2019:

When a power company shuts off power in certain areas and does this repeatedly they are not big enough to take care of the public's needs. I do not see this as trying to prevent a fire from spreading.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 15, 2019:

@AnneWimsey I got this from Bill Maher. He says when they turn off the power everyone is lighting lamps and candles so it does not make everything safer.

I deliver auto parts for a living and recently prices on a lot of parts have went up in a big way.

silverotter11 comments on Oct 15, 2019:

Yep, I get that same response when I point out prices are up because of the tariffs. One person who I know only watches fox actually said no China is paying the tariffs.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 15, 2019:

They are wrong and that is not how it works. Ask the Fox friends why the products are now costing more money. They will have to lie in order to explain that one away.

I deliver auto parts for a living and recently prices on a lot of parts have went up in a big way.

ShadowAmicus comments on Oct 15, 2019:

The base reason for a tariff is to protect domestic manufacturing ... as the price of imports goes up, it is more likely US parts will be bought, helping the domestic economy by creating / supporting jobs Never really sure if the concept actually works

DenoPenno replies on Oct 15, 2019:

Most auto parts today and manufactured in China so no supporting lobs are being created by Trump tariffs. Trumpers tell me this is Trump's way of bringing the jobs back to America but this is false. IF you have cheaper labor in China and American companies then move there they have saved money and will save in the future. Once tariffs come into play and raise the product's cost back up again American companies have no monetary incentive to move back to America. They will even lose money to do so. The American consumer is the one paying for these tariffs in the form of higher prices.

Electricity off or house burned down?

MizJ comments on Oct 12, 2019:

WTF? Aborted baby parts are not being sold. BS like this is how we have the Orange Turd.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 15, 2019:

According to the ignorant right the only reason for abortions is to use baby parts to make vaccines and things. Some even say this is backed up on PBS and NPR, but I think not.

This is the cost of his treachery to our allies

GreatNani comments on Oct 14, 2019:

He is such a fucker. Really. I dont understand how he is still in office. I dont understand how he is still allowed to be the leader of this country

DenoPenno replies on Oct 14, 2019:

Like you, Suzanne, I do not understand these same things. WHY is he still there?

Should trump's mouth be washed out with soap?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

It does not matter because nothing is his fault. His permanent administration is very busy trying to get rid of all the corruption that was before him.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 13, 2019:

@hankster It is my sarcasm about what trump and his GOP would like you to believe.

I was happy to meet a fellow member tonight.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Nice pic. I used to live there but have not been back since 1993.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 13, 2019:

@Redheadedgammy Thanks. Sounds good.

So earlier at work I met a guy who works for the NASA branch in Maryland.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Once this is in place it will be interesting to see if we get any better pictures of what is out there.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 13, 2019:

@Varn I don't think so but there are some wackos that believe heaven is slowly coming down to earth right now and they claim some object in a far distant area of the universe is it. This is more false hope for the gullible.

Does todays religions just crave Power.

linxminx comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Under the guise that religion benefits a human's spiritual side, lies the real motivation, which is... supremacy domination control wealth acquisition

DenoPenno replies on Oct 13, 2019:

It is because of these things that the Assemblies of God group believed you would " prosper monetarily as your soul prospered"and they took this to be a promise of god. Keep in mind also that Herbert W. Armstrong believed in "British Israelism." This is where the Jewish mantle is passed on to the white British people in domination, control, and supremacy. Armstrong never had anything to do with the AG but a lot of the thinking is the same.

Trump vows to put a man on the moon. Someone should introduce him to Buzz Aldrin.

GreatNani comments on Oct 12, 2019:

How much were they paid to cheer?

DenoPenno replies on Oct 12, 2019:

Rumor has it that the ones up close to Trump in the rallies were found and paid to cheer. Notice that further back in the crowd you have mostly sign carriers and cap wearing people who only smile.

Do you background check online dates prior to meeting in person?

LimitedLight comments on Oct 12, 2019:

I had it done to me,without permission before I was even sure I wanted to meet her.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 12, 2019:

@LimitedLight I see no problems with it.

Do you background check online dates prior to meeting in person?

LimitedLight comments on Oct 12, 2019:

I had it done to me,without permission before I was even sure I wanted to meet her.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 12, 2019:

Checking you out without permission is not a crime. The crime occurs when the person doing that check decides to use or post your info in some way.

Trump lashes out over Fox News poll that shows majority support his impeachment [nbcnews.

KKGator comments on Oct 10, 2019:

My regularly scheduled emails to the White House are all just saying "RESIGN, and take Pence with you."

DenoPenno replies on Oct 11, 2019:

I would have been one to send that repeatedly but I don't want to gain any attention from Trump personally.My job is just to make others think and I'm proud to see some of my words coming back to me from lots of other people who do not even know me. This is how I do political activism.

What are the best places for people like us to live?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Anywhere you want to. If my health and money were not an issue I would live in Kenya for a big part of my time. Neuropathy slows me up and I'm not sure footed these days.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 11, 2019:

@DeafGypsy I liked it there and have in-laws there by marriage. Today I have diabetes and foot problems that would make living there not as easy as it once was. I just live alone at home these days.

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BitFlipper comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Trump is eliminating every lawful alternative , leaving only violence.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 9, 2019:

This is what they want because violence is the only real way out of the mess they have created. They can always blame someone else to justify the violence but are fast running out of legal methods.

Hiding behind your military service?

WonderWartHog99 comments on Oct 8, 2019:

## Wrong-O! Trump support among vets is stronger than the general public. "U.S. military veterans are largely supportive of the way Donald Trump is leading the nation’s armed forces. A new Pew Research Center survey of veterans finds that a majority (57%) approve of the way Trump is handling ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 8, 2019:

Somehow I am one vet who was not included in that poll. Maybe they just missed me, and maybe I'm not the only one they missed.

Says a lot about him and family

Athena comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Some Trump supporters would refer to that as "genius."

DenoPenno replies on Oct 8, 2019:

Indeed they would. This shows you what sort of feelings have been awakened in society today by this monster being POTUS and totally out of control. People think they are allowed to do what Trump does. Somehow they are cheated and missing out.

What are the best places for people like us to live?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Anywhere you want to. If my health and money were not an issue I would live in Kenya for a big part of my time. Neuropathy slows me up and I'm not sure footed these days.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 7, 2019:

@Remiforce Nairobi is often referred to as "near robbery." You do have to be careful there and I always wear a money belt and not show phones or cameras, etc. because somebody can run past you and steal them quickly. Other than that it's a nice city.