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

LucyLoohoo comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Which diseases--PRECISELY?

DenoPenno replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 Yes, America has only the very best diseases.

Drip, drip, drip. The beginning of The End. Even Tucker Carlson knows. [cnn.com]

MizJ comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Perhaps it's wishful thinking that his base would expect him to not break laws and would want him to be accountable, I get the feeling some of them have a positive opinion of his unlawful behavior (f$ck the Left attitude). Sad.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 5, 2019:

Trump supporters deal with me in social media all the time and they deliberately insult and berate, they do not care about truth, and fuck the left is mostly what it is all about. They tell me I am not credible and that everyone is laughing at me, I am hiding behind my military service, etc. and they would rather talk Hillary, Obama, the wall, and AIG than anything valid. It's amazing and also amazingly stupid!

Some food for thought: Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899–1990) viewed humans as a biological paradox.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 5, 2019:

I doubt seriously that we have "spiritual needs." These needs have no basis in reality and they are taught to us by others. To be spiritual can be almost anything but it comes out of belief in the supernatural.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@Gawd Psychology and Neuroscience.

Some food for thought: Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899–1990) viewed humans as a biological paradox.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 5, 2019:

I doubt seriously that we have "spiritual needs." These needs have no basis in reality and they are taught to us by others. To be spiritual can be almost anything but it comes out of belief in the supernatural.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@Gawd Not the way that I read them.

So how do we feel about the latest on Schiff? Should he be prosecuted as well?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 4, 2019:

For what? Trump was the actual whistleblower as he now admits to asking foreign powers for help in the news media. The offense is that a sitting POTUS cannot do this and his desire of "help" would involve a potential candidate running against him in 2020. Nobody seems to get this fact and understand...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 4, 2019:

@Captain_Feelgood Mostly because other people are not running for re-election as president. A sitting president cannot ask a foreign power to investigate his opposition. Nobody seems to get this. It's all TDS in reverse.

Why do we choose to do something?

Grecio comments on Oct 4, 2019:

Our consciousness is like a video playing daily existence for us, plus our dreams. Dreams are uncontrolled thought.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 4, 2019:

Put this together with the fact that everything is so repetitious in our lives daily.

Republicans’ ‘No Quid Pro Quo’ Defense of Trump Collapses [nymag.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 4, 2019:

As the truth slowly comes forward I find that his base has even gotten more silent and clumsy on Facebook. Elsewhere on conservative talk radio the claim is that the Dems want to "steal an election" and deny Trump his re-election. This makes a great many of them so very angry. As usual, it's all ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 4, 2019:

@zeuser I certainly hope you would not be looking up at the sky and shaking your fist and crying.

Republicans’ ‘No Quid Pro Quo’ Defense of Trump Collapses [nymag.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 4, 2019:

As the truth slowly comes forward I find that his base has even gotten more silent and clumsy on Facebook. Elsewhere on conservative talk radio the claim is that the Dems want to "steal an election" and deny Trump his re-election. This makes a great many of them so very angry. As usual, it's all ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 4, 2019:

@zeuser Trumpers that I know are very upset that the world has very little conservative news sources. What they really mean is that Trump is not liked too much worldwide and they don't know why. They tell me that when Trump wins again I will be crying and shaking my fist at the sky. WTF? Why would I do that?

Suspicious about the kind of world we REALLY live in?

Athena comments on Oct 4, 2019:

I live in a world with a lot of conspiracy theories.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 4, 2019:

I hope that if you believe them you have some evidence.

How many logical fallacies can you count?

BD66 comments on Oct 4, 2019:

I could only stand to watch the first 22 seconds.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 4, 2019:

This video is fog and deception.

What are the TOP 5 ‘must have’ qualities that your potential partner MUST have before you would ...

IamNobody comments on Oct 4, 2019:

This is the answer that will come back to hunt me..... I'll keep those 5 to myself

DenoPenno replies on Oct 4, 2019:

Anymore almost anything you say or write will come back to hurt you. Even if it does not hurt you the ones doing it hope that it does.

This video is on a whole new level of funny! 😂😂 this woman says a demon slept with her ...

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Oct 2, 2019:

Those damned oral sex demons NEVER visit me.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 2, 2019:

Many people want a sucabus.

Do any of you listen to David Ramsy?

twill comments on Oct 2, 2019:

Live within your means and save,save, save. That'll be $2,000 please. Yes, I'll take a check.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 2, 2019:

I am paid the least of many I know and still have more money than they do. I'm very liberal until it comes to my own money.

people who want to refuse care to patients due to personal or religious beliefs don't belong in the ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 1, 2019:

Exactly so, and those who will not honor a "morning after" pill prescription should not be in a pharmacy. Does that type of rebellion mean they could not even sell you condoms? These people are simply doing a religious protest and they are in the wrong profession.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 2, 2019:

All the more reason that people working in a pharmacy have the wrong jobs if they want to withhold it from people.

I am curious to know how many of you maintain friendships with religious people (particularly those ...

Cutiebeauty comments on Oct 1, 2019:

My bf is Catholic and so is his whole family

DenoPenno replies on Oct 2, 2019:

@Cutiebeauty Not yet.

I think we are just another piece of the universe our energy never fades the shell holding it ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 1, 2019:

I always wonder where the energy went when the light bulb gets turned off. It just stops. Many of us need to think on that one.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 2, 2019:

@LenHazell53 Yes, and the bulb cannot be associated in any way with the rest of that energy. This is what i meant. When you are dead you are dead.

i’ve been thinking about the theist idea (specifically christian because i know that religion ...

dare2dream comments on Oct 1, 2019:

They disbelieve you that you disbelieve because they can't believe anyone can disbelieve! Ha! :D

DenoPenno replies on Oct 2, 2019:

Their bible says that everyone believes and this is why they look at atheists the way they do. It means the atheist is lying and he only wants to sin OR he is angry at god.

i’ve been thinking about the theist idea (specifically christian because i know that religion ...

kristi0889 comments on Oct 2, 2019:

I used to believe in Christianity (not sure if I still do or not) but I refused to worship God. I never wanted to worship a sky man; who killed thousands of people just because they didn't do what he wanted. I always seen him as a being worse that the devil himself. What I hate the most about ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 2, 2019:

Their sins are forgiven but yours are not. To "sin" is also explained as "missing the mark" when Paul likens it to target practice with bow and arrow. Most of us have a high expectation and often do not live up to our own ideals. A particular THING is not a sin.

I am curious to know how many of you maintain friendships with religious people (particularly those ...

Cutiebeauty comments on Oct 1, 2019:

My bf is Catholic and so is his whole family

DenoPenno replies on Oct 1, 2019:

They will demand that your little boy be snipped.

One of the most annoying things about Christians is their insistence that god takes care of ...

ToolGuy comments on Sep 30, 2019:

My uncle who was not overtly religious when I was growing up — NEVER went to church — suddenly attributed his recovery from an illness to god’s intervention. I asked him what made him so special that god helped him and not all the other good people who also needed and asked for help? He did ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 1, 2019:

@Gwendolyn2018 Yes, of course. You are also more special once god has called your name. I used to see people with tears in their eyes over that one.

Man Accused Of Driving SUV Through Illinois Mall In Attack Caught On Video Is Charged With Terrorism

Charlene comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Yup, just be born any other color than pure white!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 30, 2019:

Last Friday I told two coworkers that there was never a pure white Aryan and that idea was a myth. They looked at me in disbelief.

Dating on line can be a rough time with the religious folks who don't mention in their profile about...

MsAl comments on Sep 29, 2019:

I specifically put in my profiles "no religious people or Republicans" and I still get them.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 29, 2019:

Jesus said not to eat with Shriners or Republicans.

Hi, I'm new.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 27, 2019:

Good luck as you face a nearly impossible task. Sounds to me like he got in with an Evangelical group who claims to have all the answers. His next steps will be to convince you that some invisible part of you will go to a non-existent place when you die if you do not change your ways and wake up to ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 28, 2019:

@273kelvin My son-in-law tells me that he hopes they find the "original bible" someday. What is that? Maybe the version that was written by god himself. Get educated on this and you will forever be glad you did.

The transcript between Trump and the Ukraine presidenti.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2019:

This looks very plain to me. Trump is indirectly asking the Ukraine president to help him smear a political opponent. This is what the whole impeachment inquiry is about. You simply cannot do this. This is similar to other times that Trump openly asked for Russia's help "if they were listening." ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 27, 2019:

@powder Tim Apple. Time Cook Apple real fast. Tim loves cooked apples.

Cults.

gsiamne comments on Sep 26, 2019:

Christianity is a death cult. - Dr. Marlene Winell

DenoPenno replies on Sep 27, 2019:

Christianity is indeed a death cult because they believe that you do not really start to live until after you die.

The transcript between Trump and the Ukraine presidenti.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2019:

This looks very plain to me. Trump is indirectly asking the Ukraine president to help him smear a political opponent. This is what the whole impeachment inquiry is about. You simply cannot do this. This is similar to other times that Trump openly asked for Russia's help "if they were listening." ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 26, 2019:

@RiverRick Thanks. If we do so the exact words to leave on their machines or to tell secretaries is "be an adult American and stand up."I love it, and it is short and sweet.

Christian pastor: Greta Thunberg should read the bible and stop worrying about this ‘imaginary ...

dkp93 comments on Sep 25, 2019:

This looks like a case of the pot calling the kettle imaginary!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 25, 2019:

The Evangelicals are part of the group fooled by "the chosen one."

Well, I'm finally in the process of leaving Shawn ! He was drunk and pissed off at me and he gave me...

Wangobango3 comments on Sep 23, 2019:

Happy Birthday. Have a good time out.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 24, 2019:

Happy Birthday anyway. :)

5 days before the final move And someone stole our truck. Yep. That happened. 🤦‍♀️

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Lady, why do these bad things keep happening to you? The worst thing for me recently was having to replace a $600 water heater.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 23, 2019:

@LadyAlyxandrea I was just asking the question but the Christians make shit up. They do this because their book tells them everything. So glad I'm out of that crowd and will never go back.

It's whats for Sunday Dinner!!

Marionville comments on Sep 22, 2019:

“I like babies, but I couldn’t eat a whole one “......W.C. Fields!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2019:

That Fields remark reminds me of a movie he did with Baby Leroy where the kid stole the entire scene by taking Field's watch and dumping it repeatedly in molasses.

Was jesus entirely made up

ldheinz comments on Jul 16, 2019:

You are aware that Nazareth didn't exist until the late 3rd century, right?

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2019:

The fact that it did in the bible was another attempt at working in prophesy to herald a coming Messiah.

Federal Judge Says Christian Hate Group Can Legally Be Called a “Hate Group” ...

altschmerz comments on Sep 21, 2019:

The Nazis hated homosexuals. Just saying.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2019:

Yes, but the homo Nazis kept it hidden at all costs.

I haven't been to a funeral since my dad died in 2010 and I just got back from my ex-mother in law's...

Rob48 comments on Sep 21, 2019:

My father died in 2001, having never once deviated from his life-long agnosticism. Against everything my father believed, my convert Catholic mother provided my dad with a church funeral, complete with a casket-side sermon by one "Father Bob", who'd never even met my dad. Father Bob assured the ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2019:

I agree with you fully. This would have made me angry for a very long time.

Why why why do religious people think they can make a believer out of an atheist?

creative51 comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Oh but you will be so much happier being saved...:D

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2019:

Saved from what? It's like being redeemed. I'm not a savings stamp.

Pentecostal Christians Are Burning Australia’s Sacred Aboriginal Objects | Michael Stone

wordywalt comments on Sep 22, 2019:

All pentecostals have a screw loose.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2019:

Ho see con didli eye, honda la seeka.

I'm flying out on a one week business trip to the Netherlands.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 21, 2019:

I've never been an expat but the military changed me. I was stationed in Germany and traveled Europe some, later going to Africa as a civilian in 2004. It's my honest opinion that if I had never had this experience I might have ended up just like most of Trump's support base right now. Most in my ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 22, 2019:

@OldMetalHead I think you are exactly correct.

How many have met Atheists with the same air of superiority that is often found in the religious?

Athena comments on Sep 20, 2019:

The other day I heard a co host on a television talk show, state that she believes in fairies. When guns kill people, there is the illogical solution of thoughts and prayers. When trying to resolve a serious issue, I've heard religious people say they are going to let God handle it. Do I ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 20, 2019:

I agree with you fully as I see faulty logic almost daily.

Go Christian Right!!!! [fivethirtyeight.com]

yvilletom comments on Sep 19, 2019:

Until we progressives who are farther to the left than liberals make more noise, the pollsters will continue ignoring us.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 20, 2019:

Glad to see you here, Tom, and glad to hear that as well. I also identify as a progressive but you knew me as Michael Penn. :)

Redemption for your failing Economy I am an Australian and realise that we follow you guys in the ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 18, 2019:

I want to see a couple of Republicans want to run and they would draw away Trump's votes. The GOP is wise to it and they want no primaries.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2019:

@hankster Yes, that explains it.

"Pimping out my life story."

DenoPenno comments on Sep 18, 2019:

When you pimp something are you selling it? I've always imagined the word as referring to a man who takes money from street women for protection. I'm also aware of wanting my ex-wife to cut my hair and she asked "how much are you going to pay me?"

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2019:

@LiterateHiker I agree.

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DenoPenno comments on Sep 18, 2019:

Yes, sex scandals are not just things that happen to the religious. At least I know more now, but I always thought a good safe word would be "stop."

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2019:

@OldMetalHead I don't get any of this and would never do it. I'm also not into sex games. As a kid doctor and nurse was an excuse to experiment, but I grew up. I like David Silverman and agree with his views on atheism. As for sex, he pretty much sealed it all when he told her "she could not say no to him." Some call that rape. In this case the double standard of "MeToo" nailed him and did him in.

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greyeyed123 comments on Sep 17, 2019:

I thought Beth and Matt were divorced?

DenoPenno replies on Sep 18, 2019:

I hear that they are and I watch Atheist Experience weekly.

Hickory man claims he spotted three Bigfoots | kare11.com

davknight comments on Sep 9, 2019:

I've always wondered why no one ever discovers any Bigfoot road kill???

DenoPenno replies on Sep 17, 2019:

Or maybe a foot left i a trap coz he chewed off his foot to get away.

Truth about religion

Dancing comments on Sep 16, 2019:

My neighbor (when I was a kid) killed his kids because he was crazy religious and wanted to keep them innocent. They were about 5 & 3.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 16, 2019:

Now those kids are innocent forever. The neighbor, not so much. The kids are dead forever and possibly the neighbor is in a better place locked away from everyone else.

Why Invent the Jesus? • Richard Carrier Ph.D. - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Sep 12, 2019:

The Jews expected the coming of a physical ruler who would be Messiah. There were lots of contenders for this title. Jesus was one of them. Once he was killed there was lots of changing around to explain all of this. At that time Jesus became a magic man concerned about parts of your being that ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 12, 2019:

@Moravian This is why the Christians came up with the Second Coming Bible. Just kidding.

At the risk of sounding unpatriotic,.

ProudMerrie comments on Sep 12, 2019:

I'm with you on this. The only thing I can compare it to is Veteran's Day which nobody seemed to give two shits about for so long. Now the "cult of patriotism" insists that veterans be thanked profusely and that every school have a ceremony and play patriotic music, particularly that fucking Lee ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 12, 2019:

@ProudMerrie I'm with you and I'm also a vet.

Just heard a great quote from Dan Barker, one that I wish I had thought of myself.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 11, 2019:

Believers all tell you that god "always was" in order to void that question. These days they even have their god in "another dimension" to be sure they can protect him form you and your questions. This only makes it worse because it does not explain how you communicate from this dimension to his to ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 12, 2019:

@Bobby9 I might believe it of the universe.

Just heard a great quote from Dan Barker, one that I wish I had thought of myself.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 11, 2019:

Believers all tell you that god "always was" in order to void that question. These days they even have their god in "another dimension" to be sure they can protect him form you and your questions. This only makes it worse because it does not explain how you communicate from this dimension to his to ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 12, 2019:

@LimitedLight Yes, and all of that with not even a hint in the bibble.

At the risk of sounding unpatriotic,.

ProudMerrie comments on Sep 12, 2019:

I'm with you on this. The only thing I can compare it to is Veteran's Day which nobody seemed to give two shits about for so long. Now the "cult of patriotism" insists that veterans be thanked profusely and that every school have a ceremony and play patriotic music, particularly that fucking Lee ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 12, 2019:

I'm with you on every word, even "that fucking Lee Greenwood song." :)

I don't know why I'm ever even surprised anyone

DenoPenno comments on Sep 11, 2019:

These are the bastards that have decided he should be our dictator.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 11, 2019:

@MsAl Looks like you are right.

How would you reply to a theist who says, "You send yourself to hell"?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 9, 2019:

The flawed reasoning behind the "send yourself" answer is that you are sending yourself because of your disobedience. Apparently a biblical command not to mix fabric does not apply here because of cherry picking, but not doing a stern thing that god said is the problem. In the garden god said "do ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 9, 2019:

@Biblebeltskeptic Imagine again that if this is "sin" it is also why you need him. God needs to be worshiped and praised. He is a pretty flawed god.

Lovely warm and sunny day here yesterday, wore my Agnostic.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 5, 2019:

In my area I have to wear my shirt mostly at home for job reasons. Too bad we cannot have a hat that says "Make America Atheist Again." That one would start a riot.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 9, 2019:

@Nacho_Cheese No, I say it like I wanna keep my job. :)

Although I love John Lennon's "Imagine," I also have some favorite religious pop songs.

powder comments on Sep 9, 2019:

So many to choose from https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gg7uGL6Ku20

DenoPenno replies on Sep 9, 2019:

They can't sing and also seem very reluctant.

[aol.com] Ex South Carolina Governor and Congressman, Mark Sanford to challenge Trump in Primary?

jerry99 comments on Sep 8, 2019:

This is why the Repubs are in such a hurry to shut down their primaries -- wouldn't want to give conservative leaning folks the option of voting for someone who's not totally crazy and corrupt!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 8, 2019:

Another reason is that if these others do run they will cyphen off need Trump votes.

Hmmmmmm.....this sounds accurate.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 8, 2019:

I get it but surely the Republicans will need someone to pick their crops also. The problems of Trumpworld are more than fodder of political parties.I do understand that Trump is not a racist. He recently offered to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland. I suppose that means brown for white.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 8, 2019:

@Trajan61 No, Trajan, I follow the tweets that came after his offer to buy Greenland because the Orange bastard can't let anything go. You wanna keep up on this just follow his tweets.

What's are you're thoughts on modern libertarianism vs democratic socialism

AnneWimsey comments on Jul 12, 2018:

Libertarians: MeMeMe, and too bad for you unfortunates. Democratic Socialists: WeWeWe

DenoPenno replies on Sep 8, 2019:

Your reply pretty much covers our current situation in America.

If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, 'Who's on First?

MsHoliday comments on Sep 6, 2019:

Back in the day this almost sounded like me having a conversation with my 75 year old mom. Mom could never understand this one: https://youtu.be/ZwQpPqPKbAw

DenoPenno replies on Sep 6, 2019:

A friend of mine once told me that computers were pretty sensitive so he concluded that they might be able to get a virus. :)

For those still troubled by religion.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 4, 2019:

I'm not really troubled by religion but last night I could not sleep and somehow my mind went into the nonsense and total impossibility of Noah's Ark. I can imagine the 600 year old man going after all the animals and the many, many years that would take. How would he get a lion to go with him? My ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 4, 2019:

@Mcflewster Probably her church.

Do I want to see “In God We Trust” removed from public entities?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 31, 2019:

I would love to see "In God We Trust" removed form everything. Seeing this is one of my pet peeves. It is had to imagine that the phrase is really secular in nature and this is why we cannot have it removed. I suppose it falls right in there with Washington, DC having prayer breakfasts and other ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 3, 2019:

@SageDave And the Prayer Breakfast should be challenged because the group behind it goes all out to bring church and state together, hide agenda here and overseas, hide finances, etc. to remain secretive and avoid violations of that Amendment. "The Family" behind it is when Graham, Bakkar, and others come in with ideas of Trump as "The Chosen One." It's enough to make you sick.

Went to a reunion in Louisiana.

WonderWartHog99 comments on Sep 1, 2019:

>The Old Testament is pre-Christian. Jesus didn't show up until the New Testament, that being mostly about him. Not entirely. A couple of the Old Testament books included defining which house the messiah would come from and other things to look for. Jesus failed on several of those descriptions, ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 3, 2019:

Many forget that the Messiah was to be an earthly ruler of which scripture believers bent over backwards to make Jesus the one. It failed and even riding two different beasts into town at the same time did not work. Once Jesus was crucified he was called "messiah"and the old earthly title took on a heavenly fantasy of its own. What else do you do when they kill your guy?

An omniscient god cannot have emotions.

Fernapple comments on Sep 2, 2019:

To be honest I think that sceptics have too easy a shot at Noah's ark, in many ways it is a straw-man construction to think that all theists see it as a literal story, while most know that it is a much earlier myth which predates the bible, even if they do not take it metaphorically. ( And yes I do ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 2, 2019:

IF we could duplicate the Ark exactly and fill it with animals for a few days any humans inside would likely be dead from the stench alone. No proper ventilation or sanitation.

I’ve got a long shift tomorrow and I can’t sleep, i’ve kinda missed work over the weekend, ...

powder comments on Sep 1, 2019:

Can't sleep, miss work..... You sound ill

DenoPenno replies on Sep 2, 2019:

No, I did not say I miss work. Anxiety is why I cannot sleep and work is where I have to go to make money. Every day that I work I have to stop what I am doing to go to work. If I miss work it means I did not go in on that day.

I’ve got a long shift tomorrow and I can’t sleep, i’ve kinda missed work over the weekend, ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 1, 2019:

I do not work again til Tuesday and I'm drinking whiskey. It will not help me to sleep. On Monday I will get my act together again.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 2, 2019:

@averykings I would share but you are so far away from me right now.

I do not think many here really care what happens to their remains after they die.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 2, 2019:

If my remaining family wants to spread my ashes they can do that at my grandparents old farm in the huzzah area outside of Steelville, Mo. They know this but what happens to my ashes is really up to them. In my mind i can imagine my oldest daughter being upset some day as she was cleaning or had an ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 2, 2019:

@Fernapple Cool.

Fear of Death

SleeplessInTexas comments on Apr 23, 2019:

I used to fear death. Now, I anticipate it. I want to die a most violent, painful, yet heroic death. In other words, in a blaze of glory. (If it were up to me.) Don't get me wrong. I don't want to die anytime soon, but I'm kind of excited to see what's next when the time does come. We do ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 2, 2019:

My energy will live on as a sheep dog. I'm not sure how I know this. My energy might be just like all the energy that is around us every day. :)

Whoa. I can't claim this. But we all need achievable goals:

Trajan61 comments on Sep 1, 2019:

Unless your an engineer you’ll likely never use it. Maybe we ought to teach a little more history so people won’t vote for idiots like AOC or Obama. 🤪😜😂

DenoPenno replies on Sep 1, 2019:

@Trajan61 Do you have socialist security? What do we call the aid Trump is giving to farmers? If you care to open your mind there is much more.

Do I want to see “In God We Trust” removed from public entities?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 31, 2019:

I would love to see "In God We Trust" removed form everything. Seeing this is one of my pet peeves. It is had to imagine that the phrase is really secular in nature and this is why we cannot have it removed. I suppose it falls right in there with Washington, DC having prayer breakfasts and other ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 1, 2019:

@SageDave When politicians have a prayer breakfast they starting a proceeding that is not allowed by church and state. Government is not in any way religious.

Whoa. I can't claim this. But we all need achievable goals:

Trajan61 comments on Sep 1, 2019:

Unless your an engineer you’ll likely never use it. Maybe we ought to teach a little more history so people won’t vote for idiots like AOC or Obama. 🤪😜😂

DenoPenno replies on Sep 1, 2019:

What would history tell us about them?

WHAT IS THE NATURE OF REALITY?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 30, 2019:

I followed you in every way until you asked at the end if we had a soul. That would appear as if you are putting some religious idea into your reasoning. I still say that talk of a "soul" originated and persisted because mankind cannot correctly interpret their own dreams. In the dream you have ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 1, 2019:

@Remiforce Well said, and yes this concept has made a ton of money for religions. It persists because it scares the crap out of man to think that he might come to an end.

The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

ZantiMisfit comments on Aug 31, 2019:

Agreed on all points except one, I prefer pineapples :)

DenoPenno replies on Aug 31, 2019:

Mangos for me.

Saying "You're too fat" is rude. "You're too thin" is okay?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 31, 2019:

In tribute to you it appears you have changed very little over the years. You look nice and also healthy.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 31, 2019:

@LiterateHiker You are very welcome. :)

Part of my news feed, the disconnect is strong in this one.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Aug 31, 2019:

He is all about him. He stated publicly, I can put out what I want - which is true as he can declassify anything. The questions we should ask are why? Who does it help? What info do our enemies gain? And last, but most importantly in the world of intelligence (He should have asked this of himself) ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 31, 2019:

Everything Trump does is all about him and he loves every minute of it. Nothing else matters and he incites others to do stupid things while his base and GOP cover for him.

There is so much wrong with Christianity, mainly the part where devotees are required to "WORSHIP" ...

Fernapple comments on Aug 31, 2019:

Coming from England also, where practicing Christians are effectively a minority, I have often noticed that they are often among the meanest and least charitable of people, at least towards the larger community. I think that, in part, this is because they are asked to give so much, time, money, ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 31, 2019:

@Fernapple Yes, it was Teresa's "cult of suffering" that actually put you closer to god. After all, didn't Jesus suffer on the cross? You must suffer the same way and it is OK if you get sick and die. You might suffer your way into heaven.

In the Bible where Jesus says "He who is without sin the first stone" Two questions come to ...

GODISGOOD comments on Mar 29, 2019:

She was a prostitute, you left out the word ‘cast’. If you’re going to quote The Holy Bible do it verbatim.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 30, 2019:

@ElusiveMoby That is exactly what we have and in some cases only a fragment of some of the copies.

Exposing America’s Biggest Hypocrites: Evangelical Christians

DenoPenno comments on Aug 29, 2019:

The page opened but I did not find the article.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2019:

OK it worked for me this afternoon. I simply do not understand the hypocrisy of the Evangelical Christians. Today it is worse than ever and they should all be ashamed.

If true, this could put a fork in Trump.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 28, 2019:

I believe this is highly possible and his tax returns will show it. The tax returns will also show he is not as rich as he said he was and they expose a totally conflicted POTUS who is beholden to foreign interests. This would be evidence enough to remove him from office.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2019:

@Rob1948 He may have income from them. Trump Jr. once said they did not need money because they could borrow all they need from Russia.

This is why I hate technology

NoPlanetB comments on Aug 27, 2019:

The same thing about the format issue. You can buy HBO for your tablet, your phone and your streaming tv but not on your computer. WTF?

DenoPenno replies on Aug 27, 2019:

@NoPlanetB OK. I repent.

This is why I hate technology

NoPlanetB comments on Aug 27, 2019:

The same thing about the format issue. You can buy HBO for your tablet, your phone and your streaming tv but not on your computer. WTF?

DenoPenno replies on Aug 27, 2019:

OR you can get HBO on your computer and not buy. It's called hacking. :)

CAN ANYONE HELP ME?

Redheadedgammy comments on Aug 26, 2019:

Not much you can do with twitter. I was suspended for telling Pence he was a liar and I hope he goes to prison and dies there. I've seen MUCH worse than what I wrote, but I am suspended. I tried to argue for my free speech rights because my comment was not threatening at all but got no where. They ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 27, 2019:

I don't like Pence either but if he did go to prison maybe when it comes time for him to die he could be allowed to die at home.

No surprise really...

Wangobango3 comments on Aug 25, 2019:

Speeding up the onset of The Rapture. It's an easy sell to the Godly.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 25, 2019:

@Joanne Would anyone realize then that Michelle Bachmann was wrong?

Gotta love it!

DenoPenno comments on Aug 25, 2019:

It's almost as bad as socialism. If Bernie was ever elected we would all instantly be socialists. :)

DenoPenno replies on Aug 25, 2019:

@tinkercreek I have a lot of sarcasm and no problems if Bernie was elected. You need to see that Bernie as POTUS would not "instantly" make any of us anything. Trump Bump uses it as a scare tactic.

Common sense for some but not all

Paul4747 comments on Aug 25, 2019:

It's more than that. It's exactly what most of his voters wanted. Exactly what they wanted. I work with a Trump fan and he relishes every time something happens regarding immigration. He really doesn't get the idea that immigrants are people who love America and think we're a good nation, and ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 25, 2019:

The Trump camp has to give the middle class something or somebody to hate so they can keep on picking their pockets.In this case immigrants fall in there just fine. Donnie supporters are not smart enough to figure it out.

Four hikers dead after lightning strikes iron cross at mountain summit | Metro News

CuriosityExtant comments on Aug 25, 2019:

Alternate christian fashion accessories, if hayseuse had only come just a little later (~1750yrs) in history...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 25, 2019:

Some Christians believe that "in the last days" these forms of execution will be brought back. I was never sure that they ever left.

I saw something last night, and I need some help understanding. Can anyone help me?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 24, 2019:

Too many people to fight on the issue, I suppose. I don't personally go to rodeos and I don't like movies or TV shows about them. With that said I'm not into football or baseball either.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 25, 2019:

@godlessinal And you are right!

The Atlantic magzine has an article this month about a new interpretation of Job.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 24, 2019:

But it is only a story. Evangelicals take it as real and they get angry when you say god and the devil had a bet. What I always wanted to know was did Job get his original wife and children back at the end or are they different persons? If the originals, were they resurrected, and if so did they ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 25, 2019:

@AnneWimsey The upgrade must have made it hard to miss them when they are no more than cattle.

Yesterday I was reading a psychology book about wickedness and hate.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 24, 2019:

The current evidence seems to show that we are a very small part of this vast universe of which we know very little about at all. For want of knowledge and control people simply started making things up.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 24, 2019:

@PondartIncbendog Did I make it up? I am claiming very little and saying that others make things up. I agree with you that we do not know what's at the bottom of the sea or how vast our universe is as well. What is our universe? We do not know.

The Atlantic magzine has an article this month about a new interpretation of Job.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 24, 2019:

But it is only a story. Evangelicals take it as real and they get angry when you say god and the devil had a bet. What I always wanted to know was did Job get his original wife and children back at the end or are they different persons? If the originals, were they resurrected, and if so did they ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 24, 2019:

@RussRAB Evangelicals of any type take it as gospel truth the same way they do the creation story.

For all the Republican voters

DenoPenno comments on Aug 23, 2019:

This is very much how it really is. I'm still appalled that most conservatives think busloads of immigrants are showing up at polling places to vote. It's near impossible. Voting fraud is done with computers.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 24, 2019:

@Jolanta You are exactly correct. It is a lie that Republicans enjoy spreading to keep the middle class angry and hating enough to do their bidding.

Do you say the pledge of allegiance, when called to do so in a public setting?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 24, 2019:

I stand and might sometimes (but not always) place my right hand on my heart area. I say no words at all and do not think this is a necessary thing to do. We did it in my school years and also when I was in the Army. Today I am beyond both of those. It does not mean I am a Communist to not say the ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 24, 2019:

@TomMcGiverin Right on. I remember a "moment of silence" when I was in school. My religious classmates claim to remember prayer in schools. This is the lie being put upon us and told often by preachers and ministers.

Is it true?

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Aug 24, 2019:

I usually do not revel in deaths of people whom I dislike, but these days, there are some graves upon which I would gladly dance.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 24, 2019:

@Gwendolyn2018 Your view is exactly correct. The religious had great fear of the dead but the goal was to become dead so you could live your life. The "now" is the training ground of ignorant religion.

For all the Republican voters

DenoPenno comments on Aug 23, 2019:

This is very much how it really is. I'm still appalled that most conservatives think busloads of immigrants are showing up at polling places to vote. It's near impossible. Voting fraud is done with computers.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 24, 2019:

@Jolanta People in America are conditioned to believe this in order for the middle class to continue thinking immigrants are taking something from them. Trump and his GOP want them to believe this because they need a little hate. I told a right wing co-worker just yesterday that real voter fraud was not done by "busloads of illegals arriving to vote" and as he walked away he muttered that he knew people who had seen it happen. How do you know even if a bus did arrive? How do you know the people in it are illegal? What words are written on the bus and do the people inside it speak English. It would take an interview in depth by a newspaper reporter to verify the claims of this type of supposed illegal voting.

UPDATE on Religion's professor saying atheism is a religion.

freeofgod comments on Aug 21, 2019:

Atheists lack belief in a deity. Therefore it's not a religion. For legal reasons it's referred to as a religion. That does not make it one.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 23, 2019:

It is not lacking of belief. It is lacking of evidence to believe.

It is interesting that the Roman empire, and later Charlemagne's, banned tattooing in order to fight...

Bierbasstard comments on Aug 22, 2019:

Some people just like art. On their bodies. Nothing more, nothing less.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 22, 2019:

I do not have any tattoos but both of my daughters do. The last thing I would call a tattoo is 'body art." When my youngest came home with a tattoo and said I would kill her now, my reply was simply that she was the one who had to live with her tattoo. Most likely it is there for the rest of her life.

Trump says.

Joanne comments on Aug 21, 2019:

His already narcissistic head is being filled with Right Wing Dominionist Evangelical Christianity. They are telling him he has been chosen by god, and he obviously loves it--he might even believe it. But, even if he doesn't he will use it for his advantage. Hopefully, being who he is, he will ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 21, 2019:

@Joanne They played this game with Jesus too and manufactured events to help fulfill prophesy.

I wonder how fast gun control legislation would pass if Ivanka was murdered in a mass shooting?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 21, 2019:

I see the point but there is not too many reasons to shoot Ivanka.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 21, 2019:

@mooredolezal IDK? If it cost him money maybe not.

The Jews are very disloyal" - Adolf Hitler, 1933 "The Jews are very disloyal" -Trump, 2019

codycody comments on Aug 21, 2019:

i dont like trump. but taking him or anyone out of context all becuz you dont like them is kind of douchey

DenoPenno replies on Aug 21, 2019:

How is there ever any context to Donald Trump?

The Jews are very disloyal" - Adolf Hitler, 1933 "The Jews are very disloyal" -Trump, 2019

DenoPenno comments on Aug 21, 2019:

Trump's first wife said he had books on Hitler and that he studied all of this.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 21, 2019:

@AlPastor Well, she could have lied about it to make him look better.

Halle Berry Born Halle Maria Berry in Cleveland, Ohio in 1966.

WayneDalton comments on Aug 20, 2019:

Love Halle Berry

DenoPenno replies on Aug 21, 2019:

Me too.

Calling Out Corporate Control of US Media, Sanders Campaign Launches 'Bern Notice' Newsletter...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 18, 2019:

Well, demonizing the media worked for Trump, so why not? You can't blame the media for low poll numbers or lack of donors. If people are behind you, then they're behind you, and that will be reflected in the coverage. Right now, he's 1 out of 20 (or more) candidates with over a year to go, and ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 18, 2019:

This is correct but he doesn't have to do anything to help himself. Those running against him are fighting among themselves when they should be fighting against Donald Trump. I've heard rumors of one candidate saying she would take everyone's guns. If anyone thinks that idea would help her win they must be nuts!

We have all heard that seeing is not believing and most of us know that eyewitness testimony is not ...

Jolanta comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Is it just Johnny you see. If that is so I would probably think that Johnny is the man for you.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 17, 2019:

Sorry, the illustration is not about a man. I could have described everyone at the stop light but it was not the point of the story. The point is that what I saw simply was not there.