The World's Newest Major Religion: No Religion As secularism grows, atheists and agnostics are ...

jlynn37 comments on Oct 20, 2018:

When someone states that they are "none" or "no religion", doesn't mean that they do not believe in god. It is saying that they have no religious affiliation. They most likely are NOT a-theist or agnostic but are theist. Just my opinion.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 21, 2018:

My children are "none" but they tell you they "still believe in their own way." My answer is that this is what has caused so many religions in the world in the first place.

Image of God created, based on psychologists' study at UNC | Charlotte Observer

kltuckmn comments on Jun 13, 2018:

I never thought he looked like anything. Maybe something like an aura, all different colors swirling around in space.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 21, 2018:

The Virgin Mary came to me in a dream one time. She was a swirling amount of cosmic dust about 5 feet off the ground and so very deeply disturbed that I didn't recognize her.

Baby Trump is flying over Los Angeles! Photos via The Los Angeles Times.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 20, 2018:

I want a paint gun to shoot at it. I don't want to bring it down, I just want to assault it.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 21, 2018:

I would try it with a rocket launcher.

'Toxic Christianity': the evangelicals creating champions for Trump | US news | The Guardian

hippydog comments on Oct 21, 2018:

sounds like they got what they wanted.. now i hope they leave us alone..

DenoPenno replies on Oct 21, 2018:

They will not leave you alone. The current administration is all set to put prayer and creationism in public schools simply by making some changes to the schools themselves. The religious world is all set to get that "Cristian Nation" they have always claimed we were. The only problem is we never were a Christian nation. The Treaty of Tripoli will explain that to you.

What’s your “Woo”?

helionoftroy comments on Oct 21, 2018:

That when I find dimes money is about to come my way. I know it isn't true. But, I get excited over finding them anyway or getting handed a bunch of dimes for a transaction. Someone said finding dimes means a loved one who has died is thinking of you...bullshit...it means money. Dead people can't ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 21, 2018:

Dead people also do not have dimes. Also, if you find a dime money is coming your way. You found the dime, right?

What’s your “Woo”?

GinaMaria comments on Oct 20, 2018:

Whether it works or not - and anecdotally, it does - I'm a big supporter of Vick's VapOrub on the soles of the feet, with socks, to calm a nighttime cough. Woo...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 21, 2018:

This is also good for the feet and will keep them soft.

Ancient Aliens.

JimG comments on Oct 20, 2018:

It amazes me what gullible people will believe.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 21, 2018:

@JimG Exactly so.

I couldn't have put it better myself:

DenoPenno comments on Oct 21, 2018:

Really some stupid arguments. I went in to a new gun shop in my area yesterday just to check it out. Bore 2 they call it. This is all about your Constitution and your gun rights. They also sell a wristband type "pledge"as they call it. Who's going to take their guns? Who? What idiots! Go blue in...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 21, 2018:

@KKGator Very true. During the Obama years I heard the racists all say "Obama is going to take your guns" but I never heard Obama say that.

I was talking to a customer today in the hurricane ravaged state of n.

Paul4747 comments on Sep 16, 2018:

So if I have it straight; God creates the natural disasters, but Jesus stops them from hurting too many people if they pray the right way....? And God targets 'Murica because we took prayer out of the public schools. Can't forget that part.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 21, 2018:

@Paul4747 Exactly so and what you describe is what I am remembering. This is how it went. What the Christian right is remembering is only the myth. They also seem to think that people prayed in school all the time. It just was not so.

I was talking to a customer today in the hurricane ravaged state of n.

Paul4747 comments on Sep 16, 2018:

So if I have it straight; God creates the natural disasters, but Jesus stops them from hurting too many people if they pray the right way....? And God targets 'Murica because we took prayer out of the public schools. Can't forget that part.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 21, 2018:

The problem with prayer in the public schools is that I'm from that era and all I remember is "those that want to can now have one minute of silent prayer." That's it. Done. Of course, people I went to school with seem to have been encouraged to think it was so much more than this. It was not, and it's their continued church going that has convinced them otherwise.

This was a letter to the editor in our local Syracuse, NY newspaper.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 20, 2018:

**Nothing fails like prayer.** However, maybe you were not holding your tongue right inside your mouth or not holding your breath correctly. Perhaps you should try to fart but not fully. Beware of trying too hard.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 20, 2018:

@icolan Yeah, and it might result in crap too.

Ancient Aliens.

JimG comments on Oct 20, 2018:

It amazes me what gullible people will believe.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 20, 2018:

When my god belief left all things supernatural had to leave also. Without evidence I have no belief. I can easily go along with ideas that civilization might have been around much longer than we had previously thought. We should look for such evidence.

What does it mean to be fearfully made?

genessa comments on Oct 20, 2018:

it means that the person making the claim 1. believes in a personal god, 2. considers that god to have created humankind, 3. fears that god and 4. probably has some delusional relationship going on with some purveyor of one interpretation of christianity, possibly a televangelist or local ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 20, 2018:

I agree with you 100%. Preachers used to use that term we are "fearfully made."

This was a letter to the editor in our local Syracuse, NY newspaper.

Anonbene comments on Oct 20, 2018:

So far Ricky's observation has worked for me. No vampires yet!

DenoPenno replies on Oct 20, 2018:

Ricky is right. I've had a big string of garlic for years now and I don't have vampires. Every now and then there is a bat.

The Ongoing Enigma of the Crop Circles: Part One One, just one, of numerous bits of suggestive ...

Amisja comments on Oct 20, 2018:

John, crop circles were debunked years ago. They produced by humans with a plank

DenoPenno replies on Oct 20, 2018:

Planks, a little wire or twine, and designs in mind.

You know it, you love it !

Cutiebeauty comments on Oct 19, 2018:

I want one!!

DenoPenno replies on Oct 19, 2018:

With that reply you are leaving yourself wide open. Ah, maybe I better quit.

Do you believe that racism and hatred is taught in childhood?

genessa comments on Oct 19, 2018:

since there is no such thing as race except as a social construct, which is something learned and not innate (that's why it's called a construct), racism is not innate. fear of the "other" -- not sure. some say innate, others say it's learned, but early. but regardless of what chickens do, human ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 19, 2018:

That's it exactly.

Which one would you prefer in your life; catch up in person or mainly social media?

memorylikeasieve comments on Oct 17, 2018:

Sure, if they're near enough.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 17, 2018:

In person is always best but they would have to be near enough to me. :)

Which one would you prefer in your life; catch up in person or mainly social media?

Piratefish comments on Oct 17, 2018:

Depends on the person. I have some friends that live on the other side of the globe, so I am very grateful for social media and electronic communication.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 17, 2018:

I can go with that, plus I have some friends in California. They would have to need me for me to go there.

Believe me when I say.

genessa comments on Oct 17, 2018:

most people blur the lines between agnosticism and atheism. some blur them so much they cross right over in either direction. i think of this as a place to escape random blessings and proselytes, not to mention outright attacks on the basis of religion. so this is a sight for folks who don't ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 17, 2018:

Oh, look at the wonderful day god has created for us this morning. I really want to distance myself from those types of people all I can. If they keep on I will introduce them to my childhood friend Casper the Friendly Ghost.

MEN PREFER DEBT-FREE VIRGINS WITHOUT TATTOOS I saw this on Twitter.

Donotbelieve comments on Oct 16, 2018:

I don't have tattoos or debt...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 17, 2018:

I have no tattoos or debt either. I'm not looking for either one. :)

MEN PREFER DEBT-FREE VIRGINS WITHOUT TATTOOS I saw this on Twitter.

AmmaRE007 comments on Oct 16, 2018:

That is probably so they can mark them with their own marks

DenoPenno replies on Oct 16, 2018:

That's exactly what happened to my daughters.

A Canadian Cartoonist take on Kavanaugh and Dr.

brentan comments on Oct 16, 2018:

I think if women who would usually be polarised about the government unite over the sexual abuse problem, it will frighten the daylights out of the powers-that-be.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 16, 2018:

@Cutiebeauty Vote Republicans out of office November 6th.

What as a theist made you question prayer?

DavidLaDeau comments on Oct 16, 2018:

Hospitals are full despite prayers. I prayed for 10 years for God to tell me exactly how he wanted me to serve him "the right way" with "The right doctrine." He never bothered to let me know. The spirit was telling everyone something different. I learned that it did not matter if I prayed or not, ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 16, 2018:

These days when people try to tell me about the power of prayer I ask them about the poor children in St. Jude Hospital. Why is god not healing them? Are they of the wrong religion? Maybe enough faith was not displayed because they are relying on science? God is mysteriously absent here.

Unspeakable. g

DenoPenno comments on Oct 15, 2018:

Yes it is unspeakable. Look around and you can see what is going on. Slowly we are all going to be losing the right to vote. Once the bastards get in power we will find no way of getting them out. Isn't this what they all wanted from the beginning? It is the direction of the Trump Swamp and those ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 16, 2018:

@genessa You are exactly correct. It is explained in the book "Dark Money" but it seems that people do not really believe this even after they read the book. My bad for not seeing and I've read the book.

When I was a teenager, this was my favorite pin up girl

Duchess comments on Oct 9, 2018:

Jayne Mansfield. Her daughter is Mariska Hargitay on Law and Order SVU

DenoPenno replies on Oct 15, 2018:

I liked Jayne.

Googly-eyes on Revolutionary War statue prompts police probe. Savannah, Georgia.

memorylikeasieve comments on Oct 15, 2018:

More things need googly eyes on them.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 15, 2018:

@stinkeye_a I'm gonna look around for googly eyes I can buy.

You Know God Exists (Nudge-Nudge, Wink-Wink) Within the scope of people who claim that God ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 12, 2018:

Sye Ten Bruggencate and others like him simply need to study how the bible came into existence and when it came into existence. Along with this will be the many books left out and why those that were allowed were allowed. It can then be easily seen that this bible is so far removed form Jesus and ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 15, 2018:

@johnprytz You may be right. They seem to see this fallacy when they look at the religion of others and they even point it out to you. Then they are right back into their own fallacy again to predict another fail.

@greatnani is awesome!!!! We had a great lunch with the best girl talk.

GreatNani comments on Oct 14, 2018:

Great lunch, fabulous girl talk. Why anyone would think that included man bashing I don't know. Just fun! ArtzyNerd was a fun lunch date! We will definetly do it again. Thanks for all the kind comments. The rest of you, try and find happiness in your own lives so you don't have to find crap to ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 14, 2018:

Yes, but if we all did that this page would be blank.

Who's Worse: Melania or Hillary?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 14, 2018:

How can I go with this? I'm not sure that Hillary or Melania have caused any deaths. If either of them had of done so it might be time to "lock her up." Some of you believe this in real time according to the ravings of that egomaniac Agolf Twitler. He has no power to lock anyone up - yet.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@Krish55 I'm not sure this is a serious question. That is why I stick to my original answer. :)

DEAR CHRISTIANS, Mark 16:17-18 Says That True Belivers Can Drink Poison And Be Perfectly Fine.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Oct 13, 2018:

Some Pentecostal churches do drink watered down stycnine and dance with poisonous snakes. Sometimes people do get sick and or die. I saw a video about a guy who makes his living catching poisonous snakes to sell to churches, and he was experiencing difficulties due to some states making laws ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 14, 2018:

Thanks for the enlightenment about these horrible practices. I'm aware that some people in southern areas took these verses literally and tried to act it out. Every now and then you here about a death from snakebite. The ignorant might tell you that Paul was bitten by a viper on Malta and he just shook it off. The sake came out of a woodpile. The problem here is that Malta does not have poisonous snakes. Apparently it never has had them and ignorant people wanted to make believers have extra powers from god.

Unequally Yoked?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 4, 2018:

I'm from that back ground and I feel for you. In church they will give you a scripture where you do not hook up a cow and an oxen to plow with because they are not equal. I call it "unequally joked." In real life the minister will make it out that the family must have both parents of strong and ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@thinkr This is true and well said but notice that Paul says "I and not the Lord." This gives nosy Evangelical fundies power to think they can break up a marriage where one is an un-believer if it causes any trouble. Some do not see that they are the cause of the trouble and they are not fit to be "shepherds" of a flock.

You Know God Exists (Nudge-Nudge, Wink-Wink) Within the scope of people who claim that God ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 12, 2018:

Sye Ten Bruggencate and others like him simply need to study how the bible came into existence and when it came into existence. Along with this will be the many books left out and why those that were allowed were allowed. It can then be easily seen that this bible is so far removed form Jesus and ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@johnprytz I fully agree but most Evangelicals won't. Once I even had a Mormon asking me how I thought "it was going to play out." She was asking me about "end times" as explained in Revelation. The whole idea is absurd.

What are your favorite proofs against the Bible?

racocn8 comments on Oct 1, 2018:

Jesus is God when Jesus is a sacrifice for God. God sacrifices himself to himself? Not that making a sacrifice makes any sense in itself. Evolution is proof against Christian dogma... Jesus is a Human Sacrifice that is killed to atone for the (Original) Sin of Adam's Fall. Insofar as Humans ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 13, 2018:

@icolan If the outcome was known in advance the sacrifice then becomes only an initiation.

What are your favorite proofs against the Bible?

Sirena comments on Oct 1, 2018:

The history forgery. http://www.truthbeknown.com/josephus.htm

DenoPenno replies on Oct 13, 2018:

Murdock was very good. She died way too young.

DEAR CHRISTIANS, Mark 16:17-18 Says That True Belivers Can Drink Poison And Be Perfectly Fine.

powder comments on Oct 13, 2018:

Jones town tried the old cool aid trick

DenoPenno replies on Oct 13, 2018:

Jonestown didn't just try this. They were forced into it by Jim Jones. You were forced at gun point to drink the cool aid even if you did not want to. This is the extent that some brain washing can get to. It was similar to the Hale Bop comet suicide that happened much later except that bunch really wanted to go. It's my understanding that many at Jonestown did not want this.

What is your opinion on this story: [npr.

AnneWimsey comments on Oct 13, 2018:

This man was Absolutely correct not to let a stranger talk to the children, his or anybody else's. The fact that she is a nasty racist just proves that he was correct To keep her away from them. And if my tax dollars were being spent on "answering calls" like this one, I would be asking if we ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 13, 2018:

Exactly. This is not too far removed form the calls where black people are doing a cookout in the park. Could this goofy white woman not see that the kids in that car were not stressed?

What is your opinion on this story: [npr.

BD66 comments on Oct 13, 2018:

What does this have to do with the Kavanaugh confirmation?

DenoPenno replies on Oct 13, 2018:

@Buxx The strangest thing about "Black Lives Matter" is that so many white people want to tell you what is wrong with "Black Lives Matter."

What would an angel say? The devil needs to know ?

TheGreatShadow comments on Oct 13, 2018:

Lucifer was an angel. God's favorite actually...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 13, 2018:

Yes, and they were great buddies and had a bet together. If you are a Moreman you might have heard that Jesus and Lucifer were brothers. Maybe they were like Cain and Abel. OK, Caheen and Ab El for those so persuaded.

Doubt vs gullibilty

SukiSue comments on Oct 3, 2018:

We need to let people do what they want to do.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 13, 2018:

Yes, but this does not include serial rapists and serial killers. They do not need to do what they want to do.

More Republican voter suppression, this time in North Dakota. [mavenroundtable.io]

genessa comments on Oct 13, 2018:

that's their game plan. they know they're wildly unpopular. they know more americans feel other than they do than as they do. they also know that the only way they can win is to cheat; they've known this at least since nixon's day. voter suppression is their game plan because it's the only plan ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 13, 2018:

@kmdskit3 This problem we face is not a Dem and GOP problem. It is a survival of America as we know it problem. I am of neither party and I'm totally aware of the many daily lies told just to try and justify being in power. Yes, power is what it is all about. Being in power and keeping power. Problems are not solved just because Trump said so. Big business does not respond to his dog whistle. Nothing is accomplished when a running GOP Congressman attacks a reporter asking questions about healthcare. You ask when it becomes fascism. Maybe when it is all wrapped in the American flag and none of it has been the American way in the 72 years of my lifetime.

Seven deadly sins.

Cutiebeauty comments on Oct 13, 2018:

So... Internet is the eighth deadly sin ... Lmao

DenoPenno replies on Oct 13, 2018:

Internet is the death of god. You may notice how government isn't even for equal Internet.

CONSERVATIVE TALK RADIO this morning mentioned the "evil" of Hillary and even Barack Obama.

242Foxtrot comments on Oct 12, 2018:

I have no doubt that it was the behavior of the DNC toward some type of perceived "entitlement" of HRC to become President that gave us Trump. Bernie would have won by a large margin.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 12, 2018:

I disagree. The timing was right for this and Clinton wanted the nomination no matter what. The GOP calls this "business as usual" but so many knew she snubbed Bernie because she wanted the job and people sort of thought it would be Bill Clinton all over again. Would Bernie have won? Even now the GOP is playing 1950's politics and talking communism and socialism. They haven't got a clue and Trump certainly is not Eisenhower. Ike would not have allowed this mess.

The so called New World. Indigenous Peoples. Standing Rock. The Lakota. Tribes.

brentan comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Might is right. They were so brainwashed about religion hundreds of years ago but it hasn't stopped yet. I once read that the powers that be in America assume that they have tacit approval from the people to do anything necessary to keep their standard of living going. They haven't actually asked ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 11, 2018:

It is a right given to them by their god. When the white man first came to the Americas and spread disease to the locals white men felt superior and it was a thing of god that this happened. Not much has changed since that time really.

Waller County Tx.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 11, 2018:

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Arrest-throws-Waller-County-voter-registration-13297719.php Not the original link but let me see if this will help.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@freeofgod https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Democrats-demand-Waller-County-fix-PVAMU-voter-13300986.php Try this for an update to what is going on there.

Waller County Tx.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 11, 2018:

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Arrest-throws-Waller-County-voter-registration-13297719.php Not the original link but let me see if this will help.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@freeofgod Yes but it is not the original and only gives reference to what has happened. I'm sure there is at least one other or maybe two more on this.

TOPIC: have sexist and racist generalizations, blame and anger, directed towards men, black and ...

brentan comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Unemployment, systemic racism, polarised ideologies. I think Trump is correct about one thing, that good employment statistics would reduce the intensity of these issues if it could be achieved.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 11, 2018:

We have good employment statistics by the numbers but the problem is that too many people have only part time jobs. It's hard to support families on part time jobs and Trump can't force the good jobs to come back to America no matter what he tells you.

TOPIC: have sexist and racist generalizations, blame and anger, directed towards men, black and ...

Trajan61 comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Obama was an arrogant and racist piece piece of shit and that’s what brought about Trumpism. Hell in my home town people were so disgusted after 8 years of that idiot that Trump carried 87% of the vote and he also carried all 77 counties in my state by a confortable margin.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 11, 2018:

I'm so glad Trajan is not writing history. I do read things posted by others who appear to think like him and I see quickly why Donald Trump is so popular. Not with me mind you, but just with some of these people. I wouldn't walk across the street to see Trump whether he was president or not president. The fact that you explain Trumpism by talking Obama pretty much explains where you stand. What I see is ignorant white people scared to death that they are going to lose something. That is what brought about Trumpism.

Trump's tariffs now cost Americans more than Obamacare taxes by Bryan Riley & Andrew Wilford ...

gpatterson comments on Oct 11, 2018:

He and people like him are trying to take us back in time.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 11, 2018:

They are doin g that. Soon we will hit 1900 again.

Trump, no longer ratings gold, loses his prime-time spot on Fox News In a crucial period with the...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 11, 2018:

Trump getting up to brag about his ratings. This asshole still believes he is on Reality TV. Shame on those who have continued to go along with his crap as if it was Reality TV. Now we must all face the fact that his show could get cancelled. Goodbye, Donnie.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 11, 2018:

@of-the-mountain Yes, but I'm referring to his current POTUS show and the "ratings" people claim he is getting.

Flush this shit

TheDoubter comments on Oct 10, 2018:

have plunger handy in case it all doesn't go down

DenoPenno replies on Oct 10, 2018:

Ditch that plunger. The one you need is all black plastic with a big flexing power head. Called Master Plumber at Walmart and about $8.

The worst date you've ever had.

pepperjones comments on Oct 10, 2018:

9 years ago, while separated from my husband, I had a date with a man who told me over dinner how he cheated on his wife and moved in with a girlfriend. Then, he cheated on his new girlfriend with the same woman he cheated on his wife with. He dumped his GF by sending her a message after she had ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 10, 2018:

The actual worst date I ever had was years ago and so embarrassing at the restaurant. The girl decided to shake up the ketchup and the lid came off the bottle. The resulting scene was like something straight out of a movie.

The face of a winner.

Outlier comments on Oct 9, 2018:

A "made man" with Republican Mafia

DenoPenno replies on Oct 9, 2018:

I think that's a good name for Trump's GOP. In fact, Trump more than likely has a few ties.

Any doubt this is why?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 8, 2018:

That is half the reason. The other half is to tackle Roe v. Wade all over again and take it down because 3 sitting SCOTUS justices are against it right now. "Settled law" can be re-visited and this is on the agenda for the "theistic republic" that they want to bring about. Slowly they are putting ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 8, 2018:

@Snickers77 But power will not be returned to the states. Some yes, but not fully. California chose to go ahead and have Net Neutrality anyway to make the Internet a level playing field after the Feds went against it, and now Trump's Feds are going after California.

Question about finding the right person.

Naturesharmony comments on Oct 1, 2018:

I believe that our instincts are actually judgements based off of subtle emotional, behavioral, and ect ... observations that we had subconsciously stored.So trusting our instincts is vital in finding the right person. However, I also believe that although we are constantly evolving and changing ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 8, 2018:

This is very true.

Interesting. Trump ? Hitler ? Kanye? ?

patchoullijulie comments on Oct 7, 2018:

I don't see how we can come back from this. I am not even sure that voting will help. I hope that I am wrong.?

DenoPenno replies on Oct 7, 2018:

@patchoullijulie Your assessment of what is going on is correct. This was not done overnight and the powers that be wanted desperately to make Obama a one term president. The first choice of a new POTUS was Paul Ryan but he didn't want it. Trump registered his MAGA hats at that time so stories of a last minute run and not thinking he would be elected are all wrong. The Kock brothers and other Libertarians gained a few others also and made a deal with the current GOP heads in power. It was all a calculated move that is very much still being calculated. This is a major ongoing operation.

I just left Christianity, and they talk a lot about this "darkness" that Jesus delivered them from.

gearl comments on Oct 7, 2018:

I would assume they are talking about John 8:12 which states: I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. To Christians if you don't accept Jesus you walk in darkness. With recent events unfolding as they have I see it as the direct ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 7, 2018:

I see this very same thing. This is why Pence and DeVos are in the administration. The New Apostolic Reformation and others are in on this. Many Evangelicals feel that we are a "Christian Nation" and they would do anything possible to have that in writing. Imagine some of these ideas in place and church and state can be together while we have a proper place for the Museum of the Bible that has been built. In a few generations the faithful would willingly give all to the ruling government because it would be their duty to do so. A Fascist theocratic government that is fighting to come into existence. The only thing that can stop this is "we the people." While other governments of the world have envied America our top money ruling classes have decided to pay less by having a government much like those others in the world around us. It's all about money today. You only matter as long as you can pay.

Is any one seeing signs of being hacked in the big Facebook debacle?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 6, 2018:

What I am seeing the most is Facebook itself posting too many contradictory things while trying to continue getting our information. For me and my contacts on the site it has limited our actions rather than made them better. One ignorant person I know claims that the Clinton's and Obama's are all ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 7, 2018:

@IAJO163 I know what you mean. I click around in there and go from page to page. Sometimes it asks me if I want to leave the page. Other times not. Recently FB told me a certain person was my new friend to later tell me that we are not connected. How and why are we connected if we are not? Facebook has a marketing job of "mining for our information." It seems very often that FB is feeding us false information in order to complete this task and it is not getting better but actually is getting worse.

Interesting. Trump ? Hitler ? Kanye? ?

patchoullijulie comments on Oct 7, 2018:

I don't see how we can come back from this. I am not even sure that voting will help. I hope that I am wrong.?

DenoPenno replies on Oct 7, 2018:

The day that voting will not help is the day they say we are no longer allowed to vote, or that we can vote but we only have this one party. The unfortunate thing is that we seem to be working steadily towards the latter with fiery believers all too willing to give up their rights and liberty.

Have you stopped watching a TV show, or listening to a musician due to their political beliefs?

SkyBlue_Crayon comments on Oct 6, 2018:

Yes. A long time ago I used to watch The Apprentice, but when I found out about Trump’s birtherism movement I stopped. I also used to like Kid Rock but have since deleted all his music.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 7, 2018:

The problem with The Apprentice is that it was only a TV show and so many took it as real and thought this man should really be POTUS. How dumb can people get. As for birtherism and all that it caused and brought out, just try getting a copy of your neighbor's birth certificate. Good luck.

Have you stopped watching a TV show, or listening to a musician due to their political beliefs?

Piratefish comments on Oct 6, 2018:

Nope. Tom Cruise (Mapother) is nuttier than a fruitcake, yet I still enjoy many of his movies. The only time a celebrity's religion or politics affect my willingness to watch them is when they are "newscasters", or are being interviewed. Why should I care what the court jester's views are? He or...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 7, 2018:

Mapother is nuttier than a fruitcake. I agree with that one.

Do you accept the existence of "empaths"?

Hazydays comments on Oct 6, 2018:

I am an empath. Gobly Guk me all you want;)

DenoPenno replies on Oct 6, 2018:

To do that I would have to be in Florida.

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silverotter11 comments on Oct 6, 2018:

The woman historian - sorry do not remember her name - had to really work to get him to listen!! Her point is valid. It's like people have been critical of the memes trashing and bashing trump, confined to a group such as trump pinata it serves to let like minded folks rant and vent. Out in the...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@sassygirl3869 Look for it there by name. It is possible to watch Bill Maher on You Tube but sometimes the program is removed because of copyright. I saw Friday's show there just today.

What was your worst experience with religious people?

GinnyElaine comments on Aug 6, 2018:

"You're the ONLY one who thinks that way!"

DenoPenno replies on Oct 6, 2018:

I don't want people praying for me. It's a copout and gives an impression that they have some special pipeline to a god being.

Im curious to know how many people believe that after the age of 60-65 or even older that they are ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 6, 2018:

I've known for a while now that "love is a decision." At my age today I do not want to run off with you or pack up and move to another area. The physical feelings you had in the teens or twenties do not last forever. It's true that my last wife just turned 40 and that I was also once married to an ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@Annaise The money response is there because of all the scammers in every dating site. Usually they even have a fake picture. Some take this as a dating site. I look at it as more for community. In one dating site a scammer tried to get me using pics of a porn star. When I pointed this out the reply was "maybe it is her scamming me." The person even had a Facebook page and all. This type of scam also happens to women as well and you can fact check a pic on Google.

Im curious to know how many people believe that after the age of 60-65 or even older that they are ...

CoastRiderBill comments on Oct 6, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6nCoKkiQ5Y

DenoPenno replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@CoastRiderBill I believe that every time you are in love it is different.

President Trump Exposes Truth of US Relationship with Saudi Arabia – Kevork Almassian Analysis ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Is it just brass nuts or is it rocks in the head? Is there anything Trump can do or say right?

DenoPenno replies on Oct 6, 2018:

@William_Mary I see this too and I think Stephen Miller is a big part of this but he could not come up with the strategy alone. Bannon may yet be bigger into this than many of us think. The brains behind it all is maybe not just one man and certainly is not Trump. As for Miller I have started calling him "Stephen Gerbils" as a reference to a little furry rodent and a major Nazi at the same time.

Regarding Resurrection The cornerstone of Christianity is the resurrection of Jesus - assuming a ...

Sticks48 comments on Oct 6, 2018:

Without the resurrection myth, they would have no religion, just another dead Jewish guy.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 6, 2018:

They had to explain why Jesus died.

Atheism Isn’t Really A Big Deal | Martin Hughes

alanalorie comments on Oct 1, 2018:

True. It should not be a big deal to state that you are an atheist. But I can say that in America that many religious people feel very threatened by someone else's religious ideals. It is a small part of what a person is, or should be, I think. Often people have rude questions about how a person ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 6, 2018:

I can agree and I also have answers on Quora.

All former theists in this group, now that you have slipped the surly bonds of religion, what is ...

Maiasaura comments on Oct 5, 2018:

I love my believer friends. I do not go to church with them.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 6, 2018:

I still get invited but why would I waste my time? The preacher says "and do you know what god did next?" I want to stand up and tell everyone that I do not know and neither do they.

Hi i'm new to Coventry trying to look for someone to show me round ?

DenoPenno comments on Oct 5, 2018:

I have Coventry and they frigging bug me to death! I've told them not to call me any longer. They do a good job but have too many people now and it's like they expect you to ask your doctor if you can take more of a certain medicine. Coventry themselves will show you around, and around, and around.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 5, 2018:

@weeman Sorry, Mate. I thought you meant the insurance provider who is now under the Aetna umbrella.

Very moving & poignant, maybe the best 'Between the Scenes' he's done.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 5, 2018:

Is Trump's life over? (I wish) He has been accused numerous times by women and he's still here. In fact, very few accusations against him have been dealt with. Trump's words are so effective that parents now think their son's run a great risk of having their lives ruined by women. Nobody was afraid ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 5, 2018:

@phxbillcee Trevor did an excellent job.

Atheist political party

William12354 comments on Oct 5, 2018:

We need Atheists in office. Adults with imaginary friends worry me.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 5, 2018:

Please make an exception for Casper the Friendly Ghost. He's been my friend for many years now.

You'll generally stop a stranger if you see this.

Marine comments on Oct 5, 2018:

he is a clown

DenoPenno replies on Oct 5, 2018:

Even if he knew that was on there he would never stop and try to remove it. Too embarrassing.

Fine-Tuning & Design: The Lego Blocks Analogy To illustrate an aspect of apparent design and ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 3, 2018:

Humm. I bought a new car and once I get it re-designed and fine tuned it will all be OK. I could not do this without the lego blocks. Keep in mind that humans and animals do not suddenly appear as we see them today. This process takes a tremendous amount of time. Cars on the other hand are pretty ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 5, 2018:

@johnprytz Are you joking me or simply misunderstanding my remark about cars? What is,- is! I'm not trying to put out some believers idea of how "god did it." My basic car idea is against "fine tuning." It should work well when you get it and do so without fine tuning. I'm not holding out for some Flintstone idea of auto evolution.

Watching this complete dog and pony show by these Lying delusional demented fascist republicans how ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 4, 2018:

What people fail to understand is that the top 1 percent will have their money regardless of our system of government and they do not care what happens to the rest of us. A fascist theocratic regime is totally possible here. I certainly do not want to be a part of it. Wake up!

DenoPenno replies on Oct 4, 2018:

@shockwaverider Thanks for the corrections. I've spent some time on one of our pages where others are saying there is no difference between parties at all and they are constantly bring up noise saying I should be going with the GOP. I happen to be neither and I do point out that if there is no difference why would it matter? What is the urgency? Most of their replies are the same old Obama and Hillary nonsense. No, no! I was talking about Trump. :)

Test showing sexual preferences

DenoPenno comments on Sep 30, 2018:

I have no problems but I know people who have problems with sexual preferences. You guessed it. Most of them are religious.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 3, 2018:

@sweetcharlotte I looked at your pics. I saw other names but did not see my own. I hope this is made clear to you now.

New York’s attorney general says Trump Foundation bankrolled political campaign, pursues lawsuit |...

powder comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Ever heard of the Clinton Foundation? Not defending Trump but they are as bad as each other. Big oil for Bush. Not really news

DenoPenno replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@powder Where do we say "righteous?" It's possible that I do not use my words correctly.

Is the human embryo sacred or something special ?

reponeus comments on Sep 29, 2018:

There is a biblical way of having an abortion. A method that is not only approved by God, it was invented by him. He describes it himself in the book of Numbers (5:11-31). It's all part of God's wondrous Law of Jealousies. God's magical abortion procedure. A priest, some bitter water, and a wife ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 2, 2018:

Yes, but that's in the Old Pesterment.

"He loves me"

Snickers77 comments on Oct 2, 2018:

This is more like it.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 2, 2018:

That looks like it to me. :)

There is a lot of discussion about people "deserving" things these days.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 30, 2018:

Many think that others "deserve" bad things. Especially if they have killed someone or done bad things, but it is getting to where they think badly of you if you seem to have it better than they do. I know an idiot who wants me to loan him money just because he can't manage his money. If I did that ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@HereticSin It's hypothetical. I'm confused here. He has no infants at home, no children at home. It makes your question make believe.

Test showing sexual preferences

DenoPenno comments on Sep 30, 2018:

I have no problems but I know people who have problems with sexual preferences. You guessed it. Most of them are religious.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@sweetcharlotte How does anyone learn about sex? I'm sorry my remarks hit you so hard, and I do not see my name on your pictures.

There is a lot of discussion about people "deserving" things these days.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 30, 2018:

Many think that others "deserve" bad things. Especially if they have killed someone or done bad things, but it is getting to where they think badly of you if you seem to have it better than they do. I know an idiot who wants me to loan him money just because he can't manage his money. If I did that ...

DenoPenno replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@HereticSin His kids are grown now but when they were small he made good money and his wife handled the cash. Today he is divorced and on social security.

New York’s attorney general says Trump Foundation bankrolled political campaign, pursues lawsuit |...

powder comments on Oct 2, 2018:

Ever heard of the Clinton Foundation? Not defending Trump but they are as bad as each other. Big oil for Bush. Not really news

DenoPenno replies on Oct 2, 2018:

@genessa The Clinton Foundation has fought aids worldwide and been involved in many other noble causes as well. Contrary to claims of some, it has never been used in ways of political favor.

November is coming... [giphy.com]

Surfpirate comments on Oct 1, 2018:

Dakari!

DenoPenno replies on Oct 1, 2018:

It's Hatari and it means danger. Daktari means doctor. These are words in Swahili.

Net Neutrality Again A small part of the news today was that the Trump Administration is taking ...

Marine comments on Oct 1, 2018:

We can still change it.Vote

DenoPenno replies on Oct 1, 2018:

@Marine Exactly, and if we get a blue wave we can see to it that somebody else is appointed. Right now people think Trump is doing such a good job and he and the GOP have total control. They are in chaos in my opinion but this is why we need a balance of power.

Net Neutrality Again A small part of the news today was that the Trump Administration is taking ...

LetzGetReal comments on Oct 1, 2018:

IF Calf. wants to do something demonstrations in the streets are necessary it is not going to happen in the voting booth.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 1, 2018:

I see these answers but maybe people did not get it. The federal government got rid of Net Neutrality. California chose to ignore that and continue to have it anyway. It was a decision. No demonstrations in the streets, etc. A decision. Trump and the Feds are going after California for making this decision. Trump and the Feds are making choices that dictators make.

The Untold Story of Emmett Luis Till (Documentary 2005) - YouTube

KateZilla comments on Oct 1, 2018:

Google Jerry Mitchell a reporter in Jackson Mississippi. He has covered the Civil Rights stories for a long time. Thought you might like this video. https://youtu.be/WuoQgQPDoLE

DenoPenno replies on Oct 1, 2018:

I have a few friends who are racist and they are too stupid to see that they are racist. Today they are more like someone I have known a long time. Not really friends. Racist whites are the worst. They support and argue their racism with stupid nonsense that simply shows ignorance. I think Trump has rallies for them from time to time.

Bwaaaahahaha.

Trajan61 comments on Oct 1, 2018:

That’s the way the libtards are. They curse and rant and rave but when we conservatives respond with something they don’t like they just go off the deep end.

DenoPenno replies on Oct 1, 2018:

Try facts. Not nonsense about some unrelated past event. :)

I keep seeing people posting about the allegations of sexual assault against Bill Clinton and how ...

GreatNani comments on Sep 30, 2018:

All.true. And then the larger issue of why women wait years to say anything.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@Gareth Among other things she thought drama was communication.

Why does the universe exist? | Jim Holt [youtu.be]

gater comments on Sep 29, 2018:

There is no answer other than it just does.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@gater I am inclined to agree with you. The universe (cosmos if you will) then becomes this mysterious god who has always existed that Christians talk about. The only proof I have is that we are star stuff. Our problem is that this is too big of a concept for many to grasp.

What are your favorite proofs against the Bible?

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Sep 30, 2018:

In addition to the things in the article, one of the things that bothered me early on was the incident with Cain and Abel. While Cain was not justified in killing his brother, WHY was his offering rejected? Christian apologetics say it was his attitude, but Cain shows no bad attitude before the ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 30, 2018:

Very good answer. Apologists bring out that animal sacrifice involved the shedding of blood. Often this was a cutting of skin and burning of meat as a sweet aroma to the most high god. (Many gods lived on mountains in those days, I suppose.) God loved to savor burned meat and animal sacrifice was the thing until Jesus came along. Just how much blood he shed in a crucifixion IDK? He was "pierced" and I don't think he was burned. What apologists are offering us here is a pre-supposed reason that Jesus had to die because they want him so badly to fit into the story. Even today they just keep on making it all up. :)

I keep seeing people posting about the allegations of sexual assault against Bill Clinton and how ...

GreatNani comments on Sep 30, 2018:

All.true. And then the larger issue of why women wait years to say anything.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 30, 2018:

Women do wait. When my ex and I were married we had an argument one day. I forget about what. In bed that night I rolled over at 3 AM and her voice came out of the darkness, "and another thing I don't understand . . . . . . . . " This is a true story.

Kavanaugh vocabulary, starting with boofing, and no, this is not a humorous take on stuff he said; ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 30, 2018:

I think you have done a good job here and if Kavanaugh's GOP buddies do know know this it would surprise me. I think they are just keeping quiet about it. FFFF was known when I was in high school or even before. I was unaware of "boofing" as a term but the practice is to get you drunk quicker as the...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 30, 2018:

@genessa I agree but the GOP is determined and will not believe it or look back at it as real. I remember a drinking game called "Quarters" designed to get people naked and especially women. There is no way that was ever called the Devil's Triangle. If Kavanope said that he was likely trying to show that his ignorance proves his innocence.

Why does the universe exist? | Jim Holt [youtu.be]

gater comments on Sep 29, 2018:

There is no answer other than it just does.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 30, 2018:

Correct. At the current time we simply do not know. I'm not even sure of a "big bang." What does seem to be certain is that everything suddenly started expanding quickly and appears to still be doing so.

Garage sale vs Store?

TheGreatShadow comments on Sep 29, 2018:

Garage sale. Might think different after watching this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM

DenoPenno replies on Sep 30, 2018:

The video is right but in my area many people try to recycle throw away items by running shops that re-build them and re-sell them. Computers and TV's are some of these items. A friend of mine makes lots of extra money with laptops this way and works out of his home.

Garage sale vs Store?

KKGator comments on Sep 29, 2018:

It definitely depends on what the item is. Soft items, no chance. Too easy to bring someone else's critters to a new home. Hard items, like tables, etc, if they're in decent shape, and a good deal, hell yeah. No electronics, ever. No small appliances. Generally, I'm not in the habit of buying ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 30, 2018:

I buy electronics because for 20 years I was a repairman in HVAC and small electronics. That's how I know what to look for and what I'm doing at garage or thrift store sales. If you know these things you can also see quickly if they have bugs. Most of my electronic sales are people who have no idea what they have so they sell it cheap. One of my best sales over the summer was in a town 5 miles away. The man moved out of his rental house and owed rent so the owners were selling all of his stuff. I got there late and they let me call the pricing. I bought needed computer cables and 2 solid state hard drives new and working for $4. One drive was a terrabyte and the other almost 2 terrabyte. This is an almost unheard of bargain. It works for me because I still have desktop and laptop computers while others today just have this all on their phones. That was $4 for everything!

Garage sale vs Store?

gsiamne comments on Sep 30, 2018:

I quibble about garage sales, goodwill, and salvation army sales because of many things.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 30, 2018:

I have got bargains at these places but not often. Too many of them price things way too high. At Goodwill one time I found a pair of jeans that had the pockets cut out of them and pocket area was sewed up. WTF is this crap, I asked? One electronic bargain I got at Goodwill was because it was wired wrong. Some people are a "genius" at these places and they often get left over stuff in the stores.

What exactly is mindfulness?

KKGator comments on Sep 29, 2018:

Mindfulness = Not leaving the stove on. Setting up the coffee pot before bed. Remembering to take the correct meds at the correct time. Making sure the dog gets taken out between 11 and 11:30, so she doesn't have to pee in the middle of the night. Being out front to meet the bus no later that ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 30, 2018:

I check my stove and other things before I go out the door every day. I knew someone who did not do this and they left quickly with the stove on and damn near burned the house down. I also unplug the coffee pot when not using it.

Does anyone truly "believe"?

david75090 comments on Sep 29, 2018:

I don't rule out "something". I just don't think organized religions have any more of a clue than I do. I feel like the origin of life is way above my ability to comprehend. It's a chicken and egg thing.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 29, 2018:

@david75090 Maybe in his mind we are. LOL