What's your most outlandish belief? (Mine is, I believe crop circles are not man-made.)

DenoPenno comments on Sep 17, 2018:

If i saw a crop circle in a field tomorrow I would know that people are trying to fool someone. How would a crop circle be other worldly? What could possibly be the message?

DenoPenno replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Redcupcoffee Yes, but crop circles have been proven to be man made in the past so I don't think people on other planets have taken it over afterwards.

FEMA Will Test a System That Would Allow Trump to Text Directly to Your Phone

DenoPenno comments on Sep 16, 2018:

Sorry. I will block all texts. The hell with that lying bastard. Even now I am getting e-mails from sites I do not know and have never heard of along with a few that I have only looked at in passing. Imagine that this bullshit was all people that you saw on the street in passing and they pestered ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@freeofgod Thank you, ma'am. :)

Reporter confronts looters at Family Dollar store

DarrelScott comments on Sep 16, 2018:

Liberals in their natural enviroment

DenoPenno replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@DarrelScott Lots of people want something that belongs to someone else. That doesn't mean that there is a political designation to it. It is just human nature. To say the looters are "liberals" sort of puts you in the category of psychics and mind readers.

What Jesus Really Meant But Wasn't Allowed to Say (Alan Watts) [youtu.be] n.b. ALAN WATTS

DenoPenno comments on Sep 16, 2018:

Jesus came to rescue the lost sheep of Israel, he said. That left all the rest of us out of it but along came Paul and not even having met Jesus he changed it all to include everybody. That means you now have to go to hell because of that bastard Paul. Anyway, Alan Watts is educated and a good ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Paul4747 LOL

“Either God wants to get rid of evil, but he can’t; or God can, but he doesn’t want to; or God...

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Sep 16, 2018:

To test us and make us strong. Duh. One of the reasons why I left Christianity was because I could not reconcile an all good god and the existence of evil. If god created everything, then "he" created evil; he could not create evil if he did not understand evil. To understand evil is to be ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@Gwendolyn2018 The concept is designed to work out in favor of religion. It is idiotic to imagine that you are a human without any choice but our programming due to individual history tends to limit our choices. Computers are modeled after us and "freewill" is very limited. What you actually do depends greatly on your past.

Reporter confronts looters at Family Dollar store

DarrelScott comments on Sep 16, 2018:

Liberals in their natural enviroment

DenoPenno replies on Sep 16, 2018:

Why would they be liberals and how would you know?

“Either God wants to get rid of evil, but he can’t; or God can, but he doesn’t want to; or God...

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Sep 16, 2018:

To test us and make us strong. Duh. One of the reasons why I left Christianity was because I could not reconcile an all good god and the existence of evil. If god created everything, then "he" created evil; he could not create evil if he did not understand evil. To understand evil is to be ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 16, 2018:

Yes, god gave us "freewill." This is part of the "salvation game." You have the "freewill" to be raped the same as your rapist has the "freewill" to rape you. He might "repent" and you both end up good friends in heaven. It's a perfect plan.

This is why they helped trump...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 16, 2018:

I think he is right. Trump will go along with it because he wants to be able to borrow more money.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@KKGator Some may jump down my throat here but Putin is the most powerful man in the world. End of story.

Manaford is the latest rat to leave the sinking Trump ship, our groper in chief is peeing in his ...

LucyLoohoo comments on Sep 16, 2018:

Manafort reminds me of Dorian Grey...imagine the painting in his attic? That man is walking slime! And dumpie called him ''a good guy?"

DenoPenno replies on Sep 16, 2018:

Dumpie is walking slime and he is not a good guy.

This is why they helped trump...

LucyLoohoo comments on Sep 16, 2018:

OH, YEAH! Putin's one of the smartest, most corrupt ''leaders'' in the world. Do not EVER think he's out to help anyone else, anywhere. The groper's biggest problem is thinking that he's smarter than Putin. NOPE! He's nothing more than a dupe...a stooge....a puppet!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@KKGator Even now Trump wants to make Hillary the real subject of the Russia probe and his supporters on conservative talk radio go along with this. It's more than bizarre. LMAO here as I keep hearing that at the end of the Mueller investigation it will be Hillary all along. These people are really stupid.

This is why they helped trump...

KKGator comments on Sep 16, 2018:

That is exactly correct. Not to mention, they made 45 think they would be loaning him more money, and allowing him to build another of his stupid monstrosities in Moscow. 45 is a fucking moron, who only cares about his own business. Putin could lead him around by the nose and 45's idiot ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 16, 2018:

I believe it every word.

Will Trump discount or null our votes in 2020 if he loses both the public and college vote?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 16, 2018:

Trump really does want to become dictator of the U.S. This is why he will not leave quietly when his time is up and if he lives long enough we will be constantly bothered by his Tweets until he dies. It will be like a horror film in which a talking doll will not shut up even with it's head cut off.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@LucyLoohoo Not at all.

TRUMP FINALLY MAKES A FRIEND NY Times [nyti.ms]

Infoguy211 comments on Sep 16, 2018:

Netanyahu is also a Drumpf buddy. Same mentality.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 16, 2018:

I don't like Nuttiyahu either.

Why is it that most people here are from the US?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I think this is because people in the USA are free to speak of their atheist views without fear of punishment. If the current American regime is allowed to continue that situation could change.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@Tibert I have made some of the same travels but was never looking for atheists or even asking about them. I also loathe Fox News.

Why so many private groups ..,?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I think a lot of it is to keep the pro and con Trump people from killing each other.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 16, 2018:

@CallMeDave GOOD. It might mean they have found out there is no defending him. It looks like many close to him are finding this out also. Every Tweet digs a deeper and more disturbing hole. It is very hard to defend somebody like that.

Don't. You. Hate. When. People. Post. Like. This. why do they do it?

magicwatch comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I agree, but when I went to school we used a pen and paper and we were taught how to spell correctly.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

People print their names today. That's all they know. How the hell would they sign a check or a contract?

Christian author who said atheists ‘exacerbate evil’ was cheating on his wife with two women –...

242Foxtrot comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I'm kind of doubting that Hitchens felt he was "looking eternity right in the face". Nice projection.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

Hitch "flirted with becoming a Christian." What do you think he would have gained? Next you have him "looking eternity right in the face." No, this is not true. He simply dies and has no eternity. The end. What Hitch was looking at was "the end." The way these believer idiots tell a story you know they are scarfed to death of hell.

I have genre dreams. do you?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I see certain anxieties here that we all might have. Some do not admit it. Did you come from a large family? Does your mother have something to do with many children? Surely you are out of place here, and the possibility of someone else in your room might make you wonder if you are going to be ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@genessa I agree and you are right and they are wrong. Dreams tell a lot but they never "predict" anything. For the most part I've found dreams reflecting what has been on your mind because your mind is always working.

Why is it that most people here are from the US?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I think this is because people in the USA are free to speak of their atheist views without fear of punishment. If the current American regime is allowed to continue that situation could change.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@motrubl4u If that happens and Pence takes over the New Apostolic Reformation will be at the forefront of making America a "Christian Nation." We will become like ISIS or the Taliban but just have a different religion. There is already a Museum of the Bible in DC and Hobby Lobby and others think that's about as great as the Ark in Kentucky. America is becoming insane!

I have genre dreams. do you?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I see certain anxieties here that we all might have. Some do not admit it. Did you come from a large family? Does your mother have something to do with many children? Surely you are out of place here, and the possibility of someone else in your room might make you wonder if you are going to be ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@genessa No, English is my base language but I do know bits and pieces of others. I believe that dreams are things and they tell us things sometimes too. My dreams seem to revolve around things that are on my mind but sometimes things get twisted a little. If our minds never fully sleep then our dreams must reflect desires and unfinished business. In my dreams I can fly but not always. If that happened in real life it would scare you to death! In dreams it is fun. Too bad that some of our religious ancestors confused this with being "in or out of the body" and made up stories that were put into books, then claimed your real life starts after you die.

My son found the black and white aerial photo of our place taken before 1982 when we moved here.

oldFloyd comments on Sep 15, 2018:

Google maps is fun, try Google Earth it's cool too ☺️

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

The real "Google Earth" is a military app. You can read license plates on the vehicles when angles are right and it's all in real time.

What do you do when you're blue?

sewchick57 comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I got a divorce. Cleared that problem right up.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

All divorce did was get rid of my stress.

Does anyone else get physically ill when you see his face?

LucyLoohoo comments on Sep 15, 2018:

One of the many things I've learned from this asswipe is....there is a level of hatred in me which I've never recognized! Yes, like you....I simply can't bear to see/hear him. All I want from him is his immediate disappearance--and he can take Pence, Ryan, McConnell, et al with him!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@LucyLoohoo Thank you. Maybe I should consider adding that part also.

I have genre dreams. do you?

MissKathleen comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I never have that kind of dream, but whenever I have a dream with my mother in it, I know it is because I miss her.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

You are so right.

Does anyone else get physically ill when you see his face?

LucyLoohoo comments on Sep 15, 2018:

One of the many things I've learned from this asswipe is....there is a level of hatred in me which I've never recognized! Yes, like you....I simply can't bear to see/hear him. All I want from him is his immediate disappearance--and he can take Pence, Ryan, McConnell, et al with him!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

I've had religious people even tell me that I get ahead in this world because I have no hatred. I agree with you that Trump brings out a previously unknown level of hatred within me also. If he died by any means tomorrow I would tell others "it could not have happened to a nicer man."

Are you happy enough?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 15, 2018:

NO. I would be more happy if I woke up Sunday morning t find I had the winning lotto ticket. At that point I would immediately hire a professional financial planner who was experienced with this sort of thing.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@zeuser Thanks. The bottom line is you cannot win if you do not play. The irony is when they ask me at the ticket counter "only one ticket?" Greed is amazing!

I’m tired of living in the south & hearing the same lines & religious conversations.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I'm in Missouri and it can be as bad here sometimes. I work, come home and lock my door, only go out in public when I have to and avoid the nonsense I hear even then. I do not want of expect company outside of my own fantasies, and I ran off 2 Baptist door to door people this summer without letting ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@BenR I agree with you totally.

I think it would be cool to join a lodge or the Masons or something, but they all require a belief ...

LeslieV2 comments on Sep 13, 2018:

I am looking for community and fellowship. That is the one thing I miss from religion. I have heard of Sunday Assembly and have looked into that, but there are no groups near me.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@Anne209 Jerry DeWitt from Deridder, La. has a good take on this type of fellowship.

I think it would be cool to join a lodge or the Masons or something, but they all require a belief ...

zeuser comments on Sep 14, 2018:

If you have a local chapter of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, that would be an ideal place for a guy like you to start.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

That's a great idea.

I’m tired of living in the south & hearing the same lines & religious conversations.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 15, 2018:

I'm in Missouri and it can be as bad here sometimes. I work, come home and lock my door, only go out in public when I have to and avoid the nonsense I hear even then. I do not want of expect company outside of my own fantasies, and I ran off 2 Baptist door to door people this summer without letting ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@Marionville Don't be mislead. I'm doing what I want to be doing. I mingle with people daily in my job but I see enough to know that private mingling will still end up with somebody talking about the invisible man. I recently ate out at a little sandwich deli and bakery and the discussion started when I mentioned evil in the world. The checkout started to explain by saying "well, you see the devil" and she went on into other nonsense. NO, I do not see the devil. WE are the devil and that's the whole problem. Elsewhere close to me a doper girl I know has supposedly turned to religion and posted on Facebook that it was "national take your bible to school day." She has 3 kids and wanted this reposted and passed around. NO. Public school has never had a national take your bible to school day, nor should they have one. These are just religious idiots that keep the bullshit going and keep on making things up.

12,800 children. Let that number sink in... [nytimes.com]

DenoPenno comments on Sep 15, 2018:

The administration simply ignores what judges tell them about separation of children and parents. They do what they want to anyway. It gets worse when a relative of mine sends me a propaganda piece by a young woman claiming all is fine and dandy. The kids there get to do anything they want to at any...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@Diogenes That's a good one. When first elected the stable genius sent some boats in the wrong direction.

I am 48.

BlackDove comments on Sep 14, 2018:

Well, as a woman, I feel as if I'm in the same boat. For one thing, I don't make myself available to anyone. My work takes a lot of my energy and time. My cats take the rest. I'm an introvert and I value my time alone. Falling in love, truly in love, is something I don't think I have ever ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 15, 2018:

BlackDove, you have an honest and great answer. Another person should find you desirable for this alone.

Friday fun. Enjoy the weekend. Anyone still use the public library?

birdingnut comments on Sep 14, 2018:

I quit using the public library years before I moved to Thailand in 2010, preferring to read books on Kindle instead of having to special order books I wanted to read, driving 12 miles to the local library in my SUV, paying $$ for gas, then having to return the books, trying to avoid hefty special ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 14, 2018:

Do an online search for a kindle reader and do it without the geo restrictions. Search it a bit. Amazon has a kindle reader app totally free.

Friday fun. Enjoy the weekend. Anyone still use the public library?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 14, 2018:

Not me. I go online and steal e-books and have my computer read them to me.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 14, 2018:

@JustLynnie OK. Now I am interested and might check out the library. The thing with me is I don't pay for too many things.

BEST SHIRT EVER... laughed so hard. Happy Friday.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 14, 2018:

Nice shirt but today both of them are dead.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 14, 2018:

@WeaZ Right on. Too many similar tales existing way before him.

Michigan Doctor Now Accused of Mutilating Genitalia of More Than 100 Young Girls | David G. McAfee

LucyLoohoo comments on Sep 14, 2018:

I want her in the slammer and I want those parents there, too! We all know how Islam ''respects'' women....don't we? I wonder if there's a possibility for repair/restoration?

DenoPenno replies on Sep 14, 2018:

You cannot put back a clitoris and the nerve endings that are destroyed when one is removed.

Michigan Doctor Now Accused of Mutilating Genitalia of More Than 100 Young Girls | David G. McAfee

JustLynnie comments on Sep 14, 2018:

Why haven't the parents been charged as well?

DenoPenno replies on Sep 14, 2018:

If the parents allowed this they should also be charged.

Ever notice how often “improvements” don’t feel as if they’re making anything better?

powder comments on Sep 13, 2018:

Every Microsoft upgrade

DenoPenno replies on Sep 14, 2018:

@pixiedust Me too and it is spyware. Alexia is similar and available for PC now but not working even as well as Cortana. I'll just stay in control of my own machine.

Manafort plea deal! [reuters.com]

DenoPenno comments on Sep 14, 2018:

It strikes me as so strange that supporters of the Orange monster all think this is a doing of the "alt-left" (is there and alt left?) or they say it is all motivated by the Dems and this includes the media reporting it. What is strange is that Mueller is a Republican and history will show that if ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 14, 2018:

@LucyLoohoo Me too. We currently have 2 factions in both of our major political parties. It's a battle as to which one will win out and how the party will go. We still have real Republicans. The rest of the GOP has went with Trump and Faux news is on that band wagon. Each party is now saying the same things about the other maybe because there is no real way to defend Trump.

Are your words changing themselves on this site?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 14, 2018:

I have noticed it and it could be me. We all do typos. What I think it is really is this site correcting (or trying to correct**OR your app or computer trying to do the same. It all depends on what is in the programming. Sometimes I find that the word "up" is always wanting to be "un" or vice versa....

DenoPenno replies on Sep 14, 2018:

@genessa At home I'm either barefoot, naked, or somewhere in between.

Are your words changing themselves on this site?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 14, 2018:

I have noticed it and it could be me. We all do typos. What I think it is really is this site correcting (or trying to correct**OR your app or computer trying to do the same. It all depends on what is in the programming. Sometimes I find that the word "up" is always wanting to be "un" or vice versa....

DenoPenno replies on Sep 14, 2018:

@Jnei Thanks for explaining.

Are your words changing themselves on this site?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 14, 2018:

I have noticed it and it could be me. We all do typos. What I think it is really is this site correcting (or trying to correct**OR your app or computer trying to do the same. It all depends on what is in the programming. Sometimes I find that the word "up" is always wanting to be "un" or vice versa....

DenoPenno replies on Sep 14, 2018:

@genessa OIC. I do have fat fingers.

Are your words changing themselves on this site?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 14, 2018:

I have noticed it and it could be me. We all do typos. What I think it is really is this site correcting (or trying to correct**OR your app or computer trying to do the same. It all depends on what is in the programming. Sometimes I find that the word "up" is always wanting to be "un" or vice versa....

DenoPenno replies on Sep 14, 2018:

Then I post it and find that the BOLD has went ITALIC. WTF?

I want to recommend an important book:VACCINATION IS NOT IMMUNIZATION by Dr.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 13, 2018:

Vaccination is why I no longer see people with polio in this country. Mumps, whooping cough, and others have pretty much vanished also. Yes, that's right. I knew people who had polio as a child and it deformed their bodies. I never met or knew anyone with autism in those days. Not one single person....

DenoPenno replies on Sep 14, 2018:

@JustLynnie Not in my 72 years but maybe I was just living in the wrong areas. What are "special needs?" How would a chiropractor know about them when his book is nothing but woo? I was raised as a Missouri redneck and at one time went to a schoolhouse that had all grades together inside. Most of us knew all about the others and their families in great detail. This was in the days that old family photos showed relatives posing holding their guns. We were clanish and everyone knew all the gossip. We heard woo in those days too. I'm one that outgrew it.

Ever notice how often “improvements” don’t feel as if they’re making anything better?

powder comments on Sep 13, 2018:

Every Microsoft upgrade

DenoPenno replies on Sep 13, 2018:

Microsoft upgrade. I have that crap turned off and/or blocked. Every time I get my computer fixed with programs I like and everything that I like they "upgrade" it for me and screw that all up. I had enough. I'm using a mix of American and Russian programs. My Windows 10 does what I want it to do. My computer talks and can read books, and the hell with Cortana and spying.

Ever notice how often “improvements” don’t feel as if they’re making anything better?

azzow2 comments on Sep 13, 2018:

If you look how CVS pharmacy is set up that is kind of ridiculous it is like information overload. I think Costco by far has the best check out situation.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 13, 2018:

@pixiedust I have never been inside a Costco or a Sam's Club.

What's your favorite religious song?

Happyheretic comments on Sep 13, 2018:

"The Hand of the Almighty " by John Butler ?

DenoPenno replies on Sep 13, 2018:

I have that album and it is one of my favorites for sure. :)

I want to recommend an important book:VACCINATION IS NOT IMMUNIZATION by Dr.

AnneWimsey comments on Sep 13, 2018:

Ohferpetessake...i was around before the polio vaccine was available, and I remember the canceled outings & the fear on our parent's faces every time there was a surge in cases. I remember being "treated" to public service movies in school after Thursday lunch, showing you how living in an iron ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 13, 2018:

@Holiday I remember those with polio and braces too and it was cured by vaccination to prevent getting it in the first place. That is the ONLY reason we do not have polio today.

I want to recommend an important book:VACCINATION IS NOT IMMUNIZATION by Dr.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 13, 2018:

Vaccination is why I no longer see people with polio in this country. Mumps, whooping cough, and others have pretty much vanished also. Yes, that's right. I knew people who had polio as a child and it deformed their bodies. I never met or knew anyone with autism in those days. Not one single person....

DenoPenno replies on Sep 13, 2018:

@JustLynnie This is woo, sister. Every bit of it is woo. I never knew or heard of mentally retarded kids sent off to live somewhere else in group homes etc. in my day. People might not have known what to call things but for the most part they still lived at home and everybody knew everybody else and word spread quickly. Yes, having certain diseases builds immunity but not always. Sometimes you just die. It depends on the disease. You say you are reporting this because you care. Somebody has poisoned your mind with woo.

Recently ran out of Netflix series to watch, so began watching "Salvation.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 13, 2018:

In this case you can see it as salvation from the asteroid. Even so, this doesn't interest me. BTW, when you do get "religious" even in bad ways, I watched a preview of "Veronica" on Netflix and laughed my head off. I'm not watching that either.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 13, 2018:

@birdingnut OK. I can see where it would be interesting but it just is not interesting to me. Armageddon with Bruce Willis was another such venture.

Prejudice 😡

Kafirah comments on Sep 13, 2018:

As a young person in Virginia, I have gotten beaten up more than once for being white in elementary and middle School. For the record, it sucks ten times as bad when you find out that it was racially motivated after asking why they kept calling me a cracker. The first time I had to ask my mom what ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 13, 2018:

How many whites were in your school? Like maybe 10.

Wood Heat?

KateZilla comments on Sep 12, 2018:

Yes. My sister still heats her house with wood stoves.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 13, 2018:

@Mike1947 We cleaned out our own but this has to be a yearly thing or you might burn up your entire place.

STRANGE DALLAS SHOOTING The Dallas shooting of Botham Jean by officer Amber Guyger has to be ...

dahermit comments on Sep 11, 2018:

"The only defense I can remotely come up with is that she is a cop who has succumbed to the addiction of drugs to such an extent that her judgment was greatly impaired." Too much of a reach...facts not in evidence. There needs to be an investigation before such judgments are made.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 12, 2018:

@dahermit Dunning-Kruger Effect? You must mean Donald Trump.

Your views? Thoughts? Valued opinions? [washingtonpost.com]

DenoPenno comments on Sep 11, 2018:

I never watched the game so I have few facts if any. All I know for sure is that in my opinion Serena has been treated unfairly lately.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 12, 2018:

@IAJO163 It's amazing about the ongoing thing with color and people of color. On a conservative radio talk show recently the host claims that Dems keep racism going because they always talk about it and the Repubs have it right because they never talk ab out it. Apparently the poor guy doesn't realize that you have to talk about it.

STRANGE DALLAS SHOOTING The Dallas shooting of Botham Jean by officer Amber Guyger has to be ...

dahermit comments on Sep 11, 2018:

"The only defense I can remotely come up with is that she is a cop who has succumbed to the addiction of drugs to such an extent that her judgment was greatly impaired." Too much of a reach...facts not in evidence. There needs to be an investigation before such judgments are made.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 12, 2018:

@dahermit Have it your way. Believe what you like. I'm done. I quit, and I give up. I didn't pull this out of my ass. I read it in various reported news pieces that apparently are following the investigation.

STRANGE DALLAS SHOOTING The Dallas shooting of Botham Jean by officer Amber Guyger has to be ...

Simon1 comments on Sep 11, 2018:

Why do you say she was on drugs ? Could it have been a lovers tiff ?

DenoPenno replies on Sep 12, 2018:

@dahermit Why is this bothering you so much? My words come from the media who is reporting and printing what the investigation is coming up with so far. I hope they are smart enough to do their jobs. They could be getting angry as hell and just pulling it all out of their asses like pissed off people writing on this page.

Who's going to watch this one? I believe I'm going to give it a try. ??

HeatherRobson comments on Sep 11, 2018:

I watched this, drawn in by the hype. It's not so bad. Also not so scary. The two demonic possession movies that really creep me out are The Exorcism of Emily Rose and The Conjuring. I also like the Cinemax show Outcast. It's relatively difficult to effectively scare me, but the two movies above ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 12, 2018:

@HeatherRobson Yes, based on the "real life" investigations of the Warrens and the "real life" doll was a Raggety Ann. OMG! That would scare anybody. Or, they might die laughing!

Who's going to watch this one? I believe I'm going to give it a try. ??

Deb57 comments on Sep 10, 2018:

I'd love to see it, but don't have a friend who could go to the movies with me and then spend the night at my house.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 12, 2018:

I'll volunteer, Deb. If you come to my house and watch it we will have a Netflix evening.

Who's going to watch this one? I believe I'm going to give it a try. ??

HeatherRobson comments on Sep 11, 2018:

I watched this, drawn in by the hype. It's not so bad. Also not so scary. The two demonic possession movies that really creep me out are The Exorcism of Emily Rose and The Conjuring. I also like the Cinemax show Outcast. It's relatively difficult to effectively scare me, but the two movies above ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 12, 2018:

The Conjuring. Isn't that a film based on a Raggety Ann doll? The Warren's were behind that con job and I think it has now went into 3 movies. After a while they have people believing these things really happened. It seems a lot like religion. They do the same thing.

What if you are wrong and there IS a god

Deb57 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

If it turned out that I was shown the proof that there actually is a decision-making being responsible for all that happens, I would be no closer to worshiping it than I am now, as a non-believer. I would consider it a monster.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 12, 2018:

I would want proof of what decisions it was actually making. Instead, all you get today are words designed to keep you away from this mythical being that is using such divine wisdom.

When confused and n doubt you have the first weapons againts the bs.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 11, 2018:

I like your post. That last part about not being in a closet and enlightening your neighbor is what we all should be doing.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 12, 2018:

@Salvz If people pray I wanna look around and see who has their eyes open and is not praying. Those are my people.

STRANGE DALLAS SHOOTING The Dallas shooting of Botham Jean by officer Amber Guyger has to be ...

dahermit comments on Sep 11, 2018:

"The only defense I can remotely come up with is that she is a cop who has succumbed to the addiction of drugs to such an extent that her judgment was greatly impaired." Too much of a reach...facts not in evidence. There needs to be an investigation before such judgments are made.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 11, 2018:

@dahermit OK. I will leave it to you to come up with proper justification. My remarks and reporting of the incident point out that there is none and cannot be none. NOTHING will justify what this cop has done, and nothing will get rid of the racial overtones of any investigation so far. Tell me something that may and you put yourself out on the limb that you seem to think I am on right now. Truth be known, I am not out on a limb. Investigation and arrest are coming too late and the story is still ever changing trying to find this mythical "justification" when there is none at all. Reverse the color of these people immediately and you would see that it is over before it began. Even so, Guyger is trapped. The irony is that she will likely get 10 years and not even serve all of that.

STRANGE DALLAS SHOOTING The Dallas shooting of Botham Jean by officer Amber Guyger has to be ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 11, 2018:

I want readers to be aware that I made no reference to race here. In what I read of the incident I found no evidence that Guyger and Jean even knew each other. This made issues of race a non-issue to me.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 11, 2018:

@redbai The handling of it was terrible. Race plays a part in this because the cop is white and some think it gives a "double white priviledge." Many will not admit to the first one. The move today is to dumb us all down in these matters to make it more acceptable. Do I see bias and racism? YES. Rather than approach it in that manner my way of attacking this tragedy is to show it's idiocy.

There are no alternative facts here and there is no way to spin it.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 11, 2018:

There has always been talk about someday the Mob would put a man in the White House. Some said it was JFK and that was what got him killed. The only thing was that JFK didn't see things that way. The true Mobster in the White House is Donald Trump without a doubt.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 11, 2018:

@MikeFlora Neither is Trump so let's look for a similar outcome. LOL

STRANGE DALLAS SHOOTING The Dallas shooting of Botham Jean by officer Amber Guyger has to be ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 11, 2018:

I want readers to be aware that I made no reference to race here. In what I read of the incident I found no evidence that Guyger and Jean even knew each other. This made issues of race a non-issue to me.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 11, 2018:

@redbai The reason I never mentioned race of either party in this tragedy is that the way it unfolded did not make me think it involved racism. It unfolded as extreme confusion on her part. Who knows? Later on we may learn that he made lots of noise that she heard from her apartment and she maybe hated black people. IDK. This is so damned crazy on her part and that's why I thought they might come up with a drug excuse for her actions.

STRANGE DALLAS SHOOTING The Dallas shooting of Botham Jean by officer Amber Guyger has to be ...

fidla comments on Sep 11, 2018:

How can a door be a jar?

DenoPenno replies on Sep 11, 2018:

I know. I argue with my car all the time coz that's what it keeps on telling me, - the door is a jar.

STRANGE DALLAS SHOOTING The Dallas shooting of Botham Jean by officer Amber Guyger has to be ...

Simon1 comments on Sep 11, 2018:

Why do you say she was on drugs ? Could it have been a lovers tiff ?

DenoPenno replies on Sep 11, 2018:

So far there is no evidence that both parties even knew each other. His apartment is on the 4th floor and her apartment would be at the same location on the 3rd floor. For some reason she parked on the 4th floor parking level and then entered the building.

STRANGE DALLAS SHOOTING The Dallas shooting of Botham Jean by officer Amber Guyger has to be ...

dahermit comments on Sep 11, 2018:

"The only defense I can remotely come up with is that she is a cop who has succumbed to the addiction of drugs to such an extent that her judgment was greatly impaired." Too much of a reach...facts not in evidence. There needs to be an investigation before such judgments are made.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 11, 2018:

What I offered here is a possible defense that her attorney might use. What else can you say? Maybe that she was insane. She is not only on the wrong floor for her apartment but Jean had a red door mat in front of his door. Did she also have a red doormat? How did it happen that once she enters the darkened room she did not turn on the lights? That is the first thing anyone does and the light switch is always close to the door. Yet, she was able to see a black man in the dark enough to know he was not following her "verbal commands." Something is very wrong here.

Was becoming atheist difficult?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 10, 2018:

I have had many fears and hardships involving this mythical being in the sky and by 2012 I finally realized it was all bullshit. Gods are imaginary. **as far as I've been able to figure, its a combination of wish thinking, tradition, lack of consideration, or fear of death.** Those are your words...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 11, 2018:

@Juggler67 My daughters have some difficulty with it but they believe "in their own way" which is why we have so many denominations in the first place. Mom is dead and my step dad has dementia. I have few friends but one is still a believer and he has trouble with my de-conversion. He keeps throwing god back into the picture as if I need reconverting, and I have to ask him to stop.

How do you tell religious people that you're an atheist?

Trajan61 comments on Aug 28, 2018:

I don’t like to stir up the Christain’s to much as we conservatives need their help in order to beat the left wing liberals. Trump has figured that one out and that’s a big reason he’s been so successful.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 11, 2018:

@Trajan61 I'm sorry, Trajan. I'm having trouble figuring out how Hillary Clinton fits into this conversation. I thought you were talking about 8 years of Obama. You are not making any sense here.

How do you tell religious people that you're an atheist?

HereticSin comments on Sep 9, 2018:

"I don't believe in god". when they mention god, that's what I say. I say it as soon as god comes up in any way. If they persist, I tell them I don't discuss superstitions with people. Generally they leave me alone as soon as they realize I am not only not interested in, but actively hostile to,...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 10, 2018:

I like that remark. I do not discuss superstitions with people.

How do you tell religious people that you're an atheist?

Trajan61 comments on Aug 28, 2018:

I don’t like to stir up the Christain’s to much as we conservatives need their help in order to beat the left wing liberals. Trump has figured that one out and that’s a big reason he’s been so successful.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 10, 2018:

@Trajan61 People in your hometown must be racist. I don't know WTF else to tell you.

How do you tell religious people that you're an atheist?

Trajan61 comments on Aug 28, 2018:

I don’t like to stir up the Christain’s to much as we conservatives need their help in order to beat the left wing liberals. Trump has figured that one out and that’s a big reason he’s been so successful.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 10, 2018:

Trump didn't figure much of anything out. He's only a symptom of what is going on in America today.

If Jesus had a dating profile...

chefbdad comments on Sep 10, 2018:

I love the taste of the red sea.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 10, 2018:

I've never been tempted to try it myself, but I can attempt to find it when it is not there. Most ladies love this.

21st century beliefs

Xuande comments on Sep 10, 2018:

This is gonna sound like a joke, and I guess it halfway is but ... Personally, I am shocked people still think toilet paper goes in the under position. Or the over position. Or any position. Using TP is gross and there are waaaaay better, more efficient and far more hygienic ways to clean your ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 10, 2018:

A bidet. In my day it was corn cobs or a Sears and Roebuck catalog in the old outhouse.

21st century beliefs

Juggler67 comments on Sep 10, 2018:

Here's one that seems to be gaining momentum... Flat Earth! I mean... holy shitballs in a chicken basket!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 10, 2018:

Flat earth must be coming back because some say they believe the bible and it is in the bible. Sorry, I don't really like people.

Fake polygraph.

Freedompath comments on Sep 9, 2018:

That’s America’s president! Everything is a lie, except what comes out of his mouth! The man who has racked up...I think it is nearly 5,000 (the number changes so often, I can’t keep tract), LIES in 19 months...in public! What a guy! A disgrace!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 10, 2018:

The biggest disgrace is those who know fully what this charade is and yet they allow it to continue all because they like being in power. It's all a dangerous road to follow today.

Something Instead of Nothing. Why?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 8, 2018:

Excellent. We tend to put what we know in this sort of category when we are only just starting to know about the universe. It may turn out that the universe has always existed even when we thought it was nothing.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 10, 2018:

@johnprytz I cannot prove anything that is speculation. We are only now starting to know. The working model will change as it needs to change.

Something Instead of Nothing. Why?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 8, 2018:

Excellent. We tend to put what we know in this sort of category when we are only just starting to know about the universe. It may turn out that the universe has always existed even when we thought it was nothing.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 9, 2018:

@johnprytz OK. For the minds that do not know (and we do not know) this is an interesting idea. I don't think we know the size of a universe or a cosmos, but I get it fully.

What do you do better than anyone else?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 7, 2018:

I admire short women more than anyone else. I do, I do. :)

DenoPenno replies on Sep 8, 2018:

@Redcupcoffee I'm only 5' 10" and I think it makes me project a "doll quality" onto the 5 foot woman. I have no need to show women I am big and tough. The thing working here is a projected feeling of wanting to protect them. It works well until they kick you in the nuts. :)

Sextortion - I learned a new word today.

Stephanie99 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Thanks for the idea of tape over the webcam. I learned out how one can get access to a webcam, and I'm pretty sure that I won't do any of those things, but why not cover over the webcame when not in use?

DenoPenno replies on Sep 7, 2018:

My webcam has a lenscap.

Sextortion - I learned a new word today.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Sep 7, 2018:

I have been getting phone messages saying I am in legal jeopardy and that if I don't talk to these people the local cops are going to arrest me. It's all a scam of course. There are a lot of losers out there who can't or prefer not to make an honest living and instead try to prey on others. ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 7, 2018:

I've had those also and nobody in these agencies works that way. They write letters and they do not call and demand money. We have a local newspaper editor calling such a number and being taped and filmed because he is showing us that the FBI doesn't operate that way. The "FBI agent" then threated to come out and arrest him. Did anything happen? No, because these agencies do not operate that way.

What are Trump's effects on the country's percentage of racist people?

Besalbub comments on Sep 7, 2018:

I'm a northern Yankee left leaning none raciest atheist living in rural conservative south where trump supporters openly spew trumps views on what this country should be . I don't feel safe all the time . I'm never far from my gun . I don't carry but when I feel in danger I'm ready . I wouldn't say...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 7, 2018:

@taichifan One big dispute here with "stand your ground" is whether it was really your ground to stand in the first place. This all went to hell after Zimmerman killed Martin but my take on that was Zimmerman brought a gun to a fist fight after being told by cops to "stand down" because they would handle it. Zimm (who had no uniform) was a cop wannabe who wanted to have police show up and find that he had young Martin and was holding him for them. It didn't work out that way.

When do you feel safe to talk about your beliefs/nonbeliefs?

JaymeDanielle comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Anyplace where discussion is started. Me, personally, I'm a deist, I do believe in god but not in any organized religion. I respect others their rights to believe or not. Even if we don't believe the same thing take the stance that we agree to disagree. What's right for one person my be totally ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 6, 2018:

I understand Deism as I'm sure so many did in the 1700's before science as we know it today came into play. Deism explains how everything got created but then the god being went away. The reason that I rejected Deism is that I'm not so sure we can ever know. Such a being would be unknowable but yet explain creation of the universe. I'm starting to believe that the universe itself may be this "god" and that it has always been around in one form or another. Again, we simply do not know.

Someone save me...

Crimson67 comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Nope, you are on your own. But I'll raise my beer in your direction. Good luck!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 6, 2018:

I like beer but I'm currently having a whiskey blend in a little Coke. :)

Is your workplace atheist friendly.

TampaHeathen comments on Aug 30, 2018:

My company employes over 140,000 and likes to boast about diversity and tolerance. They have banned religious messages beneath email signatures.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 6, 2018:

Excellent.

Is your workplace atheist friendly.

NoMagicCookie comments on Aug 31, 2018:

For the most part. There is one that can't stand me because I don't believe in her invisible sky-daddy but I don't run across her very often. We do have meetings that require prayer and closing with thanks to Jesus but I use that time to reflect on the sad condition of those I work with (fantasy ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 6, 2018:

There are always those who cannot stand you for some reason and others tend to take them very seriously. It was recently said that I smell like creamed corn. OMG! Think on that a minute. How offensive! :)

When do you feel safe to talk about your beliefs/nonbeliefs?

Mooolah comments on Sep 6, 2018:

I so enjoy the shock & awe in the expresion. Less so now a days but in the past those in Mexico would gasp & cross themselves. Here it is a blank stare but with eye contact. As if stopped in their tracks. Then there is an audible "oh". Nothing more to say. I used to be a novelty. My spouse used to ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 6, 2018:

The strange thing about admitting you are atheist is that you get asked if you "worship Satan." It shows how ignorant people really are, plus why do you have to "worship" anything. Yet, the stupid preacher is telling you how you worship your car, money, your wife, etc.

Who is your favorite Judge on television?

oldFloyd comments on Sep 3, 2018:

The guy from Detroit from what I've seen he reminds me of a real judge in lake county OH. I think it's Greg Mathis not sure.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 4, 2018:

@JustLynnie I like him too but they changed his timeline in my area so I can't see him as much as I used to.

How comfortable are you with the word "Atheist" ?

OneTrueDog comments on Aug 26, 2018:

It's a very exact Greek word. It means literally "without God". So it's very correct for many people. However, many atheists mistakenly think it means "without belief" which is both totally wrong, and also totally impossible for a human being. All human beings need beleif systems, and ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 3, 2018:

@OneTrueDog I believe in radio and tv waves also and I worship these waves. I even worship the electricity that makes them both work. That electric can kill you at any time so don't take a long bath close to your radio.

How comfortable are you with the word "Atheist" ?

Logic85 comments on Sep 3, 2018:

Though I consider myself leaning more towards atheism, I cannot use that word around my family or church yet. In my circle, an atheist is someone who is not to be trusted, siding with the devil, misled, not reading their Bible or is bitter against God. For now, I call myself agnostic.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 3, 2018:

I can't side with somebody who comes out of the same book as the god I do not believe in.

Age of understanding

HereticSin comments on Aug 31, 2018:

I was actually a fairly firm believer until I was 14. I had a science teacher who pressured us to learn the Method, and hammered into us how it wasn't just the physical science but all of knowledge that it could be applied to. I began to test the claims of christianity and found they didn't add ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 3, 2018:

One irony here is that many claim they are "spiritual." That word can mean anything you want it to mean just like those many people who "believe in their own way." At last count there are over 4000 denominations of Christianity.

Age of understanding

Logic85 comments on Sep 2, 2018:

Age 32 (just two weeks ago!). I got to thinking about the omnipotence of God. Is there such thing as all-powerful God to create a rock He can't lift. That's a paradox I've asked people. Never got a sufficient answer. "He is bound by his goodness" I hear all the time. (But then He wouldn't be ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 3, 2018:

They must have a different bible. What goodness is the Abrahamic god bound by?

TIME TO GIVE A SHIT! I hear people say all the time that they are not that interested in ...

silverotter11 comments on Sep 3, 2018:

No kidding!!! This slow tide to facism did not start with trump, years of apathy by fucking baby boomers got us here. I have voted Dem since Reagan. He was a puppet if there ever was one. The gop figured out long ago get them riled up over killing babies and we got 'em. Sad they do not see ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 3, 2018:

@Snickers77 OK, Chuck, but do you see any evidence that Trump is wanting to give this all back to us now or that he is the great savior his followers all think he is? I see none at all and I do not say this as a Democrat. Rather, I am a voting American.

TIME TO GIVE A SHIT! I hear people say all the time that they are not that interested in ...

silverotter11 comments on Sep 3, 2018:

No kidding!!! This slow tide to facism did not start with trump, years of apathy by fucking baby boomers got us here. I have voted Dem since Reagan. He was a puppet if there ever was one. The gop figured out long ago get them riled up over killing babies and we got 'em. Sad they do not see ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 3, 2018:

@Snickers77 Well, Chuck, I guess we have just never had any heros at all. It's all been downhill the whole time. Looks to me that the GOP wants to claim what they do is done by the Dems. I thought it was all the Kock brothers and Mercers. We all know those rich people want to give away their money.

What was the worst gift you've ever received?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 1, 2018:

My ex once gave me a Mickey Mouse snow globe for Christmas. I always thought it was because I gave no gift, but she forgot that I bought her round trip flight to Kenya.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 2, 2018:

@BufftonBeotch I agree.

So you wanted to see @SukiSue legs and feet !

SukiSue comments on Aug 30, 2018:

Okay! Legs at the beach....

DenoPenno replies on Sep 1, 2018:

I want to see SukiSue in a bathing suit. :)

ATHEIST STICKERS -- I have found out the hard way just how loving America's xtians truly are.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 1, 2018:

Sorry this happened to you but it doesn't have to be a religious person who done the deed. Many people who do not go to church or worship a god just have it in their head that all that nonsense is right. Maybe they have self anger for not doing right and take it out on you for not believing all the ...

DenoPenno replies on Sep 1, 2018:

@Snickers77 I studied for the ministry as a Pentecostal but never became that great preacher. I was more like Marjoe Gortner I guess. After years of back and forth on it I woke up to see no evidence of gods at all.

America needs to wake up an realise we are sliding into facssim and pure hate we need to get out and...

kozmic comments on Aug 27, 2018:

Vote, for sure, it's important to vote. But as an old time soviet leader pointed out, it's more important who counts the votes. As we've discovered to our dismay.

DenoPenno replies on Sep 1, 2018:

Look for them to once again use a "Cross Check" machine on votes to make sure "Smith and Jones" did not vote in multiple states. This flawed machine is not used on Republican votes. The gullible think it keeps people from voting twice and there are so many still who believe bus loads of illegals come in to vote. Do those that fall for this actually vote? That would not go in my district at all and could never happen.

Original sin -- biggest scam ever.

Sticks48 comments on Aug 31, 2018:

No crucifixion, no resurrection, no Christianity!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 1, 2018:

@Sticks48 I know that. Apparently the Christians don't know that. :) Read my post again.