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.

Original sin -- biggest scam ever.

Sticks48 comments on Aug 31, 2018:

No crucifixion, no resurrection, no Christianity!

DenoPenno replies on Sep 1, 2018:

What do you mean no crucifixion, no resurrection? Don't you understand the the bibble has flaws in the crucifixion story and both of these events occurred at the time of a religious ceremony that changes dates from year to year according to the calendar. No contemporaries of that time list either event at all, and it leaves us with no date of death or resurrection. Jesus can resurrect yearly up to 2 weeks apart in time. So, what is the problem?

‘No One Is Ever Really Ready’ Death with Dignity

PalacinkyPDX comments on Aug 28, 2018:

Of course it's not easy and, like everything else in life, imperfect. What I think is unfair is how people with dementia and Alzheimer's are basically denied this dignity. They should be able to create a legal directive ahead of time which, given them regressing to a particular state, would allow ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 30, 2018:

My step father didn't want any of this. He fought to avoid the nursing homes and keep his own power of attorney. All it did was make things worse and I had to outsmart him and take it away so he could have the care he needs. He still says he can walk with a cane and live in a little house somewhere but that's how he broke his hip to start with. He will never walk again and can only walk a short distance with a walker. He does that if you get him into the walker first.

Them southern baptists tho

DenoPenno comments on Aug 30, 2018:

I don't like any of them and I run door knockers off. The Baptists send out a few. My boyhood friend of years ago is now going to a Baptist church and he is Pentecostal. I've seen Pentecostalism change drastically in my lifetime. If you hang in there long enough you finally get the idea that ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 30, 2018:

@dalefvictor This is exactly why there are so many religious denominations. Just start another church. My own children tell me not to mess things up for them. They know I do not believe any longer but claim they "believe in their own way."

Have any if you learned of a family secret that just blew you away or helped you understand why ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 29, 2018:

Depending on the era they were raised in you find that parents do strange things. My mother has been dead over 6 years and not long before she died she had tried again to convince me that I never lived with my grandparents. This had been a lifelong fight and she claimed I never lived with them and ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 30, 2018:

@jc2018 I misses my mother but came to look at my grandparents as my real parents. All I knew of my dad was pictures.

Post a song, maybe even daily, about our age group/generation.

DenoPenno comments on Aug 29, 2018:

Go to You Tube and look up Aretha Franklin singing "Don't Play That Song - You Lied" from 1970. She was on a TV show and sang and played the piano. I choked up and damn near cried, then I had to play it all again. The sheer power of her voice and her delivery reminded me of a revival meeting, but ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 30, 2018:

@sweetcharlotte I only liked Elvis many years after he came on the scene. One thing I never understood was when they said Elvis sang like a black man. All I saw was that in a big production they backed his vocals with black female chorus.

A lot of divorces seem to end in acrimony. Why?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 30, 2018:

I agree that divorce lawyers are NOT your friend. That's why I did my own divorce. What happens more than not is that we change. We are going in different directions. When we are bitter with the former spouse and talk badly about them we are really telling others how bad they were so we will look ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 30, 2018:

@birdingnut Exactly what I did and I had the same costs. Wanting to keep my property I also put a quit claim deed in with the paperwork and it was immediately filed after divorce court. I also did all my ex wife's paperwork coming here and she is a US citizen today. I should have become an attorney but was too stupid to see it. Recently I was behind everything that got my demented step father into a nursing home but he fought it all the way. Vocal about not wanting me as a POA he was OK with setting my daughter up in that position. She admits she doesn't know what she is doing and I guide her all the way.

RANT: When you have to ask for an apology and tell the offender exactly what to apologize for, it's ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 29, 2018:

I understand this and I don't blame you. I might feel like that too if it happened to me. On the other hand, I'm not working towards any goals except maybe staying alive a bit longer. I'm not bettering myself or going to school, and I'm not trying to become who I ought to be. I work and I draw SS...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 30, 2018:

@Nottheonlyone I'm either Super Chicken or Secret Squirrel. :)

List favorite methods of recreational non-motorized transportation, then name your favorite.

LiterateHiker comments on Aug 29, 2018:

Hiking, walking, running. Swimming, sailing, rowing, kayaking and paddling a canoe. Favorite: Hiking is my passion.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 30, 2018:

@LiterateHiker Sounds good. I wish you both well. BTW, happy birthday too.

List favorite methods of recreational non-motorized transportation, then name your favorite.

LiterateHiker comments on Aug 29, 2018:

Hiking, walking, running. Swimming, sailing, rowing, kayaking and paddling a canoe. Favorite: Hiking is my passion.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2018:

@LiterateHiker I'm a former weightlifter but I give up now! Ten laps around the high school track was enough for me.

List favorite methods of recreational non-motorized transportation, then name your favorite.

LiterateHiker comments on Aug 29, 2018:

Hiking, walking, running. Swimming, sailing, rowing, kayaking and paddling a canoe. Favorite: Hiking is my passion.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2018:

I can go for hiking. I have feet problems with tingling and I wear New Balance shoes with a diabetic insert. If I'm wearing those shoes I might out hike you. My ex liked to walk track and she couldn't keep up with me.

The most important thing to think about if you ever consider repealing Roe v. Wade...

Freedompath comments on Aug 29, 2018:

I think my favorite is ‘Elect functioning adults November, 2018.’ But they all hit a nerve!

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2018:

@Trajan61 I can't argue with you. I tried to point out how your thinking is going and here you come back at me with Al Sharpton. A friend of mine told me in anger that Sharpton never comes to the defense of a white person. My answer to him was "what part of being a black activist is it that you do not understand?"

‘No One Is Ever Really Ready’ Death with Dignity

DenoPenno comments on Aug 29, 2018:

Funeral homes do not like me. When I die I am going to be cremated plain and simple. Death with dignity? There is no such thing. It's an invention of funeral homes to make more money.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2018:

@JackPedigo I see your point and both you and your wife are doing a noble thing. What I refer to is the horrible deaths that so many of us have in the end and funeral homes pushing their "death with dignity" thing by throwing a little more money at it. They bring god into the picture to justify all this. When the local funeral home found out I'm atheist the owner told me he didn't "have enough faith to be atheist." My mother did not have an easy death and it had no dignity.

The most important thing to think about if you ever consider repealing Roe v. Wade...

Freedompath comments on Aug 29, 2018:

I think my favorite is ‘Elect functioning adults November, 2018.’ But they all hit a nerve!

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2018:

@Trajan61 Prove it or shut the fuck up! When it comes to Obama and racism most people prove their racism by bringing up Obama. A young man in the Northwest claimed he was not racist at all, he just didn't think that black man should be in the White House. "Black" does not bother or threaten me. I cannot argue the political mess of today with titles of "Obama and Hillary." On the other hand, if you want to fact check 45 just follow his many daily tweets. Yes, there is a record of this. Just follow it and go way back bringing all of his lies up to date. You might learn something.

I was talking to a man at work who had questions about my atheism.

ThisGuy comments on Aug 24, 2018:

Free will is the usual go to. What most don't realize is that free will is a logical paradox when it comes to a god, so then you have to start over. The easier and more productive answer is that some people are sick and damaged and children should be protected from them, cause no god has showed ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2018:

You do have the free will to be raped. The rapist also has the free will to do the raping. The big problem with "free will" is that believers claim so desperately that you have to have it in order for their god to save you because it is supposed to be entirely your choice. It is so important to them and religion in general, but this same god knows in advance how everything is going to turn out, but he doesn't want a single one to perish. Put that piece of relish together.

What it's like to see through the eyes of a Trump supporter..... [facebook.com]

Donotbelieve comments on Aug 29, 2018:

I don't want to know.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2018:

@Donotbelieve It's hard to understand somebody that promotes taking away from the needy because of race, religion, and skin type so that a fearful white majority can profit and feel better. This is hatred and the politics of greed. It has no place in America culture.

A local newspaper's facebook made the best error. R.I.P. ????????

DenoPenno comments on Aug 29, 2018:

If you do pull his finger do you get Paul's manly fart? :)

DenoPenno replies on Aug 29, 2018:

@LadyAlyxandrea My words were a joke of the name Manifort.

I've been watching 14 yearold Courtney Hadwin and can't believe how her funk/soul style has taken ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 28, 2018:

I saw her one time on TV and was amazed.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2018:

@Donwhy I can't.

Has any Republican summed up Trump better than McCain did?

CosmicPeanut comments on Aug 26, 2018:

I predict 45 will eventually defect to Russia to avoid prison. We will never live that down.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2018:

@Trajan61 What damage? I hope you enjoy Trump's more affordable healthcare, Denny. Do you see it yet? I don't either. Mine is still almost a zero co-pay. The secret is that I still have the same insurance and I switched nothing. I have friends that said their's doubled. I know. It's hard to talk about this without starting to cuss Hillary. It must all be her fault.

Has any Republican summed up Trump better than McCain did?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 26, 2018:

McCain said it well and he is the only true Patriot that I see. It would be funny to see Trump become a Russian citizen in order to avoid everything over here as the walls close in, but you never know.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2018:

@Trajan61 Maybe you are right. Him and his buddies are too busy looking for Hillary's e-mails. At least they are doing important things and stirring up the support base regularly. Nice to go into areas to have rallies often too. More division here than I've seen in my lifetime.

I'm not sure how eloquent these posts should be, but here goes: I've been watching old star trek ...

Barnie2years comments on Aug 28, 2018:

It is entertainment reflective of the time they were filmed. A couple of nods to a supreme being got you browny points with the believers without acknowledging a direct religious connection. Sadly, I think we are headed back that way if you look at new shows coming out this fall. The funniest one is...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2018:

What amazes me if when people ask if I have ever watched "Lucifer." WTF? A TV show where the devil is a cop. Why would I waste my time?

If you left being a part of a religion...

WilliamFleming comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Back in ‘61 I attended a Baptist seminar with some folks from Auburn. As I sat there, it suddenly occurred to me that I didn’t believe anything that was being said. On the way back in the car, I openly expressed my opinion, The others were surprised, but offered no criticism or arguments. Other ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2018:

I reject Christianity as presented by anyone. Religions are based on "holy books" and nonsense. All such holy books are nonsense. There are no gods trying to get in touch with you.

Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders praise McCain: An object lesson in the politics of the pseudo-left ...

DenoPenno comments on Aug 28, 2018:

I'm sorry, OP. I'm not reading this. You post that Ocasio and Sanders ( "along with the corporate media and Republican Party establishment are seeking to use McCain's death as an opportunity to shift public opinion in favor of war and political reaction.") For this to be true both parties must ...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2018:

@William_Mary OK, so now I find the truth in Infowars and Brietbart? Not hardly. If we have the pseudo left do we have the pseudo right? What is the difference and what is the real left and right? All I know is a clown got elected and everything went to hell.

For those who don't have....Wouldn't it be beautiful to fall asleep and wake up with a loved one?

GreatNani comments on Aug 28, 2018:

Yes, I have forgotten about that and how nice that is.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2018:

Wanna cuddle?

For those who don't have....Wouldn't it be beautiful to fall asleep and wake up with a loved one?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 28, 2018:

Me too. Just remember this is one of the promises of your religion. Too bad we will never know it.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 28, 2018:

@HardBlues69 Religion promises that you instantly see your loved ones who have passed once you die. I was once religious, but how anyone knows this I have no idea.

Today he's tweeting about a deal with Mexico... I'm not sure that he can find Mexico on a map...

mcgeo52 comments on Aug 27, 2018:

Maybe not a bigger asshole...

DenoPenno replies on Aug 27, 2018:

I think Trump and Cheney should go hunting together. That might solve our problems.

Heres a sample of the kinds of things that hit my Facebook feed.

JustLynnie comments on Aug 26, 2018:

I dont have friends like that. I have a few Republican friends on my page, but they are respectful. You need to unfollow these morons.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 26, 2018:

I used to be a Republican but I have no Republican friends. These days it must be pretty hard to talk with them.

Cultural "Decay"

273kelvin comments on Aug 26, 2018:

One of the low points of Romes decline was when it was put up to the highest bidder. You get that every election.

DenoPenno replies on Aug 26, 2018:

It's more than this really. When they want to privatize prisons and water supply, etc. we just get weaker as a country. Too much of this going on now.

Should an ex President get secret service protection in prison?

birdingnut comments on Aug 25, 2018:

When the orange twitler is impeached, he'll no longer qualify to be a "former president."

DenoPenno replies on Aug 26, 2018:

Yes, and he cannot vote or carry a gun.