Would it be beneficial to separate out the philosophies of religions from the supernatural aspects?

Spinliesel comments on Apr 8, 2018:

Hello, aren't they all supernatural?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 8, 2018:

Right you are.

A poem about our demented insane fearless sewer hog 45.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 8, 2018:

The unfortunate thing is that impeachment may not get rid of him.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 8, 2018:

@CGDEvermond I could start being more happy if somebody would just take his tweeter away. His lies are terrible and his damned tweeting makes me hate the bastard.

Fits the orange one, and his followers, to a T!

DenoPenno comments on Apr 8, 2018:

Yes, it fits them perfectly. It sounds like "Trumpthink" as well. Recently I told a co-worker that if Jesus had of died in a more modern time the cross that followers wear around their necks would be an electric chair. His face got very solumn and he said "I don't make fun of nobodies religion." ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 8, 2018:

@Kojaksmom Youi celebrate his death because of the great joy you have as it gives you eternal life. At the same time you are so sad that your dear savior had to go through this. Duh! It makes Christians some of the most confused people you will ever meet.

Religion among Scientists in International Context: A New Study of Scientists in Eight Regions

DenoPenno comments on Apr 8, 2018:

A simple way for me to view this question is to ask if scientists believe in Genesis. Most will not but a few will claim that they do. If a scientist does not believe in the book of Genesis then god and Jesus as the religious world knows them have been swept right out the door.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 8, 2018:

@TheMiddleWay Is there a claim that these other gods created everything? If not there are no worries. If the other gods did create all that is we then appear to have regional and tribal gods. How could you believe in them? No scientist believes in a regional tribal god. It just is not logical. I contend that the Christian god is also a regional tribal god and that without the book of Genesis to explain "sin" there is no reason for Jesus whatsoever. It makes the bible just a collection of flawed stories. Christianity survives because of a talking snake and belief in one helps many to explain the death of Jesus. He had a lot of blood. His blood saved the entire world :)

Come november?

Freedompath comments on Apr 8, 2018:

Blue will be the color for fall! Most rashional people will go for blue...it is the color of the BIG ocean and the BIG sky! It will really be BIG!

DenoPenno replies on Apr 8, 2018:

Bigly, bigly.

Religion among Scientists in International Context: A New Study of Scientists in Eight Regions

atheist comments on Apr 5, 2018:

Interesting but it doesn't change anything! Religion is still BS!

DenoPenno replies on Apr 8, 2018:

@TheMiddleWay Religion will always be bullshit. God and the bible are never changing. Science is ever changing. God is greatly outdated.

"Properly read, the bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived".

ReBrew2115 comments on Apr 8, 2018:

Truth! Now if only more would see it.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 8, 2018:

I have read and studied the buybull from cover to cover and I no longer buy that bull.

I really like this come back.

Or-Humanist comments on Feb 9, 2018:

Exactly right, there is only one true religion. Yours. (lol).

DenoPenno replies on Apr 7, 2018:

There is only one true god. Hey, is there only one true Scotsman?

The other day I was watching ABC 30 TV in my area and something Trumpian was said that was totally ...

bingst comments on Apr 7, 2018:

How about a link to a reputable source instead of a graphic?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 7, 2018:

@Akfishlady This might be a comedy show but a lot of it hits home with me and what I saw on ABC 30 recently. The segments being shown on terrorism, etc. were real. Some of it makes no sense. An example would be Trump wants you to question the FBI and the CIA and claims that they are biased and they are also being investigated. Really? Investigated by whom? Trumpery Investigations Imaginated. The man is demented.

One of the funniest things in my Facebook feed today.

BanjoTango comments on Feb 18, 2018:

Yeah, everyone really hates George Bush :-)

DenoPenno replies on Apr 7, 2018:

George W. Bush is starting to look petty good again. He doesn't like Trump either.

One of the funniest things in my Facebook feed today.

JackPedigo comments on Feb 18, 2018:

I know it's childish but I really enjoy crossing out the 'president' crap in articles. I have noticed he is referred to as president once at the beginning of an article but from then on just tRump.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 7, 2018:

tRump is a conman. He will always be a conman. He will always be a rump.

Say What?

Davesnothere comments on Apr 6, 2018:

This looks to me like DHS trying to deal with the ACTUAL fake news, you know those sites which actually create false stories, and the FALSE stories the Russkies made and spread on social media and were repeated by media? How exactly do you track such stories unless your keeping track of the ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 7, 2018:

@Davesnothere We are in the age of Goebells because an oligarchy now has control of America. It threatens our Democracy. Finding out their true plans is frustrating but you can bet it will cost every one of us some money.

Say What?

Davesnothere comments on Apr 6, 2018:

This looks to me like DHS trying to deal with the ACTUAL fake news, you know those sites which actually create false stories, and the FALSE stories the Russkies made and spread on social media and were repeated by media? How exactly do you track such stories unless your keeping track of the ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 7, 2018:

@Angelface Trump now has the help of Sinclair Media Group to add his take of things into their daily news programs. I was watching ABC 30 in my area recently when something was aired that is not true at all. It was just words of Trump and what he wants you to believe. Later I found this TV station to be a part of Sinclair Media.

Russian submarines are lurking near the communications cables that link the US to the rest of the ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 7, 2018:

It seems to me like a 1950's problem. It's about as real as Trump calling out the National Guard to protect our border with Mexico so that illegal immigrants do not over run us. The Orange one thinks this is a current crisis. I think I should take another nap. BTW communications cables are not ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 7, 2018:

@Angelface I AM WRONG. 99% of all still goes through a transatlantic cable system. I found this info in Newsweek.

Does anyone else ever miss going to church sometimes?

larsoned comments on Apr 6, 2018:

Let me think... Do I miss watching grown men and women speaking made up languages and flopping around on the ground oddly reminiscient of scenes from "The Exorcist". No!

DenoPenno replies on Apr 7, 2018:

I been there. The problem with all of this is they thought it was perfectly normal.

Russian submarines are lurking near the communications cables that link the US to the rest of the ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 7, 2018:

It seems to me like a 1950's problem. It's about as real as Trump calling out the National Guard to protect our border with Mexico so that illegal immigrants do not over run us. The Orange one thinks this is a current crisis. I think I should take another nap. BTW communications cables are not ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 7, 2018:

@Angelface My remark on it being a 1950's problem was a simple reference to our digital age. Everything is digital it goes through the sky. As far as I know nothing goes through a transatlantic cable any longer.

What is your, "don't get me started on . . ." topic?

Ohub comments on Feb 24, 2018:

When an old classmate from the south starts on “protecting our southern heritage” followed a sentence or two later by “the civil war was really about states rights”

DenoPenno replies on Apr 7, 2018:

The civil war was not very civil and it was about whether you can own people or not.

Fellow agnostics, how do you feel about believers joining?

Adam7 comments on Mar 26, 2018:

Personally I joined this because I wanted to be as much of that angry atheist as possible without friends and family calling me out on it outside of Facebook. I mean, do whatever you want, but it is called Agnostic for a reason

DenoPenno replies on Apr 6, 2018:

In Atheist Nexus we report them and they get booted out pretty quickly. They start slowly and then want to preach to us there.

Fellow agnostics, how do you feel about believers joining?

Brunostic comments on Apr 2, 2018:

Why would they want to even ?

DenoPenno replies on Apr 6, 2018:

Mostly because they think "you are angry with god" and they want to save you.

Have you been asked to rescue someone?

DenoPenno comments on Apr 6, 2018:

There are a few bad ones out there that are totally nuts. A friend of mine from Jersey said online the other day that you do not want to end up with a "hobosexual." That's somebody who will gladly move in with you just to have a place to live. Maybe Gary is doing a number on you with this ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 6, 2018:

BTW, you cannot rescue people. It might seem for a while that you did rescue them and it is working, but this is just not true. In the end it will be more than you want to deal with.

True or False: How we think is determined by the mind, not how things really are.

JimG comments on Apr 4, 2018:

I don't think this is false or entirely true. I hate to seem indecisive, but I believe you've presented a false dichotomy. In my opinion, how we think is determined very loosely by the mind and influenced by our experience, education, and reality.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 4, 2018:

I was going to give my opinion but I'll go with yours after reading it. I agree with you. I'm able at this stage of my life to see back into what I might have thought before. My thoughts and opinions have changed and might keep on changing as time goes by. This is proof for me that how things really are is not constant.

Have you ever: drank too much & made a fool of yourself?

sloryd comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Yeah,so often that I quit drinking for 30 yrs.Recently started having an occasional beer when I go out.Sure did miss the taste of a good beer.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 3, 2018:

There is no good beer any longer. It's all made for profit with a marketing strategy and the ingredients are cut to a minimum.

And yet he still lives.....

DenoPenno comments on Apr 2, 2018:

Trump is bad enough. I'm wishing him the worst any day now. Think back a bit and you might remember that Robertson ran for president also. I thank the Easter Bunny that he didn't win.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 3, 2018:

@Condor5 At the White House egg roll I was hoping to see something else roll instead. No such luck.

The subtext of texting....

DenoPenno comments on Apr 2, 2018:

I agree with you 100%. A text is words on a screen. It might be a bot or anything. You cannot be intimate with a text. I need to hear your voice to know you are real. Then, if you do not text me to death, we can have a text off and on during the day. Some people are so addicted to texting that ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 2, 2018:

OK, now you have replied to this one twice. Are you happy?

The Antidote

AdorkableMe comments on Apr 2, 2018:

It's super hard for me to be mad or sad if there are babies laughing hysterically, baby goats in pajamas or seeing pictures of Tuna. So it's a quick youtube or instagram break. Ps. If you are wondering who Tuna is search Tuna melts my heart on FB or Instagram. :-)

DenoPenno replies on Apr 2, 2018:

There is nothing like the laughter of a baby unless it happens out of the blue at 3 AM.

How do u handle holidays?

warren914 comments on Apr 1, 2018:

I don't participate. If I'm somewhere that they begin prayer I don't knod, hold hands, or close my eyes. If possible I'll leave the room.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 1, 2018:

Try being in the room and looking around at everyone else as someone does the praying. If you find another person looking around also you might have found a friend.

Jesus rethinks

DenoPenno comments on Apr 1, 2018:

I can easily believe that Jesus would be reconsidering his return. He can't come to America or he will be deported. In the bible it said he was recieved up into the clouds untill he was out of sight. Imagine that for a moment as if he was a helium balloon. If this is how he went away then he hasn't ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 1, 2018:

@Coffeo Yes, then he could travel at warp speed.

For my birthday, I had a coworker give me a bible and a couple of books on Jesus.

resserts comments on Apr 1, 2018:

A coworker gave me for Christmas "God's Not Dead" on DVD. She *does* know my position, and we've discussed it enough that she must realize I didn't come to my viewpoint lightly or without serious consideration of the available arguments for and against religion and the various metaphysical claims. ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 1, 2018:

In your case maybe your coworker thinks you "became angry at god" because your father is dead and that's why you became atheist just like the man in the movie. That's how theists think.

Do you celebrate Easter?

KKGator comments on Apr 1, 2018:

So far today, I have not had to participate in any of the day's "festivities". Talked to my aunt though. She was fixin' to head to the cemetery to visit the graves of dead relatives. I love her to death, but shake my head at that nonsense.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 1, 2018:

@KKGator At an ex wife's grave in Texas the wind chimes will sound in the trees and my stepkids might say "that's mamma." I quit going. It's the wind.

Do you celebrate Easter?

KKGator comments on Apr 1, 2018:

So far today, I have not had to participate in any of the day's "festivities". Talked to my aunt though. She was fixin' to head to the cemetery to visit the graves of dead relatives. I love her to death, but shake my head at that nonsense.

DenoPenno replies on Apr 1, 2018:

I don't even visit the graves of my mother or my sister. What would be the point? Maybe look at the headstones and agree that they are still dead.

I tend to be extremely insular on just about everything simply because I don't want to have to deal ...

Cast1es comments on Apr 1, 2018:

When I see political or religious posts on Facebook , I check out the source of my friend's post , and block the source . For instance , Jeff reposts a not so funny joke from First Baptist Church . I click on the little string of dots at the top right of his post , select , " block , First Baptist ...

DenoPenno replies on Apr 1, 2018:

@KKGator What? You block the First Blabtist Church.

What is it do you think that makes you resistant to organized religions! Is it the structure?

DiceDiceBaby comments on Mar 31, 2018:

None of the above. They are just plain not true. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny either.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 31, 2018:

@jacpod The Easter Bunny can't die. Over 2000 years ago somebody slit his throat and threw him in the grave with Jesus.

What is it do you think that makes you resistant to organized religions! Is it the structure?

AustinSkepticus comments on Mar 31, 2018:

My thoughts: "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."-Carl Sagan "What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence." -Christopher Hitchens (Also known as Hitchens Razor).

DenoPenno replies on Mar 31, 2018:

@kng01 This is exactly how so many believers look at it. "God said it, I believe it, and that settles it."

Why Ohio??

DenoPenno comments on Mar 31, 2018:

Come to Missouri. I like your pic and profile and I think I have room for you. Yeah, I'm an older man but I'm appreciative. You would have to get a local job but in a years time both of us would have plenty of money. We would be best friends.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 31, 2018:

@ashortbeauty Maybe I'll work on that but I could tell you plenty on a phone if you ever want to chat. We could tell a lot about each other that way.

Do you like eggs?

JVee comments on Mar 1, 2018:

I like scrambled best, or an omelette.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 31, 2018:

You sound like my kind of lady.

If I had it all to do again, I doubt very much I would meet my husband.

Tony80223 comments on Mar 30, 2018:

I loved both of the women I married. My first divorced me and I divorced my second. I’m still good friends with both and love them both very much, but we all change. Right?

DenoPenno replies on Mar 31, 2018:

Two divorced me and one died. I divorced my ex of 12 years and we are yet friends today. She is a nice person but I bit off more than I could chew.

If I had it all to do again, I doubt very much I would meet my husband.

PickledRick comments on Mar 31, 2018:

My first marriage lasted almost 5 years. Same story, parents constantly interfering our marriage, we'd be at their house 4-5 times a weak. Go on vacation with them, out to dinner, etc. Always telling us, particularly me, how to handle finances, what clothes to buy, even how to grocery shop.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 31, 2018:

My parents were controlling in those ways also and always told me and my wife what to do. It's no wonder that I had 4 major relationships in my lifetime. My parents never liked any of my women from the beginning. I moved a lot to avoid my parents.

Do you celebrate "Easter"?

Cassandra comments on Mar 30, 2018:

I have kids. Kids like buckets of candy and coloring eggs. Everyone gets a couple days off school/work. We go visit my parents. Jesus never comes up. (No pun intended)

DenoPenno replies on Mar 30, 2018:

I don't think Jesus is going to come up but they claim he did over 2000 years ago along with a cemetery of zombies. Strange that we don't hear much about the zombies anymore.

You died, I lived, god is good!

DenoPenno comments on Mar 30, 2018:

I see your headline as something that we all say to god. That is, if you believe in a god. "You died so I could live, god is good." This is the "great love" that god has for you even if he doesn't heal those sick children of cancer. To believe it makes you special.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 30, 2018:

@Barnie2years No, I'm an atheist who was once a believer. My remark is catering to some nonsense that believers think is true. I don't believe it for one minute.

You died, I lived, god is good!

JimG comments on Mar 30, 2018:

It's the epitome of arrogance and self delusion in my opinion. What's the attitude here is it that god has a purpose for me that mine of those other people could fulfill, or is it that god wanted to send a message to me by killing a bunch of other people. It may be a way to deal with survivor guilt,...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 30, 2018:

It would have been much harder for the steel beams of the building to have been left in the shape of an electric chair. This way god only deals with simple things.

12 years later and they still won't leave Britney Alone...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Emma Gonzalez is not attacking anyone's truck. This is a fake photo shopped image that makes a meme for a butt hurt gun owner that thinks the idea of the march is to take guns away. Wake up and try reading for a change.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 29, 2018:

@EricTrommater Sorry, Eric. I took it for real mostly because I wouldn't know Britney Spears if I saw her. Looks like I can't identify Emma Gonzalez either. LOL I need new glasses.

How are you gonna spend Easter Sunday?

Palindromeman comments on Mar 29, 2018:

I'm thinking of going to see the film The Death of Stalin, which has just opened in Canberra. Hilarious, because I saw it twice last year in London. If you like The Thick of It, or In the Loop, definitely worth a see. Oh, and yay for the resurrected Christ and all that.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 29, 2018:

Stalin was poisoned. A type of rat poison in his wine.

Do liberals tend to be more tolerant, open, and thoughtful or are they often just as intolerant, ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 28, 2018:

I've been on both sides in my lifetime and became liberal for certain about the time I became atheist. Funny thing is, I read most of what you are saying and I thought immediately of the modern GOP. They are the ones I see without valid arguments. Mention Trumpty Dumpty and they change the subject ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 28, 2018:

@Hugh The real crisis actor is Dana Loesch who does videos and such for the NRA.

Robots need civil rights, too - The Boston Globe

DenoPenno comments on Mar 28, 2018:

Extensive rights and citizenship was given to the robot Sophia by the Saudi government. I know these practices cause many to be upset and even bring in talk from Revelation about end times and "the beast" but none of that is what this is about. Sophia is an investment and she is much different than ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 28, 2018:

@btroje AI is right around the corner in being able to inhabit an animated robot that can move and work as we do. Maybe they are trying to get us ready for that. Instead I'm running onto idiots that want to talk bible, 666, and end times. Using this superstition some are harping that we have to destroy the robots. It takes all kinds.

Robots need civil rights, too - The Boston Globe

DenoPenno comments on Mar 28, 2018:

Extensive rights and citizenship was given to the robot Sophia by the Saudi government. I know these practices cause many to be upset and even bring in talk from Revelation about end times and "the beast" but none of that is what this is about. Sophia is an investment and she is much different than ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 28, 2018:

@btroje I'm sure some attorneys will be working on that one too.

Robots need civil rights, too - The Boston Globe

Nottheonlyone comments on Mar 28, 2018:

I really hope this doesn't become an issue in my lifetime.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 28, 2018:

It's all very likely to become a big issue in the next 20 years.

Would you date a woman that had sex on the first date?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 27, 2018:

How would I know she was going to have sex on the first date? I have to know that she will before I can answer your question.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 27, 2018:

@BlueWave Yes, unless I absolutely hated the sex.

How prevalent is pseudo-medicine?

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 27, 2018:

Does Chiopractic count?

DenoPenno replies on Mar 27, 2018:

@AmiSue My interest in it would be to get my neck or back popped back into place and get rid of pain in that area. Pain pills don't do crap.

What is the deal with the Church of Latter Day Saints?

jperlow comments on Mar 27, 2018:

They are basically harmless.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 27, 2018:

This wasn't so in the late 70's. For a while they had some sects killing each other. They were called renegades. You'll have to Google it.

I gotta know.

Woodron comments on Mar 27, 2018:

I saw a guy spit on a tree on Saturday, it kind of made me nauseous.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 27, 2018:

Did the tree provoke him or something?

Just watched the 60 Minutes interview w/ Stormy Daniels. Thoughts?

Condor5 comments on Mar 25, 2018:

I was musing that it would be so ultimately ironic if the campaign contribution angle was what did in the "fucking moron" (Rex Tillerson's words, not mine).

DenoPenno replies on Mar 26, 2018:

I always thought it true but funny that Rex called him that.

About you?

Jawad comments on Mar 26, 2018:

I'm proud to be white, my wife is proud to be black, my kids are proud to be the mix of both. Beautiful !!

DenoPenno replies on Mar 26, 2018:

I like your reply although generally I never claim to be "proud to be white." The fact that I am white is just how I turned out. I could have been any color or race, and maybe that's why I get along with everybody.

When did you know?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 25, 2018:

Before age 12 my religious experience was only stories in books and people talking god and the bible. By the age 18 I was in church full time and wanting to be a Pentecostal minister. I turned from this in my 20's and had many years of pain and guilt because of it, but I still did studies. You find ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 26, 2018:

@Fab I think the reasons you are giving are why so many remain believers and never come out atheist. It gives them a support base and local meetings they can go to often.

Hi All! I am finally on a track to get my first ever tattoo.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 25, 2018:

My suggestion is don't do it. I'm not a fan of tattoos and do not have any myself. However, my own 2 daughters have many of them. I remember when my youngest daughter got a giant unicorn tattooed on her left shoulder. She came in going through endless talk about how I'm gonna lecture her forever now...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 26, 2018:

@Blizzard Coming to terms with her decision was easy. Anything I would have said or done would have to be after the fact. It is what it is.

My 12-yo daughter revealed to me yesterday that she’s gay. Should I...

ashortbeauty comments on Mar 2, 2018:

I wish that my family would have accepted me at age 10 when I knew I was bisexual. Instead they did indeed try to pray and exorcise the demons out of me. It was pure hell being held down by 4 full grown men as the entire church gathered around and yelled at the so called demons inside of me. I, to ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 25, 2018:

@ashortbeauty Sorry you went through that. Years ago I was in those same sort of churches. It had to have been a bad experience.

March For Life? (Stop Gun Violence)

DenoPenno comments on Mar 24, 2018:

I support the movement and I'm an activist of sorts. Not participating but I am fully aware that it is the squeaking wheel that gets the grease. Distractors, trolls, and bots want to argue that we should ban sticks, knives, etc. as well. So far our school children have not been killled by these ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 25, 2018:

@Potsandpans I'm not willing to bet or debate, and I'm not going in for changing the subject. You win. We will simply blame the gun for the shooting.

Not one prayer was said.

birdingnut comments on Mar 25, 2018:

Like it says in quantum physics, nothing happens that isn't imagined first. You wanted it, and the universe provided it, since you weren't offering resistance to the idea. Physics indicates that we are participating in creating our own universes/reality. “I regard consciousness as fundamental ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 25, 2018:

@icolan Odds are terrible but if you do not play you will never win. This week I played $4 worth. Some weeks just $1 worth. I have actually known businessmen who would play up to $500 worth weekly. We all won about the same regardless.

Not one prayer was said.

birdingnut comments on Mar 25, 2018:

Like it says in quantum physics, nothing happens that isn't imagined first. You wanted it, and the universe provided it, since you weren't offering resistance to the idea. Physics indicates that we are participating in creating our own universes/reality. “I regard consciousness as fundamental ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 25, 2018:

Many biblical believers think that Gematria is the language mathematically of the bible and the book of Revelation. They put special meaning into 666. What I want to know is that if this is true why have I NOT won the lottery yet?

How biased is your news source? You probably won’t agree with this chart - MarketWatch

birdingnut comments on Mar 25, 2018:

I like British SkyNews, Singapore News, and Aljazeera here in Thailand, and online I like AP news, Google News, BBC news, NPR, Newsweek, Reuters, Popular Science, etc.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 25, 2018:

I like those too, and I can pretty much agree with the chart.

March For Life? (Stop Gun Violence)

DenoPenno comments on Mar 24, 2018:

I support the movement and I'm an activist of sorts. Not participating but I am fully aware that it is the squeaking wheel that gets the grease. Distractors, trolls, and bots want to argue that we should ban sticks, knives, etc. as well. So far our school children have not been killled by these ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 25, 2018:

@Potsandpans Well, here we go with posts of how many different ways people might be harmed and killed. It has nothing to do with the recent school shootings, Nothing to do with the NRA, and isn't going to stop the problem of our children being killed in their classrooms. With this being said, please tell me why you want to debate this? Am I supposed to tell you it is OK to kill our children? Maybe instead you want me to say it's OK for you to own your damned rifle. IDK, but no debate here. Protest is a statement and not a debate.

Message to the objective realist: I know people who think the world is 6000 years old, and they ...

gater comments on Mar 24, 2018:

My brother has a Phd and thinks the earth is 6000 years old, because some Bible scolars say that. My argument - if you need accurate information about any topic - ask an expert in the field. Dont ask a Bible scolar the age of the earth - ask an archaeologist.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2018:

Bible scholars knew their answers in advance and that depended a lot on which bible college you went to. Again, this is an example of why there are different denominations of believers in the Abrahamic faiths.

I have a T-shirt that says "Science doesn't care what you believe," and the word science is spelled ...

VictoriaNotes comments on Mar 24, 2018:

Not at all. What's obnoxious (and hilarious) are bible-belters wearing t-shirts like this:

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2018:

@VictoriaNotes Yes, you are right. Jebus makes it easier and bearable.

I have a T-shirt that says "Science doesn't care what you believe," and the word science is spelled ...

VictoriaNotes comments on Mar 24, 2018:

Not at all. What's obnoxious (and hilarious) are bible-belters wearing t-shirts like this:

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2018:

If that is what his life is about why don't he just arrange for someone to kill him so he can be with Jesus earlier than planned.

Christian Ex-Witch: The Illuminati Controls Our Minds via Flu Shots on Easter – Friendly Atheist

AcuteObstinance comments on Mar 21, 2018:

When the anti-vaxx movement goes full stupid. My mother believed in stuff like this. Couldn't get away from her fast enough.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2018:

Anti-vaxx is total ignorance. Many diseases have been cured in my lifetime and polio is just one of them.

Christians argue that the founding fathers had Christ in mind while designing the constitution etc.

Proslice56 comments on Mar 24, 2018:

The Founding Fathers were at best, Deists. There is a reason you do not find the mention of Christ in the Declaration of Independence or The Constitution. They wanted to eliminate a state sponsored religion. Freedom from religion is just as important as freedom of religion. The Japanese got it ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2018:

Apparently it is hard to tell the New Apostolic Reformation this, but you have it right.

No gods for me thanks.

Freeman999 comments on Mar 22, 2018:

No gods for me thanks.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2018:

@EdwinMcCravy I do not argue and I do not debate. I'm using words to identify what I'm talking about. You win. It makes sense. And I'm done. :)

How do you explain atheism to people that don't quite understand it

Donotbelieve comments on Mar 24, 2018:

I could use some pointers on this, so I'm following this post.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2018:

Scurry pretty well nailed it here.

A Georgia Mom Crashed Her Car Into a Concrete Pole to Show Her Kids God Exists – Friendly Atheist

SweetHarp comments on Mar 24, 2018:

"Warren told her children to buckle up their seat belts just before she accelerated into the pole." Sooo...... it wasn't really faith in *god* - it was faith in the seatbelts! If she REALLY believed god would protect them, why buckle up??? People are so stupid. I really think you should have an IQ ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2018:

I agree 100%

A Georgia Mom Crashed Her Car Into a Concrete Pole to Show Her Kids God Exists – Friendly Atheist

DenoPenno comments on Mar 24, 2018:

I hate all religion because it is all the same. We are taught to believe in imaginary beings and told what this/these beings want. The idea of this is ridiculous.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2018:

@AncientNight I'm too non-caring about any religion of any kind. Been there, done that. Done!

No gods for me thanks.

Freeman999 comments on Mar 22, 2018:

No gods for me thanks.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2018:

@EdwinMcCravy I do see the difference but there are many words from the bible that can be used for the creator god. I know them as well as the correct usage but I am not teaching Sunday school or preaching.

No gods for me thanks.

Freeman999 comments on Mar 22, 2018:

No gods for me thanks.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2018:

@EdwinMcCravy I use a small g these days when writing of a god simply because the word "God" is not a name and was not the name of the biblical god. Getting into arguments on what that biblical god's name really was is pointless unless you are standing on biblical belief.

Are the people around you religious? Are you the oddball?

KKGator comments on Mar 23, 2018:

I've always been the "oddball". Being an atheist is just another thing that makes me such. I, too, do not understand how gay people can be religious. Same goes for black people. It's never made sense to me.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 23, 2018:

Gay religious people just seem to ignore parts of the bible that are anti-gay. I don't know how they do that. I would not want to belong to something that badly. As for blacks if you follow them close enough they seem to start believing that the Hebrews were black. All of them wanna believe a whole lot more than I do.

Something interesting.

evidentialist comments on Mar 21, 2018:

Okay, so curiosity has been piqued by my first venture into that world. This is what I found in their "About Us" area: "Many people refer to us as “Christians,” but we consider ourselves followers of Jesus. Like Jesus, we reject many of the issues found in “organized religion” (man-made ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 23, 2018:

Looks and sounds just like another religion to me.

The last male northern white rhino has died! ?

misstuffy comments on Mar 21, 2018:

They did save genetic material from him and plan to use it to reproduce using another rhino as a surrogate.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 21, 2018:

That is a very good idea and the only thing they can do at this time.

When I told my mother I as an Atheist she just laughed and said she had known a long time.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 21, 2018:

You are lucky. I've went from precher to atheist and it confused my daughters but they were confused anyway. My stepfather once told me "you are going to split hell wide open" as if this place called hell was something that you dive into. I still have a former religious friend who always finds ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 21, 2018:

To start with anybody can be a Pentecostal preacher. Even so, theology school has nothing to teach you that can be known as fact. Religion is simply framed around facts and not a fact itself. It's all made up. For example, do you believe that a man was caught up into heaven? How about a man who flew to heaven on a winged horse? Then we have a man raised from the dead?

Atheist experience in Africa — Opinion — The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World ...

Galihad_Z comments on Mar 20, 2018:

I've never met an African atheist in my life.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 21, 2018:

There are a few. They try to teach logic in certain schools in Nigeria and Zambia. I have seen posting in Atheist Nexus about them and one reports to us yearly there.

What is the bible to you?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 21, 2018:

The bible is a collection of stories by different authors from different times and it tells many different stories. Some versions of it have 66 books and others have more. There are no original writngs today of any of the versions. Everything is a copy to the extent that today we have no evidence ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 21, 2018:

Sorry. I wrote about this before but I like this one better.

Monogamy

DenoPenno comments on Mar 19, 2018:

I believe in monogamy. My problem is that in most cases that lasts about 12 years or so. There is something that comes along at about the 12 years together span that makes one of us want to go a different way. It isn't always another person either. I'm still trying to figure it out.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 21, 2018:

@ashortbeauty In LTR's 4 times all were married except one. Even so, we lived as married and told others that we were.

So.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 14, 2018:

It's worse than this with the Christian comments. They believe so strongly by "faith" but have never read any of their doctrines. According to scripture nobody dies and instantly goes anywhere. There is no instant heaven and hell. It's just not there and neither is the Devil. Again, according to ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 21, 2018:

@Lewellyn3 In our objective world there is no heaven or hell. Subjectively you can believe anything that you want.

Phone addiction?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 18, 2018:

If you mean on the phone as in talking I find that almost nobody does that any longer. What they do is text to death, thumb through everything constantly, smile and walk around looking down at a hand held phone as if it was a part of their body. Businesses tell employees not to do this, then the ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 19, 2018:

@Condor5 Yes indeed.

Who else has high blood pressure? How do you control it?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2018:

Be aware that no 2 people get the same results, taking BP is very touchy-feely. Be sure if you have larger upper arms, that they are using the Larger cuff on you. Avoid coffee before your appointment! SIT quietly for at least 5 minutes before BP is taken If overweight, losing just 10% can ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 18, 2018:

I have 18 inch arms and they need to use another cuff on me. They pump me up and I feel like I'm gonna explode.

Phone addiction?

JanGarber comments on Mar 15, 2018:

I refuse to own a smart phone. I simply don't need it.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 18, 2018:

I use an old fashioned T9 flip phone and I'm not supposed to carry that at work but most others are glued to their phones.

While I don't ride the stereotypes against anyone, and I don't jump on racism bandwagon, I would ...

sassygirl3869 comments on Mar 17, 2018:

KKK White Nationalists Republican Party-want fucking wall-nationalism

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

@jorj Trump is an expert liar and good at changing his mind, claiming he never said anything, and all to the point of being mocked all over the world. He is the poorest excuse for a POTUS that I have ever seen and all his supporters can do when they here this is start talking Obama, Hillary, or some other nonsense that has no bearing to the question. In proving my point I offer the Trump plan to get rid of ISIS in 30 days. Yes, he said that. How can you take this man seriously without breaking up laughing? All people do is make excuses for the bastard. Bozo the Clown would be better at the job.

Dating after 50

Redcupcoffee comments on Jan 6, 2018:

I've given it up, I'm 45 and I simply don't care or don't want any part of dating anymore. I'm content being single and free. I sleep well at night, I travel where I want, I eat where and what I want, I have zero drama and need to please anyone. I don't fight with anyone, I have great friendships ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

Nicely said. I have no problems identifying with you in this.

Obey zombie Jesus

kiramea comments on Mar 17, 2018:

My sister hates it when I call her saviour a zombie. She also hates it when I call Christianity a death cult. Still hasn't stopped me from doing it :)

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

In Christianity everything is about what happens after you die. Everything, and they have no idea what happens then. It's all made up.

Gal Gadot posted a controversial tweet in honor of Steven Hawking.

sassygirl3869 comments on Mar 17, 2018:

In her defense- She is Israeli. English is not her first language. Give her a break.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

@LadyAlyxandrea I speak Klingon all the time and sometimes I type in tongues. LOL

Are you racist?

JamesA91 comments on Mar 8, 2018:

I am not a racist. However racism is something that is taught. A part of my family descends from aborigenes who lived on the Canary Islands near Africa. I also am distantly basque, and portuguese by part of my grandparents. We are all at least 51st cousins. I have been around the international ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

I agree with you that racism is taught. Many of the racists I know are so frigging ignorant that they deny this.

Do you accept the possibility of a god, but reject man’s perspective of one?

BD66 comments on Mar 17, 2018:

If there is some being out there that created 10^24 stars and is controlling the interaction between the 10^86 elementary particles in the universe in a way that is completly undetectable to humans, that being will not act like the mentally ill teenager that is portrayed in the Old Testament of the ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

True. The very question of a "possibility of gods" comes from our recognition that we cannot explain things and we have this need to explain. When will we be OK with the idea that we cannot know everything?

Do you believe in a HIGHer power?

Shawappa44820 comments on Mar 17, 2018:

I like the general idea of Karma as explained by Earl J. Hickey "Do good things and good things happen. Do bad things and bad things happen." :)

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

I agree with those word exactly but the actual idea of karma is simply "doing." Karma in its pure form is doing. The logical assumption is that we should do good things. The idea of doing bad things biting you in the ass is logical but also a far step.

Breasts

Otterpop comments on Mar 4, 2018:

In favor of them. A joy for men and babies. Most attractive containers for milk I know of. Not only do they keep the milk at the right temperature, but also keeps the milk where the cat can't get at it. Mariah Carey's career wouldn't have been half as successful without her breasts. I like them. I ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

@kensmile4u Roy Orbison could do 4 octaves.

What kind of post do you like to see most on this site?

PeppermintDreads comments on Mar 17, 2018:

Just about everything. I think the ones about gun control bring out the nasties, but I’m all for hoisting those people on their own petards.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

Did somebody say gun troll?

God and Ghosts

Bverret2012 comments on Mar 15, 2018:

I consider myself an atheist, and I believe in ghosts. I have had experiences I cannot explain. I also have some opinions on our energy, but that’s for another day. I don’t think it is connected to any type of God.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 16, 2018:

We have all had experiences we cannot explain. I could talk to you for hours about my own. None of it proves ghosts.

Afterlife

TweedleDee comments on Mar 15, 2018:

I believe we get many souls to finish what we started. Not always do we reincarnate right away. I believe our souls come from medieval or lives past that came to learn or bring us something to evolve in this lifetime now.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 16, 2018:

I believe that dead is dead.

Years ago I dated a Pentecostal woman. Why?

jlynn37 comments on Mar 14, 2018:

Why is it now your "ex girlfriend"? What happened to the "She was pretty, she was wealthy, and she liked me"?

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2018:

@Robotbuilder She cannot be in bondage to you and Jesus at the same time. One of you had to go.

Years ago I dated a Pentecostal woman. Why?

gsiamne comments on Mar 14, 2018:

That is a well stated description. My only knowledge of Pentecostalism is the talks that have been given by ex-pastor Jerry DeWitt, that was also what he was. He was also the first "graduate" of the Clergy Project.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2018:

Jerry is indirectly responsible for me coming out of Pentecostalism. We have never met but we are members of one group together. I highly recommend his sermon "The Rise of the Amerigod" on You Tube.

I look forward to my next blessing

Ersomething comments on Mar 15, 2018:

Just be careful, if they bless your heart too much it can lead to cardiovascular problems.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2018:

Cardiovascular problems? Keep in mind that congenital heart disease is caused by playing with yourself.

I look forward to my next blessing

Bibliophile_xo comments on Mar 15, 2018:

Ugh. Fucking Oklahoma. I hate it when they strike up a conversation and make statements indicating that they assume you believe in their sky daddy and his zombie son.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2018:

@atheist The corn is as high as an elephant's eye.

Religious suffering

Karen916 comments on Feb 20, 2018:

I was talking to a friend last night about her upbringing in the Catholic Church. She said she was so often told that deceased relatives were watching her from heaven that she would use bath salts to make the water murky so no one could see her in the tub. What an awful thing to tell a child, that...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2018:

With this in mind be aware that god watches us take a crap. God sees this every day.

What moral code do you follow now that you are non-religious?

resserts comments on Nov 1, 2017:

I spent a little while just now thinking about how to answer this, going back and forth between formal moral codes like humanism and stoicism and contemplating the value in Buddhist philosophy and the LaVeyan Satanism code of conduct. But, realistically, I've never looked to any structured ethics ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2018:

Oversimplified or not, I live by your 3 point statement above except that I am a bit lax on number 3. I can help but often it is not monetary help. As for "live and let live" I have had that as a life motto for many years now.

Incest: Immoral or Moral?

Maya405 comments on Nov 7, 2017:

It's hard for me to respond to the poll because it says 'Incest: immoral or moral', but then it limits it with one particular example- that actually does not define 'incest'. The most common form of incest worldwide occurs between girl children and their male parents characterizing a drastic ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2018:

Maya just about nailed it.