10 Reasons Why Christianity Is Declining—and Atheism Is Growing - Soapboxie

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2022:

The Internet is the beginning of the death of gods.

Spirituality is emotionality.

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2022:

Spirituality can mean anything you want it to mean.

Your Local Epidemiologist: A note... and Q&A boosters for 5-11 year olds

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2022:

We have to do something because those kids will not keep their masks on. There s money to be made.

Although, i'm an agnostic i'm kinda leaning towards God as a malicious prankster.

DenoPenno comments on May 26, 2022:

Your malicious prankster created the Devil in Christianity.

"At work they are doing a game where they guess our baby pics before age 3," my daughter said.

DenoPenno comments on May 24, 2022:

Amazing! I keep telling my family we need more pics but it does not seem to be happening.

Oh really so you say of course.

DenoPenno comments on May 24, 2022:

For his own protection god is in another dimension.

I am not a Conservative (at least not in the American meaning of this word), but I have to ...

DenoPenno comments on May 24, 2022:

As we travel through life we find it is not anything with Democrats or Republicans. It all has to do with the haves or the have nots. This is it.

It's not a perfect rule, but it's as close as we've gotten.

DenoPenno comments on May 24, 2022:

I live by my own rules and try not to hurt anyone.

[lexfridman.com] Big picture of Russia and Oliver Stone.

DenoPenno comments on May 24, 2022:

I'm not convinced by Stone but I have seen some of his movies.

I ditched my job as a priest to become a porn star at 83 - why I believe sex brings you closer to ...

DenoPenno comments on May 24, 2022:

Just wonderful. A former 83 year old priest who is now pushing gay porn.

Little break w my work daughters at Asheville .

DenoPenno comments on May 23, 2022:

Looks great to me. Anyone ever get drunk and fall off? Just asking. :)

NATO Recruiter of the Year 2022!

DenoPenno comments on May 23, 2022:

Look at the facts here. Putin moves in and kills thousands of Ukrainians causing prices to skyrocket worldwide and other nations wanting to join NATO. Then there has to be money involved in all the re-building that is to be done later. It's all about money.

Which should I fear?

DenoPenno comments on May 23, 2022:

Also is it the number of man or the number of a man? Nobody knew. I'm starting to fear the number 555 because it get up daily at 6 AM.

Right this way...

DenoPenno comments on May 23, 2022:

If we get monkey pox will we make monkey noises?

THIS, is the essence of Capitalism...

DenoPenno comments on May 23, 2022:

Trump got this kind of fear going in America again. It went so far that many today think the foreigner got the cookie and even brought his parents who were immediately set up on social security. Not possible but things like this are used to set the stage to get rid of and eliminate our benefits. Divide and conquer here that so many believe.

Joan Crawford 1930's

DenoPenno comments on May 23, 2022:

Can you whip Joan Crawfish with a wire hanger?

According to a number of News reports this morning, the newly elected Australian Prime Minister ...

DenoPenno comments on May 23, 2022:

It could be. I've been following some of this and you might be better off politically now. I'm seeing in America that Biden is being blamed for everything. Pandemic, inflation, gas prices, etc. People need to learn that a change of leadership does not change blame. On the other hand, soon we will have $6 USD gas prices and people saying that they cannot afford to go to work. I look at all of this maybe hitting us worldwide. Not over yet and it will not be pretty.

Well I'm sure this completely ruined her day Nancy Pelosi denied Holy Communion by San Francisco ...

DenoPenno comments on May 22, 2022:

How dare you to prevent Nancy from drinking his holy blood and eating of his body because of this. She cannot be involved in ritual cannibalism because of her involvement in not wanting you to be born. I'm sure Nancy at least had limits to her involvement while you have none to yours.

I appreciate the responses to my latest blog concerning my promotion of my blog site at agnosic.

DenoPenno comments on May 22, 2022:

OK. Thank you.

Graphic bodycam video shows cop lied about arrest of 21-year-old woman - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on May 22, 2022:

Roberts has no business being an officer in the first place and him and others like him are what our broken system is all about. We need a change here folks.

Poll Reveals American Church Membership Is At An All-Time Low

DenoPenno comments on May 22, 2022:

Sounds good to me. BTW I sometimes do a Gallup poll as they send it to my e-mail.

17 Sex Tricks Men Learn From Porn That Women Wish We Could Wipe From Your Brain

DenoPenno comments on May 22, 2022:

Thanks for posting this. A good article with so much valid info that I wish everyone would read and understand. Slapping a woman's ass and repeatedly asking "who's your daddy" should never have made it into sex lore and certainly not into rap. Movies of porn and entertainment both show a woman's head bouncing off a headboard of a bed during doggy style sex for some reason as if this was real. Who in the hell would like that? Sometimes you just hear the noise. Porn ideas simply create wrong ideas. Why would I want to smear my cum on your face or breasts?

Inquiring minds want to know.

DenoPenno comments on May 21, 2022:

In politics the opposite party member can find all of these laptops or hard drives for them in a pawn shop somewhere. That's how it works. :)

Funny how that works

DenoPenno comments on May 21, 2022:

I see some of these from time to time and it must be confusing to them. They appear to love the kids but it's like Jim Crow eating crow now.

Do we have an answer?

DenoPenno comments on May 21, 2022:

Yes, we should do that and also arrange to have funerals for a miscarriage. Make sure you can claim that one on the income tax and watch the miscarriage rate skyrocket.

A study examines the perception of atheists and agnostics, a child is killed in California during ...

DenoPenno comments on May 21, 2022:

Thanks for the news. I am increasingly upset by the murder of the 4 year old. Did the parents look into why she woke up screaming in any other way that their religion? Authorities should look into any reasons that the parents may have had for wanting to get rid of the child. Did they prosper in some way without the child. If the mother is single did a new man step in and claim he wanted her but with no child.

Ricky Gervais Can’t Wait for Humanity to Be Wiped Out [youtu.be]

DenoPenno comments on May 21, 2022:

I like Ricky for his thought and humor but have never really gotten into any of his shows. I love his standup.

Vadim Shishimarin's commanding officer needs to be captured, tried, convicted and punished, which ...

DenoPenno comments on May 21, 2022:

There is a great amount of confusion in this Ukrainian invasion. Many are convinced that the other side is not even human. This type of thinking leads to war crimes like this. I find that thinking in this caliber has also invaded American politics. In other words, it all happens because of brainwashing.

Democrat waited for bicyclist. Republican aggressively cut me off.

DenoPenno comments on May 20, 2022:

She would be my hero too except that I am a Progressive. There are no Republican Progressives.

This is a good cause to support

DenoPenno comments on May 20, 2022:

Hereditary religion is mostly our religion of choice and people should wake up to what that means. Very few have investigated religion and they just blindly follow.

Witness Tells Congress That Aborted Fetuses Are ‘Burned to Power the Lights’ of D.

DenoPenno comments on May 20, 2022:

How ridiculous can you get?

Like father, like . . . .

DenoPenno comments on May 20, 2022:

Media can be used that way but without it what would you think? Without media you may not even be aware of an issue.

I can't believe I am arguing with a fb friend that COVID is real.

DenoPenno comments on May 20, 2022:

Covid is indeed being used to make money but it is in no way a hoax.

Just had or should I say TRIED to have to have, a phone conversation with Henry's Mum, Naomi.

DenoPenno comments on May 20, 2022:

More here in America should be this outspoken.

[ancient-origins.net] The killer rabbit from the holy grail movie had historical connections

DenoPenno comments on May 18, 2022:

I was right. There was a rabbit thrown into the tomb with Jesus.

WV school district finally settles case involving Bible indoctrination classes

DenoPenno comments on May 18, 2022:

This had to be done but all it will do is slow them down. This is because they all know "Merica was founded as a Christian Nation." That mean old King would not let them practice their religion so they all came here. Amazing how many people believe this but it keeps on being preached again and again to the faithful.

A school board member justified bigotry with Jesus. This mom wasn't having it.

DenoPenno comments on May 18, 2022:

Wake up peeps! The Lord Jesus does not see you coz he is dead. He can no longer see anything.

In the middle of a severe baby formula shortage, many have suggested mothers should simply switch to...

DenoPenno comments on May 18, 2022:

Not all mothers are able to breast feed. This is a big problem that formula makers thought they had solved. They learned quickly that mixing formula with "good clean water" did not work. Everybody did not have water or clean water. Without a substitute food babies would die.

Mrs Betty Bowers on abortion, God & Jesus.

DenoPenno comments on May 18, 2022:

The Rethugs branded this idea a long time ago when they came up with words like "abortion clinic." After that Planned Parenthood was never the same. We suddenly had abortion clinics and abortion doctors. A simple abortion could be a pill without all this nonsense, but now they want to outlaw these and even birth control if they can.

Do animals have morality?

DenoPenno comments on May 18, 2022:

Morality comes from the structure of the society that you live in. It can change in ideas simply because of it's origin. Animals do have a structural group and when humans observe this they may see what they call morality. This is because animal behavior can also change. The whole argument to me is like wanting to claim your dog is Democrat or Republican.

A couple of years ago I totaled out a company truck.

DenoPenno comments on May 17, 2022:

Thanks for the replies. I'm just tired of living around people that think and believe like this. Talking to a Walmart door greeter today and her opinion of everything going on is "the end times." That's right. We are living in the end times. Soon I'm gonna start putting it back on them like this - "Lady, Jesus told his disciples that we were in the end times and that some of them might be alive at his second coming. Do you honestly think that any of them are close to 2000 years old and alive today?" :)

I recall paying a busker $2 to play this song back in the early 80's and it drew me back to the ...

DenoPenno comments on May 17, 2022:

One of my all time favorites and nobody else could do it that way. Hank would often sing these songs live on a program and do just as good as he did them on a record. A lot of people won't take that chance.

I’ve pretty much been single since my ex wife wandered off in 2009.

DenoPenno comments on May 16, 2022:

I feel pretty much the way you do with it, Buck. The difference is I did my own divorce, still care, but have almost zero stress in my life. My ex was all about control and drama. My religious friend who died not so long ago was always trying to get me back in church so I could meet a woman who cared about me. Sorry. That will never happen. BTW, beware of any "self professed atheist." Often this is just people not wanting to waste their time in god belief. That's not good enough and they may change later. I go by logic and evidence. Many believers think they do as well, but they tell you their logic comes from their god. Gotta quit. I'm gonna either laugh a lot or throw up.

A shared delusion led to an 'exorcism' that killed a 3-year-old girl

DenoPenno comments on May 16, 2022:

Get kids away from these people as quickly as possible. The first thing I wonder about is taking turns smothering the girl trying to "get her to vomit up the demon." Where in their precious bible do you hear of demons being vomited up? I guess that mean old demon lives in the stomach. There had to be a suggestion of choking or smothering someone to make them vomit. This family did not have good info to start with and now religion has destroyed it.

Fugitive journalist Shane Dowling reports that Australia yet again falls down the scale of most ...

DenoPenno comments on May 16, 2022:

I have not personally checked into it but I believe this is happening all over. Politicians know what to say because of bogus issues and journalists are not always believed. We can thank Trump and his crowd for that education. I currently do not know of other journalists like Shane Dowling being on the run. There was recently a journalist apparently shot and killed by Israelis. Everyone who knew her said she was a wonderful person.

There is something magical about black skin at times. This girl is stunning.🖤

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

I love black people. Just not the stereo types.

A very short Sci-Fi audiobook.

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

Oh, I knew this the minute Trump was elected. :)

7th Russian oligarch to die this year dies of toad venom.

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

People in Kenya were surprised that we eat frog legs in America. The reason is that toads and frogs are poison there, or believed to be so.

The happiest nations on Earth are strongly secular

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

No. They usually have the better society.

I recently met with an old friend of the last 59 years.

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

One problem with evangelical Christianity is that it pushes its god as the reason you are a good person. No god, no good person. You just cannot be a good person without god. Unfortunately I see a great many people today wanting to claim they are a good person. Why do we have to do this? Maybe people feel guilty because they did it without god. IDK. All of us have different reasoning and do not know each other. This means we are good people to some and not to everyone. Some know your truth. Others would rather believe a lie about you. I don't care what they believe. I am not worried about being a good person.

He is watching... not watching over

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

I call his name when something or someone is incredibly stupid or unbelievable. Sometimes I also shake my head.

‘Paranoid dictator’: Russian journalists fill pro-Kremlin site with anti-war articles There ...

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

Putin is a puppetmaster.

Free palestine

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

Then what land are you going to give them? This idea was fuct about the time Israel became a state.

Art in real life

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

Notice Trump is still using his Sharpie.

Sam Elliot and Katherine Ross 1978 & 2019

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

Very good actors that have stayed together over the years.

He must be really good.

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

Let me borrow this and see if it helps me any.

Life is great, enjoy it! ✨🌷 "Happy Sunday" 😊

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

You look wonderful, girl. :)

Not sure about my new sat nav.

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

i think this is funny. :)

Louisiana Court drops charges against pastor who ignored COVID restrictions

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

Holding church services "in the name of religious freedom." WTF? I suppose you can make that claim when you elect religious people to your courts. I think they go out of their way to find such people. Being religious does not mean being fair.

Sky Daddy does seem to move in mysterious ways his miracles to perform.

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

I enjoy these stories but I would like to remind everyone that KARMA is not a giant universal payback system equipped with intelligence and just waiting to right a wrong. Deep down most of us know this but we continue to speak of Karma this way. Karma is simply doing. It does not get you back nor does it get even.

Putin "Very Ill With Blood Cancer" Russian Oligarch Recorded Saying | The Independent

DenoPenno comments on May 15, 2022:

This fits what I have suspected and it fits what many in our world would want. It may explain why Putin is not stepping up and it can be used to explain why he will step down. This remains to be seen of course. Will he still be living when he steps down?

So Why is Progressives and Socialist group 'Not Available'?

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

I find it disturbing that many of us cannot post in groups that simply do not want us and yet they can post in out groups. If my view and comment offends conservatives then they are cowards. It's that simple. I will not debate you and go back and forth forever but I will make my view known.

Yep that would change my mind.

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

Please come to my house and bring your weed.

Hi! It’s been a while since I posted or commented— I got tied up with work and am in a ...

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

I hope your relationship is permanent too but your picture is laying on its side.

Ten killed in mass shooting at Jefferson Avenue supermarket; officials describe attack as 'hate ...

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

Of course it was a hate crime. Hate by idiots that have no idea what this means but they want to kill and document it. The reward is prison.

If budgets are moral documents, what does the US budget say about ours?

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

It is all about the money. Follow the money and you see what those in power have in store for us. They want our money. No bullshit here about killing off anyone. If you do that you cannot get their money.

‘Yoga Barbie’ blasted as Satanic and you couldn’t make this stuff up / Queerty

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

Really? What if you got into Yoga poses unawares? If that summons a demon maybe you had best hold your breath and hop on one foot 3 times.

Israel attacks Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral by Maureen Clare Murphy 13 May 2022

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

I read this elsewhere and still believe that Israel is solely responsible. More and more every day I have to ask what the hell is wrong with people.

A Christian school had kids write letters persuading a friend to stop being gay

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

Notice the kids are urging a fictional gay person. The Christian Academy of Louisville ought to be horse whipped. They should STF up and leave this alone. Why teach hate and claim that you are love?

The GOP used to at least try to be a "big tent" institution.

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

I recall during the Trump presidency that a black reporter interviewed a white supremacist man who said openly he would rather kill her as look at her. This seemed to be accepted and nobody did anything. OK, she got the story but I pity this man. How can he watch TV or movies of any kind? This limits his envolvement in the real world from the start. He then does not want to be like the rest of us because he can only hang out with racist troublemakers.

Buffalo shooting: Police on the scene of "active multiple shooting" at supermarket - CNN

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

OK, we wanna get bible here. The shooter is in custody so we should treat him the same way he did those that he shot. His videos and hatred manifesto should not be given great attention. Let it be known that others like him will be treated the same way and criminals do not have rights above those that endured the crime. In this case, death by shooting.

No shit: in his opinion Alito actually cited jurisprudence from a guy (Sir Matthew Hale) who ...

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

We run the chance that Alito also believes in witches.

Not really sure this is funny and/or even if it's accurate but it rings true.

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

One of the few things that the church has right. Hypocrites cannot see this for the conception myth and this makes the entire issue a political issue.

Far out man...

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

A great many people are too far out for me these days.

Cops confront cops.

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

This is what happens when you are instructed to go out and create a crime narrative. It's kinda like the fake police prostitute.

I didn't know this

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

Now we need stronger rubbers. Wait! I think I wanna feel the rub.

Dogs can be official wedding witnesses on marriage licenses in Colorado - Axios Denver

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

Amazing! But with no proof of who the minister really is some certificates I have heard of have a dog's name listed as performing the ceremony. This might be because the certificate is only proof that the license fee was paid.

They murdered an American citizen.

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

Of course Christian believers are silent about this. Without Israel we have no Jesus. My personal belief is that she was murdered by bigoted cowards.

Is this the real reason the number 13 is thought to be unlucky by men?

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

Thanks for the knowledge here. All I know for sure about Friday the 13th is that it has always seemed very lucky for me. Notice I said "seemed." We make our on luck but I usually see everything about Friday the 13th as positive in every way. Yesterdays work example - very busy, time passing quickly, everything falling right into place as it should be.

A new member, hoadao3493 just seems to have joined, for the sole purpose of posting adverts for ...

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

Gambling is a big deal for many people and there is a lot of money in it. I hardly ever gamble and it pisses me off bigtime to try and watch a movie to find the Russian or Indian slots have it. If they do, I avoid the entire film til later.

That special moment of converging symbologies:

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

The suggestion here is very strong and just might be right. In case I am wrong, did Jill Biden not visit the Zelenskyy's recently? Internet says she did and this makes me wonder why Putin cannot find them as well.

I have a question that no Christian I have ever asked can answer.

DenoPenno comments on May 14, 2022:

The question has been asked before and I forget what apologists use as the standard reply. Of course, there are no pictures of the imaginary parents of all of us to go by.

Fred Ward passed.

DenoPenno comments on May 13, 2022:

I remember Fred Ward in some pretty good movies. Just found out of his passing today.

Texas teacher questions if she was fired for promoting Christianity to students" [kxxv.

DenoPenno comments on May 13, 2022:

I agree fully but it seems they are convinced that American was founded as a Christian Nation. All they have to do is go hear the preacher repeat that crap weekly and they believe it.

Words of Wisdom from Carl Everett: "God created the sun, the stars, the heavens and the earth, ...

DenoPenno comments on May 13, 2022:

Somebody saw Adam and Eve eating apples. "Forbidden fruit" does not translate into apples. If it did then we have to all be sinners for eating apples or for just disobeying god. Either way the story is pretty silly. Using your eyewitness viewpoint lets move along to the chronicled events of Jesus and his 40 days and 40 nights in the desert. Who recorded this event? Let's get right into Jesus and the Devil and the temptation to jump off a high mountain (the temple in other versions) and ask who recorded that. BTW, the bible says nothing about dinosaurs because the writers knew nothing of dinosaurs.

Science vs the Bible on abortion. [youtu.be]

DenoPenno comments on May 12, 2022:

Truth more than comedy. We need to wake up.

Meanwhile, Not Making The "News"

DenoPenno comments on May 12, 2022:

I had to get out yesterday and put another can of R-290 in the A/C unit again. It has a slow leak and needs added to every year.

Shireen Abu Akleh (January 3, 1971 – May 11, 2022)

DenoPenno comments on May 12, 2022:

I find it easy to believe that Israel did this.

The Universe The ...

DenoPenno comments on May 12, 2022:

Yes, we are wrong and the universe is a few stars we know and the flat earth has 4 corners. Nothing is expanding and god told Moses how he did it all in a book. Did God write the book or did Moses? There is not much evidence for either of them. Let's use real common sense. Why are so many constantly trying to tell us all what an imaginary being did? Why are some of us so worried about it? I see this a lot and also repeated ideas of whether we are a good person or not. Please! I think I want to vomit.

Ukraine: Where the West got it wrong?

DenoPenno comments on May 11, 2022:

As more and more "facts" disappear from the Internet it looks like many of us could get it wrong. My cry at this time goes back to - "prove it." Ukraine is not a part of Russia and by standing with Russia you've got it wrong. OK, I give in. All this death and destruction was needed and the video I saw of a crying woman holding a dead person's head is haunting me for no reason. That's right. All that was left was the head. But Putin needed to do this and even a Jewish leader can be a Nazi so now take me back to another time in the past. Our past or their's. It's distraction anyway. Once you work through the distraction you forget the horrible truth of right now.

Comedian Steve hofstetter is my answer to George Carlin.

DenoPenno comments on May 11, 2022:

I see no link so I'll have to look him up.

Christian School Headmaster Arrested For Allegedly Whipping 4-Year-Old Child | HuffPost Latest News

DenoPenno comments on May 11, 2022:

Somebody should knock the crap out of this guy John Raymond.

Why is the church failing in the West?

DenoPenno comments on May 10, 2022:

Having once been a part of all of that I do not see today how anyone could take it seriously. People today that come back to religion are either wanting to marry a believer, or they do not want to break up their own existing family.

Even Most Republicans Don’t Want Congress To Ban Abortion Nationwide, Poll Finds

DenoPenno comments on May 10, 2022:

Everyone is not stupid.

Watch Rachel Maddow Highlights: May 9 - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on May 10, 2022:

This is happening in real time because of the Internet which has media of all types but is also why people are not stupid. What Putrid is attempting might have worked in the 60's and 70's but will not work today. Meanwhile, it looks like thugs are going to win political races simply because Trump endorsed them. How sad.

Wisconsin voters with disabilities say their right to vote is at risk : NPR

DenoPenno comments on May 10, 2022:

It has to be made illegal because of widspread feelings about Trump and the last election. Some people believe if Trump was still prez that we would have cheap gasoline. They also believe that he destroyed child trafficing tunnels underneath Washington, DC.

Brits, no more binge drinking in Spain.

DenoPenno comments on May 10, 2022:

While in Barcelona in 65 I drank all I wanted to. San Miguel was 12 cents a bottle.

Sure…. Mail in ballots are safe. Only cheaters would be against mail in ballots; right?

DenoPenno comments on May 10, 2022:

And cheaters were against mail in ballots bigtime. I first voted with a mail in ballot while in the military overseas. It always has been perfectly legal. If any of Trump's people voted you will not see them in a voting line. Never ever.

This new generation

DenoPenno comments on May 10, 2022:

Yes, but this is Ron Jeremy.

Not good.

DenoPenno comments on May 10, 2022:

Maybe this is why I have to leave myself notes all the time in order to get done what I need to do. If I remember something needed I just jot it down. Oh, well. I'm a 75 year old Covid survivor.