Trump Calls on Congress to Expunge His Impeachment Talking to reporters on the White House ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 9, 2020:

Sorry, buddy. You are impeached for life and it will not help your "brand." After this POTUS thing you are about done anyway.

Interstate cross check, that handed him (Donald Trump) the election more than anything.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 9, 2020:

Amazing reporting into our fractured system of voting and the powers that be, currently and before. Hillary did not want help where she needed it because she thought she had it all sewed up. "Business as usual" backfired and today even Obama says the Dems should not go progressive. Sorry, folks. You cannot beat Donald Trump by trying to keep the DNC within its ranks. This is a part of wishful thinking that allows Trump and his GOP to remain ahead. Steve Bannon recently said that we are actually a Republic (not a Democracy) and that Trump and the current GOP are "the salvation of the Democratic Party." I can't go that far with it but I think he means the Dems are also going to have to change. Hillary and Trump trade barbs as to which one was a "Russian puppet" when current facts show Trump had (and still has) the defunct Cambridge Analytica on his side. The info they had did not vanish and the tactics are still around. Many of them are still working for Trump. Then Koch Industries, the Mercers, and others come along to "purify" the voting roles and make the votes all white. The reason is that brown skinned people are mostly for Democracy and not the white demagogues in power. Yes, my polling place locally also has equal people of both parties running it and an officer of the law there also. I'm in a GOP locale where many of the officials still rant against illegal voting. Apparently they think we have bus loads of illegals coming in. Sorry, folks. Impossible in my area for the way things are set up. Those that argue otherwise know it and they still argue with you about it. They would rather have dictatorship than Democratic Socialism.

Belief is back: why the world is putting its faith in religion

DenoPenno comments on Feb 9, 2020:

What I get out of this is that the world as we thought we knew it is being ripped apart. Leaders know this and they cause this. "We tell us stories in order to live" is the more than famous words of Joan Didion,- it seems to be an ongoing truth. Everyone has faith and religion one way or another. Even your dog has religion. In the confusion people feel that they have to have something. Many will fight you to say that a thing must be true because it is on You Tube. (My apologies to You Tube because I do like them and view their content.) In order to get every dime out of us leaders play with our belief and this also helps us to twist their lies into distorted visions of them as our savoirs. They become part of our religion just like that dog. It all brings me back to something I have only become aware of since retirement age. I'm on the wrong world. This is not my world any longer. No, I have not got religion and think I am going to heaven. It's just a fact. Not pushing forward making a strong way for myself or my family it is all just easier to see today. What is going on is nothing I want to be a part of. The irony here is that for those who have faith, current world events might even make that faith stronger.

UPDATE: She was found safe around 4am in Vegas and will be on her way home today.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 8, 2020:

I hope that this situation turns out OK for her and everyone involved. Too much nonsense goes on in the world today.

Exclusive: Netflix reveals its 9 government takedown requests [axios.com]

DenoPenno comments on Feb 8, 2020:

I can see a lot of this but if it continues the current American regime will soon be asking for take downs as well. I am a paying member of Netflix and have been for a few years now. This is strange because I watch everything else free and am a pirate. I hate that the movie and music industry cries over all the lost sales it thinks it has. This is not the case at all and piracy might even help sales in the long run. Imagine rain that comes down and you catch some of it in buckets. All of the rain cannot be caught that way. The fact that a signal in the air is caught, viewed, and enjoyed by people is not proof that these same people would have paid for the signal. I have watched many movies and TV shows simply because I could and because they were there. It does not mean I would have paid for them but if I talk about them other people might pay for them. Back to Netflix again, it appears that my ex has given out our password to people she knows in Kenya and they are watching my Netflix free. I get notice of another sign-on constantly in my e-mail. When I tell the story to others they have fits and say "change that password because they are stealing." .I don't care. my view is that some of these poor people might enjoy what they watch and build a good mental idea of Netflix that might allow them and others to pay and view later. The fate of any good thing is passed on by mouth. I don't give a damn about the buckets full of signal that the industry cries about and says they have lost.

The retribution has begun.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 8, 2020:

I agree with your every word. The problem is that what you are writing did not appear so much to the general public, and if it did Trump supporters would just say it was "Trump being Trump." I look at the many times this man is on video claiming he will not leave and that an election is false and invalid if he does not win as expected and it makes me feel Trump would refuse to leave the White House. Many people think this is a false alarm and invalid but I find Trump to be a real alarm and with very valid intent. He needs to be removed by any means possible and as soon as possible.

What can be done about the inactive members problem on this site?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 8, 2020:

I came here from another site and have since then found others here who also come from that site. This site and the other one have lots of members who joined but continue to say nothing or not post anything. I find this to be normal. People move about because they want to get away from the same old posts. Others join and do nothing. This is much like having a Baptist friend who belongs to your baptist Church but he never goes there anymore and doesn't want to hear sermons. I get it. He just wants to belong. When I look back at the last time I was involved in a church I recall a man there who was pointing out that you have to be a productive member of society. His example was that even bees will kill a non-productive bee member. WTF was he trying to say? This sounds a little extreme.

[boredpanda.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 7, 2020:

We are all different. I hear my words in my brain as words said but I do not hear them in a voice or my own voice. They are just thoughts that are there in sentence form. This is how I think. I have another mode that I call survival mode. No thoughts just actions and more animalistic. I prefer the thinking mode.

Why are newscasters hedging their statements?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 7, 2020:

I have seen this too and I agree with you fully. Trump lies. Most people are scared shitless of Donald for one reason or another but he can say anything he wants to. Then his supporters try to tell you what he really meant or said. This is worse than fabrication or falsehood.

A convoluted argument hard to grasp for agnostics, but if it were to succeed...? [sojo.net]

DenoPenno comments on Feb 7, 2020:

"Creation care." WTF is creation care? What is hard to grasp here with environment and issues of our environment involves the Christians. The reason is that our environment does not matter because god is taking care of that and why should we worry because we are not going to remain on the Earth for that much longer. That's right. This last bunch of believers are **so special** that god is going to remove them so they do not have to go through what all before them have endured. They believe their bible says that. Then you have people like Bill O'Reilly who says of god "he's still up there, he's still in control." This goes over Fox Noise and is absorbed by so many not to smart people. It means that Koch Industries and those of like mind are setting you up to rape your environment without a single care about you or your healthcare. They are also setting up political action groups to change everything in their favor so as to do this. It is trickery backed up by religion and every bit of it is used against us. This is what is behind Trump and his new Executive Order on our environment. In fact, this is also the major group that is behind Trump. Believers do not care about tomorrow if the world is ready to end. In fact, they will do anything to make it hurry up and happen. Look at the rants of Michelle Bachmann and others on this. Look at the many idiotic rants of popular Evangelical preachers today in Trumpland. Koch, Mercer, DeVos, et al. They all want to trick the farmer into leaving the hen house door open. This is what it is all about.

Stephen Colbert on Mitt Romney. Was Mitt sincere?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 6, 2020:

Was Romney sincere? It is hard to tell because both religion and politics have a history of making things up.

Trump’s legacy will be exposing the patina of decency for what it is and revealing just how much a...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 6, 2020:

I posted the above today in Facebook feeds on my page for a reply to many things they send to me. It seemed to fit. The FB robot caught me and said "posting the same reply repeatedly is not allowed." They wanted me to explain. I answered that they send me the same memes and posts repeatedly. Make you a bet that Zark Muckerberg will never see this or that he won't care.

Trump Gives Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom During an extremely divisive State ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 5, 2020:

In this case the medal is a cheap bowling trophy.

Trump's acquittal in impeachment 'trial' is a glimpse of America's imploding empire: ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 5, 2020:

Mousillini would have been proud.

Borrowed from Facebook: By Donald Phagan When I worked in the funeral business as a counselor to ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 5, 2020:

I certainly can agree with that.

trump acquitted [youtu.be]

DenoPenno comments on Feb 5, 2020:

Let's move to the shooting of someone on 5th Avenue and hope that when he does this it is himself.

I would like to know how many of you would vote against someone soley due to their open religious ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 5, 2020:

If it has to do with religion I'm not in favor of it. I look back at the strangeness of Ronald Reagan welcoming the religious into the Republican Party when Nancy controlled everything by her belief in Astrology.

What did your adult child(ren) thank you for doing while raising them?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 4, 2020:

I can't be thanked for being there because often I wasn't. My 2 daughters lived with me in the 80's and I look at them today and they both do many things we did in those years. Yes, it's things they learned from me but I think they are stuck in the 80's. Me? I'm not good at time travel and I wonder where all the years went. Some days I wake up and my mind says "my god I can't believe this." What the hell happened?

Buttigieg Backer Top Funder of Group Behind Iowa’s Disastrous Voting App A dark money operation...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 4, 2020:

It looks like you are correct here.

Trump reportedly compiling Nixonian ‘enemies list’ as he seeks revenge for impeachment ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 4, 2020:

Would the Mafia do that?

trump's new hat!!!!!

DenoPenno comments on Feb 4, 2020:

Trump cannot go with this hat because it would be telling the truth.

Attorney General Warns of 'Militant Secular Effort' to Drive Out Religion

DenoPenno comments on Feb 4, 2020:

Drive out religion? Ronald Reagan should never have invited it in. His move was surprising when you consider that Nancy did everything by Astrology.

If WE don't vote him out in November...THIS WILL HAPPEN FOR SURE!!!!!

DenoPenno comments on Feb 4, 2020:

It is late enough at this point that Donald Trump needs to be removed by any means possible.

"The president is lying," .

DenoPenno comments on Feb 4, 2020:

I would say that the little man is telling the truth about fatty.

Sigh This just hurts. Like this actually causes me physical and emotional agony.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 4, 2020:

The newest on this is that Jay Z and Beyonce remained seated during the National Anthem for the Superbowl. So what? Show me where you have to stand and place a right right hand where some idiot thought your heart was. Where is it written? I spent 3 years in the US Army and none of it was about what Bone Spurs calls patriotism. Patriot he is NOT. So they remained seated. So what? Now the magic flag will not wave anymore.

So I guess it was all about a pic of an American flag with no comment.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2020:

It's hard for me to believe that Trump ordered this strike. What I think really happened is that those in our war room came up with the idea and said Trump could look tough for re-election if they said it was all his idea. It's hard for me to imagine Trump ordering more than a hooker or a sandwich.

It never fails to amaze me that people can believe that an invisible sky fairy turned a woman into a...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2020:

What is a jackwagon?

So, I did a bit of scrolling on Vonvon's FB page.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2020:

School children would have given that one away from the beginning. It would have to have started with them being adopted or maybe they were picked up at "rent a child." In a short time the kids would know the truth and it would be all over their schools. What frigging morons we have today and they have no thinking skills.

Trump.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2020:

The dumb shit keeps on getting more weird all the time but nobody cares. At least his supporters do not care coz they think he is helping them. Too bad El Dumbo is not hurting the right people.

Cure for cancer?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2020:

I agree totally. The first thing about Michelle being a man is that it is the ultimate racial slap in the face against the entire family, blacks, and Obama in particular. They want to discredit a gracious lady and all around her because a black first family should have never of been. OK, let's pretend a moment that it is true. We have to bring in 2 young daughters who would certainly know at some point what is going on and these girls go to school and have friends, etc. How could they keep the secret? Only a total moron would believe such nonsense and it would take more of a team to hide this if it were fact than it ever would to create it. This is more than believing Obama is homosexual. This is total insanity supported by bogus social media and all to do some shaming. BTW, Joan Rivers was a comedian.

The phrase "gay republican" makes about as much sense as "pregnant virgin.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2020:

The GOP thinks you can deal with gays by pointing out "sin" and then pretending they do not exist as real people. They think this will make everyone happy.

Lindsey Graham Bizarrely Defends Trump: ‘He Did Nothing Wrong In His Mind’ The problem here, ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2020:

I think Trump's mother had a take on this also.

Incoming complaints from the Trumpers.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2020:

If you do not worship the magic flag it might stop waving. It seems disrespectful to Trumpers if you kneel before it.

Sigh This just hurts. Like this actually causes me physical and emotional agony.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2020:

This is funny because freedom is about doing what you want. :)

In this world we are hearing of the evil of terrorism.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 3, 2020:

You are correct but there will always be tribes. Man has such a need to belong that he continues to make things up. It's the same old crap whether the Crips and Bloods or varieties of religion. Football is not off the hook either. In Texas years ago a doctor and his son got into an argument about Earl Campbell's salary. One killed the other.

A Nashville Art School Will Purge All Non-Christian Faculty Now That It Has Been Taken Over by a ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 2, 2020:

**Anyway, they are wrong. Religious freedom means you don't get to discriminate or force your beliefs onto others who don't believe as you do, because they have the freedom to believe as they wish.** I have posted your exact words because this is what is correct here.

I can't say I'm very shocked by these comments, but it does make me wonder how these people could ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 2, 2020:

The comments that you are showing here seem about as lame as all the nonsense of Trump supporters. If you could investigate the background of these people you might find they are not active Christians but they do have the religion somewhere in their background. It reminds me of the real case where a believer ended up killing his atheist friend over a god argument. Some will take it differently but this would be about the angst of someone denying you the belief in an invisible man in the sky. It's anger. It is not about proving your point by sending your friend to god. Your thoughts may be correct here but let me explain "us vs. them" in another way. It is a basic belief of the bible according to the preacher. (Good vs. bad, etc.) This is also the theme of many successful movies and TV shows. You might even go to work daily looking at your job this way - "us" against the world. We come to see that our survival depends on this type of thinking. As to a future where we live in harmony with those who are believers I'm not thinking it is more likely to be any more peaceful than it is right now. In fact, it could get worse and become just like your Reddit post. A lot of this depends on who the national leaders are and what drum they are beating.

What are everyone’s thoughts on the ACA?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 2, 2020:

Recently the ACA had a big shakeup and several people are not there any longer. Jen and Traci among them and I liked both of them. I watch the Atheist Experience every Sunday. Some of this shakeup had to do with the LGBTQ people and where this show was going. I can accept that many of them do not believe also, so I do not understand this and I like and support Stephen Woodford. He did nothing wrong and it appears they threw him under a bus. It stirred up a big storm. Imagine the outcome here for a moment - the ACA supports LGBTQ people and community but now none of this is discussed in any light whatsoever. As for Matt, my logic is very similar to his and I'm with him on most things, but he is currently the president and I'm sure he wants to stay there and also protect himself as well. Matt has his divorce and a lawsuit with Silverman going, and info on that can be looked up and should not be discussed on the show. I agree with Matt about 98% of the time on most issues. I was also into the ACA Facebook page and then they threw me under the bus also. I'm on a desktop computer and nothing handheld where you can get instant messages. I made a remark that someone's logic on a certain subject was "sort of lame" and that did it. Suddenly I am making fun of people who cannot walk or have difficulty walking, etc. This is not what was said or what I meant. "Lame thinking" has nothing to do with crippled people or a 1611 translation KJV bible. I do not know any "lame" people. Horses go lame but in modern times not people. Anyone could see that I am not making fun of crippled people but the board of the ACA had spoken and I was banned from that Facebook page for not correcting my statement in time. My best thought here is that it makes you wonder who is on the ACA Board of Directors and what have they been smoking?

Could I be considered an atheist or a deist?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 1, 2020:

Call yourself whatever you want. What you describe is very much like a deist and many of our Founding Fathers were deists. This type of "god" does not interact with humanity at all in any way.

Damn trump is getting cheap! This is however the best pic of him I ever seen! Man accused of ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 1, 2020:

Dumbest story I have ever heard on prostitution stings. If true, the undercover officer suggested it and therefore the arrest was a setup. The man on the bike was simply playing a game to say he might have the money later, and the officer has guaranteed the case will be kicked out.

If you had Chickenpox, you can get Shingles.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 31, 2020:

I had chickenpox as a child. (We called it chicken pops.) To the best of my recollection they kept me in a dark room and we did not go to a doctor. If any of this returns to bother me today my shots will be free unless Trump screws it all up. His new "plan" calls things an HMO but you do have to pay for a lot of things.

CBS makes Star Trek: Picard pilot free on YouTube for a limited time CBS hasn't said when the ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 31, 2020:

I like things like this happening and You Tube does have a great amount of free movies and TV. The problem with a lot of this is that CBS and others know of our desire to cut the cable and many will try to bring us back into the fold.

God Debates Atheist Lawyer Andrew Seidel I interviewed hot-shot atheist lawyer Andrew Seidel, who...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 31, 2020:

I'm not sure when Jesus died and I'm also not sure he was "the Christ." It is certain that he did not spend 3 days dead if we assume he did live and died by crucifixion. Somebody cannot count time and "days" very well. At best, I agree with those who say he had a bad weekend. Consider now that god hates sin and all the sins of the world were put upon Jesus. Some claim this is why he died so quickly and they forget that god allows him to "sit at his right hand." This is like a having a kid who fell in crap and you keep him beside you without cleaning him up. WTF? As for America as a Christian Nation, believers of this nonsense forget that many types of people came to America and not everyone came here wanting freedom of religious practice. Dive into it all and it's a lame claim. If the myth is made "true" by government process your government has more control of you.

A small PSA for everyone How to Be Human: Talking to People Who Are Transgender or Nonbinary...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 30, 2020:

Duh, this is my friend Steve and he just got circlesided. Will that work?

Finished a vest and all I see are flaws. Do you ever feel like this?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 30, 2020:

I don't see the flaws but I understand what you might be feeling. My recent experience over a week period is in trying to make Kodi 18 play on both my computers. It only works on one of them. It works on Windows 10 but not on Windows 7. I tried every bell and whistle and every trick in the book. New and different codecs, etc. In the end I gave up and put Kodi 17 back on the Windows 7 computer. The rendering process is the same in both Kodi versions so version 18 should have worked. None of their fixes (or mine) seemed to work so I'm going to quit while I am ahead. The most I got out of this was better colors.

Now what was that you were saying about indoctrination...? 🤣

DenoPenno comments on Jan 30, 2020:

Is Bob trying to get into Alice's box? I do not understand quantum physics.

Kobe Bryant said, "God is great.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 30, 2020:

I bet he doesn't think anything now.

As an Aussie living in a mainly secular country I'm amazed and disheartened by the stories from ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 30, 2020:

I understand you, but don't worry. America is fast becoming a third world country and we have in office the right people for that job. I just read that Trump has raised another 45 million in the last quarter for his re-election campaign. Put the quarters together and you have a tremendous amount of money raised by this man who "only wants to help us." He really wants to help us bad, and so do the powers behind him. We are not in good hands and this is not Allstate.

One of the thoughts that has occurred to me, when considering biotechnology, is that if humans can ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 30, 2020:

I think this might be totally possible. If we achieve this and life is greatly extended life for us in the future should include an understanding of people who choose their own exit. I say this because many believers are into god simply because they want to live forever. This is an idea that most of us outgrow in time.

Long ago I was with a group at a get-together after a funeral.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Believers do not know that what they believe is a delusion. Not knowing it to be false, this is why they believe. Years ago we would discuss in detail how Moses may have parted the Red Sea and what really happened that day. Many other things as well. How angels fly and do all of them have wings? Can they eat food as we do. (The bible said so.) The bottom line is that you stop believing the nonsense when you finally realize that it is all made up.

The hypocrisy of those church pastors.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Really strange. The world is getting laughably worse.

[dailymail.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Franklin Graham is indeed an extremist. I think he is radical and makes no sense at all.

My family's church is having revival service all week.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 29, 2020:

I agree with you. They don't get it because if they did they would have to admit they were wrong. After all, they are believers because they want to know where we came from, why we are here, and where we are going. Evangelical belief seems to have all of that. My religious friend from childhood often compares world events today to things in that crazy book of Revelation. It's nonsense and bullshit. I'm finding out now that groups of Evangelicals are comparing Trump to Cyrus of Persia. I think the world has gone mad.

Coronavirus is a punishment from God: Conservative Christian TV Host Rick Wiles claims that the ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 29, 2020:

It sounds like the dumb sort of nonsense that believers come up with today. Especially the Evangelicals.

What is the most sacreligious thing you have ever done?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Over the years as I got away from church I found that I was swearing like a sailor. (No offense to any sailors. It's just a remark.) Of course, I don't do this in public. It's a private thing. My younger daughter is just like me and I was not always around as she was growing up. Do you think swearing is genetic?

I might have fucked up on Facebook, ya’ll.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 29, 2020:

I agree with you. Your last sentence nailed it all. The basic idea is that Christians think they are oppressed because their book says they will be oppressed, and we all know that book is correct. LOL They tell you that school shootings happen because we no longer let god in our schools and it is absurd. I'm 73 years old and I do not remember god in our schools. At one time teachers said those that want to can have one minute of silent prayer as the classes started. O'Hair's lawsuits stopped that. This leads me to conclude that the disgruntled student who shoots and kills others in public schools today is very pissed off about that missing minute of prayer. On closer look the whole idea of this is ridiculous. As far as your bible beliefs being taught in public schools, it never happened. Never ever! Regardless of what they try it is not likely to happen, or at least not the way they want it to happen. This is what religious institutions are for. Don't worry a lot about Facebook. I'm there too and I see Jesus arm wrestling a red Devil sometimes. What is that about? We need a lot of likes here. My Trumper relative tells me that the current impeachment is all about Joe Biden and what his son did. Taking those billions of dollars illegally and he was not qualified for that job. I point out that Biden was not a president asking for someone to investigate his rival. As for siblings and job qualifications, how about Ivanka and Jerad Kushner. Two overpaid NY Democrats who haven't got a clue what they are doing. On top of that nobody cares and it all shows so badly. Facebook plays games and they want you to play also. They want all your information. They already have way too much information. If all of this goes bad on you just change your FB identity and be your alter ego. Play that game right back at them.

The founders feared a man like this becoming President.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Everyone will think this is over once Trump is not removed. It will be believed that Trump can do anything he wants to. They forget that John Bolton's new book will be a hot topic between now and election time. :)

What Would Jesus Do?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 28, 2020:

That's what he would do. This is not a baptism.

There are many things that we can debate and argue over with religion.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 28, 2020:

One true god is sort of like one true Scotsman. I do not debate (at least not long and drawn out) because it proves nothing. I'm still surprised by the comment of the idiot in You Tube who wanted me to "give him proof" of why I no longer believe. I do not have to have proof for changing my mind due to lack of evidence. However, if you pray while standing on one leg and have your tongue in your cheek, then hop around a bit and try not to fart, maybe god will bless you. If he did not you still have some sin in your life, or it is because of something that you father did.

According to Trump's Spiritual Advisor It's Apparently Okay to Ask God to Terminate Pregnancies as ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Oh, yes. Many believe there are Satanic pregnancies and the Devil's penis is cold. Hell, my penis is cold!

How old is too old?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Too old for what? If you mean when did I become agnostic it was when I was a mature adult 65 or so.

Not sure how this works but there seems to be a demeaning air toward all religious leaders here, ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 27, 2020:

In my opinion it is because MLK has given every human being a guarantee of civil rights. Before he came along most of us did not know what this was, or thought it was for black people only. Wrong. It is because of King and his movement that our government recognizes civil rights.

Does it rain during rain dance practice?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 27, 2020:

That makes perfect sense to me.

Any particular reason why people say "you scared the hell out of me?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 27, 2020:

To scare the hell out of you is an odd expression but keep in mind this is literally what early preachers did to get converts. They would scare you with hell. Things like this were so strong in the early days of Christianity that people were all asking what was and was not a "sin." Over time the expression was simply used to mean "you scared me a lot, or surprised me." One I always liked was RIP (rest in peace.) Everyone thinks it is so wonderful and comforting that you want the dead to rest in peace. This saying comes out of times that people believed the dead did not rest in peace because they might come back and bother you. There were various ways of making sure the dead rested in peace and it gave the living peace of mind. Today we have a bit less superstition in our world. Just yesterday on social media a believer is not excepting my statement of no longer believing in gods. He demands that I give him proof, as most believers will do. I did not claim there are no gods. I stated that I no longer believe in gods. The burden of proof is upon him because of his demand. I make no claim for gods of any kind.

Why Religion Is Not Going Away and Science Will Not Destroy It

DenoPenno comments on Jan 26, 2020:

My take on this is a bit different. It is true that time only marches forward. We go the other direction only in our minds and our lives are made up of random events that have happened in our forward journey. We remember our past in random fashion along the way and we all seek security and explanation. These events vary from person to person but politically we can be manipulated by them. We tend to feel safe if we have all the answers. This is why it is so easy to persuade people. This is why politics and religion are both so damned stupid. There is no "free will." It is an illusion caused simply by being alive and being a part of society. There is no scientific cure for this and never can be. I would go so far as to say this is why some claim that "history repeats itself." Within my own being I have used the above thinking to see exactly "why" I do things. I can associate my actions with past and current action in pinpoint reality. I can see why I said something today that came out of past belief and know that the future is likely an extension of my past in some way. Limited free will is present in either doing something or not doing something but an examination of what you did might often produce the answer of why you did it. In being an agnostic atheist you have only broken somewhat free of this cycle and it cannot be "cured" except in death.

Discrimination and human rights.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 26, 2020:

Nobody has that right, and to claim they do is a form of control. Men in particular do not have a right over use of the mind and body of women. Biblical men thought so because a woman was property. **After all, it was the** **woman who made the man sin.** (Yes, I did bad things and it is your fault.) This is why women who wear provocative clothing have caused their rape. It is also why ignorant men around me claim I should hate my ex because she decided to leave and live somewhere else. For the record, I avoid those with this sort of thinking.

Why don't people control vicious dogs? Yesterday's Rottweiler attack.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 26, 2020:

I agree. My thoughts on this are simple. I am a dog lover but not a current dog owner. If the dog is menacing and unruly it is because the animal has an ignorant owner. Dogs adapt to the personality and wishes of the owner. Most dogs react to and carry out the voice commands of the owner. Dogs that are in control tend to like what the owner likes.

I put this on my Facebook page today. Just could not resist it.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 26, 2020:

Well, Mike, I guess it was not that funny after all. :)

In this video you can hear about the take her out statement at about 40 mins in.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 26, 2020:

A little more of our current insanity.

trump says the wheel was invented in 'Merica! Also talks about rockets. [youtube.com]

DenoPenno comments on Jan 26, 2020:

Well, Trump could be right. Before Americans invented the wheel we all had to drag things along. Good at rockets? What sort of speech is this and why is the current GOP protecting this idiot so much? My only guess is that they enjoy being in power. It is all about being in power.

Obama is that you?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 26, 2020:

Funny. my Mexican relative by marriage is a Trump supporter and she claims we are going through all this crap now because of Obama. I tell her that Trump is the one that brought all this nastiness to the surface. She then tells me that Obama is not even a Christian. I ask her who told her that - Trump or Franklin Graham. The distraction and apples and oranges thing is hilarious. People are not even smart enough to see what it is when they claim to be a Christian and then tell you others are not.

Burns Night traditions: from haggis to poems at a Burns supper, how Scottish people celebrate the ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 26, 2020:

Isn't it the year of the rat again? I thought the rat was in the White House.

I grew up in the Bible Belt in a non-religious home.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 26, 2020:

I think we all struggle with them almost daily. I have a long time Christian friend that I've known since age 12 or so. He thinks my non-belief is a rebellion and just a phase. Talking to him is a pain as he often gets into what I call "preaching." He tells me "no, it is scripture." Regardless of my religious past I don't think god wrote a book or wants to talk to you...My friend tells me that "I know the truth." He in no way is referring to my now belief that gods are imaginary. I might add that I no longer get caught up in the long winded arguments to prove god. I cut them off early. One argument believers have is that "life does not come from non-life." OK, smart boy. Tell me how your god made man from dirt.

Grace Chapel - ironmen

DenoPenno comments on Jan 26, 2020:

I can agree with your take on the whole thing. Regardless of my religious past the names of God and Jesus make about as much sense to me as Zeus and Neptune. As to the "lord, lunatic, or liar" argument we find it totally possible that people do believe odd things. My demented step-dad now thinks that he is rich. Others like him may think they are a famous actor. Jesus (if he existed) is a now famous actor.

Did Astronaut Mark Kelly Say the ‘Space Force’ Was a ‘Dumb Idea?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 25, 2020:

Space Force is supposed to be real but so far it is about as real as Donald Trump.

"It just makes sense that god exist"`is an argument that annoys me to no end.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 25, 2020:

It makes sense to them because they wanted to believe in advance of any evidence to the contrary. This is sort of like what is going on in the Senate right now. Some claim that is religious too, but they are full of crap!

Has anyone posited the idea that Trump may have held up the $ for Ukraine because he was asked (read...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 25, 2020:

Putin and also the Koch Industries group. Keep in mind that Koch and friends bought into the current GOP and have business roots going back to Russia. This is the group that thinks it is OK to poison your drinking water. They would know in advance that the DNC is against anything progressive, so this posits the idea of Biden being Trump's main 2020 opposition. If Trump is re-elected it helps Putin and the Koch Industries outfit.

How educated are people when it comes to deciding their theistic beliefs?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 25, 2020:

Most people don't have a clue about theistic and religious differences and simply make up their minds from words of others, doing this without any study at all. Some atheists just dismiss the whole idea without looking into it. People decide what they believe in mostly on what their parents believed in, and they only change their beliefs as they get older and look at things more closely. It is not a matter of which religion is the right one out of a whole world of religions. It is a matter of why any religion would be the right religion. There is also the question of why would you need a religion? If Jesus died for your sins why do you have to repent? If god cannot stand sin of any kind why is Jesus sitting at his right hand in heaven? I ask this because all the sins of the world were put on Jesus. Where did those sins go?

Homeopathic uranium, it has been claimed that it cures a wide range of neurological ailments! What ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 25, 2020:

Is it anything like commodial silver?

White: I Saw Trump Riding Golden Horse Alongside Jesus During Armageddon What was the horse's ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 25, 2020:

Is Paula White just delusional or has she gone mad? I don't think Trump could even ride a horse, let alone ride one in the sky.

Bill Maher made some scary. predictions last night; [youtube.com]

DenoPenno comments on Jan 25, 2020:

I watch Bill all the time and I agree with him. The funny thing is they call this comedy and I see it as our current reality all because of Trump and the words of Trump. He must be removed by any means possible.

Have you heard the good news?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 25, 2020:

That looks like a good book. I'm going to see if I can get it in epub. I usually do this and let my computer read to me. (I'm lazy.) A big problem I'm having right now is all those in DNC that claim we **do not** need to go progressive. Just keep it normal in GOP and DNC politics. It sounds to me like they already know who is going to run against who, and this goes right into Trump being impeached because he wanted dirt on Biden. If we do not shake things up it means the powers that be are causing Trump to be re-elected. Also, Hillary wanted to do it all her way, was so cool and calculating, etc. and apparently not a Bernie fan. Well, Hillary lost!

I saw in the paper today that the supreme court is deciding whether to use public funds to support ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 23, 2020:

Religious schools are not public schools. Somebody needs to fix this pretty damned quick.

The cost of honesty

DenoPenno comments on Jan 23, 2020:

There have always been honesty issues but I found that honesty went out the door totally when Trump got the White House. My Trumper relative says I'm wrong and that all started with Obama. How so? She has nothing to show except racism and white supremacy remarks. I find this funny coz she is Mexican. Since Trump was elected the phone scams that bother me have tripled. I'm not kidding. I also see adds for TV antennas that will pick up for 999 miles, etc. It is lies. Every bit of it is lies. I suppose that if Trump can do it, then anybody can do it. Religious honesty is yet another thing also. It turns my stomach.

Yup probably true

DenoPenno comments on Jan 23, 2020:

Were they blowing Trump or is that orange on their mouths from sucking his ass?

US Drinking Water Widely Contaminated With Forever Chemicals Days after Republicans loosened US ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 23, 2020:

This is the way that Koch Industries and others want to give back to the earth. They spend millions to be able to pollute like this when it would be just as easy to prevent it. Donnie Boy is one of those who do their bidding because nobody involved gives two shits about you or your future. It remains to be seen how this will affect their own children.

Thoughts on extraterrestrial life?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 23, 2020:

Are there other intelligent life forms? It would be ridiculous to assume not. As for what people are seeing, I am not sure. My mind goes more along the lines of craft that is being tested in some way and people end up seeing some of this. Of course, authorities will deny any testing but from time to time this denial comes out as a coverup. I myself have seen strange moving lights. As for types of craft being seen by the general public, this evolves in image right along with our perception and imagination of possible crafts. This could be something right along with my idea above, or it is some inner working mechanism within our minds. Chances are that extraterrestrials have not dropped in. Often too many known aircraft seen right along with the unknown, or in close proximity.

My wife was diagnosed with liver cancer a month ago.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 22, 2020:

I can identify. Tell her you will pray but in your own way. Say that you have to do it this way because you want it to come from the heart. Express your love for her as you tell her this.

What is the worst experience you had with religion and how did it affect you or what was your ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 22, 2020:

A funny situation for me was many years ago as a child where I'm praying with the preacher's son and kids get stupid ideas. I came up with believing that if I left that room the devil would kill me. It was sort of like "step on a crack and break your mother's back" sort of thing. The preacher showed up and his son told him of my fears. The preacher then said he would pray with the adults and his son should stay and continue to pray with me. The point I want to make here is that a concerned preacher would be telling his congregation how dumb ideas like this are and how it is ridiculous. Maybe they do not do it coz they don't want to lose people from the church.

I am a recent widower and signed up on a dating site.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Most religious people think that if you are an agnostic and they are a believer it means you can believe too once they explain their god and religion to you. Of course, only their religion is true. All the others are some sort of nonsense. To them. being agnostic simply means you have not heard enough god arguments to make up your mind.

Published on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 byCommon Dreams We Risk Living in an 'Empty World' If ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 21, 2020:

I am suspecting that the greedy humans actually think they will have enough money to fix this. Money and method are separate things.

Hello? Newbie here anyone been successful?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 21, 2020:

I don't really look at this site as a dating site, but it could work that way. I'm open to meeting women.

Another horror story.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 21, 2020:

I'm an older man who really appreciates younger women and my ex of 12 years just turned 40. I'm 73. The problem with this guy you speak of is rejection and the fact that he may be one of these men who thinks yes means no and vice versa. Lots of men get into trouble with that last one. He needs to remember that he messaged you.

Barr: “It’s Not a Crime” for Trump to Demand Staffers Lie to Investigators | Vanity Fair

DenoPenno comments on Jan 21, 2020:

Barr is flat out wrong. Lying to investigators willfully is indeed a crime.

‪Religious-schools case heads to a Supreme Court skeptical of stark lines between church and state...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 21, 2020:

Public school supported by our tax money is not the same as private school where you can call all the shots, have religion, uniforms, etc. all to your liking.

I'm watching the start of trumps impeachment trial I'm struck by the conversation about will ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 21, 2020:

Another farce and another dog and pony show. None of it about our country. It is only about party and power. This is why I am not watching, but I can catch it later from some sources that watch and report on it.

'Inexcusable': Hillary Clinton, Who Lost to Trump in 2016, Won't Commit to Helping Bernie Sanders ...

DenoPenno comments on Jan 21, 2020:

This isn't just Hillary. Nobody in the DNC wants to back anyone who is progressive.This is how Bernie lost out the first time. Hillary thought she had it all sewn up and Donna Brazile wrote a book about it. Zuckerberg even offered help and Hillary said no, I got this. Bernie started looking pretty good after Hillary lost but people don't care. The DNC doesn't care. So, it's no wonder to me that Trump asked the Ukrainian president for help with info on the Bidens that he could use in his re-election. Trump knows that the DNC does not want to back progressives and that makes Joe Biden the main contender against the Trump presidency.

People are saying this pic is trending on Twitter. Hope no one shares it on their platforms

DenoPenno comments on Jan 21, 2020:

This reminds me of when Bill Maher said Trump was an Orangutan and wanted him to prove he was human. When it made court Trump actually brought his birth certificate along. What a stable genius.

We have the "what is spiritual?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 21, 2020:

I've said it before and I will say it again. Spirituality and "being spiritual" can mean almost anything that you want it to mean. That's it, cut and dried, end of story. Why is this so? Mostly because the terms are used by both believers and non-believers in so many various ways.

New haircut today. What do you think?

DenoPenno comments on Jan 20, 2020:

Looks good. You could cut the bangs a little shorter.