Brothers and sisters, where has gone your faith?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Yes. my religious friend believes that this new virus could be prayed away if "you really, really had a lot of faith and believed strongly enough." He's really scientific isn't he?

Some Atheists can be just as self righteous and judgmental as Christians/religious people.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Yes, they can. Being atheist simply means that they do not believe in gods of any kind. Beyond that they are as dumb as anyone else.

Interesting [space.com] Life after death?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 5, 2020:

We need to gather all the data that we can.

Feds: Mystery witness will implicate ‘Putin’s chef’ in election interference [politico.com]

DenoPenno comments on Mar 4, 2020:

We interfere in elections all over the world. Surprise! So does Russia.

2016 take 2

DenoPenno comments on Mar 4, 2020:

Trump knew who his opponent would be when he wanted to get dirt on Biden. Without a drastic change of some sort I think it looks like 4 more mucked up years at the least.

GOP blocking coronavirus bill — because it limits how much drugmakers can charge for a vaccine: ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 4, 2020:

Yes, we have to protect Big Pharma.

Prominent Republicans mock Trump’s legal claims in Supreme Court brief — and debunk ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 4, 2020:

It is time to nail this guy.

US strikes Taliban forces, in first hit since peace deal - AOL News

DenoPenno comments on Mar 4, 2020:

Peace does not bring about prosperity. Somebody needs to be actively making something akin to armaments as we try to control that factor and also drugs.

I think this country would be better off with an Atheist in the White House.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 4, 2020:

The first goal would be to convince Evangelicals of this and guarantee that there would be no babies eaten.

THIS IS MAKING ROUNDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA Did a 1981 Dean Koontz novel predict the coronavirus?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 3, 2020:

Bizarre coincidence. It either has to be this way or we believe that Koontz had some inside knowledge of this 40 years ago. If he did have the question would then be where did this knowledge come from. Sorry! Bizarre coincidence, ignore.

Help with book about Old/New Testament differences

DenoPenno comments on Mar 3, 2020:

The Old T seems full of vengeance, laws, and anger and Jesus believed in the Old T according to scripture. Jesus was Jewish and so were those in the Old T. The New T is in some ways more kind hearted but not the words of Jesus at all. There are some legends there and then the rest of it seems to have been written mostly by Saul of Tarsus. BTW, Saul never met Jesus and neither did Josephus. Neither of them were contemporaries of Jesus.

Does anyone belong to the Humanist Association of America?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 3, 2020:

I only support them mentally. FFRF and ACLU have my deepest support but not in the realm of me sending them any money. Years ago the ACLU helped me in issues with my daughters who both had decided they were old enough to come live with me. We won.

A Catholic apologist attempted to defend the story of the Exodus... And failed. [youtu.be]

DenoPenno comments on Mar 3, 2020:

The Exodus story has about as much credibility as the Jesus story.

Is it elitist to think we have a responsibility to others?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 3, 2020:

It would seem that we have a responsibility towards all living things, otherwise they might disappear. If it is animals in question and we eat them, and a group of us thinks it is OK to eat them, then we do it. We have to keep this action in control of they might disappear forever. Coming up now to fellow humans we would control them, persecute them, and even murder them but again this is only allowed by group. It is the group that is elite. Doing any of this as an individual could end up with bad consequences and even charges of murder. Sorry Donnie. Thanks but no thanks.

A useful test to see where you stand politically; See the image below to see my profile.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 2, 2020:

So I am 11% left and 41% liberal. Isn't the left liberal? The test says I am a "communitarian." I'm not sure what that is and I view a lot of questions in the test as stacked questions. It seems to me the questions are written by some of our current regime conservatives. I found this confusing and I looked up "communitarian." Communitarianism is a philosophy that emphasizes the connection between the individual and the community. Its overriding philosophy is based upon the belief that a person's social identity and personality are largely molded by community relationships, with a smaller degree of development being placed on individualism.

Greetings.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 2, 2020:

In reality no one thinks as you do. No one thinks as I do. We like to believe that others do, but they only share some of our thoughts and opinions. Let me switch to that religion you do not like discussing. Imagine a scene inside a church where the minister proclaims that everyone is of "like mind" over some of his sermon and statements. It's false. Everyone inside that building is not of like mind. If you get lucky enough you might have friends there that are closest to your own thoughts. Being a member of Agnostic is similar to that too. Welcome.

Hi. Apologies in advance for this rather abrupt question: Is this site an echo chamber?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 2, 2020:

Alternative views to what? Is that like alternative facts? I see a lot of things discussed here and do not agree with all of them, of course. The best I can say is this is not a site for a believer and not a site for and of debates. We either have our opinions or both opinions and evidence for them. This site does offer a certain kind of therapy for many of us.

Here's another scam thought for you on the primary.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 2, 2020:

In my opinion what is happening is that the DNC is insistent on "business as usual" and they do not like anything or anybody who is progressive. Obama even warned us all to avoid things progressive. Isn't that just wonderful. It worked out great in the last election. So now, we have Mayor Pete and others dropping out. What these candidates would hope for is that someone actually getting the nomination would keep them in mind for some office and appointment and they could stir their supporters towards the stronger candidate. There we go. Business as usual again. (Hello, Trump. Welcome back..) The tide has turned slightly with Bloomberg in the race. To me it means that we have to acknowledge that money is behind all of this and "we the people" are now being offered a choice of which type of oligarchy we want to control us. Whatever happens we are still the product. I think many of us know this deep down and that fact is at the base of a lot of the anger that I see. Our "rulers" cannot be honest with us and we know it but we cannot admit it.

What do you suppose gives rise to and supports belief in God?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 1, 2020:

If you cannot explain it and it also perplexes you in some way, then god did it. Apply the same in some way for your personal situation as it unfolds daily and god does it. People do this because they search for answers and have to have answers. In my personal daily experiences everything works out for me. This is because my mind is working in the background wanting things to work out and I am actively doing this. A person does this without being aware of it but some use it as a claim (and proof) of a god. Common sense says it is hard to imagine a god who allows you to prosper from any endeavor including a yard sale. Oh, yes! God is watching out for me. Does any of this happen to other people? Yes, but in different ways because they are themselves while you are you. Therefore our journeys get personalized and we all have different wonders to tell.

Here’s a Picture of Mike Pence’s Team Attempting to Pray Away Coronavirus | Hemant Mehta | ...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 1, 2020:

This is almost beyond belief. It's hard to get a real grasp on this.

Trump directing his coronavirus task force to launch attacks on Democrats to avoid blame: report ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 29, 2020:

We had better watch this closely. I'm sure the Democrats are behind the Coronavirus and most likely it is sneaking into our country illegally through our Southern border with Mexico.

I just saw this on a meme: Imagine if you will: An atheist in their car at a green light, stuck ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 29, 2020:

How about "Honk If You Love Ceasar."

Opinions? The first paragraph is absolutely true.. prove me wrong!!

DenoPenno comments on Feb 29, 2020:

Yes, poor Greta was groomed by her parents and the school shooting survivors are child actors. It didn't take Republicans long to pick up on this. Also, keep in mind that Greg Gianforte reportedly body slammed a reporter who was asking him questions about healthcare. Republicans just do this because it seems like the right answer. :)

Girl, 11, brings fully loaded AR-15 to Idaho hearing on gun legislation

DenoPenno comments on Feb 28, 2020:

This is total insanity.

Christian Writer Claims Her PMS is One of the “Effects of Sin” | Beth Stoneburner | Friendly ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 28, 2020:

Paul says that there is a war going on within us. What the hell did he know? He never even met Jesus.

I just saw this on a meme: Imagine if you will: An atheist in their car at a green light, stuck ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 28, 2020:

Try to not do anything that might get you killed. Today if you flip somebody off they may follow you and take revenge.

What is your take on Principles . What is your Principal principle?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 28, 2020:

I do not have any principles and I do not strive for anything. As for Donald, he is much worse.

When I started reading this post, I thought it was going to be full of judgement but it was to my ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 28, 2020:

Christians want you to believe that Jesus was whipped nearly to death before he had to carry a heavy cross to be crucified on. Jesus was in such bad shape that from the scourging that someone else had to carry the cross for him. (Notice that if you are a believer and have faith Jesus is carrying your cross for you. This is a bible lesson that comes later.) Also, they would break the legs of the crucified in order for them to not be able to breath on the cross or stake and they would hang there and die. Jesus did not have his legs broken and he died very quickly because "he had all the sins in the world" upon him. All of this is said in the bible because people had to have a reason why Jesus died. Before all of this nonsense Jesus so popular that he had a personal audience before Pontius Pilate. In reality this is very unlikely and they probably did not speak the same languages in the first place. If there was a crucified Jesus he was most likely crucified just like anyone else of his day and time. History says nothing about him at all.

We all believe in evidence-based science, and that's why we're agnostic/atheist, right?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 28, 2020:

Therapy will help you as long as the therapist is not a theist. Therapy methodology will change just like other things in life change. The key is to not have a subjective approach.

'You'll See Rebellion': Sanders Supporters Denounce Open Threats by Superdelegates to Steal ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 28, 2020:

What I am seeing is a repeat of things from the last election. Nobody has learned anything except how to manipulate you and try and sell you. This is what it's about. Nothing is about bettering our lot as citizens. it's all about which group you want to be in control. Again, the Trumpers think that we do not need to have certain benefits and they would rejoice in "seeing liberals cry" when they are taken away. It's as if nobody believes dad will ever be in a nursing home or everyone thinks grandma can get by without social security. Deep down we all know better.

Thank a Democrat!!!!!!

DenoPenno comments on Feb 27, 2020:

So very true but the top 1 percent want their money back.

AG William Barr: “Men Are Far Likelier to Obey Rules That Come from God” | Hemant Mehta | ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 27, 2020:

Really? Who would be more likely to obey rules that came from the Holy Goat? We forget that Barr claims he is religious. Maybe he thinks Donald is the Chosen One. That idea didn't work out too well for Jesus. As for Donald, it could not happen to a nicer man.

A Brokered or Contested Convention?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 27, 2020:

The Democratic Party wants so badly to have "business as usual." How did that work out for them last time?

All the way back in 1917 a famous "miracle" supposedly took place in Fatima, Portugal where three ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 27, 2020:

I'm not sure how you ever believed it but the facts are that only in that area and at that time was the sun seen to dance around wildly in the sky. If we go by sun activity as seen that day by the rest of the world it simply could never have happened.

It has become abundantly clear that people are insanely preoccupied with definitions down to trivial...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 27, 2020:

Ants are good engineers. As for atheists who have lived before you need to show me a little proof.

WHY does the AHA questionnaire keep asking "do you believe---" As a Scientist one doesn't BELIEVE ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 27, 2020:

In my lifetime I find that many things I had once believed have changed. This can be both religious or non-religious thought and happens because we are constantly changing. I know this and yet I hate change.

Tony Randall 1920-2004 Born Leonard Rosenberg on this date, Feb.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 26, 2020:

I remember him well.

Do you think your lack of God affects how you feel about the insults of aging?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 26, 2020:

Yes, I agree. Our constant whining and sniveling would have driven a god away a long time ago.

ANYBODY DRIVING AN EXPENSIVE CAR HERE?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 26, 2020:

I won't even own any vehicle that takes a $100 plus oil change. Doing so is ridiculous.

NSA phone surveillance program cost $100 million and yielded one major investigation: report ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 26, 2020:

Be careful of what identifying things you say and always use a throw away phone. Jeff Beezer should have done that but he is too rich to care. :)

Faith Healing Kills: Conservative Christian parents in Michigan who refused to get their dying ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 26, 2020:

Holding them accountable is the only thing to do. If they get off because of their "faith" and religious beliefs does it mean that they can collect the life insurance on the dead child? If so, you would find so many more deaths where faith healing was allowed but nothing from medical science.

It sometimes feels that we seldom stray far from the topic of religion on this site, so I have a ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 26, 2020:

The future is in our hands but not written in our hands. The bible is not a good book. It could be if you were stranded and had no toilet paper.

From There to Here

DenoPenno comments on Feb 25, 2020:

One of the most serious issues is that your religion is right while all the others are wrong. This idea has no basis in reality.

"We're looking for a homestead," he said. What does that mean today?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 25, 2020:

Indeed they are. To my knowledge land is no longer free for a homestead and they should look instead for reasonably priced land that they can use.

Why are many Christian people against D&D (Dungeons and Dragons.) playing?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 25, 2020:

It's a game. Never played it and don't want to even try it coz I do not play games. I don't even play the games on my computer. Life is full of too many games.

ON CNN TODAY [cnn.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 25, 2020:

It's BS. Sanders is not "far left." The truth is that the democrats are leaning to the right.

Uneven Playing Field

DenoPenno comments on Feb 24, 2020:

They are the kings of gerrymandering.

Hello coming from a catholic background,how do you fill or erase the psycological void of God ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 24, 2020:

I don't fill in the void. I avoid the religion subject when I can. My family "believes in their own way" and I have a murdered grandson. Sometimes his sister finds feathers and claims she knows he is around because of them. I tell her to start looking for a bird. Her belief system is ridiculous!

‘Belief’ definition I surmise that one cannot think about beliefs in the singular as if they...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 24, 2020:

God leads to Angel which leads to them flying which leads to magically solving problems. WTF? I don't get it.

Dear American Voter, AGREED, TRUMP MUST BE DEFEATED As you know we all do not think Trump is ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 24, 2020:

I'm almost as frantic over this as you are but if Trump wins again it will be because the Democrats are not sure just what to do and they continue to want "business as usual." That approach will not win them this election. It did not work last election and it will not work this time either. When you talk to Democrats they say "we need to win and we need to win big." Somewhere they are just losing me. They don't get it.

I miss church.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 24, 2020:

I don't miss any of it even though I studied for the ministry. Some Sundays I was more into wanting to stay home and watch Bonanza on TV than got see somebody talk in tongues and wallow around on the floor. Looking back today it was just plain out simply stupid. I can't believe I fell for it all.

A post by @Lorajay on her new promotion to the next level set me thinking.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 24, 2020:

PPD? I look at them sometimes but otherwise I do not care.

What dissappoints me most when reading posts by many atheists/agnostics is the tendency to blame the...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 24, 2020:

Very true that the victim is not the one to blame but some victims keep on making it up and hanging on to it. Take the scientist who claims the Grand Canyon was caused by the great flood. That story s not in his magic book. He simply made up a tale in order to keep believing a lie.

I am an atheist in a supernatural God but I have come to see that as long as someone is talking ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 23, 2020:

I stick with objective ideas because they are dealing with facts as we know them. Subjective is where you make something up and call it whatever you want it to be. "Rocky" might be just a rock but believers use this way of thinking to promote anything they like about their god.

I have seen weird things in the sky.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 23, 2020:

Truth is, people have seen strange objects in the sky as long as there have been people to record the events. I believe Constantine saw some of these also. It was reported that he saw a sign of the cross and heard words saying he would conquer in that sign. Look up and squint at the sun and you might see that sign too. I have seen strange objects also. I'm not just here making fun of others. It's just that I am not sure what I have witnessed.

So here I was 9 yrs old shooting a 22 cal.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 23, 2020:

I saw a zigzagging light while on Army maneuvers in Germany in the 1960's. it did a similar thing and disappeared. I did not report it because our military operations involved training with flares dropping in by small parachutes. I'm sure authorities would claim it was one of these that I saw. In reality the zigzagging object would have been many miles away from us.

Trump threatens to pull licenses for CNN, MSNBC; claims they are run by people who are "bad for ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 23, 2020:

Donald Trump is bad for America. Let's hope others will see this and take action before Trump does this.

Who has been the most influential Atheist/Agnostic famous person for you?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 23, 2020:

Hitchens, Hawkins, Harris, Dawkins, Dennett. Maybe I should have stated with Carl Sagan. Today I identify with many atheists around the world including Bertrand Russell. I remember a time that I cut my teeth on things like "Our Haunted Planet" by John A. Keel.

This feels like progress! [metro.co.uk]

DenoPenno comments on Feb 23, 2020:

Ah, yes. The teachers have a contract that should not be against Catholic moral values in any way. This is how the school is getting rid of the teachers. We must remember that just a few years ago it was believed that a person became a "gay teacher" just to be able to corrupt the students. In this case the students are reacting to events at the school very well, and this is indeed progress.

An interesting humanist view on some ancient religions

DenoPenno comments on Feb 23, 2020:

Yes, but if I am the guy behind the curtain why am I concerned with all this? Why would I care to even be involved? I can see where I am today in thought and belief as compared to when I was much younger but I have no ritual to do in order to see this or continue to follow it.

When you get an update email from Facebook....

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2020:

Seems like a lot of people have great concerns about assholes.

What do you think of backward ball caps on older men?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2020:

I agree with you. For the record here I do not wear hats. Several places I worked at tried to give us hats but I do not like them. A former boss who actually taught me computer in my home told a story once on coming over to teach me and there I was drunk with my hat on backwards. It's not true and I do not wear hats.

My mom's concern for me and my husband's atheism.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2020:

He drank the sinner's cup of punishment. She rants on and on. WTH is this? Your mom has a great delusion that most likely will always be with her. She thinks she is "saving" you but she will do everything she can to tear you and your husband apart. If she blames him for your atheism this is a very strong desire. Deep inside she may feel that once you are torn away from him you have no place to go but to Jesus. I would avoid confrontations with her and do not discuss beliefs with her.

Back in 2008 I started a group in my town called the paranormal society of Albuquerque.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2020:

Years ago I went ghost hunting with others and we drove the car to a cemetery way out in the boonies and got out to look around. Suddenly somebody seen something and cried out, then everyone ran for the car. Who knows what they saw but it was something by a tombstone. The driver flooded the car trying to start it and I was the last one inside before we drove away. Much later they told me I should admit that I saw something also because I was running too. It's true that I was running. I did not want to be left all alone in the boonies late at night with no place to go. What can you see late at night by tombstones in a cemetery? Almost anything but not very likely to be a ghost.

Has anyone any theories as to what is happening with the solar observatories?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2020:

What I find on it is that this was a sunspot observatory and it was shut down with suspected child pornography involvement from one of the employees. No arrests yet but computers, laptops, thumb drives, etc. have been removed and the same at the supposed suspect's home. There is some concern that the FBI is not telling everything, but what else would they be obligated to tell you? What else can the paranormal mind make up?

Several people I know who passed on .

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2020:

I know nothing first hand on this but a man I went to school with claimed later in life that his sister was seeing and meeting dead relatives before she passed on. Everyone knew his sister was dying of cancer. Since she knew it also, my best guess is that her mind made this up for her in order to condition her. With a religious past she had to believe that she was going somewhere. I have my own stories of woo mostly from days that I believed in woo. These days I try to explain the experience rather than accept traditional woo that many do believe.

Just a thought I had from one that I dearly call 'friend'.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2020:

My religious friend is rational on most things. It's just that he has no rationality at all when it comes to Jesus. He even views world events by comparing them to what he finds in the book of Revelation. It never enters his mind that this biblical book was not the only choice when the bible was compiled and assembled. Some people have a near fit when they hear you tell them things like this. They want a bible that was present in Jesus time and not one that came about in the 4th century.

Not knowing that Gods and Devils are made up fictional characters is like not knowing that ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2020:

Yes, but these are not fictional characters. I have actually met Batman and Wonder Woman and had my picture taken with them a few years back.

I have a beautiful, tender-hearted young Christian relative who is working her way through college ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2020:

In her belief frame she is giving it her best shot by thinking ahead on the prospect that her wallet could be stolen. I hope it works for her. In my own true case of this sort I have a landline phone with a special message. After a few rings it goes to "I'm not home right now, but in case you are the burglar I think I hear myself coming back." Then it beeps for you to leave your recorded message. Maybe a thief will have heart and want to give her stuff back, or at least share it with her. IDK.

So I'm at work and I had a customer ask me if i was a lover of jesus.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 22, 2020:

I just Googled "evidence for deity" and got hits too stupid to even read. It's always the same old arguments and believers miss the reality of what caused them to believe in the first place. IF you actually found "deity" does that mean you should worship? Maybe your god was a runaway father. Are you bound to bow down to the Royals? Maybe you can make up your own mind. If I fall a distance and am left alive is it because of some god or better yet - because I am still alive. Which one better fits? In my workplace a deer hunting story is told and the deer escapes. The boss' son then says "god didn't want you to kill that deer" and listeners reply "he's a smart kid." WTF is that? It is not logic. If people use this way of thinking and they crapped their pants then god wanted them to crap their pants. This is all like "free will." You either have the free will to do something - or not! gods are not educating you or helping you.

At Long Last, Southern Baptist Convention Kicks Out Church With Predator Pastor | Hemant Mehta | ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2020:

Pedophiles are always there in one guise or another.

BIG wobbles in Salt Lake as member ship levels fall so low, the big three have decided to make huge ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2020:

It's time for anything that deals with Kolob to die out entirely. Too much make believe here. Let Scientology be next.

Christian parents sue their school district to force it to out trans kids / LGBTQ Nation

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2020:

Maybe they have succumbed to the nonsense of why people go to the "wrong bathroom." The right is responsible for a lot of this. In the 60's in Germany we had unisex bathrooms in Nurnberg without any problems.

Mormon Church Formalizes Punishments for Trans Members

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2020:

Total hypocrites.

Traditional burials are hugely wasteful and toxic, while cremation uses lots of fuel, emits vast ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2020:

In most cases today the dead body is prevented in every way from ever being a part of the earth again. I chose cremation because it just hurries up the process.

I came across these gentlemen somewhat by accident, but I can relate with some of their experiences ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 20, 2020:

I view clips and programs on You Tube with both of them and I also watch the Atheist Experience almost every Sunday.

Is it time to start talking TACTICS ? [pewforum.org]

DenoPenno comments on Feb 20, 2020:

No, it is not that time but it is the time of manipulation and lies. Support for the current regime shows this fully. I want no part of it.

I am very depressed.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 19, 2020:

Perhaps the DNC is drifting away from Biden. Rumor has Bloomberg enticing Hillary. I'm beginning to think everyone wants "business as usual" with the top 1 percent in control whether we do or do not have Trump.

Have you ever thought of religion and communism as not being that different?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 19, 2020:

I was always taught that early Christians tried communism according to the book of Acts but it did not work and they abandoned it. I suppose it was put to us that way so believers would continue to be against communism. Keep in mind this was in the days of Sputnik.

Sen.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 19, 2020:

At my workplace one conservative says that the coronavirus comes from the fact that "people over there (China) eat bats and things." His lame remark is right in there with virus and disease coming into our country when illegals cross our borders. It seems that nothing here is airborne and it has to have a human host. Wash your hands. Johnny.

Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of 11 people, including Rod Blagojevich, Bernard Kerik, ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 19, 2020:

My take on this was that a crook will always pardon a fellow crook.

Anyone else hear the phrase, "I'm better than I deserve"?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 19, 2020:

If everything is "better than you deserve" it is because bible believers know you are just a miserable sinner worthy of hellfire. I've heard the phrase and it is the kind of crap that a cult would use. It is also used by many Evangelicals.

FRESH FROM TODAY'S INDEPENDENT NEWS.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2020:

Isn't it amazing now that Bloomberg is considering Hillary as a running mate. (I've heard this.) That should cause the same thing that happened last election. Business as usual people just do not learn. It looks like the powers that be are asking us if we want billionaire oligarchs running the show or billionaire fascists. Either way there is nothing here about us and we are back to the top 1 percent.

It amazes me, the deep indoctrination self- indoctrination I had growing up.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2020:

We are now in the day and time that believers have put their god in another dimension so you cannot touch him in any way. Not only would this prevent such a god from lifting the rock, it would also prevent us from knowing anything about him. Imagine 2 fish bowls with fish in one and god is in the other. Believers now claim their god can jump in and out of dimensions like jumping in and out of fish bowls and leave no evidence at all of doing it. Isn't that lovely. How did the believers ever come to this knowledge in the first place?

Has a fellow member on this site been an encouragement to you lately?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2020:

I appreciate you and many times your words do encourage me. :)

I see this here all the time.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2020:

A fight to establish that "my way of being an atheist or an agnostic is better/more correct than your way of being an atheist or an agnostic." That's what it is and I don't give a duck! Won't give a chicken either. Have it your way.

FRESH FROM TODAY'S INDEPENDENT NEWS.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2020:

Sanders is too old, Trump is too old, Eisenhower was too old.

Meet the xenobot: world’s first living, self-healing robots created from frog stem cells | FOX59

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2020:

The day will come when we are able to back up the mind like we do a computer operating system. In this way we who fear death can keep living as long as we have backups. This can be much like system restore in a computer today. Of course, this mind will continue to grow from a given point much like our universe continues to grow. This is not a problem and it is diversity. Is this the secret to time travel?

know why you re an Agnostic because you re not afraid to think.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2020:

I copied this and it is worth re-printing. **No ifs, no buts, no devils no gods: I am a total Atheist.** As a one time believer who saw error in his ways, that pretty much does it for me.

It is an established fact that believers are deluded and liars.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2020:

Believers have to be liars because there simply is not any proof. I challenge god to heal all those at St. Jude of their cancer and I'm not even Catholic. Of course, I forgot that many of these children are there because of the sins of their fathers. God is so just and we cannot understand his ways. Many today think Trump has something to do with god and some have even wanted him to sign their bibles. If Trump lies do not make him just like Jesus, at least he can be "just like Cyrus." There is lots of delusion here. Anyone remember the 2 men during WW2 that were shooting at each other and one could not harm or kill the other because they were both Christian? I don't remember it either but it shows how complicated things are for god and how big his job is. Each side has a story to tell even though they are lying.

Bloomberg’s billions and the politics of oligarchy [wsws.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2020:

I see Bloomberg as a contemporary of Trump with a different agenda. As a nation we are now being asked if we want Trump Fascism and white power backed by the rich, or "business as usual" backed by the rich. I feel this is because the DNC will not give up and does not want anyone progressive in any way. The Clinton's largely control the DNC and there is plenty of proof that business as usual failed in the last election. They never learn because I hear rumors of Hillary wanting to run with Bloomberg. My advice is "please, don't."

I've been thinking about the higher age group of this site and I think I got it figured out a bit.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2020:

This sounds right to me. I'm an older man who came here from another site mostly because myself and a handful of others were the only ones who posted there. I am aware that this site was called a dating site and dating is possible, but I do not look at this site that way. I'm more than happy to find others of like mind. For me, being of like mind means being able to express why you do or do not believe something. I can do it because I came out of religion. It might be possible in any group to find those who are not gerbil eaters, but if you never ate gerbils in your past it seems very hollow. Many people in life are hollow with hollow beliefs.

Ronald Coleman 1891-1958 Born in Richmond, England.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 17, 2020:

I remember him well and he was a great actor. I read once that the studio claimed they loosened him up for a role with a few drinks. Coleman did not drink and he sued them and won.

Loving the new look. 😃💕🇨🇦

DenoPenno comments on Feb 17, 2020:

Not sure if I love it, but it is OK. :)

A friend of mine posted this on FB today : So it seems that God has all these universes and species ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 16, 2020:

Yes, god is especially concerned with what you do while naked and whomever you do something with. As he watches us all it gets worse when you become aware that he watches you naked and taking a crap as well.

I just looked at my last post after doing other stuff for awhile and it seems a bit crazy.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 16, 2020:

I haven't smoked anything in 20 years and I quit cold turkey. Quitting is not easy and most programs that are aides to help you really do not help you. People lose money if you quit. Your friends who really want you to succeed can't quit themselves and they are lying to you. Good luck.

So unlike my parents, whom I love, lol I am letting my son decide what to believe or not to believe.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 16, 2020:

Maybe there will be a time he no longer believes in Santa. God belief is like Santa for adults.

Can the number of "Nones" be slowing?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 16, 2020:

Polls are misleading. It depends a lot on beliefs of who conducted them. With that said it might be possible that people in our times of uncertainty are hedging a little towards wanting to believe. We have no answers and it makes many people feel safer.

Richard Dawkins Interviews Creationist Wendy Wright (Complete) - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Feb 16, 2020:

It is a planned interview and you can tell instantly where she is going when her first words are about explaining **"how human beings were created.**" I don't happen to believe human beings were created. She does and makes it all so very plain from the beginning.

Makes so much sense now.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 15, 2020:

I see things like this along roadways where it is hard to imagine how they might have died there.