Well.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 30, 2019:

You do have the strength but it will take time. It's a shame that it came to this. Sometimes delusions are very strong.

What a change time makes

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Then let's restore honor ASAP. Time to Dump Trump.

Has anyone actually paid for Match.com or is it the load of garbage I think it is?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

I've read most of the posts here and what others are saying is true. In my own experience I have also noted that if sites suddenly get a foreign owner your local choices disappear. You might have state choices only. It is a business and really not for your satisfaction.

Giuliani admits administration knowledge of affair

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Before too long it will be these other people that made that phone call. Why Not? Right now they are trying to get Trump off the hook by claiming it was their idea on this "something for something" venture.

Good news and bad news! My hubby sort-of sees my side about the Bible and God not being a good ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Your journey on this will be slow and tedious. You cannot force them to see it your way but you can openly discuss and the focus should be your immediate household. Do not do this in anger or allow anger in responses. Use logic.

Going to be a bumpy ride

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

I think they should come up with fake identities and do a non-disclosure agreement.

Houston-area pastor charged with sexually abusing 13-year-old girl | khou.com

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Then that must make it alright, Huh?

Stephen Miller gets his head handed to him

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

I do not like Stephen Miller and he needs to be called out on this. Of course he has no answer, but it appears Trump trusts Rudy more than his own government. If Deep State existed as Trumpers say it does Trump would be dead.

Republican: Sick People Don’t Deserve Affordable Care

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

I have no doubt that they believe it. I've also heard that if you have no healthcare you should not get sick.

This is an encouraging story on CRITICAL THINKING vs dumbing down of America! I hope parents don't ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Good article because some people seem to believe that if Trump is impeached we get rid of both Trump and Pence. Not so. I feel that trump's big problem with impeachment is that it will be a stain on his fabricated perfect record.

First snow of the season and it's still September!

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

I'm in Missouri but this means I have to hurry and finish painting my back porch.

Missouri man flies to California, sets 13 wildfires, and tries to fly home, cops say

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Trump Derangement Syndrome for sure. Without proof I assert that the man hates liberal California and is most likely following politics from the far right. Yes, he is mentally ill but let us hope it does not interfere with his prison time.

Do You Hate God? | The Life and Times of Bruce Gerencser

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

I agree with this man's words as I read them but I do not give the god concept enough consideration to be able to hate an invisible imaginary being. This guy needs to do an honest study for himself of how we got the bible. I did and I'm a preacher no more. Bible study is good for making you atheist. I cannot hate imaginary beings. Well, maybe Zeus. :)

Amazing how there are still people out there that think banning books is a good thing.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

We all know that ban them as you may, some of them are still out there someplace. Sooner or later a team will be put together to go door to door and look. Beware!

Haiti has been racked by corruption forever .

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Me too, but we all know that Haiti made some damned deal with invisible beings many years ago and this is why the main invisible being does not bless them. Pat Robertson will tell you that.

Is thinking that consciousness is a product of a vibrating universe a backdoor belief in God?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

A vibrating universe and consciousness? OK.

Why is my boyfriend silent during sex? Your thoughts?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

I'm not very vocal during sex but I do talk. I don't need anything like the movies provide for us as it is disrespectful and crude.

I cannot get over the circular reasoning of the good book being good because it says it is.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

It is simply not a good book. I refuse to debate or discuss it but I do encourage others to Google all they can about "how we got the bible." Do not use church approved literature for this as it will be biased in favor of that church or religion. You will go in circles. Be aware that our bible came into existence some 300 plus years after the time of Jesus. Also be aware that in the 1700's it was believed that there was a "fountain of youth" in Florida. Many tried to find it, and that was just 300 plus years ago.

The Scientific Method and Quantum Physics

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Maybe you can just believe what you want to and the cat is both present and gone, alive and dead all at the same time. Does that bring us back to 'god did it" or just wishful thinking?

I asked a question earlier about the biggest difference atheism/agnosticism has made in people's ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

You may have depression and anxiety when you are a non-believer because you are so isolated and alone. I have it all the time but I cannot go back ever. I could never bow my head and start talking to myself, or ever put my hopes and desires onto an invisible man. I could never want that mythical man to do anything to others that do not agree with me, and once I was Pentecostal. Many do not believe it and I get the usual "angry at god" responses along with other nonsense.

“I don’t know who put all of this in motion.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Perhaps all of this was always in motion. If so, that would be the awe of it all.

In the past I have often hypothesized that religion, with its emphasis on unquestioned belief and ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Believers in religions are predisposed to being gullible. Religions do not belong in government systems but are often there to lead and direct the people in certain ways. I have put myself in a position of non-delusional to avoid all of this. I am not concerned in any way with the invisible man and I do not believe your life starts after you die. If you switch this over to science it appears that science backs me up.

Democrats Predict Speedy Impeachment Inquiry Lasting Weeks, Not 'Months'

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

The current GOP says you cannot indict a sitting president. This is how Trump remains in power so far and is the real Teflon Don. This is why the Mueller report went as it did. In Trump's Ukraine phone call he is plainly asking "something for something" and shortly before that he withheld money from the Ukrainian government. The Ukraine will investigate in their own way now with hopes that in the end they will get the money. Anyone can see that Trump is asking a foreign power for help in his upcoming 2020 re-election campaign. This is illegal and against our rule of law. This is enough to remove Trump if people simply take a stand of "country first" and just be adults and grow up. If Trump is removed Pence will still be the one to fill in as president. This is true whether we like it or not. Biden was VP under Obama when he threated to withhold the Ukraine's money if they did not fire a special prosecutor investigating his son. They fired the man and put Biden's son on an oil company board of directors. Please note that Biden was not running for POTUS or re-election at that time regardless of what you think of this complicated deal in American politics. Trump and his supporters miss this point deliberately. They too have "Trump Derangement Syndrome" in so much that anything about Trump is also about those before Trump. It's all others in government, Obama, Hillary, etc. and never Trump. The swamp that poor Trump is trying to drain here is a plea to get rid of his competition for the upcoming 2020. This all came public in July and Rudy and the others behind it should have known. Sometimes you just can't fix stupid.

Dating on line can be a rough time with the religious folks who don't mention in their profile about...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 29, 2019:

These people need a sense of community and their club allows them to instantly bow their heads and start talking to themselves. Rather than feel silly they think they have the higher ground and great morality while you have nothing because you do not know the invisible man. In cases of believer conflict you can find many times that a preacher or minister type has come into a situation to help bust up a couple and everyone thinks this was god's will. Pursue love and relationships with believers at your own peril.

N.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2019:

Three things have kept America going now for many years. One of them is the sale of armaments here and worldwide. You can throw in the fact that America is an oil company with an Army, and also the fact that a war on drugs might help control the competition. Once that gets rolling those in power do not want it to stop.

Came across this pic and it is true...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2019:

Very credible and also at Trump rallies the ones up front close to him are "hired" to make it look good on TV. That may be where this pic came from. Face facts here. Do people on their own plan these little cutesy things or do they have to be a part of the program?

AOC is too young, too naive, too ready to think what she already “knows” is all the truth there ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2019:

"We need reason based in a reality born of experience." Good luck with that as we have not had it in a very long time.

GREAT NEWS ATHEIST WE have found scientific proof of immortality.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2019:

A jellyfish that can live forever. Was it born, or how did it get here? Give me proof of forever.

Timeline: The alarming pattern of actions by Trump included in whistleblower allegations - The ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2019:

People that used to say organized crime got JFK in the White House should do a recall starting about 2015 to get the real picture. Casinos that lose money and sooo many failed businesses. What does that add up to?

Photos of pollution before we regulated it, our future if we don't act

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2019:

What they forget here is that we do a take on pollution and want to fight the pollution while the real pollution is the oligarchy that has taken control of out government. This is the Koch brothers and friends sneaking in inch by inch in ways that make you think they are for us. What they are really all about is getting rid of anything that would keep them from raping the land and ripping out minerals for profit without restrictions of any kind. This is why the EPA is weakened at every turn. They want an America like we had in 1900. This is because they do not give a damn about you, your land or water, your food, or your healthcare. Right now Trump is their agent of change.

Russia reacts to "humiliating" Trump Ukraine call, says scandal is making U.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2019:

Russia is wrong. The USA became a laughing stock when Donald Trump was elected.

Maybe we should listen to them

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2019:

Of course we should listen. Trump's phone call was a "something for something" in that he is asking a foreign power to help him in his 2020 re-election by going against a man who would be his major competition. This is against the U.S. rule of law and has to be dealt with accordingly. Trumpers want to skip that entirely and avoid it. The problem is that this is not the first time Trump has done such a thing. Will the Ukraine now investigate? Of course they will. They will claim they are doing this in their own way but secretly they hope that Trump might change his mind on the withheld money.

For the upcoming fight

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2019:

I think they are lemmings afraid that if they do the right thing someone will withhold vacation donations and other related monies that come form the outside as gifts. Let's hope that I am wrong.

I turned 56 a couple of days ago.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2019:

You look fine to me regardless of what label you claim. :) Belated Happy Birthday.

Chris Wallace on the whistleblower

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2019:

Current media claims this whole thing is shifting again and Trump support increases. The idea is that Trump supporters will end up backing him and the impeachment only makes him stronger for 2020. OK, he is backed by the invisible Cambridge Analytica and many people from it. Am I surprised? It's not like his supporters would now turn away from him. The bottom line is that Donald Trump will see any impeachment effort as a stain against him and will do anything to make it all go away. As for the actual whistleblower: 1. Identified once as a woman left over from Obama days. 2. Identified lately as a man who was formerly with the CIA. OMG, we have to discredit that whistleblower.

and thus it starts

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2019:

A plea deal. Well, OK - resign!

Is this the situation with the majority of Agnostics.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2019:

If it was all about "getting likes" I would lose out for sure. At least I find more reasonable people here on this site.

Whats the biggest difference being atheist/agnostic has made in your life so far?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2019:

It has allowed me to see how controlled by myth we really are and given me total freedom on so many things. The scales were removed from my eyes and like Johnny Nash, "I Can See Clearly Now."

This happened at the private "Christian" school where Mike Pence's wife teaches.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 28, 2019:

Were the boys expelled from school? They should have been and the parents should have been told exactly why by the school administration. The boys said her hair was "nappy" and ugly. White people know very little about "nappy" hair or what it means. They are racist. Try the Urban Dictionary.

Top Ukrainian Official Throws Trump Under The Bus, Spills The Beans On Phone Call - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Sep 27, 2019:

A bit of past Trump truth here. Tim Apple. Tim Cook Apple real fast. Tim really likes cooked apples.

NC Republicans making their case that laws should be based on the Bible, in this case to ignore the...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 27, 2019:

I agree totally and I do not support them. I am non-delusional. BTW, anyone who wants to use my below listed anti-Trump words please feel free to do so. **Tim Apple. Tim Cook Apple real fast. Tim loves cooked apples**. It is when you defend that sort of nonsense from a leader and add religion that you know we are all in trouble.

A Miscarrying Woman Nearly Died After a Catholic Hospital Sent Her Home Three Times - Rewire.News

DenoPenno comments on Sep 27, 2019:

Always use a liberal healthcare system. I would never want to be treated in a Catholic hospital. Religious belief and hospitals do not mix and could get you killed.

Sam Harris podcast discussing if we are living in an Ancestor simulation.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 27, 2019:

Are we living in a simulation and why would we think so? But of course. Every single one of us does the very same things all the time every day and every night 24/7. We eat, drink, sleep, etc. regardless of race or culture. Our computers are made with the same limitations our minds have and we all repeat, repeat, repeat. I can see why many would think we are in a computer simulation but you must ask how many of us believed this before the invention of the computer.

Hi, I'm new.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 27, 2019:

Good luck as you face a nearly impossible task. Sounds to me like he got in with an Evangelical group who claims to have all the answers. His next steps will be to convince you that some invisible part of you will go to a non-existent place when you die if you do not change your ways and wake up to belief in the invisible man. Arguing the differences will not help you. One thing that might is if you agree to study how we got the scriptures as they are today, see the allowed and not allowed ones, put a time frame on this venture and know it was all 300 plus years after the time of Jesus. With that sort of time frame I equate Christianity as sort of like believing in the Fountain of Youth because people believed in it in 1700. If you can do this study and wake him up do not study it with his church group writings. Google it so as to take religion out of the subject matter from the beginning.

I asked my sister how her Philosophy class in college is going when she visited today.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 27, 2019:

Why this assignment it the teacher is a god believer? Maybe she wants to debate the different beliefs in the classroom using the papers as a discussion point. If so, the teacher is in the wrong profession.

This is a link to my local middle school.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 27, 2019:

I agree with you but unfortunately linxminx is exactly correct here. You might see if the ACLU could help or the Freedom From Religion Foundation. It's worth a shot.

Cults.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 27, 2019:

I will have to watch this for sure. Thanks.

Is there anyone but agnostics or atheists in foxholes?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2019:

If believers are in foxholes praying I certainly do not want to be in there with them. They will get you killed.

How do you get over the anger you feel at religion when you’re a new atheist?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2019:

I think you adjust and get used to it. I know that for me I'm more aware of it every day and it makes me feel more isolated. The bottom line for believers is that they are all **so afraid of death**. This is why they invented these religions to avoid death. The old custom of saying "gesundheit" when one sneezes is because it was believed that just for an instant the person was so close to death. You sneeze and get "god bless you." I still hear that one every day. Old habits are hard to break.

Wouldn't it be awesome if an extraterrestrial came down to earth and told everyone they made up the ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2019:

The only problem is that there is no proof of such beings. I studied it all in my younger days and was a believer of many things but we have no proof of anything supernatural or extraterrestrial. Oh, I know. The Navy recently admitted that UFO's on film that they had were real "aerial phenomena." This does not mean that there was a craft from another world piloted by beings of that world.

Donald Trump Claims Mike Pence Also Had Conversations With Ukraine President, Wants Pence ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2019:

Typical Trump style here.

Anyone ever get tired of explaining who you aren't?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2019:

I know what you mean. I'm a militant atheist and my weapon of choice is a word processor. I make a lot of old friends upset when religion comes up as I tell them I am now non-delusional.

I had an epiphany moment this morning.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2019:

I love your post and the memes. I can identify with every word here. The older I get the more I see that others are not stable and they do not live in my world. They are simply people I have to put up with in order to survive. Try not to fall for the distractions. There are many of them. Try not to be working your ass off for something just because you have become the product. As my life goes on I see plainly why others do not have anything. People are deceived.

...well, he's not wrong...😆

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2019:

Trump creates his own scams and jams and I think he cannot help himself. It is his nature.

The transcript between Trump and the Ukraine presidenti.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2019:

This looks very plain to me. Trump is indirectly asking the Ukraine president to help him smear a political opponent. This is what the whole impeachment inquiry is about. You simply cannot do this. This is similar to other times that Trump openly asked for Russia's help "if they were listening." This man thinks he can get away with anything and it is past time to act. The problem is that Moscow Mitch will not let any of this proceed. The nation is in a dangerous position where it appears that our future might all be this current party who defies a rule of law.

Today is my maternal biological grandpas birthday, and I was thinking about him a lot.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 26, 2019:

Don't beat yourself up. Many of us have done similar things because we cannot bare things like this.

‪FANTASTIC NEWS! The Senate just terminated Trump’s National Emergency and voted to take away ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 25, 2019:

Great news.

It's about time, in my opinion. [theweek.com]

DenoPenno comments on Sep 25, 2019:

It's past time. We know that McConnell will not be for impeachment so the Senate will not go for it, but it is time we showed them all that we are a nation with a rule of law. Trumpers need to know this as well.

I find this to be quite representative of the "Dating Experience" here on Agnostic.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 25, 2019:

I must be missing some of this and what I click on turns out to be the Adams Family. I chose not to jump on the bashing bandwagon here.

How U.S. army divers are helping to clean the oceans

DenoPenno comments on Sep 25, 2019:

The military should be used this way in order to help and make things better. It gives them a worthwhile thing to do and maybe they do not want war. In Kenya the military runs the animal rescue center near Nairobi. They take that job very seriously.

A strange drawing found in Sinai could undermine our entire idea of Judaism - Israel News - ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 25, 2019:

I do understand but this is old news. Much of the modern Christian world hopes you never see this and apologists downplay it all. Believers will not even admit that Jahweh was a tribal god who first was a warrior.

What we know and do not know about Greta Thunberg?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 25, 2019:

Damage to what cause? What prince and what yacht? This is pure gaslighting because the young girl spoke up against Trump's stand on climate change and nothing more. Trump himself is so pissed that he tweets about her badly at 3 AM.

If the Senate fails to convict and remove tRump, how will future historians write this chapter of ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 25, 2019:

IDK but if McConnell remains leader in the Senate impeachment will never happen. My take on this whole thing is that they are finally going after Trump because he withheld money from a foreign government and even asked the leader of that government to help him go after his opponent, Joe Biden. This is highly illegal and grounds to be removed as POTUS if phone transcripts prove it true. Knowing that McConnell will not go along with this all I can say is that the move must be needed to set Trump up for something else. Paul Ryan must have known that being the Koch brothers stooge would not be a good deal but Trump's ego made him fall right in there.

Christian pastor: Greta Thunberg should read the bible and stop worrying about this ‘imaginary ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 25, 2019:

If the crisis is "imaginary" then why is everyone concerned about it? This is the first question to ask. Research will show that a majority of those claiming it is imaginary have climbed onto the bandwagon of the Koch brothers, et al. Some of them are in government and some not, but most have received money for their viewpoint. The goal is to be able to rape the earth in any way possible for profit with no concern for people, their futures, healthcare, food, well being and so forth. In the end they want no regulations on anything and will take America back to 1900 if possible, and all in the name of profits. This is what's going on right now. Trump is only the tumor of the cancer. He is part of the cancer but not the cancer itself.

What’s your type?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 24, 2019:

It says I am a Director/Negotiator but I don't think any of my scores were over 26. Maybe this was because I only had 3 "very strong" opinions during the whole thing.

Kidnapper Ants Steal Other Ants' Babies - And Brainwash Them

DenoPenno comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I had formica ants on a sink cabinet one time.

I buy a Veggie Delite sandwich at the local Subway most lunchtimes.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I feel for her but this is increasing in to workplace of today. With current politics in place it can only get worse.

DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD TURN TO THE COMFORT OF THE CONCEPT OF GOD WHEN YOU'RE DYING?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I do not find the idea of gods comforting. This is why I am no longer a believer. I cannot worship one forever and ever. Even the first 10,000 years is a big stretch for me.

Well, I'm finally in the process of leaving Shawn ! He was drunk and pissed off at me and he gave me...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 24, 2019:

This sounds a lot like Reality TV.

"Baby Archie arrives in South Africa alongside parents Meghan Markle and Prince Harry" who the ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Similar things are posted every day because of the great success of reality themes in media. Of course, there is little "reality" to it even if we have taken Reality TV into the White House. I personally do not give a damn about about this but maybe it is a way of posting news regardless. If I were the royal couple I would run and hide.

Funny what gets traction on social media.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Nobody listens to me on social media and if I stir up the Trumpers they ignore my facts and do not agree at all. They call me names and insult me. They post that they want to insult people. Some things cannot be ignored.

Religious jewelry

DenoPenno comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Keep it so you can remember and if anyone asks why you are wearing it make it plain as to where it came from. That should do it. As for the cross, it irks me to see people wearing them because they assume Jesus would be OK with a cross. How would that be? I'm waiting for a nice chain necklace with an electric chair on it. Then I could tell those that confronted me for wearing it that I am more modern than they are. I have a work colleague who hears this and suddenly claims he never makes fun of anyone's religion.

Do we need religion to provide a sense of justice?

DenoPenno comments on Sep 24, 2019:

We create our own justice. The idea of justice might escape us altogether or it might take 20 or more years for justice to even happen. None of this has anything to do with gods.

This isn't a good score to have

DenoPenno comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Yes, but what can we say? Kavanaugh likes beer and he makes funny faces too.

It's funny how people will maintain faith in their religion despite even the BS in their own camp ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 24, 2019:

The biggest problem I have with climate change is that Al Gore and friends think you can pay to pollute. Isn't that business as usual?

The Prorogation of Parliament by Boris Johnson was unlawful.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I'm not surprised. Ever notice that Johnson appears as the "UK me" to Trump's "US me." They could be brothers.

Trump lawyer is a asshole

DenoPenno comments on Sep 24, 2019:

An asshole president might want an asshole lawyer. It makes sense if you are an asshole.

I joined Agnostic.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I'm not sure and I never joined wanting a dating site in the first place. I did meet a nice woman on here from Kansas but after hours of talk I scared her away. She hasn't been back here since.

States rights, esp the last story: Child brides: Heather was only 15 when she said 'I do'.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Different states, different laws.

US Navy confirms UFO videos are the real deal - YouTube

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

What real deal is it? Are they here for our water?

Onward Christian Solders Gary Gardner of Blackwell said he and his boyfriend, Sean Cormie were ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

It is more than "praying away the gay." The old time Pentecostals thought that a spirit had possessed them to cause this. It's like in the bible where Jesus commanded the spirits inside a man to go into the pigs. These spirits have no bodies so they only experience things through someone else. "Come out of him you unclean spirit." Should Gardner and Cormie sue? Of course.

Why does the beauty of the world, the order (and chaos) we discovered that underlies the universe, ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

I believe in "Super Nature." There is a book by that name that explains so many things, however there is nothing supernatural. No gods, no talking snake.

Purely stupid stuff /pet peeves of daily life.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

My all-time pet peeve is people who use their fingers in quote marks as they talk to you.

Research Has Found That People Who Talk To Pets Are Smarter Than Those Who Don’t

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

I talk to animals and talk to tiny humans on an equal level. I even talk to the many tree rodents I have around here. They don't fear me but I threaten them sometimes in a mild voice.

Working in America: Paychecks for Silence - CounterPunch.org

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

I'm not rich but thankfully I do not live paycheck to paycheck. I would have to if I bought half the stuff others tell me I should buy. People want to control you even in the workplace and they resent that you seem more debt free.

Democracy in Chains.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

It's all done by distraction and diversion. Tell a Trumper that and they don't know what you are talking about. They also do not know what a wedge issue is. In this world of oligarchy vs. democracy the ones in power have to provoke your anger so you will willingly give up your money. Recently one of them told me that "Hillary lost." This wasn't even what the conversation was about. Trumpers also have a hard time understanding why records are sealed. Is this the height of ignorance? I can't even get my own dead sister's birth certificate. Maybe they will let me take a look at the one for George W. Bush. As a private citizen I have no right to see who's name is on a contract or how much Charlie made on his book deal. Trumpers want their man to keep going after Hillary and Obama, and if they get locked up Trump is doing a great job. Damn, what ignorance!

The older I get the more I seem to loath the human race.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

I see the point but people are motivated by greed. They don't care about you. Be fair, but be aware. I'm told by the Trumpers that I have "hate and anger." I find it funny because I thought it was just a different opinion.

Here's the thing: All IMAGINARY things are the same.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

I see this totally but have you ever just looked at the trees? That's what they all tell me.

An email from a guy on a dating site: "Gwen forgive me for bothering you, you're the first real ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

People like him think we all have a "god shaped hole in the middle of our hearts." The whole idea is stupid but it make some believers cry. I used to know a church couple that sang a song that said "if just a cup of water is all I give you, then a cup of water is all I demand." It made them both cry every time they sang it. No, I'm not making this up.

Was jesus entirely made up

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

The myths and legends may have involved more than one Jesus. His sayings are contradictory and he could have been a composite personality. The gospels have him doing everything possible to fulfill some prophesy because they wanted a Messiah. The strangest thing is people who still believe the gospels are written by eye witness and you can get a bible with the words of Jesus in red.

Just for fun [youtu.be] Jesus DON'T take the wheel

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Truth in that song. It reminds me when I totaled out a work truck and came out of it without a scratch. To explain the accident I hit a slick spot and the truck went for a little spin. It all happened so quickly and was on a major highway. Many people kept saying how god had protected me and they tried so hard to have me start making things up. They were simply amazing, but I had a seat belt on. It is what it is.

How can one sin if they genuinely believe in the afterlife

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

You sin because you are coming short of the glory of god and they keep pushing all this to protect their precious doctrine of free will. It is sooo very important that you serve god all on your own and it be your decision only. You have to have "free will." You can also never measure up to the glory and righteousness of this magnificent waring beast whose sacred name most people cannot say. They might scare you with hell but the fact that they do is not proof of non-belief if you sin. Their holy book says we all "sin and come short of the glory of god." To believe is to be caught in a trap. They also know that sin can be forgiven, so when you are caught in adultery it is OK. At least it is an all natural sin and not like tobacco or anything. I used to live in this world and I got a lot of the above from active believers. Today I'm not sure I could even sit through a service.

The New York Times: Trump Acknowledges Discussing Biden in Call With Ukrainian Leader.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

They have now decided the best thing to do is protect Trump at all costs. He knows this and it just makes him worse.

Did anyone else not realize what an amazing human Takei is, until recent years?!

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

I like this.

To all you who do NOT buy in to the Flat earth thing...but are aware of what an "equinox" is...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Watch where you go because these days it can all be about equal knocks. :)

Texas teacher who tried to contact Trump to have her students deported is officially fired - Front ...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Glad she was fired. She seems like the kind of person who would also report black people for swimming or doing a bar-b-que.

5 days before the final move And someone stole our truck. Yep. That happened. 🤦‍♀️

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Lady, why do these bad things keep happening to you? The worst thing for me recently was having to replace a $600 water heater.

A bit of community today...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Great. Hemant is there and I see Tracie Harris has re-emerged since leaving the Atheist Experience. She is talented and has such a good logical mind. I'm glad she is still involved in atheism and freethought.

I haven't been to a funeral since my dad died in 2010 and I just got back from my ex-mother in law's...

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

You are correct. The ones having the worst time at funerals does appear to be the believers.

this "new" christianity is rather offensive

DenoPenno comments on Sep 22, 2019:

I agree. This is a result of wanting to remain on top while oligarchy vs. democracy progresses. This new Christianity is modeled after "The Family" in DC circles. They run on the idea that Jesus was sent for and to the ones in power. They are "the chosen." It's the same old story or pie in the sky by and by but they say you can have it right now. Just give us your money.