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

DenoPenno comments on Mar 24, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2018:

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

No gods for me thanks.

Freeman999 comments on Mar 22, 2018:

No gods for me thanks.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2018:

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

No gods for me thanks.

Freeman999 comments on Mar 22, 2018:

No gods for me thanks.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 24, 2018:

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

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

KKGator comments on Mar 23, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 23, 2018:

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

Something interesting.

evidentialist comments on Mar 21, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 23, 2018:

Looks and sounds just like another religion to me.

The last male northern white rhino has died! ?

misstuffy comments on Mar 21, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 21, 2018:

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

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

DenoPenno comments on Mar 21, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 21, 2018:

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

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

Galihad_Z comments on Mar 20, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 21, 2018:

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

What is the bible to you?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 21, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 21, 2018:

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

Monogamy

DenoPenno comments on Mar 19, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 21, 2018:

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

So.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 14, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 21, 2018:

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

Phone addiction?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 18, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 19, 2018:

@Condor5 Yes indeed.

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

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 18, 2018:

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

Phone addiction?

JanGarber comments on Mar 15, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 18, 2018:

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

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

sassygirl3869 comments on Mar 17, 2018:

KKK White Nationalists Republican Party-want fucking wall-nationalism

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

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

Dating after 50

Redcupcoffee comments on Jan 6, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

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

Obey zombie Jesus

kiramea comments on Mar 17, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

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

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

sassygirl3869 comments on Mar 17, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

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

Are you racist?

JamesA91 comments on Mar 8, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

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

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

BD66 comments on Mar 17, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

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

Do you believe in a HIGHer power?

Shawappa44820 comments on Mar 17, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

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

Breasts

Otterpop comments on Mar 4, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

@kensmile4u Roy Orbison could do 4 octaves.

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

PeppermintDreads comments on Mar 17, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 17, 2018:

Did somebody say gun troll?

God and Ghosts

Bverret2012 comments on Mar 15, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 16, 2018:

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

Afterlife

TweedleDee comments on Mar 15, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 16, 2018:

I believe that dead is dead.

Years ago I dated a Pentecostal woman. Why?

jlynn37 comments on Mar 14, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2018:

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

Years ago I dated a Pentecostal woman. Why?

gsiamne comments on Mar 14, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2018:

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

I look forward to my next blessing

Ersomething comments on Mar 15, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2018:

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

I look forward to my next blessing

Bibliophile_xo comments on Mar 15, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2018:

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

Religious suffering

Karen916 comments on Feb 20, 2018:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2018:

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

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

resserts comments on Nov 1, 2017:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2018:

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

Incest: Immoral or Moral?

Maya405 comments on Nov 7, 2017:

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

DenoPenno replies on Mar 15, 2018:

Maya just about nailed it.

Out of the many dangerous diseases, which one terrify you the most?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 13, 2018:

Ebola, but I keep praying that Trump will get it. If he does I might go back to theism again.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 14, 2018:

@juli15 It's also satire, Juli. Trump will not get the disease and I will not go back to theism.

Government Tyranny

Beach_slim comments on Mar 13, 2018:

Honestly, have you not been paying attention? Have you heard of Waco, Texas? What about those fellow rangers in California? What about police shooting unarmed individuals? What do you think the BLM (black lives matter) movement was all about? Do you know that the police are government ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 13, 2018:

I am very disturbed by things like this. My weapon of choice is currently a word processor.

Ladies: What clothes a man can wear that you find horrible?

NicThePoet comments on Mar 10, 2018:

Crocs. Pants that sag below the butt - especially if you're also wearing a belt! Socks with sandals. T-shirts with pit stains. Trump hat.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 13, 2018:

@Jehe79 People today often forget that this look and style was something introduced many years ago by David Akeman, known in country music as "Stringbean." I'm sure that he dressed normally when off stage. If he was alive today he might get a laugh out of knowing where his "style" has gone.

Guilt Trips

pthomas59 comments on Mar 13, 2018:

Smile and say. ."I'm at peace with it, let it go!"

DenoPenno replies on Mar 13, 2018:

When I joined the Army without prior discussion my step father said to me "just look at what you have done to your mother." This was the kind of "guilt" that I grew up with and also why I do not use it on anyone I know today.

Is time a real concept?

Bipolar56 comments on Mar 12, 2018:

Time is infitine anyway, time is simply in the moment, what we live at this time Sartre said 'The Past is the Future'

DenoPenno replies on Mar 12, 2018:

In the case of us humans our past eventually does become our future. Usually in less than 100 years.

The Ku Klux Klan is slowly rising again | New York Post

Rudy1962 comments on Mar 12, 2018:

I think the election of Obama probably had something to do with this. It's almost predictable that a backlash from the election of the first African-American President was going to occur. It brought an uneasiness to many white people. They denied the real reason it made them uneasy, and instead ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 12, 2018:

I agree with you mostly but cannot see as a white man how my race has given me any privilege. This would happen only if I came from a family that had money in the first place. My family did not. As for whites no longer being a majority, who cares? I have envy because I am human. It does not mean I have to have race based jealousy. As for the KKK they should be about as welcome in America as ISIS.

I have a few concerns and reservations about the upcoming meeting between Trump and Kim.

Druvius comments on Mar 9, 2018:

Lol. Who knows. The US has already announced that North Korea must make concessions before talks will occur, so likely they wont. And Kim won't need an interpreter, he speaks English. :)

DenoPenno replies on Mar 10, 2018:

OK. I was aiming at satire with this.

Do you think there is such a thing as consciousness?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 8, 2018:

We have consciousness but our minds are selective. Consciousness is what we like to think of as being awake and aware. It changes. Today I cannot remember how to get to my friends house like I did in 1970. Everything in the area has changed. I do remember "being there" but not how to get there. If I...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 9, 2018:

@kueiga Maybe. But you have to have one to have the other. My consciousness of being lives in my head just like my remembrance.

Do you think there is such a thing as consciousness?

SageDave comments on Mar 8, 2018:

If you are defining consciouness as being aware of your surroundings and perception of being, then "Yes," consciouness does exist. If you ar putting a metaphysical bent to the term, then "No." the question as to where does our conscious mind exist is still a scientific questition that has not ben ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 8, 2018:

Experiments with the human brain have proven that electrodes touching certain areas of the brain make the subject say certain words and phrases. That pretty much shows me where our consciousness is.

Atheists, whats the best definition of atheism? Which fits you?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 8, 2018:

Atheism means you do not believe in gods. It's really that simple. I came out of theism because there is no evidence of gods. I can't stop there, however. Gods are supernatural and I also find that there is no evidence of ANYTHING supernatural. Yes, we have all had experiences but it just means we ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 8, 2018:

@Ungod None of the gods I read about were human once they became a god.

Do you find yourself automatically drawn to other nonbelievers?

GoldenDoll comments on Mar 8, 2018:

I am aslo repelled by believers. They don't need to say anything - you can tell by that special smile and glazed eyes they have..........

DenoPenno replies on Mar 8, 2018:

@GoldenDoll "Is the bible still relevant today?" Relevant to what?

Do you find yourself automatically drawn to other nonbelievers?

Donotbelieve comments on Mar 8, 2018:

That has not been my experience, though I wish it were. I am surrounded by believers. If I find intelligence in someone, I get excited...only to be let down by their blind faith in jesus. Time after time this is the situation. I don't even get my hopes up anymore. I just joined this site ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 8, 2018:

I think we both share that. It happens to me as well.

Fear of Hell

MollyBell comments on Mar 6, 2018:

I'll be very happy to really be alive after I'm dead, even if it's hell. I have a feeling it's going to be exactly like the last time I was dead, though. You know, that time before I was born.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 6, 2018:

I have a feeling that you are exactly correct, MollyBell.

Fear of Hell

Donotbelieve comments on Mar 6, 2018:

I suffer from this, as well.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 6, 2018:

Do not fear hell. Each religion has its own hell, so which hell would a person be going to? The concept is ridiculous. This fear was ingrained in you for a reason and it has nothing to do with gods or an afterlife. When you die nothing can hurt you. The goal, however, is to live life well and be happy.

Are snakes with apples always up to no good?

Tony80223 comments on Mar 6, 2018:

I suppose so. but I ain't asking 'em.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 6, 2018:

Snakes usually stay out of my yard. If I see one I follow it and say "I know you can talk and you are not fooling me." For some reason they slither off as quickly as possible and they don't say a word.

Do you believe in karma? reincarnation??

DenoPenno comments on Mar 4, 2018:

Karma in its most simple form is "doing." That's all it means is doing. The saying of "what goes around comes around" is not demonstrable but is a part of cosmic momentum if given enough time. What happens to karma that you create? Does it tie in with the physical body and will it help you come back...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 4, 2018:

I'm sure there are many books. Writing them is how people make a living and get a following. I've studied phenomena for over 20 years and just like our mainstream writers I find no evidence for it. BTW, I do remember some of my claims as a child. Today I see them as false, but to each his own.

Is anyone doing anything cool for St. Patrick's Day?

KKGator comments on Mar 4, 2018:

Avoiding other people.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 4, 2018:

I do my share of avoiding other people. Usually I pretend I'm not home on weekends. lol

Co Dependancy?

Whathappensnow comments on Mar 4, 2018:

Yeah, my ex and I split just over 6 years ago, after 21 years. She had a mental illness, I was her stay at home carer. No good dweling on things, so I got on with my life. Still single, I'm happy that way, have some friends that I party and rock with. If someone comes into my life one day cool, if ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 4, 2018:

Going forward is important. My ex and I are each living alone today, but the big concern for me is that since we were interracial certain idiots want to convince me to "hate her." Sorry. I cannot condone racism. Guess that's what happens when you live in mid Missouri.

Blessed to share God’s creation.

birdingnut comments on Mar 4, 2018:

I see that a lot on Facebook. If there is a photo of beautiful scenery, or an animal, often someone will start gushing about wasn't God wonderful to make that scene, or that beautiful Freisian horse, apparently not realizing that humans breed different horse breeds. I just figure that it's ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 4, 2018:

My kids tell me not to spoil their god belief for them. They claim to "believe in god in their own way." I tell them this is a great problem with god belief. No evidence and everyone wants it their way.

What would you define as critical human rights?

silvereyes comments on Mar 3, 2018:

Equal opportunity for education and jobs regardless of physical attributes or other external prejudices Access to health care, food, housing, and anything else that falls under the umbrella of a need The right to be different, speak one's mind, and do what one wants with their genitals-- so long ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 3, 2018:

I hope that doing what you want with your genitals does not include mutilation or pain. Just sayin.'

What are some double standards that bother you?

Rideauxb comments on Mar 1, 2018:

8 years bitching about things Obama did or did not do that past and current republican presidents have done or did not do.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 2, 2018:

As it looks right now Obama will likely be our last great President. Trump von Klownstick could never hold or be any comparison to him.

What are some double standards that bother you?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 1, 2018:

I try to avoid people with double standards. It's hard to do. I work with white supremacists (not everyone) and just found out yesterday that a man I know favors the KKK. I know all these people but have to watch my tongue So many think that because I am white I should "be proud that I am white." ...

DenoPenno replies on Mar 2, 2018:

@MaryApplin I'm divorced now but while we were married very few people said anything against us racially. At least I didn't hear it. Now that Trump is in the racists think I should be like one of them. If I hear bad words I say openly that I do not use those words, but you have to be careful in order to keep your job. Trump doing away with everything since FDR. We don't need hate. We need good leaders again.

Suggestions accepted

BawdyEclectic comments on Mar 1, 2018:

Just hope he stays healthy. We're one heartbeat away from Pence and his Christian dystopia. Hopefully Congress will go blue in November and they can shut him down.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 2, 2018:

Pence and the New Apostolic Reformation. In other words, they represent that same god and Jesus that so many just know helped us found America so we can worship them in Freedom. This is the god that gave us our laws and belongs in our courts system as well as public school system. This is the Kentucky Ark god and the Museum of the Bible god.

What are some double standards that bother you?

Meep70 comments on Mar 1, 2018:

Hair. It is taboo for a man to have long hair in certain circles, and to be accepted, he must wear it short. A woman can wear her hair how she likes.

DenoPenno replies on Mar 1, 2018:

People get the modern hair thing out of scripture. Even so, hair length was longer in men in biblical times and in the time of Lincoln.

I'm struggling and looking for advice.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 27, 2018:

I do sympathize. I'm divorced and 71, living alone and doing much like I did in younger life. I have a very cheap mortgage and do not want to move. (Maybe if the woman was super rich.lol) Friends tell me you have to take chances, etc, and to me it does not mean giving up what little I have to take ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 27, 2018:

@Nottheonlyone You have every right to do things your way and do what makes you happy. I'm also not sure I should be alone. It's just that things change, times change, and people change. Honestly I'm not good at change.

I always had doubts about the story of Lot.

MarcIveson comments on Jan 13, 2018:

None of it happened ... Easy

DenoPenno replies on Feb 27, 2018:

Some are so dumbfounded that even today they point of a rock that is supposed to be the "pillar of salt" that was once Lot's wife.

Relationships and "Gods Will": Did you or someone you know marry the wrong person as a bi-product of...

xamountofstars comments on Feb 5, 2018:

Yes. And the experience convinced me to never date within the church again. The first guy I was ever engaged to was abusive and I never realized it until about half a year after he broke off the engagement when a therapist gave me the heads up. Took me awhile to come to terms with it, but it was ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 27, 2018:

I have a religious friend who got a divorce after 20 plus years of marriage. God had put the 2 of them together and they had children and went to church every time the doors opened. Today he is on his second marriage and into it by 22 years. I hope that this time god has finally made up his mind.

This talking cougar will have you laughing!!!

Paul628 comments on Feb 24, 2018:

Beautiful animal. I would not want to hear that sound if I was walking around at night. YIKES!

DenoPenno replies on Feb 24, 2018:

It can go from that sound on into something that sounds like a woman's scream. No, you do not want to hear that at night. Panthers make a similar noise.

Atheism

Heart_Truth comments on Feb 22, 2018:

I consider myself agnostic. I was raised fundamentalist apostolic apocalyptic crazy Christian and left at age 24. There were no options for me as a child. It was all hellfire and brimstone and spankings and the world will end in 2000. My doubts started as I began to realize the prejudice that ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 24, 2018:

Due to a modern bad numbering system it was said that the earth would end in 2000. Even in the Buybull it constantly said god did not want "numbering of the people." Oh, wait. End in 2000. It's already 2018.

I can't believe I only just found this out now, but New Zealand's famous blind bi sexual goose has ...

Anonbene comments on Feb 23, 2018:

I'm pretty sure it's a universal thing that humans and animals with penises will stick said penises into anything.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 24, 2018:

My penis has a few restrictions. There are a few things it doesn't want to make a habit of.

Asking for prayers....?

geeky1965 comments on Feb 24, 2018:

My question is if they believe in heaven and god, why do they fight to live? Why do they try all the chemo, medications, and surgery to stay alive when "god is calling them home"?

DenoPenno replies on Feb 24, 2018:

Good question. It's coz they "have their doubts" about god and religion. Remember that the Christian has this "hope" of eternal life in Jesus. It is a "hope" because nobody knows for sure.

Religious suffering

EmeraldJewel comments on Feb 21, 2018:

I spent day and night always paranoid that everyone was going to Hell that I loved and I could remember a time I was convinced that if I didn’t convince them to get saved I’d be the one to pay for it. I also remember hating myself because I thought I was this evil sinner, who didn’t deserve to...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 23, 2018:

Yes, it was US who helped crucify Jesus and nail him to a cross. Poor Jesus. He probably got nailed more than anybody else and it hurt him the most. I think they used extra nails on him. (Cry now) We made it worse by not believing and we were the worst sinners. Come to Jesus right now for only $19.95. Tomorrow may be too late. Going up to $35.00 by Wednesday.

What has been the dumbest religious comment/response/statement you have ever heard personally?

Pooska comments on Jan 2, 2018:

Had a co-worker tell me that NASA is keeping the truth about the earth being flat to keep us away from our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.....dead serious.... thinks NASA is working for the devil

DenoPenno replies on Feb 22, 2018:

Well, in defense of your co-worker, Pooska, the earth is flat in the bible and on maps. Maybe that is just to have us avoid looking all around our textbooks. IDK? LOL

What has been the dumbest religious comment/response/statement you have ever heard personally?

PEGUS comments on Jan 4, 2018:

A revival preacher said, "If the King James version of the Bible was good enough for Jesus, it is good enough for me".

DenoPenno replies on Feb 22, 2018:

As an ex-Pentecostal I have heard that same very remark. It shows how ignorant they are. Jesus had no bibles. People did not "talk strange" in those days, and the remark about a loved one dying and they say "god needed another angel" is straight out of 1900. I am so glad I got away from them.

What has been the dumbest religious comment/response/statement you have ever heard personally?

markdevenish comments on Jan 13, 2018:

my friend is an astro physicist and says there are people in his profession who are religious .AND chris hadfield is a canadian astronaut and he says half of the astronauts believe in that voodoo. !!!!!

DenoPenno replies on Feb 22, 2018:

If you are an astro physicist and claim to believe in gods you have not been trained properly. You will find no answers in a god.

When a person cheat, do you look for revenge or do you just let it go?

AMGT comments on Feb 20, 2018:

Cut ties and move on with your integrity in tact. Karma doesn’t exist, btw. Fallible humans do, and theyre everywhere.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 22, 2018:

Karma is "doing." That's all it means. You are doing something. I suppose those who take it into "what goes around comes around" think that if you are "doing" long enough then this is the logical outcome. I hate that old cliché about Karma.

How do you deal with a relationship where someone believes in conspiracy, gods, aliens, racism, etc?

crazycat329 comments on Feb 19, 2018:

I just recently started back into the internet dating scene after my fiance died last fall. I met a guy who was fantastic,,money, house, job, wine, fireplace, sex...fantastic. Until on the 3rd date we got into more in depth conversation over his son going to Yale and that college turned him gay, he...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 21, 2018:

The only thing I could agree with that guy on is girls joining the Boy Scouts. They were separate coz the sexes are separate. As for scouts from other countries and they came here, etc. live with that. America is a melting pot. We all came from somewhere.

I’ve noticed something on here.

snytiger6 comments on Feb 19, 2018:

It is not that most people here are liberal. It is that most people here happen to be fact based. As it happens actual real facts tend to support the liberal viewpoint. If the liberal viewpoint was not based (mostly) on actual facts, the most peopel here would have viewpoints that differed from ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 19, 2018:

Modern conservatives seem to go more with subjective reality these days. Just add religion to that and it means whatever you want it to mean.

What would make you believe in a God?

Ash831 comments on Oct 22, 2017:

I would believe in a god if it presented itself to me in no uncertain terms. Like I believe in gravity.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 19, 2018:

Behold, god stands at the door and knocks. If you open the door and let him in, then he will not do all those bad things he's going to do to you if you do not open the door. Sorry. That's how religion works.

What would make you believe in a God?

Rikachu comments on Sep 29, 2017:

If 'god' exists, it would know exactly what would convince me. Either it is unable to, unwilling, doesn't care, or simply does not exist.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 19, 2018:

I agree with your every word. In fact, this god would know what it would take to make any person believe and that would be the evidence god would have provided. Scripture says god does not want anyone to perish, so why the lack of evidence? It can't be about "faith." Did the 500 people who saw the risen Jesus have faith? No, they did not need it. Paul wanted to convince everyone, but we might ask if Jesus even knew 500 people. If he did, how would they know him? Was he floating in the air or did he show them all his hands that will now remain nail scarred forever? For the record, I no longer believe the Goat and Sheep Herders Guide to the Galaxy. Too much nonsense.

How do you deal with a relationship where someone believes in conspiracy, gods, aliens, racism, etc?

Donotbelieve comments on Feb 19, 2018:

I end it. I prefer sanity in a relationship.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 19, 2018:

I hear you. I prefer sanity and no drama. I talk about drama all the time but it's how I see this drama in others and it really has nothing to do with me. Just going to a Christmas dinner at my oldest daughter's last year, I came home thinking "Jesus, (swear word) why is it so hard for these people to have a relationship? Watching and listening was like agony.

Ghosts are as mythical as God but what if an atheist believes in Ghosts.

Jackolope74 comments on Feb 13, 2018:

I personally don't believe in the existence of ghosts because I have never had a paranormal experience, especially one that could not be explained as an hallucination or the brain playing tricks on me. That said, I fail to understand the direct correlation between paranormal activity and the ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 17, 2018:

I have had paranormal experiences. They are no different that a religious experience. Having them is not proof that they are real.

Ghosts are as mythical as God but what if an atheist believes in Ghosts.

Cynical-lion comments on Feb 13, 2018:

I just find that strange, the rejection of one supernatural entity while holding onto belief of another. I know atheism pertains to gods, but usually that is because atheists reject supernatural claims all together. I've known people who kind of believe in ghosts while not believing in gods and it ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 17, 2018:

Cynical-lion is exactly correct.

Ghosts are as mythical as God but what if an atheist believes in Ghosts.

Cynical-lion comments on Feb 13, 2018:

I just find that strange, the rejection of one supernatural entity while holding onto belief of another. I know atheism pertains to gods, but usually that is because atheists reject supernatural claims all together. I've known people who kind of believe in ghosts while not believing in gods and it ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 17, 2018:

I think you are exactly correct and I think the same way on this issue.

Why are Christians being marginalized in America?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 11, 2018:

Christians are taught that they will be persecuted and Evangelicals really take this to heart. If Jesus said you will be persecuted then it must be happening. This is also why we have a "war on Christmas" every year. People have a fit if you say "Happy Holidays" despite the fact that most know ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 17, 2018:

@GoldenMean It's a religious thing coming from years of being taught that Christmas was a birthday for Jesus. Even if they do not really believe it, they think "Happy Holidays" is taking away from Jesus and the bible.

Would you want a Christian God to be real?

KKGator comments on Dec 27, 2017:

Fuck NO!

DenoPenno replies on Feb 12, 2018:

Martin Luther hated the Jews because they killed his Jesus who was also a Jew. Figure that one out.

I don't believe in A god as described in the bible but I believe there is something.

hlfsousa comments on Feb 11, 2018:

Sometimes I have a strong feeling of being watched. The name for that is "illusion". The same thing an illusionist uses for entertainment, or a con artist uses for profit.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 11, 2018:

A strong feeling of being watched is also known as paranoia. As a heightened awareness a certain amount of paranoia is normal. Go beyond that and you have a problem.

Religion..should it matter

birdingnut comments on Feb 11, 2018:

Religions are mostly human constructs to get control over populations. The GOP takes full advantage of this..scoring an obedient voter base through the alt-right religious fanatics.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 11, 2018:

The word "mostly" should be removed from your first sentence. ALL religions are human constructs.

Do any of you have the list of achievements by President Trump that serves the interests of the ...

Norie comments on Feb 11, 2018:

Let’s see. The stock market is high. My sister’s husband’s paycheck went up....wait. The stock market is prob due to obama. And the higher payment also is raising the debt or deficit trillions of dollars. I get those mixed up. North Korea hasn’t nuked us yet? So I guess the $200 increase in ...

DenoPenno replies on Feb 11, 2018:

Notice that everyone claims Trump is the reason for our tremendous stock market. OK. Is he also the reason it recently crashed and took a 1000 point dive? LOL

My love or their love?

SonderOpia comments on Feb 11, 2018:

I think the pain of being in love and being rejected is worse than the pain of not loving someone that is completely in love with you. However both situations suck.

DenoPenno replies on Feb 11, 2018:

I can agree with you easily. Many I know think that I should now hate my ex wife because she left me. Sometimes people grow apart. The only reason they want me to "hate her" is that she is from Kenya, so now I know my "racist friends." Life gets more marvelous as you go along and learn more things.