Atheist Zone | Old Account | Mentions https://atheistzone.com/members/danielw/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Old Account. Mon, 18 May 2026 02:37:18 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 39e9f0c73ca5323d2ca20de4b6c95152 Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School July 29th 2018 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-29th-2018/#post-10423 Wed, 01 Aug 2018 07:08:29 +0000 Thanks for that @danielw.  It’s interesting how the Patriarchy appears in the different cultures, and that in ours, infidelity and homosexuality are condemned while they are not so much in China.

I think it was Jesus and St Paul who introduced these to Christianity, as a way of “purifying” Christianity compared with the secular society around…[Read more]

]]> 2402dbca15182835fee7c54113e6d90a Strega replied to the topic Sunday School July 29th 2018 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-july-29th-2018/#post-10413 Tue, 31 Jul 2018 22:11:28 +0000 @danielw That, my friend, was a magnificent post.

]]> 0a4e9749224bc82d14e612938a2e259b Davis replied to the topic Choping off parts of children's genitals in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/choping-off-parts-of-childrens-genitals/#post-9521 Mon, 04 Jun 2018 10:42:10 +0000 @danielw

I agree with you. For me the most disturbing part of it is the ritual touching and physical violence to a family members genitals. It’s abusive.

But the second most disturbing thing is what you say:

It takes choice away from the child, is yet another forced social conformity, and has potential for negative outcomes.

The loss of bodily…[Read more]

]]> 5d9a9209100922851ef3230cd0274699 Simon Paynton posted a new activity comment https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/12113/#acomment-12136 Sun, 13 May 2018 14:55:09 +0000 Thanks @danielw, but it’s not on that list, I still can’t find it. I’ll keep looking.

In reply to - Simon Paynton posted an update Can anyone remember the name of that Evangelical project that aims to promote one man one woman etc, enforcing sexual norms? It’s quite recent. ]]> 650411d79cd0e76d859b3f453d66fb5e Strega replied to the topic Sunday School May 6th 2018 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-may-6th-2018/page/2/#post-9087 Wed, 09 May 2018 02:19:43 +0000 @danielw The Shadow of the Wind is a wonderful book.  It stands on its own, but there are two more books in that series and they make a very satisfactory tale.

]]> 580d0695272645c0ed4aad85428d4880 Strega replied to the topic Getting it wrong is right in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/getting-it-wrong-is-right/#post-8997 Fri, 04 May 2018 19:23:44 +0000 @danielw I like those.  I’m not very good with rules, so I haven’t compiled a list, but I do have personal projects.  I learned to not get irritated by anyone.  That took a few years, but I’m pretty good compared to how I used to be.

My mum had a favorite mantra.  Never complain, never explain.  I’m working with this one at present.  It’s harder…[Read more]

]]> 179053fa979a0bb07e3be7582e98ae7c Simon Paynton replied to the topic Getting it wrong is right in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/getting-it-wrong-is-right/#post-8990 Fri, 04 May 2018 08:23:13 +0000 @danielw – sounds good.

@regthefronkeyfarmer – “Admitting you don’t have all the answers but striving to find them is a better place to be?”

– that’s true.  Why is this?  Why do we always want to know things?  Why is it, “knowledge is a hit”?  Making sense of the world must be a survival skill.  It actually gives us pleasure to know things…[Read more]

]]> 738f7ca5932aece2972da0e02a11bbba Davis posted an update in the group Gay Atheist.: @danielw quote: " think that, living in a homophobic […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/11623/ Sun, 08 Apr 2018 21:45:22 +0000 @danielw

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” think that, living in a homophobic country and culture, that someone like Jason Jones should be commended for his courage and fortitude. I know nothing else about him, but can’t help but admire this part of him, that he takes action in a big and public way, against culture persecution, to bring about change. How wonderful to s…[Read more]

]]> 0 5a6ce894668d04fc66fd4c505d8379d0 PopeBeanie replied to the topic Addictive personalities, "wanting", and "destructive power and control" in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/addictive-personalities-wanting-and-destructive-power-and-control/#post-8542 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 20:24:54 +0000 @danielw I have a strong tendency to consider a lot of uniquely human qualities in terms of rushed evolution, such that the wide variation of qualities never had enough evolutionary time/history to be honed or fine-tuned or eliminated from us, genetically. E.g. some people are born with a small tail, or even gill parts next to their ears… which…[Read more]

]]> 4f51563806a193cd52ddc45c6912cf0f Simon Paynton replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/#post-8541 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 19:26:41 +0000 @danielw – “the loudest voice, the most outrage, or the most power.”

– what I observe in the noisy Left is that it is packed full of narcissists – competitive bullies who look out for no.1.  I’m sure the Right is similar.

These two trouble-making factions obscure real debate and ensure that people’s real concerns are ignored by the wider world.

]]> ccb6c40f9da63d78232b286080afe927 Simon Paynton replied to the topic Addictive personalities, "wanting", and "destructive power and control" in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/addictive-personalities-wanting-and-destructive-power-and-control/#post-8513 Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:42:19 +0000 @popebeanie – of course hoarding makes sense as part of a spectrum of “keeping things”, but as a dysfunction, it probably depends on the reasons why people do it, and how easy it is for them to stop.  We probably all collect things.

@DanielW – I’m sure that your “Aspergers collecting” is a separate thing from addiction or hoarding – I’m always…[Read more]

]]> edb514b896075bd19e42fa15e3a2d19e Strega replied to the topic One week out from retina surgery in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/one-week-out-from-retina-surgery/#post-7703 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:17:57 +0000 Update. So, @danielw I’ve downloaded Headspace and done Day 1 of the session. I didn’t know it was going to be an English accented voice directing me – living here in the states, I miss English accents and it made it so much easier for me to want to listen.  And I actually achieved following the directions and messing with my concentration – much…[Read more]

]]> 3ad742ba2ad62e98060c57d2dcfffbf8 Strega replied to the topic One week out from retina surgery in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/one-week-out-from-retina-surgery/#post-7631 Sat, 27 Jan 2018 20:22:08 +0000 I also read about the benefits of meditation – however, I get stuck and impatient with the ’empty your mind’ direction.  @danielw are you saying there are apps and things that make this mind-emptying thing easier?  Or even obsolete?  I’d be very interested in what you’ve found.

]]> b9964a828a83c05780be0398bd66e1e9 Simon Paynton replied to the topic CONSCIOUSNESS AND STAR TREK'S TRANSPORTER in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/consciousness-and-star-treks-transporter/#post-7448 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 12:35:29 +0000 @danielw – “Or maybe, the old you died, and you are now a replacement you.”

– lol, that’s a rabbit-hole right there.  If you think about it though, if there’s a spectrum from “life” to “death”, then being under general anaesthetic is somewhere uncomfortably far out in the middle.

]]> d6cf573d7b494353eadfee6ed368ef10 Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School December 31th 2017 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-december-31th-2017/page/3/#post-7139 Sun, 07 Jan 2018 03:12:37 +0000 @danielw – “moral injury”

– I agree, everyone must have experienced this at some stage.

“In the scheme of things in this world, I think most people, in most places and times, have had it worse.”

– I’m glad you recognise that.  Some people are in the bottom 1%.

“I didn’t see that about western philosophy being racist and xenophobic.”

– I as…[Read more]

]]> b5b72ec81dc1c14902ef772a65db26b6 Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School December 31th 2017 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-december-31th-2017/page/2/#post-7066 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 21:20:09 +0000 @DanielW – I stand corrected. Instead of saying we “are all genetically the same”, I intended to say “we all genetically the same species”. It does not matter what race, tribe or skin color we happen to be. We are all related. We are all “Homo Sapiens”. I like to show Creationists my arm when discussing DNA and Evolution.

 

We are also more…[Read more]

]]> eb53c75f4f0a2b59ddf4628fe9119b19 Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School December 31th 2017 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-december-31th-2017/#post-7028 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 00:07:07 +0000 @danielw – I knew a “classical evangelical” in the US, and what can I say?  She is a really nice person, who really impressed me.  She gave me the clue that “atheistic radicalism” and “evangelicalism” are sometimes on the same page.  I have a strong feeling that that old-fashioned strength of character belongs more on the right than the left (j…[Read more]

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