Atheist Zone | david | Mentions https://atheistzone.com/members/david/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning david. Fri, 01 May 2026 23:02:17 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 428262047f1199f2d7a8f3a6d37ce558 Davis replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/page/3/#post-8580 Sun, 01 Apr 2018 18:25:09 +0000 @David

You won’t get any argument from me that the hate-laws in the UK and to a lesser extent in France are applied too broadly in some extraordinary cases. The Count Dankula one for example is a pretty difficult case to explain either way. However, hate-speech, extreme harassment, intimidation and threats exploded during the Brexit debate and…[Read more]

]]> 8e0c3fd81fa56aa225e94605bdd0417b DrBob replied to the topic Above the law and why we cannot allow theist freedom in the forum Theism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/above-the-law-and-why-there-we-cannot-allow-relilgious-freedom/#post-4659 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 17:06:00 +0000 Since @David Boots asked me to comment in the other thread, I’ll offer this to help continue the conversation and then bow out:

I think the fundamental problem with setting an absolute “follow the law” ethic is that it absolves people of the individual obligation to use their own brains, to think for themselves, to be rational or com…[Read more]

]]> 23af88b3b413e357658cea72f926eb02 Simon Paynton replied to the topic What is God? in the forum Theism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/what-is-god/page/7/#post-3762 Fri, 21 Jul 2017 09:58:54 +0000 @David Boots – it’s unearned favour, which implies that everyone gets it regardless of anything else.  It’s not there to save people from car crashes or cave collapses – it’s not a superpower.  But it is a force for growth, regeneration, and redemption.

Naoki Higashida, in “Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight”, says:

“A worthwhile existen…[Read more]

]]> 67566c00e684b3a69964ef6ff9a12b35 Simon Paynton replied to the topic Why I left Islam in the forum Introductions https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/why-i-left-islam/#post-3463 Mon, 03 Jul 2017 21:53:45 +0000 @David Boots – I don’t know, but I think the Iranian revolution seems to have started the process, followed by a lot of $$$ muscle provided by hardline Saudi Arabia.

]]> c7098875df9a871aceaf3c7befa43ffb Simon Paynton replied to the topic Burn Baby Burn in the forum Theism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/burn-baby-burn/page/2/#post-3100 Mon, 12 Jun 2017 07:29:19 +0000 @David – “Does it need to be shared then?”

– I don’t know what you mean.  I think that strictly speaking, morality refers to our relationship with others, or our relationship with the larger group.

“the ‘foundations’ do not measure freedom or equality”

– these foundations are catch-all terms for large groups of related values.  I think that…[Read more]

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