Atheist Zone | David Boots | Activity https://atheistzone.com/members/davidboots/activity/ Activity feed for David Boots. Sat, 19 Sep 2026 21:38:39 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 90a4be30910e66efb6db913201e66169 David Boots posted an update: IF you are into youtube can you check out the Egyptian […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/12036/ Mon, 07 May 2018 11:36:30 +0000 IF you are into youtube can you check out the Egyptian Atheist and give him some support.

]]> 0 41e4c278c67db9727314155b6637ac72 David Boots posted an update: Did anyone realise that islam has a problem with […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/12008/ Sun, 06 May 2018 11:30:15 +0000 Did anyone realise that islam has a problem with dogs?

]]> 0 a98cf49781eff378768bafd4c7b9431c David Boots posted an update: Interesting guy […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/12006/ Sun, 06 May 2018 11:06:28 +0000 Interesting guy https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzREuchzOqiawpEpvEM0Tyg

]]> 1 36523339f7d817f8f283eee357b60b29 David Boots started the topic Getting it wrong is right in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/getting-it-wrong-is-right/ Thu, 03 May 2018 12:43:41 +0000 Physicist Robert A. Milikan won the Nobel Prize in Physics but said ‘There is no likelihood that man will ever tap the power of the atom.’

Ernest Rutherford known as the father of nuclear physics stated in 1933 that anyone who expected power to be made from atoms was talking ‘moonshine.’

In the same year Albert Einstein stated there was not the…[Read more]

]]> 9139936c9650e114b4c87902da1d8b8d David Boots posted an update: LMAO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M114bK4qaiM https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/11954/ Wed, 02 May 2018 19:21:59 +0000 LMAO

]]> 0 c98aabf757f11fad5a25c8e6952e5ed9 David Boots posted a new activity comment https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/11926/#acomment-11930 Tue, 01 May 2018 08:44:07 +0000 I can give mine away if you like?

In reply to - Kate B posted an update Hi everyone! I know this is completely out of the blue but I am actually a casting producer who is working on a reboot of the hit show Wife Swap! I am reaching out to you today because I […] ]]> e8c317966ed01b5fd4cd19457632a2b1 David Boots replied to the topic US vs Russia in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/us-vs-russia/page/2/#post-8927 Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:23:30 +0000 Interesting take here. 

And here.

]]> 5a452153f7ada7af9b5220c6f9831408 David Boots replied to the topic Sunday School April 29th 2018 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-april-29th-2018/#post-8926 Sun, 29 Apr 2018 12:32:43 +0000 “I was constantly berated for my belief in God” – It is natural to push back instinctively.

]]> 25bfcb850d5b30a323251ba1494465e1 David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/page/3/#post-8880 Tue, 24 Apr 2018 17:40:44 +0000 Interesting story about another nazi mocking dog.

]]> 9281e61baa3279f8aad5f5bed0d0e89f David Boots replied to the topic Sunday School April 22th 2018 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-april-22th-2018/#post-8869 Mon, 23 Apr 2018 10:55:22 +0000 To the muslim in the Nat Geo article who said ‘Why do I have to prove to you that I’m a good guy?’

The answer is simple – your religion has lost the benefit of the doubt and you have failed to distance yourself from those who bring shame to your theocratic cult.

And you might find non muslims a little more sympathetic if you took a strong u…[Read more]

]]> d6b80164074a780d8f82ab18e0b93184 David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/page/3/#post-8858 Sun, 22 Apr 2018 09:52:15 +0000 Absolutely. The problem is, these type of laws – just like blasphemy laws – are so vague and subjective they can be used for anything. Blasphemy laws have been used to seek petty revenge for disputes. They have been used to seek political advantage and to suppress opinions of all sort.

]]> 6d88d68f94c6704336a88baf92ce05f5 David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/page/3/#post-8833 Sat, 21 Apr 2018 08:20:42 +0000 Well there are lots of things that are offensive. I find this type of law offensive for starters.

]]> 4d58e83b143d8b59240f664cce8c1249 David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/page/3/#post-8830 Sat, 21 Apr 2018 04:54:16 +0000 Here is another case that should make everyone stop – think and focus.

A 19 year old girl posted lyrics from a rap song on her private instagram account. The lyrics contained the word nigger which made it a hate crime. She was convicted of the criminal offence of race hate.

Read about it here…

The song is here…

 

]]> 267d113edec487f2125c249773fb849d David Boots replied to the topic US vs Russia in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/us-vs-russia/#post-8736 Sat, 14 Apr 2018 16:09:27 +0000 Well for one it means a country could issue an arrest warrant for say Theresa May and seek to have it enforced.

]]> 9702683cffd18e5b0d3cb6eeb734da56 David Boots replied to the topic US vs Russia in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/us-vs-russia/#post-8734 Sat, 14 Apr 2018 15:25:44 +0000 This strike seems to be completely illegal. Under international law as I understand it, there exist only three ways force is allowed by one state in another state’s territory. The first is by mandate of the security council. The second is in self defence. And the third is where a population is in danger of imminent destruction.

Here there was no…[Read more]

]]> 1cc6781ae830364ba8804d8140d92661 David Boots replied to the topic Naive to the point of ... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/naive-to-the-point-of/#post-8729 Fri, 13 Apr 2018 13:29:36 +0000 Topical

]]> ce7d3d8a3d8fe383f3c740beb1e719f1 David Boots started the topic Naive to the point of ... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/naive-to-the-point-of/ Sun, 08 Apr 2018 09:19:46 +0000 In the last 15 years of so I have come to realise that their is a strong element of naivety running through those of us in the west. It appears to be associated with intelligence and empathetic personalities.

Unless , as a westerner, you have first hand experience to the contrary we tend to give the benefit of the doubt to people. We just…[Read more]

]]> 8dd9aeb8213a3b0352232e720f597aa1 David Boots replied to the topic Islamofiction in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/islamofiction/#post-8627 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 20:28:11 +0000 What I find interesting is this remark about the methodology ‘It also wanted to avoid the perils of “code-switching”: the all-too-human minority impulse to fit in, to shape your response to meet the expectations of the majority population and to disguise the answer that you think will be too disturbing for people from a different culture to hea…[Read more]

]]> 975d1c990bbf1280864cd82e29cce259 David Boots started the topic Islamofiction in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/islamofiction/ Thu, 05 Apr 2018 11:11:02 +0000 The term islamophobia has as much credibility as the term ‘deep state’ and is about as an attractive a concept as fecal impaction.

What is there to be said about it that hasn’t already been said… that to fear a rapidly growing and violent dogma is not only rational but prudent. That it’s use as a blunt weapon to bludgeon valid criticism of a theo…[Read more]

]]> de3b440497b9725e766302b49c9486b5 David Boots replied to the topic Sunday School April 1st 2018 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-april-1st-2018/#post-8572 Sun, 01 Apr 2018 13:17:46 +0000 Reg I don’t know how you do it week after week. You must have the mental fortitude of a Rottweiler!

Can I add this article about blatant political interference in an election by the catholic church –  blatant interference

]]> e94c30eee41b1f81a576639d30356b4a David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/page/3/#post-8570 Sun, 01 Apr 2018 13:00:40 +0000 Ok I am not American so feel free to discount my views. But America is awesome. Its contribution to modern society is probably unequalled in history. The technology, science and extraordinary jurisprudence are stunning.

Sure it is flawed. It has way more guns than it needs. The country is riddled with crackpot christians and a strange unjustified…[Read more]

]]> 4e5b874d0793a02c66cac5e2be3a6709 David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/page/3/#post-8565 Sun, 01 Apr 2018 09:24:56 +0000 2,671 prosecutions under this law were made in the United Kingdom in just the first 5 years. That is more than one prosecution each and every day of the week for over five years. You would think that level of resources could be applied more usefully elsewhere.

]]> 49a9bfb06972f58253a298dcd925f38c David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/page/2/#post-8563 Sun, 01 Apr 2018 06:18:51 +0000 Robert, at least in this case, it is my understanding that the complaint was made by a professional theist lobby group. If that is the case, then in fact there is no actual incident of an ‘offended person’. Indeed that lobby group explained why it complained by stating that the holocaust was not an appropriate subject to make a joke about.

So it…[Read more]

]]> cebfc1703fc738347138916288f9b1dd David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/page/2/#post-8560 Sun, 01 Apr 2018 04:32:56 +0000 The actual law the youtuber in question was convicted under is this:

A person is guilty of an offence if he (very sexist!) sends by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character.

Under this law sending a picture of two gay men kissing would…[Read more]

]]> 176af4b3c58573bb291474f73a1382e0 David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/page/2/#post-8559 Sun, 01 Apr 2018 04:11:58 +0000 Robert I think you need to elaborate on how a youtube video deprives someone of their liberty and ability to pursue happiness.

Just as someone chooses to be offended, they must choose to watch that ‘offensive’ video. Perhaps if they were not aware of it’s content they could argue it was ‘forced’ upon them. But even then they could turn it off.…[Read more]

]]> 6308ce8f3fd077b9e8f863f0c547386c David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/page/2/#post-8558 Sun, 01 Apr 2018 04:04:10 +0000 The thing about laws is that … there are lots of them. Most Western countries will have (very many) laws to protect their people from:

  1. Violence
  2. Sexual crimes
  3. Stalking
  4. Harassment
  5. Trespassing
  6. Co-ercion
  7. Intimidation

and those laws often cover actual, threatened, attempts to and conspiracy to commit those offences. And other…[Read more]

]]> cc84981818684324c5bda1430855728a David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/page/2/#post-8550 Sat, 31 Mar 2018 05:23:06 +0000 Although placing a limit on freedom of ones speech is often advocated it is undeniable there is a positive correlation between oppression of expression and totalitarianism.

Interestingly it is not the majority who are most protected by free speech.

By being able to hold opinions without interference and to impart information and ideas minority…[Read more]

]]> ec504fbf80f1fbc2004d3fd44539c9c0 David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/page/2/#post-8543 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 20:48:29 +0000 Reg that reminds me of bluetooth advertising which was popular for about 2 minutes.

]]> c275318ed366b4ea8654908d5ba2bf47 David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/#post-8537 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:05:29 +0000 Dont get me wrong… I love your comeback.

]]> 7cb641485f0dc598bc91480a01ff5b48 David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/#post-8534 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 12:06:21 +0000 Lube? No way you could get away with saying that around here.

]]> f8e364ff06215fa60043b2f892d73923 David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/#post-8531 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 10:18:47 +0000 Watch out. That strategy may backfire.

]]> 9b1b01f0b30126ba81204cc2f39d1dd8 David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/#post-8529 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 09:59:52 +0000 New Business Group

]]> 14ea93aa78cddd74a2221d95dedafa77 David Boots replied to the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/#post-8527 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 09:29:47 +0000 Well Mr Condell does not hold back does he? Hi, I’m Pat Condell. I don’t respect your beliefs and I don’t care if you’re offended.

I think I need some new business cards.

]]> 74805e1b02b7a5e49f87725a5fa3a2e0 David Boots started the topic Tyranny coming to you in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/tyranny-coming-to-you/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 09:12:51 +0000 Across europe, for several years prior to 1940, the warning signs of the growing fascism in Germany were obvious.

In 1939, in a speech to the German parliament, hitler declared and hypothesized that another world war would result in the ‘the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe.’

The year before, the Gestapo, supported by local unifo…[Read more]

]]> ac7d6fedb29f74d901de280c87abe019 David Boots posted an update: http://www.sweetjesus4life.com/ Wow. https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/11449/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:36:25 +0000 http://www.sweetjesus4life.com/

Wow.

]]> 0 5ac78135b1b0f217a98a13e03c90a9b7 David Boots replied to the topic Whaaaaat????? in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/whaaaaat/page/2/#post-8509 Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:32:51 +0000 Now that is ice cream i can believe in!

JFK Icecream

]]> 0aa5b385f5f2f33368320c73d0d8f981 David Boots replied to the topic Sensitive Hands in the forum Theism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/sensitive-hands/page/2/#post-8430 Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:14:36 +0000 Sure, I have a perspective but if we are not careful it won’t be long before I am not allowed to express it freely.

I disagree with the suggestion that this is not a big problem. In my view it is the thin edge of a great big fat wedge. Look at these everyday examples of religous sensitivity imposing behaviour or opinion on others:

  • Richard…

[Read more]

]]> 40fd16435e90baf018b3b0860cb84193 David Boots replied to the topic Do you believe in ghost? in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/do-you-believe-in-ghost/page/2/#post-8398 Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:11:35 +0000 It is true that we dont know everything. Knowledge is finite and ignorance is infinite.

AND if you had told someone prior to the discovery of xrays that we could ‘see’ into a body they would have laughed at you or lynched you.

We discovered xrays by the application of the scientific method. Testing evidence, developing and modifying a hypothesis…[Read more]

]]> d5950ef717f7621099e8ce468e329a4b David Boots replied to the topic Do you believe in ghost? in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/do-you-believe-in-ghost/#post-8373 Tue, 20 Mar 2018 19:35:18 +0000 Seriously?

There is absolutely no credible evidence for this concept. And not even enough credible speculation to even entertain wasting your one precious life being ‘open minded’.

]]> 5cde5753fff7cbba6eacde09840592ef David Boots replied to the topic Sunday School March18th 2018 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-march18th-2018/#post-8327 Sun, 18 Mar 2018 13:25:35 +0000 Love your work!

]]> eeb703df78d90683710da076dba3c64e David Boots replied to the topic Sensitive Hands in the forum Theism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/sensitive-hands/#post-8305 Sun, 18 Mar 2018 00:29:37 +0000 I strongly suspect that ‘he targetted her’ is not an accurate description. Remember that this is the view of the institution – we have not heard from him. As atheists we support evidence based reasoning spiced with a little skepticism.

My own view point is that the University sided with he theocrat on the basis of expediency. Who would you rather…[Read more]

]]> 69117600806c86ac105469bbdd5e0f7b David Boots replied to the topic Sensitive Hands in the forum Theism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/sensitive-hands/#post-8300 Sat, 17 Mar 2018 22:21:26 +0000 It would seem that it might have been a stunt or an attempt to make a point but that doesn’t do away with the problem.

 

Having a religious sensitivity is not a disability. It shouldn’t get you preferential treatment and it shouldn’t be an exemption from complying with cultural norms and laws.

 

Whether I am aware of that cultural sen…[Read more]

]]> f268afe4dba4729619f26832bf026dad David Boots started the topic Sensitive Hands in the forum Theism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/sensitive-hands/ Sat, 17 Mar 2018 13:38:04 +0000 Apparently it is serious misconduct to attempt to shake hands with a female muslim. The story is set out here.

I am guessing I will take some heat on this but I am backing the sacked academic who entirely failed to emulate the swiss. If he was sacked for making a complaint of discrimination then that is illegal under NZ law. If he was sacked for…[Read more]

]]> 688460ee60d3b06d16514cb8ae4a9963 David Boots replied to the topic Decisions in the forum Advice https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/decisions/#post-8016 Sun, 25 Feb 2018 02:36:11 +0000 Let god decide for you!

Seriously though try this…

1. fully inform yourself about each option

2. write down in bullet point form the possible outcomes for each choice and then the risks for each choice

3. look for the ‘crunch point’. Find the one factor that is a deal breaker.

Make a choice and relax. There is sometimes no absolutely right…[Read more]

]]> 13400c51529b27dbf62b6ff857eaf0cb David Boots replied to the topic Freedom to bite off the end of a penis in the forum Theism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/freedom-to-bite-off-the-end-of-a-penis/#post-7997 Sat, 24 Feb 2018 13:36:56 +0000 And here goes the argument…

CH: A moral person wouldn’t perform genital mutilation…

CH: But religion compels and demands and excuses it.

Rabbi: my son cried more at his first hair cut than when his penis was cut off.

This invokes laughter for some reason from the audience and the opportunity for possibly one of the greatest come backs of…[Read more]

]]> 9f1d2a8538b72afdd48576ceb32aba89 David Boots replied to the topic Sunday School February 18th 2018 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-february-18th-2018/#post-7913 Sun, 18 Feb 2018 18:21:20 +0000 Who has time for the kettle to boil?

Fantastic roundup Reg?

]]> 9678343d55394f2ba70116bd8c3c1227 David Boots started the topic Freedom to bite off the end of a penis in the forum Theism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/freedom-to-bite-off-the-end-of-a-penis/ Sat, 17 Feb 2018 10:05:55 +0000 How sick do you have to be to claim the right (not opportunity but ‘right’ no less) to bite the end of a small boy’s penis off?

Free to perform bizarre mutilation

 

Sick Creep

]]> 45de287dada4191ad3f43873c08d4d85 David Boots replied to the topic Shooting, Killing, Murder!!! in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/shooting-killing-murder/page/2/#post-7892 Sat, 17 Feb 2018 09:55:28 +0000 Sure this generation is a little entitled but is it really the reason this happens? Compared to my parents I had it easy. And compared to my grandparents; my parents had it easy.

 

 

]]> 058bb167059d1288a99967808b4222ea David Boots replied to the topic Sunday School February 11th 2018 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-february-11th-2018/#post-7860 Sun, 11 Feb 2018 20:09:25 +0000 Good work Reg!

]]> 99c43295351332d0defd766fd7cfbd16 David Boots replied to the topic Why I fell out of love with google in the forum Atheism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/why-i-fell-out-of-love-with-google/page/2/#post-7850 Sat, 10 Feb 2018 03:11:37 +0000 More google censorship: recently google removed gay dating apps in indonesia – apparently at the behest of the government.

 

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