Atheist Zone | erock68la | Activity https://atheistzone.com/members/erock68la/activity/ Activity feed for erock68la. Mon, 25 May 2026 07:41:46 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 46e8da9cf9f97dc048777f2f02adf4ea erock68la replied to the topic A philosophical question about men in the forum Men of Atheist Zone http://atheistzone.com/groups/men-of-atheist-zone/forum/topic/a-philosophical-question-about-men/#post-2488 Mon, 10 Aug 2015 02:20:50 +0000 “Can you be wrong by yourself? Or is veracity rooted in community consensus?”

True is true even if no one believes it. False is false even if everyone believes it. Yes, you can be wrong all by yourself.

]]> a6d14e6fe582a6cfc5d83a6d5ea755f1 erock68la joined the group Men of Atheist Zone https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/4359/ Mon, 10 Aug 2015 02:11:48 +0000 0 9551cde6f7a5ab9ad088d43264d2b518 erock68la replied to the topic Are we Islamaphobic? in the forum Theism http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/are-we-islamaphobic/#post-1812 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:12:18 +0000 Should none of the scripture be taken just as it is written? Or just the “good” parts? Or just the “good” parts that don’t specifically call for action?

I understand not throwing the baby out with the bathwater, but in this case the bathwater is a toxic, festering, bubbling, green sludge pool of a bath and the baby is drowning and poisoned…[Read more]

]]> bc3f37bad02c2e61b1f9b6809af4f416 erock68la replied to the topic Are we Islamaphobic? in the forum Theism http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/are-we-islamaphobic/#post-1807 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:30:30 +0000 Nerdy Keith said:

It doesn’t, it only proves that some people had extreme views and took an ideology too far.

By “too far” do you mean they follow the scripture literally, as it is written? What’s too far? To actually kill the people it says to kill? Is it too far to just hate and threaten the people it says to kill? Is it too far to try a…[Read more]

]]> a66831708ad2e03cff08f647814f06a1 erock68la replied to the topic Fly the flag of the Confederate States of America? in the forum Politics http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/fly-the-flag-of-the-confederate-states-of-america/page/4/#post-1184 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:42:11 +0000 @Strega
I have witnessed on occasion southerners become a little extra-southern in the presence of non-southerners. The accent becomes a little thicker and the language and expressions a little more colorful. I wonder if you experienced some of that.

It sounds like you were in mah neck o’ the woods. I live about 30-45 minute drive east of Baton Rouge.

]]> 2ac0db837de5359ba070bb0d1c96fd06 erock68la replied to the topic The big red atheist button in the forum To Do or not To Do http://atheistzone.com/groups/to-do-or-not-to-do/forum/topic/the-big-red-atheist-button/#post-1166 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 11:27:04 +0000 So all it removes is the belief in god? What about the memory of belief in god? For many that belief is the glue that holds their fragile psyche together.
It would be very tempting to rid the world of it and let the chips fall where they may. But I agree with Strega, “madness and mayhem”, so no.

]]> 6babfe0ed95924b3a3d22eff687797b4 erock68la replied to the topic Fly the flag of the Confederate States of America? in the forum Politics http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/fly-the-flag-of-the-confederate-states-of-america/page/3/#post-1165 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 11:13:48 +0000 I was born and raised in Louisiana and I never once heard a real person say “War of Northern Aggression”. I’ve only ever heard it said in movies by actors doing a bad imitation of a southern accent. I don’t know who “the people down there” are who say that but I never met them.
That being said, there are plenty of toothless morons who fly…[Read more]

]]> f15aa5cb4df3205210a3dff0cd8e79fa erock68la replied to the topic The outing game in the forum To Do or not To Do http://atheistzone.com/groups/to-do-or-not-to-do/forum/topic/the-outing-game/#post-893 Sun, 19 Jul 2015 02:15:04 +0000 Apples and oranges, Bob.

If a candidate touts himself as a champion for “family values” people should know if he is frequenting hookers or banging pages.
If a candidate preaches fiscal responsibility then his own financial records should be made available.

And besides, not many successful national politicians ever ran against predatory banking…[Read more]

]]> 2e60dc25728adf8ba755153fdfb4fc5a erock68la joined the group To Do or not To Do https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/1851/ Sun, 19 Jul 2015 01:59:07 +0000 0 409ab4c44e375f38d7f731f441a264dd erock68la replied to the topic So, I am atheist. in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/so-i-am-atheist/#post-809 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 14:14:03 +0000 Pleased to meet you.

]]> bf93f8d289c2f46c424ba4358591fd6e erock68la replied to the topic Reeling from Christian friend's bigotry in the forum Advice http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/reeling-from-christian-friends-bigotry/page/6/#post-803 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 11:32:32 +0000 I think the purpose of these arguments is not to definitively disprove god, but rather to attempt to meet theists where they are in their thinking and to get them to recognize just one inconsistency in what they think. Many theists wear their delusional belief systems like a suit of armor, and arguments like the problem of evil or…[Read more]

]]> 32c504508b481d5b43df1dbd4803b2b8 erock68la replied to the topic Nothing much to say in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/nothing-much-to-say/#post-789 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 03:07:14 +0000 To be honest, your smiting of late has been lackluster. Kind of ho-hum. I almost can’t tell your powers apart from natural occurrences. I can tell your heart’s not in it. And Hollywood shows more imagination.

]]> 8b8760f8a4394fa62e8ba79a1f2be40d erock68la replied to the topic Reeling from Christian friend's bigotry in the forum Advice http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/reeling-from-christian-friends-bigotry/page/6/#post-788 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 02:59:56 +0000 @Bob
Yes, god is exactly like climate change, except for all the evidence for climate change.
“Mocking and belittling others not like us”? Got yourself a little pot and kettle thing going there, don’t ya?

]]> d426fe6072bfeacf4051d5e2140dadf1 erock68la replied to the topic Nothing much to say in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/nothing-much-to-say/#post-770 Thu, 16 Jul 2015 20:26:19 +0000 @Davis

Ya know what could help when they slack off in their constant adoration of you? Smite ’em. Send ’em a hurricane or a tsunami or something. That’ll whip ’em into shape and make you feel better at the same time.

]]> 1e5df94793af6d0c2b07d59bb7788a52 erock68la replied to the topic Fly the flag of the Confederate States of America? in the forum Politics http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/fly-the-flag-of-the-confederate-states-of-america/page/2/#post-315 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 22:51:20 +0000

So are you suggesting, as the eugenics movement did, that humans should select breeding partners based on social desirability of offspring, rather than on love and commitment to each other?

Uh, no. I’m suggesting that people are capable of making considered and deliberate choices about who they will and won’t breed with, based on whatever the…[Read more]

]]> 49499d74176f2f764ce5781074f5a830 erock68la replied to the topic Fly the flag of the Confederate States of America? in the forum Politics http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/fly-the-flag-of-the-confederate-states-of-america/page/2/#post-290 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 18:03:26 +0000 @Bob
Do you have a source to back up your claim that “early Darwinist eugenicists” wrote sterilization laws and not good ole god-fearin’ white guys?

]]> 32e7099ddc0d65049c0620d14d3f7bf3 erock68la replied to the topic Fly the flag of the Confederate States of America? in the forum Politics http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/fly-the-flag-of-the-confederate-states-of-america/page/2/#post-289 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 17:59:22 +0000 Humans (for the most part) are certainly capable of selecting for themselves with whom they breed, as opposed to the mindless breeding by animals based on instinct and availability. Somehow I doubt Robert was advocating for selective breeding of some humans by other humans. Usually it takes religion to elevate one group of chosen people over others.

]]> 32c63b6afe935f0bb88a08a0d9d08a53 erock68la replied to the topic Fly the flag of the Confederate States of America? in the forum Politics http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/fly-the-flag-of-the-confederate-states-of-america/#post-224 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:30:43 +0000 Yes, I can think of a situation where it would be appropriate to fly the CSA flag. Louisiana has a long and unique history of flags. Louisiana was a territory controlled by Spain, France, and England, and it changed hands back and forth several times. It was part of the West Florida Republic. It was a Confederate State and a United State…[Read more]

]]> 76dea456be841af418f729b9229f5dab erock68la became a registered member https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/507/ Thu, 09 Jul 2015 12:59:38 +0000 0