Atheist Zone | SteveInCO | Mentions https://atheistzone.com/members/steveinco/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning SteveInCO. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:55:26 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 1363bb5a30fde92e6c668f44cde71028 Rebel replied to the topic Links take me to thinkatheist.com in the forum Small Talk http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/links-take-me-to-thinkatheist-com/#post-2696 Tue, 18 Aug 2015 11:49:00 +0000 @steveinco

Most of the active members moved to AZ except a few. TA has 20k members. Most are inactive but they also contribute to site when they like. Further TA gets about 1k visitors daily. Some of them convert members. They also participate and as a result site keeps active.

AZ is new. I am satisfied with the success AZ has got until now.

]]> 934d8982f6692108570c76dd21ffc4cd Davis replied to the topic What if? in the forum Science http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/what-if/page/6/#post-1588 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 05:15:26 +0000 @SteveInCo

Rock and roll Pluto!!!!

]]> e55f887444047ef83cf303a840e03e21 Simon Mathews replied to the topic THE PUZZLE OF MURDER-BY-GUN STATISTICS in the forum Small Talk http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-puzzle-of-murder-by-gun-statistics/page/7/#post-1548 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:32:24 +0000 GM, you must be willfully trying to misunderstand, there’s no other explanation.

In all three of your points you refer to gun murders. @unseen, and subsequently @steveinco and I, keep referring to OVERALL murder rates as @unseen did in the original post.

I’ll admit the title of this post is misleading because it says murder-by-gun statistics…[Read more]

]]> 8165e720068b1de2779f27e2bf7d5c84 Winter Lily posted a new activity comment https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/2925/#acomment-2960 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 14:52:32 +0000 Welcome to bookish atheists @steveinco

In reply to - SteveInCO joined the group Bookish atheists ]]> 69448969938d15ac57c0c2bd46265de4 Simon Mathews replied to the topic THE PUZZLE OF MURDER-BY-GUN STATISTICS in the forum Small Talk http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-puzzle-of-murder-by-gun-statistics/page/7/#post-1519 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 04:58:24 +0000 @gallupsmirror My take on this thread can be illustrated by the following simple figures that I have clearly made up for illustrative purposes.

Before gun control:
Gun murders: 10
Knife murders: 5

After gun control:
Gun murders: 3
Knife murders: 14

These figures are consistent with the conclusion that gun control reduces gun-related murders…[Read more]

]]> b8c093055a950b6403fc4ba73bd2202b BeckyL replied to the topic So, I am atheist. in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/so-i-am-atheist/page/2/#post-1473 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 15:41:23 +0000 @steveinco I know. If it gets that bad, I will have to rethink the situation. For now, I won’t throw the proverbial baby out with the bathwater.

]]> cb239940a94548517e34d96931ef9ff0 umar replied to the topic How do I upload a photo from my computer to a forum post? in the forum Atheist Zone http://atheistzone.com/groups/atheist-zone/forum/topic/how-do-i-upload-a-photo-from-my-computer-to-a-forum-post/#post-1435 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 03:17:44 +0000 @steveinco

Yes, i am aware and will take care of such issues.

]]> 04207173a82b9852cc74b1211593f645 Unseen replied to the topic THE PUZZLE OF MURDER-BY-GUN STATISTICS in the forum Small Talk http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-puzzle-of-murder-by-gun-statistics/page/4/#post-1416 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 01:41:14 +0000 @SteveInCO, police are instructed to keep a 21-foot distance between them and a knife wielding attacker, but that situation may happen from time to time, where they are confronted with someone brandishing a knife. But in the few contacts I’ve had with police they were usually far closer than 21 feet, their weapon was holstered, and they weren’t…[Read more]

]]> 21f779d2b0c817a0af5908f29cb6cafa SteveInCO replied to the topic THE PUZZLE OF MURDER-BY-GUN STATISTICS in the forum Small Talk http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-puzzle-of-murder-by-gun-statistics/page/2/#post-1312 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 18:59:33 +0000

Strega wrote:@SteveInCo. It is eminently possible that since there is a lot of genuine hunting available up here in VT, that guns are thought of as food collecting tools rather than self defense ones. No idea, but that’s a guess. We don’t really have cities in VT that compare to those in other states. Not a lot of us about, bas…

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]]> 0675ced823d663ab9546bc46696b9af9 Strega replied to the topic THE PUZZLE OF MURDER-BY-GUN STATISTICS in the forum Small Talk http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-puzzle-of-murder-by-gun-statistics/page/2/#post-1309 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 17:45:24 +0000 @SteveInCo. It is eminently possible that since there is a lot of genuine hunting available up here in VT, that guns are thought of as food collecting tools rather than self defense ones. No idea, but that’s a guess. We don’t really have cities in VT that compare to those in other states. Not a lot of us about, basically.

]]> 65ca12f2f553f9e997208039bab49dc0 Winter Lily replied to the topic Spiritual atheist. in the forum Atheism http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/spiritual-atheist/#post-1228 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:10:32 +0000 @SimonPaynton @Steveinco For me spiritual simply means to feel a deep connection to say for example nature and/or to deeply admire something like for example science. I don’t know if feeling a connection with something is an emotion, which perhaps it is. Perhaps being spiritual simply means feeling deeply emotional about something because that’s…[Read more]

]]> 263b85080bc8455913ff5607587f9249 Davis replied to the topic What if? in the forum Science http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/what-if/page/4/#post-845 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:18:10 +0000 I agree @SteveInCo. Earth has comets/meteorids trailing us and preceeding us in its trip around the Sun as well as weaving in and around our orbit. I know that these objects may seem trivial but given that those who coined the term “clearing the neighbourhood) haven’t provided any figures for just what is a dominant object (and reasoning behind…[Read more]

]]> 63f8b061c62a20fe2f6e59deb0731851 Davis replied to the topic What if? in the forum Science http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/what-if/page/4/#post-780 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 01:06:49 +0000 @SteveInCO A direct launch! It just makes everything even more outrageously shizzle-nizzle! This is one of those…off by a centimetre at the start…off by thousands of kilometers at the target?

I shouldn’t have skimped on reading about the launch. Time to read up on the entire mission…from planning to today. I wish I had a source other than a…[Read more]

]]> 07b224f93a1c096176ca60393009d891 SteveInCO replied to the topic What if? in the forum Science http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/what-if/page/4/#post-753 Thu, 16 Jul 2015 04:07:34 +0000

Davis wrote:@steveinco by orbit I meant when it was first launched and was in orbit around the Earth for some time before it headed for Pluto…but maybe this is incorrect as well.

That sort of thing does happen, but according to Wiki, it was launched directly onto its trajectory. Various technical and weather snafus almost caused it to miss t…[Read more]

]]> fcfd9db301c082997a88ec8cc9ba0b03 Davis replied to the topic What if? in the forum Science http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/what-if/page/4/#post-721 Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:18:34 +0000 @steveinco by orbit I meant when it was first launched and was in orbit around the Earth for some time before it headed for Pluto…but maybe this is incorrect as well.

]]> a41e408000e34ab9622ab692e4e03bb0 Strega replied to the topic Idiotic appointment of Danish Secretary of Science and Research in the forum Politics http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/idiotic-appointment-of-danish-secretary-of-science-and-research/#post-636 Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:42:25 +0000 @SteveinCo that’s a really funny irony, because it looks true to me! In the UK the monarch is also supposed to be defender of the faith, and Charles wants it to be more embracing, so to make it faiths, not faith. Nobody cares in the UK because the monarchy hasn’t got any real power in the political arena.

Conversely, the Prime Minister does…[Read more]

]]> 3f12bb1776eea0e70089d70a878d0e72 Davis 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/5/#post-556 Sun, 12 Jul 2015 22:01:15 +0000 @SteveInCo

Some theists like to set up the debate in a way in which it is next to impossible to criticise religion (more importantly their religion) and their institutions.

Resident theists have recently used the following technique:

If you quote their particularily foul lines in their scriptures in addition to pointing out contradictions,…[Read more]

]]> b980b6cb287c93c5c1d22d683a183b45 Davis replied to the topic What if? in the forum Science http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/what-if/page/2/#post-545 Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:02:13 +0000 @SteveInCo: You never know…a bizzare aqua space rocket might thrash through the ice and come say hello. I think the betting odds on this with a london book keeper would be about 1,000,000,000,000…which is worse odds than Jamaica winning the next world cup…but you know…imagination and stuff.

]]> db48e1065bb852b3ba41732f2dc99dd2 Rebel replied to the topic New site is ok, new style is not in the forum Small Talk http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/new-site-is-ok-new-style-is-not/page/3/#post-535 Sun, 12 Jul 2015 18:29:10 +0000 @steveinco

I also noticed it and search about it. Yes, it is a bug and has been identified https://buddypress.org/support/topic/mentions-in-groups-problem/ They will probably fix it in next update.

I agree with you about quote button. I was looking for a solution and have found a quote plugin and may add today.

]]> 49a405e82e56edd34ab7fcf697329a93 Simon Paynton 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/5/#post-521 Sun, 12 Jul 2015 17:52:13 +0000 @SteveInCo – of course, no need to apologise. & @Strega, What I mean by the evolutionary basis for mysticism, of which the quote from Christine Cainer is an example, is the inbuilt tendency of all living things to thrive, and to seek survival. These tendencies are not conscious, but automatic, and are a direct result of evolution and natural…[Read more]

]]> 7dee62a2652b53ae4d8e588953f9fbe6 Rebel replied to the topic New site is ok, new style is not in the forum Small Talk http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/new-site-is-ok-new-style-is-not/page/2/#post-469 Sun, 12 Jul 2015 10:30:49 +0000 @griff

Thanks for your suggestion. I am using a child theme.

@steveinco

I don’t fully get what you mean.

There are 2 widgets on sidebars. You can find recent topics on top left widget and recent replies on middle right widget. You can find all recent activity in forums at the bottom of this page http://atheistzone.com/forums/

]]> 81a7a88bb1b5f7cbcb26191433546353 Simon Paynton 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/4/#post-462 Sun, 12 Jul 2015 08:18:26 +0000 @SteveInCo: “… why you persist in using the word “mystical” for it.” – because if you read religious writings, this is what they’re talking about when they say “God’s love” or “Divine mercy” or “streams of living water” etc. Also, this is what they have faith in. So it’s a very important idea. So far, poorly understood.

“the essence of…[Read more]

]]> 6432c422080a34944d9e19953b0cde9f Davis replied to the topic What if? in the forum Science http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/what-if/page/2/#post-457 Sun, 12 Jul 2015 06:23:28 +0000 @SteveInCo

Chiron, from Pluto’s surface looks 57 times large than the moon viewed from Earth.

That is incredible…the sky would look so uuuuuuuuuuuuterly surreal. I’m sure if intelligent life were to have evolved there, they would have treated Chiron as much more of a tangible/subjectifiable object than early man did with the moon and…[Read more]

]]> 38b7ac60df57dec06ced635fdf2b5648 Davis replied to the topic Free anything never mind free will in the forum Atheism http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/free-anything-never-mind-free-will/#post-444 Sun, 12 Jul 2015 05:09:33 +0000 @SteveInCo

Actually…I uh…spelt it with an extra “e” on purpose…to…uh…make some sort of statement about stuff…which is…you know…so obvious…I don’t even need to explain it. You dig?

]]> 1f85937327457085630bb11422923d36 Rebel replied to the topic New site is ok, new style is not in the forum Small Talk http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/new-site-is-ok-new-style-is-not/page/2/#post-377 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 16:09:43 +0000 @SteveInCO

By default timezone is set to UTC+0

I think users can’t set timezone. I shall look for a plugin for it.

]]> 067df5c9956256949fa7b15aed19002b Matt replied to the topic How cold will it be tomorrow? in the forum Small Talk http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/how-cold-will-it-be-tomorrow/#post-250 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 22:56:49 +0000 @SteveInCO You know kelvins have the same scale as celcius, right? Like the difference between any two degrees is the same for both kelvins and celcius. 0K = -273C and equivalently 273K = 0C.

Good thinking with the rate of heat loss @DrBob

]]> 9e7c0d166e2acbf8e4e610313826da37 Unseen replied to the topic New site is ok, new style is not in the forum Small Talk http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/new-site-is-ok-new-style-is-not/#post-214 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 05:32:28 +0000 @SteveInCO, if you’re thinking of B****, she was posting on her phone, but she has a computer now.

It there isn’t going to be threading, it’s going to be interesting trying to keep track of things.

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