Atheist Zone | Thomas Paine | Activity https://atheistzone.com/members/stevemartin/activity/ Activity feed for Thomas Paine. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:24:26 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 2da2859857aa450014e436be3e6205e0 Thomas Paine's profile was updated https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/32645/ Sat, 14 May 2022 13:41:17 +0000 0 090395d33b5786228e65be3e5e931843 Thomas Paine posted an update in the group Humanism: Okay, so it's been 3.5 years since I was invited. Amazingly […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/30623/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:56:34 +0000 Okay, so it’s been 3.5 years since I was invited. Amazingly we have not all been carted off to an Evangelical reindoctrination camp., at least at this point.

]]> 0 19a33c82ccf9b04777d37071963d1c6f Thomas Paine joined the group Humanism https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/30621/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:54:33 +0000 0 b97817bb15525c1e3ac04463d4b90904 Thomas Paine posted an update: So, been like 4evuh since I've been here... In any case I am […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/30620/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:53:26 +0000 So, been like 4evuh since I’ve been here… In any case I am now focused on the genuine threat of a Fascist takeover of the nation with Christian Nationalists as one of the handmaidens. If you want to talk about I, let’s do.

]]> 0 91ec8727e17416a55cc9713321c71250 Thomas Paine posted a new activity comment https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/22147/#acomment-22157 Fri, 05 Jun 2020 19:01:11 +0000 Even under the best case scenario the ratio of wonderful miracles and “good things happening” attributed to God are like the broken clock that gives accurate time twice a day.

In reply to - A. T. Heist posted an update Just saw a Facebook friend post “God is at work,” in response to something “inspirational” that happened during the protests. I’m thinking, if God is at work, he’s on smoke break or […] ]]> f9a4b52703ce9f5c6a293176bae6a29c Thomas Paine joined the group Politics https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/13676/ Thu, 02 Aug 2018 11:16:15 +0000 0 bd173cf4518e980ae4f02f7cd82103f7 Thomas Paine replied to the topic US House to give churches SuperPac rights in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/us-house-to-give-churches-superpac-rights/#post-10427 Wed, 01 Aug 2018 14:52:30 +0000 I have been a member of Americans United (for the Separation of Church and State) – Until he recently retired the group was lead by Barry Lynn for at least 30 years. This organization does an incredible job of monitoring and litigating violations of Church and State separation. They are of course working hard to fend off the removal of  Johnson…[Read more]

]]> 1c0cbe91caa2539f2a3c75b7fe27596e Thomas Paine replied to the topic Why Does the Majority Report Denigrate “New Atheists?” in the forum Atheism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/why-does-the-majority-report-denigrate-new-atheists/#post-10346 Sat, 28 Jul 2018 19:07:23 +0000

Davis wrote:

New Atheists. What does that mean, exactly?

New Atheists are atheists, usually from Western countries who take a “no appologies” approach to critiquing religion, promoting secularism and among many agressively attacking religion. They are different than other atheists in that 1. A New Atheist is more than someone who lacks bel…

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]]> ab403eaf77f5e161f081a67c6050f50d Thomas Paine replied to the topic Why Does the Majority Report Denigrate “New Atheists?” in the forum Atheism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/why-does-the-majority-report-denigrate-new-atheists/#post-10269 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:08:26 +0000 For some reason I am unable to reply to specific replies, but I’ll just signify by username, and/or reply#

Davis, thank you for your well thought out and measured reply #10262. I am reluctant to interpret Harris as to why the Muslim faith became the priority terrorists as opposed to that of Israeli Jews for their attacks/reprisals against M…[Read more]

]]> 5ceb4e101f94505f22c0d26f9d251885 Thomas Paine started the topic Why Does the Majority Report Denigrate “New Atheists?” in the forum Atheism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/why-does-the-majority-report-denigrate-new-atheists/ Sat, 21 Jul 2018 18:26:26 +0000 I’m a big fan and dues paying member of the Majority Report with one of my lefty heroes Sam Seder. However, I’m getting burned out on their constant hammering of Sam Seder and the “New Athiests.”

Now this can be far more complex matter than it appears at first, blush. So, by way of clarifying. It seems that Sam’s comments about Muslims is at the…[Read more]

]]> a1200b1e84ac001b3805db3a3d93d5a2 Thomas Paine replied to the topic So Long and Thanks for all the Fish in the forum Theism http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/#post-1737 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:32:42 +0000 @Davis Thanks Bro from one Athiest to another. There are plenty of shitty sites where one can waste time with Apologists.

]]> feec9abd97e53ffff88acd8b3bdd426a Thomas Paine replied to the topic Okay, Nerdy Keith, I'll bite: Why would someone be a deist? in the forum Theism http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/okay-nerdy-keith-ill-bite-why-would-someone-be-a-deist/page/3/#post-1735 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:17:49 +0000 @ Unseen — I’m liking you a lot more as this topic progresses. You are saving me lots of time and energy presenting the work of many good philosophers who have proceeded us.

Thanks

]]> e088da9e72d3f4ad4f707d0a7bdd4cdf Thomas Paine replied to the topic Okay, Nerdy Keith, I'll bite: Why would someone be a deist? in the forum Theism http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/okay-nerdy-keith-ill-bite-why-would-someone-be-a-deist/page/3/#post-1734 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:13:10 +0000 It pains me to see so much time and energy spent on the possibility that superstition just might be an actual reality.

We could be helping others suffering from the mass delusion that is religion.

]]> ea3a9af4f7005358a31073d0647359a5 Thomas Paine replied to the topic Okay, Nerdy Keith, I'll bite: Why would someone be a deist? in the forum Theism http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/okay-nerdy-keith-ill-bite-why-would-someone-be-a-deist/page/2/#post-1686 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:28:17 +0000 @ Unseen — I agree w/ Krause; there is every reason to believe that something can spring from nothing. There is NO requirement for a higher intelligence to do this.

]]> a4f330edb7edc82df75ec78b1758c0b4 Thomas Paine replied to the topic Okay, Nerdy Keith, I'll bite: Why would someone be a deist? in the forum Theism http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/okay-nerdy-keith-ill-bite-why-would-someone-be-a-deist/page/2/#post-1685 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:21:40 +0000 OK, Deism evolved during the Age of Enlightment – many Philosophers and thinkers of that age, my favorites include Hume and Thomas Paine, espoused this concept.

Yes, they posited that there as a creator who set up the rules of nature, then gave it a spin, letting it operate under its own steam.

Where they had a grind was with organized…[Read more]

]]> d71fe6d4aeaf3905bebf6043306d05f3 Thomas Paine joined the group Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/3127/ Tue, 28 Jul 2015 16:50:10 +0000 0 7ca4280357f6713cb4eea435a84e7414 Thomas Paine and Lative are now friends https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/3043/ Tue, 28 Jul 2015 05:03:55 +0000 0 fa0fc832e6406298a47ee7b84e8380df Thomas Paine 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-1546 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:17:38 +0000 With over 16 million residents, Florida and the easy access to concealed gun permits might serve as a way to correlate increased guns to gun related deaths

As Firearm Ownership Rises, Florida Gun Murders Increasing

]]> 7777758f9d090772a9f56954b89d83b4 Thomas Paine and SteveInCO are now friends https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/2462/ Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:29:53 +0000 0 ceabbd8569d528da9eb6965f1d3cbdaa Thomas Paine joined the group To Do or not To Do https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/2187/ Mon, 20 Jul 2015 21:03:35 +0000 0 6714840286d215e04d4b5f1ece00c823 Thomas Paine changed their profile picture https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/1458/ Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:35:25 +0000 0 56e46b79fda8bbb2b6a3df97d38a4702 Thomas Paine replied to the topic Austerity has failed. An open letter from Piketty to Merkel in the forum Politics http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/austerity-has-failed-an-open-letter-from-piketty-to-merkel/page/2/#post-740 Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:33:26 +0000 Why those Wall Street Bangstas aren’t hanging by the neck by piano wire from lamp posts instead of being made whole with our tax dollars remains one of the great lost moments to save the world from rampant Capitalism.

Rest assured that the German Government will never be made whole in this austerity move. Especially given that we forgave 50% of…[Read more]

]]> 8be932d95e3c5a296eec9734277260d2 Thomas Paine replied to the topic Hello from Northern Denmark in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/hello-from-northern-denmark/#post-738 Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:25:58 +0000 Lars, it’s great having an international flavor to the ZONE — welcome brother in logic and reasoning.

]]> 475c2bf0234250fe38367e2685247ee5 Thomas Paine replied to the topic Is god powerful than sun? in the forum Small Talk http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/is-god-powerful-than-sun/#post-517 Sun, 12 Jul 2015 17:24:46 +0000 @ Milton Platt- Well that takes care of that one…

next apologist please

]]> ec50ee28d2367bd4ef5da008bf4ed805 Thomas Paine 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-516 Sun, 12 Jul 2015 17:21:40 +0000 @ Simon

Obviously morality is morality but there’s morality with or without God, which happen to be the same at heart.

Are we talking about the God who directed his followers to murder every man, woman, and child in every city he directed them to conquer by war? Not just once, but on numerous occasions?

That is not my kind of morality.

]]> 59e32d1d80f0cdf29b1f05b5a8ac2737 Thomas Paine replied to the topic Austerity has failed. An open letter from Piketty to Merkel in the forum Politics http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/austerity-has-failed-an-open-letter-from-piketty-to-merkel/#post-512 Sun, 12 Jul 2015 17:10:55 +0000 Thanks @ Gallup and Davis for a fine display of good conomic research and critical thinking.

About the time Virgil started to paint Goldman Sachs as being fooled into heping Greece enter the EU was when he went from being misrepresentative to being essentially a right wing propagandist.

The misery, profiteering and criminal greed propagated by…[Read more]

]]> 5dba5570f1cd13aa28a3fbd5417bb2a9 Thomas Paine replied to the topic 100% Athiest and Proud of It in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/100-athiest-and-proud-of-it/#post-361 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 13:40:59 +0000 @ Ben, Faisal, and Ron — thank you one and all.

]]> 9e6a05272cc2fa771b1d8de96ec2da01 Thomas Paine 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-244 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 19:55:00 +0000 It is interesting (but logical) that the issue of retiring the flag of a vanquished enemy of the United States that waged war to maintain and expand slavery should be a topic of focus.

My concern is that once again we as Athiest pass on a far more troubling issue from an Athiest standpoint. Which is why a so called “loving God” did not give any…[Read more]

]]> e839712b5f0e3b24475979dfd8fb0b0c Thomas Paine started the topic 100% Athiest and Proud of It in the forum Introductions http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/100-athiest-and-proud-of-it/ Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:52:21 +0000 I am a long time atheist.

I’m not here to wring my hands over endless nonsensical explorations on how to refute bull shit apologists.

There is no God, or supernatural omniscient force that intervenes in anyone’s life.

Free Will; If it is so, why is there absolutely no mention of this contorted BS Philisophical construct ANYWHERE in the…[Read more]

]]> 0fbcb9a1796b2110869af0480b4552c0 Thomas Paine became a registered member https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/524/ Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:22:06 +0000 0