Atheist Zone | tom | Mentions https://atheistzone.com/members/tom/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning tom. Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:42:41 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 c59018a6f65ef9afb0b2f27ec10f586b Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Are Scientists or Pseudoscientists Claiming They Found a Black Hole? in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/are-scientists-or-pseudoscientists-claiming-they-found-a-black-hole/page/2/#post-26010 Fri, 19 Apr 2019 19:56:57 +0000 @Tom – please show me where I suggested that “debunk” required only my opinion and I will hold my hands up. I doubt if I would consider my subjective opinion as a valid reason to negate an hypothesis. I did not debunk EU, I just supplied arguments based upon what I know of Physics which appeared to undermine many of its arguments. You never…[Read more]

]]> f08f96ee9337598b97e0d44b51c88129 Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Are Scientists or Pseudoscientists Claiming They Found a Black Hole? in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/are-scientists-or-pseudoscientists-claiming-they-found-a-black-hole/page/2/#post-26005 Fri, 19 Apr 2019 17:57:59 +0000 @Tom – Can you at least point out what post of mine needs debunking. I don’t want or expect any quarter given to anything I post. There are plenty of people here to debunk it and I can handle that without needing a safe space 🙂

]]> 96f5e7a10af1f843b3ab7f7f0692bacf Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Are Scientists or Pseudoscientists Claiming They Found a Black Hole? in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/are-scientists-or-pseudoscientists-claiming-they-found-a-black-hole/#post-25973 Wed, 17 Apr 2019 18:17:49 +0000 @Tom, do you accept Einstein’s special and relative theories as accurate explanations for the speed of light and for  the force of gravity being explained by the curvature of spacetime?

]]> 88388ea8ec8c912aada0066f16524121 Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Why Earle is being misled in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/why-earle-is-being-misled/page/2/#post-11316 Mon, 10 Sep 2018 21:19:36 +0000 @Tom, yes I agree but I don’t think there is any need for an ad hominem attack on poor pond scum by comparing them to our politicians. Even though they are genetically related to politicians they must feel very dirty when they are reminded of that.

]]> 654869a35a034fd4bb496afcd77bc5dc _Robert_ replied to the topic If there is no God, how to explain mathematics? in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/if-there-is-no-god-how-to-explain-mathematics/page/4/#post-10511 Sun, 05 Aug 2018 01:01:00 +0000 @Tom

Do you feel unnecessary?

Not yet, but I am working on that.

]]> 6cc4aed50c2ddd18040b2105dc90c6ff Davis replied to the topic IS EVIL REAL? OR, LIKE GOD, A HUMAN INVENTION? in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/is-evil-real-or-like-god-a-human-invention/page/7/#post-8958 Tue, 01 May 2018 14:10:00 +0000 @Tom

Yeah, well, if a short duck and dodge is the best way to make broad criticisms of something you don’t like and avoid defending it, then a short duck and dodge is the most successful!

]]> 513b0cbae3dfd65ee831b5023094dfc6 Reg the Fronkey Farmer 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-8873 Mon, 23 Apr 2018 13:15:22 +0000 @Tom, I told them the answer was 42 but they did not even know what the question was.

]]> c9b9cda5fbcaba5f290dd562578b149d Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School April 8th 2018 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-april-8th-2018/#post-8664 Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:36:33 +0000 @Tom, I agree. A problem many people have, including some atheists, is thinking that atheism is the opposite of religion or that atheism should offer a replacement to religion.

Getting rid of religion is a reward in itself. No replacement needed. Oh poor me, I ditched my religion and now all that is on offer is reality.

]]> 0182108227068655032f330e18afd9fa Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic I'm getting sick of hearing about #metoo in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/im-getting-sick-of-hearing-about-metoo/page/4/#post-6988 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 16:25:56 +0000 @Tom, it looks like an interesting book, assuming this is the one you were referencing but it is out-dated and maybe too simplistic. I think it was one of the original self help books but it is no longer very popular.

]]> 2dec4ba0708d5ffd951480a6d75c9dba Simon Paynton replied to the topic You can believe in evolution. You can believe in human rights. Not both. in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/you-can-believe-in-evolution-you-can-believe-in-human-rights-you-cant-believe/page/3/#post-4196 Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:14:39 +0000 @tom – I don’t think it’s possible to make such a fine value judgement of the outcome.  At most, we can only describe the situation as it is.  It’s good that in the long term, slavery was abolished.  It’s regrettable that this came at the cost of 750,000 lives.  Each loss is regrettable.  Was each loss necessary?  That’s probably something we ca…[Read more]

]]> cad2db8ca5cf08aaf3b1d5fc33e53038 Simon Paynton replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-strong-see-brutalizing-the-weak-as-their-prerogative-only-the/#post-3536 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:32:05 +0000 @tom – “I hope you will explain how I verily transgressed a rule of rationality.”

– you didn’t give any reasons why I was wrong.

]]> 62f81b9d15dca33aa996f67fcc0c21ff Simon Paynton replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-strong-see-brutalizing-the-weak-as-their-prerogative-only-the/#post-3504 Sat, 08 Jul 2017 07:44:33 +0000 @tom – that’s not very rational.

]]> 6270254e7370abdc0054e56c9c42b62f Simon Paynton replied to the topic Is belief toxic for your brain? in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/is-belief-toxic-for-your-brain/page/2/#post-3494 Thu, 06 Jul 2017 11:14:49 +0000 @tom – I don’t see why not.  It’s the kind of thing atheists are interested in.  Also, “anything goes”.

]]> 1a51375a05e5c5d8b34429b4a72822ce Strega replied to the topic Is belief toxic for your brain? in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/is-belief-toxic-for-your-brain/#post-3483 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 18:18:59 +0000 I have to say I do enjoy reading @Tom Sarbeck’s posts – if you’ve got the time, Tom, I’d love to hear more about your assertion that the universe didn’t start with a ‘big bang’.

]]> 5b573f7de45b300866136ea74795c39a Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School June 18th 2017 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-june-18th-2017/page/4/#post-3349 Sun, 25 Jun 2017 09:02:47 +0000 @mcc1789 – “It just ultimately boils down to being God’s opinions, which makes it subjective A few have admitted this, saying he could even make something forbidden or permitted at will.”

– he could, but he clearly doesn’t, so I think this argument is a non-starter.  What’s more, whatever God does is “good” anyway, so it doesn’t matter if it’s un…[Read more]

]]> e4c81d97a29b346019ddb45211806100 Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School June 18th 2017 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-june-18th-2017/page/3/#post-3316 Sat, 24 Jun 2017 15:28:46 +0000 @mcc1789 – if “objective morality” is that which is based on facts, or a response to facts, then can you name a situation where morality is not objective?

@tom sarbeck – ““dead” is metaphor. What say you to the hypothesis that every word in a language is metaphor?”

– I don’t think that words and metaphors are the same.  A metaphor is when one…[Read more]

]]> 970320c1b6ed8195f673640ff5a94e1f Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School June 18th 2017 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-june-18th-2017/page/2/#post-3299 Fri, 23 Jun 2017 18:17:16 +0000 @tom sarbeck – “Any fact can be understood or interpreted, differently by different people. it can also be understood or interpreted differently by any one person at different times.”

– yes, but an actual physical thing or situation can only actually be itself, and not simultaneously something different, at any one time.  What we choose to make…[Read more]

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