Atheist Zone | Tom Sarbeck | Mentions https://atheistzone.com/members/tomsarbeck/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Tom Sarbeck. Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:54:34 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 abe94b3d690ce8d5dfe0819f92fd1b91 Simon Paynton 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/2/#post-8809 Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:28:45 +0000 @tomsarbeck – I think the terms can be manipulated for political purposes, but surely the “others” only go from “weird” to “bad” when they become a threat to “us”.

]]> c907cc0f7cdc8a48768f1aa0c2d7a267 Davis posted an update in the group Gay Atheist.: @tomsarbeck It very well could be the case. There have been […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/11624/ Sun, 08 Apr 2018 21:47:05 +0000 @tomsarbeck

It very well could be the case. There have been no shortage of homophobic crusaders spitting out vile word vomit against LGTB, and then getting caught having gay sex…in a bathroom, in their own political office, via Grindr, in hotels under false names, with masseuses and escorts, and lets not forget the religious leaders who are a…[Read more]

]]> 0 12920db7aaffb5cdbddcc90bc60f2950 Strega replied to the topic Hello in the forum Introductions https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/hello/#post-8345 Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:44:42 +0000 @tomsarbeck I think it’s the guilt. When those trying to shed the chains of Catholicism feel guilty about something, it drags them back to the confessional as they have not learned how to process guilt in a secular way.

]]> 0616752071c03430a89caae32c5fadd7 Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School March 4th 2018 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-march-4th-2018/page/2/#post-8137 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 13:31:22 +0000 @TomSarbeck – I think it’s good that you question the metaphor, but I do think it is appropriate.  In the case of the moon, the dark side is always the dark side.

]]> 46e8c694ccea0ee7c9e182ae7ff1685b Simon Paynton replied to the topic California Legislation in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/california-legislation/#post-7043 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 10:07:15 +0000 @tomsarbeck – no, it’s not.  But I can see you’re trying to yank on everyone’s tail as hard as you can.  It’s tiresome, and that kind of shenanigan doesn’t belong on a discussion board.

]]> 2b04d5abee318c7138fb0447cbe8b0aa Simon Paynton replied to the topic California Legislation in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/california-legislation/#post-7041 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 08:40:21 +0000 @tomsarbeck – “Will you reply, “Yes, but….” to that?”

– it would be better if you stop playing silly yank-the-tail games.

]]> 4edbe1155eb64d793f683247f918a058 Simon Paynton 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/5/#post-7013 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:27:19 +0000 @tomsarbeck – how about you let it drop.

]]> 4b59235f12829f3bb4dc2dca4f461aae Simon Paynton 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-6986 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:36:00 +0000 @tomsarbeck – I think you might be looking in a mirror.

]]> 34efa39681a89eeaf1f7b43a2980ba6f Simon Paynton 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/#post-6926 Sun, 31 Dec 2017 11:52:20 +0000 @tomsarbeck – if it was relevant to you, you’d be hearing it.

]]> 75f365d88fbcbcbe5d68592d8c2009df Simon Paynton 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/#post-6923 Sun, 31 Dec 2017 08:04:06 +0000 @tomsarbeck – maybe where you are, people don’t force themselves on you.

]]> dfe8b862f1127f5aa0107734eb4aab4c Simon Paynton replied to the topic When are thought experiments valid...and when not? in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/when-are-thought-experiments-valid-and-when-not/page/2/#post-5863 Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:29:49 +0000 @tomsarbeck – I can see your point, they would both actually stay in the air for the same length of time.  However, due to the rotation of the Earth, maybe one would cover a larger distance along the Earth’s surface than the other.

]]> 03bda1cbbe051901c0f0e5774930b7eb Simon Paynton replied to the topic How cold will it be tomorrow? in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/how-cold-will-it-be-tomorrow/page/2/#post-5812 Sat, 14 Oct 2017 04:45:06 +0000 @tomsarbeck – ask what?  I don’t understand.

]]> c48e575221c4b57f70fd9f6676089894 Simon Paynton replied to the topic How cold will it be tomorrow? in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/how-cold-will-it-be-tomorrow/page/2/#post-5810 Fri, 13 Oct 2017 20:49:31 +0000 @tomsarbeck – why?  I don’t think it’s ever wrong to ask a question, no matter how daft.

]]> 77a8d5b8403055553dd0070fb27a40cd Simon Paynton replied to the topic Love Never Fails in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/love-never-fails/page/2/#post-5754 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 19:10:37 +0000 @davis, @tomsarbeck, thanks for your ideas.  This is how it seems to play out:

 

It’s interesting to consider the ancient evolutionary conditions of the human race, when “unconditional love” was likely to be the dominant social environment, and how this links to present-day ideas of human rights, and also, our instincts to care about…[Read more]

]]> b8c2524234212571205e68cffebbe469 Simon Paynton replied to the topic Love Never Fails in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/love-never-fails/page/2/#post-5690 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 10:50:39 +0000 @tomsarbeck – another definition of tit-for-tat reciprocity is “fairness in exchanges”, so your idea makes sense in that context.  i.e. it’s not fair if someone is evil to you for no reason.

]]> a5a3105a7b2f59c8c449af0f5680e7d7 Simon Paynton replied to the topic Love Never Fails in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/love-never-fails/page/2/#post-5689 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 09:56:53 +0000 @tomsarbeck – “please consider moving tit-for-tit to the middle middle of your spectrum.  At the end tit4tat formerly occupied, put sociopathy.”

– you’re probably right actually.

Another feature of a long term working relationship is “respectful protest”: taking someone to account in a respectful way, with the assumption that each person is a…[Read more]

]]> 04e9a4aa6b3716c2d621d184ccd7391a tom sarbeck posted an update: @tomsarbeck: I'm 86 and cantankerous enough to want to know […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/7983/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 04:21:58 +0000 @tomsarbeck: I’m 86 and cantankerous enough to want to know the reason(s) people want friendship with me. When I get a friend request I read some of the requestor’s posts and then decide.

]]> 0 28510e8eee447288454e4022524b327c Nerdy Keith replied to the topic Suppose It’s All True? in the forum Atheism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/suppose-its-all-true/#post-5359 Fri, 22 Sep 2017 17:49:05 +0000 @Strega what a perfect answer haha

@TomSarbeck as an ex-Catholic I can relate

]]> 66150ffaf818cad1abbd137d6daf83ea PopeBeanie posted an update: @tomsarbeck Tom, "theory of mind" never sounded right to […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/7572/ Thu, 14 Sep 2017 00:06:28 +0000 @tomsarbeck Tom, “theory of mind” never sounded right to me, either, maybe because it sounds too science-jargony. Ever since I read about mirror neurons in chimps and watched an Empathic Civilzation video, it made more sense to me to focus on empathy as an animal basis of feeling each other’s moods & thoughts, whether between chimps or even…[Read more]

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