Atheist Zone | Unseen | Activity https://atheistzone.com/members/unseen/activity/ Activity feed for Unseen. Sat, 09 May 2026 05:20:00 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ccd0ae2434124e1abae735c4bbf45f36 Unseen replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/nobody-saw-this-coming/page/26/#post-60621 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:42:17 +0000

]]> 341ad2ffc573004351c7c68eb8b9d087 Unseen replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/nobody-saw-this-coming/page/26/#post-60618 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:04:41 +0000 Well, it turned down the post I just posted. Weird. It had a Youtube link in it, but I see others making posts with videos.

]]> da682bfdd71c226c76fbe4b86b3a86b2 Unseen replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/nobody-saw-this-coming/page/26/#post-60616 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:54:53 +0000 Test

]]> d89809e013596c5d6f64c7eec5ccd17f Unseen posted an update: I just replied twice to Pope Beanie's last post on Nobody […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/48591/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:48:10 +0000 I just replied twice to Pope Beanie’s last post on Nobody Saw This Coming and both efforts failed to appear. WTF?!!!

]]> 0 8c2cb084f7a6ddeb8883433f7c6acb98 Unseen started the topic "It's like a job interview..." in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/its-like-a-job-interview/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:13:55 +0000 Have women raised standards for mates so high that nobody qualifies for so long now that many and maybe most single men have just opted out? Rather than seeking females to bond with, are they now limiting themselves their male friends and “friend zone” females for companionship and hookups with promiscuous females or prostitutes for sex?

I…[Read more]

]]> 74a54c51b3bf7cdb75cda0cd9d040806 Unseen replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/nobody-saw-this-coming/page/26/#post-60596 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:57:19 +0000 A question for you, Pope Beanie: Do you think their songs are getting better at all under the tutelage of a production company, or was their original material (Teatro Metropolitan concert for example). Better or even far better on the whole?

 

]]> 5ee3b423369d44a45c0fb09d8038b942 Unseen started the topic An Immodest Proposal in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/an-immodest-proposal/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:54:15 +0000 Look at this link by changing the leading “yyyy” to “xnxx”.

https://www.yyyy.com/video-1fvt6x33/marilyn_monroe_under_white_dress_ai-generated_

It’s porn but it’s useful for making my point. No, it’s not child porn. No children, not even any real adults. That’s the point. The imagery is totally AI-generated. The depiction is of a couple Marilyn…[Read more]

]]> e4be6aae2500aa6b610bc3dfeec4677f Unseen replied to the topic AI will be our end. Here's my reasoning. in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/ai-will-be-our-end-heres-my-reasoning/#post-60516 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:52:12 +0000 I would hope everyone knows who Rick Beato is, but in case you don’t, he’s easily the #1 Youtube expert on music. He’s a genius polymath musician, musicologist, music historian, yada yada yada. He has perfect pitch and plays guitar and keyboards at an expert level. He can listen to and reproduce solos he hears with ease.

Yeah, there really is…[Read more]

]]> d34e95bb50d3d39430b14bf3042c50a8 Unseen replied to the topic Website Issues in the forum Advice https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/website-issues/#post-60386 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:58:37 +0000 Are we waiting for the Forums to repair themselves? What efforts are being made. When I open Forums, the only one I can see is Sunday School.

]]> 9a1d0ba14d9770160ab1d3ff51992fad Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School November 16th 2025 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-november-16th-2025/page/6/#post-60311 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:58:54 +0000 Under our name where? Under our name on the left where it appears with our thumbnail images?

]]> 04cfd9789dce1adeaab7617bf165b975 Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School November 16th 2025 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-november-16th-2025/page/5/#post-60302 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:21:59 +0000 Sounds like it’s time to go back to the earlier version till they fix the latest one.

Note: In my email I got an AtheistZone notice of PopeBeanie’s post in Small Talk. I was able to read it but I wrote a response that simply failed to get posted. Another clue.

]]> 2c564999b8f55e9cefcb049e1696dd3c Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School November 16th 2025 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-november-16th-2025/page/5/#post-60299 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:36:05 +0000 So, it looks right if you have moderator privileges? Could be solved by resetting a toggle somewhere in the behind the scenes.

 

]]> e528264228718f8f18665cbafa3b37a0 Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School November 16th 2025 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-november-16th-2025/page/5/#post-60287 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:44:03 +0000

]]> 8a9eaff8c77911fb2afbc9ab2b480371 Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School November 16th 2025 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-november-16th-2025/page/5/#post-60283 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:21:45 +0000

]]> 2d5f284b556e4f954c7c1a04875bf71d Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School November 16th 2025 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-november-16th-2025/page/4/#post-60274 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:48:39 +0000 So, I note that the Forums still aren’t restored. If the data is lost, will it at least be restarted by restoring the topics? I’m particularly missing the “Nobody saw this coming” thread following The Warning’s musical progress.

]]> 0867298bd1c1e7e0a2f549130e4f9644 Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School November 16th 2025 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-november-16th-2025/page/4/#post-60273 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:37:50 +0000

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Somehow that word bespoke escaped my attention until a few weeks ago.

“Bespoke” meaning a custom or one-off design is not a “thing” in American colloquial English. It’ll send most of us running to the dictionary.

]]> 6c132ddc4a7cfa9fd4d8ee341d307342 Unseen posted an update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx7qP68bjt8 https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/48289/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:48:12 +0000

]]> 0 5121855ecc1e1c02ed1c80906523ed10 Unseen posted an update: Is the war on I ran a combination of Israel "wagging the […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/48288/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:43:03 +0000 Is the war on I ran a combination of Israel “wagging the dog” of America and Trump desperate for a distraction from the depth of his involvement in the trafficking of underage girls?

DUH!!!

]]> 0 e598910a3245b618fdb8366ca6eab457 Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School March 15th 2026 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-march-15th-2026/#post-60207 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 02:37:40 +0000 HELLO! I asked a couple posts back and even private messaged Reg to ask and no answer so far.

What happened to the forums? Were they wiped out during an update? When will they be restored? When will we be able to post there again? Or will we?

]]> 42ab1169bd0989f1a02a8144fe38e87c Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School March 15th 2026 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-march-15th-2026/#post-60171 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:28:21 +0000 What happened to the Forums space? I wanted to post in Small Talk and I get “Page Not Found.”

WTH?!!!

]]> 48b1e5120f7d2ca2f531fc13d4152719 Unseen replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/nobody-saw-this-coming/page/25/#post-60055 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:02:54 +0000 The Warning just released a new song. It’s named Kerosene.

Here’s the lyric video:

]]> 814fe07e7dd541977343ba05cc33d12c Unseen replied to the topic Physics Girl is back!! in the forum Science -- the kind that requires evidence and reason. https://atheistzone.com/groups/science-the-kind-that-requires-evidence-and-reason/forum/topic/physics-girl-is-back/#post-60053 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:58:59 +0000 I’m so glad she has recovered enough to post again. She was one of my favorites back when she was posting regularly.

It looks like the disease took its toll. One hopes she will bloom back into a full recovery in coming months.

]]> 064cd69f19b29906f2d17dab7047579d Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism... in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/you-dont-need-determinism/page/2/#post-59708 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:30:59 +0000 Question for block universe supporters. If moving forward through time is an illusion, why can’t we have the illusion of moving backward through time? It should make no difference, right?

]]> d569e6d6b8073afa161b652b59816ea3 Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism... in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/you-dont-need-determinism/page/2/#post-59686 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:29:34 +0000 The block universe gives an unbelievable account of experience. If you take it seriously, nothing actually happens, however experience consists of a cluttered stream of experiences.

That the account of experience it gives is counterintuitive and implausible can be explained in terms of the unreliability of experience.Nevertheless, the entire…[Read more]

]]> 2021b46a388230861a9676752311bb1a Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism... in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/you-dont-need-determinism/page/2/#post-59680 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 04:05:36 +0000 The senses are a poor source of evidence. Our senses tell us that the world is colorful. In fact, color is in the brain, not the external world. We experience gravity as a force. We know it’s not. We experience deja vu which is a well known trick of the mind that seems real.

Some years after my mother died, I was standing on a street corner…[Read more]

]]> e33eeb0f7a6eb9b633819858c643ec9c Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism... in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/you-dont-need-determinism/page/2/#post-59679 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:19:34 +0000

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Fellow Unbelievers: Trump tells Iranian protesters against Islamist tyranny that “Help is on the way” two weeks after the uprising starts and after anywhere from 12,000 to 20,000 Iranian citizens are dead. I’d say time and agency are pretty damn real. Can you relate?

The problem of agency regarding free will isn’t about…[Read more]

]]> e840c1be3562694c3a8e166a421c4ff6 Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism... in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/you-dont-need-determinism/page/2/#post-59666 Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:47:12 +0000

Simon Paynton wrote:

Unseen wrote:
No, you feel you have a certain amount of agency.

What I’m saying is, we treat ourselves and each other as if we have agency, whether we “really” do or not. It’s on this level that we’re held accountable.

See, you can’t talk about agency without implying agency where there really is none. And I mean you you,…[Read more]

]]> 72ef1142b68e649036da5e4fc6a86bb6 Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism... in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/you-dont-need-determinism/#post-59663 Mon, 19 Jan 2026 03:35:56 +0000 How long is now?

]]> 5ee793bcbd622621ac0f3ee4482f8212 Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism... in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/you-dont-need-determinism/#post-59662 Mon, 19 Jan 2026 03:33:00 +0000

Simon Paynton wrote:
As far as accountability and free will go, I’d say that we all operate in an everyday world of “as-if” free will – we have a certain amount of agency over our actions – and we’re judged and held accountable on this as-if agency.

No, you feel you have a certain amount of agency. If you are sure there’s any agency at all, exp…[Read more]

]]> 1a1df08838866f977d2be3db56b10301 Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism... in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/you-dont-need-determinism/#post-59648 Sat, 17 Jan 2026 20:58:15 +0000 Okay, Enco, but we do all that shit in the present, which appears to have no duration whatsoever.

It seems like everything we do is in a world defined by Zeno. You know, that paradox guy.

]]> c4397cb86f113e6338a6a08c70748f21 Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism... in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/you-dont-need-determinism/#post-59642 Sat, 17 Jan 2026 05:31:25 +0000

Simon Paynton wrote:
I think it makes more sense if we consider a structure of the universe as being one of deterministic cause and effect.  The proposal is that the universe, from start to finish, was formed in one go.  All events and timelines of objects’ spatial movements were put in place by this process that formed the block det…

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]]> e19bea9e0db732fbe9107c5df8c1ed95 Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism... in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/you-dont-need-determinism/#post-59639 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:08:57 +0000 It seems to me as an  atheist that the presentist universe makes more sense because the block universe is far more compatible with the intelligent design view.

The notion that the big bang, the trillions of galaxies and septillions of planets, the inception and explosion of life forms on Earth or anywhere, the construction of the Pyramids and…[Read more]

]]> d24e052e1f31effac0ce7981344860ac Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism... in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/you-dont-need-determinism/#post-59638 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 09:27:10 +0000 Block universe on the one hand or a universe governed by the inescapable necessity of physical laws, it makes no difference. It makes no matter how you respond to either situation. In the one case, your response has already happened in a sense while in the other, however you respond, your response is what had to happen.

Some will say, “But that’s…[Read more]

]]> 8744156e7058b1557021122db8b52394 Unseen replied to the topic You don't need determinism... in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/you-dont-need-determinism/#post-59635 Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:09:11 +0000 You may be wondering what evidence exists for the block universe theory. As the Gemini AI explains it:

The evidence for the Block Universe theory isn’t based on a single “discovery,” but rather on the logical conclusions we are forced to draw from Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity.

If the math of relativity is a correct description of t…[Read more]

]]> c8972f1ae408687c666c5cb4ad600083 Unseen started the topic You don't need determinism... in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/you-dont-need-determinism/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:45:44 +0000 …for there to be no free will.

Under the current ‘standard model” of physics, accepted by the majority of physicists, we exist in a so-called “block universe.”

I asked Gemini AI to define block universe in layman terms and I got this:

In simple terms, the Block Universe theory is the idea that the past, the present, and the future all exist…[Read more]

]]> d5a157072ae45e737c7ea109b63e5a5f Unseen replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/nobody-saw-this-coming/page/25/#post-59551 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 17:22:52 +0000 @ PopeBeanie

But the video quality of the clip I put up is the the quality of the actual TV performance and your clip is mostly NOT the music! I can do without voyeuristically watching them get their hair and makeup done. LOL

]]> e4dab7a4799dd4c9746e1b39989a055b Unseen replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/nobody-saw-this-coming/page/25/#post-59546 Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:23:36 +0000 A secret wish finally fulfilled: The Warning playing La Bamba, the Mexican folk song turned into a rock and roll hit by Richie Valens (Valenzuela) back in the 1960’s.

]]> afa90d9c816b0fd2e2bfe7bfd9a6fe4c Unseen replied to the topic Jeffrey Epstein's Other Secret Life in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/jeffrey-epsteins-other-secret-life/#post-59314 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 03:28:57 +0000 It gets more and more interesting.

]]> 5464fafc0e822d380de2899907846eba Unseen started the topic Jeffrey Epstein's Other Secret Life in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/jeffrey-epsteins-other-secret-life/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:29:53 +0000 Lobbyist, go between, fixer, secret agent. It seems JE took time out from diddling underage girls to run clandestine errands for Israel. And now, Israel is behind the scenes trying to keep the Epstein files from seeing the light of day.

]]> cd02558730bffa7969eded15de3e7664 Unseen replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/nobody-saw-this-coming/page/25/#post-59276 Thu, 20 Nov 2025 03:28:43 +0000 While I warn people to resist thinking of The Warning as a “girl group” or “chick band,” because they deserve to be considered as a rock band without an asterisk, at the same time, I stumbled on this photo of Pau posting in an outfit leaving her midriff bare and, as a guy who’s photographed easily 200+ beautiful young women, I must say that her…[Read more]

]]> 0256a22ed59059abbfee6141e2b3f60d Unseen started the topic New Government Policy: Being Anti-Christian is Terrorism in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/new-government-plolicy-being-anti-christian-is-terrorism/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:11:48 +0000 Yep. It’s part of Trump’s attempt, amidst the falling apart of his administration, to find something his right-wing white Christian nationalists will rally behind, he’s declaring virtually anything not right of center or nontraditional to be terrorism, and that definitely includes atheists.

]]> a46e92a38f0bf61d3adf99c6cd22a625 Unseen started the topic Israel dishonors the ceasefire in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/israel-dishonors-the-ceasefire/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:02:05 +0000 Israel apparently is only honoring the “fire” part of “ceasefire,” because it isn’t ceasing.

BBC article on the subject HERE.

]]> ae78e4d4da66d60adc93a6b4e767d215 Unseen replied to the topic The new powers that be in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/groups/politics/forum/topic/the-new-powers-that-be/page/7/#post-59175 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 02:44:42 +0000 I’m afraid the situation is worse than most of you realize. Here’s a “what if” for you: Forget rigging the election by all the ways people are discussing. What if he declares a national emergency and simply refuses to leave office? He already ignores the law and is on the verge of defying court orders, and all the means of enforcement come under…[Read more]

]]> 92cc00e486c4dd21133654cb280e9963 Unseen started the topic Willow...Not just a silly movie anymore in the forum Science https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/willow-not-just-a-silly-movie-anymore/ Sun, 26 Oct 2025 00:24:35 +0000 This isn’t about faster computers. This is about quantum systems exceeding the Carnot efficiency limits we thought were fundamental to reality itself. Google’s Willow chip just performed one trillion measurements, peer inside molecules in ways that were literally impossible before, and shattered our understanding of what’s physically possi…[Read more]

]]> 41fefd312955de9139f921aebd0c3e0a Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School October 19th 2025 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-october-19th-2025/page/2/#post-59143 Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:48:26 +0000

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Tá roinnt teangacha agam, cuid acu ar chaighdeán passable, cuid eile caighdeán “turasóireachta” an-bhunúsach. Ach tá an Ghaeilge líofa agam chomh maith, nó ar a laghad bhí mé nuair a bhí mé níos óige. Má chaitheann mé seachtain i nGaillimh (abair) tagann sé ar ais chugam. Is í an teanga is deacra a fhoghlaim.

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]]> 904172cfae32e8beaa8345bb5631c415 Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School October 19th 2025 in the forum Sunday School https://atheistzone.com/groups/sunday-school/forum/topic/sunday-school-october-19th-2025/#post-59133 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:35:19 +0000

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Many U.S. students will very likely start going to Chinese Universities soon.

Might be a good idea for all American schools to start teaching Chinese.

When I was young (I’m 79 now, so a long time ago), the choices were French, German, and Spanish. French was recommended as the language of diplomacy, German for kids…[Read more]

]]> cdc397f9b235b3a6abe5c62779dce19e Unseen replied to the topic Short Videos (e.g. like TikTok) in the forum Random Posts https://atheistzone.com/groups/random-posts/forum/topic/short-videos-e-g-like-tiktok/page/2/#post-59118 Sat, 18 Oct 2025 21:05:06 +0000

PopeBeanie wrote:
I’ve been experimenting with youtube shorts, which is why you’ll see the “was#x#” underneath each of my video shorts, in case I need to change the dimensions to fit on different screens.

I looked underneath the video and didn’t see that code. Am I missing something?

]]> 4c9aeed640dad385421b9ff84cd40f39 Unseen replied to the topic Short Videos (e.g. like TikTok) in the forum Random Posts https://atheistzone.com/groups/random-posts/forum/topic/short-videos-e-g-like-tiktok/page/2/#post-59116 Sat, 18 Oct 2025 21:01:46 +0000 The original video won’t give me an embed code, so I’m trying the code it offered me to use for sharing. Let’s see if it works any better:
https://youtube.com/shorts/lVpaaTCAetw?si=tvUc_p27IUIlBFys

Well, not for me.

I’m running ChromeOS, but since links I put up (normal ones, not shorts or verticals) tend to work okay, the issue seems…[Read more]

]]> 5965c78be88008d8e7303317829f0340 Unseen replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/nobody-saw-this-coming/page/25/#post-59112 Sat, 18 Oct 2025 16:25:09 +0000 Perhaps The Warning’s best-recorded live show yet. Very well done.

]]> 97e10422452b9e4b9f596d8e41a3414a Unseen replied to the topic Short Videos (e.g. like TikTok) in the forum Random Posts https://atheistzone.com/groups/random-posts/forum/topic/short-videos-e-g-like-tiktok/#post-59104 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:17:52 +0000 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lVpaaTCAetw

Why won’t this display? Any ideas?

 

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