On 16 June 2011 14:55, Daniel Seagraves <dseagrav at lunar-tokyo.net> wrote:
On Jun 16, 2011, at 7:42 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
On 15 June 2011 19:39, Daniel Seagraves
<dseagrav at lunar-tokyo.net> wrote:
On Jun 15, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
> Most of the time I spend time trying to understand why an otherwise intelligent
person could come to such unsupported conclusions about some things. It's as if their
logical thinking breaks down, and is no longer around when faith steps into the room.
That's exactly how I feel about "God". ?I cannot grasp why otherwise
intelligent, rational people -- especially techies -- suspend their common sense to
believe in an invisible man in the sky.
I welcome a debate with anyone here who claims that believing in god(s) is somehow
"different".
I believe in God because saying "Nobody Dammit!" sounds dumb.
It does? Why? And do you seriously think "a magic sky-fairy did it and
ran away" is /less/ dumb?
Yes, seriously. Try to yell that out loud after you've smacked your fingers with a
hammer, burned yourself with a soldering iron,
or driven a pair of RM03s halfway across the continent without setting the head locks and
then attempted to mount a pack.
It's really long and unwieldy. "God Dammit!" is short and easy to say. I
think the winner here is clear.
For the sentence to make sense, God must exist. Therefore, God exists so that I can swear
out loud after I've done something dumb.
It makes me feel better than just sitting there thinking about what a dumbass I am, so it
serves a purpose.
It also seems to be just as good a reason as most of the other ones people have come up
with.
Excellent. I like it.
I personally amended my curses to "gods damnit" (etc.) so the
christians don't pounce on me and tell me I do secretly believe every
time I lose my temper. Gods plural seems to instantly set one aside
from almost every major religious group except the
Hindu.
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