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I Just Got Saved!
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But, if it had never happened I think it unlikely that he would say, "How strange, a friend from a few years ago that I don't regularly see outside my usual bar, who spoke at length for years about disbelieving God, happened not to be walking by the bar at the moment I was smoking a cigarette"....
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I'm not saying there isn't any perceptual bias Dar. But it was chalked up to coincidence. Coincidence doesn't prove/require a causal or any other modal relationship. But statistically how expected would it have been for that to happen and relate back to what Christians claim is the originating cause ie. God?
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That would require proof of the originating cause, i.e. God.
Asking for the statistical relevance of an event does not require evidence of the originating cause, although furtherance of the conversation would inevitably lead to that. Only after though the event was proved inconsistent with chance, is that one you're giving me? I don't mind the fast forward button
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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September 15, 2011 at 8:30 am
(This post was last modified: September 15, 2011 at 8:31 am by The Grand Nudger.)
What's the chance that two people who knew each other and live in the same town would happen to run across each other at some point in their lives? Pretty damn high.
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 (September 15, 2011 at 3:56 am)tackattack Wrote: So what exactly were the odds that a friend from a few years ago that you don't regularly see outside your usual bar, spoke at length for years about disbelieving God, happened to be walking by the bar at the moment you were smoking a cigarette and that you had noticed him and bothered to exchange a greeting and start a conversation? And more, what are the odds that a born-again jesus freak would wreck such a happy encounter by starting to blather on about his fucking 'god?' Maybe god is a smoker, Tacky?  (September 15, 2011 at 12:25 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Maybe god is a smoker, Tacky? Can you blame the guy? He probably doesn't have many friends. Cunt
RE: I Just Got Saved!
September 15, 2011 at 1:22 pm
(This post was last modified: September 15, 2011 at 1:27 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
If he wasn't such a shitbag he wouldn't have that problem. That people couldn't let go of their ethnocentric bullshit just long enough to postulate a god that wasn't an absolute cocksucker speaks volumes.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
 (September 15, 2011 at 3:56 am)tackattack Wrote: So what exactly were the odds that a friend from a few years ago that you don't regularly see outside your usual bar, spoke at length for years about disbelieving God, happened to be walking by the bar at the moment you were smoking a cigarette and that you had noticed him and bothered to exchange a greeting and start a conversation? Well, we do live in the same city, and my guess is that if my slutty ex-girlfriend whom I haven't seen in 5 years, showed up outside the bar on a random chance and I ended up nailing her - somehow THAT wouldn't be an act of god. ... but I run into an old friend of mine who now just happens to believe in god - and yeah, that's predestination. People see what they want to see. ![[Image: Evolution.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i1118.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk619%2Fjcincain%2FPublic%2FEvolution.png) |
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