A Question of Dropped Pennies: How Might an Atheist Respond?

[LastPoet]

The biggest question is... who is going to grab the soap?

[SteelCurtain]

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong to get a video to post?

You had newline (return) characters inside the video tags. Fixed it for ya.

[JackRussell]

A penny is a VERY large object for Heisenbergian hijinks, however, if you try it enough times . . . . .


If Alex wants to take a stab at the math that would be fine, my best calculator only goes up to 9.999999999 X 10^499

A penny is far too insignificant for my frame of reference. I want Newton back, was worth more then. Wouldn't even get you a semi-hairy man now V.

[Rhondazvous]

A diagram can make things so clear. I guess when I get ready to write a novel about gravity, I can ask SC.
Psyche. I haven't the foggiest idea what that diagram means.

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I'm confused about your use of Agnostic. What do you mean when you think of this particular category?

I use it in general terms. a = nit, gnostic = know. So I'm refering to someone who rejects that we can know anything.

I'm aware that everyone who applies the word agnostic to himself may not apply this definition to himself. However, this is what I have in mind in the op.

[Athene]

"Rhonda! Close your purse, dammit."

[Rhondazvous]

I'm too old for the experiment, all that unpleasant bending. Why not use a fifty pence piece?

Then I'd only have to drop it once.

[TheBeardedDude]

Let’s say I drop a penny on the floor fifty times to demonstrate the law of gravity.
Agnostic: How do you know it won’t fly into the air if you drop it one more time?
Theist: My god can make the penny fly into the air the next time you drop it. But don’t actually try it. Thou shalt not tempt the lord thy god.
Deist: Yes, there’s something making that penny drop.

Now, what might an atheist say?

In a vacuum on earth that penny will drop towards the center of the earth at 9.8 m/s^2 due to gravitational acceleration

(Nothing about a penny dropping would warrant me saying anything about me not believing in a god)


Cheers
TheBeardedDude

[Cyberman]

James Randi once gave a talk on this sort of thing. It's been a while since I watched it so I'm not going to do it proper justice.

Actually, scrub that - I just found the video of it:

[brewer]

This atheist says: Start dropping a Gaudens Double Eagle and I'll feign interest until your back is turned.

Hey look, it's Halley's comet!

What coin, god did it. No you can't look in my pocket. RAPE!!!!!

[bennyboy]

Let’s say I drop a penny on the floor fifty times to demonstrate the law of gravity.
Agnostic: How do you know it won’t fly into the air if you drop it one more time?
Theist: My god can make the penny fly into the air the next time you drop it. But don’t actually try it. Thou shalt not tempt the lord thy god.
Deist: Yes, there’s something making that penny drop.

Now, what might an atheist say?

"When you said 'a penny for your thoughts', I didn't think you'd pay me for 'la la la I can't hear you!'"