Isn't it funny...

[Cyberman]

I thought this god creature was supposed to watch everyone's backs, whether we believe it's there or not?

[Dropship]

As a - ahem- computer wargaming champion under my fighting name 'PoorOldSpike' I can assure you that it depends on the angle of impact, velocity and calibre etc as to whether a slug would penetrate a book or wooden fence or flak vest etc..

Ain't you just the virtual bad-ass. Why don't you hold a buy-bull in front of your face a let someone fire a real AR15 at it..

If you mean the 5.56mm AR15, I wouldn't have one as a gift because 5.56mm is only a wimpy .22 inches calibre!
On the cyber battlefield my weapon of choice is the MX 6.5mm with underbarrel grenade launcher, and sometimes I take a Navid 9.3mm machinegun just for a change. It can't usually penetrate armoured cars, but I like to shoot out their tyres to make them lurch to a halt, then cut down the crew and passengers when they jump out..
PS- another of my wargaming policies is- "Never fear to use heavy weapons and overwhelming firepower, let the fear be your enemies"..

[Ravenshire]

Ain't you just the virtual bad-ass. Why don't you hold a buy-bull in front of your face a let someone fire a real AR15 at it..

If you mean the 5.56mm AR15, I wouldn't have one as a gift because 5.56mm is only a wimpy .22 inches calibre!
On the cyber battlefield my weapon of choice is the MX 6.5mm with underbarrel grenade launcher, and sometimes I take a Navid 9.3mm machinegun just for a change. It can't usually penetrate armoured cars, but I like to shoot out their tyres to make them lurch to a halt, then cut down the crew and passengers when they jump out..
PS- another of my wargaming policies is- "Never fear to use heavy weapons and overwhelming firepower, let the fear be your enemies"..

So, you gonna advance the cause of science and do the experiment or puss out?!? I'm guessing puss out. I'm betting you've never even seen a real weapon and if somebody showed you one you'd piss yourself and faint in fear. You just keep on with your online, imitation bad-assery. The real world's probably way too scary for you anyway.

[Dropship]

Let me put it another way- atheists can be great soldiers, but maybe they'd be even greater if they'd let God watch their backs?
It's a power thing..-

No, I think that kind of behaviour would cause cognitive dissonance by people pretending to believe in something that they know they do not believe.  The resulting mental contradiction and inner distrust would IMO impair reaction time and judgement, resulting in sub-optimal performance in the field.

Ex-SAS man Bear Grylls (below) said "My Christian faith is my backbone", so he'd be an ideal choice to lead us and inspire us to victory in a zombie apocalypse..

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So, you gonna advance the cause of science and do the experiment or puss out?!? I'm guessing puss out. I'm betting you've never even seen a real weapon and if somebody showed you one you'd piss yourself and faint in fear. You just keep on with your online, imitation bad-assery. The real world's probably way too scary for you anyway.

If you google "bible bullet" you'll see pics of bibles that stopped bullets..
As for scary, I admit I'm terrified of women in bright red lipstick and gigantic high heels, but on the cyber battlefield under my fighting name of PoorOldSpike I do alright!
For examp here's a 6" 'Rugged Defence' trophy I won, I keep it on a coffee table in my living room, carefully positioned to ensure it's the first thing guests see when they arrive, and I can keep steering the conversation towards it during the course of the evening..-

[Athene]

Ex-SAS man Bear Grylls (below) said "My Christian faith is my backbone", so he'd be an ideal choice to lead us and inspire us to victory in a zombie apocalypse..

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Yeah, but Bear Grylls eats goat sacs.
Plus he has no proper vowel in his last name.

So he doesn't count.

[Succubus]

Bear Grylls? Happy will I be to see that bloke drown in a swamp.

[Fr33Th1nker]

Hi all. I am new here. I believe in God but I am a free thinker too.

I don't actually find the post funny since most of the statement are true and are facts except those statements about atheists. The statements are all true, the observations are correct but I'm sorry to say that the conclusion is wrong. There are scientific explanations for all those statements and has noting to do with God.

Here's a better example of what is funny:

A child was experimenting on a frog. He put his face close to the frog and shouted jump! To his expectation, the frog did jump. Then he cut off 1 of its leg and again put his face near the frog and shouted jump! Again he was not surprised to see the frog jump. He then proceeded to cut another leg and put his face near the frog and shouted jump. In spite of the frog having two legs left, the frog still managed to jump. The third time he cut the frog's legs and shouted jump, the frog was not able to jump but was able to move. The child, still not satisfied with his experiment, decided to cut the last leg of the frog. So for the last time he put his face close to the frog and shouted jump several times. When the frog did not jump or move, the child smiled brightly and had a eureka moment. He observed that if you cut all the legs of the frog the frog will not be able to move. The observation is correct! He therefore concluded that if you cut off all of the legs of the frog and shout at the frog to jump, the frog becomes deaf that's why he can't move. The frog can't hear you shout.

Correct observation but wrong conclusion like the topic of this thread.

[Dropship]

I thought this god creature was supposed to watch everyone's backs, whether we believe it's there or not?

Dream on muchacho; if people don't want him he sure don't want them..
"What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?..Come out from among them and be separate says the Lord, I will be a Father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters" (2 Cor 6:14-18 )

[Astreja]

No, I think that kind of behaviour would cause cognitive dissonance by people pretending to believe in something that they know they do not believe.  The resulting mental contradiction and inner distrust would IMO impair reaction time and judgement, resulting in sub-optimal performance in the field.

Ex-SAS man Bear Grylls (below) said "My Christian faith is my backbone", so he'd be an ideal choice to lead us and inspire us to victory in a zombie apocalypse..

WTF does that have to do with my comments on the psychology of lying to oneself?

[Astonished]

Hi all. I am new here. I believe in God but I am a free thinker too.

I don't actually find the post funny since most of the statement are true and are facts except those statements about atheists. The statements are all true, the observations are correct but I'm sorry to say that the conclusion is wrong. There are scientific explanations for all those statements and has noting to do with God.

Here's a better example of what is funny:

A child was experimenting on a frog. He  put his face close to the frog and shouted jump! To his expectation, the frog did jump. Then he cut off 1 of its leg and again put his face near the frog and shouted jump! Again he was not surprised to see the frog jump. He then proceeded to cut another leg and put his face near the frog and shouted jump. In spite of the frog having two legs left, the frog still managed to jump. The third time he cut the frog's legs and shouted jump, the frog was not able to jump but was able to move. The child, still not satisfied with his experiment, decided to cut the last leg of the frog. So for the last time he put his face close to the frog and shouted jump several times. When the frog did not jump or move, the child smiled brightly and had a eureka moment. He observed that if you cut all the legs of the frog the frog will not be able to move. The observation is correct! He therefore concluded that if you cut off all of the legs of the frog and shout at the frog to jump, the frog becomes deaf that's why he can't move. The frog can't hear you shout.

Correct observation but wrong conclusion like the topic of this thread.

Actually that's also incorrect, if you know a bit more about the items in the statements that were made. Let me point out a few.

There is actually at least one tribe discovered that has no god concept. So that's at least one place in the world that religion hasn't been practiced in. So that's wrong.

Also men and women aren't all built with a desire for one another. There's homosexuals, and people who identify as asexual. Or bisexual. Lots of flavors out there, but of course if you're the kind of asshole who believes that any such sexual predilections are a choice, then of course that would be denied.

The 'automated' food chain didn't help 99% of every form of life that ever existed from going extinct, or large portions of the world from becoming deserts or frozen wastelands.

And the human body's functions can be fucked with and still function. Pancreas shutdown, colostomies, etc.

Scrutiny is a powerful tool against arrogance and bullshit. I know you're new but please remember that believing in god is not really a statement compatible with being a 'freethinker' since you have to suspend quite a bit of thought to be able to believe it. Just wanted to point that out.