9/11/12 Anniversary

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
P- your custom has always been to grant one request to olde gb once a year. For 2012 I would like you to click

on this link and read the conversation word for word... and then get back to me. I'll be waiting right here. Okay.

http://www.askstudent.com/religion/argument-for-the-existence-of-god/

I read it. Why is it important for the author of the story to say it is a quote from Einstein when it is not?

http://www.snopes.com/religion/einstein.asp

Oh, and I'm not atheist. I just don't think God is a guy in robes who would wager bets with Satan over the faith of one of his followers as in the story of Job or do something as outrageous as give humans original sin, come back to Earth as his own son and die on a cross to save humans from eternal damnation.

I believe the Bible to be histories in some sense, and a tool to control the masses.

No shellfish (avoid red tide)
Pig is bad (pork doesn't keep well)
Monogamy (avoids disease and keeps people from fighting over woman)
Contraception (more people for our army)

Right and wrong shouldn't be too hard for anyone to figure out, I don't like that some people need to be threatened with damnation and rewarded with eternal bliss to live as good people. Organized religion does a lot of good things, but too many bad things in the name of God for my taste. Who is one religion to tell another religion they are wrong and their path is the only way?

I make no assumptions about God's will. (I use the term God because I have nothing better to call it.)

Another thing about people who like to talk about religion... they have zero interest in hearing about yours. The only reason I'm talking now is because it came up in conversation.

P-

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Careful now. Next word may be your last one.

I hope my last words are something hilarious like "What could go wrong?".

More likely is something like "Oh crap".

Originally posted by Phlabibit

I read it. Why is it important for the author of the story to say it is a quote from Einstein when it is not?

http://www.snopes.com/religion/einstein.asp

Oh, and I'm not atheist. I just don't think God is a guy in robes who would wager bets with Satan over the faith of one of his followers as in the story of Job or do something as outrageous bout yours.[/b] The only reason I'm talking now is because it came up in conversation.

P-

Diligent of you to verify the authenticity of the source. No reason to disbelieve Snopes. Stand corrected. Nice of you to speak candidly.

Count me in as a guy willing to listen to and ponder your views, any day of the week (except NFL Sundays). -gb 😞

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Careful now. Next word may be your last one.

Sic vita est. The next intelligent statement you make will be your first.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Diligent of you to verify the authenticity of the source. No reason to disbelieve Snopes. Stand corrected. Nice of you to speak candidly.

Count me in as a guy willing to listen to and ponder your views, any day of the week (except NFL Sundays). -gb 😞

I totally forgot Sunday. Pats lost... THERE IS NO GOD!

Originally posted by Phlabibit
I totally forgot Sunday. Pats lost... THERE IS NO GOD!

God lives in Arizona.

Originally posted by Phlabibit

I totally forgot Sunday. Pats lost... THERE IS NO GOD!

"... by way of contrast, there is another member (actually a small animal) who knows the score and lives in the light. Interestingly, he doesn't presume to make picks each week. His "Private Performance Index System" handles that. Said individual gives all the credit to "PPIS" when it's working almost flawlessly and assumes all blame on those rare occasions when it's not. ~Blind Squirrel"

-Private NFL Casino (Message Board) I co-founded in 2008

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Sic vita est. The next intelligent statement you make will be your first.

Pass.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
God lives in Arizona.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/08/02/god-lives-in-a-lab-in-arizona.html

Least proves you read.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/08/02/god-lives-in-a-lab-in-arizona.html

Least proves you read.

Yes, Bobby, I do read. Books, newspapers, magazines.. even cereal boxes.

And, unlike you, I don't rely on Google to tell me what to think.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Yes, Bobby, I do read. Books, newspapers, magazines.. even cereal boxes.

And, unlike you, I don't rely on Google to tell me what to think.

You mean Barney? The guy with the goo goo googily eyes?

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
You mean Barney? The guy with the goo goo googily eyes?

I mean Bobby. The guy with the stealthy shifty eyes.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Yes, Bobby, I do read. Books, newspapers, magazines.. even cereal boxes.

And, unlike you, I don't rely on Google to tell me what to think.

I read toothpaste tubes in the little house.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
I read toothpaste tubes in the little house.

Did you run out of comic books?

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Did you run out of comic books?

No but the print's too big.