Today I watched the Jets beat the snot out of the Cardinals. I don’t like the Cardinals because their QB is Kurt Warner, who I met once at a TV studio. He was nice enough, but when I asked him for an autograph for my nephew, he wrote a bible verse on the autograph. This AFTER he learned who I was. I felt it crass, and my nephew thought it was a joke, but since then I’m not a Kurt Warner fan.So today, a player (Anquan Boldin) got hurt, and Warner led a prayer for all the world to see on the football field for that player’s health. Both teams participated — but not all players. Some players actually chose not to pray along with their teammates or to take any part of their sheepish display. Wish I had a picture or a list, but I don’t. But I saw it. Warner wanted it to be a church, but it was still a football stadium to some. I wonder how those other players felt.Thanks to medicine, and not invisible men in the sky, the injured Boldin is healing in a hospital and hopefully will be fine.Too bad Jesus didn’t want to help the Cards win today.
Ren, Ren, Ren…
Again with that tired reasoning…
If you’re going to discuss the bible, perhaps you should read and study it first…
I guess when Peter prayed in public in the book of Acts was an act of hypocrisy…
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/MatthewHenryComplete/mhc-com.cgi?book=mt&chapter=006
Comment from: godless sodomite
I couldn’t agree more…exactly why atheism is a totally illogical way of looking at the universe…
nice you tube video phreedm….however you dont go back far enough….to go back far enough you need to understand our current banking system….
Charlie…you are so right.
May I suggest an eye opening book…
http://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyll-Island-Federal-Reserve/dp/0912986212
This book gives the history of the banking system…
I always wondered why Jesus would care about a football game.
Wouldn’t it be funny if there really was a god and he answered prayer just the opposite of what was asked?
“Dear god, please send some rain so my crops will grow”
God: “Hmmm… OK, so I’ll make sure isn’t any rain so that dumb dope starves.”
Don’t shoot me, I didn’t make the rules. I’m just the messenger.
According to Jesus, yes, Peter was being a hypocrite when he prayed in public.
That is what is wrong with an infallible rule book. You either have to follow ALL the rules, or you’re not a true scotsman. Or something to that effect.
Of course, with all the contradictions in the buy-bull, it’s impossible to be a TRUE Scotsman.
phreedm wrote:
My response:
Actually, it is a very logical conclusion if one accepts certain premises.
Castlensnob
Which premises?
Actually, What, I was hoping phreedm would be the one to ask, but so be it.
A logical argument might go something like this:
Premise 1: Before something can be said to exist, it must have coherant, non-contradictory attributes.
Premise 2: God has contradictory attributes.
Conclusion: God doesn’t exist.
Or
Premise 1: It is reasonable to accept the existence of something in light of sufficient, objective evidence.
Premise 2: There is insufficient objective evidence for the existence of God.
Conclusion: God doesn’t exist.
Keep in mind, however, that a logical argument is only as good as its premises, as in:
Premise 1: There is an alien spaceship hiding in Halley’s Comet waiting to take us to heaven.
Premise 2: We can’t get on to this spaceship while we are still in our physical bodies.
Conclusion: We must kill ourselves so our spirits can rendezvous with said spaceship and be taken to heaven.
This, by the way, is what the Heaven’s Gate cult actually believed.
Logical, but looney. This is why I said what I did about accepting certain premises.
Castletonsnob
The second syllogism needs work. The conclusion should have been that: It is not reasonable to accept the existence God.
You are correct. One can be logical and totally disconnected with reality just as long as the “right” premises are accepted.
Castletonsnob
I have an overwhelming desire to shower now.
When I originally saw the pst, I thought it was over the loudspeaker. It looked like an impromptu prayer. Just some mass hysteria caused by a scary event. Christians have a habit of retreating to fantasy when reality isn’t going as expected.
I really can’t have a problem with this. He just happened to be the one speaking in the prayer group.
The only thing I was concerned about is they showed a player jogging over to the circle j.. er, prayer circle. They replayed the same clip twice apparently to give the impression that more players were going over.