Comments on: One in four Americans think God helps decide the outcome of football games

By: Bro Bowl II — World News Center

Bro Bowl II — World News Center — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:59:32 +0000

[...] the guile of the coaches. Unless you live in the South. Then the odds are heavy that you think that God decides the [...]

By: Michael Simpson

Michael Simpson — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 23:22:06 +0000

Ummm. You flunked logical fallacy 101. Sorry dude. You also have no clue what open-mindedness means. It does not mean that I should be open minded to illogical beliefs. It means, I am open minded to evidence, not rantings and mythical books and nonsense.

So, other than personal attacks, strawman arguments, and logical fallacies, what have you got? it appears like nothing else. You can only attack people. You are incapable of bringing evidence of gods.

I’m glad I live a happy life without believing nonsense.

By: myopinionisrighterthanyours

myopinionisrighterthanyours — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:26:38 +0000

Okay, since somebody out there obviously didn’t get what I was talking about, let me take you back to Logic 101, my little chick-a-dees. Mr. Simpson’s argument is, if there is proof, then there is a god. Okay, fair enough. Now where his (and most atheists) logic fallacy is is that they go “There is no proof. A ha!!!!! There is no god.” Too bad that is logically incorrect. The inverse of a conditional statement is not the logical equivalent, and it is something advertisers use all the time. They’ll say something like “If you use Crest, you’ll have clean teeth and fresh breath.” They WANT you do believe, “Oh crap. I don’t use Crest, therefore I have plaque covered yellow teeth and halitosis.” And by the way, Mr. open minded Simpson, anyone that places limits upon his “open mindedness” is not open minded at all.

By: One In Four Americans Think God Helps Decide The Outcome Of Football Games | thacover2.com

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:56:16 +0000

[...] Off The Bench via The Public Religious Research Institute says that one in four American’s think God helps decide the outcome of football games. 53% of Americans think god only rewards athletes who believe or worship him. Here are some other revealing stats. [...]

By: One In Four Americans Think God Helps Decide The Outcome Of Football Games | Robert Littal Presents BlackSportsOnline

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:52:27 +0000

By: myopinionisrighterthanyours

myopinionisrighterthanyours — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:39:50 +0000

Speaking of amusing and logical fallacies, it amuses me that you have those of your own while accurately pointing out those of others.

By: Michael Simpson

Michael Simpson — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:31:00 +0000

So this worthless god apparently has time for football games, but has no time for cancer, wars, and insane people shooting kids in schools. Well, if this god does exist, he’s a sociopath, and I don’t want to have anything to do with his insanity. But I find this is one of those things that just proves how uneducated people need to believe in things like gods controlling football games, rather than discovering how science cures disease and that the earth is 4.5 billion years old.

Amazing.

By: Michael Simpson

Michael Simpson — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:27:53 +0000

Argument from Ignorance, a typical logical fallacy. If you are making the assertion that some god exists, then you are responsible to providing convincing evidence thereof. I am not responsible for proving that something doesn’t exist, when I cannot see evidence that it does exist. That’s why it’s a logical fallacy.

An atheist is openminded to the possibility that a god exists if evidence is provided. We just know none has been provided, even when we’ve gone looking.

So, go along with your logical fallacies. They amuse me.

By: crappygovernment

crappygovernment — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:29:15 +0000

Click my name for 2 excellent historical blogs about criminal Tebowphobics and their schemes!

By: myopinionisrighterthanyours

myopinionisrighterthanyours — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:11:33 +0000

Wow, this story just proves to me why our country is in such a sad state as it is. The extremism on both sides is disappointing, to say the least. Arguing religion is a waste of time, as no matter what you believe, you have no facts to present. It amuses me all of the closed minded atheists getting all thumbs up, who don’t realize they are no better than poor old crappygovernment. I can’t believe that someone actually compared arguing whether there is a supreme being to the easter bunny. If you can’t see the falicy in that arguement, then you are beyond hope. Is there a god? Who knows. I won’t try to tell you there is one for sure. Don’t try to tell somebody else there is not one, however, because fact remains, nobody knows for sure (never will). I’m a very logical, scentific based person, but face it, stuff happens every day that quite simply cannot be explained. As much as I can’t stand skids ultra-conservative rhetoric, I will grant him one point. I have quickly learned that the vast majority of those that preach tolerance are those that are most intolerant of others who do not share their beliefs. And it’s the refusal of one to try to understand the other side, that leads to fear, and ultimately hatred. I realize I’m going to receive NUMEROUS thumbs down, as I have effectively managed to piss off both sides at the same time, but if I get just one person to step back, and open their mind to what the other side might be seeing, then I’ve accomplished something. Point is, as an agnostic, I would never attempt to take one’s own beliefs from them. Please do not insult me by trying to force yours upon me. Okay, I’ll get off my soapbox for now.

By: guypatsfan

guypatsfan — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:26:42 +0000

It must piss you off that you can’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that your god, or any other god for that matter, exists.

By: guypatsfan

guypatsfan — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:22:48 +0000

The best advertisement for atheism is the fire-breathing, bible-thumping pains in the ass that Christians are.

By: skids003

skids003 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:57:28 +0000

Actually, no. It’s still 51%, which you are obviously in.

By: skids003

skids003 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:56:16 +0000

If I was looking to be offended, all I have to do is look on the front page of MSNBC, they do a good job of that. Your type is the one always getting offended.

By: skids003

skids003 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:53:28 +0000

And I bet you believe everything you see on MSNBC, don’t you?

By: cat0325

cat0325 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:39:52 +0000

I actually HAVE died and came back. And it was in the hospital ER where they had an EKG hooked up to me and they had disconnected the leads because my heart stopped. I believe that we have spirits/souls and that they are truly who we are – not these shells that we inhabit. Didn’t meet a “god” after I died, but I did go someplace beautiful where I was told I had children to raise in THIS life before I could move on.

By: cat0325

cat0325 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:35:35 +0000

Really? There are 25% of the nation that believes that a deity is concerned about a sporting event? Doesn’t ANY deity have more important things to worry about? I mean, come on people … surely y’all are not that STUPID?

By: Voices in the Rain

Voices in the Rain — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:58:04 +0000

Have you been there…did you come back…no one knows for certain. Empirically there is absolutely no way of knowing one way or the other: If there is anything afterwards. If we can be born into the physical world out of stardust why is it not possible that why can die and evolve into another existence. The man whom Rain Man was based on died last year He was a Savant. His two hemispheres were separate. They did not have a Cerebral Cortex connecting them. And yet he could function. He was brilliant. And he had consciousness and awareness. The left and write brain have to communicate with each other for a person to function. Is the soul something beyond intelligence. Is awareness the soul and could he have a consciousness that existed beyond the scope of the physical that was able to correlate the two spheres of his brain. I understand Agnostics. But Atheism confuses me. I think Atheist should at least be open to religion. And I believe religion should be open to the realities of science.

By: crappygovernment

crappygovernment — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:10:58 +0000

Jay Fiedler and Sage Rosenfels would never have been treated this way! If Ray Lewis is/was a real Christian he would speak up for the blacklisted #15!

By: retief1954

retief1954 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:54:13 +0000

liked

By: mojoquasi

mojoquasi — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:54:03 +0000

And people wonder why we’re 37th in the world in just about everything instead of 1st like we used to be. What else can you expect from a country that can actually elect to a responsible government office someone who believes in “legitimate rape”? How about Michelle Bachmann? We have become a country of morons and religion is a large part of the reason.

By: retief1954

retief1954 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:53:23 +0000

your color is red. the lib side is blue.

By: retief1954

retief1954 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:51:32 +0000

btw dude, neocons are on YOUR side.

By: retief1954

retief1954 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:50:53 +0000

Wow, “crappygovernment”!…, entertaining posts! Keep it going, man! You’re on a freakin’ ROLL, bruthuh!

By: myopinionisrighterthanyours

myopinionisrighterthanyours — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:50:19 +0000

Hey, clueless. Rex Ryan = head coach. Rex Ryan = decision maker to who played and who didn’t. Rex Ryan = why Tebow never touched the field. And I do think with how badly Sanchez sucked, Tebow deserved a shot. It was Rex Ryan, who was not smitten by god, that prevented it.

By: retief1954

retief1954 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:48:23 +0000

1 in 4! Really! Probably much better than it used to be, though. And why would that 25% (much higher in the South) think that God would favor one team of his children over the other? Aren’t they ALL asking and praying for God’s favor while they play in this game? Why would God choose one or two players to succeed over all the others every year? Are you saying the entire thing’s nothing more than a crapshoot subject to the whims of God? Is God pissed off on Mondays? If he’s in a really bad mood that day, it pretty much doesn’t matter what you do? Help me understand.

By: crappygovernment

crappygovernment — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:05:13 +0000

9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. ‘ Rev 3:8-10

By: crappygovernment

crappygovernment — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:00:59 +0000

The best advertisement for Christianity is the rotten, soulless, God-forsaken rat faces of atheists themselves!

By: crappygovernment

crappygovernment — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:43:03 +0000

Shame on the Neocon Football League for their degradation of #15 for being the first, authentic, Christian role model in decades!

By: crappygovernment

crappygovernment — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:41:41 +0000

What would red diaper babies know about Christianity or QB skills anyway, Tebowhaters?