Do you believe in god? - Page 2

xTYBALTx · 07-31-2006, 04:08 PM

LOL! Anyone else care to join the academic analysis?

Beatnik · 07-31-2006, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Steeler

- Potentially inflammatory joke.

- Chuckles of agreement / rep-giving

- Sour comment from offended person

- Requests to "have a sense of humor."

- Angry comment from someone who took it literally.

- Academic analysis of joke or link to Snopes listing.

- Tangental political discussion.

- Liberal indignation.

- Conservative claims of persecution.

- Admin warning.

- Gay or fart joke.

- End thread.

hahahaha

Unnecessary additional comment continuing thread.

Cheerful appreciation of pointing out the obvious, followed by insincere plea for more civility on the internet.

munchkin · 07-31-2006, 06:01 PM

Cry for someone to please think of some form of feline!

**CingularDuality** · 08-01-2006, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by sordavie

Lol. I don't even think it's a story. It's a variation on an urban legend that's turned into a joke. Even the most scatter-brained professors aren't silly enough to say or do anything like that. And, it's not likely there are any who are stupid enough to think that would show, prove, or accomplish anything. Professors have said stupid things before, but this is really at the limits of what's believable.

Is this the one you're referring to?

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This is a true story of something that happened just a few years ago at USC. There was a professor of philosophy there who was a deeply committed atheist. His primary goal for one required class was to spend the entire semester attempting to prove that God couldn't exist. His students were always afraid to argue with him because of his impeccable logic. For twenty years, he had taught this class and no one had ever had the courage to go against him. Sure, some had argued in class at times, but no one had ever 'really gone against him' (you'll see what I mean later).

Nobody would go against him because he had a reputation. At the end of every semester, on the last day, he would say to his class of You don't know, Jack 300 students, "If there anyone here who still believes in Jesus, stand up!" In twenty years, no one had ever stood up. They knew what he was going to do next. He would say, "because anyone who does believe in God is a fool. If God existed, he could stop this piece of chalk from hitting the ground and breaking. Such a simple task to prove that he is God, and yet he can't do it." And every year, he would drop the chalk onto the tile floor of the classroom and it would shatter into a hundred pieces. The students could do nothing but stop and stare. Most of the students were convinced that God couldn't exist. Certainly, a number of Christians had slipped through, but for 20 years, they had been too afraid to stand up.

Well, a few years ago, there was a freshman who happened to get enrolled in the class. He was a Christian, and had heard the stories about this professor. He had to take the class because it was one of the required classes for his major and he was afraid. But for 3 months that semester, he prayed every morning that he would have the courage to stand up no matter what the professor said or what the class thought. Nothing they said or did could ever shatter his faith, he hoped.

Finally the day came. The professor said, "If there is anyone here who still believes in God, stand up!" The professor and the class of 300 people looked at him, shocked, as he stood up at the back of the classroom. The professor shouted, "You FOOL!! If God existed, he could keep this piece of chalk from breaking when it hit the ground!" He proceeded to drop the chalk, but as he did, it slipped out of his fingers, off his shirt cuff, onto the pleats of his pants, down his leg, and off his shoe. As it hit the ground, it simply rolled away, unbroken.

The professor's jaw dropped as he stared at the chalk. He looked up at the young man and then ran out of the lecture hall. The young man who had stood up proceeded to walk to the front of the room and share his faith in Jesus for the next half hour. 300 students stayed and listened as he told of God's love for them and of his power through Jesus.

Wulfyn · 08-01-2006, 09:54 AM

More self-righteous than believing that you are personally acting on behalf of your God would be to believe that you are important enough for God to listen to your demands to prove his existence.

On a tangent in the pub the other day I heard the best comeback from an annoying old woman arguing with her husband. I wasn't quite sure what he said (he was pretty drunk), but her reply was:

"How do you know? Are you God?"

Genius!

SmokingTarpan · 08-01-2006, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Wulfyn

"How do you know? Are you God?"

If someone asks you if you're a god, you say yes!

AMosely · 08-01-2006, 10:52 AM

god, please smite this stupid thread!

Faultline · 08-01-2006, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by SmokingTarpan

If someone asks you if you're a god, you say yes!

"Nice going, Ray."

**sordavie** · 08-01-2006, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by CingularDuality

Is this the one you're referring to?

Lol, yeah that's one of them. It's one of those things that gets spread around in chain emails. It's pretty hilarious that some people get taken by the story.

**leejo** · 08-01-2006, 01:33 PM

I think my father-in-law sends those emails around just to get a rise out of a cousin, who, like clockwork, replies to all 30 minutes later with the Snopes reference.

**El_Gringo_Grande** · 08-01-2006, 01:36 PM

I heard this when I was very young. But it was a joke.

The guy was actually a little old church lady and the punch line was "God works in mysterious ways."

This is much funnier and less controversial.

icky · 08-01-2006, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by leejo

I think my father-in-law sends those emails around just to get a rise out of a cousin, who, like clockwork, replies to all 30 minutes later with the Snopes reference.

We already have a thread about justifiable homicide. Maybe we should merge them.

Buck Fush · 08-01-2006, 07:31 PM

NO.

Oh wait, that's not REALLY the topic of this thread.

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