What's more irrational?

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

God is fickle and temperamental. One minute he's on your side, then he deserts you, for no apparent reason. Personally, I think he waited too long to stop Hitler; I mean, 40 million corpses is too many for my taste. But hey, it's his sand box.

God has never deserted me. He gets tired of my jokes sometimes, but he is never far.

He would hang around you more often, too, if you would lose the homo-erotic avatar and shave your chin pubes.

[Black Diamond Bay]

Originally Posted by fuegote

My seizure was in regards to this quote actually.

I do not claim to read the mind of God, but I am trying to understand the character of God. This is the quote that got me going.

I will now end my seizure, because it makes it difficult to type.

Are you suggesting that you have acheived an understanding of God's character that now allows you to unequivocally determine what events God cares about, and which ones he will exert some influence over?

For the record, I really don't think that God cares whether or not BYU beats Utah, but I can't say that I actually know that.

What really baffles me about all of this is that people are freaking out about a 22 year old kid who gets a microphone shoved in his face right after the biggest game of his life and says that he felt like God helped him play well. I just can't figure out why anyone would feel a need to insist that he's wrong (unless you're SU, who is seemingly incapable of passing up an opportunity to throw in something just to make sure that we all still remember that he doesn't believe in God), much less actually take offense to the statement.

What does it hurt you if he wants to believe that God has made him a better football player for living in a way that he believes in righteous? Why would you want to dissuade him or anyone else from believing that?

[ute4ever]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

My avatar.

I named my kids' doll "Little Creekster" and it pissed the real Creekster off.

No, it pissed off some of Creekster's followers. Next thing you know, every fifth Mexican boy is going to be named Creekster.

[SeattleUte]

Why were people scared to vote in this poll?

[Clark Addison]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Why were people scared to vote in this poll?

I am offended by push polls.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Why were people scared to vote in this poll?

Scared? More like "unmotivated." Given how the second choice was phrased, only an atheist would say God didn't help him win a football game. Assuming God created the player and the environment, God necessarily "helped" him win, as without God there would be no game, much less a victory. God helped me get up, ride, shower, drink an Acai Superantioxidant, and drive to work this morning, as he did everyone else, including the prick who cut me off on 237.

Had you phrased the second choice, "Because God wanted me to win," then you'd have a basis for questioning one's thought process. But if you allow for the possibility God exists, the second choice is not only rational, it's inevitable. To the atheist, nothing is sacred; to the believer, pretty much everything is.

[BlueK]

Originally Posted by Black Diamond Bay

Are you suggesting that you have acheived an understanding of God's character that now allows you to unequivocally determine what events God cares about, and which ones he will exert some influence over?

For the record, I really don't think that God cares whether or not BYU beats Utah, but I can't say that I actually know that.

What really baffles me about all of this is that people are freaking out about a 22 year old kid who gets a microphone shoved in his face right after the biggest game of his life and says that he felt like God helped him play well. I just can't figure out why anyone would feel a need to insist that he's wrong (unless you're SU, who is seemingly incapable of passing up an opportunity to throw in something just to make sure that we all still remember that he doesn't believe in God), much less actually take offense to the statement.

What does it hurt you if he wants to believe that God has made him a better football player for living in a way that he believes in righteous? Why would you want to dissuade him or anyone else from believing that?

the same utah fans who freak out about what a BYU player said don't freak out about an evangelical christian player doing the same thing in an NFL game. This is just about the level of religious paranoia that exists in the state of Utah. and ALUF's get into the fray just as much, if not more, than the inactive LDS or non-LDS Utah fans.

[BlueK]

Originally Posted by Clark Addison

I am offended by push polls.

So is SU unless he is the author.

[Snowcat]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

Maybe if he went to more games.....

Just to have some blue hair tell Him to sit down?

[Mormon Red Death]

Originally Posted by ute4ever

No, it pissed off some of Creekster's followers. Next thing you know, every fifth Mexican boy is going to be named Creekster.

except everyone will call them "monkey man"