Some thoughts for non-believers

[jonesthecurl]

Has this thread converted anyone else to Christianity?

Hallelujah! Nice work OP.

<3

Oh, I thought he must be jewish.

[demonfork]

1. If you do not believe in god then how do you think the Bible predicted that Israel would once again become a nation?

Weak argument, this could be nothing more than a self-fulfilling prophesy.

Very interesting since it was predicted before Israel was NOT a nation that they would be a nation AGAIN after they had been scattered. How is that self-fulfilling?

JH

[istanbul39]

I know many, many smart people from north dakota. Jim here is not one of them...

[beezer]

Because then people who associate themselves with Israel would try to fulfill the prophecy by starting up the country?

Interesting. Seriously not trying to be sarcastic here. I never looked at that particular prophecy in that way. The problem would then be that the Jews would have to be willing participants in the overthrow, torture, imprisonment, and degradation of their own people in the first place. That seems highly unlikely for them to be willing to go through years of being dispersed.

[Symmetry]

Because then people who associate themselves with Israel would try to fulfill the prophecy by starting up the country?

Interesting. Seriously not trying to be sarcastic here. I never looked at that particular prophecy in that way. The problem would then be that the Jews would have to be willing participants in the overthrow, torture, imprisonment, and degradation of their own people in the first place. That seems highly unlikely for them to be willing to go through years of being dispersed.

I don't think he was really saying that. Rather that the existence of the prophecy drove many to demand that Israel be established. In that way the prophecy became self-fulfilling. It spawned a political movement for it's fulfillment.

Interestingly enough there are some ultra-orthodox Jews living in Israel who believe that the establishment of Israel was wrong because it preempted the prophecy. That is they believe that the establishment of Israel should occur through divine means in the messianic age, rather than through political means now.

[jesterhawk]

Because then people who associate themselves with Israel would try to fulfill the prophecy by starting up the country?

Interesting. Seriously not trying to be sarcastic here. I never looked at that particular prophecy in that way. The problem would then be that the Jews would have to be willing participants in the overthrow, torture, imprisonment, and degradation of their own people in the first place. That seems highly unlikely for them to be willing to go through years of being dispersed.

I don't think he was really saying that. Rather that the existence of the prophecy drove many to demand that Israel be established. In that way the prophecy became self-fulfilling. It spawned a political movement for it's fulfillment.

I see what you are saying and will be willing to concede that is very likely the case.

However, the fact that Israel was overthrown and lost their homeland was still part of the prophesy and I doubt they were (at least a good majority) self-fulfilling that prophesy.

JH

[Symmetry]

Because then people who associate themselves with Israel would try to fulfill the prophecy by starting up the country?

Interesting. Seriously not trying to be sarcastic here. I never looked at that particular prophecy in that way. The problem would then be that the Jews would have to be willing participants in the overthrow, torture, imprisonment, and degradation of their own people in the first place. That seems highly unlikely for them to be willing to go through years of being dispersed.

I don't think he was really saying that. Rather that the existence of the prophecy drove many to demand that Israel be established. In that way the prophecy became self-fulfilling. It spawned a political movement for it's fulfillment.

I see what you are saying and will be willing to concede that is very likely the case.

However, the fact that Israel was overthrown and lost their homeland was still part of the prophesy and I doubt they were (at least a good majority) self-fulfilling that prophesy.

JH

This is sort of a different point that you're making now, and I'm a little uncertain about which particular prophecy you mean.

I think that you are referring to the prophecies in the Talmud, which was largely compiled after the exile. Do you mean the "Three Oaths"?

[JJM]

If there is a God then how does Jim explain the number of retarded throwbacks that seem to populate North Dakota

Us North Dakota are very smart. We have the lowest unemployment rate in the nation and it is because our Governor John Hoeven has more common sense than any of your governors. The Midwest seems to have more common sense than the rest of the Nation. As to what symmetry has to do with this debate, what are the chances that we would be symmetrical if a big bang created us. We are in fact symmetrical. We are not Symmetrical front to back but we are symmetrical left to right.

[JJM]

1. If you do not believe in god then how do you think the Bible predicted that Israel would once again become a nation?

Weak argument, this could be nothing more than a self-fulfilling prophesy.

2.If You believe we were created by a "big bang" then why our all our body symmetrical.

I think I might see where you are going with this, that a symmetrical body is an indication of an intelligent design rather than the product of of natural selection and random mutation? Without further explanation I still think that you are presenting another weak argument for evidence of intelligent design.

But, I wouldn't worry If you were you...

As lame as your arguments are, you are still on the side of some of the greatest minds that mankind has ever known...

idiots like Copernicus, Galileo, Descartes, Newton, Planck, Einstein & many many others.

I mean, what fools those guys were for believing in God.

I also do not think that Einstein was the genius people make him out to be for my own reasons.

[Symmetry]

If there is a God then how does Jim explain the number of retarded throwbacks that seem to populate North Dakota

Us North Dakota are very smart. We have the lowest unemployment rate in the nation and it is because our Governor John Hoeven has more common sense than any of your governors. The Midwest seems to have more common sense than the rest of the Nation. As to what symmetry has to do with this debate, what are the chances that we would be symmetrical if a big bang created us. We are in fact symmetrical. We are not Symmetrical front to back but we are symmetrical left to right.

Hey- don't count me out!

Just kidding.

Also, could you do me a quick favour and check the number and location of your heart(s)?

[JJM]

If there is a God then how does Jim explain the number of retarded throwbacks that seem to populate North Dakota

Us North Dakota are very smart. We have the lowest unemployment rate in the nation and it is because our Governor John Hoeven has more common sense than any of your governors. The Midwest seems to have more common sense than the rest of the Nation. As to what symmetry has to do with this debate, what are the chances that we would be symmetrical if a big bang created us. We are in fact symmetrical. We are not Symmetrical front to back but we are symmetrical left to right.

Hey- don't count me out!

Just kidding.

Also, could you do me a quick favour and check the number and location of your heart(s)?

The shape of our bodies are symmetrical. Our spinal cord runs down the center so the heart had to either be on one side or the other.

[Orwell]

The shape of our bodies are symmetrical. Our spinal cord runs down the center so the heart had to either be on one side or the other.

Wow. I am not sure if I should laugh or cry.

[Titanic]

If there is a God then how does Jim explain the number of retarded throwbacks that seem to populate North Dakota

Us North Dakota are very smart. We have the lowest unemployment rate in the nation and it is because our Governor John Hoeven has more common sense than any of your governors. The Midwest seems to have more common sense than the rest of the Nation. As to what symmetry has to do with this debate, what are the chances that we would be symmetrical if a big bang created us. We are in fact symmetrical. We are not Symmetrical front to back but we are symmetrical left to right.

The big bang didn't create us, evolution did. Also as we are made by evolution, why wouldn't we be symmetrical. What in the evidence of evolution states that we shouldn't be symmetrical?

Btw GDP per capita in N.Dakota is below the US average, so even if you say you do have common sense, you lack brains.

[Symmetry]

If there is a God then how does Jim explain the number of retarded throwbacks that seem to populate North Dakota

Us North Dakota are very smart. We have the lowest unemployment rate in the nation and it is because our Governor John Hoeven has more common sense than any of your governors. The Midwest seems to have more common sense than the rest of the Nation. As to what symmetry has to do with this debate, what are the chances that we would be symmetrical if a big bang created us. We are in fact symmetrical. We are not Symmetrical front to back but we are symmetrical left to right.

Hey- don't count me out!

Just kidding.

Also, could you do me a quick favour and check the number and location of your heart(s)?

The shape of our bodies are symmetrical. Our spinal cord runs down the center so the heart had to either be on one side or the other.

That's not symmetry then. I guess by shape you refer only to the outside of the body. In that case, of course, nobody is truly symmetrical and many people are born with pronounced asymmetrical features.

As an experiment, try taking a photograph of your face and then placing a mirror over half of it, reflecting and duplicating one side. Then repeat with the other. It will show that the two sides of your face are not symmetrical.

[jonesthecurl]

1. If you do not believe in god then how do you think the Bible predicted that Israel would once again become a nation?

Weak argument, this could be nothing more than a self-fulfilling prophesy.

2.If You believe we were created by a "big bang" then why our all our body symmetrical.

I think I might see where you are going with this, that a symmetrical body is an indication of an intelligent design rather than the product of of natural selection and random mutation? Without further explanation I still think that you are presenting another weak argument for evidence of intelligent design.

But, I wouldn't worry If you were you...

As lame as your arguments are, you are still on the side of some of the greatest minds that mankind has ever known...

idiots like Copernicus, Galileo, Descartes, Newton, Planck, Einstein & many many others.

I mean, what fools those guys were for believing in God.

I also do not think that Einstein was the genius people make him out to be for my own reasons.

I guess he was wrong and you are right, eh?

Actually, all on your own, you are a great argument against evolution sometimes.

[JJM]

If there is a God then how does Jim explain the number of retarded throwbacks that seem to populate North Dakota

Us North Dakota are very smart. We have the lowest unemployment rate in the nation and it is because our Governor John Hoeven has more common sense than any of your governors. The Midwest seems to have more common sense than the rest of the Nation. As to what symmetry has to do with this debate, what are the chances that we would be symmetrical if a big bang created us. We are in fact symmetrical. We are not Symmetrical front to back but we are symmetrical left to right.

The big bang didn't create us, evolution did. Also as we are made by evolution, why wouldn't we be symmetrical. What in the evidence of evolution states that we shouldn't be symmetrical?

Btw GDP per capita in N.Dakota is below the US average, so even if you say you do have common sense, you lack brains.

So what is your theory about how the world and everything else got here in the first place. As to your comment about North Dakota I would like to know where you got that information. North Dakota is actually in a Economic Surplus. Sorry but the rest of the Nation and the rest of the World just isn't as smart as North Dakota and Midwestern United States.

[2dimes]

how do you think the Bible predicted that Israel would once again become a nation?

Where does it say this?

[Titanic]

If there is a God then how does Jim explain the number of retarded throwbacks that seem to populate North Dakota

Us North Dakota are very smart. We have the lowest unemployment rate in the nation and it is because our Governor John Hoeven has more common sense than any of your governors. The Midwest seems to have more common sense than the rest of the Nation. As to what symmetry has to do with this debate, what are the chances that we would be symmetrical if a big bang created us. We are in fact symmetrical. We are not Symmetrical front to back but we are symmetrical left to right.

The big bang didn't create us, evolution did. Also as we are made by evolution, why wouldn't we be symmetrical. What in the evidence of evolution states that we shouldn't be symmetrical?

Btw GDP per capita in N.Dakota is below the US average, so even if you say you do have common sense, you lack brains.

So what is your theory about how the world and everything else got here in the first place. As to your comment about North Dakota I would like to know where you got that information. North Dakota is actually in a Economic Surplus. Sorry but the rest of the Nation and the rest of the World just isn't as smart as North Dakota and Midwestern United States.

The big bang created the universe, but it didn't create this. Your theory means that I could say that the Treaty of Versailles created the fall of the Berlin Wall.

O, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U. ... _(nominal). Also, if the mid west was so smart, why are there so many poor dumb people there?

[Symmetry]

If there is a God then how does Jim explain the number of retarded throwbacks that seem to populate North Dakota

Us North Dakota are very smart. We have the lowest unemployment rate in the nation and it is because our Governor John Hoeven has more common sense than any of your governors. The Midwest seems to have more common sense than the rest of the Nation. As to what symmetry has to do with this debate, what are the chances that we would be symmetrical if a big bang created us. We are in fact symmetrical. We are not Symmetrical front to back but we are symmetrical left to right.

The big bang didn't create us, evolution did. Also as we are made by evolution, why wouldn't we be symmetrical. What in the evidence of evolution states that we shouldn't be symmetrical?

Btw GDP per capita in N.Dakota is below the US average, so even if you say you do have common sense, you lack brains.

So what is your theory about how the world and everything else got here in the first place. As to your comment about North Dakota I would like to know where you got that information. North Dakota is actually in a Economic Surplus. Sorry but the rest of the Nation and the rest of the World just isn't as smart as North Dakota and Midwestern United States.

The big bang created the universe, but it didn't create this. Your theory means that I could say that the Treaty of Versailles created the fall of the Berlin Wall.

O, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U. ... _(nominal). Also, if the mid west was so smart, why are there so many poor dumb people there?

He's just still feeling grouchy about Fargo. Also, that link doesn't work.

[JJM]

The big bang created the universe, but it didn't create this. Your theory means that I could say that the Treaty of Versailles created the fall of the Berlin Wall.

O, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U. ... _(nominal). Also, if the mid west was so smart, why are there so many poor dumb people there?

The United States Average is 39,700 some and the North Dakota Average is 39,300 some. North Dakota still ranked in the top half among the states. At the top were D.C. and Connecticut. There are not very many poor dumps in North Dakota. North Dakota does not have a large population in comparison to most states so it would be difficult to start a multi-million dollar business in North Dakota and most multi-millionaires would rather live in someplace with warmer weather than North Dakota. So we don't have as many super rich to bring up our average but we do infant have the largest income growth rate in the nation.

[john9blue]

The big bang created the universe, but it didn't create this. Your theory means that I could say that the Treaty of Versailles created the fall of the Berlin Wall.

O, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U. ... _(nominal). Also, if the mid west was so smart, why are there so many poor dumb people there?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U. ... _(nominal)

Dumb bigot. lol

The lowest states on the link I had to fix for you were in the South and the Rockies, not the Midwest.

[JJM]

He's just still feeling grouchy about Fargo. Also, that link doesn't work.

Fargo is in North Dakota unless you are referring to the movie. The movie is hated by many North Dakotains. It is not an accurate source of information about North Dakota. Now lets move on from discussing North Dakota.

[Symmetry]

He's just still feeling grouchy about Fargo. Also, that link doesn't work.

Fargo is in North Dakota unless you are referring to the movie. The movie is hated by many North Dakotains. It is not an accurate source of information about North Dakota. Now lets move on from discussing North Dakota.

Be my guest

[Frigidus]

The big bang created the universe, but it didn't create this. Your theory means that I could say that the Treaty of Versailles created the fall of the Berlin Wall.

O, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U. ... _(nominal). Also, if the mid west was so smart, why are there so many poor dumb people there?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U. ... _(nominal)

Dumb bigot. lol

The lowest states on the link I had to fix for you were in the South and the Rockies, not the Midwest.

Wow, what a shocker.

[notyou2]

It's the end of the world as we know it.

...and I feel fine.