Video games.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dVNtRmv_Jk
I laughed pretty hard while watching this. I have no idea how someone can believe these things about a video game, or anything for that matter.
Here is another video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R2sLifRUfY&feature=channel_page.
Typically I will not discuss religion but after watching these I feel like I need to express my beliefs.
I do not believe in any God. I do not believe in ghosts, spirits, magic, horoscopes or any other form of divination. I do not believe in alchemy, witches, voodoo or any other unidentifiable system of manipulating the physical world. I do not believe in Armageddon or 2012 conspiracy theories. I do not believe in any of the supposed mystical phenomena.
I believe that the bible is a book and nothing more, I believe that the Bhagavad Gita is a book and nothing more, The Satanic Bible is a book and holds no magical power or any powers whatsoever for that matter.
I have never and will never believe that any of the unexplained "demon" attacks in southeast Asia have ever happened. There are no reports from reputable scientific journals that explain these phenomena or disavow their existence, there are no microfiche in my local library that contain any data of such happenings either. Demons do not exist, demon attacks have never happened, demonic possession is a myth.
I believe that the question of creation will someday be explained, using irrefutable scientific and mathematical data.
You were not created by a gigantic stone statue in the sky, Kolob does not exist, thetans have never existed, the garden of eden might have been a garden but there was no talking snake, women were not created from male human rib scrap, Krishna does not exist and nor did Krishna meet Arjuna on the battlefield and discuss his station in life.
However, I do believe that Sephiroth and Cloud are locked in eternal battle and one day the hordes of Sephiroth will be unleashed upon the land and for seven years there will be strife like none other we have ever seen. After seven years a gigantic meteor will destroy New York in which the crusaders of the Messiah (Cloud, just in human form but his son who will be born of a virgin) will save the Earth and Cloud will return and turn the world into a gigantic disco where we will never stop having fun. Wow, this kind of sounds like the bible, strange coincidence that this is essentially a retelling of the story of the video game Final Fantasy VII... I added the seven years and disco bit though.
Why do people renounce their belief in the Easter Bunny, Leprechauns, Dragons and extraterrestrial beings but they maintain their belief in a space bound super hero who is spoken of as if he were Neo from The Matrix? As if he were a "chosen one" from our favorite fantasy movies and books?
Why is there a constant war against reasoning and logic by "fundamentalist" believers?
Before I am accused of being an arrogant atheist please keep in mind that I am merely stating my opinion in a moment of rage.
I do not believe in any God's or any super powers.
If God exists he can strike me down for my blasphemy in three seconds.
It has now been fifteen seconds.
I am so sick and tired of religion.
Here is an open challenge to anyone who believes that they hold mystical powers, tell me your power, it must be something worthwhile like levitation, prophecy, automatic writing etc.
Rules for prophets:
If you can describe to me, in detail, an event that will happen more that three days in the future or an event from my childhood I will give you $50. Note that your prediction (if you claim to be a prophet) must be substantial, you cannot utilize mundane events, for example you cannot use "You will take a piss in the morning of January 19th". The prediction cannot have any general statement, they must be absolute.
I see all too often when people ooh and ahh while reading their horoscope. It is ridiculous.
Now if you say "You will piss at 10:18AM January 19th and immediately after the phone will ring with good news. The news will be about your job and you will be receiving a huge raise. At 1340 that same day there will be three car accidents on 101 and the names of the people will be <names>" and you are correct in every detail I will gladly give you $50.
Rules for automatic writing:
You must provide a drawing or writing that leads to something interesting. You cannot just flop around on the floor like a fish and then draw a picture and expect me to pay $50. To keep it simple let's just say that you must draw something that leads to something interesting, a picture perfect image of something from my past or from my near future. You must do so with minimal knowledge of my persona.
Levitation:
You must strip to a pair of shorts and a t-shirt which I will provide. The levitation will be performed in a location of my choice which will be revealed to you 10 minutes before you are to perform the levitation to ensure that no mechanical devices are used. You must levitate off of the Earth for a minimum of fifteen seconds to verify that you have no connecting devices on your person. You must also levitate twenty four inches off of the Earth.
Any other supposed magical powers are invited to take the $50 challenge. The power cannot include any card tricks or parlour magic.
If you fail your magic test you must give me $10 USD and acknowledge in a public forum that you have no magical powers and no longer believe in magical powers or magical beings.
This is kind of hilarious. I guess I am easily amused.
On another note, I love geometry. There is nothing better in my life. It is amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dVNtRmv_Jk
I laughed pretty hard while watching this. I have no idea how someone can believe these things about a video game, or anything for that matter.
Here is another video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R2sLifRUfY&feature=channel_page.
Typically I will not discuss religion but after watching these I feel like I need to express my beliefs.
I do not believe in any God. I do not believe in ghosts, spirits, magic, horoscopes or any other form of divination. I do not believe in alchemy, witches, voodoo or any other unidentifiable system of manipulating the physical world. I do not believe in Armageddon or 2012 conspiracy theories. I do not believe in any of the supposed mystical phenomena.
I believe that the bible is a book and nothing more, I believe that the Bhagavad Gita is a book and nothing more, The Satanic Bible is a book and holds no magical power or any powers whatsoever for that matter.
I have never and will never believe that any of the unexplained "demon" attacks in southeast Asia have ever happened. There are no reports from reputable scientific journals that explain these phenomena or disavow their existence, there are no microfiche in my local library that contain any data of such happenings either. Demons do not exist, demon attacks have never happened, demonic possession is a myth.
I believe that the question of creation will someday be explained, using irrefutable scientific and mathematical data.
You were not created by a gigantic stone statue in the sky, Kolob does not exist, thetans have never existed, the garden of eden might have been a garden but there was no talking snake, women were not created from male human rib scrap, Krishna does not exist and nor did Krishna meet Arjuna on the battlefield and discuss his station in life.
However, I do believe that Sephiroth and Cloud are locked in eternal battle and one day the hordes of Sephiroth will be unleashed upon the land and for seven years there will be strife like none other we have ever seen. After seven years a gigantic meteor will destroy New York in which the crusaders of the Messiah (Cloud, just in human form but his son who will be born of a virgin) will save the Earth and Cloud will return and turn the world into a gigantic disco where we will never stop having fun. Wow, this kind of sounds like the bible, strange coincidence that this is essentially a retelling of the story of the video game Final Fantasy VII... I added the seven years and disco bit though.
Why do people renounce their belief in the Easter Bunny, Leprechauns, Dragons and extraterrestrial beings but they maintain their belief in a space bound super hero who is spoken of as if he were Neo from The Matrix? As if he were a "chosen one" from our favorite fantasy movies and books?
Why is there a constant war against reasoning and logic by "fundamentalist" believers?
Before I am accused of being an arrogant atheist please keep in mind that I am merely stating my opinion in a moment of rage.
I do not believe in any God's or any super powers.
If God exists he can strike me down for my blasphemy in three seconds.
It has now been fifteen seconds.
I am so sick and tired of religion.
Here is an open challenge to anyone who believes that they hold mystical powers, tell me your power, it must be something worthwhile like levitation, prophecy, automatic writing etc.
Rules for prophets:
If you can describe to me, in detail, an event that will happen more that three days in the future or an event from my childhood I will give you $50. Note that your prediction (if you claim to be a prophet) must be substantial, you cannot utilize mundane events, for example you cannot use "You will take a piss in the morning of January 19th". The prediction cannot have any general statement, they must be absolute.
I see all too often when people ooh and ahh while reading their horoscope. It is ridiculous.
Now if you say "You will piss at 10:18AM January 19th and immediately after the phone will ring with good news. The news will be about your job and you will be receiving a huge raise. At 1340 that same day there will be three car accidents on 101 and the names of the people will be <names>" and you are correct in every detail I will gladly give you $50.
Rules for automatic writing:
You must provide a drawing or writing that leads to something interesting. You cannot just flop around on the floor like a fish and then draw a picture and expect me to pay $50. To keep it simple let's just say that you must draw something that leads to something interesting, a picture perfect image of something from my past or from my near future. You must do so with minimal knowledge of my persona.
Levitation:
You must strip to a pair of shorts and a t-shirt which I will provide. The levitation will be performed in a location of my choice which will be revealed to you 10 minutes before you are to perform the levitation to ensure that no mechanical devices are used. You must levitate off of the Earth for a minimum of fifteen seconds to verify that you have no connecting devices on your person. You must also levitate twenty four inches off of the Earth.
Any other supposed magical powers are invited to take the $50 challenge. The power cannot include any card tricks or parlour magic.
If you fail your magic test you must give me $10 USD and acknowledge in a public forum that you have no magical powers and no longer believe in magical powers or magical beings.
This is kind of hilarious. I guess I am easily amused.
On another note, I love geometry. There is nothing better in my life. It is amazing.