VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Atheist Memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWell damn I think they got usdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square135linkfedilinkarrow-up1339
arrow-up1339imageWell damn I think they got usdiscuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Atheist Memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square135linkfedilink
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up134·2 months agoIn order to verify that this wasn’t a coincidence, I would need to repeat the experiment on multiple babies.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up49·2 months agoVerification is proof and proof denies faith. That’s not how the magic sky man deal works.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·2 months agoOkay, that’s great Jesus, but I’m still going to need to poke you in the spear hole before I buy this Third Day Resurrection bullshit.
minus-squarescathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoSaint Thomas has lemmy? Fuck.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubting_Thomas
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoI figured you’d say you’d use your underpants weevil.
minus-squarerizzothesmall@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoI like the Tim Minchin line from Storm. Science changes its position based on what’s observed. Faith is the denial of observed truth so that belief can be preserved.
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoJesus is fine with giving proof if you need it, he’ll just be disappointed you didn’t trust him bro.
minus-squareNotyou@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoHe should have done a better job then.
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoIf you’re shooting because you think there’s something to the rumor you heard, then that’s verification. So you lose. If you’re shooting for some other reason, wtf? That should itself put you on the bad list.
minus-squarestray@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoWhat if you went back in time and the baby is Hitler?
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThen you either allow someone more sane to do worse in the power vacuum, or you get killed by another time traveler trying to prevent that.
minus-squareClent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoWe would also need to test this across various age ranges.
minus-squareHonytawk@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoAnd use multiple crosses. Make one yourself out of 2 sticks and a bit of rope. To rule out the possibility of the amulet just being magical and having nothing to do with any deity.
In order to verify that this wasn’t a coincidence, I would need to repeat the experiment on multiple babies.
Verification is proof and proof denies faith.
That’s not how the magic sky man deal works.
Okay, that’s great Jesus, but I’m still going to need to poke you in the spear hole before I buy this Third Day Resurrection bullshit.
Brand new sentence.
Saint Thomas has lemmy? Fuck.
Poke… With what?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubting_Thomas
I figured you’d say you’d use your underpants weevil.
😏
I like the Tim Minchin line from Storm.
Science changes its position based on what’s observed. Faith is the denial of observed truth so that belief can be preserved.
Jesus is fine with giving proof if you need it, he’ll just be disappointed you didn’t trust him bro.
He should have done a better job then.
If you’re shooting because you think there’s something to the rumor you heard, then that’s verification. So you lose.
If you’re shooting for some other reason, wtf? That should itself put you on the bad list.
What if you went back in time and the baby is Hitler?
Then you either allow someone more sane to do worse in the power vacuum, or you get killed by another time traveler trying to prevent that.
We would also need to test this across various age ranges.
And use multiple crosses.
Make one yourself out of 2 sticks and a bit of rope. To rule out the possibility of the amulet just being magical and having nothing to do with any deity.