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Disproving God has never been so funny.. #235641
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..and who's better for that job than Douglas Adams himself..

Here's what I'm referring to.. It's a joke from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and coincidentally another funny nail to the whole Bible Coffin:


"Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mindboggingly useful could have evolved
purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as the final and clinching proof of the non-existence
of God.
"The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist,"says God, "for proof denies faith, and
without faith I am nothing.'
"But,"says Man, "The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves
you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED.'
"Oh dear,"says God, "I hadn't thought of that,"and promptly vanished in a puff of logic.
"Oh, that was easy,"says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that red is green and gets himself killed
on the next road crossing.


The whole thing popped to my head on Alberto's/JulzMighty talk about faith in another thread but I decided it would be way too off-topic to post it there. By the way, for anyone who hasn't read HGTTG, you can replace the words "Babel Fish" with "Human Beings".

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Re: Disproving God has never been so funny.. [Re: LarryLaffer] #235642
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Glad to know there are others out here who have enjoyed Adam's masterpieces of bookwriting laugh


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Yeah, I find his writing outright hilarious and his sci-fi universe is also pretty solid.
Click to reveal..
...He almost have me convinced that Earth is indeed a massive calculating machine leased by God to do the dirty math for him.. It's certainly not more outstretched than any other religion out there.. (maybe apart from the multi-dimensional mice..)



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Re: Disproving God has never been so funny.. [Re: LarryLaffer] #237324
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Originally Posted By: LarryLaffer

"Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mindboggingly useful could have evolved
purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as the final and clinching proof of the non-existence
of God.
"The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist,"says God, "for proof denies faith, and
without faith I am nothing.'
"But,"says Man, "The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves
you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED.'
"Oh dear,"says God, "I hadn't thought of that,"and promptly vanished in a puff of logic.
"Oh, that was easy,"says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that red is green and gets himself killed
on the next road crossing.



Hilarious indeed! :P

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Re: Disproving God has never been so funny.. [Re: PHeMoX] #237606
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Yeah, I hear quite a few people praising HGTTG to heaven, I think I need to buy one copy as well :P.


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Re: Disproving God has never been so funny.. [Re: Joozey] #237609
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Originally Posted By: LarryLaffer

"Oh dear,"says God, "I hadn't thought of that,"and promptly vanished in a puff of logic.


I'm always reminded of this when I get into an argument with any rabid fundamentalist.


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Re: Disproving God has never been so funny.. [Re: heinekenbottle] #237716
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Originally Posted By: heinekenbottle
Originally Posted By: LarryLaffer

"Oh dear,"says God, "I hadn't thought of that,"and promptly vanished in a puff of logic.


I'm always reminded of this when I get into an argument with any rabid fundamentalist.


Haha, yeah, well most of the time they don't really get into a real discussion. (I have to say though, in Hilbert's Hotel there have been some pleasant discussions.)

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Re: Disproving God has never been so funny.. [Re: LarryLaffer] #238512
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That's one of the worst arguments against God's existence I've ever heard. No offense.


"The task force finds that...the unborn child is a whole human being from the moment of fertilization, that all abortions terminate the life of a human being, and that the unborn child is a separate human patient under the care of modern medicine."
Re: Disproving God has never been so funny.. [Re: Irish_Farmer] #238570
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and where's the "fun", you promised in the thread title?

Re: Disproving God has never been so funny.. [Re: broozar] #238815
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Originally Posted By: Irish_Farmer
That's one of the worst arguments against God's existence I've ever heard. No offense.


I'm sorry to dissapoint. In my inferior mind the arguement did made sense..

a=God doesn't appear because he wants people to believe in him
b=Christians brag all the time that the complexity of intelligent design proves a creator, so:

a:God requires faith to exist (major premise)
b:Int. Design proves a God (minor premise)
ergo God doesn't exist (conclusion)

So, either you need to review your Bible that says God doesn't show up because he wants to give people freedom of choice or say that Int. Design doesn't really prove God but you can't have the pie and eat it too cause the two together clash (like a zillion other things in this religion).

Originally Posted By: broozar
and where's the "fun", you promised in the thread title?


It's there, you just missed it.


Anyway, since I don't really want to turn this into yet another discussion about you know what, I'll turn this into a religion humour thread instead.. Here's three more for starters... They're from the book "The naked jape" by Jimmy Carr, (Jimmy Carr=yet another comedy genious if you ask me)


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I was walking across a bridge and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump. So I ran over and said, 'Stop! Don't do it. There's so much to live for!'

He said, 'Like what?'
I said, 'Well, are you religious?'
'Yes.'
I said, 'Me too! Are you Christian or Buddhist?'
'Christian.'
I said, 'Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?'
'Protestant.'
I said, 'Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?'
'Baptist.'
I said, 'Me too! Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?'
He said, 'Baptist Church of God.'
I said, 'Me too! Are you original Baptist Church of God, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of God?'
'Reformed Baptist Church of God.'
I said, 'Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1915?'
He said, 'Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1915.'
I said, 'DIE, HERETIC SCUM!' and I pushed him off.

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St Peter decides to take the day off to go fishing, so Jesus offers to keep an eye on the Pearly Gates. He is not sure what to do, so Peter tells him to find out a bit about people as they arrive in heaven, and this will help him decide if he can let them in. After a while, Jesus sees a little old man with white hair approaching who looks very, very familiar. He asks the old man to tell him about himself. The old man says, 'I had a very sad life. I was a carpenter and had a son who I lost at a relatively young age, and although he was not my natural child, I loved him dearly.'
Jesus welled up with emotion. He threw his arms around the old man and cried, 'Daddy!'
The old man replied, 'Pinocchio?'


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Some nuns are renovating a church and getting very hot and sweaty. The Mother Superior suggests they take off their clothes and work naked. The nuns agree but bolt the church door as a precaution. They've all stripped down when there's a knock at the door. 'Who is it?' says the Mother Superior.
A voice replies, 'It's the blind man!'
The Mother Superior opens the door, and the man says, 'Hey, nice tits, Sister. Where do you want these blinds?'

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