Yes it happened [Balaam's donkey spoke] . And there is no evidence for the contrawise, so why shouldn't I believe it?
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Time for a Harry Potter quote (or a paraphrase of one anyway)
"If the only criteria for believing in something is that nobody has proven it doesn't exist, you could believe in anything"
Wait. . . Contrawise? That hurts my soul a little. . .
Either "And there is no evidence for the contrary"
or "And there is no evidence showing otherwise"
Don't make up words!
In that case, start believing in Allah, Odin, Athor and Leperchauns. There is not evidence for the contrary.
spl_cadet is a lot like God, actually. Both talking out of an ass.
Believing something that runs in blatant defiance of everything you and everyone experience and know about the world just because it hasn't been directly contradicted may be good theology, but if you pull that shit anywhere else, prepare to be laughed at for eternity.
@ anti-nonsense
"If the only criteria for believing in something is that nobody has proven it doesn't exist, you could believe in anything"
That should be a mandatory disclaimer printed on every bible cover and above every church door.
That was my favorite bit of the book of Numbers. I could hardly keep my head up for a good potion of Numbers (heck, I can barely keep myself awake when reading any of the Five Books of Moses), but this but of Numbers made it all worth while. (It's Numbers 22, isn't it?)
As for there being no evidence to the contrary -- well, let's look at it this way. My invisible pet crocoduck was singing the "If You Like Pina Coladas" song for two hours straight this morning. (Yes, it's a deeply, deeply evil monster.) You must believe me -- after all, you have no evidence to the contrary.
But what? That's ridiculous? Crocoducks have crocodile heads so they can't sing? They don't have vocal cords? No one have ever heard a reptile sing before in their lives? That it simply is much easier that I'm either mistaken, insane, or lying because that's a much more parsimonious explanation than a singing reptile? That I'd better provide a lot of evidence to make such a extraordinary claim believable?
Well, either the same applies to Balaam's talking ass, or you had better send me a hundred dollars each month, or else I'll set my singing crocoduck on you. And really, is a hundred dollar that much to lose when compared to that thought of a singing crocoduck tormenting you for the rest of eternity?
As the donkey said to the snake, "how about dem apples?"
No, really. And they wonder why sites like FSTDT exist.
@trendkill
Contrariwise, is it were, it would be, and if it was, it might be, but seeing as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.
So either (check one):
[ ] The "Shrek" films and the "Mr. Ed" & "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" TV series are documentaries.
[ ] A book that is expected to be accepted as credible historical fact not subject to secular peer review prior to publication is not the basis of historical fact (Tyre still exists to this day, Jericho never had walls in the first place etc), there is infinitely more fact in a Tom Clancy novel, and the only ass that is talking is yours : as in out of.
Choose wisely.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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