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#415594
lumax
I would have thrown out a random number then told him to prove me wrong.
2/25/2008 3:37:48 PM
#415596
EMR
Okay.......and how is the number of grains of sand even relevant to the question of God's existence? I hate this line of argumentation. It's just people hiding behind useless trivia.
2/25/2008 3:39:01 PM
#415599
TerriblyAmused
Such a logical question! And such a clever, yet completely rational follow-up!
[/sarcasm]
2/25/2008 3:40:36 PM
#415604
tangerio
Your point being.....?
2/25/2008 3:42:28 PM
#415608
But it is theoretically possible to *count* the grains of sand. Sure, PRACTICALLY, it's impossible, but the grains are there, and given enough time, a way to keep the tides back, and a pair of tweezers...
Edit: Changed the emphasis to make a bit more sense.
2/25/2008 3:43:20 PM
#415609
Caustic Gnostic
There are between a kazillion and a google grains of sand. Elementary.
There are many gods and goddesses. Every tribe dreamed up at least one. Take your pick. Protip: Play the field, and don't pay any attention to the monomaniacs.
2/25/2008 3:43:26 PM
#415629
Thundersqueaks
"You don't know everything, therefore god definitely exists." *sighs*
2/25/2008 3:51:12 PM
#415632
David B.
"In this big world, so infinite and vast you can't tell me how many grains of sand are there, and yet you can tell me there is no God"
No, I'm gonna tell you there's no proof of God. And a very large number of grains sand isn't proof of anything except the very long time it must have taken to weather the whole damn lot of them from solid rock.
2/25/2008 3:51:28 PM
#415638
Madame Scarlet
That. Is. Fucking. RETARDED.
"You don't know everything? THEN HOW CAN THERE NOT BE A GOD YOU SILLY ATHEIST!!!"
2/25/2008 3:56:19 PM
#415643
And of course, you have never approached it with a critical view. There is a difference between "I have no idea" because there are too many things to count and our cognitive capacity and our ability to count is limited(and the number is irrelevant)and "I have no idea"............because I have no idea.
2/25/2008 4:00:12 PM
#415649
big baby jesus
and god boy knows exactly how many grains of sand there are?
2/25/2008 4:03:12 PM
#415672
Mister Spak
HEY LEON!! IF you can't tell me how many grains of sand are on the beach yet when you claim there is a giant man with a long white beard who lives on clouds I should believe you?
2/25/2008 4:14:17 PM
#415675
logicprevails
But in theory the sand can be counted. There are methods of verifying an actual number while you're line of reasoning is at best speculation.
You don't know how many grains of sand there are either but you're going to tell me you know there is a god?
2/25/2008 4:18:36 PM
#415680
John
The old "argument from ignorance" - you can't answer X, therefore Y.
"In this big world, so infinite and vast you can't tell me how many grains of sand are there, and yet you can tell me all about God based on a book written by some anonymous bronze age Arab goat-herder."
2/25/2008 4:25:57 PM
#415681
antichrist
And Leon Brown knew how many grains of sand there are?
Seriously, you ask us these stupid fucking questions then get so fucking smug when we don't know the answer.
AT LEAST WE ADMIT WE DONT HAVE THE FUCKING ANSWERS!!!!
Sorry, rant over.
BTW I found this
Sand on a Beach
2/25/2008 4:26:43 PM
#415693
Septic Sceptic
So what is basically being stated here is that the more you know about the world, the closer you get to atheism.
Yes, that sounds about right.
2/25/2008 4:36:04 PM
#415699
Jezebel's Evil Sister
"open air preaching"
I suppose that's like playing air guitar:
1. Absolutely no talent required; any fool can do it.
2. It doesn't accomplish anything practical.
3. It either annoys spectators or gives them something to shake their heads and laugh about.
2/25/2008 4:40:54 PM
#415718
Tomby Stone
This is insane, this is an argument for atheism if anything. The believers of the world are the ones telling you exactly how many grains of sand there are. The religious are telling you there are exactly 12,044,616,333 grains of sand on that beach and are asking you to bet your entire life and base your entire mode of behaviour on that assertion. The atheist is the one saying, 'I see no reason to believe that is exactly how many grains of sand there are'.
2/25/2008 4:55:04 PM
#415736
Fed Up
This makes no sense.
2/25/2008 5:07:01 PM
#415742
anevilmeme
"How many grains of sand are in the beach out there"
WARNING!!! Non-Sequitur imminent, this is not a drill, I repeat this is not a drill!
"In this big world, so infinite and vast you can't tell me how many grains of sand are there, and yet you can tell me there is no God"
2/25/2008 5:09:12 PM
#415746
Osiris
Do you know how many grains of sand there are? No. Then why should we let you tell us which god is real when you don't even know something like that?
2/25/2008 5:10:53 PM
#415750
Caustic Gnostic
Open-air atheist preacher.
Riiiight.
2/25/2008 5:13:03 PM
#415753
aaa
Can they tell that god exist?
2/25/2008 5:14:25 PM
#415755
David B.
Scenes We'd Like To See.
Preacher: "You sir! The self-proclaimed ay-theist! How many grains of sand are in the beach out there?"
Atheist: (puts on his Carl Sagan voice) "Bill-yuns and bill-yuns!"
2/25/2008 5:15:37 PM
#415767
Nameless
I thought God was supposed to more significant than a grain of sand. To know how many grains of sand there are on a beach, one has to take into account every single one of them, and nobody cares to know how many completely unimportant grains of sand there are on some mostly irrelevant beach.
I also thought these guys say there is only one god they call God. It's not like we are not able to spot him because there are so many other gods blocking the view.
Leon Brown's question is not a good one simply because he managed to surprise and confuse someone with it.
How green is a duck? ... How green is it? You can't tell me how green a duck is and you expect me to believe there is a god? BRRT! Your time is up. So, you agree there are no gods? No need to answer, as we already established that. Thank you, no further questions.
2/25/2008 5:33:47 PM
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