Comments on: Finally Tonight, Jesus… http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/12/finally-tonight-jesus%e2%80%a6/ Reasonable Thoughts on Religion, Science, Skepticism, and Atheism Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:20:07 -0500 hourly 1 By: Charles Darwin found on fossil fish, theory of evolution confirmed « Letters Home http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/12/finally-tonight-jesus%e2%80%a6/#comment-53873 Charles Darwin found on fossil fish, theory of evolution confirmed « Letters Home Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:51:47 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3031#comment-53873 [...] an image of the Virgin Mary in a brain scan, the face of Jesus on a seat cushion, taco shell or a grilled cheese sandwich, then the face of Charles Darwin on a fossil fish should do the same thing for the theory of [...] [...] an image of the Virgin Mary in a brain scan, the face of Jesus on a seat cushion, taco shell or a grilled cheese sandwich, then the face of Charles Darwin on a fossil fish should do the same thing for the theory of [...]

]]> By: Morgan-LynnGriggs Lamberth http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/12/finally-tonight-jesus%e2%80%a6/#comment-22410 Morgan-LynnGriggs Lamberth Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:23:11 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3031#comment-22410 I use the argument from pareidolia as follows: whilst we see patterns, theists add on to them their preconception that behind Nature is a caring, super mind as one sees Yeshua in a tortilla. Also, Christians use pareidolia in seeing him as to whom prophecies in the Tanakh refers.And those prophecies are lackluster anyway as they did not come true, too general or written after the fact. From there they beg the question of teleology in their teleological argument: they presume that we were in the mind of that mind. And the atelic [ a- without; telic- teleology] argument argues that as the weight of evidence shows no cosmic teleology, one errs in positing God as the designer when unplanning natural selection, the anti-chance of Nature does the pattering.And to add teleological God to selection, contradicts it! And Hume's dysteleological [ bad teleology] adumbrates why the imperfections tell against omnipotent God. Also, we should require theists to answer why those imperfections without trying to answer the problem of evil! Thus theistic evolution is an oxymoron as Jerry Coyne adumbrates in his article '"Seeing and Believing' in the New Republic. Google his name to find the article on-line. I use the argument from pareidolia as follows: whilst we see patterns, theists add on to them their preconception that behind Nature is a caring, super mind as one sees Yeshua in a tortilla. Also, Christians use pareidolia in seeing him as to whom prophecies in the Tanakh refers.And those prophecies are lackluster anyway as they did not come true, too general or written after the fact.
From there they beg the question of teleology in their teleological argument: they presume that we were in the mind of that mind.
And the atelic [ a- without; telic- teleology] argument argues that as the weight of evidence shows no cosmic teleology, one errs in positing God as the designer when unplanning natural selection, the anti-chance of Nature does the pattering.And to add teleological God to selection, contradicts it!
And Hume’s dysteleological [ bad teleology] adumbrates why the imperfections tell against omnipotent God. Also, we should require theists to answer why those imperfections without trying to answer the problem of evil!
Thus theistic evolution is an oxymoron as Jerry Coyne adumbrates in his article ‘”Seeing and Believing’ in the New Republic. Google his name to find the article on-line.

]]> By: Slurm http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/12/finally-tonight-jesus%e2%80%a6/#comment-22409 Slurm Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:39:23 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3031#comment-22409 I swear the one was The Dude! I swear the one was The Dude!

]]> By: Mau de Katt http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/12/finally-tonight-jesus%e2%80%a6/#comment-22408 Mau de Katt Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:23:49 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3031#comment-22408 Hey, how come Jesus never showed up on <i>my</i> cat?!? Hey, how come Jesus never showed up on my cat?!?

]]> By: cooledskin http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/12/finally-tonight-jesus%e2%80%a6/#comment-22407 cooledskin Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:14:53 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3031#comment-22407 Apparently I suck because I saw a face in like 5% of those things. Apparently I suck because I saw a face in like 5% of those things.

]]> By: wintermute http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/12/finally-tonight-jesus%e2%80%a6/#comment-22406 wintermute Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:06:53 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3031#comment-22406 If Jesus can appear to people today in a water stain on an underpass, or a burn mark on a cheese toasty, clearly he also appeared to those medieval painters. That's why apparitions of Jesus look so much like his paintings. Not because people are primed to think of him that way, oh no. If Jesus can appear to people today in a water stain on an underpass, or a burn mark on a cheese toasty, clearly he also appeared to those medieval painters. That’s why apparitions of Jesus look so much like his paintings. Not because people are primed to think of him that way, oh no.

]]> By: BobFrank http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/12/finally-tonight-jesus%e2%80%a6/#comment-22405 BobFrank Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:03:19 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3031#comment-22405 I wonder... how do we know what Jesus looked like in the first place? These people are seeing the image of Jesus (and Mary etc) as pictured by painters who had never met him nor had any information about his appearance. And it has always confused me how very westernly Jesus looks in most of the images of him... I wonder… how do we know what Jesus looked like in the first place? These people are seeing the image of Jesus (and Mary etc) as pictured by painters who had never met him nor had any information about his appearance.

And it has always confused me how very westernly Jesus looks in most of the images of him…

]]> By: “Is It A Holy Image Or A Bucket Of Filth?” | I Eat Gravel http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/12/finally-tonight-jesus%e2%80%a6/#comment-22404 “Is It A Holy Image Or A Bucket Of Filth?” | I Eat Gravel Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:02:07 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3031#comment-22404 [...] Unreasonable Faith) Share This [...] [...] Unreasonable Faith) Share This [...]

]]> By: ian in hamburg http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/12/finally-tonight-jesus%e2%80%a6/#comment-22403 ian in hamburg Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:01:24 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3031#comment-22403 I've got a plate of angel hair spaghetti that looks just like him - where do I submit it? :-) I’ve got a plate of angel hair spaghetti that looks just like him – where do I submit it? :-)

]]> By: isnessie http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/12/finally-tonight-jesus%e2%80%a6/#comment-22402 isnessie Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:31:34 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3031#comment-22402 Let's start a website for pattern-evidence for the existence of FSM. This clip is hilarious! Let’s start a website for pattern-evidence for the existence of FSM. This clip is hilarious!

]]> By: Jerry http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/12/finally-tonight-jesus%e2%80%a6/#comment-22401 Jerry Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:44:36 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3031#comment-22401 I just wanna know where I can get some of that Jesus-on-a-stick they mentioned. Mmmmmmm - everything's better when it's on a stick! I just wanna know where I can get some of that Jesus-on-a-stick they mentioned. Mmmmmmm – everything’s better when it’s on a stick!

]]> By: alphonsuspeck http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/12/finally-tonight-jesus%e2%80%a6/#comment-22400 alphonsuspeck Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:56:53 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3031#comment-22400 Finding the image of Jesus or the FSG is rare. But you can find images of the Invisible Pink Unicorn everywhere! What do you mean you can't see it. That just prove's that it's there! Finding the image of Jesus or the FSG is rare.

But you can find images of the Invisible Pink Unicorn everywhere!

What do you mean you can’t see it. That just prove’s that it’s there!

]]> By: Lisa S http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/12/finally-tonight-jesus%e2%80%a6/#comment-22399 Lisa S Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:12:43 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3031#comment-22399 Ok...so, big deal, it looks like Jesus, Mary and/or Joseph...which, really, can look like any terrorist's mug shot... I think where it gets strange is when people start saying that the image healed their bunions.... Again, without superstitions you wouldn't have this strange behavior. ...I'm sure I'm just talking out of my immoral behind. Which, strangely looks like Zeus.... Ok…so, big deal, it looks like Jesus, Mary and/or Joseph…which, really, can look like any terrorist’s mug shot…

I think where it gets strange is when people start saying that the image healed their bunions….

Again, without superstitions you wouldn’t have this strange behavior.

…I’m sure I’m just talking out of my immoral behind. Which, strangely looks like Zeus….

]]> By: Elliott http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/12/finally-tonight-jesus%e2%80%a6/#comment-22398 Elliott Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:44:30 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3031#comment-22398 Seriously, maybe it's Darwin, or James Randi. Seriously, maybe it’s Darwin, or James Randi.

]]> By: Framton Goodman http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/03/12/finally-tonight-jesus%e2%80%a6/#comment-22397 Framton Goodman Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:06:45 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3031#comment-22397 AAARGGH! What about the three marks on a cocoanut? Spare me, oh Great FSM! AAARGGH! What about the three marks on a cocoanut? Spare me, oh Great FSM!

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