Comments on: Pat Robertson Only Alive Due to Prayers http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/09/02/pat-robertson-only-alive-due-to-prayers/ Reasonable Thoughts on Religion, Science, Skepticism, and Atheism Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:39:28 -0400 hourly 1 By: Olaf http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/09/02/pat-robertson-only-alive-due-to-prayers/#comment-61179 Olaf Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:44:58 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=6832#comment-61179 Why don’t those religious people are afraid to do the test. Just put him in a room, without doctors and medicine and put I a bunch of people that starts praying until he gets cured. Is it so hard to do that test? Why don’t those religious people are afraid to do the test.

Just put him in a room, without doctors and medicine and put I a bunch of people that starts praying until he gets cured. Is it so hard to do that test?

]]> By: Ty http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/09/02/pat-robertson-only-alive-due-to-prayers/#comment-61096 Ty Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:00:13 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=6832#comment-61096 "They had to write a whole new book to make that make any sense, so I don’t think that counts." Oh, 'making sense' is a criteria? Then you just wiped out 95% of what the bible says in one stroke. Seems kind of a harsh rule for this sort of challenge. “They had to write a whole new book to make that make any sense, so I don’t think that counts.”

Oh, ‘making sense’ is a criteria?

Then you just wiped out 95% of what the bible says in one stroke. Seems kind of a harsh rule for this sort of challenge.

]]> By: Elemenope http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/09/02/pat-robertson-only-alive-due-to-prayers/#comment-61093 Elemenope Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:42:29 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=6832#comment-61093 <i>People have used the bible to ‘prove’ that the founding of America was god’s plan. The Mormons say that the ‘new sheep’ were the native American’s Jesus went and preached to.</i> They had to write a whole new book to make that make any sense, so I don't think that counts. <i>Potatoes and soybeans are both ‘clean’ foods to Jewish scholars, so somehow their reading of the bible managed to clear those foods.</i> If you have clear enough sorting criteria, they will function even on unanticipated items. Doesn't mean the items themselves are present in the articulation of the sorting criteria. <i>I’m telling you, it’s tough to find something that someone somewhere isn’t claiming was talked about in the bible.</i> That's certainly true. People claim *lots* of wild stuff. People have used the bible to ‘prove’ that the founding of America was god’s plan. The Mormons say that the ‘new sheep’ were the native American’s Jesus went and preached to.

They had to write a whole new book to make that make any sense, so I don’t think that counts.

Potatoes and soybeans are both ‘clean’ foods to Jewish scholars, so somehow their reading of the bible managed to clear those foods.

If you have clear enough sorting criteria, they will function even on unanticipated items. Doesn’t mean the items themselves are present in the articulation of the sorting criteria.

I’m telling you, it’s tough to find something that someone somewhere isn’t claiming was talked about in the bible.

That’s certainly true. People claim *lots* of wild stuff.

]]> By: Ty http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/09/02/pat-robertson-only-alive-due-to-prayers/#comment-61091 Ty Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:39:21 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=6832#comment-61091 People have used the bible to 'prove' that the founding of America was god's plan. The Mormons say that the 'new sheep' were the native American's Jesus went and preached to. Potatoes and soybeans are both 'clean' foods to Jewish scholars, so somehow their reading of the bible managed to clear those foods. I'm telling you, it's tough to find something that someone somewhere isn't claiming was talked about in the bible. People have used the bible to ‘prove’ that the founding of America was god’s plan. The Mormons say that the ‘new sheep’ were the native American’s Jesus went and preached to.

Potatoes and soybeans are both ‘clean’ foods to Jewish scholars, so somehow their reading of the bible managed to clear those foods.

I’m telling you, it’s tough to find something that someone somewhere isn’t claiming was talked about in the bible.

]]> By: Clergy Guy http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/09/02/pat-robertson-only-alive-due-to-prayers/#comment-61090 Clergy Guy Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:38:32 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=6832#comment-61090 LOL. I've truly been enriched by the above subject matter. Can't wait to take this info to my next Sunday school class. LOL. I’ve truly been enriched by the above subject matter. Can’t wait to take this info to my next Sunday school class.

]]> By: Zotz http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/09/02/pat-robertson-only-alive-due-to-prayers/#comment-61089 Zotz Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:32:20 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=6832#comment-61089 Former assistant dean at Pat Robertson's Regent Univ and his wife plead guilty to child sex abuse: http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/12788/ Former assistant dean at Pat Robertson’s Regent Univ and his wife plead guilty to child sex abuse:

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/12788/

]]> By: Elemenope http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/09/02/pat-robertson-only-alive-due-to-prayers/#comment-61087 Elemenope Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:28:11 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=6832#comment-61087 <i>Time Traveling Penguins For The WIN!!!</i> LOL. <i>You have proven that physical objects from the future are the exception.</i> Democracy, penguins, potatoes, soybeans, and the New World all presumably existed before the Bible was written. But you never know... :) Time Traveling Penguins For The WIN!!!

LOL.

You have proven that physical objects from the future are the exception.

Democracy, penguins, potatoes, soybeans, and the New World all presumably existed before the Bible was written.

But you never know… :)

]]> By: Sunny Day http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/09/02/pat-robertson-only-alive-due-to-prayers/#comment-61086 Sunny Day Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:25:54 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=6832#comment-61086 Time Traveling Penguins For The WIN!!! Time Traveling Penguins For The WIN!!!

]]> By: Ty http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/09/02/pat-robertson-only-alive-due-to-prayers/#comment-61084 Ty Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:22:10 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=6832#comment-61084 You have proven that physical objects from the future are the exception. You have proven that physical objects from the future are the exception.

]]> By: Elemenope http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/09/02/pat-robertson-only-alive-due-to-prayers/#comment-61080 Elemenope Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:07:05 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=6832#comment-61080 <i>Find me something that isn’t in there, somewhere.</i> Microwaves. Penicillin. The Internet. My Cats. Democracy. Paperclips. Post-it Notes. Postage Stamps. TV. America. English. Kung Fu. Batteries. Pizza. Toilet Paper. Toothpaste. Elevators. Books (as in, the codex form; ironic). The Printing Press. Emoticons. Penguins. Potatoes. Soybeans. Maple Syrup (a true tragedy). Vodka. Anyone named Alice or Bob (or Charley).... Find me something that isn’t in there, somewhere.

Microwaves. Penicillin. The Internet. My Cats. Democracy. Paperclips. Post-it Notes. Postage Stamps. TV. America. English. Kung Fu. Batteries. Pizza. Toilet Paper. Toothpaste. Elevators. Books (as in, the codex form; ironic). The Printing Press. Emoticons. Penguins. Potatoes. Soybeans. Maple Syrup (a true tragedy). Vodka. Anyone named Alice or Bob (or Charley)….

]]> By: Clergy Guy http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/09/02/pat-robertson-only-alive-due-to-prayers/#comment-61074 Clergy Guy Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:58:58 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=6832#comment-61074 Okay, okay. Okay, okay.

]]> By: Ty http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/09/02/pat-robertson-only-alive-due-to-prayers/#comment-61070 Ty Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:41:03 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=6832#comment-61070 I'm as light as it gets, and a mental midget besides, but the complaints from theists that Daniel's posts are not sufficiently respectful of faith always make me laugh. I’m as light as it gets, and a mental midget besides, but the complaints from theists that Daniel’s posts are not sufficiently respectful of faith always make me laugh.

]]> By: LRA http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/09/02/pat-robertson-only-alive-due-to-prayers/#comment-61069 LRA Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:30:55 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=6832#comment-61069 True dat! True dat!

]]> By: Sunny Day http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/09/02/pat-robertson-only-alive-due-to-prayers/#comment-61068 Sunny Day Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:27:53 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=6832#comment-61068 There's also some scripture in there that supports burning me with purifying flame, ostracizing me and treating me like an enemy. But you'd hate to say that too. There’s also some scripture in there that supports burning me with purifying flame, ostracizing me and treating me like an enemy.

But you’d hate to say that too.

]]> By: Ty http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/09/02/pat-robertson-only-alive-due-to-prayers/#comment-61064 Ty Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:51:26 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=6832#comment-61064 Ah, come on, Clergy Guy. "there’s some scripture that says what you’re saying" You'd have a tough time finding any idea that I can't find a scripture to support with some creative interpretation. The bible is a gigantic collection of often random ramblings, mythology, and distorted history. Find me something that isn't in there, somewhere. Saying, "there’s some scripture that says what you’re saying" is like saying, "There are some electrons in that material." It's both easy and essentially meaningless. Ah, come on, Clergy Guy.

“there’s some scripture that says what you’re saying”

You’d have a tough time finding any idea that I can’t find a scripture to support with some creative interpretation. The bible is a gigantic collection of often random ramblings, mythology, and distorted history. Find me something that isn’t in there, somewhere.

Saying, “there’s some scripture that says what you’re saying” is like saying, “There are some electrons in that material.” It’s both easy and essentially meaningless.

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