I'll stand by my statement and math.
You have an interesting brother Negative.
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I'll stand by my statement and math.
You have an interesting brother Negative.
If you flip a coin, the odds of it coming up heads are 50/50.
If (by coincidence), you flip it ten times and get heads all ten times,
the odds that it will come up heads on the next try are still 50/50.
It may seem wrong, but it is still true.
BTW, back in 1967, in my Biology class in high school,
we experimented by flipping a coin 100 times, and I still
say that in 100 tries, I had one where the coin landed on the
edge and remained standing.
What's the odds of that?
:cool:
Read my nick and forge the kind of response I could possibly write in your mind :D
"...Jesus was an Architect previous to his career as a prophet, All of A sudden I found myself in love with the world and said there was only one more thing that I could do : Ding a Ding Dong my Dang Along Ling Long..."
Excerpt from the song Jesus built my HotRod, Al Jourgensen and Paul Barker, Ministry
You hang around with the devil long enough, and eventuallyQuote:
Originally posted here by Scorp666
Read my nick and forge the kind of response I could possibly write in your mind :D
"...Jesus was an Architect previous to his career as a prophet, All of A sudden I found myself in love with the world and said there was only one more thing that I could do : Ding a Ding Dong my Dang Along Ling Long..."
Excerpt from the song Jesus built my HotRod, Al Jourgensen and Paul Barker, Ministry
you wind up on the short end of the stick.
I finally got fed up when he and I were partners
dealin a little dope and I got busted, but he was
nowhere to be seen I hadda do time but that
summitch was prolly makin it wit my G/F.
My advice:
REPENT!
:cool:
lmao!!!
Oh that is his scheme! I wondered why he wanted to partner with such a loser as I am :D :D :D
Yeah, and Jerry Lee Lewis is the Devil ;)Quote:
[/b]"...Jesus was an Architect previous to his career as a prophet, All of A sudden I found myself in love with the world and said there was only one more thing that I could do : Ding a Ding Dong my Dang Along Ling Long..."
Excerpt from the song Jesus built my HotRod, Al Jourgensen and Paul Barker, Ministry
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Don't forget about Mr. Haynes from The Butthole Surfers, who wrote that song, and whose voice 'sings' that song ;)
Of course you are right, but that's not what I was saying. What I am saying is that the chance you'll have heads twice in a row is not 50%, but only 25%, or 2 ^ 2. The chance you'll have heads three times in a row is 2 ^ 3, and the chance you'll have heads ten times in a row is 2 ^ 10, being 1 in 1024.Quote:
Originally posted by RCGreen
If you flip a coin, the odds of it coming up heads are 50/50.
If (by coincidence), you flip it ten times and get heads all ten times,
the odds that it will come up heads on the next try are still 50/50.
It may seem wrong, but it is still true.
Of course the 2nd, 3rd,..., 10th time you flip the coin, your chance of throwing heads is 1 out of 2 every time. But the chance you'll throw heads ten times in a row is not 1 in 2, it's 1 in 1024.
If the chance somebody wins the lottery is let's say 1 in 500,000, then the chance he wins the lottery twice in a row is 1 in (500,000 ^2), and not something like 1 in (500,000 x 2).
Reminds me of my brother saying 'I'm gonna participate in the lottery, because the chance I'll win is 1 in 2: either I win, or I don't win'....
Depends on the type of coin, the weight of the coin, the structure of the coin, your throwing-capacities (how high you throw it, the spin you give it,...), gravity, the wind, the structure of the table you're doing your experiment on, ... ;)Quote:
BTW, back in 1967, in my Biology class in high school,
we experimented by flipping a coin 100 times, and I still
say that in 100 tries, I had one where the coin landed on the
edge and remained standing.
What's the odds of that?
Ok GreekGoddess, For you and only you, I am Rhett Butler! :D :D :D
YAAAAAAAAY.....
*PM's Scorp666 directions to her house*
awwwwww yeaaauuuuhhh....heh
Hi Negative,Quote:
Originally posted here by Negative
- "Historically accurate"... hmmm... The New Testament is just as accurate as any other 'third-person-report': I'm damn sure it's full of exaggerations, manipulations of the facts, and what else...
- On the other hand, I don't think anyone here is going to deny that Jesus actually lived.
I'm wondering how closely you have studied the New Testament. What do you base your assertion that the NT is "full of exaggerations, manipulations of the facts, and what else...."? Could you bring out for discussion some specific examples of what you think are exaggerations, manipulated facts, etc. I think this might be another branch of the discussion that might be interesting to discuss. Please give Scripture references to where you think you have found these. Thanks. :)
Whitney Houston, we have a problem here...Quote:
Originally posted by Preacherman481
Hi Negative,
I'm wondering how closely you have studied the New Testament. What do you base your assertion that the NT is "full of exaggerations, manipulations of the facts, and what else...."? Could you bring out for discussion some specific examples of what you think are exaggerations, manipulated facts, etc. I think this might be another branch of the discussion that might be interesting to discuss. Please give Scripture references to where you think you have found these. Thanks.
- You're asking me to give specific Scripture reference: as I don't know the NT by head, that would take me to read the entire NT again... sorry, can't do... ;)
- I didn't say the NT is inaccurate based on specific NT-passages. I based my assertion on what I believe is a fact ("all third-person reports are full of exaggerations, manipulations,... and therefore inaccurate". The basic fact that those reports involve a third person makes them inaccurate already, but that's an entirely different philosophical discussion...).
- Why we have a problem here, is because of the fact that you do believe in God, Christ,..., and I don't. You do believe Jesus healed a leper (ermmm, how do I do this? something like Mt., Chapter 8, 1-4?), I don't. You do believe that Jesus controlled the wind and the sea (Mt. 8, 23-27), I don't. You do believe that Jesus healed a paralytic, I don't. You do believe that Jesus healed a blind man (Mc. 8, 22-26), I don't.
(I'm using a Dutch Willibrord translation, don't know if those chapters are the same as your version...)
You believe in those stories because you believe Jesus was the son of God. I don't believe in those stories because I don't believe Jesus was the son of God - I don't believe in God, period. I don't understand why you want me to disprove those stories: first off, that ain't possible (I don't have eye-witnesses to testify for my point of view...), and secondly: I've read the Bible, but I've never read it as a historically accurate book. I've always tried to place myself in the mind of the writers - writers who didn't have the scientific knowledge we have these days, writers who needed something else than science to explain the 'unexplainable'...
I've always thought that reading the Bible as a historically accurate book was 'a privilege' of Jehova's Witnesses and other 'obscure cults', but I guess I was wrong (if you're going to reply to this post, don't only reply to that 'obscure cult'-remark, will ya? ;) ).
If you believe in The Force, you'll probably also believe that Gremlin-looking green creatures can move things with their mind... If you don't believe in The Force, you don't believe that stuff... Therefore, I don't see what's the point of bringing up specific Bible-quotes 'for discussion'... Either you believe all of the stories unconditionally (hmmm, make that 'on one condition: the existence of God'), or you believe that a lot of those stories are AT LEAST a little bit exaggerated...
Hmmm, on second thought, I'll take you on that Could you bring out for discussion some specific examples of what you think are exaggerations, manipulated facts, etc. -question ;)
- The ressurection.
- Matteus: Seven breads and 'a couple of fishes' are divided among 4000 people, women and children not included.
Marcus: Five breads and two fishes are divided among 5000 people.
Lucas: Five breads and two fishes are divided among 5000 people.
Johannus: Five breads and two fishes are divided among 5000 people.
Matteus, you are the weakest link. Buh bye...
As I said before: inaccurate... I don't mind that, because I don't think you should take the Bible literally, and I feel sorry for those who do, cause I can go on with those examples forever... Don't ask though, I'm not gonna...