Half of Americans Believe God Will Decide Super Bowl

[ellenrr]

That more Americans believe God will influence the Superbowl than the fact the earth is dangerously overheating should deeply trouble us.

http://www.alternet.org/belief/half-americans-believe-god-will-decide-superbowl-winner

[octoberlib]

1. Yuck nt

[snooper2]

2. well they are right, I did already..

I did the cat toss, threw my kitty Aphrodite up in the air and again, she landed on her feet---


Tends to do that all the time- If the holy ghost would only let me have a quarter

[countingbluecars]

3. I heard he is leaning Seahawks.

But seriously it is really troubling.

[KG]

4. religion LOL

[lindysalsagal]

31. LOL!

[OffWithTheirHeads]

5. Half of us are still living in the 14th century.

[pinboy3niner]

6. Ridiculous! God is deciding the Puppy Bowl this year.

[PasadenaTrudy]

14. Yep!

Can't be in both places at once!

[lindysalsagal]

32. LO!

[Arugula Latte]

37. Well, you know, "Dog" is "God" spelled backwards! Ooooooh, I'm so profound!

I mean -- there is INCREDIBLE significance in that flip spelling! I just ... don't quite know ... what it is yet ... hang on, I'll find something ...

[nadinbrzezinski]

45. And doing a great cute job at it

That cockatiel tweeting is kind of CUTE on steroids!

[SummerSnow]

7. Decision is always made during halftime

[Laelth]

8. That DOES deeply trouble me. n/t

-Laelth

[theHandpuppet]

9. That is just beyond sad.

It's sick.

[edhopper]

10. And he will punish Denver

for trading Saint Teabow no doubt.

[lumberjack_jeff]

19. Verily. n/t

[Scootaloo]

41. Yeah, I don't think Denver has much to worry about...

They're prepared for the likes of "God"

[democratisphere]

11. GOD doesn't give a DAMN about the Super Bowl.

He/she is spending most of his/her time trying to save the dysfunctional planet Earth.

[Johonny]

36. I heard he has 50$ on the Seahawks

and under on the national anthem.

[Arugula Latte]

39. Really? If god is omnipotent then what's the delay?

[Major Nikon]

40. Dog works in mysterious ways

I think that's the standard answer

[Arugula Latte]

42. Ours is not to question Dog.

Dog has a plan. It will be revealed later.

[Major Nikon]

44. Which convieniently can't be verified

As only donkeys, snakes, people, and bushes can talk.

[Arugula Latte]

68. ...

[Warren DeMontague]

51. The known Universe is 15 Billion Light Years across.

If there really is some magical entity "in charge" of it - a proposition I find pretty fuckin' dubious, personally - the Superbowl is not really all that much more infinitesimal in the grand scheme of things than the entire "dysfunctional planet Earth" is.

[Logical]

62. God doesn't apparently care about anything! n-t

[gordianot]

12. That is correct God determines who wins according to who has the best locker room prayers.

additional factors include:

The most Republicans in the stadium.
Who gave the largest donation in absense of going to church this Sunday.
How many fundamentalist Christians are on the local team.

[3catwoman3]

13. Truly...

...disheartening. Why is that religion that causes so many people to stop using their brains?

[brett_jv]

16. I think you may be reversing the 'cause and effect' there ;) (n/t)

[tkmorris]

21. *Ding* precisely

When I learn that a person is religious my estimation of them drops quite a bit. They tend to assume it is the fact of their beliefs that I have an issue with, but it isn't. It is rather the discovery that they engage in the sort of thinking that allows for religious belief. I would be just as disappointed in them if they believed that trees could talk or that chemtrails were a government plot.

[lindysalsagal]

33. You mean, they're NOT?????

I love this thread!

[3catwoman3]

50. I did consider...

...closing that above post with "That presumes that there are brains present that could be used."

Willing suspension of disbelief is best reserved for reading fiction or going to the movies, not for going thru real life.

[PCIntern]

15. So that "Guy" in Vegas is God...

hoo gnu?

[rock]

17. How boring it is to be god

Not only to know beforehand what the score will be but how very boring to decide what it will be.

[jsr]

23. Oh, he knows

[FSogol]

18. "This touchdown's for you, Jesus!"

[pinboy3niner]

20. Perfect, LOL!

[Dawson Leery]

22. Little Jehovah strikes again.

That's a wonderful God you have there. So the superbowl is the most important thing for this little god of yours to decide?

[kairos12]

24. They are right--he is called the Ref.

[ChiciB1]

25. And The "Dumbing Down" Continues! n/t

[MisterP]

26. is this why Santorum was raising all those stakes?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providentialism

[frwrfpos]

27. thats really sad

I have a hard time accepting that this many of my fellow countrymen and women are this ignorant. I weep for this country.

[nadinbrzezinski]

46. After the conversation this morning

with a worker in the research field, who would juice for diabetes, since meds are EEEEEVVVIIIILLLL...

[zappaman]

28. Great!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

29. Is the NSA tapping his phone?

[Egalitarian Thug]

30. That at least half of us are deeply delusional is indeed very troubling.

Homo Sapiens is one of the greatest misnomers, ever.

[lindysalsagal]

34. If half are wrong, how will we know which people god hates more?

'Cause he obviously will reward his favorites with a win.

[Arugula Latte]

38. Believing that a deity decides a football game is no more preposterous than

believing a deity decides who lives or dies, if a tornado takes out a town in the Midwest, whether a war will occur, who wins a Grammy, or if young Caitlin will do well on the SAT.

[1000words]

43. Tebow no longer plays for Broncos, so God is boycotting

I hear Jesus is a Hawks fan, though.

[Dirty Socialist]

47. Jesus Wants to Legalize Weed

That's why he has the Seahawks playing The Broncos. Toke up, Christian soldiers!

[RainDog]

48. Yea, verily, god has sent a message to America

God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth.…To you it will be for meat." … And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." (Genesis 1:29-31)

And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. -- Ezekiel 34:29

[Vashta Nerada]

49. Half of Americans are dumber than dirt.

No wonder we're a laughing stock to the rest of the world.

[Kennah]

52. Because there's a cosmic Foosball Table, and when God plays the Devil for the Superbowl, he wins.

Oy dios mio. The stupid. It burns.

[uppityperson]

53. It depends on how you define "god". If we are all god, god is each of us, then it will be decided

by the players and coaches who are also god.

[Fumesucker]

56. I'm not god, trust me on this

If I were god there would be some changes around this place.

[lindysalsagal]

63. Can I have an Amen!?

I'd start by eliminating guns....

[JeffHead]

54. I wonder what the Broncos did to piss off Jesus.

Must have been Elways comments about screwing the poor or something.

[whistler162]

55. And many will believe any half-assed poll

that comes along!

[sakabatou]

57. God's Priorities

[Skittles]

58. I don't care what they believe as long as they're not thumping

no INDEED

[jsr]

59. And so it is written. 43 - 8.

[JaneyVee]

60. Why even bother practicing then?

[pnwmom]

61. And you don't think that's true?

[Eleanors38]

64. Obviously Thor did.

[Orrex]

65. They can hardly pith.

[hobbit709]

66. "Mankind must surely have the silliest theology in the Universe to believe that God

has nothing better to do than get them out of tight spots."

[Paladin]

67. God was there when Renee Fleming did the National Anthem. Gorgeous.

Then he left the premises, obviously having better things to do......

[LibertyLover]

69. As a friend of mine put it:

Did the people they asked really say they believed that or was their response: God only knows.?