Karajou #fundie

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Evidence for God? During his college years at the University of Florida, Tim Tebow wore black eye patches with the number 3:16 on them, in reference to John 3:16. What are the odds of Tebow throwing 316 yards in his team's victory over the Steelers? 10,000 to 1? A million to one? Or did God Himself make it happen?

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old comment by Horsefeathers

"Evidence for God? During his college years at the University of Florida, Tim Tebow wore black eye patches with the number 3:16 on them, in reference to John 3:16. What are the odds of Tebow throwing 316 yards in his team's victory over the Steelers?"

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc is a fallacy.

It's also rather insulting to just about everyone in the world who has real fucking problems that they could use a little divine intervention for. You know, like refugees, starving children, people living under various dictators, disaster victims, etc.

I'm sure they'd all be pleased to know that the reason they can't get a little respite for their problems is that Gawd is too busy helping some stupid fucker throw a football around a field so he can make more money that he doesn't need (his pal Jesus explicitly told him to give it all away) and so that he can continue to be idolized by millions of drooling simpletons. Obviously this is of more importance to the Divine Plan than making sure that children are fed and have clean water to drink and that they aren't forcibly conscripted into some tribal warlord's militia.

old comment by He Who Doubts

The entire assertion that God's existance is evidenced by an established pattern of causality between Tebow's eye black and his pass completion hinges on the idea of God's participation in a fortunate and improbable football play. Whether the cause for God's favor of Tebow is supposedly the eye black, or simply his Christian faith, or the habit to wipe his butthole from the top down, it doesn't matter; if God doesn't exist at all, nothing Tebow does or says evidences God; that can only be done by establishing the divine nature of the pass completion. So how about it? How do we know God made that happen? Night Jaguar would have the play regarded as impossible just because it's improbable, having us believe that God is required for its occurance, but improbability doesn't equate with impossibility, and possibility means that the occurance of improbable events doesn't require especial causes, including divine ones.

old comment by moose

Football is obviously gawd's message to us. I mean....you kick an extra point, it represents gawd. One point, one gawd. You also kick a field goal...for 3 points. Representative of the trinity. 10 yards for a first down. 10 commandments. Coincidence? Obviously not. Absolute proof of gawd.......

Now to answer your silly assed question. What are the odds. 10,000 to 1....A million to one.
Well, quarterbacks frequently pass for yardage between 150 to 350 yards in a game. So I suspect the odds are better than 10,000 to one. I would be more impressed with the odds if he passed for 10,000 yards in one game. I suspect the odds of that are more than a million to one. Your overblown sense of coincidence does not equal actuarial statistics.

old comment by JGC

The odds actually seem to be quite good. A quick internet search shows Ryan Fitzpatrick of the Bills going 316 yards passing against the Dolphins in 2011, as did Matt Ryan against the Titans in 2011, Peyton Manning against New England in 2009, Bret Favre against the Giants in 2003, Joe Montana against Pittsburgh in 1987, Ken Anderson against the Jets in 1984, as well as any number of high school and college quarterbacks have who have passed for 316 yards in a game to win as well.

It's just a number, and no more surprising he threw for 316 yards than if he had thrown for [insert random number you arbitrarily attach personal significance to here].

old comment by Justanotheratheist

@NonProphet

I know that most Americans are not like this, but as a non-American I have to agree with Headache up to a point. I'm afraid that the parade of absolute idiots that is lining up for a shot at the Republican candidacy is doing absolutely nothing to make Americans look bright.

Because what Karajou posted is pretty much exactly the sort of crap that your politicians feel they need to say to curry votes. Michalle Bachmann, Biblically Qualified etc. Really? Do you have any idea how fucking stupid that looks?

Yes, there are idiots like this everywhere. But only one supposedly enlightened country managed to elect a dumbass like George W Bush to the highest office of all - twice. Sorry, mate, but that damaged your (mostly) fine country's reputation for intelligent thought for a long time to come.

old comment by Anon-e-moose

2006 World Cup (Germany): USA knocked out by Ghana.

2010 World Cup (South Africa): USA knocked out by Ghana.

1966 World Cup (England): North Korea knock out the favourites Italy, to make it to the Quarter Finals; only beaten by Portugal's Eusebio's miracle hat-trick.

What are the odds of USA actually winning a real football competition?: Zero.

This 'Tea-bow' or whatever he is, couldn't kick a fucking ball into a goal, if he was directly in front of the fucking thing, and the goalkeeper wasn't there; even with all of your so-called 'God's omnipotence help behind him.

I guess that's why LA Galaxy sought out David Beckham. Who - to my knowledge - isn't religious.

Ask someone in China who their favourite footballer is, what are the odds of Beckham being their answer, hmmmmmmm, Conservapoodia...? Ask someone in China - or any football-supporting country - who 'Tea-bow' is, their answer will be, with 100% certainty:

Who?!

old comment by Swede

I don't know much about American football, so I don't know the average yard-throwing. If 316 is within the average span, I'd say it's 316 to one. But, as you searched for a connection in hindsight, I'd say it's 1 to 1. (I don't know that much about European football either, so it's not a cultural thing, I'm just not interested in sports.)

According to a lot of Internet sites, John 3:16 is one of the most widely quoted verses from the Christian Bible. Well, it's interesting that he didn't take the time to find his own heart-felt Bible quote, but took the first one in the Google list, or something.

I agree with others here; the day we wake up to find that cancer and AIDS have been eradicated and every child has had a hearty breakfast, then we can discuss evidence for God.

Edit. In contrast to fundie dolt, who seem to relish in their ignorance, I tried to find information about average thrown yards, and now I'm even more confused. Is that an added figure? The field is 120 yards, according to Wikipedia, and I see no reason to throw the ball 196 yards beyond the field. Then it must be a sum of several throws, and Tim could have adapted his last throw to match the figure 316, I guess. Besides, it's John 3:16. not John 316. It would have been closer to that verse if it was 3 yards and 1 nail (apparently a sixteenth of a yard). But, I think even I can throw the ball 3 yards, 1 nail...

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