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 Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:44 am
xxEternallyBluexx Then why are you wasting time talking about it? neutral Because you asked for opinions on it! smile
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:01 am
I believe in that story the same way I believe a dead girl who was killed by a clown is coming to get me at midnight if I don't pass on the letter.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:11 am
This has been an e-mail urban legend for many, many years now, and a version of the story has been dated all the way back to 1920s: http://www.snopes.com/religion/chalk.aspWhile one might argue that the long life of the story may point to some sort of validity, all of the tellings (even published ones) are versions that was "a friend of a friend" or "I hear somewhere..." etc. I don't think that constitutes proof of the story's truth. I think, like many parts of the Bible, it's just a story and not literally true. Now, there's nothing wrong with that. Asop's fables, proverbs, fairy tales, tall tales... None of them are literally true, but they all teach us something about ourselves.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:22 am
I'd like to think if there was a god, he wouldn't be considered with trivial items like chalk and it's durability.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:15 am
Ignoring the highly fallacious argument the "professor" presented, why does "God" only show His power after one person announces their faith? Does "God" only work if people display their faith now?
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:16 am
Shiori Miko I believe in that story the same way I believe a dead girl who was killed by a clown is coming to get me at midnight if I don't pass on the letter.
I hear she's teamed up with the guy that makes your secret crush proclaim his/her love for you if you forward it to everyone in your friends list by midnight...
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:27 am
I seriously doubt any professor would actually teach like that. I've had numerous philosophy teachers, and whether they're religious or an Atheist, all of them seem to take a very Agnostic stance for the purposes of teaching: they try to get people to question their beliefs, but they never suggest that one belief is true and another is not. That's just not the way philosophy professors work. Also, there's no such thing as one class being required. Even if all 300 of those students were philosophy majors, unless it was an insanely small school, they would be able to take the same course with another professor, and if it was a required course like Intro to Philosophy or whatever there would assuredly be more than one professor. So, if this story is at all true, most likely those 300 students would have been kids who knew what the professor was like and signed up for the class knowing that they agreed with him.
Also, the whole chalk thing is the worst logic I've ever heard. If that professor was real, he should be fired immediately for teaching his students to use such profoundly stupid, hole-filled logic. The fact of the matter is, if there is a god(s), he/she seriously wouldn't care if a piece of chalk broke. It's so trivial. I mean, if God wanted to prove his existence, wouldn't he cure AIDS or stop global warming or something else equally impressive? The idea that he would actually care if a piece of chalk dropped by a philosophy professor with serious mental issues broke is just... ugh...
Also, I dislike how the story suggests that it's the boy's faith in Jesus that stopped the chalk. What if the boy had been, say, Hindu? The boy still believes in a god, he just doesn't believe in Yahweh. Sorry, I just hate when people equate belief in God specifically with Christianity.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:38 am
Artto xxEternallyBluexx Then why are you wasting time talking about it? neutral Because you asked for opinions on it! smile You don't have to answer if you don't like it...
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:40 am
Julri
Also, I dislike how the story suggests that it's the boy's faith in Jesus that stopped the chalk. What if the boy had been, say, Hindu? The boy still believes in a god, he just doesn't believe in Yahweh. Sorry, I just hate when people equate belief in God specifically with Christianity.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:42 am
brainnsoup Shiori Miko I believe in that story the same way I believe a dead girl who was killed by a clown is coming to get me at midnight if I don't pass on the letter.
I hear she's teamed up with the guy that makes your secret crush proclaim his/her love for you if you forward it to everyone in your friends list by midnight... Actually I think that happened to a friend of mine...JK
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:43 am
4shi Ignoring the highly fallacious argument the "professor" presented, why does "God" only show His power after one person announces their faith? Does "God" only work if people display their faith now? Showing faith helps. Besides if it hadn't broken another time it wouldn't be as impressive.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:32 pm
xxEternallyBluexx Julri
Also, I dislike how the story suggests that it's the boy's faith in Jesus that stopped the chalk. What if the boy had been, say, Hindu? The boy still believes in a god, he just doesn't believe in Yahweh. Sorry, I just hate when people equate belief in God specifically with Christianity.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:50 pm
brainnsoup xxEternallyBluexx Julri
Also, I dislike how the story suggests that it's the boy's faith in Jesus that stopped the chalk. What if the boy had been, say, Hindu? The boy still believes in a god, he just doesn't believe in Yahweh. Sorry, I just hate when people equate belief in God specifically with Christianity.
Just imagine if one day it was proven that Scientology was the correct religion.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:12 pm
brainnsoup xxEternallyBluexx Julri
Also, I dislike how the story suggests that it's the boy's faith in Jesus that stopped the chalk. What if the boy had been, say, Hindu? The boy still believes in a god, he just doesn't believe in Yahweh. Sorry, I just hate when people equate belief in God specifically with Christianity.
Besides the obvious (whited out because it could be considered offensive->) like it seems more like a drug trip then anything else (I did warn you)? If it is Hinduism, why don't the Hindu gods show themselves to nonbelievers? What keeps reincarnation going? How is it numerically possible? How is it possible at all? And multi armed gods? I have nothing against the Hindus, but nothing I've seen in that religion seems very plausible. There doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason to it. And the number one reason: in Christianity faith is a huge thing. In Christianity, faith is eternal and powerful. How many other religions rely that strongly upon faith? Does Hinduism?
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:43 pm
Shiori Miko brainnsoup xxEternallyBluexx Julri
Also, I dislike how the story suggests that it's the boy's faith in Jesus that stopped the chalk. What if the boy had been, say, Hindu? The boy still believes in a god, he just doesn't believe in Yahweh. Sorry, I just hate when people equate belief in God specifically with Christianity.
Just imagine if one day it was proven that Scientology was the correct religion.
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