Does God play dice?
This questions came up on a mailing list I’m on. Don’t ask how, I can’t remember. It’s that kind of mailing list.
The thing is, you look at the world andhow random it is and – should you be sheeplike enough to believe that some universe-spanning being’s controlling it all – maybe dice make sense. Of course, you’ll then immediately have umpteen churches setting up. The Church Of The Tetrahedron – God uses 4-sided dice. The Church Of Twelve. Cries of “Follow the Dodecahedron! Ignore the heathen believers of the cube!” flying around.
People are fools. They even think God plays cards. Someone suggested that perhaps be plays Byzantine (or something). Personally, I reckon if he/she/it did then it’d more likely be Top Trumps.
Buddah: Hmmm… number of followers – 2 billion
God: No fair. You’ve got China.
Of course, why play cards when you have the single largest Massively Multiplayer Online Role playing Game in existence. The Earth makes Grand Theft Auto look like a shitty little Lego set. Hey, maybe that explains the massive feeling of satisfaction you get mowing down a whole row of Krishnas in the original GTA? Nah – it’d be just as good if they were bible-thumpers.
Think of all the fun you could have dropping random catastrophes on people, like in Sim City. I’d still do the old “Sims” trick, though, and lure people I didn’t like into a 1×1 room and remove the door so I could watch them go insane and **** themselves.
Soggy sarnies
My lunch was a bit damp. Some ****** switched the fridge in our office off, probably sometime over the weekend. Thing is, to do it they had to move the fridge out from under the worktop and then put it back.
The water from the freezer compartment just started to leak out today and it’s gone over everything in there. End result, one quarter of my lunch was waterlogged.
Made it taste funny. I couldn’t lift the bread up to put my crisps in, either. Not happy.
One down…
As of this evening, my final maths coursework will be in the post. Well, technically not the final one but I’m not going to do the actual final one as it’s pointless and has no bearing on my passing the course.
So I now only have the VPN report to write. After I’ve researched it. And sussed how to present the report. And got some documentation. And slept.
Math is SO evil.
It is when you can’t even spell it properly. Maths – with an s. Yeesh. What is it with Americans and trying to save letters. I bet you have a big “s” mountain somewhere. Are you planning on dropping planefuls of “s”‘s on Baghdad or something?
[sarcasm mode *off*]
Actually isn’t it Mathematics. Who’s saving letters now!
Also as a deeply religeous person, I found this post hillareous! I refuse to believe in a God that doesn’t have a sense of humour, so my money is on the Top Trumps (Which are coming back if you hadn’t noticed. I introduced them to my son, and now he’s got about 30 packs!). Seriously tho’ what is the point of being religeous if you can’t laugh at yourself. To quote from the Indigo girls. “It’s only life after all!”
If God exists, I believe He exists. Otherwise I don’t.
Dale – like to see you making up for my stinginess with letters by adding so many extra ones to “hilarious” 😉 I think Star Wars and Lord of the Rings had a hand in bringing Top Trumps back. Most of the kids I know have at least one of those sets. Mate of mine was whupping his eldest’s ass at SW:Ep III Top Trumps on Sunday. As for being able to laugh at yourself… surely that should be the case regardless of whether it’s religion, lifestyle, nationality, hair colour or whatever. Just think how much nicer the world would be if Al Quaeda had a ******* sense of humour. *******.
dcsun4 – I steadfastly refuse to believe that anyone/thing can exist that would allow Chris Evans to become rich and famous.
ooh, I hate soggy sarnies! And Chris Evans…
Joanne – How about a soggy Chris Evans? Actually, the idea of locking him a fridge and dripping water on his head continually for hours holds some strange appeal.
I’d be careful with the anti-religious posts if I were you. I did one once and got a couple of “I like you but you’re going to hell” type comments.
Actually, no need to be careful, they’re hilarious. And believing in a magic sky-ghost who created all the universe in seven days is perfectly reasonable, after all.
An Italian woman of my aquaintance sat and watched in mute horror as I made a crisp butty one lunchtime. Tchh. What do Italians know about fine cuisine?
Why should Iain watch the religeous posts? I’m deeply religeous, but would never dream of expecting other people to believe as I do. Give me a foul mouthed aetheist over a whinging christian saying “Eberybody’s going to hell” any day. And yes, I am Christian, but who the hell am I to say who’s going where! Keep up the posts Iain.
Heinz-cat – the thing with the “I will pray for you but you’re going to hell anyway” messages is that they’re hardly going to bother someone who doesn’t believe in it. Like me. Why should I be scared of going to a Hell I know doesn’t exist? I whole-heartedly maintain that *anyone* is entitled to believe what they want as long as they don’t try and shove it down my throat.
Ss – Italians use garlic in everything therefore they can’t comment on *anyone’s* food. Nice public transport, apparently, but **** food.
Dale – you’ll go to hell for not trying to convert me 😉 Look what religion gave us – a second term for George W Bush. Now if that doesn’t tell you that organised religion is seriously messed up…