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Eurovision Song Contest - Malmö 2013 - Semi Final 2 - »
Starting now...
Not sure that the hostess likening herself to Mother Teresa is a sensible move unless she's referring to a shared dress sense.
She's still in foil.
That was a good opening, though. Spectacular!
Latvia first.
Jedward are obviously big influences in Latvia.
It's quite peppy.
This is atrocious and dated. Why are they trying to be hip-hop?
It's still 1993 in Latvia.
Did that guy have an iPad on his guitar?
Wouldn't surprise me.
San Marino now.
Valentina Monetta is beautiful, but she also has a Celine Dion quality to her.
I can see this going through to the final; not sure how it will do there but the faster second half is helping.
Macedonia next.
And in Romany too, apparently.
Oh my.
Esma?
I'm not sure the blend of song styles and languages works but she's full of fun.
I like the blend. She has a great voice.
Azerbaijan up.
He has a smile that I'd describe as creepily evil.
He looks like Mario Lopez. I was like, "Wait. What?!"
The music fits his looks.
Jury vote will probably work in his favour tonight; I'm not a fan, though.
The stage theatrics are kind of weird. Or...pointless. What's with the guy in the box?
Best not to wonder too hard.
Finland next.
That's a look.
I didn't enjoy Finland leading up to this. The video for this song makes the song even worse than it is.
Apparently, Turkey won't get to see this performance because of the ending.
It's awfully memorable.
She just ripped off Madonna.
Hoping to get the Tatu fans from years past. I kinda enjoyed it.
You're probably in commercial right now? Online, they show us Linda Woodruff being funny in different countries.
BBC doesn't have ads; we've got an interview with Lithuanian guy.
Malta.
Ah. It's funny watching Twitter reactions. Eveyone loves Woodruff, but the UK people seem embarrassed by her.
This guy is a doctor...I guess when he's not singing.
Not really a Eurovision-feeling song. Pleasant enough but nothing to get excited about.
Music reminds me of Violent Femmes but less rock-ish. TMBG?
The second semi's been a lot more upbeat than the first.
Bulgaria now.
Now this is Eurovision-feeling. I like this; just the right mixture of mental elements.
Iceland.
Missed Bulgaria because of food.
Sadly, my screen is still stuck on Malta. :(
Then you're missing the Icelandic Jesus right now.
Iceland participating first time in icelandic since 1997. woohoo!
Good voice but a bit dreary.
It's back. He looks like a Southern prosperity preacher on TV. Actually, the music sounds like praise music, so that doesn't help.
Greece next.
It's SKA!
Indeed it is.
Why does everyone Twitter keep posting "alcohol is free'?
Greece do like their party songs. It's no Opa! though. Alcohol is free is the name of the song.
Israel now.
Ah, okay. Thanks.
Israel rocking that Nana Mouskouri look.
Wife has pointed out that Israel singer's boobs aren't level.
Armenia.
Why does the Armenian guy look like my husband?
Weak Chris Cornell feel to that.
Hungary next.
He almost seems embarrassed to be there. Commentators were saying that this flight to Sweden was his first trip out of the country.
I just read he has a master's degree in Philosophy. #randomfacts
Norway up now.
A lot to like about this.
I wish she wouldn't smile so much while singing this song. It seems out of place. I like it. This is the song that won her the spot.
Yes, I like that. Well done Norway.
Albania.
So far, I'm partial to Norway and Greece. Much better than anything in the Semi 1, save Moldova and Montenegro.
Okay, I'm liking this Albanian song. Early 70s rock feel to it; I can almost hear some Led Zep in this.
Georgia now.
Yawn.
Heard it a thousand times before.
LOL I thought I was the only one: https://twitter.com/musicforanurse/status/335125180458352640
They were a bit unintelligible.
Switzerland now.
Oh, I remember not liking this song from Switzerland.
How old is that double bassist?
Have they wheeled him out of an old people's home for the night? He looks a bit confused.
Oh, this is poor. Vocal range of about three notes between them.
He's 95. The whole group is really unimpressive. I couldn't believe they got picked for the semis.
Romania now.
Er. Nice outfit?
Oh. Kay.
Well, this certainly shows up the lack of vocal range of the Swiss to some effect.
What I said about this song back in March: https://friendfeed.com/faboomama/77f9ad34/cezar-it-my-life-finala-eurovision-2013-youtube
He's talented; I'll give him that. But that's about it.
Yup, not a hope in hell for Romania.
Someone on Twitter called him Dubstep Dracula. X_____________X https://twitter.com/Its_Matt/status/335127454144417792
Favourite three: Albania, Norway, Finland.
Here come the winners of the second semi...
Hungary
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Romania
Norway
Iceland
Armenia
Finland
Malta
Greece
I really don't get how Romania and Iceland got chosen.
It's irritating. The 50% jury vote in the semis is supposed to offset bloc voting but all it's done is weight the balance in favour of bland entries. Romania were last, which helps, and weird, which helps. Iceland wasn't thrilling, but it was okay; I can see how it got through.
My friend posted this in re: Eurovision voting: http://lyricstranslations.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/eurovision-voting-pacts.jpg
Ditto. - »
Eurovision Song Contest - Malmö 2013 - Semi Final 1 - »
Iván Abrego
, jormu
, Hookuh Tinypants
, sofarsoShawn ~presque...
, Maitani
, Anika
, and کلیـستن
liked this.
10 minutes until the first semi final. As usual, I've not checked out the performers in advance; it's far more fun to be surprised and horrified in equal measure as it's performed live on television and the web.
Hostess for the evening apparently wearing a dress fashioned from aluminium foil.
Austria first. Very 1980s look. Song is pretty unmemorable which is some achievement as it's still going.
Birgit from Estonia now and a singer five months pregnant just to be different. Wearing a shower curtain just to be super different. Good to see it not being sung in English. White outfit and wind machine already looks to be the theme of tonight's performances.
Hannah representing Slovenia now. I like the futuristic, quasi-military, quasi-avian uniform she's gone for. Quote from wife: "she's winning the shoe contest." Song's typically European disco. Not sure if I like it or not.
Croatia. Men! Traditional dress! A song that translates as "misery!" Could be awesome.
Not bad. Good harmonies. Pleasant sound, cracking-looking coats.
A favourite to win now with Denmark's Emily de Forest.
Hey! It's a white outfit and the wind machine's blowing!
Oh, it started already? I've been catching the videos on the site, but I'm not dazzled by anyone this year.
First semi tonight; second on Thursday; final on Saturday. I've avoided all the videos this year as I don't think they tend to do the live performances much justice.
Wasn't impressed by Denmark.
Wait. Russia is considered part of Europe?
Dina Garipova for Russia now. As the commentators here just said: she has a certain Kardashianesque look to her but she can't be one as she has talent.
Yes, Russia's in Europe. All the cool countries are.
Pffft. Also, is it just me or does it seem like more of the contestants are singing in English nowadays? Most of the videos I watched the past few months we in English.
I'm not a fan of English songs in Eurovision either but it all started when the post-competition race to make money took over.
WHOA. Is Zlata tiny or what that a giant dude?
Ukraine entrant there being delivered on stage by a giant; he's 8 ft tall. And she's wearing white. No obvious wind machine presence but the fog machine is active.
She has a Celine Dion quality to her. I'm not a fan.
Netherlands next.
Ukraine song was very meh. Dress irritated my missus as it clearly didn't fit properly.
Not a fan of Anouk at all.
It's quite nice for a dirge.
Her set is pretty though. I like the bird lights, there. I also like that's not in a dress. It's so rare to see women in pants during this event.
Yes, not a winner - or even close - but I quite liked it.
Montenegro now.
About as different to the last song as is possible.
Rapping astronauts. Now this is what Eurovision is about.
I still think they need to work on their flow. Their music is good though. It always makes me want to dance. They need to dump the lady though or use her sparingly.
She looks like she's wearing an early prototype of Google Glass.
Loved it. Apparently it's very big in the Balkans too.
Lithuania.
I don't like this guy. I watched his last performance. His music sounds like any 90s era "rock" band. Blah.
One of the more commercial appeal tracks, though. His looks should appeal to a large demographic.
"Because of my shoes, I'm wearing today" is probably one of the worst lyrics I've ever heard.
Absolutely.
Alyona Lanskaya's videos are so horrible. And she's singing that song again.
But it's a giant disco ball! Giant disco balls are so cool.
I'm pretty sure that Belarus will get a phone vote from my dad right now; she has that look he likes. The barely-clothed one.
*snort* I say if you're going to wear a shimmy dress, then you be damn well do a lot of shimmying. Don't just stand in it.
Moldova now.
That's some hairstyle.
Aliona Moon. She's scary looking, but I saw a video of hers and it was pretty okay.
It looks like she's bought a shirt and left the card inlay in it.
Ooh. Nice dress action.
Wow the lightning was cool!
Ireland now.
Topless drummers, good-looking singer but this is average at best.
This guy was born 20 years too late. He would've been a hit in the 80s.
Cyprus up now.
That Australian thing was weird.
Australian thing? Must have been web feed only.
That's a very distracting dress.
Oh. It was a thing about Australian's love of Eurovision. I guess it was supposed to be funny.
Stop trying to peep, Mark!
Can't. Stop. Staring.
Belgium now.
I suppose it doesn't help that she's a gorgeous woman.
I didn't notice her face.
The Belgian backing dancers are just awful. Truly awful. Hilariously bad.
I can't stop laughing at this entry. It's all bad; the dancers the weird faces from Belarossa.
So funny.
I feel he's staring into my soul OVER AND OVER!
Final act for the night: Serbia.
Three seconds into this and I like it already.
I don't even have to ask my wife to know that she loves the shoes on show.
Is it some kind of Cinderella story they're telling?
Well, it was no Montenegro but it wasn't dreadful.
Those are some healthy-looking women.
Her dress really is made of aluminum foil, huh?
It looks like it.
Are you voting? Who are you choosing?
I won't vote but if I did it would be for Montenegro. Croatia and Belarus were thereabouts too.
We also want Belgium to go through because of the dancers. Have to see them again in the final.
What about you? Any faves?
Montenegro because I liked the music the best and Moldova for the stage.
#LightShowz!
Voting results time.
Moldova.
Lithuania.
Ireland.
Estonia.
Belarus.
Denmark.
Russia.
Belgium.
Ukraine.
And finally: Netherlands.
No joy for Montenegro; the 50% jury vote would have ruled them out before this started most likely.
They still haven't annouced it on the web. Meaning there's a 20 second delay online. Maybe I'll try to find it on TV.
All the former Soviet countries qualified; none of the former Yugoslavia ones. Shame.
Someone on Twitter mentioned that saying that Eastern Europe should have their own contest. I still can't believe Belgium ranked, though. Didn't people *see* that?
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"The three astronauts on board the International Space Station are getting a sneak peak of the latest Star Trek film just before people around the world get a chance to see it in theaters themselves."
"Anyone else" and "people around the world" being phrases that mean "Americans". Just got back from watching it; very enjoyable and Benedict Cumberbatch is twice as excellent as you imagine he might be.
FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS.
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Is this like CRIMER?
Same person, yes.
Apostrophe now: Bad grammar and the people who hate it - »
"A new grammar and spelling test arrives in primary schools in England this week. It is the first time in a while that such emphasis has been put on grammar. Some of the questions will seem straightforward for many adults, such as where to place a comma or a colon in a sentence. But other aspects - identifying different types of adverbs or distinguishing between subordinating and co-ordinating connectives - might raise eyebrows."
"So where do you draw the line between pedantry and slovenliness? Mount says the split infinitive is perfectly acceptable. "To boldly go, sounds better than to go boldly," he argues. The word "whom" sounds archaic so there's no need to worry about who and whom, he says. But anything that damages meaning and clarity should be avoided. For instance, the apostrophe should be defended at all costs, he says."
How can you hide from what never goes away? - »
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, rowlikeagirl
, Steven Perez
, babbioncella scherzosa
, and Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
liked this.
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And only £125 for the cheap one! Wow!
Have you heard? The immigrants ruined Britain - »
"You know who mucked up the economy, don’t you? It’s obvious from the laws proposed in the Queen’s Speech. It’s immigrants who don’t have their papers in order, that’s who. It was Somali refugees, popping out from their hostel to the local council to say: “Yesterday, on the way home from the Jobcentre, I whiled away the afternoon by speculating on the American loans market. So this week, as well as my £24 social security, I need a £20bn bailout as I seem to have lost the lot. And a £3m bonus, otherwise I’ll leave the country.”"
"Then there’s the £90bn a year lost through tax avoidance schemes, most of which is down to Polish strawberry-pickers. It’s about £8m a strawberry they’re paid, and then they put it all in special accounts in the Cayman Islands and we don’t get a penny. No wonder Ukip is becoming so popular. And of all those cockle-pickers who brought the banking system to its knees – not one has voluntarily given back their knighthood."
Christian Said:
"Prayer does work. It comforts the christian when he’s clueless. It’s an utterly selfish thing to do; that brilliantly has the excuse of being the opposite. Depending on your view, the answer will be yes or no. Yes, if it comforts you in any way to practice it. No, if you look at the external results.
BTW: My parents gave me my name. I stick with it out of honour to them; not because it fits."
Yeah… me too.
Mortals constantly want to expand their knowledge on the creation of who they are. Since science emergence, scientists are able to investigate the creation of humans, earth, and even the universe. Clearly the earth seems beyond perfect and nothing should be in the way of its existence, never came into consideration to some. Ancient people lead themselves to believe in an imperceptible higher immortal, possibly for some sense of comfort, or even an intellectual reasoning. Finding such an immortal creature was an impossible task. To these ancient people, this invisible immortal being was the explanation of the uncertainty of their environment. The thought of a higher power monitored all their actions provided them exceptional reassurance. That only gave them more of a reason to believe in such a fictional character. A theory that provided reassurance and an explanation for the creation of earth are basic concepts for the planet and humans existence. With death, is when most endured pain and found reassurance in this non-existent being. Creating this immortal being to watch over their everyday life would keep them safe and guard them in their afterlife. Demise is inevitable, and it can be shatter one’s heart, and bring chaos to life. Most individuals are un-comfterable with the topic of death and with an immortal being they are able to find comfort in their death, as well as their loved ones.
This is, more or less, the epitome of every awesome thing that ever existed.
Ever.
This simulation was apparenlt created by an atheist who believes all believers in Christ are idiots and don’t know when they are being made fun of by some lonely person stuck in a basement with no life and no happiness whose only goal is to try and make everyone else feel bad just as they do.
Or it was made by a person that wanted to highlight the stupidity of fundamentalists’ arguments.
Basement?
Oh, what I’d give for a nice basement. Or even just a cellar; you know, somewhere to store the wine or humourless Christians etc.
christains are not humourless i do in fact think its funny you would lie to stick a person in a basement and still feel you are phycologally superior
Beth:
Christians, not christains.
I, not i.
It’s, not its.
Pharmaceutically, psychotropically, or possibly pie-logically, not phycologally.
Superior? Intellectually-speaking, without a shadow of a doubt.
lol u can look those words up on the internet and spelling proves nothing, some studies show that atheists actually do score higher than christians anyway lol.
@Beth: pwnt, biatch.
That was funny
You’re a loser
Is this supposed to be funny or serious?
If you have to ask then you’ve failed at life already. Please try again.
Oh and "Curt and Randy" hahahaha. Sorry. Just seen your "website" and rightwing republican redneck "best friends" with that piece of crap referring to anything here or elsewhere on the web as losery is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long time. Actually, 1234 if you’re after funny then you should go there.
All things work for good for those who love the lord
Romans 8:28
p.s. that "Do you Christians not pray for a cure to cancer" all of the awnsers are wrong. try to find a good response to that bible verse
if anyone does catch me at ‘thwaitsy@gmail.com’
this is to francis scudellari
tell me whats fun about athiesm?
we christians have salvation
jesus is going to come and take the people that stayed faithfull to him.
tell me, how is christianity not fun? answer that question
jesus died for you so live for him
It’s not about fun.
tell me why are there two different genealogies for Jesus
did he forget who his ancestors were.
I had a go of your little challenge and firstly would like to point out that you have represented the majority of Christians well. This is sad to say as I am a Christian who believes the masses of Christianity do not understand the basic answers to questions such as why does God not heal people of Cancer. So if most Christians don’t even know, how can we expect atheists who are assessing what we believe to know either. But let me shed a little light on the matter.
Firstly I would like to point out that Jesus never said that he was going to abolish all pain and suffering while he was on earth. No instead he too died and suffered so how can we expect anything different. But he did perform miracles while he was alive to show that he does hold the power of sickness and death. So today we live in a time after Christ which theologically could be described as the ‘now but not yet’. The ‘now’ is the fact that Jesus came into this world bring with him the kingdom of God, and all who put their trust in Him will enter into that kingdom, but while we live we are still subject to the functions of this world, we will get sick and we will die. The not yet though is our hope that one day Jesus will return and then the systems of this would will no longer apply and we will be free from sickness and death.
So I concluded by saying the Bible clearly shows that all people will become sick and die and to think other wise is only superstitious but where you say God is cruel because he could stop this I say He is loving because I can see the eternal picture that in time I will be restored and will not be plagued but sickness and death in the time to come.
Would you say that If you were in Canaan when the Israelite s were murdering them for their land ( The promised Land ) that was occupied by people ( all mighty god ) couldn’t create a new land for his people. they had to steal and lie to the Egyptians and invade Canaan. and murder countless people in the way there that had nothing to do with Canaan ( Jericho ) a walled city was destroyed for what reason??????
i like it when people fight over me, makes me feel special.
There has been plenty of blood spilled in your name.
I have a question for all the athiest!? If you do not belive in god and want nothing to do with him why do you spend so much time argueing with christians about his existence?
For the same reason you guys keep preaching and knocking on peoples doors and such. we have a message that has to be preached to all the corners of the earth.
most atheist are former Christians and are not, Ignoramus like you may think.
To enlighten. To educate. To teach. To better.
I’m afraid you can’t use the "well, if you don’t believe in it why do you spend so much time talking about it to those of us morons who do?" argument unless you can first demonstrate that the religion you follow springs up naturally and without any outside interference in each and every follower. You’re not born a believer in any of the hundreds of different and conflicting religions and your particular flavour didn’t suddenly spread without somebody somewhere talking about it to somebody else who didn’t believe it. Children do not believe in any particular space fairy until they’re told about them. Why don’t we make a deal? Atheists won’t talk about idiotic beliefs in religion to the religious so long as the religious don’t ever speak about their religion to anyone else not already a believer too, extending to – especially – offspring. Can’t say fairer than that!
Actually, i hate to break it to many of you. Atheism is in fact a religion. It’s a set of beliefs and corresponding behavior that shapes your interaction with divine things. What is in so many ways, an obvious truth (the reality of God), you simply choose to ignore.
The assumption that something that cant be proven with human made science kit doesn’t exist…now that’s pretty daft. Very few of the world’s greatest truths cant be proven in a lab. I find it almost funny that many atheists openly admit to Jesus being (at least) one of the greatest men in history…yet simultaneously consider him to have been completely delusional!
It’s also (almost) amusing how atheists also somehow consider themselves as somehow more ‘intellectually gifted’ than the average joe. Ha!
NOT believing is not a religion…. no matter how YOU may want to put it. there is no church that we go to there is no entity that we serve in any way, there are no 10% of our money going anywhere, there is no long lost library of books ( Bible ) there are no kids being raped by our priest.
look up Religion in the dictionary.
a belief is not a religion ( kids believe in the Easter Bunny ) Santa clause. etc Kid are religious the church of the eater bunny
those are false arguments. Santa Claus and eastern bunny are insults to Jesus and have no biblical support. Easter is easter starting from ancient Israel and no christmas should be celebrated because Jesus told us only to keep the Supper and to remember his death. Society gives us a valid reason to be a Christian who restores the biblical truth, removing false doctrines of the pagan holidays, not becoming Atheist because of the false doctrines
when you use false arguments it means atheism is also false.
Max: thanks for popping by and adding some religious gibberish; I was just thinking that this page didn’t quite have enough religious gibberish. Let’s address a few points:
Atheism is a religion? No it’s not. A lack of a set of beliefs is not a set of beliefs. I know I’m on shaky ground trying to interject logic to a religious nutjob and wasting my time but let’s try this example: my cat is a cat and I am not a cat. Because I am not a cat I am not a cat. You might argue that being not a cat makes me some sort of cat – the not a cat sort of cat – but in actuality I still remain not a cat at all. Same thing with atheism. It’s not a belief; it’s not a religion. Although you may want protection for your delusions from those who can argue so well against your insanity by trying to include them as somehow equal but inferior to you, the fact is that you’re an imbecile. Okay? Cool.
The phrase "obvious truth" is a wonderful argument and I’ll make sure to use it myself when I’ve nothing to support my statements. Your DNA discovered at the scene of a crime? Don’t worry! Sorry officer, but the obvious truth is that someone else did it. What camera that recorded everything? Well, the obvious truth is that someone tinkered with it. My confession a few minutes ago? The obvious truth is that I was possessed by fairies. Fairies don’t exist? The obvious truth is that they do. And so on. Wonderful. Remind me not to debate you. Without a hammer.
Many atheists openly admit to Jesus being one of the greatest men in history? Really? Can you name, ooh, let’s say, a handful of these many atheists? Since I’m not aware of any and learning things is something I like. I know that’s asking for evidence to back up your claim and I know you’re not big on that but, perhaps, after all we’ve been through…? Personally, I think the idea of Jesus was admirable, if misguided and no longer relevant; as to his existence though… I’ll take a historical record in lieu of his body as supporting evidence (eek! Sorry about the ‘e’ word again) and, sadly, there’s none. Historians (and there were a great many) mention Pilate and the census that took place and various other things that apparently occurred at the time but, strangely (or not really, if you think about it (thinking huh? What a novelty!)) the miracle man who heals the sick and lame gets overlooked? How very odd! I’m just sure you know why that was though. Let me guess? Two shooters on a grassy knoll in Area 51 called Elvis dressed in black and erased the records. It’s an, er, obvious truth of course. What other possible explanation could there be?
I’ll let you get back to colouring in now.
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wow, this is truely a stupid little "game"
you claim to have knowledge, reason, and thought…and yet you belittle innocent people and like to shove YOUR beliefs down their throats. just like the people you’ve come to hate.
hahah, i bet you like to bring up shit like the crusades, too. yeah, blaming people today for something that happened hundreds of years ago that doesn’t even have to do with the people you’re arguing. so they were christians? yeah, well stalin was an atheist, and look at all the religious people he killed. but let me guess, thats’ different, right? cos he had a good reason? yeah, i bet you’re "logic" would tell you that.
hahaah, i laugh at you, you’ve become so much like the people you’ve come to hate! i bet you find it nice and comforting to stay in your little circle of "thought", i bet that the fear and uncertainty inside you compells you to stick to your paradigm and act like a complete dick to people you don’t know…but it seems that you like to take the good ole’ fashion "anonymous" route. yes, it is MUCH safer to be behind a computer screen, isn’t it? i mean, at least then you can just refuse to pay attention to any arguments that could trump yours. awwww, so callow. it seems that you can’t grasp the concept of the BELEIF in atheism. since, oh, i dunno…SCIENCE DOESN’T MEAN THERE ISN’T A GOD. but hey, it must be nice to stick to a a very black and white, materialistic and frigid paradigm. as for christianity…well, you MUST feel some sort of threat if you have to go about attacking christians on the internet. oh yeah, and all those blanket statements and generalizations are really something! i mean, they MUST be true, right? christians aren’t people, are they? no, they gotta be like…like, ohhh, rats! hmmmm, ring a bell? i can think of a couple of dictators that sat right on top of their high horse, polluting the air around them with their arrogance, planning out atrocities for a "good cause"
nice. way to contradict yourself.
-darien.
We are being blame for ADAM’S sin I guess that’s OK because it helps your cause, I guess you have no scripture knowledge, cause all you use is profanity and insults, very christian of you, I’ve posted 5 to 6 post so far without insulting anyone. or calling any one a D^ck. Lets make a deal you pray to your god to bring Fire from heaven and kill all the atheist & I’ll pray to mine to stop yours from doing it. Lets see who wins……
I guarantee MY GOD IS GREATER……
i think there needs to be more answer alternatives. atheist fuckwits.
this christian vs atheist game, has nothing whatsoever what it will be like if you faced a true atheist, it has some key facts but the answers which you are given is really irrational and make no sense to what you could really say, this is terrible ways to practice, if you want to really practice on bringing an atheist to christ, for one, dont talk to them about christ that will just draw a person away, going by your actions is what will make people wonder and really bring someone to the lord, and christianity is not religious james 1-26 says for any man who is religious but does not have a tight reign on his tongue is vain, so therefore, god is against religion for it is man made. And another thing, those who dont believe in christ, look around you, this year of 2010, theres been more earthquakes ever in history, 90 million miles out of the earth, there is a huge asteroid that looks like the star of david and is shaped like a cross, which is headed this way according to astrologers, theres more wars, more disesase, more famines, more weather changes, global warming is coming to place, its all signs, whether you believe or not is your choice, but i tell you this, if it is to be true, i have everything to gain, if it’s not, i had nothing to lose in the first place, because death i will no nothing, but i know better than to think that we will rot in the ground afterwards, we didnt come from monkeys or just some sort of BANG, if it was a big bang, god did it because its the only way possible, i do respect science, but they go by guesses and chance, so i dis-agree with what many say on the bible, unless you read the bible yourself, you will never know the truth. and the real truth comes from god, those who dont believe, you want to see god or better yet hear him, why should he come to those who hate him? although he’s right next to you, but you refuse him, and spit in his face, but yet he still loves you unconditionally.
There has always been the fear of the LAST DAYS look up on google earthquakes, there has been far worst earthquakes in the past, & storms, and war and rumors of war. read Apocalypse for you self. The time is at hand, Christ told the disciples they wouldn’t even have time to preach to all of Jerusalem, so please stop preaching what you don’t know about read it most of the doctrines and lies though in the churches are man made
Mark: you of so little faith the bible even states of people just as you, you are the perfect example of the end of age, man will be more selfless and into themselves then god, you want proof, look around you, everything happening is signs of the bible, every sunday and some random weekday we now have major earthquakes in non-godly areas, the bible clearly states in matthew 24: 4-14 states the end of age, you can say its always happened throughout history but i tell you this, never in history of this year has there ever been so much destruction and havoc then ever before, many anti-christ have taken reign, many more diseases, many more wars, but yet, you are so foolish to blame the most high god, he tells us all to prepare for death, the lord never said he was going to take away all suffering, the times of destruction go back to adam and eve, god gave them the choice to do good or do wrong, just as we are today, if god knew you were evil, he would never create you for god can not be near those who are evil, and even those who are good, without the son within you and the holy spirit you can not enter the gates of the kingdon of heaven just because you are "good" you deny christ, and another thing, god never made evil, satan did, when satan was cast out of heaven only then did the beginning of evil begin. We are now at the times of soddom and gommorah and the days of noah, you of the many i pray for. Instead of using Logic Mark, pay attention to this world of which you are so blindly living in, everything that you see is taking place within the bible, god’s words are my proof he exist, and no matter what you do, you will never be able to backfire the words of god, for you know nothing of him and until you do, from dust you were created and dust you shall return. UNLESS you repent for your wrongs and give your life to the lord Jesus Christ, until you stop being so blind of the world, you are flesh and nothing more. Who are you to ask god for proof? why should god listen to those who refuse him and deny him and belittle him? God has every right to punish those who are against him, there are no half and halfs you are for him or you are against him, god does is a merciful god, but as he watches over you now, he only can continue to stand besides you and knock on your hollow head to let him in your heart. God is a loving god, for he has not yet given up on you nor will he ever, but you are the one who give up on him.
ADAM & EVE were innocent like children how do you expect for them to know what was right or wrong before sin entered the world. contradiction. Eve ate first but her eyes were not open until she got Adam to eat to then they notice they were naked. come on people open your eyes. If she ate first she would have knowledge before Adam and would have covered her self before him….. common sense would tell you….
think about it the first creation was LIGHT and he separated the light from the darkness. night and day….. What happened to that light, gods first creation on the fourth day when he created the sun moon and stars…
god is real
god is real
God can not exist, because something would have to had come from nothing. If God can come from nothing, anything can come from nothing. God is unnecessary, and your god was invented by humans with no understanding of the world around them, simply as a device to trick the stupid ones into giving the smart ones a share of their crops, so their sky wizard would let their crops grow. Religions have existed since the dawn of man, and it’s just the result of a vestigial Darwinian drive not to kill yourself as soon as you understand that it all counts for nothing and you just rot in the ground.
This is rather silly; the simulation ignores a slew of reasonable rebuttals to the questions. This is more an indicator of the poster’s lack of study in Christian philosophy than a succinct argument simulation. I like the idea of an argument simulator, but it needs work. It’s interesting how the only stalemate condition is about personal belief. The poster might enjoy trying to rebut Aquinas.
Give me a shout on youtube if you want to debate any of this.
The game was mediocre, I find the comments section the most fun filled place!
Creationists making themselves look like buffoons is quite fun.
Picard *facepalm*
explain big bang thts nothin outta somthin vice versa huh dumb muthamutha
You should include this option in your answers dropdown menu.”There were/are cases of cured cancer after prayer meetings.”
Old people that claim to be cured by God after prayer, sometimes confess that this it was their reason to repent.
Cancer as a disease is caused by the pollution/bad food/synthetic hormones/etc. Try living on a virgin world with no technology, no car exhaustion, no mobile antenas, and you’ll get no cancer….
being Christian is about belief in Jesus who died because of our sins, inherited from Adam, the perfect man who fell into sin. Belief in His resurrection, and belief that through Jesus we will be resurrected in the future of mankind, after His second coming. That is Christian faith. If you speak only of God and prayer you might as well say “Islam versus atheists”. Don’t forget that.
Christian faith is about Jesus the Son + God the Father + the Holy Spirit (one component of both). Also belief in the evolution theory means removing Adam as first man, and removing Jesus who is a descendant of David, descendant of Adam. One true Christian cannot accept evolutionism.
So, don’t remove Jesus from the equation when questioning Christians, you might end up bullying them to fulfill the prophecy and to actually strengthen their belief by bullying them – “All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.” Mark 13:13 NIV
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Some clerics say that ghosts are actually daemons trying to convince people that the dead are spirits.
the Bible clearly says that all men return in the ground after death (not Heaven or Hell). I repeat, RETURN in the ground. The dead cannot feel, speak or feel emotions, they are DEAD. There is no soul floating outside the body, we cannot communicate with the dead etc. Heaven or hell accessible immediately after death are lies of the catholic and orthodox churches.