God's Olympic Gold

[gagnashdiak]

I wait for 2 things related to this:

1) Some other-than-christian guy come up and say something, like "Thx Belzebub to wash down those other idiots, sending flys to keep them up" or something equally hilarious instead of the usual thing

2) Take away the medal and disqualify the participian, because Olympic Games is about human effort, not about bloody miracles!

[Supallcomm]

Alright then, so let's say both teams of a 2-team game start praying as hard as they can. Aside from the very uncommon occurence of tie games, one of them has got to win over the other. Does this mean God liked one team better than the other? Did one team pray harder?

Funny how the losers rationalize it by thinking, "Oh, I guess it just wasn't our day." Bullshit it wasn't! You prayed hard and God let you down! The Almighty didn't love you as much as the other team! How do you deal with this?!

[PluralOfEverything]

They just make up something about faith or maybe satan. christians are great at being in denial.

[skajoe]

This was great. You have a new subscriber.

[Theoriginal8ball]

Athletes place a lot of trust in god to help them win,but what's in it for god.Perhaps he bets on the outcome.If he's omniscient then he knows the out come and bets on the favourite for a guarenteed low odds return.If he's omnipotent he can force the outcome and bet on the outsiders and win everytime.But since the favourite usually wins then god is not omnipotent or simply does not exist, QED, and disappears in a puff of logic;to steal a quote or two.

[logicman121]

A very interesting point! This applies to people taking tests or examinations too. If prayer really work they would have to ban it or have christians (assuming its the real religion) pass with flying colors.

[ThoughtConvicts]

This is one of your best videos yet. The sad thing is, the people you are talking about either won't see this or will not comment as they have been flummoxed by the logic you present to them. Logic seems to be an alien concept to monotheists.

[GerardBlaize]

sorry, only at 00:57 in your video right now, just got home from hols, trying to get up to date with all my forums and what not so my connections kinda slow. anyway i think i get the bones of what your trying to say about praying. its seems to make people feel in control when they really have no control over the situation. or maybe i took this video too seriously or maybe theres a twist in the last two minutes i've yet to see...

great 57 seconds kal!! :D

[QualiaSoup]

Lol! I'm in with a chance on the duvet heats then - I've got it down to just under 8 hours, so by 2012...

[bonnienettles]

LOL dirty cheating theists, they should ban prayer from the olympics and give em lie detector tests to make em prove it.

[hairyreasoner]

A new twist on the old "Doping" I guess.

China--51 golds, I think. How did the little atheists do it?

[Darwinsgift]

It's probably no coincidence how we both had the same thought here when watching the Olimpics.

[spookysaurus]

So THAT's why the first-, second- and third-place medal rostrums were so wide! (Did anyone else notice this?) They had to leave enough room for God to stand next to the winners...

[DblOSmith]

That kills me when people thank God for their academy award and shit... Irritates me.  Was god next to you helping you practice your lines?

Idiotic.

[Paxmax]

How do one test for "God doping"?

...or is it duping?

[Paxmax]

-"ok, you went to confession before the race.. ok.. AHA! so you did not carry the weight of SIN during this race did you?!? Then we'll add 1/10 sec to your time!!

All others in the race are total heathens, so you live with your punishment!"

[randompalindrome]

Athletes do that sort of stuff, it's all psychological. I doubt they actually think that god is going to help them.

[XLIIx42]

Perhaps they're just praying to their angry, blood thirsty, vengeful gods not to hurt them: "Please God, don't kill my firstborn and don't drop thousands of frogs on my lane. Amen."

[CWScreepingcharlie]

I want Extreme Ironing in the next Olympics. Look it up.

[otissimo9]

'I want Extreme Ironing in the next Olympics. Look it up.'

I looked it up, laughed, and totally agree with you.

[elldazzy]

May as well be saying "thank you God for making my opponents loose" gotta have some sort of ego trip to believe god cheered you on in the Olympics over the more naturally capable candidates for victory.

[phlarmf]

Absolutely,

"Please God, don't listen to the prayers being made next to me, Amen."

[andytoz]

It's totally absurd. If god existed, I'd be very disturbed at the idea that he would intervene in a sporting event to help someone win. This is the point Kathy Griffin was making when she said 'suck it jesus, this award is my god now.' It's completely moronic to think that god gives a flying shit about who wins a running race or an award ceremony. If he did, the winners would all belong to the right religion wouldn't they? If the Christian god is the true god, all the medals should be theirs

[kalsolarUK]

well put - could'nt agree more!

[AbbeyNormal]

One word: Placebo.

Yeah, it wasn't the work and training that got you all those gold medals, it was just that God liked you best! That seems sort of uplifting and depressing at the same time.

You remind me of Eddie Izzard in your comedic style, not in your fashion sense obviously. In other words, you're funny but you don't wear lipstick :D

[kalsolarUK]

lol, incidentally - I have no fashion sense...u may have noticed.

[CadicusTheDamned]

The god cheat is why those atheistic Chinese athletes didn't win any gold medals.

[davidfitzy1306]

There's a really odd prayer some of them do which starts with the catholic cross but ends up with pointing at the sky and looking sternly along the line of their finger, looks to me like a command or even a threat.

It's bizarre this. people thank god that their surgery went ok, never mind the surgeon's skill and training. Thank god the plane arrived safely never mind the pilot, thank god the space shuttle didn't fall to bits etc etc.

[OccamKant]

Great. Now not only do we need to test for doping, but we need to test for divine intervention.

What are the telltales for that anyway?

[otakujhp]

LOL @ PhiIIiesPhan

Well played.

[PhiIIiesPhan]

I think that the gold medal winners are praying to the FSM. 'Cause that shit works.

[notsodeadlydave]

lol. gives a whole new meaning to the stupidity of the human race :)

[pornoopel]

good points about the athletes praying! :)

[MysteriousMaskMan]

Just when they thought that could catch all cheaters with the dope test, the god-praying cheaters arrived !

;^))))

[kalsolarUK]

yep, next time I think they should be frisked for prayer books and crucifixes too. lol.

[Mahoivlich]

Usually the person that wins the race is the person who took the most steroids....

[DeletedDelusion]

So they pray to net get caught?

[CadicusTheDamned]

Exactly.

"Dear God, please let my test results come out negative."

[lamnaa]

We should have random God tests in sport to make sure it is fair.

[kalsolarUK]

lol, you think he would pass the dope test?

[saxmanchiro]

You're mistaken. I thought it was hilarious, Kal.

I thought the same thing when I watched, especially when the US woman won the 100m hurdles. You could see her mouth some praise to the sky-daddy after her race. I thought the very same thing. Credit is due the athlete, that's all and maybe the folks behind them like parents and coaches.

[kalsolarUK]

Yes it is strange. I think perhaps mostly due to upbringing people have this pre-programmed response mechanism to thank god for virually everything in life they achieve. Strange. The mind boggles.

[CrucieFiction]

"Crazy" ...that it certainly is!

[CousinoMacul]

Does a pr0n star pray for magic pixie dust on his third leg?

[kalsolarUK]

Pron star? Is that a dyslexic porn star? lol. Maybe a prayer for a bottle of little blue pills might be more use.

[CousinoMacul]

Not Pron, Pr0n! (with the numeral 0 -- look it up on Wikipedia) ;-P

[kalsolarUK]

once again I feel so damn un-educated. I really must get with the times. lol.

[SuperiorSavior]

Well, if you pray to the wrong god you get a problem, it's a gamble. We all know the real gods are up on mount olympus :p Well people think they are God XD

[lazymornings]

I thank god,there is no god,my god,geezz!

You make a good point,people don't bother their ass til they want something,amen.

[niceonetom]

Ja must be big into the the olympics. the jamaicans did well. apparently none of the hindu deities give a shit though - i mean the are a billion indians but can you name an indian athelete?

[krayzewolf]

"Magic pixy dust on your legs."

HA! HA!