Poker After Dark - God talk

Bill Chen states that he doesn't believe in god and then asks if anyone at the table actually believes in god. No one answers.

Poker After Dark
Season 5 - Episode 14

Table 3 - Part 2
"Brilliant Minds"

Original Air Date: 11 February 2009
Release Date: 11 February 2009

$20,000 buy-in 6 player Sit-N-Go

The players:

Brandon Adams
Chris Ferguson
Andy Bloch
Bill Chen
Jimmy Warren
David Sklansky

NBC Show Website: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/23011821/
Official Show Website: http://www.pokerafterdark.com

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Poker
• Atheist
• God
• religion
• skeptic
• agnostic

[dfarmer1584]

nice poker faces on the god topic.

I think they're all too smart to believe in sky daddies.

[Zujfsn]

that wasn't funny that is why no one answered him if I was playing pro poker and some guy was being irritating and making unfunny smalltalk I wouldn't respond either

[popote35]

dealer does ... but no one noticed her at the table

[Unbeginner]

@golfer0422

When I tried to translate what you said into semantics, I didn't see the difference between

-being inspired, thinking God is talking to you or guiding you to write stuff somehow

or

-being inspired, thinking that if you only believe in God or at least just feel connection to it you write stuff about it

or even

-writing stuff you know aren't true

from the point of view of credibility in all the things mentioned in the Bible including the very existence of God.

[golfer0422]

@Unbeginner ...something beautiful, encouraging, or what have you. Anyhow, thanks for your response. I just encourage you to better understand the word for inspired here as used in the Bible. It might not change your position, but it will better help you see what the writer(God - another hint) was meaning to communicate.

[golfer0422]

@Unbeginner - I encourage you to do an internet search on that word "inspired." First off, do you know why Christians say that the Bible is "inspired?" Ill give you a hint, there is a Scripture reference. Someone didnt just say one day that the writers were, lets substitiute the word with encouraged, or simply aroused to write these words because of a spiritual feeling from God. If that were it , you would be right(sorta)...anyone could be as you say, inspired, to write something poetic, or...

[golfer0422]

@Unbeginner - Do you know who wrote that Psalm? Do you know his history with God? History books (besides the inspired Bible, the Word of God) would tell you that the person who wrote this Psalm (Ill let you investigate) had quite a relationship with the God of Israel. He didnt know Jesus as you correctly state/assume, per se. Now, I believe Jesus to be God(come to Earth in the flesh) so there would be some areas there where we might disagree (if in fact you believe this Jesus lived)...

[Unbeginner]

@golfer0422

It's really not credible.

How is a book that tells you to believe in God over and over again a good source for telling you that fools say there is no God?

It's still the same book and if it's a reason to believe in God than the people who wrote it couldn't have believed in God themselves.

Even if what's said in the Bible was true, I think not all authors even met Jesus to know about it.

And if they were "inspired" by God, than you and I could be "inspired" too and write stuff.

[Keysteeze]

Yes, David Sklansky supposedly offered to challenge a Christian believer to a SAT math section in half the time. The loser (person who scored less) would have to pay the other a certain amount. This was meant to prove that non-believers are more scientifically brilliant than believers. This challenge was idiotic by him because even if he gets a perfect score, any math professor (Ph.D in mathematics) at a Christian university will score perfect as well.

[TheRevenantStudios]

Hehe, okay so you don't believe in Jesus, God or anything Christian, I know I know, You just post those quotes from the bible for decoration. At least now I know you serve the damning Poker God....

[weefeatures]

'Anyone here believe in God?'

0:56 -Dealer nods-

'Wow, NOBODY!'

Love how much poker players appreciate the existence of dealers xD

[M1ST3RHYDE]

I believe in Jesus; I believe that jerk stole my hubcaps last week when I was in L.A.