Comments on: atheist game show http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:34:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gordon_UK http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-905596 Gordon_UK Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:47:14 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-905596 It sounds like the beginning of a joke: what do you get when you put a Muslim imam, a Greek Orthodox priest, a rabbi, a Buddhist monk and 10 atheists in the same room! Overall I think it's a good idea, think about it the programme will educate Turkey's overwhelmingly Muslim population about other faiths including atheism. Half of the problem I have with religion is the lack on understanding for anything other then their own religion, all this seems to do is bread fear and hate of anyone different. According to the show's slogan, contestants will win "the biggest prize ever... the belief in God". Wow, I could get that for free by banging my head against a wall until I do some damage! G It sounds like the beginning of a joke: what do you get when you put a Muslim imam, a Greek Orthodox priest, a rabbi, a Buddhist monk and 10 atheists in the same room!

Overall I think it’s a good idea, think about it the programme will educate Turkey’s overwhelmingly Muslim population about other faiths including atheism. Half of the problem I have with religion is the lack on understanding for anything other then their own religion, all this seems to do is bread fear and hate of anyone different.

According to the show’s slogan, contestants will win “the biggest prize ever… the belief in God”. Wow, I could get that for free by banging my head against a wall until I do some damage!

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]]> By: Mithras http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-905563 Mithras Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:34:42 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-905563 Hilarious and horrifying, like religion usually is. I wonder if any of the hosts realize how bizzare it is for the major religions-all of which have been slaughtering each other for millenia-to be competing for the atheist's attention, as if each religion is just as valid as the other.The underlying assumtion being, of course, that any religion is better than athiesm, even a false religion! Pick me! I'll go on the show, "convert" to buddhism, retain my athiest unbelief, and me & the buddhist athiest can laugh all the way to wherever it is they'll send me. What are they going to do, torture me to find out if I really converted? Oh wait, these are the world's major, holy religions. Of course they'll torture, they've been practicing on billions of people for thousands of years. Hilarious and horrifying, like religion usually is. I wonder if any of the hosts realize how bizzare it is for the major religions-all of which have been slaughtering each other for millenia-to be competing for the atheist’s attention, as if each religion is just as valid as the other.The underlying assumtion being, of course, that any religion is better than athiesm, even a false religion!

Pick me! I’ll go on the show, “convert” to buddhism, retain my athiest unbelief, and me & the buddhist athiest can laugh all the way to wherever it is they’ll send me. What are they going to do, torture me to find out if I really converted?

Oh wait, these are the world’s major, holy religions. Of course they’ll torture, they’ve been practicing on billions of people for thousands of years.

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]]> By: Mike the Pirate http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-905476 Mike the Pirate Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:17:54 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-905476 Athiests forget they need as much faith as any zealot to say there is no god. Athiests forget they need as much faith as any zealot to say there is no god.

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]]> By: Anjie http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-905350 Anjie Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:20:27 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-905350 Paul I agree that Buddhist do not require a faith in God! Maybe for those who follow the mythical Buddha, but the historical Buddha held no faith in a god. Hopefully we will be able to watch it somehow in the US. I am dying to see how one is converted. Maybe they have some super secret information that no one knows yet! Like a birth certificate from Jesus or some kind of, oh I don't know proof of his existence. Paul I agree that Buddhist do not require a faith in God!

Maybe for those who follow the mythical Buddha, but the historical Buddha held no faith in a god.
Hopefully we will be able to watch it somehow in the US. I am dying to see how one is converted. Maybe they have some super secret information that no one knows yet! Like a birth certificate from Jesus or some kind of, oh I don’t know proof of his existence.

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]]> By: Paul http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-905178 Paul Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:09:19 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-905178 Becoming a buddhist doesn't require renouncing a disbelief in god, many buddhists are atheists. Becoming a buddhist doesn’t require renouncing a disbelief in god, many buddhists are atheists.

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]]> By: daqq http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-857696 daqq Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:10:53 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-857696 @rubikscube: Using old arguments that have been disproved over and over again. Or maybe they'll just do the good old "convert to our religion or burn in eternal hellfire (or other version of the afterlife for naughty people)". @rubikscube:
Using old arguments that have been disproved over and over again. Or maybe they’ll just do the good old “convert to our religion or burn in eternal hellfire (or other version of the afterlife for naughty people)”.

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]]> By: rubikscube http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-857247 rubikscube Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:57:58 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-857247 How exactly would the religious people try to convince the atheists? How exactly would the religious people try to convince the atheists?

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]]> By: turkish citizen http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-854406 turkish citizen Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:44:29 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-854406 it is quite embarrassing for me. pure epic fail it is quite embarrassing for me. pure epic fail

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]]> By: Carl http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-850719 Carl Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:30:35 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-850719 Now why can't we have game shows like this in the USA? I guess mainstream TV in the YooEssAye is hopeless and forever bound to be aiming at the intellectual level of an 8 year old. Sort of like those programs they already have on Univision and Telemundo. Now why can’t we have game shows like this in the USA? I guess mainstream TV in the YooEssAye is hopeless and forever bound to be aiming at the intellectual level of an 8 year old. Sort of like those programs they already have on Univision and Telemundo.

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]]> By: LordShplane http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-850561 LordShplane Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:58:20 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-850561 Needs a Pirate for balancing IMO Needs a Pirate for balancing IMO

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]]> By: Jeremykeys http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-849114 Jeremykeys Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:00:22 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-849114 I just wonder how long you have to stay converted for. I'm a Pastafarian but that's mainly because it's fun. I just wonder how long you have to stay converted for. I’m a Pastafarian but that’s mainly because it’s fun.

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]]> By: Ragu-rock is coming http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-847378 Ragu-rock is coming Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:01:31 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-847378 Wow... just wow. It goes to show at what desperation it takes for people to remain faithful. If you need reaffirming of this nature to keep your faith, then GIVE IT UP. I'm godless and completely content and happy. The average man's need for constant gradification is like hooking up with the most annoying, ugly, desease ridden girl on the planet, and then convincing yourself over and over again that she was the right choice, and that it beats being single. Seriously though, could someone seed this with subtitles? I really want to see it. Wow… just wow.

It goes to show at what desperation it takes for people to remain faithful. If you need reaffirming of this nature to keep your faith, then GIVE IT UP. I’m godless and completely content and happy. The average man’s need for constant gradification is like hooking up with the most annoying, ugly, desease ridden girl on the planet, and then convincing yourself over and over again that she was the right choice, and that it beats being single.

Seriously though, could someone seed this with subtitles? I really want to see it.

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]]> By: Garrick McElroy http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-846988 Garrick McElroy Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:40:55 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-846988 If you pay attention, the biggest prize ever is the chance to convert. It reads, "A Turkish television show is offering contestants what it claims is the “biggest prize ever” — the chance for atheists to convert to one of the world’s major religions." If you read it the right way, it says that it is offereing the contestants the biggest prize ever, which is the chance for atheists to convert. I'd win though. Either way. If you pay attention, the biggest prize ever is the chance to convert. It reads, “A Turkish television show is offering contestants what it claims is the “biggest prize ever” — the chance for atheists to convert to one of the world’s major religions.”
If you read it the right way, it says that it is offereing the contestants the biggest prize ever, which is the chance for atheists to convert. I’d win though. Either way.

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]]> By: Boarg http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-846738 Boarg Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:22:12 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-846738 It's a pity it will be very carefully edited, because I would love to see one of our brethern, cleverly disguised as an atheist, ask that simple question to them all together: which one of you represents the real God and is your God a different god to the others? But they'd never let us have that kind of fun. I love the claim on the original CNN article that a panel of religious experts will vet the contestants to make sure they really are atheists, when any panel used will be to ensure that the contestant understands the rules and signs the contract that demands they convert to get paid. Also, what if a contestant demanded a picture of each god; bit of a dilemna for one popular incarnation I dare say. RAmen It’s a pity it will be very carefully edited, because I would love to see one of our brethern, cleverly disguised as an atheist, ask that simple question to them all together: which one of you represents the real God and is your God a different god to the others? But they’d never let us have that kind of fun. I love the claim on the original CNN article that a panel of religious experts will vet the contestants to make sure they really are atheists, when any panel used will be to ensure that the contestant understands the rules and signs the contract that demands they convert to get paid. Also, what if a contestant demanded a picture of each god; bit of a dilemna for one popular incarnation I dare say.
RAmen

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]]> By: Jaybee http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-846133 Jaybee Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:15:57 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-846133 I wonder if they are picking smart Atheists who actually know about what they believe in... I want them to pick some hardcore Atheists, ones who have read all the biblical documentation and major religious writings. GET RICHARD DAWKINGS ON THERE. I wonder if they are picking smart Atheists who actually know about what they believe in… I want them to pick some hardcore Atheists, ones who have read all the biblical documentation and major religious writings. GET RICHARD DAWKINGS ON THERE.

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]]> By: tris http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-846125 tris Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:02:46 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-846125 "Contestants will be judged by a panel of eight theologians and religious experts prior to going on the show to make sure their lack of faith is genuine." How would they work that out? Are theologians and religious experts supposed to be telepathic or to see into your souls somehow? If I passed the test I wouldnt mind going on a free holiday to a "sacred site" - as long as they didnt slice off my foreskin if I converted to Judaism (I thought you had to be born a Jew. How can you convert to become one of God's chosen people?) (I thought Tibet was under Chinese oppression... maybe if yu went there you'd become a Buddhist martyr pretty quick. And what has Ephesus got to do with Catholicism, apart from the council they had there in the far-off 5th century? “Contestants will be judged by a panel of eight theologians and religious experts prior to going on the show to make sure their lack of faith is genuine.” How would they work that out? Are theologians and religious experts supposed to be telepathic or to see into your souls somehow?
If I passed the test I wouldnt mind going on a free holiday to a “sacred site” – as long as they didnt slice off my foreskin if I converted to Judaism (I thought you had to be born a Jew. How can you convert to become one of God’s chosen people?)
(I thought Tibet was under Chinese oppression… maybe if yu went there you’d become a Buddhist martyr pretty quick.
And what has Ephesus got to do with Catholicism, apart from the council they had there in the far-off 5th century?

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]]> By: Perna de Pau http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-845967 Perna de Pau Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:07:33 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-845967 You got that all wrong. The organisers said that they were sure that no atheists would convert and therefore the risk of actually having to give the prizes away were minimal. If pastafarianism was one of the religions, everybody would convert and their profits would diminish. And by the way it is not a catholic priest but a greek orthodox one. You got that all wrong.

The organisers said that they were sure that no atheists would convert and therefore the risk of actually having to give the prizes away were minimal.

If pastafarianism was one of the religions, everybody would convert and their profits would diminish.

And by the way it is not a catholic priest but a greek orthodox one.

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]]> By: JSMayne http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-845911 JSMayne Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:13:29 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-845911 Does anyone think this "biggest prize ever" is .... Heaven?! RAmen JSMayne Does anyone think this “biggest prize ever” is …. Heaven?!

RAmen

JSMayne

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]]> By: Jamie http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-845620 Jamie Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:37:28 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-845620 How do we know it's not a sham? How do we know that the contestants are really atheists? How do we know it’s not a sham? How do we know that the contestants are really atheists?

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]]> By: theFewtheProudtheMarinara http://www.venganza.org/2009/07/04/atheist-game-show/#comment-845555 theFewtheProudtheMarinara Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:25:44 +0000 http://www.venganza.org/?p=2278#comment-845555 I want to be a contestant! I'd turn it into a bidding war. OK, so the mullah over here has promised me 20 virgins. What the hell? You give 72 virgins to TERRORISTS for Christ's - eh - Allah's sake! How about 50 women who know what the hell they're doing? 40? I'll take it providing they're all hot. Padre - can you top THAT? Harp lessons and singing religious songs I could do down here, so you've got to come up with something better than I've ever heard from the nuns. Rabbi: would I have to eat kosher for eternity? I want to be a contestant! I’d turn it into a bidding war.
OK, so the mullah over here has promised me 20 virgins. What the hell? You give 72 virgins to
TERRORISTS for Christ’s – eh – Allah’s sake! How about 50 women who know what the hell they’re doing? 40? I’ll take it providing they’re all hot. Padre – can you top THAT? Harp lessons and singing religious songs I could do down here, so you’ve got to come up with something better than I’ve ever heard from the nuns. Rabbi: would I have to eat kosher for eternity?

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