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Originally posted by truthermantwo
a simialr thing happened to me about 10 years ago, i was drinking and we decided to go walk across the highway bridges sidewalk below the bridge, there were some jumpers with a rope line that were pendulum jumping off the bridge. My friend says, do it, youll be a man jokingly. So being the former snowboarding jump maniac i am, asked them they said sure. They had a large beaner and small beaner attached across the walkway. I jumped and was so shaky i couldn't climb back up. When they had pulled me up, they told me the large beaner, the one that could hold a truck had broken mysteriously. The small one held in place. made me believe in God and higher powers even more than i did. Suffice it to say, I drank alot after that moment to calm my nerves.
Originally posted by Agent_USA_Supporter
reply to post by FinalCountdown
I believe those things are identified as Rods.
Originally posted by smashdem
Originally posted by truthermantwo
a simialr thing happened to me about 10 years ago, i was drinking and we decided to go walk across the highway bridges sidewalk below the bridge, there were some jumpers with a rope line that were pendulum jumping off the bridge. My friend says, do it, youll be a man jokingly. So being the former snowboarding jump maniac i am, asked them they said sure. They had a large beaner and small beaner attached across the walkway. I jumped and was so shaky i couldn't climb back up. When they had pulled me up, they told me the large beaner, the one that could hold a truck had broken mysteriously. The small one held in place. made me believe in God and higher powers even more than i did. Suffice it to say, I drank alot after that moment to calm my nerves.
Did it make you believe in higher powers or alcohol?
Really, OP, and the one other guy who went along with it? Stop wasting peoples(including your own, you are people) time.
Originally posted by Human_Alien
reply to post by FinalCountdown
Let me ask you something OP,
Let's assume for sake of argument this was some nefarious entity. Can you finish out that thought and tell me why? Why would they have done this? Why would an entity travel in and out of 3D or traverse millions of light years to single out one specific Human being just to punk him in front of his buddies?
(and please tell me you added Hurricane Sandy Hook at an attempt of some levity!)
I am an atheist but I have seen things with my own eyes that contradict all of my beliefs.
Originally posted by jonnywhite
reply to post by FinalCountdown
This is why I don't pretend I have wings.
God gave me legs so I use them. I don't understand the need some have for danger.
Maybe I'm a wimp. I have a fear of heights.
This guy could easily have died. Imagine if he had hit the ground before falling? It would have knocked him unconscious and he would have fallen without pulling his parachute.
He's got a lot of guts and he's a surgeon. But he has five kids. He should be more careful.
On the other hand, I remember a TNG episode. Picard is dying because of his artificial heart. Q gives Picard a chance to change his past so he can survive. Picard chooses not to get into a fight with a guy because he always regretted it when he was older. The fight caused him to get stabbed in the heart and have it replaced by an artificial one. So anyway, Picard chooses not to fight and he keeps his natural heart. He lives that life to its fullest, but Picard never becomes a captain in that life. When Q finally meets up with Picard, Picard regrets his choice(s) and pleads to be given his previous life. Q grants his wish. The moral of the story is that people who do gutsy things regret it, but it's their ability to do risky things that can lead to great accomplishments. I'm sure it can also end badly.
This is the episode:
www.startrek.com - TNG 241 - Tapestry...edit on 24-12-2012 by jonnywhite because: (no reason given)
Yes I am. Just because I have seen things that defy my own beliefs doesn't mean I've abandonded them. I choose to view the things I've seen with an open mind but it doesnt mean there couldn't be a more rational explanation. I'm not going to elaborate on the things that I've seen I will leave it at that.
Originally posted by intrptr
reply to post by wantsome
I am an atheist but I have seen things with my own eyes that contradict all of my beliefs.
Well then you're not an "atheist".edit on 24-12-2012 by intrptr because: BB code