hahaha thats fucked but deicide is sick hahahah

Good for him! Thanks for posting this Adam!

I still find it funny how credulous BMXers can be, most of the kids I ride with believe in this silly stuff, a good number of them take this [very] seriously, thanking god when they land a trick and praying harder when they don’t. Come on it’s 2009, and there are now mountains of evidence suggesting that there more than likely isn’t a god, and that the odds of god vs no god aren’t even 50/50, anyone with even the most basic of scientific knowledge has all the information necessary to, beyond a shadow of a doubt, deny — at the very least — the validity of any religion practiced on this planet. I’m not saying that the existence of a deity or non-intervening spiritual presence (but really what does it matter if it does exist but doesn’t interact/intervene?). What I am saying is that if you give me a dogma, a religion with text, from page 1 to page final nearly every claim can be refuted by either simple science, mathematics, history, logic, etc.

true :)

Vic Murphy is the raddest man alive
and there’s so much evidence against life from a big bang and billions of years of chance and mutations that it isnt even funny that there are still people like the one above that think they got everything figured out.
do the research on both sides kids, make your own decisions

Don’t you hate it when religious people push their beliefs on you? Yeah? It goes both ways buddy.

damn religion is just about the silliest thing mans come up with yet. vic’s the man as far a bmx goes, but i feel sorry that he’s been duped into wasting his time with that breeder of intolerance, ignorance, and misplaced good will.

i did my reacherch, and came to the conclusion that religion for lack of a beter term is mind control. And you clearly do not understand evolution

but vic murphy is sick bext table tops of life….with no help from god

Thats what happens when you stop drinking.

MR BOOMBASTIK SAYS THIS IS NOT SUPER FANTASTIC i dont believe in god only in LA LALA LALA LALA LALA LA LA LALA LA

I hate when others push religion down my throat. Like Yesterday when everyone praised god and Jesus for America, then the pastor made everyone bow their head and pray. While Obama, who I support swore on a bible. Our founding fathers were against this very thing, they believed in the rights of those who wanted to practice whatever they choose to. Majority of America’s founding fathers were agnostic at the very least and it is a 20th century and now 21st century ritual to take the oath while swearing on the bible. John Adams didn’t use a bible during his inauguration, he swore on the constitution and the book of law. Abraham Lincoln didn’t belong to any church his whole life he also believed that no one person new the will of God. While it seems that all the politicians these days know exactly what God wants and what God hates. Jefferson, and Franklin were Atheists, and I feel if that was good enough for those “idiots” then it’s probably good enough for me.

i dont believe in god, but there is such evidence that something huge is uniting the universe (i.e. dark matter makes up most of what we cant see). when it comes down to it though, i doubt the hundreds of people that made up the bible knew anything about that, plus preachers are annoying and i def dont like being told what to believe in. listen to what dawkinmockin said tho, do research on both sides

JUST LOOK AT THAT TABES. who cares about anything else with a picture like that up there.

Amen!

how was that pushing religion down your throat or making you do anything? haha
you just witnessed some religious activity, nobody forced you to do anything.
i see atheist stuff everyday, i just sit through it and move on with my life
and do we really need to get into name dropping? there’s plenty of intelligent and successful people in history that were for the bible, just as there were people against the bible/god.
oh yeah, and what about the bible’s laws? 10 commandments anyone?

wasting time huh, well i think you should probably spend some time with him before saying such silly things
intolerance ignorance and misplaced good will are problems that come from people, including atheists, people = no good, God = good

It is not a 50/50 chance? Really? Pretty sure I can come up with a conception of a god that could not be verified empirically. In which case, such a conception of god is actually the case, or it is not. Atheists are just as ignorant as the theists. AGNOSTIC FOR LIFE MUTHA FUCKA.

If you believe anything Dawkins says you are the same as someone who believes the Bible, the Koran, etc. Figure the shit out for yourself and keep it to yourself, if you feel the need to convince people one way or the other, or you honestly think that the way the “opposing” side believes is wrong, that speaks to your own insecurities and uncertainty about the issue. I see atheists reaching out for acceptance amongst their peers just as much as bible bumpers, it honestly looks like either you are afraid you are wrong or you are a follower that needs to be told what to think.

hey dawkinmockin you know mary was a whore right? Virgin birth lol Bitch fucked around on her husband and the dumbass bought the story. Jesus was the son of a slut and not just a slut a lying slut.

A few hundred years ago most scientists agreed the earth was flat, bloodletting cured disease and it was conceivable to turn lead in to gold. If you want to look at it historically and logistically, science is almost always wrong. Putting your utter faith in it is about on par with putting your faith in some religious text, or a randomly generated number sequence.

Your comment shows your lack of scientific understanding of even the most basic of theories, especially Evolution. Chance has nothing to do with it, the single guiding factor is preservation of genetic material, so in its long arduous process of self-replication, the genetic (DNA) is forced to make very minor mutations in order to persevere. These mutations arise out of changes in climate, predation, food source, chemical and gas levels in the environment, and also a species migration (why do you think we have different skin colors?) to name a few. What then happens over a very extended period of time (although for species such flies and mosquitoes, who go through many generations a year that period is greatly diminished) is that the number of mutations is so many, that the “mutant” can no longer interbreed with the original; at this point the mutant is considered a new species. For examples of micro-evolution look at your pets, for examples of macro-evolution look at differences between types of mammals. (This seems like a good time to mention that (99% of all species that have ever lived are extinct…now that’s the true sign of a loving god!)
Great, moving right along…as for doing the research for one’s own self is highly advised, and I certainly advocate the use of critical thinking, hence my non-theism. What I suggest is that after every sermon, or even evocation of religion, you go check what the preacher says: Great Flood? NOPE! 6 day creation? NOT EVEN CLOSE!! The Universe is only 6000 yrs old? TRY MORE THAN 13 BILLION! God answers prayers? NOPE (chances of having prayer answered are infinitesimally small [those who argue from personal experience are more than likely suffering from confirmation bias] , and when medical conditions are concerned those prayed for actually did worse!?! http://www.gocreate.com/workouts/wx079.htm) Funny thing, but there are these people who actually study the natural world using a self-correcting system of analysis, who are DOING the research, I think they’re called scientist…yeah, but they tend to agree that there is no god…well that or they think it’s such a silly claim that discussing the “presence of god” isn’t even worth their time (http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/sci_relig.htm).

“With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.”
-Steven Weinberg
ex: Spanish Inquisition, Salem Witch Trials, The Crusades, Nazism, etc

You shoulda posted “This is Hell were In” instead. This song sucks!!

i actually agree with you on everything you’ve said.

I would disagree, I do not feel that religion was forced down my throat, namely because Obama made certain to include non-believers in his list of faiths. Of the 10 commandments, how many do we still use? Don’t steal and don’t murder which can simply be condensed into the Atheist’s one commandment: “Don’t be an asshole!” (http://godisimaginary.com/comics/?p=121) or we could go with Dawkins’ big 10 which I think is much better, and certainly more useful:
1. Do not do to others what you would not want them to do to you
2. In all things, strive to cause no harm
3. Treat your fellow human beings, your fellow living things, and the world in general with love, honesty, faithfulness and respect.
4. Do not overlook evil or shrink from administering justice, but always be ready to forgive wrongdoing freely admitted and honestly regretted.
5. Live life with a sense of joy and wonder
6. Always seek to be learning something new
7. Test all things; always check your ideas against the facts, and be ready to discard even a cherished belief if it does not conform to them.
8. Never seek to censor or cut yourself off from dissent; always respect the right of others to disagree with you.
9. Form independent opinions on the basis of your own reason and experience; do not allow yourself to be led blindly by others.
10. Question everything

I would personally add one about enjoy one’s sex life as they see fit so long as it doesn’t infringe on anyone else’s freedoms

*proceeds to slowly clap*

like i said
people=nogood
God=good

good people doing evil things… makes them evil people, and not good people. thats not religion, thats people being evil

Well. He does have good tables, we can all agree on that.

as if a lot of those arent teachings in the bible?
and i didnt know dawkin came up with the golden rule! just messin with you.

i’ll agree, those are some pretty good things to live by. But so is living by the commandments and teachings of Jesus that were given ages ago.

Science is self correcting, which is why ideas like the flat earth (may theist still believe this by the way), blood letting (which has been replaced by prayer and alternative medicines in credulous circles), and lead to gold (we can now go from anything carbon based to diamond) have been discarded. As science improves, so does our ability to know, and a major part of this has to do with discarding of religion, which tends to hold on to untruths for as long as feasibly possible. @ JOSHW: Right it isn’t 50/50 because the statements of a deity with a religious text are verifiable, if they are not (e.g. Russel’s Teapot, Flying Spaghetti Monster) then really what difference does it make, and is it worth our time discussing a non-interacting life force? Ask me if Yahweh is real, I would start with pg one of the Old Testament and with every inaccuracy, fallacy, and contradiction the probability of that deity diminishes (especially when the text is declared inerrant). Now I don’t disagree with your theological position, I was an agnostic for a very long time but the more research I did in the fields of natural science and social science, I determined that there was enough evidence to commit myself to total non-theism, and really non-spiritual-anything. If something cannot be confirmed or denied, it has no validity and may as well be non-existent.

They, as are all teachings in the bible, from a time before the bible. Nearly every fable and character in the bible comes from previous mythology.

The Golden rule is not one of theology, but rather one of evolution. Its called reciprocity, and is seen to varying degrees in all social animals on the planet. As is the concept of hierarchy, which is why virtually all societies and institutions are based on that premise, and why your dog listens to you as opposed to biting your arms off (which would be very unfortunate and would greatly complicate riding! ha)

No arguments there!

Vic Murphy > Adam22

lets say that you are right, because you were there at the time so you obviously know, how does that make Jesus’s teachings and miracles less great?

i have a sense of humor, but that was completely unoriginal, kinda like dane cook

I dont know who to say this to, so i will just say it to everyone. You should have an open mind about everything and not just shut it down. Most I have learned are not atheists by choice but because they are following others and what they believe, to fit in. However to not do this forcing of what you call religion. Religion is just the title of what someone believes not how they believe it. I believe in God, I do not believe in christianity though. It has come to something many hate over the years, but only because there isn’t any understandment. Even though I know most will bash me or persecute me with their tongues, decide something to believe in. After this, research it for accurate facts so there is a knowledge of what is being spoken about. Go out, have fun and ride your bike. Why make such a big deal about Vic being a preacher? It is great he has chosen this, and I dont know any pastors that ride bike. But knowing our community, people will try and get him to marry them.

I argue that God does not = good, quite to the contrary. God is possibly the most evil entity ever imagined. Take Satan and double it, because he is God’s creation! If you believe the bible then everything bad that has ever happened happens because God either allows it or (read your OT) DEMANDS IT! Hey, remember the story where a bunch (over 40) of kids make fun of one of god’s followers for being bald, and god sends 2 female bears to devour them all?!

probably because Jesus never lived…..that would make his teachings slightly less then miraculous!

to beau- saying that believing anything dawkins says is just as far fetched as believing in the bible is silly. dawkins believes in science as a whole, he didn’t just make up stuff. it’s all tested and being re tested. it’s just that dawkins is the only one to put it in a religious context.

I guess its called faith for a reason. I believe there is a Christ, some don’t. I don’t pressure anyone to believe in God, (I think the phrase “more pressuring than christianity” Is really funny, i use it a lot) but iv been around, and I know for a fact that their is a God. If you were to put a gun to head, no doubt my answer would not change. Iv seen to much to believe in the absences of God. But we all have our beliefs, and we are a blessed nation to have that choice.

it’s pushing religion down my throat by not dividing church and state. There is no reason we need anyone to lead a prayer during this moment of freedom. Obama got where he is from hard work and lots of money, not because it was part of Jesus’ plan. Although, I guess it was part of his plan to have W. elected. I hate Jesus.

agreed

I wasn’t trying to be funny and i don’t need to have been there to know its a crock of shit. Babies dont get born without the mother getting dicked down, they didn’t have artificial insemination back then. LOL@”lets say that you are right, because you were there at the time so you obviously know, how does that make Jesus’s teachings and miracles less great?” The teachings he stole from john the baptist or what??? What miracles do you have proof of? The bible doesn’t count as fact seeing as the gospels contradict eachother with different accounts of his life and,it can’t be historically verified with other sources.

“Anyone with even the most basic of scientific knowledge has all the information necessary to, beyond a shadow of a doubt, deny — at the very least — the validity of any religion practiced on this planet.”

How would this explain that some of the greatest and MOST PROGRESSIVE scientists believed in and defended God in the midst of their “enlightened” peers. Some names include Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Joule, Isaac Newton (the founder of modern physics), and William Kelvin who stated that “the atheistic idea is so non-sensical that I could not put it into words”. Even Einstein said “my religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.”

In contrast, here is a list of some famous atheists who never contributed anything to science (or even set foot in a laboratory) but gained respect through their criticism of Christianity: Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, etc.

Look at the contributions (and legacies) of these men in comparison to the physicists, astronomers, and philosophers responsible for discovering modern day science and that should give you an idea that you cannot simply label the Christian faith as a group of “brainwashed” people. Though I’m not denying there are a great number of them in today’s church…

Praise GOD

Praise GOD

It’s a Great Job.

PRAISE GOD!

PRAISE GOD!

It’s a Great Job.

Praise GOD

Praise GOD

It’s a Great Job.

PRAISE GOD!

PRAISE GOD!

It’s a Great Job.

Praise GOD

Praise GOD

It’s a Great Job.

PRAISE GOD!

PRAISE GOD!

It’s a Great Job.

LOVE

One more thing!

This is a must read.

If you want to attend services with the preacher Vic Murphy!

MUST READ!

What I do not understand is why do people who do not believe seem so damn angry about people who do believe? and on another note, what would faith be if there was scientific proof? there would no longer be a need for faith because of it then being proven fact. God wants people to believe even when it seems impossible for it to be possible. that is faith.

yes,I agree

Vic Murphy has always made me stoked on bmx. He is a bad ass.

He is now legendary status in my book.

Your the man Vic Murphy!!!!!!!!!

brainwasher

kinda hard to do research when the only conclusions are god did it.

I sang on DOOWHATCHULIKE, and if ya missed it,
I’m the one who said just grab ‘em in the biscuits

Vic is the man, so awesome to hang around him. Funniest guy ever with the best faith :) God is amazing

cool guy, just needs to take it easy with the jesus juice.

religion is a waste of time. nobody knows what happens when you die.there is no perpose to life that we know of.its a all a mystery.

who cares live your own life be your own person no one should try to push anything on anybody if this is what makes vic happy right on for him

Dawkinesque your trully an idiot

praise the lord

prey to god through jesus name

and watch out because obama is evil!!!

Faith: noun: belief that is not based on proof (from dictionary.com)

Actually, I’m fairly sure Franklin was a Deist. None the less, “it” had no interaction with humanity.

“but iv been around, and I know for a fact that their is a God. If you were to put a gun to head, no doubt my answer would not change. Iv seen to much to believe in the absences of God.”

I would really like to know what exactly it is that you’ve seen. You apparently haven’t seen real suffering at the hands of men and of nature. You haven’t “been around” as much as you think you have.

I think most social animals are preprogrammed to want a father figure or master. So you guys shouldn’t feel too bad for falling for those old stories.

The concept of faith is disgusting to me. Someone please explain it’s merits.

that is absolutely absurd. Anything that interacts with our reality is testable by science (see the LHC/CERN), thusly if God interacts God is testable, if God does not interact then he is not only untestable but also unimportant and may as well not exist; even IF he does.

I love you Joey Hill

lol god lol religion

100% with you. The merits of theology have been obsolete for several hundred years, their (proper usage: they’re, their, there!) original purpose was to explain the inexplicable, but thanks to science the space where god can still exist (see: God of the Gaps) is nearing nill. I would also like to take this time to let everyone know that without Darwinian evolution none of us would be here having this conversation, and to get really deep with you all if it weren’t for the death of super-massive stars billions of years ago, none of the universe (multiverse…) would have the material necessary to create life in the first place. What drives me absolutely insane is when otherwise sane minded individuals make the conscious decision to ignore all evidence, replacing it with credulous belief systems that have not had any place in society for the past 100 years….PS to “K”, whoever told you Einstein was a theist and that Nietzsche, Freud (i’ll add him because he was an atheist), and Marx had nothing to contribute to the sciences, well then you have been lied to and you should probably dissociate yourself from whoever told you that (your pastor? god?)

You thought English class was a waste of time apparently too, how can I trust your time budgeting?

How do you figure Nietzsche, Freud and Marx contributed to science, did they uncover some fact and prove it irrefutably? If you isolate science as just facts and not theories (gravity and evolution are still just theories btw, it doesn’t really matter who accepts them as facts) there is really very little to stand on, as it is infinitely easier to disprove something than to prove it. I’m not standing up for religion, it just seems to me you are blindly following another belief because it is so generally accepted as “science” and science is never wrong. From the outside you could be an Evangelical with a few of your heroes and villains’ names changed and the wording a bit different. You have to see based on history that in 100 society will look back and laugh at how rudimentary our scientific knowledge was, it’s just a difficult thing to grasp because it always seems we are nearing the pinnacle. An iPhone in 100 years will be an abacus, and people will chuckle and the decaying ruins of the LHC, which will raise more questions than it answers, questions that will be solved by something a person in 2100 can buy at Walgreens for 10 dollars.

Christians love to manipulate the word theory. Here is the definition of the word Theory: the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another. So Beau when you say gravity and evolution are just theories you are saying that gravity and evolution is a subject that is based on a group of facts. What you are thinking of is the word Hypothesis. Hypothesis:an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument. Please understand the word before you use it in a sentence.

That’s why they are commonly referred to as “Darwin’s theory of evolution” and “the theory of gravity.” Please graduate fro highschool before participating in a conversation. I am not a Christian by the way, which you could have obviously discerned if you read what I have wrote here.

freaking A
This is a big deal over a guy that rode for the lord.
Don’t we all?

high five

the best part about science vs. god is that those two things CAN go together. there are tons of scientists that believe in a higher power, but of course, even though these people have degree’s and some are even former atheists, you will not listen to their opinions will you…

Beau I never said you were a Christian but it seems you are easily persuaded like them. Darwin’s “theory” of evolution is a subject based on facts. The “theory” of gravity is indeed a subject that is based on many facts. Please don’t take my word for it though, look it up. It’s really easy I like to use http://www.google.com I know it’s a funny word but it’s actually an internet search engine that helps you find things on the world wide web. While you are “googling” as they say, please look up Ken Miller of Brown University. He does a great lecture on intelligent design vs. evolution “theory”. Remember Beau “theory” means facts, hypothesis means an unproven idea.

666. you gay.

Beau, thats exactly what i’ve been telling people. I wouldnt even be surprised if the evolution theory gets dropped in the next 100 yrs for a better, more scientifically correct theory.
we still know so little about how we got here and why we exist.
and Dakinesque, I didnt want to take it to this level, it never gets our arguements anywhere, but where the heck do you think the material that started the big bang came from? how do you atheists believe so easily that some material came from nothing in space, yet you think a higher power figure is so absurd? now im not expecting you to answer that first question, because for one, i know you dont have an answer, and two, you can flip it around on me. i just want you to really think about it. what really started it all? how much more possible is your theory about the beginning of… everything, than mine?

and i agree with you Dave, atheists tend to be bitter and full of hate, more so than christians.
look on here, and look on other forums (about this topic), or on youtube, and its obvious that 99% of the hate comments come from atheists.
dont hate, appreciate
haha

LAST…………………………………………………………………………………………..HA!

nope, sorry chris duncan, not letting this die
hahaha
just messin, i think i’m done now, this stuff gets old real fast

I think faith in God is a wonderful thing. I strive to be faithful in Christ and I don’t see why this should upset anyone. What does an antsiest have to gain, I really am curious on this one? Greater knowledge in science or reasoning? What good is that going to do on your deathbed? What does a Christian have to lose? NOTHING as far as I can tell. I’m not missing out on anything is this world because I’m Christian. Everyone on here sounds so bitter, I was glad to read the few comments of people who do believe in God.

“lol god lol religion” definitely THE best comment so far

There are two very different Nates in this debate… “What does an antsiest have to gain, I really am curious on this one? Greater knowledge in science or reasoning? What good is that going to do on your deathbed? What does a Christian have to lose?” I think you mean “athiest” or are you calling us antsy??? Well for one, I get a great comfort knowing that on my deathbed I am going to finally have rest instead of strapping up my boots for eternity of nothing. Seriously, what do you good Christians envision yourselves doing up there for eternity? Isn’t that a horrible thought? And what’s to lose? They lose the opportunity to really value life here on earth, because to them, the earth is just a “waiting room” to their real life (afterlife) with god. “Heaven” can only exist here on earth my friends and ironically you Christians are the very ones missing out on heaven.

give it a break you tools, let the man be

IF you were up to date on current scientific ideas you would know that the idea of a UNIverse is being replaced by the concept of a MULTIverse. A multiverse doesn’t need to have a start or finish as time is something that exists as only one of several dimensions in which our perceived “universe” exists. Also atheists and scientists do not propose that everything came from nothing, nor do we propose it all happened “randomly”. The everything from nothing is purely a theistic belief, is that god “poofed” everything into perfect unchanging existence. Now one of the great things about science is its own admission to the limits of our knowledge, we cannot determine the specifics of the multiverse, however, the simple knowledge of the age, composition, and odd tendencies of our universe alone absolutely, beyond question negate the existence of the god of the bible, and truly all gods worshiped on this pale blue dot. Nietzsche = philosophy of science; Freud = cognition, psychology, ID, EGO, SUPEREGO, etc; Marx = social sciences. Also the assumption that I (or other non-theists) simply follow science as our religion is a mistake a lot of theist make, presumably because they like to believe that all people are as unfounded in their beliefs as they are. The difference (and here I can only speak for myself and the others I personally know) is that as science changes so does our view. As for the improper use of the term “theory” I’ll let that one slide with one simple comment: A theory in science is the term used for the most solidly confirmed Ideas, colloquially you would call these truths. As for the LHC, let us look at it’s predecessor CERN, virtually every piece of technology you are using today comes directly or indirectly from the research done there, and that doesn’t even come close to taking into account the scientific advancements. In summation, most everyone on here really needs to take an intro to science class so you can learn the way things work in reality. “It is worthwhile, from time to time, shaking off the anesthetic of familiarity and awakening to the wonder that is really around us all the time.”
-Richard Dawkins

Religion is bullshit.

Vic Murphy owns the tabletop.

Ride Bikes.

Iv spent a month in china working in children migrant camps, and 3 week in malaysia working in a orphanage. Im not here to argue or fight about anyhting. I Have my beliefs and you have your. so you tell me i havent seen suffering when parents sell their 4 yer old kids for sex. suffering real?

the concept of selling your child is disgusting to me. please explain the merit.

Religion is bullshit. But can you believe in Jesus and not believe in religion?

true the table owns.

Why is everyone so angry at everyone for what they believe? where have people been so wronged that the take offence to this freedom of belief?

What ever happened to freedom in the USA?

SO many haters, because a BMXer believes in Christ?

Jesus is my Lord, I’m not afraid to take the BMX heat for it.

God Bless, each and every one of you.

Cheers to that!

Thanks for the support and Encouragment! Religion is very destructive I agree!! We are free to believe and live the way we desire to and we will recieve the due consequence for whatever and however we choose to believe and live! Kinda like Karma! If you believe in that kind of thing! Isnt that great!

DBI 4 LIFE

[...] made it about 4 minutes into this before I remembered I’m totally going to jerk off tonight. Vic Murphy should write a sermon about beating your [...]

Man, after awhile it was just, .. blah blah blabh lbahshdhfsad dhfsa ofhdsf

BMX is BMX, .. can we keep, race, trends and religion out of it, … please.

zeitgeist

He is a preacher, he came to Alva, Oklahoma for my church camp and preached to me. (: