Comments on: The after-hours rabbi, sheepishness, and evidence of "the Divine" http://yrif.org/2009/06/24/the-after-hours-rabbi-sheepishness-and-evidence-of-the-divine/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:49:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: world clock http://yrif.org/2009/06/24/the-after-hours-rabbi-sheepishness-and-evidence-of-the-divine/comment-page-1/#comment-19359 world clock Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:16:24 +0000 http://yrif.org/?p=605#comment-19359 Your Religion Is False » Blog Archive » The after-hours rabbi, sheepishness, and evidence of "the Divine" - just great! Your Religion Is False » Blog Archive » The after-hours rabbi, sheepishness, and evidence of “the Divine” – just great!

]]> By: elizabeth3hersh http://yrif.org/2009/06/24/the-after-hours-rabbi-sheepishness-and-evidence-of-the-divine/comment-page-1/#comment-219 elizabeth3hersh Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:14:32 +0000 http://yrif.org/?p=605#comment-219 I especially enjoyed this post Joel!! I especially enjoyed this post Joel!!

]]> By: Kevin B. O'Reilly http://yrif.org/2009/06/24/the-after-hours-rabbi-sheepishness-and-evidence-of-the-divine/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Kevin B. O'Reilly Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:53:05 +0000 http://yrif.org/?p=605#comment-218 Please, sir, tell me more about this "shoes-staying-exactly-in-the-same-place-where-I-left-them-last-night" religion of yours. Do you have any pamphlets I could peruse? Please, sir, tell me more about this “shoes-staying-exactly-in-the-same-place-where-I-left-them-last-night” religion of yours. Do you have any pamphlets I could peruse?

]]> By: boffo http://yrif.org/2009/06/24/the-after-hours-rabbi-sheepishness-and-evidence-of-the-divine/comment-page-1/#comment-217 boffo Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:31:19 +0000 http://yrif.org/?p=605#comment-217 I once knew a guy who was totally convinced that he had disproven the pythagorean theorem. He truly believed that it was utterly impossible that he had made a mistake in his proof, and instead insisted it must be centuries of mathematicians that were wrong. Later, he drank liquid nitrogen because he was totally convinced his understanding of physics would make it safe to do so, and earned an honorable mention for a Darwin award. <a href="http://www.darwinawards.com/personal/personal2000-25.html" rel="nofollow">True story</a>. I once knew a guy who was totally convinced that he had disproven the pythagorean theorem. He truly believed that it was utterly impossible that he had made a mistake in his proof, and instead insisted it must be centuries of mathematicians that were wrong.

Later, he drank liquid nitrogen because he was totally convinced his understanding of physics would make it safe to do so, and earned an honorable mention for a Darwin award. True story.

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