douglass,adams,hitchikers,guide,to the galaxy Behold, the atheist's nightmare: The babel fish!

Behold, the atheist's nightmare: The babel fish!

posted by MarineGunrock

2 years 2 months 1 week ago • 7054 views

tags: douglass, adams, hitchikers, guide, to the galaxy

From the new movie of The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.

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i'm an atheist and see it as 99.999999 percent likely that some higher god/creator doesnt exist.
but a god refusing to prove that he exists, and then some proof coming about that he does resulting in faith being turned into universal knowledge of his existence.. it wouldnt mean he doesnt exist, i mean where is it said that without faith god is nothing?...

written by johnald128 | 2 years 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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Dude, it's a joke. Haven't you ever read the HHTTG?

written by MarineGunrock

| 2 years 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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yeah, but i thought this bit was supposed to be logical, it wouldnt have been that hard...
i like the little fish dudes face. and stephen fry was perfect for the narrator

written by johnald128 | 2 years 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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"yeah, but i thought this bit was supposed to be logical"

nothing about Hitchhiker's is logical, so son, you're atheist rant is in the wrong place

written by BillOreilly

| 2 years 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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johnald128 is correct. and i don't think it was meant as an "atheist rant". it's just that the logic is weak.

written by ajkido

| 2 years 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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Wow - Everybody - there is no such thing as true logic in any of the Douglass Adams works. At one point in his story, the protagonist learns to fly. The trick is simple as explained by the book: When you're falling, you just need to forget to hit the ground.
So johnald is wrong - everything in this video is simply made up for a good humoring story.

written by MarineGunrock

| 2 years 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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Actually the logic works quite well. It goes something like this:
1. God would never allow proof of his existence to exist.
2. Babelfish is proof of God's existence.
3. If God existed, he would never allow the Babelfish to exist.
4. The Babelfish exists.
5. God must not exist.

written by zoinnk

| 2 years 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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You're all trying to make real-life logic out of something that wasn't supposed to be taken anywhere beyond face value. Please just tell me that you see the comedy in it!

written by MarineGunrock

| 2 years 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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Actually, it's better, because it does work logically. He's poking fun at religion.

written by zoinnk

| 2 years 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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I miss Douglas Adams dearly.

written by lmayliffe | 2 years 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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We all do, lmayliffe, we all do.

::sobs::

written by MarineGunrock

| 2 years 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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A silly atheist video made the top 15 on Videosift? Well now I've seen everything.

written by BrknPhoenix | 2 years 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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must...not....feed....trolls....

written by lmayliffe | 2 years 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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The babel fish "logic" is a play on the religious "logic", ie: circle-arguing nonsense religious people come up with to avoid showing actual evidence, "God works in mysterious ways" "god doesnt need or want to prove he exists" etc. Adams simply mocks their puffs of logic, and creates a fake "proof" of Gods non-existence.

written by BicycleRepairMan

| 2 years 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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"Man then conveniences himself that black is white and white is black and is then trampled to death by a heard of zebras."

I loved the whole HHGTTG series so much, I think I need to read them again.

written by Art | 2 years 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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BicycleRepairMan i think you hit the nail on the head.

i think i'd just have preferred it if it was funny, and logical, but also mocked religion. it's cool if he purposefully made it illogical. i dont suppose he was expecting it to be made into a hollywood movie anyways

written by johnald128 | 2 years 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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Faith that God exists without proof is the defining characteristic of true belief.

With proof, no faith is necessary,... so believing in the existence of God would be like believing in the existence of computers, or trees... no faith required, the proof is right there. A God who required faith without proof then could not exist in the presence of proof.

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