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Kobe Bryant said, "God is great." I bet he doesn't think that now! And a fuckin' catholic too boot! What a joke! What say you?

Atheist3 7 Jan 29
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He was raised in Italy, what you gonna do? He spent a lot of time giving back to the community and charity. I find it difficult to criticize him. In a city so large and beset with so many issues he was a beacon of positiveness and a hero to many, a winner they could point to.

Yes indeed! But I don't see the other casualties getting the same honours.

@Atheist3 not the same but I notice all are now being mentioned positively and with reverence. Of course Kobe will get most the attention.

@Atheist3 He should not get any honors at all

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Of course he doesnt think that now.

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I'm a general aviation pilot and don't choose to fly if I look out the window and it doesn't look like a good day to fly. I do this for recreational flights as well as a passenger on commercial flights. Keep in mind commercial pilots have to fly. That's their job. You as a passenger don't have to. I have to fly alot and that rule has worked pretty well for me so far.

However, there is a trust bias that the the pilot knows what he/she is doing.

@Atheist3 Okay, the weather is the greatest cause of air accidents. All those pilots thought it was okay to fly. As the saying goes "It's better to be down here wishing you were up there than to be up there wishing you were down here.

@rogueflyer haha

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Thankfully he does not know he does not exist.

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Well, he already found out if there's the God he believed in exists or not.

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Good for him. His religion or walk through this life is no more a joke to me than yours. We are all at a different point on this path called life. Would you make fun of or deride a child because of their lack of knowledge and experience? Besides, what is God?

A bad idea?

Are you saying that KB should be treated as a child?

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In many ways we are all children. We are all wherever our better mind has led us but that's not to say we're great. There's a lot we don't know and some of it is integral to the questions. Kobe seemed to be a very nice and well intentioned guy. He wasn't very smart about religion. At least he didn't say that I have to live by his beliefs. If he, unlike Meatloaf, DID THAT then he can fry.
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I bet he doesn't think anything now.

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He's dead, dead people can't think.

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Did he just translate from whatever language The Qur'an is in? What a fool!

Huh?

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Delusion can be great from the point of view of the the ignorant and uncurious.

Kali Level 4 Jan 31, 2020

Yeah, try telling them that.

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Wow, some ugly comments in here.
Just wow.

And Zow!

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I think he was one of waaaaaayyyy too many humans to grace this planet. As humans go he was more talented than many and, generally speaking, rather nice but it's better when humans go.

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God may be great, but which one to chose? There are so many, particularly those one true and only ones!

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Leaving aside the relative merits and demerits of a man who apologized for a wrongdoing committed when he was 24 yrs old, and seemed by all accounts to have turned his life around to an overwhelming positive, I am amused about several aspects about reactions to the tragedy. At work today, I heard agreement to the comment, from a man of about 50 yrs of age no less, of how it takes you by surprise when lives that still have so much longer to live are suddenly ended. Though I can relate the sentiment, I was thinking to myself, "Shit, as an atheist, I think about that possibility nearly everyday, knowing that there is no 2nd act". Then there was the reaction of one of the mourners which was broadcast, describing how when he heard the news, he said "No. God no!". Similarly, I haven't heard any of the many mourners, though I'm sure there are some and will be more, who talk of those who passed away, going to a "better place", and certainly none seem to be happy about it.

The thought that there is 'no 2nd act' is a good one. I don't know it but it is certainly a possibility to consider and come to terms with.

@beenthere Was in a bit of a rush getting ready for work when I wrote this and could have added, no one up there looking out for jack either!

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I would mock religion with a rather different subject. After all, it's not the end of every believer just the same?

Same as what?

@Atheist3 we all die unexpectedly, no matter what faith you have, unless you have a terminal disease...

@Merseyman1 Yes, life is a lottery!

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The good die younger.

So do the stupid

@Sofabeast All praise to the Darwin Awards

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