Why do people believe in God?

[bgrayson726]

Because beer exists.

That's my take on Franklin's quote.

 

[thepipesarecall]

I prefer beer to be an achievement of the marvel of our species' curiosity and ingenuity. We artificially selected dogs from wolves and the best strains of yeast from batches that just tasted better, thousands of years before humans cared about any of that sort of business.

 

[Hammy71]

Why do kids believe in the tooth fairy? Because their parents told them she/he exist. Same thing for God.... But, like thepipes said, Man's ingenuity knows no bounds.

 

[AnOldUR]

. . . Man's ingenuity knows no bounds.

Neither does his imagination.
Proof, look at the number and variations in religious beliefs.


Plan to transfer some beers today.
I’m praying to the beer gods that the gravity has dropped low enough.

 

[doctorRobert]

Why do kids believe in the tooth fairy? Because their parents told them she/he exist. Same thing for God.... But, like thepipes said, Man's ingenuity knows no bounds.

This thread is going to turn out great.

 

[doctorRobert]

Why do kids believe in the tooth fairy? Because their parents told them she/he exist. Same thing for God.... But, like thepipes said, Man's ingenuity knows no bounds.

This thread is going to turn out great.

 

[Jota21]

in before lock

 

[Seven]

this thread is going to turn out great.

 

[robtotten]

Beer is the best reason I can think of. Maybe jalapeño corn dogs and sex as well.

 

[oregonparamedic]

Oh dear.

 

[Ravio11i]

Jalapeno corn dogs? What's this? How have I never encountered such a thing?

 

[doctorRobert]

Because he turned water into wine. I turn water into beer, what does that make me?

 

[bh10]

Because he turned water into wine. I turn water into beer, what does that make me?

God's, God.

 

[robtotten]

Rave - I make them myself. Take some good franks / sausages and dip them in cornbread batter with diced jalapeños. Glad to see this thread take a worthwhile turn! hah

 

[Revvy]

Franklin never really said that quote, so this thread is useless....

From Maureen Ogle's Book, Ambitious Brew, the story of American Brewing.

In recent years, beer drinkers have worn t-shirts decorated with a quote attributed to Ben Franklin: "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Just one problem: Franklin didn't say that. It's a mangled version of another Franklin quote about the pleasures of wine. In a 1779 letter, he wrote that the rain that fell on vineyards and transformed vines into grapes for wine provided "a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy."

Besides shouldn't this belong in the debate thread which I ignore anyway??? Why is this in General beer.

 

[KurtB]

Because he turned water into wine. I turn water into beer, what does that make me?

It makes you similar, but not quite God.

Now, BMC has managed to take water, and make people think it is beer...what does that make them? $

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Because he turned water into wine. I turn water into beer, what does that make me?

indispensable.



GOD "exists" because there is too much that, even today, man cannot explain or achieve. But Science is getting closer.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Now, BMC has managed to take water, and make people think it is beer...what does that make them? $

Con-artists. And I am okay with BMC.

 

[BlackForestBrewery]

in before lock

Whoo hoo, I made it! :rockin:

 

[shecky]

Why do some people care whether other people believe in God? That is the real question.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Franklin never really said that quote, so this thread is useless....

"Ask not what beer can do for you, ask what you can do for a beer!"

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Why do some people care whether other people believe in God? That is the real question.

"Two bees, or not two bees. Where is my epi-pen?"

 

[Revvy]

"Ask not what beer can do for you, ask what you can do for a beer!"

"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
-Dave Barry

 

[Ace_Club]

Now, BMC has managed to take water, and make people think it is beer...what does that make them? $

Kind of like the church? They loves them some $.

I won't get into the dig against BMC's beer as it's pointless to argue against the arrogant homebrewers.

 

[Ace_Club]

Why do some people care whether other people believe in God? That is the real question.

+1

"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
-Dave Barry

My favorite:

"The hardest part about making beer is siphoning it into bottles. This is tricky, because what can happen is the phone rings and you get involved in a lengthy conversation during which your 4 year-old son gets hold of the hose and spews premature beer, called "wort", all over the kitchen and himself, and you become the target of an investigation by child welfare authorities because yours is the only child who comes to preschool smelling like a fraternity carpet."
...Dave Barry

 

[Revvy]

Is Dave Barry an homebrewer? That's a pretty knowlegable statement.

 

[Ace_Club]

Is Dave Barry an homebrewer? That's a pretty knowlegable statement.

I honestly don't know. I do know that I sprayed my computer screen with whatever I was drinking at the time when I first read that quote.

 

[TheMan]

"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
-Dave Barry

Too bad man combined beer with the wheel...death mobiles ensued...

How is this thread still here?

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
-Dave Barry

"When I read about the evils of drinking. I gave up reading" - Henny Youngman

 

[doctorRobert]

indispensable.

GOD "exists" because there is too much that, even today, man cannot explain or achieve. But Science is getting closer.

Science has a long way to go. We are still very primitive. Not too long ago the world was flat. We could very well be wrong again on some basic 'facts'. Its naive to think we are that advanced, imo.

We will kill ourselves long before we figure it out as a species.