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Flawless logic. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]CanadianWizardess 26 points27 points ago

And that student was Albert Einstein.

[–]I_have_boxes 26 points27 points ago

And then an army dude punched the teacher and an eagle flew in and everybody sang "God Bless America"

[–]distactedOne 3 points4 points ago

gay aids plague, commie darwin, flags and stuff

[–]Notafrenchaccent 6 points7 points ago

queue explosions and Apache attack choppers. 'Merica!

[–]Yagihige -1 points0 points ago

Fuck Yeah!!1!111!

[–]WeaponsGradeHumanity 4 points5 points ago

It was a navy seal who had served 25 consecutive tours of duty, sheesh.

[–]Dyolf_Knip 1 point2 points ago

No, no, it was a navy seal who served 25 simultaneous tours of duty.

[–]kzielinski 0 points1 point ago

OMG Ernestine got his lights punched out by Steven Seagal!!

[–]TrickOrTreater 0 points1 point ago

It's never not funny.

[–]SuperStingray 15 points16 points ago

You CAN touch your brain, but I highly advise against it.

[–]americansuperpower 6 points7 points ago

So basically God is all in my head?

[–]Tm0 5 points6 points ago

Let me crack open your skull kid, I'll find the brain. Can't say the same about "God".

[–]Keegan320 5 points6 points ago

Nah dude, God is all in your head too, you might find him there

[–]Tm0 2 points3 points ago

Would you be a willing participant to open your skull up, and take a look?

[–]I_have_boxes 11 points12 points ago

Brain surgeons... Brain surgeons everywhere...

[–]HarryMcDowell 1 point2 points ago

Priests... Priests everywhere...

CHECKMATE, ATHEISTS

[–]aflarge 3 points4 points ago

What are they going to do, molest us?

[–]HarryMcDowell 1 point2 points ago

What else are they gonna do?

[–]slackerdc 3 points4 points ago

This one is almost as bad as why hasn't the earth run out of water if life has existed for millions of years.

[–]DunstilBrejik 4 points5 points ago

Well you like, if them dinosauruses were drinkin that water, you'd think that that water would have been goned by now

[–]Aperfectmoment 3 points4 points ago

you can see God, you just need the right amount of psychadelics

[–]huey91 1 point2 points ago

I was going to say noble effort, but in all honesty this was the worst argument I have ever seen. The teacher made a cliche argument and the student had a worse response.

[–]fettsack 1 point2 points ago

That's a very good response, it shows the logic used was weak. There are thousands of arguments for the non-existence of god, at least use a correct one.

[–]millybartin[S] 0 points1 point ago

In this completely real scenario where this sort of baffling idiocy is acceptable.

[–]kzielinski 1 point2 points ago

But they skipped the punch line. The story is supposed to end with:

"that student was Einstein."

I'd really love to encounter this story in real life, so I can point out that Einstein was Jewish.

[–]millybartin[S] 0 points1 point ago

Excuse my ignorance... But I don't get the punch line.

[–]fettsack 0 points1 point ago

Einstein's image is wrongly used on crappy facebook posts in hundreds of little stories. Even though a very large majority of people have no idea what Einstein worked on he's constantly used as a base for intelligence. It's like an inverted Godwin point.

[–]millybartin[S] 0 points1 point ago

Ah, I was looking for something way more... Rational, I guess. Silly me.

[–]Pertinacious 1 point2 points ago

I love the straw man arguments that theists pump out.

[–]cpolito87 1 point2 points ago

Simple response is that with an MRI, EEG, or CT scan a person's brain is pretty easy to see. Show me the device that can measure or detect God.

[–]Dyolf_Knip 0 points1 point ago

And prior to the development of noninvasive techniques, a sturdy club could do the trick too.

[–]aflarge 1 point2 points ago

Can you see your brain? Yes, with the right devices. Can you touch your brain? Technically, we're always touching our brains.

[–]Dyolf_Knip 0 points1 point ago

And in public, no less. It's quite the scandal.

[–]Socoral 0 points1 point ago

I have had several EEGs done. I have seen my brain better then most.

Big bonus that I can fall asleep anywhere. Got a nice distinction between sleep cycles and awake cycles.

[–]Bearence 0 points1 point ago

The worst part of this one is, how incompetent does that teacher have to be to not see that coming.

[–]rend0ggy 0 points1 point ago

Oh wow, that's quite something.

[–]Jeroknite 0 points1 point ago

Oh for fucks sake! This is coming back?

[–]AKA_Sotof 0 points1 point ago

False. You can touch and see your brain.

[–]SenatorPikachu 0 points1 point ago

you're using your brain to see constantly, so the fact that you can see at all, is proof of said brain. done.

[–]AKA_Sotof 0 points1 point ago

Or saw open your skull and have at it.

[–]SenatorPikachu 0 points1 point ago

this one requires less retardation. we don't have to sink to their level.

EDIT: BURN.

[–]AKA_Sotof 0 points1 point ago

That's not a burn.

[–]SenatorPikachu 0 points1 point ago

oh, i saw it as a more subtle burn. like, saying their level requires retardation. also, i like that picture.

[–]Citizen_Snips29 0 points1 point ago

And then an eagle name Small Government flew in and landed on the American flag, where he shed a single tear.

[–]beebrianna 0 points1 point ago

Technically I am touching my brain at all times.

[–]Dyolf_Knip 1 point2 points ago

Bow chica bow wow

[–]Battedpuppy 0 points1 point ago

But there's solid proof that peoples Brains exist.

[–]Poopyoo -1 points0 points ago

And that's why he's still a student.

[–]because_its_friday -2 points-1 points ago

Well the kids a fucking moron. Good on the teacher though for trying to teach the truth.

[–]Mosethyoth 0 points1 point ago

I'd rather say the teacher should have only demanded the kid to prove god instead of those questions.

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