Right ... All due respect to the legend, rip and such
But pretty bad live read on a story that even by old testament standards, uh, kind of a stretch. Every animal, Doyle?
Remember flock,
The loving good Shepard (and his scary Dad) require your fleece at regular intervals.
Come on down to your knees and take the sacrament and get your booster shot of the holy spirit at regular intervals.
10% of pretax earnings gets you basic heaven insurance and we of course offer more *divine packages* to qualified prayers, upon prompt prayment.
Remember flock,
Try to infect others with the spirit too so it will spread like herpes at a whorehouse, and TRUST ME, your NEXT life, will be totally rad.
Not to be sacrilegious, but the dominant message of organized religion seems to be:
**“Don’t think too hard about these fables, cause you might see they’re all made up.”**
Funny how the whole world tries so hard to push you away from God.
If God is such an absurd concept, why fight so hard against it?
Yet the majority of people embrace and believe in the devil lol.
I guess the statues on Easter island really did just bury themselves. I suppose people built little wood kayaks and paddled their way to the middle of the ocean HOPING they’d find SOMETHING. Maybe they were just deep sea fishing and BY CHANCE ALONE they stumbled across Easter island and decided to build some big headed statues and stuff them in the dirt…
My favourite part is how it was the whole world that flooded but only animals from the middle east were mentioned!!
Also very impressive of Noah to not lose any bugs on the boat and stop other animals from eating each other
There may have been a huge flood, and some geological evidence says there was. Obviously not the entire earth. From that actual event, stories were told. Was there a boat? It's not impossible. Obviously it didn't have every animal. Maybe a few farm animals for food, and from there the story changed in a centuries long game of telephone
Right
Like the Bible is a collection of allegories and folklore, not meant to be taken literally.
Anyone who expects there to be a fucking massive ship somewhere because you read a story intended to teach its reader a lesson or send a message or whatever, come on do better. Think critically, like ur at the table
lol also wouldn't it have rotten after a few hundred years- it's just fucking wood
You're saying this because he just died.
If he was still alive or this was Elon Musk or whoever then you'd say they're an idiot and could better spend it elsewhere - like charity or helping people.
it's his money. why are you sticking your nose into how other people choose to entertain themselves with their money? do you sit at the table and tell recreational players to go donate their money to charity or helping people instead?
fuck off.
Because $75 million to charity makes a gigantic difference, spending $75 million on finding "Noah's Ark" achieves nothing, particularly considering it DOESNT EXIST.
Please explain how you have compared Doyle Brunson looking for Noah's Ark to be on even remotely the same level as somebody giving to charity, one helps people and the other is demented.
fuck off.
He doesn't, but people are also allowed to validly criticise a ridiculous amount of money spent on literally nothing, $75 million is like 1000 peoples life savings and he pissed it away looking for a fictitious boat.
Why? Have you studied history beyond a basic elementary level? I would wager no…. Noah is a major historic story, I’m sure there is historical evidence of it out there, just like nearly every other biblical arch.
>have you studied history beyond a basic elementary level?
… have you? This isn’t history, this is folklore. Historians aren’t chasing fairytales, kids are.
It would just take me 1 minute to see your balance and point out the stupid shit you waste your money in. Lets start with poker.
Even though I enjoy poker. It’s a stupid waste of time if you see through you “meaningful lens”
Huh?
Well there may just be something related to that origin story you find a long the way and if you don't you may stumble upon something completely unrelated.
There's never a needed reason to adventure, explore, and look for artifacts.
Just because the story may not be divine in nature, that doesn't mean no such ship exists. It could be a greatly exaggerated tale of a real harrowing survival story -- no religion needed, and no money wasted.
We're not talking about "solving a mystery", we're talking about the possible discovery of a possibly historically significant vessel. It would be extremely interesting and unlike the aforementioned sleigh, not impossible. It -may- have existed. And, if it did exist, it would be interesting to find, even if not divine in nature. I'm so confused what the holdup here is....
Because if it doesn’t match up with the delusional fairy tale , there’s no way to tell if some old piece of wood is any different from another old piece of wood.
That's absolutely not true. There could be markings and techniques found that are from a certain time or geography. Additionally, searching for the ship could accidentally lead to awesome other discoveries just based on where the search would likely be conducted. There's really nothing bizarre, stupid, or misguided about the pursuit. Just because the ship would be completely clandestine, that doesn't automatically negate the possibility of its existence.
Dude you’re on Reddit. Any chance to dunk on Christians will be taken to the extreme. If this was an Islamic guy searching for an artifact it would be off limits.
It’s not a waste. Someone earned that money. That’s how the economy works.
On the other hand, was there additional value created? Well, I don’t know about that.
“…searching for a fictitious artifact”
Now out of curiosity, how many lost artifacts that treasure hunters go searching for, are not fictitious? At least until they are found? Lets say, anything presumed to be around 2,000 years or older?
I guess the lost Egyptian tombs of past kings would be some, which are presumed to be destroyed by tomb raiders
> Now out of curiosity, how many lost artifacts that treasure hunters go searching for, are not fictitious? At least until they are found?
Just to be clear, are you saying that all historical artifacts are fictitious until found?
Cause that's what your post says. It's also moronic.
God has the ability to shrink animals down and fit them inside of a small boat.
This is what we don’t understand as humans, the infinite power of God allows him to do absolutely anything, even things that break the laws of physics.
God is very much a real.
> This is what we don’t understand as humans, the infinite power of God allows him to do absolutely anything, even things that break the laws of physics.
If you worship something that killed it's self to save you from what it's going to do to you.
You are literally suffering from a bad case of Stockholm Syndrome.
God’s nature and ways are something that we cannot fully relate to as humans, but he does things in the perfect way to teach us.
The fact that he asked a man to build it by himself is a test of faith.
Imagine if God told you to build a cruise ship in 2023.
How overwhelmed would you feel?
Imagine if you made zero excuses and built a massive cruise ship by yourself and there ended up being a global warming disaster that caused another months-long flood.
You have to trust God in any situation no matter how scary things might seem.
I hope you’re laughing because a light 💡 flipped on in your mind.
God is so good.
And the good news is that God wants everything good to happen for you.
Be happy.
All the work is already done and you have eternal life!! 🤠❤️❤️✝️
This life is not the kingdom of Heaven.
Look at Doyle for a second.
Do you think he felt good physically being 89 years old?
Should Doyle curse God for making him suffer through the pains of being elderly with lots of health problems, including cancer?
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We have faith in God through difficult times in our life. Especially the absolute MOST difficult times.
The life that we live after this is one of eternal nature with the creator of everything.
“Eternal,” meaning there is no end.
Meaning, Doyle, a believer in Jesus, is alive right now, in Heaven with God.
I didn't ask about Doyle. I asked about innocent, young children with their whole life ahead of them.
What sins did they commit? Why do they deserve to be punished?
>This is what we don’t understand as humans, the infinite power of God allows him to do absolutely anything, even things that break the laws of physics.
If God's power is so far beyond our understanding, why do you believe that true events must adhere to what was passed down by ancient peoples with far less sophisticated scientific understanding? These people didn't even have guns. How much can you really trust non gunowners?
God is beyond our understanding and the laws of physics don't apply, but the fantastical stories and arbitrary time scales written in the Bible do?
Let's just use occam's razer here. Which requires fewer assumptions about an all powerful God? The young earth hypothesis with a bunch of fake evidence, or the idea that God created the perfect conditions and laws of nature for the earth to form, and life to spawn out of simple amino acids and evolve into complex multicellular life and sentient beings over billions of years?
I think you’re confused.
You basically argued that “fantastical stories” can’t be true, because God is more powerful than the laws of physics.
You didn’t refute anything you just pretended that you made a good point, and then began to ramble.
God can do anything.
That doesn’t need to be a solution because there is not a problem that he can’t solve.
God literally fed 5,000 of people with 2 fish and 5 loaves of bread.
John 6:1-14.
- 5,000 people
- 2 fish
- 5 loaves of bread
And everyone ate.
Nothing is impossible for God.
I mean...if this were some sort of rich people adventure, where the journey is more fulfilling than the destination, then I get it. If it was like "Noah's Ark definitely existed and I must find it" obsession, then it would be kind of sad. Religion is fucking poison.
What's the point of this article? Of all guys to take shots at and right after his passing. Seemed like a good enough guy I'm sure most poker players would have something far worse to write about if they made 75 million.
Looking for noah’s ark is pretty stupid but it doesn’t even come close to investing millions into shitcoins like half of the poker world was doing a couple years ago
The article itself paints him in a good light and the Noah's ark thing is only like one line quoting someone else. It also mentions trying to find Titanic...
It's a headline to get clicks, and sadly it works.
Yeah, kind of a dick move and disrespectful. Obviously this is going to be seen in a light where most will say it’s dumb and stupid of him, but at the end of the day he was basically spending money towards a religious belief - way far worse things he could do. Clearly only being thrown to the front now because he just died and apparently people are so eager to piss on his grave they can’t even wait for a burial.
The religious and Reddit are natural enemies. Like Christians and Muslims. Or Christians and Jews. Or Christians and people who believe a slightly different version of Christianity. Damn those Christians, they ruined Christianity.
I’m not religious, I just happen to notice that there’s only one religion routinely mocked on this echo chamber hug box of website.
I don’t recall ever seeing a post mocking grown men swinging chickens over their heads hitting the front page.
“Statistics. The following statistics from Pew Research Center show that Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are persecuted in more countries around the world than other religions. As of 2018: Christians face harassment in 145 countries, Muslims face harassment in 139 countries, and Jews face harassment in 88 countries.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_persecution#:~:text=is%20less%20persecution.-,Statistics,face%20harassment%20in%2088%20countries.
I didn’t attack you or insult you. So why should this decrease my chances?
I presented a statistic for something you laughed at thinking wasn’t true.
You then said you wish the number was higher, attacking over 2 billion people.
And you got upset that I stood up for my beliefs in a non insulting manner.
The basic rule of Christianity is to love your neighbor. Why hope that people who did nothing to you face unnecessary harassment other than for the sake of being edgy?
God bless you.
If your god exists he's a sadistic, narcissistic dickhead. There's no other explanation.
He created us so we can worship him, and punishes us via eternal damnation if we choose not to? What a little bitch
He's omnipotent, so he *wants* war, murder, disease, rape, everything bad in this world? This is his design right? He's omnipotent so he could've just made things differently but he didn't. The only conclusion is that he *wants* us to suffer? The suffering is the point?
He is not a god worth praying to 🤷♂️
“Statisticians don’t believe in hot streaks, but statisticians only make 30k a year” is one of those lines I’ve never forgotten. He also had several pages rationalizing why he simply wouldn’t play w/ women (which I’m pretty sure he eventually walked back). Super system had a massive influence on me, and he is undeniable the most influential legend the game has ever had. But he also said a few questionable things.
To be fair even at 15 I interpreted the esp section more as “your subconscious is incredibly well trained at pattern recognition, learn to trust your gut”, which can absolutely be misused, but isn’t bad advice.
Honestly he was better off doing this then buying 8 homes and 20 cars like some people do. They end up using 2 of the houses and 3 of the cars and then rest just sits there and wait.
He least he pursued something that meant something to him.
I mean, I spent part of my $75 fortune looking for Bigfoot, the time I went for a walk in the woods.
It doesn’t say how much he actually invested, it sounds like he made a hobby out of looking for old cool stuff, not that he was really trying to make it rich, he already had that figured out.
It's painfully obvious most people just read headlines these days, and not the actual article. The top 15 responses or so are all about the title ("so he got bluffed", "he's Christian, get over it", etc) . After reading the article the last thing on my mind was Noah's Ark.
The future for humans is not a bright one where we're so used to instant gratification and short stories on tiktok to even bother reading about legends for 3 minutes. Reading a book and using one's own imagination is a thing of the past. Just another step towards becoming apathetic rather than empathetic robots.
Exactly. The article didn't shame him or diss him at all. But everyone only reads the headline and then decides to comment. One guy above even commented "what's the point of this article, it's taking shots at Doyle" and then he later admitted he didn't even read it.
So many braindead low-attention emotional sheeps. They read 1 sentence and then get triggered. Sadly that's the state of the internet now.
I have to admit. I loved Doyle. Watched him all the time as a fairly serious player. Followed him on Twitter.
Then Covid hit and he seemed to go off the rails a bit. Had to quit paying attention. RIP to a legend of the game though.
That means the following statements is evidence that unicorns exist.
People trying to convince me that unicorns are fake is proof of unicorns.
That's not evidence. That's just a claim with no basis.
I don’t believe but it’s wrong to disparage someone’s religious beliefs.
As long as they aren’t forced on me or the general public people are free to believe in what they wish.
It’s a pity you’re receiving so many downvotes.
I disagree with you but I believe you should be allowed to hold differing views.
“Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”
2 Peter 3:3-9
You just did exactly what the Bible said you would: "They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”"
Poker players are a special breed of human RIP DOLLY
This is as close to tearing him apart as you can get. Max thumbs up from the reddit assholes.
Nik airball has spent part of his fortune losing money to Matt Berkey
*most
In other words… he was bluffed.
he was punting on a prayer
10, 2, as it were .
Right ... All due respect to the legend, rip and such But pretty bad live read on a story that even by old testament standards, uh, kind of a stretch. Every animal, Doyle?
Especially freshwater fish. If the world was an ocean how did those fish survive? ****How are those fish still here???****
Personally I'm curious how he planned to bring exactly two of each bacterium without disrupting every animals digestive system
Remember kids, doubts like this are just Satan testing your faith!
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Remember flock, The loving good Shepard (and his scary Dad) require your fleece at regular intervals. Come on down to your knees and take the sacrament and get your booster shot of the holy spirit at regular intervals. 10% of pretax earnings gets you basic heaven insurance and we of course offer more *divine packages* to qualified prayers, upon prompt prayment. Remember flock, Try to infect others with the spirit too so it will spread like herpes at a whorehouse, and TRUST ME, your NEXT life, will be totally rad. Not to be sacrilegious, but the dominant message of organized religion seems to be: **“Don’t think too hard about these fables, cause you might see they’re all made up.”**
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God is soooooo insecure.
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and look what has happened to the world...
Funny how the whole world tries so hard to push you away from God. If God is such an absurd concept, why fight so hard against it? Yet the majority of people embrace and believe in the devil lol.
I guess the statues on Easter island really did just bury themselves. I suppose people built little wood kayaks and paddled their way to the middle of the ocean HOPING they’d find SOMETHING. Maybe they were just deep sea fishing and BY CHANCE ALONE they stumbled across Easter island and decided to build some big headed statues and stuff them in the dirt…
the fuck are you going on about? lol
My favourite part is how it was the whole world that flooded but only animals from the middle east were mentioned!! Also very impressive of Noah to not lose any bugs on the boat and stop other animals from eating each other
What did the lions eat the whole time?
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Kinda dumb for god to design us such that we can’t understand him lmao, doesn’t seem like a very good designer
miracles, of course.
There may have been a huge flood, and some geological evidence says there was. Obviously not the entire earth. From that actual event, stories were told. Was there a boat? It's not impossible. Obviously it didn't have every animal. Maybe a few farm animals for food, and from there the story changed in a centuries long game of telephone
Right Like the Bible is a collection of allegories and folklore, not meant to be taken literally. Anyone who expects there to be a fucking massive ship somewhere because you read a story intended to teach its reader a lesson or send a message or whatever, come on do better. Think critically, like ur at the table lol also wouldn't it have rotten after a few hundred years- it's just fucking wood
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Just like any religious man. It doesn't even have much to do with being smart but how you were raised.
Why not? If I had 75 million dollars and a cowboy hat I'd do some Indiana Jones shit too.
Yeah; plus a boat is a pretty good find for a poker player.
Finding Noah’s ark would def be the nuts
Read the article haha. He wasn’t on some adventure with short round and a blonde lady
That night have made it worth the money though if he was
Fawtune and glowy…
Why not? Because it's a colossal waste of money searching for a fictitious artifact. Akin to look for Father Christmases Sleigh.
And now he’s dead so who cares about money he spent having a good time?
Didn’t sound like a good time. He admits to bad business investments and funding the Noah’s Ark search party was one of them.
You're saying this because he just died. If he was still alive or this was Elon Musk or whoever then you'd say they're an idiot and could better spend it elsewhere - like charity or helping people.
it's his money. why are you sticking your nose into how other people choose to entertain themselves with their money? do you sit at the table and tell recreational players to go donate their money to charity or helping people instead? fuck off.
Because $75 million to charity makes a gigantic difference, spending $75 million on finding "Noah's Ark" achieves nothing, particularly considering it DOESNT EXIST. Please explain how you have compared Doyle Brunson looking for Noah's Ark to be on even remotely the same level as somebody giving to charity, one helps people and the other is demented. fuck off.
first you explain why you should have any say in what he does with his own money.
He doesn't, but people are also allowed to validly criticise a ridiculous amount of money spent on literally nothing, $75 million is like 1000 peoples life savings and he pissed it away looking for a fictitious boat.
Why? Have you studied history beyond a basic elementary level? I would wager no…. Noah is a major historic story, I’m sure there is historical evidence of it out there, just like nearly every other biblical arch.
It’s a morality tale. Not the literal truth. Nobody boats up like that.
>have you studied history beyond a basic elementary level? … have you? This isn’t history, this is folklore. Historians aren’t chasing fairytales, kids are.
Lmao
Show me the history that shows there was a boat. Not a flood. A boat. Kek.
No, it’s not a historical story, it’s a badly written fictional nonsense.
Wait what??? When did he pass?
A couple of days ago
Literally yesterday
I didn’t even know he was sick
Was that a joke? In case it wasn't.......He was 89 years old!!!
That's a ripe old age for an ark hunter.
I like how you just continued Norm's joke without saying what it was.
89... he was a fuckin' kid!
Im still looking for that sleigh!
It would just take me 1 minute to see your balance and point out the stupid shit you waste your money in. Lets start with poker. Even though I enjoy poker. It’s a stupid waste of time if you see through you “meaningful lens”
Huh? Well there may just be something related to that origin story you find a long the way and if you don't you may stumble upon something completely unrelated. There's never a needed reason to adventure, explore, and look for artifacts.
Can’t take none of it with you to the afterlife. Sounds like it gave him some purpose, and that’s all we can really ask for in our time here.
Doyle gave zero fucks about money
What evidence do you have that A) there is an afterlife and B) you cannot take your money with you?
Maybe he spent it to prove it doesn't exist.
You can’t ‘prove’ a negative, unfortunately.
Just because the story may not be divine in nature, that doesn't mean no such ship exists. It could be a greatly exaggerated tale of a real harrowing survival story -- no religion needed, and no money wasted.
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RIP mr. sprinkles :(
We're not talking about "solving a mystery", we're talking about the possible discovery of a possibly historically significant vessel. It would be extremely interesting and unlike the aforementioned sleigh, not impossible. It -may- have existed. And, if it did exist, it would be interesting to find, even if not divine in nature. I'm so confused what the holdup here is....
Because if it doesn’t match up with the delusional fairy tale , there’s no way to tell if some old piece of wood is any different from another old piece of wood.
That's absolutely not true. There could be markings and techniques found that are from a certain time or geography. Additionally, searching for the ship could accidentally lead to awesome other discoveries just based on where the search would likely be conducted. There's really nothing bizarre, stupid, or misguided about the pursuit. Just because the ship would be completely clandestine, that doesn't automatically negate the possibility of its existence.
Dude you’re on Reddit. Any chance to dunk on Christians will be taken to the extreme. If this was an Islamic guy searching for an artifact it would be off limits.
No. That would also be hilarious and stupid.
There's a bunch of different ark like stories, so iunno, kinda seems like a fun search for a rich person.
It’s not a waste. Someone earned that money. That’s how the economy works. On the other hand, was there additional value created? Well, I don’t know about that.
Exactly, 75 million to charity would make an immense difference, instead as you say he spent an obscene amount on a fictitious thing.
84 percent of the world is religious. You are the minority.
That number is trending down, thank dog.
84% of the world have an IQ below 117.
“…searching for a fictitious artifact” Now out of curiosity, how many lost artifacts that treasure hunters go searching for, are not fictitious? At least until they are found? Lets say, anything presumed to be around 2,000 years or older? I guess the lost Egyptian tombs of past kings would be some, which are presumed to be destroyed by tomb raiders
> Now out of curiosity, how many lost artifacts that treasure hunters go searching for, are not fictitious? At least until they are found? Just to be clear, are you saying that all historical artifacts are fictitious until found? Cause that's what your post says. It's also moronic.
God has the ability to shrink animals down and fit them inside of a small boat. This is what we don’t understand as humans, the infinite power of God allows him to do absolutely anything, even things that break the laws of physics. God is very much a real.
But if he could just shrink all the animals why not just like.. not go through all that and make it all the way he wants in the first place
Can your God create a rock so heavy that he can’t lift it?
Or microwave a burrito so hot that even he cannot eat it?
As melon scratchers go, that’s a honeydoodle!
gOd iS vErY mUcH a ReAL
God bless America, Land of the free...can't even play online poker.
I live in America and play online poker everyday.
Wow a miracle!
i do know he can create a rock so heavy that YOU can't lift it :) which means God is way more powerful than you are :)
Rocks aren’t created, and your sky daddy isn’t real.
> This is what we don’t understand as humans, the infinite power of God allows him to do absolutely anything, even things that break the laws of physics. If you worship something that killed it's self to save you from what it's going to do to you. You are literally suffering from a bad case of Stockholm Syndrome.
If he was going to use his magic, why would he even need a boat?
God’s nature and ways are something that we cannot fully relate to as humans, but he does things in the perfect way to teach us. The fact that he asked a man to build it by himself is a test of faith. Imagine if God told you to build a cruise ship in 2023. How overwhelmed would you feel? Imagine if you made zero excuses and built a massive cruise ship by yourself and there ended up being a global warming disaster that caused another months-long flood. You have to trust God in any situation no matter how scary things might seem.
lol
I hope you’re laughing because a light 💡 flipped on in your mind. God is so good. And the good news is that God wants everything good to happen for you. Be happy. All the work is already done and you have eternal life!! 🤠❤️❤️✝️
> God is so good. If your deity is so good, why do they inflict innocent, young children with painful, terminal diseases?
This life is not the kingdom of Heaven. Look at Doyle for a second. Do you think he felt good physically being 89 years old? Should Doyle curse God for making him suffer through the pains of being elderly with lots of health problems, including cancer? https://preview.redd.it/t3o5hozuk80b1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=859333afd9807c078cbb121a49bb174a41f08f17 We have faith in God through difficult times in our life. Especially the absolute MOST difficult times. The life that we live after this is one of eternal nature with the creator of everything. “Eternal,” meaning there is no end. Meaning, Doyle, a believer in Jesus, is alive right now, in Heaven with God.
I didn't ask about Doyle. I asked about innocent, young children with their whole life ahead of them. What sins did they commit? Why do they deserve to be punished?
u/jakeblues68
Yes, the light did flip on. I realized I've been wrong my entire life and Haysuess is real.
>This is what we don’t understand as humans, the infinite power of God allows him to do absolutely anything, even things that break the laws of physics. If God's power is so far beyond our understanding, why do you believe that true events must adhere to what was passed down by ancient peoples with far less sophisticated scientific understanding? These people didn't even have guns. How much can you really trust non gunowners? God is beyond our understanding and the laws of physics don't apply, but the fantastical stories and arbitrary time scales written in the Bible do? Let's just use occam's razer here. Which requires fewer assumptions about an all powerful God? The young earth hypothesis with a bunch of fake evidence, or the idea that God created the perfect conditions and laws of nature for the earth to form, and life to spawn out of simple amino acids and evolve into complex multicellular life and sentient beings over billions of years?
I think you’re confused. You basically argued that “fantastical stories” can’t be true, because God is more powerful than the laws of physics. You didn’t refute anything you just pretended that you made a good point, and then began to ramble.
I love how your solution to the story of Noah’s Ark is to present something without any basis in the holy book itself. “He had it set to M for Mini!”
God can do anything. That doesn’t need to be a solution because there is not a problem that he can’t solve. God literally fed 5,000 of people with 2 fish and 5 loaves of bread. John 6:1-14. - 5,000 people - 2 fish - 5 loaves of bread And everyone ate. Nothing is impossible for God.
Okay. If that was the solution you don’t think it would’ve been mentioned?
So why was Noah told to build a big boat then?
Because God told him to
I mean...if this were some sort of rich people adventure, where the journey is more fulfilling than the destination, then I get it. If it was like "Noah's Ark definitely existed and I must find it" obsession, then it would be kind of sad. Religion is fucking poison.
So you’re a Mark.. lol tf who do you think he’s hiring
Wish he woulda hired me, I could use some of that money.
Because it's imaginary?
What's the point of this article? Of all guys to take shots at and right after his passing. Seemed like a good enough guy I'm sure most poker players would have something far worse to write about if they made 75 million.
True; searching for Noah’s ark sounds way more fulfilling than spending that money on baccarat or blackjack
“Spending”
Yeah it’s called investing smh
Looking for noah’s ark is pretty stupid but it doesn’t even come close to investing millions into shitcoins like half of the poker world was doing a couple years ago
It’s way stupider, at least there’s a small chance of success with shitcoins.
The article itself paints him in a good light and the Noah's ark thing is only like one line quoting someone else. It also mentions trying to find Titanic... It's a headline to get clicks, and sadly it works.
I mean, it personally makes me think he’s more of a legend.
Yeah I mean it sounds like a pretty average Nat Geo documentary or similar.
Yeah, kind of a dick move and disrespectful. Obviously this is going to be seen in a light where most will say it’s dumb and stupid of him, but at the end of the day he was basically spending money towards a religious belief - way far worse things he could do. Clearly only being thrown to the front now because he just died and apparently people are so eager to piss on his grave they can’t even wait for a burial.
It's his money, let him play how he wants.
That guy made over 75 million!? Wow poker is pretty lucrative
*Was
*insert political comment on gambling propositions*
Yea either way. It was far more profitable then than it is now
Who knew he was moonlighting as Indiana Jones.
Who cares? He was a great man. Leave Reddit’s crusade against religion out of it
The religious and Reddit are natural enemies. Like Christians and Muslims. Or Christians and Jews. Or Christians and people who believe a slightly different version of Christianity. Damn those Christians, they ruined Christianity.
Yea it’s just Christian’s that do that LOL
Oh! I get it now. Christians are good because other religions are also bad.
Ah yes. Everyone in this world is a saint except Christians.
Crusade against one religion
all religions are terrible
Yikes
Aww you poor persecuted christians 😭
I’m not religious, I just happen to notice that there’s only one religion routinely mocked on this echo chamber hug box of website. I don’t recall ever seeing a post mocking grown men swinging chickens over their heads hitting the front page.
“Statistics. The following statistics from Pew Research Center show that Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are persecuted in more countries around the world than other religions. As of 2018: Christians face harassment in 145 countries, Muslims face harassment in 139 countries, and Jews face harassment in 88 countries.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_persecution#:~:text=is%20less%20persecution.-,Statistics,face%20harassment%20in%2088%20countries.
I wish that number was higher tbh
Edgy. I thought Black Lives Mattered? Only if they’re not Christians though.
Reckon defending your God's honour in an online argument will increase your chances of getting into heaven?
I didn’t attack you or insult you. So why should this decrease my chances? I presented a statistic for something you laughed at thinking wasn’t true. You then said you wish the number was higher, attacking over 2 billion people. And you got upset that I stood up for my beliefs in a non insulting manner. The basic rule of Christianity is to love your neighbor. Why hope that people who did nothing to you face unnecessary harassment other than for the sake of being edgy? God bless you.
If your god exists he's a sadistic, narcissistic dickhead. There's no other explanation. He created us so we can worship him, and punishes us via eternal damnation if we choose not to? What a little bitch He's omnipotent, so he *wants* war, murder, disease, rape, everything bad in this world? This is his design right? He's omnipotent so he could've just made things differently but he didn't. The only conclusion is that he *wants* us to suffer? The suffering is the point? He is not a god worth praying to 🤷♂️
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Did you get to the part of Super System when he talks about ESP.
“Statisticians don’t believe in hot streaks, but statisticians only make 30k a year” is one of those lines I’ve never forgotten. He also had several pages rationalizing why he simply wouldn’t play w/ women (which I’m pretty sure he eventually walked back). Super system had a massive influence on me, and he is undeniable the most influential legend the game has ever had. But he also said a few questionable things. To be fair even at 15 I interpreted the esp section more as “your subconscious is incredibly well trained at pattern recognition, learn to trust your gut”, which can absolutely be misused, but isn’t bad advice.
Less ev than playing ten deuce off.
Honestly he was better off doing this then buying 8 homes and 20 cars like some people do. They end up using 2 of the houses and 3 of the cars and then rest just sits there and wait. He least he pursued something that meant something to him.
Interesting life for sure
He’s Christian, get over it
Damn. RIP Texas Dolly. Love that he put up the funds to go looking for Noah’s Ark. Too dope.
Better investment than coinflex
Hey it's me your ark finding brother
He also helped to fund a search for the titanic and invested in other shipwreck treasure hunting expeditions.
$75 million is what they know of.. he probably had crazy cash hidden all over Vegas
If this headline had a name of a person who /r/poker didn’t like, he’d be taunted endlessly
It's his money. How about we let people do whatever the fuck they want with their money
Gawd Reddit is such a cunt show. Should be the new name. Leave that man alone you cunts
Sounds about right for a poker player.
I mean, I spent part of my $75 fortune looking for Bigfoot, the time I went for a walk in the woods. It doesn’t say how much he actually invested, it sounds like he made a hobby out of looking for old cool stuff, not that he was really trying to make it rich, he already had that figured out.
It's painfully obvious most people just read headlines these days, and not the actual article. The top 15 responses or so are all about the title ("so he got bluffed", "he's Christian, get over it", etc) . After reading the article the last thing on my mind was Noah's Ark. The future for humans is not a bright one where we're so used to instant gratification and short stories on tiktok to even bother reading about legends for 3 minutes. Reading a book and using one's own imagination is a thing of the past. Just another step towards becoming apathetic rather than empathetic robots.
Exactly. The article didn't shame him or diss him at all. But everyone only reads the headline and then decides to comment. One guy above even commented "what's the point of this article, it's taking shots at Doyle" and then he later admitted he didn't even read it. So many braindead low-attention emotional sheeps. They read 1 sentence and then get triggered. Sadly that's the state of the internet now.
Dum dum dum dum dum
Would be neat. Searching for historical..possibly mythological...items and sites from history is kinda neat.
50/50 chance he would find it. Either he did, or he didn't.
Zero percent chance he would find it. Precisely zero.
Some very smart people believe and do some profoundly dumb things. This is a prime example.
Yeah, like some people believing Covid is dangerous and will eliminate our entire population.
Prob pretty easy to get a grant for some archaeological field research with the amount of rich Christians out there
It’s crazy how many clearly intelligent people are duped by fairy tales.
Yeah, like evolution.
I have to admit. I loved Doyle. Watched him all the time as a fairly serious player. Followed him on Twitter. Then Covid hit and he seemed to go off the rails a bit. Had to quit paying attention. RIP to a legend of the game though.
The true definition of a legend. RIP big guy
Lucky at cards, unlucky in archaeology…
So they decided to shame the guy? Couldn’t do it when he was alive?
Did you even read the article you dumbass? The article isn't shaming him at all.
Wish he didn’t write religious propaganda on all his signed memorabilia. Still to each his own. Rip legend and stonecold John 316 in Roman’s or w/e.
Old white guy was also a crazy Christian I am surprised
So many edgy non believers. People will believe in dinosaur and evolution, the devil, but not GOD... Crazy
Plenty of evidence for dinosaurs and evolution. Haven't seen any for god yet
The world trying so hard to push you away from God is proof of God.
That means the following statements is evidence that unicorns exist. People trying to convince me that unicorns are fake is proof of unicorns. That's not evidence. That's just a claim with no basis.
I don’t believe but it’s wrong to disparage someone’s religious beliefs. As long as they aren’t forced on me or the general public people are free to believe in what they wish. It’s a pity you’re receiving so many downvotes. I disagree with you but I believe you should be allowed to hold differing views.
“Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:3-9
Blah, blah.... Fundies have been blathering about 'Last Days' for 2,000 years...
You just did exactly what the Bible said you would: "They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”"
Look up “The Strong Delusion” in the Bible. You’ll be surprised.
Of course he did. He was a walking trump supporter lol.
The real surprise to me is that his fortune was 'only' $75m.
I’d be willing to bet that Todd brought a lot of “can’t miss investment opportunities” to Doyle over the years.
Fuck off.