Evidence for why we know the New Testament writers told the truth.

[Rincewind]

Either there is evidence or there is belief.

And the central part of belief = "lie"!

I wrote this before, but nobody seemed to notice...

 

[Rincewind]

And if God exists miracles are possible.

And if we had some ham we could have ham and eggs... if we had some eggs...

 

[kmortis]

Best explanation of Cricket I've ever read but did the NT writers have something to do with the rules because the style seems similar?

Incomprehensible?

If that's the best explaination, I'll never learn that damned game. I'll stick to something easy, like field theory.

 

[Rincewind]

Incomprehensible?

If that's the best explaination, I'll never learn that damned game. I'll stick to something easy, like field theory.

It's possibly more incomprehensible -

Sometimes a game can last for five days - and still not finish!

 

[kmortis]

It's possibly more incomprehensible -

Sometimes a game can last for five days - and still not finish!

Oh, it's like Axis and Allies with a bat, ball and some funny sticks then?

 

[Elizabeth I]

Hmmm. Hmmmmmmmmmm. I think this may be the best Evidence for Why We Know the New Testament Writers Told the Truth that I've seen in this thread. For is not cricket played on the Ground of the Lord? And are His ways not mysterious, much like the rules of cricket?

I'm seriously considering conversion.

I just want somebody to tell me how they decide who bats first and who fields first - flip a coin? arm wrestle? sword fight? game of "chicken" on skateboards?

 

[Lucian]

I just want somebody to tell me how they decide who bats first and who fields first - flip a coin? arm wrestle? sword fight? game of "chicken" on skateboards?

I believe they spend several hours each suggesting very politely that the other side go first.

 

[welshdean]

It's possibly more incomprehensible -

Sometimes a game can last for five days - and still not finish!

It gets worse, they play on a square, which is actually a rectangle, at the Oval.

Don't even ask about positions!!!

 

[Mojo]

It gets worse, they play on a square, which is actually a rectangle, at the Oval.

Don't even ask about positions!!!

Silly mid-off? Bloody stupid short leg?

 

[Mojo]

Sometimes a game can last for five days - and still not finish!

There was one that went on for nine days without finishing - one of the teams had a ship to catch.

 

[welshdean]

Silly mid-off? Bloody stupid short leg?

<Bones> It's worse than that Jim. </Bones>

 

[Simon39759]

You know, there are enough British and Australian (not to mention other commonwealth nations) among the skeptical communities that one could organize a cricket game at TAM...

 

[TSR]

Incomprehensible?

If that's the best explaination, I'll never learn that damned game. I'll stick to something easy, like field theory.

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Well, it's not as if it was a *real* sport, like, say, baseball

< /imported 'murrican >

Sigh, after the first time ever in the Series, the Rangers choked.

Have I mentioned that my eldest's first words that could be understood if you weren't related by blood were "Go, Birds, beat them Cubbies?" Yes, living in St. Lou at the time.

Followed quickly by "Mets are pondscum ..." Nunno where she got *that* from < innocent eyes > Because, of course, pondscum lives at the *top* of the pond, not several games back...

D*mmit, reporting myself again...
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[Rincewind]

Oh, it's like Axis and Allies with a bat, ball and some funny sticks then?

Um...

Two bats actually.

 

[Rincewind]

So - there you go...

The incomprehensible rules of cricket prove that the writers of the incomprhensible New Testament told the truth.

Who wins the thread then?

 

[Aitch]

<Bones> It's worse than that Jim. </Bones>

[qimg]http://www.qedoc.org/en/images/thumb/e/ec/Cricket_positions.png/300px-Cricket_positions.png[/qimg]

One thing I've always wondered, do off and on fielding positions swap over if you have a left handed batsman?

 

[Lothian]

One thing I've always wondered, do off and on fielding positions swap over if you have a left handed batsman?

Yes.

 

[Aitch]

Yes.

Thank you.

Now name the 11* ways of getting out...

* I think it's 11.

 

[Lothian]

Thank you.

Now name the 11* ways of getting out...

* I think it's 11.

Ten,

Bowled
Caught
Leg Before Wicket
Run out
Stumped
Obstructing the field (something like that)
Hit the ball twice
Timed out.
Ummm and the other two

 

[Lothian]

Handled the ball