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Can you spot the similarities? (Original Post) cleanhippie Jan 2015 OP
Om Yun Chol edhopper Jan 2015 #1
AND.... Kim exists! AlbertCat Jan 2015 #3
Yes edhopper Jan 2015 #4
Yup. progressoid Jan 2015 #15
Can you spot the similarities? AlbertCat Jan 2015 #2
God is a short, asian dictator with oversized glasses? DetlefK Jan 2015 #5
The only difference is that Choi worships a real authoritarian asshole. Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #6
Careful with that one. It is likely to be alerted. Hoppy Jan 2015 #7
Meh. Felix's god is demonstrably a bloodthirsty sociopath who despises humanity. Arugula Latte Jan 2015 #8
And looking at the Old Testament packman Jan 2015 #9
a very similar skin color? RussBLib Jan 2015 #10
Brainwashing and bullshit mr blur Jan 2015 #11
People think this kind of shit is humble. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2015 #12
mr. Rodgers had that theme Lordquinton Jan 2015 #13
If North Korea does one thing well... onager Jan 2015 #14
I have always found it to be very arrogant.... truebrit71 Jan 2015 #16

edhopper

(33,587 posts)
1. Om Yun Chol
Sun Jan 4, 2015, 10:53 AM
Jan 2015

probably has more to back up his claim.
Kim gave him the opportunity to train and go to the Olympics.

 

Hoppy

(3,595 posts)
7. Careful with that one. It is likely to be alerted.
Sun Jan 4, 2015, 11:56 AM
Jan 2015

You see, there are a lot of people on this board who aren't too good at reading, take too many things literally and get insulted at the littlest thing.

To avoid this post being alerted, I suggest you put the scarcasm thingy on it. Then put a p.s. "Referring to the possibility of the existence of an unreal ...... is meant to be a joke."

The post might be left alone after that.

I suspect my suggestion to you will also result in an alert.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
8. Meh. Felix's god is demonstrably a bloodthirsty sociopath who despises humanity.
Sun Jan 4, 2015, 12:35 PM
Jan 2015

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It's all laid out in their very own Big Magical Book of Smitings, Irrational Punishings, Infanticide, Worldwide Drownings, Plagues, and General Mass Murder.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
9. And looking at the Old Testament
Sun Jan 4, 2015, 12:41 PM
Jan 2015

there is really not that much of a difference with that flood thing and Joshua being ordered to kill every man, women, and child in various conquered cities, and Abraham told to sacrifice his son, etc., etc.


http://infidels.org/library/modern/donald_morgan/atrocity.html

RussBLib

(9,019 posts)
10. a very similar skin color?
Sun Jan 4, 2015, 12:56 PM
Jan 2015

...but Om really HAS to thank Kim or he wouldn't be there; Allyson has been brainwashed to think that god did it for her.

Another similarity is that they both have innate ability.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
12. People think this kind of shit is humble.
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 02:36 AM
Jan 2015

And that confuses the shit out of me.

Crediting God means God gave you a gift he didn't give anyone else. You imply, ipso facto, that you are favored in some way; or at least believe yourself favored.

Yet, somehow, crediting yourself for the all the hard work and practice you put into your particular craft is considered arrogant. Go figure.

Lordquinton

(7,886 posts)
13. mr. Rodgers had that theme
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 04:59 AM
Jan 2015

Work hard, practice every day and you can achieve great things, which is why the right hate him.

onager

(9,356 posts)
14. If North Korea does one thing well...
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 11:35 AM
Jan 2015

It's medals. Judging by this lineup of North Korean generals. Mr. Choi may have won a few of these dazzlers for his achievements, or at least their civilian versions.

NK hasn't fought a war in over 60 years, so I have to wonder what all those medals are for. Maybe they're some clever NK version of body armor or something.

Memo, all Pentagon staff - invasion of North Korea imminent, prepare very large magnets...

 

truebrit71

(20,805 posts)
16. I have always found it to be very arrogant....
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 09:47 PM
Jan 2015

... and not humble at all... but more than that it diminishes all of the effort and hard work the athlete put into the result themselves.... the same way addicts claim god helped them overcome addiction, when in fact the hard yards were put in by the recovering addict themselves... and, as an aside, where was god when they were getting hooked in the first place? Helping someone else run a sub 10 second 100 meters?

All completely daft.

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