I Flew to Lagos and Got Beaten Up Because of a Nigerian Email Scam

Re:I Flew to Lagos and Got Beaten Up Because of a Nigerian E... by tedunangst on Monday December 16, 2013 @09:11PM (#6919196)

"everybody" knows God is omnipotent (and omnipresent). He can hear your prayers without the hairdryer amplification, which the President should surely know. Using a hairdryer to communicate implies that the President believes in a God that cannot hear unamplified prayers; i.e. the President doesn't believe in the "real" God.

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Re:I Flew to Lagos and Got Beaten Up Because of a Nigerian E... by mikeash on Monday December 16, 2013 @09:56PM (#6919314)

Right, so "magic" is acceptable as long as it's "magic we endorse".

Looking at it from the outside, there's no serious difference.

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Re:I Flew to Lagos and Got Beaten Up Because of a Nigerian E... by tedunangst on Monday December 16, 2013 @10:07PM (#6919348)

Sure. But now you know how the addition of a hairdryer makes the claim more ridiculous or offensive.

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Re:I Flew to Lagos and Got Beaten Up Because of a Nigerian E... by Crito on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @12:10PM (#6922201)

It doesn't make it any more ridiculous, that is the point. It only makes it into a form of magic that is not endorsed by mainstream christians, but it isn't actually any weirder.

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