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replyThat's the cool thing about the God Theory: any events can be explained by it.
replyOr He felt we needed a small reminder of what we're capable of if not careful!
replyHe never gave us a fucking manual in the first place, so who knows what He is thinking.
reply> He never gave us a fucking manual in the first place, so who knows what He is thinking.
replyHe did give us a manual. He very clearly says that slavery is okay and eating shrimp is a sin, and lots of other rules.
To be fair, there are a number of different manuals, and they don't tend to agree with each other.
replySlavery is not OK. Someone indentured for owing a debt can be compelled for a maximum of six years and goes free in the seventh, with no payment required from him.
replyYou sure? I got a manual that has lined up with expectations thus far.
replyIt's ok to just treat it like a thing people say. When people say 'bless you' I don't explain to them that sneezing doesn't actually expel my soul from my body.
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replyHumans have used god (capital G or otherwise) to justify their actions since time immemorial.
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replyWhen exactly would that have been?
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replyThat is an unhealthy level of contempt you have there.
reply> I always love how religious fruitcakes think that their 'god' both is completely omnipotent and infallible but also somehow gives a shit about them, and listens to them.
replySuch a miserable existence looking down on people for their own beliefs. Please get a hobby.
This comment is what real bigotry looks like.
replyIt's a shame that the moderators on Hacker News tolerate this.
replyYou don't believe in anything, good for you. But it's not healthy for you to harbor so much hatred and anger for those with different opinions. You're free to worship your golden calf, but why not be civil?
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replyBLEVE = Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion
replyMy parents are retired fire-fighters. They had an American pygmy goat named Bleve. Those goats commonly have very rotund stomachs[1] that look like they are about to explode.
reply[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:American_Pygmy_G...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGWmONHipVo
replyMythBusters have a good BLEVE episode. Apparently Adam Savage's favourite explosion.
Typically BLEVE is used in a petrochemical context, where the hot "boiling liquid, expanding vapor" ignites on contact with oxygen.
replyA BLEVE does not need oxygen to become an explosion. The explosion occurs with the rupture of a tank (that has been heated, increasing the internal pressure and thus increasing the boiling point of the liquid inside, so that it remains liquid). This causes a loss of rapid loss of pressure, which in turn rapidly decreases the boiling point of the liquid, thus causing a sizable part of the liquid to almost immediately boil and cause an expanding "cloud" of gas.
replyWhen this occurs, you have an explosion that can propel parts of a steel propane tank up to 1/2 mile (at least).
It doesn't need it but it makes it that much more destructive. Your propane example is such a case - as the hot cloud expands explosively it burns on contact with new oxygen and the heat serves to further perpetuate the process. An overheated tank of propane provides an illustration of the principle on which thermobaric warheads are based.
reply> A leak was detected in one of the fittings and an attempt was made to correct it by striking the fitting with a large wrench.
replyWhy bring God into the discussion? Do you think he’s monitoring our lives actively? Why is he a he? Does God have male genitalia?
replyUghhh don't be this guy, please...
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replyNot only that, but "there's a gas leak, let's strike it with a wrench" is one of the more interesting attempts I've heard of to win a Darwin award.
replyIt worked
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