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Post See, when I call fundamentalists stupid...
Shit like this is the reason.

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Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:03 pm
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He's not stupid...he's just using faith to make a buck. He may be dillusional, a bastard...but certainly not stupid if he's managed to convince over 6 thousand people to shell out without...you know...proof of oil.

Of course, now that I've said this, he's going to strike it rich.
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Man, if only I was that stupid - I'd be set for life!

The people giving him the money are too trusting though. That said, each of the people who give that guy money are *smarter* than any person who buys lottery tickets - the odds of this guy finding oil in Isreal, low as they are, are far higher than most of those 'pick a number' lottery tickets. Over the long run, $3 or so every week or less on a lottery ticket turns into a pile of money lost with nothing to show for it.

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Christopher Fiss wrote:
He's not stupid...he's just using faith to make a buck. He may be dillusional, a bastard...but certainly not stupid if he's managed to convince over 6 thousand people to shell out without...you know...proof of oil.

Of course, now that I've said this, he's going to strike it rich.
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I'm recalling two Bible quotes. One about the blind leading the blind, and one about the man with one eye being king. Just because he can find people dumber does not make him intelligent.

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Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:30 pm
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Finding dumb people doesn't take intellegence, I agree.

Getting them to give you money...not so much.

LOTS of money from LOTS of dumb people, though, takes at least some tallent, if not intellegence. :) Otherwise, we'd all be rich!

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