What is Tim Duncan's religion?

[Fireball]

Timmy is a member of the "church of winning" ... nothing else

[FromWayDowntown]

Whatever the reason for the bump -- what a nice reminder of a lot of now-scarce screen names around these parts.

And whottt . . . .

[manufan10]

Whatever the reason for the bump -- what a nice reminder of a lot of now-scarce screen names around these parts.

And whottt . . . .

That's what I was thinking as I was glancing through it.

[TimmehC]

The necklace makes it seem like he could be taoist.

[Kamnik]

He seems smart enough to be an atheist.

[Cane]

Duncan's a Bob Marley kind of guy, so he worships love and weed

[Proxy]

I just assume he's something along the lines of agnostic/atheists... you take enough psychology/science classes, you're bound to see things differently.

I'm happy to be a fellow Atheist alongside my good friend Manu Ginobili as well.

[YoMamaIsCallin]

Yikes, five pages of this? Do you people have lives?

[z0sa]

I just assume he's something along the lines of agnostic/atheists... you take enough psychology/science classes, you're bound to see things differently.

One of the first things you learn about in psych and science are the inaccuracies of generalizing..

[GSH]

I'm happy to be a fellow Atheist alongside my good friend Manu Ginobili as well.

I must have missed the memo about Practically Famous Day.

I'm sure with that, and your never ending stream of psychology anecdotes, the girls will just come a-runnin'.

[tuncaboylu]

I think Duncan is rational enough not to believe the myths

[Manu-of-steel]

Timmy has a God. He couldn't be an atheist.

[jestersmash]

Timmy has a God. He couldn't be an atheist.

[Proxy]

I must have missed the memo about Practically Famous Day.

I'm sure with that, and your never ending stream of psychology anecdotes, the girls will just come a-runnin'.

Girls melt when I show them Manu's number in my contacts.

[foodie2]

I'm coming late to this thread, but is Tim's son's name really a secret? Because Sean said it on a telecast a couple of weeks ago. I'd never heard it but I assumed I was just behind the times. Did Sean slip and give it away?

[Kori Ellis]

I'm coming late to this thread, but is Tim's son's name really a secret? Because Sean said it on a telecast a couple of weeks ago. I'd never heard it but I assumed I was just behind the times. Did Sean slip and give it away?

That's an old post saying that. It's not a secret at all now (it's Draven) but they kept it under wraps for a while right after he was born, I think.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

That's an old post saying that. It's not a secret at all now (it's Draven) but they kept it under wraps for a while right after he was born, I think.

Draven. Interesting. Weren't they a nasty alien species that supported the shadows in Babylon 5?

[Drz]

I'd be fairly surprised if it wasn't related to Eric Draven, the main character in The Crow.

[jhfenton]

Draven. Interesting. Weren't they a nasty alien species that supported the shadows in Babylon 5?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drakh

[tmtcsc]

I used to think televangelists or Jesus freaks were some of the most annoying people in the world.

But they have easily been surpassed by the intellectual dead enders who claim that belief in God is akin to believing in the Easter Bunny. Your idea of the Bible is just as warped as those who believe it was meant to be interpreted word for word and without symbolism.

Just do everyone a favor and accept you lack the capacity to believe. No harm. You just don't get it. You don't feel it, don't understand it and can't accept it. That goes for professional athletes like Manu (who is my favorite player) and for all the outspoken entertainers like Bill Maher.

Agree to disagree and stop with the cynical, passive-aggressive remarks.

[jARS mEsH sEt]

I used to think televangelists or Jesus freaks were some of the most annoying people in the world.

But they have easily been surpassed by the intellectual dead enders who claim that belief in God is akin to believing in the Easter Bunny. Your idea of the Bible is just as warped as those who believe it was meant to be interpreted word for word and without symbolism.

Just do everyone a favor and accept you lack the capacity to believe. No harm. You just don't get it. You don't feel it, don't understand it and can't accept it. That goes for professional athletes like Manu (who is my favorite player) and for all the outspoken entertainers like Bill Maher.

Agree to disagree and stop with the cynical, passive-aggressive remarks.

[Proxy]

I used to think televangelists or Jesus freaks were some of the most annoying people in the world.

But they have easily been surpassed by the intellectual dead enders who claim that belief in God is akin to believing in the Easter Bunny. Your idea of the Bible is just as warped as those who believe it was meant to be interpreted word for word and without symbolism.

Just do everyone a favor and accept you lack the capacity to believe. No harm. You just don't get it. You don't feel it, don't understand it and can't accept it. That goes for professional athletes like Manu (who is my favorite player) and for all the outspoken entertainers like Bill Maher.

Agree to disagree and stop with the cynical, passive-aggressive remarks.

Sorry, but it's about time the world left the easter bunny behind. I get the whole mindset you want to promote, but that won't result in change.

I could've agreed that what you said seemed somewhat logical, until the remark that 'intellectuals' lack the capacity to believe. What a load of hypocritical and nonsensical bull the second half of your post is.

[Dunc n Dave]

He seems smart enough to be an atheist.

lol being atheist automatically = being smart

[SinBAD]

Sorry, but it's about time the world left the easter bunny behind. I get the whole mindset you want to promote, but that won't result in change.

I could've agreed that what you said seemed somewhat logical, until the remark that 'intellectuals' lack the capacity to believe. What a load of hypocritical and nonsensical bull the second half of your post is.

I'm muslim and i have to agree that all athiests just don't have the capacity to understand and believe.All muslims, christians and jews are people of the book, believe in the same god and the evidence is too obvious to ignore.if you choose to ignore it it's your decision but you will pay the price one day.God has given you too much to be ignored.how would u feel if ur son ignored u and says u dont exist.you wont pay the price now, you'll pay it after you die.lets think about intelligent design for a second, if its true that we are just a bunch of cells that come together by intelligent design and we are alive as long as these cells are alive, explain to me what is soul?where does the soul go?after people die their cells are still working for a while, their hearts can still be pumping, infact their whole body can still be functional but yet theyr die.why is that?its because the soul goes away.where does the soul come from?soul can't be explained by science.soul is from god.believe it or not i could care less but i delivered god's message and its up to u to believe it.

[jARS mEsH sEt]

lol being atheist automatically = being smart

In 2008, intelligence researcher Helmuth Nyborg examined whether IQ relates to denomination and income, using representative data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, which includes intelligence tests on a representative selection of white American youth, where they have also replied to questions about religious belief. His results, published in the scientific journal Intelligence, demonstrated that Atheists scored an average of 1.95 IQ points higher than Agnostics, 3.82 points higher than Liberal persuasions, and 5.89 IQ points higher than Dogmatic persuasions. [4]


The relationship between countries' belief in a god and average Intelligence Quotient, measured by Lynn, Harvey & Nyborg.[5]


Nyborg also co-authored a study with Richard Lynn, emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Ulster, which compared religious belief and average national IQs in 137 countries. [5] The study analysed the issue from several viewpoints. Firstly, using data from a U.S. study of 6,825 adolescents, the authors found that atheists scored 6 IQ points higher than those adhering to a religion.
Secondly, the authors investigated the link between religiosity and intelligence on a country level. Among the sample of 137 countries, only 23 (17%) had more than 20% of atheists, which cons uted “virtually all... higher IQ countries.” The authors reported a correlation of 0.60 between atheism rates and level of intelligence, which was determined to be “highly statistically significant”"


"Taking the U.S. population as an example: Most polls show that about 90% of the general public believes in a personal God; yet 93% of the members of the National Academy of Sciences do not. This suggests that there are few modes of thinking less congenial to religious faith than science is."