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Why Are Anti-Christian Bigots So Eager to Prey On Tim Tebow?
17 Dec 2011 02:13 #144
by ScienceChic
I'm sorry, but that whole sunset color thing is dumb - sunsets are every color in the rainbow, and the hundreds of football teams in this country alone are every color of the rainbow; there are dozens of teams alone with the orange and blue colors - I'm pretty sure that if God exists, He doesn't care that much about one single team. To use it as a reason that He loves the Broncos, and, by extension, that we should be fans because of this, is lame. Love the Broncos because they are successful, have good, role-model athletes, give back to their community, are fun to watch, etc, but don't make them sound like they are all that and a bag of chips, "Blessed By the Almighty", just because of their team colors. Cuz if that were the case, I'm pretty sure that they'd go undefeated a whole lot more, if God's as powerful as claimed.
(And I'm cutting you off before you can start the next justification, that He lets them lose to teach them and us humility, perseverance, etc, etc)
to ask this question then: NE was caught cheating when they went undefeated, so...does God endorse cheaters, does this mean that the Packers are also cheating, or was He trying to teach us a lesson? lol
I find life as an agnostic so much simpler. tongue:
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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PrintSmith wrote:
If God is a Packer fan, why are sunrises Orange and Blue instead of Gold and Green? Everyone knows Colorado is God's favored piece of land; everyone else is downstream of us. . . . :thumbsup:Photo-fish wrote: Besides everybody knows that God is a Packer fan.
"God doesn't dwell on the land"? I thought that God was manifested in everything? And while CO may at this point in geologic time contain the majority of highest points in the contiguous US, thus making some people (we don't hydrate the entire country) "downstream of us", at one point this area was a mile below sea level...we weren't always on top...PrintSmith wrote: You know that God doesn't dwell on the land, don't you? He lives in the skies. I somehow can't find where the favor lies when the time of year that green and gold prevail is the time of year when life is going into hibernation, but that's just me I suppose.
On second thought, Reggie White did say he would go where God told him to go and he wound up in Green Bay, so I suppose maybe God has an affinity for that area as well. More telling though is how many folks from there end up here. I would have to say that migration is greater from Wisconsin to Colorado than the other way around, wouldn't you?
I'm sorry, but that whole sunset color thing is dumb - sunsets are every color in the rainbow, and the hundreds of football teams in this country alone are every color of the rainbow; there are dozens of teams alone with the orange and blue colors - I'm pretty sure that if God exists, He doesn't care that much about one single team. To use it as a reason that He loves the Broncos, and, by extension, that we should be fans because of this, is lame. Love the Broncos because they are successful, have good, role-model athletes, give back to their community, are fun to watch, etc, but don't make them sound like they are all that and a bag of chips, "Blessed By the Almighty", just because of their team colors. Cuz if that were the case, I'm pretty sure that they'd go undefeated a whole lot more, if God's as powerful as claimed.
(And I'm cutting you off before you can start the next justification, that He lets them lose to teach them and us humility, perseverance, etc, etc)HaveRockdoc Franz wrote:
Photo-fish wrote: And why would they have an undefeated season so far if he did not like them?
Gorgeous pictures. But to the point. Perhaps for the same reason he had NE go undefeated into the Superbowl?
to ask this question then: NE was caught cheating when they went undefeated, so...does God endorse cheaters, does this mean that the Packers are also cheating, or was He trying to teach us a lesson? lolI find life as an agnostic so much simpler. tongue:
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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17 Dec 2011 06:22 #146
by ScienceChic
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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No problem, have fun! I just wanted to open my big mouth and state my case about it.CinnamonGirl wrote: Photo fish and I have a long standing rivalry. Let us tease each other. Cheese heads are dumb.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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17 Dec 2011 07:36 #147
by Rockdoc
@ SC Oh ye of little faith. Why do you need to be so serious? Of course God exists through faith in people's minds, just like scinetific fact exists through faith in our minds. Take for example, the 700 million year half life of 235U. At millions of years in periodicity, there is no way we can ever directly observe its decay cycle completely. Instead we take it on faith that its decay proceeds systematically in a fashion similar to that of isotopes with far shorter and observable decay series. So if faith plays such a critical role in scientific thought, who are we to say that God can not exists in people's mind with the same kind of reality faith augmented truth exists in our minds? In fact, I once saw something that really helped me deal with conflicts of this nature. God is truth and the only access we ever have to either one is through faith.
So, what remains is that God is a Broncos fan with each and every orange and blue sunset or sunrise over Colorado. rofllol
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I'm sorry, but that whole sunset color thing is dumb - sunsets are every color in the rainbow, and the hundreds of football teams in this country alone are every color of the rainbow; there are dozens of teams alone with the orange and blue colors - I'm pretty sure that if God exists, He doesn't care that much about one single team. To use it as a reason that He loves the Broncos, and, by extension, that we should be fans because of this, is lame. Love the Broncos because they are successful, have good, role-model athletes, give back to their community, are fun to watch, etc, but don't make them sound like they are all that and a bag of chips, "Blessed By the Almighty", just because of their team colors. Cuz if that were the case, I'm pretty sure that they'd go undefeated a whole lot more, if God's as powerful as claimed. (And I'm cutting you off before you can start the next justification, that He lets them lose to teach them and us humility, perseverance, etc, etc)
@ SC Oh ye of little faith.
Why do you need to be so serious? Of course God exists through faith in people's minds, just like scinetific fact exists through faith in our minds. Take for example, the 700 million year half life of 235U. At millions of years in periodicity, there is no way we can ever directly observe its decay cycle completely. Instead we take it on faith that its decay proceeds systematically in a fashion similar to that of isotopes with far shorter and observable decay series. So if faith plays such a critical role in scientific thought, who are we to say that God can not exists in people's mind with the same kind of reality faith augmented truth exists in our minds? In fact, I once saw something that really helped me deal with conflicts of this nature. God is truth and the only access we ever have to either one is through faith.So, what remains is that God is a Broncos fan with each and every orange and blue sunset or sunrise over Colorado. rofllol
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17 Dec 2011 09:48 #148
by Photo-fish
Smog, pollution, forest fires, dust storms and volcanic activity coupled with humidity...
Yep, those beautiful sunsets are all caused by good things. :thumbsup:
Go Pack!
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CinnamonGirl wrote: Why are sunsets orange and blue? Photo fish?
Smog, pollution, forest fires, dust storms and volcanic activity coupled with humidity...
Yep, those beautiful sunsets are all caused by good things. :thumbsup:
I would agree, us midwest transplants love Colorado but we remain fans of the team we grew up with. Hence the term Packer Nation.PrintSmith wrote: I would have to say that migration is greater from Wisconsin to Colorado than the other way around, wouldn't you?
Blasphemer!Science Chic wrote: so...does God endorse cheaters, does this mean that the Packers are also cheating,
Go Pack!
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17 Dec 2011 10:53 #149
by LadyJazzer
I'm curious about how many in this Tebow-loving crowd would be so up for "letting him express himself" and "how wonderful he is to publicly express his faith"...if his faith turned out to be Muslim, Hindu, ....
Methinks all of a sudden the Right would turn and eat him...
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AspenValley wrote: Who is Tim Tebow and why should I care?
I'm curious about how many in this Tebow-loving crowd would be so up for "letting him express himself" and "how wonderful he is to publicly express his faith"...if his faith turned out to be Muslim, Hindu, ....
Methinks all of a sudden the Right would turn and eat him...
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