wbeagle03

I think this is a forest for the trees comment.

The fact that he didn’t really recruit this class is the point. Essentially how hard he recruiting at OM vs how little he could recruit at LSU and the outcome is an indication that LSU is a force multiplier.

Time X effort X OM= outcome v
Time X effort X LSU= outcome

Whole season X max effort X OM=23

1 week X Divide attention X LSU = 13

LSU is a force multiplier. So what will it be when it’s

Whole season X max effort X LSU ?

The problem I see with the epicurean paradox is that it assumes that free will is the end all be all of God’s design.

In my experience/belief/faith God’s greatest gift to us was not our free will - that was merely a consequence of the gift.

The gift actually is desire. God gave us the ability to desire Him, things, people, feelings etc. because we have desires by their very nature are above and beyond needs and therefore subject to prioritization. We can pursue our desires even when they directly contradict our needs. And pursuit is driven only by the necessity to choose.

The story of why God created man - He wanted beings that loved Him because they pursued Him beyond compliance but out of want.

So yes He could have built a universe that free will did not include sin but since He wanted a world that people would “choose” to desire Him He had to create a world where “choosing” other desires (i.e. sins) was also possible.

So to revisit your chart:

1. why does He allow Satan to exists because He wants us to choose Him over a real alternative.

2. Why would He still allow us to be tested? Because it’s not truly an expression of real desire if there isn’t a real opportunity to reject Him. Test aren’t for His edification it is for ours.
Because as a truly omniscient and omnipotent being He understand the formula for the world in a way this “paradox” refuses to accept. It looks micro and an individual’s failure on one test may become necessary for success in more significant situations.

3. Could he have created a world with free choice with out evil: sure but in order to achieve the goal of creating a being that is free to align their desires with Him there has to be a lesser or opposing force they could align with instead

If we did it, I think it would need to a confidence pool:

Current open jobs (10):

a. Auburn
b. Arkansas
c. Florida
d. LSU
e. Penn State
f. Stanford
g. UCLA
h. Virginia Tech
i. Oklahoma State
j. Oregon State.

Pick your coach and assign a confidence score (1-10).

Correct picks get 5 points + assigned confidence score. Person with the most points when the last hire for these ten are made wins the pot.

Would love for him to take the Sam Nader role!

They should use orange as a primary color within the room and then just call it "The Orange Room"

I could buy this but to me the most damning piece of evidence against Lacy would have been the driver of the trucks statement but on video his near exact quote is “the lady behind me caused that accident”

So why keep spouting a line of what he did that doesn’t agree with what he is on camera saying what he did?

For some, it may be, but the couples who run it have survived, and as cliche as it may be to say, they have thrived. One of the presenting couples attended in the 90s and are still together, so for some it may be a band-aid, for others it is the triage that saves their relationship!

I may never come back to the SEC tourney they just awarded that jackass fan of the game. ??

Something I just realized that contributes to this that I haven’t seen discussed - how did Burt know where Irving lived? Someone had to tell him, yes?

Why isn’t Irvin asking how Burt found him anyway?

Lends more evidence to the idea that Burt knows and/or has access to more information than we could initially believe.

The firing may just be a cover.

***possible*** truth.

Burt really did retire. Was really happy and so was his husband.

OTC Irv shows up - wtf for them.

Burt contacts lumen and told get irv out of his house either because Burt is more connected or they promised him something in return.

The Pacman episode was a wild take - but I was there for it.

The Megaman premise should be a whole series - I would immediately enter mandatory premier watching. I don't want to say more because of spoilers, but seriously it was fricking awesome.

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Hurdling is a foul in hs

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What should have been the result of that play. Move the ball back and attempt the try again?