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Crimson K
| Favorite team: | Alabama  |
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| Registered on: | 12/1/2018 |
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Is it totally stand alone, or do I need to brush up on the previous Mando seasons to follow?
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re: Supergirl star Milly Alcock knows she'll face backlash by "simply existing as a woman“
Posted by Crimson K on 5/22/26 at 11:20 am to coolpapaboze
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I find her very odd looking.
For as much crap as the miscast Helen of Troy got, it feels like Ms. Alcock is getting a pass. I'm not saying she a mutant beast or anything, but I just do not see her as movie star attractive in the least.
This just feels so damn fun. Hope they knock it outta the park.
Nashville expected to be announced to host 2030 Super Bowl
Posted by Crimson K on 5/18/26 at 6:42 am
Pretty cool for the Music City. I guess if you want to host, just build a crazy expensive stadium.
ESPN article
ESPN article
re: The Odyssey Trailer #2
Posted by Crimson K on 5/9/26 at 8:57 am to Globetrotter747
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black Helen and Ellen/Elliot Page playing Achilles
If theses are indeed true then stunt casting has been taken to the absurd. I do think that the Helen actress is attractive, but having her be Greek is just silly. But page as Achilles would be so ludicrous that it would be hard to take this even remotely seriously.
Coaches at middling bball programs who have contract bonuses for making the tourney feeling pretty awesome right now.
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You’re the one who seems to be taking offense.
In what way? I am honestly asking.
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Would you describe Jesus as “starting a branch faith”? I don’t think that how he thought of his actions.
I would not, and I don't think Jesus would either, but we were talking about secular work in the academic field.
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What is the volume of extrabibilical sources that actually verify the existence of Jesus? The usual citations
You named some big ones. but how far back do you want to go?
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That’s a bad analogy. A better one for the discussion that we’re having would be an LSU football fan claiming that Alabama doesn’t play real football because they’re a different team.
The poster said that both religions share similarities responding to me saying they have the same window dressings but are incompatible belief systems. My analogy is apt. It is not a claim that they are not both religious belief systems. It is a claim that to support one precludes supporting the other, thus though they have the same trappings, they in fact support different institutions.
re: Dismantling of Islam with Jay Smith
Posted by Crimson K on 4/28/26 at 10:13 am to SlowFlowPro
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I'm not talking about Abraham. I'm talking about the Canaanite breakoff population/sect that took the Canaanite polytheistic religion and, over time, merged the gods into Yahweh. That's how Judaism started.
That is a view that you can take, but it is no more provable than what the Jews would say themselves about how the worship of YHVH began. I'm sure Muslims would also disagree at your characterization of the beginning of Islam. IF you start from the position that any supernatural elements have to be discounted, then this is one fairly logical progression of thought, but it is not the only one.
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They have much in common.
OK. LSU and Alabama football have much in common too. but to support one is to oppose the other (I'm sure there are some small minority of crazies out there who claim to support both).
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I don’t know what you mean by “serious scholars”, but I’ve already mentioned that the position does not represent a consensus, so you don’t have to break anything to me, gently or otherwise.
Also, the theories with which I’m familiar don’t take a position that a figure didn’t exist just because they’re mentioned in the Bible. Rather, they look for extrabiblical sources mentioning those figures.
Look, I'm not trying to be contentious with you. You and other posters can have your fights, but I am not interested in playing that game. This is actually my area of study and expertise, so my intent is to bring that to this discussion. If you choose to take offense, that is up to you.
It's not just a matter of lack of consensus; there is pretty much zero reputable work in the field that discounts the historical veracity of a rabbi named Jesus who started a branch faith from Judaism, who was crucified and whose followers claimed to have seen resurrected.
The main reason for this consensus view is because of the volume of extra-Biblical sources. I am not putting forth a claim that this verifies the New testament account of Christianity, but I will counter any notion that there are any worth giving any credibility to that claim that Jesus never existed, which the original claim that I responded to.
re: Dismantling of Islam with Jay Smith
Posted by Crimson K on 4/28/26 at 9:49 am to SlowFlowPro
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But in Judaism, they followed the same pattern of polytheism to monotheism that Islam did, so the distinction has no real difference.
Though there are some similarities, this is in fact not true. You can point to the idea that an individual (Abram and Mohammed) both got an individual visitation from a divine being from their own accounts, BUT the nature and response to those were quite different.
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Allah is the God of Abraham. The same god that Christians worship.
Muslims do not recognize the tetragrammaton as a legitimate name for God. Of course there is also the whole disagreement about Jesus thing....
I'll grant that a claim can be made in the same way that a cult like the Branch Davidians could claim to "worshipping the same God." There are some of the same window dressings, but theologically, the faiths are incompatible.
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I’m also familiar about theories about the non-existence of Jesus
I'm going to break this to you as gently as possible. There are pretty much NO serious scholars who debate the existence of Jesus. That's not to say that said scholars support His divinity, but the acceptance of a historical Jesus is a fait accompli. The rationalist movement that previously denied the existence of many historical figures just because they were mentioned in the Bible became a non-tenable position as completely secular work in various fields repeatedly proved.
The shitbird who took the vid and egged the stomper on needs to be called out too.
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Study in math, physics, chemistry, etc., is critical for America's future competitiveness
I think the problem is these are BAs in science fields, AND there is no demand for them. It does not equate at all to cutting out the study of these subjects.
You should join the Pac10. Really compete in all those sports that no one watches.
re: Your too soon 2026 takes
Posted by Crimson K on 4/9/26 at 2:52 pm to Galloglaich
Ole Miss wins a stinker of a game against Kiffin in September, but LSU has the better overall season. Only 3 SEC teams in the playoffs. A&M comes back to earth a bit compared to last season due to harder schedule. I think UTx beats the Buckeyes early on.
re: Chips are down: Do you know who your starting QB is for Game 1?
Posted by Crimson K on 4/9/26 at 2:48 pm to Marcelo Lavanda
Nope, and I don’t think the coaches really know either. As much as I want to spin that as a good thing and that we have two capable ones competing, it’d be nice to have someone separate themselves.
So where was Frank the last time we saw him in a D+ show! I don’t just mean location, but like wasn’t he assumed dead by society at large after the Daredevil show?
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So what's your explanation for why the Big Ten is dominant over the SEC in the NIL era
Holy hell man. I have repeatedly said that the Big 10 has and is spending more money in the NIL era. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with it from a rules perspective either. I just took issue with the notion that Big 10 teams weren’t paying before. It’s a weak excuse for why the SEC dominated. My saying that NIL potentially being capped would hurt the Big 10 goes hand in hand with this. Big 10 teams (at the least the few that are willing to pay big $) are successful because they can outbid for transfers, and since the tampering stuff is going on everywhere, they can get more developed players who want to cash in or target specific HS players they feel are can’t miss. It’s a smart way to handle this window of opportunity. Calling the ability to outspend other teams a more level playing field is a little silly though. If there were something like a salary cap, Big 10 teams wouldn’t be able to poach nearly as much as they currently are.
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Here's the bottom line. You want to cling to some fantasy that the SEC wasn't cheating more with illegal payments. I'll never convince you otherwise. Fine.
Why can’t you address the simple question why you believe Big 10 teams weren’t cheating on a large scale? You have sidestepped this repeatedly. I’ve give you some links.
Player claims OSU gave him cash and cars.
MSU recruiting violations
Fab 5 improper benefits scandal
This is from like 2 minutes of searching. It’s why I am unwilling to let your BS claim slide. The Big 10 has a long history of scandals going back over 30 years. They also consistently received lighter punishments when caught.
I’ve never argued that SEC teams are wealthier, though endowments don’t really have much to do with athletic department and booster spending. Why do you believe the Big 10 couldn’t compete before the NIL and unlimited transfer era? I have just given you receipts that they have been cheating. You have to pretty much say that the schools were too dumb to cheat. Why do you think they have to overpay to get talent today?
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I'm all for NIL caps for the sake of parity. But let's not pretend the SEC has equal financial resources to the Big Ten
If this happens, the Big 10 will see its success fall off quickly.
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