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The Padres have more but some of those guys were already made men by the time they joined them, what makes the Expos unique is how many either got their starts there or broke out there.

I'm a non-believer but I don't insult other people for their beliefs. We have a couple of people here who can't separate the evils of organized religion from the desire for spirituality that many people have as individuals.

that's exactly what he's supposed to say. unlike tony pettiti's strange decision to throw his conferences co-#1 brand to the wolves so illinois will be happy.

Congratulations to Thor and Mrs. Thor. They both have such flowing locks that I can’t tell them apart.

I don't think it's possible to prove that the earth just sprung up naturally. This notion that this beautiful and scientific earth just happened by accident without any help fron an intelligent creator seems just as bold as assuming that there was some sort of creator with a plan. I am definitely more science based than faith based and I don't think anyone truely knows why we are here, but I don't think the motion of a planned creation is outrageous.

Here is the first Greek Jesus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonius_of_Tyana Synopsis: "Apollonius of Tyana was a first-century Greek philosopher and religious leader from the town of Tyana, Cappadocia in Roman Anatolia, who spent his life travelling and teaching in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. He is a central figure in Neopythagoreanism and was one of the most famous "miracle workers" of his day. His exceptional personality and his mystical way of life, which was regarded as exemplary, impressed his contemporaries and had a lasting cultural influence. Numerous legends surrounding him and accounts of his life are contained in the extensive Life of Apollonius, which collects a large part of the legendary material about Apollonius' life and work. A large part of the ancient legends of Apollonius consist of numerous reports about miracles that he was said to have performed as a wandering sage with his lifelong companion Damis. He was tried for allegedly having used magic as a means of conspiring against the emperor; after his conviction and subsequent death-penalty, his followers believed he underwent heavenly ascension. Most modern scholars of antiquity agree that Apollonius existed historically..." It didn't take. Certainly, obviously, not as well as Paul's interpretation of Hebrew Yeshua.

the problem with that formulation is that neither is particularly close to the mark. The OT is a national historical chronicle of the Hebrews. It's a series of records of how the those people understood their own history and beliefs. We need not take it literally but neither did the writers write it to be fairly tale. Much the same is true of the NT but the gospels are much closer to being personal eyewitness accounts than anything in the OT probably is. The letters in the NT are real letters that real people wrote to other real people - some of whose identities we are pretty sure of, other not so much. Again, how you view the writers' credibility is up to the reader. Contrary to popular perception, with a single exception I would argue that none of the writers of the NT make any claims as to their own infallibility, in contrast for instance to the claim in Islam that the Quran was dictated to Mohammed directly in Arabic by Angel Gabriel and therefore most properly its absolute truth is best not to be compromised even by translation to other languages.

Big Bang and God (which I think is what you meant by "religion") are not theories of the same kind. Big Bang is a scientific theory, meaning a concept that has been well tested, and is accepted as an explanation to a wide range of observations. A scientific theory is created from large collections of facts and allows scientists to make predictions of what they should observe if a theory is true. A scientific theory is testable and can be refined or rejected based on new evidence. The existence of gods is definitely not a scientific theory. It's more of a philosophical theory, one that contemplates the natures of existence, reality, knowledge, and morality. In that sense it better aligns with concepts like existentialism, utilitarianism, and metaphysics. There is no scientific basis for philosophical theories, although this is not to say there hasn't been a good deal of thought, debate, and even negotiation in the development of their precepts. Most of the major religions designed to codify the idea of gods developed across millennia in some cases, and I think Christianity is both one of the most developed religious philosophies and one of the more fractured. How many religions that consider themselves Christian consider other Christian religions to be apostate beliefs? Several of them, I think, with my old team the Catholics bearing the brunt of most of those. In any event, I'm with you on agree to disagree. I am also a fan of live and let live, and I suspect you might be, too. Too bad so many of your more fervent fellow travelers don't agree with either one of those.

More or less what I have also ... ahem ... evolved to. I think the nature of what's beyond this world is completely unknowable. I am open to there being a god, and I am open to there being no god, but in the end none of that matters because it is so unknowable. And despite the countless numbers of people lining up to convince people like me of one or the other, no one will be able to prove either side of the question. That's why I tend toward agnosticism and not at all toward atheism, which I think proceeds from the same conceit as belief: that they definitely know there is no god in the same way the more ardent believers definitely know there is a god. But neither side really knows, nor can they ever know as long as they're alive. I believe only one side is actually provable, and that would require whatever god or gods there are to reveal themselves, or to be objectively discovered. Absent that, no way to know or prove either way.

Like I said, I'm a non-believer. So you haven't said anything that I disagree with. I just don't think you should call people "asinine" who disagree with you, the way that Donald Trump would.

After the kick in the nuts November that the Pistons had, this is a nice poke in the eye.

if jj throws multiple pick 6s and michigan turns the ball over like they did against tcu, they can lose to anyone. if they play like that again this year washington will murder them.

He doesn't seem like the ideal Tigers recruit and that proposed contract, OMG, that's way too close to $30 million AAV for me. I want to go at least 5 more years without one of those.

I am guessing Seattle is where Snell is going.

One would hope that in 5000 yrs we would have learned enough about the natural world we inhabit to tell better stories than bronze agers. But every creation story, as well as every scientific extrapolation to origins, still collides the at the same paradox - which is that any origin of the Universe must be outside the Universe in either space or time, yet nothing that is can be outside the Universe. This is a fundamental paradox of existence that the human mind is just stuck with. The brain cannot process any further than that.

Great game to close out the PAC 12 era. Sad to see what college football has become with these mega conferences. That Oregan State Pac 2 conference schedule is brutal next year. @Washington State Washington State @Washington State Washington State @Washington State Washington State And then on the road to close out the season @Washington State The Washington State conference schedule is equal as brutal Oregon State @Oregon State Oregon State @Oregon State Oregon State @Oregon State Oregon State

They probably would've gotten the first down anyway but if I was Washington I think I would've declined that holding call on 1st down. Reason being is that yes it would've been 2nd and 4 vs. 1st and 20 but you would've saved 40 seconds by moving it to 2nd so IF you could've found a way to stop them you would've gotten the ball back with like 50 seconds which is enough time to quickly move down the field and get yourself into a reasonable attempt at a TD on the final play(s). By taking the penalty even if they stopped them 3 straight times the best case scenario was getting the ball back with like 10 seconds left, only way you're scoring then is with a fluke Stanford/Cal type play.

Going back through the broadcast from today on Audacy, they talk about it at 1:21pm. He's quoting from a reporter in New Orleans who was doing a story on the Sugar Bowl and who might be playing there. The reporter spoke to someone at the CFP committee. Doug then goes on to read some of the official rules that leave things a bit up in the air as to how it's actually decided.

Not sure if still current, but … https://collegefootballplayoff.com/sports/2016/10/24/selection-committee-protocol

Who the hell is Curt Cignetti? I like it.

Correct. 21 days from Tuesday. He either gets activated to the 53 or shutdown for the season. I wanted to point out the error though. It stated he was out and didn’t practice. He did practice today.

Catholics don’t have a beef with evolution though.

For reference, Catholicism supports theistic evolution In short, the belief of the Catholic church is that God is the originator and the more we learn about science, it will only teach us about how God did it.

I think a lot of fans forget that this is only 2 1/2 seasons into a complete teardown and rebuild. I forget myself sometimes. I never thought this year was "the year" to begin with, but despite their record many of us probably need to dial back our expectations a little. The turnaround has been quite remarkable, honestly. They're actually ahead of schedule, but still a few players away

I don't think this is a legitimate depiction, Jesus was around about 2000 years ago, dinosaurs were like 6000-8000 years ago. Math doesn't add up.

Absolutely. It’s why as a non Catholic I was still involved with the parish my wife grew up in. Service. I coached CYO basketball. ( I didn’t know ****.). I did scouts. I worked pancake breakfasts. I volunteered anywhere I could. We ran the festivals. I could see the impact on the local community which is lower middle classs despite the hierarchy of the church itself and its backwards way there was still opportunity to be fulfilled. You can control what you give and get out of it. I never converted because the threshold is high I think to convert. My wife as a lifelong Catholic can get past things but I can’t knowingly join when there’s obvious things I disagree with. But I can still help those who need it. And I did.

I believe that all things are possible and that some things are unknowable. I am an agnostic.

the Larkins lost their baby. that's why he's been out. 😢