Once and for all, tomorrow we will find out if Tom Brady is God. A perfect season? Totally Divine in nature. I may have to retire if the Pats win.On a more serious note, I hope the players don’t thank God because they caught the pass, kicked the field goal, or ran for a touchdown. I find that crass, and really quite pathetic.Go Pats.
flash…
Hmmm…I believe you’ve missed my point.
that,or i really didnt give a damn…
I quit watching the game because there was something wrong with the cable (or Fox-it was only that channel). The picture would just freeze up for long periods of time. I gave up when Tom Petty was exiting the stage after performing and the image of him froze on my screen for 15 minutes. I switched to another channel till 10:00. Got to see the very end. YAY.
I was really irritated when the frozen screen problem continued throughout House.
Did anybody else experience this? My son talked to someone in Chapel HIll , who said the TV coverage was OK there. Must have been the Suddenlink connection.
What was the first professional football team?
Or was it half of a team? Did the first pro football team serve some other purpose before it mutated into that particular team?
Is there any answers regarding the evolution of professional football in the football handbook Dave?
Sorry, Dave. C’mon over ‘n have a beer with me. It’ll make ya feel better.
I must apologize to the Cardinals for my irrational belief that they were the worst team. I was way off (8w,8l)! It’s actually Miami (1w,15l).
http://www.atheists.org/nogodblog/index.php/2008/02/02/superbowl_will_answer_religion_question
It’s difficult to understand but there is some sort of evolution going on. There is someone who is a quarter of the way back, others that are half the way back and, some that are fully all the way back. It is rather odd but, every few minutes they all run out of their pre-assigned positions. A line backer gets them all back in their proper sequence. The position names have evolved over time to dispense with the redundant words and are now known to be quarterback, halfback, fullback and linebacker, respectively.
This is completely different from the christian religion as their god-idea has turtlebacks going all the way down.
Of course the Dolphins beat the Ravens, which in turn beat the Cardinals, which is really a chain reaction of sucking!
thank goodness it was not one of those boring blowout games.
ESPN just showed an interview with Giants receiver Tyree (the one who had that amazing catch).
He said- and I paraphrase- that after he watched the catch on TV, that it didn’t make sense that he was able to make the catch. Then he said that anything that doesn’t make sense, he attributes to gawd.
Got a good laugh out of that.
Yep, that gawd crap doesn’t make sense to me either!
I guess gawd hates the Patriots, seeing as how she wouldn’t let them win.
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Superbowl_20Stadium_20Selection_20Method
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Belief in God is funny to me in any setting, but I really crack up when entertainers and professional athletes thank God (or Jesus) for their latest achievement or award. Of course, these proclamations have nothing whatsoever to do with even their God. It is all about the self-indulgent celebrities themselves. What they are really saying is, “Look at me, God knows all about me, loves me and made sure I got this award.” Such ego can you believe it? This becomes even more ridiculous when an athlete does something like genuflecting before a free throw; could anything be less important?
If they were truly believers in their God, their acceptance speech might be, “God, enough already! I already have a $100 million contract, adoring fans and eight bookcases full of awards. Please, please can’t you use your powers to something better like feeding starving children.” Not likely to see this speech anytime soon.
As an atheist, the hilarious acceptance speech at the Emmy Awards several months ago by Kathy Griffin was right on point. Not only did she mock celebrities that thank Jesus, but also stated her own belief of his role in her receiving of the award.
No mainstream groups ever complain about the God thanking speeches that go on ad nauseam, but predictably there was an overreaction to Griffin’s speech. Outrage, threats and calls for censorship all followed her speech. This was different only in degree to the reaction to some Danish cartoons. When blind faith is challenged this is the usual reaction.
A more logical and meaningful response, if they wanted to issue a challenge, would have been to provide proof that Jesus had indeed helped Griffin. Don’t often see this more reason based approach used, however. Or maybe just a chuckle would have been appropriate. It does seem, however, that blind faith believers have no sense of humor.
Why do they have to do this sh*t? Why can’t they just leave people alone?
Anyway-
Way to go Andy! Now, how about saying it on the teevee?
oops, forgot the link:
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=27323