Predicto

by the way, 

7 minutes ago, Dan T. said:

 

We need a thread where we post theories about where Predicto's been for two years.

 

 

I've been making sure that I kept my employment.  Educating you ladies and gentlemen had almost become a full time job, and I had to quit cold turkey in order to keep my posting under control and get my work done.  I had tried half measures before and they never worked.

7 minutes ago, Dan T. said:

My guess is he's been following the Silver Bullet Band around the country Deadhead-style.

 

oh and **** you  :laugh:

6 hours ago, tshile said:

Dear @Predicto

im sorry I ever argued with you on anything 

that won’t happen again. 

My dude

I do not doubt the sincerity of anyone's beliefs, but I strongly suspect that if the same people who firmly and sincerely believe in Christianity had been born in rural India rather than the USA, they would just as firmly and sincerely believe in Hinduism (or Islam).  In my view, if God exists, he will treat those people exactly the same as Christians when the time comes to judge their worth.  If salvation can only come to those who were raised in the correct faith, the system is fundamentally unfair - and fundamental unfairness is the anthesis of the alleged perfection of God.  In my view, if you are going to go monothestic and be fair to everyone in the world, you gotta end up with something like Bahai.  

I also have specific difficulty with the "Old Testament vs New Testament" God argument put forth by Evangelical Christians.  If God is eternal, all knowing and perfect, then there is no way he could ever have let himself be the raging jerk of the Old Testament.   The Old Testament must be allegorical, because there is no other way to reconcile the behavior of that angry jealous murderous old "god" with the attributes of the One God as discussed by Jesus Christ.  Yes, I know that there are Christian apologetics who try to reconcile that problem away, but their arguments are entirely self-referential.  In other words, these arguments are only going to satisfy you if you desperately want them to be true.  

Like several other people, I want to emphasize that I am not trying to make anyone else lose their faith.  I am just explaining some of the thought processes that led me to lose mine.  Frankly, it's God's fault - he made me as a rational being that feels the need to try and reconcile all this stuff.  

Raised catholic.

Agnostic now.  I'm pretty sure that the details of all the the various religions are wrong (especially the ones that claim that their interpretation of their own writings somehow proves that their religion provides the EXCLUSIVE way to salvation),

but there may be something greater out there that is beyond our comprehension and may have created this universe and may have a plan for us that we don't understand.  I just don't know and I don't expect to know in this life and I'm pretty sure that no one else can tell me, either.

5 minutes ago, Destino said:

Harden is the MVP and it isn't close.  The Rockets have answered pace and space by putting together the best over dribbling back court in the NBA.  It's worked ONLY because Harden is an unstoppable isolation player.  

FTFY

4 hours ago, TryTheBeal! said:

Who’s the MVP?

Harden.  Anyone who votes for anyone else should be deported to St. Helena Island.

2 hours ago, visionary said:

 

 

 

Sure they will.

lol

1 hour ago, BenningRoadSkin said:

I genuinely hate when this thread becomes this.

 

Less discussion of the news and more beating up the special needs kid. It adds nothing.

Yeah, you are right.  I'm done too.

2 hours ago, TryTheBeal! said:

 

@SkinsHokieFancovering up for the deep state?

Well, he is a filthy muzzie, isn't he?  He just pretended to be a loyal Republican for all those years.

3 hours ago, IHOPSkins said:

Globalist (Establishment) versus Nationalist (Patriots)

Its not real hard to see if you already decided what you believe and refuse to listen to anyone except those that tell you what you want to hear and you have no ability to understand how you are being manipulated

 

Fixed that typo for you

2 hours ago, IHOPSkins said:

Sean among many others.....

 

The most conservative congressmen are going all-out to fight for Trump against Mueller and the Russia probe

http://www.businessinsider.com/freedom-caucus-fights-mueller-russia-investigation-for-trump-2018-1

 

Mueller's Russia Indictments: Covering Up For The Deep State?

http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2018/february/19/muellers-russia-indictments-covering-up-for-the-deep-state/

 

Lou Dobbs: 'May be time to declare war' on 'deep state'

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/370469-lou-dobbs-its-time-to-declare-war-on-deep-state

 

“The FBI and the DOJ have broken the public trust by destroying evidence, defying oversight and actively trying to bring down the Trump presidency,” Dobbs said.

 

45 minutes ago, thinwhiteduke said:

Go learn the truth about reality,instead of just  reacting like a pavlovian dog to news stories. Youre wasting valuable  life energy on crap

I'm giving you a choice: either put on these sunglasses or start eating that trashcan! 

39 minutes ago, Dr. Do Itch Big said:

Klay has a sprained thumb. Going to miss a couple of games. 

Tiny hairline fracture actually.  Probably 2 weeks.

Nice win tonight without Curry, Klay, Draymond and West.

On 3/12/2018 at 8:37 PM, Destino said:

Spurs just dropped to 10th.  Somewhere Predicto is smiling into the flames of one of his many fireplaces, figs forgotten.

 

It's not enough to win, others must lose.  

Hundreds of kids outside my window for the past hour, chanting "Hey Hey NRA, how many kids did you kill today?"    

19 hours ago, FanboyOf91 said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:

 

 

Reminds me of my my first, and only experience with Tinder.

They always swipe left for you too, huh? 

Putin isn't killing people in Britain because he wants to intimidate Britain.  Britain is a sideshow.

He is killing people in Britain to send a message to people like Manafort and Stone and Kushner and Nunes (along with every Russian who knows anything) that they all better keep their goddamn mouths shut, because no one is safe if they turn against Russia and spill the beans.  Vlad can get you and Vlad will get you, no matter where you are.  

24 minutes ago, Larry said:

 

Granted, I'm certainly not the most informed person on this subject.  But I sure don;t remember reading any authoritative source announcing that Russia believed, prior to the election, that Trump stood a chance of winning the Presidency.  

 

(At least, not immediately prior to the election.  Maybe they thought he stood a chance, five years before the election.)  

 

that seems entirely irrelevant to me, whether Russia thought Trump would win or not.  

3 hours ago, UKskins said:

 

That all sounds good! How did you find Thailand? The monsoon runoff had bleached almost all the reefs when we went. Did you dive Sail Rock in the gulf of Thailand? The sheer number of fish there is literally barely believable!

Thailand was one of my earliest trips - over 20 years ago, and we only did a couple of dives off of Phuket.  I can't remember the specific locations.   I do remember a ton of lionfish the size of basketballs, and a lot of giant clams.  

I'm not an expert like GreatBuzz, but I've dove Barbados, Cozumel, Thailand, Antigua, all over Hawaii, and Monterey Kelp Forest.   

The best boat dive was Cozumel along the Santa Rosa wall.  The best shore dive was Mala Pier in Maui.  The most unique was night diving with Manta Rays off the Big Island of Hawaii.  

https://bigislanddivers.com/charters/kona-manta-ray-night-scuba-dive/

11 minutes ago, Renegade7 said:

 

Ya, but in their early ABA days they were getting into the playoffs almost by default because 80% of the teams made the playoffs even while hovering around .500.  I have no idea how to count that, but it reminds me of the Steelers who even though they have 6 rings now certainly didn't busts out the gate guns blazing versus being good an eventually sucking.  If you think I'm wrong, that's ok, but just say it, because I get where you're going with this.

 

You're wrong.   

3 hours ago, Dr. Do Itch Big said:

I don’t think it is severe injury. 2 games isn’t bad. The Portland game will be tough, Dame is nice. 

More like 2 weeks, I suspect

I liked that they were able to beat the Spurs without Curry, Igoudala, West, McCaw and Bell.  The ballhandling was stagnant but they did ok.

Just now, Renegade7 said:

I could've added the Celtics, too, technically, but that's how many teams out of all the 4 major sports?  Spurs and Celtics have had down years, too, years they didn't make the playoffs or worse.  Prolonged suckattuide is something they still have plenty of time for (exhibit A: the New York Yankees)

Spurs had one losing season in the past 30 years - and that got them Tim Duncan.  

15 hours ago, Renegade7 said:

Your team will suck again, we all do eventually.  Yankees have 27 championships, but look at their record between '65 and '94.  One of the few exceptions I can think of are the Lakers, but they're in the longest playoff drought in their history.

except the goddamn Spurs of course