Prayers for UAB

#126
#126
chargervol said:
They knew what would happen if they didn't stand with the great and powerful Bama.
Sounds exactly like corruption through bullying on their side also.
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Stand with the wealthy school in their university system, or get in bed with the corrupt politicial leaders of a soon to be bankrupt city? I'm sure you think they made the right call.
 
#127
#127
Why are some of you turning this into a religious topic? There's a thread for that in the politics section called "God".

Some of us would actually like to talk football in the football forum.

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LittleCat said:
Why are some of you turning this into a religious topic? There's a thread for that in the politics section called "God".

Some of us would actually like to talk football in the football forum.

2cents.
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LittleCat said:
Why are some of you turning this into a religious topic? There's a thread for that in the politics section called "God".

Some of us would actually like to talk football in the football forum.

2cents.
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Here's a tip: If a thread starts with "prayers" click another thread if you do not want to read about, as you say "God". Those kids are hurting and do not know what their future holds so prayers are very appropriate.
 
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#131
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Catbone said:
Speaking of praying.... Hate to hijack this thread, but could you all pray for my family. Someone in my immediate family has been diagnosed with cancer. Thanks guys.
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Sorry to hear this. We'll be praying.
 
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#132
movinonup said:
Here's a tip: If a thread starts with "prayers" click another thread if you do not want to read about, as you say "God". Those kids are hurting and do not know what their future holds so prayers are very appropriate.
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Well, they don't know as far as football. But they are all guaranteed their scholarships. It sucks that their playing days could be over, but the school isn't dumping them.
 
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movinonup said:
Here's a tip: If a thread starts with "prayers" click another thread if you do not want to read about, as you say "God". Those kids are hurting and do not know what their future holds so prayers are very appropriate.
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I am very much in favor of god and praying and all that. Others made it an argument, which brought up more talk about christians/gods/etc which don't belong here imo.
 
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armchair said:
I get a kick out of the whole christian thing about praying for people--and, now, football teams! Someone gets ill--Eric Berry, say--and the christian crowd wants to pray for his recovery. Who are they praying to? "God." So, they want this "god" to heal Berry--and every other sick person in the world--but as I understand all this silly religious stuff, it is "god's will" that Berry and everybody else has problems in the first place. Yes? Some unlucky sap steps out into the street and get hit by a bus...well, that's "god's will," say the christians, but then they turn around and pray to "god" to make him better. It's nonsensical, of course.

All manner of horrible things happen to huge numbers of people every day--and that's "god's" doing. But we never really hold "god" accountable for horrible things; all christians do is say that his ways are "mysterious." Indeed! And if someone gets better: Our prayers were answered!! Really? Did "god" change his mind? Reconsider after an email from a few christians--or hindus in India after some young girl gets raped and killed? It is all third-grade silliness--and yet so many Americans are so brainwashed with this silliness that it is perfectly acceptable for them to push their supernatural fables on everybody else! And constantly! And why? Because people need the comfort of believing--it helps them cope with their mortality, not matter how utterly illogical and ridiculous it all is--and that goes for American christians, hindus, muslims, everybody who is religious. All with their different gods and their different books and their different stories. It's all nonsense--and yet we logical nonbelievers have to endure all this cultish idiocy 24/7, because christians and other believers are scared they won't go to "heaven." Oh, my! Talk about a concept--"heaven" and "hell" are right in their with Sleeping Beauty and every other children's story we grew up with. No, it's worse than enduring all this nonsense--we atheists have to fight it because otherwise christian crazies--and state legislatures in the South are FULL of them--would mandate that creationism and all sorts of bible nonsense be taught in public schools.

It is all fairly crazy for a country that is supposed to represent "modernity." That is a great myth about America: In fact, the country is full of rural residents whose beliefs are anything but modern--more like medieval. And don't we love religious talk radio--which is practically ubiquitous--weird men and women who talk about the bible and "miracles" one minute and then turn around and heap scorn on the Affordable Care Act the next. It's comical. They hate the President--and are full of fear and paranoia about secularism. Evolution scares the bejesus out of christians because it is science that refutes their bible nonsense. And so they jump through hoops trying to come with a scientific veneer for creationism, which of course doesn't work.

Anyway, I don't mean to rant at christians, but many people are sick of christians pushing their nonsense on logical Americans as if everybody buys into their craziness. Know that many people don't. Now let us return to praying for the UAB football team. "God" is putting out subliminal feelers to some of their players right now: "CONSIDER the VOLS. CONSIDER the VOLS." "Mom, god came to me in a vision last night and said I should play for Tennessee!"
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And not everyone buys into your nonsense about why God doesn't exist so if you don't like it, don't worry about it. You will know one day.
 
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But back on topic, I feel for those players. Those are some tough things to have to deal with and I can only imagine what it's like. I will be praying that it all works out and they stay strong. When one door closes, another opens.
 
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LittleCat said:
I am very much in favor of god and praying and all that. Others made it an argument, which brought up more talk about christians/gods/etc which don't belong here imo.
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I agree and I didn't want it to go that route when I created this thread I just watched the video and hate to see people hurting so I thought I would share with volnation because I couldn't imagine if this would ever happen to out program
 
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bamawriter said:
You have no idea what you meant by this.
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And by the way nobody in this forum gives a rip about anything you say. You can defend alabama all day long and ain't gonna carry any weight at all in the forum. You must be pretty dumb to not understand that
 
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#145
In bamawriter's defense, Alabama didn't do this. The BOT may have done this out of affinity for Alabama but the university itself didn't do this and it has no obligation to help UAB other than a general obligation to be supportive of a sister university
 
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volinbham said:
In bamawriter's defense, Alabama didn't do this. The BOT may have done this out of affinity for Alabama but the university itself didn't do this and it has no obligation to help UAB other than a general obligation to be supportive of a sister university
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Not putting the blame on alabama completely but I'm sure alabama didn't help the cause. Certain people in the Alabama organization wanted UAB gone from day 1. I'm sure they threw there weight around and had something to do with it
 
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volinbham said:
In bamawriter's defense, Alabama didn't do this. The BOT may have done this out of affinity for Alabama but the university itself didn't do this and it has no obligation to help UAB other than a general obligation to be supportive of a sister university
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Which is BW's point and I agree with as well.
 
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