[–] 2 points 2 months ago

I don't know Islam enough to speak about it when it comes to this type of distinction. LDS however, worship Jesus, and God the Father. The modern prophets are there only to clarify doctrine, perform ordinances, and help direct the members toward Jesus. They don't supercede Jesus.

This whole thing really just depends on the definition you come up with. You could write a definition that Catholicism is the only Christian religion, because it is the direct decendant of the church Christ built. All other worshipers are offshoots. In practice, that isn't a great definition, because Catholicism isn't close to a majority of people that worship Christ. So you need to expand to include those offshoot religions. You don't want to go too far though, otherwise you get people making their own Christian church, but doing whatever they want in the name of it.

So it is all pedantic talk. I think LDS should be included in Christianity, but I can understand why someone would argue against it, in the name of trying to keep to the core Christian religions.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I think we have gone way past the ideal weight for laptops. My favorite laptop weight wise was an HO from 2009. It was 6 pounds. That thing was great. You could sit it in your lap, and it would stay there. I have a MacBook at half that weight, and it slips off my lap constantly. Part of that is the material, but part of it is that it is so light.

    I really wish we could start focusing on ideal dimensions, rather than focusing on extremes just for the headlines.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Hard disagree with you on all counts. The playoff should not be limited to the top 12 teams with the best odds at winning it. If that is what we wanted, the games wouldn't matter. We would just use the Las Vegas odds to find the best teams. If the games matter, we need to value winning, and punish losing. The hard part is, although James Madison objectively has done more winning this year than every team other than Indiana, Texas Tech, Ohio State, and Georgia. The conflict comes from the fact that winning with James Madison's schedule is objectively easier than those other 4 schools. So how do we tell which team is better? Our current system allows us to see. Put James Madison up against Oregon, and let's see. That is what I'm excited to see.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Yes, our current system is much better than those other ones. The concern is that now the discourse has shifted, and people want to cut spots for the G5 to benefit the P4 even more.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    My biggest frustration is the talking heads with this whole thing. They keep talking about how we are keeping deserving teams out, and we need to rethink why we are letting bad G5 teams in. I'm sorry, but you are wrong here.

    The G5 has fewer resources, but they work just as hard as the big programs do. In order to win their spot, they have to win their conference. These are not loser teams that get put in out of pity. They had a tougher road, one with essentially no margin for error. Let them have a their swing at the blue bloods. So what if it is a blow out? Give them their chance, let their fanbase get excited and hopeful for once.. I would rather see that 100 times out of 100 over watching Alabama and Georgia play their 20th "VeRy ImPoRtAnT" game of the last decade.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah a win baby!!

    This week was really fun. Lots of matchups is a great way to end the last week.

    I won't be on during the holidays, so happy Thanksgiving, and rivalry weekend to you all!!

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    My poll. Feel free to copy!

    1 Indiana

    2 Ohio State

    3 Texas A & M

    4 Oregon

    5 Georgia

    6 Texas Tech

    7 BYU

    8 Ole Miss

    9 Oklahoma

    10 Utah

    11 Alabama

    12 Notre Dame

    13 Virginia

    14 Vanderbilt

    15 Miami

    16 USC

    17 North Texas

    18 James Madison

    19 Michigan

    20 Texas

    21 Georgia Tech

    22 Tulane

    23 San Diego State

    24 Navy

    25 Arizona State

    26 Arizona

    27 Pitt

    28 SMU

    29 Uconn

    30 Tennessee

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Here is my poll.

    1 Indiana

    2 Ohio State

    3 Texas A & M

    4 Georgia

    5 Oregon

    6 Texas Tech

    7 Ole Miss

    8 BYU

    9 Oklahoma

    10 Utah

    11 Alabama

    12 USC

    13 Notre Dame

    14 Virginia

    15 Vanderbilt

    16 Miami

    17 Georgia Tech

    18 North Texas

    19 James Madison

    20 Michigan

    21 Texas

    22 Houston

    23 Tulane

    24 Navy

    25 San Diego State

    26 Nebraska

    27 Cincinnati

    28 Louisville

    29 Arizona State

    30 Arizona

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    I get it. Although it tends to get easier as the season goes on, it is hard to rank some groups. The group 4-8 is all interchangeable, and I don't blame anyone else for having a different ranking.

    Houston is really getting the nod because the one game I have watched them in, they played very well (at Arizona State). The score is much closer than the how the game actually felt, and I am giving them the nod for making my team look bad.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

    Feel free to yell at me.

    1 Indiana

    2 Texas A & M

    3 Ohio State

    4 Georgia

    5 Oregon

    6 Alabama

    7 Texas Tech

    8 Ole Miss

    9 BYU

    10 Utah

    11 Vanderbilt

    12 Notre Dame

    13 Georgia Tech

    14 USC

    15 Oklahoma

    16 Virginia

    17 Texas

    18 Miami

    19 Cincinnati

    20 Michigan

    21 North Texas

    22 Louisville

    23 James Madison

    24 USF

    25 Houston

    26 Pitt

    27 Tulane

    28 Memphis

    29 Tennessee

    30 Nebraska

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