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Thanks for the compliment really appreciate it. Here's your old sig until someone can be bothered making you a new one. I'm pretty busy right now so if I make sigs I will go in the order they were asked for, so I hope this can get you by!

Experiment time. Let me flip the story around. It's true that Christianity is unique in its requirements for salvation. There is no weighted scale, no clear checklist (though there is an impardonable sin and that pesky Book of James to deal with), or magic words for your deathbed. But let's not get ahead of ourselves here. God's not a complete altruist. If you don't believe that Christ came, died, and rose––that is, at the very least acknowledge in some sense that the event took place––you don't make the cut. And it isn't like the Hindu gods' version of not making the cut, where you simply try again. It isn't like the Jewish not making the cut, where you pass from existence entirely. With the God of Love, not making the cut involves an eternity in the darkest dungeon, the most excruciating torture, where for all time you will scream out in agony, never a day closer to the end of your sentence even after a billion years has gone by––all because you failed to recognize that the fantastic events listed in copies of copies of copies of lost manuscripts were probably, like all such things from that time, at least partly mythical. Now, God WANTS to save us. That means a being who is supposedly self-sufficient, lacking nothing, has found room for improvement in his existence and wants us to be a part of it. Okay, we'll skip that. But is God doing everything in his power to achieve our salvation? Is he doing everything he possibly can to make sure that every person on the planet has the appropriate information to make a decision as to whether or not eternal life with their creator is worth it? If so, God's not as powerful as we thought. If not, why not? Is it that––maybe, uh oh, possibly––he doesn't actually want to save everyone? See what I mean? P.S. To the "looking at the natural world" comment. This is one of many well refuted teleological arguments. Even if a designer could be inferred from nature, it certainly doesn't mean it has to be a supernatural one (aliens could have seeded life here), and it especially lends no weight whatsoever to the God of the Bible over any other list of candidates. At best we're now at deism. Fantastic counterpoints, here is my best shot at them. You are right in the fact that if a designer could be inferred from nature (which I believe it can), that there is no saying whether or not it is a supernatural being. There is a story in Acts about a Roman officer that demonstrates my next point clearly. This man wasn't a Jew, but had heard bits and pieces about the God of the Jews, and he worshipped this God because he had reason to believe that the Jews had it right, so to speak, and they were worshiping the "correct" God. Big problem for this guy though, he had no idea about any kind of Jewish law, or about God for that matter, or about Jesus and the gospel, but because he was seeking the truth, ie, because he was acting on his human desire to find out what was going on behind the scenes, God blessed Him by making one of the apostles (I think it was Peter) path intersect with his, so he could hear the good news. So, what I am trying to say is, as humans we all are looking for the answer of meaning behind things, whether it be the world or something small and trivial. And if we seek out that answer, regardless of whether or not we know about God or Jesus, as long as we are really looking for truth, God will allow truth to be found. Edit, forgot to add this part: You are right, there is room for "improvement" so to speak for God. Reason being, he originally created the human race to live in untainted love and harmony with Him, and we chose to live for ourselves (ie we chose against God), and he yearns for our love, because we are a part of him, and he wants to be whole with us. God is infallible. When He is referred to as a jealous God, and this happens so many times throughout the Bible, that is the best interpretation a human could give towards the indescribable and incomprehensible power of God. What God feels is surely nothing like jealousy at all, but who is to say what it feels like? Certainly none of us. Bingo Then God can't be all knowing. It is always claimed that God knows all, sees all and has a plan in order for people. Knowing the future in all things means there is predestination. And predestination means there is no free will. It can't work both ways. If everything thing you do is set in stone from the beginning of time, how can you have free will? Again, and maybe this seems like a tired Christian cop out, but if you ask me it's completely legitimate. We have no business trying to understand things that are so very obviously outside of our understanding. Why can't God have knowledge of everything that is, was and will be, but still give us free will? Because humans can't? God resides outside the laws of time, so what he "sees" (another human interpretation of how God operates...it's pretty faulty) wouldn't go in a timeline at all, it would just be there. The best analogy I can think of, and it is a pretty terrible analogy, is looking through a scrapbook at someone's graduation. You see everything that was from the time they were born until that day, maybe you see a letter of acceptance to a college so you know what's to come, and you know what they are doing, so you have knowledge of all of those things, but you didn't have any control over them happening. P.S. - please don't make a counterpoint explaining how my analogy is incorrect, I know it is, and any other will be just as bad.

Yeah, he's said if he is ready before signing day he will go ahead and commit.

Surprisingly, I agree with pretty much everything zoogies said!

Minnesota_Husker, I hope you like it!

Nice interview, Suh is so much fun to watch in any environment.

Anyone else can offer their services as well but I for one would love to help with making a skin (or maybe even multiple ones?) if you haven't gotten that figured out yet!

Mods/admins, could I maybe spearhead some kind of graphics competition? Like possibly something for people to design the "best" signature and avatar as voted on by their peers?

That's why religion is such a terrible thing. It's no secret that religion is responsible for a lot of bad in this world, and one could maybe argue that it causes more negative than positive. The difference with Christianity, (sorry I am kind of hijacking this thread to plug my faith ), is that it isn't about religion at all. Religion is a check list of things you need to do in order to please God, which quite frankly, is impossible to do. Our "good deeds" are filthy rags in the eyes of a holy God, so there isn't anything we can do to win his favor. The difference then, in the gospel of Jesus Christ, is that God loves us and yearns to have a personal relationship, so he sent Jesus to die on the cross, and not only endure the torture and punishment, but most importantly to endure God's wrath that should be directed towards the entirety of humanity. Going back to the original question, ArmyHusker I am still saying the same thing as you, and I too believe that God has revealed himself in different ways, but I guess what I was getting at before was that he could choose to show proof of his existance, bad use of words on my part. If someone is looking for "proof" of God (what is proof anyways, besides just an overwhelming amount of evidence), it's my opinion that you need not look any further than the natural world around us to see the hand of an omnipotent being at work. DizzturbedNUfan, as far as the gospels go, the minor details, even though they relate to, as you say, the most important event to ever take place in human history, are still minor details. What's important are the teachings, the persecution, and the resurrection. The best evidence in favor of the most important of these three, the resurrection, lies in the fact that no Jewish or other text can explain the disappearance of Jesus' body in any way. If we are looking outside of the gospels, however, I think it's pretty easy for an educated person to tell when a part of the Bible is meant to teach, or when it's meant to chronicle, for the most part at least (helps a lot if you have a good background in the original languages).

That just sounds like semantics to me. Sure, he could reveal himself, but given that faith is an essential piece to a relationship with God, he can't. So we are both really saying the same thing.

Still off-topic, I like Weird Al's parody of it a lot, "Stranded in the Drive-thru"

Callahan never would've been a "legend." That's a huge stretch. And even with a good def coordinator, he would not have succeeded like real Husker legends Devaney and Osborne. Sure, he could recruit and he was a mastermind with the WC offense, but therein lies the problem. The WC offense generally does not win national championships. Running attacks do, and that was the one area Callahan's offense did not emphasize enough. Look at the offenses of the most recent national champions and who they've beaten in the title game, & you'll notice the WC never finishes on top. The vast majority of the time it's the team with the best running attack that takes the trophy. I don't know about legend, but it's too bad Callahan never had a "pound the rock" campaign. It's too bad he didn't focus on the O-line. It's too bad he's not the reason behind NYJ's running success right now. He did have a "pound the rock" campaign in 2006, even had a big boulder put underneath the stadium for when the players walk out.

OK, I just assumed you were referencing South Park's parody, and not the thing itself. Well played.

You don't, that's the whole point. God can't provide proof of his existence, because that denies faith.

I too, blame Pedersen more than anyone. I think Callahan did actually want to be here, but was very misinformed of how seriously the fans took this program, and how much heat he would be under for doing things "differently". But, despite the criticism, I think he accomplished the main thing he was brought in here to do, which was renovate the offense. It's just a shame it had to happen the way it did.

NFL caliber != amazing, or defense scaring. I said he was NFL caliber, which I stand by, but I don't think anyone else called him those other things.

I think this is a South Park reference, and if it is, , and if it's not, I have no comment.

Agreeing with Fuzzy, and also pointing out that my post had an "if he can stay healthy" clause when I projected him to go on to good things. As far as what he has contributed to our program so far, I don't know how you could call it anything less than "really good". He averaged over 5 yards a carry the last two seasons, and still finished with four 100 yard games under the worst offense we have fielded in...ever? I mean heck, in 2008 he had 100+ yards in four of the last five regular season games, which is when he finally got the starting nod. Without Roy, we don't stand a chance against VT, and we lose to Oklahoma, maybe even Kansas and Missouri too (in my opinion).

Yeah he spent three weeks with Hakeem, learning how to improve his post game. That's what I love most about the guy, he's a 32 year old gym rat who can't get enough, and will never be satisfied with where he's at.

What's the story with why she chose UCLA in the first place? I don't follow the volleyball team as much as I would like to, so I am unaware of how it all went down at the beginning.

I always love when highlight videos don't only show all the AWESOME stuff, but are a real story about how the game/season went, excellent work by the creator.

I CALL SHENANIGANS ON WVHUSKER!

You guys are being blatantly and inappropriately harsh on the guy. Back on topic, when Roy was completely healthy, I think his running style was even better this year. The VT game is a good example, still had plenty of the same speed and gashing/slashing that we've come to know but he could lower the shoulder as well. If he can be healthy (I don't know if it's possible), the guy will make a career for himself in the league, no doubt in my mind.

Where was he at before?

It's not even a sig...just an image he decided he needed to attach