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That is so remarkably irrational.

McGrady could have been, but he didn't work hard enough on the defensive end of the court, in games or in practices, and I believe he even admitted this at one point. Unlike Nitro, I'm going to hand the offensive side of the ball over to McGrady, simply because I think he had all the tools to beat you from anywhere on the floor, 23 feet in, and could pile on the points quicker than Wade. I know Wade was more efficient, but he's also more efficient than Kobe, and I'd never, ever take Wade over Kobe as a scorer. Not a chance. T-Mac was pretty amazing at his best, but unfortunately, he had two things going against him: the desire to improve all areas of his game, and the inability to do big things with an all-star teammate in Houston (Yao Ming). It would have been nice to see him with someone like that back in Orlando, when he was able to torch teams every single game, but sometimes, that's just how the chips fall. The defense separates the two, though, as Wade is one of the best shot-blocking guards ever, and both his on-ball and help pretty much trump what McGrady has ever done on that end.

I said earlier that I have no clue. I just don't know how anything happened, but I do believe that there is a higher power. I don't know why or how, but I just choose to believe there is. You may think it's blind thinking, but I do think there is a higher power. I don't base all of my opinions or even many of my opinions on religion. I think many people use religion to try and explain things when it makes zero sense, and people like to hide behind religion. I just don't know.

yup

I know that has been your stance for a while, and I'll respect that, but I completely and utterly disagree with your view. Such a heinous and inhumane act deserves inhumane punishment. I'm trying not to let my emotions get the best of me, but at the very least he needs to be put to death, soon.

I wonder how many people want him to go to jail top be "rehabilitated". This guy deserves nothing except a few shots right to his head. However, before he gets the shots to the head, he should be tortured for weeks.

Another great post.. you've got to be the most well-spoken 16 year old on the internet haha

Look at terrorism, mass destruction, etc. as the result of decisions made by the creation. God doesn't control the decisions of any individual, whether it's the average man or someone who is pushing to cause terror. That's one of the principles of this life being a test. It wouldn't be a proper test if the creator set his creation on earth and then directly managed the decision-making of that creation. We all have a moment of birth and a moment of death, and all the time in between is for us to make the decisions we feel are right. People who live lives full of doing wrong and causing harm will face the proper consequences, and people who fall victim harmful acts and endure hardships will be judged fairly as well. So it isn't that God is turning away from anyone. It's completely the opposite. God is at everyone's side and knows what is best for everyone, whether the better days lie in this life or in the next (or both). The test of this life may very well include being wronged by another individual or group, or it may just be a test directly from God (for example, the passing of a loved one). Either way, every part of the test is significant toward the afterlife.

Chooses to ignore? Would that mean He also chooses to ignore disease, corruption, and hostility? This life isn't meant to be perfection or anything close to it. The significance of this life is that it's a path into the next one. Struggles, no matter how severe they are, are part of life, whether they are affecting you, me, or an individual fighting for their life against unjust rule. If I told you that any being who handles the struggles in their lives in the right manner would be assisting themselves in earning a perfect life in the hereafter, where would you see the imperfection in the creator? Relative to the endless afterlife, the length of this life is nothing. So it's not that the creator is choosing to ignore anything. The whole idea is that just about everything in everyone's life is nothing more than a test for the hereafter. If you're going to call into question why occurrences like genocide, famine, and wars occur, then shouldn't you also call into question why, just off the top of my head, some school kid's lunch money got stolen or why an employee has to take a paycut? What exactly is the defining line for what should and should not occur in the world? I'm curious as to what degree of perfection you would expect in this life with the presence of a creator.

More power to him, but it's a 3 day seminar lol. Not like he's any closer to those 180 credit hours he'll need for graduation haha

Of course he's underpaid. He's supremely talented, an explosive scorer who can go off for 30-40 on any given night, and he's solid in multiple facets of the game. His attitude sucks, but on any given night he can be the spark that nearly single-handedly wins you a game. That is worth more than $2.5 million per year.