Eleven Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Haha I come in peace. Cut me some slack I was raised a Giants fan by birth. I think I'm the only Sabres/ Giants fan though. My girlfriend is a Giants fan. But she also pretends to be a Rangers fan (despite the fact that she cannot name one Ranger). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 If I wasn't a Bills fan, I'd be a Vikings fan.If I weren't a Bills fan, I would have a whole bunch more free time on sundays in the fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabills Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 The Doug-Marroneiest quote that has ever been Doug-Marroned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 My girlfriend is a Giants fan. But she also pretends to be a Rangers fan (despite the fact that she cannot name one Ranger). Sounds like the typical Rags fan. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 What's curious is why it bothers you and certain others around here. You're clearly bothered by and intolerant of Christians. There's a word for that. I'm bothered by a lot of things, people spewing about anything at weird and inappropriate times seems like fair game to me. When I'm at work I don't hear my fellow coworkers tell me that God or Allah or Satan will help them do their jobs. I come from a family steeped in religion, I lost count two decades ago how many of my relatives are missionaries or pastors. They are all great people but know their audience and won't pontificate about their faith unless provoked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-90 W Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 I'm bothered by a lot of things, people spewing about anything at weird and inappropriate times seems like fair game to me. When I'm at work I don't hear my fellow coworkers tell me that God or Allah or Satan will help them do their jobs. I come from a family steeped in religion, I lost count two decades ago how many of my relatives are missionaries or pastors. They are all great people but know their audience and won't pontificate about their faith unless provoked. So you tolerate Christians as long as they don't outwardly express themselves. Christians don't have to live in the confines in which you or anyone else dictate. When people demand that gays be in the closet they're accused of being bigots. When people demand that Christians live in a closet they're considered hip/ chic/ en vogue etc. Christians don't have to keep their faith secret. If aggressive evangelizing offends you then yeah, that's understandable. But someone merly mentioning their faith? Do you get upset with gay pride parades and rainbow flags all over the place? Should they live in secrecy? Why should Christians? Because you don't like Christians. Furthermore, you're emboldened because Christians normally don't call you or others on your intolerance. I just want to talk about hockey with other Sabres fans and it stinks that I even have to address this seemingly every couple of months. But so long as people like you take your potshots, I'll continue to point out the hypocricy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted July 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 It's the head coach of the team. I don't care what his personal opinions are on, well, anything other than football, regardless of religion or sexual orientation. He could be saying the same thing about any other religion, and I'd still be annoyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunkard Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Per Tom Martin at Channel 4: "McDermott's biggest source of optimism is 'the good Lord above.'" I want nothing more than for this guy to disabuse me of the bias I apparently harbour in this regard (which I've discussed here at some length). I just hope he blames God at the end of the season when we finish 6-10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 I just hope he blames God at the end of the season when we finish 6-10. Remember the outrage over Stevie Johnson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted July 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 I just hope he blames God at the end of the season when we finish 6-10. :lol: :lol: Remember the outrage over Stevie Johnson? Off the field? No On the field? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 :lol: :lol: Off the field? No On the field? Yes Here you go: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/steve-johnson-buffalo-bills-wideout-blames-god-twitter-dropping-game-winning-pass-article-1.456341 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted July 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Here you go: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/steve-johnson-buffalo-bills-wideout-blames-god-twitter-dropping-game-winning-pass-article-1.456341 That's just hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunkard Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) Remember the outrage over Stevie Johnson? Yes and it was awesome. It's about time he starts getting some blame. Can we please lay off the Jesus thing with McDermott? He never said that the Bills will win because Jesus wants them to. He said that he is optimistic because he finds strength in the big man up top. That's a big difference. Also, let's face some facts. The Patriots obviously have Satan on their side, so if it takes some divine intervention on the side of good, tapping into Jesus' good mojo in order for us to win, then I'm all for it. Quite frankly, I'm pretty sure that that is what it is going to take for us to reach the playoffs, let alone win the Super Bowl. As a devout Satanist I'm offended by this post. The dark one does not root for massholes. He told me himself over beers the other day. Edited July 28, 2017 by Drunkard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia Blizzard Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 So you tolerate Christians as long as they don't outwardly express themselves. Christians don't have to live in the confines in which you or anyone else dictate. When people demand that gays be in the closet they're accused of being bigots. When people demand that Christians live in a closet they're considered hip/ chic/ en vogue etc. Christians don't have to keep their faith secret. If aggressive evangelizing offends you then yeah, that's understandable. But someone merly mentioning their faith? Do you get upset with gay pride parades and rainbow flags all over the place? Should they live in secrecy? Why should Christians? Because you don't like Christians. Furthermore, you're emboldened because Christians normally don't call you or others on your intolerance. I just want to talk about hockey with other Sabres fans and it stinks that I even have to address this seemingly every couple of months. But so long as people like you take your potshots, I'll continue to point out the hypocricy. +1 I think I hate hypocrisy more than anything. It is so pervasive in today's society on all sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksndmonster Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 So you tolerate Christians as long as they don't outwardly express themselves. Christians don't have to live in the confines in which you or anyone else dictate. When people demand that gays be in the closet they're accused of being bigots. When people demand that Christians live in a closet they're considered hip/ chic/ en vogue etc. Christians don't have to keep their faith secret. If aggressive evangelizing offends you then yeah, that's understandable. But someone merly mentioning their faith? Do you get upset with gay pride parades and rainbow flags all over the place? Should they live in secrecy? Why should Christians? Because you don't like Christians. Furthermore, you're emboldened because Christians normally don't call you or others on your intolerance. I just want to talk about hockey with other Sabres fans and it stinks that I even have to address this seemingly every couple of months. But so long as people like you take your potshots, I'll continue to point out the hypocricy. Stop comparing yourself to people that actually get discriminated against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-90 W Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Stop comparing yourself to people that actually get discriminated against. Christians were the most persecuted group worldwide last year (as in like, actually murdered for their beleifs). Pesky facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 OK -- time to chill out in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 so ummmm.... Bills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubkev Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 so ummmm.... Bills Please, this is more entertaining than the bills have ever been or ever will be. And this hasn't even gotten good yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted July 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Please, this is more entertaining than the bills have ever been or ever will be. And this hasn't even gotten good yet. I'm enjoying myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 So you tolerate Christians as long as they don't outwardly express themselves. Christians don't have to live in the confines in which you or anyone else dictate. When people demand that gays be in the closet they're accused of being bigots. When people demand that Christians live in a closet they're considered hip/ chic/ en vogue etc. Christians don't have to keep their faith secret. If aggressive evangelizing offends you then yeah, that's understandable. But someone merly mentioning their faith? Do you get upset with gay pride parades and rainbow flags all over the place? Should they live in secrecy? Why should Christians? Because you don't like Christians. Furthermore, you're emboldened because Christians normally don't call you or others on your intolerance. I just want to talk about hockey with other Sabres fans and it stinks that I even have to address this seemingly every couple of months. But so long as people like you take your potshots, I'll continue to point out the hypocricy. Have parades, go sit in circles and sing kumbayah, I don't care. I just don't understand his NEED to bring it up when talking about his job. The agenda with which you speak from is annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) An attempt at a makepeace from a fairly faithful person, myself: Saratoga, ink doesn't care whether you're religious or what religion you practice. We've got a couple of members here who are quite religious and who talk about their religion fairly often, and I've never seen him have a problem with them in the 12 years I've been hanging around here (I need a life). We also have a religion thread somewhere. I've hung out with him in person numerous times. He's very much an "I live my life; you live yours; no judgments" kind of guy. I won't speak for him, but my bet is that he is happy for you if you find happiness in Christianity. His problem is with the coach constantly putting his religion on display. I kind of get where he's coming from; I get pretty annoyed myself when athletes publicly thank God for their team's victory, as if God cared one whit about who wins whatever game. (The corollary to that would be an athlete blaming God for a loss, which is equally ridiculous, and is why I referenced Stevie Johnson above.) I suspect that if the coach were a gay man, and constantly referred to that aspect of his persona during press conferences, ink would have a similar distaste. I hope I haven't added fuel to the fire. So the Jones trade, the Rambo signing, anyone wanna talk football? Edited July 28, 2017 by Eleven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted July 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 So the Jones trade, the Rambo signing, anyone wanna talk football? I'll be rooting hard against the Chiefs... and possibly Bills. Time for a Billls tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) I'll be rooting hard against the Chiefs... and possibly Bills. Time for a Billls tank Please, for the love of God, this has to stop. (sorry to bring up religion again) Edited July 28, 2017 by SwampD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Please, for the love of God, this has to stop. (sorry to bring up religion again) Yeah I do NOT want a Bills tank. It feels like they've been tanking forever already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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