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Are Things of the Earth that Important? Part 1 (TMF:2755)

Friday, November 28, 2025
Peace to Live By: Are Things of the Earth that Important? Part 1 (TMF:2755) - Daniel Litton
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       Take, for instance, that of college football. The speaker had always been a fan of Ohio State, having even attended there for a year's time in the Department of Psychology. Nonetheless, it was realized that his fandom tied to Ohio State was simply a matter of circumstances. If the speaker had grown up in Indiana, the tie to a university might have been to Indiana University instead. So, truth be told, the whole thing of being associated to a sports team, that of which pride can even be taken in, was due to circumstances outside the speaker’s control. This experience of moving to a different state went to show how meaningless it was, and how even one day all association of sports teams, or truly anything, will be given up. It had never really occurred to the mind that this association of being a sports fan was tied to having lived in Ohio. It might seem obvious, but if the fandom tied behind a sports team is usually regional, then why is so much pride taken in it?