Comments on: The football pitch is no place for barmy displays of religious piety, says FIFA

By: Caleb

Caleb — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:36:37 +0000

Players like Kaka, Lucio, Pienear and lots more are my football Romodels, they teach me to know that Jesus is everywhere with meeven when i play football. (this is why were are Jesus,s followers)

Thank u God.

By: Maxwell

Maxwell — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:35:57 +0000

It’s funny……football jerseys are riddled with logos for companies that sponsor them….the pitch is surrounded by million-dollar valued advertisements….the TV stations who transmit the games are paid to advertise during commercial breaks….

But a player cannot remove his jersey, or have a message to a loved one on his shirt or state his religious beliefs.

FIFA thinks their such a universally legalistic institution, but they fail to realize that their “regulation” goes against something that is above them, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, of which all FIFA associated countries are signataries:

Article 18: Freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

Hippocricy at its finest.

FIFA seems so intent on regulating how players celebrate their goals and victories…might as well restrict them all to sitting in a circle and singing Kumbaya….oh wait…that’s religious too…

Please…enough with the overkill….who gets offended by a player having “I belong to Jesus” on his T-Shirt? He can wear that on the street but can’t wear it when HIS TEAM wins fairly in the spirit of competition…

It’s not like players had “Kill Jews” or “Maim Islam” on their gear…

By: amber

amber — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:44:26 +0000

Mindless twat, that's broad minded and intelligent! For myself I think good for Kaka and any others , it's not fashionable to believe in Jesus and yet they proudly stand and say, 'We are not ashamed'

This Jesus has saved me from a life of drink and depression, and who are you to know they are wrong? Sounds arrogant to me.

In love Amber

By: Stonyground

Stonyground — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:56:41 +0000

Angela_K, I don't think we need to redress the balance, That picture says to me "I am a mindless imbecile, please feel sorry for me" loud and clear. What an utterly mindless twat, broadcasting his infinite stupidity to millions around the entire planet.

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:41:48 +0000

…and that`s why so many of them attribute their success to "God", Angela_K!

See: http://thebeattitude.com/2009/.....-is-a-hu... ask-dwight-howard/#comments

By: MarkPogue

MarkPogue — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:08:02 +0000

Thanks barriejohn!

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:14:34 +0000

There`s an hilarious cartoon on the subject of Christian Persecution (which is what the religiots cry every time their efforts to proselytize are in any way curtailed) over at http://proudatheists.wordpress.com/ (Scroll down to see it, but don`t miss all the other good stuff as well!)

By: Angela_K

Angela_K — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:43:12 +0000

We need a footballer to wear a t-shirt with the slogan “Religious belief is a mental illness” to redress the balance. Problem is, most footballers aren’t very bright and wouldn’t understand the message.