Comments on: Onward Christian Athletes

By: elainek123

elainek123 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:56:01 +0000

Thank you for bringing up this subject. I have for a long time hated it when sports people do the sign of the cross, and then blow a kiss up to the skies. Who do they think they are, the chosen people. I say that if there is a god as they say there is surely if he is lisening to them he hasnt time to hear the prayers of the poor he is too busy watching .Sky’ tv up in his heaven.

By: h. allison

h. allison — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:25:54 +0000

Praying for a win in sports is OMG, WTF really outrageous!! CAn they really believe God cares if one team wins over another, Gimme a break!!! Maybe they should pray that noone gets hurt that would make more sense. But all in all it’s crazy at best.

By: rog

rog — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:53:01 +0000

You never hear: “We lost, so… Fuck you God!”

By: CybrgnX

CybrgnX — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:43:20 +0000

Lets see the team A is praying for Team B to lose.
These prayers are suppose to work…Jepus said so.
So Team B also believes in jepus but does not pray for the Team A to loose.
It can be claimed that is Team A wins then they cheated by having outside help and not using their on skills.
I think the mafia should put a hit on jepus for influencing the team performance levels and off setting the odds.

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:55:25 +0000

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By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:39:07 +0000

BTW Why do people always close their eyes when they pray? I know from personal experience that you don’t actually see any of these spirit beings when you do this – or perhaps THEY do?

By: Sgt. Obvious

Sgt. Obvious — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:37:35 +0000

How about this: If you want to be annoyingly religious and credit your god for the win, that’s fine, but you forfeit the right to train, talk to the coach, or have other players on your team, because you’re saying FUCK YOU to anyone who did any real work to help you win.

By: Stuart H.

Stuart H. — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:20:34 +0000

You can’t really take a ‘sport’ seriously when the rules are changed to ensure the periods of play are so short that there’s room for a profitable ad break every few minutes.
On the other hand, taking a cue from that nice open-minded Christian ‘sportsman’ quoted above, sports so constituted have a built-in weakness. Enough people switch off, bored of watching superstitious throwbacks run about for 30 seconds then pray for five minutes, and the sponsors walk too. End of problem.
Rugby – now that’s a proper sport, and as we’ve seen in the last few days alone, one where such attitudes are long gone.

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:02:19 +0000

Here are three more interesting links:

http://proudatheists.wordpress.....licly-why/
http://proudatheists.wordpress.....gers-town/
http://proudatheists.wordpress.....ayer-case/

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:14:00 +0000

This was a great thread:

http://thebeattitude.com/2009/.....fan-of-the orlando-magic-just-ask-dwight-howard/

(PS Dwight Howard is BLACK!)