Christianity and Football(Split from 2009 Tidbits)

[Bleed S & G]

I think the biblical passages on the eye black was a great way to spread the message. I wanted to know what it was, and I'm not a christian.

Agreed. I found myself looking them up.. only to be dissapointed.. why couldn't they use one like this?

"And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot."

 

[BUCKYLE]

Agreed. I found myself looking them up.. only to be dissapointed.. why couldn't they use one like this?

"And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot."

I'd like to see "Austin 3:16" -"I just whooped your ass".

 

[stxbuck]

I think a key point of football leadership-which has nothing to do w/ Chritianity-needs to made here. The OL is an entity unto itself-they can be nasty, fired up, and aggressive-but that is because the players/OL coaches have developed that themselves-and, hopefully, spread it to the rest of the team-and become leaders themselves. That is the ideal scenario. The other is that the OL play/act like slugs, and no amount of leadership/screaming/in-your face, whatever you want to call it from the HC to the crazy LB captain to the cocky/charismatic QB will change that-I've seen it happen.

 

[Jake]

Poll Finds 43 Percent Of People Believe God Helps Tebow Win

Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow is not the only one who thinks God helps him on the football field.

According to a national telephone survey conducted by Poll Position, 43 percent of people believe that ?divine intervention? is responsible for his success compared to 42 percent of people surveyed who think that God has nothing to do with Tebow winning.

The arrogance of humanity to think a supernatural, all knowing, all powerful creator of the universe exists, cares about each of us personally, and with everything else going on in the world is taking the time to fix football games. Apparently, the players on the other teams are all going to hell.

 

[CookyPuss]

Poll Finds 43 Percent Of People Believe God Helps Tebow Win



The arrogance of humanity to think a supernatural, all knowing, all powerful creator of the universe exists, cares about each of us personally, and with everything else going on in the world is taking the time to fix football games. Apparently, the players on the other teams are all going to hell.

George Carlin said it best: "Think of how stupid the average person is and realize half of them are stupider than that."

That being said, God clearly is a Broncos fan:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DPeiUOakis"]The Fumble - 1987 AFC Championship - Exclusive Footage - YouTube[/ame]

 

[muffler dragon]

The tangential idea that ALWAYS comes to mind for me is do these people not think about the fact that there are people with like-beliefs on the opposing teams? Not just a Tebow fascination, but in general.

 

[Jake]

The tangential idea that ALWAYS comes to mind for me is do these people not think about the fact that there are people with like-beliefs on the opposing teams? Not just a Tebow fascination, but in general.

Sure, but they play for/root for a different football team so obviously "God" would never be on their side. :p

 

[Gatorubet]

Thump is waiting to see this one:

"My beloved put his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him".

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[Jake]

Keeping with the theme of christianity and athletics, Baylor (a baptist school) was sporting "One Team, One God, One Goal" t-shirts in warm ups today. Given how Kentucky is blowing them out of the gym they either brought the wrong god with them or needed more than one.

 

[buckhead63]

Yeah, because being Christians made Lauranitis and Freeman so soft, and keeps McCoy and Tebow from being strong team leaders.

James is a Christian man. Met him several times. He is very spiritual and I know he carries that with him.