Tim Tebow’s profession of faith has thrust the mixture of sport and religion into the national spotlight in a way that few can remember
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'Do we accept freedom of religion, any religion? Or do we accept freedom of Christianity?' I'm taking this to be rhetorical questions with the answers No and Yes. There's more acceptance for some non-Christian faiths than others, but Islam is the least tolerated faith in the US since 9/11.
Invoking a deity on your side in times of war is pretty common, but a football game? Really? Personally, I'd like G-d to turn off the TV and put a little more attention to famine and earthquakes this year. Just saying.
But...but that can't be true! The Steelers are ~Christian~!!!!! Did they do something to offend God last week or something? Or did God just not love them enough or let them win
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Ben was framed! He is the most wonderful Christian the team has no one should ever slander his name with ridiculous rumors! (I kid you not, she said this...)
Right now I'm living in central-ish PA since I was here for school, but I'm moving at the end of the month down near the MD/PA state line again. I'm hoping to find full time work in Maryland though, I've just been looking for forever. ATM I pretty much see an even amount of fans for the Steelers, Jets (the team my fiance likes) and the Eagles. I miss living in Ravensville. ♥ So I'm looking forward to it.
I legit read an article a week or so ago implying that Ben "Playing For Jesus" Roethlisberger had simply ~lost his way~ and now that he'd started to pray again, he was accepted into God's forgiving arms.
I live in the Philadelphia area, so I always assumed that Steelers fans were infinitely more normal and reasonable than Eagles fans. I've hated Eagles fans since they came out in support of Vick and basically said that they didn't care about his vicious, violent crimes, they were going to win SUPERBOWLS.
I almost dated a dude who was an Eagles fan, which was alright with me. Little did I know of his obnoxiousness. He was, for real, only "allowing" me to be a Baltimore fan cause we were both birds. Then I would have had to convert later, it was only acceptable. I just laughed him off, cause I wasn't serious about him anyway. He is the only Eagles fan I know. Now I am frightened that there are more like that.
It's not just football games though. I mean, it seems like every single sport out there, when someone wins it's all like "All for His glory" or "Thanks to God" blah blah blah etc etc.
And not just sports. Grammy winners, Oscar winners, its the same crap.
(and a humorous (hopefully) observation as to which team G-d loves best):
G-d doesn't care about football or movies, and if (s)he did, it would be given to those who never lose faith. Obviously, that be fans rooting for the Chicago Cubs. Think about it - who has more faith, who is a fan win or lose, who has suffered more for the glory of their team than a Cubs fan? No one.
edited because I couldn't get the youtube link to work first time around,
The most disturbing thing about this to me (and I say this as a person of faith, though not a Christian),is that in a recent CBS news pole, 43% of those surveyed said that G-d helps Tebow to win: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31751_162-57358717-10391697/poll-does-god-help-tebow-win-43-say-yes/
Invoking a deity on your side in times of war is pretty common, but a football game? Really? Personally, I'd like G-d to turn off the TV and put a little more attention to famine and earthquakes this year. Just saying.
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I live in an area of PA that has a lot of Ravens fans too.
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Ben was framed! He is the most wonderful Christian the team has no one should ever slander his name with ridiculous rumors! (I kid you not, she said this...)
Right now I'm living in central-ish PA since I was here for school, but I'm moving at the end of the month down near the MD/PA state line again. I'm hoping to find full time work in Maryland though, I've just been looking for forever. ATM I pretty much see an even amount of fans for the Steelers, Jets (the team my fiance likes) and the Eagles. I miss living in Ravensville. ♥ So I'm looking forward to it.
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PA needs snow again. y/y
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(and a humorous (hopefully) observation as to which team G-d loves best):
G-d doesn't care about football or movies, and if (s)he did, it would be given to those who never lose faith. Obviously, that be fans rooting for the Chicago Cubs. Think about it - who has more faith, who is a fan win or lose, who has suffered more for the glory of their team than a Cubs fan? No one.
edited because I couldn't get the youtube link to work first time around,
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