RE: So why do Christians here in the United States have such a persecution complex
November 2, 2015 at 10:19 am
Typical manufactured offense.
This fact is strangely ignored by those making this a matter of Christian persecution.
Form another report:
http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/high-school/2015/10/31/dysart-running-back-pedro-banda-ejected-pointing-sky-after-touchdown/74969096/?hootPostID=d3c233f0e9b1e18effc55e02426b261c
This idiot has no excuse. He was already warned via a previous unsportsmanlike conduct. Even if he disagreed with the interpretation, he was warned. Anyone who has participated in officiated sports knows all too well what happens when warnings are ignored. It's called showing up the ref/ump, doesn't matter a fuck if the ref/ump is right and never ends well for the player. This is a well understood part of the game. The kid deserved the penalty and consequent ejection. It had nothing to do with god.
Another aspect of this that the professional offense takers should keep in mind is that athletes are glorifying god all the time at all levels of all sports. It's reasonable to conclude that there is more to this than a simple acknowledgement of the glory of god on a high school football field. I would prefer not to see it because I think it's silly, even for those who believe for various reasons. I hate ubiquitous spitting in baseball far more than I do someone crossing himself before each at bat. The persecution reaction is simply ridiculous.
Quote:The unsportsmanlike penalty given to #15 on the touchdown at 4:40 left in the game was his second of the game, which, by rule, is an automatic ejection. That is the reason he was ejected on the call. The call by itself would not warrant an ejection.
This fact is strangely ignored by those making this a matter of Christian persecution.
Form another report:
Quote:According to a source, the official called the pointing "taunting," and that Banda was warned earlier in the game about it.
http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/high-school/2015/10/31/dysart-running-back-pedro-banda-ejected-pointing-sky-after-touchdown/74969096/?hootPostID=d3c233f0e9b1e18effc55e02426b261c
This idiot has no excuse. He was already warned via a previous unsportsmanlike conduct. Even if he disagreed with the interpretation, he was warned. Anyone who has participated in officiated sports knows all too well what happens when warnings are ignored. It's called showing up the ref/ump, doesn't matter a fuck if the ref/ump is right and never ends well for the player. This is a well understood part of the game. The kid deserved the penalty and consequent ejection. It had nothing to do with god.
Another aspect of this that the professional offense takers should keep in mind is that athletes are glorifying god all the time at all levels of all sports. It's reasonable to conclude that there is more to this than a simple acknowledgement of the glory of god on a high school football field. I would prefer not to see it because I think it's silly, even for those who believe for various reasons. I hate ubiquitous spitting in baseball far more than I do someone crossing himself before each at bat. The persecution reaction is simply ridiculous.
