Big Name NFL Athlete Asserts his Atheism

[Mister Agenda]

Just thought this was a cool little thing, seeing as the NFL is overwhelmingly Christian in its players and they routinely thank God for wins or touchdowns or nice catches, and tweet about their God-sponsored play constantly.

Arian Foster for those who don't know is the running back for the Houston Texans, and is a pretty damn big name in football, so it's nice to see someone with a big reputation on the line stand up proudly with their unbelief.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyath...qus_thread

Why is this nice to see? Why do you care what a NFL player thinks about the existence of a god or gods? You all sure behave as if atheism is a religion.

Or, if you haven't got your bigot blinders on, like it's a widely-despised minority that's making progress in social acceptance.

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…so this is nice to see simply because he believes something different than the rest of the NFL?

Is your cluelessness pretend or real?

Would you be happy if a player came out and said they believed in pink unicorns?

I'd be happy they felt safe enough to be open about it. It's no sillier than things hundreds of millions of other people believe.

Or does the minority belief have to align with your beliefs?

There are lots of minority beliefs. They don't have to align, just be tolerated to the same extent as other beliefs.

I cannot figure out why the fact that a player genuinely believes that his abilities are a result of God’s grace bothers you at all.

It's not a bother, but it certainly takes no courage to be open about it.

Just interesting.

To trolls, maybe.