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Adam Muema, the guy who left the NFL combine...
May 23, 2014 at 11:36 am
...because god told him to. ESPN has a
fairly interesting (if ultimately inconclusive) article on him and what has become of him. Apparently he was a pretty normal kid who seems to have gone off the rails right around the time of the combine, helped along by what appears to be a religious con-man (although the "con" part is literal in this case). But the story doesn't really get much farther than that, so aside from giving a bit of context and letting us know that this wasn't some fundie kid going nuclear at the worst time, we're left wondering what
did cause him to go over the edge.
I get the feeling that a few years from now we'll probably get a more revealing story, assuming anyone considers it to be click-worthy by then.
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RE: Adam Muema, the guy who left the NFL combine...
May 23, 2014 at 12:20 pm
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2014 at 12:20 pm by SteelCurtain.)
It's weird where the line is for Christians. God tells them to do shit all the time. Why, when this kid claims the same thing, do they jump ship?
I guess it's all bullshit to me, I have difficulty telling when it's 'extra-bullshit.'
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RE: Adam Muema, the guy who left the NFL combine...
May 23, 2014 at 1:05 pm
(May 23, 2014 at 12:20 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: I guess it's all bullshit to me, I have difficulty telling when it's 'extra-bullshit.'
I know, right? There's nothing more frustrating than someone dismissing something as patently absurd while they cling to something else that is equally absurd.
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RE: Adam Muema, the guy who left the NFL combine...
May 23, 2014 at 1:26 pm
It's not like god ever told anyone in the bible to just leave their life behind and do something else.
