Football: God made me

[Silver]

After the Seattle Seahawks got away with an unlikely victory over the Green Bay Packers last weekend to send them to the Super Bowl, quarterback Russell Wilson had a perfectly rational explanation for his four interceptions and mostly-awful performance for the majority of the game:

“That’s God setting it up, to make it so dramatic, so rewarding, so special,” he said, alone for a moment in the locker room before heading out for the night. “I’ve been through a lot in life, and had some ups and downs. It’s what’s led me to this day.”

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyath...-dramatic/

[Chad32]

Why has football become such a religious sport? Because it's so popular? Are all the other sports like this? It's a symptom of religion's effort to meld with everything, even things that have nothing to do with it. I have had some people say that everything you do must in some way glorify god. Like it's not enough to think of him every day. You need to think of him constantly.

[Minimalist]

Why has football become such a religious sport? Because it's so popular?

Because a lot of its fans are morons... and the players get hit in the head a lot.

[Tonus]

Why has football become such a religious sport?

It's not the only sport where players will credit god in some way or another. If you get a person who is either religious enough, nutty enough, or shrewd enough (ie, play to the crowd... remember that this is the USA) he'll throw a bit of Jesus into everything. Russell Wilson can stand there and say that his poor performance in a game was "god testing" him so that the eventual victory would feel sweeter, and no one bats an eye. If he says "I'm an atheist" he'll get letters calling him a "fucking fuckity fucker" and "commie faggot" from a few hundred tolerant Christians.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Pardon my apathy. Shut up and throw the goddamned ball already.

[Minimalist]

It's not the only sport where players will credit god in some way or another.

Right. Drives me nuts when some guy hits a home run and points up at the sky when he crosses the plate.

Hey, asshole....you hit the ball, not fucking jesus. Although in many cases jesus is out on the field playing against you.

[Jackalope]

I notice you never hear a wide receiver say "That motherfucker Jesus knocked the ball right out of my hands."

[Minimalist]

Jesus can't play defense.

Or hit a curve ball.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I notice you never hear a wide receiver say "That motherfucker Jesus knocked the ball right out of my hands."

The corollary to that is that a good cornerback can shut Jesus down.

[Chad32]

I notice you never hear a wide receiver say "That motherfucker Jesus knocked the ball right out of my hands."

That's the great double standard. All good comes from Yahweh, even if it appears evil to more rational minds. All evil comes from us or Satan, even if it appears good to more rational minds. That's what he says, anyway. You know, the guy that wants to save us from what he's going to do to us if we don't thank him for everything good that happens.