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'God Bless America' in baseball games

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'God Bless America' in baseball games
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RE: 'God Bless America' in baseball games
November 2, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Quote:Why don't you be more careful and think through how you and your christian friends will deal with a Muslim call to prayers in the middle of a ballgame?

Why would I care? I accept other people's beliefs.
Its ok to have doubt, just dont let that doubt become the answers.

You dont hate God, you hate the church game.

"God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed." Saint Augustine

Your mind works very simply: you are either trying to find out what are God's laws in order to follow them; or you are trying to outsmart Him. -Martin H. Fischer
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RE: 'God Bless America' in baseball games
November 6, 2010 at 6:12 am
(November 2, 2010 at 1:17 pm)Chuck Wrote:
(November 2, 2010 at 12:55 pm)theophilus Wrote:
(November 1, 2010 at 4:48 pm)Nitsuj Wrote: Why are they even allowed to do this?
Because the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion.

Then they shouldn't complain too much if a Muslim call to prayer is issued in the midst of a ballgame.

There is no reason why a muslim call would be used. It's like saying "let's see how they would react if someone said "Allah dammit" instead of "God dammit". or "Allah bless you" when someone sneezes.". It has nothing to do with God, it's more like saying "i love America".

Is there a single mention of God anywhere that atheists around here won't scream about ? Seriously, calm the fuck down, it's just words, it sounds like an evangelical christian screaming about the purple teletubby being gay sometimes.
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RE: 'God Bless America' in baseball games
November 6, 2010 at 2:15 pm
It's kind of irritating but 'God save the King/Queen' is really annoying and shows that England is long overdue for a decent national anthem, you lot may borrow "Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" anytime.
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RE: 'God Bless America' in baseball games
November 7, 2010 at 9:19 pm
(November 6, 2010 at 2:15 pm)Welsh cake Wrote: It's kind of irritating but 'God save the King/Queen' is really annoying and shows that England is long overdue for a decent national anthem, you lot may borrow "Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" anytime.

the french anthem ends with (loosely translated) "come, and let an impure blood flow through our farms"...alot of people complain about it because it's "too violent". God save the Queen is pretty cool for the most part Big Grin
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RE: 'God Bless America' in baseball games
November 7, 2010 at 9:40 pm
(November 2, 2010 at 7:31 pm)solja247 Wrote: Why would I care? I accept other people's beliefs.

THAT... is funny. I admit, you threw me for a laugh.
Eeyore Wrote:Thanks for noticing.
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RE: 'God Bless America' in baseball games
November 7, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Quote:I used to get angry at people who had really dumb beliefs

Yeah, me too,but I seldom abuse Christians and other naive deists these days.Angel Cloud
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