Sports and religion

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Anonymous wrote:Specifically, why do some winners insinuate that God helped them win?

Same reason they believe God helped them breathe, walk, shoot the winning goal, etc.

And it makes them feel special. God helped ME win and let YOU lose.

I believe you are (perhaps intentionally) misinterpreting their prayers (and belittling them). God isn't "picking a winner" nor is their prayer asking for that. If a player believes that following the path of their religion and focusing their thoughts on prayer helps them to be the best they can be in practice and on the field (and it is easy to see how that could help an individual), and that helped their team to win, they can thank God for that. That doesn't mean God picked the other team to lose. Speaking in terms like that ("God let you lose") simply shows that you are being obtusely literal and do not understand what God is and is not to a religious person. It's rather childish.

No reason to believe that pp knows what God's intentions are.

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I sure hope a religious person didn't post this. It's disgusting.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else cringe at blatant evangelism in sports?

Prayer circles, coaches proselytizing, etc?

It’s at all levels — youth, college, pro.

I get praying for the safety of participants but why do these people thing God cares about sports, much less has a preference for a victor? Specifically, why do some winners insinuate that God helped them win?

You "cringe" at this, OP? What an odd choice of words. Are you always so fragile?

I think it's great and has a positive influence on younger kits/ players.

If you've never been to Faith Night at Nats Park, you should do so one year. It's very uplifting.

Tgey guy next to you being gay and proud of it does not infringe on any of your rights.

Coach lead prays does.

Which rights does it infringe upon?

Freedom of religion also includes freedom from religion.

It doesn’t. Who told you that? No where in the constitution does it say that.

A coach praying on a field infringes on what right?

Where in the constitution does it say that everyone has to have a religion?

Freedom of religion is the right to have any religion or no religion at all. Not being religious is not against the law in the US.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else cringe at blatant evangelism in sports?

Prayer circles, coaches proselytizing, etc?

It’s at all levels — youth, college, pro.

I get praying for the safety of participants but why do these people thing God cares about sports, much less has a preference for a victor? Specifically, why do some winners insinuate that God helped them win?

You "cringe" at this, OP? What an odd choice of words. Are you always so fragile?

I think it's great and has a positive influence on younger kits/ players.

If you've never been to Faith Night at Nats Park, you should do so one year. It's very uplifting.

Tgey guy next to you being gay and proud of it does not infringe on any of your rights.

Coach lead prays does.

Which rights does it infringe upon?

Freedom of religion also includes freedom from religion.

It doesn’t. Who told you that? No where in the constitution does it say that.

A coach praying on a field infringes on what right?

Where in the constitution does it say that everyone has to have a religion?

Freedom of religion is the right to have any religion or no religion at all. Not being religious is not against the law in the US.

Absolutely no one is making that argument. Atheists think that any expression of religion in public by a religious person infringes on their rights to not be religious. That is false. Nobody is making anyone have a religion because someone prays in public.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else cringe at blatant evangelism in sports?

Prayer circles, coaches proselytizing, etc?

It’s at all levels — youth, college, pro.

I get praying for the safety of participants but why do these people thing God cares about sports, much less has a preference for a victor? Specifically, why do some winners insinuate that God helped them win?

You "cringe" at this, OP? What an odd choice of words. Are you always so fragile?

I think it's great and has a positive influence on younger kits/ players.

If you've never been to Faith Night at Nats Park, you should do so one year. It's very uplifting.

Tgey guy next to you being gay and proud of it does not infringe on any of your rights.

Coach lead prays does.

Which rights does it infringe upon?

Freedom of religion also includes freedom from religion.

It doesn’t. Who told you that? No where in the constitution does it say that.

A coach praying on a field infringes on what right?

Where in the constitution does it say that everyone has to have a religion?

Freedom of religion is the right to have any religion or no religion at all. Not being religious is not against the law in the US.

Absolutely no one is making that argument. Atheists think that any expression of religion in public by a religious person infringes on their rights to not be religious. That is false. Nobody is making anyone have a religion because someone prays in public.

I'm an atheist and have never heard an atheist say that. where is that info coming from?

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I sure hope a religious person didn't post this. It's disgusting.

It's likely that it was posted by a supposedly religious person, because it is full of bogus and revolting "atheist arguments"