Comments on: Separation of church and football http://tete-tete-tete.com/2009/10/separation-of-church-and-football/ Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:49:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: smijer http://tete-tete-tete.com/2009/10/separation-of-church-and-football/comment-page-1/#comment-4163 smijer Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:50:56 +0000 http://tete-tete-tete.com/?p=2497#comment-4163 Oh, yeah.. and frankly... I never trust an athlete when he says he's praising the Lord. Not that these are the same guys that go back to the locker room and juice, then go to the hotel and blow, then go to the back room with two or three groupies... More that athletes on TeeVee are generally narcissists and care only about praise for them own selves. More to the point, if an athlete in the U.S. and an athlete in China are simultaneously pointing "up" to indicate God, one of them <i>has</i> to be pointing to the devil. Oh, yeah.. and frankly… I never trust an athlete when he says he’s praising the Lord. Not that these are the same guys that go back to the locker room and juice, then go to the hotel and blow, then go to the back room with two or three groupies… More that athletes on TeeVee are generally narcissists and care only about praise for them own selves.

More to the point, if an athlete in the U.S. and an athlete in China are simultaneously pointing “up” to indicate God, one of them has to be pointing to the devil.

]]> By: smijer http://tete-tete-tete.com/2009/10/separation-of-church-and-football/comment-page-1/#comment-4162 smijer Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:44:30 +0000 http://tete-tete-tete.com/?p=2497#comment-4162 CC - thanks for the update. Color me depressed. CC – thanks for the update. Color me depressed.

]]> By: chalicechick http://tete-tete-tete.com/2009/10/separation-of-church-and-football/comment-page-1/#comment-4161 chalicechick Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:13:15 +0000 http://tete-tete-tete.com/?p=2497#comment-4161 Don't know if you saw <a href="http://reason.com/blog/2009/10/07/update-on-the-georgia-pastor-k" rel="nofollow">this</a> but it is relevant to an earlier post. Don’t know if you saw this but it is relevant to an earlier post.

]]> By: Buck http://tete-tete-tete.com/2009/10/separation-of-church-and-football/comment-page-1/#comment-4160 Buck Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:31:26 +0000 http://tete-tete-tete.com/?p=2497#comment-4160 I personally hate all of that square dancing and head bobbing they do after some of the most meaningless and mundane plays. I always liked the guys who scored a touchdown and then just handed the ball to the referee like it was no big deal. Nowadays a three yard run for a first down can trigger body gyrations the likes of which you have never seen except at a Benny Hinn healing service. It is sickening no doubt. But there are instances where the officials take their calls a little bit to the extreme. What they let pass and what they call never ceases to amaze me. I personally hate all of that square dancing and head bobbing they do after some of the most meaningless and mundane plays.

I always liked the guys who scored a touchdown and then just handed the ball to the referee like it was no big deal.

Nowadays a three yard run for a first down can trigger body gyrations the likes of which you have never seen except at a Benny Hinn healing service.

It is sickening no doubt. But there are instances where the officials take their calls a little bit to the extreme. What they let pass and what they call never ceases to amaze me.

]]> By: jadarm http://tete-tete-tete.com/2009/10/separation-of-church-and-football/comment-page-1/#comment-4159 jadarm Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:59:25 +0000 http://tete-tete-tete.com/?p=2497#comment-4159 I personally couldnt distinguish where Chris Johnson was actually pointing to God. Mostly, in my experience, when someone points to the Almighty they just point straight up...but it didnt exactly look unsportsmanlike to me anyhow. I wondered how the ref would have acted had he been playing in Oakland long and actually caught a good break during the course of a real game. I do, however, want to see the self promotion reigned in a bit. I honestly dont think I could stomach an entire league of Chad Johnson's running around. I would probably rather turn the channel to ESPN 13 and watch the annual "Amish Midwestern Womens Facial Hair-growth Championship"...live! I personally couldnt distinguish where Chris Johnson was actually pointing to God. Mostly, in my experience, when someone points to the Almighty they just point straight up…but it didnt exactly look unsportsmanlike to me anyhow. I wondered how the ref would have acted had he been playing in Oakland long and actually caught a good break during the course of a real game.

I do, however, want to see the self promotion reigned in a bit. I honestly dont think I could stomach an entire league of Chad Johnson’s running around. I would probably rather turn the channel to ESPN 13 and watch the annual “Amish Midwestern Womens Facial Hair-growth Championship”…live!

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