When athlete's pray or win.....

[ninerbuff]

You see it alot on the field.....players kneeling down and praying. Are they praying to win? Or just to be safe (oxymoron since football is a violent game and 1 play is all it takes to get taken out)?
Or how about when a boxer wins and then says, "First I'd like to thank my lord and savior jesus...." For what? Letting him have the gift of beating the crap out of his opponent?

Religion is sports is just as comical as religion in the penitentiary.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Whether it's an individual, a team, or a nation, the fact that people regularly perceive god to be on their side, points to the fact that their god is actually themselves.

 

[Skwim]

They're asking god---trying to convince him---to do something he otherwise wouldn't do. It's an assumption that god doesn't know what the right thing to do is, which may actually be the situation, but don't look to any Christian for confirmation.

 

[ninerbuff]

Or is it just a front to appeal to the masses? I mean most of the pro athlete's of today aren't very christian morally.

 

[jmvizanko]

You see it alot on the field.....players kneeling down and praying. Are they praying to win? Or just to be safe (oxymoron since football is a violent game and 1 play is all it takes to get taken out)?
Or how about when a boxer wins and then says, "First I'd like to thank my lord and savior jesus...." For what? Letting him have the gift of beating the crap out of his opponent?

Well prayer is pointless to begin with if god is all knowing anyway, and knows what you want. And to assume that god cares who wins a game, unless there is some actual benefit to them winning such as a conditional donation to charity, is asinine. I think many are just doing it because they think it makes them look better. And to the sort of people that think god would actually care who wins a game, it probably does.

Religion is sports is just as comical as religion in the penitentiary.

I'd say moreso, considering that at least people in prison have legitimately good reasons to need help from god.

 

[Twig pentagram]

You see it alot on the field.....players kneeling down and praying. Are they praying to win? Or just to be safe (oxymoron since football is a violent game and 1 play is all it takes to get taken out)?
Or how about when a boxer wins and then says, "First I'd like to thank my lord and savior jesus...." For what? Letting him have the gift of beating the crap out of his opponent?

Religion is sports is just as comical as religion in the penitentiary.

Most athletes are religious so you're going to see them doing religious things from time to time.

 

[Koldo]

You see it alot on the field.....players kneeling down and praying. Are they praying to win? Or just to be safe (oxymoron since football is a violent game and 1 play is all it takes to get taken out)?
Or how about when a boxer wins and then says, "First I'd like to thank my lord and savior jesus...." For what? Letting him have the gift of beating the crap out of his opponent?

Religion is sports is just as comical as religion in the penitentiary.

They are just like children asking their father for something, and they believe they deserve what they want more than their other brothers and sisters.

 

[Kathryn]

At our high school, when the team prays before a game, they are praying for safety for themselves and the other team. At least that's what my son tells me.

 

[ninerbuff]

At our high school, when the team prays before a game, they are praying for safety for themselves and the other team. At least that's what my son tells me.

Ask your son how hard the coach asks them to hit a player! I'm more than sure that the prayer is nothing more than just a pregame ritual because you know as I do, a good hit excites the crowd. And those hits are the ones that can cause significant injury.

 

[Kathryn]

Ask your son how hard the coach asks them to hit a player! I'm more than sure that the prayer is nothing more than just a pregame ritual because you know as I do, a good hit excites the crowd. And those hits are the ones that can cause significant injury.

Well, then those prayers must be working, because in all the years I've attended local high school football games, there have been no significant injuries. Minor ones, yes, but not serious ones.

They wear an awful lot of protective gear.

 

[ninerbuff]

Well, then those prayers must be working, because in all the years I've attended local high school football games, there have been no significant injuries. Minor ones, yes, but not serious ones.

They wear an awful lot of protective gear.

Concussions happen all the time and the effects of them happen off the field and not on. Anyway, I hope players stay safe and that injury is kept to a minimum.