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Ray Lewis to retire after season
ESPN ^ | January 2, 2013 | Jamison Hensley

Posted on 01/02/2013 12:13:35 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

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To: johnd201
Gee... I bet you claim to be a christian too ( non-capital intentional.)

Christians are under no obligation to forgive capital criminals (murderers and rapists). God never intended us to be idiots. The Death Penalty for capital criminals should be the Christian way.

I don't know the facts of the Ray Lewis case, if he is a murderer, BTW. Just sayin it's stupid for non-Christians to always hold up the "you must forgive" card. No we don't, not in certain circumstances.

21 posted on 01/02/2013 3:32:01 PM PST by Partisan Gunslinger
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To: johnd201

Several of those “christians” on here that just “know” he “really” did it. lol

Don’t forget that even on FR, it is cool to be jealous of those who succeed and reach the heights of excellence.


22 posted on 01/02/2013 4:00:53 PM PST by rbmillerjr (Conservative Economic and National Security Commentary: econus.blogspot.com)
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To: Gay State Conservative
It's HILARIOUS how much you don't know what you're talking about. HILARIOUS!

And just to be clear, yes, I'm laughing AT YOU not with you.

23 posted on 01/04/2013 7:17:41 AM PST by safeasthebanks ("The most rewarding part, was when he gave me my money!" - Dr. Nick)
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To: safeasthebanks
It's HILARIOUS how much you don't know what you're talking about. HILARIOUS! And just to be clear, yes, I'm laughing AT YOU not with you.

Ah,yes...another Ravens fan chimes in.Pssst...I've got news for ya:OJ was **guilty**...as was Robert Blake...and Kobe Bryant...and William Kennedy Smith.And for the record:**yes**,if there was strong evidence in a double murder case against Tom Brady I'd believe that *he* was guilty too,regardless of what the courts said.

24 posted on 01/04/2013 7:45:32 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (When Robbing Peter To Pay Paul,One Can Always Count On Paul's Cooperation)
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To: johnd201
Gee... I bet you claim to be a christian too ( non-capital intentional.)

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While my post was meant as a humorous commentary on a bad character who is wrongly lionized by the (heathen) media, Black America and sports fans unaware of the incident, I will respond to your unrelated and unwarranted swipe at my religious faith.

What does being a Christian (or christian, as you prefer) have to do with being logically convinced of Lewis' guilt on being an accomplice after the fact to a double homicide based upon evidence presented in a court of law and contemoraneous news accounts?

What does being a Christian (or christian, as you prefer) have to do with being unhappy that Ray-Ray - an alleged Christian (or christian, as you prefer) - has been publicly unrepentant or even communicative about whatever his involvement was in the vicious stabbing deaths of 2 human beings?

As a Christian (or christian, as you prefer), I can't forgive him as God commands if Ray Lewis doesn't ask for forgiveness.

btw, where is your Christian charity in your crude, rude and simplistic (and wrong) doctrinal faith analysis of my disdain for the media and for a likely (but not proven in a court of law) capital criminal and the racist jury that decided the case?

Did I say I hate Ray Lewis? Did I wish him dead? No.

I wrote that his hype as an icon makes me sick to my stomach, that the commercial with his mom & Tom Brady was funny and joked that I enjoyed seeing him lose his fictional NFL Madden videogame matchup with an actor in another commercial.

Gee, I'm gonna burn in hell for that.

Get a life...and a better grip on what being a Christian really means!

25 posted on 01/04/2013 4:33:30 PM PST by Sideshow Bob
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I just checked johnd201's FReeper homepage...

johnd201, Maryland resident (and Ravens fan?)

What a surprise.

26 posted on 01/04/2013 4:45:22 PM PST by Sideshow Bob
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To: Sideshow Bob
What does being a Christian (or christian, as you prefer) have to do with being unhappy that Ray-Ray - an alleged Christian (or christian, as you prefer) - has been publicly unrepentant or even communicative about whatever his involvement was in the vicious stabbing deaths of 2 human beings?

That's why I personally won't miss him.

He was (perhaps peripherally) involved in a murder. He pled to obstruction of justice in trying to lie to the police about that murder. That ought not be a hero in anybody's book.

Perhaps he's been repentant behind closed doors. We don't know. So we have to go with what we're given, which is that he's a scumbag that got a deal to walk away from an accessory to murder wrap and never had to actually take responsibility for his actions.

I know a lot of people are willing to cut prominent Christians endless slack if they mouth the right words about God. To my ear, his refusal to take responsibility just makes the words seem more hollow.
27 posted on 01/06/2013 12:03:51 PM PST by highball ("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
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