Posted on 01/22/2014 8:05:33 AM PST by MNDude
So do you say a little prayer during a pivotal play or wear lucky socks during a big game? You are not alone.
“Just ahead of the 2014 Super Bowl, 50 percent of sports fans see some aspect of the supernatural at play in sports, meaning they either pray to God to help their team, have thought their team was cursed at some point in time, or believe that God plays a role in determining the outcome of sporting events,” reports a new survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute, a nonpartisan, non-profit group based in the nation’s capital.
A fervent 26 percent of the respondents say they have prayed that “for God to help their team”, while an equal number have entertained the notion that their team was “cursed.”
The gridiron tends to bring out this behavior.
“Football fans are also more likely than other fans to say they pray for their team (33 percent ), perform pre-game or game-time rituals (25 percent), or to believe that their team has been cursed (31 percent).
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
I’m sure God cares if a guy can throw a inflated rubber ball through a metal ring.
People ask God for help with all sorts of things. Why should sports be any different?
In other news, half of Americans are idiots who voted twice for 0bama.
Pray with gratitude for how you’ve been brought to be able to play the game, and for the grace to play it well.
Crooked refs have more influence in it.
Your statement is probably correct according to the article, God cares more about football than basketball.
The Washington Times should be ashamed of itself for publishing such nonsense. I can’t imagine praying to influence the outcome of a sporting event.
At church, I’ve seen a lot of trivial prayer requests. I guess it’s ok that I start praying that I can beat the annoying boss at the end of my XBox game.
The fruity self-aggrandizing posturing and chest slapping after even mediocre plays or blow-outs might be a sign of demonic possession.
Or, you know, it’s simply a couple of leagues full of mouth breathing jerks who can’t or won’t self-police that faggoty garbage. Maybe.
Freegards
Well, at least we now know who the idiot half is. Good grief.
“It’s only weird if it doesn’t work”
God is everywhere, but this is just moronic.
If one is praying that no player on either team suffers an injury, I’m okay with that. Praying that your team wins is silly and selfish.
Didn’t read the article but it sounds like an attempt to portray people of faith as kooks.
I suspect God doesn’t appreciate being prayed to over trivial stuff like sporting events.
It would be sort of like getting those junk phone calls.
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