Posted on 02/06/2018 8:59:20 AM PST by Kaslin
But I thought there was no such thing as a stupid question.
God took sides in wars in the Bible. Why couldn’t he take sides in football games?
I wouldn’t exactly say it’s a stupid question. It’s an irrelevant question.
If you had read past the title you would have seen that the author suggests that rather than God intervening directly, maybe the deep faith of many of the Eagles (including their best players and leaders) contributed to their character to overcome adversity and persevere through a tough season filled with critical injuries that might have sidelined other teams but somehow didn't this one. Do you think that's nutty?
Well, Nick Foles and Doug Pederson. But it doesn’t hurt to have God on your side.
Belief in God is one less thing to worry about, so it does allow for more focus.
It seems many didn’t actually read it.
Yes, strong faith is definitely a competitive advantage, and this part of religion can be studied scientifically. It is an objective fact that people with strong faith in general live longer, happier lives with better marriages and more children. In general they earn and keep more wealth than they would have otherwise. They win more games in large part by not being fazed by long odds. No honest scientist can dispute that. Strong faith is a competitive advantage others do not enjoy, hence the leftist envy and satanic desire to destroy it.
Really? I always thought He used it to go #2.
And that is the answer of course. My favorite team of yore, The Oakland Raiders, were a notoriously rowdy bunch. Now, you could argue that they would have won a few more games if they had said their prayers and went to bed at a decent hour rather than party unto 3am in the morning on Super Bowl Sunday.
Nope.
No, the replay booth did.
“And that begs the question:”
No it doesn’t. It raises the question, or it leads to the question.
Begging the question is a logical fallacy whereby a conclusion assumes the premise being asserted, otherwise known as circular reasoning.
For example: “Global warming must be real because the models show that the Earth will get much hotter”.
This begs the question: do the models assume that global warming is real?
That is well said. All I know is there is a striking difference between the humbleness and gratitude of the Christian athletes compared with the BLM/liberal/Antifa crybullies.
"And now, thanks to their incredible victory, these men will have a platform for the rest of their lives to share their faith. Could the Lord have helped orchestrate that?"None can answer that question definitively; but those who believe that Divine Providence is at work in human affairs, while leaving humans with free will to exercise Creator-endowed liberty and freedom of conscience and of expression may agree that America and the world heard a much-needed reminder that men and women, as individuals, are more than just "physical bodies."
Each individual is a spiritual being living in a physical body. Each individual, therefore, acting from a spiritual motivation may choose to express that awareness when given such a platform, in order to fulfill what each may believe to be the "chief end" or "calling" of his/her existence.
Many Christian denominations or bodies inculcate that idea into their membership. Example, a Presbyterian catechism states it as the first item:
"Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?
A. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
I have often heard people pray that God is on their side.
I think it is a better prayer to ask that we be on God’s side.
Counterpoint: Your Raiders faced my Iggles in the Superbowl after the 1980 season. The Raiders partied and made the week a blast. On the other side Coach Dick Vermeil worked the Eagles like dogs and maintained iron discipline. He had them wound tighter than imaginable. Big let down from the Birds, the Raiders were loose and won and it wasn't really in doubt. As many ways to win as there are personalities.
In the case of the Eagles, Carson Wentz is born again and wears it on his sleeve. He's inspired many others to follow in his footsteps, like Zack Ertz. Lots of the black players are also deeply faithful and they pray with the QB and the tight end and other white guys and they hang out together and call each other brothers. Their open expressions of faith pulled that locker room together as closely knit as I've observed from watching sports over decades. That works for them, probably wouldn't with many other groups of guys.
Nope - God could give a flip about football. He will bless those who call His name without shame or trepidation of what others think but it won’t be by rigging football games.
Awesome! Bump!!
I would expect a ridiculous question and article this in the Daily Kos or HuffPo but not Townhall.
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