[Paul Atreides]

Some people have WAY too much time on their hands. He needs to go hook up with the SUV kooks.

[xsmommy]

pinging sinners. REPENT!

[Catspaw]

[theDentist]

Isn't this the same mindset as the mullahs in Afghanistan?

[Hawkeye's Girl]

It's a GAME therefore PRETEND. When we start beheading the losers he can complain.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Cool! ND should change their logo to "The Sinnin' Irish"

[ewing]

hold muh sins accountable alert!

[BureaucratusMaximus]

Some things are permissible for some that aren't for others...all depends on their walk with God.

For me...I'll continue to watch football. :)

[smith288]

If football is sin, then I dont ever want to be perfect....

And no, football is sport and not a "sin". In sports, there is usually a triumphed and a victor.

2 Timothy 2:5 “Similarly, if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor’s crown unless he competes according to the rules.”

Sounds like an "ok" by me from the Bible itself.

[ewing]

American Taliban alert!

[MetalHeadConservative35]

if football is a sin i guess us hockey players are REALLY in trouble lol

[Paul Atreides]

If defeating an opponent in a game is a sin, wouldn't that make checkers a sin?

[csvset]

I've been known to curse while watching football games. I suppose it does lead to sin.

[lodwick]

Puleeeeeeeeeeze.

[11th Earl of Mar]

He thinks football is not Christian? Sheesh!

I wonder what he thinks of a real blood sport like politics...????

[eastsider]

"how many ways do we need to prove that not one of the things associated with these sports is pleasing to God?" the 2nd-century convert Tertullian asked.

In his final days, Tertullian was an obsessive ascetic.

[Hank Rearden]

Makes Christians look as stupid as Mooslims, with all their silly, ignorant rules and superstitions. And that would put Christians pretty near the bottom, since you only get to be a Moo if you're not quite stupid enough to be a Scientologist.

[ColdSteelTalon]

Going to a football game rather than going to Church is a Sin. It is the sin of idolatry.

[AntiGuv]

There's no doubt that most of the earliest Christians (all but the antinomian gnostics) and the Patristic Fathers would've considered athletics as sinful. Not only for their competitive nature, but also due to the frivolity and eroticism of such public spectacles. But, then, hardly anyone follows Christian precepts to any meaningful extent anymore, so who cares?

[rightwingreligiousfanatic]

UN-FREAKING-BELIEVEABLE!

Why is it that they are so afraid of any form of competition? And the fact that this comes from a conservative journal is even more perplexing....