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Does God care who wins the Super Bowl?
NBC Sports ^ | January 28, 2009 | John Walters

Posted on 01/31/2009 11:56:30 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

“If God is for us, who can be against us?” — Romans 8:31

Does God care who wins? Of course He doesn’t.

Unless He does.

After all, who knows what He cares about? Who knows if He is even a He or a She or a Who Am? Or if He even is.

Who knows?

Does God care that Kurt Warner, the quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals, is more likely to be spotted carrying his bible than his playbook? Does God care that Ben Roethlisberger, Warner’s counterpart in Super Bowl XLIII this Sunday, used to adorn his armbands with the letters “PFJ”, an acronym for “Playing For Jesus” (The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback stopped only after the NFL fined him for violating its uniform policy)?

Does God care?

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TOPICS: General Discusssion; Ministry/Outreach; Religion & Culture; Skeptics/Seekers
KEYWORDS: atheism; christianity; christians; football; kurtwarner; nfl; religion; roethlisberger; sports; superbowl; television; tombradylives
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This is what passes for "fair and balanced" reportage at NBC these days, I assume.
1 posted on 01/31/2009 11:56:31 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

NO.

He could care less.

He’s more conserned about our ungodly liefstyple choices and routine behaviors.


2 posted on 01/31/2009 11:58:51 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
NO.

He could care less.

He's more concerned about our ungodly lifestyle choices and routine behaviors.

3 posted on 01/31/2009 11:59:01 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My only question is: Why did they ask some stoned-out college freshman to write this piece? Shallow, childish, meandering, pointless and boring.


4 posted on 01/31/2009 12:00:56 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: nmh

I would be disappointed if He had a financial stake in the outcome.


5 posted on 01/31/2009 12:01:12 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If God cared about the Super Bowl he wouldn’t have it on NBC, and he wouldn’t have Keith Overbite doing the commentary..YUCK, I might have to put the Super Bowl on mute


6 posted on 01/31/2009 12:01:23 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: billorites

God does not care who wins, but he does bet the Over & Under.


7 posted on 01/31/2009 12:06:41 PM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at I00 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Well crap! I didn’t know creepy Olderman was going to have any part with the superbowl. If nbc lean any more left they are going to fall off the face of the earth,amen.


8 posted on 01/31/2009 12:08:43 PM PST by red irish (Gods Children in the womb are to be loved too!)
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To: nmh

It all depends on who the real God is. If the real god is the God of Mohammed, football is un-Islamic, and everyone involved in football will burn in Hell.


9 posted on 01/31/2009 12:11:03 PM PST by Pelagius of Asturias
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To: red irish

There are several Christians on the Cardinals including #13 (Kurt Warner) and #26 (Rod Hood)! Go Cardinals...


10 posted on 01/31/2009 12:12:19 PM PST by princess leah
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Never heard of John Walters before, I guess he's another washed up or never-was jockstrap trying to make a living as a hack. Good thing most sportswriters are congenial retards. He fits right in.
11 posted on 01/31/2009 12:12:30 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

God already knows who won the Superbowl. Duh.


12 posted on 01/31/2009 12:12:57 PM PST by Hoodat (For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: hinckley buzzard
Next time, let us know what you really think, okay? LOL
13 posted on 01/31/2009 12:14:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet ("Don't confuse what you got a right to do with what's right to do." Bill Bennett)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What’s the Super Bowl?

Is it something I should care about?

How big is the bowl if it is super big?


14 posted on 01/31/2009 12:14:24 PM PST by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Who knows?

He knows.
15 posted on 01/31/2009 12:16:51 PM PST by SouthDixie (We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly.)
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Does God care who wins the Super Bowl?

No - he took Arizona +7. He's only concerned with whether the Cards keep it within a TD.

16 posted on 01/31/2009 12:19:16 PM PST by NittanyLion
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Back in the Dark Ages when there was only three channels and only one college football game on Saturday. I remember watching a Notre Dame game gack in the fifties and the Notre Dame kicker made the sign of the cross before kicking. To this nine year old Protestant it was a football ritual. My Mother explained it to me; I wondered why, and I am still wondering.


17 posted on 01/31/2009 12:22:36 PM PST by Pelagius of Asturias
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When Joe Garagiola (a Catholic) was catching for the Cardinals and Pirates, he would get irked whenever a batter would make the sign of the cross when he came to bat.

So Garagiola would jump up in front of the plate and like wise bless himself, then get in the batter’s face and say “There, now we’re even with God. Let’s play ball.”


18 posted on 01/31/2009 12:23:09 PM PST by oldbill
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yes, God cares about the Super Bowl. He cares about it because people care about it, and God cares about people.


19 posted on 01/31/2009 12:23:13 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nope. God has more important things to do than sit around a TV and pig out and drink whatever.


20 posted on 01/31/2009 12:23:15 PM PST by BobS
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