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yeah, we're used to hearing athletes talk up God. This one, I think, is genuine. jmho.
1 posted on 01/08/2010 9:32:15 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Hate to tell the kid that God doesn’t regulate his performance in football games.


2 posted on 01/08/2010 9:33:44 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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....plus he gave his backup, Gilbert, more of pat on the back than he deserved. Class act indeed.


5 posted on 01/08/2010 9:44:37 PM PST by Rockitz (This isn't rocket science- follow the money and you'll find truth.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Seems like a good kid but I never really doubted that.


6 posted on 01/08/2010 9:44:48 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: Recovering_Democrat
I never question why things happen the way they do.

Say no mo', say no mo'.

But if we WERE to pose such a question, might we not wonder about the rules meant to limit injuries? This was regarded, no doubt, as a "clean hit", but was it not the same thing as "spearing"? I mean no implication against the defender that made the hit, but I have always felt that there was a wild inconsistency, or incoherence, in the system of rules that penalized utterly innocuous actions on the presumed grounds of "danger", while vindicating actions that result in severe injury as "clean hits". Well, it's a difficult problem, but it results in an absurd dichotomy.

I do have a real question, though, whether the defender's hit was meant as a punishing blow. It appeared that McCoy was held up, and was indeed in a "helpless" position, when the helmet was applied to his scapula. Just the sort of thing that the rules presumably try to proscribe, however ineffectively.

8 posted on 01/08/2010 9:45:27 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: Recovering_Democrat
From what I hear he is a genuine Christian, but he's in a environment where pride is a temptation. I would agree that he is a class act.

I never question why things happen the way they do.

Maybe he didn't mean it this way, but I don't see a problem with questioning(Matt. 27:46) God, unless it's to the point of rebelling and challenging his authority.

15 posted on 01/09/2010 1:20:25 PM PST by DrewsDad (Seize the false prophets of global warming before they tax us to death)
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Just maybe the reason this happened was so that Colt could say what he did to a large audience on national TV? As a Christian, I take some comfort in that possibility.
16 posted on 01/09/2010 2:47:20 PM PST by LOC1
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