So you are saying that I have to buy into commercialism to be saved?
About as much as it is claimed you must not darken the door of a “megachurch” to be saved.
Not one bit. But just because others don't consider Jesus to be too taboo to have his name on a football jersey doesn't mean they won't be saved as well.
Not AT all. A jersey doesnt save. Only Christ can save. Commercialism has made it sound like, “buy this, spend eternity in Heaven”
Basically, when God changes us and delivers us from whatever it is we were trapped in, We WANT to let people know that we love Jesus, therefore we put a shirt on so that people see it. The shirt or whatever it is, is just another way to publicly show who you belong to.