God Bless Football
Ever since Curt Warner's famous 2000 super game exclamation, "Thank you Jesus!" I started to notice it more and more. Players squat at center field to join hands in prayer. Every interviewed toothless meathead thanks God and/or Jesus for their ability and asks graciously for the power to destroy the other team.
This year many of the Pittsburgh Steelers' players have chalked up their victory to God. I've heard "God blesses Pittsburgh" and all kinds of praise to an alledged almighty that apparently influenced the outcome.
As regular readers know, I am an atheist. I find the fact that people believe that their savior gives a shit about a game played by a bunch of whining, rich, steroid-soaked babies to be rather strange. Do you really think God is going to push that ball through the uprights when he can't seem to put enough crops in the ground to feed the thousands of children that die everyday from starvation? Do you think he completes the pass when he can't even stop the bacteria (that he allegedly created) from infecting the bodies of helpless children? Every single day the Lord fumbles, prayers go unanswered. Loved ones die of horrible disease or suffer painful illness despite the prayers of the faithful. Our cool christian god continues to kick fake muslim god ass on the battlefield. If there was an almighty he/she/it'd have planets to explode and hurricanes to divert. He probably wouldn't give a shit about your stupid game.
If there was a baby jesus he'd cry at the sight of football players praying. With some exception, they live wealthy, self-absorbed lives where greed and ego supercede team or group interest. There are few things less consistent with Christian doctrine than the NFL. No Fucking Lord.
By the way, if "God blessed Pittsburgh" he must hate Detroit, Houston and San Francisco. He also must hate Seattle. He also must not think too highly of Pittsburgh for the last 30 years either. Don't get too full of yourselves. Nobody is listening.
posted by Schmootzie @ 6:11 AM
5 Comments:
For a guy who doesn't believe in God you sure waste a lot of energy ranting about it. You should change it up and spend a month on Santa, leprechauns, or unicorns.
On a side note I disagree with your statement that god does not put enough crops in the ground to feed everyone on earth when there is in fact enough food to feed everyone.
http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/world%20hunger%20facts%202002.htm
I'll start bitching about the other stuff as soon as:
1. Someone flies a 747 into a skyscraper in the name of Santa Claus.
2. People start to criticize and condemn me for not believing in unicorns.
3. Folks that believe in leprechauns behave in a manner that is consistently contradictory to leprechaun doctrine.
The rest of the fantasy beings are pretty intert. They don't force me to do shit and they don't look down their noses at me for not believing in their myths.
Except for the judgemental UFO bastards at MUFON.
Hahaha...
Ok, one thing I was thinking on the way into work today. Do you think it's possible for an atheist to believe in an afterlife? like, an existence of some sort that has no relation to any greater power?
Gosh I hope not. If there is I'll deal with it when I get to it. If there is then there is no reason to work hard, play hard and do what is right. One can be schister douchebag their entire life and earn positive afterlife experience with a death bed confession.
I like to think that the meter is running and that I need to deal well with the finite time I have. If I'm going to make a difference, advance the way we think, and help others, I best keep it going asap.
Who would be at the gate of an Atheist afterlife? Probably someone that would have to get used to hearing, "Oh shit, they were right".
Well i don;t think the afterlife has to have the "proverbial" gates. Rather, it could just be a continued existance of consciousness. I mean lets be open minded to the possibilities and not pigeon hole ideas based on religious dogma.
And no, i don't have power crystals dangling around me.
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