Sports is and always has been fertile ground for exaggeration and ill-considered sentiment, but we have hit a wall. Last night, Ray Lewis said when asked about the Baltimore Ravens' shocking victory over the Borg Collective also known as the New England Patriots, "No weapon formed against this team shall prosper." Later he exclaimed, "God is amazing!" I agree. But would he be less amazing if they had lost? Please tell us how your team winning is obviously fundamental to the saving purposes of God in Jesus Christ.
What should the losing teams say? Are they forsaken? You know, what's truly insidious about our culture and our nation is that we're very spiritual after a fashion, but it bears no relation to reality. Religosity is an affectation, like a piece of jewlery. The reason I don't want to fight in the War On Christmas is that I don't want God any further domesticated than he is, or rather, I don't want to participate in our feeble attempts to do so.
America's god endorses whatever you want to do anyway. America's god doesn't ask anything of you. America's god is pleased with the killing of children, whether in the womb or out of it. America's god exists to make you happy. America's god makes no judgments, unless you do.
I don't care anymore. Or I don't want to.
What should the losing teams say? Are they forsaken? You know, what's truly insidious about our culture and our nation is that we're very spiritual after a fashion, but it bears no relation to reality. Religosity is an affectation, like a piece of jewlery. The reason I don't want to fight in the War On Christmas is that I don't want God any further domesticated than he is, or rather, I don't want to participate in our feeble attempts to do so.
America's god endorses whatever you want to do anyway. America's god doesn't ask anything of you. America's god is pleased with the killing of children, whether in the womb or out of it. America's god exists to make you happy. America's god makes no judgments, unless you do.
I don't care anymore. Or I don't want to.
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