piratediverjefff
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Now I see the overpaid NBA thugs and pathetic Hollywood libs are getting in on the action,like anyone really gives a poop what they think.
LOL, I had an assignment out in the Pacific with some management folks from the US, New Zealand and Australia. Most of the workers were from Western Samoa. We use to have inter-company rugby games, so QC, would play Production, Engineering etc. The managers from the USA sat me down for a meeting and told me I can't allow this tradition to continue, as these folks are going to kill each other. The standard reply from the rest were, "Welcome to the game of Rugby."Watched a rugby game(or match?)the other night and found it pretty cool(don't understand the rules,particularly the group shoving match,but found it entertaining).Without pads and helmets NFL players wouldn't make it through a game,and even with they sustain lots of concussions/crippling injuries due to the harder contact than what I've seen in rugby.The only teams/sports I watch/support are the Yankees and the Patriots,can't stand basketball.Big GRONK fan.
Keep your beliefs to yourself. Isnt that what we have been told as christians?
Not to sound inflammatory but I don't know many Christians that keep their beliefs to themselves around where I live. In fact most openly try and recruit you into their church.
Not sure I would use the word "recruit" but as a citizen or a friend I share my faith with others not to push it on you but to tell you about something I believe in. I think a good comparison for this situation would be when Tim Tebow just wanted to take a knee all by himself to pray and was told he could not. There is a major difference in someone in your community taking a stand or even speaking with you as opposed to someone using a major televised sporting event as an opportunity to bring attention to their cause. Can they just not play football?
Call it what you want. Again I'm not trying to sound inflammatory. I recognize I live in a part of the country that seems deeply religious. I don't take issue with anyone that has a faith or a religion that comforts them through life. But I don't need saving, I don't need their church in my life and I don't need to have any different feelings towards God than I do already. So they don't need to waste their energy trying to make me feel differently. Part of the faith is to spread the word. That takes on all sorts of meanings to different people and faiths.
But you brought up an EXCELLENT point Cap. Look at the steps taken to stop Tim Tebow from kneeling in the name of faith, yet they don't touch anyone kneeling for their social cause of race relations. I do find this a very interesting hypocrisy. But this is the new norm.
Religion is not like race as race is not optional. We were not founded as a Christian nation, that is simply false. They were for the most part Christians who founded this country but at the time they were looking for something beyond religion (which realize many came to the new world to get away from religious persecution). That is why our constitution carefully defines the state as something different from religion and protects both the state and religion from each other. Several of the authors of the constitution were publically acknowledged atheists. Also, we spoke many languages when the country was founded. Native Americans had many languages, there was Spanish, French and German too. There is no mention of a national language in the constitution that I know of. It was written in English because they were the majority population at the time. Just wanted to point out those facts.