Koolaid_Man
01-15-2015, 07:23 AM
It hasn't quite worked for me yet but it will....I have faith....I'm guessing it worked for the Spur fans concerning the Lakers...but wait yall are all atheists so maybe not...I've been praying for the Spurs to take a negative turn but nothings working out for me yet...maybe I need to be more persistent before my prayers are answered...:toast
Here's some commentary on the matter:
Reverend Jeff and Reverend Mitch...
I thoroughly enjoyed what each of you had to say! I think most of us Christians realize by now that God isn't rooting for any certain team...at least, I HOPE most of us realize that.
Your idea, Reverend Jeff, praying for things such as an injury-free contest and that both teams would compete to the max of their abilities...in my opinion, would be the type of prayer our Lord honors. I know many Christian athletes (sorry, you all, I don't know any other religious system athletes, except atheists and agnostics and they don't pray...) who pray before each game to do their best and to let the glory of any performance (deemed by the public to be exceptional) go to the Lord. These are young men and women who all know what their gift(s) in life are...and they use them to the best of their abilities to honor the One who gifted them.
What an absurd question. Prayer for a sports victory? An outrageous and deluded waste of time. I am sure hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of the people killed by the nazis, many of them Jews, prayed for their life, but to no avail. Countless soldiers have been killed in artillery barrages despite prayer. The list is endless. If this so-called god didn't intervene then, why in the world would he intervene in a basketball game?
I can't believe that a rational and intelligent human being could pose such a question and keep a straight face.
God has power over all things and He does things for the best. You who refuse to believe are the ones that need the prayer the most, but there is more to a game than winning it. There are lessons to be learned, a chance to come to grips with your shortcomings, and a chance to show your character in a win or a loss. There are many things in the heavens and earth that are not considered at all, but God, in His infinite wisdom and mercy, knows them all. Someday you might learn of His attributes.
Here's some commentary on the matter:
Reverend Jeff and Reverend Mitch...
I thoroughly enjoyed what each of you had to say! I think most of us Christians realize by now that God isn't rooting for any certain team...at least, I HOPE most of us realize that.
Your idea, Reverend Jeff, praying for things such as an injury-free contest and that both teams would compete to the max of their abilities...in my opinion, would be the type of prayer our Lord honors. I know many Christian athletes (sorry, you all, I don't know any other religious system athletes, except atheists and agnostics and they don't pray...) who pray before each game to do their best and to let the glory of any performance (deemed by the public to be exceptional) go to the Lord. These are young men and women who all know what their gift(s) in life are...and they use them to the best of their abilities to honor the One who gifted them.
What an absurd question. Prayer for a sports victory? An outrageous and deluded waste of time. I am sure hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of the people killed by the nazis, many of them Jews, prayed for their life, but to no avail. Countless soldiers have been killed in artillery barrages despite prayer. The list is endless. If this so-called god didn't intervene then, why in the world would he intervene in a basketball game?
I can't believe that a rational and intelligent human being could pose such a question and keep a straight face.
God has power over all things and He does things for the best. You who refuse to believe are the ones that need the prayer the most, but there is more to a game than winning it. There are lessons to be learned, a chance to come to grips with your shortcomings, and a chance to show your character in a win or a loss. There are many things in the heavens and earth that are not considered at all, but God, in His infinite wisdom and mercy, knows them all. Someday you might learn of His attributes.