Comments on: God Hates the Boston Celtics http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/19/god-hates-the-boston-celtics/ by Hemant Mehta Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: martymankins http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/19/god-hates-the-boston-celtics/#comment-313042 martymankins Sun, 24 May 2009 22:16:10 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11752#comment-313042 What a great statement over at Daily Kos. Sums it all up. What a great statement over at Daily Kos. Sums it all up.

]]> By: James http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/19/god-hates-the-boston-celtics/#comment-311027 James Tue, 19 May 2009 21:14:09 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11752#comment-311027 God is so unpredictable, man. One year he loves the Boston Celtics above all else and this year he doesn't. I am beginning to think that God is a fair weather fan. God is so unpredictable, man. One year he loves the Boston Celtics above all else and this year he doesn’t. I am beginning to think that God is a fair weather fan.

]]> By: David D.G. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/19/god-hates-the-boston-celtics/#comment-310943 David D.G. Tue, 19 May 2009 18:34:21 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11752#comment-310943 <blockquote>One day, after an athlete talks about how God helped his team win, I’d love to see the reporter rebut the statement — ask follow-ups, question the athlete’s logic, ask why God wanted them to lose the other games. How great would that be?</blockquote> That would be awesome, but the reporter had better already have his next job lined up, because he'll be fired by morning the next day (unless he's interviewing the athlete for an explicitly atheism-friendly show or publication). ~David D.G.

One day, after an athlete talks about how God helped his team win, I’d love to see the reporter rebut the statement — ask follow-ups, question the athlete’s logic, ask why God wanted them to lose the other games. How great would that be?

That would be awesome, but the reporter had better already have his next job lined up, because he’ll be fired by morning the next day (unless he’s interviewing the athlete for an explicitly atheism-friendly show or publication).

~David D.G.

]]> By: Infinite Monkey http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/19/god-hates-the-boston-celtics/#comment-310905 Infinite Monkey Tue, 19 May 2009 17:32:50 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11752#comment-310905 Do you remember Kathy Griffin and that one award she won and she told god to suck it? That caused a major uproar. Me, I'll be impressed when its a 3-0 victory, and only one team made any shoots, and the ONE that went in, somehow bounced all the way to the other guys' hoop. Do you remember Kathy Griffin and that one award she won and she told god to suck it? That caused a major uproar.

Me, I’ll be impressed when its a 3-0 victory, and only one team made any shoots, and the ONE that went in, somehow bounced all the way to the other guys’ hoop.

]]> By: Richard Wade http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/19/god-hates-the-boston-celtics/#comment-310904 Richard Wade Tue, 19 May 2009 17:30:57 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11752#comment-310904 The list of what God hates is getting a lot longer than the list of what God loves, and just by remarkable coincidence, whatever He hates or loves always benefits the people who are adding to the lists. The list of what God hates is getting a lot longer than the list of what God loves, and just by remarkable coincidence, whatever He hates or loves always benefits the people who are adding to the lists.

]]> By: Jeff Satterley http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/19/god-hates-the-boston-celtics/#comment-310868 Jeff Satterley Tue, 19 May 2009 16:27:54 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11752#comment-310868 God hates the Celtics because of Kevin Garnett's potty mouth... http://blogs.suntimes.com/sportsprose/2009/04/kevin_garnett_trash_talk_celtics_bulls.html God hates the Celtics because of Kevin Garnett’s potty mouth…

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sportsprose/2009/04/kevin_garnett_trash_talk_celtics_bulls.html

]]> By: Agersomnia http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/19/god-hates-the-boston-celtics/#comment-310824 Agersomnia Tue, 19 May 2009 14:57:18 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11752#comment-310824 There's even a short story of Anthony deMello about a man who thought himself specially close to God, so much that he doesn't take care for his horse (or was it a camel? not important) because God will keep it from being stolen. Then a spiritual master sends the dude outside to look for his horse, because God has many more important things to do than to look for a mount. There’s even a short story of Anthony deMello about a man who thought himself specially close to God, so much that he doesn’t take care for his horse (or was it a camel? not important) because God will keep it from being stolen.
Then a spiritual master sends the dude outside to look for his horse, because God has many more important things to do than to look for a mount.

]]> By: billybee http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/19/god-hates-the-boston-celtics/#comment-310819 billybee Tue, 19 May 2009 14:45:35 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11752#comment-310819 "..So let me offer a suggestion to Dwight Howard and all athletes who choose to use the camera to thank God for their victories in sports: It is okay if you don’t..." the christians will bawl: <strong>WE'RE BEING <em>PERSECUTED !!!! They love to believe that being politely asked to curb their enthusiasm for Jebus is the equivalent of being nailed (upside down!) to a cross. “..So let me offer a suggestion to Dwight Howard and all athletes who choose to use the camera to thank God for their victories in sports: It is okay if you don’t…”

the christians will bawl:

WE’RE BEING PERSECUTED !!!!

They love to believe that being politely asked to curb their enthusiasm for Jebus is the equivalent of being nailed (upside down!) to a cross.

]]> By: ollie http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/19/god-hates-the-boston-celtics/#comment-310814 ollie Tue, 19 May 2009 14:32:40 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11752#comment-310814 If a 300 pound couch potato wins the Boston Marathon (as a 300 pounder) and then credits god, I'll believe them. :-) Funny, but when it comes to sports, god always seems to favor the team that has better players (or in the Celtic-Magic team, god favored the team that wasn't missing 40 percent of their starting line up) If a 300 pound couch potato wins the Boston Marathon (as a 300 pounder) and then credits god, I’ll believe them. :-)

Funny, but when it comes to sports, god always seems to favor the team that has better players (or in the Celtic-Magic team, god favored the team that wasn’t missing 40 percent of their starting line up)

]]> By: Larry Huffman http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/05/19/god-hates-the-boston-celtics/#comment-310804 Larry Huffman Tue, 19 May 2009 13:57:26 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=11752#comment-310804 Of course we all know this is really just self-serving crap. These athletes, who earn big bucks to play games that children play on the playground, are wanting to validate themselves in OUR eyes. They want the respect that people of faith offer other people of faith. That is all this is. To borrow the words of one of my favorite fictitious characters in literature...Jesus..."...they have their reward"...just as the man who prays on the street corner for all to hear. Of course we all know this is really just self-serving crap. These athletes, who earn big bucks to play games that children play on the playground, are wanting to validate themselves in OUR eyes. They want the respect that people of faith offer other people of faith. That is all this is. To borrow the words of one of my favorite fictitious characters in literature…Jesus…”…they have their reward”…just as the man who prays on the street corner for all to hear.

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