Favorite Athletes and their Theistic Beliefs-
Just mulling this over today a bit, ....I wonder what other non-believer sports fans think, or whether it is important to them as to the stated ideals of their favorite athletes.
I tend to follow individual athletes rather than teams, and to do this for their careers.
In the last 5-10 years, two of my favorites have been Jeremy Lin and Nick Foles. (And yes, my being a fan of Nick Foles predated his 2017 heroics.) I've noticed that both of them are very vocal about their theistic (Christian brand) idealism. I suppose it bothers me some of the time, but not much, and I do like seeing them have ideals, even if those ideals are not IMO very good ones.
About 16 years ago, another player I started following was Oliver Perez. It was a disappointment to me when his attitude was not team-oriented toward the Mets, but it was what it was - I stuck with following him, but had less regard for him because of that situation. I don't know whether he is into Christianity or not.
Note, I don't follow these people because they are statistically "the best" (obviously, for the most part they are not, and sometimes they are simply not very good). It's just something about them and their stories that intrigues me.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I am impressed by Foles as well. I cannot stand the NFL any more, but my opinion of him was that he was/is the Eagles' best quarterback. His proselytizing is annoying as fuck, but he hasn't beaten a woman unconscious, committed any rapes, or abused children as far as I know; so I'll give him a pass on the fairy tales and avoid his interviews.
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