As a long term resident of the Philadelphia area and a casual sports fan I have to withstand the rhetoric that spews out of the mouths of the religious wingnuts that surround the professional sports teams, especially the Eagles. Their quarterback posted on twitter that after he got hurt for the fourth time in four years that it is all part of gods plan. Makes me furious.
The world revolves around each individual theist. Their god is a personal god just for them. It is illogical but that os the belief system.
The first time I ever heard of your team was the same time that I came across transgender. The world according to Garp character Roberta Muldoon former tight-end for P.E.
BTW just had to say that my home town team are now the best in the world - official
These things can happen when you play international sports
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If every thing is all a part of god's plan, then why pray for the team to win or for a loved one to come home from the hospital alive, etc.?
Becuz Gawd follows professional sports...I think it's in 13. Corinthians...?!??
No that would be Corinthians XI
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Pretty tame really.
We have a rugby player in Australia who says the fires are because Australia legalised same sex marriage.
That is fucked thinking.
Just waiting for an ember to hit his property!
But the Ozzy rules footballers look soooo cute