I'm not a religious person so I don't necessarily disagree. I think, religious or not, you should keep that stuff private because otherwise the public will react. Race, religion, etc are no win things to be opinionated about if you're in the spotlight.

Dude has to gay. Nttawwt

A gay Christian quarterback...what's he gonna do when his god finds out?

Especially when you're asking for 25m per to be the face of a franchise.

Quit baking cakes?

This isn't the only thing that God has directly talked to him about. He also said he was on tour with Ciara and was in the dressing room watching her get ready when God "told" him that he was supposed to "lead her". That is when he said let's do the relationship in the way of God. Abstinence and all that jazz.

The "I want to see how you respond" quote was kind of different, but OK, no big deal.

The "I want THEM to see how you respond" quote absolutely reeks of arrogance.

I am religious. Dude is batshit.

I imagine communication from those distances could get fuzzy:

God:Abstain from sex? No, Me damn it! I said restrain your ex!

Wow. I hadn't picked up on that at first. Yeah, that is pretty crazy.

I'm pretty sure he threw that pick because he had to make a very fast decision in a ridiculously short period of time, and he made the wrong one.

damn, you must be an expert

Russell Wilson is absolutely one of those guys at church who starts 'talking in tongues' during the sermon to tell everyone that God likes him more.

Sometimes religious nuts say nutty things.

This.

So, God runs the gambling element of organized crime?

Just an example of why prominent figures should keep religion and politics out of sports. Just too much controversy. Russell Wilson is a "nut" because he isn't having sex until marriage and because he is overly religious (in our eyes). Got it.

but honestly, it's pretty off putting when athletes try and use God as a reason why they succeed or fail. But hey, I'm not a very religious guy so it's also pretty ignorant for me to try and put myself in their shoes.