So I shouldn't tell this guy to **** his mother, etc?

I really don't get the people that seem to literally sprint to their keyboards to say how stupid and lame religion is at every opportunity here. It just comes across as so bitter, petty, and repetitive.
"Oh good, a thread about religion! Let me tell everyone how stupid they are! Therefore I am smart because I don't believe! Hey guys, I know you might believe but you're dumb! See how funny and intelligent I look by posting the same anti-religion lines over and over! Your God is a joke and a fairy tale."
It's just so trite and tired. What they hell do you care if people believe? Most of the people here that post the anti-religion stuff end up trying to shove their shit down people's throats far more that any religious person here does.

You need to be more open-minded...

Religion and football don't mix, blaise.

Keep your god out of my sport. He doesn't belong.

Why, so they don't offend you? It's not your sport anyway, it's theirs.
Who cares if they pray, it doesn't hurt anybody.

Besides gochiefs, no offense, but you come across as sort of an unsavory toad. Forgive me if I don't care about what you consider right or wrong.

I really don't get the people that seem to literally sprint to their keyboards to say how stupid and lame KU is at every opportunity here. It just comes across as so bitter, petty, and repetitive. "Oh good, a thread about KU! Let me tell everyone how stupid they are! Therefore I am smart because I'm not a fan! Hey guys, I know you might be a fan but you're dumb! See how funny and intelligent I look by posting the same anti-KU lines over and over! Your team is a joke."
It's just so trite and tired. What they hell do you care if people are fans of KU? Most of the people here that post the anti-KU stuff end up trying to shove their shit down people's throats far more that any KU fan here does.

I really don't get the people that seem to literally sprint to their keyboards to say how stupid and lame Matt Cassel is at every opportunity here. It just comes across as so bitter, petty, and repetitive. "Oh good, a thread about Matt Cassel! Let me tell everyone how stupid they are! Therefore I am smart because I'm not a fan! Hey guys, I know you might be a fan but you're dumb! See how funny and intelligent I look by posting the same anti-Cassel lines over and over! Your QB is a joke."
It's just so trite and tired. What they hell do you care if people are fans of Matt Cassel? Most of the people here that post the anti-Cassel stuff end up trying to shove their shit down people's throats far more that any Cassel fan here does.

I really don't get the people that seem to literally sprint to their keyboards to say how stupid and lame Tim Tebow is at every opportunity here. It just comes across as so bitter, petty, and repetitive. "Oh good, a thread about Tebow! Let me tell everyone how stupid they are! Therefore I am smart because I don't like Tebow! Hey guys, I know you might like him but you're dumb! See how funny and intelligent I look by posting the same anti-Tebow lines over and over! He is a joke."
It's just so trite and tired. What they hell do you care if people like Tebow? Most of the people here that post the anti-Tebow stuff end up trying to shove their shit down people's throats far more that any Tebow fan here does.

I really don't get the people that seem to literally sprint to their keyboards to say how stupid and lame soccer is at every opportunity here. It just comes across as so bitter, petty, and repetitive. "Oh good, a thread about soccer! Let me tell everyone how stupid they are! Therefore I am smart because I don't like soccer! Hey guys, I know you might like it but you're dumb! See how funny and intelligent I look by posting the same anti-soccer lines over and over! It is a joke."
It's just so trite and tired. What they hell do you care if people like soccer? Most of the people here that post the anti-soccer stuff end up trying to shove their shit down people's throats far more that any soccer fan here does.

Unfortunately, you don't have the final say.

It will be intermingled with football until proven otherwise, which isn't likely to happen, one way or the other, any time soon.

Good, so you agree.

That is and has been less and less of a truth than you might believe. Modern media is pushing so far away from any form of religious expression that its not even funny. They are so afraid that they might offend someone that they try to avoid it and when they (news anchors) do talk about it t they completely avoid the use of the word "God"

That's the way society is moving, dude. Accept it.

Religion is dying. It was only created to control people in the first place.

While I absolutely agree, I see no reason to shove people's faces in it.

So we shouldn't tell them to **** their mothers?

I agree that many have used religion in history to control people. Fear and hatred have often been shrouded with religion.

The institutions of religion are dying because they've failed to adjust to the post-modern era.

But as institutions die, new things form. And worldwide, people continue to discover peace, hope, joy, love, and freedom in a relationship with God.

Believe it or not, call it what you'd like, but it's very real and that isn't changing anytime soon.

Sure there is, when you're desperate for attention.

Neither will my laughter.

In 100 years, I'm willing to bet people who have "relationships" with deities are the laughingstock of earth. They'll be seen as nutjobs and wackos.

ROFLROFL When did you ever play?

No.

And apparently, you haven't been paying much attention to my posts.

IMO, people are free to believe in whatever religion they choose to follow, without persecution.

While I've come to the conclusion, after many years of studying, that I am a Deist, that doesn't mean that I have free reign to take pot shots at people that practice their respective religions.

Hypocrites, however, are a different matter altogether.

And even though I'm probably the 13,000th Ralphyboy fan, in no way, shape or form has he come across in this thread as a hypocrite.

I understand your hatred of JW's and totally understand where you're coming from in regards to organized religion. But IMO, you need to separate yourself and take a step back before judging everyone else.

It won't be easy, but you'll be a better person in the long run.

I've always been a fan of deism myself. I like the idea of an absentee creator who set everything in motion and then let it run on its own.

People can, and do, say anything they want. And quite frankly, as a Christian, I strangely long for the days where Christians are in the minority. We tend to be at our best when that's the case and not when we are the mainstream...whether we be the official relgion of Rome or the "Moral Majority."

In the First Century, under intense threat from the government and false accusations, the early church grew by providing hospitality, meeting needs, and generally being "good news" to people.

Christians ARE in the minority.

Your prayers have been answered!

:D

Yes, but many of us are still in the mindset that winning the "ideas war" of politics and culture is most important.

By minority I speak of being more of a movement focused on Jesus and not building a faith around extensions (often too stretched) of his teaching.

Just kidding, Dude. No offense.

As I stated earlier, I sincerely believe that people should be allowed to practice their belief system without persecution. My wife's parents are extremely religious Christians. They live their lives for Christ and give way too much money to the needy and their church (and by that, I mean way too much, on the brink of needing help themselves).

I would never, in a million years, disrespect them or their faith by telling them how I feel and believe because it's unimportant to them and their faith.

But as I've stated and will continue to state, hypocrites are NOT exempt.

Absolutely no offense taken by this or the other posts. I've been around CP long enough now to know what the average stream of thought is here. And I enjoy it.

I appreciate people like your wife's parents who live out there faith sacrificially and not just in their words. I fall far short of that, along with what many non-believers do to help others.

BTW, how's Cameron Sheffield? I'm still praying for him. :D

Last I heard, Cam Sheffield was at Diamond Joe's.

:D

Mission accomplished! LMAO

Like I said I didn't intend to turn this into a debate I just thought it was a cool thing to see when it happened. I guess, given the thread title and the movie set comment, I was asking for it.

Never claimed otherwise.

Which I apologized for at the end of my post and myself categorized it as a stupid rant. Chillax

The it's still stupid comment was ended with a just smile Smilie. Guess your sarcasm meter is down.

Why is this thread NOT in the DC?
Thats where the politics and religion are supposed to reside. I come here to get away from all that stuff.

Because the OP was about Kansas City Chiefs players gathering on the field in prayer for a fallen teammate. That makes it a Chiefs/religion/football thread.

I'm sure you knew what the title of the thread was before you decided to read it, rather than get away from this type of "stuff".

If you couldn't gather that it discussed religion from the title then you are an idiot.

It was, of course, fine until Clay pulled his usual junior high lunchroom schtick.

I know you are, so what am I?

Thats very Christian of you to insult me.

PFFFFFFFTHHHHHHHHHH. :p

You just can't stay away from this thread can you?

[QUOTE=GoChiefs;6963814]I didn't specify which sort of crowd.

I was thinking...



i was thinkn prison. some people's makn assumptions