God won the Super Bowl!!

[TomInTib]

According to Irsay, Dungy, and Manning.

Why even play the fucking game?

Just ask the Mysterious One who He is pulling for.

Probably avoid a lot of injuries and DUIs.

[gilpo]

1. God hates the Bears, too.

Apparently. What ignorance.

[sasquatch]

30. They are Godless killing machines

:D

[Critters2]

56. I've always loved God. This just confirms my opinion. nt

[chknltl]

59. So does Stephen Colbert .... hmmm....

rubs chin, raises an eyebrow while lowering the other and repeats "hmmmmmm"

[NMDemDist2]

2. yeah, no shit

:shrug:

but the real question is, does God love Dungy? or just Hate Chicago


:evilgrin:

[Bluebear]

3. Amen!

[Swamp Rat]

19. >:-D

[Bluebear]

28. I NEVER SAW THAT ONE!

Brilliant!

[boobooday]

4. God always wins

The whole thing is fixed.
:rofl:

[Olney Blue]

5. She did?

[Rockholm]

6. Indianapolis Colts Suck.

F(*# Tony Dungy and his IFI Dinner. The games was horrible, the play calling stunk. The Bears threw this one away. The commercials were lame.
Manning is a Bush lover.

[marmar]

12. Manning is a Bush lover, and it seems many NFL QBs are....

Kurt Warner, Troy Aikman, Dan Marino, John Elway.... all idiot Bushbots

[Bucky]

18. What? Millionaires love Bush?

I can't believe these elitist, set-for-life, pampered millionaires have a soft spot for Bush and the Republicans. Who's next... Lynn Swann?

[TwoHandedLayup]

36. Suck it up Patfan

Can't take losing? Hell Brady is a great QB and NE is a great team. Don't be an asshat.

[AX10]

7. Well the Colts come from the boonies. Not the real world,

i.e Chicago.

[Mike Daniels]

8. Well, I presume you would have heard the same from Smith

Dungy basically said while accepting the trophy that today was signficant not only because both he and Smith were black but also that both coaches followed Christian teachings in their management.

I see no reason to get upset about it.

[Bluebear]

9. Withdrawn, thread moved from GD

[Mike Daniels]

16. I don't particularly see either the race or religion as being that significant

Dungy and Smith would have gotten to the Super Bowl this year even if they were white. Their color wasn't responsible for the teams's success.

[Bill McBlueState]

29. there's nothing significant about a Christian coach

I'm not aware of any NFL coaches who practice a religion other than Christianity. Are you?

Since the vast majority of NFL coaches are Christian, it's not noteworthy that a Christian-coached team won the Super Bowl. Dungy and Irsay are just shoving their religion in our faces.

And if their religion includes a being who influences football games but can't do anything about world hunger, they deserve to be asked whether that being is real or just a product of their egos and imaginations.

[TwoHandedLayup]

38. Brian Billeck

I am pretty sure he worships himself. Always takes credit for others doings.

[Bill McBlueState]

45. well, you do have a lot of that!

;)

Coughlin is another example.

But still, if you got any NFL coach to say what religion he is, he'd probably list some variety of Christianity. Some are just more in-your-face about it than others.

[papau]

41. Well said - but these posters are children that like to yell and act stupid - just ignore them

The DU religious forum has stopped being atheist evangelist in your face 100% of the time trying shore up their self esteem and get a conversion (amusingly called "growth" by the portion of the atheist crowd that thinks that the word is a cute insult), and it now has occasional reasonable discussions between those with faith in God and those with faith that there is no God.

Just do not expect to get such a discussion from these folks. I do not think giving credit to others for what happens in your life is a popular idea here(God or no God involved in that credit giving).

[go west young man]

10. One thing the rest of the world can take away after watching that

game is that we truly are a bunch of religious fanatics.

[Mike Daniels]

20. So Americans are the only people in the world that thank God for their success?

Give me a break.

[me b zola]

23. You're right...you also hear God thanked for trivial things in Pakistan too

[Bill McBlueState]

25. don't forget Saudi Arabia! n/t

[Mike Daniels]

33. So people in England, Germany, France don't thank God?

Again, give me a break.

[joemurphy]

11. Aw! Don't start that crap. The Colts played real well. n/t

No sour grapes.

[TomInTib]

13. No sour grapes here. I am just tired of this crap.

I have won a lot of games in my life, but I never felt any Divine Guidance.

Silly me, I always thought it was just me or my team that made it happen.

[beaconess]

15. That's not what he said.

Why are supposedly progressive Democrats are so quick to attack others for expressing their religious beliefs. This guy is not a public official, he's not making laws or forcing others to follow his beliefs. So what's wrong with him saying that he's very proud to be a Christian?

Jeez.

[TomInTib]

21. Did you hear their remarks?

All of them basically said that God led them to victory.

Using their logic, I fought (and a lot of my buddies died) in a war where God was pulling for the North Vietnamese.

I just hate that crap.

What is wrong with saying, "Well, heck, Hugh, we just kicked their asses"?

[michreject]

48. How do you basically say something?

I listened to the post game show and I heard thanks being giving unto god, but I never heard that the Colt's couldn't have won without God's assistance.

Me thinks that you hear what you want to hear.

[Bluebear]

14. It's not sour grapes, it's the insistence of sportsmen saying God won it for them. nt

[Mike Daniels]

22. If they feel that God was responsible for given them the talent to succeed

Why shouldn't they acknowledge it with thanks.

Thousands of people play college sports of which only a select few move on to professional level and of which very few of those attain any significant long-lasting success.

If those successful few think it was a divine hand that set their talent apart why should anyone get a bug up their ass about it?

[Bluebear]

24. Withdrawn, thread moved from GD

[Meshuga]

17. Was God MVP? n/t

[moondust]

26. God hates the Super Bowl.

He made it rain. Football in the rain is a comedy of errors. You never really find out who the best team is.

[Bleacher Creature]

27. Totally agree with you on this one.

The Colts played a great game, but cut out the crap about how God made it happen.

I actually posted something similar to you before I saw your post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6146682

[LynneSin]

31. I turned it off after that point

First - I think Irsay is a fucking asshole. I was living in Harrisburg when he pulled the Colts out of Baltimore many many years ago and didn't even have the decency to let Baltimore keep their team title of the Colts. So as far as I'm concerned - this is the INDIANAPOLIS Colts first Super Bowl win - that other one belongs to Baltimore

Second - that God crap gets annoying. I mean with all the horror going on in this world do you think God gives a rat's ass about who won the game?

[TomInTib]

35. What this Nation needs is...

more Cow Bell!

And a little less Jesus.

[bumblebee1]

57. I have to wonder about something?

Which God told Irsay to move the Colts from Baltimore to Indianapolis in the middle of the night? Did God recommend they sneak out of Baltimore like bandits? God must be the ultimate bandwagon jumping fan if a few years ago he wanted Kurt Warner and the Rams to win the Super Bowl. Now he wanted Peyton Manning and the Colts to win this Super Bowl.

[countmyvote4real]

32. I strongly believe in the separation of Church and Sports.

That’s why I don’t do either.

[deadparrot]

34. In my experience, that's pretty typical for football and baseball players.

I enjoy both sports, but they seem to have an unusually high concentration of preachy Christians.

[Dean Martin]

37. Christians and the NFL are the ultimate hypocrites

I'm not religious. Yet the NFL allows drunks to gather in bars to watch their games but they won't allow families to take their children to churches to watch games. Where kids can watch the games and not have to be around drunks.

Then they get on there and claim God was on their side. Ultimate hypocrisy.

[spoony]

51. ...what?

They're hypocrites because...they don't watch football in church? They're responsible for how other people behave? Sorry, but that logic looks like a Pollock painting.

[Dean Martin]

52. for anyone to claim God is on their side in sports is ridiculous

Sports means nothing on the grand scale of the universe, especially to a supreme being. One group of millionaires on a football field isn't any better than the other group of millionaires, when there are far more important issues going on in the world.

But yes, most Christians are hypocrites to begin with. I've known very very few who do not pick and choose verses from the bible to justify whatever they need to justify their desires at any particular moment, whether it's hate, need or convenience that they are desiring.

[spoony]

60. Most humans are hypocrites to begin with.

And your answer didn't clarify why NFL players are the biggest hypocrites.

[truebrit71]

39. I thought God was a St. Louis fan..at least that's what Kurt Warner said...

..'til his arm gave out and he turned to shit...Was that God's love too Kurt?

I love the Lord but I DESPISE this sort of shit....

Crediting God for your win means that He wanted the other team to lose right?

Idiots....

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

40. Memo to Darfur

Get yourselves a fucking NFL franchise. I mean like right now. Maybe then God will pay attention to you.

I like Tony Dungy, but if you think God gives two shits about who wins the Super Bowl, you are seriously deluded.

[Dean Martin]

42. AMEN

[City Lights]

47. ...

:thumbsup: except for the part about liking Dungy.

[Rockholm]

43. Dungy said the following......

God wanted the Colts to be the Patriots. Well, I guess God was crying last night in the form of rain. HA.
I highly doubt that God even watched football. He/She is a Red Sox fan, anyway.

[AirmensMom]

44. Well, you know ...

I thank God every day that my family and I are safe. Do you have a problem with that? Are we at the point where anyone who mentions God is going to be bashed by DU? (Don't answer that -- I already know.) Leave them alone with their beliefs. That's what you would want them to do with you, after all. Is there a problem with someone expressing gratitude?

No, I don't believe God gives a damn who wins a sporting game. I could be wrong, but I won't know in this life. But bashing people for giving thanks just because YOU don't believe in God is wrong and makes you look as intolerant as the ones who want want to turn the country into a theocracy. Just two sides of the same coin. From what I've seen, some DUers don't want religious freedom in this country -- they want no religion at all. There's tolerance for you. :eyes:




Go ahead, flame away ...

[Bill McBlueState]

46. the OP doesn't say anything about his own religious beliefs

You don't have to be an atheist to think that crediting God for a Super Bowl victory is silly. Many of the progressive, open-minded Christians who post on DU probably agree.

It doesn't take an advanced degree in theology to note the irony of a God who meddles in football games but doesn't intervene to solve world hunger or rebuild New Orleans.

Why don't you show more tolerance toward people who expect more out of God than that?

[AirmensMom]

49. Right ..

and referring to God as "the Mysterious One" is something a believer would do. :eyes:

Perhaps you missed where I said I don't believe God cares who wins a football game. Sure, it might be silly, but it's even sillier to post several threads that make fun of someone who is simply expressing gratitude, however misguided you might think it is.

Have I indicated that I missed any irony? No! I don't pretend to know how God works.

It's not a matter of people expecting more from God. It's a matter of ridiculing someone for being thankful, for whatever reason that doesn't pass your judgment. That's what's going on in this thread and others. Why should I be tolerant of people ridiculing others?

[spoony]

50. You're defending these train wreck OPs

and calling anyone disagreeing with their intolerance...intolerant? And not even a smirk of irony. Well played.

[leftofthedial]

53. god cheats

like a mofo

[Merrick]

54. One thing I know as a Chargers fan

He (or She) hates the fuck out of our team. As if I needed more proof, their loss to the Pats this year says it all.

Come to think of it, God must hate all our teams. Aint never won shit!

[mvd]

55. Right now, I'm about ready to ask Him for a Philly championship

Only because I'm a big fan, and I'm tired of these almosts. :-(

[Manifestor_of_Light]

58. Can I ask God something?

I would ask for him to remove the sports teams from our local arenas and fill them up with homeless people and the people providing the services they need.

We got tons of homeless people we do nothing for in this town, but boy we got sports arenas!!! Nice new ones!!