Since CBS and DirecTV could not reach an agreement, we know longer have channel four. This meant that we couldn't watch the first AFC playoff yesterday, the Ravens at the Titans.
We missed the NFC playoff game, the Cardinals at the Panthers, too because we spent the evening at Lon and Sara's.
So when Kenzie woke up this morning, I was rocking her and watching the highlights. The Ravens, known for the outstanding defense, won a defensive struggle, 13-10. I've been pulling for the Ravens because before the season started they signed Willie Anderson, a former Bengal who was always one of my favorite NFL players.
After the highlights, an ESPN reporter was talking to arguably the Ravens best defensive player, Ray Lewis. The first words out of his mouth where the obligatory, "Thank God . . ."
Now I always loathe this kind of crap. Why athletes and actors seem to think that their professions are so important that He (if it is indeed a He), despite all of the problems here on earth, would devote the tiniest amount of time to something as unnecessary as sports or entertainment, is completely beyond me.
If I'm not mistaken, didn't Ray Lewis spend time in jail prior to the Ravens Superbowl run early in the decade because he was directly involved in a murder (I believe - and I could be wrong here - that one of his posse - and why do entertainers and athletes always have to posses? - shot and killed a man, and Ray either suppressed evidence or lied to the authorities (or both)? Yet, God was on the Ravens side and helped them beat the Titans? What a crock!
Why He would help the Ravens intercept a pass or recover a fumble, and He wouldn't help a drug-addicted mother make the right decision and not drown her infant in the toilet is completely inexplicable to me. Please, let's keep things in perspective.
Besides, if our Deity is so devoted to such meaningless things, then I would think we need to look for a new one.
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You know...this normally gets me too, but I'm glad to at least see some public sector at least recognizing God. So far it seems that God has been removed from everthing else in this country except for Athletics...
This makes me think of the following George Carlin quote -- Can’t we silence these Christian athletes who thank Jesus whenever they win and never mention his name when they lose? You never hear them say, “Jesus made me drop the ball” or, “The Lord tripped me up behind the line of scrimmage.”
Jon Kitna, to his credit, did say that when he was quarterbacking a particularly lousy team, the Bengals, that he saw their tribulation as a sign from God. So some athletes take the good with the bad.
As far as God being removed, I like what I read about Einstein a few years ago in a Time article. He said something to the effect that whenever he saw a complex equation dealing with the laws of the universe, he saw God.
That way, how can God be removed from anything, even our DNA?
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