Response Post to: Athletes as God and God Helping Athletes

     Vanessa's points on the unjustified relationship between religion and sports rings very true to me. While many sports stars claim to be religious and say that they owe their talent to their beliefs, much of the time they do not portray these claims in their daily lives where it really counts.

     I really like the line where Vanessa states, "Did God really help them win? If so, did God want them to win over their opponents?" What makes one team's win more important than another? Did the losing team do something to upset God? Maybe they didn't pray hard or long enough? It's a very sticky situation and I don't think anyone can give a correct answer.

     Without pointing any fingers, in all truth sports players are known to cheat on their spouses. I'm sure it happens to all types of people all the time yet sports stars have the unlucky truth of having their mistakes portrayed all over the media. Moreover, much of these stars as previously explained claim they are religious and the last time I checked lust was definitely a sin. Athletes such as Tom Brady, Kobe Bryant and Brett Favre have all cheated on their significant others. Brady left his pregnant girlfriend, Bridget Moynahan for supermodel Gisele Bundchen. Favre, who has been known to retire, then call it off seems to be undecided on his marriage as well after cheating on his wife of many years. He even claims that he and his family are very religious and his wife has stayed with him through it all, stating religion as what has helped her get through the ordeal.

     How are these players (apparently not only on but off the field as well) justifying calling themselves pious men who ask for God's assistance to win the games they're playing (ultimately to make more money) if their personal lives are so riddled with blasphemy? It seems unfair that they should ask for such help from the almighty creator when really all they are asking for is more money. Should they not really on their skills that they attain through hard work and leave God to do his holy work on people who have much less?

     In my opinion all these athletes are selfish and tend to lie in order to keep their true images and secrets out of the public eye. It may sound a little harsh but in my humble opinion I really do think that asking God to help you kick around a ball is a ridiculous notion.