Some Thoughts on Religion in Sports and MMA
Now, I don’t think I’ve tackled the whole “religion in sports” issue yet, so here are my own personal thoughts on this frequently-discussed topic.
I honestly agree with Sonnen: if he exists, I don’t think God cares much about which fighter wins a cage fight.
That’s not me being anti-religion or anything, that’s just me being practical. If a being does exist in this universe with a cosmic level of power, he probably only cares about problems and threats that are on a cosmic level. If a being does exist that created the world, that being probably only cares about problems that affect the entire world.
Now, I am not opposed to people taking some inner-strength from their religion; I’m not opposed to the idea of religion as a whole, in fact. I think the anti-religious or people who simply like to poke fun at religion occasionally see athletes thank God and assume that those athletes must believe that God himself had a hand in their victory—which is either incredibly stupid or incredibly narcissistic depending on your viewpoint.
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Apostle Paul used sports illustrations in his writings such as…
-msjallenI Cor 9:24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
I don't believe one should pray to win but to give us the strength and endurance to do the best we can.
Sports are so important for children; however, some are not athletically inclined and should not be forced to comply at school but given some other activity to help them keep fit. This happens in our govenment schools in CA and they have to perform certain sports activities for the State or get a bad grade.