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re: The cringiest message board post you’ll read all week
Posted on 10/28/21 at 3:09 pm to TigerLunatik
Posted on 10/28/21 at 3:09 pm to TigerLunatik
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That place is the worst. I've honestly never read more football ignorant shite in my life.
Then you should try stingtalk.com where they believe that they will put up 20+ points on GA and keep it close because of the Clemson game.
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Posted on 10/28/21 at 3:10 pm to TigerLunatik
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That place is the worst. I've honestly never read more football ignorant shite in my life.
Do you even SECRant bro?
Posted on 10/28/21 at 3:40 pm to Tuscaloosa
quote:Nothing weird about people praying for others, including a sports team. Nothing weird about thanking God for blessings such as fellowship and friendship. Nothing weird about asking for unity, either.
Did you read it? And not cringe? It wasn’t simply a Christian posting a prayer on a message board. It was a Christian posting a prayer on a message board asking for God to help their flailing sports team, thanking him for their “Clemson family” and asking for unity among the fans.
That’s freakin weird, dude.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 3:44 pm to deeprig9
quote:It's true that Jesus' name wasn't invoked, however Christians do commonly pray "in your name", usually due to bringing petitions to the godhead as a whole (including Jesus) rather than just addressing the Father. I'm preferential to specifically calling on the name of Jesus to close out my prayers, since He is our mediator and He makes it possible for us to go to the Father.
[quote]The prayer never mentions Christ, it never mentions Grace, it never actually mentions anything specifically Christian, it is just begging Yaweh for a better football team.
But to your point, it's true that it could be a non-Christian (Mormon or Unitarian?) making that prayer.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 3:46 pm to FooManChoo
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It's true that Jesus' name wasn't invoked, however Christians do commonly pray "in your name", usually due to bringing petitions to the godhead as a whole (including Jesus) rather than just addressing the Father. I'm preferential to specifically calling on the name of Jesus to close out my prayers, since He is our mediator and He makes it possible for us to go to the Father.
But to your point, it's true that it could be a non-Christian (Mormon or Unitarian?) making that prayer.
Many in this thread have missed the point that it's truly bizzard to pray to any god or godlike figure for your college football team to win, play better, play with more unity, etc.
I take partial blame for that given my comments on the first page regarding references to pedophilia and rape.
This post was edited on 10/28/21 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 10/28/21 at 3:46 pm to FooManChoo
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Nothing weird about people praying for others, including a sports team. Nothing weird about thanking God for blessings such as fellowship and friendship. Nothing weird about asking for unity, either.
Publicly? There’s nothing weird about going to a football message board and urging your fanbase to ask God to help the football team? Nothing weird at all about that?
Reference my Movies/TV Board comparison above. If you saw that same post about asking God to help someone make a Netflix decision, you’d think it was weird.
Because it is.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 3:53 pm to Tornado Alley
quote:I don't see why that's weird. God is sovereign over all things, including the outcome of sporting events.
Many in this thread have missed the point that it's weird AF to pray to any god or godlike figure for your college football team to win, play better, play with more unity, etc.
That said, Christians should always make their petitions with the caveat that God's will be done, as Jesus, Himself, prayed. We shouldn't be going to God as if He's a genie who only exists to grant wishes, but we can and should approach Him in supplication as a loving father, bringing to Him the desires of our hearts and asking that He would do what most glorifies Himself, even in football.
We can pray for His glory to be magnified by the game; for the safety of the players, coaches, fans, etc.; and for God to use the game to bless His people, among other things.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 4:04 pm to Tuscaloosa
quote:Prayer can be made privately and publicly.
Publicly?
quote:Not in itself. If the motive is strictly for the sake of personal fulfillment or entertainment, then sure, that's not a God-pleasing prayer, IMO. But praying "wrongly" out of doctrinal ignorance is not necessarily "weird" within the context of Christianity.
There’s nothing weird about going to a football message board and urging your fanbase to ask God to help the football team? Nothing weird at all about that?
quote:Again, it's not necessarily "weird" for Christians to petition God for wisdom in making day-to-day choices, even in those things that we would call trivial. We are supposed to thank God for our daily bread, as boring and seemingly trivial that may seem to us in the grand scheme. We just shouldn't be looking for grand signs to let us know which socks we should wear (for example); we should use the principles given to us in scripture to guide our decisions in wisdom.
Reference my Movies/TV Board comparison above. If you saw that same post about asking God to help someone make a Netflix decision, you’d think it was weird.
Because it is.
I'm more likely to cringe at bad doctrine expressed through public prayer than the public prayer, itself.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 4:10 pm to Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa....
Cringy in what respect? Because of the reference to God? The fact that they called upon the Almighty for blessing and guidance in the lives of these young men?
Are you mocking God and their prayer?
So far, the only thing "cringy" about the post is YOUR reply post.
Cringy in what respect? Because of the reference to God? The fact that they called upon the Almighty for blessing and guidance in the lives of these young men?
Are you mocking God and their prayer?
So far, the only thing "cringy" about the post is YOUR reply post.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 4:16 pm to FooManChoo
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Nothing weird about people praying for others, including a sports team. Nothing weird about thanking God for blessings such as fellowship and friendship. Nothing weird about asking for unity, either.
Agree!
Posted on 10/28/21 at 4:40 pm to FooManChoo
If there is an actual god, I promise you he doesn't give a rat's arse about college football.
Grow up.
Grow up.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 4:41 pm to JetDawg
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Cringy in what respect? Because of the reference to God?
No.
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The fact that they called upon the Almighty for blessing and guidance in the lives of these young men?
No.
The fact that he went to a sports message board to urge the other members to pray to God to help the team perform better and for fan unity. The fact that he’s praying to God about the performance of his favorite sports team - for the players to make fewer mistakes and the coaching staff to be better coaches - is perhaps an indication that he may need to adjust his priorities, at the very least.
The fact that this isn’t alarmingly cringey to other Christians is mind boggling to me.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 4:42 pm to FooManChoo
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I'm preferential to specifically calling on the name of Jesus to close out my prayers, since He is our mediator and He makes it possible for us to go to the Father.
I'm the same way.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 4:43 pm to FooManChoo
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Looks like a Christian posting a prayer on a message board.
Not seeing what's so cringe about that.
there are some self-righteous Clemson fans but on the whole I agree with you
Posted on 10/28/21 at 4:55 pm to The Spleen
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If there is an actual god, I promise you he doesn't give a rat's arse about college football
How can you make a promise about Someone you claim doesn't exist; yet, you positively "know" what He thinks and how He feels.
It's called ignorance. It's called hypocrisy. It's called unbelief. God has more than made it evident to every person that there is -- INDEED -- a God and that He is -- INDEED -- the Creator of everything, and that His name is -- INDEED -- the Almighty, the Lord Jesus Christ!
"I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am He, you will indeed die in your sins." -- Jesus Christ speaking, John 8:24
Posted on 10/28/21 at 4:58 pm to JetDawg
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How can you make a promise about Someone you claim doesn't exist; yet, you positively "know" what He thinks and how He feels.
It's called ignorance. It's called hypocrisy. It's called unbelief. God has more than made it evident to every person that there is -- INDEED -- a God and that He is -- INDEED -- the Creator of everything, and that His name is -- INDEED -- the Almighty, the Lord Jesus Christ!
"I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am He, you will indeed die in your sins." -- Jesus Christ speaking, John 8:24
That’ll for sure convert him. Nice job.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 4:59 pm to Tuscaloosa
OP is a Satan loving POS!
Posted on 10/28/21 at 4:59 pm to FooManChoo
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I don't see why that's weird. God is sovereign over all things, including the outcome of sporting events.
But this misses the point of the OP, which was pointing out how "cringey" it is to pray (to any deity) for your team to win. That's the whole point of the thread. Sheesh.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:00 pm to WilliamTaylor21
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OP is a Satan loving POS!
You proudly vote for Democrats.
Next.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:01 pm to Tornado Alley
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But this misses the point of the OP, which was pointing out how "cringey" it is to pray (to any deity) for your team to win. That's the whole point of the thread. Sheesh.
I think they are too busy being offended by the perceived attack on their faith (which is far, far from what this thread is about) to understand that - regardless of how many times it gets posted.
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