Comments on: More on sports and gay marriage

By: djw

djw — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:19:51 +0000

I sincerely doubt the Pittsburgh Pirates would even be in the World Series, except in the stands watching.

Can God create a franchise so inept that they couldn’t win a world series even with God’s help? This is a pretty serious paradox, is there a theologian in the house?

By: Angiportus

Angiportus — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:16:30 +0000

Yes, I caught on to that from the outset. Thanks for tweaking said noses.

By: Griet

Griet — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:50:01 +0000

Being Belgian fairness does oblige me to add that, despite Henin and Clijsters, this country has done nothing whatsoever sportswise ever since 2003. So the effects might just be short-term.
Well… we’re not that horrible at athletics I suppose. And we’ve got a few cyclists… No, hang on, I take everything back. The effect *does* last.

By: Hugo Schwyzer

Hugo Schwyzer — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:41:54 +0000

You do realize I’m just tweaking the noess of those who argue that gay marriage offends God and leads him to withdraw His favor? I just note an interesting coincidence…

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:15:05 +0000

Hugo, I’m pretty sure this thesis is absurd. For example, if Pittsburgh were to legalize gay marriage, I sincerely doubt the Pittsburgh Pirates would even be in the World Series, except in the stands watching.

At most, the effect of gay marriage on sports championships has to be a minor contributing factor. Of course, after this past season with the Steelers and Penguins, most Pittsburghers would put on their pink triangles and rainbows and start throwing bird seed any time they saw someone who has the slightest possibility of being gay–if they thought there was even a minute possibility this worked.

I just wish the people in church would cheer half as loud for Jesus as they do for the Steelers.

By: Angiportus

Angiportus — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:17:44 +0000

It’s always nice to know someone has a direct line to God and can tell us mere mortals what God is into. Actually, I am less of a sports fan than anyone on earth, and thus am closest to God.
Seriously, though, I’ve got a question–I’m sure someone else already thought of it, but I didn’t have time to read the earlier threads. When gay marriage becomes legal and common the world over, and outlawed nowhere, who then will win in the sports events? That battle won, will God make everyone asportual like me?

By: Lester Hunt

Lester Hunt — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:47:17 +0000

I’m sure there are better indicators of whether God likes gay marriage than who is winning some game or other. Like me, God is not a sports fan. Come to think of it, God resembles me in many ways.