| All these Players Praying to God !!! 21:06 - Jan 11 with 4586 views | numptydumpty |
What is all this...
So many drop to their knees, raise their hands in praise of the almighty or after adding their name to the scoresheet spend time in quiet contemplation.
Didn't happen in the 70s and 80s, they would have got their knees wet in the dirty puddles !!!!
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| All these Players Praying to God !!! on 12:35 - Jan 17 with 721 views | Dorse |
A number of recent studies show that the church is growing fastest in the men under 30 demographic at the moment. Maybe that is why we are seeing more footballers showing their faith?
In the main, it tends to be positive and celebratory rather than aggressive or exclusive. I mean, if players like Salah perform Du'a on entering the field of play or performs Sujud after scoring and nobody seems to be all that fussed, it gives you a better understanding of him as a person. I suppose we 'get' him a bit better and studies by Sheffield and Liverpool universities have noted the 'Salah effect' which has actually seen a drop in anti-Muslim incidents in the time he's been at Liverpool. In effect, Salah's openness about his personal faith has had a positive effect, at least in the short-term.
We also need to factor things like social media into the equation: in years gone by, we didn't have a fraction of the access / insight into the personal lives of footballers we have today. Players of the past might have been every bit as religious but we'd never have known. Furthermore, the religious landscape of the UK was a lot more homogeneous in the past, so 'religious' tended to be synonymous with 'Christian', so perhaps nobody felt the need to either comment or display what they thought everyone else already understood? Either way, the game's big 'characters' tended to be the ones that bucked the established way of behaving: our own Rodney and, later, Stan set the tone here.
I am not a huge fan of religion, at times, but faith is a different matter. The simple fact that they are comfortable enough to express their faith and be accepted by teammates and fans that might not share their point of view is, for me, really encouraging.
Sorry. I'll switch back to nob gags in a bit. |  |
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| All these Players Praying to God !!! on 13:00 - Jan 17 with 598 views | QPR_Jim |
I'm not religious, don't mind if they want to thank god or whatever but the skeptic in me thinks it's more superstition than religious belief but each to their own.
It's the holy socks I have an issue with. |  | | |
| All these Players Praying to God !!! on 13:03 - Jan 17 with 596 views | numptydumpty |
| All these Players Praying to God !!! on 12:35 - Jan 17 by Dorse |
A number of recent studies show that the church is growing fastest in the men under 30 demographic at the moment. Maybe that is why we are seeing more footballers showing their faith?
In the main, it tends to be positive and celebratory rather than aggressive or exclusive. I mean, if players like Salah perform Du'a on entering the field of play or performs Sujud after scoring and nobody seems to be all that fussed, it gives you a better understanding of him as a person. I suppose we 'get' him a bit better and studies by Sheffield and Liverpool universities have noted the 'Salah effect' which has actually seen a drop in anti-Muslim incidents in the time he's been at Liverpool. In effect, Salah's openness about his personal faith has had a positive effect, at least in the short-term.
We also need to factor things like social media into the equation: in years gone by, we didn't have a fraction of the access / insight into the personal lives of footballers we have today. Players of the past might have been every bit as religious but we'd never have known. Furthermore, the religious landscape of the UK was a lot more homogeneous in the past, so 'religious' tended to be synonymous with 'Christian', so perhaps nobody felt the need to either comment or display what they thought everyone else already understood? Either way, the game's big 'characters' tended to be the ones that bucked the established way of behaving: our own Rodney and, later, Stan set the tone here.
I am not a huge fan of religion, at times, but faith is a different matter. The simple fact that they are comfortable enough to express their faith and be accepted by teammates and fans that might not share their point of view is, for me, really encouraging.
Sorry. I'll switch back to nob gags in a bit. |
I have no issues with religion or faith either Dorse.. Doesn"t worry me either way. If it works for people all well and good, as long as it's not used for division and abuse or people pretending to be amazingly pure.
I guess its positive that some of these young guys, openly express their faith at football and feel comfortable doing so.
Didn't work that well for Mr S. Armstrong ex of this parish though.
Question is Dorse does the Almighty like nob jokes !!!  [Post edited 17 Jan 13:06]
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| All these Players Praying to God !!! on 14:16 - Jan 17 with 485 views | Bluce_Ree |
It feels like a bit of an Americanism. The yanks have been doing this shit forever. Like if there is a God why would they give a f**k about you scoring a touchdown or whatever.
Like, yeah it's nice that God let you score that three pointer or win that fight but odd that babies still get cancer. |  |
| Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. He runs like a cheetah, his crosses couldn't be sweeter. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. |
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| All these Players Praying to God !!! on 14:39 - Jan 17 with 457 views | TwoHalves |
Stood in the middle of the Nigerian brass/percussion section for one of their games at AFCON 1994 in Tunisia. If they were behind and equalised the chant went up, “He’s a miracle-working God, he’s a miracle-working God. He’s the Alpha and Omega. He’s a miracle-working God”. Can’t see it working in R Block somehow. |  | | |
| All these Players Praying to God !!! on 17:43 - Jan 17 with 405 views | Bluce_Ree |
| All these Players Praying to God !!! on 14:39 - Jan 17 by TwoHalves |
Stood in the middle of the Nigerian brass/percussion section for one of their games at AFCON 1994 in Tunisia. If they were behind and equalised the chant went up, “He’s a miracle-working God, he’s a miracle-working God. He’s the Alpha and Omega. He’s a miracle-working God”. Can’t see it working in R Block somehow. |
Maybe that's why they invented vuvuzelas. Drown out that shite. | |
| Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. He runs like a cheetah, his crosses couldn't be sweeter. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. |
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| All these Players Praying to God !!! on 18:13 - Jan 17 with 361 views | stainrods_elbow |
I certainly found myself praying to God during today's game at Stoke - and I'm an atheist! |  |
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| All these Players Praying to God !!! on 18:21 - Jan 17 with 343 views | colinallcars |
I had a dream once where God appeared wearing a white coat, a thermometer in his hand and a stethoscope around his neck.
Still, they say some of these Gods like to play doctor. [Post edited 17 Jan 18:46]
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| All these Players Praying to God !!! on 18:25 - Jan 17 with 320 views | TwoHalves |
| All these Players Praying to God !!! on 17:43 - Jan 17 by Bluce_Ree |
Maybe that's why they invented vuvuzelas. Drown out that shite. |
Rather enjoyed the percussion TBH. The brasses were a bit more intimidating though. | | | |
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