A Washington state high school football player was flagged for kneeling and pointing to heaven after scoring a touchdown.
Reportedly, the line judge said the running back was attempting to bring attention to himself. But it seems to me that he was not doing that at all. In fact, he was doing the opposite of that. Running back Ronnie Hastie “I do that to give glory to my Heavenly Father, Jesus. He gives me the strength. He’s the one who gives me these abilities in the first place.”
Is a momentary kneel and pointing up really an excessive celebration? I just wonder if there’s more going on here.
December 2, 2010 at 5:27 am
Hmmmm, seems the Man Himself had something to say about this kind of thing: "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray… on the street corners to be seen by others."
December 2, 2010 at 5:31 am
Right,
Jesus said to never give public thanks to God.
December 2, 2010 at 1:11 pm
"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray… on the street corners to be seen by others."
Someone approached the witnesses at an abortion mill with this Scripture last fall. The response was, "Don't hide your faith under a bushel basket."
December 2, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Of course we shouldn't pray in public. That's why we are going to tear down our church in a couple of weeks and urge all other congregations to do so. It's time we put into practice what Jesus demanded and keep our religion at home – with the blinds pulled down too. You can't be too careful.
December 2, 2010 at 2:45 pm
That is also why we need the experts to explain the scriptures to us…
Next they will start on boxers that make the Sign of the Cross before beating up the other fighter, haha.
from—–Mrs.S also known as anonymous
December 2, 2010 at 5:43 pm
If this kid has been doing the exact same thing all season and it wasn't ever called a penalty, the head of officials has to explain why it was a penalty in that instance and not in the others. It defeats the whole purpose of having rules if referees are given such wide leeway that the same clear and obvious action is called differently by different referees. The very fact that all season long this was not a penalty seems to indicate either a misunderstanding of the rule or ill-intent by the referee who threw the flag (unless perhaps both teams were warned before the game that celebrations were going to be called more strictly because it was a playoff game).
December 2, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Don't get all Hallmark movie here; a couple of players I busted for sexual harassment sport scripture references on their letter jackets. Praising Jesus (or "JAY-sus") is a convention, rather like the worst users and abusers joining S.A.D.D. (Students Against Drunk Driving).
No, I have no window to look into another person's soul, for bad or for good.
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