Sports people and their faith

mikemac

This thread might not work but we'll give it a go

Sure most of us follow sports, whatever sport that may be

Do you know any top sports people who take their faith very seriously?
I don't mean just prayers before playing so to win but live their life by their faith

If you know American Football you know Philip Rivers, one of the elite players in the NFL
He has numerous videos up on youtube
Believes in chastity before marraige and indeed he lived by that, marrying his girlfriend when he was quite young. But he has other videos on other aspects of religion too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rwNP2jfI_E

Do you know any others?
Not just a list of people who were born into the faith but actually live by it

irishh_bob

mikemac wrote: »

This thread might not work but we'll give it a go

Sure most of us follow sports, whatever sport that may be

Do you know any top sports people who take their faith very seriously?
I don't mean just prayers before playing so to win but live their life by their faith

If you know American Football you know Philip Rivers, one of the elite players in the NFL
He has numerous videos up on youtube
Believes in chastity before marraige and indeed he lived by that, marrying his girlfriend when he was quite young. But he has other videos on other aspects of religion too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rwNP2jfI_E

Do you know any others?
Not just a list of people who were born into the faith but actually live by it

Role models are good

no different than musicians who thank god when the win a grammy , theese highly ambitious people tend to have big egos and so believe that god favours them for personal success

as i always say , i wouldnt want anything to do with a god who sees to it that beyoncee wins an MTV award while at the same time allows thousands to starve in somalia , the lack of prioritys part would stick in the throat

PDN

I've never understood why we think having the ability to kick a ball or jump into a sandpit qualifies someone to be a role model.

soterpisc

Re the 2 above responses.. What's with the negativity? He is a footballer and a Catholic. If other young people as inspired by him well a good. I suppose the guy could turn out to be an tiger woods with his double life, but if we take him at face value wants wrong with holding him up as a role model for kids?

hotmail.com

I'm always suspicious of the chastidy people in this day and age. Something unnatural about it.

Lots of sportspeople are supersticious.

catchup

Watching the IAAF World Championships today. Mo Farah of GB won the 5000m. When he finished he dropped down and prostrated himself in a short prayer. Mo is short for Mohamed. Later a U.S. athlete who had just won a silver medal quickly drew a Bible from his kit bag and kissed it in thanks. You see this quite often.

Also there was an interesting interview with a member of the G.B. rowing squad who has qualified for the Olympics next year. He is Muslim and the Olympics fall within Ramadan. He ( and other Muslim athletes) will have to cope with fasting because it is a tenet of their faith.

hotmail.com

catchup wrote: »

Watching the IAAF World Championships today. Mo Farah of GB won the 5000m. When he finished he dropped down and prostrated himself in a short prayer. Mo is short for Mohamed. Later a U.S. athlete who had just won a silver medal quickly drew a Bible from his kit bag and kissed it in thanks. You see this quite often.

Also there was an interesting interview with a member of the G.B. rowing squad who has qualified for the Olympics next year. He is Muslim and the Olympics fall within Ramadan. He ( and other Muslim athletes) will have to cope with fasting because it is a tenet of their faith.

Is this just not the same as being supersticious?

Manach

hotmail.com wrote: »

Is this just not the same as being supersticious?

Offhand, if the participant always performed the act, win/loss/draw, then that would differentiate it from the ritual be cast aside for a new supersition ?

hotmail.com

Manach wrote: »

Offhand, if the participant always performed the act, win/loss/draw, then that would differentiate it from the ritual be cast aside for a new supersition ?

Supersticious, all superstition I feel.

zoomtard

Artur Boruc is either a Catholic or a fan of very ironic art in his living room.

Fanny Cradock

hotmail.com wrote: »

I'm always suspicious of the chastidy people in this day and age. Something unnatural about it.

Lots of sportspeople are supersticious.

What has "natural" got to do with it? Presumably you approve of various forms of contraception, aeroplanes, frozen peas, reading glasses and any number of "unnatural" things.

On a different note, I remember the very curious case of Jonathan Edwards, the erstwhile world triple- jump record holder. He went from being the host of Songs of Praise and thinking that God was against competition on Sundays (a curious idea, IMO) to a hop, skip and jump into atheism.

Saganist

I aint religious in any way but this little fella is quite spiritual.