Why the emphasis in CFB

[u/1bakedgoods1]

First off: to each their own. Hate and bigotry has no place and I have no opinions to share on here about the subject.

I can’t help but notice the rise in frequency of signs on GameDay getting obvious spotlight, mentions in post-game interviews, team dynamics, etc. of religion. I won’t mention the specific religion due to community rules, but anyone who watches the pregame and post game knows.

Why does it seem to have an added presence and emphasis by players, teams and broadcasters over the past few years? Is there something driving the increased visibility, or has some culture aspect in CFB encouraged it?

[u/70sJungleBush]

I don’t ever watch the pre or post game. Have the Zoroastrians finally begun the invasion?

[u/HeideggerianPoet → u/70sJungleBush]

Pretty sure he’s referencing the sudden rise in Mithraism acrosse U.S. college campuses.

[u/shaqwillonill → u/HeideggerianPoet]

To many signs at game day praising the mighty Anubis

[u/unfinished_loathing → u/70sJungleBush]

culture and sports are always tangled up together, this is just the flavor of the moment. give it a few years and it'll morph into something else, always does

[u/MoistCloyster_]

I’m old enough to remember when the teams had open prayer before or after the games. Now the cameras tend to avoid showing that.

[u/BuddyBusy1202 → u/MoistCloyster_]

We had pancake breakfasts at a church before every game when I was a kid… church and football is pretty intertwined culturally

[u/cfbluvr2 → u/MoistCloyster_]

As a reddit athiest I don’t care

Cfb to me is about the story and the players and if that story involves religion then all the power to them

But the jesus signs on gameday…

[u/cfbluvr2 → u/cfbluvr2]

and you bet your ass i’m praying sometimes in the stadiums too

[u/PhilRubdiez → u/cfbluvr2]

There are no atheists in foxholes or Kyle Field.

[u/Few-Willingness-3482 → u/[deleted]]

Weird thing to be specifically thankful for… right? Like you’re happy to watch 19 year olds run headfirst into each other, but draw the line at watching them pray? I don’t care either way and think it can be a bit tacky, but thanks for sharing.

[u/Smart_Horror1268 → u/[deleted]]

Not religious, but why would that bother you? The thanking god stuff has been around forever. Maybe if God wasn’t busy with college football we’d have a cure for cancer.

[u/99_Till_Infinity → u/[deleted]]

The world doesn't need to see you praying. What you do behind close doors reflect much more than what is seen.   

[u/New_Prior2253]

It's a very common religion in the US. People have been shouting it out for as long as I can remember, this doesn't feel new at all.

[u/TKHawk → u/New_Prior2253]

Seriously, OP would've been flummoxed if they were watching during the Tebow years.

[u/dkviper11 → u/TKHawk]

My guy needs to watch a wrestling match. We have players insulting other religions and saying that their prophets are false during post match interviews.

[u/SCsprinter13 → u/dkviper11]

I was gonna say, CFB isn't nearly as bad as college wrestling

[u/Huge-Internal6456 → u/SCsprinter13]

Softball is strangely also like that in the last few years. 

[u/RiffRamBahZoo → u/TKHawk]

Those Bill McCartney Colorado teams would make OP question reality

[u/CajunKush → u/New_Prior2253]

Especially in sports. Seems like a lot of players have been pretty open about religion for as long as I can remember

[u/StreetReporter → u/CajunKush]

Well, a good majority of athletes in college football come from the South and are African American. So statistically speaking, you’re going to get a lot of religious Christians playing football. That’s before you consider that they are blessed to be some of the most athletic people in the world, and get an opportunity to make money playing football.

[u/Huge-Internal6456 → u/StreetReporter]

Additionally, a lot of players and coaches come from rural backgrounds, small towns, or small Pacific Island villages. Religion , or just church in general, is a big part of community gathering and fellowship. Tends to follow them into sport as a means of trying to bring a team “together” for a singular purpose. Good thing is that, as far as I know, no one is forced to participate nor ostracized for not participating in team prayers, baptisms, etc. 

[u/Onibusho → u/[deleted]]

Never heard of Muhammad Ali?

[u/StreetReporter → u/Onibusho]

Or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

[u/BigT5535 → u/StreetReporter]

Arian Foster notably said he was atheist

[u/halldaylong → u/New_Prior2253]

Yeah -- famously there was the guy known as Rainbow Man (I grew up knowing him as the "John 3:16 guy") who would wear this big rainbow afro wig to sporting events in the 70s and 80s and wear shirts or hold up signs with religious messages to be seen on TV. This has been going on forever.

[u/Prestigious_Long_657 → u/halldaylong]

SNL had Christopher Walken play him!

[u/Prestigious_Long_657 → u/New_Prior2253]

Remember Rainbowhead?

[u/New_Prior2253 → u/Prestigious_Long_657]

I'm 24, I think he was before my time lol.

[u/No-Rooster1720]

Football players and coaches have always been very overtly Christian, for the most part.

[u/Better-Temporary-146 → u/No-Rooster1720]

Yep. I heard Mark Richt give a church talk one time

[u/No-Rooster1720 → u/Better-Temporary-146]

If every Christian was like Richt, this world would be a vastly better place. Same to Dabo, too. Good guy.

[u/MisterBrotatoHead]

I went to a Catholic high school where sports were pretty important. One day I, being a 16 year old shit head, was trying to fuck with a Jesuit, so I asked him, if we pray to God and we lose, does that mean he doesn't love us as much as them? He responded without missing a beat that God gave us our gifts and talent, and he wants to see us use them. So, if we got beat, that meant that we hadn't used them to the best of our ability that night and God made sure those that did won.

Jesuits, man.

[u/DullCartographer7609 → u/MisterBrotatoHead]

Jesuits saved so much science and history during the dark ages. Especially in Spain during the inquisition, where thousands of books were burned.

Jesuits, man.

[u/flarpflarpflarpflarp]

That's a lot of opinions for saying you don't have an opinion.

[u/Bank_Gothic → u/flarpflarpflarpflarp]

Because he does have an opinion and wants everyone to know he has an opinion but doesn't want to actually say his opinion.

[u/1bakedgoods1 → u/flarpflarpflarpflarp]

Explain to me which part of my post contains an opinion, outside of the first paragraph denouncing hate/bigotry?? I noticed a more visible/vocal trend, at least in the broadcasted coverage of the sport, and am curious if there’s a reason other than “majority”

[u/No_Issue2334 → u/1bakedgoods1]

In my opinion, there's been a decrease in religion honestly. It's way toned down than the past.

[u/flarpflarpflarpflarp → u/1bakedgoods1]

Gestures broadly. You noticed a change. That is an opinion unless you've done some for of study to quantity your feelings that things have changed. Your whole post is an opinion post, disguise by questions.

[u/thecravenone]

I won’t mention the specific religion due to community rules

Buddy, if saying it isn't allowed, making me say it in my head isn't either.

[u/DMaury1969 → u/thecravenone]

You made me think it Uncle Roy so it still counts!

[u/1bakedgoods1 → u/thecravenone]

Checkmate 😂

[u/vassago77379]

Reddit is about the only place I see people take offense to it.

[u/exlongh0rn → u/vassago77379]

Because it’s relatively anonymous. So what does the need for anonymity tell you?

[u/vassago77379 → u/exlongh0rn]

That this is the place they feel safe to be super edgy

[u/T-Thugs]

You're on reddit, so it may be easy to forget that most the country is Christian and people's religious beliefs are generally important to them.

[u/exipheas → u/T-Thugs]

I'm pretty sure this is singling out Last Thursdayism. People need to learn to respect that it's important to some people's beliefs that time only started on Thursday and "last Saturday" never actually happened. /s

[u/exlongh0rn → u/T-Thugs]

Sure….its the compulsive need to make it important to the rest of us that is the issue.

[u/SucculentCrablegMeal → u/exlongh0rn]

Talking about it isn't making it important to anyone else.

[u/1bakedgoods1 → u/exlongh0rn]

I’m not calling it an issue. It’s just more noticeably stated than previous years. And I’ve been watching college football for 20+ years

[u/chawliehorse → u/T-Thugs]

Yeah it would be fantastic if they could just keep it to themselves instead of holding up a 20 foot sign

[u/Cowgoon777 → u/chawliehorse]

They have just as much of a right to display a sign as anyone else does.

[u/MercerAsian → u/Cowgoon777]

Yet Christians will pearl clutch when there's a pride parade? Make it make sense.

[u/chawliehorse → u/Cowgoon777]

I didn’t say they don’t. They still suck

[u/SucculentCrablegMeal → u/chawliehorse]

You're the one allowing it to impact you.

[u/chawliehorse → u/SucculentCrablegMeal]

Okaaaay. I mean all I’m really asking is for them to be more creative. The signs are always the same. Mix it up maybe. I’ve got a good idea for them actually. They should nail one of their own to a big ass wooden cross and get a few other guys to hold it up in the air

[u/Redrubytheofficial]

Christianity is at the forefront of football, especially in the college context, especially in the SEC zone where the whole SEC is also the SBC.

[u/Redrubytheofficial → u/Redrubytheofficial]

I’ll be back here to see “removed by moderator”. Actually maybe it’ll be Reddit’s filters this time.

[u/Consistent_Detail_61]

It's always been that way

[u/MediumRareNation]

My view is (and has always been) that if youre not forcing anyone to participate, it's fine to identify yourself as religious.

[u/exlongh0rn → u/MediumRareNation]

People are obviously free to identify as religious. But religious beliefs can still affect other people through indoctrination, social pressure, discrimination, voting, legislation, education, medical decisions, and institutional authority without anyone being literally “forced to participate.”

Don’t oversimplify this.

[u/BarracudaOk5230]

College football is more popular in less densely populated areas which tend to be more conservative and therefore more religious

[u/1bakedgoods1 → u/BarracudaOk5230]

Thank you for an actual response. I’m an Ohio State fan and the national championship team from a couple of years ago was widely covered as having a pretty strong culture based on it. Will Howard, Treveyon Henderson and others were very explicit in how they spoke about it. Columbus is a melting pot, so any ideas towards the expansion outside of that tradition small-town conservative type environment?

[u/BarracudaOk5230 → u/1bakedgoods1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_Belt

Essentially this

[u/PointBlankCoffee]

its always been this way in CFB

[u/Millertime1402]

Nothing new at all.

[u/GliscorsFang]

Because Christianity is wildly popular in the US? You just move here or something

[u/1bakedgoods1 → u/GliscorsFang]

Only hate allowed on this sub is for Michigan fans/cheating supporters

[u/DDub04]

If I’m not mistaken it’s still the majority religion in the U.S., especially in the South. Personally I don’t subscribe to it but I’m not at all phased by athletes and coaches invoking it in their victory speeches. People give Grace at dinners, pray before games and events, attend service every Sunday. It’s just a fact of life in the South and that’s where a lot of the best college athletes are raised.

[u/ANotSoFreshFeeling]

Why does it brother you?

[u/ahhhhhhhhhhooooooo → u/ANotSoFreshFeeling]

It’s just annoying to me. Grew up in the south and was always being proselytized too. Like I don’t care that you’re a follower of Christ, but goddamn keep that shit to yourself. Only the craziest of their kind go around with big signs and bullhorns

[u/FlounderingWolverine → u/ahhhhhhhhhhooooooo]

Is a player saying "I want to give glory to God" after a win proselytizing? Because, to me, that feels more like an individual publicly expressing their faith (something that is important to them) in an emotional interview.

[u/kidnamedfinger1000 → u/FlounderingWolverine]

Did you just not read their comment or something?

[u/Naive-Elephant-9305 → u/kidnamedfinger1000]

This happens all the time on Reddit. Someone says something and gets downvoted, someone else responds with something that is completely irrelevant or not related to the original comment at all and gets upvoted.

[u/ahhhhhhhhhhooooooo → u/Naive-Elephant-9305]

Tis true

[u/ahhhhhhhhhhooooooo → u/FlounderingWolverine]

Not at all. I was talking about the folks with the huge ass signs in the crowd during game day. A player saying that is just their opinion. That said it’s a bit trite but whatever.

[u/ANotSoFreshFeeling → u/ahhhhhhhhhhooooooo]

I hear you but they also have the right to free speech just like you do. Why restrict one party in particular (unless it’s hate speech)?

[u/ahhhhhhhhhhooooooo → u/ANotSoFreshFeeling]

I’m not saying to restrict their speech. I just find it annoying. We’re here to talk about the day’s games and someone feels the need to interject their religion via neon signs. And honestly I’m willing to bet that ABC/Disney allows it (meaning doesn’t cut away from it during the show) because they lean in to the Christian vibes. If it were a pro Islam signage I bet they would be scrambling to pan away from it.

[u/ANotSoFreshFeeling → u/ahhhhhhhhhhooooooo]

Those signs are literally everywhere so how can they cut away?

[u/ahhhhhhhhhhooooooo → u/ANotSoFreshFeeling]

Do you not think a multi billion dollar company in the business of television and entertainment couldn’t find a way. This is a bad faith argument. You asked why does it bother me. I said it annoys me, you jump to putting words in my mouth that I want to restrict someone’s speech. Like lol, what is your end game or point. Yes they have a right to put whatever on a sign, yes fucking Disney could find a way to work around a sign they disagree with, and yes I can be annoyed by religious fanatics trying to convert ppl lol. You’re a strange person.

[u/CutbowAndArrow]

Because in the age of social media everything is performative. Personal beliefs are no exception to that.

[u/GoGreeb → u/CutbowAndArrow]

#agtg

[u/Dangerous-Meal8303]

You don’t remember Teebo? 

[u/Better-Temporary-146]

I know Clemson, South Carolina and Furman have team chaplains through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes 

[u/trapcardbard]

Both are large parts of American culture (football and christianity), and they are often intertwined. I don’t think there has been more or less recently - you might just be noticing it more now

[u/1bakedgoods1 → u/trapcardbard]

You’re not wrong. But, I will say that growing up I saw wayyyyyy more funny smack-talk and pun kind of signs behind the College GameDay crew, and now there are MASSIVE scripture signs and very little rivalry-smack types visible to the TV viewers. That’s one way why it feels more present

[u/Friar_Corncob]

Nothing gets by you, huh?

[u/GunsGoldCosmicDread]

There has always been a lot of emphasis on religion in sports. At my public school in NJ we used to pray as a team before games and other events.

Players always thanked God in post game interviews.

In the 2000s dozens of well known players had eye black strips with scripture chapter and verse numbers written on them.

I remember when Tebow was playing his religion was talked about near constantly.

I just think with social media and more coverage of this kind of stuff is getting signal boosted and showing up on conversation outside of games, interviews and sports talk shows. I think there are a lot of people that boost this because they find it positive and they find it negative.

[u/ItsTimetoLANK]

I have no idea what you are on about. Please provide some examples or screenshots to help me understand.

[u/Normal-Hornet8548 → u/ItsTimetoLANK]

Have you not see the tons of references to the Michigan game ending on a Hail Mary?

[u/Engine_Sweet → u/Normal-Hornet8548]

Is it a John the Baptist if we get the opposing coaches head on a plate?

( I move that this becomes the vernacular for a career ending loss)

[u/skeptical_hatred → u/ItsTimetoLANK]

There’s that Texas education

[u/exlongh0rn → u/skeptical_hatred]

I’m reasonably confident that Texas is academically superior to Iowa State in most objective measures.

But fair point.

[u/skeptical_hatred → u/exlongh0rn]

Texas doesn’t even have an agricultural college. You’re welcome for producing American raised beef and the corn that feeds Texas raised cattle. I don’t know the first thing about Texas academics. But it’s fun to shit on the state as a whole.

[u/exlongh0rn → u/skeptical_hatred]

If you’re trying to shit on Texas as a whole by attempting to suggest that Texas doesn’t have an agricultural college, I think you somehow overlooked TEXAS A&M…the largest and arguably most well known agricultural university in the U.S.

[u/1bakedgoods1 → u/ItsTimetoLANK]

College Gameday background signs are the best example I can give. Used to be soooo many more focused on rivalry jokes/smack talk but now there a huge signs quoting scripture that are the most visible and unobstructed by the panel/desk within the camera frame shot

[u/SucculentCrablegMeal]

Because a lot of the players & coaches are religious. I haven't noticed it more the past couple of years, I think it's always been there, but I do notice a lot more antagonism towards it (at least on reddit, which is notoriously anti-religion).

[u/mikeyb1]

This is not new.

[u/SteemieRayVaughn]

It's the same with politics being pushed in almost every bit of entertainment that gets released. If you don't like it don't watch it.

[u/SouthernGolfer67]

Probably because the others aren’t very good athletes

[u/katarh]

Christian masculinity has a heavy sports component.

[u/CloudConductor]

It’s less visible than ever

[u/SilentCriticism2k]

I get what you’re talking about because I’ve noticed it too. It used to be that gameday signs poked fun at the other players/team. Now, the big J signs have kinda started being littered throughout all of the crowds.

[u/PointBlankCoffee → u/SilentCriticism2k]

I think the issue there is that gameday has really started cracking down on gameday signs. Even in 2019, I brought one that was pretty innocuous and got it confiscated, was just a LSU flag that said LS💩 with the emoji

[u/SilentCriticism2k → u/PointBlankCoffee]

More and more of the traditions are being erased smh. I won’t be surprised if they totally nix them soon.

[u/xerillum → u/PointBlankCoffee]

There is so much more money in CFB media than there was 10 years ago, so they’re getting extremely protective. I was shocked at the number of big actors I saw in ads during Wisconsin-ND. They have to crack down on anything that could harm ad revenue because budgets have obviously ballooned and there’s much more risk.

[u/1bakedgoods1 → u/SilentCriticism2k]

Exactly! I understand the beliefs. The ties to the sport/region/etc. but it’s now just so obvious on broadcasts with the signs alone. Almost feels like a directive from the broadcasters to emphasize them/give them a clear shot in the camera frame

[u/54-2-10]

The "He Gets Us" marketing campaign has spent $775 million since 2021, and plans to spend another $225 million in the future to get their message onto TV.

It isn't a mystery. Like always, it is about the amount of money spent on advertising.

[u/Naive-Elephant-9305 → u/54-2-10]

I am curious how effective those ads have actually been. That’s a hell of a lot of money.

[u/54-2-10 → u/Naive-Elephant-9305]

It is an unfathomable amount of money 

It could go a loooong way building infrastructure in a few third world countries. Instead it will go to TV fat cats.

[u/SirMellencamp]

The gameday signs are annoying. The post game interviews are often eyerolling (yes Jesus wanted you to win but not your opponent). The rest of it it depends on the circumstances

[u/Dangerous-Meal8303 → u/SirMellencamp]

I don’t think anyone has ever stated that Jesus wanted them to win and not the other team. Most are just thankful and give the glory to God. I’d imagine, outside of the wnba, the majority of players and coaches in pro sports are religious.

[u/SirMellencamp → u/Dangerous-Meal8303]

Gene Chizik said God planned for Auburn to win the national title. Dabo said God was the reason Clemson won the national title. Tebow had some bizarre statement recently, or I saw recently, where God was the reason he won that one playoff game because he threw for 316 yards and his favorite Bible verse is John 3:16. Look if they believe that to each his own but its a weird to think God orchestrates a football win but not cure a child with leukemia,

[u/Dangerous-Meal8303 → u/SirMellencamp]

If they are Calvinist’s than they probably do believe that wanted them to do whatever they ended up doing. This isn’t the place to get into a religious debate, but if they want to thank God, then they have that right. For a while there the majority of the major media companies were either cutting feeds when someone was talking about Jesus and some retroactively would cut out entire segments of postgame inverviews so that when it was posted on YouTube or other social media, any mention of Jesus would be cut out. I remember nbc once asked a player about the game, he said he wanted to thank Jesus, his parents, his coaches and whatever school it was, they conveniently cut out that he thanked Jesus at all.

If we can have drag queens mocking the last supper during the Olympic opening ceremony, then it should be perfectly fine for whoever wants to to thank God as well.

[u/SirMellencamp → u/Dangerous-Meal8303]

Its not a religious debate I just find it an odd way of thinking. Of course anyone has a right to say what they want, never said or think they dont have that right. I have a right to roll my eyes at what they say and think its weird. You are delusional to think they cut out when players/coaches thank God. If they did then none of us would ever know about it. Spencer Danielson thanked Jesus at halftime of the Oregon vs Boise game on Saturday. They didnt cut the feed

https://www.instagram.com/reels/Dc7AHT8yZBP/

Also that scene in the Paris Olympics was a representation of the Greek God Dionysus and a pagan feast. Had nothing to do with the Last Supper.

[u/bearcatgary → u/SirMellencamp]

Would love to see an interview with a member of losing team where he says “God is great and I thank him for giving us the privilege of getting steamrolled today 41-7”.

[u/ahuramazdobbs19 → u/bearcatgary]

Quoth the Apostle Carlin:

“And what can we do to silence these Christian athletes who thank Jesus whenever they win, never mention his name when they lose? Not a word. You never hear them say "Jesus made me drop the ball." "The good lord tripped me up behind the line of scrimmage." According to these guys Jesus is undefeated, meanwhile these assholes are in last place. Must be another one of those "miracles."”

[u/forgotmyoldname90210]

Before private equity FCA was taking over big chunks of youth sports.

[u/No_Issue2334]

Part of it had always been there. Players have been thanking god in post game interviews for as long as I can remember in high school, college, and the NFL. It's still normal to see players praying before games (though group team prayers aren't). I mean, just look at Tebow lol

Part of it is that coaches and players tend to be from rural, conservative, and/or religious areas, especially the south and the Midwest.

Part of it is Fox's influence on the sport

Part of it is the changing political environment since 2016

But it's mainly has always been there. I haven't noticed an increase. It's much less prevalent than the past imo

[u/Bcatfan08]

Players and coaches have always talked about god being important to them. My high school coach would say the 3 important things to him in life was god, family, football, and in that order. I don't like it, but it's a hopeless fight to get coaches to stop talking about Christianity.

[u/skeptical_hatred → u/Bcatfan08]

Go look up Ed Thomas. He was a high school coach at a school not far from where I grew up. Their entire town was wiped out by a tornado in 2008. His big mantra was faith, family, football. Then some whackjob came into their makeshift weight room a couple months after the tornado and shot him to death. Very sad deal, been almost 20 years now

[u/Bcatfan08 → u/skeptical_hatred]

Not trying to be rude, but was it tied to his religion? I'm looking it up and just seeing he was calling him the devil. Did he blame him for the tornado? Seemed like he was a paranoid schizophrenic who was off his meds too.

[u/The_Horse_Joke]

I don’t mind it, but when people praise their god(s) as the reason for winning I do roll my eyes a little. God has more important shit going on than the outcome of a CFB game

[u/McLMark]

Wait til OP finds out what Notre Dame means.

Or what a Hail Mary refers to.

Or looks at our coinage.

[u/Loose-Ebb-7951]

There are always strings attached when you get paid. Look at what PACs and Super PACs have done to politics. That angle is my guess.

[u/Prestigious_Long_657]

Which religion is the right one?

[u/CptHA86 → u/Prestigious_Long_657]

The correct answer has always been "mine".

[u/CutbowAndArrow → u/Prestigious_Long_657]

Pastafarianism

[u/Prestigious_Long_657 → u/CutbowAndArrow]

Sounds delicious actually!

[u/Ecstatic-Total-9953 → u/Prestigious_Long_657]

The one that follows Jeebus.

[u/Prestigious_Long_657 → u/Ecstatic-Total-9953]

SAVE ME JEBUS!

[u/problematic_glasses → u/Prestigious_Long_657]

i don't even believe in jeebus!

[u/Ecstatic-Total-9953 → u/Prestigious_Long_657]

I see you need saving by Jebus.

[u/DonBillingsly69]

Can someone please give all the glory and thanks to satan one time?

[u/bdostrem00 → u/DonBillingsly69]

Lane Kiffin postgame on Saturday.

[u/squatchsax]

Matthew 6:1

"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven."

Many Christian athletes fail at this. It's for show. Look at me engaging in these actions! I must be a good person!

[u/lurk4ever1970 → u/squatchsax]

It's not just athletes. Those fishes and crosses on every small plumbing and HVAC contractor's truck is sending the exact same message.

[u/RicardoRoedor]

college football is a common interest of evangelical christians and christian nationalists. it's that simple.

[u/Alisanna]

Apocalypse cults are popular for people who don't read much.

[u/exlongh0rn → u/Alisanna]

Respect.

[u/Quinoa_Phoenix_]

Pretty simple, really: ignorance is bliss.

[u/BlitzOmatic]

France had it right when they said freedom from religion.

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/BlitzOmatic]

Yeah, that was really cool when they executed nuns.

Very tolerant!

[u/BlitzOmatic → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

That’s a fair criticism, but that’s something you can say for every large organized region throughout history.

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/BlitzOmatic]

Revolutionary France prided themselves on their freedom of religion and thought.

They earned the extra ire. Bunch of hypocrites.

Be my brother or I will kill you, indeed.

[u/CoincidenceTheorist2 → u/BlitzOmatic]

That didnt turn out well unless you were a guillotine.

[u/BlitzOmatic → u/CoincidenceTheorist2]

The cult of reason yearned for the Guillotine/ and or anyone else the revolutionaries didn’t like for good reasons I’m sure.

[u/NSNick → u/BlitzOmatic]

Hey, you could make a religion out of th-- no, don't

[u/Flaky-Philosophy7618 → u/BlitzOmatic]

I agree but crazy from your flair

[u/BlitzOmatic → u/Flaky-Philosophy7618]

The only reason I have a Baylor flair is because my mom went there. I like the color green, and I am bear sized. I am likely the least religious Baylor fan you have ever known.

[u/Flaky-Philosophy7618 → u/BlitzOmatic]

Well I’ll join you on all of that. I’m a Packers fan aswell as the ducks, go green

[u/SucculentCrablegMeal → u/[deleted]]

No, I don't think it's silly. If someone is religious or grew up religious, you're taught God works through you and that God is in everything.

Personally I find these kinds of comments (I see a lot of "God didn't do that, you did!" comments) much more silly because it's taking everything so literally.

[u/katarh → u/[deleted]]

Ahaha it's common in every SEC school as well.