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The really widespread negative reaction to this was when Hughes came out with the "god wants wants me to win more than my opponents" talk that was so obviously self serving and hypocritical.
Word.
The really widespread negative reaction to this was when Hughes came out with the "god wants wants me to win more than my opponents" talk that was so obviously self serving and hypocritical.
more HATE. bring it.
The really widespread negative reaction to this was when Hughes came out with the "god wants wants me to win more than my opponents" talk that was so obviously self serving and hypocritical.
I was being ironic. Edited that post to make an actual point though.
Thank you. For example if a gang of young men murdered your grand mother it is simply the natural order of things.As science has taught us about the survival of the fittest.
I don't even remember that.
I think some people just can't get over the silliness of thanking a supposedly peace-loving deity after beating the shit out of another one of the deity's "children".
The rest of us recognize the inherent silliness in almost all facets of human society and behavior, and so it's not really anything worth getting hung up on.
your point is historically accurate.
Oh, I won't harp on then.
Religious threads on the internet. Mac vs PC. Liberals vs Conservatives. So much fun.
I never understood why fellow atheists get so bent out of shape when someone like Benson Henderson decides to give a few shoot outs to Jesus. He has the right to express his beliefs if given the microphone. Do I agree with him or her that Jesus is listening? Hell no. Is it OK for a fighter to say what he or she wants within the compounds of censorship laws? Hell Yes.
To be honest though if you think that's what MMA is about rather than people willingly testing themselves physically and mentally then its pretty immoral to watch it in the first place.
The problem with Hughes talk was that its not even inline was Christian belief, not that god gives him strength to do his best but that god actively wants him and not his opponent(who is likely Christian as well much of the time) to win, that's less god and more imaginary friend.
I feel the same way about the intrinsic value of human life. It is a fairy tell which any observation of nature invalidates.
Atheist tombstone engraving: "Here lies an atheist. All dressed up and nowhere to go."
I've noticed a lot more religious zealots spreading hate and intolerance than non-believers.
Except for all those atheist suicide bombing bastards. They're the worst.