Religion and not playing on Sundays

[Original Stumpy]

Really? Why would the Romans care if he worked on the sabbath or not?

Oh - you meant the Jews, didn't you.

And you lead a congregation? Jebuz.

Semantics aside, I am right, as are you, once you get past the digs.

[Salvatori Grubber]

Mate - I have no idea what you're talking about. You aren't right at all.

The only way you could be considered 'right' is if God is real, if your Protestant version of him is the correct version, and if the tales in the New Testament are true.

There's not exactly a whole lot of evidence supporting these things.

[Salvatori Grubber]

And that ain't ad hominem at all.

[Salvatori Grubber]

I see your cynicism from other posts. That's your right. Ad hominem? You still do that?
I am right, pointless semantics aside.
Should you wish to debate the point, glad to, but without the ad hominem which often speaks of a person's insecurity with their position.

Piss off - you, a leader of your community - saying "they killed him" is disgusting and is the same malignant trope your ilk have been using for centuries in order to elevate your own insecure position.

[manbearpig]

The only requisite for lunacy is to believe unwaveringly in fairy tales in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

I have respect for many people who believe in the angry sky daddy (my own folks, for instance) but have zero respect for these people's ability to reconcile life's mysteries without having to invent childish reasoning in order to feel safe.

Evidence? Oh please. Prove to me that Hoppa, Sammy, SBWs religion makes them less of a player? Love to see the evidence!

[dice]

As i said in the Adam Goodes thread, one of life's ironies are the bigots who are intolerant of bigots.

[Johnny.]

As i said in the Adam Goodes thread, one of life's ironies are the bigots who are intolerant of bigots.

So 'is this a black thing' is replaced by 'is this a God thing?' Cool.

All we need now is a transgender aboriginal person with a devotion to his religion to run for parliament.

Hang on, someone call the Goose.

[manbearpig]

Give him his wish and let him back into the NRL. I would love to see him last 37 seconds against todays players!

[bondi-boy]

I don't agree with the Hopoate stance. If I were Hasler I would be telling Hopoate that if you can't play on Sundays, and can't play on grand final day, then you are no more than a fill-in player worth a fraction of your sign-on fee.

That's about it in a nutshell.

[manbearpig]

I think you all need to take a good long look at the real issues in society and see just how pointless this whole argument is. If the guy wants to practice his faith, thats his choice and his decision should be respected. There are much more pressing issues to be concerned with.

[Double]

We are THE only religious order. We don't play on Th, Fri, Sat, Sun or Mon anymore.