Question:
Why do athletes, actors, etc thank god for?
?
2011-04-15 14:24:45 UTC
winning a game or an award? What if the person your up against also prayed to god to win? "We're all god's children and hes playing favorites what a bad father figure. Doesn't make much sense to me.


Atheist
Thirteen answers:
anonymous
2011-04-15 14:28:15 UTC
I agree, it doesn't make much sense. I'm an agnostic, but I believe that if god were to exist, he wouldn't care about stupid stuff like that. My favorite is when a rapper that says horribly profane things wins an award and starts shouting about how much he loves jesus (example: lil wayne).
I Love/JW.ORG
2011-04-15 21:36:03 UTC
God does not bless Men with Riches,God does not provide the pain and suffering that come with riches. God does not support Fame and prominence. Jehovah's gives what we need and not what we want.





Matthew 6:



24 “No one can slave for two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick to the one and despise the other. YOU cannot slave for God and for Riches.



25 “On this account I say to YOU: Stop being anxious about YOUR souls as to what YOU will eat or what YOU will drink, or about YOUR bodies as to what YOU will wear. Does not the soul mean more than food and the body than clothing? 26 Observe intently the birds of heaven, because they do not sow seed or reap or gather into storehouses; still YOUR heavenly Father feeds them. Are YOU not worth more than they are? 27 Who of YOU by being anxious can add one cubit to his life span? 28 Also, on the matter of clothing, why are YOU anxious? Take a lesson from the lilies of the field, how they are growing; they do not toil, nor do they spin; 29 but I say to YOU that not even Sol´o·mon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these. 30 If, now, God thus clothes the vegetation of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much rather clothe YOU, YOU with little faith? 31 So never be anxious and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or, ‘What are we to drink?’ or, ‘What are we to put on?’ 32 For all these are the things the nations are eagerly pursuing. For YOUR heavenly Father knows YOU need all these things.



33 “Keep on, then, seeking first the kingdom and his righteousness, and all these [other] things will be added to YOU. 34 So, never be anxious about the next day, for the next day will have its own anxieties. Sufficient for each day is its own badness.
anonymous
2011-04-15 21:38:44 UTC
Maybe they're just expressing appreciation for the talents G-d gave them, or the chance to play the game, to have a good life, etc. There are many possibilities that aren't all about personal greed or overcoming another person. Maybe your view of G-d and prayer is a bit warped. Doesn't make much sense to me.
midnight71
2011-04-15 21:30:14 UTC
I've always wondered that myself.Like in the final minutes of The Superbowl.If one teams need one field goal to win the game and the team gets down one one knee to pray that they will make the goal,whereas the opposing teams gathers in a circle and prays that they can prevent it from happening,which side would god take in the first place?
?
2011-04-15 21:31:53 UTC
Athletes like an unfair advantage and so do religions. God helped me win therefor you couldn't. God floods that part of the world, therefor we get rich.
Purple Monkey Dishwasher
2011-04-15 21:36:01 UTC
its arrogance (even though they are unaware of that fact)



they think god chose them to do this task above all others in the world. its total BS of course.
anonymous
2011-04-15 21:26:21 UTC
The only person they should thank is themselves.



They have earned the right to be skilled or famous.
Mendoza Walker
2011-04-15 21:26:16 UTC
Because the religious mindset is, at it's core, totally closed to the idea that other people are human.
anonymous
2011-04-15 21:26:35 UTC
I think they just do it because it has become customary. No one in Hollywood believes in god anyway, except Mel Gibson, and look where that got him.
?
2011-04-15 21:25:45 UTC
The only person they should thank is themselves.



They have earned the right to be skilled or famous.
servant
2011-04-15 21:26:42 UTC
lol, we're not all "god's children." that title belongs to saved people.

John 8:44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
¤Blackhoof Buccaneers Revenge¤
2011-04-15 21:31:01 UTC
Theists, no matter who they are, don't believe they are capable of these things on their own.
anonymous
2011-04-15 21:26:22 UTC
because their morons


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