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marmar

(77,073 posts)
Mon Sep 21, 2015, 10:53 AM Sep 2015

Aaron Rodgers Trolls Russell Wilson After Victory


The man upstairs didn't play during the Green Bay Packers' 27-17 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night, but didn't stop the team's quietly Christian quarterback from taking a subtle God-related shot at the openly Christian quarterback on the other side.

After throwing two touchdowns against the Seahawks at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers credited God in his postgame press conference. "I think God was a Packer fan tonight," he told reporters.

Chalking the results of sports games up to faith is a common practice for religious athletes -- something that Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson did after beating Rodgers' Packers in last season's NFC Championship game in January.

“That’s God setting it up, to make it so dramatic, so rewarding, so special," Wilson told reporters after snatching a Super Bowl trip away from the Packers.

Two days after that game, Rodgers, a Christian man himself, disagreed with Wilson's belief that God had intervened to set up an NFC Championship victory. ...................(more)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aaron-rodgers-russell-wilson-god_55fff243e4b08820d9193563




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Aaron Rodgers Trolls Russell Wilson After Victory (Original Post) marmar Sep 2015 OP
Spiritual advice from jocks is always welcome pscot Sep 2015 #1
God spends all his time helping athletes, telling republicans what to do, and forgiving Elwood P Dowd Sep 2015 #2
Can't you just picture God standing on a cloud KamaAina Sep 2015 #3
Yes, yes I can..... a kennedy Sep 2015 #4
Baby Rodgers, whose name escapes me (Jason?) defended Wilson... joeybee12 Sep 2015 #5

Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts)
2. God spends all his time helping athletes, telling republicans what to do, and forgiving
Mon Sep 21, 2015, 02:26 PM
Sep 2015

republicans for their sexual picadillos.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
5. Baby Rodgers, whose name escapes me (Jason?) defended Wilson...
Mon Sep 28, 2015, 09:14 PM
Sep 2015

Not a surprise...he was always on Faux with that asshat Catholic priest whining about religious liberty...seems he headed the local Catholic Athlete for Christ...that name escapes me too...and since they wouldn't allow teh gays, Vandy wouldn't give them meeting space on campus and poor Baby Rodgers was being discriminated against.

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