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Baptism leads to school record. Finally made national news
Sep 4, 2012, 3:19 PM
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This is nice, but should it happen on the pratice field? Clemson is not BYU, Notre Dame, Bob Jones, etc.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31751_162-57505827-10391697/clemson-wr-deandre-hopkins-baptized-at-practice-sets-school-receiving-record-two-days-later/
(CBS News) Like all ACC football teams, the Clemson Tigers went through several weeks of sweaty, bone-crunching practices leading up to the regular season. Said offensive coordinator Chad Morris: "There were some times in fall camp, it was pretty intense."
How intense? Amid the full-contact drills and triple-digit South Carolina heat, one player underwent a religious transformation - and his teammates were all witnesses.
Clemson wide receivers coach Jeff Scott tweeted this photo of junior wideout DeAndre Hopkins getting baptized on Thursday - apparently in a Rubbermaid ice tub.
In his tweet, Scott called the baptism the "highlight of my week."
Two days after the Christian rite, Hopkins made his own highlight of the week -- catching a school-record 13 passes, including a 4-yard touchdown, as the Tigers beat Auburn 26-19.
Hopkins is the second Clemson player to be baptized in a month. All-American wideout Sammy Watkins, who was suspended for the first two games of the season after an offseason drug arrest, was baptized last month.
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why not?***
Sep 4, 2012, 3:21 PM
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Really? who cares where it happens as long as it happens.
Sep 4, 2012, 3:24 PM
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The bible doesn't say it has to happen in a church or etc. Maybe that is where Hopkins wanted it to happen, to be a witness to the team or maybe he felt the need for it to take place then and there.
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Our church has a Baptism pool, but also we hold them
Sep 4, 2012, 3:27 PM
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at youth events in swimming pools. See the pics of military baptisms in the desert in man made pools only 2 feet deep or less.
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Rock Defender [54]
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Did the baptism lead to it or did Sammy's pot arrest
Sep 4, 2012, 3:29 PM
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lead to it?
Your post is misleading as it seems to suggest that without the baptism, Nuk wouldn't have gotten 13 catches.
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In the headline - Clemson WR DeAndre Hopkins baptized at
Sep 4, 2012, 3:32 PM
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practice, sets school receiving record two days later
Just reporting what the new says. 
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I didn't read anywhere in there were the article suggests
Sep 4, 2012, 3:36 PM
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that the baptism LEAD to the record. Only in your subject line does it say that.
Marijuana and unlawful possession of a prescription drug led more to his record day than the baptism did.
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It may have***
Sep 4, 2012, 3:38 PM
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Rock Defender [54]
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And it may not have.
Sep 4, 2012, 3:42 PM
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I personally think that God has more imporant things on his plate than making sure someone who gets baptized has a good game. What if an Auburn player got baptized or what if there's already great Christians on Auburn's team? Did God go out of his way to make them lose while he "helped" Nuk?
I get it. Y'all are religious. Y'all love God. But enough already with the linking of God to anything and everything Clemson sports related.
It's pathetic.
May God bless you all,
CBS
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Yes
Sep 4, 2012, 3:52 PM
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and God Bless our Tigers!
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God does not have more important things to do
Sep 4, 2012, 4:21 PM
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He has enough time for anything and everything and I don't know if Hopkins baptism had anything to do with his 13 receptions but I'm not going to say it didn't.
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Good answer. You just never know, ever.***
Sep 4, 2012, 8:18 PM
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Re: Baptism leads to school record. Finally made national news
Sep 4, 2012, 3:46 PM
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I think its a positive story, and I'm happy for him. Yes, it's fine that it happened at a football practice too.
We live in a Country (and State) that were founded upon the principle of "In God We Trust", and religious freedom. We weren't founded upon the principles of atheism, Wahhabi-ism, etc.... Because we tolerate other points of view, does not mean we censor ourselves. "In God We Trust", and The Declaration of Independence make a pretty clear case for Christians to hang their hats on.
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not this topic again....why in the hell don't they just have it at halftime of every game
Sep 4, 2012, 4:19 PM
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that is what Perry Noble wants........cult
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Be prepared for there to be some backlash on this
Sep 4, 2012, 4:33 PM
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I could see some (not me) construing this as a violation of separation of church and state, what with Clemson being a state agency and the baptism taking place on their property using their equipment (the tub), etc.
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Re: Be prepared for there to be some backlash on this
Sep 5, 2012, 11:13 AM
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My initial thought too. I have to agree with you on that.
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Re: Baptism leads to school record. Finally made national news
Sep 4, 2012, 4:40 PM
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I think anytime someone makes a stand for Jesus it makes people that don't know Jesus mad. I can't imagine anyone would have a problem with a young man making a change and standing on the forgiveness of all of his sins through what Jesus did at the cross. It doesn't mean he will judge others or that he will be perfect but it does mean that he will be welcomed all in the family of God.
I just impossible not to see the power in just the name of Jesus by how people get so made about someone saying I love Jesus now!
Two greatest commandments Love the Lord your God with all your heart and the second is like unto it. LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THY SELF.
It's a love thing but if you don't have unconditional love you miss the whole point in having Jesus.
I'm proud to see these young men grow up and make a choice to strive to be a man of unconditional love like Jesus.
This doesn't make winning any easier but it does make men out of boys. Go TIGERS!
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