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Hit Piece on Tony Dungy ...........
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Hit Piece on Tony Dungy ...........

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:19 PM

from the garbage rag "The Guardian" on one of the finest men that ever played, coached, and broadcast the NFL. It is obviously very slanted and not only takes things out of context but contains downright lies. Quoting Keith Olberman destroyed any credibility the rag may have had ...... although it has never been credible to me.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/24/tony-dungy-controversial-tweet-abortion-right-wing-politics


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like you said, "rag"...I just ignore crap like that

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:22 PM

hopefully NBC doesn't give in to any outside pressure.

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Re: like you said, "rag"...I just ignore crap like that


Jan 25, 2023, 12:36 PM

Seriously have hope for that? NBC is a leading left wing agency. And anything with Oberman related, OMG !!

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Christianity is under attack in America.

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:28 PM

And, the attacks are getting stronger and more blatant every day.

One of my duties, as a Christian, is to try and prepare my fellow Christians for the persecution that is coming. I'm probably old enough where I won't see the same kind of persecution that Christians in other parts of the world (ME, Africa, China, etc.) are facing. But, as I tell my Bible Study class (Senior adults), "I probably won't live to see it, but your children and grandchildren probably will. They need to understand and be prepared."

Our culture is not pro-Christian. It is not even neutral on Christianity. We live in an anti-Christian culture (and getting moreso every day).

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I agree 100%.***

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:30 PM



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Brad Brownell: Only Larry freaking Shyatt has a WORSE overall winning percentage among Clemson basketball coaches since 1975. Let that sink in. It's Larry Shyatt & then Brad Brownell.


LMAO...

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:31 PM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

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Is this pardody? Give me a break.***

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:34 PM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]



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Re: Is this pardody? Give me a break.***

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:40 PM

Sadly, no

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Re: Christianity is under attack in America.

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:36 PM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

bretfsu® said:

And, the attacks are getting stronger and more blatant every day.

One of my duties, as a Christian, is to try and prepare my fellow Christians for the persecution that is coming. I'm probably old enough where I won't see the same kind of persecution that Christians in other parts of the world (ME, Africa, China, etc.) are facing. But, as I tell my Bible Study class (Senior adults), "I probably won't live to see it, but your children and grandchildren probably will. They need to understand and be prepared."

Our culture is not pro-Christian. It is not even neutral on Christianity. We live in an anti-Christian culture (and getting moreso every day).


Truth!

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:47 PM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

If you want to live in a part of the world where religion is able to effect how everyone lives then you should move to the middle east.

Otherwise, Separation of Church and State. Freedom of Religion also means Freedom from Religion.

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Jan 24, 2023, 5:01 PM


Freedom of Religion also means Freedom from Religion.


LOL, it most certainly does not.

I suppose you think having gay rights means everyone else has the right to be spared having gayness shoved in their faces then.
Deal?

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Jan 24, 2023, 5:10 PM

No, gay rights mean that people who want to get married can get married, be on their spouses health insurance, and things like that.

Change the channel if it bothers you?

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Jan 24, 2023, 5:39 PM

You also have to believe in male pregnancy, and that an #### is a sex organ.
Mayor Pete even breast feeds……

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Jan 24, 2023, 6:57 PM

you don't "have" to believe in anything. You just shouldn't be a judgmental ### hole. You know how many pregnant men i see on a daily basis? Zero. It's smhucks like Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham that make people think its something sweeping the nation.

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; Matthew 7:1-29

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Too bad the libs don't abide by that!***

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Jan 24, 2023, 9:17 PM



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Re: Too bad the libs don't abide by that!***


Jan 25, 2023, 11:35 AM

sam,

examples ??

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Very interesting you chose Matthew 7:1-29, and point out

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Jan 25, 2023, 8:48 AM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

one of the most misapplied scripture. Did you miss these verses in that same section?

15“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them." - Matthew 7:15-20

What does that say? It says, you CAN recognize a person's action and judge their "fruit", i.e. their actions. You CAN recognize their bad motives. Contrary to what society says, there are moral absolutes. And, I choose not to support people who go against the moral absolutes.

Does this mean I am supposed to condemn (judge) them? No, I can't condemn anyone to an eternal sentence. It does mean that I can lovingly tell them of their errant ways when compared to that moral absolute. If they choose to seek further understanding, great. I will tell them about the forgiveness that comes through Jesus Christ. If they choose to ignore it, they are responsible for their continued bad actions and the subsequent consequences.

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Jan 25, 2023, 11:39 AM

1989 said

Does this mean I am supposed to condemn (judge) them? No, I can't condemn anyone to an eternal sentence. It does mean that I can lovingly tell them of their errant ways when compared to that moral absolute.


1989, Do we not have the same prerogative ? To tell you that you are mistaken. That you are taking the wrong path towards the betterment of human society ? We don't condemn you any eternal sentence. We just tell your of your errant ways. The only difference is that we have some evidence to indicate that we are correct.

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Yes, you have the prerogative to tell me I am wrong.

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Jan 25, 2023, 11:53 AM

But, I know what I believe, I know why I believe it, and I know what I have experienced as a result of the truth. I know that I am better as a result of what I believe. Likewise, I have the right (prerogative) to not believe you. I am prepared for my beliefs and the resulting consequences. I know that this world will hate me. It hates Jesus Christ and His message. (John 15:18-25)

Just be sure that if you are correct, you are prepared for the consequences.

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Jan 25, 2023, 6:28 PM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

You again mis used the most mis used passage in The Bible.

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Jan 25, 2023, 11:34 AM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

Texas

You don't have to "believe" anything that you don't want to. But you have to grant the other people on this planet that same right. If they want to believe things that you don't - they have THAT right.
How does that restrict your rights.

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There’s a pretty clear double standard at work in your argument***

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Of course. “Change the channel.” But Christians should not


Jan 25, 2023, 12:14 AM

be allowed to feature any aspect of their faith in public. And any public figures that do so should be destroyed.

because Love is Love. ? ?️‍? ❤️ ? ?? ? ? ? ?️‍⚧️ ??

Love wins.

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Jan 25, 2023, 11:44 AM

swimmer,

No one is talking about destroying Tony Dungy. They are suggesting that his reactionary points of view might not represent the NFL very well - and that perhaps they should part ways with him.

Being a public broadcaster relies, in large part, on remaining popular with the audience. Dungy's ill-considered ramblings are becoming increasingly unpopular with a growing part of that audience. He is not unpopular because he is a christian. He is becoming unpopular for his political and social views.

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Jan 25, 2023, 1:29 PM

But if Dungy were to praise BLM and dissing the flag he would be labeled as a social hero.

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Jan 25, 2023, 6:06 PM

don,

I don't believe that is true. BUT, if it was, it would be because those positions resonated with a large part of his audience. This is what is involved in trying to make a TV program popular.

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Re: Christianity is under attack in America.

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Jan 24, 2023, 7:10 PM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

It’s quite simple really, the government doesn’t marry anyone. You are spot on that there should be equal protection under the law and rights such as healthcare benefits, life insurance, etc should be extended to all. For those that marriage is important, it’s also pretty clear what that definition is and who is ordained to perform that sacrament. By the way it’s not the county clerk from the left or right. If marriage is important and man and woman should go to church and be married in Gods eyes, others that it isn’t important too should go to the courthouse and have your union. Simple solution.

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Jan 25, 2023, 9:10 AM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

Sorry, dude, but it’s on every channel. My wife watches, but I’ve quit. I read mostly to get away from liberals like you.

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Jan 25, 2023, 11:31 AM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

swimmer,

You have the right to push your christianity in our faces all you want, even though doing so makes you quite the ########. Lots of christians have been doing so for centuries.

What you do Not have the right to do is force your christian mythology on us through ANY of the offices of the government (including schools & universities).

What you do not have the right to do is to promote your christian mythology without pushback from the rest of the secular world. This is what is sop upsetting to christians nowadays. They have been so used to dominating the conversation without question or challenge, that now, when people challenge their position they scream persecution.

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Jan 31, 2023, 8:21 AM

Christian Mythology? Please give examples of how this is myth?

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Jan 24, 2023, 7:24 PM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

Separation of church and state also means the state cannot prevent anyone from practicing their religion. This situation has nothing to do with Church and State. This is about a publicly owned company minimizing their exposure when a public facing employee expresses an unpopular opinion. They have every right afforded to them by the law to fire or retain him.

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Jan 24, 2023, 10:25 PM

publicly owned company...like PBS?

While you cannot have your own facts I suppose you can spout off your own opinion.

Look you're another angry individual that can only tell right from wrong when it touches you directly. Pipe down, relax, take a look around and see if you can figure out why you're so angry.

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Jan 25, 2023, 12:10 AM

Did any of that sound angry to you?

If it did, you should probably pipe down, relax, look around and figure out why you are projecting.

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Jan 24, 2023, 7:26 PM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

Ridiculous statement! Freedom of religion is not "freedom from religion"!

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Jan 25, 2023, 8:18 AM

Yes, it quite literally is. You are allowed to practice your religion but you aren't allowed to control someone else's life.

If your religion says you can't get abortions, smoke weed, get tattoos, or gay married....don't do those things and I am happy to support that for you. Doesn't mean your bible gets to say others can't.

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Jan 25, 2023, 9:12 AM

Now it’s becoming clearer why some of you attack Dabo and everything he does. Liberals would be hilarious if you weren’t so pathetic

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Jan 25, 2023, 11:47 AM

I find it hilarious that you can think you understand liberals when you have already admitted that you don't ever listen to them.

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Jan 25, 2023, 1:14 PM

Liberals are like women, nobody understands them. However, the only thing I admitted to was that I don’t watch TV much anymore because of you

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Jan 25, 2023, 6:33 PM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

I understand liberals. It's leftists that are the hypocrites. They claim liberalism, but are in fact totalitarian against any view that opposes their agenda.

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Jan 25, 2023, 6:09 PM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

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Why not ? If you are free to choose ANY religion, why am I not free to choose NONE ??

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Re: Christianity is under attack in America.


Jan 31, 2023, 10:21 AM

Who suggested that you are not free to choose none? Certainly not me.

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Jan 24, 2023, 10:21 PM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

that may br the most misinformed statement I've seen on this board. Sadly it is accompanied by an arrogance and vitriol whi h leaves one to assume the poster will remain ignorant fir the rest of his life - and drag others with him. However, take heed, for it is written, " arrogance is unbecoming a fool."

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Separation of church and state was a ruling by a


Jan 24, 2023, 10:42 PM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

rogue Supreme Court the same as Roe v Wade. It is not in the Constitution.

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Jan 25, 2023, 12:43 AM

What do you mean exactly?

It’s in the first amendment. I suppose you could say it wasn’t in the first draft of the constitution. But the bill of rights were added almost immediately to assuage the fear of federal authority.

Maybe you just mean the modern legal precedent?

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Separation of church and state is not....

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Jan 25, 2023, 11:04 AM

...expicitly mentioned in the first amendment.

Some folks need to do soem research and read the opinion given by SCOTUS in the case before them where they stated that there is a separation of church and state.

Most folks are surprised at the ruling in the case. I certainly was when I researched it several years ago.

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Re: Separation of church and state is not....

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Jan 25, 2023, 11:23 AM

Bret,

The Constitution is only four pages long. In order to continue to discern what the Founders intended in this brief document, scholars often research other writings by the Founders. Several of them indicate in their other writings of the time, that they indeed did intend to create separate spheres of influence for church & state. Please remember that many of their families came here because that wall had been violated in England - to deleterious affect.

The actual term "a wall of separation between church and state" was written by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association. BTW, the Baptist minister who responded to this letter affirmed that his position on the matter coincided with Jefferson's

The fact is that most of the attendees to the Constitutional Convention were christians, but they deliberately left religion out of the Constitution. The young America was a nation of christians who purposely avoided creating a christian nation. They were committed to the idea that EVERYONE has the right to their own beliefs without ANY government interference or support.

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Jan 25, 2023, 6:43 PM

I think you should research the practices of the founders.
Bible was text book on public schools. Prayer in Public schools. Church in the Rotunda every Sunday Congress was in session. All sessions of Congress and Supreme court opened by prayer.

Where is that wall you claim they observed.?

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Jan 25, 2023, 12:34 PM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

You were utterly and completely wrong. Freedom of religion assures Americans they can practice whatever religion they choose to do so.
Freedom from religion? What does that even mean? If you choose not to practice a religion, fine, nobody is forcing you to. But the government cannot impinge upon a citizens constitutional right to practice their own religion.

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Jan 25, 2023, 12:34 PM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

You were utterly and completely wrong. Freedom of religion assures Americans they can practice whatever religion they choose to do so.
Freedom from religion? What does that even mean? If you choose not to practice a religion, fine, nobody is forcing you to. But the government cannot impinge upon a citizens constitutional right to practice their own religion.

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Jan 25, 2023, 3:20 PM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

Do you complain about Islam, Buddhism, etc. etc. or just Christianity? It is also very obvious that you exercised freedom from religion a long time.

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Jan 25, 2023, 6:25 PM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

That is what you want it to mean but it does not mean that at all. The same founders who supposedly separated religion and state, had prayer and the Bible as text in their public schools, opened all sessions of Congress with prayer, had church services in the rotunda every Sunday Congress was in session, and the list goes on.
An activist court misused Jeffersons letter to the Danbury Baptists to build a wall that was never intended. If you want to know what the founders meant in COTUS, look at their actions.

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Jan 30, 2023, 8:35 PM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

@ the dude who says "move to the middle east"

Re: (1) If you want to live in a part of the world where religion is able to effect how everyone lives then you should move to the middle east.

When I was taking Philosphy 101 there was a guy in the class that objected to anyone who talked about religion. The professor laughed and said "religion" is "whatever you believe so strongly that influences your actions in life." The guy responded "so being an atheist is my religion?" "Yes," the prof. replied. The student laughed and accepted it as truth.

(2) Otherwise, Separation of Church and State. Freedom of Religion also means Freedom from Religion.

Based on the (1) above, I am entitled to live my life separated from an atheist agenda that is supported by the State, just as much as you are entitled to State-supported Christianity. I see State-supported atheism in many actions today. Public schools REQUIRE practices that are objectionable to Christian parents and children. Businesses are REQUIRED to perform services to potential customers who request services that contradict their Christian beliefs. (Etc.)

Where do you see State-supported Christianity?

This is not the forum for debate. Therefore, let's try to be civil to each other.

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:57 PM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

Boy Bret, for someone who is pretty reasonable about football, you are completely detached from reality on this christian persecution bullyshit.

There are christian churches on every flippin' corner. There are entire TV station & radio stations dedicated to spreading the christian mythology. Every President and Governor ever elected in this country professed christian beliefs. Almost every representative in Congress and in state legislatures is christian. If this is persecution - give me some.


Finally, Dungee got himself in hot water by promoting a blatant falsehood by suggesting that schools were putting litter boxes in their bathrooms for students who identify as cats. If he believes that kind of nonsense enough to spew it on TV, I wonder what other kinds of bullyshit he is talking.

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Jan 24, 2023, 5:20 PM

You’re not paying attention. Brett is 100% accurate. Also, there are Christian TV stations being played everyday, multiple times a day in the Middle East. What does that have to do with persecution? If you think persecution only comes in the form of beheading, you’re mistaken. To the credit of our brothers and sisters in those places, we are not experiencing anything near the degree they are. I could tell you firsthand stories and many of them.

And for the record, I know firsthand a large public high school within two hours of Clemson where parents directly threatened the principal with a lawsuit if the school didn’t put a litter box in the bathroom for their “furry” child. 100% true.

Open your eyes.

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Jan 24, 2023, 6:41 PM

Southeastern

Evidence please ?

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Lol every time I’ve heard this claim made

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Jan 25, 2023, 7:49 AM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

Not one shred of evidence can be provided.

Some folks will believe anything.

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Jan 25, 2023, 1:23 PM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

In Texas, Aggies don’t capitalize the name Texas when it comes to UT, or they say ‘tu’ in small letters as a dig at UT who is their better. You, dude, are the same about the word Christian. It’s a really sad and pathetic dig and like Aggies, I truly pity you.
It must have embarrassed you something awful in your tiny heart for Dabo to give praise to Jesus when he won national titles. That’s fine, you’re able to do that and claim we push it on you which is total baloney. What’s pushed is your people and your gay agenda and it’s on every TV program pretty much. The lavender mafia, your liberal buddies, is alive and well.

By the way, this is a football site, can you push your agenda elsewhere please?

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Jan 25, 2023, 5:56 PM

western

WOW, you are barely finished pushing your non-football agenda before you ask me to stop.

I was gonna rail against your reactionary agenda, but seeing as you are from west Texas - that is punishment enough. I am not gonna pile on.

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lol***

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Conservative values are... but Christianity isn't really

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Jan 24, 2023, 5:06 PM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

by itself the target imo. It's not really a threat to the elites like the US Constitution or the family unit.

There are people who identify as christian who kowtow to contemporary woke values. It's the socially and politically relevant values that are in the crosshairs.

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we know nothing of persecution

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Jan 24, 2023, 5:22 PM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

I am a man of faith, but am also tired of folks who pretend that not having every area of culture catered to your creed (as it had been for centuries) somehow equates to persecution.

Live your life as you see fit (physically, mentally, and spiritually) and allow others to do the same. We aren’t being persecuted, not even close.

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Judging from the number and size of churches, Christianity is fine.

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Jan 24, 2023, 5:32 PM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

Don’t feel threatened at all. Christians are doing fine and just need to focus on “being real Christians” in their thoughts and actions.

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If they focused on being genuinely Christian

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Jan 25, 2023, 12:42 AM

It would be a welcome change.

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That's nutty. Give some examples.***


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Jan 24, 2023, 5:44 PM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

The Guardian is a US edition of a UK newspaper. I would expect no less from them.

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Jan 24, 2023, 7:29 PM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

I agree. Tolerance is not uniformly displayed in this country.

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Quite the opposite actually. Religion, and especially

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Jan 24, 2023, 7:30 PM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

Christianity, is granted freedoms to discriminate that, thankfully, others are not allowed.



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Jan 31, 2023, 9:19 AM

Please elaborate.

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Jan 24, 2023, 8:09 PM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

"If we ever forget we are a nation under God, we will be a nation gone under." - Ronald Reagan

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Jan 25, 2023, 8:21 AM

The "under god" potion wasn't added until the 70's.

Our forefathers would be disgusted by the addition of it.

They were adamant about creating a govt that ruled free of secular power

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Jan 25, 2023, 11:54 AM

Will,

Actually it was in the 1950's - during the Red Scare. Reactionary Congressmen put it into the Pledge and onto money. But your point is still well taken.

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Jan 25, 2023, 11:52 AM [ in reply to Re: Christianity is under attack in America. ]

Tidewater

Ronald Reagan also said,

We in the United States, above all, must remember that lesson, for we were founded as a nation of openness to people of all beliefs. And so we must remain. Our very unity has been strengthened by our pluralism. We establish no religion in this country, we command no worship, we mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are, and must remain, separate. All are free to believe or not believe, all are free to practice a faith or not.

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as someone who considers themselves a believer…

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Jan 24, 2023, 8:13 PM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

no dude it’s not.

it’s the tards on the right and the left that are the threat. the trumptards and the woketards. how no one gets that yet proves the stat that 49% of america is considered dumb and mentally off.

####, just read 90% of poasts in mange and pr bored. there are maybe 2 to 4 brain cells hard at work in the 90% tardnetters.

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I for one am glad you are stopping. You are one of the most ignorant posters ever. You obviously think very highly of your own opinion, unlike the rest of us - RockHillTiger


Re: Christianity is under attack in America.


Jan 24, 2023, 9:14 PM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

I have thought often how lucky we are to have a fan of a rival team visit our board and share his unbiased football knowledge and knowledge in general. Thank you BretFSU. Thank you Tony for being the man you are.

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NO ONE is “persecuting” you people.***

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WHO YOU CALLIN 'YOU PEOPLE?'***

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This post is out of love from one who cares.

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Jan 25, 2023, 5:57 AM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

Christianity is being openly rejected by a particular class of people but that's always been so.

Sin in America is openly accepted. We're more like Corinth than we've ever been. However, no one is attacking Christians physically as they do in other parts of the world and have done since the day of Pentecost.

Paul said we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers in high place. Paul never addressed a political topic. Our battle field in in high places. The state capitols are not high places and neither is DC. The only high place in this world is in the hearts of believers. Our hearts are before God's Holy Throne always. Psa 139 for details.

Our fight is not in controlling government or legislators or laws. Our fight is to win souls for governments, legislators and laws will pass. A soul won to Jesus will not pass but live forever. That is what Jesus was talking about when He said 'greater works than this will ye do.'

He was addressing our ability to reach out to the soul-sick brother who failed and felled from a close relationship to our Father. Jesus was talking about our ability to raise the dead by leading a lost soul to the Cross. He was talking about raising spiritual children to be disciples to Him, to help make them able to win others.

Our job is not to prepare His Kingdom but to fill it with His chosen. We do that only with love and the one place you won't find love is politics. I offer a quote from my post on the 'R&P,' bored...

I can not speak for Christians in general but only for myself. God delivered me from politics. For any Christians who are involved in politics I can say this: Reading the Bible will benefit you much more than reading Gateway Pundit or the New York Times; looking toward God will enrich your soul where looking at Fox News or CNN fails: Praying for those on both sides of politics will benefit them more than opposing one or the other; God can cause you to love, politics will fail because it creates division, strife and hatred.

Politics can ruin a Christian's fellowship with God. Jesus told His disciples to let the dead bury their dead. By that He meant we have other fish to fry. I'm not suggesting that those who spend time on politics are dead but politics can prevent God's Children from living an abundant life. Imo, politics is poison and will numb a man's soul.

I hope this didn't come off as an attack but offer this as best I can believe. Your brother in Christ,

bretfsu®

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Re: Christianity is under attack in America.


Jan 25, 2023, 9:16 AM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

bretfsu® said:

Our culture is not pro-Christian. It is not even neutral on Christianity. We live in an anti-Christian culture (and getting moreso every day).




Pretty sure Israel 2000 years ago was pretty anti-Christian as well. Jesus did say that there would be opposition, but nowhere did he say to complain about it

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Re: Christianity is under attack in America.


Jan 31, 2023, 9:28 AM

Actually in 23AD Christ had not started his mission. There were no Christians. Jesus was Jewish. Paul was a Jew.

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Im 60 years old. And been hearing this forever.

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Jan 25, 2023, 10:20 AM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

Maybe if so called Christians werent so hateful youd be liked more. Save souls and help the downtrodden is what the church is there for. But the hate I hear against my fellow man from so called loving Christians is disgusting. If i hurt anyones feelings too bad.

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Oh yea dont forget seperation of church and state!!!


Jan 25, 2023, 10:21 AM

Thank you founding fathers.

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Bret, you post good stuff on here all the time. But I truly

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Jan 25, 2023, 11:27 AM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

wish this trope of Christianity being under attack would just end. As a 50+ year member of the Methodist church, the church itself has been a worse enemy than outsiders in my experience. There are plenty of people who disagree with public figures that bring their faith into the open and then do or say things in contrast to those principles. Why wouldn’t they? But its not a blanket attack on Christians.

And nothing is getting stronger and more blatant every day, that’s the kinda hyperbole that sells in the pulpit but not the rest of the week. Wearing sack cloth and ash when you have perfectly clean clothing is a ruse the rest of the world sees right through and gives the rest of us a bad name.

Don’t get carried away by idiotic twidder ranting, it is beneath your intelligence and counter to your faith. Tony shouldn’t have gotten carried away in the first place, he admitted this, and said he’d do better in the future. Not a thing in the world wrong with admitting a mistake and trying to learn from it. Shine a light on doing the right thing and the fact that forgiveness is in all of us.

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Jan 25, 2023, 12:00 PM

Slac,

I wish I could give you 10 TUs. I am a non-christian. I imagine our spiritual beliefs are in quite a bit of conflict. But if all christians followed your advice, I think y'all would hear a lot less from the non-christians.

EVERY person, by right of being born, has the right to believe in and feel about whatever they choose. But that right has to be respected for others to be exercised by each of us.

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Jan 25, 2023, 1:03 PM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

I hear you, and it do anger me when I witness so many non-believers of our lord Jesus Christ and our creator that made all things possible. It's also unthinkable how people will believe that something as complexed as the human body exists bc of climate change on earth without a womb to grow in and later be born. If that was so, I surely would like for those smart people to tell me this, did we rise from the rock as adults, or as babies like we enter earth today needing parents, or other adults raising us until we can take care of ourselves.

I understand that we have an enormous group of people that prefer to neglect that we exist the way that the Holy Bible says we were created bc, by not believing in the Bible they feel that it's OK to write/makeup their own set of rules and beliefs totally opposite of what the Bible tells us. My belief is that if that's what you want to fool yourself into believing, know this, that way of thinking IMO is impossible. That goes back to the same ole question of what come first, the chicken or the egg, well it was definitely the chicken bc God created two of all life giving us the organs to multiply. There was something greater in all the trillions miles of space of our galaxy, and that something was called God, the king of our universe, and there is one thing that our scientist can't answer, and that is where do our universe end, and another begins, or if there is actually another universe.

God created the heavens and our earth, and when he had earth ready to support human life, he created Adam and Eve. And if anybody can come up with a better explanation of how man and woman was created so to multiply from a womans womb, I'll listen to your story, but I'll need more than theory, theory is nothing more than thought of another human mind that God also created. I just hope that I'll never hear the screams of the non-believers when judgment day comes, and that's one thing that most all scientist agree on, and that is planet earth has an exploration date, and that my fellow humans is the day that God planned for judgment, once God and his son Jesus have made their judgment, he will destroy this rock in a ball of fire with everyone that chose not to believe he is God, king of all kings, Amen!!!!

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Jan 31, 2023, 7:47 AM [ in reply to Christianity is under attack in America. ]

Sadly, I think you might be watching too much Fox News. Only "Christians" seem to think you are under attack in this country. Many of us prefer to make our own choices with respect to religion and don't like "christianity" being shoved down our throats. Apparently, we see this country from different ends of the spectrum...

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:36 PM

Coach Dungy only has to answer to his savior, JC. He never promised us it would be easy.

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Jan 25, 2023, 12:01 PM

I think he has to answer to his audience (if he wants to keep them) and his bosses.

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Jan 31, 2023, 10:17 AM

Honestly, answering to them and keeping his job pales in comparison to his faith.

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Seems pretty accurate. What exactly is untrue?

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:45 PM

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LOL


Jan 24, 2023, 5:02 PM

LOL

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They want him fired for his personal beliefs.

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Jan 24, 2023, 5:02 PM [ in reply to Seems pretty accurate. What exactly is untrue? ]

I'm not a Christian, and think there should be no legal difference between gay marriage and regular marriage... but the article is clearly written by a demented Karen who has a toxic personality.

It's dripping with distorted self-righteousness and dystopian thought-policing. People who assume that only their narrow perception is "socially acceptable" are dangerous to the rest of us. I'm fine with people who believe differently than me (even if they think its fine dehumanizing and killing unborn children) calling football games.... as long as they keep it off the air.

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I never would have read this

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:46 PM

Much to do about nothing. It’s an opinion piece and clearly labeled as such.

The right, the left, Christians, Muslims, heretics, humanists. We are all under attack.

But I did find this phrasing humorous and as such I gave you a TU as I would never have read without your post.

“Only he could make the last minutes of Jacksonville’s wildcard comeback against Los Angeles about as thrilling as Ben Stein’s roll call in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. “

And for the record I have great admiration and respect for Tony.

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Re: I never would have read this


Jan 24, 2023, 7:30 PM

Yes ... you are right, but even in opinion pieces, stating facts rather than distorting them go a long way.

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:48 PM

Well, maybe he shouldn't stay incredibly ignorant things like public schools are providing litter boxes for kids who identify as cats to pee in.

You know...idk..seems simple.

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Yeah, such a firable offense...***

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Re: Yeah, such a firable offense...***

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Jan 24, 2023, 7:12 PM

Free market flows both ways, whether we like it or not. If the assets he is providing his employer is his expertise and his marketability, what happens when the public no longer demands his brand? Get a more marketable expert. That’s just supply and demand.

NBC gets to play the outrage game with the lunatic fringe now. Will they lose more money from the right wing negative publicity from firing him or the left wing negative publicity for retaining him.

If I were the employer and didnt have tens of thousands of dollars tied up into focus groups on answering that question, I’d probably fire him just for putting our company in that position.

I don’t disagree with him and I really respect him. But I’d fire him nonetheless. Comcast has shareholders to answer to, not a moral high ground to defend.

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Yet he is correct…***


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They weren’t though right?

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Jan 24, 2023, 6:58 PM [ in reply to Re: Hit Piece on Tony Dungy ........... ]

Didn’t public schools in virginia try to act like a dad was transphobic when his girl got raped in a school bathroom by a trans student? If you’d taken that dad’s side initially when that story came out, you’d have been labeled a bigot, but turns out . . . That awfulness did happen . . . And the school district covered it up . . . Just sayin . . . School admins will do some really dumb stuff. Litter boxes don’t seem like that much of a stretch

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:50 PM

agree, I hope the NFL doesn't bend to this. It was pretty obvious during the hours and days after Hamlin collapsed that many on their staff and viewers looked to God for Hamlin's health.

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True... because people are ignorant of medicine and science

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:52 PM

and prefer mythology

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Re: True... because people are ignorant of medicine and science

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:57 PM

BUT GOD PUT THOESE PEOPLE THERE TO SAVE HIM. DUH.

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Uhm I guess. Except for countries with different gods. Guess


Jan 24, 2023, 5:00 PM

THOSE gods did it there...

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Re: Uhm I guess. Except for countries with different gods. Guess

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Jan 24, 2023, 5:12 PM

NO IT WAS MY GOD WHO IS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST YET HAS BLUE EYES AND FLOWING LOCKS

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Your anger belies your professed rationalism

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Jan 25, 2023, 8:34 AM

Maybe you’re no better than the Christians

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Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science.

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Jan 24, 2023, 5:13 PM [ in reply to True... because people are ignorant of medicine and science ]

So can you explain, scientifically, why a living human with his/her own DNA should not be killed at a certain point, but its ok to kill him/her before that particular point?

Again.... please use science to inform us of the exact day that a developing human, with their own DNA and living inside of their mother, shouldn't be considered a living human. Thanks. Feel free to copy and paste the scientific method and walk us through it, so we can all come to the same rational conclusion you have.

Be sure NOT to include religion.... or any type of non-scientific thinking.

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Re: Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science.

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Jan 24, 2023, 6:58 PM

what are you even talking about?

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Re: Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science.

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Jan 24, 2023, 7:21 PM [ in reply to Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science. ]

Are you for with increasing social programs to support babies born into situations that offer next to zero chance to escape poverty?

I’m fine with anti abortion as a stance and would prefer it that way, but I can’t abide people who are anti-abortion and against programs that help that baby after it’s born.

Standing up for unborn children is the easiest thing in the world, they don’t even want anything in return. But god forbid we as a country try to help the addicts, the sex workers, the impoverished, the homeless or the complicated masses. Sorry, rant over.

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Re: Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science.


Jan 24, 2023, 8:15 PM

There is a movement in San Francisco to open “shelters” where drug users can go to get help to “safely” use drugs. Do you think this is helping addicts?

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Re: Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science.


Jan 24, 2023, 8:41 PM

Nope, not at all.

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Re: Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science.

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Jan 24, 2023, 8:57 PM [ in reply to Re: Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science. ]

That isn't just about helping the addicts.

Its about protecting the law enforcement officers or nurses that encounter them along the way. Giving them a clean place to use dramatically cuts down the spread of disease.

You care about keep LEO's safe, don't you?

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Re: Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science.


Jan 24, 2023, 9:06 PM

Definitely. But that is a stretch rationalization. It’s really just enabling.

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Re: Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science.

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Jan 24, 2023, 9:33 PM

There are actually numerous studies that have been conducted in Portugal that people using in those facilities are more likely to express interest in getting clean.

I won't waste my time providing you link. If you'd like to learn more give it a google to see how the change in approach to addiction helped clean up the streets and lives in Portugal. They took a very progressive plan of action and saw great results.

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Re: Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science.


Jan 24, 2023, 10:57 PM

Don’t waste your time. I have (or had in some cases) several examples in my family that I have first hand experience with that have helped form my opinion as opposed to Portuguese case studies. I’m also a huge believer in personal responsibility. You touched on the answer when you mentioned people expressing an interest in getting clean. They have to decide they want to do it. And it would be an extremely hard sell for me to think that making it easier for them to get high is going to help them decide to quit. I hope it helps someone but I don’t agree with that approach.

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Re: Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science.


Jan 25, 2023, 11:21 AM [ in reply to Re: Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science. ]

Sure it is.

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Re: Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science.

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Jan 25, 2023, 12:20 PM [ in reply to Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science. ]

Solid,

In the Roe v Wade decision, the Supreme Court was caught between a rock and a hard place. They wanted to protect the rights of the mother - and the fetus - even though those rights were in conflict. The court consulted medical and scientific experts and research extensively You can look this up if you like). They received numerous amicus briefs from the experts in the these fields as well.

Finally, after extra-long consideration, they chose to use the medical model of trimesters to establish a sliding scale of rights. During the first trimester, the rights of the mother were paramount and she could choose to end the pregnancy with a bare minimum of government intrusion. During the second trimester, the rights of the mother and the fetus became more balanced and the government was allowed to create some parameters but NOT obstacles to ending the pregnancy. Finally in the third trimester, when the fetus might be viable outside of the womb, the fetus's right took precedence and government were allowed to create more stringent guidelines.

The Supreme Court tried to deal with a complex and complicated point of law while the public has increasingly reduced it to a simple yes or no question.

Over the decades since Roe, various reactionary organizations and state legislatures have tried to create laws that answered this knotty question with a simple and emotional NO !. And at every step and challenge to Roe, medical experts and scientists have presented empirical evidence and rational thinking as to why these new restrictions should not be imposed on pregnant women and their privacy.

Today's Supreme Court has finally relented to irrational emotionalism and given the reactionaries what they have long wanted. Today's Supreme Court does not seem to care about the rule of law or stare decesis. They only care about enforcing their dogma on the American people.

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Today's SCOTUS is a Christo-Fascist Nightmare... Period

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Jan 25, 2023, 5:39 PM

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Re: Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science.


Jan 31, 2023, 10:07 AM [ in reply to Re: Nice bumper sticker slogan Mr. Science. ]

The Supreme court created law with Roe vs Wade. This violated separation of powers. This supreme court corrected that and sent it back to the legislature to deal with. That simple. No Pro- or Anti- abortion stance involved.

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Jan 24, 2023, 4:57 PM

Hate sells. Hate garners clicks.

Until we as society learn to stop clicking crap like this, media outlets will not stop producing it.

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Re: Hit Piece on Tony Dungy ...........

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Jan 24, 2023, 5:14 PM

Links,

Could you point out the lies. I missed them.

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Jan 24, 2023, 7:39 PM

This is what Tony said about Michael Sams:

“On Monday afternoon while on vacation with my family, I was quite surprised to read excerpts from an interview I gave several weeks ago related to this year’s NFL Draft, and I feel compelled to clarify those remarks.

I was asked whether I would have drafted Michael Sam and I answered that I would not have drafted him. I gave my honest answer, which is that I felt drafting him would bring much distraction to the team. At the time of my interview, the Oprah Winfrey reality show that was going to chronicle Michael’s first season had been announced.

I was not asked whether or not Michael Sam deserves an opportunity to play in the NFL. He absolutely does.

I was not asked whether his sexual orientation should play a part in the evaluation process. It should not.

I was not asked whether I would have a problem having Michael Sam on my team. I would not.

I have been asked all of those questions several times in the last three months and have always answered them the same way—by saying that playing in the NFL is, and should be, about merit.

The best players make the team, and everyone should get the opportunity to prove whether they’re good enough to play. That’s my opinion as a coach. But those were not the questions I was asked.

What I was asked about was my philosophy of drafting, a philosophy that was developed over the years, which was to minimize distractions for my teams.

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I do not believe Michael’s sexual orientation will be a distraction to his teammates or his organization.

I do, however, believe that the media attention that comes with it will be a distraction. Unfortunately we are all seeing this play out now, and I feel badly that my remarks played a role in the distraction.

I wish Michael Sam nothing but the best in his quest to become a star in the NFL and I am confident he will get the opportunity to show what he can do on the field.

My sincere hope is that we will be able to focus on his play and not on his sexual orientation.

The statement was provided to Sports Talk Florida by a representative of Dungy."

This is what The Guardian said:

"When Michael Sam, pro football’s first out gay player, was drafted by the St Louis Rams in 2014, Dungy said he wouldn’t have wanted the University of Missouri linebacker on his team because of his sexual orientation and the potential distractions it might bring."

That is a lie. He did not say he would not draft Sams because he was gay!

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Jan 25, 2023, 9:58 AM

Nothing the left hates more than the concept of people getting jobs based on merit. He better watch out or they'll be calling him a white supremacist next.

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Jan 24, 2023, 5:48 PM

He better be careful or Antifa scum will burn his house down with him inside and not a single person on the left would even acknowledge Antifa is real, much less condemn its actions.

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Jan 24, 2023, 5:53 PM

He made a mistake and ran with a newly founded urban myth that had gained some traction on social media and was being constantly repeated. Fake news can exist on both ends of the political spectrum. This is just where we find ourselves these days.

He recognized the error of his ways and apologized for it. I don't know him but I've read enough about him to believe he is a good man. We all make mistakes; when these guys do, it happens to be in from of millions of people.

I'm glad my mistakes don't receive national attention...

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The Only Thing Keith O. Should Be Quoted On

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Jan 24, 2023, 6:37 PM

Is as an expert on grooming middle school boys for his pedophilia

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A True Story


Jan 24, 2023, 7:08 PM

minus Religion and Politics .. football related since the dog’s name was “Punter” ..

Dog Shoots and Kills His Owner, 32, in Freak Hunting Accident, Kansas Authorities Say
The victims was reportedly sitting in the front passenger seat of his pickup truck when his dog stepped on a rifle in the back seat on Saturday
ABIGAIL ADAMS
Officials in Kansas say a man has died after he was shot by his dog in a freak hunting accident.
The Sumner County Sheriff's Office said the accident occurred Saturday morning in the area of 80th Street South and River Road, north of Geuda Springs, according to ABC affiliate KAKE and CBS affiliate KWCH-DT.

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Jan 24, 2023, 7:25 PM

I would be considered a moderate and really sympathetic to both sides of abortion issue. I am also a Christian , respect Tony Dungy, and still would disagree with him on some issues. But why would a private citizen speaking their own views in our Land of the Free be justification to call for his dismissal as a sports broadcaster?

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Christian persecution which is the irony of this thread.***

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Re: Christian persecution which is the irony of this thread.***


Jan 24, 2023, 8:19 PM

If that is what you get out of all of this you are missing the point. It is about character assassination of a decent human being from a publication that professes to be a neutral arbiter of all things. They are anything but that.

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Jan 25, 2023, 12:57 AM [ in reply to Re: Hit Piece on Tony Dungy ........... ]

I think the point is that he works for a publicly traded company. What he says, whether it’s reflective of Comcast’s beliefs or not, could have an impact on their bottom line.

It’s a pretty sad reflection of our values as a country that we regularly value profit and product in higher esteem than labor and community.

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Re: Hit Piece on Tony Dungy ...........

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Jan 24, 2023, 8:07 PM

Christianity has and always will be under attack. Jesus warns us about this. Satan works through non Christians and even some people who claim to be Christians to bring them down. Remember Satan wants your soul. Satan takes a little bit of your soul at a time. He leads you to believe that killing unborn babies is ok. He leads you to believe that pre marital sex is ok.
Having same sex marriages is ok. Putting yourself first is ok. The list goes on. Look at the main stream media direct the fools to believe whatever they tell them. Christians make mistakes and sin just like most people. Ask yourself this question. Would you rather have a world full of Christians or have no Christians at all? The answer is majority of the crimes and problems in this world come from non Christians. If we all try to live like Jesus then the world is a great place. Yes I'm sure some non believers are going to point out some bad Christians and the things they have done. I just hope and pray everyone can find Christ and I will see you someday in heaven.

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Re: Hit Piece on Tony Dungy ...........

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Jan 25, 2023, 8:02 AM

How exactly are Christians under attack? Seems I see people say this a lot but the examples of being attacked are usually limited to things like gays being able to be married or someone saying Happy Holidays to them.

Do you have a link to your study of crimes committed by Christians compared to non-Christians?

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To these idiots, apparently Bible believing Christians


Jan 24, 2023, 8:19 PM

are dangerous, extremist nutjobs. What a steaming pile of dung. I can assure all of you angry, hateful, anti-Christians; Tony Dungy and others who share his beliefs should be the least of your worries.

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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
- H. L. Mencken


They are lost, we shouldn't expect more from them.***


Jan 25, 2023, 5:59 AM



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Re: They are lost, we shouldn't expect more from them.***


Jan 25, 2023, 12:23 PM

1988

Could you look up the word condescending for me ?

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This made me laugh. He has a sense of humor

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Jan 24, 2023, 11:37 PM

some school districts are putting litter boxes in school bathrooms for students who identify as cats

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Sarcasm and parody.


Jan 25, 2023, 5:54 AM

Clearly, some people missed that.

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It would be hilarious if he qualified it as satire.***


Jan 25, 2023, 6:00 AM [ in reply to This made me laugh. He has a sense of humor ]



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Re: It would be hilarious if he qualified it as satire.***


Jan 25, 2023, 9:55 AM

Christianity is under attack but certain groups and individuals and it is getting louder. If anyone denies this, then they are not able to ascertain reality. Most Christian principles are being destroyed by our government, by the movie industry, television networks, even our schools. Lying and stealing and cheating is very obvious by many of our elected officials in Washington and they are basically saying that this is O.K.

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Re: It would be hilarious if he qualified it as satire.***

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Jan 25, 2023, 11:52 AM

How is Christianity being attacked by the movie industry? So if a movie includes a gay character then that's an attack on Christianity? Is a movie making an attack on Islam every time they show a woman without their face covered, or do people just make movies without factoring in whether they're upsetting someone's religion?

I grew up Christian, and I honestly struggle with my belief these days, and a large part of that reason is due to the judgement and hate that I see so many people put out with religion as the reason. There just seems to be so much judgement from a group of people who aren't supposed to judge. If only Christians followed the "thou shall not judge" part of the Bible the same way they do some vague parts about gays then the world would be such a better place.

It's not just that though, my idea of God is one that is fully loving, understanding, and accepting of people into his grace as long as people do their best to be good people. I know someone will say there's a difference in just being a good person and being a good person that follows the Bible, but that's where I struggle. In the eyes of many, a gay person could be fully devoted to Christianity(other than being gay). This person could literally find the cure for all cancers and then take every single penny they receive for finding the cure and donate it to charities. This person could also devote every free second of their time to volunteering to help people in need, and spend their whole life putting others first, but in the eyes of many the loving God they worship would cast this person away to eternal hell because they happened to be attracted to someone that's the same gender as they are. That's seriously what you believe God is?

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You sound like the difference between


Jan 25, 2023, 5:13 PM

JESUS Christians (the minority in the US)

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MURICAN Christians that worship blue eyed, cracker white gun totin' Stars and Bars waving JAYSUS!!!

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Which 'Christian' principles are under attack?


Jan 25, 2023, 5:12 PM [ in reply to Re: It would be hilarious if he qualified it as satire.*** ]

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I don't even want to give them clicks on the article.***

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Re: I would have prefaced that by asking people refrain from

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Jan 25, 2023, 1:20 PM

giving that rag of a publication any mouse clicks. It's a hit piece that deserve zero clicks, IMO.

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Screw Calford.


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Jan 25, 2023, 6:01 PM

Religion is a belief. Nothing more - nothing less. The way a person believes or disbelieves is his right. You may strongly believe in Christianity but it is a belief. You may believe in another form of religion. That is your right. Some people are agnostic. Those people are just not certain what is true and what isn’t. If my beliefs are different than yours accept me or don’t . It’s your choice.

I have met many,many people in my long life who profess to be devout Christians. If they truly are .... I’m going to be something else, AMEN

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Re: Hit Piece on Tony Dungy ...........

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Jan 25, 2023, 6:35 PM

Tony opposes murdering innocent unborn babies. What is wrong with that?

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Re: Hit Piece on Tony Dungy ...........


Jan 30, 2023, 8:39 PM

If we have to listen to you libtards then you will listen to Dungy. You all know what you can go do with your mentally ill selves.

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