Andre
Iguodala is the MVP of the Warrior’s winning of the 2015 NBA Basketball
Championship (the honor was well deserved).
In an interview, right after the game, the MVP credited God for the
win. Who am I to disagree with an MVP,
but the assumption does raise some questions in my agnostic mind? Like, why does God favor Oakland over
Cleveland? What has Cleveland ever done
to Him? There is probably a higher
percentage of drug abuse, gay marriage and reason, in the Bay Area than there
is in Cleveland. Aren’t those traits
that The God of The Bible opposes? Why
did God punish those poor Cleveland bastards?
Perhaps the
answer lies in the actions of Lebron James, earlier that day. James was quoted as saying that his Cavaliers
would win the sixth game because he is the best player in today’s game of
basketball. This is a clear example of
the sin of Pride. It happens that he is
the best there is in the game today, but saying so, even if true, is a
sin. Now, my question would be, “Does Stephen
Curry (another of God’s Warriors) think he is the best in the game?” Curry certainly performs way above his
physical stature. I’m not sure that an
athlete doesn’t have to have that self-confidence, in order to perform at that
championship level. Curry is a quiet
sort, so he wouldn’t do the bragging that James does.
There was a
stadium full of people and a large group outside of the stadium, praying for
the Cleveland team to win that game. That
is a lot of focused praying. Did God pay
no attention to all of that praying, because Lebron ran his mouth? Are 50,000 prayers less important than one
slip of the tongue? Could God not have
broken James’s leg on the first tip-off and yet let the home team win? He could still allow the Warriors to win game
seven at their stadium, if Andre is correct.
Something is wrong here! I hate
to give God advice, but that never stopped Moses.
Iguodala,
God’s Warrior, could not hit a free throw to save his soul. It was like God was teaching him a lesson at
the foul line. God’s Lid was on that
basket. What is the message here? Was it for Iguodala not to get a big head to
go with his big arms? I suspect it was a
lesson in Pride. “Andre, you will not
hit a free-throw unless I say so.” – God
(When I played basketball at Loyola University, Los Angeles, most
members of the team crossed themselves before shooting a free-throw. We still only hit a normal percentage. Go figure.)
I think The God
of The Bible screws up the game. He
should keep his nose out of athletics and schools. I would like to see us living with an
awareness of the miracle of existence, not national championships or men
sharing the Earth with Dinosaurs. Life
is so much simpler if you try to stick with reason. Or, is life “beyond the human intellect”? What do you think?
Cheers, Old
Buz The Agnostic
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