Post#55 » by Cramer » Wed Jan 9, 2008 2:27 am
Try going over to that liberal bastion called the Current Affairs board. That crew of whack jobs thinks there's nothing worse nor stupider than someone that believes in God.
As for Gibbs, there is a lot of historical stuff related to his faith that might cause one to scratch his head. He wrote a book about his faith that someone gave me (why I have no **** idea) and I read most of it and some of it caused me to pause. He's adamant that he wouldn't consider doing business with someone that hadn't turned his life over to Christ and things like that. That's fine and that's his choice, but some of the stuff seemed a bit excessive to me. The guy isn't knocking on my door trying to get me to do it so I really don't care.
There were also a lot (a lot) of stories back in the day about guys that used to fake their faith (going to Sunday morning mass when they had no desire to, things like that) because they thought it helped them stick with the team. It was always assumed that all things being equal, or even kind of close, the Christian was going to get the benefit of the doubt over the heathen. Apparently his religion has made numerous players on the Skins more than a bit uncomfortable over the years. But, almost all bosses have some kind of quirk, for lack of a better word, that people have to deal with.
I have nothing but the utmost respect for Joe Gibbs, both as a coach and a man, buy I do think he kind of pushes the envelope as far being a football coach and putting his religion out there. On the other, hand a lot of coaches push the envelope as far as being dicks and treating people like dirt. Which would you rahter have? I'd probably go to mass on Sunday morning.
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