GreekAlex wrote:Spider156 wrote:bstein14 wrote:
Are you ok with it if he's Muslim and using his platform to try and convince people that believe in God to "wake up" and find belief in Muhammad and a need to go out and read and learn the Quran.
There are billions of people that believe in religions other than Christianity.
I’m Muslim. I’m fine with what Ivey said. I think there’s way worse things said on television than to follow Jesus. Nothing wrong with it in my opinion. As a Muslim I believe in Jesus and how he will come back to defeat the antichrist. Most Christians don’t know Muslims believe in Jesus and how he will be back.
Anyway, nothing wrong with what he said. Clearly he’s got the effort and the energy (faith) to be “lucky” in life. Ivey likely gonna become better and better because of his faith.
Even though I have a different faith, I’m a big fan of someone who has faith in their religion because we severely lack that nowadays.
Truth is nobody wants to hear religion talk nowadays so he will grow into learning that.
This post made my day. I feel the same way and I gravitate towards communities and cultures that are more rooted in faith.
I myself am a Christian and have many Muslim and Jewish friends. I have lots of respect for all people that have faith based values.
As much as the consistent negativity from some posters is annoying, being offended for someone else is probably worse.
A large % of Americans, including many Christians, would not be ok with a popular athlete coming out and saying that people who haven't found Islam need to "wake up".... Like I said I have no problem with giving credit or thanks to God/Jesus but its the idea that people who don't have the same belief need to "wake up" that rubs me the wrong way with that. Or even an athlete who is atheist trying to use his platform to promote Atheism and telling people that have faith in a god that they need to "wake up" and stop believing that BS. Any way you slice it a pro athlete shouldn't be out there calling out people for having a different set of beliefs than they have.