Kopp Disclosure
(John 3:19-21)
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"Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in
vain."
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Though I'm
dumbfounded by the intellectual inconsistencies aka hypocrisies of my state's
governing body for athletics and its local affiliate that enable
gross inequities juxtaposed to public/private/parochial schools when it
comes to rosters, eligibility, recruiting, and "classes" that mock
competitive fairness as well as causing even the most dumbfounded like me to
question their integrity not to mention sanity, I've always liked when my
favorite public school plays the parochial school in our conference.
They pray before
games; asking graces for safety and sportsmanship.
Annnnnnnd maybe that's why
their players and fans are consistently more civil than their counterparts.
I won't speculate
about the won/lost stats.
Whoa.
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Anyway, with my
favorite public school football team out of the playoffs this year, I went
to see the parochial school play a public school kinda related to my favorite
one last Saturday.
It was a really
good game with David almost defeating Goliath.
Truth is the parochial
school had more numbers with better players because of their incredibly to
unconscionably limitless geographical recruiting, uh, selective, uh, parochial,
uh, borderless, uh, whatever,
uh, uh, uh,...
Psst.
That's how those
governing bodies mentioned in the first paragraph talk when asked about the
competitive fairness of public schools limited to precise geographical borders
playing parochial schools that don't have to play by the same rules.
Geez.
You can even
smoke next to the boys/girls outhouses inside the confines of their stadium!
Buuuuuuut that's not why
I'm writing.
I'm writing
because the public school student-fans sported an interesting banner throughout
the game: "Jesus Loves Us Too!"
Because it was
held up several times throughout the game, I figured administrators, coaches,
parents, and their booster club thought it was kinda cool.
Getting back to
speculations, I ain't gonna speculate on the motivation or meaning; though the
message, from everything that I know about Biblically Christocentric faith, is
true.
Jesus loves
everybody!
Praise the Lord!
That kinda evens
the score; even though there are almost as many priests on the sidelines as
coaches when they play public schools that have banned their counterparts.
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Yeeeeeeet I'm not sure
that was the intent of the banner.
Surely, the
silence of the parochial school's partisans whenever the banner appeared was
uneasy and didn't prompt me to sense their appreciation of the demonstration.
Was it just kids
being kids and having some fun?
Was it something
sarcastic?
Was it mocking?
Was it in good,
poor, bad, or no taste?
Was it classy or classless?
Was it aimed at
the priests?
Was it aimed at
the whole hyperbolized separation of church and state thing?
I don't know.
I won't
speculate.
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It just seemed
ironic to me.
Public schools
have kicked out Jesus from their halls, classrooms, curricula, pre-game
ceremonies, graduations, and...
Yeah, I know they
invite Him back in whenever there's some kinda tragedy that, uh, drives 'em to
their knees.
Buuuuuuut day to day and
game to game, public schools have, essentially, outlawed Him.
Again, apart from
the irony, I haven't reached any conclusions about why He came up on the public
side of that game with the parochial school last Saturday.
On the other
hand, it was kinda nice to see a public school mention Him by name.
Maybe.
Again, apart from
the irony, I just don't know.
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Blessings and Love!
2 comments:
Bob,
He does show up at the most unlikely places :)
"Jesus Loves Us Too!" Maybe it was a Pharisee and Publican kind of thing.
What next, John 3.16 banners? Oh, wait, John 3.16's already been adorning stadiums for years.
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