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As a pastor I don't like "Faith Night" Orphan night, widow, night, homeless night, children at risk night something to share love and hope with someone would work for me. IMHO
AWESOME...I don't want "membership priviliges" with my faith! Serve someone else. Someone who needs it.
It is really hard, I know there are some well meaning Christian athletes who probably do things behind the scenes I don't know about, and they probably have the best intentions... but could we just love, just love somemore, just give some love without expecting anything back? Why do they have to come to our church or feel like we want something from them? Jesus loves what if he wanted me just to represent? I fall short- but religion really tires me out to me religion and Jesus are two very different things-
Agreed, and I'm not even Christian. My stomach still knots up when I drive by the Summit and see what it is now.
yeah..here's a little tip. it's ok to NOT put your name in big letters across the top of your church or synagogue.
I agree it is but I don't like it at all. I am a white (Greek American) christian (Greek Orthodox) who thinks this is a ploy to make white church going fans associate with his team and his sport over the others. Look I feel that the NFL and it's close to 100% american born players and the NBA even with close to 15% of it's players foreign born identify with me more than the over 20% of foreign born players in the MLB, many of which don't speak english nor do they try to. My point is, the Astros seem to go out of their way to draft certain players and present a certain image so that you feel compfortable with your white, christian ball players. Look at Carlos Lee, he might not be white but he wears a cowboy hat and owns a ranch. I bet Drayton would rather have him than Vlad (who can't speak a lick of english) because he can market it better despite Vlad being a much better player. I won't accuse anyone over there of being racist but I think that everthing is done with some sort of agenda, this is the same guy who did not want to sell beer when he purchased the team. I love baseball and I love my Astros but this is overboard imo. What can you identify with more? A euro basketball player who speaks english with a funny accent or a latino who does not speak english? How about a young guy who is about fast living and does not try to hide it or some bible beater who talks about god every chance they have. I don't care if Drayton only has white, christian ball players or if they are all latino but I know one thing for sure he is not embracing everyone in this city by being so blunt with this promotion that is pushing his religious agenda. Let just have pro-life night while we are at it and then we can have passages read during the 7th inning stretch
I've kind of rethought my position. It doesn't and shouldn't matter at all what religion I am. It shouldn't matter to the Astros what religion their fans are either. A few of you mentioned that this is a privately owned organization and they can do this if they want to. I'd have less problem with that if it wasn't being held in a publicly financed stadium. They can have this day if they want to. I would just prefer they call it what it really is..."Christian Day". If I were able to make the game on Saturday, I would not attend. Not because there would be hoards of crazy gentiles running around. But because I simply don't feel welcome to this particular game.
I'm from NYC so I'm not sure what you're talking about. Whats wrong with the summit? Someone told me some armani suit wearing "preacher" bought it. Is that what you talking about?
agree 100%, this is the tax payers of Harris county's stadium not the 2nd baptist stadium. And yes don't "dumb it down" to faith day
If you call it Faith Night, all faiths should be represented. Faith Night is being used as a pc term for Christian Night...that's exactly what it is. I think I saw a story about this on Outside the Lines. Using the Bible to sell tickets is big business in the south...every minor league team has one or more Faith "Christian" Nights. One team had Jesus and Moses bobble heads. Faith Nights are guaranteed sellouts because of the Ned Flanders'.
I wish that were true. Do that to most Israeli women (at least in Israel) and she'll be suspicious. Or laugh at you. Or ask if you are gay... For the most part they'll see it as phony. Here's one that played right after me last Sunday night: <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yerb0-zUe7g"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yerb0-zUe7g" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
I dont know what its a worse sign for, the Astros or Faith. You'd think a team whose fanbase could support "Faith Night" could whip up enough prayers to score us a battting order with more runs than the Devil Rays and a pitching staff ranked better than 25th in the majors. Chalking it up to 'marketing' is crass. Judiasm, Islam, Christianity - all those faiths have, lodged in there somewhere, the notion that non-believers are inferior. It's one of the pillars. Not necessarily of the people who subscribe, but definitely of the religious texts. I think secular institutions - I dont care if it's school, baseball, the tax assessor, congress, whatever - are most healthy when leaning towards inclusivity rather than exclusivity. Commercializing "faith" - which by the way is a BS euphemism for Protestant Christianity, judging by the schedule - at a baseball game is totally inappropriate.
I can see minor league clubs doing it cause they struggle for cash but a major league team doesn't need it to survive. It says a lot about McLane and the Astros marketing people to let this go through without thinking about the other faiths.
Are all the proceeds from ticket sales and concessions being given to charity? Must be tough... Drayton and the boys are all pretty wealthy. Mark 10: 17-21 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good—except God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'[a]" "Teacher," he declared, "all these I have kept since I was a boy." Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said. "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." At this the man's face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.
