naw, I just met a lot supercilious atheists in my time who act very snotty, sometimes worse then religious people . And this is coming from a guy who leans toward not believing.
If you read the article, he is not trying to push his beliefs on anyone but defending his own. He is not the anti-Tebow.
I would have preferred that Foster refrain from publicly revealing this stuff until he retires from the NFL. Just keep quiet about controversial non-football subjects, concentrate on his job, get his groin healed up.
What does it have to do with his ability to train or play football? Are you saying the same thing about JJ Watt who seems to be in every commercial and tv show going right now?
Because he pretends to be something he's not to promote his "brand" and it's annoying. He reminds me of that college freshman that just got home from their first semester who thinks they know something because they took a class. He comes off immature and unintelligent to me.
Great article. Decent story. Lack of religion is no doubt a bigger thing for professional athletes than 99% of other adults, so it's interesting to hear. The thing about atheists is, while they are generally disliked in lame ass polls, there's no real way in which they are discriminated against. Last I heard, they tended to be more educated and wealthy and had the lowest rate of incarceration. So any "out" campaign that invokes similarities to oppression received by racial minorities or even homosexuals is absurd and stupid. But I don't think that's what Arian is doing; I think he's just saying "hey, we're here, just fyi." And I have no problem with that. Just sucks that Jesus had to go and f*** with the man's groin.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Arian thought college should be an adventure that demands adaptability and invites discomfort.</p>— Travis Heath (@DrTravisHeath) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrTravisHeath/status/629656374280990721">August 7, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When Forsett ends a conversation or text with "I'll pray for you" - as he often does - Foster responds with "And I'll think for you."</p>— Travis Heath (@DrTravisHeath) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrTravisHeath/status/629656741337149440">August 7, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
BS... Hopefully this encourages more athletes, celebrities, and influencers to also come out and say they don't believe in God.
The reason he comes off as a douche is that he kind of is/was. That's kind of the point he's trying to make. Within the last few months, he's tweeted how he's given up taking himself so seriously and that's allowed him to be more comfortable with himself and others. I think he realizes it's a process. I can't hate on him for that. Making this public is just another way for him to be free and not worry about what people think.
Never said that. He's pretending to be something he isn't. And saying, "I like Egypt" doesn't make you intelligent.
People are just hostile period. To go public with anything is a major risk, unless you're JJ Watt kissing babies. When Forsett ends a conversation or text with "I'll pray for you" - as he often does - Foster responds with "And I'll think for you." This is passive-aggressive kinda stuff. Just cheesy, in my opinion. But it will earn him hero worship from some groups and hostility from others. Yay, social media.
Foster should literally not expend any energy, mental or physical, on anything other than healing that groin, folks.
There is no institutionalized oppression of atheists in the U.S. All oppression comes within communities and families. Kids are shunned by parents because they choose not to believe and many Bible Belt towns disparage atheists in their community.
