Assistant coaches Troy Collier, Steve Flint, William Howze and Ball State Strength and Conditioning Coordinator Jason Roberson attended practices during the Cardinals’ first two weeks of summer conditioning in May. The appearances are secondary violati…

I went to church every Sunday whether I liked it or not and it definitely has impacted my life in a positive way.

Babar: I believe you make some solid points about education as well. I have to say, though, that spirituality (as a synonym for ethics and character) is indispensable. Character without education leaves communities full of churches without the resources or infrastructure to sustain themselves on anything but liquor stores and music videos. Been there, done that, hated it. Education without character creates slaveocracies, Jim Crowism and neoconservatism. Been there, done that, hated it.

A balance is what we’re all looking for.

You can’t diminish the religious experience of others no matter what religion they practice.

To each his own…

Firstly, if Broussard thinks America is very secular, he needs to do some serious research.

I’m assuming when he says ’spirituality’, he means pertaining to religion. The KKK is religious. The white slave owners were religious. There are thousands of religions. All religion is not good.

Education is more important than religion. Rather than scare children into thinking that God will send them to hell if they don’t abide and be moral- which plenty of religions continue to do- why not teach kids morals simply with compassion. Can’t we, human beings, be moral without religion? Unless we are mentally retarded, humans are able to understand how our actions would affect and be interpreted by others.

I cringe when anybody thanks God for their abilities and their success. Why are they more worthy than others? Maybe if they thank God for inspiring them to become great, it would be more warranted. But shouldn’t the goal to become what they want be sufficient enough, rather than relying on a supposed God to give them strength?

God didn’t make great athletes. Genes and hard work did.

I apologize for what I said to you yesterday. I was in a bad mood.

peace.

Trust me, every brother or sister that gets in trouble
isn’t Mandela, contrary to what the extremists will have
you believe. The issue here has not been Vick’s guilt or
innocence, only how everything has been covered by the MSM.
Unfortunately, personal responsiblity in this day and time
has been cast aside in favor of excuses and justification for
bad behavior, and that bothers ALL right thinking people.
The beauty of the TSF is no one spared criticsm if it’s due,
but it comes from a totally different perspective than the
paint by numbers style of the MSM. The same can be said for
those of us who traffic this site, yourself included.

BTW, I’m looking forward to the CFB season also.

I’ll be perfectly honest. I understand what this site means to the contributors here. When I challenge people, or “call them out”, I only do it b/c there is so much blame to go around and it deserves to be spread evenly. It is NOT that I think white people are perfect or that I am a racist. Not even close. I just like to challenge people when I think they are defending people only b/c they happen to be black…no matter what they may have done. Some people will defend that by saying that if they don’t defend every black person, then….or black people wouldn’t be in that situation if the whites had not…so, I understand we will go around and around.

It does get tiring at times and I want to give up trying to give another perspective(mostly b/c I don’t think it is welcomed here most of the time). But, I’m not one of the “Vick should fry/hang/rot” crowd. Those white people are embarassing and contribute to the problem and the stereotype.

I just hope there is some good COLLEGE FOOTBALL fans here, b/c it is coming. I would much rather talk about that. Not sure if it will happen, but I have my fingers crossed.

Absolutely.

No problem. i may not always agree with you, but I respect
your passion. From time to time we will disagree on some things,
but as long as we keep it civil, it’s all good. Cool?

Nice to know you are thinking of me.

What else is working?

I have an interview with an up and coming fashion designer on my site that you all will enjoy. Eric’s father adds some Pop wisdom to the conversation.

http://www.michaeltillery.com/main.htm

Point taken. But if you read through the heavy Christian bias, I think he’s saying that slaves needed heavy spiritual strength to overcome, be it Christianity, or any other sort of spirituality.

Malcolm, though, would agree with you, certainly before the last year or so of his life, that there was/is a white supremicist brand of Christianity that has long been used to opress.

Keep the interviews comin…

Yeah Chris, they took our ancestors off their land, shipped them over on boats in which they had to endure some of the most horrific, inhumane conditions ever. They Stripped them of their culture, language, and religion. Systematically broke families apart with little regard, and forced us to worship a thoroughly westernized, white supremacist version of Christianity that was used to justify the practice of slavery… yeah Chris, thats what helped black folks rise up, it had nothing to do with their own internal sense of social justice, that would cut across religious lines and we can’t have that now can we.

I hope in part 2 you ask him about his open hostility towards homosexuals.

Interesting interview though. They need to get that black athlete’s group off the ground pronto.

Thanks for profiling Chris… great job, as usual

I was on the train one day and happend to get a seat next to him (before I knew who he was) and he was on the phone talking basketball at a very insider-ish level. When he got off the phone I asked him if he was a writer or something; he smiled and responded in the affirmative. And then we talked hoops for the next 40 minutes on the train. As it turned out, he lives in the same town I do so I see him from time to time. Talk about a genuine dude, Chis is that. I’m happy for the success and notoriety he’s received and hopefully we’ll see him moer on ESPN. BTW, apparently Chris is NOT some unathletic nerd… I’ve heard from dudes at the Y that he can really ball…