haha, this reminds me of some lines in the great 1987 Ice-T song Squeeze the Trigger:
Danielle from American Pickers seems like a cool girl to hang with. Mike and Frank are c*cks tho...
Danielle and Mike picked a house in my town. Word was TV did not do Danielle justice. Mike was said to be a nice guy and very gracious with his time.
For those on the west shore, our state rep is Mike Regan. In high school a guy was picking on a special needs student in the Cedar Cliff cafeteria. Mike stepped in and took him out to the courtyard and gave him an ass kicking. I think that Mike was a golden gloves boxer as a kid. He became a US Marshall before getting into politics. You can disagree with his politics, but he's a good person.
I was just kidding about Mike and Frank. They've been to johnstown area 3 times. Heard nothing but good things about them from people who met them. Danielle I met at an Altoona Curve game of all places. She was there signing autographs. Thought she was much prettier in person.
She's got some awesome calves lol. Not that I was looking or anything
West Shore! I had totally forgotten that idiom referring to the West side of the Susquehanna! Only people from the Harrisburg area know what it actually means. I have to admit, you guys sure had some nice looking girls to chase after over there.
I am glad I had older brothers in school a lot of bullying went on in my high school after the bullies found out my last name they didn't bother me as I was small when I was in school!
The East shore, West shore thing is still a major part of this area. People act like they're driving to another state when they go the the other side.
This sort of illustrates the point. These guys are basically preaching to the choir while others don’t even listen. Like just about everything else in life, moderation is the key. Vary your message if you want to reach people. Monotony gets people to tune out and ignore everything you are saying.
Some will hear and some won’t. There are a ton of young men and women who do hear what the people that they look up to in the sport are saying… that’s who it’s for. If you aren’t truly living for Christ those things will eventually sort themselves out but Christ will work through that person in the same way he does a truly pious believer. It’s not our job to decide how it will be accepted or who it will make comfortable.… it’s our job to spread those seeds and be the salt and light. Never dim the light
Never dim the light and eventually you blind the people you are trying to shine it on. Boring people to the point that they know what you are going to say before you say it kills the message. Wrestlers can actually talk about just wrestling once in a while. But what do I know, the statistics on religion show preaching to the choir is working great, so why change?
We’re all works in progress. They’ll learn to better deliver their testimony but no… you don’t ever dim your light (if it genuine in faith and love for Christ).
Tough position to judge. I mainly commented because they pulled Snyder into it. I’m honestly not a very big fan of AB. It doesn’t feel as genuine imo. That said… Paul wouldn’t have been distracted by something like wrestling in the first place. He had a God delivered purpose and lived fully within Gods will (or as close to it as any true man ever has imo). But to answer your question… Paul tied everything to Christ. The anointment on his life and the Holy Spirit working through him allowed him to reach multitudes but let’s not act like it was all peachy. He was stoned to death, beaten, imprisoned, exiled and eventually beheaded for the brightness of his light and his message of the Gospel
I agree with what you say regarding Paul, but it’s also important to remember that something absolutely extraordinary happened to convert him to his belief in Christ. Personally, I think it’s exactly what is described in the Book of Acts.
Absolutely. As I alluded to, whether I’m personally a huge fan of AB or not… I fully support him sharing his faith like he does.
I mean, who cares?
I also think it’s rich given how overtly religious most of the Iranian and Russian wrestlers are, it’s just different religion they’re pushing.
He was stoned to death,beaten,imprisoned,exiled,and eventually beheaded??
Only because someone forgot to buy the poison.
I'm not religious at all. My scientific mind finds it preposterous that there is literally a magic wizard who created the universe and is living in the sky to judge people. I mean, if people want to belong to a church because they are seeking a community that brings together like-minded people and they enjoy the tribal rituals associated with it, that's fine. Humans have always been social animals so it's not surprising that communities like this exist and are popular. Where you lose me is when you take it literally instead of as a kind of shared folklore that brings you together even though you understand it's not literally real.
So what you're saying is Aaron isn't genuine because Paul wasn't distracted by wrestling?
lol not at all. As I said, I fully support him sharing his faith.
Well keep in mind that any severe trouncing of Ok State by Penn State next year will include CStar but not AB. 😁
lol Thanks for the heads up… I’ll start prepping. I also don’t want yall to think I’m trying to single out PSU guys. I’m a huge fan of most of the guys who have came out from under Cael. Starting with Bo there seemed to be a bit of culture shift that lends itself to the cockiness of a blueblood. AB and Starocci are in the vein. Easy to love if they are yours but hard for the outside world to handle
I am fine with anyone's belief......until it comes to football. Every single game-ending field goal has many praying on both sides. Half are always crushed. Does the Almighty really push those attempts wide right? Does he/she know who I bet on? It is either BS or he/she watches too much football. Too funny. Now, lets get back to wrestling
