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Atheists & Agnostics

progressoid

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5. My Jr High baskeball coach always had us "bow for a prayer" before each game.

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Wed Jan 23, 2019, 06:30 PM

Jan 2019

It was a real downer. We're getting all psyched for the game and then we get interrupted to thank the deity for some reason.

He was also the head of the FCA - The Fellowship of Christian Athletes. I had to go to one on their meetings. Puke. What a bunch of pious a-holes.

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