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Capt. Obvious

(9,002 posts) Wed Apr 16, 2014, 09:11 AM Apr 2014

So Apparently Blake Griffin Is A Young Earth Creationist

At one point, the interviewer brings up the fact that Griffin was home-schooled as a child, and then (jokingly, I'm assuming) asks Griffin if he is Team Creationism or Team Evolution. Griffin replies:

I was raised in a Christian household and went to a Christian high school, so I believe in creationism, for sure.

The interviewer asks Griffin if he really thinks the Earth is only 6,000 years old, to which Griffin replies, rather hilariously:

I don't want to do the math, but somewhere around there.

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So Apparently Blake Griffin Is A Young Earth Creationist (Original Post) Capt. Obvious Apr 2014 OP

Hence the University of Oklahoma appealed to him... joeybee12 Apr 2014 #1

I believe he played for OK State. KamaAina Apr 2014 #3

I'm pretty sure it was Oklahoma... joeybee12 Apr 2014 #4

By FSM, you're right. KamaAina Apr 2014 #5

I sort of recall them being favorites when he was a soph, and then joeybee12 Apr 2014 #6

they made it to the elite 8 -- lost to eventual champion North Carolina fishwax Apr 2014 #7

I got my PhD from OU. a la izquierda Apr 2014 #8

lol -- pretty funny interview fishwax Apr 2014 #2

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

1. Hence the University of Oklahoma appealed to him...

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Wed Apr 16, 2014, 10:57 AM

Apr 2014

the idiot.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

3. I believe he played for OK State.

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 04:26 PM

Apr 2014

OU can actually be pretty good.

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

4. I'm pretty sure it was Oklahoma...

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 05:11 PM

Apr 2014

Too lazy to check.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

5. By FSM, you're right.

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 05:14 PM

Apr 2014

I was thinking of someone else.

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

6. I sort of recall them being favorites when he was a soph, and then

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 05:57 PM

Apr 2014

not getting as far as people thought...an underachiever even back then, it seems.

fishwax

(29,149 posts)

7. they made it to the elite 8 -- lost to eventual champion North Carolina

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 08:53 PM

Apr 2014

a la izquierda

(11,795 posts)

8. I got my PhD from OU.

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 29, 2014, 05:21 AM

Apr 2014

It's a very good school with phenomenal professors and a former Democratic senator as it's President. You can do better than that. Tons of college and pro athletes are fundies regardless of where they went to college. The Fellowship of a Christian Athletes is huge everywhere.

The university is good, the state education system not so much.

fishwax

(29,149 posts)

2. lol -- pretty funny interview

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Thu Apr 17, 2014, 12:04 AM

Apr 2014

I know he did go to a christian high school, but given the tone of the interview I'm a bit skeptical that the math answer was in earnest.

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/blake-griffin-plays-coy-about-kate-upton-not-about-creationism-20140415

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