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Sun Jun 22, 2014, 05:44 PM Jun 2014

Why aren’t there more atheist footballers?

By Mike Tuckerman, 23 Jun 2014

It’s a shame Italy midfielder Riccardo Montolivo broke his leg before the World Cup. Not because Montolivo is a spectacular talent, but because he is one of the few openly atheist players involved in the professional game.

A World Cup in Brazil was always going to have religious overtones. In an overwhelmingly Catholic nation, the Selecao are among the most pious teams in world sport.

It didn’t take long for the first exhortation to the heavens to appear, with Neymar falling to his knees and signalling to the skies after he’d converted a contentious penalty against Croatia.

A few days later, Algeria’s Sofiane Feghouli went the tried-and-tested route for many players from Islamic nations, kneeling and kissing the Estadio Mineirao turf in Belo Horizonte after he’d scored The Desert Warriors’ first World Cup goal in 28 years.

http://www.theroar.com.au/2014/06/23/arent-atheist-footballers/



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Why aren’t there more atheist footballers? (Original Post) rug Jun 2014 OP
Because players are to smart to voluntarily bring down upon themselves the opprobium? elleng Jun 2014 #1
Why are there so many BS bait headlines? AtheistCrusader Jun 2014 #2
What? There are no atheists in football pitches? struggle4progress Jun 2014 #3
Atheist footballers are at a disadvantage, due to religionists having the almighty at their disposal DrewFlorida Jun 2014 #4

DrewFlorida

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4. Atheist footballers are at a disadvantage, due to religionists having the almighty at their disposal
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 04:36 PM
Jun 2014

When the game is close the religionists send out prayers and pull out victory in any close games. Of course in the few instances when prayer doesn't bring victory, then, of course, the almighty meant for it to be that way!


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