Three reasons: 1. Sports is not news, it's entertainment, so it doesn't count. 2. U.S. sports leagues, at least baseball and football, are fairly conservative in terms of promoting traditional American values- patriotism, family values, and yes, Christian values such as forgiveness. 3. The born-again reformed drug addict success story is a great TV archetype- it sells.
As for the trading one addiction for another, I suggest you check out "Breaking the Spell, Religion as a Natural Phenomenon", by Daniel Dennett. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Zaphod wrote: > Then why is it that all I hear about the Texas Rangers lately is how Josh > Hamilton is born again and how jesus saved him from his drug addiction and > how he dedicates each game to his "lord and savior", and how he wants > everyone to know "jesus died for you", blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. > > For the past few days, this seems to be all I hear about in the sports > world. Big whoop, he traded one addiction for another. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:263867 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
