Sports Talk and Religious Talk are the Same Thing

 


Anyone who follows even a bit of sports knows every high school, college and professional team has a small army of people discussing who lost the game last week, we need a new coach, etc etc. Lots of people make a little or a lot of money with channels of You Tube and on talk radio discussing sports. 

All this discussion of sports does not lead to some final answer. It does, however, served a purpose. It gives a set of people something to do, to engage in. It is a form of entertainment or diversion. 

Christianity is identical to sports in this way. There is another small army of people who make part or all of their livelihood discussing religion. Perhaps there are as many You Tube and radio stations discussing religion as there are discussing sports. Picking at random now in the Easter and Passover season here is one discussing which body of water Moses and the Jews crossed when escaping Egypt. It comes to no conclusion; none fit the Bible's narrative. That does not matter, of course, because the purpose in discussing this little detail is entertainment. It's also not important because the entire Exodus does not seem to have ever happened.  Nevertheless, the question will provide people with entertainment for long into the future.

 One feature sports talk has added that religion does not have is endless talk about money. Players' contract, owners' wealth and ticket sales are all discussed constantly. What could religion add that fit that bill?

Could pastor's contracts and signing bonuses be the thing? I suppose some churches now try to entice popular preachers from other churches. If that were a thing people might enjoy talking about it. Maybe there someday will be a pastor's draft. 

In the spirit of full disclosure, I enjoy church talk more than sports talk. Church talk is what I do here.  

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