the Super Bowl is coming up and %uh the Public Religion Research Institute
wanted to do a poll to see how many americans believe that got has some
influence in the outcome of the game well here's what they found
about 53 percent of Americans believe God rewards athletes who have
me with good health and success %uh
that is by Nana so more than half of americans believe that God plays some
role
in the game now let's break it down by religion whole lot when I played high
school football we took me before the game and I was no big deal
right and we prayed for people's health now I didn't believe it but okay
right and so that's Esq someone benign
we have to understand them the opposite at
so does that mean that if somebody bust their knee
that wild God was looking out for their use a naughty boy
you have like hey you know what sorry yep
so at anyway but it's about to get worse eat it is about the hours I wanna break
it down by a specific religion so
if you look at minority Christians about forty percent of them believe that
religion played some role in the outcome of the game
up with and there's also a 38 percent of white evangelical Protestants that they
feel that way
29 percent of Catholics and nineteen percent up white mainline
protestants so that's awesome
and and of course you know people were more you can jog or fundamentalism or
like we believe God has everything and now by the way that does numbers are not
for just health
those numbers are for who wins the game exactly that's a
outcome of the game yes so forty percent ok
white evangelical Protestants believe that God controls whether the Broncos
or the Seahawks you know what you think about offers like it so
I know that God is supposed to be you know this incredible
all power that can that can manipulate
several different things at the same time right but don't think that God
would waste his time
figuring out who should win the game and if the Seahawks
and the 49 no its not the Seahawks and the Broncos tonight's
nice almost almost there K anyway
think God would spend his time you know
messing with that scenario is so ridiculous no no so
look so that gets into a couple interesting things first ball to be fair
got has all the time in the world totally okay he's all-powerful
and he's outside of the concept of time anyway and he could do everything at the
same time
at now really concerned with american football yeah here like
like he's got problems in the Andromeda Galaxy
okay but we first got there I was gonna super exact okay
but but think about the irrationality over that
youth like so is it that if the Broncos pray harder
but when you when to Hold'em were praying presumably a lot of people
praying
and then you have people see a do they really think it's a prayer of
they're not they're not trying hard enough that's the problem he could you
really think that because
okay if let's see the guy really likes Peyton Manning I don't know why he would
but let's say that
okay does that mean he doesn't like the Seahawks
the is that how you decide the game not on who's a better athlete in hoop who
worked harder when everybody's like
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Inc no Shana reno's the most religious 1i will award the
game to the rocks how do you believe how can you believe that
it's amazing to me but there's one more amazing back
the one religious group you didn't put in I this might be the most miserable
12 percent religiously
unaffiliated Americans believe God determines that ok
world who I just doesn't make sense I
only way mississippi ritual they believe in God but they don't believe in a
particular
organized religion maybe I'll be playing ability maybe they think the Flying
Spaghetti Monster is newly appendages will
tip a ball one way or another maybe Hills not I get it they're not miss
there on eight hits in the masses ages religiously unaffiliated in their guest
spiritual so they think the spirits while me to you
oh you bubble the park so the numbers are fascinating based on our which
region of the country you live in
so take a quick look at that so %uh those who agree that God
does play a role in the outcome in the sporting event 36 percent of Americans
who live in the South feel that way
so that's not surprising twenty percent of Americans who live in the midwest
20 percent of Americans who live in the northeast and
thankfully 15 percent of Americans who live in the wild wild west
I log at am I wrong to be proud that I mean the
region that is by far the most rational
South I love your brothers
we are a lot of viewers in the south and I feel for you UK
but apparently beeping all out practicing by
he whether it's Richard Sherman Russell Wilson or Peyton Manning
irrelevant okay
if they had just spent their time doing more prayers they would be in better
shape