Screw him!
Did you ever hear him talk about being born again?
He's one of the people who screwed up the entire continent of Africa.
I'd rather have child molesters and mass murderers on my team than Josh Hamilton.
Right shakes?

Why does the Jebus thing bother everyone so much?

I dont care for Jebus Freaks but I just tune em out when they start talking.

If the guy wants to say his sobriety is protected by God, Satan, The Shwartz or Mr. Ed who cares?


Anyways its not surprising and it probably wont be his last fall.
I wish him good luck.

Divorce lawyers have to be salivating over his wife right now.

That's the kind of generalization and painting with I broad brush that I like! Have you ever thought about doing sports talk radio in the nations 37th largest market?

Im not going to lampoon Josh Hamilton because I think what he has gone through is not easy to defeat, but if you claim god is responsible for curing you, wouldn't god also be responsible for your relapse?

Just because someone believes in God doesn't mean that they are perfect & cant fail.
We all fail, Christians, Jews, Athiests, whatever. God & Religion played a big part in Hamiltons recovery. It gave him something to believe him & helped him believe in himself.
Don't hold that against him.
What B&B did to Hamilton yesterday was disgusting.

I would have to disagree with this argument.

Example,

A guy goes to a rehab center and tells everyone how great the rehab center is and why everyone should go there and so on. He later relapses. Since the rehab center was given credit for his recovery, should it also take blame for his relapse? Of course not. The problem that people are having with this is simple. God. People don't like to hear that God helped someone else with something. They can't wait until the person slips so they can say 'Where is your God now'? It provides entertainment for those who choose to ridicule those who tell others about their faith. While I agree that you have to be willing to step up to the plate when you fall off the wagon and take full resposibility for your problems, I find it silly to say 'If God helped him get better, God must have helped him get drunk'. It's just a way for people to try to shut up the Christians that they find annoying.

Just because someone believes in God doesn't mean that they are perfect & cant fail.
We all fail, Christians, Jews, Athiests, whatever. God & Religion played a big part in Hamiltons recovery. It gave him something to believe him & helped him believe in himself.
Don't hold that against him.
What B&B did to Hamilton yesterday was disgusting.

This is the point I was making. When you parade your Christianity and act as if you are bulletproof, when you fall, because everyone does at one point or another, people like B & B are going to call you out for your faith and your fall from grace.

This is the point I was making. When you parade your Christianity and act as if you are bulletproof, when you fall, because everyone does at one point or another, people like B & B are going to call you out for your faith and your fall from grace.

Hamilton has never claimed to be "bulletproof". He is actually a very humble Man. Why do you think that he thinks he is bulletproof? Most Christians, Hamilton included, acknowledge that Humans are weak & his faith gives him strength to stay sober.
If you dont believe in God, then why would you believe that it is Gods fault that Josh fell off the wagon? Doesnt make sense.

Hamilton has never claimed to be "bulletproof". He is actually a very humble Man. Why do you think that he thinks he is bulletproof? Most Christians, Hamilton included, acknowledge that Humans are weak & his faith gives him strength to stay sober.
If you dont believe in God, then why would you believe that it is Gods fault that Josh fell off the wagon? Doesnt make sense.

I think HUGE is right. The religion haters pounce on stuff like this. I dont think Hamilton ever acted bulletproof...quite the opposite...didnt he famously carry no cash on him so he coulndt buy drugs...doesnt sound like a guy who thought he was bulletproofed by God.

Hamilton was interviewed a lot and talked about Jesus a lot.
I have no problem with that.

The ones who try and force their beliefs on you are annoying...to me this isnt.

If this is the case, then what Boers and Bernstein stated yesterday was either factually incorrect or out and out false. They stated that Hamilton on more than one occasion has claimed to be healed by faith and immune to the lures of the disease. This is slightly paraphrased from memory, but the general message was that Hamilton has taken this stance.

I never said I do not believe in God, nor did I ridicule anyone here in this thread. I am just stating the obvious. If God is responsible for Josh Hamilton getting clean, he is also resposible for his relapse. God can't be responsible for only the good in this world. It sounds like you are just brown-nosing him/her just a bit too much.