Has God become the servant of football?
Continuing with the general football theme... according to The Sun's front page today, if God had a religion, it would be football.
Before you jump down my throat, I didn't buy it, nor am I a subscriber, but I heard the front page headline read out this morning, commenting on a picture of the once-again-able-footed Wayne Rooney: "There is a God". Not well-known for promoting Christian or theistic values, it seems that the editors of this tabloid find that when it comes to the crunch there is a little spark that helps them to turn to God. Or worse still, they've made God into a meaningless irony.
Have we turned God into a football lucky charm? And is a recovering metatarsal all we have to be thankful for?
Before you jump down my throat, I didn't buy it, nor am I a subscriber, but I heard the front page headline read out this morning, commenting on a picture of the once-again-able-footed Wayne Rooney: "There is a God". Not well-known for promoting Christian or theistic values, it seems that the editors of this tabloid find that when it comes to the crunch there is a little spark that helps them to turn to God. Or worse still, they've made God into a meaningless irony.
Have we turned God into a football lucky charm? And is a recovering metatarsal all we have to be thankful for?
posted by Shelina Zahra Janmohamed at 10:56
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