I like boxing & MMA. I don't see contact sports and Christianity being mutually exclusive.
It's emasculating to rob men of contact sports. We can't live in a fluffy feminine environment devoid of blood, sweat and adrenaline. |
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---AG on 2/26/08 |
One might ask, "is gunfighting unchristian?" The only difference is that one is with the hands the other is with a 'tool'. The Romans loved to watch such wicked 'sports' because their father was Satan. Why not take up a team sport like baseball or basketball? I learned teamwork in baseball which is a good thing to have working with people. Didn't Jesus have a 'team' working for Him? |
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---Dr._Rich on 1/5/08 |
This has always been an interesting subject. I've always been of the opinion that physical pain is overrated. Emotional pain is far worse. When I look at Calvary, I can't even begin to consider what goes on in the average boxing match to be anything all that bad. I honestly think that calling someone a name or insulting them is worse than "beating them up" and that happens all the time today. Boxing has helped reform a lot of ex-juvenile delinquents. |
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---Greyrider on 1/2/08 |
James why not get yourself a Punching bag? You have no opponent who might inflict pain on you that way. Boxing is a dangerous sport, just as so many sports are. Permanant injuries often occur.
Most professional football players, boxers, basketball players etc usually have to retire from their sport at a very early age. |
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---NV_Barbara on 1/2/08 |
Wow James ... I agree with Sue on this ... how can it be Christian to take out one's anger by trying to injure another person? |
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---alan_of_UK on 1/2/08 |
Hi James, if you want a way to get your anger out by beating on something, get a punching bag. |
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---sue on 1/1/08 |
1 Corinthians 10:23
All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify.
New American Standard Bible (1995) |
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---j._nonymous on 1/1/08 |
If you ask it this way, we'd have to apply the same question to alot of things that have nothing to do with christianity. Example: Is jogging unchristian? Some boxers would be drug dealers if it weren't for the ring. And what about George Foreman? He's an outspoken christian and has done much to advance the kingdom of God. I think we were all made different. Not all christians wear pastel sweaters, talk through their nose, or have the classic Republican hair-cut with the part on the side. |
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---j._nonymous on 1/1/08 |
I think that boxing is a terrible sport and wish it were banned like cock fighting and dog fighting. I don't think that it is Christian although some Christians might take part in this sport. Sports people can get injured in most sports but this is different in that two people are deliberately inflicting injuries on each other. Nasty and completely pointless! |
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---RitaH on 12/31/07 |
I do not believe that God has called us into that. |
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---catherine on 12/31/07 |
Terry ... "The challenge of boxing and the other sports is with becoming better at this craft"
And what Terry is the boxing craft?
To beat the living daylights out of your opponent, either making him submit, or if he does not, KO-ing him.
So a good Christian will make himself better at this? |
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---alan_of_UK on 12/30/07 |
No boxing is not Christian it is of the world.
There are a lot of things people who are Christian do, But they are of the world have nothing to do with Jesus. You cannot justify
hurting another man for sport as Godly, It is carnal and you cannot please God with Carnality. Only by the spirit is God pleased.
If two people Agree to hurt each other for Sport God will not takes sides. If one is a Christian he better be a Good boxer cause God will rain on the just as well as the unjust. |
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---exzucuh on 12/30/07 |
When you read Galatians 5, you will see that competition and ambition are "works of the flesh". Hence, forbidden for believers. Now, see that all competitive sports, beauty pageants, and anything else that is based on PRIDE are "works of the flesh". How can a person who has "died to self" even be a sports fan?
The Bible is true...God wrote it, you know. |
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---Tom on 12/30/07 |
The bible donot support sports.If one need this type of plesure in there lifes they have not yet found the true replacement for the image in which we live.The world need this type of joy because
they have nothing else to fill the vold in their lifes.It is written that we should
come out from among the world and be separate from pagan ways of living.
One cannot have their cake and eat it too.
One would like to say and do anything they please without opposition.But
not in GOD'S WORLD. |
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---Jack_8773 on 12/30/07 |
the reason i asked this question is,i intend to take up boxing training,boxing lets out a lot of anger,would it not be god in that way? |
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---jamea5375 on 12/30/07 |
the reason i asked this question is,i intend to take up boxing training,boxing lets out a lot of anger,would it not be god in that way? |
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---jamea5375 on 12/30/07 |
Kind of reminds me of the Roman's watching the men fight each other in the coliseum or arenas long ago. I just can't see anything Christian-like in beating each other up. |
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---sue on 12/29/07 |
Since ancient days man has had a fascination with "blood sports" From the arena in Rome where wild animals mauled Christians to death to today where in Thailand girls as young as 5 box and kick each other for bloodthirsty crouds who " bet"on them. to the "ultimate fighter" who stop just short of killing their opponent! Christian? Personally I like baseball! |
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---1st_cliff on 12/29/07 |
Boxing is one of the finest and oldest sports. I have a tremendous respect for boxers, wrestlers and other forms of martial combat. Are they unchristian? When the attitude is not sportsman they are certainly unchristian. |
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---Ryan_Z on 12/29/07 |
How can deliberately and gratuously damaging someone else and oneself, maybe causing life-shortening injury, be Christian? |
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---alan_of_UK on 12/28/07 |
No, I do not think boxing, martial arts, fencing are unchristian. I think what is unchristian would be the attitude with which you entered the ring with, gambling or trying to intimidate the opponent. The challenge of boxing and the other sports is with becoming better at this craft and developing yourself. Good Christian sportsmanship speaks volumes. I hope this helps. |
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---Terry on 12/27/07 |
God asks us to search what is best. I would not say boxing is bad in itself. It is a dangerous sport. Some have even been killed by it. The fighters usually fight for money or fame. Why not fight for uncorruptible crowns as the apostle Paul strongly advised ? Boxing therefor is not bad but not good enough. |
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---Ghislain on 12/27/07 |
Has there ever been anything Christian about punching another human in the head until unconscious? |
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---Pharisee on 12/27/07 |
Most sports have some things that could be unchristian in them. Boxers are generally friends and respect eachother and play by the rules. I suspect more people get hurt on the ski run than in the ring. |
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---john on 12/27/07 |
Adults pummeling each other for the entertainment of others is so silly I don't know if it even rises to the level of "unchristian." |
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---Jack on 12/27/07 |
Many consider it a sport like hockey.
"Went to a fight and a hockey game broke out.."
Is it Christian, doubtful.
If you have the urge to box someone around, you might want to take a time out from the rotten marriage blogs.
When I feel the urge to box, I know that's not Christian. |
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---Rebekah on 12/27/07 |
I guess it would depend on your attitude about it. If you approach it in a sportsmanlike way, with the idea that both boxers will glorify God by displaying the strength He gave them- I could probably accept that. But I have doubts about whether that's really the attitude in most boxing rings today. You have to prayerfully consider the issue personally. |
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---Billy on 12/26/07 |
Hi, jamea...I'm Bill...nice to meet you (o: I think of how we are told to love our neighbor as ourselves, and so why would I want to punch someone in order to have more than that person...if I love that person the same as myself?
And it says, "Love does no harm to a neighbor," in Romans 13:10, and so likewise I'd have question about hurting another person in order to get something for myself. |
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---Bill_bila5659 on 12/26/07 |
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