Well, the upside is that they can obviously follow the Hammer principle to any consequence without damaging anything important.
Btw, does placing ‘Atheletics’ far below ‘God’ mean that they don’t move until God tells them to?
The guy in the background looks quite healthy and strong – he’s probably a closet atheist.

Perhaps academics needs to be a little higher on that list considering only 50% of the list is spelled correctly.

I’m amazed they even spelt “God” properly…

I dunno, “atheletics” is pretty important.

I wonder if Coach McDaniel was home-schooled

So Coach McDaniel has passive-aggressive issues with being on the receiving end of being nailed, does he?

Obvious bottom is obvious.

Mmmmm, *vomit* Oh nice. Was coached once on how sports are part of Communist regime. Sports, lets put the best against the lessor and see who wins. = DUH! Unless they get lucky.

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My guess is, this sign was professionally made, so the person who made the sign should have caught any spelling errors and made the sign correctly. Also, the coach and the person who made the sign probably attended a traditional school, so we can’t necessarily blame homeschooling for the improper spelling.

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Damn, Butter stole my joke.

It seems like there’s always been this weird tie-in with religion and sports. Pre-game prayers and all that. Which is interesting considering the amount of superstitious behavior sports players often engage in. Not that there’s any connection between the two. Nope.

haha, that is awesome. Maybe that sign explains why professional athletes point towards the sky after they make a great play. They are just showing everyone that god comes first. Because if there is anything a god would care about it would be scoring a touchdown.

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Although I think American football is an especially stupid sport, I’m glad the kids get an opportunity for physical activity.

Some selected quotes from the article:

The ranks of the home-schooled grew to 1.5 million nationally through 2007, up from 850,000 in 1999, when the Department of Education started keeping the statistic.

Glory for Christ [Football League] has hung a “no girls allowed” sign

Awwww, how adorable! For a six-year-old. Grow up.

Ben['s] parents lost their farmhouse and business, driving the family, which has 10 children, into debt.

Ten frickin’ children?!?!

His coach, Mike Vaden … instructs Owen to “block as if you’re blocking for God.”

Why block? What’s wrong with prayer? Oh, yeah, I forgot; IT DOESN’T WORK.

His coach, Mike Vaden … instructs Owen to “block as if you’re blocking for God.”

Hey Coach: BATHOS, UR DOIN IT RITE

I always love it when they interview someone after his team wins, and he thanks God for guiding his team to victory. What happens the next week when they get crushed 49-3? Do they call for God to be fired?

Ugghhh – what a kooky story ! The NY Times always seems to find these sort of characters/stories. I’m really starting to worry about the southern portion of the US though. This story definitely doesn’t help. Even though the civil war ended a good 140 yrs +, a sort of lingering sentiment of defiance, or bucking the system in a backwards way, still remains south of the Mason Dixon line.

This past spring, I had the good fortune of driving from FL to IN. During this road trip I had never witnessed so many “JESUS SAVES” and “GUN SHOW NEXT EXIT” signs in all my life ! I even noticed some of the billboards for hotels along I-75 had little insignias of a fish in their advertisements. I also could not tune in any radio stations other than ones playing country music. Not the “good” 70’s country music with Willie Nelson or Merle Haggard mind you, but rather an all-out blitz of Toby Keith type stuff. I know I drove straight through the heart of bible belt country, but the experience left me with an odd and unsettling feeling.

And to top it off, when I stopped to refuel and then pay for the gas, I was told more than once by the cashiers I encountered to have a “BLESSED DAY”.

I had no idea bles-sed had two syllables too !!

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Hmmm, homeschoolers win more than their fair share of spelling bees. Perhaps PZ should have generalized to football coaches instead. A friend tells of one who sat every day in the teachers lounge with a paper sack over his head. He had this thing for the unknown comic.

You posted mostly the same comment at Pharyngula. Wrong tab, or somethin’?

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I can’t believe some of the idiot comments posted on this page…but then I’m not really into the whole jeering at the “lesser classes” fad that it seems many of you are. Pinheads!!! Waste of time.

…And let’s hear it for “swimfan”, who came 8 months late to the game!