TYT Poll: Should a High School Football Coach be Allowed to take His Team to Church? | 55 comments (55 topical, 0 hidden)
Been there (none / 0)

My family was one of three Jewish families in a small Indiana town.  I was a high school basketball player and before our sectional tournament, our coach took us to a Sunday service at a Friends Church...Quaker.  I was accustomed to the odd man out thing so it was just a "here we go again" experience. 

Even though it wasn't required, it was expected that I go.  I would have preferred I not be in a position of choice.  In other words, going to a church as part of a school team is setting-up someone for a bad experience.  I resented my coach and on other occasions, my teammates.(fellowship of christian athletes)

Face it, evangelicals and most religions can be cult-like, so if you are fine with subjecting kids to cults, I guess there's no problem.  Being one of those kids, I can tell you, you basically sit there the whole time thinking, 'These people are nuts and my coach is a dick...I hope college is better.'

 

 

 

by redford on 09/12/2009 02:04:15 PM EST

Quakers (none / 0)
Sorry to hear that happened to you, Redford. I feel I must attempt to reassure you that, just as there are members of the Jewish faith who have very different approaches toward religion, the same is true with Quakers. There are actually 4 different large affiliations of Quakers. It sounds as though you might have been taken to a rather evangelical group, especially since you called it a Friends "church." Most of us re not so proselytic and would not countenance such an action.

by Verified1 on 09/13/2009 12:23:57 AM EST

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TYT Poll: Should a High School Football Coach be Allowed to take His Team to Church? | 55 comments (55 topical, 0 hidden)