BOL Round Table

Instead of finding negativity. Why not be happy for the young man? Only 2 people know a persons heart. That's the person and God. RTR

For once in my life I totally agree with you.

Sammie made a mistake here recently that resulted in one of the things he loves most being taken from him. He has been humbled. Like most teenagers, up until his arrest and subsequent suspension, he probably thought he was invincible. Well, he quickly learned that no matter how fast he can run, how well he can catch, or how hard he is to cover on an out and up, if he is not living his life right, then it call all be taken from him in the blink of an eye. To me, it appears that he has learned his lesson, accepted that he is neither perfect nor invincible, and has changed his life. That's one thing I don't question. I will pray for Mr. Watkins and and rejoice in the fact he and friends have decided to accept Christ.

Quite honestly, this should be celebrated. Too often, we only talk about these kids when they are either scoring touchdowns or getting into trouble. This is an opportunity to celebrate two kids outside of those things. I, for one, am happy to see it and hopefully they will inspire others.

ahhh,,, "Since you are calling his actions into question" ...what are you talking about.

not the forum for this discussion.. lol,,, but read all of James or read all of James 2... gives plenty examples of what he is talking about... But glad you provided scriptures to read...

But anyway, not the forum for this discussion.

I find it humorous that you didn't consider it necessary to say, "not the forum for this discussion," when you were making this bogus statement about Sammy's salvation: "means nothing if he is not living it." The scripture I shared refutes it, out right. If our respective salvation depends on our living a sin-free life, nobody would make the cut. Your suggestion that Sammy might not, "live it" equates to calling the actions of his life into question and is absolutely judgmental and sanctimonious.

Ahh yes, I should've expected all the bible thumpers to get on my case for that post, but just to clarify a couple of things...

The PR stunt I was referring to was mostly talking about Dabo taking the whole team to church, not Sammy Watkins getting baptized. If he had gotten baptized on his own, without the fanfare of Dabo and his team going there, then I would be much less skeptical. It just seems like odd timing since Dabo has been suffering through bad press from the whole Nkemdiche fiasco, not to mention Watkins getting suspended in the first place. What better way to counter all that bad press than to play up the Christian card?

Lastly, you can quote all the bible scriptures you want, but getting dunked in water doesn't mean anything if you're not out there living a good life and affecting people in a positive manner.

Not flaming you, but when I played in college our head coach took us all to church as team the first Sunday of camp as well. Perhaps Watkins wanted to do this with his teammates looking on. Most people who get baptized invite the people they're close with to attend. I'm just throwing out other possibilities that could have been going on. Roll Tide.

haha! great post!