{"id":1146,"date":"2011-10-29T17:51:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T21:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2011-10-29T18:05:23","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T22:05:23","slug":"be-bristol-clear-bobby-v-theres-only-one-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/10\/be-bristol-clear-bobby-v-theres-only-one-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Be ‘Bristol’ Clear Bobby V: Only One God!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know Bobby Valentine’s<\/strong> voice drives some people crazy, and others didn’t like him when he was manager of the New York Mets.<\/p>\n

But I think the ESPN<\/em> analyst is pretty good … and he did a fine job leading a mediocre Mets team to the World Series in 2000.<\/p>\n

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Bobby Valentine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But I have a bone to pick with Bobby V on his analysis of the Albert Pujols<\/strong> situation as to whether or not the slugger will remain in St. Louis:<\/p>\n

“Divine intervention will be needed, he will look upon God to give him the direction …”<\/p>\n

Stop there, please Bobby V … that was a beautiful and poignant remark the morning after the Cardinals won the title.<\/p>\n

(And it was good to see anchor\u00a0Steve Berthiaume <\/strong>stop in mid-snicker too when he realized the ex-skipper was being serious)<\/p>\n

But Valentine didn’t stop there, unfortunately.<\/p>\n

“… if in fact the baseball gods say he needs to stay in St. Louis, then he will.”<\/p>\n

Baseball gods?<\/p>\n

Egads, what a dopey expression … although some of my atheist critics no doubt love it.<\/p>\n

To be fair, Bobby V is not the only person to utter the expression about “this god” or “that god” … but it’s just dopey at best and disrespectful to Him at worst.<\/p>\n

There’s only one God, after all, in Jesus Christ … and HIS waters should never be muddied by the mention of other so-called “gods”, whether one is trying to be flippant or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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