A part of me wants to think (for a while now) she's juicing and protected. Bolt was protected. Protected because of corporate interest (Nike/other sponsors) and track being fragile as far as generating revenue to feed all the reaching hands. Wasn't her coach or one of them implicated previously?
She's only 23? Jesus it feels like she's been around forever
She has. Since high school. She was one of the youngest ever athletes at the Olympics. I seem to recall she was 15 years old at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
You recall incorrectly. Sydney was 17 years old at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
My apologies if my argument was not clear. I do not think that everybody should believe the same things as me. My issue is when people claim preferential treatment by a deity without any supporting evidence whatsoever. Here's a very unpleasant example of this phenomenon in action a few years ago. in my town, a truck plowed into a building, killing one person and injuring the other. The father of the injured person posted on social media, that they knew that God was looking out for her, and had spared her. I hope you would agree that is a disgusting thing to say, because it implies that the person who died was not being looked after by God, if God had any kind of agency in this matter whatsoever. Obviously, this is a more extreme example than people thanking God after winning a race, but it's the same principle, and it's highly illogical and unpleasant.
Wanted to start this off by saying that I am a Christian. I give God the glory in everything I do. I do agree that that post may not have been the most well timed especially in regards to the other person's death, but the thought behind it is true. The same God who had a plan to save her life sadly allowed the death of the person in the car with her. I can't explain why but God is sovereign over all things and he says he works things together for his good, in a world that is fallen. In response to your earlier post I understand the thought behind it. It makes it look like God chose the winner to win. To flip that around though, if you are a Christian you come to the understanding that God gave you the ability to compete for his glory, and that thought is what drives you. It's only through his grace that we are healthy, able to get into that shape, have the mental edge to race, etc. Because of that it isn't arrogance on our parts to give God the glory for our wins. I will say it is harder to give God the glory for losses, but I think Sydney and many others do a good job of that even if they don't post on social media about it. I hope this answered your question. The thought behind others losing would be that God ordained it for his good and for the good of those who love him (to bring the maximum amount of people into relationship with him). I guess my question to you is would you prefer for Christians on any stage to not live out their beliefs like many claimed Christians don't today (Christians who won't love their neighbors, etc.) or would you prefer for them to actually live out their beliefs, just like you live out your own beliefs about truth?
Sydney's fine. I've always been more interested in watching her race than thinking about what she says in interviews.
Sydney's interviews aren't interesting for reasons beyond the Christian references. Put simply, she sounds like the introvert-adjacent personality she is. Reserved, and not interested in saying more than the minimum expected of her in that context. The Christian parts end up sounding more...energetic because for those parts she's on autopilot. Jesus literally taking the wheel, in other words. I'm sure she's a perfectly nice young woman, and based on some of the social media stuff she made as a teenager, she opens up socially when she's among familiar friends and family.
She's quite different from Athing Mu in that respect, who is a great and engaging interview. I'd sort of forgotten that until I heard Mu's interviews this weekend. People here have been badmouthing her for her lack of racing, her interest in fashion, etc., but give me some Athing Mu social energy any time.
You have to be very delusional to think that Femke stand any chance against sydney. Sydney can ran the hurdles backwards and still beat Femke easily. She is several levels above Femke
Not religious myself but I have no problem with her thanking someone after her races.
I think there is a gulf of difference between thanking, say, mom and dad or a great college coach, and thanking imaginary superbeings because "I'm so special OF COURSE the creator of the entire universe cares about my track! And tough luck about all the other suffering hoomans gawd doesn't care about; they're not blessed and special like I AM!!"
The stuff is incredibly cringeworthy and I root for her defeat at worlds.
re: "I root for her defeat at worlds." - I am baffled by this.
Every athlete that lines up to race has faith, no faith or something they believe in and motivates them. Why would you choose defeat to an athlete because you disagree with their expression of their faith? At the end of the day don't you want to see the best athletes on the line and a good, clean competitive race? People with great wealth, kings, queens, presidents, warriors and some of the greatest people who ever lived have thanked God for their success. - Do you think all of these people should failed becasue they gave thanks to God? Seems to me a person would choose defeat to an athlete that lies, cheats and steals or at the very least is simply not as good. I understand how some people are not on board with athlete's thanking God, but wishing for their defeat because of it is crazy.
and never mention god when they lose. the worse case is bromell. loves god when he's winning, is silent about him otherwise. i do wonder if he ever sits and thinks perhaps his steady stream of injuries is god's way of telling him to hang them up
One of my biggest bug bears has always been how patronizing she is: "great job" or "good job" is what she always says, dismissively, after the race to the other runners...who comer over to HER to congratulate her. I hate that. "great job"? Who are you, my coach?
The quoting of proverbs is also totally cringeworthy. When the 3 of them were interviewed on the track post-race, Wilson stood out to me as just a regular girl. No thanking him in the sky.
Eagerly waiting on her to quote Genesis 19:4-5 or Deuteronomy chapter 29 when her DL husband comes out the closet.
My apologies if my argument was not clear. I do not think that everybody should believe the same things as me. My issue is when people claim preferential treatment by a deity without any supporting evidence whatsoever. Here's a very unpleasant example of this phenomenon in action a few years ago. in my town, a truck plowed into a building, killing one person and injuring the other. The father of the injured person posted on social media, that they knew that God was looking out for her, and had spared her. I hope you would agree that is a disgusting thing to say, because it implies that the person who died was not being looked after by God, if God had any kind of agency in this matter whatsoever. Obviously, this is a more extreme example than people thanking God after winning a race, but it's the same principle, and it's highly illogical and unpleasant.
So basically you are lumping people of faith all in one boat. Sounds like religious bigotry to me.
Can someone explain me why DyeStat of RunnerSpace.com (P.O. Box 10984; Eugene^^, OR 97440) is so much unreliable?
I understand Americans don't like North American area records which are not American national records or think that the former do not exists but really?
My apologies if my argument was not clear. I do not think that everybody should believe the same things as me. My issue is when people claim preferential treatment by a deity without any supporting evidence whatsoever. Here's a very unpleasant example of this phenomenon in action a few years ago. in my town, a truck plowed into a building, killing one person and injuring the other. The father of the injured person posted on social media, that they knew that God was looking out for her, and had spared her. I hope you would agree that is a disgusting thing to say, because it implies that the person who died was not being looked after by God, if God had any kind of agency in this matter whatsoever. Obviously, this is a more extreme example than people thanking God after winning a race, but it's the same principle, and it's highly illogical and unpleasant.
So basically you are lumping people of faith all in one boat. Sounds like religious bigotry to me.
Since you are inferring things I did not imply, I was tempted to just ignore you, but I'll give this one more try for those who have trouble with reading comprehension.
IF God fails to intervene in a bad situation and does not, he either hasn't the power, doesn't care to, or doesn't exist. So, he's either impotent, evil or fictional. It is intellectually dishonest for people of any faith to claim they KNOW that God has intervened in something in a positive way, but that they DON'T KNOW BECAUSE HE'S MYSTERIOUS when he fails to act. People of faith either know God's will or they don't.
