Well I thought I was going to wait till later to start blogging but then I remembered I had something I wanted to post. I wrote a passage about the Football Religion not to long ago on my facebook group called The Football Religion. It is a fun group but it is also meant for the true followers of the football, the true fans of the world game. Read the passage below and decide for yourself whether you belong to the football religion and by all means search and join the group as well.
Our religion began long ago. Long before there were stadiums,goals post, regulation pitches and even humans.
So called "Experts" have studied why the planets are spherical in shape. These people are not true followers of our beloved football. Its a simple, God made them this was on purpose. Its no secret why he did this, Its because before God became such a busy guy he enjoyed having kick around with the angels. With the universe as his pitch and the planets there footballs. What do you think cause the big bang theory? Not these unexplainable gases or magnetic fields etc...NO! its because God scored a fantastic goal!!
There are many people on this planet who enjoy or even say they "Love" our beloved game but there is many type of love. To be a true follower of the Football Religion you cannot be corrupt by the glamor, marketing, money or tabloids. People forget that football is a game and only the true believers know this fact. Not the so called lovers who have turned it into a business. We followers of the Football religion can recognize each other as if there were your own family. We dont need symbols, apparel or identification . The true followers can be spotted playing bare feet on the south american streets with a ball made out of plastic bags, in the Sahara dessert using rocks as goal posts, on the beaches next to the amazon river or Caribbean sea till there feet bleed, The young boy or girl laying on there bed looking at the poster of there favorite player wishing one day that will be them, the local market owners in small town Europe tuning there radio to listen to there local team or even the gentlemen in the suite kicking a rock to hit the street sign to score a goal while walking on the busy street of downtown North America. We are all part of the same religion, we all speak the same language, we all have the same passion, we allhave one mission, To keep the beautiful game pure.
There are few places on this earth where human beings are more equal then when being in one of our Cathedrals(stadiums) or huddling around the tv set to watch a match. There is even fewer places moments when someone can spontaneously hug a complete stranger with our knowing his/her name and despite there profession, race or social status. These moments happen when a goal is scored. The beautiful thing about our game is that it is one of the few games that it instantly forms a team regardless of the persons language, nationality or other religious beliefs. Although The Football Religion does not shape humanity in whole but for those 90 minutes all the men women and children who follow our game are all equal.
We followers know that our special game has two qualities that distinguish it from others. You can be tall or short, strong or weak, faster slow, female or male, adult or child, rich or poor, literate or illiterate or none of these and can still play and not feel out of place. The other is we dont need massive stadiums, lined fields, regulation goals posts or even name brand shoes and uniforms. All you need is a patch of grass, living room, side street or beach. A "ball", any object that could resemble a ball is good enough, a piece of wood, stuffed sock, paper wrapped with take or even something as small as a coca cola bottle cap. As for uniforms, you dont need any. You can play in shoes, sandals or even barefoot. In pants, shorts, suite and tie or even stark naked, it doesnt matter. The end result is all the same, cheering and celebrating the goal like it was the cup final! Football has become the world game because of these qualities. Plus throughout all human history no religion has managed to attract so many millions of followers in just one and half centuries of existence.
This to me is the Football Religion and to all you true followers, Keep making our beloved football pure!!!!
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