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Well this outta be good: Aaron Rodgers may be an atheist, climate change nutjob

Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:17 pm
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:17 pm
... And his family is "dismayed" at his recent comments regarding religion and his worldview and not how they brought him up.


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Aaron Rodgers has been estranged from his family members for years, and now they are reportedly appalled by comments he previously made about his religious upbringing to girlfriend Danica Patrick.

The Green Bay Packers quarterback admitted he has struggled to believe in a higher power on Patrick's "Pretty Intense" podcast last month. Now, a source told People Rodgers' family is offended by his religious comments.
"They were dismayed," a source told the magazine. 
"To them, his comments are basically a slap in the face to the fundamentals of who they are."



"I don't know how you can believe in a God who wants to condemn most of the planet to a fiery hell," Rodgers continued. "What type of loving, sensitive, omnipresent, omnipotent being wants to condemn his beautiful creation to a fiery hell at the end of all this?"

The star quarterback added that religion can cause a divide.
"Religion can be a crutch," Rodgers continued, according to the magazine. "It can be something that people have to have to make themselves feel better. Because it's set up binary, it's us and them, saved and unsaved, heaven and hell, it's enlightened and heathen, it's holy and righteous...that makes a lot of people feel better about themselves."

The tension between the professional football star and his family was highlighted on a previous season of "The Bachelorette" when his estranged brother, Jordan Rodgers, was competing for JoJo Fletcher's love.

Rodgers reportedly stopped communicating with his family near the end of 2014, around the time he began dating actress Olivia Munn.


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Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:18 pm to
just disgusting.
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
Simcoe Strip - He/Him/Helicopter
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:19 pm to
Interested in seeing what this thread becomes
Posted by DeathValley85
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:20 pm to
pfft, enjoy hell A-aron

ETA: I can see from the downvotes that he'll have some company there
This post was edited on 1/23/20 at 2:10 pm
Posted by TooFyeToFly
Atlanta, Georgia
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:22 pm to
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atheist, climate change nutjob


What a backwards, ancient world some of you people live in
Posted by rsbd
banks of the Mississippi
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:24 pm to
It would be worse if he said he loved god and believed in everything in the Bible
Posted by Rep520
Member since Mar 2018
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:24 pm to
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"I don't know how you can believe in a God who wants to condemn most of the planet to a fiery hell," Rodgers continued. "What type of loving, sensitive, omnipresent, omnipotent being wants to condemn his beautiful creation to a fiery hell at the end of all this?" 


I'm not 100% on this and don't think I am qualified to know the mind of God, but this isn't all that crazy.

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"It can be something that people have to have to make themselves feel better. Because it's set up binary, it's us and them, saved and unsaved, heaven and hell, it's enlightened and heathen, it's holy and righteous...that makes a lot of people feel better about themselves." 


I agree with this completely, and I'm religious.
Posted by 21JumpStreet
Member since Jul 2012
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:24 pm to
100% right on religion
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
20294 posts
Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:25 pm to
Why care about his beliefs or family
Stick to sports
Posted by Dubosed
Gulf Breeze
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:25 pm to
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"Religion can be a crutch," Rodgers continued, according to the magazine. "It can be something that people have to have to make themselves feel better.


Posted by User Urinal Mint
Member since Jan 2020
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:25 pm to
What did he say that makes him a nutjob, OP?


OMG SOMEONE HAS AN OPINION ON RELIGION THATS DIFFERENT THAN MINE WHAT A NUTJOB
Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
26667 posts
Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:25 pm to
And the Pope is probably a bigger fan of soccer than American football.

My point is, who cares?
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
18089 posts
Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:25 pm to
Considering where he went to school, are either of these positions shocking... or even mildly surprising?
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
33638 posts
Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:28 pm to
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nutjob
Yup. Nothing like those clear-eyed sane people who not only practice ritual cannibalism, but also believe to get their sweet human meat (and blood) to devour all they have to do is a magic ceremony involving bread and water!
Posted by JetsetNuggs
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:33 pm to
Regardless of how you feel about religion, the way he says this just comes off as extremely douchey.
Posted by VermilionTiger
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:34 pm to
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"I don't know how you can believe in a God who wants to condemn most of the planet to a fiery hell,


Coming from the douche who always blames his WRs and offensive linemen

Not that I disagree with his religious take, but this is hilarious
Posted by TigerStripes06
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Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:35 pm to
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Aaron Rodgers has been estranged from his family members for years, and now they are reportedly appalled by comments he previously made about his religious upbringing


It’s a good thing for him that he doesn’t give a frick about them or what they think.
Posted by Zappas Stache
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Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:36 pm to
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And his family is "dismayed" at his recent comments regarding religion and his worldview and not how they brought him up.



I come from a very religious upbringing and I and all my siblings are now atheists. But my parents haven't disowned any of us. They told us believe in what you want to. Sounds like Rodger's family are the nutjobs.
Posted by lsutiger2010
Member since Aug 2008
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:36 pm to
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This post was edited on 10/19/21 at 8:18 am
Posted by Starchild
Member since May 2010
13550 posts
Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:38 pm to
God forbid someone have differing views from southern Christians
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