Church "Fight Club"

[Shawnster]

Oklahoma Family Sues Church Over Death in Ring

The family of a former University of Tulsa football player who died following an unsanctioned boxing match at a local church filed a suit Friday in Tulsa County against the church for damages.

The suit alleges gross negligence by Guts Church for promoting and organizing a boxing match that was not licensed and in violation of state and federal regulations.

[sianrose]

Guts Church, a Christian house of worship claiming to have "some of the best youth and outreach programs in the country," has been promoting "Fight Night" -- a boxing match held in the church's parking lot -- for six years.

unbelievable...

[retroHelen]

What a contrast to the lovely article Awake September 22nd 1980 - "Our Pursuit of Fame in the Boxing Ring" - about the professional boxer who was going for the European championship when he decided to quit when his Bible studying caused his conscience to kick in with such principles as Romans13:10 "Love does not work evil to one's neighbour" even if knocking the other person senseless is sanitised by boxing rules. Despite the rules, he had still killed a man in the ring. Also: “He who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot be loving God, whom he has not seen.” 1 John 4:20

[Dages]

The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about the Fight Club

Churchianity is ridiculous

[Hammerhead]

I like that word churchianity

[sunshine]

I shouldn't be surprised a church making money from boxing - unlicensed boxing at that... but I am. They have sunk to a new low in my books and I didn't think that was possible.

[Shawnster]

The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about the Fight Club

Churchianity is ridiculous

+1