Educational Curriculum

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By Bret Hydrick

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The following chapter is about the world of professional sports but is meant to be understood by people who are not interested in sports. The world of sports has become a huge industry in recent decades because of improved television technologies. It is a microcosm of the larger world with its own governments, police officers, businesses, news media, and teachers. Everything is simplified in this world, which means it can be used to highlight some of the key components of the larger world.

Television technologies have contributed to the decline in people playing sports while increasing the revenues associated with people watching sports. Like the parables from Jesus in the Bible, sports analogies, which are highlighted throughout this chapter, are used to explain broad concepts about the larger world like the differences between men and women, which are both mental and physical (Matt. 13:13). Women can't compete against men in high-level chess competitions. One of the most famous analogies is about picking winners and losers. This analogy compares Socialism to a corrupt sports league where the outcomes are predetermined, and the competition is fake. This analogy is about professional thieves taking over the economy like they do in Third World countries. (From President Thomas Jefferson: "A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth")

World Wrestling Entertainment, which is fake wrestling, is a clear example of what we do not want to see in the world of competitive sports. Like the music industry, fake wrestling glorifies the behavioral disorders of fatherless children and gang members, as does the sports media (Gen. 16:12). This is tied to a breakdown in teamwork and discipline in the world of competitive sports, and is often outlawed by a foul called taunting. In the game of baseball, batters who admire home runs for too long get punished with beanballs. This is like spanking a child and has been considered the duty of pitchers throughout the history of baseball. The "Unwritten rules of baseball" are enforced by the players, not the umpires, and are used to correct behaviors associated with pride and polygamy (Gen. 2:24-4). The word cocky is connected to the word cock, which is a slang word for penis. These are connected to the word swagger, which is constantly glorified by the sports media. Examples of this can easily be found on the internet. The peacock is a polygamous bird that can't fly. This bird is the logo for NBC, one of the first three television stations (Proverbs 16:18-20, Gen. 2:24-4, Job 39:13-18). Did polygamy and pride cause the peacock to fall from the heavens?

Educational Curriculum