Special Guest Post: If God & Jesus get the credit, how does Satan escape the blame?

A buddy of BountyBowl posted this to his Facebook profile on Super Bowl Sunday, and well, I thought it was too good not to ask him for reprinting rights.  We’ll protect the official names of the innocent, but he’s appeared in the comments here on BountyBowl as “Thorles” a couple times, and has occasionally had the misfortune of watching Eagles games with me.  Though he’s a Boston guy (and a tasteful Boston fan at that!), he spent the last two years living in a house full of Birds fans whilst in grad school.  That is, he knows the drill. Enjoy! If God & Jesus get the credit, how does Satan escape the blame? Why do football players not blame Satan and his minions for on-field missteps? Many players find a way to give thanks to a higher power (usually Jesus and the Christian conception of God): kickers pointing to the sky after a made kick, players including bible verses on the eye black (Tim Tebow) or rambling on in post-game interviews about divine ...