Happy Friday... Religion teaches us to revenge... Good luck Bafana

Hello to you guys! Firstly, sorry to you as I've really had to work for my money in the past two days. There was no blog yesterday and the day before. Unfortunately, I am an employee as well, and since I do this blog for fun really, it does suffer if push comes to shove.

I hate that I have to be away from you guys and not talk about football. Football is a religion in its own right in my book, seriously think about it.

And no offence to any religion out there. But where there's a fast (spiritual fasting", football has it, and that's the break from the end of the season to the start. Not an easy period by any means, the fast breaks with that first kick of the new season. When others attend their different religious services, some on Friday, Saturday, and others Sunday, we have that in football. Football does do even better at times as there are midweek games to add to our already wonderful service offering, and our house of prayer are awesome and bigger, Look at the FNB Soccer City stadium.

It seems all religions share a similar problem, and that is attendances. People a not attending prayer services. Our service attendance are particularly poor here in South Africa. The recent mass congregation (World Cup) has not helped much. If there's rebirth elsewhere in religious circles, that is our footballing rebirth that should have rejuvenated our spirits and souls. Owners, coaches/managers, assistants, etc etc serve all that familiar role of Priest, Rabbis and so forth. Offerings I hear you ask? DUH, did you forget about gate reciepts/entrance fees? We actually offer even before the service starts! Some of our services offer great choir sessions, the singing lifting the spirits ever so gallantly.

I really hope we can somehow start to attract the masses back to our services, people need to repent here in SA, all sins shall be forgiven.

Anyway, we have Bafana Bafana going for a service in Sierra Leone this weekend. And NO! We should not give them the other cheek so they slap us, NOOOO! I've heard Pitso, our beloved Bafana coach say that we are not going to avenge our defeat by the same country in 2008. Sorry but this is where the rules change: Our religious decree states as follows:

"If anyone slaps on your cheek, turn around and smack him so hard he remembers this for his entire life, so as not to repeat this act"

Further on, in our holy book, it is stated as that:

"Revenge is sweet, and every opportunity to take revenge should be seized upon!"

Soothing words indeed. So Pitso needs to repent and go for confessions.

Sierra Leone are in a bit of disarray at the moment having snubbed their star players. The same players that helped the so well when the held their service recently in Egypt coming back with a credible draw. Another of our wonderful commandments:

"Wish unto others all that brings them misery and sadness"
And with those rejuvenating parting words, I wish upon Egypt a miserable time in Niger.

Cheers and see you soon for another sermon!

By UpTheBirds
http://upthebirds.blogspot.com/