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Your Week 16 Hate Guide: Christmas Edition!



Your week 16 Hate Guide

*As you know, this is the Hate Guide. Here, profanity and tomfoolery abound. Some of the topics discussed in the following paragraphs may be upsetting to some. For those brave enough to venture on, enjoy!

Due to the later nature of last weeks game, and earlier start of this week, I had to get it in a little later. Plus there's that whole Christmas thing which has been complicating my plans. We'll get to that later. Lets get down to business.

Star-divide

I have to say I’m still reeling from the pukefest that was Monday Night’s Game. I’m not nearly as bothered by it, because in my opinion it wasn’t the end of the world to get the 5 seed. Now we can rest our guys up for the playoffs. And we’ll likely get to smite Tebow in the first round which makes me very happy. I can’t wait to nail that bible thumper to a cross and set him on fire in the middle of Mile High Stadium. Speaking of Mile High, that’s what I wanna be right now. One second.

*rips bong*

Damn… Before we get into the games, I need to speak out about a relatively unrelated, but absurdly obnoxious thing that’s been driving me mad.

Christmas.

Christmas is some real bullshit. I hate it and it stanks. There’s like a million and one reasons. Now first of all the thing I hate is you can’t hate Christmas unless you’re a moose-lamb or banker/accountant. I’m 100% in the ‘don’t give a shit’ religion. My gods are football, alcohol, and poontang. And I hate when people shove the religious aspect of Christmas in my face like some kind of chloroform cloth before a raping. It’s so retarded. By now everybody’s all figured out Jesus probably wasn’t born in December.

But that’s not the worst part, oh no. The worst part is being forced to participate in like 100 things that you can’t stand for more than 5 seconds. First there’s the whole buying presents part. I hate holidays that MAKE me buy shit. Valentines day is the 2nd worst holiday in this area. Both suck and can eat a bag of dicks. And you HAVE to do it. If you don’t you’re the asshole Grinch that stole Christmas wahhh ‘you don’t have the Christmas spirit’ wahhh ‘our lord was born’ wahhh I want a pony this year. Shut the fuck up people and just leave me alone I don’t give a fuck about Christmas, Christ!

After being forced to participate in all these retarded commercial schemes such as ‘Secret Santa (Asshole who won’t get you what you want)’ ‘Stocking Stuffers AKA bullshit nobody wants’ and my personal favorite, ‘Mandatory Reforestation in your living room’ you’ve ended up spending all your goddamn money and you never can buy anything for yourself. Scam works every year. You end up broke and have to pray your cheapass relatives or friends will buy you what you want. You’re at the mercy of the Department Store Gestapo. Lord almighty those places are the worst. You have to go there with a million people pushing and shoving like a bunch of Colts fans rushing towards the world’s last twinkie. Then there’s the waiting in line for an eternity.

Then after buying all this shit, and going through Mordor to get it, you gotta make it look nice and buy cards that say what you can just say with your damn mouth and then wrap shit up in expensive paper which will just be ripped to shreds.

Seriously Christmas sucks. Plus there’s the annoying as hell work parties that make you do a bunch of extra crap off the clock and without pay but you have to do it cause, again, if you don’t you’re an asshole who hates Jesus and love and Santa. Santa is Satan with a spelling change and he’s an asshole from hell that keeps a bunch of midgets working as slaves up in the friggin North Pole. Now, people want to take away Ronald McDonald, The Redskins and chiefs characters, and changed the name of Nigger-Head Mountain. But Santa is ok? Santa the slave driving midget abusing and animal whipping man is cool? Just cause he bribes everybody else off with presents and his bullshit doesn’t mean I aint on to him. I will shock Santa’s balls with a car battery if I ever meet him in person. Screw Christmas…

Oh and don’t forget the shitty music. You get 10 songs, every year, on repeat, EVERYWHERE. Jesus HAS to be sick of this by now right? I mean think about it he’s up there in heaven listening to the same crappy songs every year. Make some new music for Jesus please. And for me. Cause I’m sick of hearing about Rudolph and Jingle Bells and all that shit. And its one month of that intolerable ear splitting garbage. Then sometimes you get bands like N SYNC trying to make new Christmas music and it sucks so much more than the old stuff you just want to blow your ears out with M-80s. God….

The other thing is that Christmas totally fubars any personal plans you have. Wanna go away? Cant, prices are like 30x more expensive for hotels and flights. Oh, you wanted to watch football on Sunday? Too bad, Jesus declares Saturday to be your day. Screw this shit I want Sunday football not some Saturday crap.

And so on Saturday, the day before Christmas there is a Steeler game. Against the Taint Clueless RamJobs. Will there be a Christmas Miracle? Will Bill Belichick steal Christmas like he stole our play calls? Will Jaws ever shut the fuck up on ESPN? Will somebody turn off that goddamn Christmas music?!

Now we all know the Ramjobs suck epically and are hardly a threat to our Steelers. Except now half of our Steelers are in the ICU. Since the Stillers laid an egg on Monday Night and that egg was full of decayed rat shit we probably have a very small shot at getting a bye week. I maintain we shouldn’t even go for it, instead give the players their two weeks rest now and hope we win a game to keep the 5th seed and not drop to 6.

With that aside, I think the Ramjobs haven’t been hated enough in their lives. It’s kinda strange really. They have no big rivals. Whenever other teams in their division were good, they sucked, and vice versa. They bounced around, getting pushed out of Cleveland by the Browns a long time ago before Hitler was in fashion. Its pretty sad that you couldn’t compete with the lowly Browns. I mean how much do you have to suck to say ‘Well we can’t beat Cleveland lets go to hippie Mexican town.’? So now they go to LA, suck some more, and leave for fatass sloppy-rib-eating river-fishin gun-totin cud-chewin cuntbag Missouri. Missouri was originally home to the French, therefore making Missouri retarded for the rest of its miserable existence. This is one of the few states that allows smoking and drinkin pretty much everywhere. You can actually drink and drive in this shit heap of a state and there’s no public intoxication law on the books. This is probably why the STL team is such crap, they’re shitfaced on every down. Granted you’d need to be to tolerate a team like that.

And in football, they did manage to give us Jerome Bettis, probably the worst trade of their history. They eventually got their revenge by breaking FWP’s leg and career simultaneously. And then they found a guy bagging groceries who loved Jesus and got him a Super Bowl ring, but then he lost to the Cheaters so I’ll pretty much forever hate him and he stanks. Really there isn’t much more to know about Taint Looseness. They shit all over themselves every week and I have a feeling we could field our 1995 Super Bowl team today and win this filler game on our schedule. Ben could roll up in a wheelchair and dominate this team.

I have no further use for the Ramjobs, I hope we dismantle them appropriately. I hate em and they stank.

Lets get down to the rest of this crap.

Greaveland @ Cuntn’more

Goddammit how did we blow that opportunity? Whatever stanky shit hit the Ratbirds also hit us big time. That was the worst they’ve looked all season, and I’d argue us as well. Back to where we started it seems. It sucks too, we coulda put these losers on the road. That having been said, I loved watching Gay Lewis try to make a play all night. And watching the Ravens lose makes a Steeler loss somewhat tolerable in any case. If Cleveland beat Baltimore this weekend I’d shit a brick made of gold coins. Chances are that aint happening. Our best and really only hope is Cincy fighting for a playoff spot. But fuck the overrated ratbirds and their bullshit. Don’t expect much here. The Mexican’t announcer for MNF said it best. ‘Los Browns siguen siendo Los Browns’ I found it awesome that even the Mexican’ts know the Browns suck ass. (That means The Browns are still The Browns, but more literally it’s that they continue being the browns. What else could they ever be?)

Tebow @ Fluffalo

The Tebows will take the field and probably look to rebound from their reaming courtesy of Thom Gay-dy and Emperor Palpatine over there in Fuxher Assnhugetits. Buffalo is the perfect whipping boy. You know almost every Harvard grad was beaten up and shoved into lockers throughout most of high school, and I’m sure Fitzpatrick was too. Buffalo needs to get some nerd revenge for me though. I don’t want the Tebows to leapfrog the inept shitty Texans. I want Tebows blood in two weeks, I’m coming for it. I wanna taste that pure virgin jesus blood and see what it’s like. I want Harrison to snap him in half and knock him into next season. He must get that 4 seed and us the 5. Lets see how much god loves you when Woodley and Harrison are disemboweling your foul corpse on the field.

Tampa Bay @ I don’t care-olina Panties

Seriously this is just end of season mop up NFC garbage that has no relevance to our lives whatsoever. I guess if you want to watch Fig Newton throw into coverage at Steve Smith all day that’s fine. Over under on total times shown on Redzone channel? I’m thinking 3.

Arizona @ Cincinatti

Now while I usually hope Cincy is devoured by a Titanoboa prior to the game, I wouldn’t mind them beating up on Pittsburgh west. It’s good practice for Baltimore, and they need to win to stay motivated. If they lose they’re pretty much guaranteed not to make the playoffs. If they can pull this one out at home, they might be able to sack up for Baltimore and gift us the 2nd seed. Plus, we could get the fantastic opportunity to clean out BOTH of our division rivals in consecutive games, which would be supremely awesome. So go Bungholes, just do everything the opposite of how you usually do and you’ll be fine.

Jokeland @ Queefs

The Queefs have wasted everybody’s time this year and yet somehow are not eliminated yet. At 6-8 their division is still within reach. This is a big game for both shitty teams. But to me it’s kinda like two blind men fighting over a shit covered cupcake. They think there’s something to win here, but really they’re just playing for the opportunity to have their asses kicked by either the Steelers or Ravens. That’s your grand prize you dumbasses. And they suck so much they can’t even get in as wild cards, just by winning the division like Seattle did last year. West divisions suck, I hate em and they stank.

As far as picking a team to really hate here, I’d say the Raiders just because they’re a bunch of dirty syphilis infested whores that punch people and don’t get suspended.

My-hammy @ Death Star

I’m convinced Belichick is Emperor Palpatine, and Tom Brady is basically the faggy version of Anakin from Episode 2-3 prequels. Could Miami deliver the Christmas Miracle and steal it back from the Grinch himself? I doubt it. There will be no photon torpedos in any exhaust ports this weekend I’m afraid. But actually I love watching all the bandwagoners jump on when the Pats are locked in to the 1 seed. FACT: 81% of Pats fans don’t know their team exists until they lock the #1 seed. Then they shout and beat their chesticles about how they have the best spaaahts in the woyyyld like they’re some special Olympians that lost their meds. Hate em and they stank. Can’t even talk about em anymore.

New York @ It’s own asshole

ZOMG KITTENS this game is like a double home game. They should totally segregate the fans on each side of the field and then have a deathmatch between New Yorkers as halftime entertainment. Then again, I did just watch Gladiator. Peter King is probably drooling with anticipation over this game’s uniqueness. Did you know this only happens every 8 years? Why is that NFL? This is such a classic match.. blah blah blah. He’s the worst fat ass writer ever. I am an avid reader of KSKs weekly takedown, and it’s actually gotten worse and worse. Hes a constantly equivocating piece of waffly pig fat that should be skinned alive and used to cloth 3rd world children. I’ve never even once seen his long ass columns contain any decent information about football. Baseball, Boston, Beers, and Starbucks are basically his favorite subjects. He panders on about his dumb ass train trips and plane rides then complains about everything in a FOOTBALL column. How many people would kill for his job? I’d love to see just how many, preferably standing over King’s corpse….

But hey go Giants cause Rex Ryan is basically a fatter vulgar version of Peter King. Sit on a dick and die Jets.

JackinOffville @ Ten’Teeth Titans

Again, another game of little to no significance. Technically Titans winning would help our Strength of Victory tiebreaker if it came down to it for whatever reason. So I suppose the slack-jawed meth-shootin shitty-whisky-makin moonshine-runnin cousin-lovin hillbillies can win one this week without irking me further. Screw those Al-Qaeda lovers down there in Jacksonville.

Winlessota @ Washington

See the Carolina vs Tampa comments above, except remove the part with Steve Smith and Fig Newton and replace it with….. shit nothing. This game is actually worse goddammit. Can’t the league just make these games automatic ties so we can just watch the good teams play? Definitely a battle for draft position. Who will lay down and take it the hardest? This game is just like a whore competition between Snooki and Paris Hilton. They both gonna suck HARD.

San Diego Super Chargers @ Detroit Lions

While normally I’d give the Chargers a lot of love for beating the ratbirds, we failed to take advantage of the opportunity and it ended up being meaningless. That having been said, I also still have a bet riding on the Lions for a free beer if they make the playoffs. I was hammered when I made the bet but I stood by it until today. And I swear if they DO make the playoffs I’m gonna hate myself for not making that bet more interesting. So go Lions, smite the Chargers. Nankingadong Chu is back this week so get ready for some stompin!

Beagles @ Doughboys

Heres another overhyped NFC matchup that further proves how shitty the NFC is. Look at this division. The Eagles win, and they’re actually a game below 500. 500 could WIN this division. The NFC is just such disorganized trash its worthless. I can’t understand how every year a bunch of teams underachieve and fail like a drunken tightrope walker during an earthquake. This year both of these teams could have been alright, but they’re just dogshit NFC garbage yet again. I hope the Iggles win it though because I can’t stand it when Dallas gets to the playoffs, gets all the attention and media knobbing, and then promptly loses the game in bedshitting fashion.

49ers @ Seattle

If Seattle beats the 9ers it’ll make Monday night feel even worse. I really need the 49ers to win out now until they play us in the Super Bowl where we will make them our slaves and shove pickaxes up their gold mining assholes. Seattle can suck it anyway. I just cant live knowing we lost to an NFC team that wasn’t in the playoffs for the last decade. They have to play good and be the real deal, or I’ll be even more hurt and pissed off.

Chicago Care Bears @ Green Bay Packers

I’m assuming GB goes into coast mode in the 2nd half here. But even so it shouldn’t be too hard to thrash this shitty Bears team. I doubt it’ll have the intensity it usually does due to the enormous gap between these two teams. It’s like the gap in Strahan’s front teeth that you could drive a midsize sedan through. I guess if you like watching a bunch of dudes roll around on a frozen ice brick this game’s right up your poop chute.

Atlanta Fauxcons @ New Orleans Saints

Nawhlins locks up the division with this win, and gets closer to a first week bye. I see them playing a lot more motivated than the Falcons who will probably get a wild card. The Falcons are just the Ratbirds in Red and every year they choke in the playoffs like Baltimore does. And in the Regular Season, Breesus is gold. I don’t really see any way the Slavery loving falcons find a way to win this one.

So that’s it for the week folks. Get your hate in FAST cause it starts tomorrow. Then it’s just one more week until the playoffs. If playoff hate were a penis, it’d be a hard erect pornstar penis unlike regular season which is just average white male after sex penis. Get ready to skullbone some Tebows!!! WOOOOOO!!!

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Well I'm going to say it anyway, cause I just have to.

Merry Christmas.

If you buy a foreign made product you give money to a person who will not be buying an American made product that you get paid to make. Think about it next time you're at the store.

by SNW on Dec 23, 2011 1:11 PM EST reply actions  

On going to Mile High

While playing Tebow should be easy playing that defense will be difficult they can get after the passer. Not only that but I don’t believe Ryan Clark can’t play in mile high due to his condition. I mean after the last time he had to go to the emergency room. We should win it but I would be hesitant. However I guess it would be the same as going to the Texans who have a rookie QB but a good defense.

Huge fan of the Steelers. (that includes "Steelers West")
"If I could start my life over again, I would be a professional football player and you better damn well believe a Pittsburgh Steeler!"- Jack Lambert

by Steel34D on Dec 23, 2011 1:57 PM EST reply actions  

If the Steelers are healthy and at full strength going into the playoffs

The Ravens and Patriots are the ONLY teams that pose any threat to them, in my humble opinion.

by blitzzburgh on Dec 23, 2011 4:19 PM EST up reply actions  

Denver's defense is the real concern

If the o-line and pass protection aren’t better, Roethlishowthehelldoyouspell it better be mobile, which is why I think resting him is a good call.

Texans stumbled last night; waiting for BAL to do the same in week 17 against a Bengals team that wants into the playoffs badly…

Playing in Houston doesn’t seem ideal except for the rematch and revenge factor, especially now that they are starting Yates, who will just be overmatched come January.

Nice hate guide. I particularly liked the SF one, and hope it DOES come down to a rematch between SF and PIT.

"Football combines the two worst things about America: It is violence punctuated by committee meetings" -George Will

by lottwasgangsta on Dec 23, 2011 4:40 PM EST up reply actions  

Great hate guide as usual sir

the hate is burning at an unusually high level within me this week, and I wanna see some teams really get their asses whooped this weekend. I’ve been quite unhappy all week since that damn monday night debacle.

by blitzzburgh on Dec 23, 2011 4:17 PM EST reply actions  

The Tebow hate

is just so sweet……like

that pure virgin jesus blood and see what it’s like. I want Harrison to snap him in half and knock him into next season. He must get that 4 seed and us the 5. Lets see how much god loves you when Woodley and Harrison are disemboweling your foul corpse on the field.

by PittRiverman on Dec 23, 2011 5:42 PM EST reply actions  

I was concerned that you would make this week

And I was wondering if Christmas would mute your efforts. What was I thinking. Well, at least enjoy the days off : )

by Ivan Cole (RickVa) on Dec 23, 2011 8:39 PM EST reply actions  

As much as I love your hate guides, I just can’t seem to muster up any hate this close to Christmas. Sigh…

"If you havin' dragon problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 arrows but my knee took one."

by Riddlah. on Dec 23, 2011 9:32 PM EST reply actions  

Umm...

Merry Christmas ?!?!

Iron sharpeneth iron... Proverbs 27:17

by steeldawg on Dec 27, 2011 12:38 PM EST reply actions  

Wow

“Greaveland @ Cuntn’more

Goddammit how did we blow that opportunity? Whatever stanky shit hit the Ratbirds also hit us big time. That was the worst they’ve looked all season, and I’d argue us as well. Back to where we started it seems. It sucks too, we coulda put these losers on the road. That having been said, I loved watching Gay Lewis try to make a play all night. And watching the Ravens lose makes a Steeler loss somewhat tolerable in any case. If Cleveland beat Baltimore this weekend I’d shit a brick made of gold coins. Chances are that aint happening. Our best and really only hope is Cincy fighting for a playoff spot. But fuck the overrated ratbirds and their bullshit. Don’t expect much here. The Mexican’t announcer for MNF said it best. ‘Los Browns siguen siendo Los Browns’ I found it awesome that even the Mexican’ts know the Browns suck ass. (That means The Browns are still The Browns, but more literally it’s that they continue being the browns. What else could they ever be?)"

Do you really have this much hate in your heart?

by Swampduck on Dec 27, 2011 1:15 PM EST reply actions  

Actually...

Yes, he does!

Iron sharpeneth iron... Proverbs 27:17

by steeldawg on Dec 27, 2011 1:23 PM EST up reply actions  

lol…it’s all good…I am still confused why the Ravens are so hated here in Steeltown. As a Ravens fan I don’t like the Steelers, but I still remember it is just a game. I have never had any issue with Steeler fans when attending games up there, some of the greatest fans in the game and extremely nice…but here on the forums, wow.

by Swampduck on Dec 27, 2011 1:33 PM EST reply actions  

Swampduck…this guy has been doing this as long as I’ve been here. There is no reason to overreact man. You are looking at what he said about your team and taking offense. You are missing the point man. He was EXTREMELY harsh on the Patriots…4 of their members were at their site recommending they read the hate guide.

Boy, I'm three generations deep, in gangstadom

by FrankWyt on Dec 27, 2011 1:52 PM EST up reply actions  

I am still confused why the Ravens are so hated here in Steeltown

I can’t say I agree, but I do feel like I may have some reasons for this. Here we go

1) Ravens players cry about Steelers players being dirty, while at the same time, putting bounties out on players, and doing the EXACT same things they cry about.
2) The fans, that also call the Steelers players dirty, cheer Yanda as a “good, clean player”
3) Their coach is the whiniest bitch to ever roam the sidelines.
4) The Ravens players talk like they are repeat champions/the greatest team ever, despite the fact that they are not
5) Ravens fans pull out rape jokes, while ignoring murder
6) When the little brother FINALLY lands a punch, the players and fans act like that’s the way it’s always been.

Those are just a few, I could go on if necessary.
Again, these aren’t necessarily my thoughts, but, I totally understand why some Steelers fans feel this way, based on these facts
5)

Boy, I'm three generations deep, in gangstadom

by FrankWyt on Dec 27, 2011 1:58 PM EST up reply actions  

I wasn’t taking offense. I don’t peruse the forums all that much until recently, but yeah to pull out rapists jokes while our own have more than their share of problems is the pot calling the kettle black, I agree. Not sure I agree with Harbaugh being the whiniest, if you were talking about Billick I would say yes. I am just happy to finally landed that punch…and for me at least, I hate the Steelers because they seemed to have our number until this year…oh yeah Yanda isn’t exactly dirty, but he does push the boundaries though. Like I said, just a game.

by Swampduck on Dec 27, 2011 3:15 PM EST reply actions  

word homie. The reason I say Harbaugh is the whiniest..is because at least 10 times a game they show him crying to an official. on top of that, he has used officials calls as an excuse in press conferences multiple times, and at halftime of the Chargers game, his response to what he felt his team needed to do to come back was “well..we aren’t going to win if we don’t get holding calls”.
That to me, is a whiny bitch.

Boy, I'm three generations deep, in gangstadom

by FrankWyt on Dec 27, 2011 3:37 PM EST up reply actions  

What about changing their game from 1 to 4? Raven ownership had to have complained to Goodell, and whined that they should be at the same time.

by IronJake on Dec 30, 2011 12:01 PM EST up reply actions  

lol..wouldn’t doubt it. It’s a never ending cycle of bitch-ness

Boy, I'm three generations deep, in gangstadom

by FrankWyt on Dec 30, 2011 3:28 PM EST up reply actions  

Great, another rant by Mechem against Jesus Christ

and on Christmas none the less……..wow, impressive.

IF BTSC keep allowing Mechem to make these post and include relgion in them. You will be short one steelerfever as a member of this blog. Amazing that on the other sites on SBnation I have visited, I have seen no signs of religion being allowed on their sites.

And yes my devotion to my Lord and Savior is more important than the Steelers or BTSC.

by steeler fever on Dec 27, 2011 3:25 PM EST reply actions  

why do you continue to click the link that shows you the hate guide? that sounds like a personal choice to me. No one forced it in to you. I’m not saying this to get your feathers ruffled, and I know how easily they get ruffled..but how can you blame others for a choice you made?

Boy, I'm three generations deep, in gangstadom

by FrankWyt on Dec 27, 2011 3:39 PM EST up reply actions  

Fever

Matthew 7:14 explains it to me.

No sense in getting bent out of shape. Although I don’t agree with Mechem’s thoughts about JC, sometimes I DO think like that about the “Holiday” itself.

Iron sharpeneth iron... Proverbs 27:17

by steeldawg on Dec 27, 2011 3:46 PM EST up reply actions  

I don't like religion myself....

But the Jesus hate on here sickens me and is degrading to the site itself. When I signed up I beleive I and everyone else agreed to keep religion out of it. How are some of the things in this post keeping with the agreement we all made?

I guess since Jesus hate is alive and well on BTSC and we also do a sunday morning sermon, making fun of the whole concept of Church. That I can start posting daily scriptures and a whole bunch of praise for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. That would only be fair.

by steeler fever on Dec 27, 2011 3:52 PM EST up reply actions  

Well...
But the Jesus hate on here sickens me

Me too, but like Frank says, we don’t have to read it.

How are some of the things in this post keeping with the agreement we all made?
Good question. No idea!
we also do a sunday morning sermon, making fun of the whole concept of Church.
Really? I must always miss that. Probably because I am in church. ?!
That I can start posting daily scriptures and a whole bunch of praise for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. That would only be fair.
I am in! I’ll definitely be a contributor if you need one!

Iron sharpeneth iron... Proverbs 27:17

by steeldawg on Dec 27, 2011 4:05 PM EST up reply actions  

don’t bother. If you say anything that contradicts that persons thoughts, they will get all huffy-puffy. They will “feel harassed” (read: people disagreed with them, and they are extremely sensitive)

You’re not going to get an answer, and that sucks. But that’s how people like that work. They don’t want resolution, they just want their voice heard. it’s way more important for them to voice their displeasure over something, and hope they can make it so no one else can enjoy what they have deemed “horrible” than it is for them to just face the fact that them seeing the “offensive” material is a choice they made, and could have avoided.

my own personal thoughts. I think the hate guide goes over the line sometimes…It’s all good. I just do the equivalent of “change the channel” or…suck it up. I would never try to ruin it for other people because i don’t agree with an artist’s (and yes, Mechem is an artist) way of doing things.

There are a lot of things out there I don’t agree with. I ignore them. That’s what normal people do.

As far as the Sunday Morning Sermon “making fun of the whole concept of church”
well…a simple read of the last one would tell you that that is bullshit. A real pastor came in and praised it and said it was awesome. I’ll go ahead and trust a real pastor’s opinion of the SMS before I trust some overly emotional person that thinks he knows the right way to do things for everyone on Earth. He loved how Neal turned his Steeler love into a church theme.
And as far as scriptures…post on if you are able! I’ll either read them and enjoy them, or not read them because I don’t enjoy them, and keep it to myself, as to not ruin it for anyone else

Boy, I'm three generations deep, in gangstadom

by FrankWyt on Dec 27, 2011 4:15 PM EST up reply actions  

I honestly have never read any of the Sermons

I will have to check one out. Don’t know how I missed them.

Iron sharpeneth iron... Proverbs 27:17

by steeldawg on Dec 27, 2011 6:05 PM EST up reply actions  

just the most recent one. The guys name was VinnySteel
you check his profile…he says what he does. Then read his comment

Better yet, I’ll just quote it to you

Love it…

I love these posts. In real life, I’m a pastor. Thanks for them!

If he was mad about it..I’d understand

Boy, I'm three generations deep, in gangstadom

by FrankWyt on Dec 27, 2011 6:28 PM EST up reply actions  

I believe you, man

You’re not arguing with me. I don’t think I’ve ever read one of them. What are they called?

Iron sharpeneth iron... Proverbs 27:17

by steeldawg on Dec 27, 2011 9:41 PM EST up reply actions  

no..not trying to argue. You said you were in church on that day. It was kind of a general response.
It’s the Sunday morning Sermon. Neal does it every game day. It is church themed, but is in no way offensive. He’s certainly not making fun of the concept of church (as was implied). It’s just a theme

Boy, I'm three generations deep, in gangstadom

by FrankWyt on Dec 27, 2011 10:26 PM EST up reply actions  

OK

I just read a couple. I thought they were pretty funny and tastefully done. Other than misquoting Megadeth, they were pretty cool.

Iron sharpeneth iron... Proverbs 27:17

by steeldawg on Dec 28, 2011 8:44 AM EST up reply actions  

TY steeldawg

I never have figured out how to highlight what someone else said, when replying to them, pretty cool.

by steeler fever on Dec 27, 2011 4:38 PM EST up reply actions  

but no man.....

I enjoy this site for the most part. and have been fairly involved in posting and commenting. If a site is gonna have Jesus Hate involved, I will simply leave. Thats all.

If I am the bad guy, thats ok with me. I realize taking up for Jesus is not popular these days. I must be a freak!

by steeler fever on Dec 27, 2011 4:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Whether you are a freak is irrelevant. Don’t take this the wrong way, but you should try to develop a thicker skin.

by IronJake on Dec 30, 2011 12:06 PM EST up reply actions  

I think what fever is trying to say is...

It is something that is very important to him and close to his heart. And it is hard for him to read and not take personally.

For example, I know that it is all in fun and not to be taken seriously, but if Mechem were to use, say my grand-daughters by name and start calling them all sorts of obscene things, I would take offense. Whether it is “in fun” or not. Personal is personal. There are areas where developing a thicker skin is not possible, like family.

In this case, Jesus Christ is Fever’s (and my) personal savior. That is big….HUGE. It is very close to his heart, as it is mine. If someone saved your life and then came under attack – whether in fun, sarcastically, or satirically you would probably take offense to it. I would. That is what is happening here. JC, saved Fever’s (and my) life for all eternity, it is hard to develop a thicker skin when the object of ridicule is so dear to you, although we try.

It would also be hard to understand if you aren’t in his shoes.

Anyways, not trying to extend the argument, just shed some light. (John 8:12)

Iron sharpeneth iron... Proverbs 27:17

by steeldawg on Dec 30, 2011 1:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Not to extend the argument…..

This has more to do with steeler fever’s insecurity than satire and sarcasm. If one feels secure in ones own faith, what someone has to say about it should be irrelevant. When you start to take it too much to heart, then it’s about you, not the other person or their beliefs.

I personally feel we should leave religion out of this site, but as with everything else, it’s impossible to peel off one aspect of our culture from another. There has to be some degree of tolerance. Isn’t that part of what Jesus preached?

by IronJake on Dec 30, 2011 1:55 PM EST up reply actions  

Like I said...

Just trying to shed some light on a certain POV. Sometimes it is difficult to be thick-skinned about something you love. Insecurity in one’s faith has very little to do with it, although non-Christians DO like to toss that one around.

You are absolutely right, there has to be some degree of tolerance because we are all reasonable adults. As far as Jesus’ ministry goes, he taught LOVE. We are taught to hate the sin, but love the sinner. Love those who hate us, and so on. To tolerate is to simply allow something to happen and ignore it. To LOVE – as in your children for example – is to accept it, and try to correct it if need be. Nowhere in Christ’s teachings are we meant to sit idly by and do nothing. There is some good stuff in the first book of Romans about this. Romans 1:16-17. Paul was a pretty smart guy.

We Christians tend to zealously defend our faith and sometimes that zeal turns into anger. That is where we make our biggest mistakes. Our reactions should always be those of love towards our fellow man, and all too often they are not. It’s just that we want for everyone what we already have and it sometimes gets the better of us. I am as guilty of this as anybody, but I am trying to change that.

Anyways, GO STEELERS!!!

Iron sharpeneth iron... Proverbs 27:17

by steeldawg on Dec 30, 2011 2:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, christians like to toss the “book” and it’s preachings around as though it were the last word.

Christians need to tolerate non christians just like non christians need to tolerate christians.

Go steelers.

by IronJake on Dec 30, 2011 3:06 PM EST up reply actions  

That's the hard part

to us “the book” IS the last word. And the word says that we are to LOVE our fellow man. We need to pay attention to it more.

Iron sharpeneth iron... Proverbs 27:17

by steeldawg on Jan 3, 2012 10:40 AM EST up reply actions  

I don’t like religion myself…. Huh? It appears you do, very much so.

By the way, are you aware of what satire and sarcasm are?

by IronJake on Dec 30, 2011 12:05 PM EST up reply actions  

I asked you not to reply to me any more frank.

feel free to reply to every other person that makes any sort of comment on here.

by steeler fever on Dec 27, 2011 3:46 PM EST up reply actions  

you did, and that’s cool. But it’s a valid question. You are complaining about something that was not thrown in your face. It wasn’t forced upon you.
You know it’s not “Jesus hate”, you know the context of the hate guide, but you are still getting sore about it. I don’t get it, sorry. I’m a curious person, and I like to try to understand what goes on in minds like yours.
There are a lot of points of the “agreement” that are broken in the hate guide. That’s why it has it’s own space. People are free to click or not click. If they do, they see the disclaimer first. If they still choose to go on….who’s fault is it?

Boy, I'm three generations deep, in gangstadom

by FrankWyt on Dec 27, 2011 3:56 PM EST up reply actions  

man.....

Is there a way to block a user from replying to me? .I am starting to feel harrassed. Please do not reply to me anymore!

by steeler fever on Dec 27, 2011 4:03 PM EST up reply actions  

you gonna tell your mommy?

Boy, I'm three generations deep, in gangstadom

by FrankWyt on Dec 27, 2011 4:16 PM EST up reply actions  

just kidding man. Don’t blow a gasket. You should at least be able to have a reasonable conversation though. Not everyone is going to agree with you. You will have to eventually accept that.

Boy, I'm three generations deep, in gangstadom

by FrankWyt on Dec 27, 2011 4:16 PM EST up reply actions  

A retroactive comment

First off I’d like to say that I toned down a LOT on the Jesus stuff this week. I know the other week it got a few people a little upset and to be honest I try not to slam religion too hard on here.

I felt like I was targeting Christmas through the opening of this week’s guide, and I stand by that decision. Christmas is a religious festival invented by non christians, to appease christians. For you bible readers out there, Jesus only asked his followers to remember his death. Birthdays are mentioned in the bible only TWICE, neither of them involved Jesus. And both ended up with a dude being murdered.

As a result, I do not view Christmas as a religious holiday. In fact I consider it YOUR decision to put the Christ in Christmas. I personally view it as a month-long torture that gives me some vacation time as compensation.

by Mechem on Jan 2, 2012 10:33 AM EST reply actions  

Although I understand everything that you said here...

SInce it is called CHRISTmas, it should, by definition, at least have SOMETHING to do with Christ. Granted it isn’t mentioned in the Bible in order to celebrate it, but it doesn’t mean we can’t (or shouldn’t) celebrate the giving of the greatest gift of all time. It was, after all either foretold or chronicled in quite a few books in the Bible.

And just so we set the record straight, Christmas was NOT invented by “non christians” to appease Christians. Christmas was always celebrated in the Spring (when Jesus was more than likely born) until Emperor Constantine the first CHRISTIAN Roman emperor moved the date of the celebration to coincide with Saturnalia (sp?) to give the entire empire a “national holiday”.

After havinf said all of that I see your point on the month-long tortue. My wife works in retail and I just can’t stand the season and what it does to her. I would much rather it be a day or two of what it was meant to be instead of the all-consuming greedfest that it has become.

Iron sharpeneth iron... Proverbs 27:17

by steeldawg on Jan 3, 2012 10:50 AM EST up reply actions  


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