Mmmmm, Salty
Damm! I taste good!

What he was actually doing was marking crosses on various parts of his body... with saliva.

It really pains me that this religious tard is representing America in the Olympics. Granted there are plenty of religious tards in America, so this guy is actually representing America... just the ignorant superstitious part of it.

This is a perfect example of reducing religion to its core principle... control. This guy is crossing himself in the hopes (deluded and baseless as they are) that it will prevent any accidents and/or help him perform better. He is seeking to remove himself from the seemingly chaotic nature of the universe where events may/will occur beyond his illusory control by giving himself a ritual that he believes will protect him. It's no different then people who have OCD and have to do things a certain way or certain number of times. Heck, all sorts of athletes have things like this... his is just religious. It's all about control. "If I do this, I can exert a form of control that will prevent bad things from happening."

But... you can't. Control is an illusion. Bad things will happen. You deal with them. You learn from them. You move on. Unless you're a religious tard who does the same thing over and over, thinking that, "I must have missed crossing myself somewhere.", or "Last time it was because I didn't use enough saliva when I crossed my leg.", or "Maybe God doesn't like the sports drink I had before crossing myself and he would prefer Orange over Grape... yeah, I'll drink Orange next time!". Yes, I'm aiming for a laugh or a chuckle... but the reality is that this practice... is just as absurd.

Look at you... you came in here looking to laugh at the oddity of a guy appearing to rub his own saliva on himself and you got all this. Sorry bout that.

Crazy guy licking himself! omg! Ewwww! ; p

>> ^SpaceGirlSpiff:

What he was actually doing was marking crosses on various parts of his body... with saliva.
It really pains me that this religious tard is representing America in the Olympics. Granted there are plenty of religious tards in America, so this guy is actually representing America... just the ignorant superstitious part of it.
This is a perfect example of reducing religion to its core principle... control. This guy is crossing himself in the hopes (deluded and baseless as they are) that it will prevent any accidents and/or help him perform better. He is seeking to remove himself from the seemingly chaotic nature of the universe where events may/will occur beyond his illusory control by giving himself a ritual that he believes will protect him. It's no different then people who have OCD and have to do things a certain way or certain number of times. Heck, all sorts of athletes have things like this... his is just religious. It's all about control. "If I do this, I can exert a form of control that will prevent bad things from happening."
But... you can't. Control is an illusion. Bad things will happen. You deal with them. You learn from them. You move on. Unless you're a religious tard who does the same thing over and over, thinking that, "I must have missed crossing myself somewhere.", or "Last time it was because I didn't use enough saliva when I crossed my leg.", or "Maybe God doesn't like the sports drink I had before crossing myself and he would prefer Orange over Grape... yeah, I'll drink Orange next time!". Yes, I'm aiming for a laugh or a chuckle... but the reality is that this practice... is just as absurd.
Look at you... you came in here looking to laugh at the oddity of a guy appearing to rub his own saliva on himself and you got all this. Sorry bout that.
Crazy guy licking himself! omg! Ewwww! ; p


Well he's representing his country...and there's tons of religious people in the country sooo it makes sense.

Damn... you're right. I wish I had made that observation in my original post.

>> ^Yogi:

>> ^SpaceGirlSpiff:
It really pains me that this religious tard is representing America in the Olympics. Granted there are plenty of religious tards in America, so this guy is actually representing America... just the ignorant superstitious part of it.

Well he's representing his country...and there's tons of religious people in the country sooo it makes sense.