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ex-preacher · 07-10-2002, 06:48 AM

Did any of you read the article?

<a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2002/07/08/williams_cryonics/" target="_blank">http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2002/07/08/williams_cryonics/</a>

quoting from the last paragraph:

"Ted wanted to be cremated," former teammate Johnny Pesky noted. "He was an atheist. He didn't believe in religion."

Has this been confirmed in any other sources? I wonder how all the conservative pundits would reconcile the atheism of baseball icon Ted Williams with all the recent anti-atheist garbage they've been spewing.

freemonkey · 07-10-2002, 06:51 AM

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Originally posted by ex-preacher:
<strong>I wonder how all the conservative pundits would reconcile the atheism of baseball icon Ted Williams with all the recent anti-atheist garbage they've been spewing.</strong>

They might say, "Oh, but he was one of the good ones"

muon · 07-10-2002, 07:17 AM

See the thread on Media and Popular Culture.

One confirmatory point is that Williams requested that there be no funeral service. I thought this to be unusual enough that I actually *posited* that Williams might be an atheist, before I saw the SI article.

It looks to me like this is genuine, although I'd love to have a family member confirm it.

Grumpy · 07-10-2002, 03:33 PM

Don't you see? God helped the Red Sox win all those games, and helped Brother Ted set his record batting average, to prove to him that God loves us. But Ted's heart was too hardened, so he never saw the miracles before his own eyes.

Jacey · 07-11-2002, 12:22 PM

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Originally posted by Grumpy:
<strong>Don't you see? God helped the Red Sox win all those games, and helped Brother Ted set his record batting average, to prove to him that God loves us. But Ted's heart was too hardened, so he never saw the miracles before his own eyes.</strong>

But Ted never won a World Series because he didn't love God......

Mageth · 07-11-2002, 12:26 PM

<a href="http://iidb.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=48&t=000725" target="_blank">Here's</a> a link to the other thread.

Mageth · 07-11-2002, 12:28 PM

Don't you see? God helped the Red Sox win all those games, and helped Brother Ted set his record batting average, to prove to him that God loves us. But Ted's heart was too hardened, so he never saw the miracles before his own eyes.

Ted once said, "God gets you to the plate. But once you're there you're on your own."

Shake · 07-13-2002, 11:01 AM

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Don't you see? God helped the Red Sox win all those games, and helped Brother Ted set his record batting average, to prove to him that God loves us.

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But Ted never won a World Series because he didn't love God......

No, and no. I'm sorry, the correct answer is that god is Yankee fan! (As anyone omniscient would be)

Go Yankees!

07-10-2002, 06:48 AM	#1
ex-preacher Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: University of Arkansas Posts: 1,033	Ted Williams was an atheist? Did any of you read the article? <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2002/07/08/williams_cryonics/" target="_blank">http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2002/07/08/williams_cryonics/</a> quoting from the last paragraph: "Ted wanted to be cremated," former teammate Johnny Pesky noted. "He was an atheist. He didn't believe in religion." Has this been confirmed in any other sources? I wonder how all the conservative pundits would reconcile the atheism of baseball icon Ted Williams with all the recent anti-atheist garbage they've been spewing.

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07-10-2002, 07:17 AM	#3
muon Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,767	See the thread on Media and Popular Culture. One confirmatory point is that Williams requested that there be no funeral service. I thought this to be unusual enough that I actually posited that Williams might be an atheist, before I saw the SI article. It looks to me like this is genuine, although I'd love to have a family member confirm it.

07-10-2002, 03:33 PM	#4
Grumpy Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Alaska, USA Posts: 1,535	Don't you see? God helped the Red Sox win all those games, and helped Brother Ted set his record batting average, to prove to him that God loves us. But Ted's heart was too hardened, so he never saw the miracles before his own eyes.

07-11-2002, 12:26 PM	#6
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	<a href="http://iidb.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=48&t=000725" target="_blank">Here's</a> a link to the other thread.

07-11-2002, 12:28 PM	#7
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	Don't you see? God helped the Red Sox win all those games, and helped Brother Ted set his record batting average, to prove to him that God loves us. But Ted's heart was too hardened, so he never saw the miracles before his own eyes. Ted once said, "God gets you to the plate. But once you're there you're on your own."

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