Games on religious holidays

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Too cold at christmas.

What if you lived in a warm climate like San Diego? Would you be ok with your child playing in a Christmas Day tournament?

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What if you lived in a warm climate like San Diego? Would you be ok with your child playing in a Christmas Day tournament?

Eh on the fence. Christmas is a little more of a "party" time, what with end of year parties and the various social functions that are more prevalent that time of year.

I do like the whole gift giving culture of the christmas holidays though regardless of religious affiliation it is a lovely concept, so perhaps a soccer tournament would cheapen that a little.

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You Americans and your religion... No better way than to spend Easter weekend than going with family to watch your young ones play soccer, as is de rigueur across Europe and apparently Canada.

The best youth tournaments/festivals i have been a part of have taken place Easter weekend.

You sinner

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You sinner

While the sinners are playing soccer, the proper folks are coloring eggs, doing Easter egg hunts, and gorging themselves on tons of baskets of candy. Sounds real religious.

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While the sinners are playing soccer, the proper folks are coloring eggs, doing Easter egg hunts, and gorging themselves on tons of baskets of candy. Sounds real religious.

That typically happens after they attend church - unless you place your kid's sports ahead of your religion. To each his own.

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That typically happens after they attend church - unless you place your kid's sports ahead of your religion. To each his own.

So that's the question. After you go to church, do you go on the egg hunt and search for for your candy basket or do you go play soccer? I respect that that may be a family tradition, so do it for that reason. Do you even know who the Easter Bunny is?

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Do you even know who the Easter Bunny is?

Yes, he's the guy who tackled four US presidents!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoK82ANEwbE

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Much of club soccer is played on Sunday and for many non Catholic Christians this creates a problem because few protestant churches have embraced the Saturday evening service fulfilling the Sunday obligation option.

Unfortunately in the younger ages, when protestant "Sunday School" typically takes place U12 and under have games anywhere from 8 am to 1 pm.

There is a conflict for sure and my family struggled with it but put the games ahead of church for the seasons affected, and managed to get in services when we could on days where games weren't so early in the day.

I don't think it was the best decision to be honest, and it's not one that I am proud of today (U17). My child probably would have gotten more out of Sunday school during those earlier years, than from club soccer games. There are very few years when you really have influence on your child's faith in God. They mirror what you perceive to be the priority and it's very difficult to go back on that stance, when the schedules change to late afternoon games.

A tournament on a religious holiday is just one more conflict that parents shouldn't have to deal with. But unfortunately, for many, the holiday is just another day to party and has nothing to do with religion or true beliefs.

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That typically happens after they attend church - unless you place your kid's sports ahead of your religion. To each his own.

my kids sport IS our religion. convert

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my kids sport IS our religion. convert

my kids sport IS our religion. convert now and be saved

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So that's the question. After you go to church, do you go on the egg hunt and search for for your candy basket or do you go play soccer? I respect that that may be a family tradition, so do it for that reason. Do you even know who the Easter Bunny is?

that's the furry large eared thing who lays eggs. polyester i think

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Much of club soccer is played on Sunday and for many non Catholic Christians this creates a problem because few protestant churches have embraced the Saturday evening service fulfilling the Sunday obligation option.

Unfortunately in the younger ages, when protestant "Sunday School" typically takes place U12 and under have games anywhere from 8 am to 1 pm.

There is a conflict for sure and my family struggled with it but put the games ahead of church for the seasons affected, and managed to get in services when we could on days where games weren't so early in the day.

I don't think it was the best decision to be honest, and it's not one that I am proud of today (U17). My child probably would have gotten more out of Sunday school during those earlier years, than from club soccer games. There are very few years when you really have influence on your child's faith in God. They mirror what you perceive to be the priority and it's very difficult to go back on that stance, when the schedules change to late afternoon games.

A tournament on a religious holiday is just one more conflict that parents shouldn't have to deal with. But unfortunately, for many, the holiday is just another day to party and has nothing to do with religion or true beliefs.

yea, all of bays are saturday so sucks for the jews too. The only ones immune to soccer intrusion are the muslims. convert now and you can have it all.

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that's the furry large eared thing who lays eggs. polyester i think

Not just eggs, Chocolate covered ones.

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Yes, he's the guy who tackled four US presidents!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoK82ANEwbE

that was quite the interesting clip. not only are bots generating the text for news, this one is read by one....

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That typically happens after they attend church - unless you place your kid's sports ahead of your religion. To each his own.

Alright, I'll sign up for hell if I miss church, but not for missing the Easter egg hunt.