People on Twitter are mad Arian Foster is an atheist
Houston Texans running back Arian Foster has ruffled feathers when he made a bold and honest admission. Foster said he is an atheist.
"I get the devil-worship thing a lot. They'll ask me, 'You worship the devil?'" Foster said in an interview with ESPN. "'No, bro, I don't believe there's a God, why would I believe there's a devil?' There's a lot of ignorance about nonbelief. I don't mean a negative connotation of ignorance. I just mean a lack of understanding, a lack of knowledge, lack of exposure to people like me."
As you would expect, fans weren't too happy.
It doesn't help that Foster plays for the Houston Texans, deep in the heart of Southern Baptism and Bible country. To put it in perspective, Joel Osteen is based in Houston and his church draws an average of more than 43,500 in attendance per week in a venue that was once home to the Houston Rockets.
So you can imagine fans weren't thrilled, and they took to their favorite social media platform to vent.
Crazy Arian Foster groin injury occurred when he said he didn't believe in God. God undefeated breh
— SERV’D (@RedNationBlogga) August 6, 2015
Arian Foster said "he doesn't believe God is real." Now he has a groin injury and won't play this year. God has a sense of humor.
— Hunter Harris (@huntercharris) August 7, 2015
Sad to hear about @ArianFoster comments to @espn. For an individual of his magnitude and influence to say there isn't a God....just baffling
— Daverin Geralds (@Daverin_Geralds) August 7, 2015
Arian Foster got a lot of nerve kicking off a theological debate from a gotdamn operating table.
— Terry Gangs (@RyanPrime_) August 7, 2015
Well there goes any chance of me ever liking Arian Foster.
— Spencer Ellis (@NotoriousAzn) August 7, 2015
Arian foster gets injured for the unteenth time in his career and then has an exposé released on why he doesn't believe in God #KarmaPolice
— Wendy Shawn (@WendyKardashian) August 7, 2015
Arian Foster's explanation for why he's an atheist makes less sense than the Houston quarterback situation....confuse people
— Future Billionaire (@ElGlory_Hayford) August 7, 2015
So Arian Foster really said "Faith isn't enough for me..." 😳 TUH, he got a special section in Hell waiting for him. #vip
— #RipRedway 🇨🇦🇯🇲 (@__sheyshey) August 6, 2015
I feel sorry for Arian Foster. One can only pray for people who don't have Jesus.
— Caleb Schultz (@caleb_schultz44) August 6, 2015
In fairness, there are a lot of people on Twitter supporting him as well.
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