It is widely argued that religion will always be part of sport. It is believed by most religion that a healthy body means good clean living so sport promote a healthy body. For example, a biblical verse that says “the body is a temple” therefore we should look after it and respect it.
Experts are convinced that religion will always be a part of sports. The experts believe this as some religions encourage people to do more sports so that they will live a clean and healthy life and most religions allow people to do sports so that they can do good deeds. This can be seen in a biblical verse that says “the body is God’s creation” so therefore we must keep our body in a good condition.
It is often claimed that sports is the new religion. The reason is that most people today treat sports as an important part of their life. Since sports requires functional support of a sports team where they place their faith in them for their support rather like religion where place their faith in Gods or God. People who do sports will have to sacrifice their time to do their prayers for their religion. For example, fans or supporters will spend money just to watch a sports match and they will also sacrifice their time rather unlike religious sacrifices such as a donation and fasting.
However, critics claim that religion is not part of sports. It is just a means of getting fit and this shows it only has a physical side to it and not a spiritual side like religion. For example, people who plays a game of football need the physical ability to perform well on the field, they do not need the spiritual side which looks at a person’s faith and devotion to religious beliefs.
Another criticism of the importance of religion is that people tend to concentrate on religion and ignore sports. Religion does not make your body fit and healthy like doing only religious activity such as praying. Sports are important to many people because it makes you feel relaxed and reduces stress. Sports are also a passion in life for some people. They can live without religion but not without sports. Sports gives people income such as football players who getting paid large salaries for them playing for a top club. People will not get income by doing religion.
To conclude I am convinced that religion is not part of sport as i have shown in the last three paragraphs of the essay in that sport do not involve religion in keeping the body fit, eliminating stress or relaxing the body. It also has nothing to do with providing the players income and most sport played in society is played in people’s spare time and does not involve the time and dedication of religious customs such as prayer. I have shown that the stronger side of the argument is against the statement that religion will always be part of sports.
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