Is Boxing Moral?

[Fira]

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ROCKY BALBOA fought IVAN DRAGO in ROCKY IV so that Ivan Drago could be stopped from doing more wrong if I remember correctly.

Also what The Holy Bible (THB) versus if any support boxing?

Edited April 17, 2007 by refugepsa91

[oybos]

hello,

i personally have been unable to comprehend why we fall into the devices of the devil everyday of our lives. the devil has gone deep into human life activities. this is just the ignorance human beings face everyday of their lives. its just simply madness. you get to the stage and the next thing is all in the name of money, fame, power and joblessness you begin to box eachother as souls wasting away in laughter. its not normal because many of them would have taken drugs and other things to get to such a stage. as christians there is no time , beacuse the near is closer then ever before, apart from that, what record do we have in heaven. wat have you done on earth, i dont pray to get to heaven and my record sheet shows boxing ! that really sad. we must know our purpose on earth so that we wont be left out in the good report of God. may God help us.AMEN.

[angels4u]

I wouldn't say its morally a good sport

Does the Bible promotes fighting and shouting and making fun of people?

[Vickilynn]

Shalom,

Boxing is a sport. It is neither condemned nor supported in the Scriptures that I am aware of.

As for morality, this is something that each person should pray about and see where the L-rd leads.

The sport itself is not immoral as far as I'm concerned, but there are some things associated with it that are not G-dly, as there are with most things of the world.

[Gerioke]

1 Cor: 24 Know you not that they which run in a race run all, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain.

25 And every man that strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beats the air:

27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Here is a link to a site that suggests that Paul was a fan of boxing. http://www.con-spiration.de/koch/english/paul-e.html

[RustyAngeL]

To me it's a mindless sport. I don't understand anyone wanting to watch two people pummel each other to a bloody mess. sorry.

[Gerioke]

To me it's a mindless sport. I don't understand anyone wanting to watch two people pummel each other to a bloody mess. sorry.

As a sport, it is a tad barbaric, but it is good to know how to defend yourself.

[Vickilynn]

To me it's a mindless sport. I don't understand anyone wanting to watch two people pummel each other to a bloody mess. sorry.

Shalom Rusty,

And that's you personal opinion about.

It doesn't make it wrong, or immoral though.

[Marnie]

Boxing is a sport, it's neither good nor bad. You may not like it, but your opinion of a thing like boxing is your opinion, nothing more. Now, boxing becomes bad when you have a wager going...and it looks like your guy is losing. Now, that's BAD.

[sweetycakes]

Personally, I don't think boxing is good.

To give a comparison, I used to love Karate years ago. I was absolutely enthralled by it. I mean ABSOLUTELY! I became so proficient in it that I used to often be chosen to do public demonstrations at sports centre openings and the like .....even for Royalty on one occasion.

But eventually, I had to concede that I couldn't reconcile it with my Christian faith, and had to give it up on grounds of conscience....I couldn't see how practicing for 8 hours a day to punch somebody's lights out was compatible with what I believed.

Violence is now something that I abhor.

Even if boxing is only a sport....well, I'm not much into any kind of sport whatsoever. One reason being is that I see thousands upon thousands of loyal sports fans following their favourite teams every week, and spending ridiculous sums of money to do so, yet they have not even a single minute to consider the God who made them, and who loves them.

Sport is mainly pointless, in my opinion, unless it is for purely physical exercise, which I think is good, but to become fanatical about any sport is a waste of time.

Just my opinion